Disclaimer: The SWAT Kats are owned by Hanna Barbera and the Tremblay Brothers. I own the OCs.
MisaRae my Co-Author, I could have not done this without you.
In the prison cafeteria, Dark Kat was eating his lunch as two armed guards stood behind him, watching his every move. He sat at a table with no other prisoners around him, just as the warden wanted.
At another table, a group of prisoners were also eating their lunch. One of them said, "I received orders from the boss this morning to take out Dark Kat, and if we succeed, we will be rewarded heavily. Are you guys in?"
They all knew who the boss was, and knew better than to cross him. Otherwise, their families would suffer the consequences of them not obeying orders.
One of the other prisoners replied, "Yeah, we are in. What is the plan?
"Go and start a fight over there with the table full of the Siamese Warlords. The guards will have to leave Dark Kat alone to break up the fight. That is when we will go over and stab him with this, "The prisoner said as he brandished a shank that he had pulled from his shoe.
A few of the group got up from their seats, holding their food trays in their paws, and walked over to the table that the members of a gang called the Siamese Warlords were sitting at.
A few of the Siamese Warlords' members saw the small group making their way over to them, and proceeded to stand up in order to intimidate the group of cats heading their way.
The first group of prisoners walked past the Siamese Warlords' table and pretended to head towards the exit of the cafeteria.
The Warlords watched them walk towards the exit and sat back down.
The first group took that as their cue to start the attack and quickly turned around, mid-step. Then they walked briskly to the Warlords' table and held their trays up with both paws, before swinging them at the Warlords' heads.
A couple of the Warlords who had no longer been expecting the attack fell forward after the metal trays hit them on the side of the head, splitting their heads open. The others instantly rose from their seats and started defending themselves. It didn't take long for them to go on the offensive and attack the first group with everything they had.
The rest of the prisoners kept back because they knew what would happen if they got involved in a fight between those two rival gangs. However, that did not stop them from cheering them on.
The two guards that were assigned to watch over Dark Kat, saw the fight break out, and looked at each other before one of them grabbed the radio from his belt and said, "Fight in the main cafeteria! Send help!"
The voice on the other end of the radio replied, "Roger, sending the squad."
The fight started to escalate, as furniture was now being thrown, and the guards had to put a stop to it before one of the prisoners ended up being killed, or worse, the fight turned on them.
One of the guards removed a pair of paw cuffs from his belt and cuffed Dark Kat to the table. He then said, "Don't you move!" before he and his partner ran into the center of the cafeteria to stop the fight.
The rest of the first gang took that opportunity to place the second phase of their plan into motion. They slowly got up and made their way over to Dark Kat. As they arrived, one of them said, "Dark Kat, I have a message for you."
Dark Kat looked at the tom who had spoken and asked, "Yes, what is it?"
The tom removed the shank from his shoe again, and then said, "This." He then stabbed Dark Kat in the side of the neck.
Dark Kat could not even try to stop the bleeding, since he was cuffed to the table. He tried to call for help, but he could not get any sound to come from his mouth. All that did emerge was blood. He eventually succumbed to his wounds and slumped forward into a pool of his own blood.
The gang quickly returned to their table, leaving the now dead Dark Kat alone.
Jake and Felina were on the way back to her apartment in order to get her place ready for the meeting that her uncle had called. As they rode up in the elevator, Felina kissed Jake's neck and let her left paw, trace across the fur on his chest through the unbuttoned section of his shirt.
Jake's body was definitely reacting to her caresses and playful kisses very positively. He wanted nothing more than to press the emergency stop button and make love to her right in the elevator. He held himself in check, to a point. Jake let his right paw slide from her back and placed it on her butt.
That caused Felina to smirk and say, "Be careful, honey. If you keep doing things like that, I might have to incarcerate you in my private prison." She removed a pair of paw cuffs from her bag, just to let him know that she was serious about cuffing him.
Jake gulped as the elevator's doors opened. He removed his paw from her backside and took Felina's paw in his. They walked down the hall to Felina's apartment. Since Felina had given Tina her keys, she was forced to knock on the door.
Tina and Katerina were still in bed, enjoying each other's company and making plans for the immediate future when they heard a knocking on the door. Katerina kissed Tina one last time before slipping out of the bed and saying, "I'll be right back." Katerina grabbed the top sheet and wrapped it around herself before leaving the bedroom.
