The next day, Jake, Chance, Callie, Tommy, Hector and the Road Rovers drove to Cherry Grove, New York and arrived at the Jack of Hearts bar and restaurant. As Jake and Callie exited the vehicle, Jake noticed Blitz was wearing a white suit that looked awfully familiar to him.
"Hey, is that my all-white suit, Blitz?" Jake asked in suspicious tone.
"Uh, I neither confirm nor deny that this is your suit, Mr. Clawson," Blitz lied.
"Don't you ever believe in asking me first before you wear my suit?" Jake asked. "What happens if you ruin it by cigars, messy tacos, lipstick marks, blood or even coffee?"
"Don't worry, Jake, I swear by the river of Styx that I will not ruin it."
"For your sake, I hope not," Hunter said as he had his left arm around Colleen.
"Can we please go in already?" Chance asked as he was the first to go in along with Exile and Hector.
("We Build This City" by Starship)
As they entered into the restaurant, many of the patrons were gay, lesbian, or crossdressers. Then, Blitz spotted a female figure in the form of a poodle as he approached her. "Hey, nice dress, lady," Blitz flirted.
The figure revealed itself no other than a man crossdressing as a woman. "Thank you," the crossdresser laughed.
"Ugh! I mean, never mind. I'll just go," Blitz said as he left.
"Hey, Jake and Chance!" Max called as he invited them at the bar and the gang took their seats.
"Nice atmosphere," Hunter said.
"Why did you name this restaurant Jack of Hearts?" Hector asked.
"I named my restaurant and bar after my first love, Jack Wheeler, was a victim of a hate crime. I first met him at a Gold's Gym when he was working out on the bench press shirtless. It was his muscles, specifically his pecs and abs. They were wonderful. We came out four years ago after he concealed his sexual preference. Unfortunately, his scorned ex-girlfriend found out about his homosexuality and hired five Omegas to burn him alive. He died from his injuries. After that, I swore I would avenge his death and make the perpetrators pay for their crimes in full for what they've done to him," Max explained.
"Max, I'm so sorry," Jake said as he felt sympathetic for his cousin.
"It's alright," Max quickly composed himself. Then, he laid his eyes on Exile. "Hey, you, what are you planning on doing after tonight?"
"Uh, what is this?" Exile asked.
"Oh, nothing. Just thought we'd get to know each other, have a few drinks and thought you could use a friend."
"No, thanks," Exile politely refused.
Then, Colleen saw a photo of Jack in a Men's Fitness magazine posing in a beach wearing nothing but a speedo as it was in a plaque dedicated to him. "He looks so hot," she said.
When all of a sudden, four gay haters showed up at the bar to cause trouble. One of the homophobes said to one of the bar patrons, "Excuse me, New Yorker. I think you're in my seat and I had sex with your mother last night."
"Young man, are you crazy?" Dr. Clawson asked as she and May Parker got up to confront them.
"What did you say?" the bar patron asked in an angry tone.
"Oh, about the sheet or about my plowing your father's wife?" the same dude rudely talked back as May suckered punch the dude in the face.
"What the hell are you guys doing?" May asked.
"Management reserves the right to refuse service to you four, especially when you're causing trouble at my bar and harassing my customers. Take your garbage somewhere else because we're not interested in your hate speeches or things will get serious," Max warned.
Now, if one thinks that the dudes were smart enough to take Max's warnings seriously, well, they weren't. The homophobes thought it was a joke and another harassed another customer. "Excuse me. Is your refrigerator running? Because if it is, it probably runs like you, very homosexually," the dude harassed as his other friends laughed. The bar patron was about to punch the homophobe as Dr. Clawson restrained the patron and May stepped in to diffuse the situation.
"We won't ask again, leave this place at once, gentlemen," May warned. "I'm the daughter of a US Marine and Dr. Clawson is the daughter of a US Navy Sailor who served in World War 2 and we're not afraid to use our skills our fathers taught us."
"Shut up, skirt, and back off!" the thug yelled as he was about to slap May in the face, but she dodged and kicked the thug in the groin.
"Oh, you want to dance?" May asked as she threw the thug at a table and knocked him out.
"All you homophobes want to play it that way? Okay. You suck, you suck, you suck and especially you suck," Dr. Clawson trolled as the four thugs tried to assault her, but May kicked one thug and punched another thug.
"Oh, look!" Hector called. "It's a bar fight!"
Dr. Clawson jumped into the air as she kicked two thugs in the face as May threw two thugs across the room and knocked them out. The same thugs grabbed two chairs as they tried to hit Dr. Clawson in the head, but at the same time, she ducked as the two thugs hit each other in the head and May punched them in the face.
