Written by: Jessie Clawson

Commander Feral sat in his office thinking was he was about to make a mistake or was he about to make the right decision, when a knock on the door interrupted his thoughts.

"Come in." He said with a heavy sigh. ‘Guess I’m about to find out.’ He thought as Felina, Jessie and Jarrod walked in one after the other.

"Lieutenant Feral, Lieutenant Clawson and Lieutenant Furlong reporting." Said Felina as she and the others saluted.

"Sit down." Replied Feral with a smile. "Now you all know why you were called here right?" He asked. All three nodded as he continued. "Okay, since it's hard for me to have two pilots at once," he said pointing at Felina and Jessie who threw looks at each other, "and you Lieutenant Furlong are solo, here’s what we do. Felina stays as my pilot and as Lieutenant Clawson's partner when I don't need a pilot." He said gesturing at Jessie, she nodded as he went on. "As for you Lieutenant Furlong, meet your new partner." He replied gesturing at Jessie. Jarrod and Jessie exchanged looks, not sure if it was true.

"Are you serious, sir?" Asked Jarrod.

"Of course." he replied.

"Yes." Jessie and Jarrod screamed in union and exchanged a high-five.

"Two partners, wow, thank you sir." Said Jessie grinning.

"Now Jarrod's your partner, because aside you we don't have a WSO who's good enough to match his flying skills." Replied Feral noticing that Jessie was blushing and Jarrod was grinning. "Felina's still your partner Lieutenant Clawson because you two make a good team." He concluded.

"Shall we rotate shifts, Uncle?" Asked Felina.

"When you're my pilot, Lieutenant Clawson's with Lieutenant Furlong, when you're free then she's with you unless I say otherwise, understood."

"Yes sir" All replied in union.

"Good, now you can leave, Felina please stay." She nodded as Jarrod and Jessie stood up and walked towards the door. "Oh and Lieutenant Furlong, Lieutenant Clawson, you're on patrol tonight." He said.

"Yes sir." They replied, saluting him and exchanging a high-five once again they exited the room.

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"Wow they look happy, Uncle." Said Felina as her partner and Jarrod exited the room.

"I know, these two always wanted to be partners, so I thought, she's a good pilot and a great WSO, since you always fly and you're my pilot like she was, I though I don't need her WSO skills going to waste with me, since I always do the shooting in case of danger." He stated.

"Yes, but what about Lieutenant Furlong?" Asked Felina.

"Him, he needs a WSO, since he's as great pilot as she's a great WSO, I thought they'd make a great team." He said shrugging his shoulders. "Lets just hope I don't make the same mistake twice." He replied grimly.

"What do you mean?" Asked Felina.

"A few years ago I paired up Chance Furlong and Jake Clawson for the similar reason. Furlong was a great pilot, an Clawson was a great WSO." He replied.

"Yes, but I'm sure you didn't make a mistake this time, Uncle."

"Maybe, but I'm still not sure, now back to your duty, Lieutenant." He said. "I've got work to do."

"Yes sir." She said saluting him and exiting through the door.

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"Wow, imagine me and you partners, finally." Said Jessie as she and Jarrod waited for the elevator to come.

"Yeah we'd better tell Chance and Jake about this." He said grinning.

"Roger. Lets go now." She said with excitement.

"That'll be great news." He said as they entered the elevator and Jarrod pressed the button for the garage. "We'll use my car."

"Fine" She replied shrugging her shoulders.

Both felt happy upon hearing the news, after all they've waited years to be partners. All four of them Chance, Jake, Jarrod and Jessie were friends especially after they've become Enforcers. They’ve went through training in the Academy together and it seemed that flying skills were a family thing in the Furlong family, while targeting was a family thing in the Clawson family.

Jarrod wondered what would his cousin say as he and Jessie left the elevator and moved towards his car.

Jessie wondered what Jake would say, thinking that it would be great to see her twin brother once again.

As Jarrod started the car and drove it out of the Headquarters, Jessie felt flattered by getting two partners. She knew that Commander Feral trusted her and he thought that she was one of the best Enforcers on the force, but she still felt delighted by becoming Jarrod's partner, since the two were friends even after Jake and Chance got kicked off the force.

As Jarrod drove the car to the Salvage Yard he was thinking about his partnership with Jessie, both were close buddies and the partnership would help. 'Just hope Feral won't change his mind' he thought.

"Wonder why he partnered us up." Asked Jessie.

"Like he said back there I need an excellent WSO and you need an excellent pilot." He replied with a grin.

"Hey I'm a good pilot too, you know." She protested.

"Not as good as me." He replied grinning.

"You wanna test that statement, Furlong?" She asked looking at him.

"Okay as soon as we get back from the Salvage Yard." He commented with a sly smile.

"Roger that." She replied with a grin. "But I think he assigned me to be your partner because he needs someone to keep you in line, Jarrod." She said grinning, knowing of the short temper Jarrod had just like his cousin, after all Feral partnered Jake and Chance up for the same reason she recalled, not only because both were good at something that made a great team, but also because of Chance's short fuse, Jake was there to keep him in line.

"Hah hah very funny, Clawson" He replied, knowing that she was probably right, but she was still kidding.

"Just fooling around, partner." She replied grinning. "But the test sticks, once we get back I wanna see who's a better pilot." She stated.

"Okay, we'll see. Do you think Feral would let us use a couple of jets?" He asked as the Salvage Yard came into view.

"I'll talk to him, he'll let me" She replied. "Whoa, I haven't been here in ages." She replied looking over the junk in the Yard.

"Two years to be exact." He answered driving through the gate.

"Well we did exchange letters and a few phone calls, but I’m never off duty you know." She responded.

"Even when you are, it doesn’t look that way." He nodded in response as he stopped the car and the two got out. "This is it." He said as he knocked on the door.

A few seconds later Chance opened the door and stared in amazement at the two visitors.

"Jarrod, Jessie, glad to see you two, c’mon in." He said. "Jake we’ve got visitors" He yelled upstairs as he and Jarrod gave each other a high-five as their usual greeting.

"Who?" Came Jake’s reply.

"Jarrod and your sister." Chance said, seconds later Jake was downstairs greeting the two Enforcers.

"Guess what guys!" Said Jessie as she and Jake hugged each other and also exchanged a high-five.

"Feral gave you a day off?" Asked Jake.

"Better than that." Replied Jarrod with a smile. "We’re partners."

"You’re kidding!" Exclaimed Chance and Jake in union.

"Do I ever kid you cousin?" Asked Jarrod.

"Many times." Replied Chance with a grin.

"Well this time we’re serious, Commander Feral paired us up." Said Jessie with a grin as she and Jarrod told Jake and Chance about their conversation with Feral.

"Way to go guys" Congratulated them Jake.

"Yeah guess the perfect aim runs in the family." She replied with a grin. "And the perfect pilot skills run in your family guys." She said looking at Chance and Jarrod.

"Yeah, well you’re not half as bad yourself Jessie." Said Chance.

"Thanks, how do you know?" She asked.

"Um…we watch the news and we’ve seen you fly back in the Academy." Said Chance after receiving a look from Jake.

Jessie nodded her face reddening. "Cut it out guys before you embarrass me to death."

"On don’t worry partner I don’t think they’ll go that far." Replied Jarrod with a smile.

"Who knows, buddy?" She asked.

Jake and Chance gave each other a look.

"You guys are nuts." Stated Chance.

"We know." Replied Jarrod and Jessie in union then grinned.

"You two will make a great team, no doubt about it." Stated Chance.

"Bingo!" Replied Jessie.

