DISCLAIMER: I, the author of this fic, do not own the cartoon show Swat Kats or the characters in the show, it is owned by Hanna Barbera and Turnner. BUT they do not own any of the characters who were not in the original show (the character's I made up I mean) Also, if this Fanfic (or chapter's) resembles or is identical to another fanfic that another author typed or wrote it is purely coincidental and I am sorry.
Alright here goes the story.
I hope it doesn't suck…
WERECAT!
Part two of Chapter one
Somewhere inside a nameless office building near MBC studios Ann and Johnny were literally hiking upstairs in the stairwell. Ann was carrying her microphone and a folded umbrella that matches with the color of her outfit, while Johnny was holding the majority of the equipment. Ann turned her head and found Johnny soak and wet since he was carrying too much stuff to hold an umbrella of his own was having problems walking up the stairs, and he is showing a weary look on his face. Ann roll her eyes and said in a demanding way," Come on Johnny you can hustle better then that!"
Johnny stopped his tracks while he juggled the heavy camera parts, " Annie I really need help carrying this stuff." The camera equipment that was on top of the other equipment was about to fall off until Johnny caught it with his tail, " Please Annie." Johnny pout. Ann took the camera part out of the grasp of his tail and place it back on top of the pile of camera parts." Johnny, I have to be the one who has to open the rooftop door. If were both holding the camera equipment then we'll never get out of the stairwell." Ann shook her head unbelievingly, " Geez, what you'll ever do without me?" Ann said.
Johnny huffed and continued his agonizing hike.
Out on the Valiant Street sidewalk Katie was jogging in the rain soaked streets after the werecat who was a few feet ahead of her. As time went buy she noticed that there was no way she could keep up with the werecat so she look for a place to hide away in the rain and she found a large box that look like it was made for a refrigerator in the alleyway on her left. Quickly she went inside the box and started to catch her breath, " There's no way I can keep up with that thing." Katie huffed to herself when she exhaled.
" What thing Miss. Enforcer girly girl?" A bun asked in a mockingly manner. He had a brown trench coat on that look like he had it on for years and patchy old pants that was tied on with a piece of rope tied around his waist. He didn't look like he was a danger so Katie just look at him oddly.
" There's a werecat going around." Katie said in a somewhat annoyed way, " Don't ya watch the news at all mister?"
" Yeah I does." The bum answered, " It's in my house."
With one eyebrow up Katie asked with skepticism, " And where is ya house Mr. Bum?"
" It's Mister. Larry Esquire the third in a half to ya toots." The bum snapped. He pointed at the cardboard box where Katie is in and said, " And my one hundred million dollar home is where your standin' in Miss. Enforcer girly girl so don't get my cashmere rug wet up with that rain juice drippin' out of yous." Katie rolled her eyes and sighed," I don't know why I'm askin' ya this but where's the carpet?"
" Underneath ya feet."
Katie look down and found newspapers flattened on the floor of Larry's 'house'.
" Isn't such a nice place?" Said the old friendly homeless lady holding a bag of cans, " He has a Jacuzzi in the backyard, I've been in there and it's nice and warm, I even wore my new pink bikini that night too."
Katie was trying not to picture the old lady in a bikini. Later she then gave a blank empty stare at the two homeless cats, " Sure. But I wish I had one of those cool motorcycles like the Swat Kats to go after that thing."
" I got one of those motorcycle things right there." Larry pointed to his shopping cart that had dirty cans with a car seat for a baby on top of miscellaneous stuff..
" NOT THAT!" Katie shouted. " I'm talkin' bout the real deal. It's red in color, it has all these gadgets and it goes real fast. It's so cool and I always wanted to ride on 'em. With Razor." Katie said dreamily.
" Look at dis." Larry laughed, " The little enforcer girl has a crush on that skinny SwatKat."
The old woman hid here giggles away like a school girl, " Aww, how charming, when is the wedding taking place Larry, at your house?"
Katie face began to lightly flush, " NO I DON'T!" Katie yelled. She stomps out of the box and went up towards Lenny and growled, " I'm don't like him, I'm not goin' ta marry him, and I don't like Razor! Period!"
" Yeah sure lady," Larry said unbelievingly, " I bet you want to do more than ride that thing with that Razor kid."
" SHUT UP!" Katie screamed, " I said I like the motorcycle not him so get your damn facts straight before ya go and accuse people with fake accusations—" Katie stopped what she was saying when she found a ladder that was bolted against a wall. She had an idea.
" Why ya go and went crazy on me gal!" Larry snap back, " I was just jokin' wit ya! It's not like yous in love the guy! Sheesh! Enforcer girl's can't git the joke." Larry looked at the small enforcer walked up to the ladder and started climbing it. " Hey where are ya goin?" Larry shouted.
" I'm goin' to the rooftop." Katie hollered over the rain, " So I can find the werecat, and get away from you." She continued to climb up the high ladder until she stop and hollered again, " Oh, and you twos should really go to a shelter, your goin' ta get sick."
" Look at you!" Larry said, " Your runnin' 'round with no umbrella. You better worry 'bout gettin' sick."
