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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 Nine

“Talking”

‘Thoughts’

The sky above Megakat City was a pure blue with no clouds anywhere in sight. Above the Enforcer Building a sudden rainbow of light flashed into being for just a moment before vanishing. Hovering where the light had been was a jet. It looked identical to the Turbokat but on closer inspection, it had one major difference...a huge green skull was affixed to it’s nose with streamers of green streaking back from it.

“What the hell just happen?!” An unshaven, slovenly looking tiger tabby growled angrily. He had the look of T-Bone but an aura of coldness and evil surrounded him.

“How should I know?!” Snarled a voice behind the pilot. The dirty looking cinnamon tom may have borne the exact face of Razor but it was a cold and vicious mirror image.

“So now what do we do, sneeze ball?” Dark T-Bone snapped, looking around.

“Head back to the hangar! No doubt Dark Kat is waiting for us.” Dark Razor said knowing full well what Dark Kat would say and do to them.

T-Bone rumbled darkly under his breath but did as he was told, heading straight for the hangar. He knew what was in store for them since Dark Kat would not be pleased with his and Callie’s plan failing to take out Enforcer Headquarters.

They reached the hangar in no time and soared down the runway but Dark T-Bone managed to scratch the walls on their way in.

“Nice work, moron.” Dark Razor sneered.

“Shut up!” Dark T-Bone snarled back.

He halted the jet on it’s pad and popped the canopy allowing them to jump down to the floor. The first thing Dark Razor and T-Bone noticed were the absence of Dark Kat’s creeplings preparing to chew them out. The next thing they noticed was the pristine condition of the hangar.

“What the…? What happened to our hangar?!” Dark T-Bone blurted in shock as he wandered around staring at the clean floors, tidy work benches, and unfamiliar weaponry.

“How should I know, stupid? Hey, even our deadhead missiles are gone!” Dark Razor said when he saw the stockpile of missiles that bore no resemblance to their deadhead ones.

“Just what’s going on? Even Dark Kat’s not here.” Dark T-Bone said turning around.

“You’re right for once. I figure Dark Kat would be here chewing us out for failing.” Dark Razor said, relieved a bit.

“So how now what, hair ball?” Dark T-Bone asked his partner.

“We need to talk with Callie. She may know what’s going on.” Dark Razor said decisively, walking back to the jet.

Dark T-Bone said nothing as he followed the cinnamon tom. They jumped back aboard and the tiger tom took the jet out again. They were soon winging their way to city hall.

Meanwhile, the pair of SWAT Kats that belonged in this dimension were finishing their patrol and returning home. T-Bone glided the Turbokat smoothly down the hidden ramp and parked it lightly on it’s pad with consummate ease of long practice. He popped the canopy and they jumped down to the floor.

“So, Chance how are things at home?” Jake asked as he removed his mask.

“Alright, Jenny and my mom spent the other day with Ursula and that seemed to calm her fears a bit.” Chance said with some unease in his voice.

“It understandable why Ursula would be afraid. After all, she’s still getting used to that body and the changes that came along with it.” Jake said wisely.

“I know and the pregnancy just makes that much harder and scarier.” Chance said quietly.

Jake could clearly see Chance was worried about his mate along with the kitten. He understood why, he was there when Chance got the call about Sarah and drove him to the hospital. He provided emotional support when his friend became depressed at the loss of the kitten then the breakup with Sarah. Now that it was happening again, he only prayed things would be different this time.

“So do you need any help? Ya know with the kitten coming and all.” Jake asked as he zipped up his coveralls.

“Maybe later on. Right now, Ursula is seeing Dr. Gibson for the pregnancy and I haven’t been able to do anything else other then stay by her side through this.” Chance said dressing as well.

“Well, you know all you have to do is ask and I’ll be right there giving you two any help I can.” Jake said seriously.

“Thanks buddy.” Chance said, smiling gratefully.

