trouble 》junick

Chapter 4: Leads

"Wilde, we have a lead," Bogo stated during roll call after everyone else had been assigned their cases. "That bunny that was attacked saw one of the members' faces, and we need to know everything that happened to her."

Nick nodded. "Don't worry chief, I'll bring her back and interrogate her before you can even say buffalo."

Bogo's nostrils flared for a moment before he huffed.

"Don't get too ahead of yourself there, Wilde, we don't even know her name, her address, or anything about her. So good luck finding her."

Nick smirked, knowing just where to find the bunny from yesterday.

"Don't worry chief, I know just where to find her."

~*~

Judy casually strolled down the street, her paws stuffed in her jean pockets as she kept her head down. After the attack the night before, she was doing her best to make herself scarce in case anybody recognised her. The attack been all over the news after all.

But, as close as she came to slipping into a nearby corner shop, something always managed to hold her back.

"Carrots!"

Judy spun around on her heel to see Nick jogging up towards her. She let out a tired groan and rolled her eyes at the sight of him.

"Why won't you just leave me alone?" She asked, cocking her head to the side.

"Well, it's not like I like harassing bunnies so just shut up and let me do my job," Nick retorted, flipping through the notebook in his paws.

Judy sighed and turned so her whole body was facing Nick before leaning against the wall behind her.

"Right," Nick started. "You are now a key witness in a serious attack by The Black Gulls, and you've seen one of the members' faces, so we need information."

Judy raised an eyebrow. "And?"

"I'm gonna need you to come with me for an interrogation," he concluded. "Nothing bad, I just need to know what happened and have a rough description of the guy's face."

"No," Judy answered simply, watching as Nick's expression turned to a look of confusion.

"N-no? What do you mean n- look! I'm just doing my job, and you're not helping," he spluttered.

"Why would you want help from me? I'm just some filthy street rat," Judy stated, glaring at Nick with disgust.

"Look, I don't care if you're a filthy rat or the richest shrew. You have information that the ZPD need to solve an important case, so you better tell me," he explained, tapping his pen on the top of his notebook.

"Why don't you find someone else who's been attacked?" Judy questioned. "I don't like you foxes, you give me a bad feeling."

"Well, you know what? You bunnies just make me wanna- rip my fur off, so I guess we're even," Nick spoke through gritted teeth. "So come on."

Judy smiled a close-eyed smile. "Nope," she replied, popping the "p".

Nick smiled, putting the notebook back into his back pocket before clasping his paws in front of him.

"Fine, you leave me no choice," he shrugged before picking Judy up and throwing her over his shoulder, ignoring her screams and punches.

"Put me down!" Judy yelled, banging her fists against Nick's back.

"Sorry, Whiskers," Nick said. "You're the one who was playing hard, so now I'm returning the favour."

And, with that, Nick carried Judy off to his cop car, replying to all the curious questions with "these pesky kids" and "someone needs to control these teens".

~*~

Hope you're all having good days!