The Day Off

Jake returned from the hangar exhausted.  He had spent most of his  day working on the Turbokat trying to get his mind off of Felicia.  Felicia  had not call for almost 3 days now and that was very unusual.  He plopped  down on the couch and reached over to the phone. Jake wanted to call her so  badly but he knew that he mustn’t let her friend know, so he sighed and  decided to turn on the television.

There was nothing on except Scaredy Kat so he kept it on that  channel.  When Chance walked up and discovered that Jake was watching  Scaredy Kat, he was speechless.  He casually walked over to the couch and  sat down beside his friend.  “I thought you didn’t like Scaredy Kat.,” he  teased.

“Well there’s nothing on and it will keep my mind straight.,” Jake  stated.  Even though Jake was watching the show, his mind was somewhere  else.

“Are you still worried about Felicia?,” Chance asked softly.  Jake  sighed and nodded.

“Yeah.  But how did you know?,” he asked

“Well, when you were working on the Turbokat for no apparent reason  is one of the reasons why and the fact that you looked depressed all of the  time.,” said Chance as he smiled.  Chance walked over to the cordless phone  and handed it to Jake.  “Why don’t you just call her and make sure that she  is okay.”

Jake refused the phone and then said, “I can’t do that, Chance.”

Chance was confused by this and asked, “Why not, buddy?”

“I told you already:  I mustn’t let her friend know about us.,” said  Jake.

Suddenly a news bulletin appeared on the channel, Jake and Chance  focused their attention on it.  “This just in.  Hard Drive has escaped from  the prison.  I repeat Hard Drive has escaped.  The enforcers are not really  sure at this point on how but they caution everyone to become aware. Hard  Drive is armed and dangerous so be careful.”, said the announcer.  The news  went off and Scaredy Kat came on once again.

“All, great”, Jake complained as he got up and tossed the remote on  the couch.  He started to make his way to the hangar ladder.

“Where are you going?,” asked Chance.

“I am going to ride around on the Cyclotron.  I need to clear my  mind again.”, said Jake as he went down the ladder.

“Be careful.,” Chance called.

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Meanwhile Ricochet wasn’t almost near Isis’s condo.  Her and her  brother had taken almost 2 days to get back.  Jenson didn’t even bother to  rest and went straight back to Enforcer Headquarters.  Ricochet asked him if  he was still going to have his job. Jenson replied that he would since the  only enforcer under him that was qualified to be a colonel was Steele and  Feral would never have Steele right under him.

As Ricochet made her way to the Condo, she noticed a figure lurking  near it.  She carefully made her way to the Condo to see who it was.   Suddenly she noticed that the figure had electricity flowing around it.   “Hard Drive!!”, Felicia gasped and pulled out her D5K.  She ran up behind  him and aimed her gun at him.  “Don’t move.”

Hard Drive turned around and saw that it was Ricochet.  “So,  Ricochet we meet again.”, he said and then smiled.

“What are you doing here?,” Ricochet demanded.

“I was looking for Felicia, but I think I may have already found  her.”, said Hard Drive.

“How did you get out of jail so early?,” she asked.

“Well, that was your failure.  You forgot to capture Dark Kat and he  was most willing enough to give me another chance.  He also provided me with  my other surge coat.”, said Hard Drive as he patted his new coat.

“Prepare to be taken back.,” said Ricochet as she pointed her gun at  him.

“Oh, please,” Hard Drive said and shocked her hand which made her  drop the gun.

” Crud!”, she screamed as she dropped her gun and held onto her  injured hand.

“Now what was this about taking me in?,” he asked.

Ricochet growled and extended her claws.  “I can still take you in  with my bare claws.,” she growled.

“I love challenges.  You’re on.,” said Hard Drive as he extended his  claws also.

Ricochet jumped at him and took her hand to scratch him, but Hard  Drive held her hand.  Ricochet was surprised by this and was not prepared  for Hard Drive’s next attack.  Hard Drive scratched her across the face  almost cutting away her mask.  The scratch was pretty deep and started to  bleed.   “Aaah.”, she said as she held her hand over the wound.  The scratch  started to hurt real bad when the air reached it.  Hard Drive showed no  sympathy for this and slightly shocked her.  But the shock was just enough  to knock her unconscious. Ricochet collapsed to the ground.

