EXTINCTION

Chapter 2: A Partnership is Tested and New Mating Begun

Later that evening at the Military Salvage Yard...

After watching a little TV, Chance had decided to load some more missiles on the jet before calling it a night. He didn't know where Jake had gone, only that he'd left on a cyclotron earlier in the evening. His partner had been acting nervous and up tight for several days now and it worried him. Suddenly he heard the sound of the cycle coming in the secret entrance. He waited where he was until the bike came into sight and was shocked that Razor was not alone.

Stopping the bike and turning off the engine, Razor and his passenger got off to stunned silence. Removing their helmets, Razor silently signaled his mate to leave her mask on for the moment. She nodded, laying the helmet on the bike then moving to stand just behind him as he confronted his partner.

"Chance, I have something very important to say to you, please listen carefully. Remember that TV announcement where Dr. Sinian explained the plight of the Pantera species and about the Mayor putting on a special party for them to attend?" He watched his partner carefully.

"Yeah! I remember seeing it but didn't think much of it." Chance said confused. "Wait! You're telling me you are one of those creatures and that is where you were tonight?" He said shocked.

"Yes! I'm a Pantera and I've been desperate for a mate. Tonight, I was successful." He gestured to the silent figure behind him. "This female is known to both of us, but you've only seen her as male and to say you will be angry and shocked when you see her is putting it mildly. I'm furious that I failed to recognize her for what she really was and her me. We need to mate now! This is the safest place to do that. Hiding my identity from her is useless. Our senses are far stronger than a Kats. She would nail me in an instant for who I really am. Are you ready to see her Chance?" Razor tensely demanded.

Chance stood there in uneasy dismay. Everything was happening so fast. Razor was a Pantera, this was his new mate who would now know who they were!!! Razor was asking him...no demanding that he accept this while turning their world upside down. He was shaken to the core. "Um, this is a lot to take in buddy. I guess I have to accept it since she is standing right there and isn't going away. So, um, I guess I'm as ready as I will be. Chance said carefully, feeling the tension in the pair.

"I consider you my brother, Chance, but understand this, my instincts are to protect my mate at all costs no matter how I might feel about you. Please understand, I will hurt you if you threaten her because I can't do otherwise. Remember that we are not Kats." Razor tried not to frighten his partner but he needed Chance to understand how serious he was.

That statement made Chance's fur stand on end. His best friend was warning him that he could and would hurt him. He swallowed his anger and confusion. He was very much afraid of how this would affect their partnership. Unable to speak, he only nodded his understanding.

Razor could see how much this cost his best friend but right now there was nothing he could do about it. Turning to his mate, Razor nodded. Slowly, the huge female removed the hood then the mask. Chance gaped in stunned disbelief. There stood his nemesis. 'This couldn't be true! Feral was female? He...or rather she...is Razor's new mate?' For several seconds, he couldn't speak, his throat was too tight with shock. He watched Feral move closer to Razor, her eyes watching him warily.

Finally regaining his voice and speaking carefully, not missing how tense both Pantera were, Chance said, "Crud! Razor this is really going to take me some time to get used to!" Staring at Feral, unable to believe it, "You're really female?" Feral nodded. Chance swallowed a hard lump of anguish then asked the most important thing on his mind, "Ah...can I ask how this is going to affect our future as the SWAT Kats?" He asked Feral.

Feral looked at him sympathically, "We have instructed the Mayor to announce our species, my true sex, and our newly married status. My enforcers are going to be aware that Razor is my mate and that no one is allowed to interfere with him seeing me whenever he wishes. No one will be aware of your secret identities. It is to my benefit and our future kits to have a safe haven that no one knows. You are still vigilantes and I must treat you as such, except where Razor is concerned. My enforcers will not like it but will have to accept that my mate has a right to be near me anytime he wishes and there will be orders to that effect initiated. I will make it clear that I don't condone what you do but that I cannot arrest my own mate or his partner. So I have to beg you to please not break any major laws. The minor ones you've broken so far can be forgiven and easily overlooked. But a serious infraction will put my job on the line and cause a major rift between myself and my own force." She said seriously.

"Well that's fair. It isn't like we try to break any laws except property damage and that usually isn't our fault. And you're right. A major disruption in the enforcers could be really bad for the city's defenses." Chance said gravely. He was relieved. This looked like it would benefit them more than he thought. With the pressure off from the enforcers trying to arrest them they could get the job done easier. Then he realized what else he'd heard Feral say.

"You're married?!!" Chance said, shocked anew.

"Yes. That was the plan for all the Pantera couples. It's for our protection. After all, we are nearly extinct as a species. Dr. Sinian has entered all the couples into a scientific data bank that only she and her colleagues will have access to so they can monitor our progress toward repopulation. We've also been put on the Endangered Species List which will provide us protection from intentional harm, medical care, a small stipend from the city treasury, and care of our kits." Razor explained.

"Also public knowledge of our relationship will, we hope, ease the katizens toward accepting us and hopefully bring more Pantera into the open." Feral added quietly.

"Wow! This is a lot to take in." Chance sighed shaking his head. "Is there anything else I should be aware of? How am I supposed to behave around you two so you won't treat me as a threat?" Chance asked uncomfortably remembering Razor's warning.

