An Unexpected Meeting | By : Daniella Category: +S through Z > SwatKats Views: 2983 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Chapter 2
“Talking”
‘Thoughts’
Ulinda woke up the next morning feeling sated and happy. A warm body was pressed against her own, looking down she smiled at the sight of T-Bone still sleeping. He had spent the night as part of the plan for getting to know her better.
When they’d arrived at her apartment, they ended up skipping the shower and ordering take out. After a delicious meal T-Bone began to nuzzle and kiss her heatedly. It wasn’t long before the touching and kissing lead to another bout of love making between them.
Now in the new morning light, she was still feeling on top of the world. She leaned over him and nuzzled his face. He made a soft ‘hmmm’ sound then wrapped his arms around her waist to pull her down to his chest. She wished she could see his eyes she bet they were beautiful.
“Time to get up...” She said softly
“Already?” He grumbled. “I was hoping you and I could spend a little more time together.” He said suggestively, raising his head to return the nuzzle.
Ulinda giggled a little before pulling back. ““Sorry but work calls. See you tonight…maybe?” She asked, hopefully.
“Of course.” He said lazily as he released her reluctantly and watched as she made for the bathroom.
He wished they didn’t have to be elsewhere. He had really wanted to keep Ulinda company a little while longer, but...he sighed...she was right, time for them both to be up and gone. He hadn’t planned on being out all night so Razor was probably wondering what was keeping him.
While she was showering he dressed. By the time he finished she came out of the bathroom holding a towel around her and beginning to paw through her drawers.
He came over to her and gave her a kiss farewell then went to her balcony door and repelled down to the ground. His cyclotron was hidden behind a dumpster in an alley beside her building. As she quickly got dressed she heard the sudden roar of his distinctive bike starting up then zooming off. Smiling to herself and thinking about tonight, she prepared to leave for work.
T-Bone roared through the early morning traffic making their daily commute to work. Many eyes widened as the colorful figure zipped by them and practically disappeared from sight. He reached the salvage yard in very little time. Pressing a button on the bike, a secret door opened and he drove down it into the hangar. He slowed down to a complete stop beside an identical bike. He climbed off and walked over to his locker and quickly changed out of his g-suit and into his coveralls.
Chance made his way to the ladder that lead into their kitchen. Popping it open he climbed out and noted Jake was sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast.
Jake nodded hello and watched as Chance made breakfast for himself, a smile of contentment on his face. It was obvious he’d been with someone the night before due to the scent of sex lingering on him.
“Hey, pal. You sure were out late last night. You meet someone?” Jake asked
Chance’s smile widened. “Oh, yeah. I’ve been wanting to get with this certain someone for a while and last night I finally succeeded.”
“And had a great time judging by your scent and the fact you’re just getting in.” Jake said with a snort of amusement.
“Oh, she was. And I plan to see her many more times too.”
“Do I know her?” Jake asked curiously.
“Yeah, you do. It’s Ulinda Feral, Callie’s secretary.”
“What!?” Jake said jerking back in his seat and dropping his spoon into his bowl.
“I know what you’re thinking, but she’s cute and shy and there’s just something about her that just sets me on fire.” Chance said a little embarrassed.
“More then Callie?” Jake asked warily
“More then Callie. With Ulinda it’s something more then some casual fling as I learned last night. But we’re taking it slow right now. That’s okay with me, she’s really hot and surprisingly, she likes it rough.” He said, a look of pleasure crossing his face in memory.
He was so pleased with himself he failed to note the sudden distraught look on his best friend’s face. It took him a moment to realize Jake looked unhappy. Surprised, he thought Jake would have been pleased that he’d found such a special friend but obvious not.
“Jake......buddy? Is something wrong?” Chance asked concern.
Jake quickly smoothed his features and tried to look happy for his friend. “No, nothing’s wrong. I’m glad you found someone. You…uh....said you were going to meet with her again?” He asked as casually as he could.
“Yeah, tonight.” Chance said, still a bit concerned. “You sure nothing’s wrong?”
“I’m sure! I’m glad you’ve found someone you feel close too.” Jake said firmly.
