Disclaimer: The SWAT Kats are owner by Hanna Barberra and the Tremblay Brothers. I own the OCs.
Misarae, this would not be possible with out you.
Just a friendly reminder, for those who do not remember:
"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."
At the salvage yard, Chance and Jake were having a relatively quiet day. Since Spring Break had started, there was not much work coming into the shop. So they decided that a day of training was in order. After that, all of their SWAT gear and vehicles needed some TLC to keep them in proper working order.
The two started on the obstacle course that was located in the rear of the yard. It was designed to push them both to their physical limits and then some. The course was constantly being updated by both of them at different times. Neither knowing what the other was doing to the course, so there was an element of the unknown around every turn.
Jake, being the smaller of the two, managed to get slightly ahead of Chance. As he turned his head to find out exactly how far Chance was behind him, he ran smack dab into one of Chance's new obstacles: a 20 foot vine wall complete with thorns. Jake yelled, "Ouch! Why would he place this thing directly in the middle of the path? I am going to be picking out thorns from my fur for the next week!" Then he studied the obstacle carefully for a brief amount of time before deciding the best way around it was to go over it. Jake found a long aluminum pole that could be used as a vault. He ran back about 30 feet, pole in hand, and then ran directly at the wall, planting one end of the pole about a foot in front of the wall. Jake used the flexibility of the pole to throw himself over the wall and land safely on the other side.
Chance yelled at Jake after seeing him vault over the wall, "You were supposed to climb over that, not jump over it!"
"There is nothing in the rule book stating how an obstacle is to be conquered, Chance," Jake said as he continued running.
Since Jake had been delayed by the wall, the two were now neck and neck. That was, until the next new obstacle that Jake had installed very recently was in front of them. It appeared to be a simple rope swing over a small pool of water. Chance thought to himself, "This is going to be a piece of cake." He grabbed the center rope while running at it full speed, then jumped, hoping that the momentum would swing him across the pool without an issue. That was not what happened, though. If Chance had taken a better look, he would have discovered that the pool actually had three separate sections to it, each one a different length. Meaning that some of the ropes that were hanging down would not swing the user totally across, but dump them into the pool, instead. That is what happened to Chance as he discovered that his current rope was about 10 feet too short. He hit the pool with a loud splash.
Jake made it to the other side without a problem and waited for Chance to surface. When he did, Jake said to Chance, "Enjoy your bath, buddy?" Then he continued running.
Chance just slammed his fist into the water, knowing that Jake had him beat. He swam to the edge of the pool and then continued running to the finish. Jake was already there, and handed Chance a towel.
"That was a low blow, Jake," Chance said while drying off.
"The wall of thorns wasn't? At least you just got wet. I still have thorns stuck in my fur," Jake replied. Then he continued, "I think we have had enough of this. We need to get the dents and dings out of the Turbokat before it gets repainted, and then you wanted to replace the shocks on the Cyclotrons with stiffer ones in order to make them more agile."
"Let's grab some chow first, though. No sense working on an empty stomach," Chance said while rubbing his stomach.
The two went back to the garage and grabbed a couple of tuna sandwiches before heading to the hangar. Jake looked at the Turbokat while eating and decided that things would go faster if Chance went and took care of the Cyclotrons while he worked on the dents. He said to Chance, "I'll take care of the dents and dings on the Turbokat. Can you handle replacing the shocks? Just remember, the ones that are currently in the Cyclotrons have a very strong return in them. Be sure to use the compressor when taking them out. Otherwise, you might launch one into the ceiling."
Chance heard what Jake said and proceeded to place the first Cyclotron on the work stand. He removed the lower nuts and bolts from the rear shock assembly and let it de-compress slowly, using the strength in his arm. Then he removed the top retaining bolt. The old shock dropped out without a problem. Chance thought to himself, "Piece of cake," as he looked over his handy work. The new rear shock went in just as easily as the old one came out. Then he proceeded to go to work on the front set.
Those proved to be a little more difficult since they were part of the front fork assemblies. He removed the front wheel and brakes, trying to keep them together so he did not have to do a brake job also. That went smoothly. Chance looked over at Jake, just to see if he looked like he needed help with the Turbokat. Seeing that Jake was fine, he continued to work on the front assembly of the Cyclotron. Chance loosened the retaining nuts on the top of the front fork assembly, hoping that the shock would fall out just like the rear one had, but they did not. Apparently, springs were not Chance's friends at all. Chance did not heed Jake's warning about using the compressor on the assembly, and the shock assembly shot out of the top half of the front fork assembly and proceed to bury itself into the floor with a loud thud.
Jake heard the thud and turned around, then said to Chance, "I told you to use the compressor. Now how are YOU going to get that out of the floor without mangling the parts?"
