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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 Three

“Talking”

‘Thoughts’

Author's Note: Here's a dark story with a different kind of twist. Hope you like it. Ulyferal is acting as my beta for this story.

Dusk was falling as Feral sat in her car moving slowly through the quitting time traffic. Around her were impatient drivers honking horns, anxious to get home. As she waited for the traffic to move her mind went back to the day’s events.

Dark Kat had decided to show his ugly face again. His target this time was a batch of mutagen chemicals. Once again, the unprintable SWAT Kats saved the day by reining Dark Kat in before he could lay his paws on the chemicals thus saving the city. Ms. Briggs, of course, thanked them profusely then turned to her Chief Enforcer and chewed Dena out for not doing her job properly.

She grit her teeth at the memory of Ms. Briggs’ lecture. It was bad enough being shown up by the SWAT Kats but then to have to endure a ripping from the Deputy Mayor...sometimes Feral really wished she could reveal what she really was and show off her true capabilities. It would be so worth it to rub their faces in it. Then she sighed, that was just wishful thinking no matter how good it would feel to see Briggs in shock. Sometimes life just wasn’t fair.

Shaking her head to clear it of these unproductive thoughts, Feral pulled into her favorite grocery store parking lot. She needed to refill her cupboards and refrigerator for the month. Looking around to make sure no one was looking in her direction, she allowed the spell on her form to dissipate.

Now as female, she stepped out of her car and locked it. She walked across the parking lot and went in. Grabbing a cart, she began to rove the ails and studying her grocery list. She stopped at the deli, she picked up something to eat. She was unaware of the male who had come to stand behind her. The male had not been paying attention either as he was trying to decide what to have for dinner as well.

As Feral thanked the young kat for her sandwich and chicken salad, she turned around quickly holding the items close to her and promptly walked into a broad, hard chest causing her to spill her food on them both.

“Ohh no...I’m sorry! I wasn’t watching where I was going!” Feral said totally mortified and stepping back from the male she’d run into.

Looking up from the mess she’d inadvertently made into the male’s face as she apologized, she was stunned by a pair of eyes identical to her own and a face she never thought to see again. Her mouth dropped open in shock. ‘It can’t be!?’ She thought giddily, unable to speak for a moment.

Just minutes before, Demon had huffed to himself as he entered the store. He was hungry and decided to halt his work on the place he had claimed as his own to pick up some groceries and dinner. He’d spent the day going around the house to see what needed fixing and was surprised to find the house was in pretty good shape. It just needed some cosmetic work...painting and such...to be livable. It was when his stomach began to growl hungrily that he stopped to make this run to the store he remembered seeing a few blocks away.

Since the city was coming into its summer season, he didn’t need to wear a jacket so he stepped out and power walked to the store. He purchased some of the supplies he needed to work on the house and was now approaching the deli to get something for dinner. He wasn’t really paying attention when a female turned from the counter.

At first he was furious and was about to lash out to her when he got a good look at her. He barely heard her apologies which trailed off as the female stared at him in shock to match his own. They stood there staring.

The female was only an inch-shorter than he, had golden eyes exactly like his. ‘It couldn’t be!’ He thought in rising hope. Reining in his excitement, he sniffed the air lightly to determine if what his eyes beheld was indeed who he thought it was. His nose picked up the very familiar and longed for scent of another Iriomkat and not just any Iriomkat...his missing twin sister.

“Dena?” Demon breathed her name with rising joy.

“Demon?” Dena finally found her voice and asked hesitantly even though his scent said it had to be him.

Demon reached out and took his twin into his arms ignoring the mess on their clothes, hugging her tightly. Dena moaned with relief and joy as she returned her brother’s embrace. The end of a long search was finally over for Demon.

Dena had spent many a night over the years crying for her brother she thought to be dead like her mother and father. It was a great relief and wonder to find he was very much alive. They clung to each other ignoring the looks the patrons of the store gave them. Finally, they pulled back a little so that they could stare into each other’s face.

“I can’t believe it! Oh, Demon, you’re alive!” Dena said, her eyes beginning to tear up a little.

“Well of course! Why? Did you think I was dead?” He asked in surprise. She seemed so very shocked to see him.

“You jerk!” She said suddenly angry that he could ask that. “Of course I did! Do you know how long I searched for you and finally had to give up? It had been so long, I began to believe you had to be dead because if you had been alive you would have contacted me!” She was nearly shouting.

“I’m sorry! I truly am! If I had known what this would do to you, I wouldn’t have left. But the first chance I got to get out of this city I took it.” Demon said trying to placate her.

