Chapter 3
Razor groaned startling those around him and moved his head out of Callie's grasp.
"Come on Jake, wake up" T-Bone said hopefully.
Razor allowed his eyes to flutter open, his head was pounding and his vision was blurred and swimming but he could still make out his friend's voice.
"Chance?" Razor asked trying to sit up despite pain that shot through his head and up his leg.
T-Bone's cocky smile returned and he helped Razor sit and lean against the cave wall, "Don't do that to me Razor, you scared me out of two of my nine lives".
"Only two?" Razor joked, "Callie" he almost yelled, his memory suddenly coming back to him as to where he was and what happened, "What happened to Cal-"
It was then that he saw the Deputy Mayor on his left, and the look on her face made Razor stop mid-sentence.
Realization abruptly dawned on the Swat Kat and his paw reached up frantically to his face to find that his bandana was gone. Razor shifted his gaze to T-bone with a stare that obviously said 'explain'.
"Don't look at me, that was all the lieutenant" T-Bone said defensively.
"Listen Jake"-here she noticed him involuntary flinch at the name-"you have a serious head wound, you're just lucky you're not bleeding internally"
Jake nodded, his mind slowly taking in the facts and realizing that she was right as his paw made its way up to the bandage wrapped around his head. He turned to look at Callie, who was still silent, to try and see what her reaction to all of this was.
"Callie I…"
Concern suddenly welled up inside the blond she-kat and in one swift motion she was hugging Razor for dear life.
"Kat's alive Jake, why didn't you ever tell me?" Callie whispered to the stunned kat; who after a few minutes hugged her back.
"I wanted to really, it was just hard" he said quietly.
"Sorry about giving away your secret" Felina said sympathetically to Razor, "this is really a big shock to both of us" she looked to T-Bone "it's just hard to believe that the two people I actually like are one in the same"
This time T-Bone's eyes widened, and Callie and Razor smiled a little at the look on his face as the two finally pulled apart.
But Felina continued on, "I mean I would have forgiven you for ditching me at dinner had you told me"
Razor and T-Bone exchanged glances and answered at the same time "How?"
"It's really not as easy as it sounds to go up to someone and tell them you're a vigilante" Razor stated.
"You still should have told me" Callie mumbled looking at Razor accusingly.
"I was sorta hoping you'd figure it out on your own eventually" he answered truthfully.
"Are you gunna arrest us now?" T-Bone asked.
"Or tell your uncle?" Razor added.
"No…" Felina said deep in thought, "You guys have saved this city more times than my uncle ever could. Besides he'd never let me date a vigilante, especially if he were in jail" she smiled slyly at the stunned T-Bone.
T-Bone just stared at her open-mouthed.
"Speaking of my uncle just how are we supposed to get out of here?" Felina asked.
"Good question" Razor replied scanning his surroundings.
"Can't we just blast a door?" T-Bone suggested returning the first aid kit (really he just wanted to get away from the others to hide the fact that he was blushing underneath his mask).
"Not a good idea, unless you want to cause a cave in" Razor said staring at the ceiling, "The only way out would be to dig through all the snow covering the entrance"
"And just how are we supposed to do that?" Felina asked.
Razor shrugged, "The Enforcers will come looking for you eventually-"
"The Enforcers Razor, are you crazy! We can't depend on them for anything" T-Bone exclaimed but calmed down at the death glare Felina was giving him.
"Hey lieutenant don't you have an Enforcer radio in your helmet?" Razor asked.
"Yeah but it's been busted ever since the last battle with the metalikats" she said taking off the helmet to inspect it.
"Here" Razor said holding out his hand, "Lemme see I can probably fix it"
Felina looked at him skeptically but handed over the helmet anyway and Razor began to fiddle with the wiring inside.
"Sure that fall didn't mess up your brain permanently?" T-Bone joked after a while.
"Finished" Razor said in response, even with his mind all fuzzy it didn't take him long to discover the problem and fix it.
He flipped a switch and handed the helmet back to Felina when Commander Feral's voice came out clearly. The Lieutenant shoved her helmet back onto her head and stood up.
"Commander, this is Lieutenant Feral come in, over" the she-kat said starting to pace the floor of the cave.
The remaining three couldn't hear if Feral answered back with the helmet now on Felina's head but apparently he did when Felina started talking again after a pause.
"Yes the deputy mayor's with us-" she was cut off and then there was another pause, "We're little worse for wear, but alive"
There was then a longer moment of silence where Felina continued to pace until she ended the conversation, "I understand uncle, trust me we're not going anywhere, this is Lieutenant Feral over and out"
Felina took off the helmet and sat back down next to T-Bone with a sigh.
"So what's the verdict?" Callie asked before anyone else got the chance to.
"The Mayor was going crazy that he'd have to write his own speech for the opening of his indoor golf course tomorrow if anything had happened to you" and every one in the room smiled at the comment; no matter what happened Manx would always be Manx.
"So what about them trying to get us out of here?" Razor asked.
"My uncle said that he'd seen everything since our little fight with the dragons and that he's using every resource available to try and get us out, but he doesn't know how long it'll take. There's no way of knowing how much snow is between us and the Enforcers right now, so it could be a couple minutes until they find us or it could be a couple of hours" Felina told the group solemnly.
T-Bone watched Razor tie his bandana back around his head and grunted, "as soon as Feral does find us we'll just be arrested anyways"
"Oh, I don't think so" Callie said matter-of-factly, "Manx will be so grateful you saved my life, and him from ever having to write his own speeches, that he won't let Feral get anywhere near you"
"Yeah, but if I know my uncle he won't give up without a fight"
"True" Razor commented, "But the mayor has authority over the Enforcers, Right?"