"I don't know, Jake. I will get the parts out of the floor without damaging them, though," Chance replied while getting a chisel from the tool box.
As the two finished fixing the Turbokat and removing the assembly from the floor, someone or something tripped one of the sensors Jake had installed to alert him that someone had entered the salvage yard while he was in the hangar. Jake went over to a monitor and saw a taxi pulling up to the garage. He said to Chance, "Looks like we have company," while pointing to the monitor.
Chance stopped what he was doing and looked over at the monitor that Jake was pointing to. He saw Callie and Felina getting out of the taxi. Well, he mostly saw Callie, dressed in her shorts, getting out of the taxi. Nothing else mattered to him.
Jake looked at his friend and saw the same look on his face from a few days ago and said, "Not again. Every time Callie shows up here, Chance turns into a love struck kitten and can't do anything but stare at her." Jake went over to the sink, grabbed a cup of water, and threw it at Chance, in an attempt to get him to wake up.
It did the trick. The now wet Chance said, "What was that for?"
"To break the spell of the siren that just came into the shop. You took one look at Callie and you were gone."
"Sorry, buddy. I know that I am in love with her, but I guess I have to get that under control." Then Chance took another look at the monitor and watched the two she-cats walk up to the door of the garage. "Or not," he said, watching their hips sway as they walked.
"We had better get top side and seal the hatch to the hangar. I do not want those two to wait too long to find us. They just might start looking around the garage and find the hangar entrance," Jake said.
The two toms climbed the ladder going back to the garage, then closed the hatch and sealed it before the two she-cats got to the door and rang the bell.
Jake made his way over to the door, opened it, and asked, "What can I do for you two she-cats today?"
"Morning, Jake. We came by to pick up my car and ask you two if you wanted to join us for a trip to the beach," Callie said.
"I don't see why not. It's too hot in the garage to work, not there is much to do anyhow. Let me grab Chance and we will go. Care to wait in the living room? The AC is actually working for once, and it is nice and cool."
"Thanks Jake, but we will wait in my car. Just hand me my keys, and Felina and I will load our bags into my car and wait for you there," Callie replied.
"I'll get them for you," Jake said. Then he walked to the board where the customers' keys were kept and retrieved her keys. Then he walked back to the door and gave them to her, saying, "Here you go. The car is parked just to the left of the garage bay door."
A slightly overheated Felina asked while pulling on her uniform collar, "Can we just get this stuff loaded already? This Enforcer uniform was not made to be worn in heat like this. I am dying in this thing."
Jake looked at Felina and ran to the fridge to get a sports drink. Then he ran back and gave it to Felina.
"You always were the prepared one. Thanks," Felina said to Jake. Then she took a long drink.
"You are welcome, Felina. It would not be good to have you pass out here. What would your uncle think?" Jake replied.
"That I am a fool for wandering around in uniform on a day like today," Felina said.
"Didn't he ever approve those summer uniforms that you proposed?" Jake asked.
"Nope, the form is still sitting on his desk. Probably buried under something," Felina replied.
Chance walked to the door when he heard the banter between Felina and Jake. He left the garage to find Callie. He found her loading bags into her car. He walked up to her and said, "Can I help you with those bags, Callie?"
"I have them, Chance, but thanks. Did Jake tell you that I invited you two to the beach?" Callie replied.
"No, I was in the back storage room when I guess you asked him. When I arrived back at the garage, I only saw Jake and Felina talking, so I left to find you," Chance said.
"Well, get your bathing suit and a towel, because we are going just as soon as those two over there get themselves into this car," Callie said loudly for Felina's and Jake's benefit.
Chance ran back to the garage and up to his room to grab his swimsuit and a clean towel. He threw them into a bag, then ran back down to the awaiting Callie. He placed the bag in the trunk. Chance then said, "I hope that was not too long?"
"Nope, a minute and a half. Not bad at all," Callie said, while pretending to look at a watch on her wrist. Since they were alone for a minute or two, she had planned on telling Chance about her and T-Bone, but she did not have the heart to tell him right then. She did not want to ruin Chance's day at the beach with that news. It would have to wait.
Chance, on the other hand, was having a real hard time not placing his arms around Callie and kissing her. His heart was slamming in his chest, but his mind was telling him not to do anything. The tension was broken when Felina and Jake arrived at the car and got in. Chance and Callie got in shortly after them. They all drove off and headed to the beach.
