Officer Down! “Come on, come on, connect…” Judy was quietly whispering to her phone, keeping it out of sight while taking a sneaky peek at it during her patrol. Being off duty and on your phone while out on patrol was something that could stain her ‘perfect cop’ record, breaking the rules just for a moment to send a text. “Not even my data’s working, damn….” She huffed, reluctantly putting her phone back in her pocket of her uniform, the black and blue outfit sticking to her slightly sweaty body. Even though she wasn’t a fan of it, the snug outfit did show off the few curves she had, primarily those thighs! The grey bunny was huffy, both with having to work on an important day and doing it alone. Nick, her partner in both cop work and bedroom fun was off for his birthday, leaving Judy to begrudgingly work a patrol alone. She was alone in the back allies of Zootopia’s grasslands housing district, using the shade of a building to keep herself from sweating puddles. The day was relatively boring, just seeing familiar faces and not so familiar faces pass by on their business, Judy not even having to tell someone off for littering or anything! Just a lifeless day walking about the poorer section of town. While trying helplessly to get a connection again, taking refuge behind a dumpster, Judy heard a soft clack of talons against the ground, no other animals in the area. At first it didn’t seem to bother her, as those violet eyes were focused on the screen that finally got a connection out here, but then the taloned footsteps began to approach. Quickly putting her phone away, Judy stood to face to approaching avian, her grey furred ears being the first thing the person would see. “Hi there!” The lapine chirped cheerfully while looking forward towards a female barn owl, about half a foot taller than herself. “Do you need help with anything, ma’am?” Judy’s violet eyes climbed the slim, yet strong looking form of the barn owl, focusing on the pale feathered face with large black eyes. It was like looking into the full moon and it looking back! The rather foreboding figure looked down towards the small grey rabbit, abyss like eyes gazing with malicious intent boiling just below the surface. “Oh, I just heard some rummaging and it piqued my curiosity, that is all.” The posher tone of the bird came as she brushed a bit of dust off of her shirt. It seemed that she was wearing athletic wear, a loose orange shirt over a fluffy plumage chest and black shorts, no bra straps visible. “Are you looking for anything, cop? I’ve never seen you around this part of town, officer….” “Officer Hopps, miss!” Judy answered while rising up on the toes of her feet, lowering back down as her mood lowered, too. “Well, if you have any idea where I could… get a decent signal around here, that would be great.” The bunny chuckled while shriving away, taking out her phone. “I gotta get a message out, but there hasn’t been a signal anywhere. Not even on data!” Then, upon realizing her duties as an officer as well as her sense of self preservation, Judy started with a more inquisitive tone. “What’s your name, miss? I guess you’re a friend of the cops in the area?” Nodding along with the rabbit’s question and kneeling down, that circular face and dark eyes now just about on level with the bunny. “Oh, my name? I’m Isone, it’s a pleasure to meet you, miss Hopps.” Isone spoke with a gentle tone of voice, a hidden taste of anticipation as she continued. “And if you want to get some good reception,” she began while moving closer to the bunny, the large wings spreading out as the avian brought Judy in for a half hug, talons clacking on the concrete as she moved around the bunny. “You got to head down that street for about… five minutes or so.” The last question about being friends of cops in the area would go unanswered as she gave directions the grey bunny. There was a shiver up Judy’s back. A bad feeling crept into her body, grey and white fur standing on end with the owl to her back. “Okay, just… five minutes down that way?” The grey hand reached out, following the powerful wing pointing down the ally. With the motion hopefully enough to distract Isone’s attention, Judy started to reach for the adjustable taser on her hip. “Thank you, Isone! Maybe I’ll see you next time I’m around here?” She faked enthusiasm, starting to pull away with her hand kept on the edge of the taser. However, the click of the safety being turned off was a bad sign of what Judy was planning. With a quick, blinding motion, the white and reddish-brown wing slapped the rabbit in the face, knocking her off balance and falling back onto the larger barn owl! “Maybe we won’t have to leave each other to leave it up to change, hmm?” Isone scoffed while backing up, letting Judy fall all the way down to the concrete ground with a thud. “I don’t want any nosy police on my claim. Especially not ones that can hear more than they need to.” A large taloned foot slammed down over the grey rabbit’s throat, squeezing and choking Judy. “Doesn’t that sound fair, long