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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 Thirdteen

“Talking”

‘Thoughts’

T-Bone was nearly frantic when he swept Ursula away from Dark T-Bone. When he knew they were safe, he stopped and looked her over thoroughly. He was relieved to see she was okay. She clung to him for several long minutes until they heard the sirens of enforcers arriving. Though reluctant to let her go, he had to see if he could catch his double.

He escorted her down the stairs and ended up running into Razor who was checking Felina over. Besides being angry that she couldn’t find Dark Razor who had set the bombs, she was fine.

“We’ve got to see if we can find those two. Felina take Ursula home please.” T-Bone asked her. Felina nodded and T-Bone turned to give Ursula another hug. “See you at home, kitten.” He whispered.

They went down the rest of the way and were met by the press. The SWAT Kats quickly slipped away, refusing to stop and talk to the media. Ursula moved out of the way while Felina was buttonholed by Ann Gora of Kats Eye News. Ann wanted to know more about the new armor the SWAT Kats were wearing that resembled Valkyrie’s and where the female vigilante was now-a-days since no one had seen her lately.

After giving a very edited version of what had occurred in the building, a no comment on Valkyrie’s whereabouts, a ‘I don’t know’ about the new armor and making no mention of the Dark SWAT Kats, she finally got away and went to the head of her squad of enforcers that had arrived. After ordering a CSI crew to process the scene and the squad to sweep the area, she was finally able to take her aunt home.

It was a quiet and grim drive. Ursula’s mind was on the disturbing encounter with Dark T-Bone and Felina was fuming about failing to catch Dark Razor. About halfway there, Felina came out of her brooding enough to inquire about what had happened. Ursula sighed and gave a quick synopsis of her moment with Dark T-Bone. Felina eyed her in concern, but her aunt reassured her she was alright and would be fine until Chance came home. Her niece nodded in relief. It took about twenty minutes for her to reach the Furlong’s home. She waved bye to Ursula and rushed off to return to Enforcer Headquarters to make her report to Steele.

Ursula was grateful to slip into her house and close the door behind her. It had been an unsettling day. She leaned her back against the door. The fear she had kept at bay began to flood through her whole body causing her to shake badly. She stood there for sometime till the fear for Felina and her kitten had passed.

Recovered, she slowly moved to the kitchen to make herself a sandwich. Sitting down at the table she began to eat slowly. She could only eat half the sandwich and finished her milk. Tossing the rest of the sandwich, she put the dishes in the sink and made for the bedroom.

She slipped her shoes off and laid down. Sleep, however, was impossible. Her mind kept going over how Dark T-Bone had acted toward her. He had touched her belly so gently then had asked her name as if it was very important to him. He avoiding answering any of her questions. His behavior was puzzling. She knew he hated Chance so what he said and did just didn’t make sense.

“Why did he touch me like that? Why was it so important to for him to keep me safe?” She murmured aloud. While her mind worked on the problem, sleep finally snuck up on her.

While she was getting some much needed rest, T-Bone was hurriedly stripping the armor then nerve suit off, barely allowing Hackle to aid him. Razor was hard pressed to keep up with him. T-Bone only paused long enough to allow Razor to tell Hackle that they would be by tomorrow to pick up the new battle armor.

Hackle was puzzled by T-Bone’s unseemly haste but said nothing as he watched them climb aboard their cyclotrons and roar off. As they got close to the hidden hangar, Razor signaled James to open the doors. They drove in and parked. The doors to the hangar were still closing when T-Bone hurriedly stripped off his persona and raced for he elevator leaving Razor behind looking after him in concern.

When the elevator stopped at the garage, Chance ran for the outer door. He paused long enough to lock and set the alarm before heading up the stairs to his home. He saw that Ursula had locked and secured the door to his relief. He undid it, stepped in and relocked and rearmed the system.

He looked around a moment before heading to the master bedroom. He stopped in the door and stared at his sleeping mate in relief. He quietly stepped into the room and stripped his clothes off and tossed them in the hamper. He went to the bathroom and took a quick shower.

Comfortable and clean, he carefully slipped into bed and spooned behind his mate. He put an arm around her waist and pulled her close. He inhaled her scent deeply into his lungs and tried to relax.

