Intermission
Part One
New Thundera, Present Time"Duck!" Wilykat heeded Panthro's warning, hitting the dirt as the ice runner barely missed knocking into the kitten, although the term was merely a force of habit. Kat and his sister had long since grown up, and were quickly becoming a greater menace to the lunataks -- who were in turn, becoming a greater menace to the Thundercats.
Since Luna's death, Chilla had taken control of the group. With the ice lunatak now in charge, the attacks had become more efficient. It was becoming harder and harder to keep the damages at a minimum from the attacks of these renegades. Luckily, they had ben spotted before they were able to get to a major city. This battle was being fought in an open field. The Thundercats had a definate disadvantage, trying to counter the aerial assaults while dealing with the ground battle.
Panthro shot another blast of sleep gas towards RedEye before rolling out of the ensuing side winder's way and to where Kat was picking himself off the ground.
"She didn't get you, did she?" questioned Panthro, assuming a defensive stance as Amok approached.
Wilykat brushed himself off and shook his head. "Just the ususal scratches." he growled, steadying himself. He withdrew his weapons -- a pair of half staffs that extended like Cheetara's did, but were only 3/4 the size of hers. They had the capability of shooting energy beams separately, or being placed together, doubling the distance the beams could shoot and tripling the strength. He opted for this method now as Amok's figure loomed towards them.
His sister had her own problems. TugMug was attempting to entrap her in a gravity field. She was able to dodge the blasts from the carbine now, but every shot made it's way closer to the young woman. He was firing so rapidly that she hadn't the time to draw her weapon -- a mystical oriental fan which Hatchiman had given her the birthday she had come of age. There was a sudden break in the blasts. Wilykit looked up to see Sumik, a Thundercat of the cougar breed, landing a roundhouse kick to the carbine, knocking it away from the lunatak. After losing the carbine, TugMug was able to get a grab on Sumik's foot and bring the young man to the ground. By now, Kit was able to retrieve the fan. In one twist of the wrist, it had flipped open and unleased a barrage of ice crystals. These enveloped TugMug, not completely freezing him, but detering him from doing further damage to the cougar -- for the moment at least.
"Wrong move, Thundercat!" shouted TugMug, trying to break free ofthe ice.
"I don't think so." Eyes narrowed, Wilykit flipped the fan forward, sending a shockwave to hit TugMug, causing him to blackout.
Sumik remained motionless where he dropped. Kit surveyed the area and ran to where he lay.
Only meters away, Cheetara randomly took pot shots at Alluro, who dodged the beams coming from her staff as he unsuccessfully tried to use his psyche club.
"Give up, Thundercat. You don't stand a chance." he crooned as a shot grazed his foot.
"Your pickup lines are getting old, scumbag. Won't work on me now anyway." she laughed.
"But you don't want to fight me. Give in now, before it's too late." he said, voice thickening, despritely trying to hypnotize her.
"Well, you've got one thing right. I don't want to fight you, it's a waste of my time." The blue orb continued to float over her head, yet still had no effect. Cheetara had been able to teach herself to block out the underlying hypnotical suggestions, making Alluro's toy useless against her. "But I'm the one who's stronger now." she said, an almost wicked smile crossing her face. "How the mighty have fallen." she said as a shot flew just past his right ear, taking a branch off the lone tree in the area. Unfortunately, she had been concentrating so hard, she missed hearing the ice runner coming from behind her. Chilla's icy rasp broke into the conversation. "Making fools out of the men in my army is my job, Thunderslut." Chilla then piloted the vehicle directly towards thecheetah.
Her reflexes were down, what with trying to block out Alluro's words, as well as aim at him. Cheetara's best attempt to dodge it failed, and she next found herself sprawled on the ground, her staff over three meters from her reach, and her right arm split open lengthwise from the shoulder to the wrist. She cursed herself for not having a shield for that arm as she fell out of consciousness. With every heartbeat, blood poured across the ground.
"Finish her! Now!" hissed Chilla as she flew the craft to helpAmok.
"Whose fallen now, dear Cheetara?" Alluro asked, as he kicked her sharply in the ribs.
Wilykit was the first to notice it. She was just getting Sumik to wake up when she saw Alluro prodding her friend and mentor. "Cheetara!" she shrieked, eyes wide, not believing what she saw.
Sumik pushed her towards the direction of the fallen Thundercat. "Go. I'll be fine." He gave her another push. "Go!"
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