Chapter 6
Lion-O again managed to gain control of his arms and again called for the Sword of Omens to carry out the task he could not. The Sword was about to do its master's bidding when a voice called out for him to stop. This slight distraction allowed the evil being to regain control of the Lord of the ThunderCats.
"Lion-O don't! We can get through this! Killing yourself won't help!" Cheetara tried to knock some sense into him.
"You're right. It won't help my cause. That's why I've decided to do something else." The Lord of the ThunderCats raised the Sword of Omens and called, "Ho!" An energy blast shot out of the Sword and hit Cheetara's arm. She growled out in pain and grabbed her bo-staff with her other arm.
"Ho!" Again another energy blast shot out of the Sword but the cheetah was able to avoid it. She was about to strike when Lion-O began to shout,
"Thunder, thunder, thunder, ThunderCats HO!" The Cat Signal shot into the sky. Cheetara was confused by this move but she came at him anyway. It was obvious that the evil didn't have complete control over him yet and she had to help him.
"Lion-O I don't want to hurt you. I know you're in there. Keep fighting…"
"Shut up! The Lion-O you know is long gone. I will destroy you and your friends. No one is safe from my curse." The evil spoke. Cheetara was about to knock Lion-O down when Panthro and Tygra arrived. It was a trap. He would tae care of the three of them and then the Thunderkittens would be easy targets.
"So good of you to join me. Just in time for your death!" The evil Lion-O shouted. Panthro and Tygra charged at him. The Lord of the ThunderCats had to be subdued before he ruined his body or killed anyone.
Lion-O was able to avoid the rush but Tygra used his bolo-whip and wrapped it around the lion. It electrified the Lord of the ThunderCats and he sank to the ground. Panthro made sure the whip was tightly around Lion-O and then he removed the Sword of Omens from his hand and the Claw Shield from his hip.
"Come on. We've got to get him back to the Lair and isolate him." Panthro said.
"All right. Lets go." Tygra agreed. The panther lifted Lion-O up onto his shoulder and began the walk back to Cat's Lair. Tygra began to follow when he noticed Cheetara wasn't with them. He looked around and found her sitting on the ground holding her left arm.
"Cheetara, are you ok?" He asked.
"I'll be fine. It's just a scratch." She smiled. Slowly she got up from the ground and walked over to him.
"Come on. I'd better take a look at that when we get home." Tygra told her.
"Did you have any luck with the Book of Omens?" She asked.
"Somewhat. I'll explain when we get back." The tiger said. They caught up to Panthro and the three made their way back to Cat's Lair.
"We saw the…" WilyKit stopped talking as she saw Panthro holding an unconscious Lion-O over his shoulder.
"What happened?" WilyKat asked. Panthro didn't answer as he continued to walk down the hall. The panther disappeared down the ramp leading towards the lower levels. Tygra told Cheetara to get to the sickbay while he told the Thunderkittens what to do.
The cheetah sat down on one of the beds and looked at her arm. Her uniform and fur were singed and matted to the burn from the energy blast. It didn't hurt as much as she thought it would but then again Tygra still had to fix it.
"All right. Let me take a look." The tiger said pulling a chair over and sitting down.
"How bad is it?" Cheetara asked.
"Well it's not pretty. Let me get some cold compresses and we'll try to peel your uniform off of it." Tygra said. He worked carefully but the cheetah couldn't help from wincing.
"Sorry about that." The tiger apologized. Once the cloth was removed from the wound, retrieved some burn ointment and some gauze. After wrapping it tightly, Tygra said,
"Now be careful. Tomorrow before you shower, I'd like to see how it's doing."
"Ok. So what happened with the Thunderkittens?" She asked.
"Panthro is dealing with them and Third Earth. We don't want any new people arriving on New Thundera until we can resolve this matter." Tygra explained.
"What happened with the Book?" Cheetara asked.
"The Guardian gave me a riddle. He said that we should look inside ourselves. I still haven't figured it out." The tiger sighed. Cheetara thought about that for a moment.
"When did all this start to happen?" She inquired.
"Well we were out scouting for more good spots to build on when the Cat Signal went up and we responded to it." Tygra said.
"Right and I had gone out to the first village we had built to see how things were going before returning to sit with Lion-O in the control room. So that must mean that whatever I picked up had to come from…"
"The new arrivals." Tygra finished for her. "We'd better get out there and find out what they know." Quickly the two got up and went from the sickbay down to the control room.
There they found that Panthro had just finished talking with Ben-Gali. They quickly explained what they were going to do and the panther agreed to keep an eye on Lion-O. The Thunderkittens were left in the control room while they other split up. All the answers were waiting for them in the village.
To Be Continued…