" I don't get sick easily." Katie said. She continued climbing up the ladder.
The old woman shook her head and smiled, " Now that's what you call a confused love sick girl who's in denial."
Larry shook his head, " Yep, sure is. C'mon let's go inside my house and we'll eat all the fish eggs we want."
A few floors later, the two MBC workers finally reach to the rooftop door. Since the stairwells were not properly lit she took out her Ann Gora Kat's Eye News keychain flashlight and cut it on. The flashlight was a really good investment for her, since it illuminated the whole door.
" Drat." Ann mumbled underneath her breath, " The door's lock."
" Well," Johnny blabbed out of nowhere. He then started to walk down the stairs as quickly as possible while the camera parts were making clanking noises, " We should head back to the studio, maybe this is a bad sign—yeah! It's probably a very bad—"
" Not so fast chicken." Ann said suddenly. She put the microphone in her mouth and with her free hand she started to search in the middle of her shirt until she found a bobby pin. Ann showed the pin to Johnny and made a victorious grin,
" See Johnny, this little baby can unlock that door and we'll be out on the rooftop."
" Yippee." Johnny said without any enthusiasm.
After a minute and more with Ann messing with the door the lock made a click and she turn the knob. The door swing open wide showing the tar painted wet rooftop floor, and to add to that it's still raining.
The news reporter open her umbrella and with focus light brown eyes she wet through the door, " I'm telling you Johnny until I get that footage of that werecat—or whatever the heck it is, this battle isn't over till the fat cat sings." Ann said.
" Does it has to be a girl?" Johnny questioned " 'Cause I can sing right now and the battle can end."
" Johnny stop being a wimp and let's get everything ready before I miss my big chance."
It total about five minutes until all the stuff that Johnny bought was fully functional. Ann on the other hand was tapping her toes impenitently on the floor.
" Alright Annie I'm done." Johnny said.
" Okay! Okay! Johnny!" Ann growled, She stomped in front of him and quickly fix her hair with her own paw. "Hurry incase the werecat is gone." Ann said with an attitude. The cameramen place the camera on his broad shoulders and cut on the light flashing Ann's semi wet face, he shouted,
" Alright Annie we're all set."
" I've been set for five minutes now roll the camera!" Ann said.
Johnny hurryingly picked up the camera and set it on live feed. Suddenly the cameraman shouted over the rain," Were on the count of five, four, three, two-" He pointed at Ann signaling her she is on the air.
" Ladies and gentlecats good evening and welcome for a special edition of Ann Gora Kat's Eye News. Nearby MBC studios we—well I—have seen a werecat around this area."
As Ann continued to talk about the werecat sighting Johnny was busy pointing the camera at her and everything was going to plan, until Johnny started to hear footsteps.
" Annie." Johnny whisper to her. Ann stopped talking and whisper back angrily, " What is it?"
" Don't 'cha hear any s-steps coming over?"
" No!" Ann went back talking about the werecat again. But then Johnny started to hear the footsteps again, this time coming closer to him. The fir on his back despite being drenched with gallons of rainwater was standing on its ends. " Annie!" Johnny cried with fear interrupting Ann's commentary, " There's someone or something coming close to us and—"Johnny then felt a wet paw on his shoulder that was tight to the touch and Johnny jumped high in the air screaming very loudly. He turned around like lighting and backed away towards Ann making the camera lens point towards at the unidentified figure. He screamed once again, " IT'S THE WERECAT!"
" No Johnny, it's a Enforcer." Ann said surprisingly, " A very wet one at that."
" Ya accusin' me of bein' a werecat buster." Katie growled. Her wet orange hair was sticking to the front of her drenched face hiding parts of her eyes.
" Y-YES!" Johnny point out, " You defiantly look like one!"
Katie narrowed her eyes at the two and Ann realized what Johnny said." Johnny why did you said that?!" Ann hissed.
Johnny shrug his shoulders and tried to explain himself to her, but it was not working too well since he was stuttering, " She does look like a w-werecat! She's wet head to paw and—"
Ann sighed and rubbed the sides of her head with her thumb and index finger, " Just be quiet please." After her statement she try to correct his statement for the halfway frightened cat, " Okay, You are not a werecat, and we can see that clearly and you don't precisely look like one but what he is trying to say is—"
" I got the message miss." Katie mumbled. She removed the hair out of her face, " Better now?"
Johnny smiled and shook his head, " Yes, way better. You know you should really get a umbrella before you catch a cold."
" I don't get sick that easily." Katie said.
" Oh, you know, you should really get a haircut I'll be less scarier if you trim your ends so when it gets wet you'll look less like a—"
" Anyway." Ann said, changing the subject, " Who are you and who do you think you are interrupting my broadcast while I'm on the air?"
" I'm Private Katiez, enforcers." Katie answered, " and why the heck ya two are here on the rooftop—Hey? Aren't ya that news anchor lady named…uhh…Ann…Ann…"
" It starts with the letter G." Ann said.
" G…G…Gora? GORA! Ann Gora is it?"
