The hot sun beat down on the Thundercats as they made their way through the desert. It had been days since they had stopped to rest, but they continued walking as fast as they could, trying to get to the Cave of Beams. The Cave of Beams was a sacred place that held more thundrillium than any place on Third Earth. The reason why the Thundercats were going to The Cave of Beams was because the Thundertank broke down and they were out of Thundrillium so they had to travle by foot. Willykat groaned, "I'm tired!" Panthro just growled, "We all are, kid." Willykat's sister Willykit added, "But our feet hurt Panthro! Can't we stop for just a minute?" Lion-O turned around and replied, "We've got to keep going. We're almost there." Tygra stopped him by placing his paw on his brother's shoulder. "Maybe we should rest Lion-O. I mean, they'll just keep asking until we do." Lion-O faced his brother and glared at him. "I am the king, Tygra, and i say we should keep going." Cheetara came next to Tygra and said, "Lion-O, i think it's better if we stop. Just for one night." Willykit mumbled, "Oh, thank you!" before collapsing on her face in the sand. Her brother did the same thing and so did Snarf. Panthro rolled his eyes. "So i guess it's settled then. We'll make camp here tonight and then continue in the morning." Pumyra shook her head, "Not here. There," she said, pointing to a jungle that was a little less than a mile away. Lion-O replied, "Alright then. C'mon, let's go."
When they finally got to the jungle they found a nice cave to set up camp in. Panthro and Cheetara set out to go find firewood and Tygra, Pumyra and Lion-O went to go hunting. When they all came back to camp it was nightfall and everyone was exhausted from walking. Cheetara fell asleep next to Tygra, who wrapped his arms around her and stroked her hair until he fell asleep too.
The sound of footsteps woke Tygra from his dream and his eyes shot open and he sat straight up. He listened for a moment, his ears perked up. Silence. Then, he heard a russle in the bushes and whispers. Then, silence again. A low rumble started in Tygra's throat which later turned into a growl. They were being followed. Tygra gently layed Cheetara down on the floor before getting up and walking outside to see who was stalking them. Before he could blink once, a figure in a black cloak shot out of the underbrush and pinned Tygra to the ground. Tygra snarled and grabbed his attacker's shoulders and flung the creature into the trees. Tygra got to his feet and was about to go see who his attacker was when he heard more movement all around him. He looked around to see about a dozen black figures circle him with weapons aimed at his heart. He did the first thing that came to his mind, he screamed, "Ambush!"