As he listened to her slow even breaths, his mind went back to that image of Dark T-Bone caressing her belly gently while he couldn’t bring himself to. The old fear kept encroaching and preventing him from touching her there. But he couldn’t shake the image of the liberty his evil twin had taken and that goaded him into touching his mate and claiming that right for himself.

As she slept on undisturbed, he rested his paw over her swollen belly cautiously. It felt wonderfully warm under his palm. He carefully began a gentle caress of the rounded surface and when nothing happened, he relaxed and found he truly enjoyed touching the evidence of his love for her. He kept his paw there as sleep finally crept over him.

It was some time around ten p.m. that Ursula woke up. She felt Chance laying at her back but what made her smile with pleased surprise was his paw laying protectively across her belly. She was glad to see that her mate had finally set his old fears aside and was touching her again.

Suddenly her stomach growled. She sighed, that’s what she got for not eating enough before laying down to sleep. She wasn’t even in her nightgown yet. Carefully, she gently removed her mate’s arm and slipped from the bed. She smiled down at him. He was nude and hadn’t even bothered to get under the covers. Shaking her head, she turned and left the room for the kitchen.

She found herself craving something specific so she began rummaging around the fridge shelves looking for it. Finally she located the jar of pickles. Pulling it out, she quickly opened it and down four of them. Satisfied, she put the jar back and began to make herself another sandwich.

Chance woke up when he didn’t feel the familiar warmth next to him. Looking around blearily he realized Ursula had left the bed. Yawning and stretching, he grabbed a pair of boxer shorts and put them on then went to look for her.

Sounds from the kitchen told him where she was. Sighing Chance followed the sounds and found her eating a sandwich at the kitchen table. She looked up when she sensed someone watching her.

“Got hungry, eh?” He asked in amusement coming into the room.

“Uh huh, want anything?” She asked.

“Hmm, yes, but don’t get up, I’ll make it myself.” Chance said stopping her from rising.

“Chance, that suit. Hackle made it didn’t he?” Ursula asked, taking another bite of her sandwich.

“Yeah he sure did. They’re cool aren’t they? He just wanted to give us an edge over our evil doubles. We’ll be picking them up tomorrow.” Chance said as he put together a sandwich for himself.

Hearing Chance mention their doubles reminded her of what happened with Dark T-Bone. She looked down, letting her bangs cover her eyes. She said hesitantly, “Chance, I don’t think…”

“Huh, what was that kitten?”

“I don’t think Dark T-Bone is as bad as you think he is.” She blurted out.

“What?!” Chance said shocked and upset by Ursula words.

“It’s just a feeling but…” Ursula didn’t get a chance to finish before Chance cut her off.

“That can’t be true, Ursula! Back in their world the two of them with the help of Dark Kat and Dark Callie tried to blow up Enforcers headquarters!” He said angrily.

“I know that. But why would he try to save me? Why not use that to…”

“Don’t say another word!” Chance said sharply, breathing hard.

Ursula stop her breath hitching, “I’m sorry, Chance. I didn’t mean to upset you that badly.”

“I know you didn’t but just reminding me of that moment, sends shivers throughout my body.” Chance said tightly.

“Then let’s just change the subject to something better, okay?” Ursula asked softly, not wanting to upset him anymore. “I have some good news for you.” She said smiling.

“Really? I could use some good news.” He said, relieved to be discussing something else.

“Yes, we’re having a little she-kitten.”

Chance froze and stared at her, his mouth dropped open. Ursula wondered if he was unhappy about having a she-kat instead of a tom. But before she could get upset by his lack of a positive reaction, Chance came around the table and hugged her tightly.

“Ah, kitten that’s great news! We’re going to have a female!” Chance said enthusiastically.

“Whew! For a second there I thought you were unhappy about it.” Ursula said, relieved.

“Ohh, I’m sorry, kitten. It doesn’t matter what sex it is as long as it’s healthy” He reassured her then leaned close and kissed her breathless. He released her and smiled warmly. “Are you done eating?” He asked as he picked up his plate and took it to the sink.

“Uhm, yes. Thank you.” She said still breathless from the kiss. He grinned and took her plate as well and put it in the sink.

“Let’s go back to bed.” He coaxed, helping her from her seat. They walked back to the bedroom.