At Dark Kat's lair, Dark Kat was making the final preparations to take the city's treasury. He looked at the plans one more time, then he smiled and thought to himself, "All is in place. The only thing that I need are the SWAT Kats out of the way. I certainly hope that the plan I made with Turmoil works, and I can trust her to hold up her end of the bargain. She just doesn't seem to be the same she-cat that took over the skies just a short while ago. Without her taking T-Bone out of the picture, my whole plan will surely fail."
Turmoil was in her room, sitting at a desk, drawing a picture of the bird that used to sit on her cell's window ledge. She was still upset that T-Bone was off the market, but she had now accepted that fact. She was more concerned about how to make her play seduction of him seem real to Dark Kat. If Dark Kat did not believe what he was seeing, then she was going to be a dead cat. Turmoil thought to herself as she stopped drawing, "I hope that T-Bone told this Callie of our plan to take down Dark Kat, so she is not mad at T-Bone when I am hanging all over him and more. Why couldn't I go and be the she-cat that my mother wanted? I would not be in this mess if I did what I was told when I was a teenager and be the good girl that she always wanted. No, I could not do that. I had to be the rebellious teenager who would stay out all night and be too busy having fun. If only I listened to her. I could have had a family of my own by now. Instead, I am rotting in a tunnel under the city. The only thing that I want now is to get back to prison, finish my sentence, and hopefully find a life worth living." As she finished her thought, Turmoil got up from her desk and sat in her bed with her back against the cold cement wall. She brought her legs up to her chest, buried her face in her knees, and sobbed. She then said through her tears, "Why didn't I listen to you, mother?"
Callie parked the car at a lot within walking distance of the beach. They all got out and grabbed their bags from the trunk. Chance and Jake walked over to the toms' dressing rooms and Felina and Callie went to the she-cats' dressing rooms. Chance and Jake finished changing first, and found a spot on the beach. They started to set up the towels so they would have something to lay on while they waited for the girls.
Felina and Callie finished changing and met at the door to the dressing rooms. Felina looked for the guys and found them, then said to Callie, "Want to have some fun at their expense?"
Callie looked at her, then said, "What do you have in mind?"
"Just follow me and do what I do," Felina replied.
The two she-cats walked over towards where Jake and Chance were setting up. But they were not just walking. They were practically slinking their way over to them with an extra sway in their hips, accentuating the swing of their tails with every step. Not only did Chance and Jake stop and drop everything that they were doing when they saw the two, but every tom within a 100' radius stared intently at Felina and Callie as they walked towards Chance and Jake. When they arrived, they stopped, spread their feet shoulder length apart, and placed their weight on one hip.
Felina said seductively to Chance and Jake, "Like what you see?"
Chance and Jake just stood there, not believing what they were seeing. They both knew that Callie and Felina were real good looking, but seeing them in bathing suits that left little to the imagination just left them both awestruck.
Callie broke the tension by laughing real hard at one, the guys' response, and two, that she and Felina could even walk like that. Felina broke down shortly after Callie did, which snapped Chance and Jake out of their coma.
Jake was the first to come to his senses. Then he asked Felina, "What made you think of doing that? I swear, you gave every tom a heart attack seeing you two walking like that."
"I saw it in a movie once, and seeing you two setting up camp, I don't know. I just wanted to try it and see if we received the same reaction that the actresses got," Felina replied.
"Care to hit the water? It's too hot out here," Callie said to the rest of the group.
"You bet!" Chance replied, then picked up Callie bridal style and ran off to the edge of the ocean. Then he proceeded to throw her in.
"Chance! Why did you do that?" Callie said.
"You said that you were hot, and I wanted to cool you off. That was the fastest way to do so," Chance replied, smiling from ear to ear.
Callie swiped her arm through the water, splashing Chance. Not that he minded. He dove right in after her and pulled her under the water, then wrapped his arms around her waist and sprung them both up to the surface. Then he threw her back into the ocean.
Callie surfaced again, then said to Chance, "It's on! You had better watch yourself." She swam after Chance, who ran as hard as he could into the ocean, smiling the whole time.
Felina and Jake saw the two playing in the ocean and laughed. Then Jake said, "We had better go and save those two from each other before Callie catches him and decides that he would look good as a rug."
Jake and Felina got up and walked over to Callie and Chance just as Callie jumped on Chance's back and proceeded to put him in a head lock.
After about an hour of the group having fun in the ocean water, they all got out to take a break and get something cold to drink out of the cooler. They all sat down and Jake handed out the drinks.
"I have not had fun like that since I was a kitten," Chance said to the rest of the group. Then he apologized to Callie for throwing her into the ocean.
"No apologies necessary, Chance. Felina and I sort of started it by making that grand entrance," Callie said. Then she took a drink, before continuing, "I did not even know I could walk like that."
"Well you can, and with moves like that, you both could get any tom you wanted," Jake replied to both girls.