"Yeah but lets hope that this partnership doesn’t end the same us you guys." Said Jarrod. "Both of your skills are going to waste in this dump." He said angrily.

"Not completely we still get the practice sometimes." Replied Jake. "We try to remember the good old Enforcer days."

"Yeah we try to stay in shape." Replied Chance.

"Sure but don’t you miss flying?" Asked Jessie. "I miss flying the second I’m out of the jet."

"Of course but it’s not like we can do anything about that." Said Jake choosing his words carefully.

Jessie threw him a suspicious look. "Knowing you, you’d find a way." She said with a sly smile.

Jake threw her a weak grin and shrugged his shoulders.

"Well we set up an obstacle course outside, and Jake practices him aim everyday." Said Chance pointing at the dart-board in the living room.

"What about you cuz?" Asked Jarrod. "I don’t see a jet anywhere near."

"No jet for me." Chance said attempting to look sad. "Now if we were still Enforcers, then there would be a jet and we wouldn’t be stuck here." He said.

"Well technically you’re still Enforcers." Jessie pointed out.

"Technically it’s not the same Jess." Said Chance.

"I know, sure wish I could do something to get you guys back in there." Said Jessie wishfully.

"Yeah me too, but I guess it’s a long shot" Said Jarrod.

"Ah don’t worry about us guys, the important thing that you two are still Enforcers."

"Yeah if we weren’t I’d be dead." Said Jessie.

"Me too." Supported her Jarrod.

"Don’t say that" Said Jake.

"Too late I just did" She said with a grin.

"Uh-huh, well unfortunately we’ve got to get going now, we’re on patrol tonight." Said Jarrod glancing at his watch.

"Time flies fast while we’re enjoying it" Replied Jessie as she followed Jarrod to the door.

"See you guys later, and good luck." Said Chance.

"Yeah congratulations once again, you make a great team." Stated Jake.

"Aw…Jake. So would you two if you were still Enforcers." Stated Jessie opening the front passenger door and getting in.

"Yeah we’re still trying to be good guys though." Said Chance with a sly smile

"Roger that. We’ll see you later." Said Jarrod as he put the car into gear. The two gave Jake and Chance thumbs-up and Jarrod drove out of the Salvage Yard.

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"Well looks like they’re going to enjoy it." Stated Chance as he and Jake went inside.

"Well they’re good, and they’ll make a good team, I just hope Feral doesn’t do the same thing to them like he did to us."

Chance nodded. "But heck Jake if he hadn’t kicked us out SWAT Kats wouldn’t exist." He stated.

"Maybe, I guess so, buddy. Well I’d better get back to work on the Glovatrix." Jake said going upstairs.

"Sure, buddy, I’ll be in the garage." Chance said as he went outside to work on some cars.

Both wondered how long the partnership would last.

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When Jessie and Jarrod got back to Enforcer Headquarters, while Jarrod went to his quarters, Jessie went up to Commander Feral’s office to ask him if she and Jarrod could use a couple of jets. Jessie knocked on the door and after receiving a ‘come in’ from Feral she walked in.

"Commander Feral, may we use two jets?" Asked Jessie.

"Of course Lieutenant, but make sure you get them back before you go on patrol tonight." He replied. "Oh and can you call Felina, and tell her to get my chopper ready." He said as she walked towards the door

"Yes sir. Thank you sir." She replied and exited the office with a grin.

Feral smiled after her and returned to reading the reports, most of his doubts about the two were now gone, but he still wondered if he made the right choice.

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Jessie stopped at her quarters to drink a cup of coffee, while she made the coffee she contacted Felina over the radio.

"Lieutenant Jessie Clawson calling Lieutenant Feral, come in Felina."

"I’m here Jess, what can I do for you. Don’t tell me you’re tired of your new partner already." Came from the radio.

"Not at all Felina, Commander Feral told me to tell you to get his chopper ready." She said matter-o-factly.

"Roger. Catch you later." Said Felina cutting the connection. Jessie finished her coffee and left her small living quarters to get Jarrod. She walked down the hall to Jarrod’s apartment and knocked on the door. He opened it and let her in.

"Well?" He asked.

"C’mon, buddy let’s see who’s a better pilot." She said grinning.

"He agreed?" Jarrod asked.

"Yup. Now c’mon I’m raging to take off." She said with a grin. Jarrod retrieved his gun and followed her up to the roof. On their way there Jarrod had radioed the guard on the roof to prepare the two jets for them. When they got up there the two jets were already there refueled, reloaded, ready to take off.

"All right, we’ve got about three hours until we’re supposed to be on patrol." Noted Jessie as she strapped herself into the pilot’s seat of her jet. Jarrod nodded and strapped himself in the pilot’s seat of his jet. He gunned the engines and took off into the skies of Megakat City. Seconds later Jessie took off from the landing strip and followed Jarrod’s jet.

"Where to?" He asked over the radio.

"The desert, a few miles away from Megakat Springs." She replied. "There we can fly at Mach speeds without having to worry about broken windows."

"Heh heh yeah, wouldn’t want Feral to stick us with a bill." He replied guiding the jet in the direction of the desert. Jessie followed in his trail.

"Gotta hand it to you Jarrod, smooth flying." Said Jessie with a smile.

"Well see if you can do better than that." He replied.

"Roger that." She said checking over her instruments to make sure there was no danger. Ten minutes later the jets were in the air above the desert. "Now lets see what you can do." She challenged.

"You’ll be surprised." Said Jarrod making a few loops and turning the jet upside down.

"Hah c’mon you can do better than that." She teased him as she did the same maneuver.

"All right." He increased the thrusters to Mach 2 and pulled up the jet’s nose and guided the jet high into the sky until the ‘stall’ warning showed on his instruments. He then pulled the jet down with a sudden movement, and right before it reached the ground he pulled up.

"Easy." Jessie’s voice came over the radio with a little edge on it.

"What’s the matter Jess, thought I was gonna wreck it?" He asked with a smile.

"Not at all, but Commander Feral wouldn’t trust me after we wreck the jet." She said wiping some sweat from her brow. "Whoa I gotta hand it to you Jarrod you’re better than me in this part." She acknowledged, knowing that she would never do something like that.

"Glad you finally see it." He grinned as he flew his jet in between two giant rocks that were hanging from the cliff, then he lowered the Mach speed to Mach 0.8

"Aw crud, all right already, I admit it I’d never go in that close." She replied knowing that what she said was true. She was never an ace at complex maneuvers, but nevertheless she did her best.

"All right, your turn" He said after he did a double loop.

"Okay, watch this." She said sending the jet into a steep dive.

"Whoa, not bad." He said as she did a double loop and flipped the jet upside down.

"Ah this is what I was missing all this time." She said turning the jet around and guiding in near the ground, once it was near enough she straightened the jet’s course and flew only five feet or so above ground.

"What do you mean?" Jarrod asked as he did a loop and flipped the jet upside down and then flew close by a few jagged rocks. Then he did a few complex maneuvers which as far as Jessie thought were possible to be done only if you were T-Bone.

"It’s been months since I’ve flown a jet, Commander Feral doesn’t like jets that much, he prefers choppers." She said increasing the speed to Mach 1 and letting the jet climb in the altitude.

"So you’ve been missing the flying in the jet?" Asked Jarrod as Jessie made another loop, this time she made it smaller that the others.

"Not only that, I miss flying upside down." She replied flipping the jet upside down as an example "Besides it’s hard to flip a chopper and I don’t think Commander Feral would like that bit." She said with a grin.

"Yeah a bet that would tick him off." Said Jarrod with a laugh as he flew in between two sharp rocks, the jet nearly touching the rock. "Enough flying we’ve got to get back to Headquarters." He noted.

