Note: First of I own nothing and all rights are reserved by the creatures of Zootopia. Second, if my story is similar to anyone else's in this archive I do apologize, I haven't gone through most of them so I don't know what has already been written. Still I hope you enjoy this first chapter to my story and please leave a review to let me know what you think. Constructive criticism is welcomed.

Two moths after the events of the movie

A familiar red sports car was parked on the side of the road just in front of a police SUV. Particularly, the SUV assigned to officers Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde.

"Flash, Flash, hundred yard dash." Nick said shacking his head with a grin on his face. "Keep this up and you'll have a hundred speeding tickets faster then you can get out of the car."

"Sorry... Nick... buddy... I... just... can't... help... it... some... times." Flash said in defense.

Nick chuckled. "Had I car of such speeds I'd probably do the same. Must be why carrots doesn't want me driving."

Flash slowly took the ticket from Nick while he waited patiently. A few quick taps from an impatient rabbits foot caught Nick's attention. Still holding the ticket and waiting for Flash to take it he turned his head to face his partner. She had her arms crossed and a had grumpy facial expression.

With that same grin Nick asked. "What's the rush carrots?"

"We're on patrol here. We can't spend an hour on something that shouldn't take more than 10 minutes. What if we're needed else where in the mean time?" She complained.

Nick placed his paw on his chest. "As a dedicated police officer it is my duty to make sure that justice is served. Which means making sure this young mammal gets his speeding ticket no matter what I have to go through to make sure I give it to him."

Judy was very annoyed by this. Mercifully Flash finally got hold of the ticket. She sighed in relief, but this was short lived.

"Sorry... again... buddy... for... speeding... It... will... not... happen... again." Flash apologized.

Judy felt like ripping off her own fur, it would probably be less painful then waiting for this to end. Nick leaned on the car and it seemed like he was about to have a conversation with Flash. Judy acted quickly and pulled him away and towards the SUV.

"Sorry Flash, but we have a job to do." Said Judy as she got into the SUV.

"See around Flash." Nick said and got in as well.

"See... you... guys... "

At this point the SUV sped of into the road as fast as it could.

"... around... as... well." He still said waving slowly goodbye.

"You did that on purpose." Judy said unamused by Nick's actions. "And don't say it was your duty as a cop."

"What did I do wrong?" Nick asked lifting his hands up in defense.

"You could have just placed the ticket on the car for him and you know it. Plus you were about to have a conversation with him." She said irritated.

Nick laughed watching his frustrated little bunny partner complain, paying special attention to how her nose would twitch. He had to admit that was pretty cute. She tried to calm down even though her partner was having a good laugh at her expense.

The rest of their days patrol was uneventful and quite boring. Nick's every attempt at some fun or amusment was shot down by Judy. She made it clear that they were on the job and had no time for games. They drove the SUV back to the headquarters and got a few of there things before heading home. Nick waited for Judy by Clawhauser.

"The whole day was just driving around. I'm telling you if that car didn't at least have a radio I'd have already died of boredom." Nick said to Clawhauser who listen to the whole story.

"Well you know shes achieved great things in the past so shes got a reputation to live up to. That's why shes always so uptight." Clawhauser rationalized.

"Your probably right." Nick admitted.

"Hey Nick, ready to go home?" Asked Judy happily.

"I'm always ready when it comes to quitting time." Nick mused.

"Hold that thought." Said a mammal everyone new as chief Bogo.

"What's the matter chief?" Asked Judy.

Nick on the other hand was a bit annoyed by being held up, though he tried to hid it.

"I know it's late but I have a case for you two. It's been awhile since you had one." Said the chief.

"Really? What's the case? We'll take it." Judy said without a second thought, excited about finally getting a real case again.

"Oh come on. Who breaks the law just before sundown?" Nick complained.

Clawhauser nodded thinking it was an interesting point. Why not just wait till after dark?

"Regardless of when the law is broken it must still be enforced." Stated chief bogo. "We have a possible homicide in Tundratown on Frost street."

"A homicide?" Nick asked surprised.

"We're on it sir." Judy said ready to take on the task.

"Good. We already have a forensics team on the way to investigate the crime scene." Chief Bogo informed them.

On the drive to the crime scene Nick remained oddly quiet which didn't site well with Judy. She new how he looked like when we was silenced from boredom, but this was different. He seemed, nervous.

