Disclaimer: The WAT Kats are owned by Hanna Barbera and the Tremblay Brothers. I own the OCs.
This chapter has been ready for weeks! For some reason I could not upload it.
Hope you liked Iris and Roy cause they are going to become a large part of the story.
Enjoy!
A few days later, Felina and Jake were back at the hospital, waiting for Felina's turn with getting an Ultrasound. They were both comfortably dressed in jeans and simple shirts, with Jake sitting to her right holding her right paw tightly in his left.
After about a half hour, Felicia came up to them, and said, "Sorry for the long wait. Daniella has been rather busy since one of the other OBs called out." She put on a bright smile, and said, "The sooner we get the scan done, the sooner you can go home."
Jake brought her paw up to kiss it, and as he lowered it, he said, "No matter what, I love you. We'll get through this."
Felina rose from her seat, kissed her husband, then said, "I know we will. I love you too." She turned her body to the right to face Felicia, and said, "Let's get this over with."
"Follow me," Felicia stated.
They both disappeared behind a set of double doors a minute later, leaving Jake alone.
He watched them slip into another hallway, and after the doors closed, he slumped into his chair. He wanted to be with Felina when she needed him the most. But per policy, he wasn't allowed to be with her, leaving him a nervous wreck.
Felicia opened a door to one of the Procedure Rooms and let Felina pass, before she said, "Change into one of the gowns. Daniella will be here shortly. I'll be here to assist her. However, I'll mostly be here to be whatever you need. Family comes first, right, Caliber?" She made sure to use Felina's Code Name to emphasize her point.
"Right, Sensei, and thank you," Felina responded.
"I'll be right back," Felicia said, and closed the door.
Felina let out a sigh, then proceeded to get changed.
Daniella and Felicia returned to the Procedure room a few minutes later to find Felina sitting in one of the chairs, wearing a light blue Hospital Gown. "I need to talk to the Purchasing Department about updating the Exam Gown's style. That thing looks hideous on you," Daniella said.
"Thanks a lot!" Felina said, crossing her arms under her chest.
Daniella walked over to the right wall of the room, grabbed the Ultrasound machine with her right paw, and started to wheel it over to the left of the Examination table. She plugged the machine into one of the outlets, switched it on, and said, "Please lay down on the table."
Felina got up from the chair and walked over to the Exam Table. Using her left foot, she stepped on the step at the end of the table, turned and face the wall, before lying down on her back with her tail draped over the right side of the table.
Felicia came around to the right side of the table and grasped her right paw with both of hers.
Felina gave her a light smile while Daniella applied some blue translucent gel to one of the wands. She lifted the lower portion of Felina's gown up to her the lower part of her sternum, and said, "This is going to be cold."
As the wand was applied to Felina's lower abdomen, she lightly jolted from the shock of the cold. Then settled back down for the rest of the procedure.
Daniella turned her head to the left to look at the screen, showing part Felina's uterus. She applied a little more pressure to the wand to bring the image more in focus. She manipulated the wand to examine the entire uterus. Then abruptly stoped when she witnessed the mass near the top. She flipped a few switches on the machine to bring up a measuring tool to gauge the size of the mass, set the two points, and waited for the results. The machine measured the two points Daniella defined and displayed the measurement between the two points. She pressed a button on the machine to lock in the points, then continued examining.
Felina watched Daniella's never changing stoic facial expression and watched as Daniella pressed a few buttons on the machine and continue on with the examination. "Are you going to just make a mess of my stomach's fur with that thing, or are you going to tell me what your finding?"
Daniella slowly turned her head to the right to see Felina shooting a Death Glare at her and Felicia holding her paws over her mouth, in a very veil attempt with suppressing her laughter. "You find something funny, Nurse Harrison?" She asked.
Felicia lowered her paws from her face, and answered, "Making a mental note of how similar in personalities you two are, doctor."
Daniella lifted the wand from Felina and placed wand wielding paw in her hip, before asking, "You think she and I have similar personalities? What gives you that idea?"
"Are you kidding me?" The last time you had a Mammogram, you more or less threatened the tech with bodily harm if she didn't let up on the pressure. And when she didn't, you took a swing at her. Luckily for her, you missed," Felicia answered.
Daniella huffed, then resumed the examination.
After another ten minutes, she put the wand back in its holder, and said, "I found a total of six lesions. But only one of them is large enough to be of a concern." She turned off the machine, and said, "I'm going to consult a few other OBs to get their opinions on the best course of action. No matter what, I am going to send the lesion off to be biopsied, to rule out Malignancy."
Felina's eyes shot open when she heard one of them might be malignant.
"Whoa! Its standard procedure to send the lesions to the lab. I didn't see any signs of the masses being anything but benign," Daniella stated. "Get cleaned up and changed. Your husband is waiting for you."
