Disclaimer: The SWAT Kats are owned by Hanna Barbera and the Tremblay Brothers. I own the OCs.
Thank You one again MisaRae.
Chance kissed her deeply, savoring the feel of his tongue brushing hers. Then he pulled back long enough to say, "You have made me the happiest tom ever since you said that you would be my wife!" He kissed her again as he removed their clothing before climbing on top of her and doing exactly what she had asked him to. They made love for hours that night, eventually falling into a deep, blissful sleep in each other's arms.
Morning came and Callie was awakened by the warmth of the sunlight streaming in though the skylight. She turned over and playfully kissed Chance on the nose, being careful not to waken him. Then she laid her head on his chest and ran her paw through his fur.
Chance was dreaming of the night before and how Callie made the most adorable sounds as he pleasured her. He felt someone caressing his chest fur and started to waken. He saw his bride-to-be, laying on his chest and ever so softly caressing him. Chance said to her, after kissing between her ears, "Good morning, love. Did you sleep well?"
Callie lifted her head to look Chance in the eye, and said, "Yes, I slept like a newborn kitten. How could I not, when I'm in your arms?" She placed a soft kiss on his lips, which he returned. Callie said after she broke the kiss, "Mmm, I could get used to this. What a way to wake up! Not to mention falling asleep."
Chance pulled her back against his chest and held her in a tight embrace. After five minutes of silence, Chance said, "I have been such an idiot for so long. If only I'd had the courage to ask you out back in college, we could have been married a long time ago, and had our own family by now, enjoying watching our kittens grow up. I was such a fool for not acting on my feelings for you sooner. Can you ever forgive me?"
Callie lifted her upper body, so she could give him a short, searing kiss. Then she said, "Chance, things happen for a reason. All that matters now is that we are together, and nothing is going to separate us for the rest of our lives. Now, what is this about kittens?"
Chance sighed. Then he said, "Ever since I was in your grandmother's shop to find your ring, my mind has been constantly thinking about our future together, and our family. Those thoughts always involve having kittens playing happily around us. I never thought of myself as a father, but since I started dating you, I can't think of much else but starting my own family with you, love."
"Chance, as much as I want to have my own family, I am not quite ready yet. Or at least, I don't think I am. Let's take things as they come. If that means we have kittens sooner rather than later, then I will be happy to have them with you. Hopefully after we are married and settled in, though," Callie said, then placed her head on his shoulder.
They stayed that way for a few minutes, just enjoying holding each other.
Callie lifted her head and said, "We need to get going. It's an hour-long drive back to the city, and Dark Kat is not going to wait for us." She got out of bed and went into the bathroom to take a shower.
Chance got up after Callie left his embrace and slipped on his underwear. He cleaned up the room from the previous night's activities, and made the bed while he waited for his turn.
Callie finished showering and dried herself off. She left the bathroom and went into her changing area. Callie proceeded to dress herself in a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. That seemed to be her favorite kind of outfit when she did not have to dress up for the office. After dressing, Callie re-packed her bag and left her dressing area.
Chance took a look at her and gave her a whistle of appreciation. Then he went into the bathroom and showered himself. After completing his shower, he dressed himself in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt that was tight enough to show off his upper body. He left the bathroom, and walked back to his bride-to-be, only to get a round of wolf whistles from Callie in return. He said, "I guess what is good for the Goose is good for the Gander." Then he tackled her onto the bed, and proceeded to tickle her. She laughed and squirmed under her lover's onslaught. Then in order for the torture to stop, she wrapped her arms around Chance's neck and drew him into a kiss.
Chance had no choice but to stop tickling Callie as she kissed him. He returned the kiss. After a few minutes, Chance broke the kiss and said to her, "We need to get Jake and Felina up and ready." They grabbed their bags and gave the bedroom one last look before closing the door and proceeding downstairs.
Surprisingly enough, Jake and Felina were already up, and had gotten breakfast for them all from the local deli down the street. The table in the kitchen was set, and their breakfast was already plated and ready to eat. They all sat down and ate in silence, knowing what was going to happen in a few short hours. After cleaning up and taking the trash out for pickup, they all took one last look at the house before locking up and loading up the car for the trip back to the city.