She opened the covers then stripped her clothes off and made for the shower. Chance laid down and waited for her. Some ten minutes later, she was climbing into bed with him.

He pulled her close and began to kiss her gently. Ursula moaned into the kiss. Chance’s thumbs moved in circles on her hips causing her to shiver a little. He let his paws drift upward along her ribs then took one paw and cupped her breast then squeezed as he usually did but this time the response he got was unexpected. Ursula suddenly jerked away and cried out in pain.

Startled, Chance immediately released her breast. “Kitten, I’m sorry! I didn’t…”

“It’s okay, Chance. My breasts just have been very sensitive and a bit sore of late. I’m told that’s normal.” She was quick to reassure him.

Chance nodded, “ You should have of told me. I would have been more gentle.”

“I didn’t remember and, anyway, I didn’t think they would hurt like that.” She admitted sheepishly as she gently rubbed the pain out of her breast.

“Well now we know and I’ll be a lot more careful from now on. So... you never did get the chance to tell me what the doc said during your visit.” Chance said questioningly, nuzzling her and holding her close.

“Oh, that’s right. Well...” Ursula told him about the ultrasound and seeing the kitten for the first time, but didn’t tell him of the worried look she’d seen on the doctor’s face nor the extra tests she had conducted.

They talked for a little while longer about what had gone on during the day including the development of the new armor but avoided saying anything about the Dark SWAT Kats. They soon pulled the covers over each other and drifted to sleep in each others arms.

By morning, Ursula was up at her usual hour while Chance slept his extra thirty minutes. He woke up around the time Ursula finished getting ready for the day. Sitting up he watched her putter around before getting up to give her a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

“Morning, love.” Ursula said returning the kiss.

“Morning, kitten.” Chance said before heading off to the bathroom. When he came out, he headed for the kitchen where he found only Ursula.

“Where’s Jake?” Chance asked, wondering why his best friend hadn’t shown up yet.

“He was just here a few minutes ago saying he was going into town for something.” Ursula answered.

“Oh! Okay. Well, I guess we need to head into town, too. Now that we know it’s a she-kitten, we can buy the right clothes and toys for it.” Chance said getting his breakfast.

“That reminds me, Felina brought her old kitten clothes and toys over yesterday. I thought that was sweet and so timely too, but I suppose we still need a few more things.” Ursula agreed.

After finishing their breakfast, they headed down the stairway to the tow truck. Chance took the driver’s seat while Ursula took the passenger’s side. He started the engine and drove from their place in a leisurely manner. Chance headed for a place he’d looked up that sold what they were looking for. He pulled into the parking lot and they got out. They looked around the store for the things they still needed, like diapers, more clothes, car seat, crib and bedding.

As they were putting the items away in their truck, Chance gently tapped her shoulder causing her to look back at him.

“What?” She asked. Chance didn’t speak just pointed across the street.

She immediately spotted Jake and Felina. She frowned, it appeared they were having an argument. Startled, she looked at Chance and saw the same look of concern and surprise. They returned their focus to the arguing pair. The argument seemed to be escalating if the looks passerbys were giving them was any indication.

“What in the world are they fighting about?” Chance asked, when he could actually hear Jake’s voice from where he stood.

“I think it’s about what happened two nights ago.” Ursula said thoughtfully, watching as her niece said something loudly to Jake then turned sharply on her heel and left him standing there..

“You know about that?” Chance asked, turning back to Ursula, who was nodding. “Think we should talk with them?”

“Not talk...just listen for right now. If you or I say anything without really knowing what they were fighting about, it could make things worse between them.” Ursula said warningly.

Sighing, Chance agreed. “Okay, I’ll go have a chat with Jake, you go after Felina.” He said as he went across the street to Jake while Ursula went down the street to catch Felina.

A hooded figure, hiding in the alley next to the store and hidden by some bushes, watched the scene play out. Dark Razor stared out from under the hood’s protective shadow as he listened intently to the argument between Jake and Felina.

