And here's the next chapter, right now I'm debating on how many I want to do. I'm stuck between 20 and 25 mostly because I want to build on Cassandra and Jake's relationship and her friendship with Chance and Felina too. And I know that the last one was super long but I was trying to get some what of a back story for Isabelle since she wasn't orignally planned as a character along with Caleb but hey sometimes things that aren't planned turn out to be some of the best things ever.
-Present day MegaKat City-
Cassandra sat in her bed soaking in all that Callie had just told her, if Isabelle could turn evil then who was to say that she wouldn't too? Isabelle had basically cursed any black kat born into the family and she was a black kat. She looked at Callie with worry on her face "So if they never found Isabelle how do we know that we don't have long lost relatives somewhere?" she asked Callie.
"Well here's the funny thing, not to long after Caleb returned to his kingdom his servants noticed that on certain nights he would sneak off to somewhere deep in the forest he never told them where he went and they couldn't figure out what he was up to until a few months later he walked into the castle with a little bundle wrapped up in a blanket and tears streaking his face. He told them that he had found a female kat in the middle of labor and that he had tried to save her but she had passed away before he could bring her to the castle and that her dying wish was that her child was taken cared off. They noticed that the baby looked alot like him and Isabelle but noone said a word to him about it, the baby grew up and ruled the kingdom for years until they stepped down and passed it onto their children and so on before it became like MegaKat City is like today." Callie said. Cassandra smiled alittle happy that maybe Isabelle had gotten to have happiness for awhile even though she had obviously never gotten to live long enough to enjoy it.
"Hey Callie what did Caleb look like anyway?" she asked curious even though she had been told not to be to curious because it killed kats.
"Oh well he looked alot like-" she didn't have the chance to tell her because at that moment Chance, Felina and Jake came in each with get well soon cards along with flowers. "I'll tell you later." she told her patting her own her knee but she made a quick motion to Chance with her eyes. Cassandra looked at him out of the corner of her eye and grinned.
"Hey Cass feeling better?" Felina asked putting the flowers down and handing her the cards.
"Oh alittle bit. Not sure why I passed out though." she said reading the cards, Felina had given her one with flowery writing, Chance had given her a funny one and drawn alittle kat with a bandage on its' head sitting and playing a game on the tv with a glass with a straw sitting beside it with an arrow pointing to it saying 'This is what you get to do when you get home, I'll bring the console and the game for you :)' she smiled and thanked Chance for the card and then she opened Jakes'. She could feel her face getting red hot and she looked up at Jake who had the same look on his face while everyone giggled a bit.
"I made him get it." Felina said winking at her.
"Oh ummmm well thank you you guys they were really thoughful and I can't wait to get home to get the chance to play what ever game it is you're bringing over." she said looking at them one by one. Before anyone could say anything they were surprised by Mayor Manx and Feral coming in, Manx had a card with him as well while Feral had a stern look on his face.
"Cassandra how are you feeling?" he asked her handing her the card, when she opened it another card fell out but it was a fifty dollar gift card to a nice little restaurant in the city.
"Better now that they have..." she looked over at her drip "What ever this is in my arm." she said sighing and looking up at him.
"Oh yes that's one of the things the doctors do here alot anymore. They just give you a drip for something and never tell you what it is because they're so use to not having to tell our citizens anymore. You know because of all the times we get attacked and our citizens are hurt." he said studing the bag. "It's just something to help with a fever so you must of had one when you came here."
"She was a bit hot earlier." Callie said looking at the bag too. "I should of told her that they put that in her arm earlier but she asked me a question."
"Speaking of questions I have a few for your sister Ms. Briggs." Feral said stepping forward. Felina turned and glared at him.
"She just had some kind of attack uncle I doubt she's in the mood to answer any of your 'questions'." she said using air quotes. Chance looked over at her then moved closer to Cassandra to get out of the way incase Felina took a swing at her uncle.
"Attack or her seeing something she doesn't want us to know about? The other visitors to the museum told me that they saw the Past Masters' watch glowing along with her eyes! She was doing something to that watch! Possibly trying to find out where he was! What did you think you were going to do? Be one of those viglante punks like the Swat Kats?" he asked getting closer. Jake got closer to him, the bigger kat glared at him but he refused to back down.
