Hello everyone and welcome to Chapter 4.

God it's been a long time since the last chapter. Luckily, I believe we're just about halfway through this story and hopefully things are about to get interesting.

Anyway, this chapter features Ultramen, giant monsters, and the Swat Kats on Earth.

Enjoy and please remember that I own nothing except Big, Kathula, and the Katmillers. They are my OCs.


Chapter 4: When Kathula Evolves

Callie continued to scream as Big flew down towards the ground and groaned.

She wasn't shutting up, nor getting the message that if he dropped her at several feet in the air it would probably end with her splatting into the ocean.

"LET ME GO!" Callie screamed as she continued to struggle and added "LET ME GO THIS INSTANT OR.."

Big, just as quickly as possible, asked "Do you think you can survive falling several feet towards the ocean?" Callie finally stopped and shook her head. "How about concrete floor?" Big then asked her, and she again shook her head. "Then could you please stop screaming?" Big asked, adding "Despite what you might think, screaming and struggling while we're in the air does nothing except give me a headache and make it harder to hold you still." Callie gulped, then finally noticed Big's bandaged arms before he spoke "And yes, I am injured and yet trying to save you. So please stop screaming, ok?"

Callie nods and Big has a sigh of relief before they finally found themselves on solid ground. Letting her go, Callie took a step back as Big asked "You good?" She nodded before asking "Why did you save me?" Big replied "It's my job as a hero to protect people, regardless of who they are or where they come from." Callie then looked up and noticed the rip in the sky closing up as she asked "Then what was that?" as Big noticed this as well and replied "It's a long story, but the short version involves an evil alien threat messing with the multiverse." Turning to look at him, Callie asks "An evil alien? Really?" Big simply nods.

Callie soon began to walk away as Big asks "Where are you going? As Callie replied "Despite what you might think, there are other kat people from Megakat City that live on Earth, and as the Deputy Mayor I know where it is…" though under her breathe she mutters "Or was the Deputy Mayor." She soon notices Big following her as he says "Well, if that's where you're going then I'll go along just to make sure you get there safely." Callie, not stopping, says "I highly doubt you know where it is. It's only for our species." Big, however, raises an elbow and says "Superhero, remember? This is my home town and I've flown around the city multiple times to notice where they are."

"Then answer me this…." Callie began, as she asked "You're a Magical Bird, and you've had the opportunity to attack any of our people on this planet but you don't. Why?" Big simply replied "Because I don't have a reason." Callie, a bit taken aback, asked "What?" as Big replied "The way I see it, as long as no one is causing any trouble they're free to be left in peace."

Callie just let Big's words sink in as he walked onwards, only stopping to ask "You coming? We've got a bit of a walk ahead of us." Callie blinked, still confused at her situation before replying "Yea, of course" as she quickly strutted over to Big before awkwardly asking "So…you're a Magical Bird acting as a superhero….is this what you do for a living on this planet?" Big, without looking at her, replied "Yep. It's a tough life sometimes, but helping people is it's own reward."

"Oh" Callie mouthed before adding "I see."

As they walked, Callie then said "So….I guess since we're going to the same place I might as well introduce myself. I'm Callie Briggs, Deputy Mayor of Megakat City." To Callie's surprise, Big finally managed to crack a smile and replied "Big…Big the Bird, and I guess I'll be the first to welcome you to Earth."

Big soon asked "Since we're on nicer terms now, I might as well asked how exactly did you find yourself in this situation?" Callie, not sure herself, shrugged and replied "Well, I guess it all began with a file called Project: Kathula…"


Meanwhile, back inside the unknown area, Kathula roared as Belial looked on. Kathula had been roaring nonstop for what felt like several hours as Belial announced "Stop with your crying. You're almost done healing."

Kathula refused to listen, instead roaring once more as Belial muttered "Good grief. You cat people can be such a pain. Luckily for me…" he stopped and looked at the two capsules in his hand, as he added "….I won't have to wait much longer."

Belial did not look towards Kathula, but kept his glance at the capsules, one being blank and the other seemingly having the face of a being named Grand King.

"Soon enough…" Belial muttered to himself "…the real fun begins."


"For the last time Suzy" Kita announced to the other side of the door, her daughter refusing to open it as she added "Open this door or I swear you are grounded. You're gonna be late for school."

"NO" Suzy screamed from the other side of the door "I HATE IT! EVERYONE HATES ME BECAUSE I'M DIFFERENT!"

Kita growled to herself before asking "If that's true, then why didn't you tell me before?" as Suzy replied "BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS PAY MORE ATTENTION TO WORK!" Kita growled once more before slightly banging her head on the door.

