The saga of john wilde part 2
A young pup ran into his father's arms after he came back from work. His father chuckled slightly and pick him up, bringing him up eye level.
"Hello Nicholas, have you been a good pup to your mother?" He asked, setting his hat onto the coat rack. Nick nodded his head and gave his father a toothy grin.
"I'm getting my fangs, papa! Look!" He opened his mouth up wide making his father chuckle again, this time setting him down on the couch next to his mother.
His mother gave him a little tickle in his side as she look up to his father when he sat down.
"He couldn't wait to show them to you." She said softly. "And he insisted to stay up and show them to you when you got home." She said, brushing her purple skirt down as she fixed her blouse.
His father gave Nick a small pat on the head. "Well it's a good thing he did or I would have never had known how big my boy was getting."
Nick pulled his ruffled head away from his father's paw and giggled. "Stop papa!"
Nick blinked as he stared at the fake clinic. He slipped on a pair of sunglasses and into his casual clothes. He glanced at Judy who put on a plain blue tee and black pants. They both agree to go in undercover. He frowned when he stared at the two tickets in his paw, they stopped by at Gideon's apartment to pick up the unused tickets. His thumb grazed over the yellow printed papers and he couldn't help but notice how they burn against his paw.
"Nick?"
He lifted his head and shoved the tickets into his pocket when he saw Judy, with her ears low in concern.
"You okay?" She asked gently.
He sniffed and rolled his shoulders. "Yeah, let's go, it's already eight." He said as he noticed the dark sky and the incoming traffic of animals entering the building.
Judy slowly nodded and took out her notepad. "Well the first violation I see so far, is the fake clinic, unless he has a medical license." She said, scribbling it down on the page before hiding it in her back pocket.
"Well Carrots-" he began, adjusting his sunglasses. "Let's get going." He put out his arm to her, making her smirk slightly as she placed her own arm around his.
As they made their way inside the clinic, there was a long line in front of them. Nick saw Judy peer her head to the side trying to see what awaits them in the front. Her ears went up when she saw a fox, wearing a lab coat. Her eyes widened when she saw that he looked exactly like Nick. The only difference was that his fur was darker and he had a more scratchy exterior. She watched him accept the tickets from the other animals and give them a smirk. It was as if she was looking right at Nick, even his half-lidded gaze was the same.
She went back in the line, looking straight at the back of the large lion in front of her.
"You look just like him..."She whispered out loud. Nick swallowed, feeling his throat go dry. He wasn't sure if he should take it like a compliment.
He loosened his tie and shove his paw into his pocket as the line grew shorter.
"We're next." The lion moved out of the way going behind a closed curtain and Nick was finally facing his father.
His brows furrowed when his father gave them a smirk. "Hey, Welcome to the Clinic, and uh what seems to be the problem, you two?" He said, pulling at his white lab coat.
Nick showed him the tickets. "Just a little pain in my neck, do you got something for that?" He replied with a smirk of his own. His father took the tickets and looked it over.
"Hmm, yeah...just step behind the curtain." He motioned them to the green medical sheet, making Nick glance at Judy who already took a step foreword. He followed her through the sheets where they met a cheetah wearing a lab coat as well. He was leaning against a medical table with his arms crossed. Nick and Judy's ears went up when they heard the curtain move and saw Nick's father come in after.
"Hey Doc, what I'm I looking at here?" The cheetah asked. Nick's father hummed and scratched under his chin in thought.
"Uh, just a couple of ZPD officers in disguise."
Judy and Nick whirl at him in surprise when the cheetah uncrossed his arms and unsheathed his claws.
"Want me to throw them out?" The cheetah said in a hard tone.
Again, his father scratched his chin again, almost trying to get rid of an itch. "Nah...just show them around and bring them to my office."
Judy immediately tighten her fists. "How did you know who we were?"
Nick's father shrugged and looked over her. "Your body type took me by surprise, for one." He said making her unconsciously look over herself. "What kind of bunny has fit shoulders and a flat stomach? Most are kinda flab right? Someone who takes their exercise seriously as you, must work for the ZPD."
Her ears lower in astonishment and saw him glance over at Nick. He smirked slightly.
"I also recognized my son right away." Nick immediately took off his sunglasses and shoved them in his breast pockets.
"Really?" Nick said bitterly. "After twenty years, you still remembered me?"
His father shrugged. "Yeah, it's hard not to since you were born with my looks." He chuckled, making Nick bit the inside of his cheeks.
His father turned to the cheetah. "Just show them around and bring them to me later, I'm sure you two are here from a "complaint" right?"
Judy sniffed and took out her notepad. "Actually yes we are and for one, you're under arrest for impersonating a doctor!"
Nick's father was unfazed and made a click sound. "So...pretending to be a doctor is against the law? Tell me what Halloween is."
"What?"
"I'm saying that I never said I am real doctor, this is just for show! It's a costume! It will be a crime if I was giving out prescription drugs or performing a medical test."
Judy's mouth went into a thin line. "Fine. So we'll take a look around."
"Madam, I insist." He smirked confidently. Nick clenched his teeth at him. "If you two excuse me, I have work to do." He gave them one last grin before sliding out from behind the curtain to meet with the line of animals waiting.
The cheetah sighed heavily and took a side-step, making Judy and Nick see a large hole in the wall.
"Go through this and you'll see the park." He said dully. Nick and Judy stepped forward and carefully looked inside to see a makeshift slide, held together by duct tape and rusty screws.
Nick raised an unimpressed brow at the cheetah.
"Tell me, how many times do you actually take this?"
The cheetah pulled against his collar slightly and replied. "I take the stairs. Employees only."
"Of course you do." Nick stepped to the side and motioned to Judy, bowing to her. "Ladies first."
Judy sniffed and sat down at the start of the slide. "Thank you. Such a gentlefox." She pushed off and slid down the rickety and dark slide, with Nick coming up right behind her.
Once they were gone, the cheetah took out his smartphone and swiftly dialed a number. He sniffed and pulled at his collar when he heard a voice at the other line.
"Yeah, two cops showed up. They're giving the place a look, do you want me to take them out?" He looked at his claws and flicked off a piece of dirt off his index. "One of them is Wilde's kid. He told me to let them look around but I don't know, figured I keep you updated...." he blinked and turned to a metal container next to him. "The money is safe, we made about a thousand zoo bucks...yeah business of picking up, he might pay up soon." He saw the curtain move and saw a set of new customers come in. "Oh gotta go, I have a job to do." He hanged up and showed them the slide and with a grin he said. "Step up and enjoy Wilde Times!"
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