Chapter 17
Rescuing Marsha
"According to the dental examinations and DNA samples, I traced him to Jack Clawston," the Lieutenant replied. Feral stared hard at him; the last name Clawston seemed to ring a bell to him.
"Clawston...Clawston...you mean the Enforcer that was here for a while, then just disappeared from the unit all together?" he asked.
"Well, sir, I thought of that too and I did a background check. That was Jeddison Clawston, this is his younger brother" the Lieutenant explained as he handed Feral the print out sheets of the background check.
Callie snatched the papers from Feral's hands to look at it more closely. "Do you think the other Kat that escaped is Jeddison?"
Feral said nothing to her comment. "Well, thank you, Lieutenant." He lowered his eyes to the ground. Now, what about that She-Kat? He wondered.
The Lieutenant looked at Feral. "Something wrong, Commander?"
Feral stared at him. "Do we have anything on that new She-Kat?"
Lt. Steele stared back at Feral, wondering why he was so interested in her. "Her name is Marsha...I can do a complete background check on her if you'd like."
"Then do it."
Callie shook her head at the two, took out her comlink and contacted the Swat Kats.
Razor groaned as he heard his comlink beep again. He gave a short smile, hearing Callie's voice on the other end instead of Dark Kat's. "Hey, Miss Briggs...what's up?"
T-Bone looked over his shoulder and smiled upon hearing her voice. "Hey, there, Callie."
Razor rolled his eyes as he heard the deputy mayor giggle. "Hey there, T-Bone. I just thought you two might want to know the info we found on the two mysterious Kats that shot up the van with Hard Drive in it that you saw the other night." she paused slightly as Feral glared at her. "The Kat you shot...his name is Jack Clawston...around the age of 17."
Razor's ears drooped a little as he heard this. "Aww, geez...he's still young...well, he was..."
"Why would someone so young be involved in this mess?" T-Bone asked.
"Well, the other Kat..." Callie slightly paused. "The other one is Jeddison Clawston. He was an enforcer many years ago, but he just disappeared. There's nothing on him except for this one bit...the Kat is a ghost."
Razor's eyes went wide when he heard the name Jeddison Clawston. "Jeddison..."
"Do you know him, Razor?" Callie asked on the receiving end.
"Well...um...no, not really. I just heard the story that he disappeared from the Enforcers," Razor replied quickly. An obvious lie. He and T-Bone knew Jeddison all too well. Well, he and Chance did. Jeddison was an Enforcer around the same time they were. He was the only pilot in the Enforcers that could take down Chance Furlong, and his parents were killed many years ago before that.
"Razor, Jack was Jeddison's brother," Callie broke the silence.
"I killed his brother..." Razor mumbled, closing his eyes, the harsh wind brushed against his face. T-Bone shook his had and continued driving towards Puma Dyne.
Feral snatched the comlink from Callie's hands. "Listen you two meddlesome, Kats! I don't want you interrupting my work anymore, do you hear me" he shrieked.
T-Bone grabbed Razor's comlink with a free hand. "Sorry, Feral...we can't have this conversation right now. We're on a rescue misson here."
Lt. Steele overheard them. "Rescue mission?" he looked over at Felina, who shrugged.
"Damn it..." Feral hissed as the comlink went dead.
Jeddison landed the jet about a mile away from Puma Dyne, since it was winter season, it was already starting to get dark. He raced up and hid behind some bushes when he heard the Swat Kat's Cyclotron drive off onto the main road, tires squealing. Jeddison looked at his watch and saw that it was about 3 minutes before the deadline. Fortunately for him, he had gotten there just in time to place a microphone device on the Swat Kat's vehicle so that way he could hear what was going on. He decided he wanted that detonator before Dark Kat could get his paws on it. He wanted to be the one to take down the city, he wanted vengeance for his brother. He placed the microphone earpiece in his ear and walked back, stood there trying to listen to what was going on.
The comlink beeped again and Razor answered it. It was...of course, Dark Kat. "Cutting it rather close?" he asked in a mocking tone of voice.
"We have what you want," Razor replied in a monotone voice.
