shoo!"

"Aww, c'mon, mista!" said Nick. "You folks are rich! I'm sure you got full-sized candy bars!"

"Yeah, don't be stingy!" said Judy.

"I said leave!" shouted the bear. "Get lost, kids, or I'll spank you both!"

"Aww, you don't have any treats?" said Judy. "Well, in that case, I guess it'll have to be 'trick'."

And the bear suddenly felt electricity coursing through his body. Judy had taken a stun gun from her bucket of candy and zapped the bear without him noticing it.

The bear buzzed for a few seconds and then fell back heavily on the carpet of the entrance hall, stunned and paralysed.

They walked over the bear and entered the main hall.

"We're in," said Nick, and shortly Fangmeyer and Wolford dashed in quietly.

"The Jenkinses are upstairs, at the very back of the house," said Garth's voice in their communicators. "There are two more bozos, Keyes's goons. No private security guards. Looks like my little joke this morning worked!"

"Eh, eh, Garth!" said Judy nervously. "Focus! On the mission!"

She doubted very much Bogo would approve of Garth hacking into a private company's database and sending bogus emails fake-firing the employees for a night.

The group moved stealthily upstairs and came to corridor that ended in a large set of double doors. They had seen in the surveillance camera footage that it was a lounge, and behind the lounge there was a chained and padlocked door. The two goons were inside the lounge guarding the Jenkins family.

"Okay," whispered Nick to Wolford and Fangmeyer. "Hopps and I will distract them. You two hide behind those two plants at the sides of the door. When the thugs run after us, zap 'em."

"You got it, Wilde," said Fangmeyer. Wolford nodded in acknowledgement.

Judy and Nick walked up to the doors and opened them abruptly. The two thugs inside looked up and were shocked by the sight of two kids in Halloween costumes standing in the doorway.

"OOPS!" said Judy. "This ain't the kitchen!"

"Wrong room!" said Nick.

They dashed off in opposite directions down the corridor.

"Hey! You kids! Get back here!" shouted one of the thugs and he and his cohort ran after them.

"You take the witch, I'll get the skeleton!" said the other goon, and they started running after Judy and Nick.

But they had not moved three feet when they both felt strong electricity cramping their bodies. Wolford and Fangmeyer, hidden behind large vases with plants at either side of the double doors, zapped them and the thugs were soon unconscious on the floor of the corridor.

Judy and Nick ran back to the lounge, followed by their wolf colleagues. Judy took off her fake nose and Nick removed his mask.

"Alright," said Judy, taking her lock picks from her pocket and picking the padlock.

As she did this, a sudden dreadful thought came to her mind. What if they opened the door…and the Jenkinses were not there?

"No," said Judy in her mind. "Focus, Judy. Don't let your mind wander."

She unlocked the padlock and they removed the chains hastily. Then Judy and Nick pulled open the doors.

For a second, Judy felt a horrible dread in her stomach, fearing what could be behind the doors.

But then…

"Um…is it safe to come out?"

Judy and Nick sighed in relief as they watched George Jenkins walk nervously to them, followed by his wife, and his two daughters.

Chief Bogo and the larger officers were in the front entrance hall. The three grizzly bear heavies were cuffed and stuffed in the back of Bogo's squad car, which was parked in the driveway outside the front door.

Garth and Amber were standing in the front hall. Garth was flashing his Junior ZPD Officer badge at anyone who happened to catch his eye. The Jenkinses were escorted to Fangmeyer and Wolford's squad car by Delgato and Grizzoli.

Judy and Nick walked down the grand stairs to the front hall with Fangmeyer and Wolford after making sure the house was empty and secure.

"Hey Wilde!" said Fangmeyer.

Nick knew what came next.

"It's really hot!" said Nick.

"What's hot?" said Wolford.

"What we got!" said Fangmeyer.

"Really hot!" said Nick.

"You'd better run way before you're caught!" said Amber!

Everyone was stunned for a second, looking at her, but then they all grinned and howled triumphantly together.

"AWOOOOO!"

"CUT THAT OUT! THIS INSTANT!" yelled Chief Bogo annoyed as he walked towards them.