"Roger that. Race you back to Headquarters." She said with a sly smile, setting the course for Enforcer Headquarters.

"I gotta hand it to you Jess, you are a good pilot." Replied Jarrod and increased the speed of his jet to match Jessie’s.

"Thanks, you’re not half bad yourself, Lieutenant Furlong." She said smiling. She had more experience flying choppers, while he had more experience flying jets. But neither of them was really bad at flying the two types of aircraft.

The Enforcer Headquarters was in the view, Jarrod was first, followed closely by Jessie, he landed the jet with pinpoint precision and popped the canopy but stayed in until Jessie landed her jet with accuracy and jumped out.

"Great, I won. We’ve got a little over an hour before we have to go on our patrol." Said Jarrod as he jumped out

"Nice practice, you’re a better pilot than me that’s for sure." She noted as they headed downstairs.

"Yeah, well see you in an hour, buddy." He said disappearing behind the door to his quarters.

"Sure I’ll get the chopper ready by then." She said and headed inside her quarters.

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It was getting dark but Callie was still in the office working late as usual. She glanced at her watch then returned to the papers in front of her. Being the Deputy Mayor she sure had it hard, while Mayor Manx was playing golf she took care of all the paperwork in the office, and if any trouble occurred she was right there in the epicenter of danger right after calling the SWAT Kats of course. She wondered where the city would be if it weren’t for the two vigilantes. She took out a radio and switched it on the emergency frequency hoping she may find something there. Sighing she tossed her pen aside and yawned, rubbing her eyes she grabbed the pen once again and continued writing the speech.

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Somewhere in Megakat City’s sewers Dr. Viper was walking through the sewers, behind him his Fungus was slithering, slowly following his master, still further behind them both, where a few of Viper’s mutated plants. The brigade was heading towards Megakat Biochemical Labs.

"Sssssoon my sssweet, I’ll get Katalyssst 100 thisss time, and nothing will sssstop me now, not Sssswat Katsss, not the Enforcerss." Vipersaid to his accomplices. "Asssss sssoon asssss I get Katalyssssst 100, Megakat City will become Megasssswamp City." He said laughing, his plants laughed along with him even though they hardly knew what he meant.

‘Thisss time I’m well prepared.’ Thought Viper looking back at his newly created Fungus and the plantimals. He laughed out loud knowing that this time nothing will stop him. He made sure to make his Fungus almost indestructible and much stronger this time.

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The Enforcer chopper took off from Enforcer Headquarters with Jarrod at the controls and Jessie beside him looking over the instruments, and glancing at the radar once in a while for any sign of danger. It was also up to her to monitor the radio for any trouble or emergency situations that may occur.

As Jarrod guided the chopper over Megakat Bay, Jessie tinkered with the radio scanning all the frequencies, her portable radio was on as well, set for the Enforcer frequency. Soon she shook her head in dismay.

"This is why I hate patrols." She noted.

"What’s the matter, bored already? We’ve only been at this for 20 minutes." Jarrod stated looked out of the cockpit. Noting that everything was quiet down there he guided the chopper towards the City Hall.

"Everything looks quiet." She said keeping alert in any case, she never knew when danger may spring.

"Yeah I know, patrols aren’t high on my favorite things to do as an Enforcer either." He stated.

Jessie grinned then scanned the radio frequencies once again. She heard something beside static on one of the frequencies, she stopped scanning and returned to the frequency she zipped past.

"What the…" Said Jarrod keeping his eyes on the course.

"Shh." Jessie shushed him as she got the signal to be more clear and now they could hear what was happening. "It’s the emergency frequency." She noted.

"…broke into the Labs, with strange mutant plants and a fungus type giant thing." Came from the radio, Jessie and Jarrod threw each other a look. Jarrod changed the course for Megakat Biochemical Labs as they continued listening to the report.

"…no one here besides me, the phone lines are down and I can’t call for help. Dr. Viper is here for Katalyst 100."

Without thinking Jessie picked up the mike of the radio. "This is Lieutenant Clawson, we’re on our way." She said. "C’mon Jarrod step on it, we’ve got to stop Viper."

"Roger." He replied curtly increasing the speed a bit more. ‘we’ve got to get there before he escapes’ he thought. "Finally some action, looks like this patrol turned out to be fun eh Jess?" He said grinning.

"Yeah lets hope we get him this time." She stated as the chopper continued flying.

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Upon hearing the report from the radio, Callie stood up and reached for her communicator. Making sure no one was listening she pushed the button.

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Jarrod landed the chopper on the roof of the Labs and got out followed by Jessie.

"Shouldn’t we call this in first?" Asked Jessie hesitant.

"And let the lizard get away, no way, Feral can wait." Jarrod replied as he opened the roof door and quietly walked in. Jessie shrugged her shoulders and followed Jarrod inside.

It was dark inside, evidently Viper had shut off the electricity, they couldn’t risk using their flashlights, in case Viper would see them. Quietly with Jessie in the lead the two climbed downstairs, their guns ready.

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Viper sprayed some of his vines with mutagen and immediately they grew to over 100 feet tall covering the whole building.

"I don’t want to be dissssturbed, while I look for the Katalyssst." Viper hissed, as his vines covered all the entrances and exits. "Thisss time the SsssWAT Katsss won’t ssstop me" He said with a laugh, "and neither will the Enforcersss."

He knew where the Katalyst was stored after all he used to work at Megakat Biochemical before his accident. In order to get to the tenth floor he had to use the stairs because he had to switch off the alarm, and the only way to do that was to short circuit the fuse box. Viper was in no hurry, he knew that nothing would be able to penetrate his vines this time, or so he thought.

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"Wonder which floor the snake is on." Whispered Jarrod.

"Probably where they keep Katalyst 100." Guessed Jessie stepping over a vine. "Careful this place is full of Viper’s creations." She warned him pointing at the vine.

"I guessed that, but which floor they keep the Katalyst on?" Asked Jarrod stepping over the vine and following his partner.

She shrugged her shoulders, "I suppose one of the lower floors." She guessed creeping downstairs, her senses alert for any trouble.

Jarrod nodded as the two continued coming downstairs. He was as alert as she was, ready for any trouble, just in case he kept his paw at the holster strapped to his right leg as he followed Jessie.

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Viper was looking through the numerous labeled vials looking for one that was labeled ‘Katalyst 100’ So far he hadn’t found it, and he still had about ten shelves to look through. His Fungus stayed close behind him waiting for his orders.

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With every step Jarrod and Jessie got closer to Viper, so far they’ve managed to keep their presence unknown to him. Jarrod wondered for how long it will last as his foot got caught in something, he had no time to recover his balance or to shout a warning to Jessie, he tumbled downstairs knocking her over and the two fell down to the bottom of the landing with a loud thud.

"Aw crud." Jarrod said in frustration as he picked himself up from the floor and shook his head, then looked over to where Jessie lay nearby, she picked herself up off the floor and shook her head. "Are you okay?" He asked helping her to stand up.

"Yeah, but I bet we spooked the lizard, wherever he is." She said. "Are you okay?" She asked.

"I’ll live, sorry about that." He apologized "My foot got caught in something." He said, Jessie waved it off.

"Could’ve happened to anyone" She said. "Lets wait and see if Viper knows we’re here." She responded as she hid near the landing, the next floor was in her sights but that didn’t help a lot because it was dark, she relied on seeing any movement within the shadows. Jarrod knelt down next to her and listened to any noise.

