Schwenk moved quietly through the vegetation, eyes fixed on the monumental structure in front of him. Although not lush forest, the trees here still offered plenty of protection. Schwenk ducked

down as he saw a figure outside the building. Slowly he raised his eyes again and the figure has

gone again, probably back inside. Again Schwenk moved ever closer, aiming to study this obviously thunderian building.

Myra stretched out her arms, as the Sunlight glided warmly over her face. She never wondered far from the lair, just the area outside the Forest of Silence. It was another hot day, she hoped she accustomed to this weather on this planet. She lay back, and watched the clouds go by above her.

Schwenk saw the figure again...this time on the grass. He turned his attentions to her...

Myra looked around at the vegetation nearby her. She thought she heard something, maybe an

animal. She sat up and shook her mane. This day reminded her of Thundera, but also

when she didn't have to wear protective clothing, her hair and fur flowing throw the wind. She had

since got used to wearing clothes and would feel naked if she undressed. She laid back, thinking about home, and how she missed it.

Schwenk edged forwards and looked at the figure lying on the grass. She was a young tigress

and seemed thankfully unaware of her new 'admirer'. Schwenk shuffled forward again. CRACK a large twig broke and Schwenk instinctively hit the deck before the young woman got up.

Eyes closed, they shot open as she heard the twig snap. Myra sat up, and backed away a little.

"Leon, you better not be playing tricks on me again!" she called out to the vegetation.

Nothing replied to her.

She activated her com-link. "Dion, this is Myra"

"What is wrong Myra? "

"Is your brother with you?"

"Yes, why?"

"Its doesn't matter. Myra Out"

She sat back down again, closed her eyes, but this time waited.

Schwenk risked a peek through the vegetation. The figure was laying down still. He decided he had taken too many risks already. He moved into the crouch position, turned his back on the building and started towards the safety of the deep woods.

Myra laid there waiting for more noises, but they didn't come. Making her all the more Myra certain that she was being watched. She quietly got her staff, and followed in to the vegetation, curiosity getting the better of her.

Schwenk moved quietly towards the dim coolness of the woods. He stood by a large tree and

caught his breath. As he was bent down it was then he noticed he hadn't removed his ID Dog

Tags...if he was to get caught with those on...

Myra continued until she deep in the woods. She then saw him. She keeps herself out of view,

looking at the terran. Tall, and quite muscular, Myra was quite curious about this male.

She decided to watch him further. until...CRACK... "Blast it" she thought, crouching by the tree.

Schwenk froze, he had been followed after all. He unsheathed his knife and flew out into the

opening. He saw nobody and there were plenty of trees where someone could be...he decided

that flight would be better than fight and ran...

Myra narrowly dodged the blade as it hit the tree, she took it out and ran after the terran.

"Why are you running?"

The young tigress called after Schwenk, but he had no intention of being captured a second time...

Myra got impenitent with the guy. Fine, I will give him his blade then. When she saw her chance

she threw it at him, ripping threw his trousers, nailing him to a tree to make him stop. Schwenk grabbed the handle of the knife and after some pulling freed himself. He turned to flee by the tigress was right in his path now.

"If I were you I'd get the hell out of the way...cat!" he spat on the floor.

"Not until you explain yourself" she replied, in a defensive stance with her weapon, her summoning staff ready.

Schwenk as in no mood for a question and answer session and ran at the cat, shoulder barging into her...Myra stumbled back, her arms outstretched, Her staff in her hands pushing back, trying to keep this crazy man away from her.

As Schwenk hit into her she grabbed his arm and swung him around. Schwenk felt he had no choice, now he had to throttle the life out of this meddling female. He punched her head a couple of times and managed to get both his hands around her throat, he started to squeeze...

Dazed from the punches, Myra tried to free herself from his grasp. he was on top of her, she looked at the terran wondering why he was trying to kill her.

" You must work for Nyrii" she spat and then kneed him in the groin, as that was all she could do.

Still she struggled and still she refused to buckle. She certainly was tough cookie, Schwenk thought. The knee to the groin, whilst not known to be fatal had an instant effect. Schwenk buckled to the floor as he gasped for breath...he then fumbled for his pistol...

Myra scrambled on to her feet and dived on top him before he does something else. She knelt on his chest, placing one her legs on top of his neck, threatening to kneel on his neck and crush everything inside.

