Chapter 10: Tricked
Hacker quickly formulated a plan in her head. She knew she had to go around the battle zone if she wanted to reach the laser gun alive. Since the laser gun, the D'Airkats and the android were separated from the machine by a huge pile of junk, Hacker realised the only way to get to the machine was to return into the room and exit from the other door. From then on, all she had to do was run and duck all the way until she reached the laser gun.
Quickly, she briefly told Felina what she had in mind and Hacker was off before Felina could even protest. Felina knew that for Hacker to return to the room, she had to provide Hacker a decoy. Felina picked up the gun Hacker had left for her and crawled quickly away from the room. Frantically, Felina cocked the gun and opened fire at the D'Airkats, but nothing happened. Lowering back down behind the junk, Felina realised that she had forgotten to release the safety catch.
"Damn!" Felina whispered fiercely under her breath, her heart pounding against her chest.
Releasing the switch, Felina poked her head above the junk and opened fire. This time, bullets streamed out of the barrel. She gave a savage smile as she shot down five D'Airkats unrelentingly. However, her main target was still the android for he had two large machine guns, which seemed to have an infinite number of bullets. The android was also working on the computer at the same time with another set of hands that had seem to have appeared from no where. Concentrating on her target, Felina wondered how the other Swat Kats was fairing.
T-bone and Razor were up to their necks with trouble. They had started out poorly in the first place as a D'Airkat had spotted them. It had nearly snapped off Razor's tail if T-bone had not fired at it. Razor still couldn't figure out how it had caught sight of them. In fact, Razor nor T-bone had seen it and if they couldn't see it, how could it have seen them?
Razor hated pondering on these types of questions especially in the middle of a fight. As he tried to concentrate on his quick moving targets, he wondered what else could go wrong. Suddenly, he caught sight of an unexpected stream of bullets flying towards the D'Airkats. Both he and T-bone glanced at each other with amused looks and it took them awhile for them to realise that it came from either Felina or Hacker.
"Hey, buddy, look out!" Razor heard T-bone yell.
He glanced at T-bone and saw the large kat in mid-air, heading directly towards him, arms a-spread. Razor's eyes widened with surprise as T-bone came crashing down on him, pinning him to the ground. A second later, bullets cut through the air above them.
"Man, what were you thinking?! You coulda been killed!" T-bone cried frantically.
Razor grunted. "I'm okay now. Thanks for asking."
T-bone cracked a smile and then rolled quickly off to resume his firing.
"Focus, Razor, focus," whispered Razor to himself as he pulled his thoughts on one thing: to get rid of the D'Airkats before they got rid of them.
T-bone and Razor took turns firing at the D'Airkats and the android. Though they were both aware that the android was also working on the computer, they were too far from him to get an exact shot. Razor was also too far to know what the android was doing though he wished he could if the D'Airkats weren't so damn close to him. Also, at this distance, nothing could keep the D'Airkats from clipping him to pieces once he moved away from his makeshift shelter.
"Oh man, what else could go wrong?" Razor asked voicing his thoughts.
At the same moment, there was a clicking sound from T-bone's gun followed by his own gun. Both kats swore as they ducked behind the junk.
"Crud! I'm out," said T-bone with a look of defeat as he glanced toward Razor.
"Looks like this is definitely not our day," replied Razor has he held up his gun and released the empty shaft. It clattered hollowly as it struck the metal plate that Razor was stooping on. "I'm out, too."
"Heavy artillery?" suggested T-bone.
Razor smiled as though his partner had read his mind. "Heavy artillery it is."
Heavy artillery did not mean that they would take in the Thunder Truck. No, that would have taken far too long. In fact, it referred to their glovatricks, which had retractable metal claws, tiny missiles and hundreds of other functions.
Holding out his fist so that it pointed above the D'Airkats, Razor fired. "Spider missiles, away!"
The missile sliced through the air and all of a sudden, a net seemed to emerge from within it. The net sprang open when it passed over the D'Airkats, trapping the alien insects as it was brought down by weights that were attached to the corners of the net.
"Bingo!" cried Razor, punching his fists in the air.
