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Chapter Fifteen

“Talking”

‘Thoughts’

I want to thank Ulyferal for being my beta-reader and giving me Feral’s female name. Also I will be adding a few characters of my own so if you want to borrow them you will have to ask first! Disclaimer: I don’t own the SWAT Kats they belong to Hanna-Barbera!

By the end of a week, things had gotten much worse in Megakat City. All the hospitals in the city were being filled to capacity with flu victims. Mayor Manx had been taken to Megakat General when he collapsed in his home.

Feral was on pins and needles about her niece, Chance, and Jake. Though she had checked on them, they weren’t getting better. By Friday, she was beside herself with worry and didn’t know if her three favorite kats were in the hospital by now. The news on TV was depressingly the same. She had taken to haunting the Professor’s lab as he looked into the problem.

“Professor, anything yet?” Feral asked for what seemed the tenth time.

“No!” He said a bit irritably, “I’m still trying to analyze all the data. Please be patient, Commander.

“I know, I know. I’m sorry! I’m just worried is all.” Feral said apologetically trying not to harass Hackle but just couldn’t sit still so she paced behind him.

“I’ve been trying to determine the starting point of this virus. To figure out where it could have come from. It doesn’t match any virus known to kat kind.” Hackle said frowning at his data.

“But viruses are always changing, right? I learned that from my basic biology classes.” Feral said tightly.

“Yes, but this one acts in an unnatural way. Kats are being infected far too quickly and in too large a numbers.” Hackle said in frustration.

“Are you saying it may have been created like I thought before when you said it wasn’t normal?” She demanded angry that some kat could do something like this.

“Your suspicion was more accurate than I wanted to believe but all the evidence points to that being the most viable option. Nothing else makes sense.” Hackle said unhappily.

“But what kat would be crazy enough too…” Feral halted suddenly as a horrible thought hit her, “Dark Kat! That son of…! Dark Kat and Viper were creating a virus that they wanted to use on me and the SWAT Kats which was why they kidnaped me.” She said furiously.

“It seems they have perfected it.” Hackle said now remembering when she had told him that when he had rescued her.

“But how could they infect a whole city so fast?” Feral frowned in puzzlement.

“Dark Kat and Dr. Viper must have released the virus somewhere in Megakat City that would cause it to be spread rapidly.” He said thoughtfully.

Feral sighed she should have known those two wouldn’t have given up on trying to take over the city so easy. The mess she and the SWAT Kats had made in escaping had only delayed them. If only she had remembered to tell someone after she had found out they had escaped. It was her fault that they had had time to succeed. She’d failed to pass on this vital information to prevent it! Fury consumed her.

“Damn it! It’s all my fault!” She shouted punching a wall in anger.

“Commander!” Hackle said startled by Feral’s sudden flare of temper.

The old kat got off his stool and walked over to the steaming she-kat who was holding her paw. He tugged at her arm until she relented and let him see the damage. Sighing he retrieved his first aid kit and had her come to his work bench so that he could treat it. She fumed while he dabbed some cream on the bruised knuckles.

“Commander, this is not your fault. You couldn’t have known this would have happened.” Hackle told her soothingly.

“Yes it is! I should have made sure someone at Enforcer Headquarters knew about the attempt to use a virus on me so that they could be warned. It was my responsibility but I let the shock of my altered form throw me!” She snarled unhappily and felt hardily ashamed.

“Commander, that’s it!” Hackle said excitedly.

“What is?” Feral asked in confusion, her anger dimming a bit.

“You’re the clue I needed to find a cure for the virus.” His said, eyes gleaming with hope.

“I am? How?”

“You were injected with their first attempt at the virus and something in it caused it to change you rather then make you sick. However, it seems they have fixed the problem, even if they aren’t aware of it, and produced what they intended all along. There’s every possibility that there is traces of the virus they are using now in your system... possibly even antibodies. That is what I hope anyway. I’ve got to take some of your blood and analyze it to be sure.” Hackle said, his excitement rising.

