Vivian had drove to an alleyway not far from Jake and Chance's garage. She crawled into the back of her car, making sure no one was looking, and quickly changed out of her suit and into the all leather body suit. She put on the black fingerless gloves. She donned the blonde wig and black mask. She also strapped on the gun holster to her left leg. She put her escrima sticks in the holsters attached to her lower back. She was now Shadow Kat.
She stepped out of her car and locked it. She walked over to a tarp covered vehicle. She quickly whipped the tarp off to reveal a black motorcycle. She scanned her thumbprint on a screen in between the handles of the bike. It beeps and displays the words "unlocked". She gets on the bike, turns it on, and speeds off towards the Megakat City Mint.
She once again makes it before the Swat Kats do, not that she needs their help. She walks in to find terrified people hiding throughout the mint. She sees three kats trying to drill their way through the giant door to the mint.
"Hey you! Get down on the ground with everyone else!" Shadow Kat hears someone from behind her say. She turns to see a Kat pointing a semi-automatic rifle at her. His face falls into a terrified look. "You?! You're that she-bitch from the bank! I'll waste you!" She quickly dispatched him from his gun, using his shoulder to flip over him, kicking out his legs from under him, and elbowing him in the face, knocking him out. By this time, his cohorts hear the struggle and see Shadow Kat standing there, staring them down.
"Oh hell no! She kicked my tail once already! I'm out of here!" One of the cowardly robbers said as the other one grabbed him by the collar. "Hey! There's more of us then this is of her! We can take her!"
He told the cowardly one as they both looked at her with evil smirks.
The three kats turned their guns on her. They open fired on her. One hit her in the upper chest, and she flailed back a bit.
'Shit! Even with Kevlar, that hurt! I gotta find cover!' Shadow Kat thought to herself as a round shield appeared in front of her. She looked up to see T-bone with his shield deployed from his gloveatrix as they continued firing on them.
"Run!" He said as he ran with her, shielding them both as they found cover.
"You okay?! I saw you get shot!" T-bone asked as she reached in to her suit and pulled out the crumpled up bullet. "Kevlar. I'm fine." T-bone was a little surprised. 'At least she was prepared.' He then looked across from him. Razor had also taken cover across from them. Shadow Kat couldn't help but notice this big burly yellow tom reminded her of another one similar to him.
"We gotta take these guys out, before they take us out!" T-bone said as Shadow Kat took out her gun. "I got 'em." She said as she began to get up and T-bone pulled her down. "Are you crazy?! We use non-lethal on guys like them!"
She glared at him. "Are YOU crazy? They put themselves in this position! If they die, they should be expecting that as a possibility robbing the city mint! Besides, I'm not with you two. I don't go by your rules of engagement." She went to get up again, but he yanked her down again.
"I'll have no choice but to take you in if I see you kill them!" T-bone grit his teeth as he said that to her. She shook her head and glared at him. "Fine!" She put her gun away and reached behind her, taking out one of her escrima sticks. She pressed a button on it, parts of it turned blue. Electricity evidently flowing through it. The 3 remaining robbers had stopped shooting. They were re-loading.
"Give up, Swat Kats? Doesn't matter, you're all going to die today." The braver of the three spoke up. Shadow Kat dove out from hers and T-bone's hiding spot, sending the escrima stick flying. It made a sort of whistling sound as it flew through the air, hitting the braver robber square in the nose and shocking him in the process. He screamed in pain, falling down to his knees and then on his face, knocked out cold. T-bone watched in near awe at her actions. 'What a she-cat!' He thought.
The two that were left began shooting again. Shadow Kat dove into the spot next to Razor now. "Wow, you're good! Where can I get some of those?!" Razor complimented her. She smirked at him. "We're not out of this yet! Ah!" She grabbed her ankle. Her earlier injury from the garage reminding her of its existence. "Are you injured?" Razor asked. "I'm fine. It's nothing." She replied to him.
T-bone moved out of the safety of the cover spot to the left. He popped up, aiming his glovatrix at one of the robbers. He shot a mini net missile at one of the remaining robbers, effectively stopping him. His rifle was wrapped up with him.
The only one left was the super cowardly one. He dropped his rifle and put his hands up, shaking in fear. "I give up! I give up! Don't hurt me!" Shadow Kat approached him first. She grabbed him by the front of his shirt. "What are you guys doing robbing all of the financial institutions in Megakat city? You were at the bank the other day too. Who do you work for?"
"I...I can't tell you...they'll...they'll kill me." Shadow Kat showed her black claws on her free hand. "I'll do much worse to you, then I'll kill you...now TALK!" She yelled at him.
"Hey, take it easy Shadow Kat. He's scared. He'll talk when the Enforcers interrogate him." Razor said, trying to diffuse the situation, but Shadow Kat wouldn't back down. "The city would be much safer without scum like him." She went to attack him, but someone pulled her back and away from him by her arm that was raised.