" In the fur." Ann said, " But how did you get here?" Katie pointed towards the rooftop ladder, " I climbed that to the top."
" That's why I kept hearin' footsteps." Johnny thought out loud. Ann pointed the microphone a few inches towards Katie and asked in her highly professional way, " Excuse me Private Katiez, but did you seen anything weird tonight lately?"
" Yeah I did!" Katie said, " Just a few minutes ago I saw one of those werecats infront of Mauve & Poppy's Dinner."
Johnny's stomach started to growl as soon as he began to think about food, one of his favorite subjects, " Hey is that the dinner with the tuna melts? Katie turned to him and made a grin, " Yep. They make a pretty good root beer float too…" As the two continue to talk Ann was beginning to loose her patients with the two. She cleared her throat and said, " Excuse me but can we please talk about tuna melt and root beer floats later and get back to the werecat?" Katie turn towards Ann and apologies, " Sorry Miss, I was just runnin' my mouth off with him, so what ya want ta ask me?"
" So you came out to follow the creature whereabouts?" Ann questioned.
" Uh huh. Well, not alone, I called for some back up but they didn't come yet." Katie noticed the camera Johnny was holding which was right infront of her. Timid, she reach toward Ann and whispered, " Hey, am I on TV?"
" Not only on TV but, on live television." Ann emphasized.
" Bitchin'!" Katie said out of nowhere, causing Ann and Johnny to jump. " Ya freakin' kiddin' me right!?" Katie shouted. She dash up to the lens and shouts, " I want to give a shout out to all my friends at Enforcer Headquarters—" Ann quickly cover Katie's mouth and smiled apologetically at the camera, " Please Katie, we don't do shout outs."
" Yeah, Johnny added, " the last time we let anyone do one of those it took 'em two hours to finish." Katie lightly pull Ann's hand off of her lips. " But really guys," Katie said in a serious tone, " I've seen thousands of movies with werecats—"
" Annie…" Johnny called out with a small dab of fear as he look into the night with wide eyes. The two girls didn't hear his call.
" I've seen many movies of that genera too! But please let me be on the air for a few minutes." Ann pleaded.
" Katiez…" Johnny called out again. The two still didn't hear him.
" Gora it's best to get out of here before that thing decides to get us." Katie argued.
" Guys!" Johnny shouted to the top of his lungs. He finally got the attention of the two and he pointed to the thing that he was fearful of, " We got unwanted company!" And the thing he was pointing at was no other than the werecat.
The werecat was precisely how Farmer brown describe it to be. It was almost the size of an average cat except it was longer and twice as big and it look like it had the power to pin down a large cat and shred him to ribbons. The werecat's long shaggy dark brown fur was dripping wet along with its long tail, also dripping with water. And the cat had a long scar starting at the upper right part of his forehead and it went across to his lower jaw. The creature's eyes, a dark bloodshot yellow with a scar shape black middle. Was looking at the three cats like it was his prey.
" T-this isn't good guys—" Johnny stammered. Ann and Johnny looked at Katie who already pulled out her handgun to shoot when the werecat decides to strike. " Okay guys here's the game plan." Katie whispered. She look toward Johnny and said, " First off Johnny, you gotta cut off that camera."
" Fine by me." Johnny said. He was about to cut off the camera until Ann stopped him, " No!" Ann whispered, " Then we'll stop broadcasting this."
" We have to cut off the lights," Katie said, " So it wont know where it's going."
" What if it can see in the dark?" Ann questioned.
" That's a chance we have to take." Katie said, " Now, we'll walk backwards slowly to the door, and then we'll shut the door close and escape, just like the movies, okay guys?"
" Why can we walk forwards?" Johnny asks curiously. " Because if we turn our back at that thing it may attack, don't you watch cheaply made horror films at all Johnny?" Ann answered.
" Exactly." Katie added, " So are we gonna go through this thing or not?"
Ann nodded her head, " Sure thing."
Johnny sound like he was ready to go, " If I'm ten miles away I'm fine."
Johnny cut off the camera, which cause the bright light off the mechanism to shut off. Thus began the three cat's long journey to go to the rooftop door. Requested by Johnny, Katie was in the front of the line just incase the werecat decides to go for the kill Katie will be Ann and Johnny's one and only defense against the razor sharp claws.
" Guess what guys." Ann announced quietly, " Were almost home free." Katie look behind her to make sure Ann was right and she was. " Cool." Katie said, " Ya go on ahead Gora."
Ann turned around and walked into the stairwell door. Everything was going smoothly until all of a sudden the werecat ran like a lightning bolt right towards the door. Johnny gasped and thought Ann was a goner but instead of the beast ripping Ann to shreds he went towards the metal door panel and slammed it shut. The cat jumped a few feet back from the two and it sounded like it was laughing at them. Now it was only Johnny and Katie facing the werecat. " Oh crud! This isn't like the movies Katiez" Johnny cried. He and Katie jet towards the door and tried to open it but the entrance was jammed shut. Johnny then started to feel hopeless so he started to hit the door with his fist.
" Annie!" Johnny cried, " Let us in! Let us in!"