"Good, I'm listening," Dark Kat smiled.
"We'll give it to you in person," Razor said as T-Bone drove towards the docks of Mega Kat Bay
"No time," Dark Kat smirked as he walked over to Marsha.
"No choice," Razor muttered, his voice firm as he gripped the comlink tighter in his hands. T-Bone kept silent as he listened in on the conversation.
"You're being brave again, Razor. That's the best way to get your girlfriend killed...other than missing the deadline which is only two and a half minutes away" Dark Kat replied coolly.
Razor growled deeply. "Listen, I know you want that Detonator, so you WILL meet us at the docks." With that said and done, he hung up the comlink.
Dark Kat looked up at the phone that was now off the hook and growled; he stalked over to Marsha. "Up!" he yelled as he grabbed her arm and dragged her with him. He got in his Fear Ship and took off towards the docks.
Meanwhile, Lt. Steele stood up from the computer and smirked at Feral. "I just traced the call, Commander. I just thought you might want to know that those two vigilante's are on there way to Mega Kat City Bay."
Feral narrowed his eyes. "That's not that far from here. Steele, you're coming with me. Felina, you stay here with Miss Briggs" he ordered.
Steele let out a chuckle as he and Feral climbed in the cruiser. "What's with the laugh, Lieutenant?" Feral growled.
Steele shook his head, a wide smirk on his face. "Oh, nothing, really. Just thought you might also want to know that Dark Kat is also on his way to the docks and he has that She-Kat with him."
Feral let out another low growl and sped off for the docks.
Razor and T-Bone walked around the docks. It was getting darker by the minute and they wished Dark Kat would hurry up. "Come on, Dark Crud...where are you?" Razor growled to himself.
"Swat Kats!" a voice called out to them. T-Bone and Razor looked back and saw Dark Kat walking towards them. "I see you made it here with no trouble," he sneered at them.
"I want to see her," Razor growled as he stepped closer towards Dark Kat.
"Of course you do. She's your girlfriend, after all," Dark Kat smirked as he stepped back. He motioned for his three Ninja's to walk up; two of them were holding Marsha by her hands.
"Razor!" Marsha cried out.
"It's okay, Marsha. We'll have you out soon," Razor gave her a small smile.
"Where's my number?" Dark Kat asked as he stood back in their way.
"Let her go, first," Razor said, trying to push his luck.
"Where is it?"
"Let her go and I'll give it to you!"
Dark Kat growled and slapped Razor across the face, making him fall to the ground from the force. Razor wiped his mouth with his hand and felt blood on it. "We talked about bravery today," Dark Kat sneered. He then noticed their laser guns. "Those won't help you this time..." he snatched their laser guns and held them in his hands.
T-Bone shook his head and helped Razor up. "You okay, buddy?" he asked Razor just nodded.
Little did they know that Jeddison could hear the entire conversation in his earpiece as he stood near Puma Dyne waiting to get the code. Dark Kat put the guns in his cloak. "Now, Razor, tell me the code to get my detonator back." Dark Kat ordered
"I'll tell you, but please, let Marsha go, first!" he pleaded.
"I'm getting tired of these games! Tell me my number!" he screamed in Razor's face, aiming his gun right at Razor's head.
"Razor!" Both T-Bone and Marsha cried out.
"Fine, I'll tell you!" Razor screamed back.
Jeddison smiled to himself. "Here we go."
"The code is..."Razor started. Suddenly the two ninja's that were holding Marsha cried out as they fell to the ground, their legs wrapped up with small spider missiles. Dark Kat looked over and then looked back seeing Feral and Lieutenant Steele rushing in. Dark Kat let out a growl and ordered his other ninja's who were standing there.
"Take care of them," he growled through rage as he raced back towards his Fear Ship, his ninjas running towards the two Enforcers.
"Swat Kats...I should have known," Feral hissed at Steele pushed past the ninja's that surrounded them. He glanced over at Marsha who was on the ground. She appeared to be innocent...but then, again...why the hell was she with Dark Kat?
Marsha glanced up at Steele who helped her stand. "Um...thank you," she murmured. Where could Donny be? Is he okay? she asked herself.
