A DREAM OF FREEDOM LOST
Chapter 12: The Aftermath
Dawn...An Hour into the Battle for Megakat City...
Deputy Mayor Briggs had been rudely awakened by violent shaking and loud booms that shook her windows. Groggily lunging out of bed, she went to a window and saw just in the distance a battle raging. Shock ran through her. She ran into her living room and turned on the TV. Ann Gora was breathlessly reporting from near city hall that an army of tanks was invading the city with Dark Kat's Fear Ship flying overhead. She reported the Enforcers were losing ground against the more advanced armament of the advancing army and the SWAT Kats were barely holding their own against the Fear Ship. Ann was cut off as the battle got too close to her location.
Callie stood there holding the remote in stunned disbelief. Shaking herself, she tossed the remote and rushed to her bedroom to get dressed. Very quickly she was out the door and in her car heading uptown. She didn't get far before the roads were clogged with katizens trying to escape. She was forced to park her car and try to get to city hall on foot. It was tough going as she tried to push through the tide of kats going the opposite direction.
She'd only gone a mile when she caught a newscast in a coffee shop window. She went inside and with the patrons sheltering there watched the brave stand by a line of Sabrens led by Commander Feral on the steps of Enforcer Headquarters. She watched in amazement as the Sabrens with Feral saved the city and Dark Kat was finally destroyed. For a moment no one made a sound them everyone was cheering and hugging each other for joy.
Callie's shoulder's slumped in relief. She went back outside and was lucky enough to flag down an enforcer patrol. She begged a ride to Enforcer Headquarters. She needed to touch base with Commander Feral so she could give a coherent report to Mayor Manx on just what happened this morning.
Enforcer Headquarters...After the Battle...
T-Bone had pulled his mate to his side as they recovered from the intense power dump. Uly was panting and trembling when suddenly he lurched to his feet and ran to his bathroom. Startled, T-Bone rolled to his feet and ran after him. He found Ulysses throwing up violently. He dropped to his knees beside his mate and rubbed his back. After heaving for several minutes Uly slumped to the floor unconscious. Before the tiger tom could decide what to do his mate began to convulse. Now truly frightened, T-Bone held on to Ulysses to prevent him from hurting himself and freed a paw to tap his helmet.
Outside Feral's office, Razor was cooling his heels and eyeing Lt Commander Steele balefully. Steele was giving Razor nasty looks. The Sergeant watched them both from the secretary's desk where he sat waiting for the Commander to be done.
Suddenly Razor's mic came to life. "Razor, send for medical help fast then get in here!" T-Bone shouted frantically.
The Sergeant responded first and summoned a medical team. Razor with Steele on his heels rushed into Feral's office. When they didn't see anyone they guessed where the pair were.
Reaching the bathroom door, both Steele and Razor gaped in horror. A nude Feral was violently convulsing on the floor with a nearly nude T-Bone desperately trying to control him. Razor dropped to the floor and took control of Feral's legs while Steele squeezed in and wrapped his arms around the Commander's waist to keep him from bouncing. Feral's eyes were closed tight and his teeth were clenched.
A few minutes later, Dr. Mewser with his medical team appeared. Giving Feral a quick exam, Mewser asked what had happened. T-Bone gave him a brief synopsis of the past few hours. Dr. Mewser pulled his cell phone out and made an emergency call to Dr. Ainsly at the Sabren Clinic.
"This is Dr. Mewser at Enforcer Headquarters. Give me Dr. Ainsly, it's an emergency." He demanded. He was connected quickly.
"Dr. Ainsly, what's the problem."
"Commander Feral was forced to gather energy to save the city. He power dumped the energy and seemed fine but suddenly became violently ill and vomited for several minutes before collapsing unconscious. Almost immediately he began convulsing which is still going on. I haven't administered anything as yet." Dr. Mewser rapidly apprised the specialist.
"Give him 20cc of magnesium push directly into the heart immediately, I'll stand by." Dr. Ainsly ordered.
"Right!" Mewser responded. He went to his medical kit and searched for the right ampule then withdrawing the correct amount he injected it into Feral's chest. Everyone waited tensely to see if the meds would work. Seconds later Feral stopped convulsing and lay panting before slowly opening his eyes in confusion.
"He's stopped convulsing and has regained consciousness." Mewser reported with relief.
"Good. You need to give him IV fluids and another dose of magnesium in four hours. Strict bed rest for the next eight hours. Where is he right now?" Ainsly asked.