A look of hope flashed in her eyes as she rolled up her sleeve and said, “By all means, take what you need and let’s hope you’re right.”

Hackle nodded, moving to another area of his lab for his blood drawing kit. In minutes he was withdrawing three vials of blood from Feral. She winced as the needle pricked her skin but didn’t let the Professor see.

Hackle took the three vials over to his microscope and prepped a slide with a drop of her blood and put it under the scope. His computer was attached to the scope and it worked on the problem. After some minutes, the computer beeped. Hackle looked at the screen and was pleased.

“Yes you have antibodies now to determine if it was the virus that caused them to form. This will take a bit of time. Unfortunately, we can’t hurry the computer and I need to analyze the two ways Dark Kat and Dr. Viper could have distributed it. A sample of air and a sample of water. Here take this container and go to the nearest water outlet in the city and fill this with some. Hurry!” Hackle said urgently, not letting her ask questions right now.

Confused but not wasting time trying to get answers now, Feral raced for her motorcycle and headed out to get some water while Hackle stepped outside and captured some air in a bottle.

Meanwhile at city hall, Callie found herself under heavy pressure from the press and what remained of the city council. Everyone wanted answers she simply didn’t have to give. She had tried summoning the SWAT Kats but received no answer. She feared what that meant.

She was staring blindly at the TV set in the Mayor’s office trying to think what she could do about this mess when Dark Kat’s image came on the screen. She listened in horror as he made his demands.

“Katizens of Megakat City by now most of you are quite ill with the virus Dr. Viper and I created. My demand is simple...Mayor Manx and the Deputy Mayor will hand over control of the city within twenty-fours and in exchange we give them the anti-virus. If they refuse then by the end of next week all the infected kats will start to die.” Dark Kat laughed evilly then vanished from the screen which was replaced by a commercial.

Callie stood there rooted to the spot for a few seconds then rushed to get her purse and leave her office. ‘I’ve got to speak with the Mayor.’ She thought hurriedly as she made her way to her car and raced for Megakat General.

Watching from their sick bed, Chance and Jake stared at the screen in anger and fear. They had become too ill to stay at home and had come to the hospital like so many others.

“Dark Kat and Viper! I should have known it was them. Only those kats would be crazy enough to create such a thing.” Chance said thickly.

“Those bastards. Chance we gotta get out of here and find those cruds!” Jake said trying to sit up. He paled and nearly fell back on the bed again.

Chance nodded his head and attempted to sit up only to have the room spin alarmingly. He sat very still and waited until it stopped then slid his feet to the side and eased himself to his feet. He held onto the bed a moment longer and sighed when he was able to stand alright. He shuffled over to get his clothes from the closet and Jake’s as well.

Jake was still trying to stand and finally made it when Chance came to his side with his clothes. Getting dressed took a bit of time and they were nearly exhausted from doing it. They helped each other out of the room. Because the hospital was crowded with sick kats the overworked nurses and doctors paid no attention to the pair walking through and out of the hospital.

Chance moved them both toward where he had parked the tow truck and helped Jake get aboard then went around to the driver’s side. He had to stop and rest a moment before he turned on the engine and drove them carefully back to the salvage yard. Finally home, they made their way to the hangar. Changing again was even more exhausting and both kats had to lean against their lockers for some minutes before they could finish. As they reached the jet, T-Bone paused.

“You gonna make it, T-Bone?” Razor asked as he prepared to climb the jet.

“Just give me a minute. I ain’t feeling so hot.” T-Bone said panting and leaning against the wing of the Turbokat.

Razor watched his friend take slow deep breaths then gave him the okay. Both kats climbed laboriously onto the wing then into their seats. T-Bone started up the jet while Razor set up the scanners. T-Bone carefully took the jet out of the hangar then turned it toward the city. Every now and then the Turbokat would list a bit but T-Bone would catch it and correct it quickly. It was very hard to fly the jet with his head feeling heavy and stuffed while his muscles constantly protested his use of them.

“Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea.” Razor said in a tight voice, trying not to throw up.

“I know buddy but we really don’t have a choice. I think we should head back to Megakat General and see Callie who is probably by the Mayor’s side right now.” T-Bone said heavily.

“Maybe we should have tried to reach Valkyrie and have her handle this.” Razor said his voice thick with exhaustion.

“There’s no telling if she isn’t ill too, buddy. Until we know for sure we’re the only hope the city’s got.” T-Bone argued. Razor just grunted.

‘T-Bone was probably right, but then again, she could be just fine. He still thought they should at least find out before either of them passed out at a really bad time. If they failed and she was out of commission too the whole city was screwed.’ Razor thought getting depressed.

At Hackle’s lab, the Professor had fed the computer samples of the water Feral had collected and the air he had collected. The waiting was hard to take as they both paced around while the computer worked on the samples. While they were waiting, Feral turned on the TV and caught the message from Dark Kat. They both looked at each other grimly.

“So it’s confirmed, they did create the virus,” Feral said tightly. Hackle just nodded and stared at the computer that would give them the rest of the answer they needed.

Thinking to go fix something for them to eat, Feral had just left the room when the Professor called her back.

“Commander! Come quickly!” He shouted as he went over the findings the computer spit out.

Feral rushed to his side to see what he’d found out. “What’s it say?” She asked anxiously.

“They contaminated the water supply! That’s how they made so many sick!” He said angrily.

“But if that’s true then why aren’t you and I sick?” Feral asked in surprise.

“I don’t get my water from the city but form an underground lake.” Hackle said with a small smile.

“So now what? How does this information help us?” She asked. “Only Dark Kat has the anti-virus and they want the city for it.”

“They aren’t the only one with the anti-virus.” Hackle said with certainty.

“Say what?”

“According to the printout you were infected with the same virus with a slight alteration. Because of that, you posses the antibodies necessary to make an anti-virus.” Hackle explained patiently.

“Seriously?” Feral said gaping in shock.

“Take a look.” Hackle told her having Feral look into the microscope.

When she looked into the microscope she wasn’t sure what she was looking at but it was multiplying like mad.

“That is your white blood cells fighting the sample of virus I put in it. They are destroying it rather quickly.” The professor said happily.

“That’s wonderful! So can you make the anti-virus?” Feral said getting excited.

“No I can’t. I don’t have the right equipment for it but Dr. Konway at the Bio Tech Labs does. I’ll call him and tell him to expect you and give him time to prepare to make the anti-virus when you arrive. Now you take these vials and the information from the computer to him and hurry.” Hackle told her as he packed up the items and placed them in a cooler.

“Right, I’m on my way,” Feral said taking the cooler and hurrying for her motorcycle. She secured the cooler on the back of the bike, put on her helmet and took off quickly.

She raced through the nearly empty city toward the Bio Tech Labs. Pulling in front of the building, she laid her helmet on the seat and carefully removed the cooler. Locking her bike she quickly hurried into the entrance. There were no guards so she moved through the building quickly until she reached Konway’s floor.

“Dr. Konway!” Feral shouted as she walked into the lab. Konway came in from another room.

“Come in, come in. Professor Hackle just called me and told me you were coming. Ah, the vials...” He said reaching for the cooler.

“Yes. Here you go!” Feral said releasing it to him.

Dr. Konway got straight to work while Feral went to the large windows and looked out over the strangely quiet city. She listened idly as Konway muttered and talked to himself.

“I got it.” He finally shouted triumphantly an hour later.

“How much can you make right now?” Feral demanded.

“Enough for a small army right now. It will take a little while to make large quantities but I’ll get it done as fast as I can.” Konway answered as he prepared a sealed container with a small amount of the anti-virus.

“I need you to do me a favor while I continue to work on this.” He said over his shoulder.