Callie asked Chance as she choked up, "Can you ride in the back with me? I am not ready to let go of you yet."
Chance did not even have to think about it. He said while opening her door, "I would love to." Callie got into the car, and Chance closed the door. He ran around to his side and got in. Then he held Callie close and stroked her paw.
Felina got behind the wheel, and Jake got into the passenger seat. Felina started the car and drove to the end of the driveway. Jake got out and locked the gates. He took one last look at the gates and the neighborhood, then he got back in the car. They left, heading back to the city and their waiting plan to have T-Bone captured by Katerina.
After an hour and a half drive, they arrived back at the salvage yard. They all got out of the car and went inside.
Katerina was going over her plan one last time before heading out. She went over every aspect of the plan, down to the tiniest detail, just to make sure that T-Bone would not be injured during the robbery and his capture. Satisfied, she went to find Dark Kat and tell him that she was ready to attack the military base, and bring back T-Bone and the Turbokat. Dark Kat was pleased that the Turbokat would soon be in his possession. Then he could take over the Treasury.
Katerina walked back to her room after dealing with Dark Kat. She proceeded to get changed into her Turmoil persona. Then she picked up the communicator and contacted T-Bone.
Chance, Callie, Jake, and Felina were in the hangar going over a few last minute details on their end, when T-Bone's communicator started to ring. Chance grabbed the communicator, and saw that it was Katerina. He answered, "T-Bone here. What can I do for you, Katerina?"
"T-Bone, I am heading out to the base in about two hours. I hope all is ready on your end?"
"I am as ready as I will ever be. I will see you soon. T-Bone out," Chance said.
Callie heard the whole conversation, and immediately started to get nervous. Felina saw the way Callie was acting, and went over to comfort her. The two left the hangar and went to the garage. Once in the garage, Callie broke down again and bawled into Fellina's shoulder. Felina wrapped her arms around her, attempting to get her to calm down. Felina said to Callie, "Listen Callie, I don't want him to go, either. I can't imagine how you are feeling, and I don't want to. If it were Jake, I don't know what I would do. Chance needs you to be strong. If he sees you upset, he is not going to be able to go through with this. He will be too worried about you to pull this off. Can you do that, Callie? Can you be strong for him?"
Callie stopped sobbing and said to Felina, "I guess. I will put my best face forward, and do what he needs me to, even though it will be tearing me apart inside while he is gone."
"I know it hurts, Callie, and Jake and I will be here for you constantly until he comes home. Just be the strong and independent she-cat that I know you can be," Felina said softly to Callie, not letting her go.
Dark Kat watched Turmoil leave. After she was out of ear-shot, he said to his creeplings, "The moment you suspect anything might not be going according to plan, use this to knock T-Bone out and bring him to me. I'll have a transport on stand-by to pick up the TurboKat." He handed one of the creeplings a syringe full of a very powerful analgesic that would stop a tom twice T-Bone's size in seconds. He then said, "Consider this my insurance policy, my dear Turmoil."
Callie and Felina came back to the hangar to see Chance and Jake changing into their SWAT personas. T-Bone said to the girls, "I suggest that you two get changed, too."
Both Callie and Felina took their SWAT uniforms out of their lockers and went around the corner to change. After they finished changing, they walked back into the main section of the hangar.
T-Bone took one look at his fiancée dressed as Empress, and his jaw dropped, since it was the first time that he had really got to take a good look at her dressed in uniform. He said, "Seeing you dressed in that makes me want to change partners, just so I can keep an eye on you in that tight outfit."
Empress' cheeks turned red with embarrassment. She knew that the uniform was form-fitting, but she didn't think that it was too revealing. Empress walked seductively over to T-Bone, placed her arms around his neck, and then said with a purr, "You like what you see?"
T-Bone gulped at Empress' actions. All he could do was wrap his arms around her waist and say, "Yes I do, love. Keep wearing that, and we will see how long it stays on you," as he playfully placed a paw on her backside.
Empress jumped as T-Bone placed his paw on her backside. Then she removed her right arm from his neck, and gave him a playful slap on the arm before putting her arm back around his neck. Empress said through a purr, "Only if you behave." Then she said, after turning her head to look at Caliber, "Caliber, you are a bad influence on me. I never talked that way before I met you."
