Before you read,

I made this before seeing the new version of Thundercats so the Cat's Lair will be in the story. But keep in mind that it's in the 2011 version. Not the 80's version.

This is in the 2011 style. Not 80's style.

Walking through the jungle, not caring where I was heading because I was lost already until I heard a scream; looking around to see where it was coming from until I heard it again, quickly realizing that it was close to me I started running toward the sound to help whoever was in trouble until I saw where the screams were coming from: a wild cat girl.

"Should I help her?" I ask softly, even though there wasn't anyone around me. "Of course, she might have come from a village." my shadow, which wasn't really a shadow, named Dusk told me. She really was in my shadow. "Remember, you haven't eaten in three days." Dusk reminded me softly. Placing a hand on my stomach, "I know, how can I forget?" I said, grinning. I heard Dusk chuckling than speaking, "Well just be careful, you're not at full strength." I smiled at her comment. "Ok, I will." I said than running out to save the wild cat girl.

"Who are you?" the snake man asked me when I jumped in between him and the girl. "No one really." I said to them casually, which made him angry. "Than get out of my way!" he told me as he got ready to fight me by pulling out a knife. "I'm afraid I can't do that." I said to him again, not letting the guy hurt the cat girl, than noticing that he started charging at me.

Grabbing the cat girl and jumping to one of the branches in the tree behind us and place her there, "Don't move, ok?" I said to her than jumping down to face the attacker. "Now where was I?" I said to the guy, which made him that much more angrier. "Oh yeah that's right, you were trying to attack me." I answered myself, making him angry on purpose after a while than seeing the guy charging at me again. "This again, when will you learn?" I asked than jumping over the guy, making him hit the tree that the girl was in that cried out in shock. "Sorry about that!" I yelled out to the wild cat girl than letting out a nervous chuckle. "Jake you twit," Dusk chuckled. "Stop jumping around and fight!" the guy told me sternly. I let out a disappointed sigh than asking, "Do you really want me to fight?"

I saw the serious look on the guy's face that wanted me to fight. Letting out another sigh than pulling the twin swords called Sword of Salvation and Sword of Damnation. "You know you're going to lose, right?" I ask him in a bored tone, not really looking forward to fighting him with my swords. "Just fight me already!" he shouted than charging at me again.

I got out of the way and pushed him, which made him to fall to the ground, "I told you that you'll lose." I said to the attacker than placing the swords' blade close to his neck, "I'll tell you once: Don't mess with her." I warned him slowly, even though I wouldn't actually hurt him if he didn't because it was against my vows to kill anyone, no matter how bad they are. "O-ok... " he said, fear in his voice. I smiled than putting the swords up and held out my hand to help the guy up. "You see, that's all I ask." I told him then helping him get on his feet and started to walk away.

"It's safe to come out now!" I said to the wild cat girl. I saw the girl nodding than jumping down and walking up to me, making me to realize that the girl was two or three years younger than me. "You were fighting without hitting it." the cat girl said in awe. "Yeah, I try not to fight." I told her. "It's pointless." I added soon after. "Someone's coming fast!" Dusk told me quickly as I noticing a yellow blur coming at me so fast that I didn't even have time to get out of the way until it knocked me on the ground.

I saw a Bo Staff in my face, "Don't even move..." the person with the Bo Staff told me as I noticed that the person was a cheetah girl that looked slightly older than me. "Wait a minute!" I exclaimed, hoping that the cheetah girl would listen to me. "What is it?" the cheetah ask me, placing the weapon closer to my face. "I'm not the enemy, I was the hero." I told her, hoping that she'll believe me. "How do I know that you're not lying?" she asked, her eyes still on me as if I was a monster. "Let him up, he save me from a monster!" the little wild cat girl told her. "He did?" the woman asked, looking at her now. "He saved me from the snake man that was chasing me, Cheetara." the girl said, explaining everything that happened. "You're sure Wileykit?" the woman, who I'm guessing was named Cheetara, asked. "He fought off the guy without fighting him." the little girl, who I'm guessing was Wileykit, said, trying to convince Cheetara to let me up. "You see, I was telling the truth." I said to the female attacker as she moved her weapon away from me.