"He's on the floor of his office." Mewser said.
"Don't allow him to go home. Keep him under close watch in your medical center and I will come to see him later today." Dr. Ainsly advised and after receiving acknowledgment from Dr. Mewser hung up.
Feral began to realize where he was and that he was completely naked in front of everyone. He blushed and tried to get up. Realizing what his problem was one of the medical team yanked the sheet from the gurney and gently draped it over the mortified Commander. Steele and Razor had already stepped out of the bathroom and were waiting and watching when Ms. Briggs arrived.
Callie thought she'd walked into another war zone with all the kats milling around in Feral's office. She saw Razor and immediately went over to ask him what was going on.
"Feral became violently ill after power dumping. T-Bone yelled for help. Steele and I had to help T-Bone hold Feral down because he was suffering convulsions. Every things alright now. Dr. Mewser gave him something and he's conscious again." Razor told her. "By the sound of it, Feral's going to have to stay in the medical center for a while till the docs think he's fully recovered. Don't know what caused his problem in the first place, though." Razor shrugged.
In the bathroom, T-Bone hugged his mate in relief. "Crud! Uly you scared me!"
"I don't know what happened. One minute I was feeling drained but okay and the next I was so nauseated I couldn't stand it. Every thing after that is a blank." He said confused.
"Oh babe, you got very sick and was convulsing. I had to yell for help to hold you down that's why there are so many kats here. I'm just glad you are alright again." T-Bone said nuzzling his mate's face.
"I'm glad I don't remember then. I feel soo embarrassed. I wonder what caused that?" Ulysses asked.
"I don't know but apparently Dr. Ainsly does. He told Mewser what to give you but you'll be staying in the med center for a little while so no complaining." T-Bone warned his mate sternly.
Before Feral could respond, Dr. Mewser, who had been taking his pulse and checking him again interrupted. "T-Bone is right, Commander. Let's get you on the gurney now. Don't try to help, just relax. Dr. Ainsly wants you to rest and he'll see you later. So let's get you out of here." He said as he moved back and allowed his medics to go in and carefully lift Feral up and move him out to the gurney. He was settled, covered and strapped in place.
Razor grabbed his partner's clothes and handed them to him through the bathroom door blocking Ms. Briggs from seeing him. Nodding to his partner gratefully, T-Bone dressed quickly and was out the door in time to follow the gurney down to the medical floor. Callie and Razor went along behind them. Steele stayed in Feral's office knowing he was now in charge for the day. The Sergeant sighed relieved the Commander was alright and annoyed that Steele was in charge. He went back to his own office so he wouldn't be around when Steele began making demands.
Enforcer Headquarters...Medical Center...
Once Feral was settled in his room and hooked up to an IV, Callie asked for a report of what went on that morning. Between the Commander, T-Bone and Razor, Callie got a picture of bravery and a desperate plan to save the city. She looked at Feral with new respect. The city had a pair of heroes but they were vigilantes. But Feral, who was the legitimate protector of the city, had now done something that made him even more of a hero in the eyes of the katizens of the city on top of his giving the katizens two years of free power. Also the volunteer Sabrens had further increased the accolades for all Sabrens by their bravery on top of their civic duty of supplying the city with power.
A press conference awarding Feral a medal for bravery and heroism and recognizing the unnamed Sabrens who helped save a city was in order. Mentioning the SWAT Kats part in ridding the city permanently of Dark Kat wouldn't hurt either. She knew it wouldn't be hard to sell the Mayor on doing this since it would make him look good too. She needed to get with Ann Gora to get some of the footage of what happened and set up the conference. Unfortunately, it would have to wait until Feral was well again. Until then, she would release a brief thank you from the Mayor's office to all those involved and say a press conference on the events would be aired at a later date.
Pleased with her plans, Callie gave Feral a warm thank you for what he'd done. Told him to rest, thanked the SWAT Kats for their part, and took her leave. Razor added his congratulations, a warning to get well soon and left as well.
Exhausted, T-Bone climbed onto the bed and snuggled next to his mate, coaxing Uly to take a nap with him. He purred them both to sleep.
Later that afternoon, Dr. Ainsly came to see Feral. He examined him, read his chart and did some tests to check the kitten's health.
"How are you feeling now, Commander?" He asked politely.
"Much better. What happened to me?" Feral asked.