Ann was trying to do that. She twists and turn the doorknob as hard as she can, " I'm trying! I'm trying!" Ann shouted. She became so desperate she tried to pull the door off by holding the knob, but all she accomplished was breaking the handle off.
" Crud!" Ann screamed, " She banged on the door and was yelling, " Go to the ladder Johnny hurry!"
Outside Katie heard what she said. She grabbed on Johnny's shoulder and pulled him along to the ladder, " C'mon Johnny we got another way to escape."
Johnny and Katie started running toward the ladder until the werecat slid in front the ladder. The cat's growled angrily showing it's sharp pearly whites, and it was walking slowly towards the two. As Johnny's fear started to take over he starts to walk backwards. The orange haired enforcer started to notice this, she hissed, " Johnny what in the heck are ya doin'."
" I-I'm scared." Johnny cried, " I'm really, really, really scared of werecats!" The frantic cameraman started to run away toward the rooftop door. The werecat roared and started to chase after him. Katie immediately followed the thing as fast as her legs can carry her. " Stop!" Katie shouted. Even though it did no justice to stop the creature.
At her last attempt to stop the thing she started shooting at the running cat but somehow it dodged every single one of her bullets. The werecat growl and it made a long leap like a baseball player sliding to home base, and home base was Johnny's leg. Johnny went down with the werecat to the ground suddenly he started screaming in agony.
" Johnny!" Katie yelled when she heard Johnny's screams. She ran towards Johnny to help him out of harms way but she skidded to a halt when the werecat looked at her with its harmful eyes. She knew she will be the next one to be attacked.
The werecat roared once again hustled towards Katie and used it's back paws to leaped towards her. Instead of tackling her, Katie jumped out of the way just in the nick of time and the werecat went off the roof, falling off the building. To make sure the werecat was gone for good the enforcer crawled over to the edge of the building and said casually, " Well, there goes my fun for tonight." She stood up and quickly went over to Johnny and said, " Johnny Are ya alright?" Katie said as she knelled over and checked his wounds. Johnny's eyes were closed shut.
Katie shook his chest, it was rising up and down, Johnny was alive, " C'mon man can ya say anythin'?" Katie said. Johnny lifted his head and hollered a really big, " OW!" He dropped his head on the ground with his eyes open..
Katie lifted her eyebrow, " That's all?"
Johnny ponder in his head for a few seconds, he glanced at Katie, " Workers Comp?"
Katie shook her head side to side and glanced at Johnny leg, " Oh no. Don't tell me he—"
" It did." Johnny said with doom, he pointed to the wound that was under the shredded leg of his pants. It was a badly scratched leg and it will clear up in a couple of weeks according to Katie, but the most damaging wound was the bite mark that broke through the skin.
" Damnit!" Katie murmured to herself. She grabbed onto the victim's red T-shirt and tore the bottom part off. Johnny became alarmed and he started to squirm away from the enforcer. He giggled shyly, " H—Hey. Um, K-Katiez we just met a few minutes ago and I'm not that type of cat."
" Cool it buster." Katie said when she began wrapping the bite mark up, " It's not the best bandage in the world but it's better than nothin' don't 'cha think?"
Johnny lay there thinking in a thousand different places out loud as Katie was busily finishing up the bandage, " Am I affected!? Can this be cured!? Am I a dead man! Do I have to take medication for the rest of my life!? Poor Annie she has to get another cameraman to destroy! I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE!" Johnny stopped sobering when he saw the werecat jump up to the other side of the roof walking behind an unknowing Katie. The poor injured cat started to drag himself backwards away from the enforcer and started pointing at the werecat.
" Katiez! The monster's behind you!" Johnny screamed in fear. Katie turned around and found it running towards her, she pulled out her gun and was about to shoot until the cat slapped the gun with his paw out of her hands and pinned both of her forearms down. The slim enforcer struggled to get away from its grasp but the werecat was too powerful. The werecat retract its long sharp claws and was about to strike down onto her until large globs of cement was shot right at it's face. Forcing the werecat to jump off of Katie while wiping off the sticky cement. Katie sat up and look at the direction where the globs of cement went and found T-Bone and Razor pointing their glovatrix's at the monster.
" Are you alright Katie?!" Razor said when the Swat Kat's help Katie up to her feet. Razor helped her up with two shaky hands. " Did that thing hurt you? " he said When he lifted Katie off the ground he caught glance at her blue eyes. Razor suddenly became more and more nervous the longer he look at them, " Uhh… You are okay? Right?"
" Uh huh," She answered quickly. She grabbed her handgun and pointed it at the werecat who was almost done wiping off the cement, " You better keep an eye out on that werecat, it's really fast!"
T-Bone grinned, " Were faster then some stupid werecat right Razor!"
Razor moved his staring eyes away from Katie and went to T-Bone, " Yeah!"
The werecat wiped the last glob of cement off his face and flicked it out of his paw. He jumped up on all his fours, growled at T-Bone, Razor and Katie angrier then before and ran towards them. T-Bone and Razor realized before the fact that the werecat would do this and they shot their signature cement ammo at the monster and they were about to do until the werecat screeched to a halt. It's long tongue hanging out on the side of its mouth and panting heavily.
