My Version of Season 2

by ERoc901 Tha Clean Up Man

After the events from Season 1, Lion-O and the Thundercats continue their journey to find the final stone while making new allies and discovering the truth about themselves. Meanwhile, Lion-O is dealing with his demons that seek to destroy him. Pairings: It'll start with TyChee and end up with LiChee, PumGali and Tygra x Lynxana. I'll need a co-writer on this one. Please PM me.

2. Lion-O Snaps, Part 2

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of the Thundercats. They belong to their perspective owners.

Author's Note: Yeah, I know I gotten a lot of heat and criticism from those who didn't like how I portrayed the characters, especially Lion-O, Cheetara and Tygra, the love triangle between the three main characters and the fans who were loyal to canon and the Tygra x Cheetara ship but I wanted to do my take on the Thundercats 2011 Season 2 after the way it ended because I thought about adding elements of the 1985 original show while keep the elements of the 2011 version and adding more characters from the 1980's cartoon and comic books and do my take on them, even though it's easier said than done.

And like I said before, I'm planning on developing the relationship between Lion-O and Cheetara because I wanted that pairing to be the endgame (along with Bengali x Pumyra (who will be reformed on chapter 15), Panthro x Tessa (my take on the character from the 1980's comic who will make her debut on chapter 5 along with the Warrior Maidens led by Willa) and Tygra x Lynxana (my take on the character from the 1980's comic who will make her debut on chapter 10)) but things didn't go my way (which is understandable.) but I will do it without rushing to break up Tygra and Cheetara yet. At least not until chapter 7 where I'll reveal how they'll break up after the Lunataks make their debut. Oh, and WilyKat and WilyKit will have their love interests too but that'll be a surprise.

Plus like every main character/protagonist in anime, manga and video games, Lion-O will deal with his inner demons in the form of the dark/evil side of himself. Y'know, just like Street Fighter's Ryu with Kage also known as Evil Ryu, Naruto with the 9 tailed Fox Demon (I used to be a Naruto fan but not anymore after he and Hinata became a couple instead of Sakura and how Sakura was badly characterized.), Inuyasha in his full fledged Dog Demon form and Sonic the Hedgehog in his Werehog form.

Oh, and I also want to inform you that in this story, some of the chapters will be rated M for nudity (who wouldn't want to see Cheetara naked?), different level of violence (but not too much because some people really took issue with that, which is understandable.), a few strong languages and sexual content

And I want to give a shout out to the Heart of the Demons for a courteous and etiquette review of my story and I also want to give a shout out to Jim Forburger II for liking what I wrote down on my story. I really appreciate it.

Lion-O Snaps, Part 2

Back at the Pyramid, Mumm-Ra was overjoyed when he saw the results of the Monstrous Rage Spell he cast on Lion-O.

"At last! The spell was a success!" Mumm-Ra laughed as he gloated "I was able to use Lion-O's own rage against the Thundercats and in turn, he overpowered them effortlessly. The more angrier the boy gets, the more he becomes consumed by it and he'll be transformed into a monster under my power! Even if he gets back to normal, he'll be broken inside and out!"

Mumm-Ra's laugh echoed throughout the Pyramid with lightning bolt striking in the sky.

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Next morning inside the ThunderTank, Lion-O who is tied up in a rope is still laying in his chambers unconscious. Deep inside his mind, he's in a dream like state where he's all alone in a dark room filled with fog.

"What's going on? Where am I?" Lion-O wondered as he suddenly heard an evil laugh echoing everywhere.

"Whoever you are, show yourself!" Lion-O demanded but the evil laugh kept echoing as Lion-O turned around in circles.

"If you don't come out and reveal yourself, I will..."

"Relax, Lion-O. I was just having some fun. At your expense, of course." Lion-O heard his own voice, turned around and saw himself with but with glowing red demonic eyes, smiling like a Cheshire cat which startled him.

"What's wrong Lion-O? You looked like you've seen a ghost." His doppelgänger taunted.

"W-Whiskers." Lion-O gasped. "Y-Y-You're me."

"You got that right, pal." His doppelgänger responded with a smirk on his face. "I'm the dark version of you who represented your pent up anger, rage, frustration, jealousy, resentment and true feelings within you after how the entire world, especially your own kind viewed you for what you truly are."

"I-I-I don't get it."

"Sure you don't. You hid your true feelings from the others to hide your pain. The pain of heartbreak, betrayal, hurt, resentment, envy and abuse that fed me the negative energy I need to grow stronger and powerful. You maybe trying to be selfless on the outside but on the inside, those feelings still remain."