As Tina watched Katerina leave the bedroom, she smiled, and then said, "After years of being in relationships with the wrong she-cats, I have found the cat that I want to live the rest of my life with."
Felina was starting to get impatient, and knocked on the door harder, while saying loudly, "Tina, Katerina, if you don't open this door in the next thirty seconds, when classes start, I am going to have you both running laps around the academy!"
Katerina got to the door and heard Felina's exclamation on the other side. She opened it up and asked, "Was that shorter than thirty seconds, Felina?" Katerina gestured in annoyance, completely forgetting that she was supposed to be holding up the sheet, and the material immediately fell to the floor, leaving her completely nude.
Felina quickly covered Jake's eyes with her paws before saying, "Please go and put some clothes on. My uncle is going to be here in a half an hour for a meeting."
Katerina just turned and walked back to the bedroom with her tail swishing proudly.
Felina shook her head and reached down to pick up the sheet that Katerina had left behind. As she stood up, she watched Katerina's tail disappear behind a wall. She looked over to Jake and saw that his eyes were almost bulging out of his head. She reached out and grabbed his ear, then said, "I thought you only had eyes for me?
Jake cringed and tried to splutter out a reply.
Felina laughed. "I'm only teasing," she said, but kept a hold of his ear. "Besides, we have work to do. This place needs a good cleaning before my uncle gets here."
The apartment did not look that bad, although there was a deep, musky smell that had not been there earlier. Jake instantly went to the kitchen and started cleaning the dishes that were in the sink, while Felina started working on the living room.
Katerina walked back into the bedroom and entered with her head held high, smiling because she had gotten one over on Felina.
Tina was getting dressed as Katerina entered the bedroom, completely bare. Tina asked, "Who was at the door, and why are you naked?"
Katerina walked over to Tina with her hips swaying and her tail swishing in time with her hips. As she got closer to Tina, Katerina licked her lips in preparation for what she was going to do next. Katerina reached out with her arms, wrapped them around Tina's neck, and then pulled her into a tight embrace before kissing her and placing her tongue in Tina's mouth.
Tina had not been expecting Katerina to kiss her with such passion. Especially after they had made love to each other for most of the night. However, she was not complaining in the least that Katerina was taking the initiative in showing her affections.
Katerina pulled back from the kiss and touched her forehead to Tina's before saying, "That was Felina and her fiancé, Jake, at the door. I forgot that we have her keys. As for why I am naked, let's just say that Felina is not the only one who can play a joke on another. Now, I want you to make love to me again, just like last night." She resumed the kiss after she finished speaking and placed her right paw on Tina's butt.
Tina returned Katerina's kiss with all the passion and emotion that she could muster. She let her paws snake their way around Katerina's body, while attempting to shed the clothing that she had just put on.
Felina had picked up the wine bottle and the glasses that Tina and Katerina had left out. As she walked back into the kitchen, she said to Jake, who was in the middle of scrubbing a pot, "It's been ten minutes since Katerina went back to the bedroom to get Tina. What is taking them so long to get dressed? Care to go see what they are up to, and if you have to, drag them out here."
Jake finished cleaning the pot, or at least he thought that he did. The pot had so much burnt food on it that it barely resembled a pot anymore. It looked more like a mountain range was growing inside the vessel. He placed the pot back down in the sink before he replied, "Alright, love." He walked off towards the bedrooms while drying his paws.
Tina managed to remove her clothes, with a little help from Katerina. They were in the middle of a very passionate make-out session, when there was a soft knock on their door.
Katerina was kissing Tina's neck, feeling the pulsing vein against her tongue when she heard the knock. She said in-between caresses, "Ignore them. Hopefully, they will go away."
Jake knocked again before he shrugged his shoulders and opened the door. Once he did, he saw Katerina on top of Tina, kissing her neck and her paws were nowhere to be seen. He quickly closed the door and went calmly back to Felina while trying to erase the image that was now burned into his retinas.
Felina was placing the last of the dishes that she had dried away, when Jake reappeared with a very peaked look on his face. She asked, "What's wrong, Jake? You look like you have just have seen a ghost."
Jake sat down in a chair by the kitchen table and looked at Felina before saying, "I just saw them in bed together, having, from what I could see, the time of their lives. As much as they may love each other, I really did not need to see that."