" What the heck is happening'?" T-Bone said. Razor look at the werecat and said, " Either it's going through seizures or it's changing back."
And the description Razor gave was dead on.
The werecat started shivering violently second by second. It's long shaggy fur, it's long fangs, it's sharp claws and everything else was shrinking down to a normal tomcat state. Katie pulled out her handcuffs from her pocket and walked up to the halfway changing werecat, " It's time for this whatever the hell it is to go downtown." Katie almost slapped the silver bracelets onto him but suddenly the morphing werecat bit Katie on her arm. Katie scream in pain while the changing cat jumped up on it's two feet and ran towards the Swat Kats in blinding speed, pushing T-Bone and Razor out of the way and jumping off the building. T-Bone, Razor and injured Katie raced towards the edge of the building to see the changing werecat fall towards it doom off a thirty-story building.
" He's as good as dead." Katie said.
And her prediction was wrong. Despite the height of the building the cat successfully landed with both of his feet firmly on the ground. It looked up at the top floor, smiled, and ran off into one of the wet dark alleyways.
" No cat survive a thirty story drop like that." Razor said with horror. T-Bone look at his partner and he also had a shocked look on his face, " Then that mean's he's no ordinary cat." He said. Razor looked at Katie's arm and noticed the round red dots forming on the sleeve of her extremely wet uniform. The slim Swat Kat grab hold of Katie's arm to roll her sleeve up and look at the bite wound.
" Katie you gotten bitten by that thing!" Razor said alarmingly, " We gotta get you to a hospital!"
" It's just a little bite." Katie shrugged, as if it was just a mosquito bite, " I don't need to go to any hospital Razor I'll be fine."
" What about me!?" Johnny shouted over the rain, " Oh! Forget about the injured cameraman. It always happens!"
" And him too." T-Bone pointed, " He's defiantly infected."
Seconds later, a parade of flashing enforcer vehicles, along with paramedics and the fire squad, screeched to a halt in front of the office building. Johnny along with Katie was place into the paramedic truck and rushed to the nearest hospital. There was a lot of noise and commotion on that street that night but nobody noticed the silhouette of a shekat holding a black umbrella standing closely to one of the nearby alleyways looking at the flashing lights that was nearby. Shaking her head she turned around and walked into the dark alleyway and growled," Damnit."
" What's wrong?" Another voice said in the alleyway. This lighter voice was the sound of a shecat, she sounded more softer then the other shecat.
" Someone got infected."
" Really! I'm sorry sis, it's just that when I get scared-"
" I know. I know." The other voice said with stress, " If I can only go by my self I could of gotten rid of him six months ago. These damn enforcers over here don't know what the hell they're dealing with."
" So what are we going to do now? Huh?"
The young girl's sister thought for a while in the darkness and said, " I need to get in contact with the cat who got infected so I can give him the right medication before it's too late, then I have to figure out who those guys with the dark jumpsuits are."
" I know who there are!" The younger sibling said, " I think they're called the Swat Kat's, the small one's Razor and the cutie one is T-Bone! You know he's my favorite one! He's so cutie, and he so strong, and he so good looking and he has a nice bu-"
" Focus." The older sister said with annoyance, " I know you like what's-his-name and we didn't travel here just to awe at a couple of super heroes."
" Aww man. But we are going to see them, right?"
" We!" The older sister started laughing, " No. I'm going to see them, I don't want them to freak out when you start talking, we need all the help we can get getting that psycho scratched out."
" You know what sis," The younger sister said aloud, " You really need to relax, were on vacation! Go dating, dancing, or even sleeping!"
" That's only in your wonderful la-la-land mind." The older sister said sarcastically.
" Don't forget sis we do think the same way and the same place."
Inside the hangar the Turbokat landed inside the hangar and T-Bone quickly took off his helmet and untie his black bandana changing back to Chance, " I hope that cameraman is alright. Imagine dealing with two werecats."
" Poor Katie." Jake said. Already with his helmet and bandana off he jumped out of his seat and walked over to the edge of the jet and sat their, his legs were dangling on the side. His eyes looking down and filled with worry, " I hope she doesn't turn into that…thing."
" Hey, don't sweat it," Chance said reassuringly as he reached into a small refrigerator and open it, it was filled with a few unopened cans of premium milk. " Was that werecat a werecat when it bit Katie?"
Jake turn his eyes to Chance who open the can and started guzzling it down quickly. Jake's eyes lift up and said, " No."
" Was the werecat turning into a cat when it bit her?"
" Yes."
Chance threw the empty can into the garbage," Then what are you slouching around for, all she got was a bite mark and nothin' else. Hey buddy you want a cold one too?" Chance toss the can towards Jake and caught it, Jake smiled, " Sure thing, Tough Man."
Chance laughed, " Tough Man? That brings back memories."
" That used to be your original name!" Jake laughed hysterically, " Then everybody in town shorten it to T-Man, then everybody started calling you T-Bone! No offence Chance but Tough Man was a stupid name." Jake laughed and laid spread out on the jet giggling uncontrollably.