Just as the two prepared to climb the ladder to the garage above, the alarm went off. Jake raced for the phone to answer it. When he asked what was needed there was no reply only static. That could only mean Callie was in trouble and dropped her communicator.

Wasting no time, Jake and Chance raced back to their lockers and changed into their uniforms.

At the same time as they were landing in their hangar and changing clothes, their evil doubles were arriving at Megakat City Hall. Dark T-Bone landed the jet on the copter pad. The two moved silently and carefully to Callie’s office. They had been careful not to be seen as they arrived and as they slipped close to the Mayor’s office. They didn’t need the enforcers being alerted to their presence at city hall.

Dark Razor and T-Bone reached Callie’s office and opened the door cautiously. Peering around the open door they saw Callie hunched over some paperwork on her desk and eating her lunch. She looked up when she heard the door open and was surprised to see who it was now moving into her office and closing the door behind them.

“Razor, T-Bone what are you doing here?” She asked standing up.

“Geez, you’re sure calm especially since your plan with Dark Kat failed. By the way, where is Dark Kat?” Dark Razor asked looking around.

“Mine and Dark Kat’s plan? What are you two talking about?!” Callie asked shocked

“The plan to use the meg-detonator to get rid of the enforcers by destroying their Headquarters so that you and Dark Kat could take over the city.” Dark T-Bone said staring at her in puzzlement.

Callie’s eyes widened in both shock and anger, “I would never plan such a thing! Nor would I ever work with Dark Kat! I don’t know what kind of game you two are playing but stop it!”

Dark Razor gave her a strange look, “Yes, you did! You planned this for years!”

“Yeah, if it hadn’t been for those goodie SWAT Kats interfering, we wouldn’t have failed!” Dark T-Bone added angrily

At T-Bone’s words, a light went off in both Dark Razor and Callie’s heads. Staring at them more closely, she realized these weren’t her SWAT Kats just as Dark Razor realized what had happened to them.

“Crud! We’re in that pair of goodie two shoes’ world!” Dark Razor hissed in fury.

He was surprised to see his partner grinning evilly instead of being as upset as he was.

“So this Callie is the opposite of ours, heh?” Dark T-Bone asked grinning.

That look of malicious intent in Dark T-Bone’s face sent a thrill of fear down Callie’s spine. Swallowing hard she noted all the differences between her guys and this pair. Both their helmets sported a skull instead of the familiar emblem she was used to. Both toms were scruffy and dirty and looked like they had never shaved. She reached inside her purse sitting in a drawer near her paw and fumbled for the communicator. She pressed the button to signal her guys that she was in trouble. It was lucky she had been able to do that because in the next instant Dark Razor shot sleeping gas in her face with his obscene looking glovetrix.

Dark Razor casually caught her before she hit the floor, tossing her dead weight over his shoulder. He moved to the door.

“Let’s get out of here.” He hissed softly to his partner.

Dark T-Bone asked, “Why are you bringing her along?!”

“Because stupid, having her with us will bring those good SWAT Kats to us.” Dark Razor spit in annoyance.

“Ahh...and we’ll get our revenge on them for interfering with our plans.” Dark T-Bone said chortling.

Dark Razor opened the door only to see a security guard standing there. Dark T-Bone pushed his laden partner to the side and punched the guard sending the Kat flying to hit the wall in the hall. Not paying any attention to the fallen guard, the pair ran down the hall and up the stairs to the roof to their jet. Within minutes they took off.

The groggy guard reached for his radio and reported the kidnaping of the Deputy Mayor by the SWAT Kats to the enforcers

As she was on duty, Felina received the call. She was shocked to learn who had kidnaped Calico Briggs. Steele ordered her to find them, rescue the Deputy Mayor and arrest the SWAT Kats. As she prepared to follow orders, her mind couldn’t accept that the duo that protected Ms. Briggs often, could be responsible for her kidnaping. Something wasn’t right about this, so with some trepidation, she planned on calling Valkyrie.

