Chapter 4
Cheetara returned to her room shortly after the strange encounter with Lion-O. Neither Panthro nor Tygra had any ideas what was going on. Luckily the ThunderKittens were off playing with their new friends so they didn't see anything. There was a knock on her door and the cheetah hesitated to bid the person entry. However, the feeling of being alone overwhelmed her and she told them to enter.
"We need to talk." Tygra said as he pulled the chair over from her dressing table.
"I think you should have said something earlier when I asked where Lion-O was." The tiger could hear the anger in her voice.
"I'm sorry but…"
"But nothing. Just tell me what has been going on." Cheetara wasn't in the mood for apologies.
"Ok, the fact of the matter is we don't know what has been going on with Lion-O. What you say today has been what he's doing the entire time you were out. At times, he acts like himself and at other times, he's distant and irritable." Tygra explained. The cheetah's expression softened. She opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out. Tygra moved over to the bed and wrapped his arm around her.
"Hey we'll figure this out. Don't worry." He said.
"I have this horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. My sixth sense seems to be working overtime. I touched Lion-O and everything I did came back. There was this feeling like something was controlling my body. Do you think I somehow passed it to Lion-O?" Cheetara wondered.
"No, it wasn't you. Panthro told me that I had been acting funny and now Lion-O is the one acting funny. There is a good chance that I picked it up from you and then I gave it to Lion-O." Tygra told her.
"What do you think it wants with us or more specifically Lion-O?" She asked.
"I don't know but we must be prepared for anything. Do you think you could use your sixth sense to figure out what it is and how we fight it?" The tiger wondered.
"You can't ask me to do that. You know how dangerous it is." Cheetara's eyes widened.
"I know but it could be the only way." Tygra said.
"But what about the Book of Omens?" The cheetah asked.
"All right. We'll try that first. Try to get some rest." Tygra said. He got up and left the room. Cheetara was left to her thoughts until she heard shouting in the hallway.
She rushed out to see Panthro and Lion-O arguing. The two seemed to be on the brink of using their fists when she stepped in.
"That's enough! I will not have the two of beating each other up. What is going on here?" The cheetah demanded. Again she saw that strange look in Lion-O's eyes. There was something he so desperately wanted to tell her but then the look was gone. He swung his mighty fist at Panthro however Cheetara grabbed his fist before it hit its intended target.
"What did I just say!" She growled a warning to him to back down. It was quite obvious that she wasn't afraid of him. The Lord of the ThunderCats just sneered at her and Panthro and turned to walk away.
"Don't you turn you back on me!" Cheetara roared. Panthro trued to stop her but she wouldn't let him. Lion-O turned and looked at her.
"You are nothing but a two-timing whore and I don't need to listen to you." His words cut deep. That wasn't her Lion-O talking. Without thinking she grabbed her bo-staff and extended it.
"What did you say?" She asked him.
"You heard me! You're nothing but a two-timing whore!" Lion-O roared back at her. She charged at him with her staff and knocked him down. Sitting on his chest, she pulled out the Sword of Omens from the Claw Shield at his hip. The Eye of Thundera glowed brightly and roared warning Lion-O of danger. Panthro stood stock still completely confused as to how the Sword was allowing for this when he watched Cheetara plunge the blade downward toward Lion-O's head.
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Tygra floated through space until he landed in front of the Guardian of the Book of Omens. The dragonheads on the poles positioned themselves to burn him to a cinder at a moment's notice.
"Identify yourself!" The Guardian boomed.
"I am Tygra of the ThunderCats." The tiger replied.
"Why have you come?" The Guardian boomed again.
"I have come seeking answers." Tygra told him.
"If answers you seek, you must ask the right questions." The Guardian answered in the form of a riddle.
"What evil possesses Lion-O, Lord of the ThunderCats?" Tygra asked.
"Wrong!" The Guardian boomed. One of the dragonheads spewed fire just missing the tiger.
"What evil lurks on New Thundera?" Tygra asked.
"Wrong!" The Guardian boomed again. Once again fire spewed from the dragonheads. Tygra barely dodged the fireball and asked another question.
"What evil has come to New Thundera?" There was nothing but silence for a few moments.
"Correct! The answers you seek can only be found by looking inside yourselves. When you have done that, you may return and ask another question." The Guardian of the Book of Omens told Tygra. With that the conversation was over and the tiger was expelled from the Book.
To Be Continued…