T-bone gave Razor a high-five as he, too, started firing with his miniature cement gun, which was attached to the top of his right glove. As the spurts of cement found their targets, the D'Airkats' wings were glued together and they fell like rocks from the sky. T-bone and Razor exchanged worried looks as they both wondered where their partner was for they had confirmed that the other shooter was Felina by her jet-black hair.
Hacker had already ran straight through the small building when three D'Airkats that were heading her way were cemented and fell to her feet. She didn't stop to see who had saved her the trouble of fighting them. Hacker knew that she could not waste anymore time. Her mind was made up. She concentrated on one thing: to destroy the laser gun before Darkat used it to enslave the world.
Up ahead of her, the android was grinning as his fingers lingered on a green button on the control panel ready to activate it any second now. That was Hacker's cue as she silently bounded for the panel, keeping low, making sure her attack was a surprise. Hacker frowned wondering what Darkat's plan was. She felt strangely insecure as if she were one step behind. Had Darkat planned all this in advance? For that matter, where is Darkat anyway? wondered Hacker as she crawled towards the control station.
Unknown to the Swat Kats and Felina, Darkat was already in his escape vehicle awaiting the final showdown. He smiled smugly to himself as he watched his brilliant plan unfold. Looking at the screen that captured the entire cave, he saw that the Swat Kats had taken the bait and had fallen into his well-laid trap. He held the delicate chip in his fingers. It was his latest toy. Perhaps he would test it out later, after the Swat Kats were destroyed once and for all.
Two seconds after the green button was hit, a dome-shaped force field came up and enclosed the perimeters of the laser gun and control station, trapping Hacker inside the field. At the top there was a gap about a meter in diameter that was not covered because the laser had to be able to shot through the hole in the ceiling undisturbed.
She waited for another tense moment, pulled herself together, and then decided it was time to act. Springing up from behind the control panel, she raised her hands in a defensive position to block whatever came to attack her. To her surprise, there was no one there. Suddenly there was a roaring sound above her, like the sound of an activated jetpack. She was right.
Above her the D'Airkats and the android streamed out of the gap and away from the field. A few seconds a secret door that had been camouflaged to look like part of the cave opened and the D'Airkats flew in. The android lowered back down on solid ground, raised one gun, aimed it at the centre of the ceiling and fired.
Hacker quickly formulated a plan in her head. She knew she had to go around the battle zone if she wanted to reach the laser gun alive. Since the laser gun, the D'Airkats and the android were separated from the machine by a huge pile of junk, Hacker realised the only way to get to the machine was to return into the room and exit from the other door. From then on, all she had to do was run and duck all the way until she reached the laser gun.
Quickly, she briefly told Felina what she had in mind and Hacker was off before Felina could even protest. Felina knew that for Hacker to return to the room, she had to provide Hacker a decoy. Felina picked up the gun Hacker had left for her and crawled quickly away from the room. Frantically, Felina cocked the gun and opened fire at the D'Airkats, but nothing happened. Lowering back down behind the junk, Felina realised that she had forgotten to release the safety catch.
"Damn!" Felina whispered fiercely under her breath, her heart pounding against her chest.
Releasing the switch, Felina poked her head above the junk and opened fire. This time, bullets streamed out of the barrel. She gave a savage smile as she shot down five D'Airkats unrelentingly. However, her main target was still the android for he had two large machine guns, which seemed to have an infinite number of bullets. The android was also working on the computer at the same time with another set of hands that had seem to have appeared from no where. Concentrating on her target, Felina wondered how the other Swat Kats was fairing.
T-bone and Razor were up to their necks with trouble. They had started out poorly in the first place as a D'Airkat had spotted them. It had nearly snapped off Razor's tail if T-bone had not fired at it. Razor still couldn't figure out how it had caught sight of them. In fact, Razor nor T-bone had seen it and if they couldn't see it, how could it have seen them?
Razor hated pondering on these types of questions especially in the middle of a fight. As he tried to concentrate on his quick moving targets, he wondered what else could go wrong. Suddenly, he caught sight of an unexpected stream of bullets flying towards the D'Airkats. Both he and T-bone glanced at each other with amused looks and it took them awhile for them to realise that it came from either Felina or Hacker.
"Hey, buddy, look out!" Razor heard T-bone yell.
He glanced at T-bone and saw the large kat in mid-air, heading directly towards him, arms a-spread. Razor's eyes widened with surprise as T-bone came crashing down on him, pinning him to the ground. A second later, bullets cut through the air above them.
