Charlie strums the guitar and then he gets on the phone.
Note: This is the final Chapter for the first Series. The second Series shall begin with Chapter 23. Enjoy this tearful moment.
Hiding In Sight
Charlie comes in and does his sparring match with Kitty. Charlie fights harder than normal. "Is something wrong Charlie? You never fought that good before." Kitty says after she still defeats Charlie. "Nothing is wrong, just since I couldn't spar with you yesterday, I trained after I talked with Katy until dinner and until time for bed." Charlie says getting up quickly. "Agent Cheetah, you have been clocked out. You may begin your vacation." Chief says throughout the building. "Wait, you are starting your vacation today?" Kitty says sadly. "Sorry Kitty, I need to do this. But don't worry, I'll be back, I promise you that." Charlie says as he heads to his office. Charlie puts everything in a box and then heads back home.
While he is gone, Kitty finds Dudley. "Dudley, did you know that Charlie is starting his vacation today?" Kitty says sadly. "No, does this taste like it needs some salt?" Dudley says holding out a forkful of spaghetti. "I am serious Dudley, Charlie is starting his vacation today." Kitty says. "What, why didn't he tell us?" Dudley says after eating the entire plate of spaghetti despite still wonder if it needs salt. "I know you guys are probably wondering why I didn't tell you about my vacation. The reason is that we have become so close during the past fifteen months that you probably would try to convince me to stay, but this is something I must do. Like I told Kitty, I promise that I'll be back." Charlie says over his wrist-com.
Charlie returns to tuff and is thrown a great party that was more sad than it was happy. Chief was sad that one of his best agents was leaving for a couple of months. Kitty was sad that her boyfriend was literally leaving her for six months. Keswick was happy that the only person with greater knowledge of technology was leaving, he was sad though, that when Charlie returns he will have even more knowledge of technology maybe. Dudley was sad that his new friend was leaving only fifteen months after when they first met.
After four hours of partying, Charlie got on his wrist-com and contacted Lieutenant Panther. "72." Charlie says briefly. "Understood, I'll send the helicopter outside of tuff hq now." The Lieutenant says when he hears the signal. Charlie gets off the wrist-com and walks through every floor of tuff and takes in the memories he had he during his time as a tuff agent. The good times and the bad and the times where he had his butt kicked by Kitty (literally and metaphorically).
Charlie began to hear helicopter rotors in the distance and began to head for the entrance. He shook hands with his co-workers, then with Chief, then Keswick, followed by Dudley and finally Kitty, before he left tuff HQ. All of tuff gather outside as they saw the helicopter land in front of their base. Charlie opened the door and got in. Kitty ran over and put her right hand on the window. Charlie did the same thing with his left hand. They both had their hands on the window for several minutes before Charlie signaled the pilot to take off. Kitty watched sadly as the helicopter with Charlie flew off into the distance.
Kitty began to walk back to what was Charlie's office and remembered where what was with excellent clarity. "He was a great agent." Chief says to Kitty when he hops onto Charlie's old desk. "He was also a great friend." Dudley says coming over. "He was my boyfriend. He says he's coming back and he'll come back." Kitty says turning her frown into a smile. "This is a difficult thing to experience. Agents Katswell and Puppy, I hereby order you two to take a full month off to recover from Agent Cheetah's temporary departure from tuff." Chief says with a frown.
Kitty headed home and took a rest after sharpening her claws on the couch. Dudley went home and ate with Peg and then played games with Roger and finally went to bed.