“Sure, what do you need?” Feral said willingly.

“Please, take this to Megakat General. This dose is for the Mayor.” Konway told her, handing the container over to her.

“Okay. What about the rest of the city?” She asked in concern.

“I have to make a large batch to put in the water supply and send other large quantities to the various hospitals and doctor’s offices for injection of the sickest patients. I’ll need help from the enforcers to distribute it.” He told her. “Of course, I’ll have to inject many of the enforcers so that I’ll have the help.” He sighed as he remembered a lot of them were out sick.

“Well maybe the SWAT Kats and I can help when you have it ready rather than wait to long to get it distributed. I’ll check back with you later.” She told him preparing to leave.

“That would be a very good idea.” Konway said in relief as he returned to his work.

Feral headed out of the building and jumped back on her bike. As she raced to the hospital, Callie was at that moment speaking with Mayor Manx.

“Mayor Manx, you can’t be serious!” Callie said angry and shocked by the Mayor’s response to Dark Kat’s demand.

“We have no choice, Callie. We must hand the city over if we are to save any of our katizens,” he said pompously though the effect was ruined by a loud sneeze. He groaned.

“Mayor, I know you’re afraid! Even more so after what Dark Kat said, but you can’t let your fear cloud your judgment.” Callie insisted.

“What about you, Callie? Would you rather have the kats that are sick die?” He grumbled.

“No! But we need to have a little trust and faith. The SWAT Kats will get us out of this.” Callie said with a certainty she didn’t really feel. “Besides, there’s no certainty those two will give us the anti-virus. They just can’t be trusted.”

Mayor Manx opened his mouth to say something when his hospital door opened. Callie turned to see who it was and watched the SWAT Kats walk in but neither of the toms moved with their usual cockiness. They looked like they were barely able to stand. Her heart clenched at the sight.

“Oh no, Razor, T-Bone, you’ve caught the virus too!” She said rushing to their side.

“Don’t worry, Mrs. Briggs. We feel a lot better then we look.” Razor lied unconvincingly.

“This is great. Now our only hope is with that Valkyrie lady.” Manx said with another groan.

“I’m afraid you’re right, Mayor. I just hope she’s not sick too.” Callie said the first pangs of hopelessness filling her.

Just then someone knocked on the door, T-Bone being the closest opened it. There stood the one kat he thought he would never see as his alter ego T-Bone.

“Ursula, what are you doing here? You’re not sick are you?!” Callie asked in concern moving to her friend’s side.

“No, I’m not. I have something for the Mayor. It’s the anti-virus.” Feral said pulling the container out of her pocket.

The reaction wasn’t what she expected and it shocked her momentarily. T-Bone and Razor gaped at her in shock but Callie’s look was of angry betrayal.

“Oh Ursula, how could you! You made a deal with Dark Kat?!” She said angrily

“What!? I did no such thing! Professor Hackle found out how the virus was distributed. He had me collect a sample and from that Dr. Konway made an anti-virus. He’s making more as we speak. He’s going to need help distributing it.” She told them.

“How did they spread it?” Razor asked.

“It the city’s water supply.” She said.

“What?” T-Bone said in horror.

Feral walked over to the bathroom, filled a cup with water then brought it back and set it down on the Mayor’s rolling table.

“This is teaming with the virus. That’s how it spread so quickly.” Feral told them.

“But why isn’t Callie sick?” Manx asked.

“Because I don’t drink the city water and if I do I have a filter.” Callie said grateful for that fact.

“And before you ask, Hackle gets his water from an underground lake which is why neither of us are ill.” Feral said.

“This is wonderful news!” The Mayor said with a cough. “Well, if that is for me let me have it.” He demanded.

“Now hold on, Mayor Manx. I think you need to give this to the SWAT Kats.” Callie said stopping Feral

“W-w-what?” Manx blurted in shocked horror.

“Don’t you see, Mayor? We need the SWAT Kats and Valkyrie to defeat Dark Kat.” Callie insisted.