ears? Keeping those good ears of yours out of my home?” Gagging and gasping for freedom with the suffocating grasp on her throat, the grey bunny started to fumble around. The hand on Judy’s taser was pinned down as Isone’s other foot, the weapon being out of reach as the darkness started to reach the lapine’s vision. As the barn owl craned her neck down to look into those panicked violet eyes, a smile creeped along the beak, looking like a slash across the moon. Isone then looked out away from the alley, to the street it connected to, only laughing and leaning over once again to look at the bunny. “Do you hear that? Are you even listening, little rabbit?” The teasing terror crept in, the grip tightening around Judy’s neck, making the grey bunny blue in the face. “That’s right, there’s nothing to hear except me. No footsteps of passersby who’ll come call reinforcements for you.” A chuckle came as the large wings stretched, Isone yawning with the weak struggles from the rabbit beneath her getting weaker and weaker, adding insult to injury. “Don’t struggle too much and you’ll be breathing later, understood? Behave and you’ll be a simple ransom rabbit instead of a necrophiliac’s play thing.” The faint struggles got more and more distant from the bunny beneath the bird. Judy’s eyes slowly blinking as her consciousness struggled, trying to think and find a way out of this. Reaching for the taser with her left hand, trying to use her lack of training with it to try to fight to freedom. As the grey furred paw crossed her stomach, Isone’s face lowered enough to peck at Judy’s hand, forcing it away from the weapon and down towards her crotch! It was then the rabbit’s body finally gave up, passing out in the strong talons of the barn owl that completely caught her off guard and by surprise. Upon realizing that her cop victim was passed out, Isone slowly dragged the dark grey talons away from Judy’s neck, letting air flow in her system once more. “How cute. And pathetic.” Cooed the barn owl as she used the cop’s own handcuffs against her, taking the taser, radio, and phone away. All of the extra items were tossed away in the nearby garbage bin. Once all the official matters were taken care of, Isone would wrap Judy in a blanket fished from the garbage, placing the limp lapine within it and wrapping it so no part of her was visible. … Waking up slowly, the grey bunny blinked her violet eyes and could barely make out details around her. Groaning, dizzy, Judy attempted to move her arms to find they were bound behind her. Realization started to flood in her mind, eyes opening blood shot as she breathed deeply and quickly, looking around the room to find she was alone. There were no noises of animals breathing, any steps around; the only sound was that of the air vent blowing cool, refreshing air into the room. Hesitant and unsure, Judy took a deep and shuddering breath before speaking out to the emptiness. “H-hello?” The bunny spoke, hearing nothing before speaking louder. “Hello? Is there… anyone there? You’re not… going to kill me, right? If you’re there?” Sighing and leaning forward against the tight bindings around her arms, seeing her legs duct taped to the chair. “And this is what I get for being alone and in a bad part of town….” The defeated rabbit could only sit helpless, breathing deeply while trying to get her strength to come back to her. Able to collect herself and focus on the situation at hand, Judy looked over her shoulder at the bindings around her wrists. It seemed like just her own handcuffs kept her hands restrained, the rest of her arms positioned in an awkward pose where any movement was difficult and awkward. “Welp… this is going to hurt….” The grey bunny looked away and closed her violet eyes, wincing in anticipation as she grabbed her thumb. With a snap, her thumb was dislocated, making her hiss in pain. “Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck….” Judy forced herself to be quiet while she forced her hand through the tightened cuffs, grunting weakly as she freed herself. “That’s… ow… fuck….” She hissed while taking her hand from its awkward position to her chest, leaving the handcuffs dangling from her uninjured hand. With one part of her restrains taken care of. Judy turned to the duct tape around her legs, keeping her down on the chair. Using the stubby claws on her fingers, not sharp and barely a point, the grey bunny was able to poke holes in the duct tape. Poke by poke, she leaned down further and further while freeing her first leg, moving up to repeat the process. The noise of the duct tape ripping as she moved her legs away was a little too loud for comfort, but it couldn’t be helped. “Okay… okay…” Judy said, hopping off of the chair which was just a little bigger than she was used to. “What now… what can I do to… hmmm….” The lapine held her hand close to her chest, finding all of her equipment was stripped off of her, including her vest. It was reasonable for getting kidnapped, but it was still unfortunate! A quick survey around the room didn’t