~The Identity~
The following morning, Bella started the long process of dying her hair. It was going to take at least an hour to dye all of it, she followed the instructions and put her hair in plastic wrap smiling. "It'll be nice once this is done." She washed her hands and went to eat some cereal, looking around for the bowls. She opened another cabinet, finding the bowls on the top shelf. "You gotta be kidding." She grunted, trying to stretch her arm to reach it. "Almost."
"Here you go." Chance grabbed the bowl, giving to her. "I like what you did with your hair." He chuckled.
Bella giggled a bit, pouring herself some cereal. "It's the latest fashion trend." She grabbed the milk, pouring it into the bowl and put it away. She sat down at the table after grabbing a spoon, eating it. "Where's Jake?"
"He's tuning up the turbokat, he wanted me to check up on you." Chance explained, grabbing himself and Jake some yogurt.
"That's really sweet of him." Bella blushed a bit, eating. "And your jet's called the turbokat? I like it, gives it a tough name. I wanted to ask you about something, too."
Chance pulled off the lid to one of the yogurts, dipping his spoon in and took a bite. "Shoot."
"The TB and R on the lockers, do those stand for your names as the Swat Kats?" Bella asked, eating. "I ask because whenever the news comes on, it just says Swat Kats."
"The TB means TBone, and the R means Razor." He explained, eating more.
"Ohhh, so you're TBone?" She guessed, he nodded smiling. "Cool. And the air mattress you guys bought me is really comfortable, I slept like a baby last night."
Chance smiled. "That's good to hear," He threw his yogurt cup away, grabbing the other one and grabbed a clean spoon. "I'm gonna take this to Jake, come on down when your hair's done."
"I sure will." Bella smiled, finishing her cereal.
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Chance made it over to the turbokat to see Jake wiping his forehead with a cloth, giving him the yogurt and spoon. "Hey bud, good timing. I think we're almost done, we just gotta grease up the pistons and fuel the turbokat." Jake smiled, pulling the lid back on the yogurt and took a bite eating. "Is Bella up yet?"
"She's been up for a while, she's dying her hair right now." Chance explained, going to the workbench to grab the grease and a special dabbing sponge. "I bet you can't wait to see what she looks like." He teased Jake.
Jake ate his yogurt. "Seeing how she picked the color, I'm gonna know exactly what she looks like." In a few bites, he was done, throwing the cup away in a nearby trashcan and put the spoon on the workbench. "Come on, let's get back to work."
Time flew by rather quickly as they worked, Bella walked over to them smiling. "Hey guys, how are the tune-ups coming along?"
"Not bad, we just got done fueling the turbokat and next we're going to reload our missiles," Jake explained, then saw her and was surprised. "Wow Bella, you look great."
Chance saw her as well, smiling. "That really is a good color for you."
"Thanks, I wasn't sure if it would be too light or too dark," Bella admitted, her hair was now a beautiful shade of brunette. "But I think I found the right shade, later on, can one of you take me into the city to buy some new clothes? I don't want to be seen with this on."
"Sure, we can all go. I gotta see if I can find a new fuse anyways." Jake said, looking at her. "Fuses are always broken before they arrive here, so we always have to go into the city to buy more."
"Great, is there something I can wear while we're out? The shoes are fine, but I at least need disguise clothes." Bella said.
"Hmm." Jake looked up and down at her, she looked away awkwardly. "Judging by your height, a pair of my clothes should be able to fit you. My room is up the stairs, the middle room on the right."
"Oh. Thanks, Jake." Bella smiled and walked away, she went up to his room and it was rather nice. His bed was a queen size like hers but his comforter was covered in army camouflage, she walked over to his closet and opened it seeing all kinds of clothes. "What would be the least conspicuous?" She looked around the closet for a good minute until she finally found something, pulling the outfit out and tried it on. Although she had to roll up the sleeves, tuck in the shirt and find a belt it was perfect. "They're gonna be really surprised when they see me."
Chance walked upstairs, looking for Bella. He was wearing blue jeans with a green polo shirt. "You ready to go? Jake's starting up the truck."
"I'm ready, how do I look?" Bella walked over to him, she was wearing Jake's light blue button-up collared shirt with grey jeans and a brown belt to keep the jeans from falling off. "It's a bit big, but I made it work."
Chance smiled, patting her shoulder. "I think it's the clothes, but you look like a female version of Jake."
"With a different fur color." Bella smiled as they went downstairs, she saw Jake scooting over in the seat as he saw them coming over. "Hey, Jake."
