Ni-hao! This is the prologue of "See you on the Flip Side."

Just when it seems that the SWAT Kats have cornered Lokii, the female spirit of Mischief, she sends them an alternate world... where their alter ego haven't even thought of being SWAT Kats, and the Ferals are...bad.

Author's note: New series! This would have gone up before Eclipse if I had figured out a story block. This will be updated as I finish off other projects.

While Lokii comes from the Absolute Journey, another series of mine, you don't need to know the story.

Thanks to Nightfall's Wing for the opening quote and Alegna for beta reading.

As always, send any comments or questions to AkaneKitty@aol.com. Or, drop me a line in my review section at Fanfiction.net. Enjoy!

Ja ne,
AkaneKitty

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See You on the Flip Side:
Prologue
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"...Everyone has a sliver of Akio[Lucifer] in them, it's just
the people who make use of it...you should worry
about..."

Nightfall's Wing

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In past adventures, the SWAT Kats have been thrown back into the past, forward into the future, and even confronted their dark selves.

But, even they haven't seen all what the alternate worlds has to offer.

Is fighting a corrupt Commander easier said than done?


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"Are you sure this is a secure line?"

"Of course I'm sure."

"It'd better be...or I will have your tail. Do you understand me?"

Commander Ulysses Feral leans up against his patrol car in an isolated part of MegaKat City's park, brushing his long hair from his eyes with a free paw. He adjusts his cellular phone with the other.

"Commander, you worry entirely too much." A deep voice on the other end of the phone line states.

"I do?" Feral continues to brush his hair from his eyes. "I wanted that shipment of katnip *yesterday*. Now, when I don't get what I want, heads start to roll...beginning with yours."

The voice sounds shaky. "Now, there's no need for that..."

"See...that's your problem, Dark Kat. You give a lot of empty promises that you can't deliver on. Which means you'll never be like me."

"A corrupt law enforcement official?"

Feral chuckles. "I want that shipment. Tomorrow, midnight, at the docks. And, if you don't have my shipment by then, I will personally see to it that you have a little 'accident' like our dearly departed mayor. Do I make myself clear?"

"...Very clear."

"Good. Now get off my line."

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"We've got you now, Lokii!"

"You haven't got anyone, fool."

"Really? You're body says otherwise."

Lokii smiles a little, rubbing the wound Razor caused with his gun. The jester finds herself cornered, and unable to disappear. The SWAT Kats slowly advance.

"What you two need is a little reality check." Lokii straightens herself. "And, maybe then...the Squires could actually learn something."

"You know, I've had it with all this 'Squire' talk." Razor raises his gun.

"So have I." Lokii somehow extracts a Tarot Card. "Judgment!"

"What the-!" T-Bone shouts above gathering winds.

"When physical world merges with the spiritual world, Judgment is called." Lokii smirks as the winds begin to condense. "See you on the flip side, SWAT Kats!"

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Up in the trees of the park, two figures crouch in silence. One of them whistles.

"Did you get all that?"

"Every word." The smaller kat shuts off a remote recording device. "Seems like we got a good piece of evidence, Chance!"

"Yeah, but is it enough, Jake." Chance whispers, shifting his weight. "The whole city is corrupt, and Feral's only a piece of the pie."

"A very large piece of the pie." Jake adds. "Now, all we have to do is start broadcasting our evidence."

"How? As far as we know, Feral's got his claws into the newspapers and the television stations." Chance says. "Broadcasting it directly may put our jobs in jeopardy. Feral will know it was us."

"Great...Hey! Maybe we can get it to the new mayor!"

"You mean, Interim Mayor Briggs?"

"Yeah."

"We'll have to be fast. Feral's probably itching to get his claws into the new office...and her."

"Poor girl. Feral always seems to chase anything in a skirt..." Jake pricks his ears up. "Somebody's coming! Get down!"

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"That better be who I think it is."

"Yes, uncle."

Feral turns around to greet his niece. "Funny...I thought I heard something else."

"It's probably a tree limb. All this wind is breaking some of them." Felina walks up to him.

"What brings you by?"

"Mayor Briggs wants to meet with you." Felina says.

"Ah...Ms. Briggs." Feral smiles, recalling a brief phone conversation. "She sounds *so* yummy."

"And, they wonder why you don't have a lot of females in your command." Felina chuckles.

"Come now...I'm only a kat." Feral begins to tie his hair back. "And, if she's calling for me, I must obey."

"So I see."

"And, where are you going after this?"

"I thought I'd check up on that hotshot pilot."

"Officer Furlong?"

"I was thinking that he could do some runs for us."

"I don't know about that...he and Clawson seem a little too straight laced for my tastes."

"So were you...many moons ago." Felina teases. "And, you better go."

"All right...Need a lift?"

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"Great. Now we have to high tail it back to the garage. Felina showing up is going to prevent us from stopping that shipment." Chance sighs. "How I hate working for Feral!"

"Me, too. But this is the only way to keep up with Feral without being suspicious." Jake sighs. "We might as well go back-"

"Argh!"

"Huh?" Chance says as two bodies falls from the sky. "What was that?"

Jake doesn't reply, climbing down the trees towards the bodies.

"They're alive, but out cold." Jake places a paw against the neck of the bigger one. "What should we do?"

"We'll take them back to the garage." Chance joins his friend. "We don't have time for anything else."

Jake nods, grabbing the smaller one. "You take the big one."

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"Lokii! Now you've really crossed the line."

