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The baron was about to reach his inner sanctum. Nick charged up the stair taking two at a time. The other two had a substantial lead on him. When finally reached the top of the stairs the door stood open allowing him to pass right through. The curtains still rustled from Judy's passing. When Nick followed her he spared a glance at the area that lay behind the heavy fabric. There were rooms walled off by other curtains just as he'd thought upon his first visit. Unfortunately, there was no time to admire the makeshift construction. In front of him, another door at the back of the makeshift hall stood open.\n\nWhen Nick passed through the door he came out on a metal catwalk into a large chamber like the other one they'd passed through on their way back to the sanctuary. Above him, he could hear the pounding of feet on metal and a desperate breathing. Nick could see shadowy figures moving through the grates in the stairs. A voice echoed down, the baron, was yelling urging Honey to move faster. It was echoed back by her screaming something incoherent through a tear-strained voice.\n\nNick hurried up the stairs after them, trying to keep his pace, but the stairs were murder on his already aching legs. It was as much as a help as a hindrance. There was no way the much older baron could outrun while pulling honey along. Judy would be on him soon followed by Nick.\n\nA bright light shone down filling the chamber. The early morning sun was upon them. Nick could see Judy just above. She was climbing the ladder to the surface, by the time she reached the street above, Nick was just reaching the ladder. There was a battle raging in his ears of which was louder, his pounding heart or his heavy breathing.\n\nNick climbed out from the manhole blinking against the early morning light catching the buildings. It cast long finger-like shadows across the city. The baron was gone, Judy too. Where did they go? He whipped around trying to find any sign. His ears flinched at the sound of Judy's voice urging the baron to stop. It came from somewhere close by. Nick hesitated before hurrying towards where he thought the sound was.\n\nOn the back of the nearby building was a fire escape. Judy was a few floor below the baron as they raced towards the roof. Nick hurried over to a dumpster scrambling up on top. In a quick jump, he managed to grab the floor of the lowest landing, pulling himself up over the railing. Quickly he darted up the steps. Every muscle in his legs ached and unfortunately, there was no sign that this chase was going to end anytime soon.\n\nFinally, Nick made it to the roof, he kept low as to not draw attention to himself, which was difficult because of the cramps in his legs. After a moment he opted to crawl on his hands and knees, it was less quiet but he could stay down for longer.\n\nAcross the roof, he saw the baron battling to get the door back into the building open. Honey was yelling something at him pulling on his jacket. The baron wheeled around cuffing her in the face hard to throw her to the rooftop. Nick felt a surge of anger rushing through him. It subsided amidst the distraction of spotting a pair of ears tips hiding behind one of the many air conditioning units scattered across the roof.\n\nHe was on the move over towards her. To keep pace and not hurt so bad he had to switch between crouching and crawling. When he rounded a row of air conditioners he saw Judy moving to the next air conditioning unit trying to close the gap between her and baron. It took some doing but when Nick finally caught up with her, she hunkered down to catch her breath.\n\n“I'm so out of shape.” Nick gasped.\n\n“Yeah, you are.” Judy looked up at him with a smile on her face.\n\n“So, Finnick in the ZIA, huh? Didn't see it coming.”\n\n“Me neither. That must have been why he ratted us out, to draw attention away from him.”\n\nNick rubbed his side and grunted. “Still pisses me off.”\n\n“I don't doubt it. So, what's the plan?”\n\n“I'll go out and try to talk him down. You stay in hiding and if anything happens. Plug him with a dart.”\n\nBefore Judy could argue Nick stepped out from behind the air conditioner raising his tranq gun. “Freeze!”\n\nThe baron stopped tugging on the door handle and stepped away his hands clenched into fists. Honey looked up at Nick moving her hand away from her face, her cheek and eye were puffy.\n\n“Are you alright?” Nick asked.\n\n“Dandy.” Honey, spit blood onto the rooftop.\n\n“Don't talk to her!”