Darkness had fallen over Megakat City. Outside a warehouse at the pulled up at the entrance. The door opened and out stepped a foxy dressed female kat who looked straight out of the roaring 20s.
She wasn't very happy. "Where did you learn to drive, the demolition derby?"
The kat she was questioning jumped out of the vehicle dressed as a taxi driver. "So I ran a couple a' stop signs." he replied like it wasn't a big deal, despite the fact that not only stop signs, but all sorts of signs and even traffic lights covered the front of their vehicle.
"Yeah, and here they all are." the female responded, ripping off a 'yield' sign.
The male kat then grabbed a metal weapon from the vehicle. "Look, are we goin' in, or are we gonna yammer?" he asked.
The two kats walked up to the front of the warehouse and the male kat used his metal glove weapon to melt the door.
"Sorry we're late boys. Unavoidable delays" the male snickered as him and the female kat entered the warehouse.
The group of kats they were talking to spun around and reached for their weapons but quickly became shocked at who they were looking at.
"Mac? Molly? Is that you?" asked Katscratch, the leader of the gang.
The female, Molly formed an evil grin. "Aw, Mac, they remember us." she sarcastically said.
"They oughta." Mac added. "We used to run this mob."
"We heard yous drowned. Tryin' to bust outta Alkatraz." said Katscratch. Now he was growing suspicious of the couple.
"Yeah, and what's with them voices? How come you guys sound so weird" another one of the kats, Fango asked.
Then, to the surprise of everykat in the room, Mac and Molly both removed their faces to reveal that they were in fact, robots.
The kats all gasped at the sight. "It's not just our voices that've changed, Fango." Mac smirked. "We had a complete makeover. Whaddaya think?" Molly asked.
"I think youse two should've stayed dead! It's my mob now, and you guys… are history!" Katscratch whipped out his pistol and fired four shots, two at each of them.
But the bolts had zero affect on the bot kats.
Mac just raised his weapon and blasted Katscratch in the chest, sending him flying into a bunch of boxes and killing him instantly.
The other kats that were there all stood there stunned.
"What a 'shockin' development." Mac joked with a cackle. "The rest of you lugs listen up." Molly began. "The Metallikats are runnin' this city, now. And as soon as we finish some personal business."
"Like rubbin' out that crud Mayor Manx." Mac said, adjusting his laser glove. "We're gonna tear up this town like a scratchin' post." Molly added.
Everykat hesitantly agreed.
"Thanks for your confidance creeps. But traitors like you don't fit into our new plans. Molly and I are our own gang now, and we're dealin' all of you… out."
"Nuts to that" one of the mob kats said. On cue they all pulled out their guns and sprayed the two robokats with laser fire.
But that only ripped apart their clothes revealing their all metal bodies.
"So long losers." Mac took out the cigar that was in his mouth and threw it on the floor. Once him and Molly made their escape, the warehouse exploded with a massive ball of flame and smoke.
Up in the skies, the Turbokat soared across the Megakat City skyline.
Suddenly T-Bone's screen went red indicating that something bad just happened. "Thermal sensor has detected an explosion by the harbor."
"Better take a look." Razor replied.
After yesterday's events, the SWAT Kats decided to have Chloe stay at the lair which she had agreed to. As of right now she was in Razor's bedroom down in the lair instead of his regular one in the body shop.
After all, she'd had a long day and needed some rest.
Razor and T-Bone reached the place where they were headed which was already engulfed in a massive ball of fire. "It's the tuna factory. Aw, what a waste." T-Bone groaned.
After Razor began using the X-ray scope to scan for survivors, the metalikat's speedboat zipped right past them.
"What the heck was that?" T-Bone yelped.
"Well, whatever it was, it's goin' over 200 miles an hour."
"No kiddin'. I'm goin' after it."
"Negative, T-Bone. We've got other priorities. The X-Ray Scope reveals activity inside that burning building. We've gotta help them first! Put us in hover mode, T-Bone. I'm gonna try a foam bomb."
Razor pressed the bottom to release the bomb and quickly put out the fire in no time at all.
"Looks like the cavalry's arrived." Razor said having noticed the enforcers and the fire department arriving at the scene.
With one turn of the leaver, T-Bone swerved the Turbokat around. "Let's check on Chloe. I'm sure she's probably sketching something right now."
But to the surprise of the two tabbies, that's not what she was doing. She didn't even come down. Instead they heard a loud "AHHHHHHHHH!!!"
"What was that?" Jake asked. At first he thought that it was Chloe waking up from another nightmare, but the sound of the scream and the way it was presented told a different story.
A wide smirk spread across Chance's face. "I think she's just discovered Scaredy Kat." The kats climbed up the latter and quietly entered the living room.
Turns out, Chance was right. Chloe was watching Scaredy Kat on the tv.
The two tabbies smiled at the human girl who was currently indulging herself. Chance walked over and gently tapped the human girl on the shoulder. She turned around hugged her two feline friends with a smile.
"Hey squirt, I see you've found Scaredy Kat. Whatcha think? Pretty hilarious huh?"
