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Silent J & The Scribe
     Present.....

  Swat Kats
The Radical Squadron

"The Age Before Flight"
Part 2

IN THE NIGHT SKY....

The jet was all alone in the sky as it sailed through the air. It handled like a dream as they flew through a stream of clouds and banked left, flying over a nearby canyon. "The thing is actually holding together pretty well", Chance said, now a little relieved. "Yeah, she flies 'straight' pretty good. But let's see how she handles corners! Head to that canyon and we'll test her out!" "Sure thing buddy!" They dove down to the canyon's entrance, and began hovering at the start. "Are you ready?" "Let's Rock and Roll!!!", Chance said as he unlocked the engines, and engaged the thrusters. They rocketed through the entrance, zooming down a long and jagged trench. "Hey Jake, is the radar active yet? Because I think we're gonna need it soon!", Chance shouted behind himself. Coming on... Now!! Its up and operational! Check your headset, it should be coming up now." "Wow! I can see the telemetry and the layout of the entire area. It's incredible!!", Chance said as he barrel rolled over a small mesa, clearing it just in time. "Sweet!! Alright Jake, now lets see what she can really do!!", he said as he pushed the jet to the max. They nimbly zipped around the jagged canyon walls, almost hugging a curved wall as they shot around it. "Wooooohooooo!! Now that's flying!!!", Chance shouted as they shot through a narrow hole in the canyon. All of a sudden, a huge boulder broke loose from a cliff overhead, and began falling towards the jet. "Jake!! That boulder is headin' right for us, and there's no room to maneuver around it!!!" "That's why I came prepared! Launching prototype one!", Jake said as he pressed a button on his console, launching a missile at the massive rock. The missile dropped from the bomb bay, igniting instantly and headed towards the giant boulder. As it got closer, the nose cone flew off, revealing a complex looking set of steel-tipped digging treads. The missile impacted the surface of the boulder, eating its way to the center like a mole through dirt. As it did, the outside cracked and crumbled before Jake pressed the 'detonate' switch on his console, lighting up the entire rock in a fiery explosion. "Cats alive!!! What the heck was that?!?!", Chance shouted over the booming outside the cockpit. "Oh, it was just a missile I was working on", Jake said casually. "That's some missile!! What do ya call that thing?!?", Chance asked. "I don't know... Hmm.. Maybe the 'Digger missile'?" "Nah!! That sounds lame... How about 'Mole Missile'?" Jake thought it over a moment, then said: "Yeah, its got a nice ring to it...Alright! We'll call it the Mole Missile!" "Nice! Well, the crisis is averted, lets head home" "Roger that!!", Jake said as Chance banked left out of the canyon, and started their way back to the hangar.

THE MORNING AFTER....

The two cats were exhausted from their 'escapade' the night before. Sleeping in late and missing his alarm, Jake was in 'La-la land', dreaming about how well the test flight went and new weaponry he could come up with. Chance on the other hand was up eating some cereal and watching cartoons; he didn't really sleep at all. But then a news report interrupted his show. He quickly jumped off of the couch, dropping his bowl, and ran to wake up Jake. "Jake! Jake!!!! Come on, wake up buddy!!", Chance yelled as he shook him furiously, trying to wake Jake up. "Ahhh.... What's wrong?", Jake answered, half awake with his eyes still closed. "There's something I have to show you downstairs. Come on!!", he said while grabbing Jake's hand and dragging him down to the room. "Look!!!" "Now Chance... You brought me all the way down here just to cry over spilled milk?", he said, looking at the floor. "What?? Ohhh! Forget about the floor! Look what it says on the news!!!" "This is Ann Gora, Katseye News.. The high flying villain known as Nytro was seen at Megakat City's Electronic Depot, assumingly taking about a million dollars worth of computer equipment. Commenting on the situation, Commander Feral had this to say: 'The Enforces are working on a plan to apprehend the criminal, but his jet is too powerful and fast to take by surprise. Rest assured though, the Enforcers are on the job!' Strong statements from a strong willed man. In other news..." "Chance, you know what we have to do.." "I know.. Feral and his men don't stand a chance against this guy! But are 'we' ready yet?" "We'll never know until we get out there.." "I knew you were gonna say that.. How soon can we get into the air?" "Depends. I have to re-calibrate a few systems, re-wield in a few places, and load some new armaments into the jet. Might take a day or two.." "That long?" "Hey, do you wanna fly in unprepared and parts falling out, or with the best jet possible?!?" "You're right.. I'll be down in a little bit; gonna open up shop." "Alright buddy, see ya down there", Jake said while climbing down the ladder to the hangar.

