At Enforcer HQ, Felina and Lt. Steele were standing outside interrogation room number three. Siting inside was Carter. So far neither Felina or Lt. Steele had bothered to talk to him, but that was alright Carter; he really didn't want to be bothered at the moment. The warrior mage was to busy slipping his cuffs off. Outside the room Felina kept feeling that Carter's story about being from the past was true. "I think he is telling the truth," she said taking another glance back at Carter through the window behind her. Lt. Steele held back a laugh.
"He's just some loser who only saved those girls so he could get under their tails."
Felina frowned at what Steele said. If Carter was that kind of kat, he would have run off when she and her team showed up. So she just blew off Lt. Steele's opinion of Carter.
"He save my life last year," she smiled, remembering that day at Wildfire. Steele shot a quick frown at her, "Sure he did," he said with a doubtful frown.
As Callie walked into Commander Feral's office, he sat slumped over his desk with his usual frown. In his hand was photos of the crime scene. As Callie closed the door to his office, Feral didn't even look up. "Mayor Clawson, have a seat," he said putting down the photos.
"Thank you," Callie said taking one of the two seats facing Commander Feral. "Commander, may I ask what so important today?" she asked seeing how stressed he was.
Feral shook his head and sighed. "There was break-in at Megakat Bio labs," he looked up, got up out of his chair and stood by the window that overlooked the whole city. "Dr. Viper is behind this one," Commander Feral voice began to sound a little dry at the moment, "also...four Omegas were found dead in the vault and something called Alpha-9 was stolen."
Callie had no idea what Alpha-9 was. "What is Alpha-9?" she asked.
"Alpha-9 is powerful enough to turn all of Megakat City's people into monsters." Dr. Konway said barging into Commander Feral's office. "Thank you, Dr. Konway," Feral grumbled.
The two of them wasted no time in telling Callie about what would happen if Alpha-9 was unleashed on the city. But down in interrogation room three. Carter had no more time on his hands-he needed to find Callie. At that very moment Steele and Felina walked into the room. Both Enforcers watched him and studied his weapons that laid against the wall. No one said a thing, but it was clear that Steele was going to just start running his mouth off to Carter.
"Alright... Carter," he started looking at Delsin's testimony. "You say that your from the past. And you suspect me to believe that?"
"Yes, sir, I do. For Queen Callista told me that the SWAT Kats would need some help stopping the Pastmaster this time."
Lt. Steele scoffed and said, "Kinda sounds like bullcrud to me."
Carter glared at Lt. Steele, one shot with a powerful blast of his ice punch would bring down Steele without making a mess. But he was just going to let him talk, because there was nothing Lt. Steele could say to him that would cause him to snap.
Felina cleared her throat. "Lt. Steele, please don't be rude." She looked at Carter and nodded to him to continue.
Considering his next words carefully, Carter looked at her. His eyes almost seem to glow. "I need to be taken to Callie. She must hear what I have to tell her."
"Yeah, right," Steele laughed wildly. Carter looked up, and frowned. "You only want to see the mayor so you can screw her before your friend the Pastmaster can have her." Carter thought nothing Lt. Steele said could make him snap...
But that did.
"Damn you!" Carter shouted jumping up from his seat as he cuffed Lt. Steele and Felina together with the cuffs that were once on him. Neither one knew what happened until he left the room in a fit of rage, but Carter came back and gave Felina a diamond rose.
"The Pastmaster murdered my wife," he stated sadly. Felina felt her heart sink. "When she died, I took my knife and put out his right eye." Then as quickly as he had cuffed them, he left to find Callie. Steele stood there in shock; but at least this time he kept his mouth shut. As for Felina, she could only blush on she saw Carter look at her when he gave her the diamond rose.
As Carter walked down the halls of the Enforcer HQ, he looked around at all the modern things. It was a little scary, but at the same time it was a blast. If the Enforcers tried to stop him then they would be asking for trouble.
Furthermore he was skilled in the craft of magic, blades of the warriors and stealth of the thieves of old.
He was far more deadly now.
As he approached Commander Feral's office, almost immediately two Enforcers stepped up, blocking his path. One spoke in a voice that did not invite debate. "You are under arrest!"
