THE SWATKATS, THE POWER RANGERS, AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS; TOGETHER AT LAST By Kathy Carman [ARCHIVE HOST NOTE : There are three or more stories previous to this in the saga, but I have chosen to exclude them from the archive because they do not contain the SWAT Kats. The only storyline you have to know is really that the Power Rangers and the Freedom Fighters have teamed up previously to fight their own baddies, and have never met the SKs before] MEGAKAT CITY A storm was brewing over Megakat City... {Hillary, you said this is supposed to happen when the Past Master is around, so it’s happening.} Unbothered by the incoming storm, Jake McCollins and Chance Furlong were enjoying one of their more cultured activities... "I wanna watch David Litterbin!" said one of them as he grabbed the remote from the other. "Hey, I wanna watch the Scardy Cat Late-Night Marathon!" "Litterbin!" "Scardy-Cat!" "Litterbin!" Suddenly, a light flashed, and the oven timer went off. "Pizza’s done," thought Chance. "C’mon, Chance," said Jake as he grabbed him by the shoulder and rushed to their underground hangar. Chance and Jake rushed over to answer the distress call. Chance answered it first. "Swatkats here; Come in, Miss Briggs." "Swatkats! Megakat city’s in deep trouble. The Past Master is stirring up trouble on top of City Hall. He seems to be trying to conjure another portal," she said. "We’re right on it," said Jake , "Swatkats out." They hurriedly went over to their lockers and put on their uniforms, masks, and helmets, ‘n stuff. They jumped into the Turbocat and took off. Meanwhile... The Past Master was sitting on the clock tower as Callie reported, immersed in reading a great literary work of art. "Another Side of Mobius by Kathy Carman. Intriguing plot. These two teams certainly work well together. Perhaps I can persuade them to join my battle against those infernal Swatkats. Then claim their powers for my own!" He soon saw the Turbocat racing toward him. He then held up to the heavens the beautifully illustrated title page that had all the Freedom Fighters and the Power Rangers on it. "Hear the spell of the Immortal, Send these creatures through the portal. By my magic the world shall cower, Bring these beings into my power!" Almost instantly, the dark clouds in the sky began to swirl, and a portal began to form, but not quite where the Past Master wanted it. It was right in front of the Turbocat. "No! No! Not there!" The powerful pull of the vortex was fast drawing T-bone and Razor in. All three engines on full reverse would not deliver them from it. The Turbocat along with its passengers, were gone. The Past Master was quite upset about how things had turned about. "All right, you author!" "Me?!!!" I said. This had surprised me; I had never been a character in my own book before. "I performed that spell just as you typed it. Now I want some foul-smelling, slobbery, ugly, creatures to come out of that portal NOW!" I was still surprised, I had never been yelled at by one of the characters in one of my stories before. But, what he said was true, so I decided to cut him a break and give him just what he wanted... AND NOW, BACK TO THE STORY... Two creatures started to tumble out from the portal just as it closed. They came closer and closer to the clock tower. Then their true forms were realized. In their home dimension, they are commonly known as, Farcus "Bulk" Bulkmeyer, and Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch. "We are here to serve you, master," they both said at once. The Past Master then turned to me and said, "I hate you." Meanwhile, back with, well, everyone else, including The Freedom Fighters, The Power Rangers and The Swatkats... "Razor, I am really getting tired of this." "Okay Three questions... How’d we all get here and why, and Who are those guys?!" asked Kimberly. "Hey, Razor look! It’s those, ah, Freedom Fighters!" remembered T-bone. Sonic introduced those who needed introductions. "Swatkats, these are the Power Rangers, Tommy, Kimberly, Billy, Jason, Trini, and Zack; they come from Angel Grove and are the guardians of the planet Earth. Power Rangers, These are the Swatkats, T-bone and Razor, guardians of Megakat City. That over there is their jet, the Turbocat." Tommy stepped forward to welcome their new friends. "Hi, Cool jet. You know, these guys are kinda cute." He offered his hand. T-bone gritted his teeth but firmly shook his hand and said, "Nice to meet you too, Tommy. There’s just one thing," T-bone