\n\nThe baron looked down at Honey and then back before pulling her to her feet. The soft sound of something hollow and metal tinged against the metal of the door behind the baron. The dart had struck and shattered against the metal door next to the baron. Nick trained his next shot on the center of the baron's chest.\n\n“Do it, pig.” There was venom in the baron's voice.\n\n“You're under arrest Bartrand Bouncer.”\n\n“You don't have enough evidence to charge me with anything, at least, nothing that will stick. By this time tomorrow, I'll be far away from here and you'll have to live with the fact that you couldn't stop me. There will never be a moment that you won't worry about me coming back. I will make the ZPD pay for what they did.”\n\n“The ZPD didn't do anything to you. You're just another psycho itching for a takedown.”\n\n“I have something special in mind for you traitors. Finnick, you, and Judy. There's an awful lot of bunnies in those burrows.”\n\nHoney tried to pull away causing the baron to dig his claws deeper into her arm. Honey grunted blood seeping through her fur dripping down to the rooftop. The baron's grip tightened forcing Honey to her knees. Nick flinched and took a step forward. The baron growled ferociously, his teeth bared.\n\n“Don't move!”\n\n“Dad, please.” Honey looked up at him, pleading.\n\n“Things weren't meant to be like this, sweetie. I wanted to give you-”\n\n“Freeze!” Judy called out, flanking the baron.\n\nThe baron grunted pulling Honey up again. In the same move, he shoved the smaller badger girl into Judy sending them both toppling to the roof. Nick watched for a mere second before taking aim at the baron. It was too late, the baron pulled a black cylinder from his jacket. It was only slightly longer than his hand was wide. When he whipped the item around it extended into a steel baton. Nick fired and the dart went wide. The baron closed the gap before Nick knew what happened. The baton smashed the back of Nick's hand sending the gun clattering across the rooftop.\n\n“I'm gonna enjoy beating you into a pulp, fox.”\n\nHe swung the baton hard enough to make a whistling noise in the air passed Nick's ear. Nick fell back a few steps barely missing being. Nick was on the defensive, dodging and weaving around each of the baron's devastating swings. Nick moved in close blocking the baron's hand with his forearms working to stop the barrage of swings. With the opening provided, the baron hammered Nick in the ribs hard enough to rattle them forcing the air from his lungs. The baron grabbed the fox's bicep swinging him around slamming him into the closest air conditioning unit. Nick saw black at the edge of his vision as he fought to breath.\n\nJudy struggled to get out from beneath Honey, who was still dazed by what happened. Judy managed to get her legs under the badger rolling her to one side. Quickly she kicked up onto her feet charging at the baron. She jumped onto the same air conditioner Nick had been slammed into. Gracefully she jumped into a flying kick. It was a solid hit to the badger's shoulder that merely sending him staggering a few steps away but thanks to his broad body his center of balance was incredible. The baron sneered and started swinging his baton about wildly. The small rabbit was able to dodge his attacks easy enough, peppering the thicker mammal with rabbit kicks and punches here and there. Judy stomped down on the inside of the baron's leg dropping him to one knee.\n\nThere were the howls of sirens from somewhere down below. Reinforcements were on the way and time was growing short. The baron used rage alone to continue this fight. He was up on his feet again grabbing Judy around the neck. Her small body easily hoisted from the roof. The air ripped from her lungs as she tried to swallow away the pressure from the baron's thumb at her throat. Then the world around her spun for a second before she became weightless. Gravity took hold of her quickly, punishing her for being away for too long. Her body hit the gravelly roof biting and clawing into her back and arms as she tumbled to a stop against an air conditioning unit several feet away.\n\nNick saw his opening and rushed forward to grab the baron's arm. With the sirens just below Nick knew he didn't have to take the baron down just keep him from getting away until help arrived. When Nick grabbed the baron's arm trying to pull the baton free, the fox was pulled off balance. He rewarded with a knee to the stomach and a backhand across his muzzle. His head was spinning, his sinuses were filled with the same sensation of getting pool water in his nose. Nick staggered back struggling to recover.\n\n“Time's growing short. I don't have time to play with you anymore.”