Carter raised his hand and pointed at the Enforcers. Before either could draw a weapon or act, they were both clutching their own throats, choking, gasping for air. Then they passed out.
Carter lowered his hand and walked on. "What weak-minded fools." he sighed with shrug. It was not good to have men like this guarding the commander or Callie. Knowing that someone else might notice the two Enforcers, he opened a broom closet and hid them in there.
When Carter reached the door he was confronted by Commander Feral's most trusted kat. It was Sgt. Riggs, but he was always called Sargent. "What do you think you are doing?" he demanded.
"I am on a mission. I must see the one called Callie Clawson," Carter spoke evenly, never turning to face Sgt. Riggs.
"Commander Feral gave orders not to be bothered," Sgt. Riggs explained. "He is in a meeting now with the Mayor and her husband. As well as Chance Furlong and-"
Carter turned and faced the Sargent, locked eyes with him, raised his hand slightly and smiled. "You will take me to your leader."
Sgt. Riggs paused, tilted his head a fraction. What were his orders? Oh, yes, now he remembered. "I will take you to my leader."
He then walked to the door and opened the door to the inner office. Carter followed him closely. "You serve your commander well," he whispered into his ear. "And you will be rewarded for your loyalty," Carter added.
"I serve my commander well," Sgt. Riggs nodded with conviction. "And I will surely be rewarded for my loyalty," he smiled smugly.
As Carter and Sgt. Riggs entered Feral's office, the level of security dropped precipitously as if Carter's very presence had a cooling effect. Everyone felt the change.
Sgt. Riggs stood before his leader and his guests. "Commander Feral, I present Carter Delsin, Warrior Mage and body guard of Queen Callista."
"I want that man put back in the interrogation room," Commander Feral growled looking at Carter with a frown.
"I must be allowed to speak. It is very important," Carter spoke quietly, though his words were heard by everyone in the room. Callie was about to ask him to speak when Sgt. Riggs spoke first.
"He must be allowed to speak Commander, it must be very important," he concurred thoughtfully.
Commander Feral, furious, grabbed Sgt. Riggs by the collar of his uniform. "You weak-minded fool! He's using some kind of sorcerer mind trick," then he pushed the Sargent to the floor.
"Wait," Callie said getting up from her seat, with Jake at her side. "I want to hear what he has to say." Commander Feral gave her a cautious frown, but he was going to respect her and let Carter speak.
Jake and Chance both smiled, because like all heroes say: The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and Carter was with them when the Pastmaster crashed the party after the wedding.
Carter smiled. It was good that Callie and Jake were willing to hear him out, but he would need to address all the Enforcers. "Do you have a war room?" he asked. Feral would have said nothing, but this guy was just one man. So the commander led him and his guests to the war room.
In a matter of minutes, every Enforcer was present. Hundreds of them sat and eyed Carter closely. There was tension building among the Enforcers, as they awaited for their orders. Rumors were everywhere, and an air of excitement spread from man to man.
At the center of the room was a large, circular light-table, projected above which a holographic image of Megakat City.
Turmoil made her way through the crowd of Enforcers, now, scanning faces. She saw Dr. Konway, who sat quietly among the large number of the Enforcers—they nodded at each other, gave the thumbs-up sign; but then Turmoil moved on. Dr. Konway wasn't the one she was looking for. She made it to a clearing near the center, peered around, finally saw her friends standing next to Commander Feral. She smiled and wandered over.
Jake, Callie, Chance, Dr. Sinian, and the Cybertron greeted Turmoil's appearance with hand shakes and thumbs-up.
"Well, look at you," Chance chided, straightening the lapel of Turmoil's new uniform and pulling on the insignias: "A Commander of the skies."
Turmoil laughed affectionately. "I'm just a girl that likes to look my best around so many men," she then leaned in toward Chance and placed a soft peck on his ear. "And I like the way you look at me." Chance's face turned red, he couldn't stop thinking about how she had this effect on him. He only hoped that Felina didn't see them like this or there would be some really bad heat from this.
Suddenly, at the center of the room, Carter Delsin signaled for attention. The room fell silent. Anticipation was keen.