"You asking to go to jail with them or what?!" It was T-bone, now none too happy with her. She pulled against him. "I thought I told you to stay out of my way?!" She glared at him, trying to escape his grasp. "You're in no position to tell me what I can and can't do. You're in our city that Razor and I protect. Now, who are you and what are you doing here?"
She raised an eyebrow at him. That's when he noticed her dark emerald green eyes through the mask. 'Huh, same tail and eyes as Vivian, but the hair is different. Maybe they're related?'
"Don't you remember what I did to you the last time you had a run-in with me?" Shadow Kat said with a slight smirk. She moved to do the same thing she did to him last time, but T-bone was expecting it this time. He grabbed her free hand and slammed her up against the wall.
It took her a second to recover. "I'm not going to ask twice." T-bone nearly growled at her.
She struggled against the burley tabby. She finally gave up and sighed. "I'm here to take care of some personal business. I need to stop someone from trying to take over Megakat City. He runs one of the Mafias here in the city. My guess is he's robbing these places to build up funds to do just that." She said as T-bone looked over at Razor.
"How do you know that?" Razor asked as he came closer to them.
"My own informant. Put me down, please." She asked as T-bone shook his head. "I'm not done with you yet. Who is your informant?"
"None of your concern. Put me down, please. I've asked you twice nicely." She was preparing to escape, when Razor yelled out. "Look out!" . T-bone turned just in time to see the first robber Shadow Kat knocked out had gotten back up and had his rifle pointed at them. He grabbed Shadow Kat just as he started shooting and dove to the ground with her. He landed partially on top of her. She looked up and saw their faces were very close together, their mouths were nearly touching. She instantly blushed.
Razor meanwhile used his glovatrix, firing a knock out mini-missile, releasing a sleep agent that knocked the brazen thief out cold, making him drop his rifle. "Bingo! T-bone, you okay over there?!" Razor called out. T-bone was frozen there for a few seconds, eyes wide despite the mask. He eventually forced himself up and away from her and got up. He offered his hand to her. "Roger, buddy, I'm good." She hesitated for a moment, but took his hand. She felt that same tingling feeling rush through her body that she did when Chance touched her.
'What is this annoying feeling?!' She thought to herself as he helped pull her upright. "Thanks." She said simply. "No problem." T-bone answered. The Enforcers finally showed up once more, late to the party. "Oh, Feral's gonna love this...hey! Where'd she go?!" Razor said as T-bone looked as well to see Shadow Kat was gone. The escrima stick she used was gone too.
"Not one for sticking around, is she?" Razor stated as T-bone nodded. "Roger that, buddy. We'll see her again though. No doubt." He did catch sight of her leaving the area on a black motorcycle quickly.
"Well, looks like you Swat Kats actually did good for once with minimal damage!" Feral said as he walked through the door into the mint.
"Actually, this was only partly us. Shadow Kat did a majority of this." Razor said as Feral stared at him. "Really? I have yet to see this Shadow Kat you keep mentioning."
"She keeps leaving before we can talk to her for long, but she seems to be on the side of good for the most part." T-bone added.
Feral of course, had to snap back into his old ways. "Seems to be? You better make sure she is. If I have to deal with more than two of you vigilantes, then I'm holding the both of you responsible for her actions if she turns out to be criminal scum. Megakat City has more than enough of those already too!"
T-bone cocks his head and raises an eyebrow at him. "Is that an order commander? Because last time I checked, we weren't on Enforcer payroll." Feral growls at him. "You're lucky you both haven't seen the inside of our jail cells yet! Just keep her in check if you can."
"We did already when Hardrive took over our jet and framed us, remember? We don't plan on a second visit." Razor said, smiling.
"As many times as you've saved this city, I'm still bound and determined to one day put you both behind bars!" Feral responded.
"Keep dreaming, Feral. It's good to have life goals." T-bone said with a big smile. Feral gripped his cane and glared.
"Let's go, pal. I think the enforcers can handle the rest." Razor said as T-bone turned to go with him.
Meanwhile, Shadow Kat came back to the ally way where her car was sitting. She parked the motorcycle and turned it off. The words "Goodbye" displayed on the mini screen and faded to black. She looked up just in time to see the TurboKat zoom past her overhead. 'Huh, they must be on their way to another call or they stay close to here. Would make sense. There's not much out this way except the garage.' She threw the tarp back over the motorcycle.
She walked towards her car and got into the back, making sure no one was around as she changed back into mild mannered Vivian Vanfang. Moments later, she got out and got into the driver's seat, closing the door. She fixed and pinned her red hair back up into the neat and precision up-do for work. While she was fixing her hair, a couple of memories replayed in her mind. First, the memory of Chance carrying her back to the garage, the second, T-bone landing on top of her while he saved her from the robber and being close enough to kiss him if she wanted to.
She shook her head of these memories. 'Viv, you can't get involved with anyone right now, especially with a grease cat or a vigilante. You have to stay focused on your mission. You're still not over your dead fiancé last I checked.' She thought as she gripped the wheel, turned on the car, and drove off towards HQ.