“Can’t we just let the Enforcers handle that?” Manx asked anxiously.

T-Bone snorted at that earning him a dirty look from Feral.

“Sorry that won’t work. More than half the enforcers are out ill. What’s left is trying to maintain the peace.” Feral said grimly.

“B-b-but I need it.” Manx stuttered not believing this.

“You’ll be fine, Dr. Konway is making more anti-virus. You’ll get your dose real soon.” Feral reassured him.

“Still as Mayor…” Manx said hesitantly not willing to let his chance to feel better go that easily.

“Fine! Then just remember who the kats of this city will blame when Dark Kat succeeds in taking over the city. It will be called Dark Kat City by next week.” Callie snapped at him.

Mayor Manx looked from Callie to Feral then the SWAT Kats and sighed in defeat, “Alright, you win. Give the SWAT Kats the anti-virus. I’ll just have to wait.”

“You did the right thing, Mayor.” Callie said in relief.

Callie then looked over at Feral who simply shrugged her shoulders and handed the serum to Razor who then gave it to T-Bone.

“No, Razor you need it.” T-Bone objected shoving it back at him.

“No, you need it more then me. You’re the pilot, remember? We can’t have you crashing into a building now can we?” Razor insisted.

T-Bone took the container and grimaced. He hated needles. He looked back at Razor hoping he would change his mind. He also didn’t like the fact he would be well and his partner wouldn’t be for a little while longer.

Feral sighed as she watched the interaction between the two. She reached out, took the container from his paw and went out to the nurses station. Moments later she returned, grabbed T-Bone’s arm and injected it with the needle she had obtained from a nurse.

“Hey, what are you…! Hey, ow, shit that hurt!” T-Bone groused, pulling his arm way.

Feral just looked at him, “Listen if you’re so worried about Razor then stop by the Bio Tech Labs and get a dose from Dr. Konway.”

“She’s right, T-Bone. Let’s go and do that now!” Razor said anxious to feel better.

T-Bone silently nodded as he and Razor left the Mayor’s room and headed for the roof. T-Bone could tell the anti-virus was beginning to work because he was feeling much cooler and wasn’t so dizzy. He only had to stop once and that was for Razor who had to rest before they reached the roof door. T-Bone helped Razor back into the Turbokat then got into the pilot seat.

“You ready?” He asked his partner.

“Yeah, is the anti-virus working?” Razor asked tiredly.

“Like a charm! I’m starting to feel like my old self again. Don’t worry Razor, I’ll get us to the labs on the double. You just rest buddy.” T-Bone said reassuringly to his friend.

“Thanks. I really need it.”

Razor did what he was told.. He let his eyes drift shut. His body felt hot and uncomfortable. He didn’t notice when T-Bone took off and flew toward the Bio Tech Lab.

Glancing in his mirror, T-Bone saw Razor had already fallen asleep. ‘Gods, he must be really tired,’ the tabby tom thought worriedly pushing the jet a little faster. When he arrived on the laboratory’s roof he took care to land gently so as not to wake Razor. He popped the canopy and headed down into the building. Remembering the location of Konway’s lab from his previous trip there during the affair with Viper turning the city into a swamp, he arrived quickly.

“Dr. Konway!” T-Bone called out rushing in.

“T-Bone!? What are you doing here?” Dr. Konway asked in surprise.

“I need a dose of anti-virus for Razor, he’s got the bug.” T-Bone explained quickly.

“Of course! Just a moment!” Konway said as he went to prepare a needle. “Here take this, I owe you after what Viper nearly did to the city.” He smiled handing the needle to T-Bone.

“Thanks doc!” T-Bone said and left hurriedly for his jet. He jumped onto the wing and leaned over the cockpit. He rolled up Razor’s sleeve and quickly injected him with the serum.

“Huh? Ow!” Razor moaned, waking up.

