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Feral's eyes narrowed as he stared at the huge rock formation right in front of him. He acknowledged Razor and T-Bones presence by commenting. "I don't know what you're on Swat Kat, but one things for sure, there is no entrance here."

Razor smirked as he stood along side the Commander. "I can assure you sir, I'm on nothing. I just use my sense of perception more than you do."

Indignant, Ferals eyes flashed down sharply to look at Razor. "What's that supposed to mean?" he snarled.

As if to answer Ferals question, Razor walked up to the huge rock wall and traced a finger along a hair line crack that formed a 7 foot arch . . . a doorway.

Feral sniffed impassively as he stood next to Razor and examined the hidden door. He rubbed his chin with a huge paw as he thought out loud. "Now that we've found the door, how do we open it?"

Razor tapped lightly on the middle of the hidden door, and smiled as he heard a hollow sound. "It's hollow." He remarked as he looked back at Feral.

Feral in return just eyed the smaller kat with disdain. "I know that, I'm not deaf you know."

Razor rolled his eyes as T-Bone remarked sarcastically. "Really? I would have thought otherwise."

Felina stepped in-between her Uncle and the Swat Kats. "Well, now that we've agreed that it's hollow." She emphasized as she cast a warning glance directly at T-Bone, "We just have to figure out how to open it."

"We could just blast it open." Steele suggested, apparently unruffled at the previous incidents.

Everyone gave him a-you've-got-to-be-kidding-me-look, which made him look around nervously. "It was just a suggestion." He mumbled.

"Just remember that I only brought you along because I didn't want you wreaking havoc at headquarters." Feral growled at Steele, who was now wishing he could blend in with his surroundings.

T-Bone squeezed past Felina so he stood right in front of the rock wall. "Or you could let me try." He suggested, looking directly at Feral.

Immediately wary, Feral pointed warningly at him. "You are not blowing up this mountain!" he exclaimed.

T-Bone crossed his arms over his chest. "Um, I didn't know that was an option. Okay look, it's something I've seen done on TV."

Feral threw up his hands. "Oh, that's even better."

Felina pulled her uncle back from the door. "Sir, just let him try it . . . it might just work."

Feral snorted. "Yeah, then Mayor Manx is a perfect candidate for the presidency."

T-Bone surprisingly ignored Feral's comment and shooed everyone away so that he was the only one in front of the massive rock front.

Razor stood by Felina and looked down calmly down at his watch. Felina leaned towards him and whispered, "Do you think he'll actually open it?"

Razor shrugged as he looked at Felina "I wouldn't be surprised if he did, I mean, there has to be a method to his madness right?"

T-Bone lifted up a gloved paw and soundly knocked on the door.

"What are you doing!?" Feral hissed

T-Bone once again ignored him as he stepped swiftly to the right of the door. Before anyone could inquire of his sanity, the door surprisingly opened, and a small pink head of a creepling curiously peeked out.

Before the creepling could get a hold of the situation, T-Bone quickly slammed the door with all his might. Stunned, everyone watched as the door slowly creaked open, allowing them to hear a distant crash from the inside, which was undoubtly the creepling becoming newly acquainted the wall.

T-Bone took note of everyone's stunned faces and shrugged. "What can I say; my nephew is just obsessed with Buzz Lightyear."

Feral was completely shocked that it had actually worked. "HHHHow did you do that?" he stuttered as Razor started urging everyone inside the entryway. The Swat Kats just ignored him as they stepped inside themselves, leaving Feral by himself. "I can't believe that it actually worked... how is that even poss..." He was abruptly cut short as a striped blonde arm shot out and grabbed his coat collar, pulling him inside as the door shut abruptly behind him.

A sudden cold darkness fell over the group of rescuers, and was immediately followed by an uneasy silence. Everyone tensed as faint echo of water dripping reached their alert ears.

"Can't see a blasted thing." Feral grumbled as he accidentally bumped into some unknown kat. As if in reply, Razor and T-Bone switched on the flashlights on their helmets. "Everyone stay close, we don't want to lose anyone." Razor instructed grimly as he walked forward slowly, emitting a path of light in the darkness.

