CHAPTER 3
Anitha sat quietly in an office chair, her hands folded in her lap as she watched the techno-
crook Hard Drive work with one of many computers in the main communication and data-central of
Enforcer Head Quarters. The door into the room was locked and she couldn't escape without
Hard Drive notising.
"Why are you doing this." she said. Her voice had a cool sort of calmness, as she gave out her
demand to the Technocrook. Hard Drive rolled his eyes as he typed in a few commando's into the
computer, then turned around, impatiently crossing his arms.
"Look lady, we've been through this already, OK!? I want the SWAT Kats, *and* the Enforcers
removed from the face of the earth, and then I am gonna take over this dump of a city!! Geez,
how hard is that to understand!!??"
"Did your mother love you?" that question gave Hard Drive a baffled look on his face.
"Say wha'?"
"Did your mother love you? Or did *you* love her for that matter?" Anitha said calmly, crossing
her arms slowly over her chest. "A grown man who acts like this has usually had a very unhappy
childhood." A sneer slowly formed on Hard Drives face as he placed both hands on his hips,
glaring into Anitha's green eyes which her son had inherited from her.
"Well aren't we being the great big psyciatrist!! Let me tell you alil' about my mother, since
you seem to *insist* on wanting to know about her!! She ran away when I was 2 with some sales-
guy, leavin' me with my pops and brotha. My brother Henry joined the army and died during
Operation Desertstorm when da troops headed for Kuwait. Heh, and my pops? Before my brother
joined the army, pops *favourite* activity next to lookin' for the bottom in his bottle o'
scotch, was to beat the s-"
"Language!" Anitha interrupted sharply. Hard Drive glared before continuing.
"*Crud* outta me and my brotha, espeacially when he came into a really bad mood! Me? Ran off
when I was old enough to handle myself. So there you have it lady! Da story of me!" He crossed
his arms once more, glaring at her. "Ya happy!?" Anitha sent him a look of pure mournful pity.
"You poor young man. Now I can understand how you must feel, and why you do this." Hard Drive
blinked in confusion.
"Its another way of telling everyone 'here I am! Look at me and what I accomplished!'" Anitha
continued, shaking her head sadly. "A desperate call for help and attention."
Hard Drive scrunched his face in disgust.
"Oh come ON lady! Thats what you tell drunkards or drug-users!"
Anitha could only sigh once more, looking like a heavy burden had been put on her back.
"Had you been *my* son I would have made sure you would have gotten a far better future...."
Then her pity-full look disappeared and a more stern face emerged. The look of a mother that had
caught her child red-handed in stealing from the cookie-jar right before dinner.
"But as I see it now, you could use *several* hours of a good old fashioned spanking!"
"Why you-!" Hard Drive sputtered as he had just enough. Not only did this she-kat talk to him as
if he was a kitten, but she also had the nerve to tell him he needed a *spanking*!
Even one like Hard Drive has his limits in patience, and Anitha had just gotten his used up to
the very last drop. Angrilly, the Techno-crook started loading electricity into his paws with
the help of his suit, blue lighting emerging around him as he was preparing to roast this she-
kat.
"Say your prayers lady, 'cause you are going down!!" he sneered as he lifted a fist, at this
moment not caring for the mild, almost cheerful expression on the she-kats face, as if she knew
something he didn't know.
"I wouldn't say that if I were you..."
"Oh yeah? And why is-"
*CRASH*
Before Hard Drive could finish off his senteance, the door had smashed in and fell to the floor.
A blur of blue, red and yellow came pouncing in through the door and *slammed* into Hard Drive,
knocking him off his feet and sending him across the floor. T-bone had his teeth bared into a
furious snarl of anger as he clenched his hands into tight fists.
"You keep your hands off of her, you electric eel!!" Before Hard Drive could react, T-bone has lunged
out with his fist, instantly sending the Techno Crook to dreamland. Razor who had entered the same moment
headed over to Anitha, concern on his face.
"Are you alright ma'am? Did he hurt you in any way?" Anitha shook her head and smiled.
"I am fine. You arrived just in time, because I think he was having just enough of me.." she said as she
looked at Hard Drive who was now stripped off his coat, getting tied up by T-bone. Razor nodded before
heading over to the main control-board, instantly fidgeting around with the switches and buttons, in order
to disarm Hard Drives bombs and the electric locks on the doors into the Enforcer Gym.
"There we go. That's all the bombs and doors." Razor finally finished with a satisfied look. Hard Drive,
having regained his senses scowled from his spot on the floor, but stopped when seeing T-bone snarling at him.
The large tabby grabbed him by his shirt and lifted him up, eyes narrowed into thin slits.
"You would go as far as harming an elderly she-kat to get your ways, Hard Drive? That makes me *sick*!" he sneered.
Hard Drive could only let out a visible *gulp*, before T-bone threw him on the floor.
"Come on T-bone, we're done here...you gonna be fine, ma'am?" Razor said, standing up from the chair he had
been seated in.
Anitha nodded calmly, as the sound of multiple running feet reached their ears.
"I am just fine now, SWAT Kats. Thank you." she smiled. The vigilantes both grinned, and nodded
to her before they disappeared out the door. Anitha sat down calmly, before the Enforcers leaded by Felina Feral
appeared through the door.
