Chapter 21

Lea was the first one through the door followed very closely by Cheetara and Pumyra. The three women were surprised to see Gorlock thrashing around trying to get Ben-Gali and Tygra off him. In a flash, Pumyra was over at the medicine cabinet looking for a sedative while Cheetara and the lioness jumped in to help the others.

"What happened?" The cheetah asked as they tried to hold the shape shifter down.

"I went to check on him and he just started moving around." Tygra explained. Gorlock's right fist went into the air catching the orange tiger in the jaw. He flew backwards onto the floor.

"Get the sedative quick!" Ben-Gali shouted to his mate. They weren't sure how much longer they could hold him down. The puma found what she was looking for and quickly reached the white tiger's side. Stabbing the needle into Gorlock's thigh, Pumyra pushed the plunger down and the liquid entered the shape shifter's blood stream through his femoral artery. In about a minute, he calmed down and the infirmary was back to normal.

"Thank Jaga." Cheetara sighed as she let go of the captive and then headed over to help Tygra up off the floor.

"He does have a mean right hook." The orange tiger smirked, rubbing his jaw. Ben-Gali stood up and gave Pumyra a hug.

"Great job babe."

"Are you ok?" The puma asked.

"I'm fine, you take a look at Tygra and I'll get back to cleaning Panthro up." Her husband assured her. At the mention of the panther's name Lea immediately went over to his side. The commotion had only distracted her for a moment. Ben-Gali smiled, as he knew how she was feeling. If anything ever happened to Pumyra, he knew he wouldn't want to leave her side.

"How about you help me?" The white tiger offered the lioness. Lea smiled and nodded. Cheetara watch the scene unfold and couldn't help smiling herself. Turning to Tygra and Pumyra she asked,

"Is he ok?"

"Yeah, he'll just have a nasty bruise." The puma shook her head.

"Figures. Just when I got rid of the old ones…" Tygra joked.

"Never a dull moment around here. I'm going to go talk to Lion-O and see what Mandora had to say." Cheetara said.

"Sounds good, we'll strap the patient down." The orange tiger promised. With a quick nod, the cheetah was out the door in a moment.

Lion-O shut off the video screen as he heard the control room doors open. He swiveled his chair around and found his wife standing there.

"I take it you weren't needed any more down there?" A slight smile crossed his face.

"Well it was a little crazy down there so I came to fill you in. Gorlock was thrashing about and managed to hit Tygra in the face but we got him sedated. They're strapping him down in case he wakes up again. Panthro is out of surgery and stable. So what did Mandora say?" She asked.

"She said to keep Gorlock sedated and when she gets here they'll load him into a special container. The only bad thing is that she won't be here for another four hours. Is Tygra ok?" The Lord of the ThunderCats wondered.

"He'll be fine, just a bruise. Four hours until Mandora gets here?" Cheetara looked slightly worried.

"We'll just have to make sure that we keep him knocked out. I'm going to have the ThunderKittens man the control room and then we can head down to the sick bay." He told her.

"All right, while you're waiting I'm going to check up on Sahara and Leo." The wife and mother said.

"Good idea. Hopefully we'll get to spend more time with them after we get rid of Gorlock." Lion-O smiled again and then watched the cheetah take off.

Ten minutes later, the Lord of the ThunderCats was heading down to the infirmary after the Kittens arrived for duty. Thoughts swirled around in his head as he tried to piece an idea together. He entered the medical center and was greeted by Ben-Gali.

"Coming to see me? I didn't know you cared." The white tiger joked. Lion-O couldn't help but chuckle and he joked back.

"Well I figured I'd better make sure you were still alive. I know how hard Pumyra works you." This time Ben-Gali chuckled.

"I heard that." The puma said as she and Tygra walked over to meet them.

"Yeah well you remember that the next time you decide to have fun with your husband. I always get an earful through my bedroom walls." This time the orange tiger was the one joking.

"Ewwww." Lion-O teased. This made everyone laugh including Lea who was sitting next to Panthro's bed.

"All right time to get serious. Mandora won't be here for almost another four hours to take Gorlock. In the meantime she says to keep him sedated. It will prevent him from shape shifting and make it easier to get him into the container she's bringing." The Lord of the ThunderCats explained.

"I'll keep an eye on him." Tygra promised. The lion nodded and continued,

"Now that that is settled, once Gorlock is gone, I'm holding a council meeting. We can have it in here if Panthro needs to be looked after."

"Sounds like a good idea. Until he wakes up, I'd like to keep an eye on him." Pumyra said.

"Ok, I want you to tell me everything." Lion-O told her.

To Be Continued…