He could barely control his urge to laugh. ‘So my counterpart was dating Briggs here but now wants to break it off and go out with Feral’s niece. Seems Felina doesn’t like that idea, or so she says, when she claimed their prior encounter at a tavern was just friendly flirting. Who is she kidding? It’s obvious she has the hots for him but is playing hard to get.’ He snickered to himself. This information might come in handy when they tried to put down this pair. What he saw truly going on, was Felina pushing Jake away so that her friend, the Deputy Mayor wouldn’t be hurt. Jake tried to get her to understand that he and Callie were on the outs anyway but she wouldn’t hear it. She gave him a firm and hard ‘no’ then stormed off, leaving the sap standing there.

Suddenly, his partner’s double’s mate walked past his hiding spot heading for the fuming Felina. She didn’t give the watcher a second glance as she rushed by. He was able to get a good look at her as she brushed by. Her belly swelled outward plainly under her clothes.

‘So that’s it!’ Dark Jake thought coldly as he followed her with his eyes. ‘That’s what has my partner in a twist. Dark Chance probably was reminded of his lost Sarah when he laid eyes on his double’s pregnant mate. He’s got to get over that. I can’t allow him to screw things up and prevent us from getting our revenge. I’ll just have to make him see that.’ Dark Jake thought grimly, as he turned around and disappeared down the alley.

He’d been even more pissed if he’d known his partner was also nearby. Dark Chance had been walking around this familiar yet not city. He window shopped while studying everything around him.

Dark Kat had them out trying to find where there doubles were hiding. They had recently discovered the pair had not returned to the salvage yard for some time. It was hoped they might see them in their civilian identities and follow them back to their new hideout. So far he hadn’t had much luck. ‘Wonder if Jake is having better luck?’ He thought sourly.

He had been only a few blocks from where Dark Razor had been keeping his watch, when he spotted someone he hadn’t expected to see again. He had stopped to rest when he spotted her at a bus stop.

He froze in shock. ‘She’s alive? But how? Why isn’t he with her?!’ A litany of question poured through his mind at the sight of her. ‘How dare he leave her for another!’ He thought in fury at his double.

With no concern of the consequences of his actions, Dark Chance hurried over to the bus stop and shoved his way through the crowd to her side.

“Sarah?” He called out hesitantly. He held his breath as the ginger color she-kat turned to see who was calling her name.

“Chance?” Sarah said, surprised to see him.

For a moment, Dark Chance could only stare at Sarah, seeing how very much like and not like his own Sarah she was. Realizing with a start, that she is waiting for him to say something, Dark Chance blurted out the first thing that came to his mind.

“Where are you heading?” He asked, drinking in her face.

“Meeting a friend at the mall. Hey, Chance?” She asked hesitantly.

“Hmm?”

Sarah looked at him then away. “I heard from Peter that Ursula’s pregnant. Is it true?”

Dark Chance took in a shaky breath, “Yes.”

“Oh, um…will you be okay?”

“About what?”

Sarah frowned and looked him in the eye. “About her being pregnant especially after what happened to our kitten from the accident.” She said.

Dark Chance’s body froze. ’So that’s it. On this world, Sarah lived but they still lost the kitten. It caused them to break up.’ His thoughts were interrupted by Sarah’s voice.

“Ya know, even after we broke up, I still hoped we could have gotten back together after we had some time alone but I guess that won’t ever happen now, eh?” Sarah said sadly.

“Sarah...” Dark Chance began, not knowing what to say to that.

“Never mind, it’s pointless to talk about it now. Please forget what I said, its nothing but wishful thinking now. I’m glad you and Ursula are happy and doing so well.” She said briskly, wanting to put it behind her.

“Sarah, why didn’t you ever tell hi…me?” Dark Chance asked, needing to know.

“I guess because I thought you still blamed me for losing the kitten. Even though you always said you didn’t.” Sarah said, tearing up a bit.

“But h…I would never blame you! If anything it was my fault! If I hadn’t called you that day, then you and I would have still been together!” Dark Chance said causing Sarah to look at him teary eyed.

Not caring that it was wrong, Dark Chance suddenly pulled Sarah close and gave her a kiss. Sarah eyes widened at the kiss but slowly closed them as she let herself fall into his embrace. He couldn’t let go. He had missed her so badly. Only when their lungs begged for air did the kiss end. Pulling away, Sarah’s face was flushed. He wanted to kiss her again when his cell phone went off. Hissing in anger, he snatched it off his belt and answered it.

