Three Little Misfits

A Wilde Ride Part 2

Next stop: the Rainforest District. The Wilde Family made their way their in no time thanks to the highway. Nick went to get the umbrellas from the trunk before getting everyone else out. They walked down the streets to the Sky Trams. Nick and Judy figures they could go for a little ride before heading back home. Consider it saving the best for last. Peter did all he could to avoid the puddles on the grounds while Alex and Johanna carelessly splashed away. Peter did not like his feet wet. Johanna smiled as she gave her stuffed bunny a shoulder ride.

Judy hollered at her daughter. "Be careful, sweetie! You don't want to lose Fluffy Bunny, do you?"

Johanna calmed down a bit at the thought and hugged her animal close.

The next cart came, and the family stepped in; well, rather Judy stepped in and Nick picked them up and put them in. While the kids did want to go, the initial fear of falling through the small crack between the floor and the cart left them petrified to step over.

First was Alex, then Peter, then Johanna, and lastly was Nick. The fox smiled as he felt the metal door in his paw, remembering the first time he and Judy were in one, long before she was his wife. He almost wanted to bring her on the most perfect date and propose to her on one of these, but fate had not been that way. Besides, the proposal he ended up doing was much more exciting than this ever would have been. He wished he could do it all over again.

Nick closed the door, and the tram took off. The family admired the scenery all around them. Alex and Peter were amazed at all the trees. Johanna, on the other hand, was more preoccupied with Fluffy Bunny.

Soon enough, Peter and Alex became bored, and what better way for two little boys to keep themselves entertained, then by pestering each other? Alex poked Peter, who grunted in response. He poked back a little harder, initiating a response. "Hey!" Alex said.

A poking fight commenced. Nick and Judy could feel the two of them start to shake the cart, which even as grown adults will start to send a fear of heights down their spines. "Boys, stop it." Judy said, but they did not listen.

Peter went to poke Alex again. The bunny moved, so instead of being poked in the shoulder like Peter went for, his finger went for his eye. The bunny winged in pain and gave a whine. He threw a fit and pushed the fox away, resulting in him hitting the wall of the tram, creating with it, a much more violent shake.

The parents tended up. Judy gripped tight to the wall, and Nick's claws began to retract out of instinct. "Boys!" Nick shouted.

They once again did not listen. Peter pushes back. The bunny went flying right into Johanna. The unsuspecting bunny did not have time to react. She was pinned against the wall and her brother. That's when the unthinkable happened.

Fluffy Bunny left Johanna's paw, and went over the wall. She immediately knew what happened. Nick and Judy saw it too and gasped, but it was too late.

Johanna peeked over the wall in a panic as she watched Fluffy Bunny fall into the canopy. "Fluffy Bunny!!" She shrieked at the top of her lungs.

Judy and Nick watched the stuffed animal for as long as they could before it left their line of sit. They weren't sure what to do at that point. Johanna let out a shrieking cry. Hot tears streamed down her face and stung her cheeks as her foot began to uncontrollably thump. Judy held her daughter close. "Oh sweetie.." she said.

Nick and Judy stared angrily at the boys. Their ears drooped, realizing the seriousness in what they did. They say down quietly. Their lips began to quiver. Nick sighed and hugged his sons.

"Don't worry Baby Carrots. We'll try to find Fluffy Bunny." Nick said, not entirely believing himself. How would he be able to find her bunny in all that tree coverage. He had to say something though to try and keep her calm, but to no avail. Johanna kept hiccuping as more tears came.

...

The hours went by. Alex and Peter were still in timeout in their rooms. Johanna and Judy were on the living room couch watching her favorite tv show to try and cheer her up. She laid her head on her mom's thigh. Judy stroked her kit's ears. "It's okay, Johanna. Daddy will hopefully find your bunny. He's really good at finding things." She said with an empty smile. She was still sad that her daughter was so distraught.

The front door opened. Johanna spring up like a spring. Judy turned around to see Nick wall in with a frown on his face. She already knew the result of his searching. Johanna was at her dad's feet looking up at him. He knelt down and rubbed her head.

"I'm sorry Baby Carrots. I looked everywhere along the trail, but there was no sign of Fluffy Bunny." Johanna's ears dropped, and the bunny sniffed. "We can go to the store and buy you a new animal. How about that?" Nick said with a fake smile to try and cheer his daughter up. It was hopeless. Johanna still wanted her bunny. Nick picked her up and cradled her the way he did when she was a baby. "Oh Baby Carrots."

Nick rubbed her head as she began to cry again. That's when a car pulled up to their yard. Nick recognized it. He stepped out of the door with Johanna and Judy followed behind.

Four animals hopped out, and sure enough they recognized who they were. It was the Ottertons. Emmitt, his wife, Octavia, their sons Lucas and Josh, and Octavia went to the back to get their youngest, their daughter Opal from her booster seat.

They walked up the driveway. "Hey you guys. What brings you here?" Nick asked.

"Is there a Johanna here?" Octavia said with a smile. Johanna looked up from her dad's shoulder at the otter. The bunny sniffed. Octavia reached into her bag. "I think this is yours." She said.

Out of her bag cane none other than Fluffy Bunny, with some stitching in its arm. Johanna's eyes lit up and she squealed. "Fluffy Bunny!" Nick put her down, and the kit zoomed over and grabbed the bunny from her paw. She gave the longest hug to her stuffed animal. The kit then hugged Octavia, who hugged her back. She chuckled. "You're welcome sweetie."

Judy and Nick came up and hugged the little otters. The bunny held Octavia's paws in hers. "How did you find it?" Judy asked, completely baffled.

"Opal found it on a bridge. It was a little torn and dirty, so I sewed it back up and washed it. How did you lose it?"

"She dropped it while we were on the Sky trams. It must have snagged on a branch or something when it fell into the tree line. Thank you for patching it up." Judy said. She looked at the stuffed bunny. She almost frowned. The little ZPD badge sticker was gone. She figured that would happen since it had gotten all wet and dirty. Still it didn't matter. It wasn't hers anymore. And she honestly didn't mind. She knew it was in little paws that loved it dearly.

"Mom?" Judy heard calling from inside. She and Nick peeked in the house to see Alex and Peter sitting at the top of the stairs, peeking through the banisters like bars on a jail cell.

"Can we play now?" Alex asked.

Nick and Judy smiled and gave a small laugh. "Okay you two. Come on down." Judy said.

The two boys giggled as they ran down the stairs and zoomed out the door. Johanna gave a death grip to her bunny and stepped aside as they ran by. She wasn't going to make the same mistake twice.

All the kids started playing together in the backyard. The Ottertons stayed for a while. Nick put his paw on Judy's shoulder. "Boy... today was quite a.... 'Wilde' ride.."

Judy scoffed as she elbowed her husband in the side; he just laughed.