When I got back on my feet, I saw the wild cat girl walking up to me, "I'm Wileykit, but everybody calls me Kit." she said, introducing herself. "Hello Kit," I said to her than facing the cheetah girl that attacked me, "So what's your name?" I ask her, trying to start a conversation with her... even though she did try to attack me. "I'm Cheetara, and you are..." she said then trailing off, waiting for me to say who I was. "I'm Jake." I replied, holding out my hand toward her. "Wolfs aren't usually seen in this part." Cheetara said, shaking my hand. "I travel a lot." I chuckled. While we were talking, I felt the hunger pain as I clutched my stomach and collapsed onto the ground.

Wileykit and Cheetara stared at the strange kid as they noticed that he looked older than Wileykit and Wileykat but younger than the others, as if he was sixteen or seventeen; his fur was a light shade of brown almost tan, had blue eyes, and had a furry tail that was lying limp beside his body.

"Cheetara to H.Q., Cheetara to H.Q." she said to her Comm-link. "This is HQ, Lion-O speaking." the other end said back to her. "There's a kid that suddenly collapsed on the ground, make room for the infirmary." Cheetara told them. "Roger that. Are we picking up or you carrying in?" Lion-O asked on the other end. "I'm carrying it in." Cheetara replied than ending the conversation. "So we're going to take him to the Cat's Lair?" Wileykit ask her, confused. Cheetara nodded than picking him up and over her shoulder then replying "It's the least I could do because I attacked him."

Opening my eyes and noticed that I was in a large room that look like a hospital room. Beds were along the walls, light blue pull curtains, and the walls were white. "So what did they do me?" I asked Dusk softly as I got to my feet and checked if I had everything… to which I did. "You fell asleep didn't you?" she groaned, sounding annoyed. Letting out a nervous chuckle, "You know that I haven't eaten in three days, so give me a break." I told her slowly. I heard a sigh coming from my shadow, "You're right, I'm sorry but you need to be more careful, ok?" she asked, being concern as always. I smiled at her, "Don't be sorry Dusk, you're just looking out for me." I told her then hearing a soft chuckle from her. "Ok, be careful Jake." she said to me softly.

I heard the door open, making me to end the conversation with Dusk so I wouldn't look like I was talking to my shadow… even though I was. Turning to see who it was and saw that it was the cheetah girl named Cheetara that attacked me earlier. "Hey Cheetara, can you tell me where I am?" I ask her as I was looking around the room. "You're at the Cat's Lair." she answered. "Cat's Lair?" I asked, not hearing of it before. "I don't think you should be standing yet." she said to me. "I'm fine," I told her. "I'm just hungry." I added soon after. She gave me a weird look for a moment, "Um... ok, I'll get you something to eat. Wait here." she said then leaving.

"Don't eat them out of all of their food, ok Jake?" Dusk said teasingly since I tend to eat a lot of food when I'm at a place, but not gain a pound because of how much I travel. It's true, I think I travel more than I eat. "I'll try not too." I chuckled, actually trying not too this time. Wherever I go, I would eat most of the food that the place has. Cheetara came back with a tray full of food, "I didn't know what kind of food you liked, so I got a little bit of everything." she told me than handing me the tray. "Thanks," I said than started eating, not caring what it was. "So where did you come from?" Cheetara ask me slowly. I looked at her for a moment, "Nowhere, I'm just traveling." I answered after a while of thinking since I don't stay in one place for too long. "Aren't you a little young to be traveling by yourself?" she asked slowly, as if she was shocked by me traveling. I thought about it for a moment, "I never really thought about it." I said than continued to eat.

While I was answering Cheetara's questions until she told me that someone wanted to see me. "Ok, send them in." I said than taking a bite. I saw her gesturing someone that was behind the door to come in; I saw a lion with red hair walking in, "I am Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats." he said to me. "I'm Jake." I told him than noticing that I've ate everything off my tray… but I was still hungry. "I am Lion-O, Lord of the weird names." Dusk whispered to me, mocking the red hair guy.

"Thundercats? I've never heard of that, what do you guys do?" I told him, not hearing of them before. "We protect those who need protecting." he replied simply. "So you're the good guys?" I asked, wanting to make sure what he meant. He nodded. I was about to say something until the door opened up and I saw the girl that I saved came running in with a boy that looked like her walking with a tiger man. "It was that guy who saved me, Wileykat." Wileykit told the boy that looked like her. Twins? Maybe. "It's you..." I said slowly, not remembering her name. "Wileykit, but I told you that everybody calls me Kit." she said cheerfully, reminding me. "This is my twin brother Wileykat, Kat for short." she added as she gestured to the boy that looked like her. "I'm Tygra, thanks for saving Kit when she needed it." the tiger man said to me.