"The Pastmaster is now reaching his full power. You must join as one if you are to defeat him," Carter announced. "His first four attempts at turning Megakat City into his kingdom as failed, but now he has teamed up with the one called Viper."
This caused a great stir in the room. He then put his hand on the holographic table and images of the Dark Ages flashed to life. "When I was young I was taught to believe that wielders of magic would never turn evil, but I was a fool to believe such things. On the day I was married, my wife was killed before my very eyes. Since then, Queen Callista trained me to control my anger and to use my magic for go-"
"Get to the point!" Feral snapped interrupting Carter as he stood up with a scowl.
Carter looked at the commander, his eyes locked on to his. He pointed at Feral's pants, snapped his fingers and lowered his hand. Feral cocked his head, why did he feel so cold all of a sudden? Many of the Enforcers burst out laughing, while the rest took pictures with the camera phones.
"What's so funny?" Feral asked looking around. He had no idea why everyone was laughing at him. Felina walked up to him and whispered in his ear. The commander nervously looked down. He was standing in the open in boxer shorts.
"This isn't funny!" he shouted loudly. Feral then ran off to find him some extra pants. How upsetting this was. To be humiliated by Carter; and in front of all his men at that too.
When Carter finished telling his story he looked at Callie. "Miss Clawson, as the rightful heir to your families throne, I bestow to you the crown of Queen Callista." In his hand appeared a diamond studded crown that was layered in gold. Callie walked over to Carter, who then placed the crown on her head.
"And to Jake," he said walked over to him. "I give you the Dragon Sword. May it protect you-King of the Dragon Slayers." Carter held out the sword to Jake, who then took it in his hand.
"Hail to your king and queen!" Carter declared with pride. As if on cue, everyone starting from the first row to the back all knelt before the mayor and her husband. Callie felt has if she was a queen now, but the feeling ended when Jake raised his hand.
"Yes, you have a question, or do you want a crown as well?"
"Yeah, I must have missed the part on where you forgot to tell us how you know the Pastmaster so well."
Carter's face turned gloomy, he seemed to almost to show sadness when Jake asked the question at hand. With a sigh, the mage turned away from Jake and headed for the exit, but stopped at the door. "He was my brother. I'll tell you all my plan on stopping him tomorrow," Carter stated sadly, then he was gone.
Callie knew how bad it must have hurt Carter to tell everyone that the Pastmaster was his brother, but there was nothing she could do for him. Only thing to do was come back the next day and hear his plan.
The next day, Carter was walking down the halls of the Enforcer's HQ, in his hand was a Kindel Fire tablet. He loved this thing, for it had access to what was called the internet. A network of computers all working together to share information around the world. Carter just loved this.
As he walked by Felina Feral's office, Carter heard a strange sniffling sound, he turned to find it was coming from the office, curiosity getting the better of him he approached the door and stooped down to press his ear to it, he heard crying.
Who could be crying? It sounded like a girl. He felt the urge to burst in and find who was crying, but when he saw that the office belonged to Felina Feral, he knew that could be trouble if her uncle came upon them.
"Felina Feral?" he called out to her from the other side of the door. "What is wrong? Are you all right?"
"Go away," she choked from behind the door.
"Felina, I'm coming in," Carter exclaimed as he tried the handle, but found it to be locked. The more he heard her cry the more worried he became. "Felina, allow me to enter!"
"Just leave me alone!" she responded.
Carter, being in no mood to be denied, pressed his shoulder to the door and shoved his full weight against it, the door shook but did not fall "go away!" Felina shouted from inside, Carter ignored her and with a growl placed his hand on the handle and spoke something. From the other side Felina saw the handle glow bright blue, then a click was heard.
Carter then walked into the office and closed the door as so not to be disturbed. Felina was clearly upset by the way she sounded. "Felina, will you turn on the lights, please?" he asked in very gentle tone.
Felina sniffled again before reaching for a lamp on her desk, flicking the switch to bathe the room in an amber light; Carter did not like what he saw.
Her eyes were red and puffy, her cheeks were stained with tear drops and her hair was damp around the front from her crying, the look of sadness on Felina looked wrong and unnatural, she was too strong to cry, it was one of the few reasons why Carter had respect for her. Seeing her in this state hurt him; very badly.
