SWAT KATS TO ARMS! (a.k.a. Ronin Warriors: The Radical Squadron)

Part Three: Ronins to the Rescue

"Which way now, Kat?" Felina asked. The two she-kats and the five Ronin Warriors had reached an intersection in the sewer system.

"I'm not sure," Kat muttered out loud as she pressed a button on her helmet, causing the visor to lower down over her eyes.

"Picking up anything?" Rowen asked curiously as Kat slowly scanned the three sewer tunnels in front of them.

"Nothing. Not a single footprint," Kat reluctantly admitted as she pressed the button on her helmet again, causing the visor to disappear into her helmet. "They must have stayed in the water. Looks like we're gonna have to split up in order to find Razor, T-Bone, Dr. Viper, and Dark Kat."

"All right, let's do this," Ryo announced as everyone started to walk towards the three sewer tunnels.

"Huh?" Sage gasped as he stopped in his tracks.

"Sage, what's up?" Cye asked as he, Kento, Ryo, Kat, and Felina stopped walking.

"I thought I heard something," Sage explained.

"What did you hear?" Kento asked curiously.

"Quiet," Sage whispered.

Everyone stayed quiet and listened carefully for whatever Sage heard. After a few seconds have passed, they could clearly hear a faint buzzing noise.

"Sounds like a swarm of bugs," Kat whispered.

"A really big swarm of bugs!" Ryo remarked.

"And it's coming closer," Sage whispered as the buzzing gradually grew louder.

"Sounds like it's coming from down there," Felina announced, pointing at the largest of the sewer tunnels in between the other two tunnels.

"Heads up, everyone!" Ryo shouted as thirty large bugs flew into the area where they were standing.

"Looks like we got a little bug problem on our hands!" Kat remarked loudly.

"I remember my uncle telling me about those jumbo-sized insects. Dr. Viper made those things when he first showed up in MegaKat City," Felina recalled.

"Anything we need to know about them, Lieutenant Feral?" Kat asked curiously.

"Yeah, the giant mosquitoes spit out a fluid that can paralyze you, and the wasps fire razor-sharp stingers," Felina explained.

"That's just great!" Kat muttered sarcastically. Suddenly, one of the mosquitoes flew towards Kat and Felina and shot a steady stream of purplish-orange colored liquid at them.

"Look out!" Felina shouted as she and Kat dove out of the way, barely avoiding the mosquito's paralyzing venom.

"Activating shield!" Kat announced as a large round shield protruded from her Glovatrix. She quickly ran over to Felina just as two large wasps fired their stingers at them. Kat quickly turned around and held up her Glovatrix so that the stingers ended up striking the shield instead of her and Felina.

"Whoa!" Cye gasped as he leapt out of the way of another mosquito's toxic venom.

"That does it! Time to squash some bugs!" Kento shouted as he grabbed two of the mosquitoes by their proboscises. The two mosquitoes let out startled squeaks as Kento threw them into the brick wall, squishing them instantly.

"Nice one, Kento!" Sage admitted as he punched one of the incoming wasps in the head, causing it to plummet into the sewer water.

"Watch it!" Ryo warned Rowen when two of the wasps fired their stingers at them.

Both Ronin Warriors quickly held up their arms to protect their faces. The stingers ended up embedding themselves into Ryo and Rowen's armor-coated arms. The two wasps flew in closer, but ended up being kicked into the brick wall by Ryo and Rowen.

"Eat brick, you ugly buggers!" Kento shouted as he and Cye picked up some old bricks and threw them at the remaining airborne bugs. Some of the bricks hit their intended targets, squashing three of the mosquitoes and two of the wasps.

"Nice job, guys! Keep it up!" Kat announced as she fired some Mini-Octopus Missiles from her Glovatrix at the remaining flying bugs, while Felina fired her weapon up at the bugs. They were unaware that a small security camera was recording their every move.

"You were right, Dark Kat! This is very entertaining!" T-Bone remarked sarcastically.