\n\nA hard downward swing across his body slammed the side of Nick's leg dropping him to his knees. When the baron raised the baton above his head, Nick's only thought was to cover his head. That was when he felt the searing pain, heard the audible snap of the bone in his forearm. Nick cried out in pain falling on his back. He curled up in the gravel clenching his arm.\n\n“You traitor! I let you in and you tore everything down...you...”\n\nNick coughed, pained tears streaked down his face. He didn't have the courage to open his eyes. Didn't want to look into the face of the mammal that was going to end him. All he could think about was never getting to see Judy again, never being able to tell her that he loved her. Why didn't he ask her to marry him? The question would remain unanswered.\n\n“If I'd known crushing you cops would've been this easy, I wouldn't have wasted so much time on my elaborate scheme. Goodbye, fox!”\n\nJudy wrapped her arms around the badger's neck pulling back as hard as she could. The baron staggered grunting to recover. His neck was impossibly broad and hard to cut off the air way. The baron reached back grabbing Judy pulling her small body over his head. The baron threw her to the ground raising his foot to stomp her. Nick had taken his shirt and tied it into a sling to hold his broken arm tight to his body. He moved to throw his entire weight into the baron. Nick wasn't surprised to find that it did nothing to stagger the badger. The baron swatted the small fox away turning back to his task of crushing Judy.\n\nNick recovered darting back into the fray on all fours. He slid across the gravel pushing Judy out of the way just as the foot stomped down on him. The force behind it set a wave of pain throughout his body. Nick grunted rolling so he was between the baron and Judy. He knew that it wouldn't do any good but he had to try. Nick could feel a myriad of aches and pains running through him. He looked up at Judy, tears welling in his eyes. There was nothing left he could give, it was all on her. The baron was coming. Nick couldn't see him but he could hear him. It was all going to be over soon.\n\nJudy rocked up onto her shoulders kicking straight up into the air. Her feet connecting with Baron's face sending him staggering back a few steps. The bunny jumped over Nick's slumped body trying to protect him. Blood coursed down her face from the wound on her forehead. Her back was shredded by the gravel on the roof but she was driven by something else. She could hear Nick's wheezing echoing in her ear. His shallow coughing, it pushed the blood into her face making her angrier.\n\n“Play time is over.”\n\nBaron backed away tossing the baton away. He grunted leaning down to scooped up Nick's discarded tranq gun. In a quick flash, he ejected the magazine slapping a fresh one in place. The baron aimed his gun at Nick and smirked. Just as he was about to pull the trigger a dart stuck in his chest.\n\n“One...makes you numb.” There was venom it Judy's voice she trained her own tranq gun on the baron's chest.\n\n“That's the spirit, officer.” Baron turned his gun on her as she pulled the trigger again.\n\n“Two...makes you sleep.” Tears welled up in her eyes as she gritted her teeth.\n\n“Judy...no.”\n\n“Stay out of this!” Baron used all of his strength to pull the trigger, the thup sent a dart into Nick's shoulder. “Do it, Judy...I know you want too.”\n\nShe heard Nick whine from his place on the ground. He used his one good arm to crawl towards her. Each inch bought a wheezing breath from him. When the dart struck him he settled to the ground. Judy felt her tears hitching in her shoulders as she fought to keep her gun aimed at the baron.\n\n“Carrots, don't. You're better than this.” Nick moaned his body halted, no matter how much he fought he couldn't move anymore.","writing_bbcode_parsed":"<span style='word-wrap: break-word;'>Up on the Roof<br /><br />Nick could see Judy reaching the second landing giving chase. The baron was about to reach his inner sanctum. Nick charged up the stair taking two at a time. The other two had a substantial lead on him. When finally reached the top of the stairs the door stood open allowing him to pass right through. The curtains still rustled from Judy&#039;s passing. When Nick followed her he spared a glance at the area that lay behind the heavy fabric. There were rooms walled off by other curtains just as he&#039;d thought upon his first visit. Unfortunately, there was no time to admire the makeshift construction. In front of him, another door at the back of the makeshift hall stood open.