1 year later….

Nick stood by his desk at his increasingly empty cubicle, as he packed his stuff into a medium-sized cardboard box. His box was filled with little trinkets he crafted, picture frames, and little toys. He always liked to have something at his desk to distract himself when he has paperwork to do. He picked up his last picture frame which held a selfie of Judy and him on his first day as a police officer two years ago. Judy of course had the biggest smile on her face while Nick had his signature smirk.

He chuckled to himself and thought, "So much has changed since then."

Things certainly had changed since that picture was taken. Judy and he were still dating and were going strong. They just found an apartment together in Downtown Zootopia by their favorite park; it was the place where they first kissed during their accidental date. Another thing that changed was they weren't police officers anymore.

Chief Bogo thought it was a waste to have two talented mammals that solved a record high number of cases to stay as police officers. Nick's street smarts and his smooth talking made him the perfect detective. Meanwhile Judy's athleticism and quick thinking made her the perfect member of the SWAT team. It was a no brainer for Chief Bogo, but it was a difficult decision for them. Accepting their promotions would mean the breaking up of their partnership.

While Nick was honored that Chief Bogo thought so highly of him, he wasn't exactly happy about this promotion. He didn't want to be separated from Judy. When he decided to come back to this job, it was because he knew that he could spend more time with her. It would've been perfect if they both got to become detectives or members of the SWAT team. But that wasn't what Bogo had in mind for them. Now with the prospect of them being separated, he was sure he didn't want the promotion until…he saw the sheer joy and excitement on Judy's face right when Bogo told her about the promotion. She didn't realize that meant they wouldn't be partners anymore until Bogo told her. That's when he knew that Judy truly, truly wanted to be a SWAT member. He didn't want to be the fox that got in the way of her dreams. Chief Bogo gave them a week to accept the promotion, and it was during this time that Nick pushed for the both of them to accept their promotions.

"Are you sure you want to do this Nick?" Judy asked.
"Of course Carrots, why wouldn't we take it? It's a huge opportunity for both of us!" Nick said ecstaticly.
"I just…I don't know, I just love being partners with you."
"And we still will be partners. Carrots, we're partners for life. We're already going to be spending a lot of time together."

He placed a paw on her cheek reassuringly, "Just think of this as a way to make sure we don't ever drive each other crazy from seeing each other constantly."

"Yeah…I guess so. Maybe this is a healthy thing for us. We probably shouldn't be one of those couples that spend every waking moment with each other."

"Yeah totally!"

"I just...I know in the past you had some doubts being a police officer but you stuck with it because you wanted to be partners with me. Are you going to be okay being a detective without me?"

He kissed her in the forehead and ran his paws down her arm.

With a practiced straight face he lied, "I'll be fine Carrots, don't you worry about me."

Nick sighed as he put the picture into his box. It was done, he officially was done with this office, and done with being a police officer.

"I'm a…I'm a detective now," he said to himself somewhat dejectedly.

He then felt his phone vibrating in his phone. He thought perhaps he was getting another notification of a purchase on his Pretsy page. His flower crowns and headbands were selling like crazy on it. When he looked at the phone screen, it showed an unknown number. He shrugged and tapped answer.

"Detective Wilde speaking."

Nick heard a disguised voice, "Nick Wilde, just the fox I wanted to talk to."

Nick was immediately worried. Someone took the extra steps to make sure that he wouldn't know who he was talking to. Also, he heard a certain air of arrogance to their voice, quite unusual for someone calling a detective. He decided to continue with the script before he made any assumptions.

"What is the nature of your call? Do you have a tip for a case? Just a reminder that you will remain anonymous and this call will be wholly confidential."

Nick was not prepared what he heard next from the disguised voice.

"Oh boy do I have a tip. A tip about a certain murdered fox named Darren Cape."

Author's Note: And that's it for the Inner Voice! And yes I ended with a cliffhanger, which means...I will be making a sequel for this story! I just couldn't say goodbye to these characters, I had so much fun writing about them that I decided midway through making this story that I wanted to write a sequel! I know, I'm crazy. However, I will be taking a break from continuing this series though. I do have a few other stories in my head that I want to write about first. But don't worry, it won't be too long until this series starts again.

Anyways, I know this is not the best fanfic compared to the ones out there. My writing isn't the best and admittedly I kinda regret some of the stuff I've written. For example, I can't believe I made a damn Daniel joke LOL. But despite its flaws, this story does hold a special place in my heart and it really does mean a lot that you guys take the time to read it and that you actually enjoy this story. So thank you to everybody who read to the very end and big thank you to everyone who left a review, favorited this story, and followed this story! I look forward to writing more :)