The kittens cheered as they flew down the canyon and riding on their new hover boards the Berbils had given to them as a gift.
"Woo-hoo!" Yelled Kit as she cheered and her voice was echoing across the canyon.
"Someone tell me how we ever lived without hover boards." Said Kat said.
They performed a little loop over and flew around a bit more until they saw something in front of them.
it was a large, green hovercraft, surrounded by lizard soldiers.
The twins stopped their hover boards.
The lizards let out small hisses when they saw them.
"ThunderCats?" Asked one of them in surprise.
"Um hi?" Asked Kat as he was greeting them with a small wave.
"We were just leaving." Said Kit and they quickly turned around and the two of them quickly flew away.
They soon heard the humming of an engine and saw that the lizards were following them down the canyon on their own hovercraft which had been specially designed for war, equipped with special guns.
They went all the way down to the end of the canyon where they knew Adam, Carter, Cheetara, and Tygra were waiting for them.
"Looks like you're trapped." Said The lizard acting as the captain as he was showing them his rows of sharp teeth as he grinned.
"Are we trapped?" Asked Kit.
"Or are you?" Asked Kat.
Adam revealed himself as he stood at the top of the canyon.
He pulled out his sword and lengthening it.
"ThunderCats Ho!" Yelled Adam.
Red Lightning flew from the sword.
Immediately the lizards fired their weapons at him.
Adam held up his hand and the Spirit Stone shining brightly as he used its power to create something of a powerful barrier to keep the shots from hitting him.
Carter came up also and lifted his hands and used his earth powers to make the rocks at the top of the canyon right above where the lizards hovercraft was and come tumbling down on them.
They stopped firing to protect themselves from the rocks and this gave Adam the opportunity he needed to come down the canyon towards them with his sword at the ready.
The lizards turned the hovercraft towards him and fired a special electric cannon which sent out a powerful beam of lightning towards Adan.
He held out his sword and made the lightning come to it and not to him and he stood in front of the lizards as the continuous stream of lightning kept going.
He carefully angled his sword so the lightning would hit the Eye of Thundera and the red jewel began to glow and was shooting out a huge red blast that hit the hovercraft and knocked it on its side and rendering it useless.
Adam still stood at the ready.
The lizards came out from the hovercraft and were powering up their guns and aiming them at Adam.
Carter used the earth to trap the lizards to the ground but a few managed to evade it.
Cheetara soon came zooming down from atop the canyon and knocked any remaining weapons out of the soldiers hands.
She didn't see the one that had somehow gotten on the ledge above the fight and he aimed his weapon at her and was preparing to fire.
He jumped back when another hit suddenly came towards him and knocking him down the canyon.
Cheetara looked at where the lizard had been and then looked back at Tygra and was smiling at him.
He returned it by giving her a single, flirtatious wink as he held up the rifle he had used.
Soon all the lizards were gathered.
"What are we gonna do with them?" Asked Cheetara.
"We're gonna let them go." Replied Adam.
Everyone looked at him in surprise.
"Excuse me?" Asked Tygra.
"They've fought under Mumm-Ra long enough to know they don't want to live under him." Said Adam as he was stepping closer to where the lizards are.
"This mission is not just a threat to Cats, if we don't unite against him, we'll fall together before him." Said Adam as he knew he needed to unify the animals and not just stones.
One of the soldiers let out a laugh.
"Cats and Lizards united together?" Asked the lizard as he was looking at Adam like he was crazy.
"If that's your plan for victory, you are a fool." Said the lizard.
"Maybe, but can you honestly say that working with Mumm-Ra is any better then with the Cats?" Asked Adam.
None of the lizards answered as most of them looking away from her as he stepped forward closer to them.
"You have a choice to live free like us or you can continue to work as a slave to Mumm-Ra." Said Adam.
The lizards began speaking to each other in hushed tones.
Eventually the lizard who had spoken up before stood up and looked to his fellow soldiers.
"Let's go home." Said the lizard.
The Lizards walked away and leaving their weapons behind.