Within minutes, the five ninja's that were left behind were on the ground unconscious, unfortunately Dark Kat had escaped. Jeddison heard the entire fight and knew he had lost his chance. "Shit" he mumbled as he walked towards his jet, very annoyed, he hit his hands together pissed off at what just happened. He walked back and got into his jet and took back off towards Katvenya; he knew there was one more alternative way to get into Puma Dyne.
Thrusting his engines to Mach five, Jeddison made it to Katvenya in five minutes, he landed outside near the satellite tower, like the TurboKat, Jeddison' jet had ATOL engines which made it able to have a vertical landing. Dark Kat's bunker was about a quarter mile away from the satellite tower. Jeddison groaned when he opened the canopy to feel the chilling winds ripping through his fur; he knew a snowstorm was probably approaching. Katvenya was about 20 miles away from the northern part of Mega Kat, the whole place was nothing but snow with frequent snowstorms and huge temperature drops, it seemed like it went on forever. Jeddison didn't even know why Dark Kat chose such a place for the hideout. He thought that Dark Kat figured that no one would dare look for them here. He pulled out his snowsuit, which was a full body suit that was gray and well insulated to keep the frozen temperatures from giving him frostbite. Dark Kat's ninja's wore these protective clothing a lot since most of them were mainly outside in this mess, instead of calling them ninjas, Dark Kat pertained them to be Katvenya Special Forces. Once he put the body suit on, he put on the protective face cover, which was gray and well insulated. It also had goggles to keep the wind and snow from his eyes and a breathing respirator in it to keep him from breathing in the harmful chilling winds which could do serious damage to his lungs. Once dressed he climbed out of the cockpit and rushed inside the satellite; he just hoped that the snowstorm didn't freeze his engines.
About 20 minutes have passed, Razor was hugging Marsha tightly; Feral and Steele stood there, watching the reunion. "I'm so glad to have you back, Marsha," Razor whispered, smiling, as he finally released her from his embrace." Donatello would have killed me if I had lost you."
Marsha smiled back, slightly blushing. "Thank you, Razor..." She whispered, then turned to face Steele and Feral. "Thanks...again..."
Steele just shrugged, a smirk on his face. "No big..."
"I'm just glad Dark Kat didn't get his paws on that detonator," T-Bone muttered as he walked back over to the cyclotron and jumped back into the driver's seat; he turned on the Enforcer radio as he waited on Razor and Marsha. His ears perked up when he heard a desperate call coming in. "Hey, Feral, get your radio quick."
Razor looked over at T-Bone. "What is it, buddy?"
T-Bone shrugged his shoulders as he listened to it. The Enforcer on the other end was from Puma Dyne. "Commander Feral, come in, please!"
Feral turned on his radio in his cruiser and answered it. "Yes, go ahead." Steele rushed over to his side.
"Commander, someone has hacked into our security system, they changed the password! We can't get into the vault to where the detonator is!" the Enforcer cried out desperately; they could sense the fear in his voice.
"I want that place heavily guarded until we get there!" Feral ordered. He looked over at Steele. "Do you think that psycho, Hard Drive, managed to escape?"
"I don't think so, Commander. Wouldn't it be some sort of power surge instead of actual hacking?" Steele asked, a sarcastic tone in his voice.
"Steele, take my car back to headquarters! Check on Hard Drive, make sure his cell is guarded! We don't want that electrical lowlife to escape again," he declared, tossing Steele his keys. "I'm going to Puma Dyne."
"Hey, Commander, it's a long walk to Puma Dyne," Razor commented as he walked towards the Cyclotron, where T-bone was patiently waiting for him, with Marsha at his side.
"I'm not getting a ride from you two hoodlums," Feral muttered, stubbornly
"Come on, Feral, we don't have a lot of time," T-bone muttered.
"Fine," Feral sighed as he sat in the passenger side, which was on the other side of T-Bone. "Just don't drive too recklessly."
"The thought never crossed my mind," T-Bone replied, sarcastically, as he fired up the engines and took off, maxing all the engines to get to Puma Dyne while Steele drove towards Enforcer Headquarters.
