Dark Heart - Part 2 By: Liv. E-mail: liv_cat@zipmail.com.br --------------------------------------- Faye couldn't believe what she was seeing - one of her best friends kidnapping her and locking her in a cage. "Uncle Chance, why are you doing this with me? Why are you so different? And, what's that white thing?" she asked, scared. "Relax, Faye - I don't wanna really hurt ya. I just want your dad," he said. "Why do you want to hunt my father?" asked Faye. "You know very well, Faye. I don't know why you still call him 'Dad' after what he did to your mother years ago. Lance did the right thing in staying away from him," he said as he was leaving. "Hey, where are you going? I don't wanna be alone here!" Faye cried out. "To warn your father. Don't worry - Bado will stay here, and be company for ya," said Dark Heart, putting a mask on his face. Then, he had disappeared in the shadows. Back at the bus accident..... "What happened here, Sara?" Feral asked his daughter's friend worriedly. "A guy in black armor with a sabretooth tiger got Faye and.... Wow!" Sara yelled as the paramedic was fixing her left arm. "I'm sorry, kid," the paramedic apologized. "No problem. Mr. Feral, do you know who that guy was?" asked Sara. "I really don't know, Sara. A guard at Puma-Dyne did tell me, before he died, that the spotted sabretooth tiger was an Enforcer," said Feral. Then, Lance appeared with Ayami. "Where's Faye, Rocky? Where's my sister?" Lance demanded, in a panic. "She was kidnapped, Lance," said Feral to his older son. "I'll find her before something happens to her," said Lance, starting to leave when Feral stopped him. "Wait Lance, the children said that guy has strange powers and some sabretooth tiger. We need to be careful first," said Feral. "Oh yeah, like you did with mom when she was kidnapped by Dark Kat?" Lance growled. "Lance, we have a big problem. I'd think you wouldn't want to make it worse," soothed Ayami. "Your friend is right, Lance. Faye is my best friend and I don't want nothing to happen to her," said Sara, almost crying. "That little girl has a point, kid," said a voice. Everybody looked to their right and saw a masked kat. It was Dark Heart. "It's him, Mr. Feral! It was him who kidnapped Faye!" Sara yelled, pointing to Dark Heart. "What?! Where's my daughter, you bastard?" demanded Feral with a hateful voice. "Don't worry about her, Feral - she's safe for a while. I guess you're more worried about your daughter now than those stupid billions of dollars in equipment I destroyed last night," Dark Heart said. "I will ask just once more - Where's Faye?" asked Feral, pointing his gun at Dark Heart. "You're making things worse, Feral... Like usual," said Dark Heart. Then, his eyes glowed red and Lance flew into the air. Suddenly, Feral found himself beginning to point the gun at his son. "Now, will you let me finish what I want tell ya or do I need ti make you kill your own son using my psychic powers?" asked Dark Heart. Feral had no choice. "All right, I'll do what you want, but don't make me kill my son, please...," said Feral. Then, Dark Heart's eyes stopped glowing red, and Lance fell to the floor. Ayami ran over to him to see if he was OK. "As I said, Faye is safe for a while. To tell the truth, I don't want really want to hurt her," Dark Heart said. "So, if you don't want to hurt her, why are you doing this?" asked Ayami. "I just want Feral, young lady. Feral, meet me in the place you promised yourself to never go back to. I want you to come alone. You only have until midnight. If you don't appear alone by midnight, I promise you will not see her again," said Dark Heart. Then, he disappeared in the shadows. "Who's that guy? Is he a Ness warrior?" Thinks Ayami to herself. "Lance, are you Ok son?" Asked Feral worried to his son. "Wow, I guess I broke my ribs... Ow..," said Lance in a pained voice. "Get him to a hospital right now," Feral ordered a paramedic. "Yes, Sir," returned the paramedic. Then, two paramedics quickly came up and placed Lance on a stretcher. "Listen, you are a friend of Lance, right?" Feral asked Ayami. "Yes, I am... But, what did he mean about meeting you in the place where you promised yourself you would never