then proceeded to throw Tommy over his shoulder. "NEVER EVER CALL US CUTE!!!" Shaken, Tommy stumbled over to the other Rangers. "Guys, Trust me, Don’t call these guys cute," he whispered. Meanwhile in Robotropolis... "Ha ha! Finished at last! The device that will surely triumph over the Power Rangers!" cried Robotnik. "Uh, What is it this time, sir?" asked Snively. "This is a very special radio device, set at a frequency only the Power Rangers can hear. You know when that {shutter} Zedd guy told me all about the Rangers. He said when they morph they assume the power and spirits of ancient animals. With this it will be a complete metamorphose, making them follow their natural instincts! They will turn on their friends and DESTROY THEM!!!" An alarm was sounding. It was the alarm Robotnik had created that would sound if any humans with Morphing powers were detected. Robotnik smiled an evil grin. He then returned to his thingy and switched a switch to the word, "ON". "Say Snively, Did you ever find out the meaning of that word that nerd called me?" "You mean, ‘unctuous’." "Yes that’s the one." "Well I’m still not sure, but I think that in a certain foreign language it means ‘moose.’" "Moose?" "Moose." "-Well, anyway, that’s how we all must’ve gotten here, with the Past Master’s spell, and it backfired," said Razor. All the Power Rangers suddenly put their hands to their ears as though they all heard a very annoying sound. They described it as a sort of strange high-pitched ringing in their ears, and highly obnoxious. However, neither The Freedom Fighters, nor the Swatkats heard a thing. The Rangers then said it didn’t matter anymore, for the sound had died down. "Ah, I am sure the effects of the device have reached its full effects by now. Now, I’ll send for a mock battle to get them to morph," said Robotnik. "It may take awhile for me to adjust the portal generator to your dimension. But I’m sure I can do it," said Billy to the Swatkats. Suddenly, a bunch of Swatbots appeared out of the foliage. One by one the Power Rangers morphed, just as Robotnik had hoped. "Now you’ll see something really cool," said Sonic to the Swatkats. The Swatbots fled, their task done. "Hey what gives?!" wondered Sonic. Then he looked at the Rangers’ peculiar actions. "Uh Oh." Firebirds, Griffins, and Dragons were everywhere. Kimberly swooped down and nearly whacked all three of their heads off. "Wait a minute! I’ve got an idea. Hey guys lem’me borrow your jet for a sec." "Yeah, right!" said T-bone. "We’ve seen you drive," added Razor. "All right, I’ll just enlist the help of a recurring character." Sonic put his fingers to his lips and whistled. Right away Lassie and Dogmatics stood at attention at his side. "No, I didn’t want you guys." He went to the Freedom Fighters stable and, enlisting the help of Lightning Swift, his noble steed, and he rode off in an unknown direction. Unfortunately, Lassie and Dogmatics saw the Swatkats; and the Swatkats saw them. Their instincts sent them to bearing their teeth and growling. "Hey T-bone, How do you like your-" at this he and T-bone bared their claws, "hot dogs?" At this, Lassie and Dogmatics rapidly departed, whimpering, and ran up a tree in hiding. As far as I know, they are up there still vowing never to come down, and especially not to torment anyone of the feline persuasion. Sonic then returned with a large bazooka-like gun. He dismounted. "This is one of Robotnik’s guns that make the Rangers de-morph." He aimed straight up at the Firebird. Dead-center. Suddenly, he let the weapon drop. "I-I can’t!" "Oh, give me that," said Razor and was able to get her. The form of the Firebird melted and peeled away to reveal ordinary Kimberly. Then suddenly, she realized she was fifty feet in the air! "Huh?" She plummeted downwards. "AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!" "I hate this. Here we go again," said Sonic. He crouched under where Kimberly was going to fall. THUD! Kimberly landed with a thud. Tommy, somewhat dazed from the experience although his human self again, came over to her. "Wow, that looked like a really bad fall. Are you okay?" He offered his hand to help her up. "Yeah, luckily something broke my fall." She gladly accepted his help and stood up. Underneath, was a partially smooshed Sonic, groaning. "Sonic, with these ‘friends’ who needs Robotnik?" asked T-bone. "Hey! What was with you guys? You were attacking everything that moved, including us!" All of the Rangers appeared to under the impression of an excruciating headache. {No Rita Jokes Please!