"Nick, you okay?" She asked curiously.

"Yeah! Yeah, I'm fine. Just didn't bring a jacket or anything for the cold." Nick said with a nervous chuckle, not for a moment making eye contact with Judy.

"If you say so." Judy wasn't convinced, but left it at that.

They reached the crime scene, got out of the car and walked over to a few other officers standing close to a covered up body.

"Officers Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde." Judy announced to them showing her badge.

"This way officers." Said a panther in a lab coat and motioned them to the body.

"How bad is it?" Asked Judy looking at the covered up body.

"Claw marks on the forearms and chest, a few bruises on the face and a cracked skull which we believe was the killing blow." Explained the forensics officer.

Nick bit down on his lower lip and whispered to himself. "Never let they see that they got to you."

"What's that?" Judy asked lifting an ear in his direction.

"Nothing important." Nick lied and put on a fake smile.

"The victim had no ID on him, but his species is a leopard in his Mid twenties." Stated the panther.

"He must have been in a fight that went bad." She said and was about to lift up the sheet that covered the animal.

"Whoa! Okay, is it really necessary to take a look at the body? I mean what can we find that they haven't?" Nick asked struggling to keep his fake smile.

Judy got up and looked at Nick with an eyebrow raised. "Mr. umm..." She looked at the panther.

"Call me Jack." He said trying not to pay attention to Nick's reaction.

"Okay Jack. What animal do you think did this?" Judy asked peaking at Nick with her ears raised.

"We can't say precisely what species it was, but from what we can tell it's from a medium sized predator." He said looking at some papers he took out of his pocket.

Judy looked around the crime scene for anything that could be a clue to what happened. "Was the body found here?"

"Yes."

She nodded and walked down the ally way. "Come on Nick." She called him.

He followed trying not to look at the body. They made it to a dumpster and saw that the snow next to it had fresh paw prints moving in all directions. Nick opened up the dumpster and looked inside. He immediately retracted his face and covered his snout.

"Phew! Is there another body in here?" He shook his head trying to regain his senses.

"What's in there Nick?" Judy asked.

"Give me a minute." Nick covered his snout and looked inside again.

He didn't find anything of interest and closed the dumpster. "Nothing useful."

"Darn it. Guess we'll have to wait for forensics to come back with an ID and a species match for the attacker." Judy crossed her arms, disappointing with the lack of evidence.

"So can we leave now?" Nick asked somewhat in a hurry.

Judy looked at him still curious about what his problem was, but decided it would be best to ask on the way home. "Sure Nick. We can go now."

They were almost back home having spent the drive in silence. Judy couldn't hold it in any longer.

"Nick, why were you acting so strange at the crime scene?" She asked with a bit of concern.

"Was I? hadn't noticed." Nick responded looking out the window.

"Come on Nick, I'm serious." Judy said seriously.

"It's nothing carrots." Nick insisted.

Judy tried a different approach. "Alright, will this effect your ability to take on this case?"

Nick took a moment to think about the question, mostly because he didn't see it coming. "I be fine. You can drop me off here, it's closer to my apartment than the HQ."

"Nick I didn't mean to..." She tried, but was interrupted.

"It's fine, really. I just want to get home after an extra long day."

Judy stopped the car and let Nick get out, regretting her previous question. He said good bye and so did she. She then drove back to the headquarters alone thinking of all the ways that she could have handle that to create a better result. 'Dumb bunny.' She thought.

When Nick got to his apartment he went for the fridge to get himself something to eat. He placed his phone on the counter, looked inside the fridge and took out a salad. He took a peak at his phone half expecting it to ring with the picture of his partner displayed on it. He waited but not even a text came through. Maybe he should be the first to say something.

He got an idea, it wasn't something he normally did, but it could make sense in the current circumstance. He picked up his phone and typed a text message to Judy.

"Got home safe, let me know when you do."

Satisfied with what he did he sat down to eat his salad. About 5 minutes later a text came through. He dropped his fork and quickly picked up his phone to see what she said.

"Just got home. Glad to hear you made it back safely."

Nick smiled, he may have not given an explanation for his behavior, but at least he let Judy know he wasn't mad at her. He wonder if he should give her an explanation. Maybe tomorrow he thought, she was someone he could trust and that wouldn't judge him

08:12, ZPD headquarters

Judy walked into the forensics lab where Jack and a few others where busy working on the evidence they found on the body. The body itself laid on a large metal table only half covered up.