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Viper heard the commotion on the stairs, stopping his search for the Katalyst he hid next to the stairs in the shadows knowing that no one will see him there. ‘Blassst,’ he thought, ‘jussst what I need, company. I’ll have to continue thissss once I’m ssssure no one issss there’ He thought waiting.

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Chance and Jake were watching TV when the alarm broke their leisure. Both ran for the hangar, alert. Jake reached the alarm first. His fist came down onto the button to shut the alarm off.

"Yes Miss Briggs." He said into the communicator as Chance ran up behind him listening to what Callie had to say.

"Dr. Viper broke into the Megakat Biochemical Labs, he’s stealing Katalyst 100, Razor, T-Bone, you’ve got to do something. He’s in there with some of his mutations." She said hurriedly.

"Roger that Miss Briggs, we’re on our way." Replied Chance cutting the connection. "Lets kick some Viper tail." He said as he and Jake changed into their g-suits and ran towards the Turbokat.

T-Bone gunned the engines and a few seconds later the Turbokat took off into the sky, course set for Megakat Biochemical Labs.

Razor scanned the radar as the Turbokat neared closer to the Labs.

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Ten or so minutes passed since the fall, nothing moved downstairs, Jarrod and Jessie were getting impatient.

"I’ll go and check it out. Stay here." Said Jessie finally as she carefully began walking downstairs, Jarrod nodded and waited for her signal that it was clear.

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As Jessie walked downstairs she felt that something was wrong, as she neared the bottom of the stairs the feeling of uneasiness increased even more. She looked around from the bottom of the stairs and was about to turn back and tell Jarrod that it was all clear, when she felt something grab her from behind and twist itself around her. Without a sound she turned her head around to face the enemy as she felt herself being lifted off the floor. All she could see was a pair of glowing eyes.

"Viper!" She said quietly narrowing her eyes as she struggled against his tail which was wrapped tightly around her. She tried kicking Viper but he was holding her in his tail from a distance. He laughed.

"Ssssssss Enforcer you’ll never ssstop Dr. Viper." He said tightening his grip on her even more as he saw her trying to reach for her gun. That stopped her.

‘Aw crud, I gotta warn Jarrod to get out of here.’ She thought grimly. ‘but how? I can’t let Viper know I’m not alone here.’ Again she tried twisting herself out as he walked back to the shelf with the mutagens and other assorted compounds.

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Jarrod heard the commotion a floor below him. ‘Aw crud don’t tell me he’s got her,’ he thought reaching for his gun and running downstairs. ‘So much for the element of surprise,’ he thought as he saw a pair of glowing eyes near a bunch of shelves, it appeared that something was going on there, he hoped Jessie was giving trouble to Viper as he carefully got nearer Viper.

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It was now getting hard to breath for Jessie, but despite that she kept struggling for her freedom, wondering if she should warn Jarrod. She decided against it for now, she couldn’t let Viper get both of them. Viper stepped around something green that was lying on the floor, Jessie wondered what it was as she thought of a way out. She clenched her teeth and struggled harder, Viper applied more pressure on her causing her to gasp.

"Now my dear, ssssoon you’ll be just like me." He said laughing as he chose a few vials from a shelf.

"Not so fast creep." Came Jarrod’s voice from the shadows. He took out a flashlight, switching it on with one paw he set it down on a nearby table directing the beam on Viper and Jessie. "Let her go or I’ll blast you." He warned pointing his gun directly at Viper.

"You’ll have to kill your friend firssst." Said Viper bringing his tail in front of him using Jessie as a shield.

"Jarrod, get your tail…out of here, fast." She said as Viper applied even more pressure, she let out a gasp. ‘No it can’t end like this, Jarrod get your tail out of here.’ She thought as her senses weakened and darkness was slowly engulfing her. She shook her head to clear it, but Viper pressed his tail harder and she gave in, her eyes closed and her head fell to the side. Viper laughed, then lowered her to the floor releasing his tail.

"No." Jarrod shouted as he attacked Viper, he fired his gun but Viper managed to jump out of the way. Leaping over Jarrod, Viper landed behind him, Jarrod whirled around to face him only to see Viper’s tail incoming. He barely managed to get out of the way and land into the green stuff near one of the shelves. His gun landed a few feel away from him.

Viper laughed, as Jarrod tried to pick himself off the floor only to be grabbed by Viper’s Fungus which arose from the floor where Jarrod landed. ‘Aw crud’ He thought struggling against the giant branches that held him tightly by his arms and legs. The Fungus rose to its full height which was about 10 feet.

"You Enforcerssss can’t ssstop me thissss time." Viper said as he took out a syringe out of his lab coat and neared the captive Jarrod. The Fungus lowered itself high enough for Viper to reach.

Jarrod’s eyes widened as he guessed what was coming next. ‘Crud anything but that.’ He thought. He was afraid of needles ever since he stepped on a needle when he was little, he had to have an operation to have it removed from his foot.

Viper neared him, enjoying the fear in Jarrod’s eyes, even though he tried to mask it.

"Don’t worry, I won’t let your friend die alone, you’ll join her assss sssson asss I’ll make a new batch of Viper mutagen 368." He said with a laugh.

‘He’s gonna make us like him.’ Jarrod guessed as Viper laughed once again.

"Yessss sssssoon I’ll have two accompliacessss jussst like me." He said as he held up the syringe in front of Jarrod. Jarrod struggled harder against the Fungus, but no use, it was much stronger than him.

"You can’t do that." He shouted angrily as Viper inserted the needle in his arm, Jarrod winced, then felt a bit lightheaded. ‘Some sort of tranquilizer’ He thought as darkness slowly engulfed him.

"And who’sss gonna ssssstop me, you? The SsssWAT Katssss? I don’t think sssso." He heard Viper say as his eyes closed, then nothing.

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Viper laughed. "Perfect, my little pet, sssss." He said to his Fungus. "Bring him here." He walked to the unconscious Jessie and again picked her up as the Fungus approached with the sleeping Jarrod.

"Put him there." Viper ordered as he tied Jessie and left her in a corner, he then tied Jarrod up and the Fungus dropped him down near Jessie. "Now sssstay here, and watch them." Viper ordered as he disappeared downstairs to his former lab.

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T-Bone made a low swoop over the Labs as they observed the situation.

"Whoa, looks like Viper already taken over the place." Noted T-Bone engaging the VTOL mode. Viper’s vines covered most of the building.

"He’s got all the possible entrances sealed up, buddy." Noted Razor looking up from his radar.

"Then I guess we’ll have to cut our way in." Said T-Bone as he disengaged the VTOL mode and guided the jet towards the Labs, making sure he wasn’t too close to the Labs, just in case some of Viper’s flying cabbages were there.

"Affirmative." Acknowledged Razor as he deployed two slicer missiles towards the roof entrance of the Labs.

The slicer missiles had no effect on the vines however.

"Aw crud." Razor said in frustration as he typed something into his control panel.

T-Bone made another pass by the roof.

"Deploy Drill-bit missiles." Razor said as he pressed the launch button.

The missiles found their way towards the target and this time cut the vines into pieces allowing T-Bone to land without any trouble.

"Bingo!" Exclaimed Razor.

T-Bone grinned in the answer as he landed the jet near the Enforcer chopper parked there.

"Looks like some of the Enforcers are here already." Noted T-Bone as he jumped out of the jet followed by Razor. Both had their Glovatrixs ready.

"That’s strange, Callie didn’t say she warned the Enforcers." Razor said as they walked towards the door now clear of the vines. "Unless it someone on patrol," he said then realization dawned on him. "Jessie and Jarrod." He said his voice full of worry.