“There you go, buddy.” T-Bone said grinning at him then moving to his own seat. Razor grumbled a little and was still a little ill. T-Bone closed the canopy and raised the Turbokat to the sky.

“Alright, now we look for Dark Kat and Viper.” T-Bone said heading across the city.

“Roger that, T-Bone. I’ll set the scanners to pick up anything usual.” Razor starting to feel slightly better.

Back at the hospital Feral had left right after the SWAT Kats departure and was quickly heading to Professor Hackle’s home. She needed to change to Valkyrie and hunt for Dark Kat and Viper. She had called ahead so that Hackle could have the suit readied for her when she arrived.

She drove into the lab as soon as the Professor opened the doors and ran for the inner suit James was holding ready for her. She grabbed it, went into the bathroom and pulled it on. Coming out she saw Hackle and James waiting to help her on with the battle armor.

Ready to go, she paused before heading for the jet and turned to Hackle. “Professor, do you have something in the jet that will help me track down Dark Kat and Viper?” She asked.

Hackle tapped his chin thinking, “I think so, I have a scanner that can pick up mutant life forms.”

He said slowly. “Since Viper is a mutation and he always has more mutations around him it should pick them up pretty easily.

“Good! Show me how it works, please.” Feral said heading for the jet and helping Hackle up on the wing so that he could show her how to use it. Nodding her understanding, she lowered him to the floor and climbed into the cockpit and started the engines. In very little time she was taxiing out and launching into the air to begin her search. She did a grid search of the city. It took some time and she was completely focused on the task so didn’t notice the jet coming into her airspace.

“Valkyrie, is that you?” T-Bone’s voice came over the radio

“No, it’s Litterbin. Who else would be piloting this jet?” She said caustically, covering her surprise at being caught off guard.

“Valkyrie, it’s Razor. How are you feeling?” Razor asked in concern.

“Fine, why do you ask?” Valkyrie asked pretending innocense. She couldn’t let them know that she was aware of what was going on.

“I’m sure you’ve heard there is a virus that’s taken out half the city and that Dark Kat and Viper were responsible for creating and releasing into the water supply. An anti-virus has been developed so were out here hunting the pair down.” Razor explained quickly.

“Yes, I heard about it from the TV that’s why I’m out here too though I didn’t know about the anti-virus being found by our side. That’s good to know!” She said continuing to pretend she hadn’t known already.

While they had been talking, T-Bone took the opportunity to really get a good look at the jet Valkyrie was flying. He gasped in amazement, it was a real beauty.

“Glad you know so much already and didn’t get sick. We’ve got to find those two before they discover we already have the anti-virus.” Razor said urgently.

“Well, I just finished checking the downtown area and didn’t get a blip. My radar is capable of picking up mutations and that’s what I’ve been searching for.” She told him.

“That’s good to know and we checked uptown, not there either. So where could they be hiding?” T-Bone asked in exasperation.

“The mountains?” Valkyrie suggested.

“No, it’s too obvious.” Razor said negatively.

“What about the mines?”

“It’s possible, who wants to check?” Razor asked.

“I’ll check it.” said Valkyrie

“Right and we’ll check the warehouse district. Meet you here again in a few. Holler if you detect them,” T-Bone said sending the jet toward the docks while Valkyrie went toward the mountains.

At the abandoned military base near the M.A.S.A space center, Dark Kat move about waiting for the time limit to expire. There was no doubt in his mind that the Mayor and Deputy Mayor would hand the city over to him and Viper all in exchange for the cure. After all neither of the two would say no not with all kats lives hanging in the balance.

“Ready, Viper? Soon Megakat City will be ours all thanks to our little virus.” Dark Kat gloated.

“Can we be sure of that, Dark Kat? What if the SWAT Kats or that Valkyrie kat interfere?” Viper growled uneasily.

“No worries, the virus has infected the entire city by now. There is no way those meddling SWAT Kats or Valkyrie could have avoided it.” Dark Kat said with certainty.

