Secret Weapon
    by Christopher Teo

	This is the third piece of fan fiction I have written. And once
again, I'd like to point out that the Swat Kats, Megakat City, and
all the other characters in the cartoon Swat Kats are the property of
Hanna-Barbera. All the other characters that are in this fan fiction
are the ones that I have created. If there are any similarities
between the characters I have created and any other character that
has been created by anyone other than myself, they were purely
unintentional. I wrote this piece of fan fiction not for profit, but
for entertainment.

	In this fan fiction, there will not only be kats but dawgs as
well. The spelling of 'kats' and 'dawgs' are intentional, because
they are spelled that way in the Kat Universe. I would also like to
highlight the fact that there are dawgs and various other mammals in
this universe, it's just that the kats make up the bigger part of the
population.

	I would also like to point out that when I describe a dawg, I
tend to call it by its breed. But in this world, they don't have
breeds. I describe a dawg by telling you what breed it is so that you
could have a better idea what he/she looks like. For example, "A
collie looked out the window." The dawg would not be called a collie
in the kat world, but rather that we would identify it as a collie.
Now that I have cleared up a few things, let the fan fiction begin.

	A kat hides in the shadows, looking at the crane lift the box
into the warehouse. He's a pickpocket, well... sometimes. He spends
most of his time looking out of information that he could sell.
Either to crooks or to the Enforcers, it doesn't make much difference
to him, just as long as he can get some dough; he'll spill the beans
to anybody.
	He usually doesn't come out so late in the night, but this time,
he made an exception. What he sees right now could give him
information he could sell at a really high price. Enough money to
keep him going for at least a month. Nearby are some heavily armed
guards, all of them dressed in military uniforms. Whatever is in that
box looks very important.
	Someone in a trench coat is ordering them around. He turns around
and the kat can now see that the guy in the trench coat is a dawg.
Underneath that trench coat is another military uniform. The dawg has
short brown fur and pointed ears. (In our world, he would be a
Doberman). 
	"HEY YOU! STOP RIGHT THERE!"
	One of the guards has spotted him. Terrified, he ran off, hoping
to get away. The guard wanted to pursue him, but the dawg put his paw
on his shoulder.
	"At ease soldier. I don't think he'll cause us much trouble."
	"But Sir..."
	"Don't worry, everything will be all right. And I'll take full
responsibility for anything that should jeopardize this mission. Now
return to your post."
	Reluctantly, the guard returned to where he had stood guard. The
dawg then went back to supervising the crane. When the box was put
into the warehouse and the door safely locked, the dawg instructed
the guards to return to base.
	As the guards got onto the truck that will take them back to
their base, the dawg looked at the warehouse's doors.
	"Well. Looks like I'd better start getting back in shape."
	And with those words, he left the dock, heading to a destination
that only he knows.
	**********
	Commander Ferral and his niece, Felina Ferral, waited at the
entrance of Megakat Library. Why? They do not know. It was around
noon when Commander Ferral received a call. It was from the
government. They told him that he was to meet someone at the entrance
of Megakat Library at 10 in the night. Felina Ferral was to accompany
him to the area. That was all he was told. Now, it was half past
nine. Felina noticed that her uncle seemed distracted, this made her
curious.
	"Hey uncle. What's bothering you?"
	"Oh nothing Felina."
	"You can't fool me. There's something on your mind. What is it?"
	"Well... It's about a friend of mine."
	"What about him?"
	"His name is Matt Dobers. I taught him everything about combat,
weaponry, vehicles and everything else a good Enforcer should know."
	"He's an Enforcer?"
	"No. He's the son of someone I knew a long time ago. He was very
interested in becoming an Enforcer, but for some reason, he chose to
join the Army instead."
	"Have you heard from him?"
	"Not until last week. He called me and promised that he would
meet with me today."
	"Does he know where you are?"
	"No, but he'll find me. He always has been resourceful."
	"Hey! Something is going on over there!"
	"We had better check it out."
	**********
	A dawg in a sweater and a cap walked down the road towards
Megakat Library, and then he saw two kats waiting there. He was about
to confront them when another kat jumped out and blocked his path.
Soon after that, three more kats came out and surrounded him.
	"Hey dawg! If you don't want to get hurt, then hand over your
wallet."
	"Is that right? Well I'm just going to have to say... no."