As Chance opened the shop for business, a car nearly clipped his nails off as it drove past him and settled in the garage. "Whoa!! Is anyone still alive in there?!?", Chance asked as he cautiously approached the vehicle. "Ugh, yeah... I'm alright!", Callie said as she climbed out of her car. "I'm still surprised that this hunk of junk managed to make it in one piece", she said as Chance helped her to the front desk. "Well, I think I know what the problem is this time; your accelerator pedal is sticking and your brake pads need to be changed, they're worn and corroded. And I'm gonna need to fix those dents.." "In the car?" "No, in the wall!" "I'm sorry, I'll pay for the damages of course.." "Well, if you insist.." "Great! So how soon do you think I can get it back?" "A day or two, at the most.." "That sounds good. Say Chance, did you see on the news about Nytro?" "Yes I did", he said as he wrote up a receipt for Callie. "The Enforcers are getting massacred against that jet of his, and are powerless to stop him." "Yeah, but too bad they don't have anything 'better' to use." "Hopefully they do, or we'll never see the end of this crime-wave. And I might be out of a job too.." "I hope so too Callie.. But um.. Here's your receipt." "Thanks Chance", she said, with giving him a little peck on the cheek, "I'll be back tomorrow to see how things are going!" "You're welcome Callie..", he said, a little bit daffy at the time. "Oh, and tell Jake I said hi too!!" "Sure... Wait! Aren't you gonna need a ride back to City Hall??" "Nope. The Mayor's limo is picking me up. Thanks anyway..", she said as the limo just pulled up. "Alrighty then..", he said as the limo drove off. Chance then made a mad dash to the hanger and told Jake: "Buddy.. We need this thing in the air, NOW!!" "Why the sudden rush?" "Because if we don't soon, the city will be gripped in the hands of this lowlife.." "And?" "And Callie might be out of a job." "Well why didn't you say that in the first place?!?", Jake said as he went right to work on fixing up the jet. As Jake and Chance were almost done with the repairs, Chance asked: "Need me to help with anything else?" "After your done loading that missile, take a look in the lockers.. I found something you might like." When he was done, Chance strolled over to the lockers and looked inside. He pulled out two new flight suits, colored in red, blue and black. "Jake!" "I know, awesome right?" "This is what we're going with as our cover? What do think we are, a couple of Swat Kats from a special unit?" "Well we can't use our old Enforcers suits without being recognized by Feral; but I repurposed our suits with some old Swat gear I found in the junkyard. And besides, you gotta admit it looks pretty cool.." "Yeah, it does.. Haha.. alright, I'll wear it. Is that all we need to do?" "There's one last thing to do before we fly outta here." "Oh?" "We got to paint the jet!" "Hmm", Chance said while looking at his suit, "And I think I know what colors we should use.." After that was done, a report had gone out over the police band saying: "All units report in, Nytro has been spotted in the city. All units report in!" "That seems to be our cue Chance." "Yeah!! Lets ride!!!" Jake and Chance hopped into the jet and shot out of the hangar with authority, and roared into the city with their new paint job.

BACK IN THE CITY....

Nytro was on a rampage throughout the city. In his jet, he was nearly untouchable; with turbo charged mega thrusters propelling the craft, surge-proof modules, military grade armor plating, and his weaponry was the finest any criminal scum could 'obtain'.. The Enforcers were trying desperately to bring him down. Feral had ordered in ground support at different city blocks to shoot Nytro down, but he was evading the laser blasts easily. "Can anything stop this lowlife?!?!", Feral snarled angrily, breaking his staff in two. He pulled his radio from his coat pocket and switched it on."This is Feral!!! Bring me chopper backup!!! We'll have to take this fight to Nytro!!!" His command chopper landed beside him a few minutes later, and he got into the pilot's chair. "All units, head to these coordinates. The suspect is highly dangerous; he's armed with a high yield chaingun, fire bombs, and long-range mortar launchers capable of burning a building to ash in seconds. We have to try to head him off at the next turn, if we can catch him....."

MEANWHILE...

"Whoo-wee!!!!", Chance yelled excitedly, as they propelled through the air. "This beauty handles even better than when we tested it Jake!!!" "Huh.. When I'm good, I'm good!", Jake said, sharing Chance's excitement. "Alright Chance, this is the real deal", Jake said as he calmed down a little bit. "Lives are at stake, people will be scared of us, but they'll need our help too. We might not make it out of there alive.. But lets give them one heck of a show!!" "Roger that buddy!! Now let's go get Nytro...", Chance replied to Jake's riveting pep-talk. But after he was finished speaking, a loud explosion occurred in the city. They hurried their pace as they raced to the danger zone.

BOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!....