Chloe nodded her head, laughter collecting in her throat. "It sure is Chance. I even have some tissues with me cause I've been laughing so hard I've started to cry."
The blond tabby giggled at the five year old. "Well, that's what comedy can do to ya sometimes. Mind if I join you?"
"Sure."
Pouring two glasses of milk, Chance sat down next to Chloe and the two watched the show together. Jake meanwhile went outside to fetch the newspaper. He on the other hand wasn't a huge fan of Scaredy Kat, but it at least warmed his heart to see Chloe was into it.
"Have you guys seen the paper?" Jake walked back over to his friends with the paper in his paws. He held the main headline in front of the tv, blocking Chance and Chloe's view of what was going on. His peeved colleague swatted it aside and shot him a glare.
"Hey! We're trying to watch Scaredy Kat. It's an 80 hour marathon." Wow. I didn't know it was gonna be that long, thought a flustered Chloe.
"It's about that fire we put out. Paper says it was caused by a couple of robots called the Metallikats."
Chance rolled his eyes at the cinnamon kat. "Fine, let Feral handle it. Now, if you don't mind, Chloe and I are trying to watch Scaredy Kat."
But Jake persisted, getting in front of the two and reading the top headline. "Chance, it says here the Mayor's in danger."
His blond furred friend just didn't listen and continued on with his favorite show.
Jake scowled and walked away.
"Hey squirt. Look, watch what happens when Scaredy-Kat opens the closet again." Chance said trying to hold back his inevitable laughter. Chloe did so as the titular main character opened the door revealing a very attractive female in a short red dress.
However, he should've known what was coming and let out another loud yell when he found out that she'd given him a bomb. The result left the two almost falling off the couch.
"Callie could be in danger too." Jake cut in, blocking the tv again.
Chance immediately ceased his laughing and sped off. Chloe was left baffled when she saw that Chance had gone from mechanic to SWAT Kat in just a few seconds. How…how did…he just…oh never mind, she thought.
"Hey, come on you slouch, c'mon squirt." T-Bone said. "We've got work to do."
Mayor Manx readied his golf club at the ball. This was his final chance to try and sink a hole in one. Right before the ball fell into the hole, it was lightly kicked out of the way by Callie.
Manx saw her holding both a newspaper and an extremely worried look on her face. "Mayor! You're in grave danger."
Back up in the sky, the Turbokat flew through the skies of Megakat City.
Just then, a slightly distorted signal came through the SWAT Kat's comm units. "Got an interesting emergency call comin' in, T-Bone. Try the police band." Razor suggested.
The blond tabby rotated a small red botton with his claws. A little static came out but soon they could hear it clearly. "All available units, armored vehicle out of control, main and central. Please respond."
"Could be the Metallikats. Whaddaya say, T-Bone?"
"I say let's kick some robot tail." A 'woo-hoo' from Chloe soon followed.
It was all out chaos on the streets of Megakat City.
People were getting out of their cars and running for their lives as a hovering vehicle zoomed over the asphalt. It was the Metalikats. "Choo-choo! Make way for the Metallikat Express." came the voice of a cackling Mac.
"Mac, you are absolutely the worst driver in history!" Molly said, clearly criticizing his 'drunk driver' handling of the steering wheel. But Mac just smirked back at her.
"I don't have to drive well in this little hotrod. Everyone else jumps outta the way."
As the two robotic villains continued their little demolition derby, little did they know that the SWAT Kats were flying right above them.
"Deploying Shark Missile, now!" Razor said.
The missile released and clamped down on the giant hovering machine.
"Aahh! What's goin' on?" Mac cried, taken by surprise. Molly quickly figured out who'd just hit them. "It's the SWAT Kats."
"Those pests. I'll teach 'em a lesson." Mac grinned. "The Relentless Missile."
He pushed the button on the console and the missile shot out from the vehicle, straight at the Turbokat.
Knowing that they could potentially get blown up any second, T-Bone had to think fast. "Hang onto your stomach! We're climbin'!"
He moved the throttle and the Turbokat pointed upwards like a rocket. "Chloe, hang on tight." Razor whispered to his human friend. She clung to him and shut her eyes, praying that the missile wouldn't hit them.
She was thankful that she'd only had a small glass of milk today. "Just glad I skipped lunch." Razor said through clenched teeth, gripping Chloe even tighter.
"You can forget about supper, too, if we can't shake this missile."
Trying to get the missile off their tails, Razor had Chloe put on an oxygen mask so she could breathe in the higher altitudes.
"20 meters and closing."
"It's a heat-seeker." It's stayin' right on our engine exhaust."
"It's like tryin' to lose your own shadow."
"Yeah, but this shadow's carryin' high explosives."
Chloe screamed when she saw just how close the missile was. She immediately buried her face in Razor's chest. "It's ok kiddo. Don't worry. We'll get out of this."
Meanwhile outside City Hall, Commander Feral had gathered as many Enforcer soldiers as he could in order to barricade and defend the building.
