Chapter 12

Pumyra and Ben-Gali landed the Thunderstirke and quickly grabbed the medical supplies. WilyKit and WilyKat met them and they raced to the sickbay. Cheetara's eyes brightened when she saw the others enter the room.

"Thank Jaga, you're here!"

"Yes well we'll have to thank Snarfer too later." Pumyra said. "So how bad is it?"

"Well Lion-O and I have managed to stabilize him and we were also able to get blood donors with the ThunderKittens help. The machines said that there might be some organ damage and we weren't sure what else to do." Cheetara explained. Pumyra pulled the gauze and tape off the tiger. Externally, the bleeding had slowed quite a bit but it was obvious she would have to go in to make sure internally Tygra wasn't bleeding to death.

"Ben-Gali, I need you to get these volunteers out of here. We need to sterilize everything so I can open him up. One cough or sneeze could spread disease and I don't think that he could take getting an infection." The white tiger did as he was told and cleared the volunteers out.

"Cheetara, I need you to help me scrub up. You should scrub up too. When Ben-Gali gets back he can help us. Lion-O, allow me to overstep you for a little while. I need you to go into the cabinet and find some anesthesia and tranquilizers." Pumyra continued to tell everyone what to do. Everyone immediately set to his or her tasks. Cheetara found some scrubs, gloves, masks, and soap. Lion-O returned with a tank of anesthesia, a mask, and some tranquilizers. Ben-Gali walked into the room and declared that the donors were standing by in case they were needed later.

"Excellent. Now let me look at Panthro." The puma said.

"Careful he doesn't touch you." Lion-O warned her. She gave him a strange look but nodded. Explanations would be best left for later.

"Good job, guys. He'll be fine. As I understand it, you guys said there is something possessing Panthro?" Pumyra asked.

"Yes. We haven't figured out how to get rid of it. I was going to enter the Book of Omens and see what it had to say." The Lord of the ThunderCats explained.

"Give him a tranquilizer and keep him quiet. I will need to concentrate on Tygra and I can't have him shouting or anything." Pumyra said. Lion-O did as he was told. Panthro had been strangely quiet but the monitors still read that he was breathing and had a strong heartbeat.

Now everyone's attention turned to Tygra. Cheetara, Pumyra and Ben-Gali scrubbed up and donned their scrubs, masks, and gloves.

"Good luck in the Book of Omens, Lion-O." The three said.

"Thank you and good luck to you. ThunderCats HO!" With that the Lord of the ThunderCats left the others do help Tygra. His job now was to find a way to rid New Thundera of the evil that possessed his friend.

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Lion-O floated through the black space inside the Book of Omens and landed in front of its Guardian. He winced slightly landing a little hard on his wounded leg. It had just been a superficial wound and Cheetara had wrapped it well but it still hurt. His attention turned from his leg to the dragonheads as they had positioned themselves to burn their target if need be.

"Identify yourself!" The Protector of the Book roared.

"I am Lion-O, Lord of the ThunderCats." Came the reply.

"Lord Lion-O what is it that you seek?" The Guardian's tone was slightly lowered from before.

"How can I free Panthro from the evil that is within him?" Lion-O asked.

"To remove the evil, you must kill the vessel." The Guardian told him.

"Kill the vessel? How can I kill a fellow ThunderCat? And why didn't you tell Tygra this before?" The Lord of the ThunderCats growled.

"HOW DARE YOU QUESTION ME?" The Guardian boomed louder than before. "BE GONE!" With that Lion-O was expelled from the Book of Omens.

To Be Continued…