Tygra went up to Adam.
"You still haven't given up the idea that you can turn the Lizards good just by cutting them a break." Said Adam.
"You saw what happened after I won the Spirit Stone." Said Adam as he held his newly acquired Spirit Stone in his chest.
"Mass desertions in the Lizard Army, this isn't their war, they don't even know what they're fighting for anymore." Said Adam.
"All I know is what I'm fighting for." Said Tygra as he turned to Cheetara with a smile.
"That reminds me, thanks for watching my back." Said Cheetara before she gave Tygra a kiss on the cheek.
"Well, your back's real easy to watch." Said Tygra.
"I think I'm gonna hack up a hairball." Said Kat as he was looking at the two with a grimace.
Tygra cleared his throat.
"Sorry." Said Tygra.
"Don't be, we're all happy for you." Said Adam with a smirk as Carter nodded.
Tygra smiled at him.
"Thanks." Said Tygra.
"I'm really glad you feel that way." Said Cheetara as she was afraid that Adam would be angry.
"Let's go check on Panthro, those Berbils should have his arms ready by now." Said Adam.
Kit and Kat jumped on their hover boards and smiled at them.
"Yeah, if those furry little bears can make these hover boards, I can't wait to see what they do with Panthro's new arms!" Yelled Kit excitedly.
Soon enough everyone was heading back to the village.
"Hold still Panthro." Said Ro-Bear-Bill as he continued to work on Panthro's arms.
"Almost finished." Said Ro-Bear-Bill.
"You think you can actually put me back together?" Asked Panthro as he was sitting down on some chair while under a cloth while the Berbils were working on Panthro's new arms.
Ro-Bear-Bill didn't answer and were more focused on his work.
"Sometimes, I can still feel them, the worst part is when they itch, nothing there to scratch, nothing there to scratch with." Said Panthro as he looked down to where Arms were supposed to be.
A few more sparks flew from where Ro-Bear-Bill was working and looked up when he was done.
"Berbils done." Said Ro-Bear-Bill.
Panthro lifted his new arms out from under the cloth and his eyes went wide when he saw that they were little stubby furry arms and were pink of all colours.
He lifted them up, moving them around with a horrified expression.
"You call these arms?!" Asked/Yelled Panthro as he was gritting his teeth.
"Berbil arms." Replied Ro-Bear-Bill.
Panthro glared at the fuzzy things as Adam and Carter walked into the room.
"Hey Panthro, how's it going?" Asked Adam.
Panthro raised up his arms with an angry scowl.
"How does it look like it's going?!" Asked/Yelled Panthro.
Carter hid his smile behind his hand so Panthro wouldn't be too insulted.
"Oh, they're not so bad." Said Adam as his voice quivering and shoulders shaking as he tried to hold in his laughter.
"In fact they're actually-" Said Adam before he snorted in laughter unable to awnser
"Adorable." Said Carter.
"Are you two trying to make me mad?!" Asked Panthro as he growled at them.
"Sorry." Said Adam as he tried to straighten his face.
"Good news though, we had another successful ambush." Said Adam.
"At this rate, Mumm-Ra won't have an army to stop us from finding the next stone." Said Adam.
"Just don't win the war before I have a chance to get a few more licks in." Said Panthro.
Panthro glared at the pink arms again.
"Can someone please get these things off of me?!" Yelled Panthro.
The Berbils were unaffected by his tone and got to work again.
Adam and Carter walked out of the Berbil operation room and headed outside and let out the laughter they were holding in.
Andrea and Slithe were bowing before Mumm-Ra in the Black Pyramid.
"A general is only as strong as his army, Slithe." Said Mumm-Ra.
"And yours is an embarrassment, entire battalions fleeing at the mere sight of the Cats." Said Mumm-Ra.
"What do they have to be loyal to, Lord Mumm-Ra?" Asked Slithe.
"You've made it clear they are nothing more than minions to you." Said Slithe.
"I'm not asking for loyalty!" Yelled Mumm-Ra.
