~The Truth~
Bella stood in front of TBone, looking at him worriedly. "Are you sure this is a good idea?"
"What's wrong, you scared?" TBone smirked, getting in an attack position.
Bella got herself ready. "A little, I mean you're like a mountain compared to me."
"Come on Bella, you can do this. The bigger they are, the harder they fall." Razor said, watching.
"I've seen you two fight, and that kat does not fall," Bella told Razor, referring to TBone.
"Remember don't hesitate, find an opening," Razor said. "If his back touches the ground you win, but if yours touches the ground he wins. Get ready, go!"
Bella charged at TBone, going for a quick punch but he was able to block it and held her fist. She punched with her other fist but he grabbed as well, starting to push her back. She was skidding on the ground, trying to push back. "I can't push him, he's too heavy."
"Sounds like someone's already given up, Razor," TBone said to him, continuing to push.
"I guess she doesn't want to win, TBone." Razor shrugged, they were trying to fire her up. "And to think, one day she could probably be a Swat Kat."
Bella's ears perked up hearing him say that, she planted her feet grunting a bit and started pushing back. She pulled her fists away and slid beneath TBone's legs to get behind him and kicked his back, he staggered a bit but stayed up. "You better own up on that statement, Razor."
"That all depends on if you win or not." He told her, TBone charged at her and she dodged him. Bella kept dodging all of his moves, Bella's punches and kicks didn't hurt TBone at all so he was able to keep fighting.
Bella panted a bit, her endurance was starting to fade. 'I'm using all of my energy just to try and phase this kat, but he's still coming.' She continued to dodge, trying everything she could to knock him down. 'At this rate, I'm gonna tire out before he's down.'
"It's over." TBone used a gentle palm thrust on her chest, knocking her a few feet away and she landed on her back.
Razor walked over to Bella who was panting a bit and held out his hand to her. "Not bad."
Bella took his hand, getting up. "Thanks, I guess."
"Let me tell you a little secret, the easiest way to take large kats down is to use their weight against them. Like this." Razor ran over and grabbed TBone who was distracted, flipping TBone over his head and he landed on his back.
"Woah." She said, clapping.
Razor smiled proudly bowing as TBone got up. "And the easiest way to take little kats down is to do this." TBone pinned Razor in an armbar.
"Oh yeah? Well, two can play this game." Razor said as they started roughhousing, Bella laughed a bit as she watched them. Their brotherly bond was really sweet, she could tell they were having fun and she decided to let them be and took a walk around the yard.
Bella kicked a rock as she walked, the yard was probably about as big as two football fields. She recalled back to earlier that day when she thought she lost Razor to the collapsing building, sighing sadly. "If I hadn't convinced Callie to go up that fire escape, then maybe the bird wouldn't have chased us and tried to destroy the building." She punched a scrap pile, leaving a tiny dent.
"It's my fault he got hurt, I hesitated." She teared, sitting down. She wasn't sure how to feel, mad, upset or even happy of the result of earlier. "If I as a Swat Kat I could have shot a missile at them to take them down, but the Swat Kats fly and I'm scared of heights." She sighed, getting up and leaned on a smaller scrap pile. The pile moved a bit, causing an old motorcycle to fall off the top of it and land next to her making her jump. "What the?!" Bella examined the motorcycle, shocked. "Woah, it's an old enforcer motorcycle."
"Bella?" Chance called out, walking around. "You around here?"
"I'm right here, Chance." Bella said seeing him, wiping her eyes.
"Are you alright? It looked like you were crying." Chance said, she shook her head lying to him. "Come on Bella, if you need to vent then vent. It's best to get it out of your system."
He had a point, she sighed. "Ever since earlier, I can't help but blame myself for Jake almost losing his life. Like if I had done something different, would the same result happen? Or if I had never gone into the city, Callie wouldn't have been attacked by those robots."
"The metallikats would have attacked Callie either way whether you were there or not, but because of you, her life was saved." Chance told her.
