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'Suspect now on the run on a red Daewoof van...'

Bogo's radio kept them updated. Adira squinted around, trying to find the stolen van. Suddenly she saw a tiny van speed through the underbelly of a giraffe bus and turn left, leaving light skid marks.

'There it is! Bogo, turn right!'

'Where? I don't see it.' Bogo turned right anyway.

Adira was exasperated, 'Right between the blue car and the red! Speed up, they are getting away!'

Bogo still could not pinpoint the exact van Adira was talking about. Sight never was a strong point of a buffalo, yet he followed Adira's instructions flawlessly, weaving between the traffics.

'They entered Little Rodentia.'

'Dammit! We lost them.' Bogo let go of the steering wheel.

'Not yet.' Adira got out of the car and leaped onto the fence of the tiny community, 'I can still see them!' And she sped off, treading along the fence ever so lightly with her paws so the metal rods were not damaged.

Bogo could only wait in the car, feeling utterly useless. There was no way he could enter without breaking anything, or just to identify the suspects among hundreds of tiny cars. He switched off the sirens.

All he could do was report the latest findings to the station, and wait.

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Adira kept moving along the perimeter on all fours, following the van closely. Suddenly the van stopped and one of the rodents got off. Adira waited until the chipmunk left Little Rodentia through the eastern exit and snatched him before he could take more than two steps.

Now Adira was stuck. She could not run on three limbs on the fence fast enough and she did not have handcuffs on her. There was barely time to cuff him before losing sight of the van anyway. If she had put the chipmunk in one of her pockets he would just escape. Besides, the rodent she caught did not have a bag with him. Did she catch the wrong mammal?

Then she saw the chipmunk's bulging cheek pouches and realized how they stole all the jewelry. She decided to borrow their idea.

With the suspect in her mouth and back on the wall, she continued hunting down the remaining suspects. She was annoyed by the struggling and muffled screams in her mouth so she threatened to chomp down on the chipmunk. The struggling ceased at once.

Rats never ever stood a chance against cats. That reminded Adria of the super popular cartoon she used to watch as a kid with her little brother. She picked the criminals off one by one running anti-clockwise around the town and followed the van back to the entrance.

The squirrel driving was relieved when he thought their plan worked out perfectly. He was thinking about how to spend the money they made from the heist when a heavy hoof slammed down from the sky in front of her. With a yelp the he crashed the Daewoof straight into the hardened keratein.

The airbags worked perfectly, luckily for him. The squirrel coughed and spluttered, trying to get out of the van. Bogo tore the tiny vehicle apart and swiftly cuffed the rodent before he could climb out of the wreckage.

Bogo looked up and saw Adira walk up to him empty-handed. He asked darkly,

'You didn't lose them did you, there's supposed to be four suspects.'

Adira shook her head and pointed towards her mouth. It took Bogo a full second of looking at her bulging mouth to understand what's going on.

Bogo's blood rushed to his head. He grabbed Adira by the collar and flung her unceremoniously into the cruiser.

'Mmm...mmm...mmm!'

'Criminals are supposed to be arrested not eaten!' Bogo bellowed, 'Your actions represent the ZPD and you just shamed all of us!'

Seeing no retaliation from the new recruit, he started driving back to first precinct while Adira slowly fastened her seatbelt, head turned away from Bogo to hide her tears.

After dropping the rodents off at the retainment cells, Bogo dragged Adira off to the chief's office. He opened the glassless door and pushed her in.

'Officer Bogo, may I ask what is it this time?' The chief was scribbling on a report.

'Clawhauser manhandled the suspects, sir! She stuffed them in her mouth after catching them!'

'I see... Clawhauser, how many did u catch?'

'Three, sir.' Adira answered stiffly.

'I must say, well done! To think that you are able to catch three criminals on the first day, securing them with such a... uh exotic way, you have a bright future, my young cat lady.'

'But she broke the protocols of the police! She has dishonored the ZPD!'

'Now, now... Bogo. I see you're making a big fuss about the rules. Isn't catching the bad guy that matters in the end? I don't see a problem and neither should you. Nice work, both of you, I'm giving you both the rest of the day off.'

Bogo kept glaring at the lion, who was grinning at him and Adira.

'Run along and enjoy the sunshine!'

'Hey Bogo, wait up!'

Adira ran after Bogo, who was storming off from the chief's office.

The chief watched them go. It wasn't great to close the door himself, but at least Bogo broke nothing this time. Maybe he should brand the words 'CHIEF LIONHEART' on the glass using this opportunity.

He whipped out his phone and dialed the number of Catlas Door Repair Company, adding the print to the bucket list of requirements.