Felina sat up on the table, not removing her gaze from Daniella, and asked, "So, when do I get gutted like a fish?"
"You're not going to be gutted like a fish," Daniella answered. "I'll be making a small incision. Then using robotic instruments, I'll carefully and gently remove the lesion, if it's possible. I still have to analyze the scans to see how attached those lesions are." She started cleaning up the wand with a towel, and said, "Don't worry too much about the surgery, Felina. Let me do my job and weigh all the options, before I suggest the best course of action. Jake must be crawling up the walls by now with worry. Try to keep him calm. I promise, you and he are going to a have long life together."
Felina cleaned her fur and got changed back into her street clothes, before returning to the waiting room and her husband.
Jake heard the doors open to the Waiting room He lifted his head to see his wife, wearing a semi-worried face. He sprang out of his chair and sprinted over to her to give her the biggest hug.
She hugged him back and rested her head on his left shoulder.
They stayed like that for a few minutes, enjoying the warmth of the other's body. Then Jake lifted her head to look into her eyes, and asked, "What did Daniella say?"
"She found only one lesion that concerns her," Felina answered. "She doesn't think its malignant, but she's going to send it off to be biopsied, per procedure."
"Biopsy? Are you okay?" He asked.
"Truthfully, no. I'm scared, Jake. Not being able to have another kitten is one thing. But having these things inside of me, which might be cancerous is another."
He kissed her right cheek, and said, "If it is, we'll find the best doctors out there. I love you, and I'm not giving you up without a fight."
"I love you too," Felina said and started moving in to kiss her husband.
Just before they kissed, Cheryl ran into the Waiting room and saw Felina and Jake. She quickly came over to them, and asked, "Have you seen my mother?"
"I just left her not that long ago," Felina answered. "She's probably in her office by now."
"Good! Minor crisis in the Cafeteria," Cheryl stated.
"What cold possibly be wrong in the Cafeteria?" Felina asked.
"Nothing wrong with the room itself. But the lack of music of any type is going to destroy Roy's and Iris' date," Cheryl said as she opened the door to the ward. Then said, "Head on down. My mother and I did wonders to make it look like the Senior Prom is being held. Iris and Roy are down there helping out. You'll like them." She then ran into the ward to find her mother.
A few minutes later, Felina and Jake entered the Cafeteria through one of the double doors exiting the ER. The once dull light gray walls now had off white streamers attached to them leading to the ceiling. Most of the tables and chairs were removed or strategically placed around the perimeter to create a large dance floor. Then there were buckets of flowers of all sorts, placed throughout the room. The two doctors went all out.
Off in the corner of the room, Roy was wearing a set of sweat clothes standing on the second from the top rung on a 10' step ladder. "Iris, can you hand me the other half of the streamer?"
Iris was standing at the bottom of the ladder wearing a sweatshirt and a pair of cotton shorts. She crouched down to pick up the edge of the streamer, righted herself, and started climbing up the ladder to hand Roy the streamer.
Jake eyed the Iris' and Roy's prosthetic limbs and how they were completely outdated. He also noticed Iris' difficulty climbing the ladder with her prosthetic. "Miss. Come down from there," he said.
Iris heard a strange tom's voice. She turned her head to the right to see Felina and a tom she didn't know. She did reach up with her right paw to hand Roy the streamer before climbing back down the ladder to her previous post.
Jake and Felina came over to her. Then Felina said, "Iris, this is my husband, Jake. Jake, this is Iris and up on the ladder is her tomfriend, Roy."
"Nice to meet you, Iris," Jake said as he extended his right paw in greeting.
Iris took his paw in her right and gave it a firm shake. "Nice to meet you too, Jake," she said.
Felina stepped around her husband and pulled Iris into a hug. She then said, "You're moving better than you were last time I saw you, Iris."
Iris returned Felina's embrace, and said, "I am. I can't wait to see if I can dance on this thing though. As good as a fit it is, I can't feel a thing past my knee."
Jake took another quick gaze at the outdated prosthetic attached to Iris' left knee and huffed.
Felina let go of Iris and latched herself around Jake and asked "You only huff like that when something is really bothering you. What's wrong?"
"Iris, may I see your prosthetic?" Jake asked.
Iris was now confused as to why a tom she just met wanted to see her prosthetic. "Jake, why in MegaKat wold you want to see my leg?"
Jake decided to lay it all on the table for Iris to make her own decision as to what he was about to propose, because it will alter her life. "Iris, I own Claw-Tek Industries. We've been developing a line of prosthetics which almost have the same look, feel, and acts like a real limb. Your prosthetic is ancient and from what I can see, doesn't fit you properly. You're far too young to have something holding you back. This is why I wanted to examine your leg. If the doctors attached the prosthetic properly, my team will be able to give you a new one, which will behave as if you don't have a prosthetic at all."