Nytro had bombed an Enforcers storage warehouse filled with confiscated ammunition and weapons, leaving nothing but smoke and debris in its wake. "ARGHHH!! Can't anything stop this madman?!?", Feral growled angrily as he pounded in a console in his chopper. He and a few other units pursued Nytro as he roved through the city, desperately trying to stop him. But they just couldn't catch him, he was just too fast and too powerful for them. But out of the blue, a jet emerged from the clouds in thunderous force, blowing past Feral and his men, actually catching up to Nytro. "Who is that? I don't believe I gave them an order!!", Feral bellowed as he watched the mysterious plane go on an attack run. "HAHAHAAH!! Those Enforcer fools will never be able to stop me and my monstrosity!!!", Nytro scoffed, thinking he was unstoppable. But he was interrupted when a jet whizzed by him, and swung back around. "Nytro!! Prepare to be extinguished!!", Jake said over the P.A. in the jet. "'Prepare to be extinguished'? Really??" "It was the only thing I could think of.." "Well it did something, cause he's headed right for us!!!", Chance yelled as Nytro was gunning toward them. He fired his chaingun at them, trying to blow them outta the sky. Chance matched his speed and barrel rolled out of the line of fire. As they were rolling over him, Jake got a good look at his cockpit setup. "Hey Chance! I got a look at his controls and he's got some major firepower.. Mortars, fire bombs, chainguns, and some kinda prototype fire cannon.." "A fire cannon?!?! How are we supposed ta stop that thing??" "I got a few things up my sleeve", Jake said, reassuring Chance. Nytro made a sharp right turn and was hot on their tails. The cats then made a mad dash into the city, with Nytro following close behind. He matched every turn they made just barely, as they led him through a maze only they could navigate. "Is he still there Jake?" "Yeah, but just barely.." "Then I guess its time to use 'Plan X'!" "Oh boy, Plan X.." As they made the next turn, Nytro turned with them. But when he cleared the turn, the other jet was nowhere to be found. "Where did they go?? Hmm, they must have flown into a building.. Or they mighta pulled outta the fight!", Nytro said as he cruised forward. But in the clouds above him, the duo were waiting, waiting for the nutcase to get in front of them. "He's in position; Match Head Missile, deploy!!", Jake said as the bomb bay doors opened and the missile soared down toward the unsuspecting villain before the match head ignited and hit its mark, knocking out his guidance system. "GAAAHH!!! What hit me?!?!" He looked up and saw the black jet flying behind him. "Try to blow ME up will they?!?!", Nytro said as he armed his secret weapon - a prototype pyro cannon. The cannon appeared from a hidden panel underneath his jet, also prompting a joystick to appear. He pressed the 'fire' button, launching a beam of fire up at his pursuers. "Whoa!! What was that?!?" "It looks like a concentrated beam of fire!" "A beam of what?!?", Chance said as he dodged several shots of the cannon. "Argh! How do we shake him Jake??", Chance grunted, still dodging the beam. "Hmm.. I have an idea! But we need to get behind him.." "Easier said then done. We would need a huge distraction.." And as the fates would have it, Feral and his squad just pulled in front of them and shouted from his loudspeaker: "THIS IS FERAL!!! YOU ARE ALL UNDER ARREST!!!" "Perfect timing for a distraction!", Chance said as he pulled a u-turn around few buildings, leaving Feral to deal with Nytro for while. "And I'm getting my little surprise ready for Nytro", Jake said. "Alright men", Feral shouted over the comm, "hit him with everything you've got!!!" The choppers started firing all there weapons at Nytro, but it did little to nothing to stop him. Nytro just fired his pyro cannon at them, causing them to crash into a nearby building. "Hahahahahahahaa!!!!! Those fools!! When will they learn that nothing can stop me?!?!?!", Nytro guffawed as he turned his jet around to fly to City Hall. He had his sights on getting rid of the highest authority in the land, making the city easy pickings for his plans. But just then.. Jake and Chance came up right behind him and opened the bomb bay doors, ready to strike. "Do it buddy!!" "Screw Missile.. Deploy!!!", Jake said as he launched the newly made weapon, straight at Nytro's cockpit. As the missile zoomed toward the jet, it's casing broke off and revealed a high powered diamond tipped drilling head, spinning with a vengeance. As Nytro began to fire his pyro cannon at the tower, the missile hit and burrowed its way through his haul like a hot knife through butter, taking out his weapons systems with it. Not yet satisfied with their work, Jake had another missile ready to fire at the busted heap. "Time to finish him off with a P.O.M.!!!" "A what??" "A plain..old..missile!!", Jake said as he launched the weapon at Nytro's engines, taking them and half the ship out with the missile signed 'From Jake With Love'. The heap fell out of the sky, crashing right on the steps leading to the front doors of City Hall. Nytro tried to hop out of his downed jet and escape, but the Enforcers were there to apprehend the crook. Inside the office, the Mayor and Callie saw what had happened and rushed down to see the outcome. Feral was promptly on the scene to make sure that Nytro was hauled of to jail and assess the damages of the crash. A news van pulled up right besides him, with 'Katseye News' on the side. A familiar face stepped out of the van and greeted Feral with the iconic words: "Ann Gora, Katseye News!" "Ah yes.. Hello Ann", Feral respectfully responded. "Commander Feral, Nytro has been terrorizing Megakat City for days with the Enforcers powerless to stop him. How did you manage to stop him today Commander??" "Yes Feral, how did you stop Nytro??", Callie asked as she and the Mayor walked down the stairs of City Hall to meet him. "Well Ann, it was by strategy, timing, and the efforts of..." Feral was saying before being interrupted by the mysterious black jet landing ten feet away from the group. "I believe that WE brought down that bird!", Chance shouted as the duo jumped down out of the cockpit. "And just who in the blue blazes are you two supposed to be??", Feral asked, his teeth clenched tight. "Yes, who are you?", Ann asked. "We.. We are..", Chance tried to say. "We're the Swat Kats!!", Jake said proudly. "Swat Kats? Really??", Chance said, pulling Jake over to the side. "The Swat Kats huh?!?", Feral shouted at them. "Seems to stick hmm?", Jake said to Chance silently. "Well then, you two are to blame for the damages to the city?!?" "Heck no! We stopped this loon from wrecking the whole city while you and the Enforcers were powerless to do anything!!!", Chance explained. "You watch your mouth around me mister... Whoever you are!!" "Being that is the question of the day", Ann said, "What are your names?" "Uh...", Chance stumbled, unprepared for that question. "Ah, Razor and T-Bone!", Jake(now Razor..) said, stepping in to save his buddy. "Razor and T-Bone eh?", Feral said. "Razor and T-Bone..", Callie said softly. "Well then Razor and T-Bone, I am officially charging you with property destruction and interfering in a police operation!!", Feral boldly proclaimed as he got out some cuffs. "Sorry to disappoint you Commander...", T-Bone said. "But we have some other business to attend to!", Razor concluded, as he and T-Bone leapt back into their jet and took off in a hurry. "Ohh!! Those two hotshots won't get away from me! Lt. Steele! Get me a fix on the jet that just took off from here!", Feral radioed back to headquarters. "Sorry sir, but the jet has a signal jamming device on it. We can't track it sir..", Lt. Steele reported back. As Feral went off in a huff to blow off some steam, Ann Gora signed off by saying: "Well Megakat City, we seem to have some new heroes in our town... Doing in minutes what the Enforcers could not for days. Whether they are here to stay or just passing through, this reporter will be grateful to the Swat Kats for saving her city." "And cut! Great take Annie!", her cameraman said. "Thanks Johnny. Hello there Deputy Mayor." "Hey Ann. Some big story huh?", Callie remarked. "I'll say. With this material, I might get that raise I've been looking for." "Maybe.. But who do you think they are?" "I don't know, but I'm glad they're on our side..", she said while hopping into the news van. "Yeah, me too..", Callie said softly before walking to a pile of rubble and said: "It's safe to come out now Mr. Mayor.." "A-A-are you sure C-C-Callie??", Mayor Manx asked nervously. "Yes sir. Come on, lets head back inside..", she said while they walked back into the office.

