Mystery64: (face and head covered in bandages) Hello everyone, sorry this took so long, school has been holding me back, but it's finally here. When I get better, I'm going to deliver a special something to Kairi. (A box of lit cherry bombs) Enjoy the chapter.
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CHAPTER 5.
The sudden sound of the alarm going off in the middle of the night awoke Kairi from her slumber. She dashed out the door the same time Chance and Jake were coming down the ladder.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" Chance questioned her sternly.
"Duh, there's trouble happening!" Kairi replied.
"Sorry Kairi, you're staying behind on this one." Jake said.
"What? No way!"
"Yes way, you're hurt and we can't take the risk of you getting injured further."
"Oh come on! I'm part of this team and you know it, I don't back down for anything!"
The girl was about to get her gear, but Jake's hand being controlled by Chance grabbed her wrist and wouldn't let go.
"Kairi, there's no way I'm letting you fight." Chance said sternly.
"Give me one good reason why?" Kairi rudely replied.
"Because if I did let you and you got killed, I'd never be able to forgive myself."
Kairi looked hard at the kat's eyes, they may have been Jake's eyes, but she could tell it was Chance's stare. Finally she decided not to argue, she had no other choice.
"Ok Chance, I'll sit this one out."
Jake ran over to the intercom and pressed the speak button.
"Razor here, what's the emergency Miss Briggs?"
"Sorry to call this late guys, but there's trouble at Megakat Biochemical Labs. It begins with the letter D and ends with the letter V." Callie said.
"Dr. Viper!" Both kats answered.
Kairi shuddered at that name, she still hadn't gotten over that time he captured her and forced that open mouth kiss on her.
"We're on it Miss Briggs, hang tight!" Chance said.
The two kats changed into their gear and headed towards the Turbokat, they suddenly skidded to a stop after a realization kicked in.
"Wait a minute, I can't be seen in the pilot's seat looking like you." T-Bone said to his partner.
"Same here buddy, I'm afraid were going to have to switch seats for this one." Razor replied.
The two SWAT Kats changed seats to make it look right.
"Ok, I've flown the Turbokat a few times, so I'm pretty familiar with the controls." Razor said.
"Well then you don't need my help, but I don't have a damn clue on how to work the weapons." T-Bone replied.
"Don't worry T-Bone, I'll fill you in when they need to be used."
Razor started up the jet as it lowered into the launch bay and took off into the skies.
"I sure hope no one will suspect them." Kairi said to herself.
At Megakat Biochemical Labs, Dr. Viper and his new mutant bonsai tree were searching the shelves of chemicals for a certain item.
"It must be here sssssome where." The lizard kat hissed.
The tree monster sweeped away the glass containers on the shelves and they crashed on the floor.
"Stop that you fool! You might knock over the katalyst that we're looking for!" Dr. Viper shouted.
The mutant withdrew itself and its mouth started trembling.
"Ugg. Why couldn't I have mutated a venussssssss flytrap? They're easier to work with." The doctor groaned.
The door suddenly flew open and in barged Feral and several Enforcer troopers.
"Freeze Dr. Viper! You're under arrest!" Feral said to the lizard kat.
"Is that what you think commander? Cause that'ssssssss not what I'm thinking!" Dr. Viper replied with an evil cackle.
The monster tree suddenly morphed into a jaguar like plant beast with thorny vines lashing from the bonsai tree on its back.
"Fire!!" Feral ordered.
The troopers fired their guns at the mutant monster, but the bullets failed to bring it down quickly. The beast became enraged and lashed its vines at its enemies, 4 troopers were flung into the wall and 7 were beaten into the floor. Feral and Felina were the only ones left standing.
"Now it's your turn!" Viper hissed.
"CRAP!!" Felina shouted as she and her uncle dodged the deadly vines.
They took cover behind a tipped table and started firing their guns. While they were distracted, Dr. Viper continued searching the shelves until he found what he was looking for, KATALYST 102. Outside the building, the Turbokat landed on the roof with ease.
"At least you're no worse at flying than Kairi." T-Bone said to Razor.
"You're just lucky she didn't come with us. Otherwise if she heard you say that, she'd be beating the hell out of you right now." Razor replied.
"Um…actually she'd be beating the hell out of me and you at the same time."
"Oh, right."
They got out of the jet and entered the building through the airshaft. Meanwhile the plant beast was still not going down, it wasn't long before Feral and Felina ran out of ammo.
"Dammit! Fall back Felina!" Feral barked.
"Affirmative!" Felina replied.
The beast flung the table away and tried to crush the two Enforcers, they managed to make it out the door before they became pincushions.
"Heh heh heh heh, foolish Enforcerssss. Well done my pet. The Katalyst is mine, and in a few hoursssss, so will Megakat City." Viper hissed.
Suddenly the two SWAT Kats crashed through the steep air vent and landed on the floor in a heap.
"Nice job leading us into a downward vent T-Bone!" Razor hissed quietly at his partner.
"Shut up Razor!" T-Bone hissed back quietly.
"SWAT Katssssss?! Cursesssss, and everything was going according to plan!" Dr. Viper said.
T-Bone and Razor got up on their feet and faced the psycho doctor.
"Ok Dr. Viper, game's over!" Razor said trying to sound like T-Bone.
"Put down the Katalyst and put your hands where we can see em!" T-Bone added trying to sound like Razor.