<br /><br />When Nick passed through the door he came out on a metal catwalk into a large chamber like the other one they&#039;d passed through on their way back to the sanctuary. Above him, he could hear the pounding of feet on metal and a desperate breathing. Nick could see shadowy figures moving through the grates in the stairs. A voice echoed down, the baron, was yelling urging Honey to move faster. It was echoed back by her screaming something incoherent through a tear-strained voice.<br /><br />Nick hurried up the stairs after them, trying to keep his pace, but the stairs were murder on his already aching legs. It was as much as a help as a hindrance. There was no way the much older baron could outrun while pulling honey along. Judy would be on him soon followed by Nick.<br /><br />A bright light shone down filling the chamber. The early morning sun was upon them. Nick could see Judy just above. She was climbing the ladder to the surface, by the time she reached the street above, Nick was just reaching the ladder. There was a battle raging in his ears of which was louder, his pounding heart or his heavy breathing.<br /><br />Nick climbed out from the manhole blinking against the early morning light catching the buildings. It cast long finger-like shadows across the city. The baron was gone, Judy too. Where did they go? He whipped around trying to find any sign. His ears flinched at the sound of Judy&#039;s voice urging the baron to stop. It came from somewhere close by. Nick hesitated before hurrying towards where he thought the sound was.<br /><br />On the back of the nearby building was a fire escape. Judy was a few floor below the baron as they raced towards the roof. Nick hurried over to a dumpster scrambling up on top. In a quick jump, he managed to grab the floor of the lowest landing, pulling himself up over the railing. Quickly he darted up the steps. Every muscle in his legs ached and unfortunately, there was no sign that this chase was going to end anytime soon.<br /><br />Finally, Nick made it to the roof, he kept low as to not draw attention to himself, which was difficult because of the cramps in his legs. After a moment he opted to crawl on his hands and knees, it was less quiet but he could stay down for longer.<br /><br />Across the roof, he saw the baron battling to get the door back into the building open. Honey was yelling something at him pulling on his jacket. The baron wheeled around cuffing her in the face hard to throw her to the rooftop. Nick felt a surge of anger rushing through him. It subsided amidst the distraction of spotting a pair of ears tips hiding behind one of the many air conditioning units scattered across the roof.<br /><br />He was on the move over towards her. To keep pace and not hurt so bad he had to switch between crouching and crawling. When he rounded a row of air conditioners he saw Judy moving to the next air conditioning unit trying to close the gap between her and baron. It took some doing but when Nick finally caught up with her, she hunkered down to catch her breath.<br /><br />&ldquo;I&#039;m so out of shape.&rdquo; Nick gasped.<br /><br />&ldquo;Yeah, you are.&rdquo; Judy looked up at him with a smile on her face.<br /><br />&ldquo;So, Finnick in the ZIA, huh? Didn&#039;t see it coming.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Me neither. That must have been why he ratted us out, to draw attention away from him.&rdquo;<br /><br />Nick rubbed his side and grunted. &ldquo;Still pisses me off.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;I don&#039;t doubt it. So, what&#039;s the plan?&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;I&#039;ll go out and try to talk him down. You stay in hiding and if anything happens. Plug him with a dart.&rdquo;<br /><br />Before Judy could argue Nick stepped out from behind the air conditioner raising his tranq gun. &ldquo;Freeze!&rdquo;<br /><br />The baron stopped tugging on the door handle and stepped away his hands clenched into fists. Honey looked up at Nick moving her hand away from her face, her cheek and eye were puffy.<br /><br />&ldquo;Are you alright?&rdquo; Nick asked.<br /><br />&ldquo;Dandy.&rdquo; Honey, spit blood onto the rooftop.<br /><br />&ldquo;Don&#039;t talk to her!&rdquo;<br /><br />The baron looked down at Honey and then back before pulling her to her feet. The soft sound of something hollow and metal tinged against the metal of the door behind the baron. The dart had struck and shattered against the metal door next to the baron. Nick trained his next shot on the center of the baron&#039;s chest.<br /><br />&ldquo;Do it, pig.&rdquo; There was venom in the baron&#039;s voice.<br /><br />&ldquo;You&#039;re under arrest Bartrand Bouncer.