A DREAM OF FREEDOM LOST
Chapter 9: Turmoil's Mistake
Two months later...
It hadn't been easy but he and T-Bone had managed to settle into a more or less stable pattern of seeing each other but not living with each other. Too many problems could occur if they shared the same home so for now T-Bone made regular visits to his mate's apartment. He was very discreet, making an effort to not allow anyone to see him coming and going. So far it had worked out well and preserved their privacy.
Feral's enforcers were still a bit disgruntled about their Commander's lenient stance on the SWAT Kats even if they understood the need for it. For their part, the SWAT Kats did their best not to rile the enforcers too much when they responded to some omegas attack. Just did the job and left, no smart remarks.
Razor had to admit, not having to avoid being arrested made their lives a little less stressful and when Feral did guess T-Bone's identity it wasn't as earth-shattering as he feared. The Commander did not try to see the hangar or visit them for any reason except for the usual repairs to enforcer vehicles and their management of the salvage yard. Feral wasn't even very surprised to learn his mate was an ex-enforcer named Chance Furlong.
It just removed the last barrier in their relationship. It was a good thing since Turmoil decided to make an appearance a month after escaping from Alkatraz Prison.
In the air above Megakat Bay...
"Crud! Where did she get this many pilots together so soon after escaping jail?" T-Bone snarled as he threw the Turbokat into a violent maneuver to avoid a fleet of jets converging on them.
"I don't know buddy but we are definitely out numbered. Maybe a spray of improved matchhead missiles will clear a space for us. Missiles away!" Razor shouted.
"Bingo!" He crowed when his shot took out five of the attackers.
As T-Bone lined them up to try for another cluster of fighters he caught out of the corner of his eye a formation of enforcer jets coming up from just behind them.
"Don't look now buddy but the enforcers have decided to join the party." He growled as he steadied the jet for Razor's next shot.
"I see them and for once I don't mind their company. Get above that group of fighters, T-Bone." Razor ordered.
"Roger." T-Bone said as he quickly took the Turbokat into the clouds above their target.
"Drop top missiles away!" Razor boomed through the mic. Seconds later the burrowing style projectiles shredded the fleet of jets below them. "Yes!"
"Good shooting Razor!" Came a familiar voice. "If you don't mind we'll give you a hand as well." Feral said then commanded, "Squadron spread out and take out Turmoil's fighters!" He received a quick blitz of acknowledgments as his fighter squadron picked an attacker and began to make a dent in Turmoil's fleet.
"We'll leave you to the jets then while we go for the carrier, Feral!" T-Bone said quickly as he sent the Turbokat into a steep ascent to catch the now fleeing aerial base.
"Roger, watch your tail, T-Bone," Feral said quickly as he pursued his own target.
"Look out T-Bone, she's got some kind of high-powered laser she's trying to nail us with." Razor warned as he used smaller armaments to knock down the few fighters trying to guard their fleeing ship.
"She won't tag me!" T-Bone gritted as he put the jet into some sharp twists and turns avoiding the red beam.
They soon caught up to the flying base and as soon as they were above it's flight line, Razor began strafing the roof machine gun turrets. By the second pass, he was able to take out the laser cannon as well. Now that they could land safely, T-Bone swooped down and landed near the tower. Opening the canopy, they jumped out and ran for the doors below the tower. Using a mini-matchhead missile Razor blasted the doors open knocking a group of Turmoil's officers off their feet. They charged in over the fallen bodies and rushed to the command center.
Using their shields and a judicious spray of cement shot and tarpedoes they nearly managed to incapacitate Turmoil's troops but a well-placed last defense group shot a electrified net over the pair before they could react, shocking them into unconsciousness.
Turmoil came down from her tower and stalked angrily over to the helpless SWAT Kats.
"Now I have you both at last." She hissed and kicked T-Bone's limp body in the ribs. "Take them below and recall the fleet. Set a course for outside the city's jurisdiction now!" She barked. Officers quickly jumped to obey her.
Feral was surprised and worried when Turmoil's fighters suddenly retreated. At that very moment he felt a stillness from his mate. Though they were not telepathic, the bond left them with a constant sense of each other, like a carrier wave, and now it was suddenly cut off.
