A DREAM OF FREEDOM LOST
Chapter 5: Meaningful Discussions
Surprisingly, T-Bone approached the discussion in a professional manner covering all points quickly and efficiently. Feral gained a grudging respect for his new mate besides the new feelings he was having for the cocky tiger tom.
By late afternoon they had covered most everything that would be an immediate problem. Any other difficulties would be addressed as they occurred.
First was the SWAT Kats identities. T-Bone declined to be forthcoming since it wasn't his decision alone. Razor had to be consulted and Feral had to admit he admired his mate's loyalty to his partner.
Second, how he as Chief Enforcer, would treat the SWAT Kats from now on. Unless they truly broke the law, minor infractions didn't count nor did property damage, he would tolerate their existence as he did now with the exception that he would no longer threaten to arrest them. T-Bone understood the position he was putting his mate in by making Feral 'sit on the fence' between his enforcers and them. He still could not publicly sanction their existence either and T-Bone accepted that without a qualm. Further, Feral would notify his enforcers of the new rules regarding the SWAT Kats with an added proviso that his mate would be permitted free access to his person at anytime. This did not include Razor.
Third, living arrangements. For now they would continue to live apart with T-Bone having free access to Feral's apartment whenever he wished. Feral would make him a key as soon as possible. T-Bone told him he would be around a lot at first because he felt Feral needed closeness right now to help him cope with his feelings of loss. He did insist that Feral seek professional help. Though reluctant, the Sabren agreed.
Fourth, handling the press and what to tell the Mayor and Deputy Mayor. They agreed that giving out the new arrangement between enforcers and SWAT Kats was the only thing the public needed to know. Everything else was no ones business but their own and Razor and possibly Ms. Briggs.
"Well that's it for now! Let's order lunch, I'm starved." T-Bone said stretching, actually surprised and pleased that they were able to come to an agreement on nearly everything without any major blowups between them.
"Humph! You think about food a lot don't you?" Feral grumbled but there was a teasing glint in his eye.
"Hey! I need to keep my strength up if I'm to keep you safe and healthy." T-Bone smirked lecherously.
Feral felt his face burn at T-Bone's obvious innuendo. He couldn't remember ever blushing quite so much before. To save face, he got up from the couch and made a call to the local deli for lunch to be delivered.
T-Bone, meanwhile, turned on the TV, was pleased to find a Scaredy-Cat Cartoon on and settled in to watch. Feral went to the kitchen to get some sodas. Returning to the living room he tossed one to his mate then sat down next to him.
He never watched much TV so was strangely captivated by the idiotic cartoon. His eyebrows raised when he was treated to T-Bone's loud guffaws. He found himself smiling at his mate's merriment more than the shows wacky nonsense.
The show was over by the time the doorbell rang with their lunch delivery. Feral quickly paid the delivery kat and took their meal to the coffee table. A news flash was just coming on when he sat down to eat.
"Crud, I wonder what's going on now?" T-Bone grumbled as he accepted a sandwich from Feral.
"This is Ann Gora from Kats Eye News and I'm standing in front of Enforcer Headquarters where we have been informed that Commander Feral had called in absent for the day. We had wanted to interview him about his and T-Bone's new relationship but it seems the two are apparently spending time getting to know each other better. We'll try again tomorrow and keep you abreast of any new developments. For those of you unfamiliar with what's going on a quick recap is the news of Commander Feral's true species being revealed as a Sabren who has recently mated with the SWAT Kat known as T-Bone. This is Ann Gora reporting live for Kats Eye News."
"Well, tomorrow should be fun." Feral said sarcastically.
"You want me to be there with you?" T-Bone asked eyeing his mate in concern. "Before you say no, remember they are going to try and interview me anyway."
"Hmm, you're right of course. I'll contact you when they want to talk to me." Feral sighed.
"Great! And speaking of contacting, I'll get Razor to whip up a special communicator for you to use that will be a private line between us only. You done with lunch?" T-Bone asked as he downed the last of his soda..
"Huh?...Uh yeah, I guess so." Feral said eyeing T-Bone questioningly as the tiger tom shut off the TV.
"Good, I want desert!" He growled pouncing on his mate and kissing him senseless.
For the next thirty minutes they made out on the couch. Feral panted with excitement at all the kissing and nipping T-Bone was doing to him. It felt soo good. Panting as well, T-Bone raised up and looked into Uly's glowing eyes seeing intense desire there.
"Come on, Uly, let's take this into the other room." He said hotly as he dragged his mate to his feet and pulled him to the bedroom. He laid burning kisses on Ulysses face and throat as he pulled the Sabren's clothes off and Uly did the same to him. Panting with desire, T-Bone shoved his mate sprawling to his back onto the bed and dropped down on top of him.
"Are you ready for me, baby?...yep!" He growled as his fingers came away dripping from Feral's female channel. He plunged his steel hard cock into his mate. Feral cried out in fierce pleasure wrapping his legs around T-Bone's waist to deepen his thrusts. Fast and furious they chased the fire to its peak and dropped over the edge together. A burst of light flashed in the room for just a moment before fading.
As he lay panting atop his mate, T-Bone blinked in surprise. "Will that always happen when you come?"
"I don't know since I've never noticed before." Feral drawled lazily.
"Hmm, I wonder if it has to do with how strong an energy drawer you are? Because I read other Sabren's after their initial mating, don't glow hardly at all." T-Bone mused.
"I really can't say." Feral said wondering now if T-Bone might be right but didn't know how it could be tested to find out.