Felina rolled her eyes and huffed as she went to their bedroom and opened the door. She saw both Tina and Katerina kissing and paws exploring each other's bodies. She yelled, "I told you that my uncle was going to be here in half an hour, and here you two are acting like a two she-cats in heat! Get showered and dressed! Now!"
Both Tina and Katerina stopped what they were doing and turned their heads to face Felina. Tina smirked and said, "Yes, mother." Then she broke out in laughter.
Felina crossed her arms over her chest before turning and leaving the room. She went back to Jake and said, "Tina called me mother, then started laughing. Just wait until I get her in a class this semester. She is going to get what is coming to her."
"Well, what did you say to them, exactly, to get that response?" Jake asked.
"I told them that they were acting like two-she-cats in heat. Then I ordered them to shower and get dressed. Was that over the top?" Felina asked.
Jake thought about his answer very carefully. Not only was Felina his fiancé, but she could very easily hurt him. He carefully answered, "Dear, please don't take this the wrong way, but you did sound sort of, .. motherly."
Felina looked inquisitively at Jake before saying, "Did I? They are my friends, and not my kittens. My own mother was very strict, and she had a stroke the first time she caught me with a tom in my bed. I vowed that I would be the type of mother who would be understanding and let my kittens make certain mistakes. I don't want to be like my mother."
Jake reached out and took her paws in his before saying, "Then don't. You are one of the most independent she-cats I know. That is one of the reasons I love you so much, Felina. You are going to be a better mother to our kittens than your mother was to you, trust me on that. Now as far as the two lovers in the other room, give them their space, and eventually, they are going to calm down and not be going at it like rabbits every chance they get."
"I certainly hope so, Jake. I was very active with my boyfriends in the past, as you can imagine. Now that we are getting married and going to have our first kitten, I don't want to come home and have to see that every day. However, I can see them getting caught in a very compromising situation in the barracks and being forced to get their own place off-campus," Felina said, then smiled as she tightened her grip on Jake's paws.
"You have nothing to worry about, dear," Jake said, then he kissed her paws before he said, "Your uncle will be here soon. Do we want to get any beverages for him and Callista?"
"Sure, I will have to run to the corner store and get something, since I can guarantee that I don't have anything they'd like," Felina said before she removed her paws from his. She then walked over to a table by the door to her apartment, grabbed her wallet, and said, "I'll be right back, honey. Please try to get Katerina and Tina untangled from each other by the time I get back." Felina left and closed the door behind her.
Jake watched her leave, and then placed his paws on his hips before he said, "Great! She gets to go get the snacks, and I get to attempt to put a stop to the Tina and Katerina show."
Candice slept in because of what she had witnessed the previous night. She rolled over and saw it was almost 11:30 in the morning. She bolted out of bed and ran to her bathroom in order to shower up and get ready for the day. She quickly got dressed in a black suit with a semi-tight skirt that had a slit in the rear panel so she could walk. Candice looked at herself in the mirror to make sure that her makeup and dirty blond hair were done properly. Satisfied with what she saw, she slipped a pair of high heels on her feet before leaving the bedroom.
Jones was sitting on the couch, watching the morning news. MegaKat News was running a live report from the river. He placed his face in his paws in disgust as he remembered everything that he had seen the night before. Then he heard the unfamiliar sound of a she-cat's heels, clicking on the floor. He lifted his head, turned towards the sound, and saw one of the most beautiful sights he had ever seen.
Candice walked over to the kitchen, and bent over to grab a muffin and a small bottle of orange juice from the fridge.
Jones eyes were locked onto Candice as he watched her move around the apartment. When she walked into the kitchen, his eyes were drawn to her long, shapely legs, as well as her well-maintained tail that swayed behind her. Candice's hair fell down past her shoulders and stopped just between her shoulder blades. The semi-curly locks had a sheen that reflected the sun's rays. The clothes that she was wearing accentuated her athletic form perfectly. Jones was now hooked like a fish, and Candice was holding the fishing rod.
She stood up and closed the fridge before placing her breakfast into her briefcase. Then she said, "I need to get to work. I am very late, so I really hope that I do not get fired. So can we going?"
Jones snapped out of his trance as she spoke. He stood up and replied, "Sure, Candice, but can I stop by my apartment first? I need to pack a bag if I am going to be your bodyguard."