THE NEXT DAY....

"Hey Chance, look at the news!", Jake said while eating some breakfast. "What are they saying about us buddy?" "Hold on, I'll turn up the volume.." Jake cranked up the TV to hear it better. "This is Ann Gora, Katseye News. Today's main story; Nytro apprehended by the mysterious Swat Kats! This reporter was on the scene after the amazing takedown of the villain to get the exclusive. '"Yes, who are you?' 'We're the Swat Kats!!' 'The Swat Kats huh?!? Well then, you two are to blame for the damages to the city?!?' 'Heck no! We stopped this loon from wrecking the whole city while you and the Enforcers were powerless to do anything!!!' That statement could not have been any more truer..", she reported before Jake muted the TV. "Wow.. I can't believe we did it Chance. We actually did it!" "And we made Feral look like a goof on TV to boot!!", Chance said as a car just happened to pull up. It was Callie, coming to pick up her car. Chance virtually sped from the couch to the front in a second to greet her. "Hey Callie!", he said, trying to be suave. "Hey Chance, how's my car?" "Purring like a kitten.." "Excellent. So I can take it home now?" "Sure can.." "Oh hey Callie!", Jake said while bringing her receipt to her. "Hi Jake. Hey guys, did you hear about the Swat Kats yesterday??" "Ah.. Yeah. Heard they'd stopped that psycho Nytro guy..", Jake said, trying not to reveal their secret. "Yeah, they were magnificent in how they captured him." "Really..", Chance said. "And they put Feral in his place too." "No.." "Yes..", she said. "But Feral did get some results.." "What kind of results?", Jake asked. "He got some information out of him about his plans. Apparently, he was hired by someone to bomb the city and to take out the Mayor.." "Did he say who?", Chance asked. "No Chance, he didn't." "Hey look, on the news!", Jake said while looking on the TV. "We have just received a report from Enforcer H.Q. that they have broken the case involving Nytro. We go live to field reporter Ryan Lynxin, who is on the scene." "Thanks Ann. We're here with Commander Feral talking about the latest development in the case. Commander, what exactly have you found?" "Well Ryan, in our interrogation of Nytro, he gave up two valuable pieces of information. The first it seems, was that Nytro had taken on the arson job from Dark Kat, and as an extra, was paid to assassinate Mayor Manx. And second, he told us of Dark Kat's current base of operations; its located in an abandoned tuna factory in the industrial district. But the factory was a dead end; there was nothing inside." "So you're saying that you don't have Dark Kat in custody?", Ryan asked. "Not at the moment, but rest assured, we will bring Dark Kat in for his crimes...", Feral fiercely answered. "Yeah or get your tails blown off in the process", Jake said, turning off the TV. But Callie grabbed her keys in a hurry, hopping into her car and said: "They probably didn't look hard enough.. He's got to be down there somewhere.." And with that, she was gone, driving off to dangers unknown. "Chance, we gotta stop her!" "No duh!", Chance said as he and Jake rushed down to the jet, readying for take off.

TO BE CONTINUED.....