“You could have contacted me! I sent letters and birthday cards to the foster home you were placed at, telling you where I was and what was happening!” She explained, still angry.

“What? You did? But I never got those!” Demon said, realizing his crappy foster parents had taken his mail. ‘Those bastards!’ He thought furiously, his fists clenching at what they had done to his sister and he. It was one more piece of injustice.

“How could you not? I mailed them myself and everything.” Dena persisted, unaware of the turmoil her statement had risen in her brother.

“Because my crappy foster parents regularly neglected the kittens in their care and obviously, stole the mail from all of us. I never received anything you sent. I thought you didn’t care or that something had happened to you.” He growled bitterly.

“Why would they do such a thing?” Dena asked appalled that such a thing could have happened.

“You apparently were lucky, Dena. My foster home was nasty and brutal.” He said tightly looking away.

“Oh, Demon, I’m so sorry.” She said in anguish.

“You’ve got no reason to apologize.” Demon said quickly not wanting her to blame herself.

Dena shook her head. “I should have tried harder to find you. Zachary could have helped too.” She insisted.

That caught Demon’s attention. “ Zachary? Who’s he?” He demanded.

She was about to answer when she finally realized they were causing a scene. They needed to leave here before they said something that kats shouldn’t be hearing.

“This isn’t the place to have this conversation, Demon. Let’s pay for our stuff and get out of here to talk.” She coaxed him. He realized the same thing and nodded. She stepped back to the deli and asked for some paper towels. She wiped them both off as best she could.

“Good idea. Hey, let me buy you dinner. It’s the least I can do since I did make you spill your dinner.” He grinned at her.

“You’re on! By the why, Demon, where are you living since you returned here?” Dena asked as they rolled their carts to the checkout registers and unloaded her groceries and his supplies.

“At a hotel. Just until I find a place of my own. So don’t worry about me okay? I lived in hotels nearly all my life so I’m okay with it.” Demon said reassuring his sister before she could offer to put him up at her place.

“You sure? It’s not any trouble if you want to stay with me. My apartment is big enough for the two of us.” Dena said, wanting to at least make the offer.

“No, I’m alright.” Demon insisted.

Demon carried his bags and offered to take hers, “Here let me help.”

“No that’s okay. I’ve got my car here.” She said rolling her cart out the door and walking up to a truck. She unlocked the door and placed hers and Demons goods on the bench seat behind the driver’s seat. She gestured him to climb inside. As she started her vehicle, she asked, “So where would you like to go eat?”

“Ah... I don’t know. I just got here about two weeks ago and I’m still trying to familiarize myself with the city again.” Demon said getting in.

“There’s a dinner some blocks away. Does that sound okay?” Dena asked as she put the truck in gear and began to drive out of the parking lot.

“Sure, sounds find to me!” He said agreeably. He stayed silent until she was driving down the road and asked, “Dena, about this Zachary, how well do you know him?”

“Since kittenhood. He and his brother were in the same foster home I was and... well…he knew what I was going through since he lost his parents as well. Zachary really helped me through the tough times and became a really good friend of mine.” Dena said smiling at the memories.

“Well, I’m was glad there someone other then me who could put up with that temper of yours.” Demon said smiling as well.

“Hey, your temper is as bad as mine!” Dena said playfully

“Yeah, but I can control it. Plus you remember how mom was always worried about you because of that. If I remember you used to like to get into fights as a kitten. You were such a tomkat back then.” Demon said just as playfully, remembering how she would have preferred to play with tom kittens rather she-kat kittens.

“Yeah, I remember. But dad always told her everything would be okay since it would make it a lot harder for guys to come near me.” She smirked.

Demon nodded looking out the car window before speaking again, “ So what have you been doing these past few years?”

“Nothing much. Just trying to keep the peace and safety of the katizens of this city.” Dean said blithely.

“What, seriously? You are an enforcer or something like that?” Demon asked looking at her.

She grinned broadly. “I am the Chief Enforcer, actually.” She said with no little pride.

“WHAT?!” He blurted, gaping at her in shocked surprise.

Dena jump a little at her brother’s shout. She turned to look at him, frowning in surprise. His face held stunned disbelief and something else lurked in his eyes. Thinking he was concerned for her safety, she quickly set his fear aside.

“It’s alright! I love my job and I’m always careful even in the line of fire. I never give away who or what I am and have never used my powers in front of a kat. I’ve been Chief Enforcer for the past five years and as you can see, I’m fine.” Dena reassured him.