Judy giggled mirthfully as the canine officers all winked and nodded at each other.

"I must admit," said Bogo, looking at his officers. "I had very little faith in the effectiveness of this…plan. But I stand corrected, it worked. Marvellously."

He sighed deeply and seemed to struggle with his next words.

"My felicitations, to all of you. You did a great job."

The Jenkinses were safely locked inside the wolves' squad car. As Wolford and Fangmeyer got into their car and buckled up, George Jenkins waved at Judy and Nick, tears of joy in his eyes and his face shining with relief and hope.

"Thank you," he mouthed, and the car drove away to the Precinct.

"Well, that's that," said Nick.

"Yup," said Judy. "And now all we have left is the big boss himself."

"With a bit of luck," said Amber, "he'll be on his way to Bunny Burrow tomorrow morning, none the wiser."

"And so will we," said Garth.

Hours earlier, in the office of President Preston Keyes, his secretary walked into the room with a red envelope, sealed with wax and very official-looking.

"Mr Keyes, sir," said the secretary, a young goat girl. "This arrived just now via courier."

"Miss Blanche, I am in the middle of something quite important," said Keyes, looking up from his online poker game on his iPaw.

"I'm afraid this is top-priority, sir," said Miss Blanche, giving him the letter.

Keyes opened it in annoyance, but soon his annoyance disappeared to give way to a look of triumph.

The letter read:

Dear Mr. President Keyes,

On behalf of the town of Bunny Burrow, I am writing to express our sincere apologies for the way the town reacted to the innovative new agricultural model presented last Sunday evening. We deeply regret our conduct and hope that there are no hard feelings towards our humble farming community.

To make up for our error, I would like to extend a most cordial invitation to participate in the public signing of an agreement between Your Excellency's illustrious company and our town. We have opened our eyes and embraced the future and we would like the President himself to personally sign the contract by which Terra Firma Incorporated can commence the renovation of all the farms in Bunny Burrow.

It would honour us to receive Your Excellency in our humble town and offer all our hospitality, best regional dishes and eternal friendship.

Sincerely,

Mayor Dwight L. Honeysuckle

"HAHAA!" said President Keyes. "I knew a little persuasion would go a long way!"

"Shall I have Rosco prepare your car, sir?" asked Miss Blanche.

"Yes, yes, immediately," said Keyes. "Oh, I can almost savour the flavour of triumph! Take care of the preparations, Miss Blanche, and then take the rest of the day off. In fact, take tomorrow off as well, you and everyone else! This calls for a company-wide celebration!"

"Right away, sir," said Miss Blanche and went to carry out her orders.

The city hall was packed and festive that afternoon! Everybody was present, wearing their absolute best. The middle of the hall was cleared of all chairs and tables and destined to be the dancing floor where the best square dancers of the town would perform for President Keyes. Delicious regional dishes were made by the wives of the farms that had not been affected by the pan-dimonium acetate contamination. Everyone in Bunny Burrow was ready and willing to celebrate and make this the best party ever.

Stuart and Bonnie Hopps and their children, all except for Judy, were present at the event. They were expectant, knowing that something good was about to happen. They kept quiet, though, and acted like everything was normal.

A big black car pulled up to the front of the city hall, and two enormous grizzly bears walked out, escorting President Preston Keyes to the entrance.

"Ah, victory," said Keyes to himself as everyone cheered and greeted him upon his arrival. "One can almost taste it."

The Mayor led him and his bodyguards to the stage, on which a table had been prepared with an ink well and two notaries. A large parchment was sitting on the table, just waiting to be signed.

"This way, please," said Mayor Honeysuckle.

Keyes made a gesture for his heavies to wait for him at the foot of the stage. Everyone applauded and cheered as the Mayor and President Keyes walked up towards the table on the stage. Several dozen cell phone cameras and camcorders recorded the historical moment.

Judge Randolph Romero Lagus was present. He pulled the chair back for President Keyes. Keyes sat down and took a long quill. But before signing, he cleared his throat and spoke a few words.

"This wonderful town shall remember November 1st as the day Bunny Burrow took its first step into the future," said President Keyes.

Everyone applauded.

"Terra Firma Incorporated is happy and proud to foster

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