Facts of Life | By : Daniella Category: +S through Z > SwatKats Views: 2057 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Chapter Twenty
“Talking”
‘Thoughts’
The air was heavy with the scent of copper and the cries of pain from the pregnant she-kat. Dark Chance sat on the cot with Ursula laying between his legs, her back leaning against his chest with his paws holding onto hers as she squeezed them in pain during each intense contraction.
Felina was sitting at her aunt legs keeping an eye on her. Her fear growing as more blood continued to seep through her aunt’s pants.
Felina braced herself as she reached over to unbutton Ursula’s pants then gently tugged them off along with her underwear.
“What are you doing?” Dark Chance asked, nervously.
“I need to check how far she’s dilated.” Felina said grimly, keeping the fear out of her voice. She had to keep a cool head if she was to help her aunt survive.
Remembering her basic medical training during her days at the academy, Felina checked to see how far along her aunt was. She was somewhat relieved to see Ursula had only dilated about three cm. ‘We may still have time.’ She thought with a sigh, looking up.
“How far?” Chance asked, hoping for a good sign.
“Not far…we still have a chance if we could just find a way out of here.” Felina said seeing her aunt panting heavily, her mind focused more on the pain then anything else.
Dark Chance grit his teeth in dread and self-anger at the whole situation. Dread, knowing he could do nothing more to help Ursula or her kitten, bringing back unwanted feelings and memories that he had pushed away about Sarah and their kitten’s deaths and self-anger, for failing to keep Ursula safe from harm and stopping Jake from kidnapping her.
“What can we do?” Chance asked, wincing slightly as Ursula paws squeezed his paws.
“…I don’t know…” Felina said, miserably. She hated feeling helpless but could see no way out. Their only hope was for someone to save them. She hoped it would be soon.
Dark Jake winced at the sound of Ursula cries of pain as they echoed eerily down the tunnel to where he stood. The cries reminded him starkly of his partner and Felina’s parting words. He did his best to try and shove away the unwanted feelings of shame and guilt that were beginning to grow in his chest.
He was failing miserably. The shame was making him squirm as he stood near the Dark Turbokat waiting while Dark Kat checked the computer scanners for signs of their enemies. But it was guilt that was eating away at him more than the shame that was making him uncomfortable.
He thought he’d rid himself of that particular emotion but the cries and the remembered pleas for help could not be drowned out. Those sounds forced him to acknowledge all the harm he had done over the years since he took the path of evil. He shook his head trying even now to dislodge those feelings without success.
“Something wrong, Jake?” Dark Kat asked, noticing the expression crossing the face of the dark red tom.
Jake hesitated before answering, “…No, nothing.”
But Dark Kat had noticed the pause and his eyes narrowed suspiciously. He turned from the scanner to eye Dark Jake more closely.
“What?” Dark Jake growled irritably at Dark Kat’s stare.
“Having some regrets?” Dark Kat asked, coolly.
“No! Why would I?” Jake growled, not wanting Dark Kat to know he wasn’t so certain anymore.
“Because you’re hesitating. I can see it in your face.”
“I am not!” Jake denied, but winced when more painful cries reached his ears.
“Yes, you are!” Dark Kat declared, beginning to get angry. He couldn’t afford to lose this ones support...not now. “Why? All because of the Commander? Have you forgotten who made you this way? It was the Commander.” He snapped, digging the knife in, hoping to cause Jake’s hatred to flare.
“Made…me…this…way…?” Jake said slowly looking down at his paws.
While Dark Kat fumed, worried his plans were going to fail, Dark Jake had an epiphany. He stopped and really examined what his life had become. From the moment he’d been kicked out of the Enforcers to the moment he’d met his counterparts, his life had been one of poor choices, hatred, and bitterness. His life had been ruined when Feral had booted them out.
But wait, that wasn’t completely true. There was a different path they could have taken and their counterparts had shown it to them by their friendship with each other and their desire to help others despite having been kicked from the force. They had made the right choice and were still friends and comrades while he and his partner had made the wrong choice and had only bitterness and enmity for each other. Both of them were the same yet different at the same time all from the choices they had made that shaped their lives..
‘I could have had their life. But my anger blinded me, clouded my judgment so that I couldn’t move on and do something better. I took the easy way, using hatred and hurting others which ended my friendship with Chance. Grief made my friend hard and unforgiving. I could have changed that by giving him the support he needed during that dark time but I didn’t. Chance was right…it’s no ones fault but our own for who we are now.’ Jake thought bitterly, clenching his paws at all the wasted opportunities.