"Being pregnant draws a lot of your body's resources to support the kitten. When you gathered energy it put a strain on your system so that when you dumped the energy later it also dropped the levels of vital minerals in your body and sent you into convulsions. The injections of magnesium helped stabilize you again. The tests I've just done show the kitten handled the strain alright. Luckily!" He said shaking his head at how close they'd come to losing both of them. "You were very fortunate to have received medical help so quickly. It made all the difference on your survival."
"Wow! I'm really glad we were here then." T-Bone said truly grateful that luck had been on their side.
"Yes, well... I want you to stay here until tomorrow. If you are still doing well at that time then I'll release you back to duty. I can't stress enough how important it is for you to not gather power again until you deliver. I understand this was an unusual circumstance but you cannot stand another such incident again." Dr. Ainsly stressed staring at them both.
"Yes sir. We know and hopefully no more Omegas will crawl out of the woodwork again until then." T-Bone said only a little sarcastic.
Sighing Ainsly didn't respond to that and took his leave of the pair with a reminder that Feral was to see him next week.
"That wasn't nice, T-Bone." Feral scolded mildly as he got comfortable to take another nap.
"Aw, I didn't mean anything by it Uly. It's the truth after all." T-Bone snorted climbing back on the bed to join his mate in seeking sleep. He thought he'd never get enough rest. It had been a very hectic day. Kissing Uly deeply, T-Bone cuddled close and let sleep roll over him.
Later that evening over the city's airwaves...
By late evening, every channel was showing the video of Feral and the Sabrens saving the city with the SWAT Kats dealing the final blow to a serious enemy. The video ended with a brief statement from the Mayor. Clean up had been going full steam all day and by nightfall most of it had been completed. The city was in a celebratory mood with parties going on till very late.
Jake had no customers at the garage and felt justified in closing early to get some much needed rest. He was thrilled that Dark Kat was finally gone and went to bed feeling tired but thankful.
Early morning...Enforcer Headquarters...medical center.
Ulysses Feral woke to the feel of his mate's morning hard on pressing against his tail. T-Bone was nuzzling and nipping his neck ruff.
"Morning love, how are you feeling?" T-Bone rumbled.
"Hmm, very well...ohh T-Bone that feels soo good..." He mewed happily pressing back against his mate.
"I love you babe...let me show you how much." T-Bone growled caressing and stroking Uly's front eliciting moans of pleasure from his mate. He took his time. He wanted to build the pleasure slowly for them both.
It felt soo good having T-Bone make slow intense love to him. It helped to relieve the tension they'd suffered over the last 24 hours. He groaned and writhed in his love's arms. T-Bone slowly eased his way into his mate's hot center. He took hold of Uly's ruff firmly and began a steady rhythm bringing them both to a wonderful completion. For once Ulysses didn't flash too brightly, most likely due to his overuse yesterday.
They cuddled for a little until Uly's bladder made an urgent demand. Groaning, he flipped the covers off.
"What's the matter love?" T-Bone asked lazily.
"Gotta pee!" He said scooting off to the bathroom quickly.
When he came back and crawled into bed, T-Bone climbed out to use the bathroom too. Uly got settled and raised the head of the bed to sit up as T-Bone returned. He leaned close and drew Ulysses into a satisfyingly deep kiss. A throat cleared causing them to part slowly nuzzling each other before turning to see who was intruding.
"Good morning, Commander. How are you feeling this morning." Dr. Mewser asked smiling pleasantly.
"I'm feeling very good, thank you." Feral sighed happily.
"Glad to hear it. Let me just check you over." Mewser said as he placed his stethoscope over the Commander's chest. He checked the kitten as well. "Everything certainly looks good. I need to check your chems first so a lab tech will be in to draw your blood. Once we get the results of that we'll see if you can be released. Would you like breakfast now?" He asked as he prepared to leave.
"Yuck! Hospital food! Though dinner wasn't too bad!" Feral grimaced while adding the qualifier..
"Actually, because you're pregnant, you get a fairly substantial and tasty high protein meal." Mewser coaxed eyeing his patient in amusement.
"Okay, I guess." Feral sighed resignedly.
"Alright then, I'll see you a bit later." Mewser smiled and left. A few minutes later, a lab tech arrived, took his blood, and left.
T-Bone used the time while waiting for breakfast smooching his mate. It was much better than watching TV. If they had turned on the set they would have been treated to all the hoopla going on about Feral's actions of the day before. As it was, they were spared the embarrassment.