Disclaimer: The SWAT Kats are owned by Hanna Barbera and the Tremblay Brothers. I own the OCs.
Its 2016 and can you believe this story has 95 published chapters so far with more coming? I have never written anything this long, ever! Is it wasn't for my Co-Author pushing me to extend my wings beyond what I thought I would be comfortable with, this story would not have happened. Thank you for pushing me!
Tim and Jean stirred the large pot of gumbo they had prepared while Leona and Sasha started preparing the beverages for the evening. Sasha had just added some ice to the blender before she turned it on, mixing the contents into her own version of a Hurricane. After the mixture was the right consistency, she stopped the blender, grabbed a tall glass, and poured Leona the first drink of the evening. "Mother, please tell me if I made this too strong." Sasha then handed Leona the glass.
"Thank you, Sasha," Leona said as she took the glass. She took a sip of the drink and her face instantly scrunched up. She put the glass down and said, "Sasha, that drink is not only strong, it probably could strip paint! How much alcohol did you put in there?"
"I used the same amount that I always do, Mother," Sasha answered. She picked up the bottle of rum, checked out the alcohol content, and noticed that this particular brand contained twice the potency of the cheap stuff she normally used. "Ah, that explains it. Now I know why we never used this bottle before." She then poured herself a drink and took a sip. "Mmm, yes it's strong, but I like it. Jean, would you like a Hurricane?"
Jean stirred the pot of simmering gumbo and then took one of the shrimp out to taste the seasoning. He put the shrimp in his mouth and bit the head off. The spices hit his tongue full force, and he quickly went to get the drink from his wife. Jean downed the entire glass in one shot, trying to quench the fire that had sprung to life in his mouth. After the drink managed to extinguish the burning, Jean said, "Just right! Now that has to simmer for a few hours, and then we party like it is Mardi Gras on the Quarter!" He went over to the blender, poured another drink for himself, and took a sip this time. "Ah, my dear wife is tending bar again. We will all be toasted by the time the first pitcher is finished."
"I'm not as bad as Jack, my dear husband. Do you remember what happened at our wedding?" Sasha asked.
Jean laughed and then answered, "How could I forget? My friend made every drink with enough alcohol that everyone at the reception was drunk before dinner. He was always one to over pour. I can hardly wait to see him again in a few weeks when we move back to the Quarter."
"Move? You two are going back to New Orleans? When were you going to tell me?" Leona asked.
"Oui, I have to be there for the final construction of my third restaurant. Of course, you can come with us, Leona. Sasha and I love having you around," Jean answered, and took another sip of his drink.
Candice walked into the kitchen just in time to hear her father say that he and her mother were moving. She asked, "Do you really have to move? I love the home you two have made here."
"Yes Candice, we are moving back to New Orleans. This is something your father has to do. As good as the contractor is, we need to be there in person to inspect the restaurant from top to bottom. We can't afford any mishaps. This restaurant is going to be our retirement, so it has to succeed," Sasha said as she went over to Candice and then continued, "Besides, we are going to give this house to you, Candice. We were going to give it to both you and Susan, but she is never in one place for more than a week."
Candice hugged her mother and said, "Thank you, Mother! But what am I going to do with this big place? It's just me, and I don't need such a large house."
Sasha turned her head to look at Tim as he stirred the pot of gumbo, and then said, "Candice, I have a good feeling you won't be alone for much longer."
Ulysses cuddled into Callista and mewed in contentment from being in her loving arms while she snuggled with him on the couch.
"Oh Ulysses, you make such a cute kitten. I can only imagine what our kittens would have looked like if I had stayed with you. As much as I love Steven and the daughter we had together, every once in a while, I think of how our lives would have been different if you and I had married," Callista said as she stroked his fur.
Ulysses lifted his tiny little head to look into her eyes and let out a mew.
Callista picked Ulysses up in her arms and kissed him. Then she put him on her left shoulder and said, "Yes Ulysses, if I stayed with you, you and I would have married and had kittens together. If my vision was correct, we would have had four kittens, and we would have eventually been grandparents to ten kittens." She then lifted him off of her shoulder and kissed him again. That was when her spell wore off, and Ulysses returned to his normal size, completely naked.
