Zootopia - The Story of Nick Wilde

Chapter 7 - Sly fox, dumb sheep (pov Nick)

Barely ten minutes later, we arrived in front of the place where the video message was sent from and the adrenaline in our blood nearly drove us insane. Even though we had chief Bogo and nearly half of all police officers from Zootopia behind us Judy and I were nervous as hell, which was quite understandable because we stood in front of the blackmailer's fortress.

Chief Bogo had equipped us with the newest most high-tech gear he could find. We got tasers, semi-automatic rifles with tranquilizer darts, lots of armor for those, steel armor protection below the fabric of the uniforms, tracking devices and flashlights which confused me at first because I never used one of these since I had a pretty solid night vision and...wait!

"The flashlights!" I suddenly yelled and pulled all the attention on me. "We have a giant advantage! All the hostages are foxes, just like me!" I explained.

Everyone shrugged their shoulders except for Judy.

"He is right!" she stated as she figured out what I was trying to say. "Chief Bogo, can we turn off the electricity for this building somehow?"

"Yeah sure, but what would that do?" he asked.

"Foxes have night vision! We have to distract them for a while so Nick can go inside the Storage hall and free the other hostages!"

The other officers around us nodded in agreement and after a moment of thinking Bogo agreed as well.

"That could be really helpful indeed! Let me make a call real quick!" he excused himself and got some distance.

While Bogo was on the phone Judy came closer to me again, she hugged me tightly and whispered in my ears with noticeable fear but a sparkle of hope in her voice. "Nick, when we survive this, I need a break from all this! I have to leave Zootopia for a week, go on vacations or visit my parents or whatever. But I want to do this with you on my side! I cannot live without you so please don't get yourself killed!" she said whipping a tear off her cheek.

"Aww, don't worry about me carrots! I'll be fine, I survived even your attack yesterday, didn't I? ...and I will follow you wherever you lead me."

Even at times like this, when two of their colleagues were blackmailed and in front of a very risky situation, some off the officers found the guts to make "aww" and "ohh"-Sounds, as they kissed and hugged each other lovingly. But they seemed to have known how less we cared about that, because it got even worse.

"Well, this could be painful for her if they're really getting it on sometimes..." someone of the colleagues whispered to one of the others, obviously hinting at our size difference and not wanting us to hear, but we did. Both of us. As we turned towards them, indignant for talking about us like that, they covered their mouth behind their hands and hasted for an apology.

"Because of the teeth!" the one of the rhinos added innocently to bluff it out but there was no point in denying it. "...I mean, Nick surely has sharp teeth and..."

"I'm sure you were talking about that..." Judy interrupted with an unexpected amount of self-confidence.

She must have noticed how much this comment must have hit me because usually I was the one with the glibly answers and the cool patters. But this time I had to keep quiet because I didn't want to embarrass the both of us.

"I'm sorry" the Rhino stated silently. "It's just...you're such a cute couple and..."

"Shut up and quit this nonsense!" Bogo interrupted harshly unaware of saving everybody from that awkward situation.