"First of all I did no such thing that stupid watch of his did something to me and even if I did know where he is I'd go running to them and tell them before I ever let you know. Everyone knows that the only reason why you don't like them is because you can't even do half the job two of them can do on their own. Why I'd even be willing to bet that if my sister was mayor she'd make you nothing but their little secretary." she said getting madder by the second. Everyone's eyes got wider and they stared at her, Mayor Manx cleared his throat after a few seconds and stepped forward.
"Uh Cassy dear...what about...the other Enforcers?" he asked looking a bit nervous.
"Oh they can keep their jobs, just get rid of that stupid Enforcers name give them something cooler to call themselves. And instead of having some half-wit leading them let someone who knows what they're doing take over." she said throwing her arms up.
"Okay I think someone's getting tired." Felina said slowly lowering her arms and patting her shoulder.
"I'm not tired I'm just telling the truth." she said looking up at her, Felina sighed when she heard her uncle growl under his breath. A nurse came in and saw everyone standing there and she got a stern look on her face.
"Half of you have to leave. And one of the ones I want gone is the commander. You've caused enough problems with other patients with your 'questions' and I'm not going to have you get her worked up after she collapsed so out with you!" she said going over to him and pushing him.
"I have a right to be here!" he yelled pushing back. Cassandra got madder and before Callie could say anything she used her powers to push Feral out of the room and she slammed the door in his face. Mayor Manx turned and walked to the door trying not to laugh when they heard Feral yelling at Cassandra for using her powers on a figure of power who should be respected. Before he could force himself back in the mayor opened and shut the door and they could hear him telling Feral to leave with him because there was other matters to attend to. Callie got up and grabbed her purse off of the table and streched.
"I have to get going too. I have a paper to write for the mayor the news is going to interview him about how our city is one of the safest and I have to somehow fit the Enforcers and the Swat Kats into the same paper without Feral getting mad and storming on camera like he always does." Callie said with a sigh. Cassandra gave her a hug and a word of good luck before she left then she looked at the last three visitors. The nurse checked her bag and then turned to Cassandra.
"As soon as the bag's empty you can start getting ready to go home." she said with a smile.
"You mean today? I thought I would have to be in the hospital for awhile." she said confused. The nurse blinked at her in confusion.
"Didn't your sister tell you? You've been here for a day and a half. And the bag still has alittle less then a day left in it. So you'll be ready to go home tomorrow." the nurse said squeezing the bag a bit.
"Oh I thought it was alittle weird that you told me I could go home so soon. So I guess I didn't hit my head that hard." she asked.
"You mean you can't feel the bandage on the back of your head? You hit it pretty hard." she said pushing Cassandra up a bit to check the back. Cassandras' eyes went wide when she felt the nurse touch the bandage.
"I can now but I didn't before! I must look so stupid sitting her with a big old bandage on my head talking to everyone like nothing happened." she said putting her head in the palm of her hand, she could feel her face getting hot again and she knew it wasn't because of a fever.
"If it makes you feel any better Chance has dropped engines on his feet and hasn't known how bad it is until I take him to the hospital and he sees how swollen his toes are." Jake said looking over at Chance who had a guilty grin on his face.
"It's true. When I'm in a rush I always drop something on my foot. I think I've been in here more times then anyone else. Thought they'd get tired of seeing me after awhile." he said looking at the nurse who was shaking her head which must of meant that she had been his nurse a few times in the past. After the nurse left Cassandra, Jake, Chance and Felina talked for hours about funny things that had happened to them in the past to try to cheer Cassandra up. When the doctor came in to let them know that it was time for visitors to leave and to check to see how far down the bag was Cassandra felt alittle disappointed. One by one they all said their good-byes with Felina being the last to leave.
"Hey Felina I have a question for you before you leave." she said getting comfortable in her bed. Felina waved the two to go ahead and she would catch up once she was done, she walked over beside the bed and leaned over.
"What did you want to know Cass?" she asked with a concerned look on her face.
"Tell me the truth when I ask you because it's been bugging me for awhile. Are Jake and Chance the Swat Kats? Tell me the truth." she said with the sternest look on her face. Felina gasped then looked at the door to make sure the guys had walked away, she didn't know if she should lie or tell her the truth.