"I want warriors who fight not for treasure, but for blood." Said Mumm-Ra.
"Warriors like these." Said Mumm-Ra as he raised his hand and both Slithe and Andrea looked to see a large white Gorilla and a tall hairy Jackal and both of them carrying large heavy-looking weapons appear in the large mirror on the floor of the room.
"Who are they?" Asked Slithe.
"Wretched souls, motivated only by base emotions and currently incarcerated for crimes vile, even to me." Said Mumm-Ra.
Wait even he has limits? Thought Andrea in surprise.
"These two are to be my new generals." Said Mumm-Ra.
Andrea looked back at the two animals.
Slithe's eyes widened and he looked up at Mumm-ra.
"New generals?" Asked Slithe in surprise.
"The Lizard army will never listen to a Monkian and a Jackalman!" Yelled Slithe as he pointed to the two animals.
"They will at least see to it that there are consequences for deserting." Said Mumm-Ra as he was glaring at Slithe.
"And more importantly, give us the means to recruit the armies of their people." Said Mumm-Ra.
"Both of you will free them and bring them to me, we will show the ThunderCats this war is only beginning!" Yelled Mumm-Ra.
"Slithe, you shall go to the Bird Nation and retrieve Addicus and Andrea you shall go to retrieve Kaynar from a prison in the darkest, most dangerous part of the dog territory." Orders Mumm-Ra.
"Now, go!" Yelled Mumm-Ra as he ordered, pointing them out of the room and after they both bowed to the demon and exited the room
Meanwhile Adam and Carter were continuing the goal to disband the lizard army.
"Adam?" Asked Carter.
Adam turned around to look at Carter.
"How much time has passed here?" Asked Carter.
Adam looked at Carter in confusion.
"We still don't know much about Third Earth, like for all we know a year here could be a day on Earth." Said Carter.
"Well that may be true but like you said before, there is still we don't know much about Third Earth about like for all we know time could be the same." Said Adam.
"That's true." Said Carter.
They decided to stop talking about it for now and continued with their goal.
High up in the mountain tops of Third Earth where there was enough moisture in the clouds for trees to grow at the top of the peaks and from those trees homes had been made for the only people that wanted to live in a place so high from the world.
A large group of the birds had gathered around one particular area where a large white gorilla named Addicus had been tied upside down on a long branch.
"For your crimes against the Bird Nation, you are hereby sentenced to death." Said a bird who appeared to be a leader.
"Don't I at least get a last meal?" Asked Addicus as he dangled in the air.
"It is the custom." Replied the leader.
Addicus smiled.
"Good, because you are looking quite tasty!" Yelled Addicus as he let out a small roar and the leader shook his head.
"I'm afraid Atticus that today, you are at the bottom of the food chain." Said the leader as he was looking at him in disgust.
"Then you'd better make sure this drop is high enough to kill me!" Yelled Addicus as he growled.
"The only way you'll survive is if you suddenly grow wings." Said The leader.
He gestured to another one of the birds who had a hood over his head and he flew up towards the rope where Addicus dangled.
After a moment he swung a clawed foot across the rope and cut it.
Addicus yelled as he quickly began to fall beneath the clouds the earth below.
The birds watched the cliff.
They heard a low humming and saw Addicus coming back up through the clouds on a lizard hovercraft with two others flanking it.
He smiled at the birds.
"It seems I've been given a last minute reprieve." Said Addicus with a smirk.
The birds looked at him and the lizards in fear as they charged up their weapons.
Slithe took a sharpened axe and cut through the ropes that bound Addicus.
"You owe your life to Lord Mumm-Ra, barbarian!" Yelled Slithe.
"Join us, or I will push you off this platform myself." Said Slithe as he made a gesture by pointing down to where they're standing.
"Fine." Said Atticus as he turned back to the birds.
"But first, I'm owed a meal." Said Addicus as he began to road.
The leader began to shake and tremble in fear at the horrifying look of hunger on his face.