With a howl of fury, he raced his jet toward the retreating aerial base pushing the jet to its limit to reach it. All his dials were flashing warnings as he managed to reach the flight line and literally dropped his jet to its surface having nearly fried his engines. Ignoring the smoking cockpit, he shot the canopy back violently and jumped down already running full tilt for the doors Razor had blasted. A small group of troops were guarding the entryway when he ran up on them firing energy bursts with devastating effect. The troops went flying smacking into the walls hard, even in his fury he didn't use enough energy to kill. He kept on charging forward frantically searching for his mate.
Turmoil was alerted to the invader and went to investigate. She was stunned to see it was Commander Feral causing the problem. She watched in disbelief as the maddened enforcer who was glowing like a beacon fired potent energy bursts at her troops. No one was able to land a shot on him that his energy didn't repel.
"What is going on? How is he doing that?" She demanded.
One of her ranking officers sucked in a shocked breath, "My captain that is a Sabren. The only reason he would be acting that way is if his mate is in danger." She said in shaken awe.
"I know Commander Feral, he's no Sabren, whatever that is. Otherwise he would have shown this ability before." She snapped angrily.
"I do not know anything about that, Ma'am. I only know what I've seen of Sabren's from my homeland and that is a Sabren. Perhaps he has only recently mated, regardless he is too dangerous to face and without his mate all that energy he's drawing into himself will reach a critical mass and blow himself and this ship to ash. His mate is the only one able to drain that energy force safely. I have never witnessed a Sabren in full rage before. It is terrifying." The officer said fearfully.
Turmoil looked at her officer appraisingly a moment. Deciding she truly believed what she was saying, Turmoil looked again toward the oncoming Commander. "If what you say is true the only ones who could be his mate is one of the SWAT Kats. Bring the SWAT Kats back up here on the double!" She shouted. She had her troops keep Feral occupied until the pair were brought back up from below.
The SWAT Kats were groggy as they were dragged quickly up to the command tower. Below, Feral stilled as he felt T-Bone's emotions once more. He looked around wildly trying to pin down where his mate was.
Pulling the pair out to the balcony, Turmoil shouted down to the Commander. "Is this what you are looking for Commander Feral?" She snapped imperiously.
Looking up, Feral saw his swaying mate. Fury suffused him and he began moving fast toward the stairs.
"I wouldn't Commander." Turmoil shouted as she signaled two of her officers to put knives to the throats of the SWAT Kats. Feral froze heaving for air, his eyes glowing like twin suns.
He hissed and displayed retractable fangs, "Harm my mate and you will not have a chance to even scream."
"You have changed a great deal since I saw you last Commander." Turmoil observed. "Lt. Tangier says you are something called a Sabren?"
"Yesss!" He hissed slowly, his body still glowing brightly.
"I have no wish to die! I only wanted revenge on T-Bone for his betrayal. It is obvious that this will not happen now. I will give you them if you will leave my ship now with no reprisals." She bargained.
"No deals!" Feral snarled. "I can move faster than any of you and incinerate your officers and you before they can move a muscle. Your only option is to surrender now. My energy is high and I need to mate soon. Decide!"
Turmoil stared at this strange creature she didn't recognize any longer. She muttered softly to Lt. Tangier, "Can he move as fast as he says?"
"Yes! They are literally a blur." She whispered back shaking in terror.
Snarling to herself, Turmoil hesitated. She only had her terrified Lieutenant's word of this creatures capabilities but she had made it a habit to only have intelligent and obedient officers at her side so she had to believe Tangier was certain of her information. Angrily, she did the only thing she could and it left a bitter taste in her mouth.
"Surrender, everyone lay down their arms now and surrender." She shouted. Her orders were quickly relayed and soon the sound of weapons being dropped could be heard as well as corroborating sounds of orders being followed could be heard through the speaker system. The two officers holding the SWAT Kats stepped back releasing them. T-Bone wasted no time going down the stairs toward his mate.
He wrapped his arms around Feral who dipped his head down in relief as he nuzzled his mate.
