Hi All.
Sorry for the delay. Weekend kicked my tail in more ways than one.
Disclaimer: The SWAT Kats are owned by Hanna Barberra and the Tremblay brothers. I own the OCs.
Misarae, you have been a huge inspiration for me and keep pushing for me to continue.
Thank You again.
Continuing on the car ride back to the apartment building:
"I can see you two, settling down, buying a cute house, and having a few kittens. Oh, they would be so cute!" Felina said.
Callie thought about it for a minute before responding, "You really think so?"
"Yes, you two would be good together. Your brains and good looks combined with his brawn and sense of humor. I see a perfect match," Felina said.
Callie replied back, "What about T-Bone?"
"He had better get himself in gear. You have two toms that are after you. One of them is going to win. Either T-Bone has to step up his game and make a move, or Chance had better get his head out of his backside and realize what is in front of him," Felina said.
Callie thought to herself while looking out of the car window instead of at Felina, "I have been kissed by T-Bone already and have admitted that I liked it. While Chance has been flirting and making advances towards me for years now. How did I get myself into this mess?"
Back at MegaKat Prison, Turmoil sat in her cell drawing a lone bird that happened to land on her cell's window ledge. She was at peace on days like this, and often reflected on what she had done in the past to get her in the situation that she was in now. She threw what was left of a few scraps of bread to the bird, attempting to get the bird to stay long enough to finish her sketch.
Turmoil managed to get a few more lines drawn, when a package landed on her window sill. She went over to the package and read the words, "GET DOWN NOW!" She ran for cover under her cot just beforethe package exploded, blowing a hole in the wall. After the dust and debris settled, she got out from under the cot and looked at the devastation. She yelled out to the guards, "Someone help!" As she did this, the creeplings entered through the hole and proceeded to break her out of prison.
"I don't want to go with you. I have reformed, for the most part, and I do not want to spend the rest of my life behind bars!" Turmoil screamed at the creeplings.
The creeplings, of course, did not care what Turmoil said. They had their instructions, and were going to complete their task. One of them took out a syringe and injected Turmoil with it, rendering her unconscious as the prison guards arrived way too unprepared for Dark Kat's creeplings.
The guards shot at the creeplings with their standard issue pistols, but they had no effect. They were also trying not to hit Turmoil, since she had become a model prisoner after the first few weeks of her incarceration.
The guards got on the radio to the Warden and said, "Dark Kat is breaking Turmoil out! We don't have the fire power to stop them! Call the Enforcers for help!"
The warden called Commander Feral directly and explained what was happening.
Commander Feral replied back to the warden, "We are on the way. Hold them the best you can by any means necessary!" Then he grabbed his radio and yelled, "Get a squadron to MegaKat prison, NOW!" throwing the radio across the room when he was finished yelling. He grabbed his coat and ran out the door saying to himself, "Dark Kat, what are you up to?"
Back at the prison, the guards were having no luck in keeping the creeplings from completing their task of breaking Turmoil out of prison. They loaded her into a tank and left the prison yard with the now arriving Enforcer squadron on their tails. The creeplings opened the rear hatch of their tank, and fired a barrage of missiles at the Enforcers. The Enforcers tried their best to avoid getting hit, but with the formation that they were in, it was not an easy task. 65% of the squadron vehicles were taken out of commission with the first strike. The rest of the squadron had to hold back, since they could not get through the devastation in front of them.
Commander Feral arrived on thescene soon after the missile strike, and saw what was left of his squadron. He said in frustration, "Great, just great." He then grabbed his radio and said, "This is Feral. Bring me chopper back-up." When he finished his orders, he picked up his phone and called his niece.
Felina and Callie were back at Felina's apartment, trying to make sense of the disaster that was left in Felina's wake.
Callie said to Felina, while holding a box of what used to be 'Cantonese Take-Out', "How did you let it get to this state? I am surprised that you do not have vermin living in this mess. "
"I don't know. My uncle has me real busy. I am only a Lieutenant, and he treats me like a Captain," Felina replied as her phone started to ring.
Felina looked at the caller ID and saw it was her uncle. She answered the phone, "Yes uncle?"
"Felina, get your tail back to headquarters and into a chopper! Turmoil has been broken out of jail, apparently against her will, by Dark Kat. I need you to lead an air squadron in finding Dark Kat!" Feral yelled at his niece.
Felina held the phone away from her ear,since her uncle was yelling very loudly, and then she yelled equally loud to prove a point, "You have me on 'Protective Custody' detail, REMEMBER UNCLE? I can't just get up and leave my post, now can I?"
Callie heard the conversation, since there was so much yelling going on. Heck, the cats two floors down probably could hear what was going on. She held her paws up questioningly,as well as scrunching her face as ifto ask what was going on.
Felina waved her off, basically letting Callie knowthat she would tell her when she got off the phone, sinceher uncle was yelling back at her. "I'll assign as many Enforcers to that detail as necessary. Right now I need you up in the air, leading that squadron!"
