Disclaimer: The SWAT Kats are owned by Hanna Barbera and the Tremblay Brothers. I own the OCs.
First off, Happy New Year everyone! Or at least it will be in nine hours EST.
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As Stacy drove to the academy to pick up Rolf, her mind was racing as she contemplated what she was going to say to him. She made a right turn onto the academy's grounds and had made up her mind as to what she was going to say to him. Stacy parked the patrol car in the lot by the Administration building and stared at the building for a second before taking a deep breath and getting out of the car.
She entered the building and found Rolf sitting on a bench by the Reception desk by himself. Stacy looked at his face for a second before she asked, "Do you need a hand getting up Rolf?"
Rolf lifted his head only to see the she-cat that he liked, but was also afraid of at the same time. He smiled at her then responded, "I could use a hand Stacy, I still have not gotten used to these crutches yet."
Stacy went over to him, crouched down on his left side, and brought his left arm over her shoulders so she could assist Rolf with standing.
They both rose up and Rolf turned his head towards her, then said, "I don't know how to thank you Stacy."
She turned her head to him, then said, "Don't thank me yet Rolf, we still need to talk."
They left the building and Stacy helped Rolf into the passenger's seat before she slipped behind the wheel and closed the door. She gripped the wheel tightly in her paws, then asked, "Rolf, before we go any further with this relationship, if you can even call what we have as a relationship yet, do you see us having a future together and by us, I mean you, me, and Roger?"
Rolf took a few deep breaths, then responded, "Stacy, ever since I saw you, I was attracted to you. Back at the hospital I met your son. Then we talked. I meant every single thing I said back there to both you and Roger. I really like him Stacy and with time, I could very easily fall for you." He turned his head to face her, then said, "Please give me a chance to prove to you that I am not like your Ex-husband and let me be the guy Roger can look to anytime he needs something."
Stacy started the car and drove away from the academy completely in silence as she contemplated Rolf's response. She made a left turn and hit the Highway heading back to her house before she said, "On one condition Rolf, Roger must come first before anything. John and Bryce have been doing their best to be a father figure in his life but they are not with him every day. Roger needs to have a normal life with two parents that will nurture and care for him. Are you ready to be that guy Rolf? Are you ready to get up in the middle of the night and rock him in your arms when he has a nightmare or help him with his homework when he needs it instead of taking me out on a date?"
Rolf didn't need to think about his response to he question. He looked at her deadpanned and answered, "I will be the tom Roger can come to with anything, day or night Stacy. Even though I just met him, I care for the kit like he was my own. I don't care if I have to spend all night with him because he had a nightmare, Roger will be my priority and I will not push him aside for anything!"
Stacy heard the conviction in his voice and pulled off of the Highway to the side of the road. She parked the car, turned her body to Rolf, then said, "Not even my Ex did that for Roger and he was his own flesh and blood, so why would you do that for us when we just met?"
"That answer is simple Stacy," Rolf answered. "You both mean something to me and, if we are still together after a long courtship and Roger gives me permission, I want to adopt him and really be able to call him my son."
"Whoa, hold the phone Rolf!" Stacy said as she shook her head in disbelief. She stopped her movements, then asked with a very serious tone, "Are you saying you want to eventually marry me and adopt Roger as your son?"
"As long as Roger says its alright, then yes but only after a long courtship," Rolf answered.
"Why Rolf?" Stacy asked.
Rolf reached across the seats and placed his left paw on her right one which was resting on the steering wheel, then answered, "I felt a connection to Roger back at the hospital as well as the same connection when we kissed. Stacy, you can't tell me you didn't feel something when our lips met?"
"No, I can't say I didn't feel a thing Rolf and that is what is frightening me the most," Stacy said. "The last time I felt like this, I married my Ex and had a child. I was only nineteen at the time and I thought that Ed was the one who was going to love me forever. I came home one night from shopping for groceries with Roger and noticed Ed's car was in the driveway. I knew something was wrong since he was supposed to be working late that night. I found him, hard at work, screwing the local scank in our bed. I took Roger and left the house, never to return. That is why I'm scared of diving into a relationship. I don't want to end up being thrown aside for a she-cat with as my Ex said, 'A she-cat with a shapelier tail than mine.'