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Meanwhile Razor was driving near Isis’s Condo. He had decided to go  there and check to make sure that Felicia was alright.  But when he saw Hard  Drive outside the front of it and Felicia unconscious on the ground, he  became worried.  He stopped the Cyclotron and quickly put on his  glove-a-trix.  Razor started to make his way to Hard Drive.

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Hard Drive was not aware of Razor’s presence, since he had his  attention on Ricochet’s unconscious body.  He started up his surge coat  again but this time with even more power.  “And now, my dear, Ricochet.   Prepare to fry.”, he said. as he aimed at her.

“NOO!!”, screamed Razor and shot a wrapper missile at Hard Drive.   The wrapper missile wrapped around Hard Drive’s legs making him fall.  Razor  rushed to Ricochet’s side just make sure that Hard Drive wouldn’t try to zap  her. If he came to taking a hit for Ricochet, he would do it.

Hard Drive broke free from the wrapper missile and stood back up.   “So…the SWAT Kat is willing to take a bullet for his girlfriend.,” he  taunted.  Suddenly a big gush of wind came as Dark Kat’s Fear Ship  approached them.  A ladder was tossed down and Hard Drive climbed on it.   “What’s it going to be, SWAT Kat?  Your girlfriend or the bad guy?”  When  Razor made no effort to go after Hard Drive, it made Hard Drive laughed.   “Exactly SWAT Kat why you will always fail.  Fail to capture the bad guys  and fail to save your close friends.”  Hard Drive was pulled up into the  Fear Ship and the Fear Ship left.

Razor ran over to Ricochet and checked her pulse.  Her pulse was low  and so was her breathing.  She was moaning but her eyes were not open which  worried Razor.  He picked her up and ran to Isis’s condo.  When he reached  the front door, he shifted her a little bit so he could one of his hands  free to ring the door bell.

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Isis was chatting with some of her friends that she meant over the  internet when the door bell ring.  “Always someone here when I am trying to  chat with some of my friends,” she moaned and quickly typed the word BRB.

She continued to mumble about other kats bothering when she reached  the front door.  When she opened the door, she stopped dead in her tracks.   She saw Razor, who had a terribly worried look on his face, holding the limp  body of her best friend.  Even though Felicia was dressed as Ricochet and  Isis wasn’t supposed to let anyone know about her being Ricochet, she said,  “Oh, no.  What’s wrong with Felicia?”

Razor was surprised at this and it also made him feel even more  depressed.  “I need to put her down on her bed.,” he said.  Isis opened the  door for him and Razor carried Felicia to her bed.

“I’ll call the paramedics.”, Isis called as she walked over to  living room phone.

Razor placed Ricochet on the bed.  “No, don’t.,” he yelled.

Isis walked into the room.  “Why not?,” she inquired.

“Because since she’s been doing these missions, Feral will be after  her and I don’t want him to get his hands on her.,” Razor stated.  He pulled  a chair over to the bed and motioned for Isis to sit in it but Isis refused. Razor sat down and held onto Ricochet’s hand.  Isis went to the bathroom to  get the medical kit.

“Hang in there, Felicia,” Razor whispered softly.  Isis returned  back with the medical kit and placed it on the bed.  She took out some  bandages and then took off Ricochet’s mask.  She started to treat Felicia’s  scratch that Hard Drive gave her.

“How long as she been Ricochet?” asked Razor as he watched Isis  treat Felicia.

“You mean you didn’t know she was Ricochet?,” Isis asked in  surprise.  Her eyes grew wide.  “Oh, no.  I wasn’t supposed to let you  know.   I thought that you knew or something.”

“Well, Felicia is my friend.  Close friend.  It’s okay.   She won’t  care.,” he said.

“She went out about 3 days ago to go after Dark Kat, and Turmoil on  some sort of train.  Then her brother went after her.  She hasn’t returned  home since you brought her.  What happened to her?,” Isis asked and looked  up at Felicia with terror.  “Why can’t she wake up?”

“Hard Drive got here.  He shocked her that is my best guess.  I  didn’t come there until after she became unconscious.,” said Razor.  Razor  suddenly realized that T-Bone is probably worrying why he hasn’t returned  yet; he had been gone for almost a hour now.  “Can I use your phone?  I need  to call T-Bone and tell him that I am going to stay here for awhile to make  sure that she is okay.”