Jake was wearing blue jeans with a white shirt on and a red hoodie, he was a bit surprised, seeing her. "Wow, this is the second time I have been surprised by you. You look like a female me."
"That's what Chance said." She giggled, getting in from the driver's door and sat by him. "So what's the city like?"
"Most of the time it's quiet, but other times the psychos appear and want to take over everything." Chance said, getting in and shut the door. Everyone buckled up as they left, in a few short minutes they were at the city. It was really nice and they found the large strip mall, parking in the parking lot and everyone got out seeing kats walking around. "This strip mall is always bustling with kats, stay close to one of us or you'll get lost rather quickly."
"Alright." Bella nodded, they went into the clothing store and she started looking around at the shirts and pants. "These are nice." She looked at the price tag for the pants, putting them back when she saw the price. "Not anymore." She looked around a bit more, finally buying a few pairs of shirts, some shorts, and a nice red hat. The guys were kind enough to pay for her clothing, they left the store and she put her bags in the truck. Putting the hat on and pulled her hair through it like a ponytail. "There, now it's not always in my eyes."
"Great, wanna keep walking around?" Jake asked as she shut the door.
Bella smiled, nodding. "Let's go." The rest of the trip was fun, they all had soft pretzels in the food court and walked around all of the different stores. Bella then noticed a large arcade, walking over to the window. Jake and Chance followed, seeing her expression of delight and chuckling.
"Do you wanna play some games, Bella?" Chance asked.
"I do, yes." She went inside with them, looking around the arcade and it was amazing. "Whenever my parents were busy, I would always come to the arcade to wind down. It's one of my most favorite places to go." They played so many games there, Bella liked playing the skeeball machine because she was the best at it. With some careful rolling, she would get it into the ten thousand hole a few times. She turned in her tickets, getting herself a small red clapper since it was the only thing she can afford. "All my tickets for this? I guess it's kind of worth it." She put it in her pocket, heading to the entrance and looked into the arcade. "The guys must still be in there somewhere."
A man in a dark green trenchcoat was sitting on a park bench across the street, smoking a cigar and looking around in binoculars. He looked to be probably in his late 40s with dirty brown fur and his hair was neatly brushed to one side. "The most boring part of my job, but the most satisfying when the job is finished." He said to himself, scanning the area. "Looks like every she-kat here brought a date, this must be couples day or some- hello." He stopped scanning, seeing Bella standing at the side of the entrance to the arcade. "Standing by herself, nice figure and no date around. Looks like you found your next victim, Warren." He put his binoculars away, taking off his trenchcoat and throwing it away to reveal a security uniform and walked across the street while putting his cigar in a cigarette bin.
Bella waited, debating whether to go back inside or not. "I could call them, but they don't have phones on them."
"Are you by chance lost, young lady?" Warren asked Bella, walking over to her.
Bella turned around, seeing him. "I'm not officer, just waiting for my friends."
"If you want, we can always go back to my office and call for your friends on the intercom," Warren said, stepping closer. "It's no trouble at all."
Bella stepped backward, looking at him seriously. "I said no, take a hint or take a hike, you weirdo."
"That's not really a nice way to talk to a commanding officer like that." He said as she was backed up against a wall.
She was starting to panic, deciding whether to fight or run. "I will give you five seconds, and in those five seconds, you are going to either gonna walk away or be dead. Five."
"Like you really scare me," Warren said, reaching behind his back.
"Four." Bella was really scared, but she wasn't about to show it. "Three."
Warren pulled out a small switchblade, Bella stayed quiet. "Not so tough now, are ya?"
"No, but the two guys behind you are," Bella said, nodding towards them.
Warren turned around to see Jake and Chance, growling. "Take a hike, she's with us." Chance hissed, reaching to grab him.
"I don't think so." Warren grabbed Bella, holding her hostage with the switchblade at her neck. "If any of you come near me, the she-kat gets it."
"Guys!" Bella teared, struggling as she was pulled away. They had no choice but to stay away, but once far enough away Warren threw her into the back of his white windowless van and shut the back doors driving off as quick as he could.
Warren laughed, driving his van as Bella was in the back starting to sit up. "You called those guys tough? They're wimps." He said, then suddenly his rear bumper was rammed and he and Bella fell forward. "What the?" He looked out his rearview mirror, seeing a tow truck.
"Those wimps are about to kick your butt," Bella said as she carefully got up, jumping on him to try and make him swerve.
The van was starting to fishtail, Warren threw her off him and cut her left cheek in the process. "Get back there and shut up." She hit the right back door, landing on the lever and the door flew open. She had lost her hat when she fell on the door and it blew away.