"Oh? They backed me into a corner. And, besides, they deserved it."

Shino, the muscular, silver haired kat, narrows his eyes. "I should confine you to that box like I did your friend!"

"You could, but you won't. You have to go see if I mucked up a precious timeline." Lokii smirks, beginning to float in midair. "I'd suggest you do so."

Shino goes for his broadsword, but the spirit disappears in a whirl of confetti. Shino silently curses.

"Damn it. Another timeline I have to save..."

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"Ms. Briggs, the Commander is here. Should I send him in?"

"Yes. Please do, Anshi."

Callie scrambles to get some papers out of a chair when Feral enters the office. "That was fast. I hope I didn't cause you any trouble, Commander."

"Not at all...and, please, call me Ulysses." Feral smiles, taking a seat.

"All right." Callie takes a seat behind her desk. "I thought this would be a good time to get better aquatinted."

"I would love that..."

"Excuse me?"

"I said that would be fine. You never know when your job can turn permanent." Feral says. "I think a relationship would be great."

"A business relationship."

"Whatever you say."

Callie smiles at that, locating some papers on her desk. "I was looking at these crime reports...seems like you have a problem with the underworld."

"I have...and the commanders before me. Seems like some of the families here have strong roots."

"So it seems."

Feral glances at his watch, and stands up. "Unfortunately, I'm due at a meeting. Maybe we can continue getting better aquatinted later...over dinner?"

Callie hesitates, then smiles. "I'd like that."

"Would later on tonight be all right?"

"It would."

"Great. Then I'll call you later on, then." Feral heads toward the door.

"Fine...And, Ulysses..."

"Yes?"

Callie leans over her desk. "Just how did Mayor Manx die?"

"It was tragic. He fell of one of the piers at MegaKat docks." Feral says solemnly. "Seems like he didn't realize where he was going."

"Really...Well, I won't keep you from your meeting." Callie says. "I'll see you tonight."

"I look forward to it." Feral steps outside the office door. With it safely closed behind him, he begins to smile again.

"She *is* yummy..."

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"Hey, sis..."

"Hmm?"

"If I just leave the SWAT Kats to their own devices in that world, will Time be severely affected?"

"Of course it will. This isn't a natural Time Paradox."

"I thought so." Shino sighs. "Jake and Chance were going to become SWAT Kats at a critical point. This messes it up."

"Not necessarily. This little event may just bring about the enviable faster."

"But, what if they go about trying to get Feral? In this timeline, Feral is supposed to..."

"Shino, time is elastic. No matter what happens, it will return to normal."

"I should have put Lokii away. That way, none of this would have happened!"

"Maybe, maybe not."

"Wha do you mean?"

"Now, now. You know I can see much more than I've already told you. So, why don't you keep a close eye on this situation, and keep an eye out for a secure way to bring the SWAT Kats back to their own time, hmm?"

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"...My head..."

"Hey! It looks like they're coming around!"

"That's a good thing...I wonder why they're wearing g-suits and masks?"

"Beats me...they kinda look like us in a way."

"They do, don't they? With all our gear on."

Razor slowly opens his eyes, trying to get accustomed to the sudden light. "Wha..."

"Hey, you all right? That was a pretty nasty fall."

"I'm fine..." Razor focuses on the smaller kat. "What the...T-Bone!"

"Ouch! Be quiet, Razor...I have a killer headache." T-Bone sits up, locating Razor. He then looks at the two kats. "It can't be..."

"Well, you two look all right." Chance says, looking them both over.

"Thanks for your help." Razor says weakly.

"I guess we should introduce ourselves." Jake says. "I'm..."

"...Jake Clawson." T-Bone then turns to Chance. "And, Chance Furlong."

"How did you know that?"

"It's a long story...and, you probably wouldn't believe us." Razor shakes his head in order to clear it.

"Try us. We didn't want to believe a corrupt city, either." Jake smiles.

"What do you mean?"

"Well..." Chance starts, but hears a knock coming from the front of the garage. "That's probably Felina. I'd better go."

"Yeah, since she likes you." Jake teases.

"Not funny. You know I don't like this." Chance leaves the back room.

The SWAT Kats look at each other. "Felina?"

"Do you know her?" Jake asks.

"We know about her." T-Bone decides to be safe.

"Lt. Felina Feral. Niece of Commander Ulysses Feral, who is one of the active members of the Feral crime family." Jake sighs. "And, we have to work for him as Officers."

"Did you say, 'crime' family?" Razor blinks.

"Yes. His position as Commander has given him great influence." Jake says. "He specializes in katnip...and she-kats. Poor Mayor Briggs. I don't think she'll last long."

The SWAT Kats look at each. Jake starts to say more, but Chance calls him. "Jake, come up here! The lieutenant wants to speak with us both."

"All right." Jake stands up. "Be right back."

The SWAT Kats watch Jake go, and Razor sighs. "Feral as a crime boss...just what kind of universe has Lokii sent us?"

"A flip one." T-Bone says, solemnly. "It's just that in this universe, we get to deal with Feral this time. It sounds like fun, but..."

"...we've never dealt with a 'bad' Feral before."

"So, what do we do?"

"Like we've always done...help them out."

"How? Unlike the last times, we don't have our jet."

Razor smiles. "Come on, T-Bone. We've been in worse situations than this!"

"True...so I guess we know the plan, then." T-Bone says.

"Yeah...we take out Feral."

To be continued...