Chapter 10
"What's going on?" The lioness asked as she rushed into the Control Room. Lak and Sahara were right behind her, the latter's headache wasn't getting any better.
"The freaking alarms are on the fritz again!" Punthar was already underneath the console, trying to screw around with the wires. Ben-Gali was down there with him and they soon heard the white tiger cuss as he finally disconnected the alarm.
"That's better," he said.
"Not really. We need to examine those Mutants better. We may have brought Pestilence inside the Lair without knowing it," Sahara said as other ThunderCats trickled into the Control Room.
"I'm beginning to think you are right. We tried to go talk to the Commander and he'd taken ill. The remainder of the men have already come down with the same disease. There is one that has not. At first, we figured he was a carrier but something just feels off," Tygra told them.
"That doesn't sound good," Cheetara frowned.
"It isn't. I've had Pumyra make sure that he's under lock and key and we have more ThunderGuard soldiers down there to keep our friend company," the tiger explained.
"What about all of the non-Mutant patients?" Lion-O wanted to know.
"We've moved them all to the hospital downtown, including Leo. The last thing he needs is an infection," Tygra shook his head.
"Do you think we can cure them?" Panthro wanted to know.
"We're working on a cure now but unless we can somehow destroy whatever is going on with our last remaining crew member, it won't mean much," the tiger pointed out. The alarms sounded again and everyone looked at Punthar and Ben-Gali.
"This is a real alert! Someone pushed the panic button down in the Med Bay!" The puma announced. Everyone quickly ran out of the room while Punthar announced to the rest of the Lair to be on the lookout for any Mutants wandering the halls and to make sure they did not touch the Plundarrian.
Sahara rushed into the Med Bay, beating everyone else. Her headache had somehow disappeared and she wondered if that was because Bast had finally left the Book of Omens. There was only one way to find out and that was to meet the disease carrying being. However, she had bigger problems.
"Amala!" The snow leopard lay on the floor and she wasn't moving. Sahara quickly felt for a pulse, despite being told to not touch anyone who had been exposed to the disease. Luckily, her brother's fiancée was still breathing but boils had already begun to form.
"Jaga's toothbrush," she swore under her breath. Getting up she looked around and found Pumyra lying on the floor as well. The litah moved to her and once again felt for a pulse. Again she found one but she also found boils. She quickly moved to the door and locked it from the inside preventing anyone else from entering.
"The door is locked!" Cheetara shouted outside the door a few moments later.
"You can't come in! Amala and Pumyra are down! I suspect the same is true for the ThunderGuard!" Sahara shouted back.
"Sahara! What were you thinking?!" It was Lak.
"I might be their only chance. They barely got near this guy and they already have boils and they're unconscious. I don't even feel sick. Catch our Mutant friend and bring him to me. This ends now," she told them.
To Be Continued…