Disclaimer: The SWAT Kats belong to Hanna Barberra and the Tremblay Brothers. I Own the OCs.
Misarae, You are the best.
A refresher:
T-Bone looked down at his sleeping angel, wrapped his arms around her, and kissed the top of her head before whispering, "Goodnight my love." Then he proceeded to fall into a deep sleep.
As the new couple slept peacefully, Callie's body started to glow pink.
Across town at an old antique shop, an amulet that had been encased in glass started to glow. The shop's owner walked over to the amulet after noticing the glow, then said, "It has taken 28 years, but your powers are starting to awaken. I will be seeing you soon, my granddaughter." She smiled very happily.
The next morning, Callie woke up to the sound of a very content, sleeping T-Bone. She smiled, since she had not slept that well in years. She gave him a quick kiss in an attempt to awaken the slumbering SWAT Kat.
T-Bone thought all of the past few hours had been a dream. Could Callie really have said, "I love you?" Especially to him. And falling asleep with her in his arms? Nah, couldn't be. Then he felt someone lightly kiss him on the lips.
He slowly opened his eyes, and saw none other than Callie looking down at him, smiling.
"Did you sleep well, my hero?" Callie purred.
"Yes, I slept like a new born kitten, my angel. I could get used to this," T-Bone said as he caressed her back.
"So could I," Callie said as she leaned in for another kiss. This one more searing than the first.
After a few minutes, Callie broke the kiss and said, "As much as I would like this to keep going, let's take it slow and not rush into anything." She laid her head back down on his chest and smiled as she listened to his heartbeat.
The two held each other, not wanting to move, but T-Bone eventually said, "As much as I would love to spend the entire day holding you in my arms, I have to go and work with Razor and Felina on capturing Dark Kat."
With that, Callie lifted her head from his chest and the two got out of bed. T-Bone went off into the bathroom to change back into his G-suit, while Callie waited for her turn. He emerged from the bathroom in full SWAT Kat garb and Callie ran back over to him and gave him another kiss.
"Sorry, I just could not help myself," she said.
"I guess that will have to be something else I will have to get used to, love," T-Bone replied before opening the window and re-attaching himself to the line. Then he said to her, "I will call you later and make arrangements for a proper date. I can hardly wait for everyone to see you on my arm." Then he rappelled back down to his awaiting Cyclotron and took off towards the hangar.
By the time T-Bone arrived back at the hangar, Jake already had the garage open for an hour.
As Chance climbed up the ladder from the hangar to the garage, Jake said to him, "Where have you been? I have been worrying that you got caught by Dark Kat or something."
Chance just smiled at Jake and said, "She loves me. I ended up staying at her place last night."
Jake dropped what he was working on and replied, "What do you mean you stayed at her place last night? You slept with her! How could you do that to her! I thought you knew better than that! What a dunce! Wait until Felina hears about this. She is going to kill you, skin you, then mount you on her wall as a trophy!"
"Whoa, calm down buddy. Yes, I slept with her, but that was all that happened. She fell asleep in my arms after we confessed our love for each other," Chance said calmly.
Jake said, "It had better have happened as you said. I am not getting between Felina and you if she comes here, guns-a-blazing." Then he said, "Callie loves T-Bone. What happens when she finds out that Chance and T-Bone are one and the same?"
"I'll cross that bridge sooner rather than later. I will not string her along, not knowing what is behind the mask," Chance said.
Seeing that the parts had arrived for Callie's car, the two started working on getting it back together.
After T-Bone left, Callie took a shower and got changed into a pair of shorts and a T-shirt since it was another hot day outside. She was also hoping that Felina would return to her guard post. She had a lot to tell her. She was also hoping that she could get a run in. With the troop of Enforcers that were stationed at her apartment, that did not seem likely.
Her door opened not more than five minutes later, revealing Felina, who proceeded to tell the current guards to get out. After they did, Felina went over to Callie and asked her, "You look a lot better than you did yesterday. What happened?"
Callie giggled and replied, "T-Bone confessed that he loves me." She left out the part about him staying the night. She would save that for another time.
