Disclaimer: The SWAT Kats are owned by Hanna Barberra and the Tremblay Brothers. I own the OCs.
Chapter Two.
Back at the garage, Chance and Jake were working on a car that has been brought in for a simple oil change that had turned into anything but simple. It turned out that the car had an oil leak from the rear of the engine that the customer neglected to tell them about. That meant that the engine had to be pulled from the vehicle, and since it was of foreign make, it was not going to be easy. As they were working, covered in sweat and grease, the phone rang.
Jake stopped what he was doing and went to answer the phone. He wiped his paws before picking up the receiver and answering, "Megakat Salvage. How can I help you?"
On the other end of the phone was a little old she-cat that they had several run ins with, screaming that the work they had done on her car was shoddy since the car had broken down again on the outskirts of town, and she was demanding to be towed to the yard to be fixed at no charge.
Jake held the phone away from his ear due to the loud screaming coming from the ear piece. When the screaming finally stopped, Jake politely asked where she was and told her that he would be out there as fast as possible to get her on her way.
Jake yelled back at Chance that he was taking the tow truck to go get the she-cat, and that he would try not to bring her back to the shop if it could be avoided.
Chance yelled back, "Bring back some milk and lunch while you are out!" and continued working on the car.
Jake shrugged his shoulders, grabbed the keys to the truck, and left to go deal with the irate she-cat.
At the same time, Callie managed to get back to her apartment and get cleaned up. Now dressed in a pink pencil skirt that landed just above the knee, her standard white dress shirt and tie, she got into her car and started her relatively short drive to City Hall and her awaiting contract.
Making good time, she figured that she would have exactly twenty minutes to get the contract done before Mr. Yang's assistant showed up to pick it up. As luck would have it, her car decided at that particular time to make a very loud noise from the engine compartment and stop running. She had the sense to put the car in neutral and let it slowly drift to the side of the road.
"Crud, out of all times for this to happen," she said, not noticingthat her paw was glowing slightly again.
She opened her purse, took out her cell phone, and called the salvage yard, hoping that someone could get there and help her.
Back at the yard, Chance was working on a very stubborn bolt. As he put more pressure on the bolt, trying to get it to loosen, the wrench slipped, which caused him to slam his paw and forearm into the fan. This caused him to lose it, pick up the wrench, and proceed to launch it across the garage. It hit the opposite wall with a loud bang and fell to the floor.
Chance went to the fridge that was in the garage and took out an ice pack to hopefully keep the swelling down when the phone rang. He wandered over to it and answered, "Megakat Salvage."
On the other end, Callie spoke into the phone "Hi, my car broke down about two blocks from City Hall. I need to get there in a hurry, so I am going to walk the rest of the way as best as I can in heels. Can you pick up the car and bring it back to the garage please?"
Chance, of course, could not say no. Especially to the she-cat that he had his sights set on since he first saw her. Almost drooling on himself, imagining her dressed in her business attire, he answered back, "I will be there as soon as I can. Just leave the keys under the mat." With that, he hung up the phone and cleaned himself up. He didn't want to reek of sweat and grease if he managed to see that pretty she-cat. He might even gather up the nerve to ask her out. If he didn't trip over his tongue when he saw her, that is.
Callie did as she was asked and left the keys under the mat. She closed the door and ran towards the office in her high heeled shoes. She ran about a block before her feet started to hurt. This caused her to stop. Luckily, one of the construction workers that normally made cat calls at her noticed her running, stopped his truck, and offered her a ride to the office. Although he and his crew made cat calls and blew wolf whistles at her, she knew they were all married and had families of their own and would never do anything. Also, Callie made it a point to buy them coffee and breakfast weekly, since they were working on the New City Hall building. She accepted his ride, although she probably could have walked it even though she wasin pain. Getting into the truck in a skirt proved to be a challenge, as not to flash too much leg to the public. That didn't work out too well, since an older tom managed to get a real good look at her legs as she was climbing into the truck and proceeded to hold his chest mockingly. Callie blushed at this. The driver laughed, since he knew that she had the best legs that he had ever seen. He would never tell his wife, though. As they arrived at City Hall, he stopped the truck and helped her out this time so she would not suffer the same embarrassment as she did when she got in. She thanked him for stopping, and said she hoped she did not cause him any delay in his route. He replied that it was no problem at all, and his mother and wife would skin him alive if he did not help another cat in need.
She made her way into the building, waving at the driver who was watching her climb the stairs and watching her hips sway as she did so. He let his foot off of the brake pedal enough that the truck proceeded to roll forward and rear end a parked Enforcer car. Not hard enough to do any damage, but hard enough to make the officer get out with spilled coffee on his uniform, not looking too happy about it. Callie had to chuckle at that, but continued on up the stairs and entered the building.
She made it to her desk slightly after 8AM. Knowing that Mr. Yang's assistant would show up promptly at 8:30, she started to go over the contract. Luckily, it was not in that bad of shape and she was able to finish it within ten minutes. She decided to pick up some of the junk that had accumulated, since she had rarely had time to clean, while she waited for Mr. Yang's assistant.
Meanwhile, Jake had managed to get the old she-cat's car running and back on the road without much trouble. It turned out that a fan belt broke and it was an easy repair, so as soon as he was done, he was on his way back to the yard.
Chance, having to take the older truck, was not having the same luck. The truck did not like to go very fast, and that is what Chance needed since he was going to get Callie's car and hopefully get to see her, too. As he pulled up to the broken car, he opened the door and found the keys just where she left them. But before he closed the door, he breathed in deeply, inhaling her scent. That sent his heart a flutter, but he knew that he had work to do, so, he closed the door and proceeded to hook the car up to the truck.
