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Facts of Life	By : Daniella Category: +S through Z > SwatKats Views: 2057 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter Ten

“Talking”

‘Thoughts’

Arriving home after leaving the SWAT Kats in a huff, Valkyrie shot the canopy open and climbed out gingerly. She was sore all over. She removed her helmet and shook her head to free her hair. James was by her side immediately, concerned about her well being after observing what had taken place at the salvage yard through her helmet cam.

“Are you alright, Ursula?” James asked, helping to remove her armor.

“Yes, I ‘m okay, just bruised all over.” Ursula said, her voice reflecting how tired she was. Being pregnant took a lot out of her.

“Do you wish me to run a scanner over you and the kitten to ensure all is well?” James asked solicitously.

“Ah...yes that would probably be a good idea. Thanks James.” She said suddenly concerned for the kitten’s welfare. After all, she had taken some hard blows to her torso.

James waited until Ursula had removed the nerve suit then ran his internal scanner over her. It only took a moment and she was greatly relieved by his answer.

“Except for the bruising you mentioned, everything looks fine including the kitten.” James told her.

“Thank goodness. The armor certainly did it’s job protecting me!” She sighed in relief.

Suddenly her hangar security alarm went off. James quickly went to the control center and checked the monitor to see what was going on.

After a moments surprise, Ursula huffed as she realized who the intruder could be.

“It’s probably Chance. He found out I’m Valkyrie.” Ursula said coming over to the console.

“You are correct and Jake is with him as well.” James said confirming her suspicion. There on the monitor were Jake and Chance looking around close to the hidden secret entrance in the garage.

“I’ll go talk to them.” Ursula sighed as she went to get dressed then made her way up to the surface to speak with her mate.

Just after Valkyrie’s angry departure, T-Bone quickly flew the Turbokat back into its hangar from where it had been parked just outside the yard after the fight with their deadly doubles. They had been lucky no one had called in the dog fight in the air or the altercation on the ground and sent the enforcers to investigate before they were able to leave the scene. The plowed empty field near their salvage yard was the only sign that something had happened there.

Shutting down the engines and popping the canopy, T-Bone wasted no time jumping down and racing to his locker to change clothes. As he turned to leave, he ran into Razor who was attempting to do the same..

“Slow down, Chance!” His partner said placing a restraining paw on Chance’s chest.

“I can’t! I need to talk to Ursula now. It’s not safe for her to be doing this. I’ve got to convince her to stop. Next time she might…” Chance said anxiously then unable to complete that thought.

Jake sighed. He had been just as shocked as Chance when they discovered Ursula and Valkyrie were the same Kat. As much as Feral had hated vigilantes, it was an even greater shock to see her doing what she swore she never would. But when she explained why, it showed just how much she cared for her niece and the safety of the city which Jake never doubted, really. But with Ursula being pregnant, he could understand Chance’s concern although he didn’t approve of what his partner planned to do or say.

“I can understand how you feel buddy but confronting her and giving her an ultimatum is going to piss her off more than she is already. I just don’t think that’s how you should deal with this. Anyway, I wonder where she managed to hide that jet of hers as well as the motorcycle and armor?” He said questioningly, a thoughtful look on his face as he finished changing his clothes.

Chance growled a bit but realized Jake was right but it didn’t keep him from wanting to shake some sense into his mate. She had him scared witless and he didn’t like the feeling. He blew out a breath and tried to calm down. He thought about what Jake had just asked. “It would have to be under our house. It is set on a hillside, makes sense she would keep it close like we do. Come on, let’s go check it out!” He said heading for the ladder.

“What? Why do I have to come?” Jake asked, so not wanting to get involved in the marital spat about to happen.

“Because I’ll need your support when I tell her to stop being Valkyrie. Besides, I’m sure you’d like a peek at her hangar too.” Chance said bluntly, grabbing his friend by the collar of his coveralls and pulling him to the ladder.