Rolf scowled, clenched his fist, then said, "One, Ed is a jerk and if I ever meet him, he might not breathe another breath. And two, I would never do that! My birth parents would roll over in their graves if I did anything your Ex did to you and Roger, plus Marissa would kill me. Would you mind if I said something and you won't take it out of context?"
"Go ahead," she responded.
"I think your tail is quite shapely Stacy," Rolf said.
Stacy chuckled for a second, then brought her paws up to her mouth to cover it as she laughed harder, and finally, started laughing hysterically.
Her laughter was so infectious that Rolf started laughing right along with her. He eventually stopped, brought his left paw to her hair, ran his fingers through the tresses, then he slowly brought her to him, and kissed her.
Stacy closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around his neck while she kissed him back.
After a few minutes, Stacy tapped his lips with her tongue and he responded by opening his mouth and allowing her to deepen the kiss.
Rolf lowered his arms to her back and slipped his paws under her shirt. He quickly realized where things were heading and he pulled his paws back and broke their kiss. He then said, "I'm sorry Stacy. I don't know why I kissed you like that."
"You weren't the only one kissing the other Rolf, I'm partially to blame for letting things get as heated as they did," Stacy said.
"Your Ex-husband is a fool for cheating on you. If you were my wife, I would be worshiping you every night. Stacy, you are very beautiful and one heck of a kisser," Rolf said.
Stacy brushed his right cheek with her paw, then said, "When we get you back to my house, you might get to kiss me again."
Rolf grasped her paw with his, brought it to his mouth, and kissed it before he responded, "I think I would like that Stacy." His leg started to throb as the medication the hospital gave him waned. He grimaced, then said, "Can we head back to your place, please. I need a round of meds."
Stacy let him go and faced the road ahead of her. She put the car in drive and said, "We will be at my place in ten minutes, then I'll put you to bed in my room."
Rolf nervously asked, "You want me to sleep with you?"
"Hmm, as much as I would like to be able to feel those strong arms holding me at night, its way too soon Rolf. My couch is old and very lumpy and might already have an occupant. I plan on staying with Roger in his room."
"I'm not going to let you sleep with Roger Stacy," Rolf said. "I'll stay with Roger and you take your room."
"You would do that, for me?" Stacy asked.
"Of course I would," Rolf answered. "You are kind enough to let me stay with you and as soon as your occupant leaves, I'll take the couch."
Stacy thought about the sleeping arrangements as she drove. Then she remembered that she had a small foldout bed in the basement that she hasn't used in years. She quickly looked at Rolf and made a decision that she hoped he would accept. "Rolf, that is sweet of you but I think you would be better off sleeping on my room."
"Stacy, didn't we just discuss this?" Rolf asked. "As beautiful as you are and if I was younger overly hormonal teenager again I would sleep with you in a minute. However, I want our relationship to build into something special before we share a bed."
"Rolf, I was not going to let you sleep with me, at least not yet," Stacy said. "I have a foldout bed in the basement that you could use."
"You still want me to share a room with you?" Rolf asked. "I'm not sure about this Stacy."
"You have nothing to worry about Rolf," Stacy said. "I hardly sleep in the buff anymore and my room is quite large. There will be more than enough space between us."
"Alright Stacy, you had a deal," Rolf said as he reached across the car and took her paw in his.
Sniper and Havoc arrived in time to see Adonis breaking the paw cuffs off of Pirouette's wrists then kissing her wrists gently.
"Aw, that is so sweet big brother," Sniper said.
"And just where have you two been!?" Felina asked, then winked at her letting Sniper know she was acting.
"Um, excuse me but who are you and why do you want to know?" Sniper mockingly asked Felina.
Felina narrowed her eyes, strode over to where Sniper and Havoc was standing, then answered, "I'm Lieutenant Felina Feral of the Enforcers, soon to be Commander Feral. Now you know who I am, who or what are you supposed to be?"
"I'm Sniper and this is my partner Havoc. As to what we are supposed to be, we are members of the SWAT Kats," she proudly exclaimed.
"Are you really members of SWAT?" Felina asked. "The way you two are dressed, I never would have guessed that. I was thinking more along the lines of exotic dancers."