Iris looked to Felina for a second to see if what Jake was stating was true and when Felina nodded to her, she sat down in a chair and lifted her left leg onto another chair.
Jake fell to his knees on Iris' left, pacing his paws on her prosthetic limb. He knew enough from what his Bio-Engineers told him about the attachment of prosthetics to the remaining part of the limb to gauge if Iris would be a candidate for a new prosthetic.
Roy saw a tom he didn't know talk to Iris and place his paws on her. Jealousy rose quickly in his body to the point he climbed down the ladder to confront the tom.
"You and I are going to have a problem, if you don't remove your paws from her, and I mean now!" Roy said, crossing his arms over his chest and peering down at Jake.
While Felina thought it was cute seeing Roy protecting Iris from her husband. Iris rolled her eyes, and said, "Roy! I hate the Overly Jealous Bad Boy routine! I fully know how to take a tom who gets out of line out. That includes you! Calm down and lose the attitude, or this will be the first and last, non-date we are going to have!"
Roy only had to look at the fire in her eyes, only once to know she meant every word she said. He did calm down, and said, "Sorry. Let's try that again. I'm Roy, Iris' tomfriend."
Jake rose to his feet, extended his right paw to Roy, and said, "I'm Jake. Felina's husband and owner of Claw-Tek Industries. Once I'm done examining Iris, can I take a look at your arm? If its as outdated as Iris' leg, I can extend the same offer to you that I gave Iris. From your build, I assume you played sports?"
"Football and Taekwondo," Roy answered as he shook Jake's paw.
Jake took his paw back, and said, "I expected Football, but not Taekwondo."
"Taekwondo gave me the flexibility I needed to excel in Football. If I was one hundred percent honest, I prefer Taekwondo. It feels so natural being out on the mat and sparing with others," Roy said.
"You should take one of Nurse Harison's Martial Arts classes, Roy. You will fit right in," Jake said.
Roy's eyes got a little wider, and asked, "Nurse Harison? As in this Hospital's Nurse Harison?"
Jake smirked, then answered, "The one in the same. She's Dojo Saito's mistress, owner, and she's really good."
Iris let out a chuckle, since she knew what Felicia could do already.
Her chuckle drew Roy's attention. He turned to her, and asked, "I'm guessing you knew this already, Iris?"
"I did," Iris answered. "She told me in the hall, after our race. Which I won, fair and square."
Roy crouched down to her level and looked her in the eyes. He stayed like that for a few seconds, before he kissed her, and said, "I guess you did. And I'm glad you won. Now, I have an amazing girlfriend who I can't wait to have our date with, so I can see how well she moves on a Dance Floor."
"And see her in a dress. Not that you can't see her legs already, Roy," Cheryl stated from the Cafeteria Door.
The four of them turned their heads towards the entrance of the cafeteria to see Daniella standing on the left side of the entrance, with her arms crossed under her chest and her left leg turned out and Cheryl on the right, leaning against the door frame.
"You are one of a kind, Dr. Feldman," Roy said as she stood back up.
"You mean me, or my equally witty mother?" Cheryl asked.
"She's your mother!?" Roy surprisingly asked. "With the way she looks, I thought she was your older sister, or something."
Cheryl left her spot and latched her right arm around her mother's shoulders, and said, "Nope. She's my mom. I hope I have her genes because I want to be able to wear that skirt, when I'm her age. You have to admit, her legs are great."
Both Roy and Jake let their eyes travel up Daniella's legs from her feet in the high heeled pumps, to her curvy calves, and finally her toned thighs, before they disappeared under the semi-tight dark blue skirt she was wearing.
Felina and Iris watched their respective others checking out Daniella's legs. Then Felina went over to Jake, then placed her right arm around his neck, and said, "If you keep gawking at her legs, not only will you be sleeping on the couch, but I'll also bring you to the range and use you for Target Practice!"
"Roy, even though we have not gone on a single date, I will not tolerate you looking at another she-cat's legs!" Iris said.
Daniella didn't mind Jake and Roy admiring her legs, she worked her tail off to maintain. But what she did mind is her daughter not showing Professional behavior in the hospital. "Cheryl! While I appreciate you stating my legs are great! Your comments are not appropriate here!" Daniella berated.
Cheryl laughed it off, and said, "Oh come on, mom! You know you have some of the best legs in the hospital! Even a few of my patients have mentioned how beautiful you are, and they are teenagers! I meant every word I said earlier, I hope to have your genes instead of dad's, and when my Residency is over, I get to wear skirts like you. Then we'll see which Doctor Feldman has the better legs and tail!"