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;You don&#039;t have enough evidence to charge me with anything, at least, nothing that will stick. By this time tomorrow, I&#039;ll be far away from here and you&#039;ll have to live with the fact that you couldn&#039;t stop me. There will never be a moment that you won&#039;t worry about me coming back. I will make the ZPD pay for what they did.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;The ZPD didn&#039;t do anything to you. You&#039;re just another psycho itching for a takedown.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;I have something special in mind for you traitors. Finnick, you, and Judy. There&#039;s an awful lot of bunnies in those burrows.&rdquo;<br /><br />Honey tried to pull away causing the baron to dig his claws deeper into her arm. Honey grunted blood seeping through her fur dripping down to the rooftop. The baron&#039;s grip tightened forcing Honey to her knees. Nick flinched and took a step forward. The baron growled ferociously, his teeth bared.<br /><br />&ldquo;Don&#039;t move!&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Dad, please.&rdquo; Honey looked up at him, pleading.<br /><br />&ldquo;Things weren&#039;t meant to be like this, sweetie. I wanted to give you-&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Freeze!&rdquo; Judy called out, flanking the baron.<br /><br />The baron grunted pulling Honey up again. In the same move, he shoved the smaller badger girl into Judy sending them both toppling to the roof. Nick watched for a mere second before taking aim at the baron. It was too late, the baron pulled a black cylinder from his jacket. It was only slightly longer than his hand was wide. When he whipped the item around it extended into a steel baton. Nick fired and the dart went wide. The baron closed the gap before Nick knew what happened. The baton smashed the back of Nick&#039;s hand sending the gun clattering across the rooftop.<br /><br />&ldquo;I&#039;m gonna enjoy beating you into a pulp, fox.&rdquo;<br /><br />He swung the baton hard enough to make a whistling noise in the air passed Nick&#039;s ear. Nick fell back a few steps barely missing being. Nick was on the defensive, dodging and weaving around each of the baron&#039;s devastating swings. Nick moved in close blocking the baron&#039;s hand with his forearms working to stop the barrage of swings. With the opening provided, the baron hammered Nick in the ribs hard enough to rattle them forcing the air from his lungs. The baron grabbed the fox&#039;s bicep swinging him around slamming him into the closest air conditioning unit. Nick saw black at the edge of his vision as he fought to breath.<br /><br />Judy struggled to get out from beneath Honey, who was still dazed by what happened. Judy managed to get her legs under the badger rolling her to one side. Quickly she kicked up onto her feet charging at the baron. She jumped onto the same air conditioner Nick had been slammed into. Gracefully she jumped into a flying kick. It was a solid hit to the badger&#039;s shoulder that merely sending him staggering a few steps away but thanks to his broad body his center of balance was incredible. The baron sneered and started swinging his baton about wildly. The small rabbit was able to dodge his attacks easy enough, peppering the thicker mammal with rabbit kicks and punches here and there. Judy stomped down on the inside of the baron&#039;s leg dropping him to one knee.<br /><br />There were the howls of sirens from somewhere down below. Reinforcements were on the way and time was growing short. The baron used rage alone to continue this fight. He was up on his feet again grabbing Judy around the neck. Her small body easily hoisted from the roof. The air ripped from her lungs as she tried to swallow away the pressure from the baron&#039;s thumb at her throat. Then the world around her spun for a second before she became weightless. Gravity took hold of her quickly, punishing her for being away for too long. Her body hit the gravelly roof biting and clawing into her back and arms as she tumbled to a stop against an air conditioning unit several feet away.<br /><br />Nick saw his opening and rushed forward to grab the baron&#039;s arm. With the sirens just below Nick knew he didn&#039;t have to take the baron down just keep him from getting away until help arrived. When Nick grabbed the baron&#039;s arm trying to pull the baton free, the fox was pulled off balance. He rewarded with a knee to the stomach and a backhand across his muzzle. His head was spinning, his sinuses were filled with the same sensation of getting pool water in his nose. Nick staggered back struggling to recover.<br /><br />&ldquo;Time&#039;s growing short. I don&#039;t have time to play with you anymore.