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Secrets In The Dark	By : Daniella Category: +S through Z > SwatKats Views: 1763 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter Eleven

“Talking”

‘Thoughts’

The night had passed and it was now late afternoon. The sun was shining brightly with a nice summer wind blowing in with little clouds crossing the sky. On the streets below, ignoring the beautiful day, Demon strode down the street in a furious state of mind. His paws were shoved deeply in his jean pockets.

A roiling cloud of dark emotions surrounded him, making those he passed to keep their distance. After learning the news about Dena and T-Bone’s mated status, he had quickly excused himself from her home.

He had see the troubled and unhappy look on his twin face at his behavior but that couldn’t be helped. He just couldn’t stand the thought of her being intimate with that creature and soon to be bearing that Kat’s filth.

He was in such a rage, that sparks of static were coming off his fur. As much as he would love to kill T-Bone, he couldn’t. Not when his sister would suffer tearing pain if her mate died. He just couldn’t do that to her. He loved her too much.

As he stormed on down the sidewalk, having no particular place in mind to go, his feet lead him to Club Imre. He blinked in surprise at his destination but shrugged it off and used his key, Zachary had given him, to get in since the club was closed at this hour. Opening the door, he stepped through, closing and relocking it once more behind him then walking through the entryway over the thick carpet. He halted suddenly when he saw Zachary was there sitting at the bar and drinking. Frowning in puzzlement, he went to the Iriomkat’s side.

“Zachary, you okay man?” Demon asked quietly.

“Hardly.” Zachary said pouring himself another drink and downing it in one go.

Demon took the seat next to the chocolate colored tom. He could clearly see that something was troubling Zachary. Whatever it was, Demon wanted to help him.

“Something happen?” Demon asked carefully

“T-Bone.” Zachary snarled, remembering how T-Bone had comforted Dena yesterday.

Demon eyes widen in astonishment then narrowed in anger, “ What about T-Bone?”

Zachary looked at Demon for a second then away, “I can’t say.”

“Zachary, do you know that Dena and T-Bone were mated?” Demon asked.

“How did you know?” Zachary asked sharply, looking at him again.

“Dena told me…last night. I caught T-Bone in her apartment when I dropped in to see her.” Demon said tightly showing his displeasure.

“Son of a …!” Zachary snarled, stood up suddenly, turned, and hurled his glass across the room in fury, ignoring the sound of it breaking when it hit the opposite wall.

“I take it you don’t like the news either.” Demon asked, not flinching at Zachary’s display of temper.

“Of course not! That Kat’s just using her! Why can’t she see that?” Zachary cried out, his fingers running through his hair in frustration.

“Using her? What do you mean?” Demon asked tautly.

“T-Bone’s been after Calico Briggs since the first day the SWAT Kats showed up. I doubt he would change that suddenly to be with Dena.” Zachary hissed moving back to sit down.

“So he’s using her till he gets Briggs?” Demon asked, his fists clenching at what T-Bone had done to Zachary and what he was doing now to Dena.

“Yeah, if only we could…no, the Elders wouldn’t allow it.” Zachary said trailing off as he reached over the bar for a new glass.

“Won’t allow what?” Demon asked seeing that Zachary knew something.

“It…nothing. Forget it.” Zachary said pouring a new drink.

Demon reached out to stop Zachary from finishing his drink. He leaned closer and his golden eyes became darker.

“Allow what?” Demon asked seriously.

Zachary looked at him then looked down at the floor. “It’s a spell. It was created some time after our kind went into hiding. It’s know as a ‘soul breaking spell.” He whispered.

Demon blinked. “Soul breaking spell? I’ve never heard of that before.”

“It’s an ancient spell. It was used on Iriomkats who were mated to Kats. It would break the empathy bond between them allowing them to be no longer mated to each other.” Zachary said not understanding why Demon wanted to know this.

“How dose one cast the spell?” Demon asked urgently.

“You can’t. It’s forbidden now.” Zachary said shaking his head.

Demon let Zachary’s arm go, “ Are you sure?”

