Author's Note: I'm very sorry for the wait, I've just been real busy with Homework from school and since it's spring, going onto summer, I've been doing a lot of outside work. It has been leaving me mentally drained and causing me to have writer's block. Now I know I said there was one more chapter but I'm having trouble trying to end things so I split it up again. Enjoy.

Chapter 19: A Remaing Problem

The baby's cries were silent now, as she now lay asleep in a bed by her mother's side. Ariel wasn't strong enough to be moved right now so she would be staying in the med bay until her strength came back. A few minutes after she was laid down was when the others came down to congratulate the new parents. Hunter and Colleen were the first one to enter, followed by the others. The collie went to hug Ariel while the retriever hugged his brother.

"Congratulations you two," Hunter was the first one to say.

"Thanks bro," Axel smiled.

"So, is it a boy or girl?" Colleen asked, since none of the others could hear what the professor had said.

"Yeah comrades, tell us," Exile asked happily.

Both new parents looked at one another before Ariel was the first to say, "We have a healthy baby girl."

"A girl," Krystal smiled.

"Yup," Shadow then answered as he wrapped an arm around his wife. "Sierra and I have a new granddaughter."

The Rovers all then moved over to the bed and looked down at the small bundle. They couldn't help but aw at the resemblance. "She looks just like you Ariel," Blitz commented.

"We know," She smiled as she looked on. "She has her father's fur color."

"What did you name her?" Jenna asked.

"She almost looks like my birth mother…so I wanted to name her after her," Axel smiled as well. "Her name is Marina."

"Beautiful name," all heads turned to see that Chance and Jake had entered the room. They were still in their G-suits, but they took off the helmets and masks.

"She's going to be something when she's older, I can already tell," Jake smiled at the scene.

"Thank you," Ariel responded.

"This has been one wild day," Chance started to stretch his limbs. "I don't know about the rest of ya'll but I'm beat."

"So am I," Jake agreed with his friend.

"Then why don't you two get some rest," The Master's voice spoke as he walked into the room. "You two have been a big help with the mission and I can't thank you enough for helping the Rovers."

"Glad we did, couldn't let anything happen to our friends," The ginger tom said with a smile. Hearing him called the Rovers their friends made them all smile as well. "By the way is there anyplace we can store him?" He pulled out the part of the missile that held Hard Drive. The Master and Professor looked curiously at the screen on it and were surprised to see the electric figure. Luckily he didn't seem to be awake since there wasn't a sound out of him.

"What in the-"

"That's Hard Drive," Chance answered before the question was even asked. "We managed to capture him in that."

The Professor then cautiously took the missile into his hands and looked it over, "How is he trapped in this?"

"It's insulated, he won't be getting out unless we let him out ourselves," Jake answered.

"He was so annoying on the ride back," the burly tom explained with a shake of his head. "Too bad there isn't a mute button."

Jake rolled his eyes at his friend's complaint then look back at the professor, "So is there a place where we can store it for now?"

The bloodhound thought for a minute before nodding, "Yeah, I have a good place, it'll be safe."

"Good, glad this'll be off my mind," the ginger tom left the missile in the professor's hands.

"Come on bud, I could use some hot water right now," Chance patted Jake on the back and headed for the door. He nodded and followed right behind, leaving the Rovers, Master, and Professor left in the room.

The Master then came closer and looked at the child in Axel's arms, the new life they brought into the world. This caused a small tear to roll down, "Axel, Ariel you two have made me so proud…I wish you two well as parents."

"Thank you Master," They both said.

Shepard then looked at the rest of the Rovers, and admiral smile on his face, "And the rest of you, thanks to the aid of our new friends you all managed to stop the new threat and the allies he had. You save the world from an unknown threat and you can't be thanked enough. You're good dogs Rovers, good, good dogs."

Hunter then turned to the others, "To-"

"Shhhh!" Axel interrupted as he motioned to his sleeping daughter.

"Sorry," Realizing his mistake the retriever corrected himself, now whispering. "To the power of the pack."

All of the Rovers followed their leaders exampled, and responded as quietly as they could, "aaaaaaaahhhhhhhrrrrrrroooooooo."

The Master and Professor left the Rovers, letting them enjoy the time they had right now. Walking out in the hall the two were surprised to see Jake and Chance waiting. Raising an eye the Master walked closer to the two, "Jake, Chance is there something wrong?"

"I thought you two wanted to rest?" the Professor asked, a questionable look of his own.

Chance was the first to walk up to them and responded, an uneasy look on his face. "We didn't want to ruin the moment, but there's still a problem at the moment."

"What is that?" the bloodhound asked, wondering what else could be done.

It was then that Jake decided to ask for the two of them, "How do we get back to our home?"

That question had a lot of weight to it; they didn't really have the time to discuss that particular problem. The two toms did their part in helping and they bet the two would want to go back home already. "I mean we're both grateful for the hospitality you've given us, but we have a town of our own to save," Chance responded, trying not to sound like they weren't ungrateful.

"No, no we understand what you're talking about," The Master responded with understanding in his voice. "We didn't really talk about that, since you two had to leave."

"Fact of the matter is that all you told us is that radar of yours, plus the lighting caused your dimensional jump," The professor explained.

"What if we simulate that again," The burly tom suggested. "That could get us back, just like last time."

"Last time?"

This time Jake explained, "Long story, this happened to us before but we were struck by lighting again and managed to get back."

