Lost Love and Lost Courage, Part 1 By Liv Author's note: That fanfiction is based on my old ones. Please read my old ones at the Swat Kats Fanfiction Archive before reading this one. Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------- In the Hangar, Jake was talking with Fang. Fang wanted to know how Cody was after what happened to him. "Hey, Jake. How's Cody? Is he Ok?" Fang asked worriedly as he was drinking some coffee. "Well, I guess he's doing Ok, Fang, but I'm still worried about him anyway. Cody was just a nine years old, and I'm afraid that battle has caused him some emotional problems. I heard from Faye that he hasn't been in the school for three days, and his parents are too worried about him. And then, there's poor Vulpes - she was badly hit by that black elf. And, she's still recovering," said Jake sadly. Fang had asked him what they could do to cheer Cody up. Jake just sighed and replied that he didn't know how to do that. At the same time, he thought about Chance. Now called Metalder because he found out that he was a rebirth of a legendary metal galamon and he had gone on a quest to find the child of courage, a child of virtue whom he was destined to protect. But, what no one knew was that Metalder would find more than he wanted. Meanwhile in another dimension, Metalder in his Chance form got to MegaKat, but, to his surprise, the city was completely destroyed and he didn't know why. The city looked like a phantom city. Where was everybody? No adults, no children. Then, Chance saw a Teddy bear on the floor and he took it. "I don't like this. Something terrible must have happened here," whispered Chance. Then, he head a scream, and he ran toward the sound. He saw two robots grabbing two children. One was a female with long, white hair and she had blond fur. The other one was a male with a short, black hair. He had white fur and some black strips, and he had a long, tripped tail. "By the order of Dark Kat, you will come with us," said one of robots. "No way! We won't be Dark Krud's slaves," said the boy angrily. "You have no choice, you brats," said the other robot. Then, the boy used his tail as if it were a powerful whip and it destroyed the robot. The girl was shining with light and, suddenly, she froze the robot solid. Chance couldn't believe it. He whispered to himself that they could be the children of virtue but somehow the boy heard him. "Who's there?" asked boy as he and the girl were ready to fight whatever it was. Then, Chance appeared to them. "Hey, relax, Kids - I'm on your side," said Chance calmly, but the two children didn't trust him. "And, how do we know you aren't one of the Dark Kat's men? This is second time they've used my father's image to get me emotionally weak. But, my father didn't have black spots," said the young girl angrily. Chance realized that kids had violence in their eyes. Suddenly, something attacked Chance, but nothing happened to him because Chance deflected its attacks. "Who you really are? You're not a normal kat or one of Dark Kat's men because you were the first one to deflect my attacks besides Metalder - the legendary metal galamon," said a tiny white feline creature with the mystical pink wings of a butterfly. She had a pink paws and around her neck was long, pink fur. And, she had pretty blue eyes. "Rengue? Is that really you? I can't believe you survived after Avallon was destroyed by Ness!" exclaimed Chance. The feline looked into his eyes and found out who he really was. "Metalder? Oh Metalder, I thought you were dead," said Rengue with tears in her eyes. "Hey Rengue, it's very hard to destroy me so easily," remarked Chance as Rengue jumped into his lap and began to lick his face. The children were confused. "Hey Rengue, can you tell us what's happing here?" asked the girl as Rengue stopped licking Chance. "Sorry, Yue, Joe, this's Metalder my best friend," said the feline, but the two children were more confused than before. "Wait a sec, you told us your friend is from the group of metal galamon, why does he have a kat form?" asked the boy, very suspiciously. "Because of a battle I lost all my powers and my form as well. Just a question, Rengue; by chance are those children?" began Chance even as Rengue nodded to him. "Yes, they are two of the eight children of virtue. Yue is the child of Love and Joe is the child of Courage. But, we have a problem - their amulets are missing," said Rengue. Chance couldn't believe it; without the amulets, he couldn't return to his original form. Then, Rengue explained that there was more one child of virtue and he was in the Hangar of the old Swat Kats. So then, they went there. When they arrived there, Chance saw a male kitty lying in a bed. He had a short black hair and orange fur. He looked as though he was in really bad shape. Chance noticed the kid's breathing was difficult. He laid a hand on the kitty's flushed cheek. He seemed too warm. "He has a bad fever. What happened here?" asked Chance, horrified. Yue explained that five years ago Dark Kat had killed his father who was T-bone and his uncle