Chapter 11
Tyler, Ma-Mutt, and Safet stepped out of the Boom Tube's path and found themselves in the middle of chaos. Warning alarms were going off loudly overhead and Cheetara spun around from her seat at the large monitor, bo-staff already extended. The main doors burst open and Lion-O was the first one in followed by Panthro, Lea, Tygra, WilyKit, WilyKat, Ben-Gali, Pumyra, and Leo; all of them brandishing their weapons.
"Holy shit!" Tyler immediately stuck his hands in the air, indicating he didn't want to fight. Safet followed suit and even Ma-Mutt sat up on his hind legs and held his paws in the air.
"Ma-Mutt!" Leo was ecstatic to see the loveable old pooch and he dropped his sword before kneeling down and pulling the dog into his arms. Ma-Mutt happily licked the future Lord of the ThunderCats to show how much he'd missed the boy.
"Explain yourself! Where is my daughter?" Lion-O growled bearing his sharp pointed teeth.
"I don't know! I swear to Jaga, I don't know!" Tyler was afraid the Lord of the ThunderCats might run him through right there. Ma-Mutt growled and barked. He left Leo's side and stood in front of Tyler continuing to growl. Lion-O and the others slowly lowered their weapons. If he were the fake Tyler, Ma-Mutt would not have protected him so.
"Son is that you?" Ben-Gali asked.
"It's me, I promise. It's a very long story but if Sahara isn't here then I don't have time to explain it. The easiest thing to say is that Mumm-Ra has her and we have to go." The pumiger said.
"Mumm-Ra? It isn't possible." Panthro snorted.
"Believe me, it is. I'm sure when we have the time we'll explain it but for right now, young Tyler is right we have to find Mumm-Ra." Safet interjected.
"Who are you?" Cheetara eyed him suspiciously.
"Another long story, just please check out Mumm-Ra's pyramid." Tyler pleaded. The cheetah spun around and quickly pulled what remained of the onyx pyramid.
"It's been slowly sinking into the sand ever since Sahara banished Mumm-Ra." She said.
"Yes but it's the only place he would go to regenerate his powers." Lea spoke up.
"Can you get a thermal scan of the place?" Leo asked.
"It wouldn't do any good. At this time of day, we'd only pick up the heat of the desert." Panthro shook his head.
"Every available ThunderCat down to the hanger. It's our best lead and we'd better get down there and quick." Lion-O ordered. Quickly, the group left the control room, finding someone along the way to relieve Cheetara of her post. Tyler could only hope they'd be in time as they boarded their mighty ships and headed for the pyramid.
Sahara woke up to find Mumm-Ra smirking at her through the cell bars. He had some terrible secret and she tried to keep her stomach in check as he continued to look at her.
"Satan had this big elaborate plan to use you to do his bidding. I can only hope it was all worth it." The mummy said.
"What did you do?" Sahara managed to croak out.
"Oh that I doubt you want to know. My way was a little less sloppy at the needed point. Not that I'm complaining, if my cover hadn't been blown perhaps it would have worked better but now well we'll just have to see. No doubt your friends are scrambling around looking for you. They won't find you of course until I want them to find you." Mumm-Ra was acting very nonchalant. It unnerved Sahara and her mind raced with thoughts of what he could have done to her. He saw her discomfort and laughed before heading back to the main chamber of the pyramid.
To Be Continued…