TBC
Anitha sat quietly in an office chair, her hands folded in her lap as she watched the techno-
crook Hard Drive work with one of many computers in the main communication and data-central of
Enforcer Head Quarters. The door into the room was locked and she couldn't escape without
Hard Drive notising.
"Why are you doing this." she said. Her voice had a cool sort of calmness, as she gave out her
demand to the Technocrook. Hard Drive rolled his eyes as he typed in a few commando's into the
computer, then turned around, impatiently crossing his arms.
"Look lady, we've been through this already, OK!? I want the SWAT Kats, *and* the Enforcers
removed from the face of the earth, and then I am gonna take over this dump of a city!! Geez,
how hard is that to understand!!??"
"Did your mother love you?" that question gave Hard Drive a baffled look on his face.
"Say wha'?"
"Did your mother love you? Or did *you* love her for that matter?" Anitha said calmly, crossing
her arms slowly over her chest. "A grown man who acts like this has usually had a very unhappy
childhood." A sneer slowly formed on Hard Drives face as he placed both hands on his hips,
glaring into Anitha's green eyes which her son had inherited from her.
"Well aren't we being the great big psyciatrist!! Let me tell you alil' about my mother, since
you seem to *insist* on wanting to know about her!! She ran away when I was 2 with some sales-
guy, leavin' me with my pops and brotha. My brother Henry joined the army and died during
Operation Desertstorm when da troops headed for Kuwait. Heh, and my pops? Before my brother
joined the army, pops *favourite* activity next to lookin' for the bottom in his bottle o'
scotch, was to beat the s-"
"Language!" Anitha interrupted sharply. Hard Drive glared before continuing.
"*Crud* outta me and my brotha, espeacially when he came into a really bad mood! Me? Ran off
when I was old enough to handle myself. So there you have it lady! Da story of me!" He crossed
his arms once more, glaring at her. "Ya happy!?" Anitha sent him a look of pure mournful pity.
"You poor young man. Now I can understand how you must feel, and why you do this." Hard Drive
blinked in confusion.
"Its another way of telling everyone 'here I am! Look at me and what I accomplished!'" Anitha
continued, shaking her head sadly. "A desperate call for help and attention."
Hard Drive scrunched his face in disgust.
"Oh come ON lady! Thats what you tell drunkards or drug-users!"
Anitha could only sigh once more, looking like a heavy burden had been put on her back.
"Had you been *my* son I would have made sure you would have gotten a far better future...."
Then her pity-full look disappeared and a more stern face emerged. The look of a mother that had
caught her child red-handed in stealing from the cookie-jar right before dinner.
"But as I see it now, you could use *several* hours of a good old fashioned spanking!"
"Why you-!" Hard Drive sputtered as he had just enough. Not only did this she-kat talk to him as
if he was a kitten, but she also had the nerve to tell him he needed a *spanking*!
Even one like Hard Drive has his limits in patience, and Anitha had just gotten his used up to
the very last drop. Angrilly, the Techno-crook started loading electricity into his paws with
the help of his suit, blue lighting emerging around him as he was preparing to roast this she-
kat.
"Say your prayers lady, 'cause you are going down!!" he sneered as he lifted a fist, at this
moment not caring for the mild, almost cheerful expression on the she-kats face, as if she knew
something he didn't know.
"I wouldn't say that if I were you..."
"Oh yeah? And why is-"
*CRASH*
Before Hard Drive could finish off his senteance, the door had smashed in and fell to the floor.
A blur of blue, red and yellow came pouncing in through the door and *slammed* into Hard Drive,
knocking him off his feet and sending him across the floor. T-bone had his teeth bared into a
furious snarl of anger as he clenched his hands into tight fists.
"You keep your hands off of her, you electric eel!!" Before Hard Drive could react, T-bone has lunged
out with his fist, instantly sending the Techno Crook to dreamland. Razor who had entered the same moment
headed over to Anitha, concern on his face.
"Are you alright ma'am? Did he hurt you in any way?" Anitha shook her head and smiled.
"I am fine. You arrived just in time, because I think he was having just enough of me.." she said as she
looked at Hard Drive who was now stripped off his coat, getting tied up by T-bone. Razor nodded before
heading over to the main control-board, instantly fidgeting around with the switches and buttons, in order
to disarm Hard Drives bombs and the electric locks on the doors into the Enforcer Gym.
"There we go. That's all the bombs and doors." Razor finally finished with a satisfied look. Hard Drive,
having regained his senses scowled from his spot on the floor, but stopped when seeing T-bone snarling at him.
The large tabby grabbed him by his shirt and lifted him up, eyes narrowed into thin slits.
"You would go as far as harming an elderly she-kat to get your ways, Hard Drive? That makes me *sick*!" he sneered.
Hard Drive could only let out a visible *gulp*, before T-bone threw him on the floor.
"Come on T-bone, we're done here...you gonna be fine, ma'am?" Razor said, standing up from the chair he had
been seated in.
Anitha nodded calmly, as the sound of multiple running feet reached their ears.
"I am just fine now, SWAT Kats. Thank you." she smiled. The vigilantes both grinned, and nodded
to her before they disappeared out the door. Anitha sat down calmly, before the Enforcers leaded by Felina Feral
appeared through the door.
TBC