&rdquo;<br /><br />A hard downward swing across his body slammed the side of Nick&#039;s leg dropping him to his knees. When the baron raised the baton above his head, Nick&#039;s only thought was to cover his head. That was when he felt the searing pain, heard the audible snap of the bone in his forearm. Nick cried out in pain falling on his back. He curled up in the gravel clenching his arm.<br /><br />&ldquo;You traitor! I let you in and you tore everything down...you...&rdquo;<br /><br />Nick coughed, pained tears streaked down his face. He didn&#039;t have the courage to open his eyes. Didn&#039;t want to look into the face of the mammal that was going to end him. All he could think about was never getting to see Judy again, never being able to tell her that he loved her. Why didn&#039;t he ask her to marry him? The question would remain unanswered.<br /><br />&ldquo;If I&#039;d known crushing you cops would&#039;ve been this easy, I wouldn&#039;t have wasted so much time on my elaborate scheme. Goodbye, fox!&rdquo;<br /><br />Judy wrapped her arms around the badger&#039;s neck pulling back as hard as she could. The baron staggered grunting to recover. His neck was impossibly broad and hard to cut off the air way. The baron reached back grabbing Judy pulling her small body over his head. The baron threw her to the ground raising his foot to stomp her. Nick had taken his shirt and tied it into a sling to hold his broken arm tight to his body. He moved to throw his entire weight into the baron. Nick wasn&#039;t surprised to find that it did nothing to stagger the badger. The baron swatted the small fox away turning back to his task of crushing Judy.<br /><br />Nick recovered darting back into the fray on all fours. He slid across the gravel pushing Judy out of the way just as the foot stomped down on him. The force behind it set a wave of pain throughout his body. Nick grunted rolling so he was between the baron and Judy. He knew that it wouldn&#039;t do any good but he had to try. Nick could feel a myriad of aches and pains running through him. He looked up at Judy, tears welling in his eyes. There was nothing left he could give, it was all on her. The baron was coming. Nick couldn&#039;t see him but he could hear him. It was all going to be over soon.<br /><br />Judy rocked up onto her shoulders kicking straight up into the air. Her feet connecting with Baron&#039;s face sending him staggering back a few steps. The bunny jumped over Nick&#039;s slumped body trying to protect him. Blood coursed down her face from the wound on her forehead. Her back was shredded by the gravel on the roof but she was driven by something else. She could hear Nick&#039;s wheezing echoing in her ear. His shallow coughing, it pushed the blood into her face making her angrier.<br /><br />&ldquo;Play time is over.&rdquo;<br /><br />Baron backed away tossing the baton away. He grunted leaning down to scooped up Nick&#039;s discarded tranq gun. In a quick flash, he ejected the magazine slapping a fresh one in place. The baron aimed his gun at Nick and smirked. Just as he was about to pull the trigger a dart stuck in his chest.<br /><br />&ldquo;One...makes you numb.&rdquo; There was venom it Judy&#039;s voice she trained her own tranq gun on the baron&#039;s chest.<br /><br />&ldquo;That&#039;s the spirit, officer.&rdquo; Baron turned his gun on her as she pulled the trigger again.<br /><br />&ldquo;Two...makes you sleep.&rdquo; Tears welled up in her eyes as she gritted her teeth.<br /><br />&ldquo;Judy...no.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Stay out of this!&rdquo; Baron used all of his strength to pull the trigger, the thup sent a dart into Nick&#039;s shoulder. &ldquo;Do it, Judy...I know you want too.&rdquo;<br /><br />She heard Nick whine from his place on the ground. He used his one good arm to crawl towards her. Each inch bought a wheezing breath from him. When the dart struck him he settled to the ground. Judy felt her tears hitching in her shoulders as she fought to keep her gun aimed at the baron.<br /><br />&ldquo;Carrots, don&#039;t. You&#039;re better than this.&rdquo; Nick moaned his body halted, no matter how much he fought he couldn&#039;t move anymore.</span>","pools_count":0,"title":"Zootopia: Underworld Chapter 17","deleted":"f","public":"t","mimetype":"text/rtf","pagecount":"1","rating_id":"0","rating_name":"General","ratings":[],"submission_type_id":"12","type_name":"Writing - Document","guest_block":"f","friends_only":"f","comments_count":"1","views":"38","sales_description":null,"forsale":"f","digitalsales":"f","printsales":"f","digital_price":""}