Description
Silent J & The Scribe
     Present.....

  Swat Kats
The Radical Squadron

"The Age Before Flight"
Part 2

IN THE NIGHT SKY....

The jet was all alone in the sky as it sailed through the air. It handled like a dream as they flew through a stream of clouds and banked left, flying over a nearby canyon. "The thing is actually holding together pretty well", Chance said, now a little relieved. "Yeah, she flies 'straight' pretty good. But let's see how she handles corners! Head to that canyon and we'll test her out!" "Sure thing buddy!" They dove down to the canyon's entrance, and began hovering at the start. "Are you ready?" "Let's Rock and Roll!!!", Chance said as he unlocked the engines, and engaged the thrusters. They rocketed through the entrance, zooming down a long and jagged trench. "Hey Jake, is the radar active yet? Because I think we're gonna need it soon!", Chance shouted behind himself. Coming on... Now!! Its up and operational! Check your headset, it should be coming up now." "Wow! I can see the telemetry and the layout of the entire area. It's incredible!!", Chance said as he barrel rolled over a small mesa, clearing it just in time. "Sweet!! Alright Jake, now lets see what she can really do!!", he said as he pushed the jet to the max. They nimbly zipped around the jagged canyon walls, almost hugging a curved wall as they shot around it. "Wooooohooooo!! Now that's flying!!!", Chance shouted as they shot through a narrow hole in the canyon. All of a sudden, a huge boulder broke loose from a cliff overhead, and began falling towards the jet. "Jake!! That boulder is headin' right for us, and there's no room to maneuver around it!!!" "That's why I came prepared! Launching prototype one!", Jake said as he pressed a button on his console, launching a missile at the massive rock. The missile dropped from the bomb bay, igniting instantly and headed towards the giant boulder. As it got closer, the nose cone flew off, revealing a complex looking set of steel-tipped digging treads. The missile impacted the surface of the boulder, eating its way to the center like a mole through dirt. As it did, the outside cracked and crumbled before Jake pressed the 'detonate' switch on his console, lighting up the entire rock in a fiery explosion. "Cats alive!!! What the heck was that?!?!", Chance shouted over the booming outside the cockpit. "Oh, it was just a missile I was working on", Jake said casually. "That's some missile!! What do ya call that thing?!?", Chance asked. "I don't know... Hmm.. Maybe the 'Digger missile'?" "Nah!! That sounds lame... How about 'Mole Missile'?" Jake thought it over a moment, then said: "Yeah, its got a nice ring to it...Alright! We'll call it the Mole Missile!" "Nice! Well, the crisis is averted, lets head home" "Roger that!!", Jake said as Chance banked left out of the canyon, and started their way back to the hangar.

THE MORNING AFTER....

The two cats were exhausted from their 'escapade' the night before. Sleeping in late and missing his alarm, Jake was in 'La-la land', dreaming about how well the test flight went and new weaponry he could come up with. Chance on the other hand was up eating some cereal and watching cartoons; he didn't really sleep at all. But then a news report interrupted his show. He quickly jumped off of the couch, dropping his bowl, and ran to wake up Jake. "Jake! Jake!!!! Come on, wake up buddy!!", Chance yelled as he shook him furiously, trying to wake Jake up. "Ahhh.... What's wrong?", Jake answered, half awake with his eyes still closed. "There's something I have to show you downstairs. Come on!!", he said while grabbing Jake's hand and dragging him down to the room. "Look!!!" "Now Chance... You brought me all the way down here just to cry over spilled milk?", he said, looking at the floor. "What?? Ohhh! Forget about the floor! Look what it says on the news!!!" "This is Ann Gora, Katseye News.. The high flying villain known as Nytro was seen at Megakat City's Electronic Depot, assumingly taking about a million dollars worth of computer equipment. Commenting on the situation, Commander Feral had this to say: 'The Enforces are working on a plan to apprehend the criminal, but his jet is too powerful and fast to take by surprise. Rest assured though, the Enforcers are on the job!' Strong statements from a strong willed man. In other news..." "Chance, you know what we have to do.." "I know.. Feral and his men don't stand a chance against this guy! But are 'we' ready yet?" "We'll never know until we get out there.." "I knew you were gonna say that.. How soon can we get into the air?" "Depends. I have to re-calibrate a few systems, re-wield in a few places, and load some new armaments into the jet. Might take a day or two.." "That long?" "Hey, do you wanna fly in unprepared and parts falling out, or with the best jet possible?!?" "You're right.. I'll be down in a little bit; gonna open up shop." "Alright buddy, see ya down there", Jake said while climbing down the ladder to the hangar.