"Man, what were you thinking?! You coulda been killed!" T-bone cried frantically.
Razor grunted. "I'm okay now. Thanks for asking."
T-bone cracked a smile and then rolled quickly off to resume his firing.
"Focus, Razor, focus," whispered Razor to himself as he pulled his thoughts on one thing: to get rid of the D'Airkats before they got rid of them.
T-bone and Razor took turns firing at the D'Airkats and the android. Though they were both aware that the android was also working on the computer, they were too far from him to get an exact shot. Razor was also too far to know what the android was doing though he wished he could if the D'Airkats weren't so damn close to him. Also, at this distance, nothing could keep the D'Airkats from clipping him to pieces once he moved away from his makeshift shelter.
"Oh man, what else could go wrong?" Razor asked voicing his thoughts.
At the same moment, there was a clicking sound from T-bone's gun followed by his own gun. Both kats swore as they ducked behind the junk.
"Crud! I'm out," said T-bone with a look of defeat as he glanced toward Razor.
"Looks like this is definitely not our day," replied Razor has he held up his gun and released the empty shaft. It clattered hollowly as it struck the metal plate that Razor was stooping on. "I'm out, too."
"Heavy artillery?" suggested T-bone.
Razor smiled as though his partner had read his mind. "Heavy artillery it is."
Heavy artillery did not mean that they would take in the Thunder Truck. No, that would have taken far too long. In fact, it referred to their glovatricks, which had retractable metal claws, tiny missiles and hundreds of other functions.
Holding out his fist so that it pointed above the D'Airkats, Razor fired. "Spider missiles, away!"
The missile sliced through the air and all of a sudden, a net seemed to emerge from within it. The net sprang open when it passed over the D'Airkats, trapping the alien insects as it was brought down by weights that were attached to the corners of the net.
"Bingo!" cried Razor, punching his fists in the air.
T-bone gave Razor a high-five as he, too, started firing with his miniature cement gun, which was attached to the top of his right glove. As the spurts of cement found their targets, the D'Airkats' wings were glued together and they fell like rocks from the sky. T-bone and Razor exchanged worried looks as they both wondered where their partner was for they had confirmed that the other shooter was Felina by her jet-black hair.
Hacker had already ran straight through the small building when three D'Airkats that were heading her way were cemented and fell to her feet. She didn't stop to see who had saved her the trouble of fighting them. Hacker knew that she could not waste anymore time. Her mind was made up. She concentrated on one thing: to destroy the laser gun before Darkat used it to enslave the world.
Up ahead of her, the android was grinning as his fingers lingered on a green button on the control panel ready to activate it any second now. That was Hacker's cue as she silently bounded for the panel, keeping low, making sure her attack was a surprise. Hacker frowned wondering what Darkat's plan was. She felt strangely insecure as if she were one step behind. Had Darkat planned all this in advance? For that matter, where is Darkat anyway? wondered Hacker as she crawled towards the control station.
Unknown to the Swat Kats and Felina, Darkat was already in his escape vehicle awaiting the final showdown. He smiled smugly to himself as he watched his brilliant plan unfold. Looking at the screen that captured the entire cave, he saw that the Swat Kats had taken the bait and had fallen into his well-laid trap. He held the delicate chip in his fingers. It was his latest toy. Perhaps he would test it out later, after the Swat Kats were destroyed once and for all.
Two seconds after the green button was hit, a dome-shaped force field came up and enclosed the perimeters of the laser gun and control station, trapping Hacker inside the field. At the top there was a gap about a meter in diameter that was not covered because the laser had to be able to shot through the hole in the ceiling undisturbed.
She waited for another tense moment, pulled herself together, and then decided it was time to act. Springing up from behind the control panel, she raised her hands in a defensive position to block whatever came to attack her. To her surprise, there was no one there. Suddenly there was a roaring sound above her, like the sound of an activated jetpack. She was right.
Above her the D'Airkats and the android streamed out of the gap and away from the field. A few seconds a secret door that had been camouflaged to look like part of the cave opened and the D'Airkats flew in. The android lowered back down on solid ground, raised one gun, aimed it at the centre of the ceiling and fired.