“Yes,” Zachary said sighing as he took a deep drink.

“But…someone must know how to cast the spell?” Demon pressed, eager to use this spell to separate his sister from that Kat.

“Um…just one. His name is Bruce Anwar.”

“Anwar? Isn’t that one of the four clans that first learned magic?” Demon asked in surprise.

Zachary nodded, “ That’s the one. His clan developed that spell when one Anwar found himself mated to a Kat.”

“Where does he live?” Demon asked, nearly breathless to have this information.

“Why do you want to know?” Zachary asked, becoming suspicious.

“Because Zachary we are going to free my sister from T-Bone. You want that don’t you?” Demon coaxed the drunk and unhappy Iriomkat tom.

Zachary looked at Demon while his drink soddened mind worked on the question then in a somber clear voice, he said firmly, “Yes, I do.”

The day had been long and difficult for Dena and it was getting progressively more difficult as the afternoon waned. With Steele’s release of information on Iriomkats, the phones at Enforcer Headquarters had been ringing off the wall with calls from concerned Katizens demanding to know what the enforcers were going to do about this threat.

Dena sighed not for the first time as she walked toward the Deputy Mayor’s office at city hall. Mayor Manx had called her office demanding she report to his office first thing in the morning. She had delayed that visit as long as she could but now here she was making her way to Calico Briggs’ office not wanting to see Manx yet.

She and Briggs might not always get along due to Callie’s friendship with the SWAT Kats but she was a trustworthy Kat with a level head on her shoulders. She was not given to panicking so she was the best choice to reveal her secret to.

With her illusion spell firmly in place, Dena knocked on the Deputy Mayor’s office door. A soft ‘come in’ was heard from within. Dena opened the door and stepped through. Callie looked up from her desk work to see Commander Feral standing before her. She frowned and stood up, smoothing her dress as she did so.

“It’s about time, Commander. Mayor Manx has been getting numerous calls about this matter since he came in this morning.” She said in irritation. The morning and into the afternoon had been chaotic at best.

“No need to be snappy, Ms. Briggs. I’m here now, however, I need to speak with you first before we go in to see Manx.” Feral said, ignoring Briggs’ huff of frustration.

Frowning, Callie sighed and asked, “Alright, what do you need to speak to me about?”

Feral sighed, “Would you sit down? This will be quite a shock.”

Still frowning, Callie went to her desk and sat down in her chair. She gave him a nod to go on.

Feral sighed and mumbled a few words under her breath causing her spell to fade away. Revealing her true form to Callie who could only gape in shock. Her mouth had dropped open and she was unable to say a word as she stared at the beautiful she-kat standing there.

‘I can’t be seeing this!’ She thought in disbelief. Finally she blurted, ““What…?…How?”

“Hold on a little longer, Ms. Briggs. I have one more thing to do.” Dena said in her lovely, husky voice. She walked closer to Callie and raised a finger to her forehead.

Callie stared at Dean a bit fearfully but stayed still as Dena’s finger touched her. Callie gasped as she felt a liquid warmth pass through her head. She began to feel light-headed as Dena began to speak.

“Briggs, I need you to remember the day you were attacked by that fake Enforcer.” Dena said in soft calm voice.

“O-okay.” Callie said bringing up the memory.

“Tell me…what do you remember about that day?” Dena asked keeping her voice level.

“I remember the Enforcer coming in and attacking me.”

“How did he attack you?”

“With a gun…no…a weird…energy he fired from ...but that can’t be right.” Callie said as the false and true memories began to mix, confusing her.

“Did he say anything?” Dena asked. She needed to keep Callie talking and remembering as the spell continued to work until all of Callie’s true memories came back.

“Yes, he did. He…he said…he was an Iriomkat.” Callie said her eyes widening as she jerked back away from Dena, “You’re…you’re an Iriomkat too!”

“Yes, I am. But I not here to hurt you.” Dena said moving back to give Callie some breathing space.

“Then why did you…?”

“I was ordered by my Elders to reveal myself. Since Katkind now knows about us, we wish to try and see if Kats and Iriomkats could try to live together in these modern times.” Dena explained quietly.