“Sure.  It’s in the living room.,” said Isis.

“Thanks,” said Razor and he walked out of the room to the living  room.

Isis watched him and wondered if he and Felicia were closer friends  than he said.  Since she noticed how much he cared about her.  Razor picked  up the phone and dialed the number to the salvage yard.

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At the salvage yard, Chance was watching Scaredy Kat marathon when  the phone ring.  He hit the mute button on the tv and picked up the  telephone.

“Hello.  Jake and Chance Garage.  Chance speaking.  How can I help  you?,” he said.

“T-Bone, this is Razor.”, said Razor.

“Razor?!”, said Chance as he wondered why Razor called him instead  of using the communicator.

“I am over at Felicia’s place.  I might be staying here for  awhile.”, said Razor.

Chance grinned.   “Oh, I see..,” he teased.

Razor frowned.  “No, buddy.”  His voice became softer.  “Ricochet is  Felicia and Hard Drive got to her tonight.  She’s got a bad scratch across  the face and is unconscious.  My best guess is that he zapped her.”

Chance frowned also.  Mad at himself that he teased Razor during  this serious situation.  “I’m sorry, pal.  I understand.  Do you want me to  come over?”

“No that’s ok.  I’ll be home as soon as she regains consciousness.,”  said Razor.

“Roger.  Out.”, said Chance and he hung up the phone.

Razor did the same and sighed.  The time was 11:00 p.m. and he was  tired since it was near his bed time.  But he told himself that he would not  fall asleep until Felicia woke up.  He walked back into the room where  Felicia was and sat down in the chair.  Isis looked tired also but she tried  to stay awake too.  But pretty soon she fell asleep.  Razor smiled at this,  he knew that Isis tried her best but she couldn’t.  His eyes began to feel  heavy but he forced himself to stay awake.  But around 12:30, he fell  asleep.

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Around 1:00 am, Felicia’s moaning woke Razor and Isis up.  Razor  sprang up from the chair and ran over to Felicia’s side.  “Felicia?,” he  asked.

Felicia’s eyes fluttered open.  Her vision was blurry but it started  to become clearer.  “Razor?,” she asked.

Razor held her hand.  “I am here.,” he said as he smiled.

Felicia smiled softly too.

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Around 1:30 am, Felicia, Isis and Razor were done discussing about  everything that had happened. Razor had told Felicia about coming to her  rescue and his discovery of her identity.  Felicia told them about her  missions that she had.  Razor was thankful that she was alright. “Well,  Felicia.  I had better go.  T-Bone is probably wondering where I am.,” said  Razor as he got up from his chair.

“Well, can you at least stay until I fall asleep.  I promise it  won’t take long.  I am kind of beat.,” pleaded Felicia.

“Ok.,” Razor agreed.

“Can you come over tomorrow?,” asked Felicia.

Razor nodded.  They looked into each other’s eyes.  They both wanted  to kiss but knew that they mustn’t let Isis know yet about their  relationship.  He held onto her hand and she started to close her eyes.

Once he was sure she was asleep.  He told Isis that he was leaving  and that he come back to check on her around 1:00 p.m. tomorrow.  Razor got  on the Cyclotron and made his way back to the hangar.

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The next day around noon, Isis and Felicia were watching the soap  opera, Megakat General Hospital.  Isis was sitting in her lazy boy and  Felicia was stretched out on the couch.  She ached all over and everytime  she moved, it would hurt her.

They heard the sound of a car approaching.  Felicia reached out and  opened the curtains and saw that it was Jake.  “Can you get the door,  Isis?,” she asked.  “It’s my boyfriend.”

Isis got up and looked at Felicia.  “You’re boyfriend?,” she said.   Felicia grinned but just shrugged.  Isis gave Felicia a mean look and walked  over to the door when the door bell rang.  Isis opened the door and saw Jake  Clawson.  Jake was wearing a pair of jeans and black t-shirt.  Isis only  took a quick glance at him but discovered that he was a hunk.  “Me-ow”, she  said.

Jake was surprised by this and embarrassed.  “Um is Felicia here?,”  he finally managed to ask.

“I can be,” Isis said as she smiled.  She was almost speechless  about Felicia’s boyfriend.

Felicia overheard Isis and quickly got up ignoring the pain.  She  walked up to the door.  “I’m here, Jake.,” she said.  “Won’t you come in?”