" Yeah that was a stupid name…" Chance snorted, " I wonder if anybody remembers that the Masked Raider used to be a certain little cat name Razor."
" Oh god!" Jake laughed uncontrollably, " Don't remind me! Remember the stupid poem we sang after we beat the bad guys up and the costumes, the twin bike seats and the capes!"
" It's so bad I don't even want to remember it!" Chance smiled.
" Me either!"
There was a long pause.
" Chance."
" Yeah Jake.'
" Let's not talk about 'back then' ever again unless it's on a need to know basis."
Jake sat up and sip the rest of his milk, closed his eyes and nodded, " I agree."
The phone started to ring and Chance grabbed the receiver and answer in his signature suave way, " Hello this is Chance and Jake's Auto Garage. We do coloring, custom designs, rotations, oil changes, and anything less for less. This is Chance and how many I help you?"
" Ya can help me by pickin' me up!" Katie said.
" You!" Chance yelled into the phone, " Stop callin' every five minutes! Were trying to fix your stupid car!"
" I don't care about the stupid car!" Katie shouted, " I want ya ta pick me up from the hospital! Traffic is backed up everywhere and you Chance are the only one who has a clear road! SO YOU BETTER GET YA TAIL UP AND PICK ME UP NOW!"
The large tabby sighed, " I can't do it, I got a date tonight. I guess Jake's gonna do it."
" JAKE!" Katie screamed. She screamed so loud that Chance had to back his ear from the receiver, " Jake's the reason why my car's in the shop! Do you really think I trust him to drive me around?!"
" Uhh…" Chance paused. As the large tabby began to think about it, Katie was right about Jake. Infact, who could blame her? The whole reason why her car is in the shop was because of Jake. If Jake wasn't daydreaming about her he wouldn't of back the tow-truck into the front of her car. And if it weren't for him she wouldn't have a 90 percent discount, have seven hundred back, and didn't have to pay for the damages that he caused. And fixing Katie's car wasn't a walk in the park, some parts in the car says it's from this place where other parts are from other places. Chance knew this was the only way Jake could ever get close to her. However, it was somewhat ironic that the same girl that Jake like thinks he's a complete idiot. Therefore Chance put matter's into his own hands and said firmly,
" Either he's goin' to pick you up or your stuck there till mornin'! " He said.
" Huh!? Aww man…Okay. Let him pick me up. But if I get in a accident I'll—"
" Meet him in the front emergency doors." And Chance hanged up.
Jake jumped off the jet wing and walked over to Chance, " W-what happened Chance?" The large cat walked towards the ladder and grabbed hold to the ladder, " Oh nothing." He answered. Chance began to ascend up the ladder and out of nowhere he said, " Your going to pick up Katie at the Mega Kat City General Hospital."
Jake's jaw dropped, " W—What! Chance how could you!"
" It's for your own good." He said in a up beat way, " I can go out on my date with Daphnie while you go and pick up Katie. Who knows maybe you'll do more then drive Katie home."
" Are you nuts!" Jake shouted worryingly, " She's an injured cat!! I can break a bone or something!"
" That's not true, there was this one girl I use to date who had a broken leg and we use to—"
" NO Chance! " Jake screamed jokingly, " I defiantly don't wanna to hear Swat Kat nostalgia or hear your dating stories from the past!"
Standing there in front of the Mega Kat City General Hospital front doors, Katie stood there waiting for a hour for Jake to pick her up. She ended up having five stitches to close her wound and a bandage tied around her arm. She was tired, she was wet, and she hated waiting for someone to pick her up especially when that someone is a half an hour late.
" I wished I have my old dilapidated car back." Katie sighed, " I should of called Papa to pick me up, but he's probably busy. And I didn't fell like him scolding me sayin the same thing again." Katie's eyes squinted when the blinding lights of a truck flashed in front of her as it drove up to the curve. When the light moved away from her eyes she looked at the familiar burnt orange fur tomcat roll down the windows and poked his head out into the rainy outside.
For any tomcat who was picking up a girl from the hospital this would have been no big deal, but to Jake this was a really big deal. He took two showers and he brushed his teeth so many times that the toothpaste was almost empty. He also changed his wardrobe so many times to the point that his whole closet was emptied out. And he fixed his hair and facial hair so many times that it got to Chance.
" Jake why wont you stop this and look 'normal'?"
"NORMAL!" Jake yelled franticly, " NORMAL! I'LL SHOW YOU NORMAL!" The frantic burnt orange cat quickly open up his wallet and pulled out a wallet size picture he hand it over to Chance, " DOES THAT LOOK NORMAL TO YOU!?!?"
Chance stared at the picture, " Jake, this is your high school picture, we all look like that at one point."
There was a long pause between the two, " Chance, that was taken last year."
" …Oh… Well… You…don't look that…odd anymore." Jake snatched the picture away, put it back in his wallet and continued to fix himself up.
Chance scratched his head aimlessly and thought aloud, " How come I never noticed it?"