Addicus banged his large fists against the metal of the platform before jumping up and going after the birds who all squawked and began to fly away.
Ro-Bear-Bill began tightening up one of the bolts on Panthro's arms, with designs that he had approved of.
"Ro-Bear-Bill make adjustments to new arms." Said Ro-Bear-Bill as he worked on it.
"The only adjustment I care about is making sure they don't look completely ridiculous!" Yelled Panthro as he snapped.
Ro-Bear-Bill twisted the bolt a few more times and then looked up at Panthro.
Panthro stood up, and lifted up his arms and was looking at the newly clawed hand and smiling at how intimidating it looked.
He moved the fingers around a bit before turning it into a fist.
"Hmm, not too bad." Said Panthro as he was punching the air a couple of times.
Suddenly, the wrist began to rotate rapidly and Panthro soon found that he was punching himself.
The Berbils jumped back as his arms began to move out of his control and were swinging around the room at high speeds.
"By the Great Sky Cat's Claws, make it stop!" Yelled Panthro as he punched himself again before his hands reached up high and moved around towards the sides of the room.
"Turn them off!" Yelled Panthro loudly as he punched his chin and his body had to move to keep up his balance as they kept swerving through the room.
"Further adjustments required." Said Ro-Bear-Bill and was shaking his head as he watched the two new arms.
In the darkest corner of the dog territory a storm raged as it moved over the highest security prison they had.
Travelling down an elevator with two huge dog guards flanking his sides and trapped and wrapped up completely against a tall board made for the transport of dangerous prisoners was Kaynar being taken down to the lowest level of the prison which was used for only one thing.
"Solitary confinement." Said Kaynar.
"But I said I was sorry!" Yelled Kaynar.
The two dog guards didn't reply.
"I mean, when you think about it, you should really be thanking me." Said Kaynar as he smiled maniacally.
"You got eleven less prisoners to worry about." Said Kaynar.
He let out a maniacal laugh as the two guards continued to wheel him forward.
He still kept that insane grin on his face as he sighed.
"At least I'll have the voices in my head to talk to." Said Kaynar as he looked at the two guards.
He saw one of the guards looking at him in horror and was afraid to ask of just what went on in that head.
The two guards approached the cell and they both went over to it to help it open up.
The door slid open with a soft hiss and they turned back to Kaynar to push him inside when they were suddenly knocked down by a large blasts of green lights that came from guns hidden inside the darkness of solitary confinement.
Kaynar looked at the darkness with wide eyes and a wicked smile.
"House guests?" Asked Kaynar into the dark.
He watched as Andrea emerged from the dark giving the Jackal a smile.
"Greetings, Kaynar." Greeted Andrea.
"Mumm-Ra tells me that you're a vicious, reckless, blood thirsty—" Said Andrea before she was cut off.
"Did he say handsome?" Asked Kaynar as he gave her a flirtatious wink.
"I don't really think your good looks were on his mind at the moment." Said Andrea, feeling a bit flustered.
"But he said that we of the Lizard army could really use someone like you." Said Andrea.
Kaynar raised a brow as he was intrigued by the option.
"What can you give me?" Asked Kaynar.
"Well, we can get you out of this prison for one thing." Said Andrea.
"Actually, I'm quite comfortable right here." Said Kaynar as he was no longer interested in the offer.
Andrea stepped forward and was pulling out an old slightly broken crest of the ThunderCats.
"How about Cats?" Asked Andrea.
Kaynar's eyes lit up at the sight of it.
"Ooh, Now, I like Cats." Said Kaynar with a smirk.
Taking that as a yes Andrea raised up her hand and the chains and metal bars that kept Kaynar confined suddenly came off and he stepped free from the carrier.
He stood up, grinning insanely as he turned to Andrea.
"Do you mind if I say goodbye to some pals?" Asked Kaynar.
Andrea shrugged.
Kaynar looked back to the guards and began laughing in insane glee as he came towards them.
Andrea looked emotionless as whimpers and cries of the dog guards as Kanar began to attack them.
