Title: Enters Murdock

By: RazorsLove & Murdock

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Chapter 4

"The Next Morning"

Aliee came out of her room groggily, swaying from side to side and bumping into walls as she moved. Her eyes were still half closed as if she was still half asleep.

Chance watched as Aliee flopped down onto the couch, he walked over to the couch and knelt down beside it.

Aliee's face was buried deep into the couch's cushions, she felt Chance's knee nudge her elbow and she turned her head to look up at him.

"Are you still not feeling too good Aliee?" Chance asked, placing a hand on her lower back.

"Just dizzy, and I have just the slightest pain in my leg." Aliee replied.

"Dizzy, you've never gotten dizzy from this before." Chance commented.

"I know, maybe it was the medicine or something, I don't know." Aliee continued.

"Do you think you'll be able to work today, or will you need to take the day off?" The tom asked.

"No...no I can work Chance it's not that bad." Aliee quickly answered.

"Okay, I just don't want you to have an accident or anything." Chance sighed.

"Where are Jake and Murdock at?" Aliee suddenly questioned.

"They went out to get some lunch, it's almost one in the afternoon." Chance informed her.

"Oh." Aliee grunted.

"Yeah don't worry about it, they're going to bring something back for us. Knowing Nancy, she'll be asking where you are. Going to Charle's Dinner is like your crack." Chance chuckled.

He quickly sombered before speaking again. "Aliee do you really think Murdock's the one, I mean have you really imprinted on him?" Chance asked.

"Yes Chance, he is." Aliee replied.

Chance rubbed the small of her back softly and listened as she groaned lightly, he smiled then stood and walked out.

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Aliee contniued to lay on her stomach with her blonde hair cascading down her shoulders, back and onto the couch.

Her ears perked up when she recognized the sounds of the tow truck driving up the road toward the yard.

"Chance, they're almost here." The she-kat called out.

The burly tom looked up from the car he was working on in the garage to look at Aliee stretched out across the couch, with her feet hanging over one arm.

Then the sound of tires on gravel and the low rumble of an engine coming to a stop made the tom look the other way. Aliee continued to lay on the couch and didn't get up when Jake, Murdock and Chance entered the room.

Aliee's ears flattened down to the side of her head and the fur on the back of her neck stood up when she heard the loud growl of a dump truck approaching, she hissed lowly as it came closer.

"Burke and Murray are coming." She growled.

Chance and Jake's ears flattened similarly as Murdock let out a deep rumble from his throat.

Aliee continued to lay on the couch as the large, partially rusted dump truck backed up in front of the Garage.

The thud of the truck's doors closing echoed in Aliee's ears as Murdock, Jake and Chance went out to meet the two annoying toms.

Inside Aliee could hear the laughter and taunts coming from the two junk kats. Growling, she stood and stormed outside in her white tank top and shorts.

"Burke, Murray! Get out of here before I charge you for harassment!" She snarled loudly.

Burke and Murray looked at Aliee angrily as she stalked up to them. Jake, Chance and Murdock watched Aliee cautiously as she came to a stop right in front of Murray. Standing over the short, plump kat, she grinned down at him smugly.

Murray looked up at Aliee as she continued to grin down at him. He lashed out at her, but was unsuccessful as Aliee moved out of the way.

"Nice try." Aliee taunted as she turned and went back inside.

"Burke, Murray. Get out of here now." Jake demanded calmly.

Burke snorted at the short, chocolate furred tom as he and Murray climbed back into their truck, and dumped it's contents before driving off in a cloud of dust.

The three Salvage yard workers had to leap away to avoid being buried in the junk. Murray stuck his head out of his window as he drove off and laughed at them.

Aliee looked out the window when she heard the truck drive off, and saw the three males standing in front of the tall mound of rusted, jagged scrap metal.

She rumbled low in her chest as she walked away from the window and to her room to change into her coveralls.

She listened to the sounds of metal on metal as Chance, Jake and Murdock began to sort though the pile.

Once she was dressed, she went outside to help clear away the rest of the pile from the front of the grage.

As the rest of the day went on, Aliee forgot about her pains and she had eaten her lunch without chewing. While Jake, Chance and Murdock had kept to their own business.

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Aliee picked the bits of food out of her teeth with her claws as she gazed down at the remains of her lunch.

"You're a very messy eater, you know that." Murdock said as he passed by.

"I know, I'll clean it up." Aliee shot back.

Murdock stopped and cocked his head to the side as he frowned down at her, then turned and continued on his way.

Aliee stood and went to the sink taking her plate with her, then she returned to the table with a dishtowel and wiped up the mess she had made.

For the rest of the day, Aliee stayed near the back of the garage, keeping the return of her aching pains in her leg and spine to her self.

"Aliee." Jake called out.

"Yeah Jake." Aliee replied as she stepped away from a tall stack of tires.

Jake tilted his head to the side as he watched Aliee steadily limp over to him.

"Aliee are you okay? Please don't lie to me either." Jake questioned.

"I'm just a little sore, but I'm fine Jake." Aliee answered.

