Chance was thinking along the same lines when Ms. Briggs showed up in her car. It looked like a beat up green tank-car. It was as though she was always battle ready with this. The boys had fixed up her car so many times that they knew every part, inside and out. "Hey Ms. Briggs, what happened to your car?"
"It looks like a plantimal nested on top of it." Jake looked confused at the top of the car where there was a hole. It was definitely made from something acidic. 'Jeez, I thought the damage from the blown engine incident was bad.'
"No, but it certainly had an accident on it. Think you can do anything to fix this?" She seemed tired and worn out, but still happy and excited.
"Yeah, it should only take a few minutes to an hour. I thought all the plantimals were gone when Dr. Viper disappeared." Chance acted as though this was a new thing and was unexpected.
"They did, but they came back with him today as well as Hard Drive, Dark Kat and his creeplings, and guess who else!" She seemed ecstatic about the last bit.
"Who, Callie, another villain?" Jake was already starting work. Chance risked a glance at his partner and noticed that he looked better than he had in years. Meanwhile, Jake was thinking the same about Chance.
"No." She swooned, "The Swat Kats!"
"No way!" the boys said in a "surprised" unison.
"Way, they came in and saved us, even Commander Feral. It was amazing. They were probably hiding so that the super-villains would leave us alone, but they came back right away when we were in trouble. It was wonderful. It was as though they had never left." She was in a better mood now that she was not in danger. She even smiled. "Oh that reminds me, can I have that device I left here back?"
"Sure, you might need it for something important." Jake handed Callie her old communicator so she could call the Swat Kats.
"Yes, thank you. You haven't messed with it, have you?" She was a little worried.
"I just fixed the crack in the light, that's all." Jake shrugged. He had secretly also fixed it up a bit so that it would send the signal faster than it used to. He had had a lot of spare time on his paws.
She nodded. "Thank you. I suppose I should test it to see if it still works. It's supposed to contact the Swat Kats." She raised it to her hand and lowered her finger to the button.
Just as she was about to press the button, Jake put his hand over hers and stopped her. "It's late, and unless it's an emergency I don't think that it would be nice to wake up anyone just to test your communicator. Try testing it tomorrow or something when they won't be asleep." He was calm as he distracted Callie long enough for Chance to finish her car.
"It's done, Callie. Hopefully there won't be any more of those creeps running around to spit on your car." Chance said as he handed Ms. Briggs her keys.
"Thanks Chance, Jake. I'll see ya around, I have a feeling that I'll need you more often again." With that, she drove off towards town.
"Nice job with keeping her off the alarm, Jake."
"Are you kidding, that thing would have blasted my ears, so of course I'm going to stop her. Jeez. Not to mention how much more shock she would have received to find that her two heroes are her two favorite mechanics, how humiliating." He slapped his head in mock horror.
"I hear ya that would have sealed our fate for sure." Chance was grinning like a fool. 'I know I should be worried about all of those villains showing up, but I can't help but feel pumped up and excited. This was the most action we've had since we blew ourselves up.'
Jake was thinking similarly, only with more concern for this. 'Not only will people try to find our identities again, but now the villains have shown up again, they'll be more active than ever. I better get some new gear up and ready.'