Judy had fallen asleep after trying to piece together a series of disappearances to prove herself to Chief Bogo. Her apartment window was open to air out the muggy place while she had flopped down front first onto her bed.

Judy stirred from her dreams ever so slightly when she felt something brushing around her belly and then her neck. Something... scaly. Her eyelids slowly cracked before they shot open wide from the way the scaly something gradually tightened its grip. She let out a gasp but it soon turn into a feeble wheeze, barely audible if one wasn't listening careful.

Her free arms scrambled to grab the coil around her neck and found that it was clearly a snake's. Python to be precise. She felt the coil around her stomach clench tighter as well, making the rest of her air wheeze out like a tube of toothpaste.

"SSSSSSSS."

If she wasn't freaked out now, Judy was when her assailant hissed into her sharp ears and sent shivers down her back. The tone was unmistakable. Her suffering was his satisfaction.

"Got too close to the case, huh, rookie cop?" the python hissed, gloating at the peril. "Marks like you make for such good practice for my constriction." Judy cheeks began to puff up as the coils gripped tight but delicately. "Last one lasted an hour at least but I'm not so sure about you."

Judy's eyes darted around in front of her for anything that could get him off of him. That was when her life wasn't flashing right before them. No. Not like this. She didn't even get to tell Nick that she...

Her eyes fell on the Predator Spray still on her bedside table before she immediately reached out for it. Her heart sank when it was just two inches off.

"Oooo, good effort, pig," the python mockingly praised. "I love a midnight snack with some zest in them."

Judy struggled to move centimeter by centimeter towards it but felt the strangling grip grow in tandem. Her eyes drooped from the growing fatigue. Just one more centimeter and...

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Let's just say that Bellweather decided to nip this problem in the bud.