Say Something I'm Giving Up On You

20: Positive

There she was again, on her back in the forest. Nick was in midair, ready to attack her. Judy held her breath as she knew what was coming. She looked into Nick's cold eyes one last time to see if maybe, just maybe, she'd see his true, beautiful eyes glow. But it didn't come. In fact, nothing came. Judy saw Nick's eyes widen as he was in midair. Within seconds, the fox fell to the ground, limp.

Judy panted and looked at Nick. His eyes were half closed and blood poured out from his side. Judy scampered over to her fox and flipped him over onto his back. She put her ear to his heart. Nothing. No heartbeat was there—and Judy would hear it even if there was a faint one because of her big ears.

No. NO! Judy looked at Nick's pale, dead face. She felt the tears brimming in her eyes. While Nick was trying to kill her, he was the one who got killed. Judy lifted his big head into her lap and stroked it, her tears rolling down to her nose and then dripping onto Nick's still face. Who would do such a thing? Who would kill a helpless, savage fox? Judy would have rather died than have an innocent fox die.

Judy felt blood on her hand. She looked back at Nick's side and the wound was gushing with dark red blood. It was soaking through Judy's favorite shirt of Nick's: his green, Hawaiian shirt. Judy gritted her teeth and buried her face into Nick's neck, pouring her heart out. Her fox was dead. And she never got the chance to tell him that she...

"Wake up, Miss!"

Judy felt somebody shake her body. She woke up with a start and let out a scream. Oh, it's just a dream. She looked around and moaned, "Huh?"

"We're here at the hospital. Your fox friend it already being taken to the emergency room," the EMT explained. "We have to get off of this helicopter."

"Oh, of course," Judy said. She followed the remaining EMT out of the helicopter and it was when she hit the ground when she realized that she was on the hospital roof. Now, Judy had this thing about heights. And her face said it all.

"Oh, yeah...Let's get you inside," the EMT said. He led the stomach-knotted bunny through the roof door where a whole set of stairs awaited them. But they walked down them quickly. Judy was in a hurry to see Nick, though she bet that she probably couldn't see him right away.

Once they reached the bottom of the stairs, Judy whirled around to face the EMT.

"Where's Nick?" Judy demanded to know.

"I'm afraid you can't see him right now. He's in the ER. Nobody except for the doctors can go in there," the EMT replied. "I'm sorry."

Judy and the EMT slowly walked down the halls of the Zootopia hospital. Judy was disappointed—and terrified. She had no idea what was going on with Nick and part of her was too scared to want to know.

"Where's Doctor Barns?"

"He's in the ER with Doctor Wings," the EMT replied. "It might be awhile before you'll see any of them. Why don't we go to the waiting room?"

"No! I mean...No. I'm fine. I'll sit here in the hallway," Judy said, trying to keep her temper down. "I don't care how long it takes. I have to get results as soon as possible."

The EMT nodded. "I understand. Just come to the front office if you need anything."

"I will, thanks!" Judy said as she watched the EMT walk away. Then she slumped against the wall and sat on the tiled floor (since there wasn't a convenient hallway bench where she was.) She brought out the phone from her pocket and it was then that she realized that most of her good, packed clothes were back at Bunny Burrow. She'd just have her parents send her her belongings later.