"Morning Jack, got anything or me?" She asked looking around the lab.

"We've been able to identify both the victim and the species of his killer." Said the panther standing on the other side of the body.

"His name is Roy Carnivorous and his killer seemed to have been a wolf based on the claw marks." He explained.

"Alright, we got a name. Anything else you can tell me?" She asked.

"The blow to his head was definitely from a hard object, sadly no weapon was found at the scene of the crime. We didn't find anything to suggest he fought back so he may have been caught by surprise." Jack explained.

"Okay, I'll do a search on the name. Let me know if you find anything else." Said Judy.

"Will do officer Hopps." Confirmed Jack.

Judy went over to her cubical and saw Nick sitting at his which was located right next to hers. She walked over to him and noticed that he was busy on a social media site.

"Nick, what are you doing?" She asked wondering why he didn't join her a moment ago.

"Waiting for you carrots. So what did you get on our victim?" Nick asked.

"Roy Carnivorous, suspect species is a wolf." She stated, wondering if she should ask why he was waiting here.

"I'll get right on that carrots." He said and started typing away at the computer.

Judy sat down in the chair by her cubical and turned on her computer. She turned her attention to Nick. "Hey, about last night. I didn't mean to doubt your ability to do your job."

Nick stopped for a moment, still facing his monitor. "Not a problem Judy. I'm just..."

He sighed and looked around to see if anyone else was around. "It's not the first dead body I've seen on the streets. Just the first I haven't seen murdered in front of me." He admitted.

Judy's mouth dropped and she placed her paw in front of it. "I'm so sorry Nick. I didn't know." She said sympathetically.

He finally looked at her. "It's okay Judy, I'll get over it. We should probably get back to work."

"Sure." Said Judy, slowly turning back to her computer.

Soon after Nick Yelled in success. "Got him! Roy N. Carnivorous, Engineer at the climate wall. Has no wife or kids, but does have an adopted brother who is a Lynx. That's probably why he was in Tundratwon."

"They are adapted for the cold. Right, we'll go to his brother first and then to his job." Judy suggested.

"let me just get a jacket. Fur or no fur, that place gets cold and we might be there the whole day." Said Nick and went over to the locker room.

Judy rolled her eyes, Nick might have had a rough life, but he always kept his spirits high.

09:23, Tundratown, home of victims brother.

Judy and Nick walked up the steps leading to the front door of the apartment building. Nick pressed the button for room 12 and waited for a response.

"Who is it?" Asked a female voice.

Judy raised an eyebrow. "I thought you said he had a brother?"

"That's what the records told me." Nick shrugged.

He then spoke into the microphone. "This is officers Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps from the ZPD. We'd like to ask Charlie Carnivorous a few questions."

There was a buzz sound and the front door was unlocked. The two officers went inside and up to room 12 where Judy knocked on the door. The door was unlocked and opened by a male lynx in his mid twenties.

"I assume your here cause of Roy." He said plainly.

"Yes." Said Judy.

"Come on in." He opened the door fully and stood by it as they walked inside.

"Hello officers." Greeted a female lynx.

"This is my wife, Gwen." Stated Charlie and closed the door behind them.

Judy took out a note pad and asked. "When was the last time you saw Roy?"

"Just yesterday. It was his day off and he decided to stop by for a visit. didn't think it'd be his last." He struggled to say.

His wife came over to comfort him and took him in her embrace.

"What time did he leave?" Asked Nick trying to avoid any awkward silence.

"He came at one in the afternoon and left at about half past three." Said Gwen rubbing her husbands back.

"We believe he was killed by a wolf. Do you know of anyone that might have wanted to do this?" Judy asked still writing down the previous answer.

"Not that I can think of. He only ever came to Tundratown to visit us, so I wouldn't know who else he might have come across." Said Charlie regaining his composure.

Nick thought for a moment. "Judy, did jack tell you the time of death?" He asked her softly.

"No, but he was found in the middle of the street at about 5. Which means he was still around here for another hour and half at most. I'll text Jack and ask him." Judy said and got out her phone.

"Thank for your time Mr. and Mrs Carnivorous. We'll find who did this and bring them to justice." Nick said professionally.

"Thank you officers. We appreciate it." Charlie said cracking a faint smile.