"Apparently, I've underestimated the strength of your strange new allies," Dark Kat muttered out loud as he studied the live footage of Dr. Viper's mutant insects being defeated by Kat, Felina, and the five strange creatures with the metal armor. He turned around and looked down at the group of thirty Creeplings that were in the room with him and the imprisoned Swat Kats.

"It's your turn now, my Creeplings! Destroy the other Swat Kat and that Enforcer, but bring those creatures back here to me!" Dark Kat ordered his small army of Creeplings. "Those armors they're wearing must give them their incredible strength. That could prove to be very useful to me." The Creeplings growled loudly in agreement as they headed for the exit.

"Forget about it, Dark Creep! Do you really think that they're just going to give you their armor without a fight?" Razor retorted loudly.

"Do not underestimate my new brood of Creeplings, Swat Kats! If they don't destroy them, my Creeplings will at least wear them down enough so I can capture them myself and find out how that armor of theirs work!" Dark Kat announced with a sinister laugh…

"That takes care of the last one!" Kat admitted as Kento squashed the remaining wasp with another brick.

"This has been quite a day," Cye muttered out loud.

"You said it, Cye," Ryo agreed as he and Rowen proceeded to pull the stingers out of their sub-armor.

"Since those overgrown bugs came from that tunnel, that's probably where we'll find Dark Kat, Dr. Viper, and the Swat Kats," Felina muttered thoughtfully as she cautiously walked up to the sewer tunnel that the swarm of bugs flew out of.

"Somehow, Dark Kat must have found out that we're down here looking for Razor and T-Bone," Kat admitted.

"Yeah, and I'll bet that's how he found out!" Rowen announced as he pointed to a tiny flashing red light above them. Kat and Felina looked up and saw that the flashing light was part of a small security camera.

"I don't believe this! Dark Crud saw us coming a mile away!" Kat complained loudly.

"Well, he won't see us anymore!" Kento announced as he fished out a brick from the sewer water that was used to squash the giant bugs and threw it with all of his might at the security camera, shattering it into little pieces.

"We better keep moving. Dark Kat might send more of those giant bugs after us," Ryo suggested.

"Or maybe even some of his Creeplings!" Kat reluctantly admitted. "I'll bet that Viper used the same formula that he stole from MegaKat Biochemical on his mutant bugs and on Dark Kat's Creeplings! That would explain how Razor and T-Bone got captured so easily by a bunch of Creeplings!"

"Then, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Felina shouted.

"Guess we have no choice. Let's hurry before something else happens!" Kat announced as she, Felina, Ryo, Sage, Kento, Cye, and Rowen ran down the sewer tunnel.

"Sounds like you spoke too soon, Kat!" Sage remarked.

Kat could clearly hear some faint growling noises echoing off the walls of the sewer tunnel. "That definitely sounds like Creeplings to me!"

"Well, what are we doing standing around here for? We should get the jump on those Creeplings before they get us!" Kento announced.

"Kento's right. Who knows how many Creeplings Dark Kat sent after us? Our best chance would be the element of surprise," Rowen agreed.

"Keep quiet, everyone. Sounds like we're getting closer to the Creeplings," Kat whispered when she noticed that the growling noises were getting louder.

"It's coming from down there," Felina whispered as she pointed at a smaller sewer tunnel leading into the one they were in. Kat and Felina slowly crept up to the tunnel, following by Ryo, Sage, Cye, Kento, and Rowen.

"Whoa! That's a lot of Creeplings!" Kat gasped loudly as she peered into the dark sewer tunnel. The Ronin Warriors, along with Felina, peered into the tunnel as well.

They could clearly see thirty pink creatures with small bat-like wings draping from their arms, with the inside of their wings being purple, small pink pointy ears, small beady black eyes, and sharp black teeth and claws.

"Man, those things are ugly!" Kento remarked sarcastically.