"I guess you calm down, or you will be at peace forever" she said, blood dripping from a gash on her head. Schwenk struggled as much as he could. Her knee started pressing down on his throat.

"You haven't got the balls..." he croaked.

With his left hand he punched hard into her lower back and kept punching...hoping to knock her off him so he could apply the final blow.

Myra tumbled off him as he punched her. She now was pissed. She punched as much as she could back. She then when she got the chance slapped square across the face with her staff. If this keeps on she would have to summon. Again he reached for his pistol, but now he was slightly disorientated and could aim. Then punches rained onto him, Schwenk reeled from the blows, just in time for the staff into the face. Schwenk then collapsed to the floor, and spat out a large gob of blood onto the floor.

In a last act of desperation he lunged out and grabbed her boot...

Myra fell back as he grabbed her boot, hitting hard on the floor. She then raised her other foot and kicked him across the face in effort in him to get off her.

Schwenk reeled sideways from the foot in the face...he was fading fast. He slammed into a tree and faced the tigress that was also getting up. Schwenk grabbed the pistol and aimed it at her.

Through a broken and bloody face he smiled at her..."and this is where it all has to end I'm afraid"...Myra tried to dodge but the bullet hit her arm where she was too slow. Myra managed to get on top of him and pinned him down at the wrists.

Again Schwenk tried to force her off him, but his race was run and he now no longer had the

In a final act of defiance Schwenk spat in her face..

"Stupid fucking cats! Can't leave well enough along can you?"

"Hey what the hell did I do to you, stupid ape!" she spat back.

Leon taught her some slang language from the sol system, now she was getting practice in.

Schwenk had to admire her guts, she certainly wasn't a classically trained lady for sure.

"What did you do?" he laughed, "Nothing stupid, you're a stinking cat, that's plenty to be

getting on with" he returned the spit, which by this time was mostly warm and sticky blood.

"Hang on. Well if I am so much of a "stinking cat" why the hell was you watching me!" she

said leaning forward.

"I don't have to tell you anything..cat!" he hissed.

"Fine she said, Her eyes wandering down his body. She noticed the dog tags, and through the

blood she can just make the name but not the rank. "why where you watching me Gaston

Schwenk?" she demanded.

Schwenk suddenly realized he hadn't ditched the tags. Now he panicked. With all his strength

he tried once more to remove the cat from on top of him...he couldn't be caught...not again.

His body writhed and he hoped she would loosen her grip.

"If you don't tell me, this stinking cat will just have to sit here all day on your precious body"

she added dryly. "I will you know" she said.

"I bet you would...that's fine..I'll just lay here then. Let's see how long you want to play your little

game pussycat. I'll just get my strength back in the meantime."

"The name is Myra, I don't what happened to you to make you hate me, frankly now I don't care.

Take all the time you want, I haven't broke a sweat yet Gaston Schwenk" she replied, sarcastically, making herself comfortable.

"Really? You look quite roughed up to me, pussy. Don't try to go all psycho-analytical on me

though..I don't want to seek the path of redemption...I' happy with the way things are!"

"Little girl out here all on her own, you need to be careful. You never know when you'll meet the big bad wolf" he leered at her.

Myra just simply said nothing. Her arm was now burning and throbbing from when he shot her, but she couldn't give, otherwise she would be dead very soon. She just simply grinned at him.

Minutes ticked past and still she didn't move. Most parts of Schwenk's body were now raging in agony...but he couldn't give in. "Hmmm, you know what. Maybe you're sitting on me because you enjoy it...right little minx you are huh? You enjoying having apiece of me, mmm, I bet you are. Lucky really, it looks like you could do with a good seeing to as well." he winked at her.

Myra casually leered a bit closer. He must be desperate to get lose. Her grip loosened a bit.

"Be careful Gaston. I don't think you COULD give me a seeing too" she challenged.

"You fucking bitch!" he sneered. With all the effort he could muster he lifted his wrists off the floor, just enough for some leverage. He then rolled to his left and Myra fell to the side. Schwenk made good his opportunity and leaned up against the tree, his efforts leaving little in his tank. He was also without his pistol. "OK Moira or whatever the hell your name is...I'm going to walk away now, we've both had fun and I've enjoyed our workout, but you've got things to do and so have I." he spun slowly away and staggered further into the woods.

