Chapter Two: The Dark Attack Begins
Normally, quitting time on a Friday saw the streets become clotted with the people of Megakat City hustling to get home for dinner, head out to the clubs, or even go to the bank to cash in a well-deserved check. But on this day, the streets were flooded with frantic and frightened kats trying to get away from the menacing airship advancing on them from over the bay heading toward city hall. Danger had once again surfaced as Dark Kat planned to not only destroy the Enforcers but also rid the city of Mayor Manx and the fair Calico Briggs.
At the salvage yard, Chance and Jake were working on the Turbokat in their secret hangar. Before they could finish putting the final touches and paint coat on it since the last outing, they received a call from a frantic Callie.
Chance was closest and picked up the ringing alarm phone. "What seems to be the problem, Ms. Briggs?"
"Dark Kat's attacking city hall. He sent some creeplings ahead of his airship that's on its way here from the bay. There's…" her voice cut off with a shout of alarm. Chance could hear a clattering sound which told him creeplings were there and a cry of fear from Mayor Manx.
"Callieeeeee!" Chance yelled, afraid for her.
"Help us, T-Bone. Dark Kat's got a...nooooo stop that! *fzzzz*" The communicator went dead. He stared at the phone for a shocked moment then hung it up quickly.
He didn't have to say anything since Jake had heard what had happened and was already heading for their lockers. Suited up quickly, the pair jumped aboard the Turbokat and roared out of the hangar and into the skies with all engines.
Meanwhile, Commander Feral ordered his troops to surround city hall to try and stop Dark Kat from reaching it as well as sending in several squadrons of jets to try and take out the airship before it came ashore.
He didn't know that Dark Kat had already sent an advance squad to city hall and that the Mayor and Deputy Mayor were in danger. All his attention was focused on the enemy he thought was still heading inland. As he led the way in his own jet, Feral and his Enforcers got closer and closer to the airship. As they got close enough to fire their weapons they were preempted by Dark Kat launching a wave of missiles and laser fire at them, taking more than just a few jets from the sky.
Nothing Feral tried could stop the airship because Dark Kat employed the use of a mysterious force field which kept him safe. Meanwhile, the airship sailed majestically over the landscape, firing at random targets below causing devastation to homes, streets, and cars on the roads while Feral continued to harass him. As the airship closed in on city hall, Feral's ground forces and choppers open fired in desperate hope of stopping the evil criminal.
Adding to the scene of mayhem was the arrival of the SWAT Kats. Instead of charging into the battle, Razor had his partner hold back so he could see what was going on.
"We've got two problems, one save the Mayor and Callie and two get through Dark Kat's force field so we can take care of his airship," he said grimly.
"How do you propose we do that?" T-Bone asked gritting his teeth, waiting was driving him crazy.
"Land the Turbokat on city hall and save Callie while I eject and go take out Dark Kat. I have an idea how to sneak close and get aboard."
"What? Are you nuts?" T-Bone barked.
"No time to argue just get going!" Razor said sharply then punched his controls that allowed his seat to drop out of the cockpit. He engaged his thrusters and headed upward to the airship.
"RAZOR!" T-Bone yelled in his radio but his partner ignored him. Sighing angrily, he landed the Turbokat on the chopper pad on the city hall's roof.
Grumbling to himself about his partner's reckless behavior, he jumped to the ground and activated the homing beacon on his glovatrix that would point him the way to Callie's communicator, hoping it was still on or near the she-kat. He sighed in relief when he got a signal, he'd been afraid the communicator had been destroyed when it cut out so suddenly earlier.
As he ran through the clock tower and down the stairs toward the Mayor's offices, the back of his mind worried about his partner. Racing down the hall, he was downed by some creeplings that had been clinging to the ceiling keeping watch. Their vicious long claws dug into his neck and shoulders drawing blood.
Furious, T-Bone turned sharply and slammed his body against the nearest wall, trying to dislodge his unwelcome passengers. One was knocked out, falling to the hallway floor while another was only dazed. Two other creeplings were trying to haul him away but he managed to grab them by the necks and threw them...hard against the opposite wall, they slid to the floor unconscious. The one that was only dazed he thumped with his fist sending it the rest of the way out.
"UGH! Take that you little creeps!" T-Bone growled then hurried forward so he could step into the Mayor's office, holding his glovatrix at the ready the whole time.
The room was a mess but there was no sign of the Mayor or Callie. He called out, "Ms. Briggs, where are you?"
A muffled cry reached his ears sending him to look behind the big oak desk. There tied up and gagged, was Callie muffled and Manx. Before he could free them he looked up when he heard more clattering sounds. Through the pass through door to Callie's office from the Mayor's, he saw three creeplings setting up a bomb. Having heard T-Bone shout for Callie they were charging toward him.
Without hesitating, T-Bone straightened up and quickly fired two mini-octopus missiles at two of the creeplings just as they were crossing the room toward him. "Take that you pink uglies!"
The missiles sent them flying toward the plate glass window, shattering it and sending the two creatures soaring out into the air. The last creepling had reached T-Bone but he simply raised his other paw and snatched the pink thing by its leg then swung it into a nearby bookcase then letting go. The creature slid to the floor but before it could recover the books on the shelves fell on it, temporarily burying it.
With no time to lose, T-Bone hurried into Callie's office and knelt down beside the bomb. He swallowed hard. Dark Kat's pre-emptive planned attack had caught T-Bone off guard. Callie's garbled message was a warning of the impending threat at the Mayor's office, but neither SWAT Kat could have predicted such a heinous plan. This was something Razor was qualified for not him but there was no time to get his partner's aid or advice. Sweating and nervous, he opened the panel on top of the bomb and stared at all the wires and the timer.
"Crud, red wire or blue wire?" He anxiously asked himself as he studied the problem. With only seconds to make a decision, he reached in with some cutters and snipped a red wire that seemed to lead to the important parts of the bomb. The timer stopped and everything went silent. He slumped in relief...he'd made the right decision.
Leaving the bomb where it was at, he went back into the Mayor's office and began to untie the pair waiting for him.
"Oh T-Bone thank you for saving us," Callie said, reaching to give him a hug.
He shook his head, "We still have Dark Kat to deal with, excuse me!" T-Bone hurried out of the office and raced back up to the Turbokat, his only thought was on Razor.
"I'm on my way buddy," he muttered tightly to himself as he piloted the Turbokat off the roof and headed toward the airship which, to his surprise, was on its way toward Enforcer Headquarters. Dark Kat was certain his bomb at city hall would do its job and now confidently proceeded on with his destructive plan to take care of the Enforcers next, passing city hall without any signs of stopping.