Once she was airborne in her chopper, she pulled out the personal communicator her aunt had given her.

“What happening, Felina? Her aunt asked.

“It not good news. We just got a call in that stated the SWAT Kats had just kidnaped Callie.” Felina reported.

“”What?! That’s impossible! The SWAT Kats would never do such a thing!” Her aunt said in sharp disbelief.

“That’s what I think too. So I’m on my way to interview the witnesses. The security guard reported it was the SWAT Kats. I’m going to question him but I thought perhaps you could find the guys and get to the bottom of this. If it’s a simple misunderstanding, I’d like to prevent having to do a major expenditure of sending out a squadron.” Felina said.

“Sure, be happy too. Don’t worry, Felina, I’ll find them and see what’s going on.” Ursula promised.

“Thanks and good luck.” Felina said before closing the connection.

Clicking her communicator off, Ursula turned to James telling him to ready her armor suit while she changed. Once she was fully dressed, she headed for her jet knowing it would be the best way to find the SWAT Kats. She was soon searching the skies over Megakat City. She hadn’t been airborne long before her scanner picked up their jet. She changed her direction and caught up with them before they could reach city hall, their destination.

“SWAT Kats!” Valkyrie called

“We’re a little busy right now!” T-Bone called back

“So I heard! Just what the hell were you two thinking?!” Valkyrie shouted angry

“Whoa, hold on a sec! What in the world are you talking about, Valkyrie?” Razor asked, wondering what had gotten into her all of sudden.

“I’m talking about the two of you kidnapping Ms. Briggs!” She told them.

“What?!” Their shout of surprised shock echoed into the radio.

“We didn’t kidnaped Ms. Briggs! We just received an alarm from her and got no answer. We were going to find out what had happened.” T-Bone explained.

“Where did you hear this from?” Razor asked

“The enforcer band. Two kats fitting your description were spotted taking Ms. Briggs just a little while ago.” Valkyrie said.

“But that’s impossible! We only just got alerted by her!” Razor said in shock.

“Valkyrie, we would never have done such a thing!” T-Bone said angrily.

“I do believe you! I thought it sounded odd in the first place. But it doesn’t explain why the guard swears it was you that took her.” She said in confusion.

“Valkyrie, did they get a real good description of the one’s who took Ms. Briggs?” Razor asked suddenly.

“Uh, just a minute while I check.” Valkyrie said, closing the radio and switching to the private frequency to Felina. Her niece was fortunately free and able to give her a more accurate description. She switched back to the SWAT Kats. “Okay, here’s what the guard said he saw: Two males matching your description, wearing the same blue G-suits with red markings and the helmet...wait a minute...that can’t be right...” She muttered suddenly.

“What is it?” T-Bone asked thinking Valkyrie had found something.

“You guys have a red triangle on your helmets, right?” Valkyrie asked thinking over the countless time she had seen the SWAT Kats in her minds eye.

“Well, yeah. Why? What’s wrong?” T-Bone asked again as Razor listened more carefully

“It just that…on the helmets of these SWAT Kats they had a green skull rather then a red triangle.” Valkyrie said, wondering if the eye witness had made a mistake in his identification.

In the Turbokat though, the pair sat in stunned silence over Valkyrie’s words. In shock T-Bone turned to look over his shoulder at his partner who gave him the same look.. A look of pure surprise, shock and horror.

“Razor, buddy, you don’t think…could it be?” T-Bone asked fearing the answer.

“I-I don’t know but it certainly sounds like them.” Razor said, not wanting to believe it either.

“But...that’s impossible!...the explosion...we saw it just as we vanished, Razor!” T-Bone stuttered in disbelief.

“It didn’t go off like a normal bomb, T-Bone. S-so it’s possible it shot them into our dimension and they managed to survive it like we did, remember?” Razor said unwillingly.

T-Bone shook his head violently, ‘This can’t be happening! Not now!’