"Crud, it can’t be." T-Bone answered back, unsure.

"Jarrod did say they were on patrol tonight, T-Bone." Razor reminded his partner.

"No, if Viper does anything to them I’ll…" T-Bone started angrily.

"I know." Razor replied just as angrily, narrowing his eyes. "Lets hope he didn’t get them." Razor said as he kicked open the door and walked inside followed by T-Bone.

"Lets surprise him." T-Bone said carefully following his partner down the stairs, ready to shoot at any of Viper’s creations.

"Roger." Came Razor reply, T-Bone heard a zip, then a short yelp and then silence.

"Razor?" T-Bone asked.

"I’m okay, but Viper’s plantimal isn’t." Razor replied calmly.

T-Bone let out a sigh and the two continued making their way downstairs occasionally firing at yet another one of Viper’s plants that had tried to stop them..

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"Where am I?" Asked Jessie to no one, then her vision cleared and she noticed that she was still in the Labs. "Aw crud, what next?" She looked around and found Jarrod not far off from her, still unconscious "Told you, you should get your tail out of here buddy." She said shaking her head, deep inside she knew that he wouldn’t listen to her in any case.

She observed her situation, her paws were tied tightly behind her back and her gun gone, adding to all the trouble was the green Fungus standing nearby, she closed her eyes and began to think of a way out.

Viper came back with already mixed portion of ‘Viper mutagen 368’ the same mutagen that mutated him into Dr. Viper. Evidently the Enforcers were still unconscious.

"Sssservesss them well." He said to his Fungus. "They ssshouldn’t have interrupted my plansssss." He laughed. "Ssssssoon they’ll be like me and then I’ll take over Megakat Ccccity with their help. Sssss." He said with a laugh, the Fungus just glared at him.

"Just try it you creep." Jessie’s eyes snapped open as she heard this.

"Ah I ssssee you’re awake my dear." He said looking at her from a distance. "Sssson you’ll be jusssst like me and then nothing will sssstop me." He said laughing.

Jessie bit back a retort, and just threw Viper one of her ‘don’t mess with me’ looks, Viper just laughed.

"Hiya." Came from the floor above Viper. He immediately stopped laughing recognizing one of the SWAT Kats’ voices.

"The SsssWAT Katssss! No matter thisss time they’ll be defeated." he told her as he again ran downstairs to his old Lab, maybe in Zyme’s lab he could find Katalyst 100.

"We’ve got to get out of here." Jessie said in frustration, it was useless to try and cut the ropes with her claws, her paws were tied tightly, she couldn’t even move them, let alone try and cut the ropes.

"Good idea little buddy." Came Jarrod’s reply, Jessie’s head turned to him.

"Are you okay?" She asked.

"I’ve been better." He replied. "You okay?"

"Do I look okay Jarrod?" She asked.

"You look great" He said with a laugh.

"Quit it, we’ve got to get our tails out of here." She said her face a bit red with embarrassment.

"Sure but how?" He asked.

"I dunno, crud, we’ve got to get out of here before Viper returns, he’s going to mutate us." She said urgently.

"Yeah so I’ve heard right before he injected me with his tranquilizer liquid." He replied.

"There’s gotta be a way out, there always is." She said wondering if she was wrong this time.

Jarrod didn’t reply, apparently he was thinking of a way out too, neither of them wanted to be mutated and become part of Viper’s squad.

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T-Bone and Razor carefully checked all the floors for any signs of Viper or the Enforcers, both were now sure that it was Jarrod and Jessie, however they didn’t know if the two were in Viper’s clutches or not. Not surprisingly on each floor the SWAT Kats had encountered numerous creatures that once were either plants or simple bugs, now after Viper had mutated them those plants and bugs were dangerous. Each one encountered was stronger and sometimes more agile than the others.

"Crud, this place is covered with them." Said T-Bone in frustration as he deployed a mini octopus missile that caught a giant plant.

Razor had no time to reply as he deployed a missile of his own at two giant flies that tried to attack him. The wrapper missile tied their wings together. "Incoming." He warned T-Bone as he leapt on his partner just as a fly attacked T-Bone. The two fell to the floor just as the fly passed the place where T-Bone stood just a second ago.

"Thanks buddy." T-Bone said getting to his feet "Sure wouldn’t want to be bitten by them." He said remembering what had happened last time he got bitten by one of Viper’s critters.

"Affirmative." Acknowledged Razor as he ducked another plant attack and fired a mini scrambler that had literally fried a giant vine in front of him.

"Where do you think Viper is?" Asked T-Bone as he kicked a plant and leapt over it to follow Razor.

"Somewhere downstairs, we’ve gotta keep looking for him." Razor replied.

They’ve already checked over fifteen floors, no sign of Viper, just his mutations, both wondered if he was still in the building.

"Hiya!" Razor yelled as he kicked open a door to a laboratory, inside it was empty, no Viper, no mutated plants.

"Great, how many labs have we seen tonight, Razor?" Asked T-Bone.

Razor didn’t reply, T-Bone looked at his partner and noticed Razor smiling at something he spotted on a table. T-Bone knew that smile anywhere, his partner had just found something that may help them.

"Razor. What is it?" He asked walking over to his partner who was holding something he picked up from a table in his paws.

"The way to catch Viper, finally." Razor said, as he looked at the vial he was holding in his paw.

"What do you mean, buddy?" Asked T-Bone not understanding what Razor meant.

"This is one of the newest tranquilizer liquids the Labs had been developing for the past year." He explained, "a drop of this stuff is powerful enough to send you to dream land for a long period of time without any damage to the body. Originally they were developing it for medical use, but we can use it for something else." Razor said his eyes gleaming.

"What are you going to do? Put Viper to sleep?" T-Bone asked.

"With a little modification it’ll also paralyze him for a few hours." Razor said as he took off his Glovatrix and unloaded it, taking a scrambler missile he took it apart in order to fill it up with the tranquilizer. T-Bone watched in amazement as his partner carefully added the liquid inside the half empty missile. Five minutes later the missile was intact once again loaded into Razor’s Glovatrix. Razor grinned up at his partner.

"Now lets find the snake." He said as they exited the lab and continued their search for Viper.

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Viper came back from the lab with three bottles of Katalyst 100, that was all there was in that lab. It was enough for him, for now. He also mixed a second portion of ‘Viper Mutagen 368’, ‘jussst in casssse’ he though. He noticed that both of the Enforcers were now awake, he grinned at them and picking up the bottle of Viper Mutagen 368 from the table and advanced towards them. Both gave him cold looks without saying anything.

"Ahh tough, no matter, ssssoon you won’t feel a thing." He said as he picked Jarrod up with his tail. Jessie tensed up, wondering if this was the end for them, she noticed that Viper was standing close to her.

"Let me go you creep." Jarrod mouthed through clenched teeth

"In a few momentsssss." Viper said lifting the bottle up above Jarrod’s head ready to pour the contents on Jarrod’s head.

"Noo." Jessie shouted as she kicked Viper with all the force she could muster being tied up. That force was enough to send Viper down onto the floor, freeing Jarrod and shattering the bottle of the mutagen.

Viper stood up and glared angrily at the Enforcer who just gave him a sly grin.

"You’ll pay for thissss." He said advancing towards her, behind him the Fungus grabbed Jarrod and held him tight, in case he would try to escape or do something similar to what his partner just did.

Viper picked her up from the floor with his tail and tightened it around her causing her to gasp. He laughed and reached for the second bottle with the mutagen.

"Let me go you creep." She said through clenched teeth as darkness slowly moved closer to her, she shook her head to keep it away for now, but she knew that she won’t hold on for a long time.