Ulysses returned her kiss, wrapped his arms around Callista's waist, and slowly lowered her back onto the couch.
She felt a large weight on her, and her eyes focused on Ulysses' face, then lower on his well-built body. Callista pulled back from the kiss and said, "My love, as much as I want to kiss you and see you naked, we have a dinner date tonight. I fully expect you to sweep me off of my feet on the dance floor." She then stroked the fur on the back of his head.
Ulysses quickly realized that he was on top of Callista without any clothing on. His face turned bright red, then he quickly got off of her and ran to her bedroom, slamming the door behind him.
Callista watched intently as Ulysses ran off. She paid particular attention to his muscular back and hindquarters, then winced when she heard her door slam. She then said, "Ulysses, you still have a body that could make any she-cat purr. I can't wait to have you in my arms as we dance tonight." Callista got off of the couch, made sure that the towel she was wearing was secure, and then followed him to her bedroom. She knocked on her door before cracking it open, peeking inside, and asking, "May I come in?"
Ulysses was crouched behind her bed with only his head exposed. He replied, "Yes, you can come in. Please stay on that side of the room, though." He once again looked over his naked form and muttered, "Oh, this is so embarrassing."
Callista didn't stay on the opposite side of the room as he had asked, though. Instead, she sat on the edge of the mattress farthest away from where Ulysses was trying to hide and said, "I don't know why you feel you have to hide from me, Ulysses. We are going to be husband and wife sometime in the future, and I expect to be sleeping with my husband."
"And I fully expect to be sleeping with my wife, Callista. However, we are not married yet, and I don't want to rush into anything you are not ready for," Ulysses said.
Callista crossed the slight distance between them, lying across the bed on her stomach as she peered over the side of the bed to try and catch Ulysses' gaze. She said, "You and I have already slept together, Ulysses. Remember when we first started dating over forty-nine years ago? We went to your spring formal, and after a night of dancing and holding paws, we ended up back at your apartment. You could not control yourself, and kissed me while you swept me up in those strong arms of yours and carried me to your bedroom. You quickly undressed both of us and made love to me for hours."
"I do remember that night, Callista. I was so young, and having such a beautiful she-cat on my arm was too much for me. I became a lust-filled tom who could not control himself. I acted very inappropriately that night. That is why I backed off and stayed away from you," Ulysses said, and tried to crouch further away from her.
"You didn't have to do that, Ulysses. If I hadn't wanted you to make love to me, you wouldn't have been able to. You weren't the only one filled with lust that night. As soon as I saw you in that fitted suit, I knew I was going to spend the night with you, and that night was magical. You made feel like a queen again, and made sure that my pleasure came before your own. I don't regret that night at all, Ulysses. It only made me fall further in love with you. So I was hoping tonight, we can relive that memory, and this time, you won't shy away from me in the morning," Callista said, and then wiggled her nose to dress Ulysses in a suit that showed off his masculine form to perfection. There was no doubt that every she-cat in the club was going to want to be with.
Ulysses felt the clothing appear on his body, rolled forward onto his knees directly in front of Callista, and watched her tail sway back and forth. He then said, "You are going to be the death of me, Callista. What am I going to do when I am old and gray, and I still have a very beautiful young she-cat on my arm?"
Callista pushed herself forward so her lips were mere inches away from his. She tilted her head ever so slightly to align her lips with his, closed her eyes, and said, "I'll just have to tell everyone that my very knowledgeable husband is very good at taming younger she-cats." By the time she was done, her lips were brushing Ulysses'. When Ulysses opened his mouth to reply, Callista took advantage, slipping her tongue into his mouth.
Ulysses returned the steamy kiss, but only for a minute. He pulled back and said, "Although, you do realize that of the two of us, you are the older one in this relationship, don't you, Callista? By about 450 years." He then got up off of his knees and went to the door. "Go ahead and get dressed. The night isn't going to wait for us, and I want to show off my gorgeous, older fiancée to the city." He winked before closing the door behind him.