"What are you talking about?" Lion-O furrowed his eyebrows.

"Oh, you know what I'm talking about, Lion-O! Let me demonstrate." His evil doppelgänger directed him to the vision where it showed Cheetara and Tygra kissing, Pumyra turning on Lion-O by throwing the Tech Stone to Mumm-Ra, his father King Claudus embracing Tygra and treated him like his favorite son more than Lion-O, Tygra always beating Lion-O and proving his superiority to his younger stepbrother and Claudus verbally berating the young Lion-O while the young Tygra blamed him for the death of his mother which drove the cub to tears.

"There! Does that bring back terrible memories?"

"Yeah, it really does." Lion-O replied with a question of his own. "But does that have to do with me?"

"Let's just say that you've developed traits of pent up emotions that you've held inside for a long time, which eventually led to my existence." His doppelgänger revealed.

"What? Are you saying that I...created you?" Lion-O once again furrowed his eyebrows.

"Bingo! I've existed, thanks to you." His doppelgänger confirmed which made Lion-O shook his head in disgust. "Mumm-Ra casted a spell on you and brought what you created to life. I guess you can say that I'm your inner demon."

"Y-You must be joking!"

His doppelgänger raised his eyebrow, grabbed Lion-O by the collar and growled "Do I look like I'm joking? As a matter of fact, am I a joke to you?! Because if I am a joke, then why do I exist?"

Lion-O struggled to figure it out until he found the answer and said "You're trying to get out."

"Exactly, genius." the evil version of Lion-O once again confirmed as he hurled the real Lion-O to the ground "I want full control of this body permanently, I want to raise hell and I want to destroy everything in sight. But the only way I'll do that is to get rid of you."

"No." Lion-O gasped, shook his head in disbelief.

"If that's what it takes to destroy you to have full control of this body, then so be it." the evil version of Lion-O let out an evil chesture cat like grin.

"No!" Lion-O repeated.

"But until then, I'll be making your life a living hell. And believe me, Lion-O, we're gonna have some fun." Lion-O's evil doppelganger smirked before letting out a very loud wicked laugh.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Lion-O screamed until he woke up in cold sweat and started to catch his breath.

"What's happening to me?" Lion-O wondered as he tried to get up but fell down on the floor and realized that he's been tied up in knots, which led to him remembering what happened last night while he was losing control under Mumm-Ra's spell.

"Mumm-Ra did this. His spell caused me to...oh no." Lion-O gasped in horror with the realization that Mumm-Ra's spell brought his inner demon in form of his evil self to life.

Snarf came in to check on Lion-O and brought a bowl of stew to feed him.

"Snarf! Boy, am I glad to see you." Lion-O became relived when Snarf appeared.

Snarf helped Lion-O back up off the floor, dust him off and gave him the first two bites of the stew.

"Thanks, Snarf. I really needed it." Lion-O obliged which made Snarf smile as he gave him three more bites of the stew.

After he ate the entire bowl of stew, Lion-O became sad again and said "Let's face it, Snarf. Everybody's right. I'm a screw up. No matter what I do, no matter how I hard I try, I'll never live up to my father's expectations as King of the Thundercats or the leader that they want me to be. Bad things always happen because of me. Tygra always try to prove that he's better than me and better suited as the King due to his popularity with the cats and my father's favoritism of him, Jaga's in the astral plane for the rest of his life,both of my parents are dead, including the mother that I never knew, the city of Thundera's been reduced to rubble, Pumyra stabbed me in the back and become Mumm-Ra's bitch..."

"Schnarf, schnarf, schnarf!" Snarf scolded Lion-O about his vulgar vocabulary.

"Whoa! Sorry about my language, Snarf!" Lion-O apologized and nervously chuckled "I was just getting it out of my system, that's all."

Snarf scoffed as he folded his arms in disapproval.

"And the worst part of my problems and struggles besides carrying the burden of my father's legacy on my weary shoulders is that... I never really did got over Cheetara." Lion-O revealed, which made Snarf gasped in shock.

Lion-O quickly closed his mouth, realizing that he awkwardly revealed his feelings for Cheetara before speaking again "I've said that out loud, didn't I?"

Snarf nodded in yes.

"Okay, Snarf, if I tell you this, can you keep it a secret? Because I don't think Tygra's gonna like this, given how dangerously jealous he can really be. Believe me, I've been there myself, given how my jealousy Tygra and Cheetara's relationship put the three of in jeopardy."

Arthor's Note: That was a reference to Thundercats 2011 Episode: New Alliances.

Snarf shrugged his shoulders and nodded in not so sure.