"Okay, about earlier with Burke and Murray. What were you thinking? What did you plan on doing to Murray when you went up to him?" The slim tom inquired.

"I don't know, I've always been able to hold back with them, so I didn't think of doing anything to them, never will. I was just being somewhat lenient with the harassment charges." Aliee shrugged.

"Oh you didn't really meant it?" Jake responded.

Aliee watched as Jake took a wrench out of the toolbox next to her, he looked back and set his hand on her shoulder.

Aliee leaned back against the workbench with her elbows supporting her weight as Murdock enterd the garage with a bottle of water in his hand.

The husky walked over to the two of them, he kissed Aliee lightly on the cheek and then patted Jake on the back.

"So what's on the agenda for later?" Murdock questioned.

"I don't know." Aliee replied.

"Whatever happens I guess." Jake added.

"Where's Chance at?" Murdock asked.

"He's down in the hanger." Jake answered.

"Oh, I should have figured that's where he would be." The canine snorted.

As if summoned, Chance's head suddenly popped up out of the hangar entrance and looked at them.

"I heard my name called." Chance spoke as he climbed up out of the hatch.

"No, I was just wondering where you disappeared to Chance." Murdock informed the tabby.

"Ah, so I came up here for nothing then." Chance continued.

"No, not really." Jake replied.

"Oh?" Chance asked as he walked over to the group.

"Yeah, Murdock and I need to talk to you about something." Jake responded.

Aliee scratched her ear then pushed off the workbench, she went into the house part of the garage and plopped down on the couch to watch T.V.

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Jake looked through the door at Aliee then turned back to the others, Chance folded his arms over his chest and Murdock leaned back onto the workbench.

"Alright, tomorrow is Aliee's birthday and I think we should do something special for her. She's been through a lot in the last year, and I'm sure she'll appreciate it if we gave her the day off." Jake whispered.

"I'm sure she would Jake." Chance added as he unfolded one arm and rubbed the back of his neck.

"What do you think Murdock?" Jake asked, looking at the dog with a raised eyebrow.

"I think we should do more than just give her the day off, let's take her out to dinner." The husky replied quietly.

Jake looked back through the door at Aliee again and saw that her ears were turned towards them, he looked back to Murdock and Chance and gestured them over to the open hatch.

"She's been listening to us." Jake whispered as he began to climb down the ladder.

Murdock looked over Chance's shoulder to the open door and saw that Aliee's ears where no longer twisted toward them, she was attentively staring at the T.V as it flickered it's light onto her face.

The light glinted aff her emerald eyes as she redirected them from the T.V to him, she smiled softly then looked back to the T.V. Murdock returned the smile then followed the other two over to the hatch.

He climbed down the ladder and when his feet hit the ground he turned and went into the main hanger.

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Jake and Chance stood waiting for him just a few yards away from the entrance next to the Turbokat.

Murdock glanced back at the opining in the ceiling of the hangar before going over to the two toms.

"Aliee's not thrilled about her birthday, but we'll do our best to make it as good as we possibly can for her." Jake said quietly.

"Aliee doesn't like her birthday?" Murdock asked.

Jake and Chance looked at the brown and white husky, then at each other.

"She has her reasons not to like it, but we can't go into detail why. We don't understand much about werewolves, like what's to be expected." Jake continued.

"She's good at helping us with Dark Kat and the others, but we're also dreading that she can be controlled the most easily while in her werewolf form." Chance spoke up.

"Back when we were in high school, she ran into Dark Kat, sometimes she wouldn't be seen for weeks or months after that. She eventually asked us to help her fake her own death so Dark Kat wouldn't look for her anymore or try to use her for something." Jake finished.

"Controlled state of being a werewolf. Maybe the reason she's not happy about her birthday is because she'll turn tomorrow." Murdock mused.

"Maybe." Chance answered.

The three males looked to each other, Murdock crossed his arms over his chest as his tail lowered until it touched the back of his thighs.

Chance scratched behind his ear as he gazed down at a stain on the floor, while Jake walked over and sat at his workbench.

"Should we lock her down here, just for the night?" Chance broke the tense silence that had descended.

"It would be a good idea buddy, if it weren't for the fact that with her claws and strength, she can rip through steel like it was butter." Jake returned.

"I was only suggesting that we could do that, or what if she went to her cabin up in the mountains." Chance continued.

"That's a good idea, Chance and I will close up the shop tomorrow as soon as possible and go out on patrol over the city." Jake started.

Murdock nodded quietly as he fidgeted with the fur on his arm, he looked the other way as Jake and Chance exchanged a quiet look.

"Murdock, go ahead and pack up some cloths for the both of you, and head out to the cabin tonight." Chance spoke up.

"Okay, how long do you want us to stay there for?" The husky questioned.

"Two days, maybe a week just to be safe." Jake answered.

Jake looked at Chance then to Murdock, before picking up a device shaped like a white triangle with red circle on it from his workbench.

He turned and held the device out to the husky, Murdock took it and looked it over before looking back at Jake with a questioning eyebrow raised.