"That's true." Bella nodded, but looked at her bracelet sadly. "But if I had used my bracelet the minute they tried to run us over, you guys would have been there sooner."
"Either way, we're all still here." He walked over, hugging her.
"Yeah." She hugged back, it was like hugging a teddy bear. "Oh, I found an old motorcycle I want to try and fix up." She let go, going over to the piece of scrap and picked it up on one side. "It's a little heavy, though."
Chance looked it over. "Hmm, yeah with a little tweaking this baby could be ridden again." He helped her carry it to the garage and they started working on the engine, it was very old but they were able to get it to start. "And maybe we could even turbocharge this."
"Oh no, Jake warned me about your turbocharging tactics." She said, working. It was rather quiet, so she decided to try and start a conversation. "So...what made you decide to become the Swat Kats in the first place?"
Chance stopped, looking at her. "We were blamed for something that wasn't our fault and forced to work here, so we decided to-."
"Change your hand?" Bella said, looking at him.
Chance chuckled. "You catch on quick."
"I have two friends to thank for that." She smiled, adjusting a few things on the underside. "So before I came around, what were your missions like?"
"Danger at every turn, evil villains, saving the city." He explained, turning a bolt. "I lost count on how many we've been on."
Bella smiled at him, leaning forward and putting her hands on her cheeks. "I'd love to hear about them."
"Well then, do I have some stories for you." Chance said, he started telling her about all the missions they went on. From saving a few kats from an evil jester to saving the city from being mutated. Chance was having fun telling the stories and Bella was having fun listening to them, Jake had come up from the hangar after working out and listened in from the doorway of the office. "So after we were able to get the turbokat up to speed, I released a sonic boom on Shard and he cracked like an egg. Razor finished him off and he went back to prison."
"Wow." Bella smiled. "I can't decide which one is my favorite, you guys are just incredible."
Chance noticed Jake at the doorway behind Bella, so he decided to tease her a bit. "If anyone's more incredible, Jake is."
"I guess so, he's so smart and sweet. You are too Chance, but there's just something about him. He can calculate things quicker than any kat I've ever seen, his gadgets look amazing and he's so hands-." She blushed, clearing her throat. "Handy at using any kind of weapon he finds."
Chance chuckled. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you had a crush on him."
"What?! Me?! Pfft, in your dreams." She stammered, blushing. "Having a crush is like eating ice cream, you like it and keep licking but eventually the ice cream goes away. Or something like that analogy."
"I liked the analogy," Jake said, Bella turned around and gasped then glared at Chance who was laughing.
"Chance, that wasn't funny," Bella told him, walking over to him and punching his arm.
"Sorry, I couldn't help it." Chance laughed, calming down. "Bella found a motorcycle in the yard, we could use another pair of hands to fix it up."
"I'd be glad to help." Jake smiled, all three worked on it throughout the afternoon. Bella stayed quiet while she worked, she knew Chance was just having fun but telling your feelings to a friend with your crush behind you is one of the most embarrassing things a she-kat can go through. "Bella, can you hand me a socket wrench?"
"Sure." She gave him the socket wrench, trying to think of what the motorcycle would look like. "Maybe we can give it a fresh coat of paint, like light blue or maybe orange."
"Not a bad idea," Jake said, they worked well into the night and he wiped the grease off his paws. "Well the engine's completely fixed, we can work on the frame tomorrow Bella." He noticed she was asleep with her head on the wheel and smiled putting her on his back and went upstairs with Chance behind him. "You really didn't have to go that far, Chance."
"It was all in good fun, and besides you like her too." Chance said.
Jake blushed a bit, knowing Chance was right. "We need to keep MegaKat City safe, we can't get distracted." He laid Bella in her bed, covering her up. "Come on, let's get some sleep."
They both left the room, Bella heard what he said and a tear ran down her cheek knowing very well that he was right. 'I can't let my feelings get ahead of their job, I gotta stay focused.' She was finally able to fall asleep.
Another chapter is done, I hope everyone's having a good day/night. I've decided this story will be 20 chapters long, so buckle up and get ready!
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