Havoc turned her head to Sniper and asked, "What is an Exotic dancer?"
Sniper pulled Havoc down to her level and whispered the answer into her right ear. Havoc blushed and righted herself before she said, "We are NOT those type of girls! Sniper and I kick tail as well as T-Bone and Razor do Lieutenant!"
"Then why are all four of your uniforms form fitting instead of the standard flight suits?" Felina asked.
"Our uniforms are designed to minimize wind resistance created by the body Lieutenant," Pirouette answered. She bent her right knee, placed her paws on her hips, then said, "And I love the way it shows of my husband's body and he loves the way it shows off mine, right dear?"
Adonis went over and stood behind Pirouette, encircled his arms around her waist, then said, "My wife is right Lieutenant, I love the way our uniforms enhance our bodies and by wearing this uniform, I managed to cut two seconds from my lap times."
"Please do me a favor and get outa of here before I arrest all four of you for indecent exposure," Felina said before she went over to Havoc and asked, "I know our uniforms are quite form-fitting but do I really look like that when I wear mine?"
"Da you do Felina and believe me. Razor notices how you look in your uniform," Havoc responded. "I've seen him not focusing on his work when you are in the room. He doesn't even bat an eye at the rest of us girls, he only looks at you. My friend, you are one lucky she-cat to have him on the other end of the line."
"I'm he one who is lucky to have his love Havoc," Felina said. "Razor has been the most loving and devoted tom I have ever dated. I can't wait until the day we are married and I have our kitten. We are going to make a great family." She stepped back from them and then said, "I meant what I said, get out of here now before I change my mind!"
"Yes Lieutenant," all four of them said. After they walked to their cyclotrons and left, Felina asked herself, "I wonder where Sensei is?"
Sensei was riding on the highway on Empress' Cyclotron, weaving in and out of the light traffic. She had ridden a motorcycle only once in her life before, but found it quite scary since she was riding behind her tomfriend at the time and he rode quite recklessly, trying to impress her. However, with the Cylcotron under her command, Sensei felt free and was quickly falling in love of the feeling of the wind flying past her as she sped down the highway. Sensei knew it was late at night and everyone would be asleep at the hangar, so she decided to head back towards the dojo since there was a large, secure alley to the left of the building she could safely park the Cyclotron overnight in without worrying about it being spotted from the street or possibly being stolen.
She left the highway and took a turn very hard, leaning the Cyclotron hard to the right, that she almost had the foot peg touching the pavement. Sensei brought the bike out of the turn and gunned it, lifting the front wheel high into the air. She let up on the throttle, brought the front wheel down, and continued heading down the semi-deserted street. Eventually, Sensei had to stop for a red light. She then heard the sounds of construction off to her right. She turned her head and noticed an old building being resurrected into what appeared to be a large Day Care center. Sensei looked at the large sign by the construction gates and read, 'C. C. Enterprises LLC's gift to the community'. Just below the lettering was a rendering of what the future Day Care center was going to look like. "Way to go Callista!" She said.
That was when two burly toms left their posts by the gates and came up to her. Then one of them asked, "What is a she-cat like you doing in this area of the city? Don't you know its not safe to be here at night?"
"I'm on my way home from a costume party and I know this is not one of the safer neighborhoods. Thank you for your concern," Sensei replied.
"Good, go home and ride your bike safer miss, I don't want to have to explain to my employer why I had to call an ambulance to pick your dead body up from the road," the tom said.
"I will, mind I ask why you two are standing out here if this neighborhood is not safe?" Sensei asked.
"We are making sure that the construction crews are not harassed by a rival gang that wants to use this building for a drug den as well as other things I would rather not discuss with a lady," the tom replied.
"So you are working for one of my friends then," Sensei said. "Ms. Catlow will be pleased to have two toms as dedicated as you, guarding her building," Sensei said.
"You know Ms. Catlow?" The tom asked.
"Yes, she is one of my dearest friends," Sensei answered. She let go of the grip, extended her paw to the two toms, and said, "My code name is Sensei, I am one of the SWAT Kats."