Lion-O sighed and responded "Good answer."

"Snarf, what happened last night was that...I'm losing control of myself. Mumm-Ra cast a spell on me that not only enhanced my uncontrollable anger, it also brought out my inner demons that fed off my negative energy and I think that he's trying to turn me into a monster. If that happens again, I would end up hurting or killing everyone, especially the Thundercats." Lion-O confessed, which caused Snarf to shook in fear.

"And the worst part of it is that...I don't know what to do if that happens again." Lion-O sadly shook his head in discouragement with his eyes all watery, looking like he's gonna cry as he choked out "I'm doomed, no matter what. No matter what."

After hearing Lion-O admitted his own failures and fears to him, a remorseful Snarf hugged him and purred in a reassuring way, which kinda cheered Lion-O up.

"Thanks, Snarf." Lion-O obliged. "I just wish I would find a way to deal with my demons and do right by everyone because right now, I'm not happy and I'm this close to being...broken. Or in that case, a ticking timebomb setting to explode."

All of a sudden, both Lion-O and Snarf overheard a debate/argument that came from outside his chambers. Snarf helped Lion-O who is still tied up get closer to the door so they could hear the whole thing.

"Tygra, it's obvious that Mumm-Ra has everything to do with Lion-O attacking us last night!" Cheetara argued with her current boyfriend. "Why can't you see that?"

"Oh, come on, Cheetara, he tried to kill us last night!" Tygra replied, stating that his younger stepbrother was going to end their lives.

"He hasn't been himself!"

"I don't care!"

"ENOUGH, BOTH OF YOU!" Panthro raised his voice and both Tygra and Cheetara stopped arguing. "Let's all agree that Mumm-Ra is the reason why our King lost control and tried to take us out last night."

"Panthro's right." WilyKit agreed. "Mumm-Ra must've capitalized on Lion-O when he's at his vulnerability after Tygra botched the sparring section by making Lion-O lose his self-esteem yesterday."

"Yeah, and Mumm-Ra must've been using his dark magic mojo on Lion-O and just like that, Lion-O went berserk, single-handedly took down the Generals and tried to kill Pumyra with bloodlust in his eyes while at the same time trying to do the same thing to us and accused us for being disloyal." WilyKat stated. "So it obvious that…"

"Let me stop you right there, WilyKat." Tygra cut WilyKat off.

"Oh, come on!" WilyKat winced as he folded his arms in disappointment.

"We're not going back and forth on this, we'll have to accept the fact that Lion-O is a liability and a danger to all of us because of what he tried to do to us." Tygra stated. "Until we get the answers that we need, I'll be the acting King of the Thundercats from now on. End of discussion."

WilyKat began "Translation…"

"We're doomed." The Wilys blurted out the same sentence at the same time before the alarm rang.

"Now what?" Panthro demanded as the Thundercats raced toward the giant monitor that showed the image of Mumm-Ra's army attacking again.

"More trouble!" WilyKat answered.

"Looks like Mumm-Ra is at it again by sending his army to coming after us!" WilyKit added.

When they saw the image Pumyra on the screen, Panthro said "And this time, a certain backstabbing puma is leading the charge under the orders of that mummified handler of hers!"

"Well, if it's a fight they want, we'll be more than happy to give it them!" Tygra growled with a smirk as he charged to get the Gauntlet with the Sword of Omens sheathed in.

"But what about Lion-O?" Cheetara reminded and argued "We can't deal with Pumyra and the lizards without him!"

"Yes, we can, Cheetara!" Tygra argued back "We can't afford to be distracted by Lion-O and that impulsive behavior of his! We gotta take out the traitor Pumyra and those damn Lizards now while they're out here!" as he charged toward the bunker of the Thundertank.

With a disappointed look on his face, Panthro sighed "Looks like we'll have no choice but to carry on and fight on Lion-O's behalf." as he brought out his signature nunchuck as ran behind Tygra.

"Aw man!" WilyKat complained.

"That's not fair, Lion-O's the rightful leader and he's tied up in his chambers against his will!" WilyKit added before turned her attention to Cheetara, pointed the finger the finger of blame at her and angrily blurted out "I blame you for this, Cheetara! None of this happened if you…"

Cheetara cut her off "ENOUGH! We'll discuss this later, WilyKit because blaming me over Lion-O? I'm really taking offense to those accusations!" as she dashed off to catch up with Panthro and Tygra.

A disappointed WilyKat sighed "Come on, sis. Let's go help them out." as he and WilyKit ran to join the rest of the Thundercats in yet another battle with Mumm-Ra's army.