"Yeah… but you're sure the mayor will be all that grateful?" Felina asked the other she-kat.
"Oh, I'm sure of it" Callie said closing her eyes and leaning back against the wall, "so all we can do now is wait for the Enforcers"
"I never thought I'd be alive to hear that" T-Bone said resentful that he'd actually have to rely on Feral for once.
"Yeah, well the sooner they get there the better" Razor said leaning against Callie.
The effects of the blood loss were starting to get to him, with the dizziness and the nausea, not to mention the concussion. All Razor wanted to do at the moment was go to sleep but common sense told him not to.
"Hang in there buddy" T-Bone said placing a paw on his partner's shoulder, "Feral may hate our guts but he's way to overprotective to let anything happen to his niece"
"As much as I hate to admit it that's probably true" Felina sighed, "My Uncle must be going out of his mind right now with worry that I'm stuck in a cave with you two vigilantes"
Razor and T-Bone smirked at the comment.
"If only he knew" T-Bone smirked as he slipped his arm around Felina's waist and she leaned into him.
They lapsed into silence with the two couples just thinking and trying to stay warm in the icy cave. Callie was still trying to get over the fact that Jake and Razor were one in the same. She guessed that on some subconscious level she always knew but just didn't want to accept what that would mean. She had enough to worry about as it was, but now she knew that every time Megakat city was attacked by some super villain the kat she loved would be risking his life. Granted the SWAT Kats spent most of their time saving either herself or the mayor that didn't mean that they wouldn't get hurt, now was a great example. Jake had gotten himself hurt saving her and that only made her love him even more.
While all this was going through her mind Callie shifted slightly to get more comfortable, and without realizing it cuddled closer to Razor. Now he was leaning on her chest with his head on her shoulder and she wrapped her arms around his waist. Razor, too tired to object, rested his paws on top of Callie's, content to stay that way until the Enforcers arrived. He, unlike Callie, was feeling enormous relief, having her in on his and Chance's little secret allowed a part of his double life to be combined; now he didn't have to lie so much.
T-Bone and Felina, on the other hand, still had an awkward feeling surrounding them. They hadn't really known each other that long, not as Chance and Felina anyway, hell the two hadn't even gotten through their fist date (if you could call it that) all the way through. Now here they were with Felina having just uncovered Chance's biggest secret; though it did make the prospect of starting off a new relationship with absolutely no secrets relatively easy.
It was T-Bone who broke the silence first, "Hey, did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" every one else seemed to ask at the same time.
"Shhh… listen" T-Bone instructed and pointed towards where the entrance of the cave used to be.
After a few moments, sure enough, the sound of muffled voices could be heard just outside of the cave.
Felina hurriedly pulled out of T-Bone's grasp and reached for her helmet.
"Uncle come in, can you hear me?"
This time when Feral answered everyone in the cave could hear his loud voice.
"This is Feral, what's the matter Felina?"
At the sound of her uncle's voice Felina ran up to the snow covered entrance followed by T-Bone.
"Uncle!"
"You think it took long enough to find us Commander!" T-Bone yelled to the older kat.
Feral just ignored him and yelled back, "Move away from the entrance Felina, we're going to get you out of there!" and Felina and T-Bone for once followed orders.
Razor winced as his headache worsened from the yelling, "Could we please not yell" he pleaded grabbing his head with his paw.
"Sorry buddy" T-Bone said kneeling down and helping Razor stand.
A wave of dizziness rushed over the injured Swat Kat as he was brought to his feet and he had to fight the urge to empty the continents of his stomach. Razor quickly found that his leg with the now blood soaked bandage would not allow him to put any pressure on it what-so-ever, and he was forced to lean on T-Bone.
"Are you alright?" Callie asked concerned as she rushed to stand next to Razor.
"I will be as soon as we get out of here" he said, looking close to passing out.
There was a loud sound of an engine starting up and the next thing the four kats knew there was a large bulldozer pushing snow towards them. When it stopped Feral came around the side of the machine and ran straight for Felina. He put his paws on his shoulders and looked her over.
"You're hurt" he said accusingly noticing her arm.
"I'm fine, Uncle" she said quietly pulling away.
Feral was about to argue when he noticed the other people in cave and stomped over to them followed by other, lower ranking, enforcers.
"Arrest them!" he commanded pointing at T-Bone and Razor.
"Commander Feral, I wouldn't do that if I were you" Callie said sternly stepping in front of the two masked kats.
"And why not" Feral asked frowning.
"Because I don't think the Mayor would appreciate it if you put the two people who saved me in jail" she said nodding over his shoulder at Manx who just happened to be walking around the bulldozer at that moment looking frazzled.
"Ah, Callie there you are" he said rushing up to her completely ignoring the current situation, "I really need you to help me with-"
"Mayor Manx" Feral interrupted, his teeth clenched, "I was just about to arrest these two vigilantes"
"Wh-what?" Max seemed confused, "Why would you do that? It seems that these two have just saved the deputy mayor's life, along with your niece's"
Feral was flabbergasted; this was his chance to finally get 'those darn Swat Kats'. But Manx was right, they had saved Felina's life and instead of arguing like he wanted to, he settled for letting his face turn redder than Callie's bright pink suite.
"Now, Lieutenant Feral why don't you and the bleeding Swat Kat over there head on over to the hospital, bills on the city. Callie I'll be waiting for you back at my office to finish that speech" and with that Manx walked out of the cave to one of the enforcer helicopters.