"Not now, you can't. You can get your bag when I am done at work," Candice said as she closed her briefcase and walked over to the coat rack to grab her suit jacket. She then asked, "Are you coming, or are you just going to stand there?"
Jones quickly grabbed his jacket and walked across the apartment to stand next to her. He extended his elbow so she could take it, which she did, and then they left, closing the apartment door behind them.
Mark and Lisa had decided to go to a diner for breakfast, since Mark's cupboards were almost bare. They had just finished ordering their food when the waitress made a very apparent pass at Mark. That was something Lisa was definitely not appreciative of, so she did something that was completely out of character for her. Lisa leaned over and kissed Mark passionately, while the waitress looked on. After a few seconds, she pulled back, leaving Mark breathless. She asked, "Did you like that, my fiancé?"
The waitress huffed and turned tail, back to the kitchen to place their order. Lisa smiled as the left.
Mark was dumbstruck from Lisa's kiss. After a minute, he asked, "Why did you kiss me like that, Lisa? Not that I minded."
Lisa took his strong paws in her small ones before she replied, "That waitress was making a pass at you, and you were just sitting there, letting her. I was not going to let her think that you were available."
"Lisa, I am not blind. I knew that she was trying to pick me up. I was ignoring her advances. You are the only one that I want, Lisa, and I am hopelessly in love with you. I thought you knew that by now," Mark exclaimed.
"I do, Mark, and I feel the same way about you, but I will not just sit there while another she-cat makes googly eyes at you. When we first started dating, I quickly realized that I was dating the most sought after tom on campus, and I was going to have to be the she-cat that you always wanted in order to keep you as mine," Lisa replied.
Mark took his paws back from hers and slammed them on the table before he said, "Ever since I first saw you, I knew that you were the one for me, and no other she-cat would do! Lisa, when you said that you would go out with me that night, you made me the happiest tom on campus. As soon as you are my wife, I will be the happiest tom in the world. I don't care if other she-cats look at me like a piece of salmon waiting to be devoured. I will ignore them all, Lisa. You are my fiancée, and not them. So get it through that beautiful head of yours that I will love you forever!"
Lisa took his paws in hers once again, brought them to her lips, and kissed them. She then said, "I had no idea you felt that way about me, Mark. I have been such a fool."
Mark just smiled at her and said, "No, you have not, Lisa. You are just a she-cat who is fighting for what is hers."
While Mark and Lisa were having their little lover's spat, Ulysses and Callista walked into the diner. Ulysses turned and saw Mark and Lisa sitting at a table for four by themselves. He led Callista over to their table and asked, "May we join you two?"
Both Mark and Lisa looked over to the Commander and also saw the beautiful, blonde she-cat with him. Lisa slid over in the booth, kicking Mark's leg in the process, and telling him to move over before she said, "Please do, and who is your companion?"
Ulysses sat down next to Mark, while Callista sat next to Lisa. Once they were seated, Ulysses replied, "Mark, Lisa, this is my fiancée, Callista. Callista, this is Mark Samuelson and Lisa Ericson, two of the finest officers on the force."
Callista said, while extending her paw in order to shake Mark's and Lisa's in greeting, "It's a pleasure to meet both of you." She took Lisa's paw in hers first, followed by Mark's.
Lisa could not get over how young Callista looked, and how soft her fur was. She could have had any tom that she wanted eating off of the pad of her paw, yet she was engaged to marry the commander. There was a question running through Lisa's head that she needed an answer to. Lisa asked, "Callista, the commander told me that he was dating an old flame of his. I was expecting an older she-cat to be on his arm, not someone as young as you. How long have you known the commander?"
Ulysses blushed at Lisa's question, while Callista snickered, since she was a lot older than Lisa thought. Callista replied, "I have known the commander for about 45 years. He and I dated when he was a senior in high school. We stopped seeing each other when he joined the military. We rekindled our relationship just recently, but we have fallen very deeply in love with each other, and discovered that we were meant to be together. He just asked me to marry him this morning, and I said yes." After she finished speaking, she reached across the table and took Ulysses' paws in hers.
"That is impossible! You don't look a day over 32! There is no way that you could have dated him so long ago," Lisa said.
"I am older than you think, Lisa. A lot older. I actually had a daughter, and I have a granddaughter. I am sure you already know her. She is the Deputy Mayor of this city," Callista said.