Outside of the Thundertank, Pumyra along with the Lizards in the hovercraft repeatedly taunted out "Thundercats! Come out and play!" as they circled around it.

A/N: That was a reference from the 1979 movie The Warriors where Luther, leader of the Rogues taunted the Warriors by clinking with three beer bottles on his fingers and taunted them with a song.

As he, Cheetara, Panthro, WilyKat and WilyKit came out of the cargo of the Thunder Tank, Tygra pulled out the Sword of Omens, pointed it Pumyra and responded "If that's how you want to play it, Pumyra, we'll be more than happy to oblige!" as they confronted the now former Thundercat.

"Where is that backstabbing, weak, pathetic excuse of a King of yours?!" Pumyra demanded. "I came here to finish what we started last night!"

"Yeah, well, our "King" is a liability due to his erratic and impulsive behavior last night, so you'll have to make due with us under my leadership instead!" Tygra replied.

"You?" Pumyra snorted as she let out a chuckle at Tygra's expense. "You couldn't lead the Thundercats let alone do it with one or two hands behind your back!"

That easily angered Tygra who tried to reply "Yeah, well, you're a…you look like…um, you look like you got what Mumm-Ra hid underneath his bandages shoved up your backstabbing, spineless ass!"

"Okay, can we stop with the cringeworthy back and forth and do something about these creeps?" WilyKat insisted.

"Yeah because I'm in a mood for kicking ass and crushing skulls!" Panthro answered as he cracked his knuckles, ready for a fight.

"Said the big bad panther who happened to be the descendant of Panthera, who foolishly rebelled against my master by aligning herself with Leo!" Pumyra blurted out by revealing Panthro's true heritage.

"WHAT?!" Tygra, Cheetara, WilyKat and WilyKit reacted.

"Wait, what?!" Panthro followed. "Are you telling me that I'm related to Panthera?"

"This has to be a lie, this has to be a damn lie!" Tygra ranted in disbelief.

"Oh, please! Deny all you want but what I said was true!" Pumyra scoffed as she continue to reveal "Mumm-Ra told me everything about Leo and Panthera leading all the animals into a rebellion against him, which led to his defeat and a presumed death a Millennia ago!"

"Heh, who would've thunk it?" Panthro shook his head, processing what Pumyra said to him. "I knew nothing of it until now."

"Yeah, well, what the hell does that make me?!" Tygra demanded, wanting to know about his ancestry.

"You'll know soon enough before you all die a slow, painful, agonizing and smoove death!" Pumyra turned to the Lizards and barked out "ATTACK!" as they stormed toward the Thundercats.

"Move out!" Tygra ordered as he, Panthro, Cheetara, WilyKat and WilyKit charged toward the Lizards with Tygra let out the battlecry "THUNDERCATS HOOOOOOOOOO!" before both sides clashed once again.

"Bring it on, lizardlips!" Panthro said as he swung his nunchucks at five Lizards and took down five more with his martial arts.

Tygra used his Bolo Whip to do the same while neutralizing them with the Stun Gun.

WilyKat and WilyKit threw the smoke bombs from the marble like capsules, blinding the Lizards as they tied up one of them to another by the waist with their signature ropes.

"Hey, where did these brats go?" One of the Lizards asked.

"They got to be around here somewhere!"

"Looking for me?" WilyKat caught their attention, waving his hand at them as the smoke cleared.

"And me?" WilyKit added.

"Let's get them!" One of the Lizards yelled as he charged toward WilyKat on one side and the other one ran toward WilyKat on the other, only to be yanked by the rope that pulled the Lizards back to one another and knocked their heads together, rendering them unconscious.

"Two down and a few more to go!" WilyKat said.

When she saw more Lizards charging toward them, WilyKit warned "Incoming Lizards at 12 o'clock!"

"Then let's jump for it!" WilyKat cried as the Wilys jumped out of the way when the Lizards tried to dogpile them both before they pull out another marble like capsules that contain knockout gas and threw them at the Lizards, rendering unconscious.

"Guess that takes care of them, sis." Said WilyKat.

"Yeah but we got still got more of them to deal with."

"I know but we can take them, the way we know how."

While Tygra, Panthro, WilyKat and WilyKit to take down the Lizards, Cheetara confronted Pumyra and the animosity between them became intense.

"You have some nerve showing your face here again after last night, especially when you toyed with Lion-O's emotions and feelings the way you did, Pumyra!" Cheetara shot at the female puma as they traded blows back and forth.

"Bitch, please!" Pumyra shot back with a smug on her face. "I'm not the only one who did that to Lion-O and had him crying like a little baby just because he deserved it, you did that to him too!"