Felina looked at her, smiled, then said, "I guess Razor and I knocked some sense into his big head. I am happy for you! The SWAT Kats and I had dinner over at the diner downtown, and were discussing plans to take down Dark Kat, and he sort of.. blurted out that he has feelings for you."
Callie was shocked and mad that Felina knew about T-Bone's feelings. She yelled, "So, you knew and didn't tell me! How could you?" she asked Felina as one of her paws started to glow.
Felina saw how angry Callie was, but also noticed her glowing paw and said, "Calm down Callie! I didn't tell you because he said he was going to come over here and tell you himself. Well, at least I hoped he was going to. He was real nervous and I was not sure that he would go through with telling you. Anyhow, it was not my place to tell you, it was his. Now what is with that paw of yours?" As Felina pointed to the glowing paw.
"What are you talking about, Felina? There's nothing wrong with my…" Callie trailed off as she stared at the obvious yellow glow surrounding her paw. Her anger gave way to shock. "I really don't know."
"You mean that you have not noticed this before?" Felina asked.
"No. Don't you think that I would tell you if I knew about this?" Callie replied, as she lifted the glowing appendage to face level and pointed at it with her other paw to emphasize the fact that she knew nothing about it.
Felina thought about it for a minute. She never knew anyone that had something 'special' about them before, and this is her best friend. Then she asked Callie, "What else can it do?"
"I'm the only one of my family left, so I don't even have anyone to ask, "Callie replied. She started to put a paw up to her forehead, then she stopped as she realized it was the glowing one. She let it drop with a sigh of annoyance. Then she looked back at Felina and said, "How about a run? I need to clear my head, and hopefully 'light bulb' here will go out."
"Ok, just let me get changed into something more appropriate for a run on this scorcher of a day. Then we can go," Felina said.
Callie was now beaming with energy and, yes, 'light bulb' extinguished itself, once she calmed down. She ran back to her bedroom and changed into her running attire, then waited for Felina to return.
When she did, Callie noticed Felina's attire matched hers, and Callie said, "New Enforcer uniform? Where do you hide your gun in that?"
"Do you think that you are the only one that can pull off wearing a skin tight pair of shorts and a top? You have a tom who is absolutely in love with you. It's time that I find one too," Felina said, placing her paws on her hips.
The pair left the apartment building and started their run.
"Let's take the scenic route today, Callie," Felina said to Callie.
The two headed to the park to continue their run.
Of course, as the two ran through the park, every cab driver and tom within the park had to stop and stare at them as they ran by. One particular tom reached out and grabbed Felina's backside as she ran past. That did not go over too well with Felina. She stopped running and proceeded to grab the tom's arm and jammed it behind his back. Then she shouted, "You are under arrest! You have the right to remain silent." Then she took out a plastic tie from the bag that was attached to her belt and tied the tom's hands together. Just to add insult to injury, she then kneed him in the stomach, which caused the tom to topple over in pain. "Let that teach you to touch any she-cat inappropriately again," Felina said to the tom.
The Park Rangers were now arriving on the scene. Felina explained who she was and what happened. Then the Rangers took the tom away.
"Shall we continue?" Felina asked, not missing a beat.
Callie laughed at Felina's reaction. She said, "You treated him so well. He was really into you."
"He was lucky that all he got was a knee to the stomach. Any other time, he would be singing soprano, if you get my drift. Now let's continue that run," Felina replied.
The two finished their run without further incident. When Felina returned to her apartment, dripping in sweat, she grabbed a towel and a bottle of water from the fridge to cool down. She noticed that the light was blinking on her answering machine. She went over and pressed play. As the machine played the message, she heard her uncle's voice.
"Nice collar, Felina. We have been looking for this tom for a while, but did you have to injure the guy? He's claiming police brutality. Call me back, 'Lieutenant'," her uncle said sternly.
"Uh oh, I guess I am in trouble with my uncle," she thought with a giggle she knew that she could tap dance her way out of it with no problem. Felina went to her bedroom, stripped down, and took a shower.