Jake smiled and walked in and Felicia shuts the door.  When Jake’s  back was turned toward Felicia and Isis, Isis asked,” You’re dating him?”

“Yep.”, said Felicia and she followed Jake to the couch.  Isis sat  down on the couch.  Felicia sat beside Jake on the couch.

“So, what are you two girls doing?,” asked Jake.

“Watching soap operas.,” Isis answered, not really paying attention  to Jake now.  She was really engrossed on the soap.

“Well, good-bye”, said Jake and started to get up.

“Oh, don’t leave, Jake,” pleaded Felicia and tugged on his shirt.

“Ok,” said Jake as he gave in.  “But only because you want me to.”

“Thanks,” said Felicia and kissed him on the cheek as Jake sat back  down.

“So, you really had me going last night,” Isis stated and laughed.

“What do you mean?” Felicia inquired.

“Well, for some reason, I thought you were dating that SWAT Kat,  Razor.,” said Isis.

Felicia blushed and looked over at Jake.  Jake shrugged and was  speechless. They had been found out!  “Um. well.  I kind of am., ” Felicia  said.

Isis was confused by this and asked, “What do you mean?”

Felicia was about to answer but Jake motioned for her to let him.    “Isis, I think it is time that we tell you.,” he said.

“Tell me what,” she asked.

“Do you promise to keep a big secret?,” asked Felicia.

“Of course, Felicia, I am your friend.,” said Isis.

“Isis, I am Razor.,” said Jake.

Isis’s eyes grew wide.  “Are you kidding?”

Jake shook his head. “Cool!,” Isis said.

“So, what is going on in your soap opera?,” Jake asked as he put his  arm around Felicia.  Felicia started to purr.

“Well, I am not really sure.  Some kat is cheating on his wife and  one of the she-kats is trying to commit suicide.,” said Felicia.

“Shhhh.,” said Isis.  “My tomkat is on.”  Suddenly a handsome tomkat  appeared in the show.  Isis sighed dreamily.

“Who is that?,” Jake asked.

“That is Zach, practically the star of the soap.  Isis thinks he is  really cute.,” Felicia said.

“Felicia, I thought you said that you thought he was cute too.   Yeah, I remember.  You said he had a cute body.,” Isis said.

Felicia tried to motion for her stop but it was too late.  “That’s  enough, Isis.,” she said.  Felicia blushed by this.

“Hey, well am I not cute?,” Jake demanded.

“No, no. Jakey, you’re cute.  He is not as cute as you are.  Not to  mention sexy.,” Felicia quickly said.  She started to rub the back of his  neck.

Suddenly, in the show, a beautiful, blonde, she-kat appeared in the  soap.  She caught Jake’s attention.  “Meow.  She’s gorgeous.,” he said.

Felicia heard this and became jealous.  “Jake!!”, she said and slid  away from him.  “Well, I guess I am not gorgeous.”

Jake slid closer to her and said, “Licia, I was only kidding.  I was  just getting back at you.,” he said and kissed her. Felicia smiled and laid  against him and started to purr.  Jake stroked her hair.

When the soap opera was off, Isis decided to go to her room, to get  on her computer and hack into some files.  Jake and Felicia were on the  couch watching the news.

After awhile, Isis yelled,” Hey, guys, come here and look at this.”

Jake got up from the couch and then helped Felicia up.  He held her  hand and led her to Isis’s room.  “What is it, Isis?,” Felicia asked when  they reached Isis’s room.

“Well, I think I might  I have found the location of Dark Kat.  I  found a bunch of files that contained information on that satellite of you  were talking about.  The file contained a bunch of codes with it too. Looked  like some sort of launch codes.   I wasn’t able to figure them out, so I am  going to send a spike to the location.,” Isis stated as she furiously  started to type in codes into the computer.

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At the Katvenya Bunker, Hard Drive was sitting at his computer  typing.  Suddenly an alarm started to go off in the computer.  A screen  appeared showing that he was going to be spiked.  “Oh, no!!”, he screamed  and ran to the cabinet that contained the circuitry to the computers.  He  frantically started to pull out of the wires and circuit boards.  But it was  too late.

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“Dark Kat or Hard Drive are in Katvenya.”, Isis said proudly.

“Bingo!”, Jake yelled triumphantly.