"I told you to go away," she said to him bitterly wiping her tears from her eyes.
"Why do you cry?" Carter asked catching a stray tear on his finger, she harshly pushed his hand away. "Why do you care?"
"Answer me!" Carter growled grabbing her wrist.
Felina took a deep breath and hiccuped involuntarily, Carter waited uncharacteristically patiently for her answer "I saw Chance and Turmoil making out," she finally answered as a fresh wave of tears appeared in her eyes.
Carter felt his heart burn with hate for Chance. "Tell me everything," he demanded.
20 minutes earlier...
Chance had been working out in the main Enforcer's gym, there he could clear his head, but something was not right anymore. What was bothering him? It was It was about Felina. Clearly, he had lost all desires to ask her to be his girlfriend, for that flame he had for her was now for Turmoil. It was hard for Chance to except it, but it was true. Turmoil was the one he was in love with now.
As he placed his barbells on the rack, Chance turned to see Turmoil standing in the doorway with a smile on her face. It was a good thing he was the only tom in the gym, because if any of the others saw her, she would be in trouble for this gym was off limits to women.
"Turmoil, I don't think you should be here," Chance warned, "you could get into a lot of trouble if you got caught in here." Turmoil only smiled. "Would you be willing to talk with me outside for a minute?" she asked.
He thought of that for a moment. "Sure," he shrugged and proceeded to follow her into the hall where they could talk. Once out int the hall, Chance waited to hear what Turmoil had to say.
"Chance, I'm sorry if I make you uneasy with my advances toward you," Turmoil stated truthfully. There was no lying this time for she was going to be honest with Chance this time. "I just can't stop thinking about you. Because... because when we first kissed that day on our first meeting, I thought you were really in love with me, but then you broke my heart and placed me in prison. Nevertheless, I still loved you."
Wow. Chance smiled. She still was in love with me, even after I tore her heart in two?
Chance didn't know what to say. But still, Turmoil wasn't done talking. "I know that you think I'm crazy," That took him by surprise; Turmoil actually said that she was crazy. And that was a word she hated. "But I want you to know if you don't want me around I will leave you and Felina alone."
Chance stared and saw in Turmoil's eyes that there was nothing but regret and truth to what she said. "Well... here's the thing Turmoil," he sighed. "I'm not in love with Felina anymore," she looked at him, confused by his words. "I... I like—No! I love you."
Turmoil's heart skipped a beat. Did she hear him right? Did Chance really say that he loved her? There was no doubt he was telling her the truth now. "Do you really me-" she never got to finish, for Chance cut her off with a kiss.
He loves me. Turmoil thought as she moaned into the kiss. Their bodies burned with lust for one another, but unknown to them, Felina had heard and seen the whole thing. Her heart was broken. She felt so betrayed; betrayed by the one she thought could never hurt her. Then with tears running down her cheeks, Felina locked herself in her office and stayed there until Carter showed up.
Back to present time...
Carter felt really mad now. Not only had Chance betrayed Felina, but he hurt her in a way that would take a long to heal. "Where is he?" he said opening the door to her office. "In the cafeteria," she sadly whispered.
Carter held out his hand to her and said, "Take my hand." She reached out and gripped his hand tightly. He led her to the cafeteria where he would confront Chance for this outrage.
Inside the cafeteria, many Enforcers were standing in line waiting to place their order, but most of them were to busy watching Chance and Turmoil laughing, talking, and just acting if they were the only two kats in the cafeteria. As the two of them went on, Felina and Carter entered the area. Felina was indeed right; Chance was cheating on her with Turmoil.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Carter shouted. He was so loud that all the Enforcers in the cafeteria became as quiet as the dead. It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Chance broke the silence and looked at Carter. He knew Felina most likely had seen him and Turmoil together outside the gym. Chance started to apologize. "Felina, I'm sorry if I hurt you, but I was going to tell you th-"
But before he could finish, Carter was already on him. He took hold of Chance by the throat, lifted him out of his seat, pulled back his fist, and delivered a powerful lighting punch to his chest. The shock of energy sent Chance flying into a near by table.