	Enraged, the kat thug threw a punch at the dawg, but the dawg
dodged it with ease. Just before the thug recovered from his lunge at
the dawg, the dawg punched him in the face and did a leg sweep which
had the thug flat on the ground. The second thug was about to hit him
in the back but an elbow to the stomach and an uppercut soon dealt
with the thug. A roundhouse kick was all that was needed to ground
the third thug. The fourth one had a knife, but when he lunged at the
not so hapless victim, the dawg evaded the attack and grabbed the
thug's arm and twisted it, causing the thug to drop the knife. And a
flip over the shoulder ended this little fiasco.
	Until then did the dawg see that the two kats who were waiting at
the library were Enforcers and were heading this way. He had been too
engrossed in fighting the muggers to notice that.
	"Oh Jeez! The Enforcers are coming, beat it!"
	And the muggers ran off, leaving the dawg to the Enforcers.
	**********
	As Felina approached the dawg, she saw that he had been attacked
by some thugs, but had managed to beat them off. The dawg turned
around, and when he did so, her uncle was very surprised.
	"Matt? Matt Dobers?"
	"Hey Uncle Ferral! I've haven't seen you for quite some time now.
And I believe that the she-kat standing next to you would be Felina
Ferral."
	"My uncle was just telling me about you. You handled those
muggers pretty well."
	"Well I should have. I've learnt a lot from your uncle."
	"You were a great student Matt."
	"Thanks Uncle. And you told me quite a lot about your niece as
well."
	"Oh? What did he say?"
	"Oh just the stuff a teacher chats about with his student. How
you learnt really fast about everything an Enforcer should know, how
you were going to make him proud one day, how he was going to get you
and me married..."
	"What?!"
	"Just kidding about that part."
	"Matt. It's been great getting to see you again, but could we
meet up somewhere else later, we're supposed to be meeting someone
right now..."
	"OH! Sorry! That just slipped my mind."
	"Excuse me?"
	"Allow me to reintroduce myself."
	The dawg cleared his throat. It was hard to see in the light, but
Felina could see his brown fur and that his pointed ears that were
sticking out of his cap. He looked like he was about twenty-two years
old.
	"Hi. I'm Matt Dobers. I'm the government agent you were supposed
to be meeting."
	This time, both uncle and niece widened their eyes in surprise.
The Doberman just stood there with a smirk on his face, smiling at
the surprise he gave his old teacher.
	**********
	"I don't know what was in that crate but with all those guards
there, it has to be important."
	"Yeah. And that crate would be..."
	"Its at Megakat Harbor, Pier 3, Warehouse 5."
	"Good. Here's your money."
	A pile of dollar notes is tossed across the table. Eagerly, the
kat pockets the money and runs off. Chop Shot rises from his chair.
	"When those Swat Kats handed me over to those stinking Enforcers,
they took my chopper and dismantled it. I'll need a lot of cash to
rebuild and upgrade my chopper, and stealing whatever's in that crate
and ransoming it back to whoever it belongs to could give me enough
cash to do it. And when I do, I'm going to ground those lousy Swat
Kats for good!"
	And the maniacal hyena started back for his hideout, to plan out
how he was going to carry out his threats to the Swat Kats. And as he
went, he was already picturing the Turbokat going down in flames and
their occupants, the Swat Kats, with it. And with an evil grin, he
headed back.
	**********
	At the Megakat Scrap Yard, some time past noon. Jake Clawson and
Chance Furrlong were having a small friendly contest. They were
trying to best each other at smashing the largest number of concrete
blocks at one blow. Sure! It wouldn't be a small friendly contest to
an ordinary kat on the street. But it would be, to the Swat Kats.
	They are the defenders of Megakat City, protecting the citizens
from the crazed villains that constantly plague the city, and from
the constant threat of criminals. And on the Kat's Eye News, Jake and
Chance see another situation that needs their help.
	They leave the television on so that may know whenever something
important happens. And it was lucky that they did, or otherwise, they
would not have known about the bank robbery in progress. Four bank
robbers were holding up the Megakat Bank. They were armed with
revolvers and machine-guns and had a bomb in the building.
	"We'd better hurry Chance!"
	"Don't worry Jake. We'll stop that robbery."
	"And still have enough time to watch the Scardey Cat Show?"
	"Yeah!"
	"You never change."
	Jake and Chance dash over to their lockers, and change into their
alter egos, Razor and T-bone. They get into the Turbokat and zoom off
towards the bank. Expecting stop it like every other bank robbery
they have stopped. And it will be stopped. But just not the way they
expect it to be stopped.