Suddenly, as though they heard Kento's rude comment, the thirty Creeplings simultaneously turned around and stared at Kat, Felina, Ryo, Sage, Kento, Cye, and Rowen with their beady black eyes.

"Way to go, Kento!" Sage muttered under his breath.

"They're heading right for us!" Felina shouted as the small army of Creeplings headed straight towards them, with ten of the pink-winged creatures taking to the air.

"Relax, ladies. We can handle this," Sage instructed.

"Okay…if you say so," Kat hesitantly replied as she and Felina took a few steps back.

"Rock and roll!" Kento shouted loudly as he ran ahead of his friends and tackled down three Creeplings in one shot.

As Ryo and Rowen charged towards the small army of Creeplings that were still on the ground, Cye and Sage jumped up high in the air and dropkicked the ten airborne Creeplings back to the ground.

"Wow! Those friends of yours are really strong, Kat," Felina confessed as Kento threw two Creeplings into the wall of the sewer tunnel with a loud metallic clang. "What do you suppose is making them so strong? Is it because they're human, or is it coming from those metal suits they're wearing?"

"Well, I was under the impression that not all humans wear those metal suits of armor, so it's probably their armor that makes them so strong," Kat explained.

"Hey, where do you think you're going?" Kento shouted, causing Kat and Felina to look up. They were a bit surprised to see twenty Creeplings scattered all over the floor of the sewer tunnel, all out like lights. The remaining ten Creeplings, realizing that they didn't stand a chance, had turned around and were retreating.

"Hurry, guys! This way!" Ryo shouted as he ran down the sewer tunnel after the ten Creeplings, followed by Sage, Cye, Kento, Rowen, Kat, and Felina. After a few minutes of sloshing through ankle-deep sewer water, they soon reached a pair of large heavy steel doors.

"So, should we knock?" Cye asked sarcastically.

"No need for that, Cye. With those welcoming parties sent after us, we already know that someone's here," Kat replied.

"Well, I think it's time to see who's home!" Kento announced as he approached the doors and pushed at them with all of his strength.

After some effort by Kento, the heavy steel doors slowly gave way with a loud moan. Once the doors were open all the way, Kat, Felina, Ryo, Sage, Kento, Cye, and Rowen found themselves in a large room with some connecting sewer tunnels on either side. On one side of the room were some high-tech surveillance equipment, a large television monitor, and a large control panel underneath it.

"Look, there they are!" Felina announced as she pointed at the other side of the room, where Razor and T-Bone were lying on the floor, both tied and gagged.

"Don't worry, you two. We'll have you out of here in a sec," Kat announced as she and Felina ran over to the two Swat Kats. As Felina worked on T-Bone's bindings, Kat started working on Razor.

"Mm-hmm! Mmm-hmm-hmm!" Razor's muffled voice mumbled loudly through the gag in his mouth as he shook his head.

"What was that, Razor?" Kat asked curiously as she removed the gag from Razor's mouth. Before Razor could say a word, a loud alarm went off, echoing throughout the room.

"I was trying to say, 'Get out, this is a trap,' " Razor finally revealed.

"A little too late for that, don't you think, buddy?" T-Bone remarked after spitting the gag out of his mouth.

"Come on! We gotta get out of here before…" Before Razor could finish, the steel doors suddenly slammed shut on its own. "Too late!" Razor reluctantly confessed as more steel doors slid down around the room, blocking off every possible exit.

"You gotta be kidding me!" Kento complained loudly as he pushed at the steel doors as hard as he could. No matter how much he struggled, the doors wouldn't even budge an inch.

"Save your strength, Kento. You can bet we're gonna need it!" Sage announced.

Just then, one of the doors in the very back of the room slid open and two figures stepped out before the door automatically closed behind them. A small army consisting of ten Creeplings, five giant mosquitoes, and five giant wasps joined the two kats. One of the two kats was a thin scrawny kat with an elongated head and a huge tail. His fur was light green with wide dark green stripes on his chest and wide, elongated tail, and his feet only had two toes and were obviously reptilian in nature. He also had three long thick locks of black hair on top of his head, a long black nose, and glowing yellow eyes. The skinny tomkat was only wearing a long white lab coat.