Professor Hubert ended up shaking his head, an indication that it wasn't a good plan. "I don't know how it happened but that's not a good option this time."

A small look of disbelief appeared on the two toms faces. "But why?" Chance asked.

"If you were to get struck by lighting there's a high chance that the jet's systems will overload and cause it to explode…taking you two with it."

"That's true but we won't know unless we try," Jake protested, not wanting to accept the answer.

"Still no good," The Master interjected, a look on his face that said bad news plastered on him. "Even if it did work…there won't be another storm for at least a couple of weeks."

That piece of news seemed to do its damage to the two; they both shook their heads and walked back and forth some. This was real bad to them; they can't be gone for that long. "No…we can't wait that long…" The ginger tom protested, a hint of panic seemed to settle into them as they heard this. "There has to be another way."

"We can't leave our city unguarded for that long," Chance seconded.

"I know this is a shock for you but there's nothing else we can do," The Master tried to calm the situation down. "I'm very sorry about this."

Both toms sighed heavily at this, not being able to believe their luck. They were stuck here for a while, and there wasn't even a guarantee they could get back home. "Besides," Professor Hubert spoke up, catching the two's attention. "I would like to look over that radar of yours, I've notices it was still damaged and chances are you're going to need it to return home."

Jake understood that and only could nod, what else could he do? "Alright but you're going to need my help with it."

"Sounds fair," he nodded at the suggestion. "But lets do this tomorrow, you two could use the sleep after hearing all this."

"I doubt that it could help much," Chance grumbled as he turned and left, leaving Jake behind.

The ginger tom looked back at the two, "Sorry…this is just…a little hard to take in."

"It's alright, I know it's hard at digest at first," The Master responded with sympathy.

"I just hope we can find a way home soon."

"You will, it'll just take time," The professor responded. "Just get some rest, it'll be better to think with a clear head."

"Thank you," was all he said as he turned and followed after his friend.

"That went well…I think," the bloodhound sighed.

"Lets just hope we can find a way to get them home professor," The Master responded as the two of them turned and walked down the opposite side of the hallway.

"I think I may, but I have to look at the radar for a bit."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes…just give me time," nothing else was said as they continued walking.

A Few Days Later

Things were fine for the next few days, for both the Rovers and Swat Kats. Ariel had to stay in the med bay for another day before she was allowed to leave. Axel did leave her side since he didn't want to be away from his wife nor his daughter at all. Everyone else did visit almost every moment they could, as did the two toms since they didn't really have anything else to do. Jake and Chance spent most of their time working on their jet, making sure there wasn't any damage done to it.

Jake also spent some time with Professor Hubert, trying to repair the dimensional radar, which was proving to be a challenge. Some of the circuits were burned out and needed to be replaced, but thankfully the Rovers had some spare parts that were needed. Currently the ginger tom and bloodhound were in the lab, still working. The protective casing was removed and all the wires and circuits could be seen. "There, I think that'll do," the professor announced as he screwed a wire into place.

"Lets just put it back together and see if it turns on," Jake responded as the two of them started putting it back together. They put the wires back in place then put the casing back on it, then screwed it shut. "Alright…cross your fingers," reaching up to the power switch Jake turned it on. At first nothing happened but then it hummed to life. A smile crept onto the ginger tom's face, "It works!"

"Yes, this is a great start."

"Now the hard part is figuring out how to get back home," Jake sighed as he leaned back in his chair.

"I know what you mean," the bloodhound leaned forward, thinking of some possibilities. "Tell me again how you were able to jump dimensions again."

Jake just looked at him, confused some, "Well…Chance and I were flying one night, a storm was coming in and we decided to pack it in. Then the radar started acting up and before we knew it we were struck by lightning. It hurled us in a spiral and once we got the jet leveled things seemed to be fine. But it was during that time that we managed to jump dimensions."

The professor started to think over that information, "Hmm…interesting."

"What is it?"

"I'm just taking a wild guess here," he turned to face the tom, finger tapping his chin. "It seems that a huge amount of electricity combined with this radar caused it."

"Yeah that's what I was thinking as well, but how is that going to help?"

"If we can somehow simulate that amount of electricity…then I'm pretty sure it could work."

Jake sighed as he heard this and just shook his head, "That might not be possible."

"You don't have to sound negative about it."

"But I have to, an average bolt of lightning contains a billion volts of electricity and contains about ten-thousands to two hundred thousand amperes of current. There's no way you can simulate that much power without overloading some of your systems."

The bloodhound thought about this and realized the tom was right, "A shame, that was the only solution I had. But if there was some way…to harness that much electricity then it might work."

"There's nothing much that would generate that much power, so unless we find something else or wait for the next storm," A loud sigh escaped him as Jake slumped over the table, head cradled in his hands. The two didn't say anything else, a sign that they were thinking of more solutions but nothing was coming to mind.

"Wait a minute," Professor Huber spoke, standing up from his seat.

Jake looked and raised an eye, "What is it?"

"This Hard Drive guy…you said his coat can generate an electrical current."

"Yeah, where are you getting at?"

"Is it possible to access that electricity without letting him out of that missile?"

It was then Jake started to realize what the bloodhound was getting at, "Yeah I think I know where you're getting at…do you have any insulated materials?"

He nodded, "Yes."

"Good, this is going to take a while," Jake smiled; things were starting to look up after all.

A/N: Hope you like, I know I've been making promises and I'm sorry about that. School is just hard right now. I'll try to have the final chapter up soon.