Treason

By 18lzytwner

Chapter 1

Two years passed since the ThunderCats had given assistance to Mars. Now the last of the Martians had left almost six months ago and New Thundera and Third Earth were nearly completely back to normal. Recycling the temporary housing building materials had created jobs that were of course temporary in nature but it dropped the unemployment numbers and in the meantime Lion-O had worked on getting training and financial assistance for those that would soon be out of a job.

Two Martians had remained on New Thundera and their son, Pali, could not have been happier. Opa and Natastachi's health had steadily improved and they even spent time teaching the ThunderCats about the Choctaw way of life and the language should it ever need to be used for code purposes. Lynx-O had been eating it up and had slowly become proficient in the language.

Lea and Panthro had been married two weeks after their engagement. Both agreed that they wanted to be married before their cub arrived. It was a small ceremony and Lion-O officiated while Lynx-O gave away the bride. It was a few months later when Lea discovered that they weren't having just one cub but two. The twins were born happy and healthy and were now just over a year old.

It had been quiet and things were thankfully not crazy as they had been. Lea returned to work full-time and Snarf was more than happy to have the twins during her shifts. Leo was now almost seven years old and in school while his younger sister, Sahara, was almost five and starting a half day of school for kindergarten so they did not need him as much as they used to. Lakshmana, often called Lak by his parents, was now four and spent most of his day with his mother down in the Med Bay. Liam and Fiona were almost eleven and had been in school for a while, while their younger sibling, Emma, was only around four. Still Emma loved to help her mother in the hangar and Li-en made sure that she and Cavan stayed out of trouble, though he would never tell his wife that.

"Goodness gracious there are so many cubs running around," Cheetara commented as the group sat down for a meeting the conference room.

"Enjoy it. There won't be too many little ones for much longer," Pumyra smiled.

"Oh I am, believe me, I guess I just never pictured so many little ones," the cheetah explained.

"Two sets of twins is usual but at least they all weren't born at the same time or to the same couple," the puma admitted.

"I know we weren't planning on it but I wouldn't have it any other way," Lea smiled and Panthro gave her hand a squeeze. They were really enjoying parenthood but also being careful to not add to their family. The twins were a handful at times and having a third child on top would be too complicated now. That wasn't saying that they wouldn't try again soon.

"Is everybody accounted for?" Lion-O asked.

"Lynx-O isn't here," Cavan pointed out, his usual seat was empty.

"Probably chatting it up with Pali's folks. I'll see if he's in the library," Ben-Gali smiled and rose from his seta but didn't get far before the alarms went off throughout the Lair.

"So much for peace and quiet," Tygra commented.

To Be Continued…