The other tomkat was well over double the size of the snake-like tomkat, in both height and girth. His fur was purple and his eyes were an eerie amber color. He was wearing a dark gray robe with two red patches and black buttons on the front, a black cloak and hood with red trim, a steel plate with a red kat skull and small chain attached to his left shoulder, and two gold rings on his massive right paw.

"I'm guessing these are the bad guys," Ryo muttered out loud.

"You'd win that bet!" T-Bone remarked.

"You five meddlesssome pessstsss have interfered with our plansss for the lassst time!" Dr. Viper hissed angrily, with his massive tail swishing back and forth as he spoke.

"You'll see what happens to anyone who dares to challenge Dark Kat and Dr. Viper! Get them!" Dark Kat ordered the small army of jumbo-sized insects and super-strong Creeplings. The twenty mutated creatures growled in agreement as they ran towards the five Ronin Warriors, the three Swat Kats, and Felina.

"Spread out!" T-Bone shouted as the group of nine quickly split up. Razor and T-Bone soon found themselves against a wall with three Creeplings on their tails.

"Mini-Cement Launchers!" Razor shouted as both he and T-Bone activated the mini-cement launchers on their Glovatrixes and fired multiple cement slugs at the incoming Creeplings, quickly turning all three of them into small cement statutes.

"Look out!" Kat shouted as she and Felina ducked down to avoid a couple of dive-bombing mosquitoes.

Felina lifted her head just enough to fire her weapon at the giant mosquitoes. She managed to hit one of the mosquitoes in the wings, causing it to plummet to the floor.

"Is it over?" Kat asked curiously as she and Felina slowly stood up.

"I'm afraid not, Kat! Look!" Felina announced as she pointed up at the remaining mosquito, who was quickly joined by the other three mosquitoes.

"Oh, that does it!" Kat remarked as she pressed a button on the side of the Glovatrix, causing two small plastic flaps to come out for the Glovatrix's crossbow configuration. She quickly removed a large thick arrow-shaped grenade from her utility belt and loaded it onto the newly configured Glovatrix.

"Lightning Grenade!" Kat shouted as she fired the arrow-shaped grenade up at the four airborne mosquitoes. The mosquitoes tried to fly away from the incoming grenade, but it quickly exploded in midair, destroying all four of them.

"Looks like that takes care of our little bug problem, Lieutenant Feral," Kat remarked as she pressed the button again, causing the crossbow attachments to retract back into the Glovatrix.

"Not entirely, Kat. Look!" Felina announced as she pointed at the other side of the room.

Kat looked over where Felina was pointing and could see the five giant wasps dive-bombing Sage and Rowen, while the seven remaining Creeplings were trying to tackle down Ryo, Cye, and Kento.

"Come on! We gotta help them!" Razor shouted as he and T-Bone ran past Kat and Felina. The two she-kats looked at each other and nodded as they followed the two Swat Kats.

"Deploy Mini Tar-pedoes!" T-Bone shouted as he and Razor simultaneously fired blobs of sticky black tar at the five wasps flying over Sage and Rowen's heads.

The wasps let out startled screeches as the sticky tar completely coated their heads. Now unable to see, the wasps quickly dropped down to the floor one by one, like flies.

"Thanks for the help," Sage admitted as Kat and Felina ran past them to help Ryo, Kento, and Cye.

"Someone get these Creeplings off my back!" Cye complained as he struggled to remove a pair of Creeplings that had latched themselves onto his back.

"Just hold still! I'll get him!" Felina announced as she aimed her weapon at the two Creeplings and fired.