"Ssssoon after you’re like me." Viper said as she continued to struggle against him, her strength weakening with every second. Viper knew that she wound soon pass out, so he didn’t put more pressure on her, instead he lifted the bottle up in the air above her head, ready to pour the contents of it on her.

"No." Jarrod yelled form the clutches of the Fungus, but he knew that there was nothing he could do.

As Viper prepared to pour the contents of the bottle on Jessie, he heard a noise behind him but he ignored it. An octopus missile flew by him grabbing the hand that held the mutagen, causing Viper to let go of it as it shattered. He turned around to face his enemies.

"The SssssWAT Katsss." He said surprised. Jessie grinned weakly at the two that stood near the stairs pointing their weapons at Viper. She stopped struggling in order to save her strength knowing that she and Jarrod were safe.

"Let her go Viper." Warned him Razor as T-Bone fired at the Fungus releasing Jarrod. Jarrod tumbled to the floor managing to land on his feet.

"Not sssso fassst." He said once again using the captive Enforcer as his shield in front of him. "You won’t fire at me while I ssstill have her." He said grinning.

"Razor he’s right." Said T-Bone but his partner didn’t listen, he leveled the Glovatrix on Viper.

‘Sorry if I hit you Jessie’ he thought as he fired the modified missile at Viper. The missile found its target, imbedding itself in Viper’s flesh and sending him to the floor. Before he hit the floor he was already asleep, his tail weakened the grip on Jessie as she also fell to the floor, unharmed by Razor’s missile.

"Are you okay?" Asked T-Bone as he untied Jarrod.

Jarrod nodded wondering why a SWAT Kat would care for his life. T-Bone looked at him unsure if Jarrod was telling the truth.

Razor ran to Jessie. He untied her then looked at her with concern.

"Are you okay?" He asked concerned.

She shook her head to clear it "Yeah, a little rattled, but okay." She replied, and then realized who she was really talking to. She didn’t show it as she stood up and walked towards T-Bone and Jarrod. Razor followed her.

"Are you okay Jarrod?" She asked as she rubbed her wrists to get the circulation going. Once again he nodded his head.

"What about you Lieutenant?" Asked T-Bone.

"Fine." She replied her doubts about the pair now gone. She realized who they were, but didn’t show it.

"Hey what did you guys do to Viper?" Asked Jarrod looking over Viper.

"I modified one of the scrambler missiles, he’s asleep, but when he’ll wake up he’ll be paralyzed for a few hours." Razor summed up grinning.

"Thanks guys." Jessie spoke up.

"Hey no problem." T-Bone replied with a grin.

"Lets get this scum in the chopper and into the cell where he belongs" Jarrod said as he picked Viper off the floor and dropping him on his shoulder carried him upstairs to the roof. The SWAT Kats and Jessie followed close behind.

"Phew am I glad to be out of there." Jessie said to no one.

"Yeah me too." Relied Jarrod

"What did you do to agitate him so much?" Asked Razor.

"He tried to mutate Jarrod and I kicked him causing the bottle to break." She said recalling the event.

"Smart thinking, Lieutenant." T-Bone said.

"Yeah thanks." Jarrod said.

"Aww…forget it, it was my duty." She replied as Jarrod put Viper in the chopper and came back outside.

T-Bone and Razor jumped into the Turbokat and took off giving Jessie and Jarrod a thumbs up. The Enforcers waved to them and went to their chopper.

"Now what?" Asked Jarrod. "Back to Headquarters?"

"Negative, we’ve got to secure the building first." She replied going back inside, this time taking out her flashlight, Jarrod followed her inside. They went through all the floors making sure none of Viper’s mutations were still there.

"Looks like the SWAT Kats took care of them." Noted Jarrod as they passed yet another fried vine.

"Yeah next time Viper better make his plans fry free." She replied with a grin.

They found the fuse box on the ground floor and got the power back.

"They’ve got a lot of cleaning to do tomorrow." Noted Jarrod gesturing at the mess everywhere.

"Affirmative, sure wouldn’t want to be in the janitors’ shoes tomorrow morning." Replied Jessie as they took an elevator to the roof.

Viper was still out, and judging by the looks of things he would be for the next few days. Jarrod took off the chopper course set for Enforcer Headquarters. Both were glad to get out of the mess alive.

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"What made you fire at Viper with Jessie in his claws, you could’ve hit her too." T-Bone stated.

"I know, I had no choice." Razor said angrily. "I wouldn’t want anything to happen to her." He stated as the Salvage Yard came into view.

"Gotta admit it they do make a good team." T-Bone replied changing the subject.

"Roger that, I just hope this partnership won’t finish their career." Razor replied.

"Heh heh don’t worry buddy, it won’t." T-Bone reassured his partner as he landed the jet in the hangar. Both jumped out and changing from their g-suits went upstairs to the garage. They still had lots of cars to repair before next morning, so they set to work.

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"This is the first time Viper’s in custody." Jessie stated as Jarrod landed the chopper.

"Affirmative, lets hope he stays that way." Jarrod replied taking the still sleeping Viper out from the chopper.

"The SWAT Kats did a good job capturing him though, and saving our tails." Jessie pointed out as they entered the elevator and Jessie inserted her key card for access down to the holding cell area.

"Yeah, if it weren’t for them we’d be Viper’s flunkies." Jarrod replied.

Jessie trembled at the thought, Jarrod looked at her.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"Yeah I just thought what if the SWAT Kats didn’t get there in time, we would’ve…" She sighed closing her eyes, Jarrod put a reassuring paw on her shoulder.

"Hey Jess, it past now, we’re in one piece." He said soothingly.

"I guess you’re right." She said shaking her head, slipping into her authoritative look she followed Jarrod into the holding cell area.

Officer James Spear, the kat in charge of logs and everything was listening to his radio and writing something, apparently he didn’t hear them walk in.

"James, book him." Said Jarrod getting Officer Spear’s attention.

James Spear looked up in surprise, then his jaw fell open.

"You’ve caught Dr. Viper?" He asked switching off his radio.

"Not us, the SWAT Kats did, we...er…sorta hung around." Replied Jessie.

"Wow." Said James unable to hide his surprise.

"Now James back to work, book this scum and make sure he doesn’t escape, oh and one more thing when he wakes up call us." Jessie said with full authority as Jarrod placed Viper on James’s desk.

"Gotta admit he looks cool while asleep." He said with a grin as they exited the holding cell area and went to the elevator.

"Heh yeah, and a lot less dangerous." She said as Jarrod pressed the button for their floor.

"And here you thought patrol was boring." Jarrod replied with a grin

"Well mostly it is, but I think this adventure gave us some clues too." Jessie said as they exited the elevator and moved down the hall in the direction of their living quarters.

"What do you mean?" He asked surprised.

Jessie opened the door to her quarters. "Come inside." She said

Jarrod came in not sure what his partner meant.

"Okay what clues?" He asked as they sat on two chairs in the living room

"I think I know who the SWAT Kats are." She said carefully.

"You what??" Jarrod couldn’t believe his ears, no one but the SWAT Kats themselves knew that.

"You heard me. I’ve been thinking about it for a long time now, and after tonight I’m positive it is who I though it was." She said.

"Well then who are they?" Jarrod asked.

"T-Bone and Razor are also known as Chance Furlong and Jake Clawson." She said.

"Impossible" He replied.