"Well, let's just do it again and see if you go off like a sunburst once more!" T-Bone grinned and started all over again to his mate's delight.
After a few hours of play, they discovered Feral did indeed flash briefly on each of his releases.
"Well we certainly know when you're coming!" T-Bone smirked.
"Ah, T-Bone that was just bad!" Feral groaned at the terrible pun.
T-Bone smacked his mate on the butt and climbed out of bed.
"Come on! I'm feeling antsy being cooped up all day. Let's go for a run." T-Bone said as he quickly dressed only in his G-suit.
"Go run?!" Feral stared at his mate from the bed in shock.
"Yeah, run! It will help you sleep better and clear your emotions a bit." T-Bone coaxed.
Feral shook his head but got up and rummaged his dresser for some sweats and a T-shirt. He dug out his tennis shoes and sat on the bed to put them on.
"Gotta pair I can wear?" T-Bone asked.
Feral returned to the closet and found a pair for him. They both returned to the bed to put their shoes on.
"Know where we can go so we don't get mobbed by the press and the curious?" T-Bone questioned as he tied his shoes.
Feral paused a moment to think. "Ah, well only place I can think of that we won't be disturbed is the Enforcer track." He said thoughtfully as he returned to tying his shoe.
"Huh! Well they have to get used to us being together anyway. Sure why not." T-Bone shrugged as he followed his mate out of the apartment and down to the cyclotron. "You'll be able to bring your hummer back as well, if you want to."
"True!" Feral agreed as he put the helmet on and climbed behind T-Bone on the bike.
They were soon zooming through the late afternoon city traffic easily. Within minutes they arrived at Enforcer Headquarters where T-Bone parked his cyclotron beside Feral's hummer. Many eyes followed them as they walked side by side through the huge doors for the elevator. There was no one in the car with them as they ascended to the sixth floor gym.
There were only a handful of kats in the gym at this hour so they walked to the track undisturbed. After doing some stretching, they began a steady ground eating lope easily keeping pace with each other. By the time they went around the track five times, more off duty enforcers filled the room. Many eyes watched the odd pair as they swept around the track together. They did ten more laps before walking two more laps to cool down. They finished and walked to a basket of clean towels, wiped down a bit and grabbed some bottled water before walking through the gym for the exit.
"Glad to know you keep fit Uly!" T-Bone teased his mate.
Feral snorted, "Glad you could keep up with me."
"Hah! I could out race you but I didn't want to. Felt nice to pace along beside you, seeing you sweat and smell your musky scent. Quite arousing!" He smirked.
Feral blushed again. "Wish you didn't do that to me!" He muttered as they reached the exit door.
"I like how you blush for me." T-Bone purred suddenly leaning close and giving him a quick kiss.
Lt Commander Steele was just walking in when he caught the SWAT Kat kissing Commander Feral. He stopped and gaped in shock. The pair ignored him and brushed on past through the open door.
"Now I think I've seen everything!" A major in the combat squadron commented still shaking his head in amazement. "Who would have thought the Commander would be seen with a SWAT Kat much less be mated to one. It's still a shock to know the Commander isn't the same species as us at all. Did you know he was a Sabren, Steele?" He asked the still gaping Lt Commander.
"Are you kidding! He kept that secret very well but this...this is just disgusting." He blurted still taken aback.
"It might seem disgusting but you better be careful saying that out loud. He's a powerful Commander, the best we've ever had and from what I've heard an extremely powerful Sabren. I wouldn't want to get on his bad side by saying something derogatory about his mate." The major said warningly as he left the gym leaving a pensive Steele chewing on that bit of wisdom.
They walked out of the building just as the evening shift was coming on which meant there were quite a few gawking enforcers around to see them leave. Feral made for his hummer and was unlocking his door when a voice called his name. T-Bone paused as well beside his cyclotron before he put on his helmet. Coming toward them was Ms. Briggs.
"Just a minute you two!" She hailed them again as she quickly closed the gap between them.
"Yes Ms. Briggs?" Feral asked coming back around his vehicle to stand near T-Bone.
She stopped near them and stared at the two of them for a moment.
"I just wanted to see if you two are getting along alright and to schedule a press conference. The press has been all over the Mayor demanding to know what's going on. I wanted to wait until you were ready to speak to them. So how's it going?" She asked seriously.
They glanced at each other for a moment then T-Bone spoke, "We're alright Ms. Briggs. We spent the day ironing out any difficulties and we've already discussed what we'll say to the press." T-Bone said bluntly.
"We plan on being there together Ms. Briggs so you call me tomorrow morning and let me know when and where." Feral added.
"Good! I'm really glad that you were able to talk without fighting. I'll call the press tonight and schedule the conference for first thing tomorrow morning. I'll see you both then." She said smiling in relief and taking her leave of them.
"Well, I guess that took care of talking to Ms. Briggs. Now I need to talk to Razor. I think I'd better get that done now. If you're hungry don't wait up for me go ahead and eat something. I'll get dinner with Razor. I won't be too late. See you later, Uly." T-Bone said pulling Feral close for another kiss before putting on his helmet and climbing aboard his bike.
Feral watched his mate swing out into traffic and disappear. He was surprised to be feeling a little bereft at T-Bone's departure. He realized his mate had been right. He really didn't want to be alone yet. Sighing, he started to walk around his hummer then stopped. If T-Bone wasn't going to be home till later, he might as well clear some work on his desk instead of going to an empty apartment which didn't appeal to him so he relocked his car and headed back into Enforcer Headquarters and up to his office.