The Creeplings, realizing that they were in danger, quickly jumped off of Cye's back and scurried away, with the bullet bouncing off of Cye's armor-coated back instead. Kat fired some Mini Bola Missiles at the remaining Creeplings, tying up three of them with the bolas released from the missiles.

"We'll take care of these two!" Ryo shouted as he and Kento each grabbed one of the two remaining Creeplings by their feet, swung them around, and threw them at Dark Kat and Dr. Viper, knocking them both down to the ground.

"Get off of me, you annoying little pessst!" Dr. Viper hissed as he tossed aside the Creepling that was on his lap, along with Dark Kat.

"NO! Those meddlesome Swat Kats and their new allies are ruining my plans to take over MegaKat City!" Dark Kat complained as he stood up and brushed the dirt off of his clothes.

"Don't you mean our plan, Dark Kat?" Dr. Viper asked suspiciously.

"Never mind that! I'm leaving!" Dark Kat announced as he took out a remote control from underneath his cloak and pressed a button, causing the back door to open just wide enough for him to slip through.

"I knew I never should have trusssted you again, Dark Kat!" Dr. Viper hissed angrily as he started to follow Dark Kat out of the room.

To his surprise, Dr. Viper felt a pair of arms grab him from behind. He turned his head around and saw that Kento was his captor.

"Where do you think you're going, snake puss?" Kento asked sarcastically.

"Fool! Out of my way!" Dr. Viper demanded as he managed to wriggle his way out of Kento's grasp. To Kento's surprise, Dr. Viper quickly spun around and swung his heavy tail at him, knocking him clear across the room.

"Kento, are you all right?" Cye asked curiously as he and Kat ran to check on Kento.

"Yeah…I think. Just got the wind knocked out of me," Kento replied as he got up on his own. They looked up just in time to see Dr. Viper's tail slip through the opening before the door completely sealed up. Kento growled angrily as he ran up to the door and punched the door as hard as he could.

"Cowards! Come back and face us!" Kento shouted angrily as his four human friends, the three Swat Kats, and Felina joined him.

"Crud! They got away!" T-Bone complained loudly. Just then, the large television monitor turned on, revealing Dark Kat's face.

"What do you want, you purple scumbag?" Kento demanded as he, Ryo, Sage, Cye, Rowen, Razor, T-Bone, Kat, and Felina approached the monitor.

"You may have won this time, Swat Kats, but mark my words, you haven't heard the last of me!" Dark Kat proclaimed. "In the meantime, I left you a little gift!" Dark Kat's deep laughter echoed throughout the room before the television monitor automatically turned off.

"Gift?" Rowen repeated suspiciously.

"Uh-oh! That's not good!" Razor announced. Suddenly, a timer appeared on the television monitor, counting down from thirty seconds.

"Kats alive! This place is wired to self-destruct!" Kat exclaimed loudly.

"We gotta get out of here and fast! There's not enough time to disarm the explosives!" Razor reluctantly admitted.

"But how? We're locked in!" Felina pointed out.

"Not for long! Come on, guys! We're busting out of here!" Ryo shouted as he ran to the large steel doors. Sage, Cye, Kento, and Rowen nodded in agreement as they followed Ryo to the steel doors.

"All right, on my count, everyone push," Ryo instructed as he placed his hands against one of the heavy steel doors, followed by Sage, Kento, Cye, and Rowen.

"Ready whenever you are, Ryo!" Cye announced.

"On three, guys. One…two…three…push!" Ryo shouted.

The five Ronin Warriors simultaneously pushed as hard as they could at the locked steel doors. Due to the intense pressure placed on them, the steel doors gave out a loud groan as they slightly gave way.

"Keep it up, guys! We're almost through!" Rowen muttered out loud through clenched teeth when he noticed that he and his four friends were making some progress.

"Please hurry! We don't have a lot of time left!" Kat shouted when she glanced at the timer and noticed that there were only fifteen seconds remaining until the bomb went off.

"Almost…there…" Sage groaned under his breath as the doors opened up a little bit more.

