Chapter 2

That evening after the party and the little ones were put to bed, Sahara and Tyler lay awake discussing baby names. Their first child, Kaylee, would be turning two soon and she was already showing signs of being a speedster. They hadn't clocked her yet but they were sure that she wasn't as fast as her mother or her grandmother as they could both still catch her. Their second, Adohi, would be one this year and despite his young age he already seemed smarter than most his age. Tyler would spend hours with him and his father down in the hangar working on the ThunderCats vehicles and weapons. Now that Sahara was pregnant again, they had some tough decisions to make.

"What about Keanu for a boy?" Tyler asked as he stared at the ceiling.

"I like that but what about Piva for a girl?" She wondered.

"I think I could get used to it," he nodded. She laughed and rolled over so that she was effectively straddling him.

"Get used to?" The litah wanted to know.

"We can't agree on everything," he teased as he pulled himself up and gave her a kiss.

"True but one would think you'd be a little more pliable after I allowed Adohi to slip through," she smirked.

"Slip through? I thought you liked that name," Tyler looked at her, pretending to be hurt. They had had a tough time deciding a name for their son and both of them argued until Lea settled it by picking the name. It had been on her list but Panthro hadn't gone for it; as it turned out though both Tyler and Sahara liked it so it stuck.

"Let's not argue," Sahara pleaded.

"Yes but that usually leads to something else," he teased and gyrated his hips a little underneath her.

"Oh naughty boy," the litah shook her head and leaned down to kiss him. That's when Leo burst through the door.

"Gah!" He let out a yelp and went down on the slippery tile floor. Ma-Mutt who had been sleeping in the corner of the room, inside what Lion-O referred to as his "doggie palace" of a doghouse, jumped up and went to check on him.

"Leo! I swear on everything in the Astral Plane if you don't learn to knock…" Sahara immediately jumped off her mate and went about helping him up while Tyler tried to hide the bulge in his boxer shorts.

"You have to come now! Tygra has Dad in the infirmary. Something happened after dinner tonight!" Everything was forgotten and the two left the room as fast as possible, Ma-Mutt and Tyler in tow.

When they arrived at the sick bay they found Cheetara talking to Tygra about something and Lion-O nowhere in sight.

"Where's Dad?" Sahara asked.

"Pumyra is running an EKG on him. I think he may have had a mild heart attack," Tygra calmed them down.

"Heart attack?" Leo shook his head.

"But he isn't that old," Sahara said.

"Unfortunately age has little to do with it with men of his stature," the tiger explained.

"What do you mean?" Tyler asked. Tygra paused trying to find the best way to say what he was about to say.

"It is not uncommon for those who wield the Sword to have these episodes. It is the Sword's way of telling their current holder that he should be looking to hand it over to his heir. Should there be no heir then it is passed to the next ThunderCat in line," he finally said.

"So then he must give up his role of Lord of the ThunderCats and King of Thundera?" Leo was turning a little green.

"No, son, he would only have to give up being Lord of the ThunderCats," Cheetara went to him and tried to calm him down. After all Leo was only twenty four and the responsibilities of a still growing empire was something he wasn't ready for.

"Why would the Sword do that in a time of peace? We are not on the brink of war," Tyler shook his head unable to see why it would be a good time to be switching leaders.

"Because it knows something. Something big is going to happen," the look on Sahara's face did not belie the fear in her voice. In an instant, she raced to the shelf where the Sword and Claw Shield had been placed. She pulled it down and removed the weapon from its scabbard. It roared in her hands.

"Sword of Omens, give me Sight Beyond Sight!" She commanded.

To Be Continued…