If what Razor believed happened was true and the description Valkyrie had given was accurate, then his mate and kitten were in serious danger. He shivered as he remembered the other T-Bone, it was shocking and scary to see how he would have turned out if he and Razor had chosen to go against the city rather then protect it.

T-Bone remembered how his dark self looked; sandy, greenish fur that looked unkempt and dirty as if he hadn’t bathed in weeks, cold green eyes that held no warmth. His scent was vile and had a rotten odor to it which had made T-Bone’s stomach lurch. And, if he remembered correctly, his mirror image was vicious to his own partner, insulting him at every opportunity and receiving the same back. That Razor’s ears were torn, a testament to their uneasy relationship.

Razor was having a similar flashback to someone he never wanted to meet again. It had taken him a long time to forget that cold stare that sent shivers of ice down his spine. A creature that had no warmth within him. He was dirty and his scent made Razor nearly lose his lunch. He didn’t want to think how a wrong decision could have sent him to the dark side of life that easily. What made it worse was the way that T-Bone treated his double. They seem to hate each other as the torn and tattered ears on Dark Razor attested. Razor shuddered, to have them here in their world...he may not have a mate and kittens but he knew the two evil creatures were a major threat to them personally as well as to their city

“SWAT Kats, what’s wrong? Why are you two so quiet all of sudden?” Valkyrie asked, wondering what was going on inside their heads.

“Valkyrie, you need to follow us. T-Bone and I will explain what’s going on.” Razor said signaling to T-Bone to head for the hangar.

“You sure about this, Razor?” T-Bone asked as he turned the jet toward home.

“Positive, T-Bone. The hangar is the only place they would feel safe and would take Ms. Briggs. If we’re lucky, we’ll get there before they do.” He said grimly.

“Understood. Now we just have to tell Valkyrie about our evil twins.” T-Bone said gloomily.

As she followed them, the pair told Valkyrie of their misadventure to another dimension. The meeting of their evil doubles, the plan that world’s Dark Kat and Ms. Briggs had cooked up, how they had been arrested and how they were released, how that world’s Feral finally believed them and tried to stop the evil pair and their own success in preventing the bombing of Enforcer Headquarters. Finally, Razor told her what he thought happened to bring them there and just how dangerous the pair was.

“So now these two creatures have somehow shown up in our world and their only thought is to get revenge on you two for causing them to fail and for getting stuck here?” She questioned, finding the whole story hard to believe.

“Looks like it. Hopefully we can stop them before they do some serious damage.” T-Bone said worriedly.

“But I do have an idea where they are heading.” Razor told her.

“Right, lead the way.” Valkyrie said following close behind the Turbokat. ‘And I thought this city just couldn’t get any weirder but considering what happened to me I shouldn’t be too surprised.’ She thought, sympathizing with their predicament. She could hear the fear and worry in their voices as they talked about their evil twins. She was glad her double was a good guy even there.

As they arrived in the airspace near their hangar, Razor’s hope came true. Their evil twins were just arriving.

Valkyrie just stared in amazement. So it was true, even though she had believed them, seeing it it with her own eyes made it more believable. She hung back, not certain she should interfere yet since this was a personal vendetta between the pairs

“Valkyrie, we’ll distract them while you find a way to retrieve Ms. Briggs from their clutches.” Razor told her as he prepared to fire his cement cannon.

“Roger that.” Valkyrie said as she quickly switched on her cloaking device. Her jet vanished from view.

T-Bone brought his jet along side the Dark SWAT Kat’s one. It was only then that their deadly doubles realized they were there. Seeing their targets nearby, Dark Razor and T-Bone grinned with glee.

“Looks like our goodie counterparts are here.” Dark T-Bone said looking out of the jet.

“About time! I was getting tired of waiting for them.” Dark Razor said readying some dead head missiles.