Chance eyed him cautiously. He could tell Jake was lying and wasn’t certain why but he didn’t call his friend on it. If Jake wanted him to know he’d tell him when he was ready......he hoped. They’d been friends since high school and they respected each other’s space. Shrugging off his concern, he sat down and ate his breakfast.
Meanwhile Jake tried to act nonchalant as if there was nothing wrong but inside he was angry and hurt but not at his friend. It was his fault that he was just too shy and it wasn’t his friend’s fault that he took what Jake had wanted very badly. He picked up his spoon again and stirred his cereal without really eating it. His appetite gone with Chance’s news.
‘Ulinda...’ He sighed mentally. He’d always had a fondness for the dark furred beauty. She was shy but she was also caring, kind and strongly built for a female. It was only recently that his fondness had grown to something much deeper. Unfortunately he’d never let her know how he felt and his partner swooped in and caught her eye first.
Which was a surprise since Ulinda had never shown either of them any attention.....he thought. But now…here was Chance telling him about his night with her. He could feel bitter anger well up inside him at what his partner had done. He knew he shouldn’t be so angry with his best friend it wasn’t like Chance had known of his feelings for Ulinda and Chance had as much right to go after Ulinda as he did but still it hurt.
“Well, it’s time to get to work!” Jake said briskly getting up from the table and walking over to the sink to dump his dishes then turning swiftly to make his way down the stairs to the garage.
His rather abrupt departure worried and concerned Chance. Something was really wrong. When he went to join his friend in the garage he was ignored. For the rest of the day, Jake hardly spoke to him at all. Even when they completed their work and night had fallen, Jake continued to isolate himself by going down to the hangar, mumbling something about needing to work on a few things down there.
Chance sighed in frustration still in the dark about what had upset his partner. He cleaned up went down to the hangar to change into his T-Bone persona and said goodnight to Jake who barely acknowledged him. Soon he was flying down the road toward Ulinda’s place. Once the roaring sound of the cyclotron had faded away Jake stopped pretending to work and went to their gym in another section of the hangar. He changed his coveralls for shorts and t-shirt and made for the punching bag. He unleashed his fury and frustration on the bag.
His hesitation to tell Ulinda how he felt and never telling his partner about that interest were his own fault and that fueled his anger even more. Because he hadn’t opened his mouth all he had was his anger and hurt feelings......he hit the bag even harder.
When he and Chance, in their SWAT Kat persona, had first shown themselves to the Deputy Mayor Jake had noted Ulinda immediately as she kept to the background as the Mayor and Deputy questioned them and their motives. Commander Steele had been there as well and threatened to arrest them. They ignored Steele and soon left city hall after their business was finished. From that time on, Razor had not paid Ulinda much attention except for those rare times she had something to say to them.
He finally took notice of her when Dr. Viper took over Megakat Tower. She’d been there taking Callie’s place as the Deputy Mayor had called in sick to speak with Ann Gora of Katseye News as the Mayor proudly showed off the tower. When the group started to leave the Tower she was the one to see someone suspicious but she was too late to warn anyone when Viper sprang his trap.
Callie catching the news from her bed called them quickly. T-Bone had asked where she was and she’d told him she was home sick and that her secretary was at the Megakat Tower in her place. She told him that Ulinda was most likely trapped in the tower because no one had seen her since the interview with Ann.
When Razor had snuck into the Tower while T-Bone circled above he learned Ulinda was indeed trapped there after being hit on the head by her with a flower pot. Of course, she apologized after he regained consciousness he waved it off and the two escaped through the ventilation system. It was cold in there as they crawled along. She didn’t panic when some of Vipers plantimals followed them but were moving very slowly. She made the observation that the cold air from the vents were probably the reason.
Razor used that thought to come up with the way to defeat Viper. He called his partner and had him get some rocket fuel. It had work the rocket fuel had frozen all of Viper plants allowing the Enforcers to cut though and take care of things. The only down side was that Viper had gotten away.
He made a point to thank Ulinda for the idea and had gotten a lovely smile and a warm ‘glad to help’ from Ulinda as she blushed at his words. Later on, the two of them, whenever they met during a emergency would snatch a moment to talk before he was rushing off again. It was then that Jake’s feelings for Ulinda had begun to grow stronger.