“Then I’m going to Katvenya.,” said Felicia.

“No, Felicia.,” said Jake.

“But, Jake.,” Felicia pleaded.

Jake smiled.  “We’re going to Katvenya.,” he said.

Felicia smiled and hugged him.  “Thanks, Jake.”

“Let’s just hope that Chance agrees to this.,” he said.

“Ok, I am going to call Jenson.,” said Felicia and walked over to  the phone in the living room and picked it up.  She dialed in the number for  the Enforcer Headquarters.  When someone picked up, she said, “Colonel  McFurry, please.”

“Who is this?,” asked the kat.  It was Steele.

“This is his sister.,” said Felicia.

“Hold one minute, please.,” Steele said and hit the hold button. He  hit turned on the record button on the machine that was hooked up to the  line to Jenson’s room.  Then he transferred the call to Jenson.

“McFurry, line 3.,” he called.

“Got it.,” yelled Jenson as he picked up the phone.  “Hello, this is  Colonel McFurry.”

“Jenson, this is Felicia,” said the voice on the other line.

“Felicia? Hey how have you been?,” asked Jenson.

“Listen, Jenson.  I have found the location of Dark Kat., “said  Felicia.  “He is at Katvenya.  I need for you to come to Isis’s place so we  can leave together.  Razor and T-Bone are going to help us this time.  We  need to leave at midnight.”

“Okay, I’ll be over around 11:30.,” said Jenson and he hung up.

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When the machine stopped recording, Steele knew that the line had  been disconnected.  He took the tape out of the machine and looked at it.   “My promotion to colonel.,” he said and kissed the tape.  Steele took the  tape with him and walked to the Commander’s office.  He knocked on the door. “Oh, Commander.  I have something for you.,” he said cheerfully.

“Come in, Steele,” said Feral.

Steele opened the door and  approached the Commander’s desk.  “We have, Jenson, now.,” he said and  handed the Commander the tape.

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At Katvenya, Hard Drive was held up against the wall by Dark Kat.   Dark Kat had found out also about them finding the whereabouts of his  hideout and he was not pleased.  Hard Drive was choking as Dark Kat  tightened his grip around Hard Drive’s neck. “Hard Drive….Why did you let  them find where we were?,” he demanded.

“It-It wasn’t my fault.  They sent a spike and I couldn’t stop  them.,” Hard Drive managed to say and then stopped, trying to catch his  breath.  “But look at this way, Dark Kat.  Now you have all of them right  where you want them.  You can capture them.”

Dark Kat thought about what Hard Drive said and then smiled.  He  released Hard Drive, making Hard Drive fall to the ground.  Hard Drive was  on the ground, gasping for air.  “You’re right, Hard Drive.  I know just how  to get them, too.,” he said.  “Hard Drive, I won’t be needing you anymore.   You’re dismissed.”

Hard Drive didn’t even think of arguing.  He gave one last look at  Dark Kat and then made his way to his plane.  He got in it and took off.   “Foolish, Dark Kat.,” he said.  “Dark Kat can not stop all of them but I am  not going to hang and get captured, like last time.”

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At Enforcer Headquarters, Feral, Felina, Steele and the Sergeant  were in the conference room listening to the tape that Steele recorded.    “So, it is agreed then,” said Feral.  “We are going to Katvenya.”

“But, uncle, why should we arrest them?  They’re just trying to help  us get Dark Kat.,” protested Felina.

“Felina, we can not have kats thinking that they can go out and get  villains on their own terms.  If they want to do that, that is why they can  join the enforcers.,” said Feral.  “Now let’s wait for awhile.  I want my  best men to come along.  You, too, Felina.”

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Around 11:30pm, Jenson arrived at Isis’s Condo.  Felicia was already  in her Ricochet outfit; T-Bone and Razor were already there, too.  “Ready?,”  asked Ricochet.

“Ready,” said Jenson.  “But call me Ace.”

Ricochet smiled and  nodded.

“Be careful,” Isis cautioned.

“Got it,” Ricochet said.

Ricochet and Ace got into his hummer and T-Bone and Razor got into  their Turbokat.

“Let’s rock ‘n’ roll,” said T-Bone as he hit the thrusters.

“Katvenya, here we come,” said Razor.

To be continued……

By: Felicia McFurry, Ace and Isis