Jake groaned inwardly as Chance dragged him out of their hangar. He knew tonight wasn’t going to end well between Chance and Ursula.. His partner was going to be in the dog house tonight and most certainly sleeping on the couch and Jake just didn’t want to be around to hear it. But he didn’t have a choice as he reluctantly climbed into the passenger seat of the tow truck. Chance roared out of the yard and headed for his home at barely under the speed limit.

When they arrived at the Furlong’s home, they jumped from the truck and began to look around the garage. It was closed, which wasn’t a surprise. Chance popped the lock and stepped into the building itself and began to look around to see if they could find the secret entrance.

It was Jake who discovered the odd power line that ran to what was basically a closet. He frowned in fascination as he studied the line and how it seemed to run down the back wall of the closet.

“Chance, I think I found something!” Jake called leaning his head back out of the closet.

Chance came over to look but had barely poked his head inside when they heard a soft sound behind the wall Jake was staring at. Suddenly a door slid open and there stood Ursula. She eyed them both for a moment then sighed. She stepped back and gestured to them.

“Come on in. It’s obvious you were looking for my base.” She snorted in mild amusement as they stepped into the small elevator with her. She pushed the button for the lower level and crossed her arms over her chest.

As the car went down she said bluntly to her mate, “Before you say anything Chance. Let me have my say first.” Ursula said, cutting off Chance before he could say a word.

They reached the hanger within moments. They stepped out into a large space. On a large turntable similar to theirs was her jet. Over to the right of the exit was her motorcycle. Closer to them, hanging on a special stand was her armor and helmet. A locker was on the wall behind it. To the left of the elevator was a huge monitor and computer console where James was sitting. Past it was a well equipped workshop with workbench that had some devices on it.

“Did you design and build this all yourself?” Jake asked amazed by the place. ’Whoa! This is even better then our own hanger!’ He thought.

“No, Professor Hackle designed it and James built it based on his plans. He gave this to me as his way of repaying Kat kind.” Ursula said feeling somewhat proud of the professor.

“Amazing, Professor Hackle really out did himself this time.” Jake said studying her armor more closely.

Chance was impressed by her hangar but not enough to derail the reason for his being here now. “It’s an incredible place, Ursula but you are not going to be using it anymore while you’re pregnant.” He commanded firmly. He wasn’t backing down on this issue, it was too important.

Ursula frowned in annoyance at his high handedness. “My armor protects me very well and I’m not that far along. I should be able to do this for at least a few more months...” She started to say before he cut her off.

“It doesn’t matter. It’s too big a risk and I’ll not allow you to take it.” Chance growled.

“You’ll not allow! Now you see here you overbearing tomkat...” Ursula began, angrily.

Jake could see that things between Chance and Ursula were heating up and wished he could be elsewhere. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed James make a move to step between the battling pair but Jake stepped forward to stop him.

“I know you are programmed to protect Ursula but trying to interfere between her and Chance will screw up that programming because you cannot hurt him. I suggest you ignore this fight since it doesn’t involve physical injury. Put it under your file of things you have to learn to get used to between couples.” Jake warned the robot so that its circuits wouldn’t be confused by conflicting orders in it’s brain.

James was silent for a moment. “Thank you for that insight. I have corrected my programming to include that information. Will this happen often?” It asked.

Jake sighed and said mildly amused, “Yes, you can expect it to happen frequently between these two.”

“Is there any time I should take action?” It asked in concern.

“Only if they try to pound on each other during a quarrel and not because they are play fighting. It’s good for couples to ‘clear the air’ so to speak, meaning clarify their side of the argument and hopefully come to an agreement.” Jake explained.

“Ah, thank you for that explanation.” James said processing it for future use.

They returned their attention to the fighting couple and just watched and listened.

“I thought a mated couple was a partnership not a dictatorship. Where do you get off trying to order me around?” Ursula snarled at her mate. She jabbed her finger into his chest. “Now you listen good. I’m not about to sit around while that pair of evil SWAT Kats is here in our dimension. They know how you fight because they are you...sort of...but they know nothing of me...” She continued furiously.