"You applying for the position, Jake?" Felina asked.
"Are you kidding Felina? Your uncle would have me arrested faster than the SWAT Kats' Turbokat if he found out that I was dating you." Jake gave her a good look over then proceeded to say, "Although, it might be worth it. Hot stuff" With Jake's reply ended, he bent over and gave Felina a quick peck on the cheek.
Felina now looked like a deer in headlights. Jake kissed her! Then she thought to herself, "If he is going to kiss me, he is going to kiss me right." She said to Jake with a mischievous grin on her face, "You missed your mark, Sure-Shot." Then she kissed him back squarely on the mouth. She deepened the kiss, not caring who was watching, slipping him a bit of tongue in the process.
Jake was shocked at Felina's forwardness. He had not expected to have a full make out session with Felina right there on the beach. He just wanted to egg her on a little. Though he really could not say he minded what she was doing to him.
Chance and Callie both were staring at Jake and Felina in shock. Chance knew that Jake sort of liked Felina, and Callie knew that Felina sort of liked Jake, but neither of them had expected a tongue-wrestling match in public.
Chance leaned over to Callie and said, "Shall we stop them before we all get thrown off the beach?"
"I guess, but this is too good. It's like a romance novel playing out right in front of us," Callie replied giddily with her tail swishing.
"Hey you two, stop acting like hormonal teenagers and break it up!" Chance said to the two cats caught in a lip lock.
Felina and Jake broke the kiss. They took a moment to catch their breath, before reaching for their drinks and taking a good, long sip. Then rubbed their noses together.
"Would one of you mind telling me what that was all about?" Callie asked.
"I really do not know. I just wanted Felina to know that she was beautiful, and then you saw what happened," Jake replied looking at Chance then back at Felina.
"I guess, I am just aggressive in everything that I do. That includes what you just saw. Especially, when it comes to toms," Felina said. Then she continued, "So Jake, how about a date tonight?" Not breaking the intense stare at Jake.
"Why not, but don't you have to watch Callie?" Jake replied.
"Crud! Callie, can you have one of the SWAT Kats take over my watch tonight?" Felina said while slaming a fist into the sand.
Callie could not believe her luck. Not only had her best friend found someone, but now she had the perfect excuse to see T-Bone!
"I can arrange for another babysitter. You two have fun, but not too much," Callie said to Felina and Jake.
They stayed at the beach for another two hours just enjoying the warm sun. Then they packed up and left for the salvage yard.
Callie and Felina dropped Jake and Chance off at the yard. As the two got out of the car, Felina said to Jake, "I will see you in about an hour and a half at Callie's."
"Sure thing. See you soon," Jake replied.
Callie and Felina left the salvage yard.
The two had just entered the garage when Chance's SWAT communicator went off.
"Yes love, what can I do for you?" T-Bone answered.
"Felina has a date tonight. Care to come over and keep me company?" Callie purred as she asked T-Bone.
"I'll be there, beautiful. See you soon," T-Bone replied turning bright red since Jake heard Callie purring.
"So, I guess we both have dates?" Jake said.
"Yes, we do." Chance paused for a minute then continued. "I know we have discussed this in the past, but how do you feel about revealing ourselves to the girls?" Chance asked.
"If these relationships are going to be serious, then we need to let them know about SWAT. It should be sooner than later. The longer those two don't know, the more questions they are going to ask. I do not want to lie to Felina and I am sure you don't want to do the same to Callie," Jake replied.
"Then tonight it is. We show up as a casually dressed T-Bone and Razor, and reveal ourselves to them. Hopefully we will not get our tails handed to us," Chance said.
That night at Callie's, Felina was dressed in a deep red dress that fell to her knees and she actually had even worn make up and an open toe pair of heels that accentuated her legs. According to Callie she looked like a model, but she had doubts.
"Where is Jake?" Felina asked.
"He will be here soon, as well as T-bone," Callie replied.
There was a knock on the door to Callie's apartment.
Callie walked over to the door and opened it to reveal T-Bone and Razor dressed in Polo shirts and slacks.
Callie let them in.
Nervously, the pair walked in and stood in front of the girls. Then T-Bone said, "You both had better sit down for this."
Callie took a seat beside Felina. Then T-Bone continued, "Razor and I were talking. We don't want to keep any secrets from you two, especially if we want these relationships to work." He paused, looked over at Razor, who looked back at T-Bone and nodded for him to continue. Then T-Bone continued as he looked back at the girls. "We are taking a very large risk here, but we trust both of you two to keep this secret to yourselves."
Callie said, "What are you talking about T-."
She was interrupted as T-Bone and Razor took off their masks, revealing Chance and Jake.
End of chapter