As Chance opened the shop for business, a car nearly clipped his nails off as it drove past him and settled in the garage. "Whoa!! Is anyone still alive in there?!?", Chance asked as he cautiously approached the vehicle. "Ugh, yeah... I'm alright!", Callie said as she climbed out of her car. "I'm still surprised that this hunk of junk managed to make it in one piece", she said as Chance helped her to the front desk. "Well, I think I know what the problem is this time; your accelerator pedal is sticking and your brake pads need to be changed, they're worn and corroded. And I'm gonna need to fix those dents.." "In the car?" "No, in the wall!" "I'm sorry, I'll pay for the damages of course.." "Well, if you insist.." "Great! So how soon do you think I can get it back?" "A day or two, at the most.." "That sounds good. Say Chance, did you see on the news about Nytro?" "Yes I did", he said as he wrote up a receipt for Callie. "The Enforcers are getting massacred against that jet of his, and are powerless to stop him." "Yeah, but too bad they don't have anything 'better' to use." "Hopefully they do, or we'll never see the end of this crime-wave. And I might be out of a job too.." "I hope so too Callie.. But um.. Here's your receipt." "Thanks Chance", she said, with giving him a little peck on the cheek, "I'll be back tomorrow to see how things are going!" "You're welcome Callie..", he said, a little bit daffy at the time. "Oh, and tell Jake I said hi too!!" "Sure... Wait! Aren't you gonna need a ride back to City Hall??" "Nope. The Mayor's limo is picking me up. Thanks anyway..", she said as the limo just pulled up. "Alrighty then..", he said as the limo drove off. Chance then made a mad dash to the hanger and told Jake: "Buddy.. We need this thing in the air, NOW!!" "Why the sudden rush?" "Because if we don't soon, the city will be gripped in the hands of this lowlife.." "And?" "And Callie might be out of a job." "Well why didn't you say that in the first place?!?", Jake said as he went right to work on fixing up the jet. As Jake and Chance were almost done with the repairs, Chance asked: "Need me to help with anything else?" "After your done loading that missile, take a look in the lockers.. I found something you might like." When he was done, Chance strolled over to the lockers and looked inside. He pulled out two new flight suits, colored in red, blue and black. "Jake!" "I know, awesome right?" "This is what we're going with as our cover? What do think we are, a couple of Swat Kats from a special unit?" "Well we can't use our old Enforcers suits without being recognized by Feral; but I repurposed our suits with some old Swat gear I found in the junkyard. And besides, you gotta admit it looks pretty cool.." "Yeah, it does.. Haha.. alright, I'll wear it. Is that all we need to do?" "There's one last thing to do before we fly outta here." "Oh?" "We got to paint the jet!" "Hmm", Chance said while looking at his suit, "And I think I know what colors we should use.." After that was done, a report had gone out over the police band saying: "All units report in, Nytro has been spotted in the city. All units report in!" "That seems to be our cue Chance." "Yeah!! Lets ride!!!" Jake and Chance hopped into the jet and shot out of the hangar with authority, and roared into the city with their new paint job.

BACK IN THE CITY....

Nytro was on a rampage throughout the city. In his jet, he was nearly untouchable; with turbo charged mega thrusters propelling the craft, surge-proof modules, military grade armor plating, and his weaponry was the finest any criminal scum could 'obtain'.. The Enforcers were trying desperately to bring him down. Feral had ordered in ground support at different city blocks to shoot Nytro down, but he was evading the laser blasts easily. "Can anything stop this lowlife?!?!", Feral snarled angrily, breaking his staff in two. He pulled his radio from his coat pocket and switched it on."This is Feral!!! Bring me chopper backup!!! We'll have to take this fight to Nytro!!!" His command chopper landed beside him a few minutes later, and he got into the pilot's chair. "All units, head to these coordinates. The suspect is highly dangerous; he's armed with a high yield chaingun, fire bombs, and long-range mortar launchers capable of burning a building to ash in seconds. We have to try to head him off at the next turn, if we can catch him....."

MEANWHILE...

"Whoo-wee!!!!", Chance yelled excitedly, as they propelled through the air. "This beauty handles even better than when we tested it Jake!!!" "Huh.. When I'm good, I'm good!", Jake said, sharing Chance's excitement. "Alright Chance, this is the real deal", Jake said as he calmed down a little bit. "Lives are at stake, people will be scared of us, but they'll need our help too. We might not make it out of there alive.. But lets give them one heck of a show!!" "Roger that buddy!! Now let's go get Nytro...", Chance replied to Jake's riveting pep-talk. But after he was finished speaking, a loud explosion occurred in the city. They hurried their pace as they raced to the danger zone.

BOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!....

