Hey people. I am so sorry for this late chapter. But with the two new stories that I posted over the weekend I didn't get a chance to work on this, and then I swore not to do any work on Monday since it was my Birthday, Hurray 21 at last! I had planed on doing this chapter on Tuesday but I had work in the morning and then got to come home for like 2 hours before I was called back in to work a shift from 4 to 10 which meant that I had just enough time after that shift to clean up and go to bed so I could be ready for my morning shift on Wednesday. So... yeah...
Anyway enough of my lame excuses lets get to the chapter.
Waking up was a big pain. Not a physical pain, although he did have a lot of that as well. But the pain came was from the interruption of his amazing dream. He had been having the same dream every time he fell asleep since he had been at the hospital and every time something stopped him from finishing it. Jake kept his eyes closed as he tried to hold onto the memory of what he had been seeing in his mind, he hoped that if he stayed like that long enough that he would fall asleep again and be able to finish it at he thought on the dream he started seeing small flashes of it behind his eyes;
A long sleek black jet with red strips, flying through the air faster then any jet before it. It swung left and right doing impossible acrobatics as it avoided heavy fire from unseen enemies. The glass dome of the cock pit showed two figures inside it both wearing hard jumpsuits of black and red fabric. Masks covered there faces blocking who they where from view. One was extremely large and sat in the front seat obviously the pilot. The other was skinny but still muscular, he sat behind the first working the guns of the two worked together in perfect sync making the jet almost dance in the air, nothing could touch them.
The sound of a chair scrapping against the floor cut through the image and ended any chance of Jake going back into the wonderful dream. With a small sigh he opened his eyes slowly since he didn't want to get blinded by the lights. Blinking a few times he heard a voice come from his right side.
"Hey buddy, did I wake you?"
A smile spread over Jake's face and he turned to see Chance sitting close to his bed.
"Hey Chance... No I have been awake for a while." He told him.
The room got quiet for a while since nether really knew what to say.
"I'm sorry I wasn't able to be here sooner..." Chance said after having enough of the quiet.
"Its ok, my mom and dad told me everything..." Jake said.
Chance felt his eyes go wide and he cleared his throat while he pulled himself together.
"They... they told you everything?" He asked carefully.
He really hoped that didn't include how he felt about the Tom in front of him.
"Yeah, how the doctors wouldn't let you come in for three days." Jake said giving him an odd look. "Was... was there something else that I should know?"
Chance had to think quick in order to come up with something that he could give Jake.
"Uh... yeah!" He said as something came to his mind. "I think that the police got Tank, he wasn't in school today so I think they got him."
Jake sighed and sank into his bed smiling. "That's good."
Chance nodded his head and the room got quiet again. The two of them sat there both trying to avoid the others eyes while also trying not to look like that is what they where doing.
"So... the nurse said that you where babbling on and on about some big plan that you had for when you got out of here." Chance said.
"Yeah, its big alright." Jake said more to himself then to Chance. "Some kats not like it but I know that it is the right thing to do."
Chance perked his ears up and leaned forward. "What is it?"
Jake turned his head so that Chance couldn't see his face and he mumbled something.
"What?" Chance asked leaning closer.
Sighing Jake said louder. "I am going to join the Enforcers."
The news hit Chance so hard it was almost like an actual blow. He sat back in his seat his eyes wide and his mouth open slightly.
"You... what?" He asked unsure of if her had heard right.
"I am going to join the Enforcers." Jake said again more firmly. "Once school is over... after graduation. I am going to the Enforcers academy."
Chance shook his head still trying to get over the news.
"But... that's on the other side of the country!" He said.
Jake nodded his head his eyes looking down. "I know, my parents won't like it but they will support me when I tell them."
'I DON'T LIKE IT!' His mind wanted to yell.
He wanted to grab Jake and tell him that he didn't want him to go. But he couldn't he had no right to keep Jake from doing what he wanted to.
"Say something!" Jake said harshly.
Chance snapped his head up at the strong words and he finally closed his mouth his eyes returning to there normal size.
"What do you want me to say?" He asked. "You are old enough to decide what you want, you don't need my approval..."
Jake sighed and gripped the cover in his paws. "I... guess I just want to know if you think that I can do it... That I have what it takes to be an Enforcer..."
"I do think that you can do it." Chance tells him. "The question is do you really want to do it or is this just because of what happened?"
Groaning Jake threw himself back into his pillow and whimpered a little.
"I don't know!" He said. "I always messed around with the idea of it, and it seems like a good idea now..."
Moving forward Chance puts his large paw on Jake's shoulder comfortingly.
"Why don't you wait a while before you make up you're mind?" Chance suggests. "At least until you are not in to much shock over everything that has happened."
Jake looked at Chance smiling. "Thanks... I think I will do that..." He chuckled. "When did you get so smart?"
Laughing Chance pushes him gently. "I guess whatever it is that makes you a nerd is rubbing off on me."
The two laughed for a moment before they where interrupted by the door opening. Both of them looked to the door and saw the Detective from before entering.
"Hello boy's." Gilbert said. "How are you feeling Jake?"
"Much better thank you." Jake answered. "Thank you for understanding the other day... about me not wanting to talk about it yet."
Detective Gilbert nodded his head smiling."Its no problem, I understand how troubling it is to have to re-live something like that."
"Hey, Tank wasn't in school today." Chance said. "Did you guy's get him?"
"Yes we picked him up from his home this morning." Gilbert said. "We are holding him until his trial, then hopefully we will be able to lock him up. Since he is 18 we are going to try him as an adult. If we are lucky he will get the maximum for this kind of crime."
"When is the trial?" Jake asked.
"Friday, it is set for 3 in the afternoon." Detective Gilbert said.
"Is Jake going to have to be there?" Chance asked.
The older Tom nodded his head.
"Yes I am afraid so. There are only a few who saw anything that will help us so it is a strong possibility that you will have to take the stand. But we will try to keep you off of it for as long as we can..."
"No!" Jake said firmly. "I want to do it, I want to do my part to make sure that he gets what is coming to him."
A high pitched hiss came from Jake and he clutched at his shoulder tightly as a flare of pain ran through the still strained muscle.
"Alright, I will talk to our D.A. and tell her what you said." Gilbert said. "I must warn you, if you do take the stand it is probable that they will ask you to go over in detail what happened. Are you sure that you can handle that?"
Still rubbing his shoulder Jake nodded. "I will be fine, I have the rest of the week to get ready for it."
Detective Gilbert nodded his head impressed by the young kats determination. "Alright then, I spoke with you're doctor and he said that you should be able to leave tomorrow. Which is good since we also need you to come down and make a positive I.D. on him. Just to make sure that we give the defense as little to work with as we can."
"I'll come down as soon as they let me out of here." Jake said.
"And I'll come with you." Chance added.
Jake gave Chance a surprised look that made him chuckle.
"The last time I let you out of my sight all this happened to you. I am not letting it happen again." Chance told him.
Jake smiled. "Thank you Chance. That means a lot to me..."
The two of them stayed smiling at each other. Neither even noticed when Detective Gilbert left the room leaving the two of them alone again.
Alright so I hope that everyone enjoyed this chapter, it was actually a lot of fun to write. I think that there is about two more chapters before the Tank sub plot of this story is done and we can get back to the main point of the story. I think that as a whole this story is almost done and if it goes the way I want it to then there will be a sequel, I will post a note at the end of this story if I do decide to make one. It will tell you at the very least the name of the story.
So anyway, please review and give me you're views on this chapter as well as any other chapter you feel like commenting on.