“We have fought them before. You haven’t! They are vicious and dangerous and I don’t want you on their radar. The problem is ours, Jake’s and I, not yours.” He said upset that she wouldn’t listen to reason.

“My equipment is much more powerful than yours. I have a better chance of taking them out than you!” She hissed.

“No, absolutely not! I forbid you to get involved, Ursula! There’s to much danger for you and the kitten! Plus how are you going to continue on during the rest of pregnancy?” Chance said just as mad.

“I can still fight but I’ll stop later on! And what about you?! It’s just as dangerous for you as it is for me! What am I supposed to do if you end up getting hurt or worse?!” She demanded.

“Look, I’ll handle it! Jake and I do training sessions regularly to stay in fighting fitness! You don’t!” He insisted.

Ursula snarled at her mate, “How do you know? You see how fit I am...exactly how do you think I keep this way? I work out that’s how. I have a training program and an obstacle course as well. That argument won’t fly with me!”

Chance felt the ground slipping out from under him in this argument. He turned to his partner and snapped, “Jake, help me out here! Tell Ursula that I’m right!”

‘Oh, boy I should have seen that one coming a mile away.’ Jake grumbled to himself as he looked first at one than the other. Groaning inside, Jake took a breath in and slowly let it out before saying anything that could cause the argument to escalate or they decided to take it out on him next.

“Fine, I’ll play peacemaker. First, I’d like to say that both of you are right.” He started to say then shot up his palms, “Hold it, hold it...let me finish,” when the couple started to interrupt him angrily. They subsided and Jake continued, “Chance, Ursula has a point. She is still able to fight and her armor does seem to protect her well. It’s pretty indestructible as far as I’ve seen. Ursula, Chance is right too. It is more dangerous for you to play hero while carrying something as precious as a kitten. The evil Dark T-Bone saw you with Chance and he’s not stupid. He probably already has guessed how important you are to him and that you are pregnant. He won’t hesitate to use that against us. You are now a target and it will seriously hamper us when we fight them next.” He said grimly. “The only advantage we have over them now is that they don’t know where you and Chance live or your hangar.”

Ursula eyes widened at Jake words and went still a moment thinking. “Okay, you’ve made your point very well. So what about you two? They know your hangar since it’s a copy of theirs.” Ursula said slowly letting her anger go as the implications of how serious this was sank in.

“Jake can beef up our security system...” Chance started to say only to be interrupted by Jake.

“That’s a negative, Chance. My double is just as smart as me. He’ll figure it out in nothing flat and that’s true of anything else I might come up with.” He said flatly.

“Crud, then what are we going to do? Those guys could show up at anytime and Jake certainly can’t stay there alone at night.” Chance said in concern.

“There’s only one solution. It’s fortunate our home is so far from the salvage yard, that’s our first line of defense. Our second one is having you bring your toys here. There is plenty of room and they will never find you here.” Ursula said with finality.

Jake and Chance gaped at her for a long moment. Then Jake said, “Well that is a viable option but if they do figure out where we are there will be no where else to hide.”

“Then we will have to take them out as fast as we can.” Ursula said grimly.

“Now wait a minute! I still don’t want you involved!” Chance objected.

“As Jake already stated, Chance, I am already involved. Dark T-Bone knows who I am so we need to just concentrate on getting them before they get us.” She said flatly.

"I don't like it but I can't see another solution right now." Chance said bitterly. "So where is Jake going to stay?"

"Right here! We set up a cot and he can work with James to develop things to fight these guys with that Dark Razor wouldn't think up because Jake will get input from James and Professor Hackle if need be." Ursula said brilliantly.

"I hate to admit it, buddy, but she's got the right idea. It's our best chance of defeating our evil twins." Jake said shaking his head at how neatly she solved their immediate problem.