	**********
	Commander Ferral was back in Enforcer Headquarters, pondering
over what his old friend and student had told him last night. It
almost seemed like yesterday when Matt's father introduced him to his
son. He wanted to learn everything about being an Enforcer, wanted to
be one of the best. He learned the ropes quickly enough. And pretty
soon, he had learnt most of what Ulysses had wanted to teach him.
	If he had joined the Enforcers, he would have probably been a
lieutenant, just like Felina. They could have been good friends. But
he didn't. As time passed, he noticed a lot of resentment directed
towards him. This was usually because of the fact that he was a dawg.
In fact, some racists had even tried to kill him. But he managed to
get out alive and bring them in as well.
	But he knew that he would probably be more trouble than he was
worth if he had stayed, so he decided to join the army. He still
remembered the day he left. He was taking the bus out of the city. He
tried to make Matt stay, but he knew that his mind was made up. He
could help more if he was in the army, few soldiers in the army care
about what someone's race is, so he wouldn't be hindered much by
racism.
	As the bus was about to leave, Matt promised that he would come
back to see him. But when the bus left with Matt on it, Ulysses felt
that a part of him had gone as well. Matt had been more than a
student; he had been a dear friend. He had been miserable for at
least two months after he left. And he still missed him up to the day
Matt had called.
	It worried him a bit that Matt would not be able to find him when
the government ordered him to meet that agent. But he hadn't expected
that Matt would have become a government agent. And what he told him
made him extremely curious. He had told them out in the open that a
secret weapon was being stored at a warehouse at the harbor, but he
told them not to send anyone to guard the warehouse. He did not even
bother with secrecy.
	"Commander Ferral!"
	An enforcer had burst through his door. He looked extremely
worried.
	"Commander Ferral Sir! There's a robbery at the Megakat Bank. The
robbers have hostages and are armed with revolvers and machine guns!
They also claim to have bombs in the building!"
	"Krud! Hold everything! I'll be over there immediately!"
	As Commander Ferral rushed to his helicopter, he pushed the
thoughts about his conversation with Matt to the back of his head to
think about it later. Although soon, after the robbery, there will be
something else for him to ponder about.
	**********
	Matt slapped two dollars into the ice cream vendor's hand,
handing one ice-cream cone to Felina.
	"Here you go. One strawberry ice cream to go. On the house."
	"You didn't have to buy me one."
	"Hey. Why shouldn't I? After all, it looks like you've been
keeping him happy while I was gone, so I owe you a favor."
	"Uncle didn't really talk about you much."
	"He probably didn't want to get too emotional."
	"Yeah I guess so. And why did you join the army anyway? It
sounded like it broke his heart, and yours too."
	"I really didn't want to leave either. But with the racism that
day, I'd probably end up doing more trouble than good. There's less
trouble with racism in the army, so I decided that I could help more
if I joined it."
	"And about you becoming a government agent?"
	"WOAH THERE! That's all pretty much top secret, so don't try
getting me to spill the beans."
	"Okay. Don't worry, I won't. And me going with my uncle to see
you, was that your idea?"
	"Indeed it was, I wanted to see what Ferral's little girl would
look like..."
	Felina dropped her ice cream down Matt's shirt.
	"YEOW! THAT'S COLD!"
	"What do you think about Ferral's little girl NOW?"
	"She has a LOT of attitude."
	Suddenly, while Matt was trying to get a lump of sweet strawberry
out of his shirt, Felina's pager sounded. She looked at the number on
it and swore under her breath.
	"Krud. There's an emergency at Enforcer HQ. I have to get down
there fast. Sorry our talk got interrupted Matt."
	"Gee. And I was looking forward to having several more lumps of
cold ice cream stuffed down my shirt. Oh darn."
	"Very funny. See you later Matt."
	"Same to you Felina."
	As Felina dashed back to Enforcer HQ, the lump of ice cream fell
out of his shirt and onto the pavement. Matt looked at the quickly
melting ice cream.
	"Oh well. It was fattening anyway."
	And with that, he left. With no one knowing his destination,
except him.
	**********
	"...AND IF OUR DEMANDS AREN'T MET, WE'LL BLOW UP THIS BUILDING
WITH EVERYONE IN IT!"