"Look at the clues, Jarrod, T-Bone’s flying is perfect, so was Chance’s, and today when Razor shot at Viper, anyone else would miss at this range, but not Jake, not him, not me." She said, Jarrod was now listening. "Also before Jake and Chance got kicked out of the Enforcers there was no SWAT Kats, the SWAT Kats appeared shortly *after* my brother and Chance got kicked out." She stated. "And besides they were concerned for our lives, after they saved us, Jarrod. When Razor untied me he looked concerned, that’s what made me so sure about them. Wasn’t T-Bone concerned when he untied you?"

"Yeah he did sound concerned, do you really think it is them?" Jarrod asked

"Got any better theories?" She asked.

"Well, no, and you do sound convincing." He was still unsure if his cousin and his friend were the SWAT Kats. Jessie knew that

"Besides, you and T-Bone are they same size, build, and you almost resemble each other, Jarrod, T-Bone is your cousin." She said. "As for me and Razor, we’re twins, we look alike."

"You’re right, it is them. Lets go talk to them now." Jarrod said standing up from the chair and moving towards the door, Jessie followed him.

They took the elevator down to the parking area, then got into Jarrod’s car and for the second time this day Jarrod drove the car towards the Salvage Yard.

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Chance and Jake were watching TV when a knock on the door interrupted their evening. Jake stood up and went to open the door. Seconds later Jarrod and Jessie were in the room greeting Chance.

"What brings you two here at this time?" Asked Chance.

"Well for starters we want to thank you." Said Jarrod.

"Thank us for what?" Asked Jake wondering if it was for what he thought it was.

"For saving us from Viper." Jessie said.

"Huh?!? What do you mean?" Asked Chance and Jake in union..

"C’mon guys don’t kid us, we know that you’re the SWAT Kats." Jarrod said.

"You…what?" Asked Chance surprised, Jake nearly dropped the remote upon hearing this.

"How? How did you know?" He asked amazed.

Jarrod and Jessie gave each other a look before Jessie answered.

"Today when you shot at Viper," she gestured at Jake, "while I was still in his grasp, you managed to miss me, there are only two kats here who can shoot with such accuracy, that’s you and me." She said, Jake nodded.

"What gave you the clue besides that?" Asked Chance.

"You two were concerned for our lives." Jarrod replied.

"We just don’t want anything happening to any of you." Said Jake.

"Thanks for saving us, if it weren’t for you, we’d be Viper’s accomplices." Said Jarrod.

"Forget it guys, it was our tag." Replied Jake.

"So now that you know our little secret, what are you going to do?" Asked Chance.

"Keep it to ourselves what else? We can’t let Feral get you." Replied Jarrod.

"Yeah the city needs you just as much as it needs the Enforcers, even more than it needs us." Jessie said.

"I guess you were going to find out sooner or later anyway." Jake said.

"Yeah, I wouldn’t have guessed it was you if it weren’t for your aim and concern." Jessie said.

"I guess we had way too much target practice when we were little eh sis?" Asked Jake smiling

"Roger that." She replied grinning. "And you two have had way to much flying experience" She said gesturing at Chance and Jarrod who were grinning.

"Heh heh yeah well you aren’t exactly bad yourself Jessie." Said Chance.

"Aww, Chance." She said her face reddening a bit. "I’m not half as good as you are." She said.

"You wanna test that statement?" He asked.

"Sure but how?" She said.

"We’ll take the Turbokat for a ride to see if you’re good or not." Chance replied. "Of course I’ll let you fly her too, cousin." He said looking at Jarrod.

"All right!" Said Jarrod and Jessie in union, their voices full of excitement.

"Lets go." Chance said.

"Now?" Asked Jessie surprised.

"Why wait till tomorrow?" Asked Chance as he led them to the hangar. "Wow. Gotta hand it to you guys, cool set up." Jessie said amazed with what she saw down in the hangar

"Yeah and it looks much neater than what you’ve got upstairs." Jarrod said.

"Now there’s an expert on good housekeeping." Chance said with a laugh, the rest cracked up, Jarrod threw a ‘I’ll get you for this’ look at Chance.

"Hmmph…Chance you ain’t exactly a good housekeeping expert yourself." Jarrod replied.

"Runs in the family I guess" Jake said with a grin. Jarrod and Chance threw him a ‘wait till I get my hands on you’ look, he just shrugged his shoulders.

"Okay enough foolishness for now, lets fly." Said Chance, "who’s first?"

"Mind if I go?" Asked Jarrod.

"Not at all, be my guest." Replied Jessie, she knew that her partner was eager to fly the Turbokat, so was she, but from the look on Jarrod’s face he was more eager.

"Thanks."

"All right." Chance said, he quickly changed into his g-suit, and both were ready to take off.

Jarrod strapped himself into the pilot’s seat and looked over the controls while T-Bone strapped himself in the WSO’s seat.

"Sure you can fly the Turbokat, Lieutenant Furlong?" Asked T-Bone.

"No problem, the controls look simple enough." Jarrod replied with a grin.

"Then lets go." T-Bone said.

Jarrod closed the canopy and gunning the engines took off into the skies of Megakat City.

Jake showed Jessie around the hangar, showing her all the gadgets and missiles.

"Told you, you’d find a way." Jessie said remembering what she said to them earlier this day.

Jake grinned in the answer as they continued to look through the variations of missiles and machinery. Jessie was amazed at the arsenal she saw, all invented and assembled by Jake.

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Jarrod was amazed at the speed and maneuverability of the jet as he guided the Turbokat through the city.

"How’s it handle, Lieutenant?" Asked T-Bone grinning.

"Perfect, this is incredible T-Bone, and to think you built it out of junk." Jarrod replied as he made a loop and engaged the VTOL mode.

"It’s amazing what you can find in a junkyard today." T-Bone said with a grin as Jarrod disengaged the VTOL mode and at the speed of Mach 2 headed towards Megakat Bay.

"How do you manage to keep it up in working order?" Asked Jarrod. "It’s not easy to keep this baby operational." He noted looking over the instruments in front of him..

"Razor does most of the keeping it operational part, but you’ve got to admit it’s got lots of thrust." T-Bone replied.

"Affirmative," Jarrod said with a grin as he made a low swoop over Megakat Bay and flipped the jet upside down.

"Whoa, careful, Lieutenant." T-Bone said.

"What’s the matter, T-Bone, afraid of flying upside down?" Asked Jarrod as he made another loop and flipped the jet again.

"Not at all, just don’t go that low over the water, I just washed the jet." T-Bone replied.

"Yeah well you missed a few spots and I’m cleaning them for you.’ Jarrod replied with a grin as he guided the jet towards the city once again.

"Gotta admit it, you’re as good as I am." T-Bone replied.

"Heh, runs in the family." Jarrod said with a smile.

"Ain’t it the truth." T-Bone replied.

"Yup, pure truth, this sure makes an Enforcer jet look like a toy." Jarrod stated as he sent the Turbokat into a fast spin, seconds later he straightened the course.

"Yeah I can’t believe I used to be happy flying that thing." T-Bone noted.

"Yeah, the Turbokat is state of the art for sure. One mean machine." Jarrod said.

"Glad you agree with that." T-Bone retorted.

"T-Bone, how can I *not* agree with something that is so obvious?" Asked Jarrod doing a complex maneuver. "This is so amazing, doesn’t make you fell bored all the time, right?"

"Yeah I take the Turbokat out for a ride when I get bored, if Razor’s not working on it. I enjoy the view up here, especially around midnight." T-Bone said.

"Same here." Replied Jarrod flying under a bridge. "This is fun" He observed. "You’re right the view is great here."

"That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you all this time." T-Bone replied.

"Right." Jarrod answered as he continued doing complex maneuvers and constantly changing speed. "How high can it go?"

"About Mach 7, not counting the speed of heat." T-Bone replied.