In the Turbokat, T-Bone and Razor look into the Dark Turbokat spotting Ms. Briggs seated behind Dark Razor, tied up with a scarf covering her mouth.

“Valkyrie, Ms. Briggs is behind the gunner’s seat. Be careful!” Razor warned her as he relayed the information.

“Understood.” Valkyrie said hanging back

“Alright, T-Bone. Back off!” Razor ordered.

“Roger!” His partner barked and allowed their jet to fall back enough for their weapons to be effective.

“Here we go, cement launcher firing!” Razor said, as he depressed the plunger and cement slugs spit out of the launcher.

He hit his target dead on clogging one of the three engines. The Dark Turbokat coughed and the affected engine flamed out. Not being a good a pilot as T-Bone, Dark T-Bone momentarily lost control.

“Way to go, you moron!” Dark Razor yelled as they began yawed all over the place.

“Shut your mouth! As if you can fly any better!” Dark T-Bone yelled back trying to regain control of his jet.

While they were floundering, Razor fired a scrambler missile. It struck the enemy jet on its right flank and caused some of the instruments to spark and fail.

Furious at being taken so easily, Dark Razor fired his dead head missile at them. T-Bone whipped the jet over allowing the strike to glide harmlessly under them. The missile sailed on to impact a field near the salvage yard.

Hissing Dark Razor attempted to try and strike his enemies again but Dark T-Bone had lost to much control of the jet and they were heading for the ground at an alarming speed.

Callie’s eyes widened in horror as the ground came up at a sickening rate. At the last possible moment, Dark T-Bone managed to straighten out the jet and bring it down in a less than graceful, bone jarring, landing. Plumes of dust and dirt flew into the air as the jet finally came to halt near an industrial park. Callie’s head impacted the back of the gunner’s seat stunning her.

Meanwhile, Valkyrie had watched as the jet headed for the ground and landed quickly nearby. She popped the canopy and jumped out using her jet pack to get her to the crippled jet faster. She had activated her personal cloaking device so the Dark SWAT Kats wouldn’t see her approach if they were conscious.

She reached the side of the jet where Callie was supposed to be. She amped up her arm and punched carefully into the side. She could easily punch straight through but then she might hit the Deputy Mayor so she pounded the metal with measured blows until with a final screech the metal skin parted in a ragged hole. Peering through it, Valkyrie breathed a sigh of relief as she saw a rather groggy but alive Callie laying on the floor near the hole. She amped up the other arm and began to rip the opening further so that she could pull the she-kat through.

In the jet, Callie groaned as her head rang from the blow she’d taken. Her vision was hazy and blurred. She saw multiple images which made her stomach queasy. She quickly shut her eyes which helped a little. It took her a moment or two to realize the pounding she thought was in her head was actually coming from nearby her. The pounding changed to a ear piercing squeal of tortured metal. She was grateful when that stopped but then gasped when she felt herself being picked up and carried into the fresh air

Callie cautiously opened her eyes but couldn’t see who was carrying her. Blinking in bewilderment for a second, she finally realized only one Kat could be invisible and that was Valkyrie. She sighed in relief, her vision had cleared and her head only hurt a little so she watched where they were headed and was soon shocked when she beheld not one but two Turbokats.

As they were coming in for a landing to take on their evil doubles, they saw Callie being carried in the air with no visible means of support. They sighed in relief, knowing Valkyrie was the one whisking Callie to safety quickly.

“Callie’s in the clear.” Razor confirmed when he saw Valkyrie had reached where her own jet was.

“Good, now let’s take care of your evil counterparts.” T-Bone said wanting to deal with this quickly.

“Roger that.” Razor growled in agreement.

T-Bone landed their Turbokat a short distance from their enemies. They jumped down and raced to the downed jet just as Dark Razor and Dark T-Bone stumble out.

“Don’t move!” Razor said holding his glovatrix on Dark Razor.

