Thundercats Meet Star Fleet

Part 3

By Lady1Venus

Disclaimer/Author's notes: Don't own any rights to Thundercats or Star Trek. The characters Isabella, Lieutenant Terran and Admiral April Todera are mine. Admiral Paris and Captain Picard belong to Star Trek. I don't know Admiral Paris's full name so I'm giving him a name. His name was never mentioned in series.

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Early the next morning Cheetara was the first one up this time. When she went to the control room to monitor an area where she was going to run, she found a weird type of ship landing in front of the bridge of Cats Lair. She knew right away that it was Isabella meeting them at the lair to take them to San Francisco.

Cheetara looked around on the key panel for the button that would alert the other Thundercats that there was a visitor. It was a new function that Panthro had installed just weeks ago. When she pushed the button, a voice was heard throughout the whole lair stating a visitor was there.

Within minutes all the Thundercats were assembling in the control room. Even Bengali, Pumyra and Lynx-O were there. From the party, they decided to stay at Cats Lair for the night or two.

"Who's here, Cheetara?" Lion-O asked knowing who was at the monitor as he walked into the room.

"Isabella," she stated.

"Well I guess we better go and greet her," Lion-O said.

The Thundercats left the control room to greet their new friend. When they started to descend down the steps, a door from the shuttlecraft opened and two people walked out wearing uniforms. It was Isabella and her companion, Terran.

Terran was wearing a black uniform with gray covering over the chest with a blue tunic underneath. Isabella was wearing a similar uniform but with a red tunic and her hair was in a braid but twisted around to form a bun.

"Good morning, Thundercats," Isabella said. "I hope I didn't set off your alarm."

"No," Cheetara said. "I noticed that you were landing and sounded the visitor alarm."

"That's good," Isabella said. "I had expected you were all asleep and was going to wait inside the shuttlecraft until we were noticed. Thundercats meet Lieutenant Jason Terran."

Terran nodded his greeting to the Thundercats and they nodded back.

"Snarf. Would you like me to start breakfast?" Snarf asked looking up at Lion-O.

Lion-O looked down to his royal companion then back to the Star Fleet Officers. "Of course. And you two are welcomed to stay for breakfast before we go."

"We would be honored," Isabella said. As the Thundercats turned to walk back inside the Lair, the two Star Fleet officers followed.

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When breakfast was over, the Thundercats, Terran and Isabella sat at the round conference table, relaxing before the day's events. It was decided that Pumyra, Bengali and Lynx-O would stay behind. Lion-O also told Snarf to stay behind. Snarf wasn't to thrilled about that. As Isabella told Lion-O the evening before, Terran also stayed. In case there was trouble, Terran would be able to contact them.

After leaving Cats Lair, the Thundercats were quite intrigued of all the places on Third Earth. They had seen small and large cities, farming fields and other ships for transportation. They were amazed at how the humans were.

Once reaching San Francisco, Isabella landed the shuttlecraft in a docking bay. There were people waiting for the ship's arrival. After Isabella powered down the craft, she turned to her passengers.

"Welcome to Star Fleet Command. Outside are your welcoming committee," Isabella said. "Too bad your other three friends couldn't come but I can understand with you wanting to take precautions."

"Thank you," Lion-O said.

"Let's head out," Wilykit said excitedly. She couldn't wait to explore the new land.

Isabella nodded and headed towards the side entrance of the shuttlecraft. The shuttlecraft doors opened and Isabella walked out. Before walking out, she instructed for the Thundercats to stay in for a moment longer.

"Commander, welcome back."

Isabella looked to the voice. "Thank you Admiral. I would like to introduce to you the Thundercats."

Isabella stepped out of the way as Lion-O was the first one out of the shuttlecraft with the others following suit.

"Welcome to San Francisco," the Admiral said. "I'm Admiral Eugene Paris."

"Thank you," Lion-O said. "I'm Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats. And these are my friends. Cheetara, Panthro, Tygra, Wilykit and Wilykat."

The rest of the welcoming committee nodded their greeting.

A tall man from the crowd who was almost bald stepped forward. "I'm Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterprise. And I personally welcome you to Earth. But of course where you are from, the planet is classified as Third Earth."

"Thank you Captain," Lion-O said.

"Have you already eaten, Thundercats?" a female admiral said.

"Yes," Tygra said. "And Isabella ate with us."

"Alright," Admiral Paris said. "Commander Foren why don't you show our friends around Star Fleet Command and we'll join up with you later in the observation lounge."

"Of course," Isabella said.  The Thundercats watched the admirals turn and left the docking bay.  Picard stayed behind for a moment longer.  "If you would follow me, I'll show you around Star Fleet headquarters."

"Commander," Captain Picard said.  "May I see for a moment?"

Isabella and Picard walked away from the Thundercats.

"What did you get to know about the Thundercats without breaking the Prime Directive?" Picard asked.

"I told Lion-O of the Prime Directive because he wanted to know if I would question him about their home and technology but he had told me anyway."  She looked to the captain.  "They were from a planet called Thundera but it was destroyed by creatures called Mutants who also live here on the planet.  They believe they are the last of their kind."

"And Lion-O told you this?"

"Yes, Captain," Isabella said. "What I've learned from Willa and Nayda, I think it would help the Federation if we create an alliance with the Thundercats. The Thundercats are an organization like Star Fleet to ensure peace, the name of their race is Thunderian."

"I will speak to the Admirals about your proposal. Right now you better entertain our guests."

"Of course." Isabella turned and was about to head over to their guests.

