An appointment with Britannia. Part One By Peter Vine. Day one 0800 hours: wrote Air Commodore Steve Biley. "2 more hours till the dimension test. My plane is the T-29 super harrier". He paused. Then rubbed out "Day one" and replaced it with "3/3/2060". He continued. "We are trying to fly faster than mach 10.9. The theory is that we land up in a different dimension with the same world but different people." The door opened. It was his co-pilot Pilot officer Bill Lankley. "Test's been put forward by 2 hours, lets get ready eh"? "Yeah wait a minute". "Okay seeya in the changing room". "Fine". ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Jake was thinking about what to do about the Turbokats radar problems when Chance came into the hangar and said "wanna do the new obstacle course that you made up"? "Okay no problem". "lets go". So off they went in their shorts and T-shirts. The first obstacle was and very high and slippery wall it looked as though some parts of the wall were very unstable, but that was no problem for Jake and Chance but when they got to the second obstacle the alarm sounded. Jake and Chance rushed back the garage. "What is it ms. Briggs"? asked Chance. "The Mattalikats"!!! "What about them"? "They've got out of Enforcer HQ with one of their experimental planes and they are heading strait for city hall". "Don't worry we're on our way" said Jake. ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Steve (Nickname ace) and Bill (Nickname silver) got into the super Harrier, strapped themselves in, closed the cockpit screen and fired up the twin Rolls Royce Dimension engines. "All checked Silver"? "Yep". Silvers fingers danced across the small keyboard and checked all the missiles, then the twin linked lasers, the thermal imaging tracking camera(TITC), the five flares only to deter heat seeking missiles and then ran the virus check on the ERCS (External Radar Connection System). "All ready Ace". "Okay lets see what this can do". They Taxied and took off, then they turned to do mach 10.9 along the airfield. "mach 1, mach 2, mach 3"...said Ace "increasing cockpit pressure" noted Silver. "mach 4, mach 5, mach 6 ma.." "DAMMM"! cursed Silver. "What"? "The air pipe connecting with our straps has snapped! If we don't turn it off we'll be crushed"! "Turn it off, TURN IT OFF DAMMIT"! "Ace could feel his ribs cracking one by one". "I'M TRYING... THERE switching to nitrogen... put on air masks Ace". "Okay". Ace continued with the speed increase... "mach 7, mach 8, mach 9, mach 10, mach 10.5, mach 10.9"! suddenly there was a big bang and blue crackling as they went through what appears to be a dimension tunnel. Then as soon as it happened they came out of the tunnel and strait into what seemed a dogfight. ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- "Shredder missiles DEPLOYED"! barked Razor. then out of the missile bay of the Tubokat 3 Shredder missiles shot out and headed strait for the Mattikats x-plane and go into a blue flash and then replacing the flash was a plane just as big as their one. "What the hells this Razor"? said T-bone. "Dunno" replied Razor. "But its getting out of the dogfight quickly" said T-bone as He watched the plane kick in its afterburners and fly off to a safe distance. Then He saw the X-plane right behind him letting off several heat seeking missiles. "We've got company" snarled Razor. "Let off some flares then" said T-bone. "I'm all out of flares". "Crud gonna have to shake this off". Then he heard on the radio a voice he never heard before "slow down to the slowest speed you can manage and I'll give them a surprise for them". "Who is this"? asked T-bone. "Just three words". "Yeah"? said Razor. "RAF"! "WHAT"! shouted T-bone. "Oh I'll tell you later! Just slow down". "Okay". As He slowed down he saw a flare on a missile fall to his right. "Now do the most tightest U-turns you can do got it"? T-bone did a full U-turn and then saw the missile go strait past him... three seconds later it hit the flare. Then Razor looked at the plane chasing the X-plane and then said "what is RAF"? "Dunno" replied T-bone. "sorry this is your business we'll keep out of it, its all yours" "Thanks" said Razor. "No problem" ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- "Well" said Ace "a place to hide". "How about that spare parts yard, in that circle there" said Silver. "Okay landing". Ace directed the nosles to safely land his plane vertically. "Now" said Ace after the pair got out of the plane "do you want to stay here or come with me"? "I'll stay said Silver". So Ace went off to check the place. And Silver was on his own. ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- "Well who WERE those people"? asked Razor. "I don't know, weird isn't it"? replied T-bone as he guided the Turbokat to the raising platform. "Well I'm gonna tune the obstacle course". said Razor. "No problem replied T-bone". And so after a minute Razor was running towards the clearing where to get to it you had to climb the circled heap of cars and jump over a very new plane...wait a second that's the same plane I saw this morning and their what seems to be human being but with no fur and ears on the sides of his head. Razor climbed down as carefully as possible not to disturb the man standing there. ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Silver was standing checking the air pipe it snapped no wonder it plastic glass. Then he heard what was footsteps. He waited. He had wanted to try his martial arts skill against someone and this was the chance. He waited for the footsteps to stop. Then he did a low sweeping kick to trip his opponent over then what he saw was unthinkable a kat with a humanoid body. Silvers staring gave Razor enough time to lunge himself at the man, a stuggle started and ended up the two people breaking up. Silver pulled out his small Browning and at the same instant Razor aimed his Glovetrix. It was a bit of a stalemate Silver aiming at Razor and Razor "doing the same but then Razor said": "Hey what's the point of fighting if we don't know each other asked Razor". "Your right said Silver putting down the gun. Razor did the same". "So what's your name"? "Jake Clawso.. He froze what am I doing"! "Jake Clawson eh well you must be one of the people in that plane I knew I recognised that voice". "Well my nickname is Razor, what's your name"? "Bill Lankley, Pilot officer Bill Lankley my nickname's Silver". "So said Razor want go back to the garage"? "Sure" replied Silver. So off they went back to the garage, Razor explained the Swat Kats and Silver in turn explained about the RAF, the plane and how they got here in the first place. ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Meanwhile T-bone had bumped into Ace. "What in the hell are YOU? asked T-bone". "I'm a man and you're a kat by the looks of it. Hey I recognise that voice its the one that was on the plane" said Ace. "T-bone had changed back into his normal clothes and realised that He could not hide his secret any longer". "OK said T-bone, I'm really Chance Furlong my nickname is T-bone". "Oh my names Steve Bilely, Air commodore". "You may as well come in then". "Thanks". ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- "Termoil released for 2 days! fumed ms.Briggs, I don't know how she got it but she did mayor". "I know ms.Briggs but she's been model convict for two years now....well that's what the head warden at the prison said". "I know she'll be up to no good though Mayor I need to work on those papers now mayor". "Okay you do just that". Calli ran into her office and pressed the Swat Kats alarm button. "Come on Come on"! Then suddenly what seemed to be several she-kats in uniforms on Nina ropes smashed through the window and grabbed Calli, then they smashed the alarm button. Then Termoil Strode in grinning. "Well well, well, deputy mayor Briggs good thing I didn't give application for peroal to you". "Damn right I would of refused it even if you didn't do anything wrong". Termoil slapped her. "Fool WHERE IS T-BONE???" "Dunno who wants to know?" Termoil slapped her again. "You bich you ugly bich WHERE'S T-BONE???" "He'll come soon enough". ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- "Do you think that was Calli"? asked T-bone. "Could be" said Razor showing Silver the mega laser. "Do you think we should check it out"? groaned Ace sick after eating too many chills. "Are you sure you should come"? asked T-bone. "You said we could come". "Okay then sighed T-bone. What are you doing to Silver's plane Razor"? "Fitting missile mounts so it can fit our missiles Razor told T-bone. Also I've inproved the mega laser with some of the Harrier's laser cannon's spare parts". "Fine lets go" then said Ace. Soon after Razor fitted the missiles into the new mounts they were both away heading to City Hall after getting an Enforcer radio bulletin about Termoils capture of City Hall. After two minutes they were two thousand feet above City Hall when Silver said: "My camera sees SAM missile launchers on the roof. What should we do"? "I know" said Razor "I'll cover with the cement gun and you do a strafing run the two facing us". "Fine with me" said Ace. "Lets go". As soon as he said that he put the Rolls Royce engines to the Max and swooped down on the SAM emplacements. "Firing cement gun" shouted Razor. No sooner as he said that a barrage of cement came hurtling down and hit the bell tower. "BINGO!" "mach 3" growled Ace. Taking aim Silver looked at the monitor, "FIRE!" After the harrier zoomed past there were two blazing wrecks one with masonry with cement on it the other with laser burns leading up to it. "Good shot Razor". Said Ace. "Thanks now lets get the planes to land on that building" said Razor. ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Callie looked at Mayor Manx he was in bad shape a bullet wound to the leg and losing blood fast unless I can get a med-kit. Then she looked at herself cheeks clawed on and a black eye. God This'll take weeks to heal. Then The closet door opened and in came Termoil. "I forgot to tell you the Swat Kats are here with two other unidentified people and here's you med-kit." Termoil threw it at Callie's head it hit it's target with ease and knocked her out cold. ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- "Okay then should we split up" asked Ace. "May as well I'll go with Ace" said T-bone. "And I'll go with silver" said Razor. "Lets move then" silver told Razor. Razor and Silver raced across the roof and jumped down one of the ventilation shafts while Ace and T-bone ran down the stairs. Razor jumped first into a deserted fourth floor then moved out of the way for Silver to jump down browning at the ready he raced towards the corner. "All clear" whispered Silver. then they raced round the corner and were met with the door to mayor Manx's office. But instead off crashing the door down they went in by the side door. Razor opened it to such an extent that you could see the whole room but none could see the door open. And as they looked through the door they saw Termoil bye the window. "DAMM" cursed Razor. "What"? asked Silver. "I told you about her but there a two more heavy she-kats there if we burst in there and take out the guards we might have a chance" "Okay lets do it" ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- "I know you're here somewhere T-bone come to mama" said Termoil. Just then the side door burst open and out came Razor and Silver. "Capture Ropes DEPLOYED" said Razor a second later the guard was all tied up. "Alley OOP" chanted Silver as he tripped his guard and tied her up. Then they turned to Termoil. "Where is Calli Termoil" shouted Razor "What is that" asked Termoil. "I'M A MAN" screamed Silver. " Oh there she is with two guards" said Termoil said as a opened and revealed a very pale mayor Manx and a out cold Calli. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER!" shouted Razor nearly overcome with horror. "She wouldn't talk" protested Termoil. "YOU FUCKING BICH!!!" screamed Razor as he lunged for Termoil. He grabbed her and kicked and punched her in a frenzy which he could not control. While that was going on Ace and T-bone arrived and took out the other two guards and Silver went to the aid of Mayor Manx and Calli. "W w w w what are you" stammered Mayor Manx. "I'll explain later" said Silver "but it will be best for you not to talk" added Ace as Silver wrapped the the bandage around the bleeding area. "Are you all right ms.Briggs" asked T-bone. "Fine" Meanwhile Razor did the same amount of damage to Termoil that Termoil did to Callie. But as Razor flipped back to avoid a punch Termoil took a gun out her pocket and said: "SUCK ON THIS" She fired but Razor was shoved out of the way by Silver and so Silver took the bullet. All Silver felt was the force of the bullet and the last thing he did he before blacked out was to raise his browning and fire a point-blank shot at Termoil's head......it hit and Termoil slumped to the floor. Silver then woke up in a hospital bed with all the people he had met over the last 72 hours around it: Razor, T-Bone, Mayor Manx, Ace and Callie. "You okay Silver?" asked Ace. "As right as rain" replied Silver "And what happened to Termoil"? "The shot you fired hit her head and was lodged in the Brain, the doctors got it out but she is now one mentally disabled kat" explained Razor. "T-bone explained everything to me in the ambulance so any way of contacting home?"asked Callie. "yeah by the radio" replied Silver "Ace will you do the hounors please?" "Okay" Ace turned on the radio. "RAF test command Ace is that you?" "Yep" "You told us about what happend so what do want as a reward?" "Well...um...er" mumbled Ace he was then tapped on the sholder "Hold that thought?" It was T-Bone. "Well we want you to stay and be a Swat Kat for a year along with your teammate? Just as backup?" "Okay then" "Okay then this is what I want: $1.000 so I can make an extension I want to keep the plane and me and my bud want to retire early with a deacent RAF pension lets say $50.00 a week". "Okay if that makes you happy". "And your 132 countries are now reconised by our 132 countries" said Mayor Manx. "My Prime Minister will be glad to open trade links" replied Ace. And so life went on in the tireless city called MegaKat City. The end Next Part: Swat Kat's ammargedon.