Dumb Fox

Chapter 8: The Last Chance

The day after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Otterton, Nick was sleeping wearing only a blue boxer on his old bed in that abandoned factory called home. It was around 6:50 am and the fox continued resting without interruptions, until his smartphone rang. It didn't take too long to wake him up, he tried to turn it off thinking it was his alarm, but realized it was an incoming call; saw the sender and knew it was Finnick, then yawned as he answered his phone.

"Hello?"

"Nick! Turn on the TV and set the news!"

"Hey, hey, what time is it?" he yanked again, "The sun isn't yet up."

"It's almost seven o'clock, you idler. Do what I say lazy-ass!"

"Ok, ok; give me a second."

Nick picked up the remote control and turned on an old TV at his room, tuned in to ZNN channel news and watched a few morning commercials.

"Did you just get me up early for this? To watch morning infomercials?"

"No you imbecile! They'll announce something big after the ads, stay tuned."

"Finnick, you know I don't watch the news on TV, I read them from the Net. Can I take a look later and... ?"

"Shut up, It begins!"

'...This is ZNN. We coming back from the commercial break. Like we anticipated early, Officer Judy Hopps has left the ZPD yesterday noon...'

"What?" shouted Nick surprised.

'As you may remember, Officer Hopps was the first bunny cop at ZPD, she also was the one cracking the missing animal case and reveal to the press the possible relation between predators and the savage mammals. Miss Hopps' motives to quit the force are unknown to date.'

"Nick... Tell me you already made amends with the bunny... Nick? Nick!?"

"No!" the fox bellowed from his phone "Be quiet Finnick, please..."

'We requested a personal interview with Miss Hopps but she never replied back. The ZPD confirmed the now ex-officer already handed over her badge and no comments about it. Stay tuned for more...'

Nick turned off the TV and threw away the remote control with rage.

"Errr... boy, calm down before..."

"Finnick, I'm fine... I'm fine... I'm fine..."

"Nick..."

"I'M PERFECTLY FINE!" He cried out exasperated.

"Just breathe in son, breathe in."

Against his will. the canid did what his partner ask and breathed as slow as he can, trying to cool down.

"Well, keep doing it and listen to me. This is not the world's end..."

"But...!"

"Shut up and keep breathing, dammit!" Finnick yelled, "Now," he said calmer "as I've said, this is not the world's end. Don't think about what happened and focus at the present time, alright?"

"Yeah..."

"Listen carefully. After we stop chatting, dress up, eat something light and go out and look for her..."

"But I dunno where she lives. I tried to but couldn't find info about her, I just found out the places she frequented, but we never meet."

"Well, well. Then the only place left is the Police sta-"