Daniella smirked at her daughter, then said, "I guess we'll find out daughter. However, I'm sure Orion wouldn't mind seeing you in one of my skirts, instead of the scrubs you normally are wearing when you come home. And if you did wear them, there might be a rock on your finger, sooner than later. I know that's how I bagged your father."
Jake felt the heat in the room intensify by ten degrees, while Roy did his best not to show, he was contemplating how Cheryl would look in a short skirt.
"Oh, for the love of Bast!" Iris said, then kissed Roy.
He instinctively kissed her back, wrapping his arms around her and holding her tight.
She withdrew from the kiss after a few seconds, then said, "That is why your eyes should be on me alone, and not our doctor. Understand, Roy?"
"Perfectly," He answered. "I may be a young guy, who's eyes might wander. However, my heart and mind are all yours, Iris. Too accentuate his statement, he rubbed his nose affectionately against hers.
Jake coughed into his right fist, then said, "Iris, Roy. I'm going to have one of my doctors examine both of you, to see if you're eligible for new prosthetics. If you are, I will need to have your parent's consent before we can proceed."
Roy took one look at the fake paw on his new left arm and how it resembled a claw of a crab instead of a paw, then said, "If Claw-Tek's prosthetic is as good as you say, I'm in!"
"That goes double for me!" Iris said.
"Very good. I'll have my doctor arrange a consultation with Dr. Feldman within the next few days. We'll be talking," Jake said. He took Felina's left paw in his right, and said, "Let's head home. I have an idea for a new game, Alex is going to love."
"As long as you are not firing projectiles at our son, again. I'll be playing right along with you two," Felina said.
"Wouldn't have it any other way," Jake said, then kissed her paw. As they were leaving, Jake turned around and said, "Daniella, Cheryl, don't worry about the music for their date. On the way home, I'll call a friend who will make this night magical for both of them."
A lone Mail Delivery vehicle pulled up to the Society's gates and handed the guard an envelope.
The guard took one look at the Certified letter, and said, "Wait here."
A few minutes later, another well dressed guard approached David's office, holding the letter in his left paw. He wrapped on the solid door with the knuckles on his right paw, alerting David to his presence.
David was hunched over his desk, reviewing some plans when he heard the knock on his door. He lifted his head long enough to say, "Enter." Then resumed his work.
The guard entered and closed the door behind him. He walked across the Red Carpeted floor to stand in front of David's desk, then said, "A Certified Letter arrived for you. I need your signature on the receipt, David." He then presented the letter.
David took the letter from the guard, placed it on his desk, signed the receipt, and tore it from the letter, to return it to the guard. "You are dismissed," was all he said.
The guard bowed to him and left the room, closing the door behind him.
David looked at the letter one last time before picking up a Letter opener from his desk with his left paw, inserting it between the flap and the envelope, and sliced the seam open. He placed the opener back down and removed the letter.
He unfolded the letter and as he noticed the Letterhead of The Courts of MegaKat City, he quickly read the first few paragraphs of the letter. What he read was, "Notice to Appear on the charges of Kidnapping, Endangering a Minor, Conspiracy of Manslaughter, and Sexual Abuse of a Minor. Date of mandatory appearance, Wednesday March 12th at 10:00, Court Room 5."
He glanced at the Calendar and noticed the date was only two weeks away. He picked up the phone on his desk, pushed a few buttons on the base with his right paw, and waited for his assistant to answer.
"Yes, David?" The Assistant answered.
"I need a meeting with my lawyers," David said.
"I'll call the and make the arrangements,"
David went back to work. He was reading a plan where now of his own, took over the mayor's position. His desk phone started ringing and he picked it up. "Yes?" he asked.
"I'm sorry. The number for your Attorneys has been disconnected,"
"What?" David asked in disbelief. He slammed down the receiver, then picked it back up and dialed the phone number. After a second, he was greeted by, "The number you have dialed has been disconnected. Please check the number and try again."
He slammed down the receiver again and went over to his computer to pull up his attorney's web page. However, on the screen before him was a large Enforcer's logo with the words below stating, "Domain now property of the MegaKat City Enforcers." He picked up his Personal Cell Phone and searched for Judge Peterson's contact. Then pressed the Send button. After a few seconds, a she-cat's voice, that he was not familiar with answered, "Can I help you?"
"Who is this?" David asked. "You're not Bernice."
"Bernice no longer works for Judge Peterson, who is currently being investigated by the Enforcers along with the State's and Federal Attorneys. I'm Assistant Commander Samuelson of the Enforcers, can I help you with something?"
Sweat was now present on David's forehead as the gravity of the situation he was in started to weigh on him. "No, I'm fine miss. Thank You."
"Have a good day," Lisa said and after she hung up the phone, she said, "You're screwed, David."
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