"Hate groups who support anti-gay slurs and glorify criminals suck," May says as three thugs showed up to pommel her, but May kicked one guy who tried to charge at her and threw him and the thugs out the window and they crashed into a dumpster. May and Catherine fought off many thugs as the homophobes and hate group members ran out of the bar.
"That's right, go back where you came from, you homophobe bastards," Max called as he closed the door and May threw another thug at the door.
The patrons cheered and whistle for May Parker and Catherine Clawson for standing up for the LGBT community. "That was amazing!" Tommy exclaimed.
"A Navy Corpsman's daughter doesn't get all her education from med school, but also her father who taught her martial arts," Catherine said.
"Navy does the talking. Marines do the walking," May said.
"Hooyah!" Catherine cheered as she clapped her hands with May.
Then, Blitz is seen dancing with a gorgeous chihuahua female in a red dress at the dance floor. He is seen kissing her passionately as he held a glass of wine in his hand. This caused Jake to lose his composure. "Oh no! Blitz, if you so much as ruin my white suit, I swear to God, I will skin you alive!" Jake yelled.
"Relax, Jake, everything under control," Blitz called.
"Come here, you sexy Doberman," the chihuahua said as she kissed Blitz.
When suddenly, a Texas bull showed up at the bar really pissed off about his girlfriend was cheating on him with Blitz. "Hey, you!" the bull called. "Back away from my girlfriend!"
"Who is the character?" Hunter asked.
"Oh, that's Machete Rosales also known as "Toro Rojo." Rumor has it that he's a cousin to reformed villain and wrestling star, Manuel "Kain" Rivera who goes by his wrestling name, "Demon." Max said.
"Toro Rojo? Isn't that Spanish for Red Bull?" Tommy asked.
"You're correct, kid," Colleen said.
The Red Bull aggressively marches towards Blitz as Chance thought of something. "Okay, here's what we're gonna do. I'll get the taco from Blitz," Chance said.
"I'll get the wine," Jake said.
"I'll get the cigar," Hunter said.
"And I'll get the girl," Exile said.
"Okay, you all got your assignments. Let's do it," Jake said as he held his hand out as Chance, Hunter and Exile did the same thing.
"Ole!" they exclaimed as Machete came up behind them.
Jake took the wine from Blitz. "Hey, that's my wine!" Blitz called.
"I'll take that, Blitz," Hunter said as he took the cigar and took it out in an ash tray.
"That's my cigar!"
"I'm hungry," Chance said as he took the taco from Blitz and ate it along with Blitz.
"Maria, where have you been all my life?" Exile asked as he pretended to dance with Maria.
"El Toro!" Machete called as Blitz turned around and was clearly scared of him.
"Hey, wait. Uh, can we talk this over with like civilized gentleman?" Blitz asked as he tried to calm Machete down.
"I see blood and guts. Guts and blood for you!" Machete said as he grabbed ahold of Blitz and ready to punch him.
"But I had no idea that she was yours, honest."
"No! Don't hit him! Hit me!" Exile said.
Machete hit Exile in the face as many patrons watched the whole thing unfold. Jake, Chance and Hunter stepped in to protect Blitz and especially Jake's white suit. Machete shook the men off and as he was about to hit Blitz, Exile stepped in front of him again and said, "Don't hit him. Hit me."
Machete took out Exile again. At the same time, Chance picked up a chair and smashed Machete in the head before he could hit Blitz in the face and stopped within 2 inches from Blitz. He turned around to see it was Chance who hit him as he started to feel disoriented and lose his balance and still held Blitz in his hand.
"No! The suit!" Jake yelled as Machete, at first, was about to fall on Blitz, but his grip became loose and fell down to the ground in the other direction.
"And he's out!" Hector called as the patrons cheered.
"Come on. Let's get him out of here before he causes anymore trouble," Hunter called as he, Jake, Chance and Exile lifted Blitz out of the bar.
"Hey, what are you doing? I'm having a good time here!" Blitz whined.
"Blitz!" Maria called.
Once they reached outside, Jake went ballistic. "Of all the idiotic and insane things you've been doing tonight. You nearly ruined my suit!" he exclaimed.
"It was just for one night. Besides, it won't happen again. It was a one shot deal," Blitz said.
Then, Machete showed up in his red Camaro with bull horns for decoration. "Now, Toro Rojo is very, very angry! Round 2!" Machete said as he started his engines.
"Time out! Just give us a moment to change Blitz into his Rover costume and then you can fight him," Hector called.
"Deal," Machete grumbled.
("Vamo Alla Flamenco from Final Fantasy IX" by Nobuo Uematsu)
After 10 minutes and finding a suit bag and hangar, Blitz showed up to fight Machete as he pulled out a piece of red cloth. "Toro! Toro!" Blitz called.