Chance sighed and admitted defeat for now. "Okay, I may not like it but it does sound like the best plan. So what do we do now?"

“Well, I need to make a new communicator for Ms. Briggs so she can still alert us when there is any trouble in Ursula’s hangar and disconnect it in ours. I need to collect any of my current projects and hide them and download my computer onto disks and erase it’s memory so my double can’t use what I’m developing now.” Jake said slowly as he ran through his mind what needed to be done.

“How long will it take you to make a new communicator?” Chance asked.

“At least three days.” Jake said.

“I’m certain I can help you make one much faster, sir.” James interrupted suddenly.

“Eh, yeah I bet you could. Okay that takes care of that. I guess we better go get that done before our doubles recover and return. We may not have a lot of time.” Jake said urgently.

“Take James with you. He can help you get done faster.” Ursula suggested.

“Good idea. Well, we better get going then. Ursula please stay here and we’ll be back as fast as we can, okay?” Chance said as he moved to her side and hugged her close.

“I won’t go anywhere, I promise, Chance.” She said warmly. They kissed goodbye.

They all trouped to the elevator and went upstairs. She waved goodbye as the three headed for the hangar.

“We better load the tow truck aboard as well when we return, buddy and shut down the garage and phone for now. I’ll put away our business paperwork in the safe and we probably should get my things from my room too.” Jake said as they drove back to their garage.

“Crud! I hope we have enough time to get it all done.” Chance said tightly as he pushed the tow truck to go a little over the speed limit.

“Do not concern yourself, sirs. Just tell me what you need done and I will help you get it done quickly.” James said.

“Thanks, that’s going to help a lot.” Chance said and the truck went quiet after that as the pair ran through their minds what needed to be done.

Once their truck was out of sight, Ursula sighed tiredly feeling her body craving sleep right now. Since there wasn’t any business, she left the shop closed and went upstairs to their home, stepped in and locked the door behind her. Though exhausted, she paused long enough to make a quick tuna sandwich and milk, eating it standing up. Putting her cup in the sink, she headed straight for the bedroom, stripping her clothes off on the way and tossing them onto a chair in the corner of the room. Pulling the covers down, she slipped in and pulled the covers over herself. She was asleep before her head touched the pillow.

It had taken them three hours to close down their hangar, load the Turbokat, and close the garage and yard. A sign on the gate told customers they were on a short vacation so that no civilians would be harmed if their doubles came back to this location.

They were dogged tired, except for James of course. James signaled the secret hangar doors open when they approached in the dark. The runway lights flared up inside showing T-Bone the way in. Heeding James’ instructions, he taxied the Turbokat not far from Valkyrie’s jet.

For the next half hour, James helped them unload the jet of their cyclotrons, the tow truck, boxes of Jake’s inventions, their weapons and missiles and Jake’s belongings. James took Jake to a store room and had him wait a moment while he cleared it then placed Jake’s actual bed inside with night stand, dresser, and boxes of his clothes and other things.

James had insisted that it was no trouble and preferable if Jake had all his stuff. There was no telling how long they would be here. Jake thought it was a bit much but was really grateful to the robot for making him more comfortable. And he had a point, Jake couldn’t very well be in top form if he was tired from sleeping on a cot for days. James showed him where the small bathroom was located then said goodnight as he went to secure the hangar.

Chance assumed that Ursula was upstairs so bid his friend goodnight. Thankfully, they had eaten something while they were packing up so all he wanted to do now was go to bed. He took the elevator up to the garage, walking through the quiet space to the front door then locking it again behind him. He made his way up the stairs and discovered she had locked it which was a relief to him and also meant she was probably sleeping. He unlocked it and stepped through then carefully locked it again and set the alarm.

Yawning, he went to the bedroom and saw her asleep. He smiled and headed for the shower. A few minutes later he was slipping into the bed behind her. He inhaled her scent and gently allowed his fingers to caress her shoulder before letting it drape over her belly. He couldn’t help letting his fingers rub her still flat stomach. She moaned softly at his touch.