Dark Kat growled mentally as he saw the Dark Jake straighten, his body language declaring what decision he had made and it wasn’t the one Dark Kat wanted. Snarling to himself, he prepared to signal his creeplings to take out his erstwhile ‘partner’ but an alarm made him spin back around to his instruments. Two objects were racing at an incredible speed for their hiding place.
“No! How did they find us so fast?” He roared, slamming his fist on the keyboard. Looking behind him, he saw Dark Jake had disappeared. This made him even more infuriated.
As soon as Dark Kat was distracted by the alarm, Dark Jake took the opportunity to race down the tunnel to the homemade cell. Stopping at the cell door, Jake could see Chance supporting Ursula from behind with the female enforcer sitting at the she-kat’s feet monitoring the pregnant’s Kats progress.
The three hadn’t heard his approach but Felina and Chance looked up when Jake opened the cell door. They eyed him suspiciously.
“Jake!” Dark Chance said, cautiously, relieved to see his old friend but wondering why he was there.
“What are you doing here?!” Felina asked, on guard for anything the tom might try.
“I’m here to help you.” Jake said, hurriedly, looking over his shoulder for trouble.
Felina eyes narrowed, she didn’t trust him. “Why should we believe you?”
“Because I want a second chance. I’ve seen what your SWAT Kats have and I want the same. Let me help you! Dark Kat is occupied so we have to get out of here now! You have to trust me or we’re all toast!” Jake said urgently. There wasn’t time to convince them of his sincerity so he hoped they believed him.
“Felina…” Ursula’s hoarse and strained voice interrupted.
Felina quickly jerked her attention back at her. “Auntie, it’s alright. You…” Felina started to say.
“He’s telling the truth. Let him…help.” Ursula said, panting.
“What!? But auntie….” Felina objected but stopped when she saw how stressed her aunt was becoming. Ursula was covered in sweat causing her fur to mat. She looked exhausted and afraid.
Biting her lip and hoping she wasn’t making a mistake Felina looked back up at Dark Jake. She studied his face a moment, staring into those amber eyes, and decided he was being sincere.
“Alright! Let’s get moving! Ursula has to get to a hospital now!” Felina ordered, climbing off the bed. She helped her aunt move her legs off the bed then she took the pillow case and made a kind of diaper to put between her aunt’s thighs. With Chance’s help, she pulled Ursula’s pants back up.
Chance and Jake nodded at each other, making it known they would aid the she-kat. Felina agreed with that and stayed out of the way as the pair of males carefully helped Ursula to her feet.
Ursula gasped as the changed in position increased the pressure in her womb and the bleeding. No one moved or said anything, waiting for Ursula to gather her strength. She nodded her readiness and the two toms wrapped arms around her waist and helped her walk out of the cell and down the tunnel.
Ursula prayed she would be able to hold out until they could get her to a hospital. She’d never been in so much pain before except during her transformation.
As they hurried down the tunnel a loud boom echoed around them.
“What was that?” Felina demanded, walking behind them.
“Your guys have found this cave. They must have gotten finally gotten in. That’s how I was able to slip from Dark Kat. His alarm warned him of their arrival. Come on! We’ve got to hurry.” Jake said, urgently.
“As much as I’d like to wait for them, they’ll be busy, so let’s just focus on getting Ursula out of here.” Felina ordered. The toms nodded and slowly began to walk again. They could only hope that when they met their doubles, they would be allowed to explain themselves.
Elsewhere, T-Bone and Razor had just entered the cave only to be caught off guard by a large group of creeplings jumping on them from above. The group of creeplings knocked them off their cyclotrons, causing them to crash into the cave walls.
All the anger, fury and rage T-Bone had been keeping at bay was released and directed at the creeplings. All that killing fury reduced the pink mutated bats to so much bloody heaps at his feet from his claws and fists.
Though satisfying, it didn’t relieve his fury as he headed into the cave looking for the ones who had taken his mate and unborn kitten. He planned on beating Dark Kat to within an inch of his life as soon as he found him.
Razor was a bit appalled at the violence T-Bone was exhibiting. Running past the beat and bloody creatures, he could only imagine what his partner intended to do to their enemies once he got his paws on them.
‘It’s not like Dark Kat doesn’t have it coming to him for all that he’s done.’ Razor thought as he finished off his own opponents.
“T-Bone, at least save some of Dark Kat for me! I want a piece of him too!” Razor shouted running after him.
“I can’t promise that, Razor.” T-Bone shouted back, pure fury in his voice. ‘I’m going to make him and those Dark SWAT Kats pay for what they did to us.’ T-Bone thought, running faster to reach his goal.
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