As this occurred, outside the apartment complex Big and Callie were entering the premises as Callie said "…and that's how I ended up here." Big, confused, asked "So let me get this straight: This monster that suddenly popped up in my city is a bio-weapon designed to kill my species that the kat people's military police, The Enforcers, lost control of over 25 years ago. Am I in the ballpark so far?" Callie nodded, as Big groaned and said "What a mess. All this because of some stupid problems our people had?"

Callie soon asked "Some? If by some you mean the wars, the genocide, then yes. Some."

Big, shocked, asked "Genocides?" as Callie replied "Yes, genocides." Big, still in shock, said nothing as Callie asked "What do you know about the wars between our people?" Big simply shook his head, as Callie then asked "Nothing? At all?" Big again shook his head, as Callie said "Wow! No wonder you don't look like you hate me. You don't know about our past."

Big, a hand to his face, muttered "The way this is going, I don't think I want to know." Callie took a deep breath and said "I think maybe it's better we talk about this another time." Big gave a very slow nod before the two began making their way into the building and into an elevator, Big seeing several kats giving him death glares before suddenly turning away at the sight of Callie glaring.

"I get they don't like me" Big said to himself as they entered an elevator. Once inside, Big asked "So, where exactly are we going here?" as Callie replied "My former assistant lives in this complex. As Deputy Mayor, one of my jobs was to make sure any citizen who leaves for Earth checks in to one of three sanctioned complexes and keeps monthly checks with us until they obtain their green cards. After that, they're basically on their own." Big looks at her, a bit shocked, as Callie raises her hands alarmed and adds "The Mayor's words, not mine."

As the elevator stopped on the fifth floor, the two exited and walked over to room 507 as Big told Callie "From what you've told me, you sound like you're in a lot of trouble for something not your fault. I'm not sure just how exactly you found out about Kathula, but I can promise you one thing." Callie soon asked as they were in front of the door "And what's that?" as she knocked three times with Big replying "The next time I see it, I'm gonna end it."

"You think you can kill something created to kill your kind?" Callie asked as Big replied "As my dad would say: Anything's possible if you put your mind to it." Little did Callie know, Big lightly patted something in his right pocket, as he thought to himself "Besides, next time I have a surprise for Kathula, and his name is Tiga."

As Big finished his thought, the door opened as Kita saw both Big and Callie and thought to herself "Oh come on!"


Meanwhile, back on Megakat City, the Turbokat flew through the air as they flew towards Enforcers Headquarters, yet a question still rang through their heads: Why would Callie Briggs be arrested for treason? For what reason would she if she was guilty?

"I don't believe this baloney for a single second" T-Bone stated, adding "There's no way Ms. Briggs could be guilty of anything." Razor, a sigh of concern, agreed "I know how you feel T-Bone, but without proof there's no way we can clear her name."

T-Bone growled, yet at that moment as they neared Enforcer headquarters a small cut appeared in the air from out of nowhere, causing T-Bone to force the plane to swerve to his left, narrowing avoiding the cut.

"What the heck was that?" T-Bone asked, yet failed to notice the giant claw that suddenly emerged from the cut and grabbed the Turbokat.

"AH! WE'RE CAUGHT!" T-Bone screamed as he tried to use the afterburners, yet the creature on the other side simply roared and started to pull the Turbokat in while Razor screamed "T-BONE, WE'VE GOT TO…" though it came to late as the Turbokat was pulled in fully and the cut closed just as quickly.


"You fool!" Belial snapped at Kathula, apparently having been the culprit in grabbing the Swat Kats. Kathula simply roared as his free left hand radiated red and black energy.

"You used my own energy to snatch the Swat Kats without my consent, didn't you?" Belial asked, yet Kathula simply roared once again before the panicked looks on their faces.

"Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Razor asked as T-Bone simply replied "I wished I wasn't."

"They were not part of my plan until much later on, but now you've left me no choice." Belial growled in annoyance before announcing "Kathula, return to Earth and finish what you started. Defeat the magical bird named Big. If you do this, then you may have your revenge on the people who took your life from you."

Kathula roared as another rip appeared in front of him. Jumping through, Kathula was unaware of Belial's thoughts.

"Such an untrustworthy beast deserves to be taught his place."


Taking a long sip of water, Kita put her cup down on the coffee table and then cup her temples before asking "So, not that I'm not happy to see you Ms. Briggs…" Callie, sitting on the couch, interrupted her by saying "Callie is fine" as Kita sighed and said "Of course, Callie. Anyway, not that I'm not happy to see you, but you're telling me that you're suddenly on Earth because of a tear in the sky that caused you to just travel here."