Thunderbolt as well. Chance was sad and he asked what happened to her mother. Then, she began to cry. Joe explained to him that her mother, Yan, was dead too, due to complications from childbirth,... Yue's birth. Joe asked if he could do something for Tobias, his sick friend. Then, Chance had no choice. If he wanted that kitty to get well, he needed to go back to their own dimension and get Airos. Meanwhile, at the Hangar in the desert, Airos was fixing Mizar's front leg that she broke in a fight with Hacker. "You should rest at least two weeks before your leg will be well," explained Airos to the Vulcan galamon, but she didn't want to be laying in a bed for two weeks. Then, they saw a big light and suddenly they saw Chance as the light faded away. "Chance? Man, it's a good thing you came back! Did you find the child?" Airos asked Chance. "Buddy, I didn't find the child - I found three children of virtue, but one of them is very sick. I came here to you see if you can do something," explained Chance. Airos was surprised when he heard Chance say he had found three children. That meant they now had seven children of virtue. "Sure, but before we need call the others." remarked Airos to Chance as he was nodding to him. Ten minutes later, Chance returned to the other dimension and he brought with him Airos, Trace, Artemis, Wingthunder and Lance to help them. Airos examined Tobias and he found out what was wrong with him. "He has pneumonia. I have to give him medication," said Airos as Yue approached him. "Is he going be Ok , sir?" asked Yue softly, worried for her friend. Airos told her that he would do all he could. Joe put his arm around her, trying to comfort her. Meanwhile in the Dark Kat Tower, Dark Kat was very happy. He had what he had always wanted: his Dark Kat City. In his living room he was drinking some wine when… "Who the hell are you? And, how did you get in?" growled Dark Kat. "I'm Demitri, the new boss around here," said Demitri to Dark Kat. "WHAT?! Mega Bots destroy him," Dark Kat ordered his robots, but his own robots shot him and killed him. "Oops.. I guess I forgot to tell him that the robots are now under my command," said Demitri, laughing. --------------------------------------- Then, Yue woke up very afraid, and Chance went to her if she was ok. "Yue, are you okay?" Chance asked her and she nodded to him. But, he could see that she wasn't okay, and he put his arm around her, trying to comfort her from her nightmares. "Do you want to tell me about your nightmare? It will make you feel better" Chance told her. So, she said that, in her nightmare, a Kat with bats wings had killed Dark Kat. It was then that Chance realized she had had a premonition that could give them much trouble in the future. Meanwhile, Trace was talking with Joe to get to know more about him. "So, are you a descendent of a family of mighty warriors called the Shuras?" asked Trace even as Joe nodded to him. "Yeah, but my mom had some trouble with Yue's parents. After she was killed by Dark Kat along with Yue's father and uncle, Yue and I became very close friends. Later, we met Tobias and found out that he is Hard Drive's little brother, but, believe it or not, Hard Drive sacrificed himself to save us from Dark Kat," said Joe. Trace realized that Joe loved Yue but maybe he had never had the courage enough to admit it to her. Then, an explosion rocked the Hangar. They all went to the place of the explosion. It was Demitri. "Well, Well, look who's here, the ex-metal galamon and his stupid friends," chucked Demitri. Airos stayed with Tobias and Trace to project them. Lance used his crystal to transform into the holy knight. Rengue and Chance were ready as well to protect the children. "LIGHTING CLAW!" Lance threw a powerful electric beam at Demitri, but nothing happened to him. "It was child's play," Demitri said. Then, he looked at Rengue and Yue and immediately realized that Rengue was a Rune Venus - a fabled flower cat galamon. Demitri knew the amulet of love had two elements: the crystal and the flower. And, with that, he knew who Yue really was. "So, that pretty she-kitty is the child of love. I guess I have to eliminate you…" Then, Chance attacked Demitri, but it was unless. Demitri threw him against the wall, following him with Lance, Joe and Rengue. As Demitri prepared to kill Yue, he felt something in her. Then, he saw a little opening in her forehead. Yue put her hands to her head. "No, that thing can't open now," whispered Yue. Joe saw what was happening to Yue. "No, not now. The evil eye can't open now!" thought Joe to himself. But, what he didn't know was that Demitri was listening to his thoughts. "The evil eye? Well, in that case you come with me, girl, as well as you, Rune Venus." Then, he, Yue and Rengue disappeared into thin air. Chance got up, but he was very weak. He couldn't believe that Yue had an evil eye. Then, he looked at Joe. "Joe, I guess you have an explanation for us," said Chance to Joe. Joe was afraid for his friend. If Yue's evil eye opened, it would be all over for the future. To be Continued....