T-Bone did the same to Dark T-Bone, both Dark SWAT Kats froze raising their paws in the air. The evil pair traded a knowing look then launched themselfs at their counterparts. They were soon rolling around on the ground trading punches and kicks.

At her parked jet, Valkyrie gently lowered Callie to her feet.

“Are you okay, Ms. Briggs?” She asked solicitously.

“Just bruised and a headache, I’ll be okay. Tell me what’s going on?” Callie demanded.

“I will but I want you to tell the enforcers as well when they arrive.” Valkyrie said and when Callie nodded she relayed the story of how the Dark SWAT Kats managed to be here in the first place and how their SWAT Kats had met them. Valkyrie also told her that while she was being rescued, T-Bone and Razor were confronting their doubles.

“You’ve got to help them! I don’t think those SWAT Kats will be that easy to handle and they are vicious enough not to give up either.” Callie said, fearing for the safety of their SWAT Kats.

“You stay here! I’ll go see if they need any help. Send the enforcers our way when they finally get here.” Valkyrie told her as she turned and ran back to where the fight was going on.

When she arrived where she had seen them fighting, there was no one there. ‘Where did they go?!’ She wondered as she searched the area for clues as to where they had gone. Her scanner picked up footprints leading away from the scene and going off to the salvage yard.

“Why the heck are they going in there?” Valkyrie asked aloud as she followed the prints.

Just inside and to the left of a pile of junk, T-Bone wiped the blood off his mouth from the punch Dark T-Bone had given him and Razor was sporting a bloody nose that his double had given him. They both panted heavily as they searched their salvage yard cautiously for their enemies. One thing both of them knew was their doubles were not about to give up and would use every dirty trick they knew to win.

Not far away and behind another towering pile of scrap metal, the Dark SWAT Kats were trying to recover and plan their next move. Dark Razor hissed in pain from where his double had hit him in the eye. He gave his double credit for landing a good punch. He glanced over at his partner with his good eye. Dark T-Bone was rubbing his jaw line where a good punch had rocked his head. They had only one advantage over their counterparts...they were willing to do anything to win and their doubles were reluctant to hurt others which made them soft.

“So now what? They know the layout of this crappy yard as well as we do. How are we supposed to get the upper paw?” Dark T-Bone growled at his partner.

“Shut the hell up! I’m trying to think!” Dark Razor snarled back.

“Oh, that’s a first!” The dirty tabby sneered.

“The first well be my fist in your stupid face!” The filthy cinnamon tom growled irritably.

Back on the other side of the junk pile, Razor froze and lifted his eyes. “T-Bone, do you hear that?” He whispered tightly.

“Yeah, it sounds like they are fighting with each other.” T-Bone said softly, listening to back and forth insulting the two Dark SWAT Kats were yelling at each other.

“T-Bone, this our chance!” Razor hissed as he prepared to move.

“Right! You go left I’ll go right.” T-Bone gritted out and checked his glovetrix before nodding.

They began to move out when they were suddenly gripped by the collars of their G-suits lifted off the ground. For a second they were stunned then they were dropped to the ground abruptly. They whirled around, jumping to their feet but didn’t see anyone there. But moments later, Valkyrie appeared.

“What the heck was the idea, Valkyrie!?” T-Bone whisper in annoyance, he could still hear the Dark SWAT Kats fighting.

“Sorry, I had to be sure I got the right pair of SWAT Kats.” Valkyrie said in a low voice, not apologizing.

“Calm down, T-Bone. Valkyrie’s right to be careful. Right now we need to focus on them.” Razor interrupted softly.

All of them went silent and listened carefully. Valkyrie moved closer to Razor and whispered, “Where are they?”

“Behind the junk pile on end second to the left.” Razor said softly.

Valkyrie turned on her heat scanner and turned in the indicated direction and instantly picked up the pair. “They are still there! What do you plan to do?” She asked, as she kept an ‘eye’ on their targets.

“T-Bone, and I will charge them and you will approach cloaked and take them out with your paralyzing needles.” Razor said, laying out the revised plan.