prove fruitful at all for anything; information, weaponry, communication devices. It was just an empty room with nothing but a chair in it! Even the air vent, which was making way too much noise, was too small for Judy to wriggle into and escape through. Suddenly, the clacking of talons along tile started to come this way from the door, Judy’s ears shifting around to listen. They were quickly approaching, the avian feet coming to potentially check on the ‘prisoner’ rabbit. Thinking quickly, Judy got behind the door where the figure would come in, hoping to take her captor by surprise and free herself! The clicking and clacking like high heels going to the door was anxiety inducing, the little bunny heart beating faster and faster while the avian approached. Click! The door was unlocked. A long creak filled the air as it opened inwardly, almost hitting Judy in the face as it opened. From the other side of the doorway, there was a long sigh from a familiar voice. “Well, if you must be this eager to escape, you must have had some sort of plan? And I bet that plan was…” Isone’s cawing voice went quiet for a moment as she backed away, the door swiftly closing and opening once more as the owl stepped forward, slamming into the lapine’s face! Stunned and stumbling back from the cover she had, Judy struggled to find her balance again after getting a blow to the head. Quickly recovering after a second of staggering, the bunny leapt from behind her cover and went for the owl’s head! “I had enough of a plan to get out! It involves taking you OUT!” She screamed at the top of her lungs, attempting to snap Isone’s neck! The pale head turned around, the lack of a satisfying sound of a cracking spine being highlighted in the silence. Awkward, disappointment filled silence hung in the air for a moment after the failed attack. Isone unsheathed a curved knife in the feathered fingers at the ends of her wings, drawing out a long sigh as she did. “You really aren’t the brightest, are you?” The barn owl shoved Judy off of her front, feeling the rabbit’s feet trying to kick while tossed onto the ground before her. A long, taloned leg closed the door with a simple creak and click. “Granted, you were hit on the head twice and choked out once. Actually, no, three times on the head now, since it just happened yet again.” Isone’s head turned back to face the bunny on the ground with a devilish grin, holding the blade up. “You can always sit down in that chair again and stop fighting. If you do, I’ll forgive you for foolishly trying to snap my neck. Deal?” The smug owl raised the blade, ready to strike. “N-no….” Judy huffed while on the ground, pulling herself up to her feet again while looking a little bit worse for wear, her stance shaky as she led with her injured left hand. “I’m not stupid, I’m just determined and stubborn!” The lapine shouted while running at Isone, feigning a punch to slide into a kick, hitting the barn owl in the leg to hear the cawing cry. “If I need to choke you out or stab you, I’ll do it to get out of here!” The foolish bunny said, leaving herself wide open for an attack while about to throw a punch for real. Isone’s leg, with a fresh bruise on it, slashed down in a diagonal kick at Judy’s body! The dark talons tore through the cloth of the bunny’s blue shirt and left thin streaks of blood in the grey and white furred belly. “Really, now? You’re doing this even though you have no advantage and would be safer if you just sat back down?” The owl scoffed while grasping at the tatters of Judy’s shirt front, pulling her off the ground to only slam her back down. “Again, I don’t think that’s the smartest choice you made today.” Blue cloth was dragged away in Isone’s talons, leaving the injured bunny midriff exposed. Whining in pain while grasping her lightly bleeding stomach, Judy huffed and looked up with angry eyes towards the confident avian. She didn’t have any words, secretly admitting that Isone was right in this, but refusing to back down now that she’s come this far. There was no guarantee what the owl said would even be true; the fact of the matter being that Isone came in with a knife while assuming there would be a defenseless rabbit there! Right, the knife! That would be Judy’s focus, trying to get a sharp weapon to battle against the owl’s sharper talons. Keeping low to the ground, the rabbit attempted to grab the feathered wing-arm, huffing while yanking feathers out to try to get the blade out of Isone’s grip! The owl let go of the blade and watched as Judy went falling back, exerting more force than she had to in order to get the knife. “You keep getting yourself on the ground. Don’t you think, perhaps, you should stay there?” Isone’s teasing words came as her talon grasped Judy’s arm on the ground, forcing her hand to twist in an uncomfortable position. “Last chance. Hell, you’re uppity enough for me, I could wriggle you onto my payroll, too. How does it sound turning a blind eye and doubling your income, hmm?” Groaning while knocked on her back again, yet another attack failing as Judy was pushed to the metaphorical ropes and literal ground. “L-like hell I’ll help.