Razor's Decision
Chapter 4 - Secrets Revealed
He
stayed away all of one day but by the next evening, he could no
longer bare it. Waiting until the midnight shift, Feral slipped
unobtrusively onto the intensive care floor. He was out of uniform
which caused the guard on duty to stare in surprise. “Any
problems?” He asked the officer. “No
sir, it’s been very quiet. Razor is still in a coma and T-Bone is
sleeping.” The officer reported quietly. “I’m
just going to check on them. You may take a thirty minute break while
I’m here.” He ordered. “Yes
sir. Thank you, sir!” The officer said gratefully, saluted and
strode off in search of some coffee and fresh air. Feral
stepped into the room. Razor was just inside the door with T-Bone’s
bed closer to the window. He glanced over at the tabby. T-Bone
really looked awful. Both of his legs were suspended from the
ceiling as well as his arms. It almost looked like he was trying to
fly. Wincing with sympathy at how uncomfortable that must be, he
looked away and down at his lover. Outwardly, Razor looked a little
better off than his partner. Only his arms were suspended and he
looked like he was sleeping peacefully no one would guess he was the
more seriously injured of the two. Leaning
over, he reached out a careful finger and stroked Razor’s cheek.
There was no reaction from the prone figure. “Crud! Seeing the
Turbokat a smoking ruin it was all I could do not to scream in
anguish. Then they said you were alive. I was limp with relief.
I’ve never been on such a roller coaster of emotion in my life and
you are the cause. You have to wake up so I can yell at you for
scaring me to death.” He whispered harshly trying to be angry at
his lover then pleading softly, “Gods, Razor, please wake up! I
can’t bare to be without you!” Razor
continued to lay there blissfully unaware as his lover held his paw
and begged for him to wake up. Feral dared not stay too much longer.
The guard would be coming back and a nurse could come in at any time
and he certainly didn’t want T-Bone to wake and find him there.
Sighing painfully, he leaned down and gently kissed Razor’s
forehead then quietly left the room. The guard had returned and he
nodded at him as he left as silently as he had arrived. Enforcer
Headquarters, morning shift... Felina
noticed when she left some reports for her uncle that he seemed tense
and unhappy. Since he wasn’t supposed to like the Swat Kats she
didn’t think it could be their being out of commission to be the
cause for his woeful demeanor it should be quite the opposite in
fact. Not that she thought he’d be so cruel as to rejoice over
their present condition.So why was he acting so gloomily? She
put the question in the back of her mind for later and returned to
her duties. She planned on visiting the guys after her shift. The
Enforcers were lucky. The criminals didn’t take advantage of the
Swat Kats situation and it stayed fairly peaceful for the first week
of their hospitalization. Razor had still not awakened though the
doctors said he was healing and had no major damage to his brain. It
was uncertain why he was still in a coma. T-Bone
shifted uncomfortably for the hundredth time and stared over at his
partner unhappily. He’d heard talking to a coma patient could help
them come back so he had been having one-sided conversations with his
buddy. It was mostly about how miserable he was and his visits with
Felina. Inwardly, he was very worried about Razor. He didn’t know
what he’d do if his best friend never woke up. He was also
surprised Feral hadn’t tried to learn who they were. As a matter
of fact, he was even more surprised the Commander hadn’t visited
them. It was weird. He’d asked Felina about it but she hadn’t a
clue and added that her uncle seemed depressed. ‘Okay, that was
even stranger.’ He thought. Sighing,
he squirmed again. There was an itch in one of his casts and it was
driving him crazy. The docs said he was healing fast and may be out
of his casts in another week. That was too long as far as he was
concerned. Sighing yet again, he tried to take a nap. Very
late that evening, Feral once again visited the Swat Kats room.
T-Bone had been given a sedative to help him sleep and was snoring
softly when the Commander entered the room. Just to be on the safe
side, he pulled the curtain around Razor’s bed for privacy. He sat
in the chair next to the bed and took Razor’s paw in his. He
caressed it gently while sitting quietly gazing at his lover. He
stayed by Razor’s side for an hour. He had ensured the guard
schedule left this time open for him to take with no one the wiser. He
left for a few minutes to stretch out on the fire escape. While he
was gone, Felina arrived to check on the guys. She was surprised
there was no guard. Frowning, she entered the room and looked around
but everything was alright except for the curtain being around
Razor’s bed. Still frowning, she went to T-Bones side. She always
had a soft spot where the tabby was concerned not that she ever told
him that and it hurt to see him this way. Sighing she gently
caressed his shoulder. The
door to the room opened suddenly and a large shape stepped in.
Felina froze and slowly drew her weapon. She waited and listened
carefully as the person went to Razor’s bedside. She heard whoever
it was sit down and sigh. Then a very familiar voice spoke softly,
“It’s been a week, my love. Please don’t leave me here alone.