Callista watched him leave the bedroom, and once the door had closed, she said, "Older fiancée? Wait until we are dancing tonight, Ulysses, and you will see how this older she-cat can cut a rug. Then later when we are alone, how she can very easily tame a much younger tom!"
Alice said her goodbyes to the group, got into the limo, and left. Tina watched the limo disappear down the driveway and said, "Too bad she is taken. She's cute, and my cousin would have loved to date her." As she spoke, she slipped her arm around Katerina reassuringly.
"She's cute? And what would that make me, my love?" Katerina asked.
Tina turned and lifted her head to face Katerina. She then replied, "That would make you my gorgeous, witty, fiancée, my darling. Like I mentioned, my cousin Marcia would love to date her. Not me, though. She isn't my type."
"And I am?" Katerina asked.
"Yes, you are. I love how you are not afraid to get dirty when you need to. On top of that.." She stood on her tiptoes so she could whisper into Katerina's ear. "I find your accent very sexy." Her tongue flicked out to Katerina's ear a quick lick before she lowered herself so that her feet were flat on the ground again.
"Wait until we are alone tonight, Tina. I'll show you how 'dirty' I can get," Katerina said.
"I'm looking forward to it, Katerina," Tina purred.
Mark and Lisa were sitting on a porch swing. Lisa was sitting in Mark's lap with her arms around his neck, and her legs draped over his, while Mark had his left arm around her waist and his right paw on her left thigh. They were both watching the sun set over the ocean when Mark said, "This is how life is supposed to be. I have the she-cat I love in my arms while gazing out over the ocean at the setting sun."
Lisa removed her left arm from his neck and let her paw trace tiny designs into his chest. She then said, "There is only one thing that would make this even better."
Mark was getting lost in Lisa's gentle caress and started purring. He then asked, "What would that be, my love?"
"Our kittens sitting right beside us, Mark. I want to be a mother as soon as we are married. You can't tell me that you don't find Sarah adorable?" Lisa asked.
"No I can't, Lisa; she is a very adorable little girl who is going to break the hearts of many toms in her future. Sarah even told me and Tina that she loves us. Now I can see a cute little kitten falling in love with me, but Tina? I guess Sarah must have been a little waterlogged from this afternoon," Mark said, and then smiled.
Lisa lifted her head to stare at her fiancé and then said, "Dear, you know you love Tina. From what Katerina told me, you two were behaving more like siblings than friends."
"I can't hide anything from you, Lisa I do love Tina. She and Katerina are like the little sisters I never had and always wanted. I can't wait until our kittens are born and have those two as adoptive aunts. They are going to spoil our kittens rotten with the amount of love they have to give," Mark said as he brought Lisa closer to him.
Lisa rested her head on his chest and listened to his heart beating. She then said, "They do have a lot of love to give, Mark. Tina and Katerina make an amazing couple."
"They certainly do, Lisa. Either one of those two would make an excellent mother to a kitten or two. I only hope that they have the chance to experience what it's like to have a kitten love you un-conditionally," Mark said, and then kissed her between her ears. "Personally, I can't wait to be a father, Lisa. Playing with Sarah today made me realize that. I want my own kittens to love and play with, and I only want them with you," Mark said.
Lisa decided to play with Mark and said, "I hope so. You know that you are eye candy to lots of she-cats in the city, and some of them want to take you home to 'play' with them. I would hate to think that you fathered kittens all over the city."
Mark caught on to Lisa's playfulness, and then said, "Hmm, lots of she-cats all over the city, you say? I might have to find some of these she-cats. There can't be too many of my kittens running around."
Lisa disentangled herself from him, and said as she walked away, "You can try to find them if you want, although when I am done with you, you won't have the energy to lift your tail out of bed, much less find another she-cat to play with." To accentuate her statement, Lisa made sure her tail was lifted high and away from her swaying backside so Mark had an excellent view of it.