The slim cat did decide to wear something, his blue jumpsuit, and his hear was fixed as it was never fixed before but no preparations relaxed the poor cat, for Jake was never as nervous as he was before. He smiled, " Hey Katie! I'm here!"
" I'm coming, I'm coming." Katie said. " I see he didn't hit any pedestrians or fire hydrants…I think he's safe tonight." The orange haired girl open the door, jumped inside and slammed the door shut, " Thanks for pickin' me up Jake."
" No prob'." Jake drove off onto the busy road. He glanced over at Katie who was looking aimlessly at the passenger window then at her bandage, " Hey are you alright?"
Katie looked around, " Huh? Oh, This?" She pointed to her bandage, " It's nothing, some psycho bit me on my arm, nothing serious."
" Okay." Jake stopped at a red light, " Does it hurt?"
" What do you think?" Katie asked.
Jake look away from her as quickly as possible, " I know, I know it's a stupid question I should of—"
" Forget it Clawson." Katie said. As the two cats continue to sat there they listen to the wipers going back and forth and watched the cars wiz by. Katie look down on her paws and started rolling her thumbs around, " I thought back there for a sec that ya wasn't going to pick me up."
" I was." Jake said quickly, " I was just umm…fixing stuff."
" You mean my car?" She asked.
Jake stalled, " Uhh yeah." The truth was, he didn't have the time to fix her windshield for the past month or the tire alignment, " Everything is A-Okay."
Katie smiled, " Great. " She pointed towards the upcoming turn, " Turn here."
Jake turned. He was ecstatic that he didn't climb up to the sidewalk or hit a fire hydrant, but he was more thrilled when Katie smiled at him, it felt like his heart skipped a couple of beats.
" I was about to call Papa to pick me up." Katie said, " But I just didn't feel like it tonight."
" Why not?" Jake asked, " You two don't get along?" Katie looked out the window watching the pedestrians running around splashing in puddles and holding umbrellas in their hands, " It's just that… every time my father picks me up at the hospital or were together he always complains about me. Usually he always say, ' Ya see Katrina, ya shoulda never sign up for the enforcers and now look at ya, in the hospital again.' Or he would say, ' Why can't ya be like the other girls in family and get into business or raise a family? You know, something safe' like your mother used to do." She leaned her head onto the window and said, " I hate it when he does that."
" Who's Katirna?" Jake asked.
" That's my real name, " Katie said, " Katirna Marie Katiez. I don't know why my parents named me that I really hate that name."
Jake laughed, " You hate your name!" The orange cat continue to laugh exuberantly, " Try living with a name like Jacoby Reeves Clawson. To this day my mom thinks Jacoby and Reeves is from France."
She smiled and Jake's heart started skipping beats again, " Ohh now that's harsh. Your name does sound French though."
" No I think it's from Canada or it's made up."
Jake could see the upcoming tall brown brick apartment buildings that he knew all to well: Enforcer Housing Complex. Before he was demoted to the junkyard he use to live here as Chance as his roommate. How could he forget the constant noises, the parties, people running around the hallways, cats making out in the laundry room and people throwing toilet paper and eggs onto parked cars when it was Halloween. Back then Chance was the leader of the infamous group number thirteen. Which consist of Jake, Felina Feral, Commander Feral's niece and daughter of a comedian lounge lizard, a cowboy who goes by the name Christopher MacCatson, a country cat who was from a rural town called Kinaki miles away from Mega Kat City. However, for some odd reason David Steele, a rich aristocrat who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Steele wasn't friendly with the group or the most popular, and every time they had a plan he'll list all the reasons why it will not work, and he'll tease everybody with smart remarks. Jake guessed he just stick around the group since him along with the rest of the guys (and girl) were the only ones who can tolerate him. But times had changed and cats sleeping habits and behaviors do too. Everybody in the group moved out and lives in separate apartment buildings. It was kind of ironic to think about it but when him and his best friend met for the first time, they never got along.
" Jake could ya stop here please I can get off here." Katie said. Jake carefully stopped the car and parked it where Katie wanted it to stopped. He cut off the car and asked Katie as politely as he can, " Excuse me, but do you mind if I walk you to the front doors? My legs feel like it's falling asleep."
Katie grinned and open the passenger door, " Sure, ya can be my guard when the infamous group number thirteen decides it's eggs night."
The two went out of the car and Jake grabbed an umbrella from the car and opened it, protecting Katie and himself from the rain. It felt like an eternity for Jake to reach the front doors and he was never so happy with the time going slow. He can finally walk with her a few seconds more.
" Jake?" Katie called out, " I was wonderin' somethin'."
Jake became nervous as he ever was before. He swallowed anxiously, " Y-yes K-Katie?" When they finally made it onto the top steps of the front doors. The sand colored cat reached into her pockets and pull out her keys and an ivory colored envelope, " I know you and Chance use to be an enforcer pilot and I know you twos are close friends with Felina, Christopher and Gramps, so I was wonderin' if ya wanted to go to with me to his retirement party?"
Jake only had one word to say, " Huh?"