The first tom took her paw in his and gave it a firm shake followed by the second, then the second tom said, "I'm Tyrone and this is my brother Marcus. We have lived here since we were born. Our parents live in a building a few blocks over. When we heard that C. C. Enterprises had plans of revitalizing this neighborhood, the gang we belonged to stepped up and joined in with a few other gangs to not only keep the construction crew safe, but to patrol the streets. We are sick of the dump this place has become and we want to see this neighborhood returned to where it used to be."
"That is quite noble of you and your brother Tyrone," Sensei said as she returned her paw to the grip. "I'm sure I can convince a few of my friends to help you patrol the streets."
"By friends, I assume you mean some of the SWAT Kats?" Marcus asked.
"That is exactly what I meant," Sensei said.
All three of them heard a gun shot from around the corner, then Sensei said to Tyrone, "Get on! Marcus, call the Enforcers!"
Tyrone got on the back of the Cyclotron and held onto the seat while Marcus pulled his phone out of his pocket and called the Enforcers.
Sensei gunned the Cyclotron and took off around the corner, leaving a streak of rubber in her wake. She stopped in front of a Construction Entrance to the building and saw another tom holding his paws to his chest.
She and Marcus got off the Cyclotron and ran over to the tom. Then Marcus asked, "What happened Jim?"
"Got jumped by three dudes, only one had a gun. They are inside doing who knows what," Jim replied.
"Stay with him Marcus and wait for the Enforcers, I'll handle this," Sensei said.
"One she-cat against three guys and one of them has a piece? You out of your mind lady?" Marcus asked.
"Very un-even odds I agree, for them," Sensei said as she withdrew her sword. "They won't know what hit them."
"Sensei, either you are incredibly brave or one of the craziest females I have ever seen!" Marcus said. "Either way, go get 'em!"
"I'm going to be alone for long, take care of your friend and look out for my re-enforcements, you will know them when you see them," Sensei said before she brought her sword up to the ready and said into her comm link, "Adonis, Pirouette, Sniper, Havoc, I need back-up."
"Roger Sensei, we are ten blocks away, what is the situation?" Havoc asked.
"Three toms, one with a fire arm. Shots fired, civilian down with a GSW to the chest. Going in solo," Sensei said.
"Don't get too reckless, I don't want to explain to your master why he has to bury a daughter," Pirouette said.
"That is not going to happen Pirouette, Sensei out."
Sensei walked slowly sideways through the open door of the building, crossing her feet in front of the other, just like Master Yoso taught her so she would be able to strike, if necessary. She made it about one hundred feet into the building and heard, "What is a piece of fluff like you doing in a place like this?"
"I'm not a piece of fluff and just what are you doing in my friend's building?" Sensei asked as she studied her opponent.
"We just want back what is ours and are going to do what we need to make that happen. Now, why don't you put that toy away before you get hurt," the tom said.
"Both of those things are not going to happen, but I do have a counter offer for you," Sensei said as she widened he stance and brought her tail in close to he body.
"And what might that be?" The tom asked.
"You leave now; in one piece," Sensei said.
"Or?"
"Or, you can leave here later, in pieces, your call," Sensei said.
The tom went to attack her, head on. But Sensei was faster, she dodged the attack and countered by bringing the hilt of her sword to the back of the tom's neck.
The tom went down for a minute, then attempted to get back up. As he started to rise to his feet and strike again, Sensei brought the tip of her sword down towards the tom's face and said, "Go ahead and give me a reason to stain my sword with your blood."
The tom looked at the very sharp business end of her sword, then said, "This shit is not worth it! I'm out of here!" He then carefully got up and ran out of the building.
Sensei lowered her sword but still kept it at the ready, just in case she was ambushed. She crept further into the building and heard a few toms talking to a few of the contractors. She placed her back against the wall on the other side of where the toms were and listened.
"Look, we have nothing against you, but our leader wants this building back. Take your crews and your tools, leave and don't come back!" One of the toms said.
"Yeah, cause if we see anyone of you again, you might not be walking out of here," the other tom said.
Sensei narrowed her eyes in disgust at the two toms, then checked her weapons. She put both of her paws on the hilt of her sword and readied herself to charge into the room and if necessary, take the two toms out, permanently.
"Sensei, where are you?" Adonis asked over the comm link.
Sensei quietly responded, "I'm on the first floor, approximately two hundred feet from the South West entrance."