Callie nodded.

"And then you brought him here." Kita turned to Big, who was simply sipping on a cup of tea while he turned to see Suzy sitting on the floor coloring before returning to the conversation and saying "To be fair, I've always known this place was here. I just never wanted to disturb any of you." Kita crossed her eyes and muttered "Sure you didn't" before continuing on by asking "So why come here?" Callie shrugged before replying "To be honest, I wasn't sure just what to do once I got here. In fact, I was surprised to appear in this Earth city but here we are."

Getting up, Kita took her coffee cup and said "Well, not that I don't mind the visit but…"

Suddenly, Big's head shot up and said "Oh no" as Kita asked him "Oh no, what?"

The second they felt the ground shake under them, both Kita and Callie realized something was wrong.

Suzy, as a child though, quickly panicked and ran to her mom.

"What the heck was that?" Callie asked, as Big replied "Trouble, and I think he wants a rematch."

"Huh?" was all Callie and Kita asked before Suzy asked "You mean it's the giant cat monster again?"

Big simply nodded.

"How do you know that it's the same monster?" Callie soon asked as Big replied "Well, for one, and this is hard to explain so I'll simplify it: I can sense him. He's being powered by Reionics energy."

The ladies were about to asked, yet Big simply said "Don't ask, it's a long story. Also, I can see it from the window."

The ladies turned towards the window to see what Big was referring to: Kathula exiting from a rip that had appeared not more than a few blocks away with the Turbokat still in his claws.

Taking a deep breath, Big reached into his pocket and started to pull out a small item, as he told himself "Here we go" as Kita simply looked at the creature in horror, her eyes wide in terror and her body frozen in place.

"I suggest you three get to safety. This place might not withstand what's coming" Big stated as he turned to the door before stopping to say "Oh, and thank you for the tea."


Upon returning, Kathula roared into the air, causing people to look up and run at the sight, yet the creature didn't care.

He was hunting magical birds, and one in particular would pay for embarrassing him.

As for the Swat Kats, they were in a different situation as Kathula's other claw began to encompass the Turbokat.

"T-Bone, we need to eject. That thing's about to crush us." Razor said, yet T-Bone was fiddling with the controls and said "We're not leaving the Turbokat behind Razor. She hasn't failed us before."

As they spoke, Big made it to the roof as he pulled out a small gold item with a light brown handle. Raising it up, Big pressed a button on the handle as the golden top opened and flashed.

Seeing the flash, Kathula stopped and gave it his full attention, for the next second something appeared in it's place in front of the building: A red, purple, and silver giant with golden stipes on his chest and a blue light as well. This was the titan known as Ultraman Tiga. Entering a battle stance, Tiga sent Kathula a challenge.

The battle was on.


"Did Big just…." Callie asked, yet was shocked as Suzy simply said "Turn into an Ultraman? Yea, duh." Callie simply turned to Suzy as she added "Everyone on Earth knows that. He's like the only person who does that in public. That's why other heroes on Earth want Mr. Big to join their teams, I think, but Mr. Big is too cool for that."

This made Callie think. Ultramen were well heard of back on Megakat City, but they had never come to their planet, yet for some reason one had seemingly chosen a Magical Bird.

Ultramen usually chose those of good hearts, from what she had heard, but seeing Big reveal his Ultraman side, this made her reconsider one very important thing: he truly wasn't an enemy, nor was he evil.

As for Kita, she had stopped looking at Kathula, and the memories came back once more.

She remembered when that monster first showed up.

When it destroyed her home.

When it left her homeless.

When it took everything from her family, and when the mayor left her nothing.

But seeing Big suddenly become an Ultraman was a surprise, and it made her realize something. She was wrong about him.

"Damn you monster" Kita softly said, surprising Callie and Suzy as she then added "You took everything from me, and now you think you can take my home and my daughter" before shouting "DAMN YOU!"


Kathula roared before throwing the Turbokat aside, causing Tiga to quickly jump towards it. As Tiga caught it, he fell onto the ground, allowing Kathula to charge and stomp on Tiga's back. Tiga groaned as he used his body to protect the Turbokat as he placed it on the ground.

"Gee…thanks." T-Bone said, albeit hesitantly before the Turbokat took off. Tiga nodded before his head flashed purple, as the red parts of his body turned purple thus becoming Tiga Sky Type. With this, Tiga shrugged Kathula back before bringing up his left foot to kick Kathula's gut. Tiga then rolled forward before quickly getting to his feet and turned to face Kathula, who charged him.