"I will be on my way uncle, just as soon as I am sure that my ward is secure," Felina said, then hung up the phone, before turning to Callie and saying to her in a stern voice, "As much as I want to get this place cleaned up, I need you to go back to your apartment. Deadbolt the door, close all of the windows, draw the curtains, and CALL the SWAT Kats. Turmoil has beenbroken out of prison. Who knows what that psycho has planned?" She grabbed Callie by the arm and dragged her to her own apartment, almost throwing her inside. Then Felina said to Callie, "Sorry for being so rough. I want you safe. Now do as I said and dead bolt this door. Do not open it for anyone unless they have an Enforcer badge and a really big gun with them, understand?"
Callie said to Felina, "I got it, but you be careful, too. I don't want to bury a friend anytime soon." Then Callie closed the door and locked it.
Felina said softly to Callie through the closed door, "I hope I don't have to, either." Then she turned and ran down the hall to the stairs. Felina opened the stairwell door and ran down all eight flights of stairs as fast as she could, ending up in the underground parking garage. Then she sprinted to her awaiting patrol car. She got in, strapped herself in using the five-point harness that she personally installed, and sped off to Enforcer headquarters, leaving large tire marks on the pavement as she sped off, lights and sirens wailing.
Callie watched from her window as her friend drove off like a bat out of hell, then closed the curtains as she had been told. She sat down in one of the living room chairs, held her legs to her chest, and rocked ever so softly, thinking to herself, "I am going to be alright. At least, I hope so." She then mustered the courage to get up and find the communicator that Jake had given her earlier in the day and pushed the call button.
At the salvage yard, Chance and Jake were taking time off from the auto repair work that had to be done, since they were waiting on parts or for customers to pick up their cars. They were running in their underground obstacle course, seeing who could out-do theother.
"Ha! Two minutes and thirty seconds and no casualties! Beat that, Chance!" Jake said to his friend.
"I can beat that with one paw tied behind my back," Chance replied while getting set on the starting line. He started running just as Jake started the stop watch to time Chance's run. Chance got through the first few obstacles in record time. When he gotto the swinging tire obstacle, he stopped for a brief second to get the timing right. About halfway through the obstacle, the alarm went off, signaling that Callie was calling the SWAT Kats. Chance forgot for a second what he was doing, and got hit square in the chest with a swinging tire, knocking him onto his butt.
Jake made his way over to the alarm and said to Chance, "I guess I win. You are cleaning the garage for the next week." He then silenced the alarm and answered, "Yes, Miss Briggs. What can I do for you?"
"Turmoil has been broken out of jail by Dark Kat in some sort of tank, the Enforcers are scrambling to find her and bring her back to prison, and I would feel a whole lot better knowing that the SWAT Kats were out there finding Dark Kat and stopping whatever plan he is working on this time," Callie said into the communicator.
Jake said back to her, "We are on our way!" With that, Chance and Jake ran to their lockers and donned their SWAT uniforms. Then ran to the awaiting Turbo Kat. They got into the cockpit and strapped themselves into their seats. T-Bone started the jet and took off.
Razor told T-Bone that Turmoil had been broken out of prison by Dark Kat, and that the Enforcers were looking for the tank they got away in.
T-Bone said to Razor, "I thought she had reformed? When I last visited her, she told me that she was sorry for what she has done and was ready to re-join society. She hated being locked up! Why would she do that, knowing full well that if she did break out of prison, her stay there was going to be a lot longer. Besides, she was scheduled to go before the parole board this month since she has been a model prisoner. Turmoil was even helping out in the prison, doing small jobs and such, as well as helping the other prisoners cope with being there. She would not jeopardize all of that just to help out Dark Kat!"
"I don't know buddy, but from the way Callie sounded, she is real scared. We had better find Dark Kat real fast and put a stop to his plans," Razor said.
"We can't have that, now can we? Let's go and kick Dark Kat's tail!" T-Bone replied to Razor.
Turmoil awoke in Dark Kat's lair at the docks. She felt groggy from the drugs that the creeplings had injected her with to sedate her.
"Wakey wakey, my dear," Dark Kat said to Turmoil.
"Why did you bring me here? I don't want any part of your plans, Dark Kat. I demand that you take me back to prison right now!" Turmoil yelled at Dark Kat.
"Calm down, my dear. Ineed you to convince T-Bone to join our side. Since you and him have already hada relationship, that should not be too hard for you to do," Dark Kat said.
"And I refuse?" Turmoil replied.
"Then I have no reason to keep you alive, now do I?" Dark Kat said.
Turmoil thought about the situation that she was in, and decided to play along with Dark Kat for now. Once she was on her own, she could attempt to contact the SWAT Kats and tell them where Dark Kat was and what his plans were. She had to very careful not to tip her hat too early, or it would be deadly for her. She replied, "What choice do I have? Alright Dark Kat, I will help you on one condition, T-Bone and the Turbo-Kat are mine."
"You have a deal. Just be sure to keep up your end of the bargain, Turmoil. Understand?" Dark Kat said.
"Da, I understand," Turmoil responded. Then she thought to herself, "How do I get out of this?"
End of Chapter