‘But now it’s too late.’ Jake muttered furiously. Now he would never be able to show Ulinda just how much he cared for her. Exhausted he gave up the bag and made his way back upstairs to take a shower. Passing through the kitchen he grabbed a bottle of water and drank it down. ‘Well at least she’s with someone who will love her.’ He thought bitterly, knowing Chance would do all he could to love and protect her from their enemies. Shoving the what if’s and maybe’s from his mind he went up to his room.
But no matter what he told himself his bitterness was showing. As Chance and Ulinda saw more and more of each other Jake became withdrawn from his partner and her.
More than a week later Chance was getting more and more worried by the cinnamon tom’s withdrawal but all his attempts to draw Jake out ended with him changing the subject. He would avoid the subject frequently enough that Chance was left totally frustrated and still worried. It was obvious his partner would not talk about whatever was bothering him and it was causing a strain between them.
Ulinda didn’t notice the problem until she saw Razor again. Though her friendship wasn’t as deep with him as it was with T-Bone she thought it was good enough that he would tell her if something was wrong. She had loved their conversation even though they were by necessity short. They would talk about how he’d created the SWAT Kats, their jet and the glovatrix. She liked how Razor was kindhearted, thoughtful, and gentle.
So it was a complete shock when he began to snub her every time they saw each other. She tried to ask him what was wrong but he would coldly and politely refuse to answer and brushed her off. As more weeks passed she could see the strain building between the partners. This worried her a great deal because their partnership was what kept them alive. She had no idea why it was happening and no idea how to stop it.
Finally the tension reached a boiling point after battles with the Pastmaster and Turmoil when Razor acted on his own rather than wait for T-Bone or he wouldn’t tell his partner his plans forcing T-Bone to follow unquestioningly leaving him little more than an assistant rather than an equal partner.
That was really the final straw for T-Bone and he confronted his partner after the battle with the Pastmaster.
“Okay, Razor, what the hell was that back there?!” He demanded furiously jerking his helmet off just as the canopy slid open.
As always lately Razor ignored him and leaped out of the cockpit stalking stiffly toward their lockers. T-Bone growled under his breath and leaped down storming toward his own locker and throwing his helmet into it hard and yanking his mask off. Razor had already put his helmet and mask away and was unzipping his g-suit when a huge paw grabbed his shoulder and jerked him around. Chance was standing there half in and half out of his costume, his face furious. Despite his partner’s anger Jake still didn’t speak.
“What is the matter with you? You haven’t been acting yourself for weeks. Jake…I’m worried about you.” Chance said letting his anger go and his concern show through his eyes.
Jake glared and reached up to shove Chance’s paw from his shoulder. “Nothing’s wrong! Everything’s just peachy.” He said bitingly.
“Oh, yeah? What do you call that stunt you pulled back there with the Pastmaster?” Chance demanded his temper flaring once more.
“I had to do it. Someone had to stop that little ghoul before he completed the spell and you looked like you weren’t about to leave Ulinda until she told you to.” Jake snarled at him.
“She’d been hurt trying to protect Callie! I had to check to make sure she was alright!” Chance said in shock at his friend’s reaction. It wasn’t like his partner to fail to be concerned about another’s welfare especially Ulinda.
“Of course and that’s why I went ahead and took care of the Pastmaster..” Razor said flatly trying without success to shove his pain aside at seeing the two together like that. He knew he was cutting himself off from them but he just couldn’t let go of his pain. He turned back to his locker to finish undressing.
Chance could only stand there in frustration. Again he couldn’t drag out what was bothering his partner. He watched as Jake simply left him standing there. Exhaling he finished changing his clothes and by the time he reached upstairs he found Jake had left with the tow truck. He had no idea where the smaller tom had gone.
Unknown to his friend Jake had begun to visit random clubs in hopes of overcoming his anger at his partner and his unrequited love for Ulinda. But his temporary partners of the night never completely satisfied the burning ache in his chest.....it infuriated him.
“Why can’t I just let her go?” He asked of himself more and more often. It was very late when he climbed back into the tow truck after yet another unsatisfactory night at a club.
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