Mark fell over backwards in the swing, then quickly got up and ran after Lisa to pick her up and carry her to a quiet place so he could make out with his fiancée.
Persival and Isis slowly walked along the beach, Persival with his right wing draped over Isis. Then Isis heard the subtle sound of a bat or something along those lines coming towards them. She looked up and saw a tiny, flying lizard headed in their direction. She asked, "What on earth is that, Persival?"
Persival turned to follow Isis' line of sight, and then focused his gaze on the object in the sky. He answered, "I have no idea."
The dragon flapped its tiny wings rapidly to try and keep itself aloft. It was tiring rather quickly with the amount of exertion it had to put into maintaining its current altitude. Eventually, it was too much for its young body and it dropped, landing in the warm sand below.
Both Persival and Isis watched the dragon fall from the sky, and went over to the tiny creature to make sure that it was alright. As they slowly walked up to it, Isis said, "I have never seen anything like this before." She turned her head towards Persival and asked, "Do you have any idea what it is?"
Persival crouched down on his front legs so he could closer look at the creature resting in the sand. As he did, he heard the creature let out a small cry. It very softly cried out, "Sarah." Persival studied the creature before him, and suddenly realized what it actually was. "My dear, what you are looking at is a very young dragon. From what it just said, it wants Sarah. I'm going to bring the dragon to the house and let my mistress handle it." He scooped up the dragon with his left wing and placed it on his back before heading back to the house with Isis by his side.
Jake and Felina laid in their bed after Felina had proved to Jake that she was much cuter than Alice. Their clothing was strewn all over the room, since Felina had been in a very big hurry to get their clothing off. She said, "That was wonderful, Jake. Keep making love to me like that, and we will have more kittens in the house than we can count."
Jake leaned over and kissed Felina before he said, "As much as I love kittens, and making them, I only want one or two." He then resumed his original position, flat on his back.
Felina lifted her upper body, turned to her right, and lowered herself down so her breasts were touching his chest and her face was very close to his. She then asked, "Only two? I come from a large family, and I want to have one of my own. Don't you have any brothers or sisters?"
Jake flipped them over so she was underneath him. He then replied, "I have a sister. She and I sort of grew apart and I hardly hear from her. She was always the free spirit of the family, and did things her own way. The last I heard from Jenna, she was somewhere in the mid-west." He tried to cover up his emotions by closing his eyes and leaning down to give Felina a kiss.
Felina wrapped her arms around his neck, but broke the kiss. She then asked, "Don't you think your sister will want to know her niece or nephew?"
"Possibly. Jenna has never really shown that she cares about her family. Every time my mother or father tried to engage her, she would find something else to do with one of her friends," Jake replied.
Felina kissed him again, and then said, "I want you to reconnect with your sister. Our kitten deserves to know its aunt, and that way Jenna can decide whether to be a part of this family or not."
"Alright, Felina. I'll call Jenna when we get back to the city," Jake said. He lowered himself to nibble on her neck, then asked, "You know what I want to do?"
"Mmm, make love to your fiancée again?" Felina asked.
"You know your fiancé well, my love," Jake answered, and kissed her very deeply.
Callie and Sarah had gone to the grocery store in order to get supplies for dinner and breakfast. Callie loved having Sarah around, and Sarah's smile was so contagious that she could not help but smile right along with her. They already had a gallon of milk, a box of pancake mix, syrup, orange juice, and eggs in their cart. They stopped at the produce department and added lettuce, a couple of cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, and a bag of croutons to make a salad with. Callie then asked Sarah, "We have the makings for breakfast and a salad for dinner tonight, so what else shall we make for dinner?"
Sarah scanned the entire market, and noticed one of the workers making fresh pizza off in the corner of the store. She walked over to the pizza station and watched as he tossed the dough in the air, stretching it to the desired size.