go back?" asked Ayami, worried. "*sigh* .. I know what he meant. Ask Lance later... I need..." "Feral, whatever you do, be careful - that guy is very dangerous," said Ayami. Later...... "What?! Faye was kidnapped by a Ness warrior?!?!" Jake yelled into the phone. "Yeah, that guy looked like he knows Feral very well. I couldn't see his face because he was wearing a mask over it. He also has some psychic attacks," explained Ayami. "Oh god, where are you calling from anyway?" asked Jake. "In the Hospital - Lance was injured, but it's nothing really serious. Uncle, that guy wants to meet Feral in the place Feral promised himself to never to go back to by midnight... What the hell does it mean?" asked Ayami. "I got it! He wants to meet in the old abandoned MegaKat Car Factory. That was where Leona Feral was killed by Dark Kat two years ago. Listen, Ami. Tell Lance the Swat Rangers will save his sister, whatever they do," said Jake. "Yes, I'll do it. See ya later," said Ayami, hanging up the phone at the same time as Jake. "I don't wanna believe it, but it's him," Jake said to himself. "Jake, are you thinking that evil guy could be.....?" Airos began. "Chance. You were right, Airos. Ness transformed Chance into an evil warrior," finished Jake. "What are you gonna do?" Airos asked Jake. "I don't know. I really don't know, but we need to save Faye first. C'mon, let's call Vulpes, Yosuke, and Fang," said Jake. Back at the hospital...... "Hey, Lance, how you feeling?" Ayami asked Lance. "Like an idiot - I'm laying here while my little sister is with a lunatic," said Lance. "Look, you can call me crazy, but I don't really think that guy wants to do anything evil to your sister," said Ayami. "I hope so, but... I'm still worried about her. If, at least, I could do *something*..." "You can do it, if you really want," said another voice. "Ayami, did ya heard something?" asked Lance. "No, but I felt it - a voice in my mind," said Ayami. "Me too. Who is it?" asked Lance. "Your destiny," said the voice. Then, a yellow jaguar appeared in front of Ayami and Lance. "A-Ayami, am I crazy o-or is a j-jaguar talking w-with u-us?" asked Lance. "No, you are not crazy. I guess it's the Jaguar of Thunder - one of the holy beasts." "You're right, lady of the water. And you, Lance - you are the Knight of Thunder," said the jaguar through telepathy. Lance couldn't believe it. "If you really wanna save your sister from the evil shadow warrior Dark Heart, you need to first forgive your father," said the Jaguar. "I-I can't. My father is just worried about that billion dollars in equipment and...." "It's true that he worries about that billion dollars in equipment, but he cares more about you and Faye now that Leone is gone. Remember when he asked Dark Heart where Faye was? He cares about his family - your family. Everybody can do wrongful things sometimes, but those who have a really good heart, they can forgive and forget," said the jaguar. With those words from the jaguar, Lance realized that he was telling the truth. Faye's wish was to have a happy family again like before, and that was Lance's own wish too. "Now get up, Lance, and turn into the Thunder Knight," said the jaguar. Lance got up and, suddenly, his body began to glow yellow. Then, he noted that he was wearing golden armor with a beautiful yellow crystal on its chest. The jaguar became a beam of light and went into the armor's crystal. "Ayami, by chance, are you....?" Lance began. "Yes, my element is the water, and my Holy Beast is the Dragon of the Ocean. My nickname is Tsunami," said Ayami. "So, I am the Knight of Thunder and my nickname will be Thunder," he said. Just then, Lorelei and Jason arrived to visit Lance. "Hi, Lance, Lorelei and I ... Did we get here at a bad time?" asked Jason when he saw Lance wearing the armor. "Well,... I guess you need to explain it to them, Ami," said Lance. "My uncle will kill me," Ayami said to herself, putting a paw in her face. Hours later... Midnight at the abandoned car factory......... "Don't worry Faye, I will save ya," said Feral to himself. When he entered the factory, he could feel something evil. Abruptly, something heavy jumped into his back. It was