“Right. On the count of three then?” Valkyrie said readying her gun.

On three, they split up, T-Bone went right, Razor left while Valkyrie waited a few seconds then leaped over the junk pile and landed on the other side just as her SWAT Kats charged their doubles.

Valkyrie used the helmets to determine who was who before firing her gun at the back of Dark Razor’s neck. He made a strangled sound of pain and surprise before falling to the ground.

As she turned to aim at Dark T-Bone he shoved T-Bone away and fired his glovetrix loaded with far more destructive power than her SWAT Kats at her. Despite how fast he was, Valkyrie would have been faster if she hadn’t froze suddenly. For reasons she couldn’t understand the sight of Dark T-Bone made her realize just what a wrong decision could produce. That hesitation though allowed Dark T-Bone’s missile struck her.

‘What the…!’ Was all her mind had time to ask when the ordinance struck her. Her armor could withstand a lot but a direct hit by armament not normally used by her world, sent her off her feet, flying backward some distance. Her suit absorbed most of the shock but she managed to hit her head on some salvage causing her helmet to shear from its bolts and fly off.

She lay there stunned. The first thoughts her addled brain managed to remember was the safety of her kitten. She immediately curled her body protectively and was effectively out of the battle. She turned her attention inward to listen for anything that might indicate her kitten’s condition.

T-Bone slugged Dark T-Bone for shooting at Valkyrie, knocking his opponent down. He looked to where Valkyrie had landed and peered through the dust and smoke from the missile. What he saw nearly made his heart stop.

Forgetting all about Dark T-Bone just getting to his feet, the unconscious Dark Razor and his own stunned partner, T-Bone raced to the downed she-kat. Laying on the ground was his mate Ursula in the costume of Valkyrie. His mind tried to wrap around the fact that his mate had been fighting crime right beside him the whole time. His main concern right now though, was the condition of his mate.

He dropped to his knees beside her curled form and lifted her into his arms, resting her head on his chest. “Ursula...kitten are you alright? Speak to me love!” T-Bone begged his mate in anguished concern.

“Uh…C…C…Chance?” Ursula asked as she looked into T-Bone’s masked eyes not completely understanding why she used her mate’s name rather then T-Bone.

“Thank God! Are you hurt, kitten!? Why did you do this?” T-Bone asked as he felt a mix of relief, anger and worry.

For just a moment Ursula looked at him in growing shock and realization. When he called her by her name, she knew immediately this was her mate. Chance Furlong was T-Bone...crud... she couldn’t believe she hadn’t seen that. Certain things that had happened while they were dating and after they mated now made sense.

T-Bone brushed a paw over her forehead reassuring himself that she was alright. He couldn’t believe this but it did explain a couple of things that had bothered his subconscious about how he reacted to her. It was almost funny, Feral always hated vigilantes and here, when she had changed gender, she was what she had despised. Life was just too weird.

Unknown to the preoccupied pair and Razor who was looking on in stunned disbelief, Dark T-Bone had staggered to his feet and was watching and listening to the scene unfolding before him. He saw the mix of fear and anger as his counterpart lifted the she-kat into his arms. Dark T-Bone realized in a moment that this she-kat meant a lot to his double. What was said next rocked him.

“You could have endangered your life and as well as the kittens!” T-Bone said to his mate.

‘She’s pregnant?!’ Dark T-Bone thought as he remembered his Sarah. Anger flared in him at the thought that this T-Bone had a mate, kitten and was happy while he had nothing but ashes was more than he could bear. ‘It isn’t fair that he has what I should have had! Why can he have all this and I can’t?’ He asked himself as fury began to boil through him at the injustice. Before he could decide what to do with his rage toward his double, the she-kat spoke up.