"For your sake, I think you should familiarize yourself with our species by viewing Dr. Sinian's website about us. Right now, stay away from her. She's in heat and that makes me very dangerous. Things will get easier soon as this time passes. I promise. Now enough of this, I want her now so we're going upstairs. You won't see us for some time. We have a lot of lost time to make up." Razor growled his eyes now on his mate, her scent driving him to distraction.

Chance's eyes widened at Razor's obvious display of rutting behavior. He sniffed the air carefully and gasped at the sharp tang of a female in heat. If he had any doubts left they scattered as that pungent aroma proved Feral was indeed a she. "Hey! No problem buddy. I can wait until you are ready to talk about it again. I was going to bed soon anyway. See you in the morning, maybe?!" Chance said placatingly, deciding to move away from the ladder and wait for them to leave first.

Nodding abruptly, Razor turned on his heel and went to change his clothes quickly. Feral remained where she was but watched him hungrily. As soon as he was ready, he came to her and grabbed her paw and pulled her to the ladder. He practically pushed her up. Growling a little at his forcefulness, she nonetheless hurried up through the hatch and continued up to the upper floor and, by scent, to Jake's room.

Chance waited some fifteen minutes before daring to go upstairs. It was empty and he heaved a sigh of relief as he went to the kitchen to grab some piazza and milk from the fridge. He took his meal to the living room and turned on the TV. He was still upset but thought a little mindless TV watching would help him relax.

In Jake's room, Feral found herself strangely shy. Even though her body was on fire for him, she couldn't put aside the oddness of everything that had happened. This was a Swat Kat and an ex-enforcer she herself had put out of the service. The bane of her existence and now she was married to him. Everything was happening so fast. Then she shook herself sharply, now wasn't the time for this and told her conscious to shut up. Her attention was immediately taken by the very handsome, strong, and well built male stripping in front of her. Her mouth went dry as she watched, so enthralled she failed to undress.

Jake saw her watching and smirked, his amber eyes filled with lust and desire. Now completely nude he pressed his body against hers. Pulling her head down, he kissed her hotly demanding entrance. Opening her mouth to him, she felt her whole body melt under his assault. His paws caressed her as he began to remove her clothes. She trembled and moaned as the fire between them spiraled out of control.

Jake laid a pattern of burning kisses down her body. She never noticed she was completely nude by the time he pulled her down to his bed too consumed by his heated attentions as he bit and licked his way down her body. He paused to suck and nibble each of her breasts.

She growled and panted under him, out of her mind with pleasure. This felt so good. She rubbed up and down his powerful back as he burned a fiery path down to her female sheath. She could feel his growing erection pressing against her stomach.

'Sweet Bast! She was so delicious!' He moaned at the taste of her. As he reached her mons, the heavenly scent drove him mad. He laved his rough tongue over her tasty opening sending sizzling fire up her spine causing her to bow upward in shocked and agonizing pleasure. She screamed and came so suddenly she was left trembling and limp on the bed. She stared at his lust filled face as he rose up from her mons and licked her juices from his face. It made her even hotter. She wanted him, needed him now. She didn't want to wait any longer but he had other ideas. This was their first time and he wanted it to last as long as he could.

Using his fingers, he began a gentle thrusting rhythm into her heated and wet orifice that had her bolting her hips upward tautly. Smiling wickedly, he continued his torment and added sucking attention to one of her breasts. She couldn't stand it. "Please, Jake...I can't...it's too much...please, I want you...!" She gasped.

"Soon baby, soon. You'll never forget who your mate is when I'm through." He crooned warmly. She screeched again and orgasmed. She was heaving for breath as he moved back up her body. His mouth covered hers and kissed her deeply. She could taste herself as he positioned himself between her legs. Moaning with anticipation, she twined her legs around his back to force him to enter her but he would have none of it. His hard cock bypassed her hot pussy and rubbed her clitoris unmercifully. Crying out with need she continues to try and get him to take her but he tormented her for several long minutes until finally he could no longer hold back and entered her hot channel in one strong thrust of his hips.

She clawed his back and screamed as he thrust deeply into her. His mouth came down, driving his tongue deep, spiraling them both out of control. He began a steady pounding rhythm and she rocked her hips up to allow him deeper entry. She groaned with increasing ardor the pleasure increasingly unbearable. Jake was trying to hold out for her to orgasm first. She exploded in a shower of shockwaves. She clenched him tight and he shot his barbs into her, she screamed again and he roared as he poured his seed deep inside her and the world burst into brilliant colors behind his eyes.

Downstairs, Chance winced at the pair of screams echoing down the stairs. 'God, maybe I should sleep in the hangar. I'm sure not going to get any sleep with that going on.' Shaking his head he shut the lights and made his weary way down the secret ladder. Now was probably a good time to use the computer and check out the website Jake had told him to study.

She lay in a limp heap feeling stunned and wonderful. He was still buried within her and lay slumped on her chest. It was the most incredible feeling she'd ever experienced in her life. This was her mate she thought in wonder. She couldn't resist licking his face and recording his taste in her memory.

Jake kept his eyes closed as his mind cataloged all the new sensations he was feeling when he felt her begin to lick his face. He opened his eyes and smiled down at her. Her eyes glowed with mischief and heat. She tightened her inner muscles around him causing him to gasp. He growled his pleasure as he captured her mouth in another burning kiss that stole her breath away. She was his and by the time morning came she would have no doubts of that fact.