“No matter what happens, I’ll protect the both of you. I won’t let him lay a finger on either of you. I’ll kill him first.” He swore softly.

He kissed her cheek then laid his head behind hers. Despite being tired, his mind wouldn’t rest. He kept seeing his double taking his mate and kitten and it made him both frightened and furious. Whatever it took, he would never let that creature get close or hurt her.

What disturbed him the most was the feeling he had when Dark T-Bone had shot at her. It felt like he had been the one doing the shooting. The thought alone that he could ever do such a thing made him shake. He stroked her again in reassurance. He couldn’t stop thinking about what decision could have made Dark T-Bone take the wrong path. That Kat was full of hate and buried pain. Something really bad had to have happened in his life. He really didn’t want to think that a single decision could have made him and Feral bitter enemies rather than lovers then mates.

So upset by his disturbing thoughts, he sat up a little and leaned down to kiss her. He was pleased when she woke enough to begin kissing him back. ‘Oh how he needed this,’ he thought as he deepened the kiss.

Ursula could feel how shaken Chance was feeling by his near desperation to be reassured by her very presence. She opened her eyes and stared into his beautiful green ones seeing his need to wipe out the memory of what had happened earlier. She mewed warmly at him and welcomed him.

Increasing his attention he slipped his fingers under the band of her bra slipped it off her then pulled her panties off with one tug. He tossed them off the bed and pulled her closer to him.

He was so eager to reaffirm their bond that he flipped the covers off and rolled back pulling Ursula to his chest. He raised her bottom, aligned himself and sank into her hot and waiting channel. They groaned in unison when their bodies were completely joined together.

After only a moment, Chance began lifting her hips up and down on his stiff member. She mewed in pleasure and added to the up and down motion with a swirl of her hips increasing their pleasure.

Their rhythm started off slow but was soon Chance was thrusting himself into her feverishly. Ursula groaned loudly and mewed as she felt Chance swelling up inside her. They climbed higher and higher till their bodies could no longer hold the pleasure as they fell over the edge together. Chance pulled Ursula down in one hard thrust roaring his climax as Ursula screamed hers. They trembled for a moment then Chance’s arms collapsed letting her drop to his chest as they caught their breaths. The room was filled with the scent of sex mixed with sweat.

She inhaled his musky scent into her nose as she lay on his chest. It made her think of love and safety. Chance adored her scent, an earthy spicy odor mixed with rain. He would always remember how she smelled after a bout of lovemaking.

“I’m sorry.” He said suddenly

“Sorry? What for? You did nothing wrong but try to be a good mate.” Ursula said wondering what brought on this.

“About everything. The way I reacted to your secret and wanting to stay of this. But you’re not going to you are you?” He said softly, playing with her hair.

“No I’m not Chance. I understand you’re scared, I am too especially seeing Dark T-Bone and knowing how it could have been if things in our lives had been different.” She said thoughtfully.

“I know and that’s what scares me the most. The first time I saw him, I couldn’t believe he was me. Everything about him was so wrong and awful that when Jake and I defeated them, I thought that was the end of it. But now…they’re back.” Chance said bitterly.

Ursula wrapped her arms around his neck comforting him the best she could. “Shh, it’s alright. You are not him, Chance. You are you and he is what his life has made him. You are two different people. Your faces prove that. Yours shines with goodness, his with the evil from the bad choices he’s made.” She told him seriously. “You’ll never be like him because of the good choices you’ve made all your life.”

“You don’t think it could happen? What’s to say that if I were to lose you I might lose who I am and become like him?” He demanded still not convinced.

“Is that what you’re so worried about? Chance, for one thing, your partner would never allow it and for another your family would be there to help you through your grief. But I don’t intend to die any time soon. So stop this doom and gloom thinking. We’ll defeat them and send them back . I won’t hear of anything else. Do you understand?” She demanded from him.