"It's a communicator, it can't be monitored or tracked, so we don't have to worry about anybody finding out who we are. If anything goes wrong, just call us by pressing the red circle and speaking into it." Jake informed.

"Thanks Jake, I'll be sure to call if anything happens." Murdock replied, before turning to leave the hanger and go pack.

Jake turned back to his workbench as Murdock left and Chance went around to the back of the Turbokat and hooked a long hose up to the jets fuel tanks.

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Murdock searched through Aliee's dresser drawers as he packed her cloths, Aliee walked in and watched him quietly as he packed the suitcase.

Her presence in the doorway went unnoticed as the husky pulled open her underwear drawer, then hesitated for a few seconds before reaching in.

"You're not embarrassed to touch my underwear are you Murdock?" Aliee giggled lightly.

Murdock turned his head at her voice and watched as she came over to him and placed her under things in the suitcase for him. Aliee smiled softly up at him as she closed the suitcase quietly.

"So where are we going?" The she-kat questioned.

"Up into the mountains to the cabin, for your birthday of course." Murdock answered as he picked up the suitcase by its handle.

"When are we living?" Aliee continued politely.

Murdock walked out the door and down the hall with Aliee following him.

"We'll be leaving once we're all packed up, so you should be getting ready to leave." Murdock responded as he stopped to grab one of the sleeping bags from the couch in the living room.

"I am ready Murdock." The she-kat huffed as she grabbed the other sleeping bag.

After Murdock had put the suitcase and sleeping bag in the trunk of Aliee's car, he went back inside to get his own things.

As he walked past Chance's room on his way to his own, he caught sight of something glinting in the sun light coming through the window.

Curious as to what it was, he walked in and saw that it was a framed picture of two tom-kittens.

One kitten who looked to be about seven years old, and had the same fur coloring and pattern as Chance, had one arm wraped around the other's shoulders.

The other kitten looked to be about six and had the same fur pattern. But his coloring was slightly darker, and his muzzle wasn't quite as full.

Aliee came in and stopped next to him.

"That's a picture of Chance and his younger brother." She whispered.

"Really, I didn't know Chance had a younger brother?" Murdock asked.

"His name is Cody, he went missing at the age of six, it was not long after that picture was taken in fact. Nobody has seen or heard from him since he disappeared." Aliee replied in a hushed voice.

"Wow he disappeared when he was only six, that must have been hard on Chance and his family." Murdock gasped.

"That's what he said it was like at first, but he and his mother eventually got over it. When Chance came of age, he joined the Enforcers in honor of Cody, and while he wont admit it, I think Chance is doing Swat for Cody too." Aliee spoke softly.

"I feel sorry for him and his family. What about their father, you didn't mention him?" Murdock continued.

"Their father left shortly after Cody was born. I know you probably would Murdock, but there's no use in it now, he's been gone for twenty years." Aliee sighed as she put her hand on his shoulder then walked out.

Murdock sighed deeply as he left for his own room to pack up his clothes.

Aliee met him outside next to her car, and soon after they were driving off towards the mountains.

"Dark Kat's Lair"

"My Lord Dark Kat, we found him in an abandoned government lab buried out in the desert." One ninja spoke, bowing low to his master.

Nearby, a group of ninjas were carefully placing a giant piece of equipment.

The device consted of a round metal base with a control panel rising up out of the front, and a vertical glass tube filled with liquid was attached at it's center. The top of the glass cylinder was capped by a metal lid which was connected to the bottom by a arm in the back of the machine.

As Dark Kat approached the chamber, he listened to the steady beeping of it's life support system.

"So, this is the product of the government's secret War Kat experiment. It's a shame the program was shut down, it had so much potential." Dark Kat smirked triumphantly.

The giant cloaked kat gazed at the burly tom-kat floating in the tube, the only movement the kat made was the slow rise and fall of his chest, and the movement of his hair and fur in the liquid.

The tom was floating in the fetal position with his knees brought up to his chest and had his arms and tail curled around them. The kat's head was tucked down into the gap between his chest and knees.

The kat had four stripes on each arm and had three more on it's back, he had an oxygen mask strapped over his nose and mouth from which bubbles periodically escaped.

The only thing he was wearing was a set of dog tags that hung from his neck which read: Furlong Cody J.

Dark Kat turned away from the chamber to his head ninja standing nearby.

"The government also experimented with mind control, they developed a serum that can be used to control the brain of anyone it is injected into. I need you and your men to find it and bring it to me so I can inject it into our frienad here." Dark Kat demanded.

"Yes Lord Dark Kat, it will be done." The ninja replied, bowing down then vanishing into the shadows.

Dark Kat turned back to the tube and once more looked at the muscular blonde tom inside it. His evil laughter boomed loudly throughout the room, the Creeplings around him hissed and chuckled along with their master's laughter.

"Come my Creeplings, let us depart for a joyous celebration." Dark Kat boomed darkly, leaving the room followed by the small winged creatures.

Unoticed, the heart monitor of Cody's tube skipped a beat as his fingers suddently twitched, making the liquid at the top of the chamber ripple.