“And with you being the Chief Enforcer, you would have the trust of the Katizens.” Callie said thoughtfully.

“For now.” Dena said, knowing what was coming next.

“What about the one that attacked me? Is he the one that’s been killing Kats?” Callie asked shrewdly.

“Yes, he is. But he’s a rogue and we’ve been hunting him but I must ask you to put that on hold for now. We need to speak with Manx.” Dena requested.

Callie frowned a moment but nodded, “You’re right, come on. Let’s get this over with.”

Dena nodded as Callie stood up and walked by her. Dena could see Callie’s body stiffen as she passed by the Iriomkat. She couldn’t blame Briggs for being on guard so she made sure to stay a few feet away from her.

Callie knocked on Manx’s door then opened it. “Mayor Manx, Commander Feral is here.” She announced.

“It’s about time.” Manx said as he looked up but saw only Briggs and a dark fur she-kat wearing the Commander’s uniform. “What is this? Where is Feral?” He demanded.

“Right here, Mayor Manx.” Callie said pointing at Dena.

“W-w-what?” Manx said not understanding

“Let me show what Briggs means, Mayor Manx.” Dena said recasting her spell.

Manx sat there flabbergasted at seeing the she-kat change to that of the male Feral he knew. He looked at Feral then at Callie then back at Feral.

“But how? Feral, you’re a she-kat? Kat’s alive, what’s going on?” Manx asked unsure how to take this.

“Mayor Manx, Commander Feral is an Iriomkat. She’s been asked by her people to reveal herself to Katkind. It is hoped that since she is the Chief Enforcer, Kats will listen to her as she makes an appeal from her people to the Katizen’s of this city for peace between our two species.” Callie said quickly taking control.

“Yes, well…what are the demands your people wish to make?” Manx asked cautiously.

“None, sir, only that Katkind give us a chance. That’s all we ask.” Dena said carefully.

“Seems a simple enough request but there’s so much hysteria in the city right now, I’m not sure your request will be heard.” Manx said worriedly.

“We will have to stand by her as she makes her plea, Mayor...show a united front during this very important press conference. Hopefully, we can get people to listen to their plea for peace.” Callie suggested.

“Well...that could work. Was there anything else?” He asked, still worried.

“No sir, that’s all.” Feral said politely.

“Very well, Callie. I’ll let you make the arrangements but I want you to make sure security on this is very tight. We don’t want any incidents to mar the occasion. There’s enough uneasiness as it is in the city right now.” Manx ordered.

“Yes, I understand. I’ll have my enforcers surround the conference and provide crowd control.” Feral responded.

“Since we need to do this as quickly as possible, how about we set the press conference for eleven-thirty in the morning. Is that alright Mayor?” Callie said briskly, planning what needed to be done in her mind.

“Sounds okay with me, Callie.” Manx said checking his calendar.

“What about you, Commander? Will that give you enough time to get your forces in place?” She turned to Dena.

“Yes, it won’t be a problem, Ms. Briggs. Thank you! I’ll get right on it.” Feral said with a brisk nod of his head.

“Commander, how should you be addressed tomorrow?” Callie asked.

“I’m still Commander Feral no matter what form I’m in Ms. Briggs.” Dena said quietly. “My personal name is no ones business but my own.”

“Alright, I certainly can understand that.” Callie said nodding. She could see the Commander would be glad to get this over with as quickly as possible. She certainly didn’t envy her all the attention that was going to come down on her. It would be far worse than anything she’d endured as Chief Enforcer.

“If you’ll excuse me, I’d better returned to my office and get this plan started.” Feral said briefly. Callie and the Mayor nodded. Feral turned and left the office for his own.

Dena breathed a sigh of relief that this part of it was done and was easier than she’d hoped. Ms. Briggs and Mayor Manx were nervous but not panicky. She only hoped the press conference would have the same effect on the population. One could hope. She let that concern go for now as she concentrated on what she needed to do to plan the security of the conference.