Myra got to her feet. He might of tried to kill her, but for some strange reason she enjoyed it.

"Sorry you have to leave, pity you cant complete to the challenge," she said thinking, that will make him feel sick. "Hope you have the bollocks next time" she called.

Schwenk stopped and turned around again. He had realized that if she went back then more would come. "What? you think this is some sort of a game? OK, why not come and finish the job then, hmm? If you don't I'll come back and finish you off, and any one else that gets in the way" he laughed" you see, that's what I do, I finish things off...especially cats" he laughed even more this time. Myra walked towards him slowly. "I wasn't playing a game. I was hoping this would be between me and you not everyone who has hurt you in the past" she said standing her ground.

"Oh this IS between me and you...let's face it you've hurt me plenty now already. Now it's time I finished the job... " "I'm sorry are we still talking about fighting?" She quizzed.

"All I did was in self defense" she said flatly.

Schwenk didn't wait for her gloating to finish, he rushed her and forced himself on top of her, he placed one hand on her throat and one hand over her mouth. "Now listen, cat! Let's do this the proper way, huh? Fancy a broken neck maybe, throttling takes too long. One twist should do it. Any last requests? Oh, hang on, you can't talk..hahaha"

Myra was taken a back by the humans attack as she fell hard on the floor. while he was doing his gloating she managed to sneak her hand down on his groin and grabbed. Not hard enough to cause too much pain much as a threat really. she raised her eyebrows at him as if to say " do you really want me to..?"

Now Schwenk was in a dilemma. He held the cards, but Myra held a lot more important things. "Again, I don't think you will...you're too nice for permanent scarring" Schwenk tightened his hand over her mouth.

Myra raised an Eyebrow. "Silly human. Always assume I am the same as the others. I have put up with just as much crap as you" she said to herself, tightening her grip. This was his last chance. Tears formed in Schwenk eyes. She wasn't letting go, she was now drawing blood, and he could feel it. "OK missy" he said releasing her neck but not her mouth, "what now?"

Myra in return loosened her grip but not entirely. She then pushed him off her month and sat up "That's up to you." she said.

Before Schwenk could go any further, Bengali had heard the gunshots and had come running to see what the trouble was. He saw Schwenk on top of Myra, and assumed the worst.

"STAND BACK AND DON'T MOVE!" he growled, His hammer at the ready.

Schwenk turned his head to see a very large male thunderian standing behind him. He then looked at Myra again. "Looks as if the negotiations have ended" he smiled ruefully.

Myra said nothing back at him.

Schwenk reluctantly stood up and backed slowly towards the nearest tree...

Bengali, unaware grabbed Schwenk and tied him up. "What has he done to you Myra. Slime ball,

forcing yourself on a female!" he roared at the human, angry as hell.

"Hey he didn't..."

"Now is not the time Myra!" he cut in, not listening.

"I am sending this guy in to prison. I think Mandora will have something to say!" He shouted.

"Ermmm. don't I get to defend myself, hmmm?

"Shut it human, I have seen enough. Look at her! she is blooded and shot!"

You must be bloodied because she tried to fight for her life!" he roared.

"Bengali stop!" She demanded. "He didn't take.."

"Be quiet Myra!" Bengali snarled.

"Oh...you're special you are" Schwenk groaned..."thinking not your specialty I assume" he said

sarcastically. Taking on the tigress was one thing, but this young thunderian could snap him like

a dry twig. "Just untie and we can resolve this peacefully."

Myra run on ahead. She stood firm in front of them.

"Look you hothead calm down!" She said to Bengali.

"He did not try to rape me. He wouldn't have the guts" she shot glancing over to Schwenk.

"We caught each other off guard, and things got out of control, he thought I was going to kill him

and I thought he was going to kill me. That's why things got so intense and mad" she said.

"Please I do not know him I would not lie for him" she pleaded.

Bengali looked to the human. "Is that how it went?" he demanded.

"You're asking me" he laughed incredulously "you really are as stupid as you look!"

Schwenk then realized he'd messed up.

"Of course I didn't rape her..geez!"

"For that comment you can still go into custody for the night, I would be grateful to her. if weren't for her you would be much worse off" he snarled. Myra pleadingly looked at Schwenk not to say anything else that would get his head ripped off.