"Stay put, we are almost there," Adonis said.
As much as Sensei wanted to listen to what Adonis told her, the two toms had other ideas. As one of the older construction workers picked up his tools, one of the toms gave his a shove and said, "Come on old timer, you are moving too slow. We don't have all day here."
"I'm going as fast as I can, I'll have my stuff packed up in a few minutes," the older worker said.
He still wasn't working as fast as the tom would have liked. The tom pulled out his gun from behind his back, pointed the gun at the worker's head, and said, "Move faster grandpa! We want to party all night long!"
Sensei took that as her cue to move. She scrunched up her face, gripped her sword nice and tight, and left the sanctuary of her hiding space.
As she swiftly ran across the floor, she lifted her sword high above her head and when she was close enough, she brought the sword down, aiming at the gun. The sword sliced through the gun with minimal resistance and rendered it into two parts.
The other tom saw Sensei out of the corner of his eye and once she struck, he went and grabbed her around the waist and held a knife to her throat. "Well well, what do we have here?"
Sensei struggled against the tom's strong grasp and said, "You had better let me go. My friends will be here any minute."
The tom that used to be holding the gun went over to Sensei, grabbed her chin with his right paw, then said, "This she-cat needs to pay for trashing my gun." His eyes roamed over her body, licked his lips, then said, "I can think of a few good ways she can re-pay both of us."
The tom with the knife, ground himself against her tail as he said, "She does have a great body and she is already wearing some sort of sexy costume. I guess she would not mind if we peel it off of her and have a little fun."
Sensei knew she was in deep trouble and was about to be molested by the two. As she readied herself for the inevitable, all three of them heard a loud crash, followed by the sounds to two engines. She breathed a sign of relief, then said, "My friends have arrived, I'll suggest again that you let me go."
"Nothing doing," the first tom said. "We haven't had such a prize in such a long time."
Just as he finished speaking, Havoc and Sniper skidded to a stop right on front of them. Both of them raised their Glovetrix covered paws and Sniper ordered, "You two have exactly thirty seconds to let her go!"
"Two more angels from heaven just arrived to 'play' with us!" The second tom exclaimed. "Now we don't have to take turns with this one."
Havoc cocked the hammer on her Glovetrix and said, "Fifteen seconds left boys!"
Adonis and Pirouette silently brought their Cyclotron to a stop by another entrance to the room. They both dismounted the bike, entered the room and hid behind a Job Box. Adonis noticed that the two toms were completely focused on Sensei, Havoc, and Sniper. He also noticed the very suggestive way the one tom was holding onto Sensei. A plan quickly formed in his mind and he said to his wife, "I need you to distract those two while I sneak up behind them so I can take incapacitate them."
"How do you expect me to do that dear?" She asked.
"Remember that little dance routine that you performed in college in the Black Box theater?" Adonis asked.
Pirouette's eyes went wide for a second, then she said, "You mean that little Noir thing I did when my troupe was taking a break? I remember you salivating in the audience while I performed, then being kissed quite passionately soon afterwards."
"That would be the one," Adonis said. "Perform a few of those moves for those two and they will forget what they are doing as well as what day it is."
Pirouette kissed him, slipped her tongue into his mouth, then said, "You are going to have to take care of me when we get back home, and I mean multiple times." She then crept off to the left, giving her husband a good view of her backside, which he watched intently until she disappeared from sight.
"I married the girl next door and she turns out to be a tigress," Adonis said and waited for Pirouette to start her distraction.
Sniper dismounted her bike, crouched down and aimed her Glovetrix at one of the tom's heads saying, "Five seconds left!"
Pirouette took that as her cue to start. She literally slinked out from her hiding place, leaned up against a post with her fingers intertwined above her head, and her right knee bent to show off her sexy legs. "Hey boys, I think you are going to want to pay attention to me instead of that she-cat you are holding now." She started dancing and swaying as provocatively as she could, gaining the undivided attention of the two toms as well as Havoc and Sniper.
Adonis had to slap himself in order to break the spell his wife's dancing put him under. He then said, "Damn, she is such a seductress and one hell of a dancer." He looked at the two toms and noticed that they were paying so much attention to Pirouette, that they almost forgot they were holding Sensei captive. He slowly crept out from behind the Job Box and made his way over to the two toms as well as Sensei.