"Oh and Commander," Picard said. He watched Isabella turn back to him. At the same time the Thundercats walked over to her. "Last week when you had requested permission to resume your duties back on the Enterprise." Picard smiled. "Permission granted. The Enterprise isn't the same without Commander Isabella Foren at the con."

"Thank you sir," she said smiling.

Picard stood at attention and touched his communicator. "Picard to Enterprise, one to beam up."

The Thundercats watched in surprise as Picard disappeared.

"Where did he go?" Panthro asked.

"To his ship that's orbiting the planet. It's how we get from place to place in a matter of seconds," Isabella explained. "Now how about that tour."

****

The last place Isabella showed the Thundercats was the observation lounge that Admiral Paris said they would meet up again. When they arrived the other Admirals were already waiting for them.

"Did you enjoy your tour?" Admiral Paris asked.

"Yes it was quite interesting," Lion-O said.

"Before we do anything further why don't you and your friends rest here for an hour? Being on your feet for the past hour can be tiring," a female admiral said.

"Thank you, Admiral…" Lion-O said.

"I'm Admiral April Todera," the admiral said.

For the next hour, the Thundercats relaxed in the observation lounge. Wilykit and Kat kept looking outside the lounge's windows towards the city. They couldn't wait to see what was in the city.

Wilykat walked over to his leader. "Lion-O, Kit and I would love to see the city."

"We all would," Lion-O said.

Admiral Todera couldn't help but over hear Wilykat. She walked over to two male Thundercats. "If Toren's ready, she could continue showing you around the city."

"I'd be more than happy to," Isabella said.

****

Back at Cats Lair, Terran was amazed at how the Thundercats had lived. He knew not to over step his boundary with the directive. Bengali had showed Terran around Cats Lair and told him how the lair was built. Bengali and Terran were sitting at the huge round table talking.

"In almost more ways than one, you guys are more advanced than the Federation. Ambassador Spock would love to know the knowledge of this place."

"Who's Ambassador Spock?" Bengali asked.

"He's a Vulcan Ambassador to the Federation. He used to be a Star Fleet officer but retired and became an Ambassador."

"What is Vulcan?" Pumyra asked as she entered the room.

Terran turned to Pumyra. "Vulcans are an alien species who were the first alien to make first contact with the humans back in 2063. They are also all logic with no emotions."

"No emotions? How can someone not have emotions?" Bengali asked.

"It's easy to a Vulcan. Vulcans had once relied on emotions but decided that it was useless. So they purged their emotions," Terran said.

"I've never heard of people being able to live without emotions," Pumyra said.

****

In San Francisco, Isabella showed the Thundercats all over city using a small craft that wasn't for space travel. They went to museums and even watched a partial baseball game. Isabella had mentioned that the city would be busy today and how joyous everyone was that the Federation took back Deep Space Nine.

Wilykit and Wilykat were quite fascinated with people surfing in the San Francisco waters. They got so excited that it convinced Cheetara to take look and even she was quite impressed with the surfing.

"How long have humans being surfing?" Cheetara asked.

"Since sometime during the twentieth century," Isabella said. "I've never tried but I would love to. But now I'll be heading back into space."

"Back into space?" Tygra asked.

"I used to part of Captain Picard's crew on his ship. But through a crisis here on Earth, I was forced to transfer to Earth. But the crisis is over."

"What was the crisis?" Panthro asked. He couldn't stop smiling at the two Thunderkittens.

"Last year, another alien race called the Borg attacked Earth and we were almost killed. I lost my beloved parents and sister to the Borg. I never expected anything like that and was traumatized so much that I could no longer do my duties on board the Enterprise. With help, I was able to convince the Captain that I was no good on the ship.

"I came here to Earth to rebuild my life. Then the war against the Dominion broke out and I stayed here."

"How did you meet Willa?" Lion-O asked. "You said you were there last year."

"Yes, after I came back to Earth, I was under strict orders to go to the Treetop Kingdom for a few months for shore leave to get my life back on track."

"We would like to get a closer look at the surfers," Wilykit said. "Is it ok?"

"Of course. You are our guests here in San Francisco," Isabella said.

Isabella landed the craft on a secluded part of the beach. Wilykat and kit ran out of the craft and towards the beach were people were swimming around. The other Thundercats exited the craft and smiled.

****

By evening, Isabella had everyone back at Star Fleet Command. Everyone was quite bushed from seeing San Francisco. The Thundercats had dinner with the admirals before returning back to their home.

On the Voyage home, the Thunderkittens slept soundly. When Isabella landed the shuttlecraft, Terran and the other Thundercats waited to greet them. Panthro and Tygra woke the Thunderkittens before exiting the shuttlecraft.

"How did you enjoy your trip?" Terran asked.

"It was amazing," Wilykat said. "We have to go there again sometime."

"You would be most welcomed back to San Francisco," Isabella said. "Before we go, and if it's all right with you, I can set up a communications array so you may contact Star Fleet when you want. And if you ever want to return to the city, you can."

"That would be great but I'll need to assist you," Panthro said.

With help of Panthro, Isabella and Terran set up a com link from the control to contact Star Fleet Command. When that was over the two Star Fleet officers prepared to leave.

"Panthro if you ever want help with what you are making for your friends, Star Fleet will be willing to help," Isabella said when her and Panthro were alone.

"I will keep that in mind," he said. "What I've seen in San Francisco, I feel like creating more."

"Well all you have to do is ask," she said as her and Panthro walked to the shuttlecraft.

The Thundercats watched the shuttlecraft fly off until it was out of site. When it could no longer be seen they went back inside to unwind from their travels. It wasn't long after dark that the Thundercats went to bed and the other three Thundercats decided to stay one more night before returning to the Tower of Omens.