Black Stripes
Note I do not own Thundercats or Skylanders. All rights reserved. However, my created Imaginators are original.
This story takes place in an unannounced time after the first arc of Skylanders Thundersurge.
Sorry for the wait guys. Got caught up in some personal matters.
Chapter 4
Lion-o and Hoodwink charged at each other when the sparring season began. Lion-o started out strong but became surprised when Hoodwink began to force him back with a few well time swings of his sword. He started to speed up his blocks before managing to knock Hoodwink down with a spin parry. The Imaginator let out a groan as he struggled to get up.
"The match is over, The win belongs to Lion-o!" Buzz shouted, hinting for the two to stop. He then looked at the defeated Imaginator. "Better luck next time, Hoodwink."
"Dang it, Curse you overconfidence." The magic knight said before raising a fist. "CURSE YOU!"
"Okay, Next up." Buzz said looking at the clipboard. "Tygra versus Shellblaze."
Tygra's hand was now twitching uncontrollably, and he had no ideal how to cease it. "Tygra, Your up!" Buzz reminded the prince. The twitching then stopped causing him to release a sigh before heading into the battle ring. Cheetara was watching from the boundaries as Koar ran panting towards her.
"Cheetara, A word please!" He quietly whispered in panic. He then began to whisper a few panic words to the cleric while keeping one eye on Tygra.
"So, stripey. You think you can handle my fire?" Shellblaze said cracking his knuckles.
"I'll extinguish it along with your pride." Tygra countered. Shellblaze growled before pulling his hands back and launching a wave fist. The energy beam nearly hit Tygra and he barely had time to doge it.
"So, You think you can handle it now?"
Tygra shuddered before saying: "Yes, I know I can."
"Wha-" Shellblaze said crooking his head in confusion, as he didn't here the voice that provoke the tiger prince.
"Uh!? Noting, let's just get this over with!" Tygra yelled in annoyance as he tried to forget his previous sentence. He begin to swing his whip at the brawler before the turtle grabbed it and pulled the surprise feline over for a brutal punch in the face, sending the tiger near the edge of the ring.
"O-oh dear." Kyoar said in a worried state. "It's been provoked." He said to Cheetara.
Tygra looked towards Shellblaze with a vicious looked as his infected arm began to spas out for a second. He then dashed off towards his opponent like a rocket and getting the brawler into a choke hold, lifting him up into the air causing the brawler to gasp as Tygra began to increase the pressure, his eyes now glowing red.
"Okay! That's enough!" Koar yelled out. He then held his hand out before summoning his staff and swinging in towards the two. "Arcane Lullaby!"
A pink orb of sleep magic was shot out of the staff and shot into Tygra. The tiger's glowing red eyes started to glow brighter. "Oh no! Tygra's too stressed out for my sleep spell to take effect!" Koar yelled out before turning to Cheetara. "We need to restrain him, Cheetara! Free Shellblaze and have him pin that tiger down so I can cast a shackling charm."
"Alright!" Cheetara said before jumping into the ring. She got a good look at Tygra's now unwrapped arm, A scab of dark flesh was hidden underneath.
"Somethings wrong with Tygra." Lion-o said to Buzz before jumping into the ring as well. "Cheetara! What's going on!?"
"It's Tygra's wound! Koar says his' arm has been touched by darkness." Cheetara explained quickly to him. "He can stem the infection with a light spell if we can restrain him."
"AGGGGGRHHHH!" Shellblaze yelled in pain as Tygra held his neck in a crushing grip. However, was interrupted when Cheetara knocked his grip loose. Shellblaze breathed heavily before jumping back away from the angered Tygra.
"Shellblaze! We have to pin him down!" Cheetara called out. Shellblaze nodded as he began to circle around him.
Lion-o was facing Tygra as he tried to reach through to him. "Tygra! You need to snap out of it!" Lion-o called out before his brother swung his whip at him again. the lord nearly had time to dodge. "...And I thought you were temperamental BEFORE we set aside our differences..." He said looking at his brother. "But this is a hold new level of nasty-" He then saw the wound on his arm. "Tygra! Is that what's making you like this?"
Tygra roared before Shellblaze grabbed his shoulders and bringing him down to ground. "Anytime now!" He called out.
"Obsidian Shackles!"
Shellblaze jumped back just when a series of black steel chains erupted out of the ground and chaining the prince to the floor. Tygra was now snarling as he began to pull against his bindings. "The chains are made out of pure obsidian, Not even Eruptor can melt those..." Koar said as he approached the struggling tiger.
"What happen to his arm?" Lion-o asked.
"It was around yesterday, Tygra was wounded during a mission and his arm got infected with darkness." Koar said kneeling over Tygra. "The darkness is now directly in his bloodstream. Luckily, we can treat it while it's in this weak stage."
Tygra's vision started to blur as he started to feel faint...
Tygra was sore. He felt his vision returning and he saw that he was in his room. But man, did he feel hurt! And the shackles around his hands weren't helping too-
Shackles? Tygra blinked, he looked at his arms. Oh no. Then his legs. He was complete bound. How did he get like this? He remembered he was in a sparring match with Shellblaze but the rest was a blur.
"Awake?"
Tygra looked over to his left and saw Cheetara standing there. "Sorry for the bindings, but I had to make sure you were yourself when you woke up." Cheetara said while grabbing a towel douse with a glowing liquid that Koar concocted for treating darkness infected wounds. She then began to rub the cloth over the wound, causing Tygra to winch in pain.
"Is this the part where you say "I told you so"?" Tygra said in pain.
"No, This is the part where you get some rest." Cheetara said setting the towel back into it's bowl before walking towards the door.
"Cheetara..." Tygra sighed as she left.
"So, can this darkness be cured?" Panthro asked the portal master as Cheetara joined them in the foyer.
"The formula I concocted should stabilize his body, but he'll have to be the one to fight back." Koar explained.
"And then he'll be able to control it right?" Spyro said from his spot on a nearby sofa. "I've been touched by darkness once, And I've learn to control it every now and then..."
"This is different Spyro!" Koar scolded the dragon. "You were touched outside of your body...But Tygra...It's now directly in his bloodstream." He then turned away from him. "It's basically like a poison, destroying both his body and mind."
"So, What? We...We leave him to rot away!?" Lion-o exclaimed on his friend's behalf. "He's my brother!"
"I'm sorry, but the only way is for him to fight it mentally. And to give him social comfort, keep him calm." Koar said to the Thundercats. "If he doesn't..."
"Then...Are you saying...That Tygra might..." Cheetara said walking towards him with a terrified look, Koar briefly nodded. It was then that everyone in the room felt the coldness of uncertainty brush up against them.
To be continued.