Machete drove his car at a very fast speed as Blitz moved out of the way. "Ole!"
Machete turned his car around and drove at Blitz again. And, once again, Blitz dodged him as he smashed through a fish stall. Machete turned his car one more time as he charged at Blitz. Blitz jumped on to the car and hit Machete with his kicks and punches. As the two men were fighting, Machete lost control of the steering wheel as they drove into a pile of fish in the fish market. The men screamed as they came to a complete stop.
Blitz came out of the fish as Machete took a hold of him and was ready to punch him. "Here, take it," Blitz said as he offered Machete money.
"Why? And spoil my fun?" Machete asked. Someone tapped his shoulder as he turned to face the person. "This better be good."
The person turned out to be no one other than Hector as he held a Blue Fin Tuna fish in his right hand and hit Machete in the face and knocked him out.
"Thanks kid," Blitz said.
"My pleasure. You speak for me and I speak for you," Hector said.
"My insources told me that you have been investigating the murder and hate crime of Jack Wheeler, Max, for all I know, you have been a great informant by getting information from suspects and Omegas who were drunk enough to reveal information and help for not only for the Enforcers, but also the SWAT Kats," Tommy said to Max. "If it's anything that can help you, I think I may have found a possible suspect for you to deal with. The name is Roy Blackburn, the Voice of Himself."
"Blackburn!" Max growled. He knew Blackburn as an alleged arms dealer, a big homophobe and a war criminal in Bosnia when Max was deployed along with the Army and Navy SEALs.
In a mansion bathroom, a videotape is seen playing on Blackburn's show as Blackburn was heading for the medicine cabinet and drank the meds down with some cocktail. Blackburn's show was known for twisting facts and spreading lies which made Blackburn very criticized. "I'll tell you what I know. I know this is not a man," Roy said in the video.
"What is it?" Roy asked.
"A man does not wear a mask."
"What is he?"
"A man does not threaten innocent civilians. He's what every, gutless, freedom-hating terrorist is: A goddamn coward!"
At that moment, Roy's cellphone went off and Roy paused the video. He answered the phone, "There will be no negotiation, Roger. When I arrived in the morning, the Paddy will be gone. I'm looking at the tape right now, and he has no idea how to light me. My nose looks like Empire State Building. Listen to me, you frickin' idiot, New York prevails because I say it does! So does every lazy bum on this show, and that includes you. Find another DOP or find yourself another job."
Roy hung up his phone as he played the tape. "I'll tell you what I wish. I wish I'd been there. I wish I'd had the chance for a face-to-face. Just one chance, that's all I'd need," Roy on the tape said as Roy started the shower and stepped in.
Max overheard the tape as he implanted hidden microphones in the bathroom and snuck inside the mansion. "So, you wish it, so shall it be. Just remember the old saying: be careful what you wish for. Because, you might get your wish, only not quite what you had in mind," Max said as he donned his costume known as the Phantom.
"This so-called Phantom and his accomplices, SWAT Kats, neo-demagogues, spouting their message of hate. A delusional and aberrant voice delivering a terrorist's ultimatum. An ultimatum that was met with swift and surgically precise justice."
"No mercy!"
"The moral, ladies and gentlemen, is: Good guys win, bad guys lose… …and, as always, New York prevails!" Roy and himself in the video said together. Roy turned off the TV in shower as he saw the Phantom's reflection on the screen. He turned around and was scared to the bone.
"Holy Christ! Jesus!" Roy yelled as he slipped in the shower, fell to the ground and dropped his cell phone.
"Good evening, Commander Blackburn," Phantom said.
"Oh, my God! How did you get in here?" Roy asked as he was reaching for his phone.
"Don't worry, I've made sure our reunion won't be disturbed by any pesky late-night phone calls and especially robocalls, commander."
"Stop that. Why do you keep calling me that?"
"That was your title, remember? When we first met, all those years ago. You wore a uniform in those days."
Flashbacks showed Blackburn wearing a uniform and torturing a prisoner of war in a prisoner of war camp. "You," Roy gasped as he recognized that voice as an image of the kat coming out of the burning camp emerged. "It is you."
"The Ghost of Christmas Past," the Phantom said.
The next day, Tommy was reading a newspaper how the Phantom killed Blackburn and was declared a hero to the LGBT community and the SWAT Kat Squad. "Jake, did you pack up everything we need to find the first portal at Hawaii?"
"Yes, Tommy," Jake said as he packed up his suit case along with Callie.
"Don't forget your SWAT Kat uniform and gear, Tommy. We have to meet up with Chance, Hector and the Road Rovers," Callie said.
"I'll be sure to get all my stuff," Tommy said as he finished his breakfast.
