The Confrontation
"I wonder if Steele is still rattling around Callie's house looking for us?" Razor asked T-Bone as the Turbokat took them high over Megakat City towards the Enforcer facility Callie had told them Xenon was at.
T-Bone didn't have an opportunity to reply to Razor's comment, as they rounded Megakat Tower to see an entire squadron of Enforcer choppers blocking their path, guns primed and ready.
T-Bone slammed the air brakes on and put the jet into hover mode. "This doesn't look good buddy" he said to Razor.
Over the radio, Steele's smug voice resonated from the speakers in the Turbokat. "Stop right there, and hand over the host immediately."
T-Bone was surprised "Host? Cody?" he wondered aloud.
Razor brought up the bomb-bay camera on the viewscreen, knowing that there were speakers fitted throughout the jet. Cody was huddled in his seat, shaking in fear.
"You shall not pass this point" Steele added, firing several warning shots over the Turbokat.
"That voice, its Lieutenant Steele!" Jake exclaimed. "If that's the case, then Feral and Felina aren't with them at all, they'd never let that weasel run a show like this on his own. I should have known something was up."
"That's all very well and good buddy, but what do we do now?" T-Bone asked.
There was a moment of silence. Well, on the radio there was, in his chopper Steele was yelling at the pilot instructions to prepare for taking Cody once the Swat Kats landed, fully anticipating that the Swat Kats would comply with his demands.
In one of the attack choppers meanwhile, the pilots were talking. "Wonder how the SWAT Kats got him..." one wondered aloud.
His co-pilot shook his head, "Steele says Xenon knew them, maybe he sold those weapons they always have to them?"
The pilot rubbed the back of his neck, "I don't know. I don't think that's it. But I guess Steele wouldn't lie about that, would he?"
The co-pilot grinned, "Who cares? Nod and agree and he won't yell." He and the pilot started laughing, and waited for the Swat Kats to act.
In the Turbokat, Razor shook his head, "What are we going to do? We've got to lose them so we can go release Xenon."
T-Bone grinned, nodding in satisfaction, "Alright Cody, hold on. This is going to get fun."
And with that he pushed the throttle forward to its highest notch, and the Turbokat hurtled right into the midst of the choppers, which seemed to confuse the pilots and Steele, who was cursing rather animatedly on the radio to all of his troops.
Razor sighed, shaking his head, "Feral would do his nut if he heard someone talking to his troops like that."
T-Bone nodded, "Just try not to use all of our ammo on them, will you?"
"Don't worry, buddy" Razor grinned "I've got it covered."
With a jolt that shook the jet, T-Bone maxed out the afterburners and pointed the Turbokat at the ground. The Enforcer choppers gave chase as best they could, with Steele still screaming blue murder over the radio, but they were seriously outclassed.
T-Bone guided the Turbokat skilfully through the canyon-like streets of Megakat City, staying low to prevent the chopper pilots getting close enough for a shot.
"We can't do this forever, buddy" said Razor.
"I know, get your missiles ready, we're going in!" replied T-Bone.
With that, he pulled the control stick back, pointing the nose at the sky. The jet shot out from between the buildings like a cork out of a bottle, stunning the chopper pilots who were still looking for the Turbokat between the buildings.
"Ok Razor, do your thing!" shouted T-Bone to his partner, aiming the jet straight at the first group of incoming choppers.
"Slicer missiles, locked, loaded, away!" shouted Razor, firing three missiles at the approaching choppers.
Deploying mid-air, the missiles hit their marks, one even taking out two of the choppers, slices of which were falling to down to earth.
"Now, let's see if you can fly those without rotors!" Razor said, activating the cement machine gun.
He targeted the centre of the chopper's rotating blades, and fired. The cement gummed up the rotors on no less than four of the oncoming choppers, losing them their ability to stay airborne.
Steele was yelling frantically over the radio for the remaining choppers to engage, but their pilots knew they were overpowered, and refused, even in the face of the thinly-veiled threats from Steele. Infuriated, Steele instructed his own pilot to give chase to the Turbokat.
"He just doesn't know when to quit" said Razor, preparing to fire another missile. Before he could though, Steele's random firing scored a hit on the weapons bay of the Turbokat, jamming the bomb bay doors closed. Unable to fire any of his trademark missiles, Razor panicked.
T-Bone slowed the Turbokat, allowing Steele to close in, right on their tail.
"What are you doing?" asked Razor, incredulously.
"I've got a crazy idea..." replied T-Bone, continuing to reduce throttle.
Steele was now practically on top of the Turbokat, and thought they were surrendering. A smug look of satisfaction spread across his face. This was quickly removed when he saw the afterburners begin to flare. T-Bone jammed the throttle as far as it would go, hurtling the jet to maximum speed in seconds.
Steele was left high and dry. Literally. He had flown so close to the back of the Turbokat that when the afterburners ignited, the resulting flames had shot right into his chopper, shattering the windscreen. His pilot had seen it coming, and ducked down, but Steele was left blinking in surprise, with his facial fur burned to a crisp. All he saw was the Turbokat disappearing towards the horizon. He was so shocked, and charred, that he couldn't even muster an insult.