It was dark that night as the Cats still keeping an eye out for any lizard soldiers.
Adam had borrowed Panthro's mechanical scope to get a better look into the darkness, seeing as he wasn't going to use it for a while.
He saw a large group of something and saw familiar faced lizards leading the way in front of another hovercraft and all of their expressions solemn and shoulders slumped.
"Those are the same lizards we convinced to desert earlier." Said Adam as he was putting the scope down.
"Must have been captured by their own army." Said Tygra as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Tough break." Said Tygra sarcastically.
Adam shot him a dirty look.
"You don't want to help them?" Asked Adam.
"Whether they're deserters or prisoners, they're not our problem anymore." Replied Tygra.
"You don't understand." Said Adam.
"If we don't stand by them, they'll stand by Mumm-Ra!" Yelled Adam in anger.
"Tygra's right, it's too dangerous to save lizards who can turn on us tomorrow." Said Cheetara.
"It's not just about saving lizards, it's about their army being on the verge of collapse and not letting up the pressure!" Yelled Adam.
Adam stood up and looked to the kittens and was pointing to them in the direction of the village.
"You two should go back to the Berbil village, they're right about this being dangerous." Said Adam.
The kittens let out groans of disapproval but did as he asked, heading out to the village.
Once they had turned the corner Adam began heading down the cliff side with Carter behind him.
The other two stood up and went to the edge.
"Adam, wait!" Yelled Cheetara.
"We have to stick together!" Yelled Cheetara.
Adam stopped and looked back at them and his eyes narrowed slightly.
"You two stick together, we'll do this alone!" Yelled Adam and they continued on.
Adam and Carter continued onwards and stopped in front of the soldier procession and pulled out his sword.
On the hovercraft rested Slithe and Andre at the front of the hovercraft with their back to Adam and Carter.
"Well if isn't the Lord of Third Earth." Said Slithe mockingly with a smirk.
"I always knew you weren't so bright, Slithe, but you seem to have forgotten who you're fighting against." Said Adam with a smirk,
"I haven't forgotten." Said Slithe.
"It's just that I find that these cowards are even worse than Cats." Said Slithe as he looked at his former soldiers.
"What kind of soldier abandons his post?!" Yelled Slithe.
The soldiers flinched at the tone of his voice.
"Luckily, Mumm-Ra's new generals Kaynar and Addicus found them before they got to far." Said Andrea as she pointed up as Kaynar and Addicus came down and landed in front of them and bearing their fangs as well as their weapons.
The two animals bore terrifying grins on their faces.
Adam looked at the two.
"New generals, Slithe, does that mean Mumm-Ra finally figured out you can't handle the job?" Asked Carter with a smirk.
Andrea let a small laugh escape her lips while attempting to hide it and Slithe shot her a glare before he glared at Adam.
"They're only here to make an example of these deserters!" Yelled Slithe.
"It'll be an example of what happens when an axe meets a neck!" Yelled Kaynar with his signature maniacal grin.
"The lizard army will understand there are consequences for betraying Mumm-Ra." Said Addicus with a smirk of his own.
"I can't let that happen." Said Adam as he was gripping the Sword of Omens a little tighter.
"That's quite noble, considering you're the reason they're in this position!" Yelled Slithe as he was jumping out of the hovercraft with Andrea jumping down beside him.
The four beings went around Adam and Carter.
"But four against two, that's hardly fair." Said Addicus.
They jumped back when four leaf-shaped shuriken pierced the ground in front of their feet.
They looked up for the source and saw Cheetara expertly spinning her staff with branches extending from it.
She put her staff down and the branches sinking back into the staff.
"Do we even the odds?" Asked Cheetara.
She and Tygra appeared on separate cliffs.
"Did you really think we'd let you do this alone?" Asked Tygra.
They jumped down from the cliffs to fight and soon everyone was facing their own enemy.
Tygra went for Kaynar.
Cheetara went for Addicus.
Carter went for Andrea.
Adam went for Slithe.