"Hmmm, I guess so. Thanks Moira!"

"Its Myra for the third time." she sighed as she followed them back to the lair.

"Hey big guy, there's no need to shove me about...what's the hurry!"

Later on that night, Myra was cleaned and patched up by Pumyra. She got a bit of a telling off for wondering in the woods on her own, but they where ok about it, eventually. Everyone was asleep in the dead of night. Myra couldn't sleep as she couldn't get the encounter of him out of her head. Its like everything has changed. Frustrated, She got up and got something to eat. Assuming Bengali wouldn't of fed him she took some food from the kitchen and started to head to the cells.

Schwenk sat awake in his bare cell.

"hmmm am I 'festering' in this cell, or 'languishing', hmmm? I think languishing is so much more dramatic" he afforded a small laugh. He nursed his bumps, bruises, cuts and sore groin.

"She certainly did go to town on me" he thought.

Myra reached to the cells. the way the cells was constructed is that they has a force field for doors, that can be programmed to hurt their detainees if they tried to pass through. All the cells where programmed to let certain thunderians through.

she stood in front of Schwenk's cell.
"Thought you might be hungry Gaston Schwenk" she asked, holding a plate of food.

"Well, it's the lady herself." Schwenk picked up a bit, "dressed specially for me? How considerate.

I will have the food thanks, although I'm not sure if I can chew it. I was just debating whether it was your stick or your foot that caused the most damage...I'm going with foot." he smiled.

"By the way, please stop calling me Gaston Schwenk...Schwenk will do...erm, have you never heard of me?"

Myra rolled her eyes and entered the cell. She gave him the food and sat on the opposite bench.

"No, I haven't heard of you before Schwenk. I have lived in space all my life trying to get home.

This is the first time I have lived on a planet again since I was a child" she said. "So tell me about the great Schwenk then. what are you a serial Thunderian killer or something?" she asked.

"erm, best we don't talk about it really. You'll find out in good time. Anyway, I want to pay you a

compliment. You're a very tough opponent...Myra." he smirked "I would have killed you, but, it was taking too long and you have inflicted some nasty injuries on me. I couldn't help but notice though...you're not a natural warrior are you...you care too much about your opponent. That big fella would be picking bits of me out of his teeth by now, but oh no, not you. You were going to let me walk away! Amazing!"

Myra folded her arms and leant back. "Not a natural warrior huh? let me tell you something.

I let you go because of honor and respect I had for my opponent I had the time. No it wasn't a game at all. I fought to win at any cost. if you died, then you died. but the fight was stalemate. it ended, so I let you go like you let me go" she said quietly.

Schwenk raised his eyebrows "Oh really? You would have killed me, huh? Try to keep this conversation honest Myra. Besides...you have effectively killed me anyway, by capturing me. So, there's another notch in your stick...oh, and don't let ol' whitey claim the kill either...the blood is entirely on your hands!" he said emphatically.

"You don't know me Schwenk at all. I am not like other Thunderians. I am not a Thundercat, I just work here. I have had to put up my fair share of crap from other people including thunderians like yourself. Believe me I am being honest. I have nothing to hide. I didn't capture you. Bengali did. If you didn't shoot your gun, you would have been a free man. I have no blood my hands." she said. "Anyway you're getting realeased in the morning"

"Released? Released where and to whom?"

"here on Third earth, you are being cautioned. the warrior maidens have been made aware of you so it not like you can go and start fights with other people. I have taken my share of responsibility for this, don't worry your little self."

Schwenk was dumbstruck. Were the Thundercats really so naive, didn't they bother to check the records and see how many warrants were out for him. "Oh, well there's a turn up for the books!" Schwenk replied. "I assume that Bengali knows of this. Anyway, why wait till morning, I'm good to go now and I can see no reason in keeping me captive here, so...release me"

"nope"

"What! You just said...let me out...nOW"

"They wont do until Mandora has checked to see if this anything we should be wary off.

if everything checks out you should be free to go, in the morning with a slapped hand"

That was the crunch..."Look Myra, you've just said that everyone will be checking on me...

what's the harm in letting me go now. Look, I'll even return in the morning...c'mon Myra...please"

Schwenk started to sweat. Mandora knew everything.

"I don't how to re-programme the cells. for security reasons. why should I let you go anyhow?

what you have done nice to me?"