"YES!" Kat cheered loudly as the doors finally collapsed to the door with a loud crash, revealing the open sewer tunnel.

"Come on! Move your tails!" T-Bone shouted as the four karts and the five Ronin Warriors ran out of the room as fast as they could. Moments later, a loud explosion rang through the area, shaking the sewer tunnel down to its foundation

"Get down, everyone!" Razor shouted when he noticed that several old bricks, large hunks of concrete, and pieces of sewer pipe high above their heads were starting to break loose, due to the destructive force of the explosion.

Immediately, Razor, T-Bone, Kat, Felina, Ryo, Sage, Kento, Cye, and Rowen ducked down and covered their heads as several chunks of rubble rained down on top of them.

"Is everything all right?" Rowen asked when the debris finally stopped falling.

"I've been better!" Kento remarked as he and Cye stood up.

"We're okay, too, Rowen," Ryo announced as he and Sage also stood up and brushed the dirt off of their sub-armor.

"Wait a minute! Where are the Swat Kats?" Sage asked curiously as he looked around for the three kats that have been helping them out for the past couple of days.

"Lieutenant Feral's gone, too!" Cye realized when he saw no sign of Felina either.

"You don't think that…" Rowen slowly trailed off as he pointed at two large piles of old bricks, concrete chunks, and pieces of rusty old sewer pipe behind them, exactly where the three Swat Kats and Felina were once standing.

Without a moment's hesitation, the Ronin Warriors quickly ran over to the piles of debris and started digging through them as fast as they could.

After what felt like an eternity, Ryo soon came across a caramel brown paw with black claws and a black fingerless glove on. "Sage, I found Razor! Help me out!"

Sage and Ryo worked frantically to dig Razor out of the pile of debris. Once they got Razor's head unburied, to their surprise, the smaller Swat Kat took in a deep gasp of air.

"You all right, Razor?" Sage asked curiously.

"Yeah…I'll be fine," Razor replied in between gasps of air. "T-Bone…he's somewhere…next to me. What about…Kat and Lieutenant Feral? Are they all right?"

"We don't know yet," Ryo reluctantly admitted. "Kento, Cye, and Rowen are still trying to get them out. Right now, let's get you and T-Bone out of there." When Ryo and Sage reached Razor's shoulders, they found T-Bone's paw barely sticking out right next to his left shoulder.

"Sage, you work on digging out T-Bone, and I'll pull out Razor," Ryo instructed.

"You got it, Ryo," Sage agreed as he continued digging. Ryo grabbed Razor's free arm and managed to pull him free from the pile of tightly packed rubbish.

"Hey, what's going on over there, guys?" Ryo asked Cye, Kento, and Rowen, who were working on the other pile of debris, trying as best as they could to dig Felina and Kat out.

"Good news, Ryo. We just found Lieutenant Feral," Cye revealed as Rowen tried to pull Felina out while Kento dug her out some more.

"What about Kat? Any sign of her yet?" Razor asked a bit worriedly.

"I found her!" Kento announced as he came across Kat's arm after pushing aside a piece of broken sewer pipe. As both Cye and Kento worked frantically to dig out Kat, Rowen pulled Felina free from the pile of rubble.

"Thanks a lot for your help," Felina confessed as she sat down and took in a deep breath of air.

Just then, Razor heard something take in a deep gulp of air from behind him. Razor turned around and smiled a bit out of relief when he saw T-Bone being yanked out of the pile of rubbish by Ryo and Sage.

"Hey, how are you feeling, buddy?" Razor asked as T-Bone brushed the dirt off of his uniform.

"I've been worse!" T-Bone commented sarcastically as he coughed a little bit from the dust being kicked up from all the digging in the closed-off area. "What about Lieutenant Feral and Kat?"

"The lieutenant's already out and they're just digging out Kat right now," Razor explained.

The two Swat Kats looked over at the other side of the tunnel to see Cye and Kento's progress. They had freed Kat's head and both of her arms.