While everyone was fighting, the captive lizards were able to escape.
But soon everyone was loosing their battle.
Tygra had been tied up with his own whip and was Kanar's hostage.
Carter was trapped in a magic barrier made by Andrea.
Cheetara and Adam were still fighting their own enemies but Adam was quickly becoming exhausted as well was Cheetara.
"Look around you Adam." Said Slithe.
Adam looked up to see Carter and Tygra captured.
Kaynar held his axe at the back of Tygra's neck.
"Surrender or we'll kill 'em!" Yelled Kaynar.
"I believe it's your turn to surrender now." Said Slithe.
Lion-O's eyes lingered before turning back to Slithe and was holding on tightly to his sword.
"Never, there's still two of us!" Yelled Adam.
The sound of wood against stone caught Adam's attention and he looked back to see Cheetara had tossed her staff down which even made Addicus surprised.
"Cheetara, what are you doing?" Asked Adam in confusion.
"I thought we had to stick together!" Yelled Adam.
"I have to stick with him." Said Cheetara as she was gesturing to where Tygra was.
He looked up and gave her a small smile of gratitude.
Slithe brought his gun down on Adam's head and putting him on the ground.
Addicus grabbed Cheetara and was keeping her hostage in his huge arms.
Slithe held up his gun and looked at the two new generals.
"Kill them in whatever manner amuses you." Said Slithe in a grin.
"Oooooh, The possibilities." Said Kaynar with insane glee and with excitement as Tygra growled.
Suddenly a large explosion of a rocket went off.
The resounding shockwave was enough to get Cheetara out of Addicus's grasp and managed to get Kanar's attention away from Tygra and made Andrea's barrier disappear.
"Take cover!" Yelled Slithe as he was carrying his weapon over his head to try and protect himself.
The others followed suit.
After Carter freed Tygra from his bindings and the pair went over to where their two friends were.
They all looked up as they watched a newly improved and upgraded Thunder Tank come right through the rocky cliff side.
It rolled to a stop in front of them as well as the four generals.
Panthro opened up the top of the tank and stepped out and held up his two new mechanical arms.
There was a hiss and air was expelled from them as the arms suddenly turned into long flying fists that gave a good, hard punch to all four of their opponents.
His arms retracted back into their original state and he looked back at the others.
"We'll get plenty more chances to tangle with these beasts, now get in!" Yelled Panthro.
They all did so as quickly as they could.
The tank quickly closed and roared off away from Slithe and the others leaving a huge wave of dust to blind them as they escaped.
Once they were safe inside the tank they saw that some of the Berbils were driving the tank which explained how it had been functioning without Panthro inside it.
Adam slumped his shoulders and was hanging his head in defeat.
Panthro came over to him and clapped his new arm on Adam's shoulders.
"Don't get so down, kid." Said Panthro.
"You only lost a battle, not the war." Said Panthro.
"But these new generals, their army will be stronger than ever." Said Adam.
"We'll get through this." Said Panthro.
"We just have to stick together." Said Panthro.
Adam didn't reply.
He looked up with fire and determination shining in his eyes, he will unite the animals as well as the stones, no matter what.
A/N: Sorry about the action but I am horrible at writing those types of scenes as shown previous times in my TMNT Fanfictions.
I should note that I will not be doing the trials two parter because in order to have 26 chapters to have a 52 chapter fanfiction story, only this chapter and seven more will be made.
Here are the chapters for future in case you were wondering:
1: Native Son
2: The Pit
3: Curse of Ratilla
4: Clash of Blades (Changed from Birth of Blades since I'm not using that flashback in that chapter)
5: The Soul Sever
6: What Lies Above Part 1
7: What Lies Above Part 2
In case your wondering why I'm not doing Recipie for Disaster, it's just cause it made no sense in my head because Adam won't have a love intrest in this story (Not Yet anyway) and in the original episode it showed Lion-O trying to win Pumyra's heart and since Adam doesn't have a love intrest I decided to skip this chapter.