Chapter 10
"Lion-O!" Panthro shouted to the lion as he and Salib entered Cat's Lair. The Lord of the ThunderCats shook some of the water off of his red hair and met the panther with a firm handshake.
"What 's all the hullabaloo?" Lion-O asked.
"We got a message from Mandora. They think our cover is blown on Plundarr." Panthro explained.
"Well this just keeps getting better and better." The lion shook his head.
"How is that possible?" Salib asked confused.
"Our call to Dr. Vaseem was interrupted by a ranking military official. Granted he has no proof but he saw enough to try to start digging." The panther explained.
"By Jaga's toothbrush, we've never had such bad luck in the same freaking day." Lion-O was not in a good mood anymore.
"Jaga's toothbrush?" Salib was still confused.
"Long story." Panthro smirked. "We should get you to your cousin. Dr. Pungali, Tygra, and Pumyra worked some magic and with any luck Nafir will be better soon." He continued.
"I will have to thank them a thousand times. Lead the way." The jackal smiled as he and the panther headed off down the hall. Lion-O turned and headed for the control room.
Once inside the control room, he found the remaining ThunderCats waiting for him. Ben-Gali and Pumyra were without their son Koji and he smirked.
"So the new parents are away from their little one. Did Snarf have to give you his Panthro impression or was it voluntary?" He chuckled, trying to lighten the mood.
"And I thought Snarf worried before but this was ridiculous." Ben-Gali shook Lion-O's hand.
"Glad to see everyone here. Panthro informed me of our little problem." The lion shook his head for the second time in less than ten minutes.
"We certainly need to discuss it and then there is the little problem out at the farm." Cheetara spoke up as she moved toward him. A quick hug was all he got since he was soaking wet.
"Yes. Tomorrow I will broadcast my displeasure at those incidents. Our bigger problem is the Mutants. The last thing we need is to have their families tortured or killed because they found out the truth." The Lord of the ThunderCats said.
"Well you have been putting off sending that report. Perhaps you should send the full list of those executed. I hardly think the Mutant High Council will think both us and the Evil Chasers are lying." Tygra spoke up.
"He's right. No one on that planet has any proof of anything." WilyKit backed the orange tiger up.
"The longer we hold out on that report the worse things will look." Pumyra agreed.
"But you don't think that it will look suspicious to anyone?" Lion-O was nervous of making the wrong decision. After all they were playing with people's lives. He'd made big decisions before but they never got easier.
"No one on the High Council has been alerted to the situation." Ben-Gali told him as Panthro walked into the room.
"Ok, I'll have Mandora send the list immediately." Lion-O nodded and headed for the video screen.
On Plundarr, the hour was late but that hadn't stopped Boogan from continuing his search for the jackal or the reptile he'd seen. The oxygen mask and the surgical mask had obstructed their faces but it would not be enough to stop him from making positive identifications. The list of all those missing in action was long but he'd managed to get it down to only forty. By morning he would have those he was looking for and then he would talk to the General.
To Be Continued…