Nytro had bombed an Enforcers storage warehouse filled with confiscated ammunition and weapons, leaving nothing but smoke and debris in its wake. "ARGHHH!! Can't anything stop this madman?!?", Feral growled angrily as he pounded in a console in his chopper. He and a few other units pursued Nytro as he roved through the city, desperately trying to stop him. But they just couldn't catch him, he was just too fast and too powerful for them. But out of the blue, a jet emerged from the clouds in thunderous force, blowing past Feral and his men, actually catching up to Nytro. "Who is that? I don't believe I gave them an order!!", Feral bellowed as he watched the mysterious plane go on an attack run. "HAHAHAAH!! Those Enforcer fools will never be able to stop me and my monstrosity!!!", Nytro scoffed, thinking he was unstoppable. But he was interrupted when a jet whizzed by him, and swung back around. "Nytro!! Prepare to be extinguished!!", Jake said over the P.A. in the jet. "'Prepare to be extinguished'? Really??" "It was the only thing I could think of.." "Well it did something, cause he's headed right for us!!!", Chance yelled as Nytro was gunning toward them. He fired his chaingun at them, trying to blow them outta the sky. Chance matched his speed and barrel rolled out of the line of fire. As they were rolling over him, Jake got a good look at his cockpit setup. "Hey Chance! I got a look at his controls and he's got some major firepower.. Mortars, fire bombs, chainguns, and some kinda prototype fire cannon.." "A fire cannon?!?! How are we supposed ta stop that thing??" "I got a few things up my sleeve", Jake said, reassuring Chance. Nytro made a sharp right turn and was hot on their tails. The cats then made a mad dash into the city, with Nytro following close behind. He matched every turn they made just barely, as they led him through a maze only they could navigate. "Is he still there Jake?" "Yeah, but just barely.." "Then I guess its time to use 'Plan X'!" "Oh boy, Plan X.." As they made the next turn, Nytro turned with them. But when he cleared the turn, the other jet was nowhere to be found. "Where did they go?? Hmm, they must have flown into a building.. Or they mighta pulled outta the fight!", Nytro said as he cruised forward. But in the clouds above him, the duo were waiting, waiting for the nutcase to get in front of them. "He's in position; Match Head Missile, deploy!!", Jake said as the bomb bay doors opened and the missile soared down toward the unsuspecting villain before the match head ignited and hit its mark, knocking out his guidance system. "GAAAHH!!! What hit me?!?!" He looked up and saw the black jet flying behind him. "Try to blow ME up will they?!?!", Nytro said as he armed his secret weapon - a prototype pyro cannon. The cannon appeared from a hidden panel underneath his jet, also prompting a joystick to appear. He pressed the 'fire' button, launching a beam of fire up at his pursuers. "Whoa!! What was that?!?" "It looks like a concentrated beam of fire!" "A beam of what?!?", Chance said as he dodged several shots of the cannon. "Argh! How do we shake him Jake??", Chance grunted, still dodging the beam. "Hmm.. I have an idea! But we need to get behind him.." "Easier said then done. We would need a huge distraction.." And as the fates would have it, Feral and his squad just pulled in front of them and shouted from his loudspeaker: "THIS IS FERAL!!! YOU ARE ALL UNDER ARREST!!!" "Perfect timing for a distraction!", Chance said as he pulled a u-turn around few buildings, leaving Feral to deal with Nytro for while. "And I'm getting my little surprise ready for Nytro", Jake said. "Alright men", Feral shouted over the comm, "hit him with everything you've got!!!" The choppers started firing all there weapons at Nytro, but it did little to nothing to stop him. Nytro just fired his pyro cannon at them, causing them to crash into a nearby building. "Hahahahahahahaa!!!!! Those fools!! When will they learn that nothing can stop me?!?!?!", Nytro guffawed as he turned his jet around to fly to City Hall. He had his sights on getting rid of the highest authority in the land, making the city easy pickings for his plans. But just then.. Jake and Chance came up right behind him and opened the bomb bay doors, ready to strike. "Do it buddy!!" "Screw Missile.. Deploy!!!", Jake said as he launched the newly made weapon, straight at Nytro's cockpit. As the missile zoomed toward the jet, it's casing broke off and revealed a high powered diamond tipped drilling head, spinning with a vengeance. As Nytro began to fire his pyro cannon at the tower, the missile hit and burrowed its way through his haul like a hot knife through butter, taking out his weapons systems with it. Not yet satisfied with their work, Jake had another missile ready to fire at the busted heap. "Time to finish him off with a P.O.M.!!!" "A what??" "A plain..old..missile!!", Jake said as he launched the weapon at Nytro's engines, taking them and half the ship out with the missile signed 'From Jake With Love'. The heap fell out of the sky, crashing right on the steps leading to the front doors of City Hall. Nytro tried to hop out of his downed jet and escape, but the Enforcers were there to apprehend the crook. Inside the office, the Mayor and Callie saw what had happened and rushed down to see the outcome. Feral was promptly on the scene to make sure that Nytro was hauled of to jail and assess the damages of the crash. A news van pulled up right besides him, with 'Katseye News' on the side. A familiar face stepped out of the van and greeted Feral with the iconic words: "Ann Gora, Katseye News!" "Ah yes.. Hello Ann", Feral respectfully responded. "Commander Feral, Nytro has been terrorizing Megakat City for days with the Enforcers powerless to stop him. How did you manage to stop him today Commander??" "Yes Feral, how did you stop Nytro??", Callie asked as she and the Mayor walked down the stairs of City Hall to meet him. "Well Ann, it was by strategy, timing, and the efforts of..." Feral was saying before being interrupted by the mysterious black jet landing ten feet away from the group. "I believe that WE brought down that bird!", Chance shouted as the duo jumped down out of the cockpit. "And just who in the blue blazes are you two supposed to be??", Feral asked, his teeth clenched tight. "Yes, who are you?", Ann asked. "We.. We are..", Chance tried to say. "We're the Swat Kats!!", Jake said proudly. "Swat Kats? Really??", Chance said, pulling Jake over to the side. "The Swat Kats huh?!?", Feral shouted at them. "Seems to stick hmm?", Jake said to Chance silently. "Well then, you two are to blame for the damages to the city?!?" "Heck no! We stopped this loon from wrecking the whole city while you and the Enforcers were powerless to do anything!!!", Chance explained. "You watch your mouth around me mister... Whoever you are!!" "Being that is the question of the day", Ann said, "What are your names?" "Uh...", Chance stumbled, unprepared for that question. "Ah, Razor and T-Bone!", Jake(now Razor..) said, stepping in to save his buddy. "Razor and T-Bone eh?", Feral said. "Razor and T-Bone..", Callie said softly. "Well then Razor and T-Bone, I am officially charging you with property destruction and interfering in a police operation!!", Feral boldly proclaimed as he got out some cuffs. "Sorry to disappoint you Commander...", T-Bone said. "But we have some other business to attend to!", Razor concluded, as he and T-Bone leapt back into their jet and took off in a hurry. "Ohh!! Those two hotshots won't get away from me! Lt. Steele! Get me a fix on the jet that just took off from here!", Feral radioed back to headquarters. "Sorry sir, but the jet has a signal jamming device on it. We can't track it sir..", Lt. Steele reported back. As Feral went off in a huff to blow off some steam, Ann Gora signed off by saying: "Well Megakat City, we seem to have some new heroes in our town... Doing in minutes what the Enforcers could not for days. Whether they are here to stay or just passing through, this reporter will be grateful to the Swat Kats for saving her city." "And cut! Great take Annie!", her cameraman said. "Thanks Johnny. Hello there Deputy Mayor." "Hey Ann. Some big story huh?", Callie remarked. "I'll say. With this material, I might get that raise I've been looking for." "Maybe.. But who do you think they are?" "I don't know, but I'm glad they're on our side..", she said while hopping into the news van. "Yeah, me too..", Callie said softly before walking to a pile of rubble and said: "It's safe to come out now Mr. Mayor.." "A-A-are you sure C-C-Callie??", Mayor Manx asked nervously. "Yes sir. Come on, lets head back inside..", she said while they walked back into the office.