" You know? Party, Grapmps, Retirement, friends?"
He wanted to say more but all he could say was, " Huh?" Inside his head however his mind he was going crazy, " Holy Cats! Why the heck am I saying huh! I have a big vocabulary! Why am I using it! SAY SOMETHING ELSE!"
" Okay Katie." Jake smiled stupidly. Katie grab hold of his hand and push the envelope into his paws, " The ticket's are inside."
" Uhh….Okay…"
Jake stand there like a idiot while Katie unlock the heavy door, " I'll see ya tomorrow night Clawson—"
" Wait!" Jake shouted. Katie stop and look at Jake, waiting for what he's about to say, " I really enjoy driving you home."
" I did too."
" I also…" Jake's shyness started to kick in at this point, " …I also enjoy having a conversation with you too."
" I did too. Goodnight Jake."
" And….Umm…I really…REALLY….L….L….Li…Like—"
" HEY LOOK! It's another VICTIM!", Out of nowhere a group of five cats and one girl were armed with eggs in their hand. The larger cat shouted, " LONG LIVE GROUP NUMBER THIRTEEN!"
Suddenly Jake was hit with dozens of eggs, when the group suddenly got board or ran out of eggs the group ran off down the street screaming, " LONG LIVE CHANCE! THE LEADER OF GROUP NUMBER THIRTEEN!"
Jake watch dumbfounded as the group madly ran down the street throwing eggs at the park cars, he wiped off the eggs off his face and flicked it off his hand. " Stupid groupies." Jake said as he gave a weak smile to Katie.
" I heard the original hell raisers were the best." Katie joked, " I'll see ya tomorrow Jake." And with that she shut the door.
Anybody walking around with eggs all over would feel kind of embarrassed, Jake would of felt like a fool, but tonight was different. He felt a small burst of excitement from his chest grow as he began to walk back to his truck. Out of nowhere the slim cat jumped high into the air and screamed as loud as his lungs can handle and for everyone in the city to hear in a 20 block radius,
" BINGO!"
He ran around the truck waving his arms in the air laughing excitingly, and he think someone in one of the apartment windows told him to shut up. But he didn't have a care in the world. Immediately he opened the door, roared the engine and made a speed down the road heading back home to tell Chance the best news he ever got in his life.
Nearby the Enforcer housing Complex was a restaurant several blocks away. Chance along with Daphnie, a feline with 36-24-36 measurements and blond hair sat in their own little booth wearing that no frills little black dress, red high heel shoes, and lipstick.
" So how did you like the movie?" Chance said.
" I don't remember since you was trying to kiss me through the whole movie." Daphnie said in her usual cheery ditzy voice, " But I remember the cutie little hamsters dancing around. There were sooo cutie!"
Chance cuff his large hands into hers and said composedly, " Sweetie that was a commercial on the cartoon channel you watched after we went to the movies."
Daphnie nod her head up and down, " I just love hamsters! Do you love hamsters?"
Chance started to loose her patients with her but he composed himself back to his cool self, " Yes, yes. I do love hamsters. But not as much as holdin' your hand right now—"
" I really like that hamster show on the cartoon channel! It's soo cute! Especially the one that's orange and white and the one with the ribbons."
" Then how about we go to the pet store and I'll buy you a hamster to keep."
Daphnie shook her head side to side, " Oh no. I hate dogs. I just like hamsters." The couple look at each other until Chance broke the ice, " I think it's getting late don't you think?"
Daphnie scratched her head, " I wasn't late this month Chance."
" NO!" Chance shouted. He made a force smile by clenching his teeth together, " I'm not talking about that late sweetie, I mean the clock."
" I think I can still have kittens since I'm only twenty five, I don't know why your interested with my body but thanks for asking."
Chance raised out of his seat and said, " C'mon Daphnie I'll take ya home."
" Okay! But let's stop at the pet store to see if there's any hamsters!"
" …Okay, Okay, we'll stop at the pet store."
As the two started to walk towards the car Chance heard someone screaming the word bingo, for some odd reason that voice was so familiar, " Daphnie did you hear that?"
" Nope. Why did you asked?"
" Never mind."
" How you do that?"
" Ugh."
Suddenly a shecat ran into Chance and fell on the wet sidewalk. The large tabby almost fell down but he found his balance. Immediately he found the feline with a smoky gray hood with long black hair seeping through. Her knee was bruised.
Chance knelled down to the feline and questioned, " Hey are you alright?"
The hooded shecat nodded. Chance look at her knee and sighed, " scrape you knee huh?" He reached into his pocket, pulled out a bandage and in ten seconds placed it onto her knee. " You should learn to watch where ya running 'round her. Miss—" The black hooded girl leap up onto the ground and ran off down the street….
TO BE CONTINUED!
Okay that was the Second part of WERECAT! Chapter one! How did you like the story!? Did you like some of the original characters or what? What about the quality of the story? The Jokes? The Jake and Katie thing going on? What about the whole story in general? TELL ME PEOPLE! Well stick around next time to read the next continuation of...
WERECAT: Part 1 of Chapter 2
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