With that she pulled him into a demanding kiss. He groaned and let it surround him with her love and let the fear go. He sighed as they pulled away. She smiled at him then lay her head on his chest and listened to his heartbeat. She hoped that was the end of the matter. It was really ridiculous that he had gotten himself so upset by such what if’s.

Wrapping his arms around her torso he rolled them to their sides and cuddled letting sleep drag them down. His last thought was that he would never be like his double. He had far too much to live for and love to take that path and with that he drifted off to sleep after Ursula.

Below the couple, Jake stared at the ceiling. He had a small light on since the room was pitch dark. He was exhausted but his mind was too disturbed to let him sleep. To some degree he was feeling the same things as Chance. It was very sobering to think that something so awful could have happened in Dark Razor’s life to make him choose such a dark path.

He wondered what it could have been. He and Chance had suffered some awful nightmares when they returned from that fateful trip. It took some time to put it out of their minds but now here it was in their faces again. It made him shudder. Not for the first time did he wish he was mated like Chance. He could really use some comfort right now.

As much as he liked Callie, Jake felt the tentative relationship was a dead end because she barely looked at him. Only his Razor persona got the special looks and he needed her to see him as he was and not the SWAT Kat he became when need arose. It was times like these, that he truly hated his alter ego. Sighing, he shoved his hurtful thoughts aside and sought the sleep he so desperately needed.

Unfortunately, dark dreams began to run through his mind. His body tossed and turned and a cold sweat broke out on his skin under his fur. In his dream he was yelling and screaming at Chance about something but couldn’t hear want was being said. Chance was yelling back at him then just turned his back to him. The next thing he knew was he was being jumped on by an enraged Chance. He returned the favor by biting, scratching and pummeling his friend.

Standing outside himself, Jake screamed at his dream self to stop but neither of them heard him. Blood was spraying the air as the combatants continued to claw at each other. His ears were torn when the battled ceased. He stood swaying on his feet and laying still was Chance. Jake shuddered in horror at the look on his dream self’s face as he stood over the unconscious tabby with murder in his eyes

“NO!!” Jake yelled out, finally waking himself, his body cold and shivering with cold sweat. He had sat up and was clutching the bedding in his paws as his heart pounded in his ears. It took several moments for him to calm down enough to get up from the bed. He wanted to wash the scent of fear off his fur. As he stepped into the bathroom, he knew this wouldn’t be the end of the nightmares. They would end only when the evil pair was defeated and gone

In the early morning light, Ursula woke up and blearily noted the time was a little passed seven. Her sleepy mind coaxed her to snuggle back into the nice comfortable warmth of Chance’s body. Then suddenly an important thought slipped through and she jerked awake. She remembered she had a doctor’s appointment at nine this morning.

Cursing to herself, she slipped out of her mate’s arms and stalked off to the bathroom. Chance groaned and lifted a heavy eyelid noting that Ursula had gotten up and hearing the shower turn on. Groaning his displeasure Chance got up and headed for the bathroom. It was Sunday so there was no reason for Ursula to get up so early.

He opened the door just in time to see Ursula step into the shower. Chance closed the door and leaned against it.

“Kitten, it’s too early to get up. Come back to bed.” He coaxed speaking loud enough for her to hear over the water.

“I know but I have an appointment with Dr. Gibson today.” Ursula said back

Chance snapped completely awake at the news. ‘That’s right! I completely forgot about it!’ He thought in annoyance. His mate was not going alone this time especially now so he opened the shower and stepped in behind her. She jumped a bit in surprise.

“Chance, what are you doing?” Ursula asked as Chance picked up the bottle of liquid soap and lathering up his palms.

“Joining you in a nice relaxing shower. Also, I’m coming with you and no arguments.” He said as he soaped her back.

“Okay, you can come. Oh!” Ursula sighed in agreement then jolted when he touched her more erotically.