"I guess I'll be going now." I told them after a while of talking than heading to the door until something caught my arm. "Do you really have to go, can't you stay a little longer?" Kit ask me, surprising me since I don't normally stay in one place for too long. "Kit, if he doesn't want to stay any longer than that's up to him, we can't force him to stay here if he doesn't want too." Cheetara told to her softly. "I know..." Kit said quietly, hurt. I thought about it for a moment than smiled, "Hey Kit," I said softly, making her to look at me. "I don't have a place to go or stay, so I guess I could stay." I told her, then seeing her eyes light up. "Can he stay with us?" she asked quickly, wanting me to stay really bad for some reason. He looked surprised by her sudden question, "I don't know Wileykit, we don't really know much about him." He said slowly. "What if I pass a test?" I suggested. What? I was bored and was about to leave and so why not see how good the lion was at fighting? "A test?" Lion-O repeated slowly. I nodded, "Yeah, a fight. If I win than I stay for a night and if I don't than I go. Simple as that." I told him since I didn't want to leave without knowing how good the person was.

"Alright, a friendly match." Lion-o grinned and started walking toward the door. We followed him through the series of hallways and stairs until he open the door and we were on the roof of the building. "This is the place where we'll have the sparing match." Lion-O told me as we walked toward the center while the others were going off to the side. "The rules..." he said than thinking about it for a moment. "No major cuts, and no cheap tricks." Lion-O told me.

I pulled out the Sword of Salvation and the Sword of Damnation, "Is it ok if I use both my swords?" I asked him. "Just as long as you give it your all." he replied than pulling out his sword. "Are you ready?" he ask me soon after. I nodded than charging at him. As we were charging at each other, I got an idea than saw him about to attack until I jumped over him than quickly turned around and hit his back with the bottom side of the hilt, which made him fall on the ground. I smirk as I put the Sword of Damnation in its sheath so I could help him up; he rolled onto his back and grabbed my hand and got back on his feet, "Is it over?" I asked him even though I didn't want it to be over just yet. He shook his head as he got ready to fight again, "That's good, I haven't had a good fight in a while." I told him as I got the Sword of Damnation back out again, ready for a real fight. "I'll make it as interesting as I can." Lion-O said to me, grinning.

Jumped back as I saw him trying to attack me, "So does your sword have a name?" I said as I charged at him. "Yeah." he replied when he tried to cut me but I rolled to the side of him. "My sword is the Sword of Omans. What about you?" he said as he tried to attack me. "Yeah," I told him as I was blocking each of his attacks. "The white sword in my left hand is the Sword of Salvation," I explained than jumping back to have more room. "In my right, the black sword, is the Sword of Damnation." I added.

I ran up to him, knowing that he'll try to attack me again and he did, and I blocked his attack with one sword and had my other sword next to his throat. "It looks like I win." I told him than lowering the sword away from his throat. Lion-O stepped away and put his sword up. "Looks like you're going to stay with us for the night." he said out loud so the others could hear him.

I noticed Wileykit cheering more than the others, but I shrugged it off as I put my swords away. "That was a good little fight." I told Lion-O. "So how much were you giving?" Lion-O ask me while we were walking toward the others. "Just a little." I admitted. "I wonder how it would be different if you really did give it your all." he chuckled then adding, "To be that young and to have that much skill ... well at least you're on the right side."

"How long are you staying?" Cheetara asked me when we were walking back to the other room. "I was actually going to stay until early morning." I told her as the group turned the corner and entered a living room type place. "Sorry about Kit," she whispered. "It's no problem," I replied, reassuring her. "I had no place to go anyways," I added. "Can I ask something personal?" Cheetara asked softly. "Go for it." I answered, now sitting down on the couch. ""You seem awfully young to be traveling, can I ask why?" she said, sitting down next to me. "I had no reason to stay." I said simply then putting down my bag.

"So you're a run away?" the cheetah asked slowly. "Eh… yeah," I said slowly after a while of thinking about it. I never thought of it like that. To be a run away… but I had a good reason. "What about your family? Your parents must be worried about you." she said, hitting a nerve. The moment she said the word 'parents' I saw my shadow flicker for a second, that was Dusk wincing at her question. I would avoid the question since that subject was a touchy subject. Coming up with an idea, looking into her eyes, I simply told her:

"They didn't complain about me leaving."