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Bogo inhaled and exhaled deeply as he inserted the key into the door lock. He was still calming down himself enough to drive a car.

'I feel ridiculous' said Adira, as she taped her reflective coat on.

Bogo just grunted and ignited the car engine.

'Hey at least we are doing it together right? I've never rode a large sized cruiser before... guess having a large mammal as a partner is a good thing, hmm?' Adira continued talking as she stretched luxuriously on her seat.

Bogo continued to ignore her.

'But why do I need to do parking duty? It's not like I don't know this city from head to tail.'

Bogo tried to explain in an almost bored tone like the chief instructed him to, even though he was about to explode,

'Parking duty is a well-known tradition that the ZPD has implemented for decades that allow new recruits to familiarize with Zootopian streets...'

'Then why do I have to do it even when I live...' Adria cut through his explanation.

'And a mentor is supposed to guide a newbie through shortcuts and hidey-holes that criminals use...'

'...here since I was born?'

'Can you just SHUT UP? Fuck it I'm never gonna explain about this to anyone from now on!'

Both Bogo and Adira jumped in their seat when the car radio came live,

'Ah, and it was going so well too! I'm pleased, very pleased to hear that you are improving, officer Bogo. Now with that in mind I'm going to keep Clawhauser under your care...'

The sentence was stopped by a fist on the radio.

'Wait the chief can hear us in the car?' Adira asked over the sizzling of the wrecked radio.

This time it was Adira's walkie-talkie that replied merrily, 'Yes, my lady. Technology nowadays is so amazing. I just happen to tap into your channel and remoted the radio. Now, now. Don't think about breaking Adira's antenna, Bogo. Your salary...'

Her walkie got snatched and bent anyway.

Bogo slammed his foot on the gas pedal and the car lurched forward with an unhealthy screech.

'Hey don't take it out on the car. It's not its fault.'

'Don't you DARE talk to me like that.'

'You know, big guy. I'm not scared of you and your shouting. So yell all you want, I'm listening.'

Bogo stopped the car and looked at his passenger, who was grinning at him without a trace of being intimidated by him. With a sinking feeling in his stomach he knew he had failed to scare her. He moodily ground his teeth, thinking hard of a way to get rid of her, and was about to drive forward again until he heard Adira talking to him again,

'You know what, this is going nowhere. We aren't doing our job properly. Let's have a bet.'

'grrr...?'

'If you write more tickets than me this today, I'll apply for a precinct change so you don't have to see me anymore. Vice versa, you can't get rid of me using some kind of lowly methods if I win... and yes, I know you will if I don't do anything about it.'

Bogo thought hard. What's she planning? Does she have a plan to win this without the knowledge of meter hot spots? No, to dump her, I don't have to accept this challenge...

Then he realized he was already in her trap. There's no way for him, as a senior officer and a proud buffalo, can flee from this duel. The only thing he could do was to say yes and try his best to not lose, or get stuck with this overly witty cheetah for at least a year. He was basically backed into a corner by a newbie.

'Oh and by the way, no cars allowed. We are doing this on foot.'

Bogo cursed under his breath over and over again. The contest had turned an easy and leisure job into a hot, sweaty and exhausting job that he had to give his best. He stumbled forward sluggishly from one road to another, following the route he used so many years ago back when he had to take parking duty every day of the week. His trousers were smeared with sweat he wiped from his snout.

He was so tired that he didn't notice Adira following him along the rooftops.

Adira had a plan to win. She studied Bogo's route for an hour and marked it down on her notebook. Seeing him go inside the cruiser for a drink, she slivered down onto the street along a water pipe and started retracing Bogo's steps.

She was going to deny him every ticket for the rest of the morning.