The worker shifted his gaze to the little girl kitten who was standing in front of him, watching him work. He smiled at her and decided to put on a show, just for her. He put the pizza dough he had just finished preparing down, added the sauce and cheese, then put it in the oven to bake. Once that was done, he dusted his paws with some more flour, grabbing a ball of dough from a tray piled high with them, and started to shape it with practiced movements. He then winked at her, peeled the dough from the board he had been working on, and threw it in the air. He stretched the dough with his paws as he kept the dough aloft.
Sarah watched in amazement as the worker flipped the dough behind his back and stretched the dough above his head.
The worker quickly looked over at the smiling kitten, and decided to see if he could make her laugh. He purposely made a mistake with his timing, and the dough fell from the sky to land squarely on his head, covering it completely. He then lifted a corner of the dough and peeked out to see the kitten laughing hysterically.
Callie came over to Sarah and asked, "What has you laughing so hard, Sarah?"
"That tom is funny," Sarah replied.
"Am I that funny?" the worker asked as he removed the dough from his head.
"Yes, that was so funny. I have never seen someone cover themselves in pizza dough before," Sarah replied.
"Then I performed my job well, little miss. Would you like a slice? I have a pie that is just about ready to come out of the oven," the worker said.
"Sarah looked over at Callie and asked, "May I?"
"I don't see why not," Callie replied. "You have to ask the nice tom, though."
"Your daughter doesn't have to ask me anything, ma'am. I always have a few extra slices for cute little girls and their mothers," the worker said as he went to get the pie from the oven.
"Oh, I'm not her mother," Callie said. "I'm a friend of the family who is watching her for the night."
The worker put the pie down on another large cutting board and quickly cut two slices for them. He put them on a couple of disposable plates, and brought the slices to Callie and Sarah. He then said, "You could have fooled me. The way you two act, I would have sworn you were her mother."
Callie took the plates from the worker and said, "Thank you, but no. I am not her mother. Although I hope my own daughters will be just like her."
The worker then gave them two cups of ice water to wash down the pizza with and asked, "You are pregnant, and still look like that? Consider yourself very lucky. My wife blew up bigger than a house when she was pregnant. On top of that, she was real moody. I actually did my best to stay out of her way when she was in a bad mood."
"I hope I don't blow up like a house once I'm further along. I'm only in the first trimester, so I think I have a little while before I start to show," Callie said as she took the cups of water from the worker.
"I know most of the cats that live in this town, and I haven't seen you before, miss. Did you recently move here?" the worker asked.
"I will be. My grandmother recently gave me the big house over by the ocean. The one with the large gates in front of it," Callie said, and then took a bite of the pizza slice she had been given.
"I know that place. Your grandmother used to come in here constantly with a tiny kitten years ago. I was only seventeen at the time, and your grandmother was beautiful then. Every male employee here had their eyes on her. How is she doing?" the worker asked.
"She is fine. In fact, she recently got engaged again, couldn't be happier," Callie answered.
"Well I'll be. Please tell her Anthony wishes her well, and once you and Sarah finish your pizza, head over to the other end of the store and see Charlotte. Tell her to give you two samples of the gelato she makes. I promise you will love it! Why do you think I'm so plump? I am either eating my pizza or my daughter's gelato," Anthony said, and shook his belly.
Both Callie and Sarah laughed as Anthony's belly continued to jiggle, even after he stopped shaking it. Then Callie took her and Sarah's plates and cups, and discarded them in the trash bin.
"It was nice to meet you, Anthony. I hope I get to see you again!" Sarah said.
"It was nice to meet you, too, Sarah. I hope to see you again sometime soon. Have fun!" Anthony said and went back to work.
"Come on, Sarah, you still have to decide what you want for dinner tonight," Callie said as she took Sarah's paw in hers.
"Pizza! I want to make pizza tonight! Can we Callie?" Sarah asked.
"I don't see why not. Let's go find some stuff to put on the pizzas, and get some dessert to go along with dinner. Alright?" Callie said, and started to walk away from Anthony and the pizza station.
Anthony happened to overhear that Sarah wanted to make pizza, so he grabbed five balls of dough from the tray, bagged them up, and quickly placed them in Callie's cart without her knowing it.
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