	The robber put down the megaphone. Satisfied, he returned to
stashing his ill-gotten gains in to sacks. There're eight kats in the
building, including himself, who are heavily armed, twenty hostages,
and a bomb in the place that will blow the whole joint sky high if
those Enforcers take one step into the place. He was so confident in
himself that he felt that even the Swat Kats couldn't stop them.
	And just like that, as if he had been heard issuing that unspoken
challenge, the Swat Kats smashed through a window. Before the robber
could even react, T-Bone had launched an octopus missile at him,
pinning him to the wall.
	"That's one scumbag down. Now lets go in finish the rest of those
punks off."
	"I hear you loud and clear T-Bone."
	And the Swat Kats kicked open the doors that led to the other
robbers, readying themselves for an attack. Mind you, the robbers
weren't in much of a position to be fighting anyone at all.
	**********
	"Hey Dan! Where's Jim and Fred? They're supposed to be helping us
keep all this loot."
	"I don't know. I think they went round the building to check if
there was anyone we missed when we rounded up the hostages."
	"They're right here."
	"What the..."
	Dan turned around and saw that Jim and Fred were now lying
unconscious at his feet. But what worried him more was the dawg
standing in front of him. The dawg gave him a left hook and a blow to
the stomach, and picked him up and tossed him into another robber. By
now the other robbers had overcome their shock and have readied their
weapons.
	"HEY! WHO ARE YOU DAWG?"
	"They call me Commando."
	Commando was dressed in an army uniform meant for urban combat.
His face was covered with a red fabric, leaving only his snout
revealed. He did not have any weapons."
	"YEAH! WELL EAT LEAD SOLDIER BOY!"
	"That's Commando."
	The remaining three crooks fired their rifles at Commando, but
the bullets only bounced off some kind of orange translucent barrier
that appeared in front of him, leaving him unscratched. When the
robbers realized that their rifles were not doing any damage,
Commando made his made his move.
	His fists started to glow with some kind of energy, and then he
launched two energy blasts at the criminals, knocking two of them
unconscious. Not wanting the same fate to befall him, the last one
turned and tried to run. But Commando merely created a small orange
sphere of energy and lobbed it in front of the robber.
	The sphere exploded, startling the robber. Taking advantage of
this, Commando grabbed him and flipped him over his head.
Neutralizing the last possible threat. But one of the robbers had
regained consciousness. And it was the one with the control that
activates the bomb.
	"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE OR I'LL TRIGGER THE BOMB!"
	"I doubt you will."
	"Uh?"
	"I've seen people who are prepared to die. And you're not one of
them. Besides, how do you know that I haven't already defused it."
	As the criminal hesitated, considering his options, Commando saw
his chance. His fist glowed with orange energy and he struck the
ground, causing the floor to shake. The last conscious robber lost
his footing, and dropped the control. Commando dived forward and
caught it before it hit the ground. Seeing no other option, the last
robber surrendered.
	At that moment, the doors burst open and the Swat Kats jumped in,
followed shortly by the Enforcers. As they surveyed the scene, Razor
first looked at the unconscious robbers, and then at the new
victorious costumed hero.
	"Well. Looks like we missed the party."
	**********
	Commander Ferral was back in his office. It had been a week after
the bank robbery and the appearance of the new super hero, Commando.
He dashed off before the Enforcers could bring him in for
questioning, and so did the Swat Kats. And after that, he had already
stopped another sixteen crimes and handed in the criminals each and
every time. But like before, he always avoided questioning by the
Enforcers.
	But that wasn't important right now. What was important was that
Matt was back. He and Matt had been getting together a lot,
reminiscing about old times. He hadn't felt so happy for a long time.
It was great to know that he was alive and well. As Ferral exited his
office and headed out of Enforcer HQ, he gained quite a number of
curious looks from the other Enforcers, but that was perfectly
understandable. After all, he hadn't looked cheerful for a long time.
	As he thought about it, the last time he had looked cheerful was
the time Felina joined the Enforcers, and that was a very long time
ago. The commander put all that out of his head. That was all in the
past. When he stepped out of Enforcer HQ, he even thought about
whistling a tune, but decided against it. That would be very bad for
the image he spent so much time to create.
	**********
	Was this Commander Ferral? This was the question he asked
himself. He had seen enough news reports about Ferral to know what he
looked like, but he wondered if he had made a mistake. Every time he
saw Ferral, he was always frowning.
	It would be very embarrassing if that kat was not Ferral, but
since he was growing short of patience, he would just have to try his
luck. The hyena patted the small laser pistol in his coat, and
followed Ferral until he was in a very isolated area.