Bado. "Well, Feral, I see you know Bado already," said Dark Heart. "I'm here. Where's Faye?" demanded Feral. "I'm here, Daddy. Bado, leave my daddy alone," ordered Faye. Bado did what Faye asked and went in her direction. "Faye, what the hell is going on here?! Who's that guy and that sabretooth tiger?" asked Feral. "In the first place, that sabretooth tiger is a kakaroto; kakarotos are very powerful sabretooth tigers. They all have psychic attacks. There are five different kind of kakarotos - Bado is an ice kakaroto. And in the second place, it's time for you to pay for everything you did to me and to MegaKat city," said Dark Heart. "What did I do to you? What are you talking about?" asked Feral, confused. Then, Dark Heart removed the mask on his face to show who he really was. "NO WAY! FURLONG?!?!" yelled Feral in surprise. "That's right, the stupid hotshot you fired from the Enforcers and made a mechanic to pay the bill," said Dark Heart/Chance, furious. "What happened to you? You didn't always have those black spots on your body," said Feral, getting up. "Thanks to my new partner, Kendrix. She gave me the DNA of Bado and of the Shadow Fox of Avallon," he said as his eyes glowed red, throwing Feral back and beating him against a wall. Faye ran over to him to see if her father was OK. "Furlong, you're crazier than Madkat," snarled Feral. "Well, I have a new name now. The Ness Empire calls me "Dark Heart." Maybe you had a point when you said I was crazy, but it's all your fault, remember? If you didn't make so many bad choices, maybe your wife would still be alive," Dark Heart returned. "What are you gonna do? Kill me?" asked Feral. "No, that would be too easy on you - I want you to suffer. So, I'll take Faye to the Ness Empire," said Dark Heart. "Only over my dead body!" growled Feral. "If that's your wish..." Dark Heart's eyes glowed red again and he threw Feral back, beating him into a wall, but with more force than last time. "Stop, please. I'll go with you, but don't hunt my Dad anymore," said Faye as tears rolled down her face. "So, let's leave," Dark Heart said. A voice interrupted him. "No, I won't let you do that." It was Razor wearing his red fire holy armor, and at his back appeared Tsunami in her blue holy water armor, Rayearth in his green holy earth armor, Thunder in his golden thunder armor, Vulpes, Fang, and Airos. "Hallo, Razor, I see you're now in a new team," commented Dark Heart. "I knew it was you," he said with a miserable face as Thunder ran to see if his father was OK. "How is he, Airos?" asked Thunder of the cyborg winged tiger, worried. "Not good. He's hurt badly - we need to take him to a hospital immediately," replied Airos. "All right, leave the girl alone now or else..." warned Fang. "Or else what, stupid wolf?" asked Dark Heart. "Fang, stop that. You take Feral and get out of here now," Razor ordered. "But..." Fang began. "This battle is between me and Chance... or rather this Ness warrior. Don't worry, Thunder - I will save your sister," said Razor while Airos helped Thunder carry Feral. Fang, Tsunami, and Rayearth followed them. "Razor, be careful," said Vulpes before following the others. "And, who are you now? I know you're not Chance or T-Bone anymore," said Razor. "I'm now Dark Heart, the most powerful Ness warrior," boasted Dark Heart. "You have Vulpes' powers, don't you? Probably, you have the DNA of Kendrix's pet *and* Vulpes." "As usual, you're right on. Bado, it's best if you go back to the Crusader. And, you, Faye, I'd advise you hide anywhere around here because I don't guess you wanna see what will happen here," said Dark Heart. They did as he asked. "Now, let's battle. You use your holy armor and I'll transform into a kakaroto," he said to Razor, transforming into a sabertooth tiger. They began to fight - for the first time in their lives, they fought each other. Faye, watching the fight, couldn't understand why they were fighting when they had been the best friends in the world. She wished they would stop and be friends again. With that wishes, unnoticed by Faye, her amulet began to glow a little. Dark Heart's eyes glowed red and he threw Razor back, slamming him into a wall with incredible force. He