Sensei felt the tom's grip loosen the longer he stared at Pirouette. She was getting ready to make her move but then out of the corner of her left eye, she saw Adonis creeping up behind them. Instead, she brought her left boot up and withdrew a tiny dagger she kept there as a backup. She grasped the dagger tightly in her paw and waited for the appropriate time for her to strike back.
Pirouette wrapped her legs around another post and climbed up it before letting go with her paws and holding tightly with her legs.
That was when Sensei set her plan into action. She plunged the dagger into the tom's leg and as soon as he slumped forward in pain, she leaped free and brought her sword up to her face.
"You bitch!" The tom screamed. "Get her!"
The second tom went to attack Sensei but was picked up by Adonis. He was spun to face a tom with a very angry snarl on his face.
"I suggest you take your friend and leave now before I forget I'm a gentleman and break you in half!" Adonis said.
The tom kicked Adonis in the chest and felt like he was kicking a rock. He then took a swing and his fist connected with Adonis' face.
Adonis's head whipped to the right then he brought it back around to face the tom. He wiped some blood from his bottom lip, then grabbed the tom with both of his paw and threw him into a pile of garbage on the other side of the room.
Havoc quickly fired a net from her Glovetrix, securing the tom to the pile of garbage.
Sensei went o the attack and brought her sword to the other tom's throat and said, "You two disgust me! If this is the way you treat females, you don't deserve to live! Give me one reason why I should not take your miserable life and save the city the trouble of locking you up!"
"Sensei!" Sniper said. "You don't want to do this! I have only known you for a short time butI know you are not a killer!"
"If I'm not a killer, then why do I want to take his life so badly!?" Sensei asked.
"Sensei, you have been held against your will and thought of as an object rather than a she-cat with a brain. Despite that, you need to let it go Sensei and prove that you are stronger than they are," Sniper said.
Sensei looked past the tom to Adonis, then asked, "If these two did the same thing to Pirouette that they did to me, what would you do?"
"I have known you long enough where you wouldn't need to ask Sensei," Adonis said. "I would be having the same feelings as you are. However, as much as I would want to tear the guy's head off, I would channel my anger into taking care of my wife and making her feel loved again." He opened his large arms then said, "Come to your big brother and let him give you a hug."
Sensei slowly lowered her sword as she felt a knot rising in her gut. She felt a tear in her eye and re-sheathed her sword.
"Aw, I made the hot-she-cat cry," the tom said. "Too bad your friends showed up or I would have been making you cry in pleasure."
That broke Sensei's resolve. She grabbed the dagger still embedded in the tom's leg and gave it a good twist.
The tom screamed in pain and fell to the ground.
"I hope this teaches you a lesson on how to behave properly!" Sensei yelled before she ran to Adonis and hugged him tightly.
He wrapped his arms around his little sister and said, "Let it all out Sensei. I have you and no one is going to hurt you."
Pirouette was right behind Sensei and wrapped them both in her arms and said, "We are a family Sensei. What one goes through, the others do as well."
Sniper secured the injured tom to the ground with a net, then went to join her fiancée back at their Cyclotron. She hugged Havoc tightly then said, "Pirouette is right, we are all a family. Every one of us loves and cares for the others as brothers and sisters. I want to raise out kitten with the same values we have Havoc. I want him or her to be part of this family and feel the love we share. Is wanting that for our kitten wrong?"
Havoc hugged her back and replied, "No, its not wrong to want that for our kitten Sniper. I want that for our kitten too." She kissed Sniper then said, "Let's join the rest of our sisters and brother."
The two she-cats walked over to where the rest of SWAT were engaged in a group hug, then they heard sirens off in the distance. Pirouette then said, "Unless we want to have another run in with the Enforcers, I suggest we high tail it out of here."
Before the Enforcers arrived, Sniper grabbed a can a spray paint and wrote a note to the Enforcers no a piece of plywood. Then they left the building the opposite way they came in.
The Enforcers arrived a minute later and entered the building with their guns drawn. They rounded the corner to where the two toms were secured and read Sniper's note.
"Dear Officers, we left you two presents neatly gift wrapped. Have a good night! From Sniper.
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