	**********
	Matt Dobers walked to the warehouse towards the two guards at the
door.
	"Agent Dobers? We weren't expecting you. You were supposed to
come here..."
	"I know the original schedule, but there has been a change in
plans."
	"Oh. Then what about us sir?"
	"Leave your posts and return to base. I'll send the signal when I
need you."
	The two soldiers saluted, and headed back to the base. Matt
Dobers opened the door and entered the warehouse. Chop Shot had
escaped from prison and had taken Commander Ferral hostage. He had
heard of the secret weapon stored in the warehouse, and wants to
exchange Ferral for the weapon.
	Originally, Chop Shot was supposed to hear about the weapon and
enter this warehouse to get try and get it. A hostage situation had
not been expected. Matt Dobers looked at the crate and spoke softly
to himself.
	"If my old friend gets even nicked, I'll smash your head in."
	**********
	"Move it Ferral!"
	Chop Shot shoved Ferral ahead of him, making him stumble. Ulysses
cursed himself silently. He had gotten careless and allowed himself
to get captured so easily. The fact that it was that scumbag, Chop
Shot, only made it worse. Now he had jeopardized Matt's entire
mission.
	Now, they had reached the warehouse. Chop Shot checked the door.
It was unlocked. He motioned Ferral to go inside. When they were
inside, Chop Shot looked at the crate.
	"This weapon had better be worth all the trouble and money I
spent, or you're going to get it Ferral!"
	Chop Shot walked around the crate and found that one of the walls
of the box had been pulled out. As he looked inside eagerly, he heard
a voice come from the inside.
	"Hey Chop Shot!"
	An orange blast came out of the crate towards Chop Shot, but Chop
Shot managed to dodge it in time. As he got up, he saw a figure exit
the box; he was dressed in a gray commando uniform with his face
covered in a red fabric. It took him a while before he realized who
he was."
	"COMMANDO! What are you doing here?"
	"You wanted the secret weapon, so here I am."
	"YOU?"
	"That's right. I'm working for the government and you under
arrest."
	"Not a chance! I was prepared for you."
	Chop Shot pulled out two grenades and lobbed them at Commando but
he merely launched two energy blasts at the grenades, exploding them
in mid-air. The force of the explosion knocked Chop Shot onto the
floor. Not willing to give up so easily, he fired several lasers at
Commando but like before, an orange shield prevented him from getting
hit.
	When he remembered about Ferral, he pointed the gun at him, only
to have Commando slice it in half with an orange energy dagger that
he created. Commando picked up the defeated hyena and slammed him
against the wall, knocking him unconscious.
	"Nice job Matt."
	Commando turned around, to see Ferral looking at him.
	"Don't deny it. If I couldn't tell recognize you as my old
student and friend, I may as well hand in my badge."
	"Looks like you're still in top condition."
	"Indeed I am. And I'm guessing that Chop Shot hearing about the
weapon and coming here was all part of your plan. Am I right?"
	"Yes. All this was set up so that Chop Shot could be lead out of
hiding, but you getting taken as a hostage. That wasn't part of the
plan."
	"I know. I just had an off day."
	Matt nodded. He picked up Chop Shot by the collar and started to
leave.
	"I'll have to get going. I have to place Chop Shot in custody
before this mission is considered complete."
	"Matt, I have a question. How did you get those powers?"
	"That would be a government secret, and I'd have to kill you if I
told you."
	"We wouldn't want that. And you being a super hero, that was your
idea wasn't it?"
	"Yeah. It's pretty cool. I get fans by the hundreds, and
criminals tend to surrender faster to a super hero than to an
Enforcer."
	"Well. You'll have to get going now."
	"That's right. See you later Ulysses."
	"Same to you Matt."
	Matt dragged out Chop Shot to a waiting chopper. As they got on,
Ulysses Ferral watched the chopper take off and fly off until it was
nothing more than a speck in the sky. He sighed and started off on a
long walk back to HQ.
	**********
	"Hey Uncle. Wait up."
	Felina rushed over to her uncle's side. He had just come back to
HQ and was looking gloomy.
	"What happened? You look awful."
	"Matt had to leave."
	"Oh. Don't worry, I bet he'll come back to visit."
	At that time, Felina thought her uncle smiled, just the slightest
bit, but a smile nonetheless.
	"Yes. In fact I've a feeling that we'll be hearing from him, a
lot."

	THE END