“You better be right, we can’t afford to lose this time.” Viper said darkly.

Dark Kat said nothing but knew that Viper was telling the truth. They were soo close to wining he could all but taste it. He could hardly contain himself.

“It’s time Dark Kat,” Viper said breaking the big kat’s daydreaming. He nodded and followed the lizard kat to the lab where the broadcasting equipment was set up. Time for the Mayor and Deputy Mayor to hand over the city. As soon as they did, he would make a broadcast to the whole city telling them of the change of leadership.

Meanwhile, two sets of jet met again over the heart of the city.

“Well that was a wash out!” T-Bone reported to Valkyrie “I take you got the same?”

“Yeah! So where to now. We’re running out of time. Dark Kat should be getting ready to demand the city be handed over.” Valkyrie said in concern.

“Well we haven’t look in the area of M.A.S.A and the international airport.” Razor said heavily.

“Okay, let’s all go there. It’s a large area.” T-Bone said sending the Turbokat in that direction. Valkyrie’s jet ghosting beside them. In minutes they were going over the area, the Turbokat cruising over M.A.S.A. while Valkyrie went a little further away to scan the airport.

“T-Bone, Valkyrie, I’m picking up something. It’s coming from somewhere near M.A.S.A . It’s Dark Kat, he’s begun his broadcast. I’m tracking his signal.” Razor said excitedly.

Valkyrie quickly rejoined them and began to scan the area. She picked up a blip on her scanner. The location was just past M.A.S.A. She was puzzled as to why they would be there.

“I’ve picked them up just beyond M.A.S.A. but for the life of me, I can’t think why they would be there.” She told them.

“Well, Viper would require a lab to create the virus, what’s out here that he could use as a lab?” Razor asked.

“A military lab! It would hold all the equipment they would need in order to create one.” Valkyrie said excitedly.

“Well yeah! But where would one be out here?” Razor said uncertainly.

“Huh! I don’t remember ever hearing about such a place near the M.A.S.A space center.” T-Bone mused adding his opinion.

“Of course not, it was abandoned about fifty years ago. It was no longer needed.” Valkyrie told them knowledgeably and added, “I know were it is.”

Feral turned her jet and lead the way. The SWAT Kats followed her. She remembered it from some files she read as an enforcer and also knew how to get in without the criminals knowing they were there.

As they got closer they were still listening to Dark Kat speaking to Callie. There was a stunned silence which they guessed was Dark Kat’s reaction to Callie’s response. She had told him that they would not turn over the city. Suddenly there was a roar of anger then the signal cut off.

“Sounds like Dark Kat and Viper aren’t too happy, huh, Razor.” T-Bone said in grim humor, enjoying the silence form Dark Kat and Viper.

Razor laughed, “Valkyrie where’s this base?”

“We’ll be there in five more minutes. We need to fly past and swing around to the rear of it then land.” She told him leading the way.

“Valkyrie, how did you know about this?” T-Bone asked, a little suspicious.

“How do you know the Enforcers band?” She snapped back.

“Fine, you win this round.” T-Bone said flatly.

“And the others that will come.” She said, a small smirk could be heard in her voice.

Razor could only roll his eyes at the way T-Bone and Valkyrie were behaving around each other. They were like kittens trying to prove which one of them was better then the other. But Valkyrie had been right. In five minutes they reached the lab and landed in the back just like Valkyrie said they should. All three kats jumped out of their jets, T-Bone and Razor readying themselves by setting their glovatrixs.

“I’ll lead the way,” Valkyrie said without preamble.

“That’s not a good idea, what if Dark Kat’s creeplings get you?” T-Bone objected.

“I’ll be alright. My armor is made of a special type of metal. It’s really strong.” She reassured him.

“You’re sure? What if it fails?” Razor asked persistently.

“Look, we’ll worry about my suit’s limits another time. But right now let’s focus on what Dark Kat and Viper could be doing.” Valkyrie snapped and turned her cloaking on.