“What?” Dark Chance barked into it making Sarah jump a little in shocked surprise at his sharpness.

“Dark Crud wants us back at the hideout.” Dark Jake’s voice said at the other end.

“Now?!”

“Yes, now!”

Cursing Dark Kat mentally Dark Chance turned to Sarah giving her a small unhappy smile, “I’m sorry, Sarah. That was Jake just now. He needs me at the salvage yard. I’ll see you around, okay?”

“Yes, of course.” Sarah said watching Dark Chance hurry off. ‘Maybe there’s still hope?’ She thought dazedly, still feeling the intensity of the kiss they had shared.

After a fruitless couple of hours trying to get Jake and Felina to talk to them, Chance and Ursula gave up and went home. They put all the new things away in the nursery then went out to the sofa for a breather. Chance lay on his side and Ursula lay on her back, her side against him. Her head rested on his arm.

He looked lovingly down at her, his paw caressing her belly in contentment. She purred at the attention, pleased he was over his fear of touching her. Chance added his purr to her as they lay comfortably together.

Their quiet interlude was rudely interrupted by the ringing of the phone in the kitchen. Chance groaned unhappily as he felt Ursula put her feet down and get up to answer it. He sighed and continued to lay there waiting for her to return.

“Dr. Gibson, hello.” Ursula said, a bit concerned it was about the results of the extra tests.

“Ursula, I’m afraid I have some bad news.” Dr. Gibson said unhappily.

Ursula felt her heart drop at the doctor’s tone, “Bad news?”

“Yes. Those extra tests I asked for showed an anomaly with the pregnancy. I won’t go into the details now. If you want to know more, please come into my office. But all you need to know is that it’s serious enough to warrant discussing terminating the pregnancy.” She said gravely.

“W-w-w-what? No! No matter what the problem is, I won’t terminate this pregnancy!” Ursula said firmly, though shaken to the core at the news. “What are my chances?” She demanded.

“Uh...really I wish you’d let me explain in more detail before coming to a decision about this Ursula.” Dr. Gibson urged.

“I intend to but there will be no discussion about abortion. What are my chances?” Ursula repeated.

“They are about fifty-five percent you’ll be able to continue. But I...” She tried to explain.

“Thank you, Dr. Gibson. We’ve been looking forward to having her. I will do everything I must to see her survive.” Ursula said, clutching the phone tightly.

“I understand. Then I’ll do everything I can to help you and your kitten survive this.” Dr. Gibson pledged, knowing she couldn’t win this argument..

“Thank you again. Dr. Gibson…I would appreciate you not telling Chance. Please?” Ursula asked. She did not want Chance frightened about the possibility of losing the kitten not when she had succeeded in getting him to be positive about it finally.

“I don’t like it but, alright. But...if he asks, I won’t lie to him...understood?” She demanded.

“Understood, thank you!” Ursula said then hung up the phone after saying good-bye. She stood there in the kitchen for a minute more to get control of her facial features. She didn’t want Chance to know how upset she was.

She quietly walked out of the kitchen and back into the living room. Finding Chance still laying on the sofa so peacefully thinking everything was alright made Ursula want to cry. She swallowed it back firmly and smiled lightly as she laid back down on the couch next to her mate.

“Who called?” Chance asked lazily.

“It was Dr. Gibson, she called about the tests she did on me.” Ursula answered still keeping her face calm, raising her paw to caress his face.

“Everything come out okay.” Chance asked looking down at his mate.

Ursula continued to smile gently, hiding her pain as she answered. “Yes, everything checked out okay. The kitten and I are alright.”

Chance sighed, “That’s good to hear!”

Pleased with the news, Chance purred louder and placed his paw on her belly again and took up his caress once more. She placed her paw atop his.

‘No matter what happens, I’ll go through with this. There’s no way I’m going to end my daughter’s life! Not when she hasn’t even taken a breath yet! Besides, I’ve gotten through worse than this before, I can do it again.’ She thought positively.

A sudden thump against their paws cause Chance and Ursula to gasp in surprise. They waited to see if they had imagined the movement, but another kick proved their daughter was very much real. Chance swelled with pride and joy while Ursula felt vindicated in her decision to continue her pregnancy despite the risks.
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