"Okay, Kento, on three," Cye instructed as he grabbed Kat's right arm. Kento nodded in agreement as he took Kat's left arm.

"One…two…three!"

Cye and Kento simultaneously pulled Kat out of the pile of debris, who was coughing violently.

"Kat, are you okay?" Razor asked out of concern.

"Yeah, I'm all right, Razor. I think I might have swallowed some dust or something, but other than that, I'm okay," Kat whispered a bit hoarsely as she continued coughing, while Cye gently patted her back to help her breathe easier.

"That was a really close call back there!" T-Bone openly confessed.

"Yeah, and we have you guys to thank for saving our tails," Razor added, referring to Ryo, Sage, Kento, Cye, and Rowen.

"Hey, no problem, man. You did a lot for us in the past couple days," Ryo admitted as the group of nine started trekking through the sewers.

"Now we just have to figure out a way to get back home," Cye thought out loud.

"Where exactly are you guys from, anyway?" Felina asked curiously. "Would you believe another planet?" Kento asked nonchalantly.

"After seeing what you guys can do, that doesn't surprise me at all!" Felina admitted.

"You know, I've been thinking. That portal that brought you here…it might have been triggered by some freak occurrence," Razor announced. "Was anything out of the ordinary going on in your world at the time the portal first appeared?"

"Well, we were heading up a bridge of light to fight an evil demon from another dimension," Rowen explained.

"That could have been what caused the portal to open. If this bridge of light is still open, then there's a good chance that the portal will open again," Razor theorized.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Kento asked out loud. "We gotta get back to that swamp!"

"Yeah, but first, we need to get back to Puma Dyne," T-Bone pointed out.

"I'm sure my uncle's already waiting there to give me an earful," Felina muttered out loud. "Then again, this isn't the first time I disobeyed my uncle."

"You're not going to tell anyone about them, are you?" Kat asked curiously, gesturing towards the Ronin Warriors.

"Even with all the crazy things that happen in MegaKat City, I don't think anyone would believe me if I did!" Felina remarked as the ladder leading up to Puma Dyne came into their sight…

"Are you sure you know where you're going, Kat?" T-Bone asked suspiciously as he, Razor, Ryo, Sage, Cye, Kento, and Rowen followed Kat through MegaKat Swamp.

"Of course, I know where I'm going, T-Bone. Don't tell me you're doubting me!" Kat remarked as they entered a small cluster of trees deep in the swamp.

"Hey, I recognize this place! This is where we met Kat for the first time!" Sage confessed.

"Is this where that portal dumped you?" Razor asked curiously.

"Not exactly, Razor. It was over this pool of swamp water over there," Ryo explained as he pointed at a small clearing.

The group of eight walked through the narrow opening in between the trees, finding themselves standing on the bank of a large shallow pool of muddy swamp water.

"This is it. This is where the portal appeared," Cye admitted.

"Yeah, but is it ever going to reappear again?" Kento muttered out loud.

"It's got to, Kento. It's our only ticket home," Ryo replied.

"Hopefully, we can get back in time," Rowen mused thoughtfully. "We've been here for a couple of days now. That could have given Talpa ample time to take over our world."

"Even if that's the case, Rowen, we'll find a way to take down Talpa and his Evil Dynasty for good," Ryo proclaimed.

All of a sudden, there was an incredibly loud rumbling noise, like thunder, followed by a flash of light. Ryo, Sage, Cye, Kento, and Rowen looked up and recognized the gaping dark blue-and-green hole that appeared above the pool of swamp water.

"That's it! There's our ride home!" Sage announced.

"But, are you sure it's the same one?" Kat asked curiously.

"We have no choice, Kat. We can't stay here," Rowen told Kat. "If it was you guys in our place, you'd want to return to MegaKat City as soon as possible, right?"

"Yeah, that's true," Razor muttered out loud.

"Hey, good luck with that Talpa creep! Hope you guys nail him good!" T-Bone admitted as he held out his paw to Kento.