The group laughed at Empress' speech directed at Caliber.
Caliber huffed at Empress. Then she retorted, "Maybe, Empress, but you have to admit, you are enjoying yourself, right?"
Empress' left paw started to glow, then Caliber let out an "Ouch!" as if she had been pinched. Empress just smiled.
"I guess I will have to watch myself around you, Empress," Caliber said as she rubbed her arm where Callie had magically pinched her.
Time was growing short, and T-Bone had to take to the sky in order to be captured.
T-Bone said with a heavy heart, "I guess it is time to go. Ready, Caliber?"
"I am as ready as I am going to get," Caliber said.
T-Bone slipped out of his embrace with Empress and started walking towards the TurboKat with Caliber. Then he suddenly stopped, turned to look at Empress one last time, and ran back to her, giving her one, last searing kiss. Empress returned the kiss with vigor.
All good things must come to an end, though. T-Bone pulled back and continued his painful walk to the TurboKat, shoving all of his emotions out of the way, and got into the pilot's seat. He fired up the engines and lowered the canopy. Once he was secured, along with Caliber, he triggered the catapult, launching them into the sky. He did not look back, for if he did, he would not have been able to leave.
Empress watched as the TurboKat left the hangar and flew off into the sky with tears forming in her eyes. She knew that T-Bone had to go on this mission if Dark Kat was ever going to be out of their lives forever. But she still had the feeling that T-Bone was not going to come back, or if he did, that he wouldn't be the same tom that she had fallen madly in love with. She ran to the only rock that was available at the time, which was Razor. Empress broke down completely in front of him.
Razor did his best to comfort Empress. He did not understand the pain, or the heartache, that she was going through. Then he thought about it. If Caliber were in the same situation as T-Bone, he would be a wreck, too. Razor finally said to Empress, "I have something that will take your mind off of this for a while. Care to go for a ride?"
Empress looked up at Razor questioningly, then said, "What are you talking about, Razor?"
"You need to learn how to ride the Cyclotron, right? Well, there is one right over there with our names on it. Let's see if you can make it, what does Chance say, 'Purr like a kitten and roar like a lion.' Come on, Empress, you're driving."
T-Bone and Caliber were soaring through the sky in the TurboKat. Caliber loved the feeling of being in the jet. She loved flying, but this craft was so much further advanced than the standard issue Enforcer vehicles, that she was feeling as if this was her first time in the air. Caliber was smiling from ear to ear. Then she said to T-Bone, "You know that she is going to be a mess until you come back to her, right?"
T-Bone did not want to think of Empress, Callie, at this point. She wasn't the only one hurting in that moment. The thought of being away from her was tearing him apart inside. He knew that if he kept thinking about her, he would not be able to do what he had to in order to bring down Dark Kat. He had to push his emotions far down into his gut and turn his heart to stone. He said to Caliber, "Don't you think I know that! She is my fiancée, and my life, but if I keep thinking about her and how this mission is affecting her, I am going to turn this jet around, and Dark Kat will rule this city. I will not be able to marry her if that happens. Is that what you want Caliber? I don't think so. I want our lives to be rid of that menace for all time, so we can live happily with our kittens in peace, like every other married couple. I know that is what I want! Don't you want that with Razor? I know that deep down, he wants that with you!"
Caliber just sat there in shock. T-Bone had never, in all the years that they had known each other, spoken to her in such a way. It also awakened something in her. Yes, she did want Callie and Chance to marry and be happy. Yes, she wanted Dark Kat gone, and yes, she wanted to settle down with Razor and have a family of her own. Caliber was totally astonished to hear T-Bone say that Razor wanted to have a family with her. She just sat there in silence, looking out of the canopy, knowing that T-Bone would take it for the agreement that it was.
The radio broke the silence, "All units, Turmoil is breaking into the military base! Send back up immediately!"
T-Bone choked up, then said, "It's time. Caliber, do me a favor. If for some reason I do not survive this, please tell Empress that I will be waiting to marry her in the afterlife."
End of Chapter