Chapter 11

Pumyra and Ben-Gali had the Thunderstrike's engines stressed to the maximum. Both knew that they needed to make it to New Thundera as fast as possible.

"I had hoped to test the engine modifications under different circumstances." Ben-Gali told his wife.

"Will the engines hold until we make it to New Thundera?" Pumyra asked him.

"Jaga willing, they'll hold. Radio Cat's Lair and tell them our ETA." The white tiger said. Pumyra nodded and radioed New Thundera.

"New Thundera, this is the Thunderstrike. Come in, please." The puma called over the radio. No one answered and she began to get nervous.

"I say again, Cat's Lair on New Thundera, this is the Thunderstrike. Come in, please." Pumyra tried again.

"Thunderstrike, this is Tower of Omens on Third Earth." Lynx-O said.

"Lynx-O, I can't reach the others. Have you had any luck?" She asked the older cat.

"No and neither has Snarf over at Cat's Lair." The lynx said. "How much longer will it take until you can land?"

"With the engine modifications that Ben-Gali installed we should be there in about an hour. I just hope it will be fast enough." Pumyra informed him.

"You will be there six hours earlier than originally projected. Tygra is strong and Lion-O and Cheetara are capable of keeping him stable until you get there. Focus on flying and if we are able to contact them we'll let you know; Lynx-O out." The Tower of Omens ended its conversation with the Thunderstrike.

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Cheetara had Tygra stabilized but she didn't know how much longer he could go without Pumyra's help. The ThunderKittens had brought all the tigers from the settlement and they had readily given blood to try to save their brother. Lion-O had Panthro strapped down to the furthest bed and had made sure that his wounds could wait until later.

WilyKat came racing into the room. He was all excited and could barely stand still. Cheetara couldn't move from her spot with blood donors so Lion-O grabbed the young cat and tried to get the information out of him.

"Pumyra and Ben-Gali are going to be here with a half an hour!" WilyKat spat out. Lion-O's patience was about to run out. That couldn't be true. It was a twelve hour journey without boosters on the Thunderstrike's engines. WilyKat could see that convincing the Lord of the ThunderCats wasn't going to be easy when WilyKit raced into the room.

"Fifteen more minutes!" Before Lion-O or Cheetara could say anything both ThunderKittens left the sickbay and raced back to the control room.

"Lion-O, they must be telling the truth. I just hope that Pumyra will be here soon enough." Cheetara reassured him. The Lord of the ThunderCats shook his head and turned back to Panthro. There were so many things to worry about and his head was beginning to hurt. How were they going to remove the evil from Panthro? Would Pumyra be able to save Tygra? What would happen if she couldn't?

"While Pumyra is helping Tygra, one of us should go into the Book of Omens. We have to find out how to get Panthro free." Cheetara said as if she had read his mind.

"We shouldn't leave while she's working." Lion-O argued."I'm sure that she doesn't need three people hanging around while she's working. Ben-Gali can help her while one of us keeps an eye on Panthro." The cheetah replied. It was pointless arguing with her. Lion-O knew she was right.

"I'll enter the Book." He said.

To Be Continued…