“But still Dena, you could get hurt or worse! Protecting the katizens of this city is not worth it.” Demon said fuming unhappily.

“How can you say that! All katizens have a right to protection whether they are Iriomkats or Kats.” She said hotly, surprised he could say such a thing.

“Iriomkats, yes! But not Kats! Not after what they did to us! And more so what they did to me!” He snapped.

Dena pulled into the dinner parking lot. She parked and turned off the engine then turned to her brother in concern. “What was done to you?” She asked seriously.

Demon sat there not moving for a moment before speaking, “Three years ago I met an Iriomkat she-kat. Her name was Amy Shields. She lived in a small southern town that I stopped by one day. It turned out that Amy was my mate, so I decided to stay there since she loved the town so much.” He started to explain.

Dena nodded, staying silent and letting Demon say what he needed to. “But one day when she was coming home from work, a couple of young thug teen kats ganged up on her. They demanded she hand over any money she had.” He said tightly, the fury at the memory building inside him. He turned to his sister and fairly spitted out, “They killed her, Dena. Even when she handed them the money, they still killed her. And for what? A measly five dollars! That’s all she had on her!” He choked, the injustice of it still twisting his gut.

Demon’s body began to shake. Rage swept over him at the memory of those kats that had killed his mate and at himself for not being there to save her. But as quickly as the rage welled up it was overwhelmed by the grief he had not been able to deal with. He choked with suppressed pain. Dena reached over to him and pulled him into a comforting hug.

His pain finally found an outlet and he wept in his sisters arms. Back there in that town that had been his mate’s home, he trusted no one and didn’t release any of his grief now it spilled out unchecked. His backed up grief over his parents deaths and his mates swept through him hard. He shuddered and sobbed for some time. Dena gently hugged him, rubbed his back and made soothing sounds to help ease through the pain until he finally calmed down.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to go off like that.” Demon said in apology when he was able to control himself once more and gently pushed back from his sister’s embrace.

“Aw Demon, it’s alright. You needed to let go of all that grief. Losing one’s mate is hard but you can’t let it bottle up like that. It’s not healthy.” She said gently letting him go.

“I didn’t want to but there was no one there at that town who I trusted enough to release it.” He said quietly. He sighed, actually feeling a little better then his stomach growled.

“Well that’s a good sign.” Dena said with a warm smile.

“Geez, with all that’s been happening, I forgot how hungry I was.” Demon said sheepishly

“I can understand that! Come on, let’s go inside. Afterward we’ll both go to Club Imrie.” Dena said feeling hungry too.

“Club Imrie? Why do you want to go there?” He asked in puzzlement.

“It’s the main club where the Iriomkats of Megakat City can meet safely. Zachary and his brother, Rick are in change of the place.” She told him.

“So Zachary and Rick are the owners? Tell me, Dena is either Zachary or Rick your mate?” Demon asked.

“No they are not and I am not looking for a mate at this time. My duties as the Chief Enforcer of this city keeps me too busy and I have far too many enemies to risk a mate’s safety for. I have plenty of time to find him later.” She said bluntly making it clear the subject was a sensitive one and that she was not willing to discuss it further.

Demon nodded, respecting her wishes, but concerned for her nonetheless. He intended to discuss at another time when she was more receptive. The subject seemed to bother her for some reason and he wanted to find out why.

They climbed out of the truck and went into the dinner to eat their belated dinner and talk about more safer subjects.

At Club Imrie, Zachary sat on a bar stool nursing one of the many drinks that the club offered. He had spent most of the day working and calling Dena to apologize for the way he acted last night. He had tried to get Dena to spend the night with him and had been a bit forceful about it. She rejected his offer rather harshly and left the club in a huff of offended dignity.

“Dude, get over it! Dena will forgive you, ya know. You just have to give her some time. So quit sitting over there like a bump on a log and help me out! Happy hour’s over!” Rick said snapping at his brother.

“Fine.” Zachary said getting up to help with the cleaning.

Rick sighed as his brother moved like a robot doing the chores while his mind was somewhere else. He could only shake his head. His brother had a bad habit of going after things he shouldn’t. Going after Dena was not a new thing but his persistence would only cause him and her pain and could end their lifelong friendship. He really didn’t want to see that happen but his brother was nearly obsessed with Dena. If only he would find someone who wanted him or even luck out and find a mate and stop pining for her.

“Why don’t you just give up? You know she doesn’t want you that way! You’re only hurting yourself and could ruin your friendship with her for good.” Rick said persistently, trying to knock some sense into his brother.

