Snippets (Predation Snippet #1)

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The story's about... I'd say a third complete, with the dialogue mostly done. I'm still fleshing out Jack's confrontation with Judy, and have to come up with two character names. Also, please note that some parts of 'Snippets' are subject to change over time. Other than that, here's the FIRST snippet of "Zootopia AU: Predation". 

The buck stood in the center of the room - hardened gaze sweeping from one side of the flat to the other - never once making a sound; Judy, despite her sharpened hearing, couldn't even pick up on the controlled, miniscule steps he took as he shifted to gain a better vantage.

In the dark of her apartment - tense as it was from the possible threat - all she could truly see was the cold outline of his drawn gun in one paw, and the faintest glimmer of the knife he clutched in the other. What struck her the most was the poise that he took, focus forward and ears somehow breathing in the silence as he was in tuned to every hidden noise.

After a moment - one where her heart stilled and her voice and thoughts died to become one with the ever encroaching abyss - Jack finally let his arms slowly fall to his side. She could tell he was still guarded, but it was clearly visible that things were different; something in the way he looked at her - amber eyes sharpened towards the doorway that shone with a hidden level of danger that Judy could only fathom came with his name.

It was only when he didn't say a word or move, that she figured the coast was clear. Taking one step through the threshold of the door - which felt like a leap over a chasm - she entered her home.

"Judy, I'm gonna level with you here. What happened in the last few hours... it's not good."

His voice, though calm and seemingly patient amidst the sea of rage she knew was behind it, shook her to her core. From one of her previous conversations with the buck, she knew that he had a side of him that the world never saw, but now that she was here to see it...

The way his eyes never left her was unsettling to say the least. And if that wasn't enough, what left his mouth next, made her tremble. "The fact that you're still alive and standing is what's wrong," he paused, taking a moment to turn his head to gaze out of the window. The eerie glow of grey and blue defined his features even more so than she could have tried to describe. "Someone knew about you and Nick," said Jack, barely tilting his head to catch her out of the corner of his eye. "and now... now you're both being targeted."
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CombatEngineers's avatar
I'm guessing this snippet happens in the future in the story.