The lizard doctor raised a brow at the kats. Why did they sound strange? He decided not to ask.
"Not a chance SWAT Katssssss! I went through too much to obtain this for my latest plan, and I'll be damned if you're going to screw it up!"
"And what are you going to do about it iguana face?!" T-Bone taunted.
Dr. Viper's mouth bared an evil grin as the beast's red eyes towered above him.
"Uh oh." Both kats uttered sweat dropping.
The monstrous beast roared and lashed out its vines, T-Bone and Razor sprinted behind some debris and started firing their Glovatirx missiles.
"Way to provoke him bonehead!" Razor shouted at T-Bone
"Oh like I was suppose to know that was going to happen?!" T-Bone shouted back.
The beast lashed its vines all around and rampaged angrily as the two SWAT Kats continued firing and ducking.
"Ah screw this I'm going in!" T-Bone said as he jumped out from behind the debris and made a dash towards the monster.
"T-Bone no! You don't have your body remember?!" Razor said.
Before T-Bone got the chance to realize that, a vine grabbed hold of him and threw him hard. He crashed into Dr. Viper who was trying to escape through the window and caused him to throw the container in the bottle in the air. The Katalyst soared through the air and it crashed on the beast spilling the chemical all over it.
"Look what you made me do you sssstupid little" Viper began yelling at the kat.
Before he could finish with an insult, the beast suddenly began to grow larger and mutate into something more hideous than before.
"Holy son of a!" Razor shouted.
"Is this what your plan was?!" T-Bone said to the lizard kat.
"This was not my idea at firssssst!" Dr. Viper replied.
All three of them evacuated the room as the beast continued to grow. Meanwhile in the hanger, Kairi was sitting in her bed with her knees pulled to her chest watching the events occurring on the TV.
"This is Ann Gora Katz Eye Newz reporting to you from the Katz Eye Newz helicopter. We are over Megakat Biochemical Labs where Dr. Viper is trying to steal the newly developed chemical, Katalyst 102. Earlier the Enforcers tried to apprehend the notorious scientist, but retreated for some reason…"
Suddenly Kairi caught a glimpse of T-Bone and Razor retreating to the Turbokat.
"And as luck would have it, the SWAT Kats are on the scene and"
Ann was suddenly interrupted when the roof burst and an oversized jungle monster grew from the hole raging and flailing its vines.
"OH MY GOD!!! What is that hideous thing?! Are you getting all this Johnny?!"
"(sigh) Watching the action on TV is not the same as living it." Kairi thought. "I just hope they have enough ammo to waste that thing."
Back on the scene, the monster continued to grow until it was the same height as Godzilla.
"Well that's just great! We just went from stopping Dr. Viper to fighting a giant monster of the week!" T-Bone said.
"And just when you think it can't get any worse than this!" Razor replied.
The monster began rampaging down the street taking off the tops of buildings and swatting away Enforcer choppers that got too close.
"We've got to stop uglyzilla before it destroys the entire city!" Razor said.
"Hey, isn't it made entirely of plants? Can't we just light it on fire?" T-Bone suggested.
"Perhaps, but we need to lure it away from Megakat City or that plan will turn into a wildfire!"
"And we'd need a location where there's nothing that can catch fire anywhere!"
Suddenly a thought popped into both the kat's heads and they slyly grinned.
"You thinking what I'm thinking Razor?" T-Bone said.
"You bet T-Bone!" Razor replied.
He flew the Turbokat straight toward the monster and began circling around its head like an annoying fly. The monster became agitated and swatted at the jet with no luck of hitting it.
"It's working Razor!" T-Bone said.
"Now it's time to lure him into the frying pan!" Razor replied.
The jet flew out of Megakat City and headed for the desert outskirts with the monster hot on their trail.
"That's it, just a little closer." Razor coaxed.
As soon as they were in the grass free zone, the Turbokat started circling the monster once again.
"Ok Razor, how do I fire the Match-head Missiles?" T-Bone asked.
"Flip the blue switch on the upper part of the left panel, then press the yellow button on the lower part of the right panel." Razor instructed.
"Wait for my cue then start firing."
"Got it."
Razor got the jet out of the circling maneuver and got it face to face with the monster.
"NOW!" Razor shouted.
T-Bone followed Razor's instructions and two Match-head Missiles fired from the jet and hit the monster, lighting it on fire immediately.
"Hit it again!" Razor said.
T-Bone did so and two more Match-heads hit the monster, he fired one more time and the monster was completely in a blaze. It howled and screeched in pain before falling to the ground dead.
"Woo-hoo yeah!" Both kats cheered as they high-fived from their seats.
"Come on buddy, let's get out of here before commander ball buster shows up." T-Bone said.
"10-4 pal." Razor replied.
They switched back to their right seats and headed home. The Turbokat landed safely back in the hanger and the two kats changed out of their gear.
"Hope we didn't wake Kairi." Jake said.
Chance quietly opened Kairi's door and found her sound asleep facing the wall.
"Nah, she's out like a light." He whispered.
"You know Chance, beside the fact that we're stuck in each other's bodies, we actually did pretty well in each other's positions, minus Dr. Viper getting away again." Jake said.
"You got that right Jake, even though we're stuck like this, we're still SWAT Kats no matter what." Chance replied.
They pounded fists and Chance quietly shut the door. What they were unaware of was Kairi smiling with one eye open had listened to them say those words.
"Well played boys, well played." She thought.
