~The Connection~

After dinner, Bella sat on the couch watching tv with Jake sitting to her left and Chance to her right. Despite it being a rather old couch it was still pretty comfortable, Chance flipped through the channels looking bored because his favorite show Scaredy Kat wasn't on. "I can't believe Scaredy Kat took a hiatus." He groaned, flipping.

"If you look at it another way Chance, it lets you find something else to watch that you'll grow to like," Bella said, looking at him. "A lot of shows I watch are on hiatus too, so at night I decide to watch David Litterbin."

Jake looked at her, smiling a bit. "You watch David Litterbin, too?"

"Yeah, I was always a fan of late night comedy growing up." She smiled.

Chance put his arm behind his head, still flipping. "Litterbin's good and all, but nothing will beat a Scaredy Kat toon."

"If you say so, Chance." Bella giggled, for once she was actually relaxed and didn't feel at all threatened by the two tomkats sitting to each side to her. Chance finally settled on an old-fashioned horror movie about a vampire, the three watched it all night. Once the credits rolled around Bella was already asleep, Chance turned off the tv and got up going upstairs. He came back down with a blanket and pillow setting the pillow on one end of the couch. Jake got up and grabbed her shoulders carefully setting her down to not wake her up and Chance draped the blanket over her.

"It's not much, but at least she's not sleeping in an old car." Jake whispered, walking away with Chance.

"We'll have to find something for her tomorrow." Chance said and went upstairs, the following morning the guys woke up early and started cooking in the kitchen. Jake set the table while Chance was at the stove cooking up something delicious.

Bella rolled over on the couch sleeping comfortably, she slowly opened her eyes and sat up arching her back and stretching her arms. "So much better than a car cushion." She noticed the blanket draped over her and smiled to herself, folding it up and laid it across the back of the couch while setting the pillow in the computer chair. She sniffed the air, smelling something that was like a combination of fried eggs, milk and cinnamon. "French toast?"

"Hey there Bella, I was about to come and wake you." Jake smiled, standing at the bottom of the stairs. "Did you sleep well?"

"I did actually, thank you very much." She smiled, walking over to him. "Chance is cooking, I take it?"

Jake nodded, walking upstairs with her. "Yeah, usually we eat cereal for breakfast but you're our guest so we wanted to make it special."

"Morning, Bella." Chance smiled, seeing her sit down at the table with Jake. "You're just in time for the Furlong famous french toast." He spun the spatula in his hand like an expert, showing off a bit.

"I can't wait." Bella smiled sitting in her chair, Jake set out the syrup and butter as Chance put the finished french toast on a plated and they all picked out their servings. Bella took two slices while the guys each took four. She spread butter on her pieces and poured syrup on them, taking a bite and was surprised. "Wow, this is incredible."

Chance smiled proudly, eating after he poured syrup on his. "Thanks, it's a secret recipe passed down through generations." Jake smiled, eating as well. "And no, I won't tell you the secret."

Bella noticed Jake also spread butter on his french toast just like her, giggling to herself a bit. "Looks like we both like our french toast the same way, Jake."

"You spread your butter, too?" Jake asked, she nodded and they both laughed a bit.

Bella took another bite, then looked down sadly thinking about her mother. "This reminds me of when my mom would make french toast for me when she wasn't busy with teaching karate classes, she would make it just how I like it with the butter on both slices and syrup everywhere." Bella teared up a little but rubbed her eyes, clearing her throat trying to keep her composure.

"Did you mother teach you how to do karate when she was free?" Jake asked her, eating.

Bella shrugged. "Somewhat, but I didn't get far. The only moves I actually know are the armbar, a roundhouse kick, and how to disarm someone. And before that, all she put me through was stretching and endurance. That's how I was able to run all the way here and not feel winded."

"That definitely would explain it." Chance took another bite.

-

Far away in a large building called Pumadyne, Callie was there to do some business in the facility. It was mostly just a routine safety check since Manx was busy with some other things, most likely being golf. The check went off without a hitch, she smiled. "Thank you for allowing me entrance into your facility Dr. Green, I would say the building gets an A."

Dr. Green was a tan tomkat with black hair, smiling. "Thank you very much, Miss Briggs, I was happy to show you around."

Just then, there was a sudden power outage that spread throughout the building. "You thought you could keep me out of your precious building, did you?" A voice laughed. "I just picked up a little present I found in here, and with it, I will rule MegaKat City once and for all." The lights then came back on after flickering a bit, kats were panicking as a large tank was suddenly crashing through the walls of the facility. The kat inside was none other than the techno-terrorist Hard Drive.

"Not again." Dr. Green said, running for the phone and pressed the emergency call button for the enforcers. "I need Commander Feral, tell him to bring all the best enforcers he's got," Green said into the intercom on the phone. "And hurry."

The tank broke through all the walls until it was finally outside, Hard Drive laughed maniacally. He stopped when he saw the enforcers coming onto the scene. "You think you can stop me? Just try." He pressed a large button which shot a rocket, destroying three of the enforcer's tanks in the process. "Ooo, this will do nicely."

Feral stepped out of his cruiser, seeing Dr. Green running over. "Dr. Green, mind telling me what a giant tank is doing destroying my men?"

"It's an experimental super tank sir, able to withstand any kind of explosions and has a hyper cannon attached to it." Dr. Green explained. "If that cannon is shot off, the blast would reach MegaKat City and destroy it."

"Then we'll need to stop it first," Feral grabbed his walkie-talkie. "This is Feral. Bring me chopper backup, I want all weapons loose on this thing."

Callie was watching the battle from inside the building, she went around the corner of a hallway digging into her purse. "If Feral can't stop that thing, I know someone that can." She pulled out a triangular device, pressing the middle button.

-

Bella rinsed her plate off in the sink while the guys were still eating, she perked her ear up hearing a beeping sound. "What's that noise?"

Chance quickly finished eating and swallowed, taking a device out of his pocket. "What's the problem, Miss Briggs?"

"I'm down here at Pumadyne, Hard Drive hijacked a tank and from the looks of it is taking out Feral's army rather quickly. Feral can't seem to stop him no matter what." Callie said, continuing to watch the battle from her hiding spot. "I sure hope you can, Swat Kats."

"We're on our way." Chance got up and turned off the device, running downstairs.

Jake finished his food and followed. "Bella stay here and watch the garage, help any kats that come by." He ran down the stairs.

"Got it." Bella nodded, she went over to the window to see the jet take off once again. "Good luck."

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