Callie returned to her apartment to find a message waiting for her, too although, this one was from salvage yard. She pressed play after getting a bottle of tea from the fridge. "Callie, this is Jake. We have finished your car and it is running like new. Please come and get it before Chance decides that it needs 'just a few extra modifications'." After Jake was done speaking, Callie heard Chance in the background, asking who Jake was on the phone with. Then she heard a loud bang just as the message stopped. She wondered what the bang was for a second, then shrugged and went to take a shower.
Felina left her apartment after completing her shower and changing into her uniform. She decided that she would call her uncle from Callie's, so Callie could hear her do the 'two step' around him. Felina let herself into Callie's apartment and waited for her by the kitchen. It didn't take long before Callie emerged from the bedroom wearing jean shorts and a T-shirt. Callie said, "I knew that I should not have given you a key."
Felina stuck her tongue out at Callie, then picked up her cell phone to call her uncle.
"You want to hear something funny? Just listen to this," Felina said to Callie.
Felina called her uncle and placed the phone on speaker.
"This is Feral," Commander Feral said.
"Hi uncle, you called earlier?" Felina said.
"You busted a perp earlier today at the park?" Feral said.
"Yes, uncle. I busted him for groping me," Felina replied.
"Did you know that he is claiming police brutality?" Feral asked.
"No, I did not, uncle," Felina answered while rolling her eyes.
"Well, he is claiming that you kneed him in the stomach, causing internal injuries," Feral said.
"Did I now?" Felina asked, as if she did not know what her uncle was talking about. Then she continued before her uncle blew a gasket, "I did what any other Enforcer would have done in the same situation. You do remember the 'unwritten rule' that any perp who mistreats a she-cat deserves whatever happens to them, don't you?" Felina said.
Callie heard this and looked at Felina in surprise. She knew, sort of, that the Enforcers did not take the mistreatment of she-cats lightly. But she never expected Felina to admit it in front of her.
"I know that rule Felina, I wrote it! I admit, if I had witnessed the event, that tom would be in a lot worse shape," Feral admitted to Felina.
"So uncle, am I off the hook for this?" Felina asked, fluttering her eyelashes for Callie's benefit.
Callie had to chuckle and hold her paw over her mouth so Commander Feral did not know that she heard the conversation.
"Yes Felina, you are off the hook. Just keep your form of 'justice' to yourself for a while," Feral said, then hung up the phone.
"I knew that the 'dance' lessons that mom got me when I was a kitten would pay off!" Felina said ecstatically while pumping a fist in the air and doing a little victory dance.
Callie burst out laughing, then she said, "You certainly 'danced' your way out of that one. I thought your uncle was going to bust you back to a Street Enforcer."
"That would never happen. He knows that I am the best officer that he has in the Enforcers. If he busts me back down, all the other Enforcers that are under me would not put up with it, and cause a paperwork nightmare that he would never get out of," Felina replied.
"What do you want to do for the rest of the day? I have to go and get my car before 'Chance decides that it needs "just a few extra modifications",' as Jake put it," Callie said while holding up her paws and making quotation mark signs with her fingers.
Felina replied, "Ok. We will get your car, then come back here to drop it off, since you are not supposed to be running around un-escorted anyway. Then let's do something fun. Your pick."
"You're on! It's too hot to stay in the city. I vote for the beach. I would love the feeling of a nice ocean breeze flowing through my hair," Callie beamed.
"The beach it is. I have needed to get away from the city for some time now. It will be nice to sit back, and relax with my paws in the warm sand, an ice cold drink, and hunky toms to look at." Felina had a wicked smile on her face by the time she was done speaking.
"Speaking of 'Hunky toms', I have been thinking. We both owe Jake and Chance for taking care of our cars and such. Why don't we invite them along?" Callie asked.
Felina thought about it for a minute, then said, "Why not? But what is T-Bone going to say when he finds out that you let another tom see you in a swimsuit before he did?"
"Chance and I have been friends since college, and you know them both from when they were in the Enforcers. I have to break it to Chance anyhow that I am seeing T-Bone officially. This will give me the opportunity to do so," Callie replied.
"Just do it gently at the garage. I don't think that he is going to be able to pay attention to anything else once he sees you in a swimsuit," Felina said as she ran her paws down her own body to emphasize the point that Callie had a gorgeous figure.
Callie laughed at Felina's antics as she said, "Let's go."
End of Chapter