"You bet we will!" Kento boasted as he willingly shook T-Bone's paw.

"And good luck to you three as well with protecting MegaKat City," Cye added. "You're doing a pretty good job of it so far."

"And thanks a lot for all of your help," Kat admitted.

"Hate to interrupt, but our window of opportunity is getting smaller," Ryo announced as he pointed up at the vortex, which was steadily growing smaller in size. "It's now or never!"

"Right!" Sage, Kento, Cye, and Rowen agreed simultaneously.

"You better stand back," Rowen warned the Swat Kats. "I doubt you wish to join us on our trip back to Earth."

"No way!" T-Bone remarked as he, Razor, and Kat took a few steps back.

"All right, guys! Let's kick it!" Ryo shouted.

The three Swat Kats watched as the five humans jumped high in the air towards the mysterious portal and got pulled into it, one by one. After Rowen made it through the portal, it quickly disappeared without a trace.

"Do you really think they stand a chance against Talpa, T-Bone?" Kat asked curiously.

"After seeing how they handled Dark Kat and Viper, I have no doubt in my mind that they'll recycle that tin can!" T-Bone admitted.

"You think we'll ever see them again?" Kat asked.

"Highly unlikely, Kat. But then again, with all the crazy things that happen in MegaKat City, you never know," Razor muttered thoughtfully. "Who knows? We might end up paying them a visit on Earth!"

"Now, that would be weird!" T-Bone confessed. "An entire planet full of those furless humans?"

"We would definitely stand out like sore paws!" Kat remarked.

"We might as well head back to the hangar. There's not much more we can do here," Razor pointed out as he, T-Bone, and Kat turned around and made their way through the swamp back to where they parked their vehicles…

"WHOA!" the five Ronin Warriors shouted as they spun around uncontrollably in the multi-colored tunnel.

"In case you guys forgot what we had for lunch, I think I'm about to remind you!" Kento mumbled a bit weakly as he quickly held a hand over his mouth.

"Just keep it down a while longer, Kento! I think we're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!" Rowen announced as he pointed at a small spot of light in the distance, which was growing bigger as they moved closer to it. Within moments, the Ronin Warriors passed through the opening into a familiar tunnel of pale blue light.

"You guys! We're back where this whole thing started!" Ryo gasped loudly when he realized that he and the other Ronin Warriors were back inside of the bridge that the Ancient created for them.

"Yeah, and unfortunately, so are they!" Rowen announced as he pointed at the several Nether Spirits floating around the column of light, who were all glowing with an eerie pink light.

"Aww, man! Not again!" Kento complained loudly as the Nether Spirits once again struck the column of light with the concentrated pink energy.

"Ancient, help them once more," Mia prayed out loud. Suddenly, the tunnel of light mysteriously started to change colors, from red to yellow to green to orange to blue, continually repeating the same color pattern.

"What's this?" Ryo gasped out loud. "The light spectrum is changing!" Cye shouted.

"But how?" Sage asked.

"That! They're getting fried!" Rowen announced.

Suddenly, several beams of white light shot out from the bridge at the Nether Spirits, disintegrating all of them in the process. Down below, Mia and Yuli had to shield their eyes from the bright light coming from the tunnel. Once all of the Nether Spirits were finally destroyed, the bridge of light eventually returned to its original pale blue color.

"They're okay!" Yuli exclaimed.

"His spirit is still able to help them!" Mia realized.

"We're safe!" Cye shouted.

"Now maybe we can enjoy the in-flight movie!" Sage joked sarcastically.

"Hey, wise up! Anything can still happen!" Rowen reminded Sage as the five Ronin Warriors continued the journey to Talpa's castle…THE END…OR IS IT?

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In case any of you out there are curious, the proboscis, which is mentioned in the beginning of Part Three, is the needle-shaped mouthpart of a mosquito that it uses to pierce the skin and drink blood.