Silent, everyone followed suit as T-Bone lingered at the end of the group to make sure no one wandered off. As they cautiously walked down the tilted, rocky floor, the enforcers rested their gun paw on their gun holster, while T-Bone and Razor's glovatrix paw remained rigid at their side, but ready respond at their command. Minutes dragged by as hours as the erect they made their way down the tunnel, and the silence became almost unbearable as it seemed to choke their senses.

"It seems to go on forever." A lieutenant McFurland whispered loud enough for just everyone to hear. Everyone seemed relieved that someone had dared to disturb the silence.

Felina popped her neck as she remarked "Well, that'll set us back a bit won't it?" Before anyone could speak, a muffled shout echoed off the caves as Steele's orange head disappeared from sight, immediately accompanied by a dull thud as his body came in contact with the rock wall. "What in the hel......aaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhhh!" exclaimed as T-Bone's light revealed what he tripped on.

"Relax Steele, it's just a creepling." T-Bone growled as he hauled Steele up by his arm, and kicked the pink carcass further against the wall.

"You killed it!" Steele admonished as he stared at the lifeless form.

"That's what generally happens when T-Bone sends you flying into a rock wall without a crash helmet." Razor remarked dryly as he peered into the darkness ahead of them, where a light flickered in the near distance. Razor abruptly turned around and shushed everyone. "Listen . . ." he whispered as he gained everyone's attention. The sound of distant chittering reached their alert ears. Feral walked up alongside Razor as he studied the light ahead of them.

"I think you should turn off your lights now." Feral whispered urgently to Razor as he put a paw on his blaster.

"Yes sir." Razor replied as he motioned T-Bone to turn his off too. Total darkness fell upon the group as the Swat Kats illuminated their lights. "Everyone stay close together and don't wander off." Razor reminded everyone as he felt his right paw to make sure his glovatrix was still there. Slowly, but surely the group started forward, each step placed carefully on the hidden ground.

As the light got closer and the chaotic clatter of creeplings grew louder Steele's unmistakable voice drifted in the air. "I hate creeplings."

"The feelings mutual." T-Bone grumbled.

A dark pebble bounced off the damp rock wall and clattered onto a pile of already tossed pebbles on the floor. It was followed seconds later by another, then another, then another, and so it would continue for hours . . . or until she ran out of pebbles. Callie was worried; she had every reason to be worried. 2 hours earlier she had heard a load roar that she knew were not creeplings . . . and she had a pretty good inkling that she was going to find out soon. She knew that Dark Kats current plan of world domination was going to catch all of katkind by surprise.

She looked down at the last pebble in her dirty paw and sighed wearily. Just as she drew her throwing paw back to throw the pebble when she heard a bunch of metallic footsteps coming her way. The pebble forgotten she turned to see if she could make out who was coming. Her eyes grew wide as she recognized the two shadows that were now emerging from the tunnel into her small cavern. The Metalikats cackled as they saw Callie jump to her feet and retreat as far back as possible into her cell.

"Well, Well Molly, ain't it the pretty in pink Deputy Mayor." Mac snickered as he and his wife wrapped their fingers around the bars of Callie's cell.

"You two tin cans were supposed to be melted down to make bedpans." Callie hissed as she glared at the two robots with an intense hatred.

"Ha ha, listen to you." Mac taunted as he started to unlock her cell with the keys Dark Kat had given him. "I wouldn't be hammering off like that especially in the state you're in right now." The cell door groaned as it swung open, allowing the Metalikats to enter. Unceremoniously, they grabbed her arms and literally dragged her out, with her fighting all the way.

As they emerged from tunnel into the main cavern of Dark Kats lair, Callie got a full scope of the situation . . . and she was far from being concerned, she was petrified. She saw every super villain that had showed their face in MegaKat city, and the scary part was that they were working together. She looked at the huge TV screen that displayed the picture of the Swat Kats; it was a reminder to all the villains that they were united for one purpose. Callie shuddered as she figured it out.

The Metalikats threw her to the ground right at Dark Kats feet. Slowly Callie looked up into the crazed face of Dark Kat. She opened her mouth to say something sarcastic but was interrupted by Hard Drive running up. "The guests have arrived." He announced with a sadistic smile.

Dark Kat softly chuckled as the villains gathered around him. "You all know the plan."

"Ouch!" Steele yelped as he stumbled, grasping out blindly in the dark.

"SSSSSHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" Everyone hissed in union. "Sorry." Steele managed to mumble and he struggled to regain his balance. His paws came across someone so he naturally clung on to it. "Snow? Is that you?" Steele inquired softly as he continued to feel his new balance rod.

"You have 1 second to get your hands of me creep." Felina growled; her patience wearing thin.

Suddenly the light that everyone had been following went out, and utter darkness enclosed around them. Startled, Steele yelped and tripped on himself, bringing down Felina, who in turn brought down her Uncle, who brought down Razor who caused a chain reaction to everyone else groping in the darkness. In 5 seconds it was all over and a brief silence fell over the tunnel. T-Bone, who ended up on the very top of the kat pile turned on his helmet light, and looked down curiously at the now moaning and cursing kats. "Now how in the heck did that happen?" T-Bone inquired as he stared at a squashed Feral.

"I have no idea, but it would be really great if we didn't . . . do it . . . again." Razor gasped as he tried in vain to pry himself from the bottom of the pile.

"Steele what am I going to do with you?" Feral groaned as he dragged himself out of the pile.

"Why don't we just shoot him now and get it over with, so I don't have to kill him later." Felina's muffled voice came from somewhere between the mass of kats.

T-Bone walked around and peered into the darkness. "I wonder if he knows were here?" He pondered out loud as everyone started to get up.

"I wouldn't be surprised if he knew we were coming an hour ago." Razor replied as he cracked his back. "Man I'm definitely going to have to see a chiropractor after this . . . maybe even a shrink for some serious therapy." He groaned as he glared at a bemused Steele who was trying to stop his head from reeling.

"So do you think we should move on?" asked a rumpled Felina as she pulled her helmet off her eyes.

Just then the same orange glow cut through the darkness, lighting their way.

"I don't have a good feeling about this." Felina whispered just loud enough for just her Uncle and the Swat Kats to hear. Feral shook his head. "We have no choice. If we just keep our eyes peeled we should do fine."

It was T-Bone's turn to shake his head. "No, its gotta be a trap."

Feral gestured around them. "Well do you have a better idea?"

"Guys quiet!" Razor instructed as he held up a paw. A low roar of twitterings still emitted ahead of them. "T-Bone, remember that ledge we were on earlier?" Razor whispered as he continued to stare ahead of them.

"Yeah what about it?" T-Bone murmured wearily as he walked up alongside his partner.

Razor's mouth twisted into a triumphant smirk as he pointed at a nearly invisible entry way near the caves low ceiling. "Who's up for a little game of James Bond?"

Razor studied the scene carefully as his eyes transformed into glowing slices of suspicion. "They're doing the same thing they were doing this morning." T-Bone commented dryly to no one in particular as he laid on his stomach next to Razor.

"So guys, what's the plan on getting past the pigmy pinklings?" Felina asked with a small grin on her face.

"Simple, we're going to use a diversion." Razor informed her confidently as he sat up onto his knees.

"Oh! Splendid idea! What are we going to use?" Feral asked sarcastically, glaring at his foes.

"Live bait." T-Bone growled playfully as he looked expectantly at the enforcers, a huge smile now occupying his face.

"Hey!" Feral hissed as he glowered at the Swat Kats. "Me and my enforcers are not going to be your pawns!"

"All we want you guys to do is create a diversion so we can get past the creeplings undetected." returned Razor.

"So what do you want us to do? Dress up in a grass skirt and do the hula?" Felina asked incredulously.

"Whatever suits your fancy lieutenant." Replied a grinning T-Bone.

"Look, all we need is for you to stall them while we go try to find Ms.Briggs and what old DK's up to." Explained Razor patiently.

"Just you two going?" Uh uh, then your taking me with you." Felina growled as she sat next to T-Bone and Razor. In response T-Bone groaned.

Feral shook his head. "Fine, then take my niece with you and don't take your sweet time in getting back here."

"Yeah right Feral, like we're going to stop and get coffee and donuts on the way back." T-Bone sneered as he made his way back to the tunnel.

"Don't worry Commander, we'll hurry." Razor assured the enforcers. "We're going to go back into the tunnel and we'll sneak through the main entry into those back passages. We'll meet you in the tunnel on the way back" He explained as the trio started on their way, with Razor leading the way.

Officer Snow glanced uneasily at Feral, as if asking 'What now?' Feral sighed as he got to his knees, "Well men, let's give them a diversion."