…” The spiteful, painfully lawful rabbit spat out as if she was spitting out a rotten apple. “You’re pathetic….” Judy groaned while leaning in, biting at Isone’s leg with enough force to make blood come out! “Oh, I’m the pathetic one here? You’re just an insignificant brat of a bunny refusing a deal that would save your life. Here, I’ll come up with a better plan that fits that all too judicial idea you have.” The barn owl cockily spoke, hissing with the bite as she kicked the blade away with her free taloned foot. “You accept the deal, get extra money for a month, then lead an investigation with information you acquired from it. Then, surprise, you get a raise AND keep your life.” Isone’s bold attitude didn’t waver as she grasped Judy’s face with her taloned foot, squeezing her before slamming her down on the concrete floor. “Your best bet now is to start begging for your life, rabbit.” Suffocated by the foot and the dominating nature of Isone, Judy was huffing and puffing in exhaustion within the restraining grasp. The adrenaline was getting to her, making her decision making worse, whether the rabbit wanted to admit it or not. “P-please, please don’t kill me.…” Judy’s pitiful voice whined, her body trembling as the blood on her stomach started to dry. “I-I got to get to a birthday party tonight, p-please let me go.… I-I’ll get you some money when I’m here next time!” “Oh? Small world. Someone shares my birthday, then.” Isone said with a smile and a genuine laugh, the threatening side melting away momentarily as the avian’s stern glare transformed into a softer gaze. “But no. I have no guarantee you’ll be back for whatever money you can scrounge up. Regardless, I’m bound to get more just by keeping you locked away here.” Lifting Judy up by her head, the feathered hands held the squirming rabbit upright. The bunny’s bare feet barely touched the concrete as Isone lifted her higher, those dark eyes gazing into the terrified violet ones. “How about I just keep you here? You’ll be my little birthday present instead.” Taking the accidental fun with the bird and rolling with it, Judy whimpered and slowly nodded. “O-okay, please don’t hurt me…. I-I’m sorry for biting and…trying to snap your neck….” The rabbit vied for whatever freedom she could get, begging and apologizing to try to make good with the murderous owl. The sadistic smile on Isone’s face was just as chilling as her cold stare of anger. “There you go, that’s better. Regardless, you’ve been too much of a pain to keep alive here.” The smile melted away to that cold expression, the barn owl’s pitch-black eyes gazing into the fearful violet eyes of the bunny. “Do you have any last requests or final words you’d like to give before, well, your lungs go empty? I’ll be kind enough to give that.” The pale feathers gently caressed Judy’s head as Isone drew her close, pressing the bunny’s back to her chest and locking her in place. “I-I-” There were no words as the bunny whimpered in the deadly grasp, knowing that she had no more energy to fight or to even run. “I-I don’t know….” Judy finally said with a whine, shivering and struggling to even think! She was only being held back in a hug by Isone, her arms not even restrained, the feathered fingers teasing the bunny’s neck and head. The bunny’s bare feet were barely able to touch the floor beneath her, no way to yank herself from the vice grip within tickling feathers. “Oh well. Your fault for getting yourself to this point, you stubborn, uppity brat.” Isone’s cold words came out more as a joke with her tone, the cruel nature not even masked as she smiled. “Bye-bye, bratty bunny.” The owl whispered out, pausing for just a moment to feel the tension within her prey before her. Judy didn’t struggle, however her entire body was tense, enough pressure in her muscles to compact rocks into diamonds! Then, with a quick and merciless motion, the feathered hands grasped and yanked hard. Pop! The rabbit’s neck was shattered, being twisted to the side with those violet eyes open wide in shock. Judy’s body quivered and struggled for life within Isone’s arms, the neck now at a ninety-degree angle making her body shutdown. The grey furred bunny shuddered and slumped in the barn owl’s grasp, the prey’s limp limbs twitching in her new, fresh death. Twisting the other way, the avian’s grasp pushed the bunny’s head upright, the slight snapping of bones as they grinded back to the original position. “Hm.” Isone sighed with a disappointed glare towards the grey rabbit, taking the cop’s corpse and setting back in the chair. “At least now you’ll stay put. Maybe I’ll be able to get a thousand off your body, at least. You stupid rabbits aren’t exactly in high demand.” Her cold voice spoke to the slowly cooling body of Judy, sitting there like a limp doll. Looking back to the bunny with a scoff, the barn owl simply walked out of the room and locked the door again, leaving the corpse there to lose heat.