Intermission
Part Three
Chilla found Alluro staring out of one of the main observation panels of SkyTomb, surveying the area of New Thundera that they were in. Miles away, snarfs and thunderians scurried around like tiny fleas, going about their daily business, unaware of the impending danger. TugMug's idea to camoflage the fortress had paid off -- the lunataks were able to get closer than they normally would have been able to.
Alluro turned around as he heard his leader enter the room. He still held onto the sill of the window, one leg elevated, bandaged tightly. It was just a sprain, but he was supposed to be using crutches, which Chilla noticed were no where in sight. She entered the room, Amok following after her like a lost puppy.
Alluro's injury was the worst of the group. The others would heal by the next day, if they hadn't already. She had seen two of the Thundercats go down, however, and gladly accepted that one of her soldiers would be out for a week if two Thundercats would be out of commission for at least as long. RedEye had bitched at her that morning that they should have kept fighting during the battle yesterday, that they could have beaten the other three. What he didn't seem to take into account was that even if they had stayed and fought, it was inevitable that Lion-o would have showed up with reinforcements.
Instead of trying to go after them full force, Chilla had decided it would be more efficient to slowly chip away at each of them. If they attacked every other day, and only took out one or two Thundercats each time, in less than a month they would be weakened, if not defenseless. She had no desire to crush them, either, since it was nearly impossible to do this. She merely planned to show them who the real power was on theplanet.
Although other lunataks lived on the moons around New Thundera, few wanted to get involved with what was going on with the renagades Chilla was leading. The government's only interaction, when asked by the Thundercats for assistence with their former citizens, simply issued a reply that the lunataks that had left with Luna had been banished from the moons of Plundaar, and as long as they didn't come back to the moons, the government saw no reason to intervene. Since then, relations between the Thunderian and Lunaar governments had been shakey.
"Don't tell me you're upset about the battle yesterday, too." Chilla said, crossing her arms infront of her as she approached the psi lunatak. He turned back to look out at the surroundings.
"Do you think I killed her?" He asked, leaning out the window.
Chilla muffled a laugh. "If she's dead, you're not the one who killed her. You couldn't even get her to put her weapon down."
"Well, it looked like I did. I was the one standing over her when they all came rushing over." he said quietly.
"Oh, don't tell me you're getting soft." Chilla rolled her eyes. "If that's the case, I'll have Amok put you out of your misery now."
Amok shrugged, but didn't say anything. He was just following Chilla in hopes that she would soon lead him to the kitchen and get him some cookies. "And anyway, so what if she did die? Tons of them were killed when the planet exploded. What's one more dead thunderian?"
Alluro turned to face her now. "Not a thunderian. A Thundercat. If one of them dies, the others have a right to kill the killer."
"I thought their stupid code prevented them from killing." Alluro was about to say something, but Chilla silenced him. "Nevermind. I'm sure you know more about those things than I do. I very much doubt she's dead, we'd have heard something by now if she were. It would be circulating in the media at this point." She crossed back to the exit, Amok following after her.
"We will be having a meeting in three hours. I expect you to be there." She paused at the exit. "I hope after all this time, you know where your loyalties lie." she hissed narrowing her eyes. "You wouldn't think of betraying us, would you?"
He was thankful that Lunataks had no code they needed to follow like the Thundercats did. He was especially thankful there were no mottos mentioning Truth or Loyalty. Alluro's eyes connected with her cold stare."No."
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