Souls unite
Chapter 14
By Leanna
It was after midnight on new Thundera, a storm was brewing off to the east, clouds blanked out the stars in the night sky and buildings slightly trembled as claps of thunder boomed over head. Leanna lay in her hospital bed, there was a dark storm brewing in her own mind. Her dreams took her back to Third Earth; she stood in the middle of a small clearing in the unicorn forest. The wind brushing her long ebony hair around her face, she reached up to tuck a wayward strand behind her short pointed ear and gasped at her blood soaked hand.
"What's the matter kitty, did you think I had forgotten what you've done to me," A mans voice said behind her.
The lioness spun around but saw nothing, "oh gods...please...no".
"I didn't deserve to die," the voice said angrily.
A chill ran down the lioness's back, "I said I was sorry...I didn't mean for it to happen".
"Well guess what," The voice said, "Too late for sorry".
Leanna jumped back as Gaston Schwenk suddenly appeared in front of her, his skin was a dull grey, his eye though lifeless, held anger and hatred. "Look what you done to me," he said holding up his arm, "you cut off my bloody hand," he seethed, "then you gut me like a fish".
As the human moved closer fear over took her and froze her to the spot. "You're not the one I want to speak too," he said staring into her eyes. The lioness shook her head, "I want to speak to ...Her".
"No..Don't make her come here," Leanna said practically begging, Schwenk snarled and grabbed her by the throat with his good hand, "Now," he commanded.
The lioness looked at him, her dark emerald eyes suddenly turned black, "well don't we look like a sack of shit," Raven smirked.
Schwenk scowled and tightened his grip, "Bitch," he spat.
"Meat sack," she grinned.
"You'll pay for what you've done to me," he said.
"Oh...What are you going to do ...? You're nothing but a ghost" Raven snorted.
"Oh I can make your life a living hell," Schwenk smirked, "but instead...I want something ...from you".
"What... a kick in the nuts," Raven winked.
"Oh you are a cheeky bitch aren't you," Schwenk said, "no...I want what you took from me...I want my life back".
"Are you serious," Raven asked cocking a delicate brow.
"Oh I'm very serious," Schwenk nodded.
"Hmm... Might be fun to kill you all over again," Raven growled.
"Now see...that's what got you in this situation in the first place missy," Schwenk said shaking his head.
"Tell me again...Why...I should do this," Raven asked.
"Because if you don't," he said leaning forward and whispered in her ear," I'll make sure you spend the rest of your natural born life in either a prison or a thunderian loony bin...your choice sweet cheeks".
"ha," Raven laughed," you can't do squat...as I said your nothing but a ghost".
"We'll see kitty...we'll see," he smiled mysteriously and vanished.
The same moment he vanished a loud clap of thunder rattled the window in the room, Leanna woke with a start, the power was off only the emergency lights lit the hall way. The lioness looked around the darkened room, she was so over whelmed by fear she felt sick to her stomach; she quickly got out of bed and ran for the bathroom.
After empting the contents of her stomach she moved and rested her forehead against the cold steal of the metal bath tub, her mind whirled, was she dreamed just that...a dream ...or was it real, her head snapped around as she heard someone enter the room, she looked up as a flash of lightening lit the room, she screamed as she saw Schwenk standing in the bathroom door way with a evil smirk on his face.
"Nooooooooo!!!!!," she screamed as he stalked towards her. The lioness's eyes turned black, she struck out as a hand reached for her and bolted out of the bathroom and through the open door. The nurse who had come to check on her landed against the tiled wall with a thud and slid to the floor unconscious. The lioness quickly made her way down the staircase; she found an emergency exit with the power out all over the hospital the alarm didn't sound as the door opened and the lioness bolted out into the stormy night.
An hour later when Dr.Selen walked in to check on the lioness she heard a faint moan coming from the bathroom, she went in and saw the nurse lying on the floor. "What the," she exclaimed and hit the emergence alarm on the wall, "You ok," Selen asked the nurse as she helped her sit up.
The nurse nodded and gingerly touched the back of her head, "what happened and where's Leanna," Selen asked.
"I came in to check on her after the power went out, I found her huddled on the bathroom floor, when I went to help her she attacked and ran," the nurse explained.
"Damn," Selen cursed to herself, "Go get your head checked out, I have to notify her family".
In the control room of the mighty cat's lair, the lord of the ThunderCats sat and watched the storm, he hadn't seen a bad storm like this in a very long time, the lightening had a pink tinge to it whenever it lit up the sky, he could even feel the vibrations of the force of each clap of thunder under his feet, the rain came down in heavy sheet threatening to cause floods and landslides. Lion-O shifted in his chair and ran a few scans keeping an eye on the rivers and hillsides, so far everything was ok, but he wanted to keep an watchful eye just in case. Even though there was a full staff at the Lair who could do this job, he took it upon himself to do it. It made him feel better knowing what was going on first hand.
"Quite the storm," came a deep male's voice behind him.
"Yes..I haven't seen anything this bad in a long time," lion-o nodded. "Shouldn't you be resting," he asked as the panther eased himself down in the chair beside him.
"I've been resting long enough," Panthro nodded stubbornly.
"How's the leg," the lion smirked.
"It aches a bit..But it's ok," Panthro said checking the scanners, "I'm getting a different cast put on in a few days, one where I can actually bend my leg at the knee, this have it stretch out like that is getting annoying".
"I'm surprised you haven't taken a saw to it and fixed that yourself," Lion-O chuckled.
"Don't tempt me," Panthro snorted.
The lion was about to speak when the comms beeped, "kind of late for a call," Lion-o said and pressed the comms. "Cat's Lair..Lion-O here".
"thank the gods," Selen as relieved," my lord sorry to call at such an ungodly hour...this is Dr.Selen... there's an emergency".
"What kind of emergency Doctor, "Lion-O asked.
"It's Leanna...she's gone".
"WHAT," the panther roared, "Gone...what do you mean gone".
"one of the nurses went to check on her after the power went out, I'm not sure what happened, but she found Leanna huddled on the bathroom floor, when she went to help her, Leanna attacked her and ran, we've searched the entire hospital from top to bottom...she's not here"
"That means she's somewhere out in this storm," Lion-o said, he turned to speak to the panther, but he was already on his way out the door. "Thank-you doctor..I'll get back to you," the lion said and cut the connection, "whoa...hold up a minute Panthro...where do you think your going".
"To find my wife," Panthro said.
"You my friend are in no shape to go anywhere," Lion-O nodded.
"That's what you think," The panther scowled.
"Panthro...we will find her," Lion-O said putting his hand on the panther's shoulder, "you stay here and monitor the storm".
Panthro sighed; he knew the lion was right, "Fine but call me as soon as you find her".
"That I promise," Lion-O nodded and went to wake the others.