Chapter 21
Written by: Cody Furlong & RazorsLove
Jett stayed in the cold room with Cody most of the time except when she was pulled away by several of her uncles minions.
It was always freezing in that room, of course she couldn't even tell that it was because of her thick grey and white fur.
The snow leopard put a thick wool blanket of Cody's shoulders to keep him warm and so he would get sick.
Cody slept most of the time he was never let out of his bindings; only when he had to go to the restroom.
Guarded by Jett, he watched her quietly his eyes never leaving her and hers never leaving him.
The snow leopard stood close to him her hand always on his shoulder, her ears flat against her head.
When ever he spoke to her, ask questions to what would happen to him; she wouldn't answer back she would just stand there like a stone statue frozen in time.
"Mom, please talk to me." Cody pleaded worriedly.
Jett looked down at him from the corner of her eyes, she lowered her head defeated.
"Please tell me what's going to happen to me." Cody begged again.
She continued to look down at him, Jett sighed loudly.
Cody swallowed the lump in his throat as he continues to look up at her.
"What do you mean, Dark Kat wants me to use you to lure in the Swat Kats and kill them." Jett whispered softly.
"You can't kill them!" Cody yelled in fear for his father and Jake.
Jett continued to look down at him; confusion was noticeable in her eyes but the rest of her face was placid.
Cody looked up at her in fear for his dad and Jake, as he looked up at the snow leopard female he felt his eyes water.
Jett looked down at the young tabby quietly; the bluish purple aura coming of him pounded her senses.
The dirty blond tabby stared up at her his eyes begging her not to kill them; a single tear ran down his cheek leaving a dark trail behind it.
"Cody is there something you need to tell me?" Jett questioned quietly.
"Don't kill them mom, the Swat Kats are…" Cody cut his sentence short as Dark Kat walked into the room.
The purple tom looked down at Cody and Jett.
"Pet untie our guest." He commanded in a low deep voice.
Jett nodded and untied Cody and let him stand up, Dark Kat still towered over the young tom.
Cody started forward but Jett put her hand on his shoulder holding him back to keep him from making a mistake.
Cody looked back at Jett quietly his ears pinned against his head, Jett had slipped the black scarf around her head and her piercing ice blue eyes stared at him; he shuddered then looked back to the massive purple tom standing in front of him.
Dark Kat took Cody's face in his hand and twisted it from side to side, looking at his remarkably similar feature's that T-bone had.
"You look too much like that damn T-bone." Dark Kat growled and squeezed Cody's face so his claws dug into his cheeks.
Cody growled and slapped Dark Kats hand away quickly, his eyes narrowed on Dark Kat's neck watching the vain in his neck pulse.
The young tabby launched himself at the tom, his claws out and his lips curled over his large fangs.
Jett grabbed for Cody quickly as he propelled, she grabbed the leg of his pants ripping the denim fabric with her claws; she hissed loudly as his other foot kicked her in the face and sent her tumbling backwards.
Cody slashed at Dark Kat's face, leaving large deep gashes across the tom's face, he watched as Dark Kat let out a loud roar of pain as he moved backwards holding his face.
The tabby attacked again grabbing Dark Kat by his throat and tearing a chunk of flesh and fur from him, blood splattered onto Cody's somewhat dirty white T-shirt; Dark Kat let out a gurgled roar as blood filled his throat quickly spilling out through the window.
Creepling's came running into the room followed by several large guards pointing their weapons at him; Cody growled loudly his eyes growing darker his demon side taking over his body, the tabby attacked them all with out remorse or mercy slaying them all. The voice inside his head deep, hoarse, gruff made it's self known urging the tabby to do more damage.
"That's right… kill them KILL THEM ALL!" The voice screamed.
Jett got up off the floor and rubbed her face, wiping the blood from her nose; she looked up to see Cody out of control killing everything and anything that came into the room.
She jumped quickly and tackled Cody to the ground, trying to hold down him down; even though in his current state he was so much stronger than she was.
Cody roared throwing her off of his back; she hit the damp stone wall with a loud thump, Jett hissed loudly the wounds on her back not quite healed yet.
The pain was almost crippling but she forced herself to stand up off the wet floor of the room, Jett watched as Cody approached her quickly his hands covered in blood; his knuckle's cracked and blanch as he balled them into tight fists.
She hissed loudly at him to back off, Jett noticed that Dark Kat picked himself up off the dirty wet floor; Cody grabbed Jett by her neck and held her up off the floor, she held onto Cody's wrist tightly as he pulled back the scarf and sniffed her cheek gently.
"Kill her as well, she betray us." The voice growled harshly.
Cody shook his head, his eyes still fixed on Jett.
"Do it now before her demon takes over!" The voice screamed.
Before the tabby could make another move, he suddenly let go of her neck and fell to the floor unconscious; Dark Kat stood behind him holding his neck.
He picked Cody up by the scruff of his neck and looked over him, before he threw him back into the chair that he was once bound in.
"Tie him back up niece if you wish him to live." He growled loudly still holding his bleeding neck.
Jett tied Cody back up quickly, she looked down at him quietly after Dark Kat had left the room to go tend to his wounds; she sighed loudly and picked up his face in her small hands looking over him, he had a wound over his eye.