Callie returned to her office and began making calls to all the major news agencies around the city. After more than a couple of hours on the phone, Callie sat back in her seat and sighed, brushing her hair back with her paw.

She still had trouble believing Feral was an Iriomkat and, of all things, a female. She shook her head at that. She couldn’t believe she’d never once guessed it. Feral’s disguise was just too good. She had a thought and reached down for her purse. Searching for a moment, she found what she was looking for and pressed the button on the special communicator in her palm.

“SWAT Kats, come in.” Callie called.

“Yes, Ms. Briggs?” Came the familiar voice of Razor.

“Razor, I’ve got some news about Feral that you’re not going to believe.” She began.

“What kind of news?” He asked, curious though he suspected he knew.

“Commander Feral is an Iriomkat female. She just revealed that to me and Mayor Manx. She said it was ordered by her Elders as a way to get Kats and her kind to live together in peace.” Callie explained. She was surprised when all she heard was silence after that shocking news.

“Razor?”

“…Sorry, Ms. Briggs, but T-Bone and I already knew about that.” Razor said apologetically.

“When did that happen?” Callie asked feeling somewhat hurt.

“It was during the Pastmaster’s attack when T-Bone was locked in the vault with her. For me it was when you were attacked by that fake Enforcer and her disguise was zapped by that guy. Feral made us swear not to tell anyone what she really was to protect her people.” Razor explained

“Well her secret won’t be a secret anymore. She’s going to reveal herself at tomorrow’s press conference.” Callie said, still a little hurt that she’d not been let in on the secret but understanding now why Feral had felt it necessary.

“When will that be?” Razor asked.

“At eleven thirty in the morning at city hall in the press conference room on the top floor near the Mayor’s office.” She told him. “It would relieve my mind if you guys would be there, out of sight of course, but alert to any trouble. Feral will have a cordon set up as well but I’d feel better having you guys as back up.”

“We’ll be there.” Razor said assured her, knowing T-Bone needed to be there anyway for Dena and planning on going to city hall that night to set up special spy cameras.

“Thanks, I appreciate it.” Callie said in relief. “Tell T-Bone I said, ‘Hi’”

“You’re welcome and I will.” Razor said before clicking off.

She sighed and put her communicator away. She still had some work to get done before tomorrow.

At eleven thirty in the morning all the news crews of Megakat City had descended on city hall to hear the important news Briggs had warned them was to be given out. The room was packed and getting a bit warm as well as really noisy. Of course, Ann Gora had the prime spot at the front. Kats Eye News always managed to be at the forefront of any major news event.

Mayor Manx stepped up to the podium, raising his palms to quiet everyone. When it was quiet enough, he began, “Thank you all for coming. I called this press conference for a very important matter.”

As Mayor Manx began to talk, hidden in the clock tower above their heads, sat the SWAT Kats staring at a closed circuit TV screen. The night before, Razor and he had set up a special spy camera in the conference room. Now they had a birds eye view as well as sound on what was going on. They had gotten there long before the workers arrived at the building for their days work, keeping an eye out for anything suspicious.

T-Bone never took his eyes off the screen, his arms were crossed tightly over his chest as he watched. Beside him Razor also watched but he would occasionally steal a look at his partner.

“You okay about this, T-Bone?” Razor asked quietly.

T-Bone sighed and rubbed his eyes a moment. “No I’m not. I’m worried about her Razor. If anything happens to Dena…I…” His voice tightened and he wasn’t able to finish his words.

“It’ll be alright.” Razor said trying to offer some reassurance.

T-Bone look at Razor uneasily. “I hope so.” He said tensely.

With nothing more to say they returned their attention to the monitor just as Manx gestured for Feral to come up to the podium and he stepped down but stood close along with Callie.

“As Mayor Manx said Iriomkats are real and they do live among you. But all they wish is a chance to live in peace.” Feral said.

“And how do you know this, Commander Feral?” Ann jumped in to ask first.

“Because I’m an Iriomkat” Feral said, letting her illusion drop. The room went wild as the Commander was revealed as female.
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