“You’ll understand when you’re older.” Zachary muttered flatly, not looking at his brother.

“Oh, you mean five minutes from now?” Rick said tartly, earning a glare from Zachary.

They cleaned up the bar, picking up glasses, dishes, and trash. They sent drunk kats home by calling taxis to see they got home safely. One of them vacuumed while the other cleared the till. Just as Rick prepared to lock up, he spotted a familiar face accompanied by an unfamiliar one. Rick stood there watching as Dena and this unknown male talked animatedly with each other as they crossed the parking lot heading for the club door.

“Zachary, get your tail over here!” Rick called out behind him.

“What?! I was about to...Hey, who’s that guy?” Zachary asked spotting the two.

“Don’t know, but whoever he is, he’s making Dena smile a lot. Think he could be her mate?” Rick asked curiously.

“No way! Dena said she’s not even looking for one!” His brother nearly shouted his denial.

Zachary felt his stomach drop what if what Rick said was true? Could this male be Dena’s mate? Zachary shook his head, ‘No that can’t be! Even if she did find her mate she would avoid him at all costs afterward. So then who is this guy?’ He was tempted to go out there and find out but instead he steadily held the door until they reached him.

“You guys are never going to believe who this guy is.” Dena said excitedly

“Your mate?” Rick asked but earned himself a jab to his side from Zachary.

“No, my brother!” Dena said watching both Zachary and Rick’s faces as they stared in shock.

“Whoa, seriously?! That’s great, Dena!” Zachary said in relief.

“Wow! I thought you were dead. This is wonderful…welcome to Club Imrie. I’m Rick and this is my older brother Zachary.” Rick said quickly pushing himself in front of his brother.

“Thanks. Names Demon Feral. Zachary could I talk to you privately for a moment? Dena tells me you run this club?” Demon asked.

“Sure do. Rick! Lock up will ya?” Zachary told his brother before leading Demon over to the bar to talk.

While Dena and Rick talked, Demon and Zachary took seats at the bar, sitting beside each other. Now in better lighting, Zachary could see the family resemblance between Demon and Dena.

“I’ll get to the point, Zachary. How much do you like my sister?” Demon asked bluntly.

“Uh…a lot.” Zachary said, caught off guard by Demon’s brusqueness

“A lot could mean anything. Do you love my sister?” Her brother demanded.

“I do, for a very long time, but she doesn’t see me as anything but a friend.”

Demon nodded. “And if she should find the one just for her. What would you do?” He asked seriously.

Zachary took a deep breath. “Nothing! I would do nothing, because I know Dena would be happy to find her mate even if she did avoid him until later on.” He said firmly but sadly.

Demon was about to ask him another question when a ringing sound nearby caused him and Zachary to look toward Dena and Rick. Dena reached into the pocket of her coat and pulled out her cell phone.

“Feral here.” Dena barked into it using her male voice. She listened for a moment before her face scrunched up into a scowl. “Again?... How many?... Right, I’ll be there shortly.” She growled unhappily and closed her phone.

Zachary got up from the bar stool to stand near her. “It’s about the rogue, isn’t it?” He asked with certainty.

“Yeah and this time he or she has killed seven Kats. Damn it!” Dena said rubbing the tension out of her neck. “Zachary, summon the hunters and have them meet me at the crime scene. Have them stay out of sight until my enforcers leave. I’ll be sure you get a copy of the CSI report as soon as I get it.” She told him.

Zachary nodded, “If I find out anything you’ll be the first to know, after the elders are told.”

“Thanks, Zach. Demon, I’m sorry to leave like this but I’ve got to go.” Dena said turning to her brother.

Demon just waved his paw, “It’s alright. It your job after all, go ahead and go. I’ll take a taxi home. I want to speak with Zachary a bit more anyway.”

“Okay, he can give you my cell number if you need to reach me anytime.” She said smiling warmly.

“Will do.” Her brother grinned.

With that, Dena cast her illusion spell. Demon stared musingly at his sister’s impressive male disguise as she bid them goodbye. ‘I wonder if I’ve covered my tracks well enough,’ He thought a little nervously. He didn’t want to give his plans away until he was ready. He knew what the elders would do to him if they ever found out he was the rogue. But it looked like he was in a better position than he had thought. With Dena on the Enforcers it meant he could get closer to the leaders, like Mayor Manx and the Deputy Mayor. And, now having met Zachary, he would be one step ahead of the Iriomkat hunters as well. Yes, things were definitely looking up for him.

He turned back to Zachary and asked, innocently, “What rogue are you talking about? Is there anything I can do to help?”
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