Turmoil watched in disbelief. "T-Bone is his mate??? I thought he only cared for females?"
"Yeah he did but it turned out T-Bone was Feral's compatible mate. Their bond is very strong. You really blew it this time Turmoil." Razor snorted as he went down the stairs but avoided his partner and Feral and headed out to the Turbokat.
Raising his head from his mate, Feral turned his glowing eyes on Turmoil. "Send this airship back toward Megakat City and land it on the outskirts of the airport." He ordered.
Glaring at him she nonetheless obeyed. "You heard him, set a course for Megakat Airport." She ordered her pilot.
Outside, Razor signaled the enforcers that the ship was under Feral's command and to escort it in when it reached their airspace again. He received a quick acknowledgment. He climbed back down and returned to the pair inside. He went within ten feet of them and stopped.
"Commander, I told your enforcers that you were in command and to meet us as we return to Megakat City airspace." Razor told him politely.
"Thank you, Razor. Would you mind telling them that I'm having the ship land outside the Megakat Airport so that port authority can clear the airspace there?" Feral asked.
"Sure, no problem. Uh...are you going to be able to wait to energy dump until we get back?" Razor asked quietly so that Turmoil wouldn't hear.
"Yes. I'm a bit uncomfortable but its not bad. Thanks." Feral answer just as quietly. Razor nodded and left to carry out his orders.
"Wow! Are you ever intimidating!" T-Bone smirked at his mate. Feral blushed though it was hard to see it for his glowing body. Then T-Bone leaned closer and asked softly, "Are you sure you're going to be able to hold it?"
Feral nuzzled T-Bone again sighing that his mate was safe in his arms, "Yes, I'll be okay. I was so afraid when I couldn't sense you. It shook me bad." He murmured.
"Ohh, I'm sorry babe. Man, you really flip when I'm hurt. Glad you still have control though."T-Bone said gently caressing his mate to soothe him. Feral just sighed and kept a an eye on the fuming Turmoil watching them from above.
It took only twenty minutes for the big behemouth to land at Megakat Airport. Another thirty minutes for the occupants to be gathered up and hauled away. All that was left was the incident report and disposition of the airship.
"Hand that over to your second, Uly. You need to leave now." T-Bone said urgently tugging his mate's arm.
Feral grimaced, but agreed giving orders to Steele to carry out then turned to leave with T-Bone for the Turbokat. He jumped up to the cockpit and climbed down into the cargo hold. T-Bone and Razor got into their seats and in moments T-Bone had the jet winging rapidly toward its home. Shutting down its engines in their secret hangar, T-Bone quickly opened the canopy. Razor got out so that Feral could climb back up and exit.
"Come on babe. I can feel the strain on you." T-Bone said as he led his mate to a special bunk room in the hangar where it would be safer for Feral to vent his energy. Razor had built a mini containment room similar to the one at the power plant to capture the Commander's energy to stockpile in huge batteries located underground for the SWAT Kats use. It was only needed when Feral had gathered too much energy into himself.
Shutting the door, T-Bone stripped down quickly. It was Chance who helped Ulysses remove his clothes and pull him down onto the comfortable bed waiting them. Though there was some urgency, Chance made time to make it pleasant for them both. He kissed his mate deeply and caressed Uly's sides and rear. Moaning, Ulysses returned the attention digging his claws lightly down Chance's back.
His cock was hard and weeping as he rubbed it against Uly's eliciting sounds of excitement and urgency from him. Knowing he couldn't wait much longer he reared back and guided himself into Uly's hot female center. They both groaned as he seated himself completely. Chance began a fast rhythm to bring Uly quick relief. Panting and kissing he pounded his mate into the mattress. The rush of fire was both pleasurable and a bit painful when they came moments later. The energy poured out in a wave for a few minutes leaving them quivering with the aftershocks for seconds longer. They collapsed panting and wheezing for air.
"Gods! That is just soo intense when you wait too long." Chance gasped resting his face on Uly's chest.
"Yeah I know. I practically turn myself inside out." Ulysses heaved for air. He was completely limp and too weak to move. "Let's take a nap, shall we?"
"Sounds like a very good idea." Chance said staying where he was.