“I’m just as trained as you are! Don’t be trying to tell me what to do!” She snarled angrily as she pushed him away from her and got to her feet. “I may not have liked becoming a vigilante but I couldn’t just stand by and allow that pipsqueak, Steel leave Felina on her own without back up so I did this to keep her safe and protect the city from that incompetent.” She explained in annoyance.

“So am I but I have an even more important reason. To keep the city safe for you and the kitten.” T-Bone said passionately.

Ursula huffed at him as she stood up only to stumble a bit but T-Bone caught her.

“Stay here! Razor and I will handle this now.” T-Bone ordered pushing his mate behind him protectively.

Ursula opened her mouth to argue with him but stopped as she saw the look on his face. So she stepped back letting T-Bone took over. While he was doing this, she did a quick glance around to look her helmet. She spotted it just a couple of feet away but her attention was pulled back when T-Bone and Razor raised their glovetrix on their opponent.

Dark T-Bone growled as his opponents refocused their attention on him. He cursed himself for becoming distracted by the drama and not escaping when he could.

He fired a volley of mini mega missiles at the pair causing them to duck. T-Bone pulling Valkyrie to the ground with him. Taking that moment of distraction, Dark T-Bone grabbed his unconscious partner, threw him over his shoulder and ran for his jet.

The missiles Dark T-Bone fired caused the ground to shake and throw the three fighters backward for several feet. The detonation had left Razor with a ringing head and his vision blurred. He shook it and moments later it cleared so that he could find T-Bone and Ursula.

“T-Bone, Ursula!” Razor called out as he spotted them laying some distance away.

As he reached them, T-Bone was just sitting up and holding his head. Razor had no doubt his partner was suffering the same effects he had moments ago. He was more concerned with Ursula who was still laying still next to T-Bone. His partner realized it at the same time and quickly picked up his mate and held her

“Ursula!” He called urgently.

“Is she okay, T-Bone?” Razor asked coming to his friend’s side.

“I don’t know!” T-Bone began to say but stopped when Ursula moaned and moved in his arms.

Slowly her eyes opened, wincing a bit from the bright sunlight making her head ache more. She dipped her head down block the light. Once the pain had eased, she reopened her eyes to see T-Bone and Razor looking at her.

“Ursula, you okay?” T-Bone asked keeping his voice low not wanting to cause her more pain.

“I’m okay. But the Dark SWAT Kats, where did they go?” Ursula asked looking for them.

“Gone. They escaped but don’t worry we’ll get them. Their jet is damaged, they won’t be able to go far.” Razor told reassuringly, stepping back while T-Bone helped Ursula up.

“What Razor means is that he and I while get them. You will stay out of it.” T-Bone said firmly.

Ursula eyes narrowed in anger, “I’m not doing that! The two of you barely held your own with them!”

“Yes, we can! We’ve been doing this a lot longer then you have!” T-Bone argued putting his foot firmly in it without realizing it but Razor knew his partner was in big trouble now.

“You forget! I used to be the Chief Enforcer of this city!” She snapped angrily.

“That doesn’t mean anything now. You’re pregnant and you shouldn’t be doing anything that could risk the kitten!” T-Bone gritted out.

Shaking her head at stiff neck, over protective males, Ursula just snarled at him, slapped a paw hard against his chest and without a word, stormed away from him. She picked up her helmet and stalked toward her jet.

“The absolute gall of him. As if being pregnant suddenly made me helpless. I don’t believe him!” She muttered furiously to herself as she made her jet reappear and got ready to climb aboard.

“Ursula wait! I didn’t mean it like that!” T-Bone said, chasing after her.

Ursula whirled around, her eyes glowing with fiery anger, “Don’t talk to me!” She snapped.

T-Bone froze in his tracks and watched helplessly as his mate placed her helmet on and jumped aboard her jet. Within moments she lifted off and was soaring home. Razor quietly, walked up to his friend’s side.

Staring at the rapidly disappearing jet, he said, “Looks like you’re in the dog house tonight, T-Bone.” This partner threw him a glare.
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