She kissed her son's forehead and stood by his side silently once more, her hand rubbing the back of his neck gently; she had no idea of what her uncle was planning now after what had just happened.
Jett could hear her inner demon whimper and whine softly.
Over her long life span she and her demon had become friends living with in the same body become easier; when her life depended on it her demon would take control and would let Jett come back in control with ease, unlike Cody and Chance who had only just discovered their demons but not felt the true power.
-Salvage yard-
Chance and Jake had finished tuning up the Thunder Truck, wiping the sweat from his brow; Chance felt the sudden pain on the back of his head he hissed loudly and rubbed gently.
Jake looked up from the engine to look at the burly stripped tabby hold the back of his head and hiss lowly in pain, he tilted his head to the side as he watched on quietly.
"Are you okay Chance?" Jake questioned as he put his wrench down.
Chance looked up at the dark brown tom and nodded slowly and put his hand back on the metal frame of the truck, his mind still on Cody and Jett he had forgotten all about the tom standing across from him.
"Are you sure?" Jake questioned again.
"Yeah I'm sure buddy." Chance smiled slightly as he picked up his tools.
Jake nodded slowly watching him pick up the tools and take them back over to the large red tool box that lined the back wall of the garage, Chance looked exhausted dark circles around his eyes from the lack of sleep over the passed few days.
He picked up his tools as well before closing the hood on the Thunder Truck; Jake put them away in their proper place's in the tool box.
Chance rubbed his sleepy eyes quietly walking into the small living area; he flopped down on the couch and a plume of dust wafted over head making his throat irritated as he inhaled the dust, Chance coughed roughly and sneezed multiple times before the dust settled.
"Holy Kats that's horrible." Chance continued to cough waving his hand in front of his face to keep the dust away.
Jake walked in and laughed quietly.
Chance looked up at the small brown kat that stood in the doorway; he grabbed his jacket and put it on.
"I'm gonna go get something to eat do you want anything?" Jake asked as he grabbed the keys from the table.
"Just a burger Jake that's all, thanks for asking buddy." Chance replied quietly.
Jake smiled and nodded as he left the through the front door, Chance watched him quietly leave the room; Chance sighed softly his mind averting from food to his son Cody, he knew Jett could take care of herself that was if she was still alive after all the bullets she took the other day.
He couldn't help feeling that he had let him down, like he should have explained what would happen if he was caught; that he was precious to him.
Chance put his arm over his eyes and closed them, all his memories of his sun flashed though his mind; tears stung the tabby's eyes and his teeth cut into his gums in frustration.
Knowing he should have protected his son better, Chance's ears flattened against his head.
After a short while he fell into a deep sleep, he tossed and turned on the couch causing the dust to kick up again.
Jake returned back to the yard with bags of food in hand, he looked to the sleeping tabby quietly sleeping on the couch; he closed the door quietly and walked into the kitchen the only clean part of the living area at the moment.
Chance snored loudly with his arm over his head and one of his legs hanging off the couch; he coughed loudly then rolled onto his side facing the back of the couch.
Jake grabbed a can of milk from one of the brown paper bags and opened it; he drank from the silvery can quietly looking around the still dusty, dirty living room.
"This place really needs to be cleaned." Jake thought to him self the can still to his lips.
He put the can down on the table and got the cleaning supplies he had bought from the store.
Jake walked over to the couch and woke Chance up from his nap; the tabby grabbed his arm in defense and twisted it.
"Ow! Chance let go of my arm." Jake hissed.
Chance's ears perked and he let go of Jake's arm quickly.
"Sorry Jake, I was having a bad dream." Chance sighed and sat up.
Jake rubbed his arm and looked at his friend sitting on the couch rubbing his face with his large blond furred hand.
"Its fine Chance, I know you must be feeling stressed." Jake responded.
Chance looked up at Jake and nodded slowly.
"Anyway… we should clean this place up a bit." Jake added.
Chance was still looking up at him and nodded again as he stood up and looked around, Jake handed him a wet rag; Chance started to wipe all the dust off of everything.
Jake went around with a broom and a dust pan and started sweeping the wooden floors, he opened the front door to let in the fresh air; as the wind swept through the house the dust on the floor kicked up.
Jake coughed harshly and quickly swept the dust out the front door; he closed it quickly and waited for the dust to settle once again.
- Elsewhere-
Jett walks through the halls of the building having left Cody's side for a moment to get something to eat for the both of them, Jett had been too busy watching her son to be concerned about her own hunger; he was always brought food by a guard which only consisted of stale bread and water.
She would sneak him food when her uncle wasn't around, Jett walked into the kitchen and grabbed a few apples and a bottle of water out of the cooler.
Jett stuffed them into her pocket and walked out of the kitchen quickly and back to where Cody was being held, she pushed the door open and closed it behind her.
Cody still hadn't regained consciousness yet, her ears flattened against her head as she hid the apples and the water bottle with the other food she had stashed for him so he wouldn't suffer from lack of nutrition, she walked back to his side and stroked the top of his head gently.
Her ears against her head she closed her eyes tightly and imaged Chance in her mind, the demon inside her purred happily at the image; she still couldn't believe that all this was happening in the short span of time that she'd know him.
Jett sighed loudly then looked at Cody petting his head.