Mr. Yang's assistant showed up right on time and knocked on her door. Callie straightened her skirt and shirt and opened the door to let Mr. Yang's assistant in. He bowed to her, and she bowed back. She led him to a chair at a conference table by the window and asked him if he would like a beverage. He politely replied that he had a rather busy morning ahead of him and did not have the time. She said "Ok", walked to her desk, and grabbed the contract. Callie walked back, contract in hand, and handed it over to Mr. Yang's assistant, then sat across from him. He looked over the contract quickly, since he really did not have time to go over it as thoroughly as he would have liked. He said with a deep eastern accent, "All looks in order. You should receive a signed copy in the morning." With that he got up, bowed to her again, and left.
Callie relaxed after Mr. Yang's assistant left, knowing that she did not have much to do for the rest of the day. She decided to take the rest of the day off and either go to the salvage yard and see what was wrong with her car this time, or go home via taxi, change into something more comfortable, grab Felina's bike keys, and head to the gym to un-wind. She decided on the latter.
As the Past Master arrived at Dark Kat's lair, Dark Kat was busy preparing the weaponry he needed to take over City Hall. The creeplings dropped the Past Master at Dark Kat's feet with a thump.
"What is the reason you brought me here Dark Kat?" the Past Master asked.
Dark Kat responded, "I need you to open a portal to City Hall so I can kidnap the Mayor and hold the city ransom."
"Well, what of the Deputy Mayor? You know that she is Callista's reincarnation and she is mine!" the Past Master asked.
Dark Kat did not like where this was going already, and replied, "If I get the Mayor, you can do as you wish with the Deputy Mayor. But I need one of them in my clutches in order for my plan to work. If you mess this up, you can forget about ever seeing the Dark Ages again. Is that clear!?"
The Past Master nodded to Dark Kat that he agreed to the plan, although he never intended on keeping his part of the bargain. He planned on taking the Deputy Mayor for himself at all costs. "To hell with Dark Kat and his plans. I have my own," the Past Master thought to himself.
With that, he opened a portal to City Hall that opened up right outside the Deputy Mayor's office.
While Callie was packing up what she needed, the sky around City Hall darkened like an impending storm was coming, but it was not any normal storm that was brewing. Instead, a portal opened up right outside her window, and the Past Master along with Dark Kat jumped out with several creeplings.
Callie reached for her purse and found the communicator that the SWAT Kats had given her in case of an emergency. If this didn't qualify as an emergency, what would?
She pushed the button in the center of the device. This sent out a signal to both Chance and Jake. Both alarms in the trucks went off. Chance, who happened to be closer to the alarm, picked it up, and said into the communicator, "Yes Miss Briggs, what seems to be the problem?"
Callie screamed back, "Dark Kat and the Past Master are right outside of my window.!"
As she was speaking, Dark Kat and the Past Master broke through the window and the creeplings grabbed her. Dark Kat grabbed the communicator from her and said, "If you ever want to see the lovely Deputy Mayor alive again, I want the City's treasury delivered to dock 13 by 5pm today!" He smashed the communicator under his foot, severing the connection.
Chance was now seeing red. He grabbed a duffle bag that was hidden behind the seat of his truck and proceeded to run towards City Hall as fast as he could. He made it there within a minute. Ducking back into an alley, he hid behind a dumpster and changed into T-Bone. Ditching his overalls and the duffel, he grabbed the Glovetrix and launched a grappling hook and rope to the roof. He pressed a button on the Glovetrix, and hoisted himself up to the top floor where the Mayor's office was.
Jake also heard the call from Callie, and high tailed it over towards City Hall as fast as he could. He called Chance on the SWAT Kat frequency and asked him where he was.
Chance replied, "I am in the Mayor's office right now. I am going in to rescue Callie!"
Jake replied back, "Don't do anything stupid that will wind up with you dead! Wait for me. I will be there within three minutes!"
T-Bone, of course, ignored what Razor was saying, knowing that Callie was in danger. He positioned himself right outside her door and waited for the right time to barge in and rescue her.
While Chance and Jake were talking, the Enforcers showed up in force, with Commander Feral in the lead. Feral looked up, saw the portal and said, "The Past Master again. This day keeps getting better and better. Enforcers, surround the building and get a team up to the Deputy Mayor's Office NOW!"
As they scrambled to follow the commander's orders, Dark Kat ordered the creeplings to take out the Enforcers. They flew down the side of the building and attacked the Enforcer squadron.
The Past Master, meanwhile, was eyeing Callie and wandered over to her. He got down on his knee and said, "If you marry me, all of this will stop. You will be happy in the Dark Ages. You will be a queen, and not a servant to someone who does not appreciate you, my dear."
Callie yelled at the Past Master, "I would rather marry Mad Kat than marry you!"
T-Bone heard this, and broke into the office, enraged. The first thing that he did was grab Callie by the waist and get her out of harm's way. The second thing he did was punch the Past Master dead in the face, sending him back through the portal he came in. The third thing he did was to launch a large electrified net at Dark Kat, entrapping him. Then T-Bone proceeded to punch him, also knocking him un-conscious.
T-Bone made his way back to Callie after he was sure that she was now safe and asked her, "Are you all right, Miss Briggs?"
Callie replied, "Yes, thanks to you."
He looked deeply into her green eyes, and could not help himself, so he leaned in and kissed her deeply. Callie did not know what was happening. First she had been held hostage by Dark Kat and the Past Master. Now she was being kissed by T-Bone!
End of Chapter