"Chance, get closer," Jake said as he rolled down the window, starting to climb out of the truck.
"You're crazier than I am." Chance said, slamming his foot on the gas to keep up with the van.
Jake crawled onto the hood, seeing Bella on the bed of the van. "Bella!"
"Jake?" She groaned hearing his voice, getting up and gasped seeing him. "Jake!" Bella tried reaching for him, but Warren would try to shake the tow-truck off him and she clung to the other door to keep from falling out of the van.
"Still on me, huh? Well, how do you like this?" Warren turned onto a ramp to his right that had a construction zone sign blocking it off and barrelled right through it.
Chance kept on him. "Where does this idiot think he's going, the only thing down this ramp is-...Jake he's going to try to jump the gap!" He yelled out the window about the unfinished bridge.
Bella kept trying to reach for Jake, getting close and he reached for her but their distance was still about a foot away. "I can't reach!"
"You need to jump!" Jake told her, seeing the bridge coming up and opened his arms.
Bella took a few steps, about to jump but then Warren grabbed her hair pulling her back down and dropped his switchblade in the process leaving no one at the wheel. "If I'm going down, you're coming with me!"
Bella noticed the switchblade and grabbed it, pulling away from him. "No, I'm not!" In one swipe she had cut her hair to get out of his grasp then stabbed him in his right shin, getting up and jumped out of the van landing in Jake's arms as they fell onto the hood.
"Hang on!" Chance slammed on the brakes, starting to drift as the van drove off the bridge and combusted when it hit the ground. The tow truck screeched to a halt just inches from touching the ledge, he carefully drove away from the ledge and once safe he got out of the truck running over to the hood. "Are you guys alright?!"
Bella was shivering a bit, not wanting to let go of Jake. Jake held her and stroked her head, calming her down. "A little shaken, but we're good." He nodded, the enforcers drove up to the bridge and Feral got out of his cruiser, looking over the edge at the smoldering remains.
"Looks like our culprit met his end before we can nab him," Feral said, noticing the van. "Get this mess cleaned up, men." He told his soldiers, then looked at Jake and Chance. "Is everything alright over here, are there any injuries to report?" He was being polite due to noticing Bella shivering a bit.
"Just a cut, but it can be cleaned up," Jake told him, carefully sitting up and groaned from hurting his back a bit.
"You two saved a life today," Feral said, turning away from them. "The ashy remains down there belong to Warren Katson, known for his deeds of stalking she-kats and having his way with them before killing them. We've been after him for months and you two manage to take him down in one afternoon. It almost makes me want to let you back into the enforcers, almost."
Jake and Chance looked at each other. Without saying a word, they got in the truck and left. Once back home, Bella was in the bathroom cleaning up her cheek with some alcohol and winced a bit from the stinging. She put a large bandage pad on her cheek, checking her hair. It was now shoulder length instead of to her lower back. "I guess I can make this work."
"Bella, are you doing alright in there?" Chance asked, knocking on the door.
She opened the door, looking up at him. "Is my hair that bad?"
"Actually, I like the short hair. It suits you better." He said, trying to cheer her up. "Jake told me he wants to see you in the hangar when you come out."
She nodded, leaving the bathroom. "Thanks." Bella went into the hangar, walking down the small stairs and found him at a workbench. "Chance said you wanted to see me?"
"Yes, give me your right hand," Jake said holding his hand out, Bella was a bit confused and gave him her hand. He slipped a special yellow bracelet onto her wrist, she examined it. "If you're ever in trouble again, this bracelet will broadcast an SOS signal to me by you pressing this off-yellow button." He explained, pointing to the button.
She smiled at the bracelet, but teared a little bit. "I'm sorry Jake, I shouldn't have left the arcade I should have stayed inside it. If I hadn't of asked you guys to take me to that dumb strip mall none of this-."
Jake wrapped his arms around her, holding her close. "None of this is your fault, but now you can see this as a learning experience." She held him close as well, sniffling and nodded. "And your short hair really does look nice." She blushed a little from his compliment. "Are you ready to do some more training?"
"Yeah, let's do it. Once I change, though. Your clothes are comfortable and all, but are way too big on me." She let go of him and vice versa, once she was changed into a red button-up collared shirt and blue jean shorts, she came back to the hangar and they continued on with their training.
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I hope you all are enjoying this, it was a lot of fun to make. Car chases were always my favorite part of action movies because of the adrenaline you get while watching.
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