"Didn't know we were keeping scores! Please Myra...you've said that I'm free to go, so surely

I can have a comfortable evening elsewhere than this cell...I'm within my rights you know.

I've been unfairly captured, no medical treatment administered, food was ages,

thanks by the way and I didn't get my one phone call. You owe me this, surely!"

"I don't know seriously how to re-programme the cells. Only Bengali knows."

"Don't re-programme them...turn the bloody thing off! There's got to be a switch somewhere..."

"Will you listen to me! I can't re-programme, therefore I can't switch them off, and I can't do anything."

"So, I'm being held against my will. Great! How democratic. Tell you what, get Bengali to get down here and do it then!"

Myra laughed out loud. "Do you honestly think he would listen to me after today? he is steaming with me as well as you. I'm lucky I didn't end up in here either!". She got up.

"Maybe it was a bad idea coming down here. All I have got is whingeing and complaining in return for food," she thought.

"You can't leave me here!" he moaned

Myra rolled her eyes. "What do you want me to do then?" she said.

"I can't be in here... I need to be elsewhere...please" Schwenk begged.

"Schwenk listen to me please!" she begged walking up to him. "I really can't"

"You have to...I...I don't want to die!" a small tear rolled down his cheek.

"I am sorry I really do not know how to" she said truthfully.

"Why do you think you are going to die?" she said.

"I don't think..you stupid girl...I know! Mandora will come and take me back to Bengalia. When I'm there I will be executed. You know how I will die? I'm going to be eaten alive! Nice, huh?"

Schwenk was slowly getting hysterical.

"If I could then we would have been walking outside by now. Anyway the legislation of Bengalia doesn't stretch out here.

Only when you are out of this system."

"So that's it then, huh? Well thanks, and be sure that you leave flowers on my remains...if there are any!" he laid down and turned his back on Myra, facing the wall, slowly sobbing.

"I'm sure you'll get a nice big reward for my capture. Blood money!"

Myra walked up behind him, not sure what he was on about.

I'm a war criminal, the rules are different"

"What?"

"You don't get it do you...they'll get me with or without permission, they'll know where I am, they'll send an army if they have to"

"You really don't know who I am do you!"

I don't know what I can do. There is no way at all I can set you free" she said getting up.

"I don't know who you are, and I think I will ask when I am ready to know." she couldn't help but feel a little guilty. Schwenk was forlorn...his last hope was walking out of the door and Schwenk was a dead man walking. Myra turned and looked at him, and folded her arms.

"Is there anything else?"

"Myra...I don't blame you for what's happened. I'm just paying the price for what's gone before...you were doing what you thought was right, then Bengali showed up and took the decision from you...that's not your fault and I cannot blame you for anything. At least you made my last stand interesting"

Myra looked at him, some what smiled. Without thinking, she touched his face. "I am sorry" she said. she realized that she was touching his face and hastily withdrew her hand.

"Goodnight Myra" he said and lay down.

Myra looked at him. "I can't believe I am going to do this" she thought. "Although now is the time" "Don't say a thing about this." Myra said quietly.

She walked through the force field and deactivated the force field.

"If you get caught, you set yourself free by nearly killing me. " she slowly started to walk away,

unsure on what she had done.

"how can you do that...you said..."

"I know what I said. But I have just risked everything for you, don't question me please. I am having enough trouble wondering why I did this.."

"OK, I'm outta here...I'll be seeing you again Myra...you've just saved my life and I'm not sure why...but they will come looking now. This is just the start of my troubles...but at least it's not the end." he kissed her on the cheek, and started to run away. Then he stopped in his tracks and turned and looked at the Tigress. He walked back to her.

"Here, have this..with this I can always let you know where I am...but please, don't get caught

with me...you'll be dead too! I'm glad I didn't kill you...you're too special for words. If they ask

how I escaped, give them this" he handed a long cylinder of metal over "let them work out how

I did it, buggered if I know! Oh and one more thing. You MUST read up on me...you must! It's

important for me to know that you know! If I never hear from you again, then I'll understand

Myra the 'ordinary' thunderian!" and then he fled into the night.

Myra held the cylinder tightly. "I already knew who you was in the first place Schwenk." she said

She had often wondered how long it would be since they meet again, but it was his own stupid fault if he couldn't remember her.