“Good, but I want to have a bit more fun.” Chance said huskily as began to tease her.

After their bout of fun in the shower, Chance and Ursula headed down to the hangar where the truck was parked. They didn’t see Jake as Chance drove through the secret door and down the hidden road behind their place.

“Nice camouflage work, kitten.” He complimented her as they made it out to the main road and headed for town.

“Thanks,” She said with a warm smile.

They drove for a bit in companionable silence until she finally asked him a question he knew she was going to ask eventually.

“Chance, were you ever going to tell me about you being a SWAT Kat?” Ursula asked

Chance took a deep breath, “Yes, I’ve been trying to tell you the past few weeks but I would say something completely different. But what about you? Were you going to tell me?” He asked in return.

“Yes, but not like this. I’m sorry you had to find out that way.” She said with a sigh of regret.

“But why? I thought you hated vigilantes. What changed your mind?” He asked.

“Nothing changed my mind. Things just kept happening that placed me in that position. I was bored and Professor Hackle thought to have me test his new toys to keep my mind off my problems. Unfortunately, when I was testing the suit that was when the Metallikats showed up and Felina was in trouble and things just kept going on from there. Every time I tried to avoid trouble it seemed to find me anyway. Eventually, I just gave up and did what I had to do to protect those I cared for.” She sighed with a measure of disgust and resignation.

Chance glanced at her, “But how do you know when there was trouble in the city? Did the Professor have an enforcer radio?”

“No, he didn’t have a radio though sometimes I found out on the TV which I assume you did occasionally. After all the times Steele would throw Felina into the middle of things without sufficient backup, I finally gave her a communicator just like you did for Callie. Okay, my turn. When did you and Jake decide to do all this? Being a SWAT Kat, I mean.” Ursula asked looking at him.

“Not too long after we were kicked out of the enforcers. I was depressed and Jake made the suggestion that we get back into the air.” He said with a shrug.

“I thought so.” She smirked.

Chance looked at her stupefied, “W-What do you mean? Jake and I did everything we could back then to keep you from suspecting us!”

“Well, I had my suspicions. I knew it had to be a pair of ex-enforcers because of your skills.” Ursula said smiling. “Come on love, it wasn’t that hard to guess that the best pilot I had was flying that stunning bird and that only a genius like Jake could have built. As well as all those fancy gadgets he invented. Also there was the timeline from when you left the force and when the SWAT Kats showed up. Logical deduction, my love.”

Luckily they had reached the doctor’s building parking lot by then as Chance was staring at his mate in stunned disbelief. She shook her head at his look.

“Despite knowing all that, it still didn’t help me know who, only who you were likely to be. I only had suspicions about you but could never prove it. You were very careful about that.” She reassured him.

“But…crud, Jake and I did everything we could so you wouldn’t know.” Chance objected as they got out of the truck.

Ursula shrugged. “Except for the fact the two of you lived in a salvage yard full of enforcer parts. Where else could someone get what they needed to build a jet anyway?” She asked rhetorically.

Chance shook his head, “ Damn, I never thought such things would give us a way.”

“Come on, love. You didn’t think I became Chief Enforcer for my political savy did you?” She snorted.

Chance could only stare after her as they went into the building. But he quickly snapped out of it as they reached the elevators. They stepped in and she punched the button for the third floor. There they got off and walked down the hall to Dr. Gibson’s office where Ursula informed the nurse of her appointment as Chance looked around.

Ursula noticed this and knew who he was looking for. She touched his arm causing him to look at her. He relaxed a bit and placed his arm around her waist as they moved to sit on a couple of empty chairs. Ursula laid her head on Chance’s shoulder thinking how having him here was better then the first time.

Chance laid his head against hers his arm still around her waist as he continued to look alertly around. Some five minutes later the nurse called out for Ursula to come in. The nurse noted the dark female had come with her mate this time but that he seemed tense and nervous. He seemed to be watching for something but she couldn’t imagine what.