Carter watched with anger as Turmoil rushed to Chance's side as he tried to get up. "You don't even get to be sorry, Chance Furlong!" he snapped. "You have done a very bad thing to hurt Felina here. Do you even know what she is going through right now?"
Chance replied with, "Well, if Felina has a problem with me wanting to be with Turmoil she should come and say it to my face, not send you to beat the crap out of me." Felina knew that he was right. She should have come and confronted him first before telling Carter, but it was now to late.
"WHAT IS GOING ON IN HERE!" Feral shouted bursting into the cafeteria with pure anger written on his face. Carter, Felina, Chance, Turmoil, and every Enforcer present stood there, speechless, shocked, and bewildered. The commander saw the whole thing and was waiting for someone to explain to him the reason for all this. Carter raised his hand up.
"It was all my fault, sir."
Feral smiled. "I want to see you in my office before our meeting in the war room," he coldly said, his smile never leaving his face.
As the commander and Carter walked down the hall, Feral seemed to walk very lightly, not something he usually did. He threw a glance over his shoulder and smiled. "I want you to know that I'm glad you wanted to help my niece," he started, "but hitting Chance like that was unnecessary." Carter looked down at the ground, his eyes now full of shame.
"I didn't want to do that, but Chance broke Felina's heart. What kind of kat goes and kisses another girl before even having a chance to talk about starting a relationship?"
Commander Feral, being the understandable kat he was when it came to relationships, smiled. "I want your honest opinion on something, Carter," he said stopping in his tracks.
"What is it?" he asked crossing his arms.
"What do you think of my niece?"
Carter was confused by this. Commander Feral wanted to know what he thought of Felina, so what else was there to do then to tell the truth.
"I think she is a wonderful girl to be around. She has a strong heart," he said after a moment of silence, "No fear." Feral was happy at the compliment about his niece. "But she lacks the wisdom in choosing the right man in her life!" Carter added, "Just like my mother did." Feral just grinned before proceeding into his office with Carter right behind him.
After a long talk with Carter on how to act in his building, Commander Feral thought it best to let him take Felina out to get some fresh air to help get her mind off of Chance and Turmoil. As Felina and Carter walked through the crowded streets, side by side, she could help but feel a strange attractiveness toward the warrior mage that was with her. However, he was getting a lot of eye contact from all the people they walked by.
Carter didn't like the way the citizens of Megakat City kept looking at him, talking behind his back, and of course hearing the usual insults about his armor he wore. "Felina, why do your people act like I'm some kind freak?" he asked.
Felina though on how to tell him why in the easiest way. "Well, Carter," she began, "In this place and time, people think that they are better than you."
"I do not understand," he said looking at some pretty she-kats who giggled at the sight of his outfit.
"It's just that they see themselves as the alpha of the group." Felina exclaimed throwing a glance toward some tough biker kats. Carter now understood what she was saying. If he wanted to feel welcomed, then he would have to dress, act and talk like the people.
"I will need a new set of cloths," he sighed walking into a men's clothing store. Twenty minutes later, Carter exited wearing black biker boots, blue jeans, a white T-shirt, a black leather vest and sport sunglasses. He looked as if was a totally different kat.
"Well, how do I look?" he asked turning around for Felina to inspect him. She could only nod at him. "I think you look great Carter." And with that, the two of them walked down the street. But stopped when they came across a TV repair shop. In the window was a TV showing a news report. It was loud enough for them to hear the report.
"Investigators are still investigating the terrible warehouse fire that irrupted last night, claiming the lives of five guards and six citizens. The Enforcers could only say that they found an empty tank of Alpha-9 outside the warehouse as their evidence. Some witnesses say it was the work of Dr. Viper." Carter looked at Felina with a frown.
"This Viper must be dealt with," he said storming away from the shop and hailed a cab to take him and Felina back to Enforcer's HQ. It was time to address the Enforcers on what they would be dealing with.
However, unknown to them, the Pastmaster watched with a toothy grin as the cab disappeared into the crowded streets. "Well, well little brother. Looks like you are really starting to like this place," he chuckled, but the thought of living like a modern day fool was sickening to him. "I will enjoy tearing your woman's heart out before your very eyes." then the Pastmaster turned and walked off.