Page 20 - Billy the Cat and Katie

two robbers and hit over the head, but were amazed when he told them that two others had
crashed though the roof in pursuit of the crooks. "I ain't never seen nothin' like it in me life,
they was like giant cats landing on the floor. It must be twenty feet from the roof skylight and
they jumped as if they were stepping off a bus."

Billy could see that the fugitive men were nearing the yard where a car was waiting and waved
to Katie just behind him to follow him and jump down from the window onto the roof of the
building below, just alongside where the crooks would appear. As they landed gracefully onto
the roof they could hear the ringing of bells and Billy suddenly could hear the police radio inside
his helmet.

# "All cars, all cars, be advised men are armed, take action to apprehend" #

Katie heard it too as they both ran across the roof towards the car which had it's engine
running. Someone was sitting in the drivers seat and had seen them coming towards him. In
the distance the sound of the bells was getting closer as the police cars raced towards the
scene. Groups of tourists were being herded away by Beefeaters but as soon as one of them
saw Billy and Katie they turned and tried to take photographs. A news reporter who'd been
part of the tourist group used his camera with a powerful telephoto lens to capture the action
as it happened.

Jumping from the roof Billy and Katie were met with a volley of gunshots as the man from the
car suddenly opened fire on them. It was Charlie Robins, the burglar and he was firing at them
through the open window from inside the car. The bullets bounced off the catsuits that Billy
and Katie were wearing and just as soon as it started the bullets stopped. Charlie had a revolver
and it only had six bullets. He didn't have time to reload as Katie somersaulted across the yard
and punched him squarely on the jaw, knocking him clean out of the drivers seat. Billy heard a
door crashing open behind him and leaped over the car to see Max Driver and Harry Lime
running towards the car but as soon as they saw Billy and Katie they too started shooting, this
time with a shotgun and an automatic pistol. More bullets and more danger but that didn't
stop Billy who threw himself into a ball and rolled himself straight at the crooks, knocking them
over like skittles. Max tried to grab the shotgun that had been knocked from his hands but was
felled by Katie who kicked his legs away and he crashed to the ground banging his head on the
floor as he fell. She quickly bound his hands behind his back with a length of rope and looked up
to see Billy chasing the other man. Harry had tried to make a run for it but Billy was too quick,
throwing his claw rope out and hooking Harry's feet to trip him up. He fell forwards dropping
the gun and the bag, spilling the loot all over the ground and in a second Billy had tied him up
by his hands and feet.
"Time to go" called Katie as the police cars raced into the yard to be confronted by
three unconscious tied up crooks, guns and the crown jewels scattered all around the place.
Billy and Katie quickly raced away, doubling back on themselves to make sure no-one saw
which way they went and certainly to avoid any more photographs being taken. The reporter
ran across to the scene and introduced himself explaining that he'd seen the whole thing and
had photographs to prove what had happened. The police Inspector was astounded to learn