A/N: Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas. :)
Chapter 25
"That can't be good. What's going on?" Lion-O asked her. The Evil Chaser didn't respond however and rushed back out of the room.
"After her!" Panthro barked. They all stood and breakfast was quickly forgotten. Heading out into the hallway, they saw that she had headed back to the Control Room and that immediately put thoughts of the incoming transport being in danger. Should Chilla's family not arrive safely, there would be repercussions.
"On screen!" Mandora ordered and Punthar quickly pulled up the man she'd been talking to on the smaller screen to the big screen.
"Are you safely off the planet?" Mandora asked as the ThunderCats came barreling into the room.
"I am off planet and safely away from the moons. Should I call for backup?" He wanted to know.
"He's a…" Panthro couldn't finish his sentence.
"Evil Chaser Second Class Pali at your service," the man smiled slightly.
"Forgive my colleague but we're all a little shocked that you are a Mutant," Lion-O quickly apologized for Panthro's outburst. They had all been completely surprised by the lizard on the screen.
"Not to worry. What better way to hide on Plundarr? Still my original question stands ma'am. Do I call for backup?" Pali wanted to know.
"Negative. Get your ass to New Thundera. I'll alert the Space Council of Planets and we'll go from there," Mandora ordered.
"Yes ma'am. I'll be to you tomorrow by noon," Pali responded.
"Excellent. Transmit the data you have to me and we'll see you then," the blonde ordered.
"Yes ma'am. Over and out," with that the call ended and the ThunderCats all turned toward Mandora.
"I think it's time we found out what is going on," Lynx-O said.
"Yes, what happened?" Lion-O wanted to know.
"Something we didn't expect. Pali was ramping up his search for our helper when all hell broke loose. Seems that the news of the Evil Chasers taking Chilla's family into custody caused something that was just under the surface to boil over," she motioned to Punthar who pulled up the data, including photos, which had been sent to them from the undercover.
"This morning at nine am Mutant Standard Time, leaders in the Mutant High Council were assassinated before their usual morning meeting could take place. The assassinations were carried out by a team of Mutants who then tried to escape the planet. The Mutants weren't fast enough to close their ports and the Mutants escaped to the nearby moon, home to none other than Alluro's people. The Lunataks then launched an attack on Plundarr," Mandora explained as they all looked at the footage taken from satellites and what they assumed were photos that Pali had surreptitiously taken.
"Sweet mother of Thundera," Ben-Gali murmured as the pictures of the murder scene flashed up on the screen. It was a gruesome sight and blood covered almost every desk surface in the meeting room.
"Pali was able to get these photos via the cameras that we set up after the invasion. The Mutants didn't know they were there and it allowed us to keep an eye on things. The whole incident from this morning was caught on camera. Luckily, my man was able to get off planet during the Lunataks attempt to attack. The battle still rages on from the satellite pictures," she explained.
"How'd you get these pictures from the satellites? The Mutants would have put up a hell of a fight if you had taken their equipment out of orbit," Cheetara pointed out.
"Another wonderful move on our part after their attempted invasion of New Thundera. Our techs installed a virus that beams images to us. We figured in case they tried to amass troops and weapons again," Mandora told them.
"You had these guys under all this surveillance and they still managed to free Chilla and Alluro?" Lynx-O raised an eyebrow.
"Our systems were strictly meant to monitor Plundarr. There was no way to know that that ship would head to Way Outback and remove the Lunataks. In order for us to do that we would have had to install a virus into their air traffic control software which was way out of our reach. The Space Council only approved what they did because we were concerned about them starting another war, not attempting to assassinate Lion-O," the blonde clarified.
"I guess you'd better get a hold of the Space Council," Lion-O said. Mandora nodded and had Puthar pull up a secure channel to the Space Council and she quickly informed them of the developments on Plundarr.
To Be Continued…