T-Bone looked at Razor who just shrugged; changing their scanners to heat seeking they were able to follow Valkyrie into the complex. They didn’t want to walk into her if she should stop. She noted that they were keeping a safe distance from her. She returned her attention to in front of her in time to hear Dark Kat and Viper arguing heatedly just ahead of them behind a door that obviously led to the lab Viper had used. The criminals were so loud there was no way they would have heard the threesome approaching.

“We handle Dark Kat, you get Viper.” Razor said in a low voice.

Valkyrie decided not to argue and nodded her agreement turning off her cloaking. She pulled her weapon from it’s leg holster. She set it for her paralytic needles. As soon as the door was opened by T-Bone they charged in. Valkyrie sent a set of needles into Viper’s neck while Dark Kat startled and made a move to escape. Razor shot a mini net missile over Dark Kat but he managed to duck it at the last moment. He plunged out another door and disappeared out of sight with the SWAT Kats hot on his heels.

T-Bone shouted over his shoulder before he too disappeared, “Valkyrie get Viper out of here.”

Feral sighed as she watched the two vanish. She reached down and picked up Viper. He could still move his eyes so she knew it didn’t affect him completely and probably would wear off fairly quickly. As she moved out of the room, Viper made strange noises and tried to point behind her.

Frowning she turned him enough so that she could see his face, “What is it?” She demanded.

Viper struggled to point to a wall behind her. Turning to see what it was he was insistent she see, she noted a large computer screen was showing a count down.

‘Shit!’ She gulped, there was only fifteen seconds left till detonation. Tossing Viper over her shoulder she took off at blinding speed to get out of there. They almost made it to the door when the explosion hit and tossed them flying. She lost her hold on Viper who flew a few feet further from where she landed. Catching her breath, she called her partners over the radio.

“SWAT Kats are you there?” She shouted but only got silence.

Feral tried again and again with no response. She cursed, concerned that T-Bone and Razor might have been caught in the explosion. She felt the need to punch something... anything to release this overwhelming feeling of anger and sudden sadness within her. She knew they were good kats and that they were just trying to protect the city just like she had been doing as commander.

‘It can’t end like this! Not for them!’ She thought her paws turning into fists as she stared blindly at the burning building. Unknown to Feral, Viper was beginning to move, the paralytic fading fast thanks to his mutated DNA. Viper looked over to see that Valkyrie had her back to him and was distracted..

Thinking it was safe to make a move, Viper stood up and started to run off. But Feral saw the moment in her rear scanner. She turned quickly to chase after him.

Viper saw the metal she-kat coming after him. Not wanting to be caught again, Viper try to hit Valkyrie with his tail. But she ducked it easily then grabbed it in her paw and pulled Viper off his feet. Viper had no opportunity to try anything else before she sent her fist into his face. She was careful to pull her punch. The lizard kat hit the ground with a thud.

Now that he was out of the picture, she had time to look around again. She didn’t want to think the SWAT Kats could be gone. That meant the city was in her paws alone.

‘No I can’t do this alone! It’s too much for just one kat!’ She thought in anguish feeling the weight of responsibility settling on her shoulders. This was so much more different than when she had been Commander of the Enforcers. There she commanded many to aid in the protection of the city but now it was she alone and it frightened her

“Valkyrie, you there?!” Came a familiar voice

“Razor? It is that you?!” She said in grateful relief.

“Yeah, it’s me. T-Bone’s alright too, what about you?”

“Good, my armor held up. Where are you two?”

“We’re west of the base. What about Viper?” T-Bone asked now joining the conversation.

“He’s here. Dark Kat?”

“Got away, that crazy kat set explosives all over the base.” T-Bone growled in disgust.

Feral nodded, “Don’t worry, we’ll get him next time.”

“So we’re partners now?” Razor asked cautiously.

“Yeah, you guys aren’t so bad to work with.” She conceded smiling to herself.
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