} "It was like as soon as I was fully morphed, I just lost control," said Kimberly. "Well I say that nobody morphs until we figure out what’s going on," said Tommy. "I’ll bet Robotnik is behind this," said Jason. Meanwhile back at MEGAKAT CITY... "So you finally came back to see how I was doing, huh?" said the Past Master. "Yes, things were getting kinda intense, so I decided to check out what you were up to," I said. "Well, Nothing," "Nothing?! Surely a nice villain like you could find something to wreak havoc on." "Well there are those fabulous henchmen you gave me," he said as he looked over at Bulk and Skull. "We are here to serve you, master," they said. "Hm, Well, I tell you what. Over in Mobius, we have three superhero teams doing pretty much, um, nothing. It’s not exactly easy to challenge a whole bunch of good guys like that." "So true." "So how ‘bout it? Keep the readers interested, let you have a little fun..." "Just Beam Me Up, Kathy!" The Past Master had become bored back home, what with no good guys to wreak havoc on. So he decided to follow in their pawprints. He rose his mystical golden watch to the sky where he last saw the Swatkats disappear. The swirling vortex again appeared. The three vanished. "Boy what a dump," exclaimed the Past Master as he entered Mobius. "All right, now where are they?" "Well, this is vast Mobian wilderness. Um, scout around a bit." "Oh this is just great. How’d I get stuck in this dumb story anyhow? There’s plenty of other bad guys around. She could’a used Viper, or Morbulus, but noooo, had to pick me. I’m calling my agent-" and he continued to mumble on and complain as he left in search of our favorite good guys. "Robutnik must have a new toy," said Sonic. "Whatever it is we’ve got to stop it, or we’ll never be able to morph again," said Tommy. "Tails, Swatkats, Rangers. I suggest we kick some bot butt," said Sonic, ever anxious to start something as always. "We’d better take the horses," said Kimberly. "Yeah and we’ll just fire up the-" Suddenly T-bone gasped loudly. Razor could see the problem before anyone else could. "Easy T-bone, Easy. Take deep breaths," said Razor. For some strange reason, there was smoke pouring out of the Turbocat. And, there was even a ding in the hood. One of the Power Rangers while in that strange trance, must’ve disabled the Turbocat, and whoever it was now doesn’t even know if they did it. A few hours later, T-bone had finally calmed down but only after the Rangers promised to help him fix it later. Fortunately, they were able to salvage the Cyclotron, and lots of other cool blow-upity stuff. So they started out, for yet another of Robotnik’s bases that appeared recently and was spotted by the two-tailed wonder. "If it’s anywhere it’s gotta be there," said Tails. So off they started, Sonic on Lightning Swift, {for he and Tails were Sonic’s favorite travel companions.} Tails, sometimes hovering next to Sonic, sometimes riding behind him on Lightning Swift. {Don’t worry Bridget, he’s very light, and Lightning Swift is very strong.} Razor set the Cyclotron on stealth mode, so as not to disturb the other horses. {Speaking of which,} And the Rangers were of course taking out their horses, White Lightning, Midnight Wanderer, Strawberry, Blue Twilight, Sundance, and Rocket. They all mentioned how they had missed their trusted steeds. At last they had arrived at a; lake? "Tails, What gives? Where is it?" asked Sonic. "It’s an underwater fortress, Duh." "Great, then how do we get down there?" asked Trini. "Oh that’s easy," said Tails as he pulled away some giant leaves to reveal, THE SEA-FOX! "There’s just one problem. It’ll hold me and Sonic and The Swatkats, but there’s no way the Power Rangers will be able to fit." "Man, We don’t want you guys fighting for us without us helping you," said Zack. "Wait a minute. Maybe we can help them, by combining our Power Coins and lending them the Power," suggested Tommy. "Great idea, Tommy!" "Negative," said T-bone, holding his Glove-a-trix, "This is all the power we’ll need." "I don’t know, T-bone, it might be kinda fun." suggested Razor. "I mean, who knows what’s gonna happen in there." "Oh all right," The Rangers all got out their Power Coins. "We call on the Power of all those combined," said Tommy. Jason and Zack overlapped their Power Coins and held them in a triangle-form pointed at Razor. "MASTODON-LION THUNDERZORD POWER!" "TYRANNOSAURUS-RED DRAGON THUNDERZORD POWER!" Tommy and Trini did similarly with T-bone.