“Dr. Gibson will be with you in a moment.” She said before leaving them in an exam room.

Chance sighed. He hated places like this, they always made him nervous. Ursula could smell his tension and fear.

“Chance, it’s okay. Please relax.” Ursula said coming to his side and nuzzling his face.

“Sorry, kitten. Just bringing up some bad memories.” Chance said turning to look at her.

“Well, this time it’s good ones.” Ursula said kissing him on the check.

Chance was about to kiss her back when the door opened making him push her behind him protectively. Dr. Gibson was startled when someone growled at her causing her to jump and look up from the medical file she had been glancing at. It was a powerfully built striped tabby tom standing there glowering at her. Her patient was behind him.

“Uh…hello.” Dr. Gibson said hesitantly.

“Dr. Gibson, I’m sorry! This is Chance, my mate. He’s just a bit uneasy right now.” Ursula said moving pass Chance as she offered an apology to her doctor.

“Oh, uh...glad to meet you, sir.” Dr. Gibson said bit nervously.

Chance blushed in embarrassment for having snapped at the doctor. “Gee, I’m sorry, I’m a bit tense in doctor’s offices.”

Dr. Gibson gave him an encouraging smile, “That’s alright, a lot of people are like that. Shall I begin?”

While their enemies were at the doctor’s office, the Dark SWAT Kats had found a large cave that would accommodate their Turbokat in the mountains north of Megakat City.

“Well, this is just great! Not only is the jet out of commission but were stuck here!” Dark Razor snarled yanking his helmet off and throwing it across the cave floor in resentment. When he didn’t get any response from his partner he turned around and saw him leaning against the cave wall with his arms across his massive chest. He seemed to be lost in thought.

‘What the hell could he be thinking?’ Dark Razor thought.

He was still fuming from being taken out by that female in the fancy armor. The dart had caused him pain before knocking him out. He woke up in the struggling Turbokat with a partner who hadn’t said a word since finding this hideaway. That just made him madder about their situation and about their doubles and that female.

“What are you standing there for? We need to start working on the jet!” Dark Razor hissed out.

“Whatever. Just shut up already.” Dark T-Bone snarl at Dark Razor

“What’s go your tail in a twist?” Dark Razor asked, curious despite himself.

“…It’s my double.” He said distractedly.

Dark Razor looked at him, “So? What about him?”

“He has a mate whose carrying a kitten right now.” Dark T-Bone barked out savagely.

“So what? It has nothing to do with us right now!” Dark Razor said dully, uninterested.

“But it does! They have everything we wanted and what do we have? Nothing! Absolutely nothing!” Dark T-Bone yelled furious.

For once the both of them didn’t say anything for a long time. They just stood there glaring at each other until Dark T-Bone spoke up again.

“Do you think things could have gone differently if we never worked for Dark Kat or Callie?” Dark T-Bone asked softly.

At first Dark Razor wasn’t sure how to answer that. ‘Could things have really turned out differently if we had protected the city? No! Everything would just end the same way! Nothing would have change!’ Dark Razor thought bitterly, his anger reigniting.

“Of course not! Not after what Feral did to us or did you forget about that?!” Dark Razor said fuming.

“Yeah, you’re right. It won’t change anything. And we can’t forgive Feral and those goodie SWAT Kats for what they did to us too.” Dark T-Bone finally said, his outrage returning but only half way.

Dark T-Bone didn’t know why but his anger wasn’t as strong as it used to be. It was like something had given him a measure of calm. Could it have been when he saw his double with that she-kat? From what he had heard there was a great deal of love and caring by that T-Bone for the she-kat that carried his kitten. It was equally obvious that she cared for him with the same intensity.

‘If what I saw was true then I can’t hurt her.’ He thought broodingly, feeling something wake up inside him. Whatever it was he just hoped it wouldn’t get in his and Dark Razor’s way when they sought their revenge against the good SWAT Kats.
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