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.

Chapter 7: Dawn...And Koar's Secret Affection?!


Koar led the two Thundercats into the deepest parts of the greenhouse environment. "The Twilight Thistle tree should be close..." Koar said as he pulled out a Hourglass from his hat, Half of the sand was already drained. "...We need to hurry, If Tygra doesn't get his next dose in the next thirty minutes...Well..." Koar trailed off as he dropped the hourglass into his hat before putting it on. "It could be messy, I mean...I saw how the darkness affected Spyro and Eon once..."

"Eon was touched by the darkness?" Cheetara asked shocked. Koar nodded.

"Yes, Back in my apprentice days, He contracted it after we sent the wayward hero, Crash Bandicoot, back home." Koar began. "Crash's home was so far off from Skylands, he had to use a combination of light and dark magic to create a portal strong enough to carry him home." Koar then started to frown. "...I already saw how a Portal Master and Purple Dragon was affected by overdose of darkness...I worry what it would do to a tiger..." Koar then thought before saying. "... Especially with the history he had with Lion-o..."


"AUGHHHHHHH!" Tygra screamed in pain as he thrashed around in bed. Trying to break free from his binds. The Skylanders nearby were busy adding more restraints to the bed.

"Tygra! You need to fight it!" Lion-o reassured as his brother darted his red glowing eyes towards. Suddenly, Tygra growled as he struggled harder. "...Tygra?"

Suddenly, the bindings on Tygra's bed snapped as he knocked several Skylanders back. Suddenly, he pounced on Lion-o pinning him down. "Guh! Tygra!?"

"You...Your the reason...Why...our mother is..." Tygra struggled speaking before raising his fist to strike Lion-o's face, the king closed his eyes only for Tygra to steer his punch to the left at the last second. Lion-o looked at the cracked floor next to him from Tygra's punch as his brother began to breath deeply. His eyes lost it's blood red glow. "...L...Lion-o?" Tygra said getting off of him. He was clutching his head.

"Tygra..." Lion-o said getting up, he then offered his hand.

"Ugh...Don't come near me!" Tygra warned. "I'm a threat in this state to anyone who comes close." He said as the Skylanders that were knocked back recovered.

"Skylanders! Any idea when Koar will get back with that extract?" Lion-o asked, as he reached out to the trembling Tygra.

"To be honest, Koar never even let us have a look at his labs in the first place." Spyro said flying above Tygra to drop a blanket onto his shoulders.

"Koar's experiments into elemental science is pretty sensitive stuff." Snap Shot said picking up the broken chains. "Rumor has it he's testing the limit of the elements behind those doors..."


Koar and the two stood before a large thistle tree in the largest area of the lab. Growing along the trees black bark were thorns, large enough to climb on, but still sharp enough to cut yourself. "We need to be careful, Once we start the harvest, The tree will try to defend itself. The Twilight Thistle Tree is notorious of being...I should say...Moody..." Koar said as Cheetara nodded, She then leaped up on the closest branch before running up along the tree bark to the top where the tree buds grow, The cleric then used her staff to cut the prickly buds loose. Suddenly, the tree started to react as Cheetara was nearly crush by surrounding vines, She jumped out of the way and landing next to Koar and Panthro.

"I got it!" Cheetara exclaimed showing the sample she collected.

"Good, Now let's get going before- Ahhh!" Panthro yelled when a vine grabbed his vest, Koar and Cheetara then grabbed the general and pulled him away, a loud tear was heard as they yanked him away. Panthro looked at his back and saw a giant rip in his vest's back. "Dang it, I had this vest for years!"

"Just move it! I'll have some new clothes made for you for later!" Koar yelled as the thistle vines got closer. "...These plants are in a vile mood!"

The three then quickly escaped as the vines tried to stab them but missed. They then got on the platform they came in on and Koar started it up, the platform then started to move upwards. Panthro took off his vest to get a better look at the damage. "Now lets-" He was interrupted by a loud roar followed by a crashing sound. Koar then quickly pulled out the hourglass from earlier and saw the sand had completely drain. "We need to get to Tygra now!" Koar said as the platform stopped. The two Thundercats then jumped off before running ahead. Koar was about to follow after them, but stopped when he saw Panthro's tattered vest hanging on the safety railing, Having taking it off and unintentionally leaving it behind. Koar looked...Hesitant

"Koar, hurry up!" He heard Panthro yell.

"Uh...In a minute!" Koar called out before looking back at the vest Panthro had worn.


When the three arrived, the first thing they notice was the amount of injured Skylanders, And the second thing they notice was the giant tiger monster that Lion-o was currently locked in battle.

"Out...Of...My...Way...!" Tygra grunted, as a monster, he still had a decent control over his vocal cords. Koar then looked around and saw the medical equipment still sitting on the table. Koar was quick to add the Extract that Cheetara collected to the mix.

After a few minutes, Lion-o was knocked to the side, Unable to continue fighting when Koar intervene. "Tygra, No!" Koar yelled, Drawing his attention away from the lion just as the other ThunderCats quickly moved Lion-o to safety.