jumped onto him and bit his left arm. "I'll ask you just once - join us?" he asked. "NEVER!!" screamed Razor. "Say good-bye, old friend," said Dark Heart, ready to kill Razor with his own claws. "NOOO!!!" At that moment, Faye's amulet glowed even more strongly and threw Dark Heart back, beating him into a wall hard. "What the Hell...?" started Dark Heart. Then, Razor's red crystal began to glow too. Suddenly, Razor got up and his body glowed like fire and.... "FIRE KNIGHT TRANSFORM TO....." Something had happened... Razor's body was changing. "PHOENIX KNIGHT!!" Razor's body had changed into that of a bird warrior. Faye's eyes widened in surprise. Razor had transformed into a Phoenix Knight creature and Dark Heart didn't know what had happened. He saw Faye's amulet glow as Faye ran over to Razor. "You became a Phoenix Knight," said Faye. "Yes, thanks to the friendship you have for me," said Razor. "I don't know how you did that, but you still can't beat me," growled Dark Heart. "Maybe, but I can do this... Faye, hold onto, me," said Razor. Faye grabbed him. Then, Razor's wings begin to glow as red as his eyes. "FIRE BIRD-IGNITE!!" yelled Razor. Suddenly, a big fire in the form of a bird struck against Dark Heart, but the fire bird didn't do anything to Dark Heart because of his psychic wall. Then, Dark Heart realized that Razor and Faye were gone. "This is not over yet," growled Dark Heart. Meanwhile, Razor was flying in the skies of MegaKat City in his phoenix form with Faye in his arms. "I'm know you're Jake, aren't you?" asked Faye. "Yes, but how did you..." "I saw a lot of sadness in your eyes when you fought with Dark Heart," Faye explained. "You're right... But, how did I transform into a phoenix knight?" asked Razor to himself. "I guess it was my amulet. When you were in danger, my amulet glowed," said Faye, looking at her amulet. Razor noted that the amulet had the symbol of the sun with a tiny bird inside it. He thought Faye's amulet could be an Amulet of Virtue Vulpes had told him about. "Razor, it's me, Vulpes. Good news - Feral is OK and, fortunately, he doesn't remember anything about happened," said Vulpes through telepathy. "Vulpes, meet me at Feral's apartment. I think we found something from your planet," said Razor. "Alright, se ya there," said Vulpes. "What is it?" asked Faye. "Faye, we will meet a friend of mine at your house, OK?" asked Razor. "OK, Sunbird," she said. "Sunbird, I like it. Alright, Faye, when I'm in that form, call me that, OK?" he asked. "All right," she said. Later, in Feral's apartment... Jake had returned to his original body, and Vulpes was looking at Faye's amulet. "You're right, Jake. That's really an Amulet of Virtue. The sun bird means *Friendship* on my planet," said Vulpes. "So, Faye has the amulet of friendship... Then, that means..." "Exactly - the seven amulets of virtues are here on this planet," said Vulpes. "Our next mission is to find the other six Amulets of Virtue," said Jake. "I can help you guys," said Faye. "She's right, Jake - the only people who can use the amulets are children," said Vulpes. "So, in that case, welcome to the Swat Rangers," said Jake, holding Faye's paw. "Don't worry, I won' tell to anyone, especially my dad who is so jealous of Swat Kats," said Fay, smiling. Meanwhile, on the Ness Imperial Crusader.... "What did you say? The amulet of that girl glowed?" asked Morrigan. "Yes, Lady Morrigan, and the amulet has a symbol that looks like a bird inside of the sun," said Dark Heart. "A bird inside of the sun?! Can't be! It's an Amulet of Virtue. That damn dog of Avallon saved them," growled Morrigan. "Dog of Avallon?" asked Dark Heart, confused. "Never mind. Now, you did said the Red Swat turned into a Phoenix Knight, right? That means the Swat Rangers can transform into the Virtue Warriors. We need to finish them off as fast as possible then," said Morrigan as Hacker, the cyborg dog, entered. "I have a great plan to finish them off, princess," said Hacker. "A plan? So tell us." "Morrigan, did ya ever hear about the *Galaxy Battle*?" asked Hacker. TO BE CONTINUED.............. Did you like it? Please, e-mail me if you liked the fanfic, and I need some ideas too.