"Wow."

"Shall we head back to the hangar?" Asked T-Bone.

"Why not, all good things must suddenly come to an end." Jarrod replied with a sigh as he turned the Turbokat around and headed towards the Salvage Yard.

Jarrod was amazed at the power and the maneuverability of the Turbokat. He’s seen and flown some excellent jets in his life, but the Turbokat beat them all by miles. ‘I can’t believe that this baby was once junk.’ He thought as the Salvage Yard came into view. Jarrod landed the jet in the hangar with precision. As the circular platform raised a level higher with the jet on it, Jarrod popped the canopy. Seconds after the platform stopped, Jarrod and T-Bone jumped out.

"Well that was a good experience." Jarrod said as T-Bone threw him a grin.

They found Jake and Jessie near the lockers, Jake was showing Jessie how to work the Glovatrix, both seemed preoccupied in it, they haven’t heard the Turbokat land.

"Jessie?" Jarrod tried to get his partner’s attention, she looked up from the Glovatrix.

"Back already?" She asked.

"That was fast." Jake noted.

"Couldn’t let you wait too long." Jarrod said.

"Thanks partner." She threw him a grin. "Thanks Jake, I guess we’ll continue the Glovatrix lessons next time." She said handing him back the Glovatrix, he put it back in his locker and followed the others back to the Turbokat. From the look on Jarrod’s face, Jessie knew she was going to love it.

Jessie jumped into the pilot’s seat and strapped herself in. While she looked over the controls, T-Bone strapped himself in the WSO’s seat once again.

"Ready?" He asked.

"Affirmative." She replied with a grin as the Turbokat once again took off into the skies of Megakat City, this time with Lieutenant Clawson at the controls.

Jake and Jarrod watched the Turbokat fly off.

"Jake, the Turbokat is magnificent, I can’t believe that it was built out of junk." Jarrod said.

"Yeah sometimes even I forget it was once nothing but salvage." Jake replied.

"And the handling is magnificent, but what else can you expect from such a perfect jet?" Jarrod said amazed by the power of the jet.

Jake grinned in the answer. "C’mon let me show you the hangar and our arsenal." Jake said as he began showing Jarrod the variations of their missiles.

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Jessie was amazed at the speed and the maneuverability of the Turbokat as she guided it through the city.

"This is amazing T-Bone." She said as she did a small loop followed by a bigger loop and then flipped the jet upside down.

"Whoa, I know."

"What’s the matter?" She asked flipping the jet again and gaining more altitude she headed for Megakat Bay.

"You Enforcers like to fly upside down or something?" He asked.

"Well I do, but I’ve been missing that a lot lately."

"Why is that?"

"Well since I was Commander Feral’s pilot, and he prefers choppers, well let’s just say he’ll be ticked off if I flip the chopper." Jessie replied.

"Heh" T-Bone grinned as Jessie took the Turbokat low over the water.

"Whoa, T-Bone this is fun." She said engaging the VTOL mode and letting the jet hang in the air only about five feet above water.

"Yeah it is, isn’t it? Sure puts a little edge on your life, eh Lieutenant?" He asked.

"Sure does, flying also keeps you company sometimes, don’t you agree?" She replied as she disengaged the VTOL mode and headed back towards the city.

"Yeah it is kinda lonely sometimes. Flying is just one of the ways to keep loneliness away." He said.

She nodded her head as they approached Old Megakat Bridge, once again she decreased the speed and altitude, then as they neared the bridge she made a loop over it She then decided to do something crazy, she sent the jet into a spinning dive then she pulled up just as the Turbokat was about to hit the water.

"Whoa, Lieutenant, you’re just like me."

"Nah T-Bone, I told you I’m not half as good as you are. I leave all the complex maneuvers to Jarrod." She replied.

"Complex maneuvers doesn’t matter, it’s how you handle the jet that matters." He said.

"Maybe, but I still say I’m not as good as you are." She said remembering some of the maneuvers he did, she couldn’t even do some of them. ‘I bet he can do them in his sleep’ she thought.

"I’m just telling you the truth Lieutenant." He said. "You handle the Turbokat great."

"Neither did I, you two are the only Enforcers who know our secret." T-Bone said.

"Don’t worry, we won’t talk." She reassured him.

"I’m not worried. How’s it handle?" He asked.

"Great. This is one powerful machine." She said amazed, she had never seen or flown anything that powerful.

"Yeah, amazing isn’t it?" He stated.

"You got that right. Well I’d better head back to the hangar, the fuel’s almost out, wouldn’t want to crash such a beauty." She said as she set the course towards the hangar.

"Roger that, Lieutenant." T-Bone replied.

"Amazing handling, not to mention power and speed." She noted looking at the instruments in front of her.

"Yeah and with the heatshields it can stand a higher speed, meaning the Turbokat can go as high as the most powerful spaceship at MASA." T-Bone said.

"Wow, and to think this was all made from nothing but junk." She said amazement in her voice.

"Heh, heh yeah." He replied with a grin as the Salvage Yard came into view. Jessie landed the Turbokat in the hangar with no less precision as Jarrod did, as the platform raised with the Turbokat, she popped the canopy and both of them jumped out as the platform stopped.

Jake and Jarrod were just finishing up looking over the missiles, Jessie walked over to the two while T-Bone changed.

"Octopus missile, one of the most powerful missiles in our arsenal, can clip anything within a few seconds." She heard Jake say as she neared them.

"Hey guys." She said smiling.

"Back so soon?" Jarrod asked.

"You used up most of the fuel, ace." She replied. "But I gotta admit that was amazing." She said.

"I agree, and she isn’t as bad as she thinks she is." Chance said joining the three.

"Well I admit I do have extensive practice." She said.

"When?" Asked Jake.

"When I get bored I take one of the jets and fly, I suppose that helps me." She replied shrugging her shoulders. "But I’m sure I can never beat you two." She said looking at Jarrod and Chance.

"Hey who knows, I always say, practice makes perfect." Chance replied.

"Yeah well now that we’re a team I doubt he’ll let me fly the jet." Jessie replied. "In any case I’d be glad to let him fly it." She said

"Why is that wizzo?" Asked Jarrod.

"Cause you’re a very bad back seat pilot." She replied trying to cover a laugh, Jarrod playfully hit her on her shoulder. Then the four cracked-up laughing.

A few minutes later the foursome wiped the tears from their eyes, and climbed back up to the garage.

"I guess you two are still good buddies." Jake said.

"Why Jake, how did you guess?" Asked Jessie.

"Well you two don’t seem to fight even though you tease each other." He said.

"Oh really? Watch this." She said as she extended her claws and saw Jarrod do the same, both pretended to attack each other. As Jessie moved in on Jarrod, he stepped out of the way and she lost her balance and tumbled on the floor.

"Thanks." She said throwing Jarrod a look, Jarrod laughed

"Well we’re not really fighting." He said with a laugh

"Yeah, just fooling around. Well we’d better be going now. Commander Feral may wonder what the heck happened to us" Jessie stated.

"Yeah we can’t just tell him we were busy flying the Turbokat." Jarrod said with a laugh as he exited through the door, Jessie followed him, shortly Chance and Jake followed them outside.

"Have fun you two." Chance said with a grin.

"Oh don’t worry, we will." Jarrod replied.

"Heh, and don’t worry guys, we’ll keep your secret, even if it kills us." Jessie said as she and Jarrod exchanged a high-five.

With that the two Enforcers got into Jarrod’s car and drove out of the Salvage Yard, Jake and Chance watched them drive off with happy smiles on their faces knowing that their secret was safe.