Lisa studied Callista's face and simultaneously remembered how Callie looked. Her face lit up as she realized that the two were almost identical twins. She cautiously asked, "So, if Deputy Mayor Briggs is your granddaughter, exactly how old are you, Callista?"
"Lisa! You know that is not polite to ask," Mark said to Lisa, surprised that she would ask such a question.
"It's alright, Mark, since I figure that we are all going to be friends in the long run." She turned to Lisa and leaned over so that only she could hear her answer. Callista whispered into Lisa's ear, "I'm over 500 years old." Callista sat back down after she answered Lisa's question, smiling the entire time.
"You have got to be kidding me, Callista! There is no way you are that old," Lisa said.
"Lisa, if you doubt what I say, then take out your smart phone and search for 'Queen of Megalith'. I guarantee that you will find my picture on any website you look at," Callista said.
Lisa removed her phone from her pocket and did exactly as Callista suggested. As the image of an old castle with the drawbridge lowered finished loading on the screen, Lisa saw a very beautiful blond she-cat dressed in a pink gown, standing with one knee bent slightly, and her left paw on a red dragon's face. They were both smiling, from what Lisa could see. The caption read, "Queen Callista of Megalith and her companion Esmeralda'. Lisa used her fingers to enlarge the photo so she could get a better look at the queen's face. As she did, she dropped the phone onto the table and turned to look at Callista directly. She asked, "That is you?"
Callista picked up Lisa's phone and used her fingers to return the image to normal size. She saw the photo of her standing with Esmeralda and snickered again before handing the phone to Mark and saying, "Yes, that is me, and Esmeralda was one of my best friends. Both she and Amelia my Sergeant-at-Arms were my most trusted companions ever."
"But Esmeralda was a dragon, not a cat!" Lisa exclaimed.
"That did not matter, Lisa. Esmeralda was loyal, trustworthy, and when things got rough, she was not afraid to stand by my side and fight. Once word got out that there was a fierce dragon protecting Megalith and its queen, no other kingdom dared to try and attack."
Mark looked at the picture and read the caption. He placed the phone down and asked, "How is any of this possible? According to the caption, it says that the picture was done back in the 1700s. That would make you centuries old! No offense, but you look downright gorgeous for your age."
"None taken, Mark. When we get to Felina's apartment this afternoon, I will tell you both the whole story, I promise. For now, can we order breakfast? I'm sort of hungry, since I have not eaten anything since last night," Callista said, then picked up a menu and perused the items.
Candice was sitting at her desk at work, reading a document that had been dropped off by her boss' assistant, while Officer Jones sat in a chair located against the opposite wall of her office. He was reading a magazine, and every once in a while, he would look up at Candice.
Candice looked over the document that she was reading and caught Jones staring at her.
When Jones realized that Candice had caught him in the act, he quickly raised the magazine to hide his face.
That little maneuver caused Candice to drop the report down on her desk, stand up, and straighten her skirt. She removed her shoes, so she could sneak up on him. As she silently moved closer, she reached out with her left paw and ripped the magazine from Jones' paws before she asked, "What is your deal, Jones? You have been stealing glances at me ever since we got here!"
Jones jumped guiltily as Candice ripped the magazine away from him and started to yell. He quickly schooled his face into a mask of total professionalism before replying, "Nothing. I am just doing my job: keeping an eye on you."
"Bullshit! If you were just doing your job, you would not have hid behind a magazine after I caught you looking at me. So I will ask you again, what is going on? Ever since you saw me this morning, you have been acting differently. Last night, you had no trouble taking action, protecting me as a father would his daughter. Now you are acting like a timid mouse around me. I just want to know why?" Candice asked as she cocked her hips to one side while placing her paws on them.
Jones just could not believe how beautiful and sexy Candice looked when she was mad. He let his eyes roam over her form, and loved what he saw. From her long, toned legs, to her shapely hips and waist, then from her bosom to the tips of her ears, the only thing Jones saw was absolute perfection. He stood up and said, "I'm sorry that my looking at you is making you uncomfortable. I'll wait for you outside your office, then."
He started to leave the office, but Candice was not satisfied with his non-answer. She reached out and grabbed his arm in order to spin him around so he would be forced to face her.
Jones felt Candice grab hold of his arm and his training kicked in. He took her arm and brought her to him. Then he wrapped his right arm around her slim waist. He looked into her eyes, and just could not resist anymore. He leaned in and kissed her lips.
End of Chapter