The two grappled with one another, causing the two to battle for dominance before Tiga suddenly grabbed his left arm and flipped him over his body, dropping Kathula onto the ground. Before Kathula could react, Tiga picked him up and did the same thing, causing Kathula to roll further away from the building. As Kathula began to pick himself up, Tiga jumped into the air, rolled, and hit Kathula's skull with the hell of his right foot, causing him to fall once more. Rolling a few feet away, Tiga tucked his left arm in and placed his right hand over it as Kathula began to rise, getting rather annoyed.

As Kathula rose and began to roar, however, Tiga fired a beam above of Kathula's head before it exploded, creating a mist around Kathula which began to freeze him in place.

"I remembered the last time we fought" Big said from inside Tiga's mind, as he continued "You can regenerate injuries, but this time I'm going to make sure you can't regenerate."

Kathula tried to move, tried to roar, tried to do something, yet was stuck in place.

He was frozen. Again.

This enemy knew his weakness, and now he was stuck. Again.

And it drove him mad.

As Tiga prepared to bring his arms together, he stopped.

He heard the sound of maniacal laughter.

Laughter that belonged to only one being in the universe.

"Belial" Big simply said, as the voice responded "It's so nice to finally speak with you Big the Bird, or should I call you Ultraman Tiga."


"What is he doing?" Kita asked, surprised, shocked, and angry all at the same time.

Just moments ago, Tiga seemingly had the battle won, yet he suddenly stopped.

"Finish him already" Kita whispered before screaming "WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU IDIOT?"

"Maybe he stopped because he's tired" Suzy suggested, yet Kita didn't listen to her and screamed "FINISH IT NOW BEFORE HE GETS OUT!"

And yet, as Callie looked on, not sure herself, all three of them were unaware of the conversation occurring.


"So you finally decided to pop up for a visit." Big said, waiting for Belial to make his move, as he asked "I'm guessing you're responsible for all of this, aren't you? Callie being branded a traitor, Kathula's release from his prison, his appearance on Earth…..it was all you, wasn't it?"

Belial's laugh confirmed Big's theory, as he replied "You're a clever one, aren't you? Yes, that was me. A little time and a lot of effort can do quite a bit, yet I haven't even played my trump card."

"Trump card?" Big asked, as Belial replied "Oh yes. Bringing this disobedient beast to Earth to challenge you was one thing, but imagine what I could do if Kathula was stronger."

That made Big think for a moment, before his eyes widened, as Tiga once more began charging his attack, bringing his arms together, before separating them, creating a wave of purple energy while rising them into the air.

At the same time, as Belial looked on from a nearby building, he laughed while pressing a button on the Grand King capsule. "And now" he announced "Time for my surprise" as he threw the capsule towards Kathula's frozen body and seconds later, it went inside.

At the exact same moment, Tiga finally fired his Runboldt Beam Shell at the frozen Kathula, causing an explosion that covered the area in dust and smoke.


"Did he do it?" Callie asked, as he and Suzy just looked on.

At first, it seemed like it, yet as the dust began to clear up, it became clear that not only was Kathula alive, it had evolved.

"Oh no" Kita muttered….


"No" Big muttered from Tiga's mind, as it appeared Kathula was entrapped in a black and red energy cocoon.

And then, it began as Belial laughed and jumped into the cocoon.

Kathula….Grand King….Ultraman Belial….Fusion Rise! Grand Kathula!

Soon enough, the cocoon disappeared revealing a metallic cat creature with red visor eyes, his left arm now wielding a large claw and his right arm having become a lobster-like claw with a cannon hidden inside. On his chest was a small purple sensor, as Big squinted and saw Belial in the pilot's seat, so to speak.

"So, what do you think of my surprise?" Belial asked from inside Grand Kathula, causing Tiga to enter a fighting stance as Grand Kathula began to walk towards Tiga with a menacing glare.

At the same time, watching from the Turbokat as it flew in the air, both T-Bone and Razor had one thought flying through their minds "Oh crud!"

To Be Continued….


And with that, we've come to the end of Chapter 4. Sorry if the fight scene was short, but there will be more in the next chapter. Anyway, hope you guys like it and if you don't, then I'm sorry. Anyway, here's the synopsis for the next chapter:

Tiga's battle with Grand Kathula ends in disaster, leaving Big in critical care and the Turbokat damaged. As Belial prepares his next attack, the Enforcers learn Callie is on Earth and decide to come after her.

All this and more in…."When Things Look Grim"

Until next time!