Soon, the Metalikats showed up, weapons drawn and pointed at their targets. The Enforcers waited for Feral's signal.
"Mac and Molly Mange, you're under arrest! Surrender, or we'll fire!" Feral bellowed.
"Knock yourself out, Commander." Mac smugly said.
Every enforcer fired their rifles at the two robokats but of course, no damage. Not even Feral's rocket launcher could blow them to bits. They just walked through the smoke and threw the Commander aside like a rag doll.
Making short work of the other Enforcers, and telling each other what they were gonna do, Mac and Molly walked, and grappled, their way to the Mayor's office, which was on the tenth floor.
While Manx was starting to freak out about what might happen to him, Callie pulled out her communication device in hopes that the SWAT Kats would get there.
Unfortunately for her, the furry heroes were still on the run from the missile.
But thankfully, Chloe noticed the blinking red light and informed both kats.
"Good eye kiddo. Callie's calling on the distress band."
"Do I answer it?" Chloe asked her feline friend. "Not yet squirt. We still need to shake off this missile." T-Bone replied from the front.
"One crisis at a time. Guess it's time for Plan Z." The blond tabby grumbled. Both Razor and Chloe facepalmed. "Aw, T-Bone, we hate plan Z." Chloe whined.
"No other choice squirt. Prepare for engine shutdown." T-Bone pressed the respected button and the engines all turned off. "Engines cold." Razor confirmed. "Launching decoy missile."
He fired the decoy into the open. It made contact with the heat-seeker and exploded on impact.
"YEAH! We did it." Chloe cheered in relief.
"Great job T-Bone. Great job Chloe. What a team." Razor complimented, giving T-Bone a thumbs up and Chloe a hug.
Whilst Razor was celebrating the small victory, something tugged at his heartstrings.
That something was Chloe.
Someone who needed to be kept safe from all the dangers of this world. She was at the cusp of losing her life today, and both him and T-Bone would've lost not just Chloe, but their friend.
A kind, sweet and loving five year old human girl who in just a short period of time, had brought so much joy and happiness into the lives of him and T-Bone. A complete mystery yet an incredible blessing.
But they had to get back to business. There was still a Mayor and dep. Mayor to rescue. T-Bone got an emergency call from Callie. The Metalikats had breached the Mayor's office. The turbokat kicked into gear and hurried to the building where Manx and Callie were.
Manx got to the elevator, but his luck ran short when the door opened. It was Molly. "Mayor Manx. I was lookin' for you." She grabbed the mayor by the back of his jacket and took him back to his office where Mac was waiting, having taken care of Callie. Manx begged the criminal kats to release him and that he would cut any deal they so desired. But that ship had sailed. They wanted him dead. But they didn't come to expect a stunning twist to the story. It wasn't Manx who denied them parole, but Callie, who'd just regained her consciousness.
Molly wasted no time dropping the Mayor and picking up Callie in his place, bringing her to the open window.
Callie attempted to sound brave, but screamed when Molly dropped her to impending death. She would've been a splat kat if a net from the turbokat didn't catch her. She looked up and smiled in relief. "It's about time you guys. Catch you on your lunch hour?" Her smile grew bigger when Chloe appeared in her view. "Hi Mrs. Briggs." The dep. Mayor waved at her human friend. "Hi Chloe. Good to see you again."
Razor and T-Bone got the turbokat on solid ground, then got Callie out of the net. Chloe dropped down into the cargo hold and out of sight. Right after Razor helped up Callie, the two kats dodged some laser beams and darted into the mayor's tower. Mac was taken out fairly quick, bursting into Manx's office and exploding in front of his wife, sending her into a rage. The mayor thought he was safe, but the turbokat had a small metal pest problem. Molly clawed at the jet, but she was unable to rip it apart.
T-Bone sent her to the back of the bus, banged her against a building, and to cap it off, sent her falling to the ground in one 'explosive' grand finale.
Alas, the metalikats were no more. Nothing but piles of scrap. The deed was done. The mayor was safe and the citizens of Megakat City went about their daily lives once more. The SWAT Kate dropped off Manx at the foot of his tower and waved goodbye to him and Callie, the latter thinking about how happy she felt to see Chloe again.
Back at the scrap yard, Jake and Chance tossed the last remaining bits of the metalikats into the truck of their maker. He thanked them for their contributions and took off.
"Ahh. I've fought enough bad guys for one day." Chance said. Jake was in full agreement. The two kats walked back to the shop and got into their bed clothes. Jake bid his friend goodnight and opened his door to see Chloe in deep sleep. He smiled, but at a cost. He almost lost her today. He would've never seen her again.
Climbing into bed next to the girl, he made extra sure to keep her well protected. Who knows what would happen to her if she was to be captured by any of the villains him and Chance faced? Jake now saw Chloe in a different light. In a way, he saw her as a sort of daughter. It never dawned on him until today. Jake put the thought on the back burner for now, but reminded himself to talk about it with Chloe at some point.
"Oh Chloe. What would Chance and I do without ya?"