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Chapter 3
"All right, can everyone hear me?" Lion-O asked through the radio in his protective helmet.
"Yes." Replied Panthro, Cheetara, Tygra, and the ThunderKittens.
"Good. Any ideas on how we can get this thing open?" The lion wondered.
"There should be a hatch somewhere that we can pry open. WilyKat, find us some pry bars." Panthro said. The teenage cat nodded and took off. Everyone else walked around the strange ship. The markings had been etched over and Tygra called Lion-O.
"Look at this. It appears that the original call name and numbers were stamped over. The tiger showed him by pointing out the large scratches.
"That would explain why Ben-Gali couldn't find the ship in the database. Can we get the numbers to come up somehow and find out what the identification is?" The Lord of the ThunderCats asked.
"I can try." Tygra told him.
"Have WilyKit help you." Lion-O nodded. The tiger acknowledged with a nod of his own and went to get the other half of the twins and some equipment.
On the other side of the ship, Cheetara found a crack and figured she'd found what they were looking for. The cheetah was about to call attention to her comrades when her hand pushed something on the side of the ship. Pressurized steam shot out of the holes that surrounded the hatch and the large door lowered itself. Within a few seconds, Lion-O, Panthro, and WilyKat arrived next to her.
"I guess we don't need those pry bars WilyKat." The panther said.
"Figures." Kat mumbled. The four ThunderCats entered the ship and looked around. There didn't appear to be anyone there.
"Panthro and WilyKat, go right; we'll go left." Lion-O told them. The panther gave a nod and the four separated. As the lion and cheetah moved through the ship, they found evidence of the crew but no actual crew. Uniforms lay in chairs and over the computer panels on the bridge. Lion-O examined the panels while Cheetara looked around. She couldn't help the feeling that someone or something was watching them.
"Look what I found." The Lord of the ThunderCats called out. Cheetara looked over at him and he pointed out a button that was pushed half way down near what they both assumed was the captain's. Lion-O pressed the green button all the way down. "This is Captain Hobart. We request permission to land. My crew and I come from the planet Solvay. Our serial number is Alpha Beta three six four seven Zulu." The message ended. Cheetara gave a thoughtful look from her spot near what seemed to be the pilot's seat.
"Well that answers one question." She raised her eyebrows.
"I guess so but what's up with all the clothes? Where are the people who are supposed to be in them?" Her husband wondered.
"Seems to me all we keep getting is questions. We still don't know why they were coming to New Thundera." Cheetara said. "We don't even know if this is where they wanted to land. I'm going to have Ben-Gali check into the serial number. Let's try to find the captain's log. Maybe we can shed some light on what happened with it." Lion-O told her.
"Good idea. I wonder if Panthro and WilyKat found anything." The cheetah said as she moved toward a chair that was in the middle of the bridge. She touched the arm of the chairs and suddenly Lion-O vanished. People appeared around her and they continued on with their assigned tasks. They took no notice of her and she watched them for a few moments until the door in the back of the bridge opened. The captain stepped through it and the people around her straightened and saluted before getting back to work. Then the captain came toward his seat and went through her as he sat down. He pressed a yellow button and then he was gone. Sucked back into the present, the cheetah whipped her head around. Lion-O heard the racket she was making with her suit and looked over at her.
"Are you ok?" He asked.
"Did you see that?" She wondered.
"See what?" The lion came to her side and looked into her brown eyes. Cheetara answered his question by reaching behind her and pressing the yellow button. Up popped some sort of blue disk and she removed it from the chair arm.
"How'd you know to do that?" Lion-O gave her a concerned look. "I had a vision but not like one I've ever had before." She told him.
"Let's get out of here and find the others. We have what we need." He said.
To Be Continued…