THE NEXT DAY....

"Hey Chance, look at the news!", Jake said while eating some breakfast. "What are they saying about us buddy?" "Hold on, I'll turn up the volume.." Jake cranked up the TV to hear it better. "This is Ann Gora, Katseye News. Today's main story; Nytro apprehended by the mysterious Swat Kats! This reporter was on the scene after the amazing takedown of the villain to get the exclusive. '"Yes, who are you?' 'We're the Swat Kats!!' 'The Swat Kats huh?!? Well then, you two are to blame for the damages to the city?!?' 'Heck no! We stopped this loon from wrecking the whole city while you and the Enforcers were powerless to do anything!!!' That statement could not have been any more truer..", she reported before Jake muted the TV. "Wow.. I can't believe we did it Chance. We actually did it!" "And we made Feral look like a goof on TV to boot!!", Chance said as a car just happened to pull up. It was Callie, coming to pick up her car. Chance virtually sped from the couch to the front in a second to greet her. "Hey Callie!", he said, trying to be suave. "Hey Chance, how's my car?" "Purring like a kitten.." "Excellent. So I can take it home now?" "Sure can.." "Oh hey Callie!", Jake said while bringing her receipt to her. "Hi Jake. Hey guys, did you hear about the Swat Kats yesterday??" "Ah.. Yeah. Heard they'd stopped that psycho Nytro guy..", Jake said, trying not to reveal their secret. "Yeah, they were magnificent in how they captured him." "Really..", Chance said. "And they put Feral in his place too." "No.." "Yes..", she said. "But Feral did get some results.." "What kind of results?", Jake asked. "He got some information out of him about his plans. Apparently, he was hired by someone to bomb the city and to take out the Mayor.." "Did he say who?", Chance asked. "No Chance, he didn't." "Hey look, on the news!", Jake said while looking on the TV. "We have just received a report from Enforcer H.Q. that they have broken the case involving Nytro. We go live to field reporter Ryan Lynxin, who is on the scene." "Thanks Ann. We're here with Commander Feral talking about the latest development in the case. Commander, what exactly have you found?" "Well Ryan, in our interrogation of Nytro, he gave up two valuable pieces of information. The first it seems, was that Nytro had taken on the arson job from Dark Kat, and as an extra, was paid to assassinate Mayor Manx. And second, he told us of Dark Kat's current base of operations; its located in an abandoned tuna factory in the industrial district. But the factory was a dead end; there was nothing inside." "So you're saying that you don't have Dark Kat in custody?", Ryan asked. "Not at the moment, but rest assured, we will bring Dark Kat in for his crimes...", Feral fiercely answered. "Yeah or get your tails blown off in the process", Jake said, turning off the TV. But Callie grabbed her keys in a hurry, hopping into her car and said: "They probably didn't look hard enough.. He's got to be down there somewhere.." And with that, she was gone, driving off to dangers unknown. "Chance, we gotta stop her!" "No duh!", Chance said as he and Jake rushed down to the jet, readying for take off.

TO BE CONTINUED.....