I really need you to wake up!” Her uncle’s voice was filled with
anguish. He continued hoarsely, “I’m afraid your jet is a total
loss. I’ll lend you another while you rebuild. Ms. Briggs is
making Mayor Manx allocate funds for its replacement. I don’t doubt
you’ll improve upon the old design. You’re never satisfied
unless you’re tinkering.” He paused and swallowed a lump of pain.
“Please love wake up. I don’t know how much longer I can bare
not hearing your voice or feeling your arms around me.” He pleaded. Felina’s
mouth dropped open. Razor was her uncle’s lover?!! No wonder he
had never revealed who it was he was seeing. She was completely
stunned. How on earth had this happened and how long had it been
going on? This was incredible, but it certainly explained all the
little clues she had subconsciously been collecting. His gradual
relaxing of his stance against them, his strange behavior whenever
the Swat Kats were in trouble, the odd arguments with Razor, all were
explained now. Gods! It also explained why they both took such pains
to keep it secret. It could ruin both their reputations if their
relationship ever got out. Felina
watched his shadow stand and lean over Razor to kiss his forehead. “I
have to go. You’d laugh to know I replaced the guard shift with
myself. I can hear you say how stupid I am to risk it but I couldn’t
stay away. It hurts too much. Anyway, I’ve got to go. The next
shift will be getting here soon.” Sighing he began to move away
when a sound came from the bed. He froze, “Razor, love was that
you?” He whispered hopefully. A
barely heard voice whispered, “Uly?!” With
a soft cry of joy, Feral grabbed Razor’s paw and leaned down to
catch anything Razor wanted to say. “Oh love, how are you feeling?
Can I get you anything?” He asked anxiously. “Water!”
Came the raspy answer. Turning
quickly, Feral went to the bathroom and got a glass and was grateful
to find a container of straws nearby. Returning to Razor’s side he
gently guided the straw to the Kat’s mouth. Slowly, Razor sipped
gratefully, the water easing his dry throat. That small action
exhausted him and he fell back to his pillow with a sigh. Setting
the glass aside, Feral sat beside Razor and took his paw again. “I
was soo worried. You were out soo long.” He said caressing the paw
he held. “I’m
sorry to have scared you, Ulysses. Just glad to be alive even if
everything hurts. How is T-Bone?” He asked worried. “He’s
right beside you. He’s pretty banged up. Arms and legs are broken
and he looks pretty ridiculous with them suspended in the air, almost
like he’s trying to fly.” Feral was pleased when he drew a
chuckle out of Razor over that description of his partner. “I’m
really glad you’re awake, my love. Unfortunately, I really have to
leave now but I’ll sneak in to see you again tomorrow night, okay?”
Feral asked, reluctant to leave, as he got up. “That’s
okay, love, I’m getting sleepy again anyway. But be careful coming
here. It’s really too big a risk but I’m glad to see you. Give
me a kiss and get going!” Razor said gruffly. Smiling
happily, Feral leaned down and gave his lover a warm kiss. He
caressed Razor’s cheek as he raised up to leave. He straightened
Razor’s bedding and waved him goodbye and slipped out of the room. Felina
stayed quiet and waited until she felt Razor had fallen back to sleep
before taking her leave as well. She was glad Razor was once more
awake. She glanced at him briefly as she left the room, still amazed
that he and her uncle were so much in love. The world was truly a
strange place. She had no intention of letting anyone find out about
it, not even T-Bone. If the couple wanted him to know, it was their
business to inform him. Despite
the risks he took, Feral was never caught visiting Razor. Two weeks
later, the pair were finally released from the hospital with stern
warnings to rest and take it slow for another week at least before
returning to their regular activity. Their only problem now was
getting home. Felina solved that by lending them some civilian
clothes and money for the bus. Thanking her for her thoughtfulness,
they gratefully took the clothes and left the hospital at night,
slipping out of sight to change. Soon they were boarding a bus for
the Salvage Yard. During
their recovery, Chance expressed his annoyance over Jake going to see
his lover. “You know, whoever she is she must not care that much
about you. After all, she never visited you in the hospital.”
Chance said angrily worried for his buddy’s welfare. “On
the contrary, he visited me frequently.” Jake said quietly watching
his partner’s reaction to the change of pronoun. “He?!”
Chance gaped in surprise. “Uh, okay. I knew you liked both sexes.
Sorry, I just assumed...hey! How come you never corrected me and
why the big secret?” He asked upset. “You
know who it is and have no liking for him. I just didn’t want to
get into a big argument about it. It’s my life after all and I
make sure it doesn’t affect our partnership.” Jake said firmly. “Well,
yeah. It hasn’t hurt our relationship but I was a bit concerned
about why you felt you had to hide it. I guess I understand now why
you felt you needed to.” Chance sighed resigned then asked
curiously, “Do you love him?” “Yeah,
I do, very much and he loves me.” Jake said smiling. “Does
he know who we are?” Chance asked concerned. “No!
It was his choice. He didn’t want to cause any problems between
you and me. He knows how important it is for us to trust each other
so we stay safe.” Jake said seriously. “Well
that’s good then.” He said shrugging as he watched Jake change to
Razor and take off on his cyclotron.
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