"What happened to your vest?" Lion-o asked Panthro. To which he gruffly replied.

"Long Story."

"Tygra, Resist the intruder in your mind! Take back control!" Koar called out hoping to reach out to him, Tygra quickly snatch the Dragboar up and roared at him. Koar struggled in the darken beat's grip.

"You...Try...To take...Cheetara away!" He growled at him. "She is mine...Mine..."

"Woah, Woah, Wait. You What do you mean?" Koar asked confused.

"You try to woo her, why else you leave me to die!?" He then increased his grip on Koar's throat. Causing him to gasp.

"That's not true!" Koar said gasping. "I...I don't even like girls!"

"Liar!"

Cheetara then intervene before Tygra could crush his wind pipe. "He's telling the truth! Your Being Irrational!" Cheetara said but Tygra hissed at her. She then had an idea. "Tygra! If you don't set him down this instant, I will never talk to you again!"

That got his attention. "Wh...What?" Suddenly, He felt a sharp pinch in his neck, Koar had injected the final needed dose into Tygra's body via a syringe. The beast wavered back and forth before hitting the ground and blacking out.


A few hours later...

It was morning, as the lockdown had ended. Tygra looked at the mirror, his fur color has returned. He then heard a knock at his room's door.

"Come in..." Tygra said, As he said that, Lion-o, Cheetara and Panthro, wearing a new reinforced vest entered. Tygra sighed. "Look, About what happened last night."

"Hey, Don't worry about the Skylanders, most of their injuries were minor." Panthro said, causing Cheetara to jab her elbow into his gut.

"Well, that too." Tygra said rubbing the back of his head. "I...Wasn't exactly in the right state of mind."

"You could say that the experience brought the worst out of you..." Lion-o joked. He then looked around and saw the other's serious faces. "...Tygra, We all have something we keep hiding deep inside that we chose not to say."

"I know, But...The things I did said, well..." Tygra trailed off. "I'm just glad this whole thing hasn't effected us as much." Tygra then sighed. "I'm sorry about everything that happen...But I think Koar deserves an apology as well after last night."

"I'm just shocked you would think Koar would steal me away from you..." Cheetara said sitting down on the bed. "Sure, we have a lot of things in common, but...Well...I just don't think it a relationship would work out..."

"Harsh..." Tygra added. "But your right, I was possessive...Maybe It's because, ever since I fell in love with you." Tygra stopped for a moment. "I guess I was worried about losing you so easily."

"You worry too much." Lion-o said leaning against the wall. "Hey I been rejected two times then you, So I understand how you feel."

"Technically, With me, you never got to ask." Cheetara said, before continuing. "And Pumyra...She was never interested you in the start."

"Yeah...Interested in killing me." Lion-o mumbled under his breath. Tygra then got up. "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to talk with Koar." Tygra said walking towards the door. "I need to clear up what happen last night."


Koar entered his room and quickly close the door, he then raised his hand to close the curtains via magic. Koar then sat down at his bed, taking off his coat and hat and levitating his coat to it's closet. Koar then reached into his hat and pulled out Panthro's tattered vest. It was damaged, But Koar did his best to preserve it. He then did the most awkward thing ever.

He held it up to his face and took a deep intake of breath of it's odor. Koar looked like he was in pure bliss. "The smell of wisdom of age..." Koar said laying back on the bed holding the article of clothing close to him. Suddenly, he heard the door being knocked on.

"Master Koar, May I come in!" Tygra said from the other side, Koar shot up and began to panic, he quickly shoved the vest under his pillow out of sight. "Uh-Uh, Enter!" He said making sure it was completely concealed.

Tygra opened just to see Koar trying act like normal. Tygra's eyebrow was raised, but he shook his head. "Look, I just wanted to apologize for my behavior last night."

"Oh, That." Koar said sighing. "You shouldn't beat yourself up about it, The Darkness was to blame for that." Koar said reclining a bit. "Light and Dark are both nature counterparts, but if we strain to far to ether paths, we may even lose both ourselves and the people we care about." Koar then got up to face Tygra. Causing the bed to shake a little. "Eon taught me that much, Although I really wished you would've told me about your condition sooner...Your not alone you know."

"Koar..." Tygra said as he felt the Dragboar's concern. "Thank you." Tygra was about to leave we he saw something sticking out from Koar's pillow. "Is that...Panthro's old vest?"

Koar's face turned white when he heard that, he turned around and saw the vest was draping over the side of the bed.

"When you said you don't like girls...Does that mean-"

"NO! the medicine in your system is making you delusional!"

"Koar, This might be the perfect chance to repay the debt I owe to you!"

"YOUR DELUSIONAL!"

"Hey, Panthro's single, So if you were to ask, I'm sure he would think abo-"

"LALALALALALA! I can't here you! NOW get out!"

"Hey, I'm just surprise that you like older men."

"GET OUT!"

The End...The Story Continues in Skylander Thundersurged.