"What the hell do you mean by that?" Cheetara demanded.

"You were so oblivious that he was in love with you despite all the signals you were sending him, you even had him thinking that he was before you hurt him the way you did!"

"As I recall, Pumyra, that was never my intention to hurt Lion-O by choosing Tygra as the love of my life, unlike you!" Cheetara argued as she took her down with the Judo Throw followed with the Cross Armbar.

"At least I never denied my intentions to hurt him for leaving me to die under the rumble of the fallen Thundera, unlike you!" Pumyra managed to counter the Cross Armbar by grabbing Cheetara by the throat, got back on her feet, lifted her up and slammed her on the ground before letting off the series of ground punches to her face.

"All that matters now is that he's now broken and it's only a matter of time before he succumb to Mumm-Ra's spell and ends up becoming a monster just like him!"

"So I was right!" Cheetara said, confirming that Mumm-Ra was behind Lion-O losing control and attacking everyone last night as she blocked Pumyra's punches and countered by using both of her feet to kick her in the chin followed with the Kip Up Hurricanrana and the series of mounted palm strikes to the face.

"Mumm-Ra did cast a spell that caused Lion-O to attack us but not only that, it must've brought out he's suppressed anger and…" Cheetara gasped a second before continuing "Rage? That spell brought out his dark side!"

"My, my, my." Pumyra took advantage of the state of shock Cheetara, headbutted her, punched her in the abdomen, pushed her off, kipped up and performed the 720° spinning kick to the back of her head while she's on the knees before she grabbed her in the back of her head and smashed her with the swinging back elbow, knocking her outcold.

Arthur's Note: The moves Pumyra did on Cheetara are references to the Robinson Special and the Hidden Blade performed by the famous British Pro Wrestler Will Ospreay who made a hell of a killing in New Japan Pro Wrestling, especially when he evolved his character as the leader of the United Empire.

"You finally figured it out by putting two and two together, Cheetara but it's such a shame that you won't live to play kiss and make up with Lion-O by the time the spell take over him and become Mumm-Ra's weapon of destruction!" Pumyra hissed manically.

When they saw Cheetara fell to Pumyra, Panthro turned to Tygra and said "Cheetara's in trouble! Pumyra completely knocked her out!"

"We gotta go help her! Come on!" Tygra directed as he and Panthro stormed to aid the unconscious Cheetara, only to be cut off by a laser beam at came from the Warbots that appeared out of nowhere.

"Shit! Mumm-Ra keep increasing his army and attacked us when we're at a disadvantage!" Tygra grunted as he slammed his fist on the ground in disbelief.

"We gotta head back to the ThunderTank and the Feliner so we can..." Panthro was cut off when they were hit by the explosion behind them.

When they became surrounded by the entire Lizard Army, WilyKat reacted "Oh, come on! Are we really doing this again?"

"What are we going to do to get out of this?" WilyKit asked as they dug into their

"You will go no further Thundercats!" Pumyra hissed as she picked up the unconscious Cheetara by the hair, placed her face-up across her shoulders and snarled "I told you that you're all going to get what you all deserve and I mean it!"

Arthur's Note: Uh, oh! Looks like Pumyra is setting Cheetara up with the Torture Rack, which famously used by Lex Luger, Hercules Hernandez and Ezekiel Jackson back in the days of Pro Wrestling.

"Let Cheetara go, Pumyra!" Tygra demanded.

"Never!" Pumyra responded as she hooked Cheetara's neck with one hand and her leg with the other to then pull down on both ends to flex her back, causing her to moan in pain as she stated with a bloodthristy look on her face "I'm going to enjoy torturing her before I snap her in half like a twig!"

"I really hate to say this but now's the time to use the Sword of Omens, Tygra." Panthro said, realizing that there's no other way.

Tygra smiled and bragged "I thought you never ask because it is now my time to use the sword the way I was meant to use!" as he pulled out the Sword of Omens, directed it to the sky and chanted out "Thunder! Thunder! Thunder! THUNDERCATS HOOOOOOOOOO!", only to find out that it didn't respond to his chant.

"Thundercats hoooooooooo!" Tygra tried it again but the result was the same.

"It didn't work." Panthro said.

"I-I-I don't understand." Tygra struggled as he shook his head in disbelief. "It should respond to me and turn into a sword!"

Pumyra laughed at his expense and gloated "You foolish, arrogant tiger! The reason why the Sword of Omens didn't obey your command because you are not a king!"

"Hey, I'm only acting King for the time being!" Tygra argued.

Pumyra shrugged off and replied "Oh, please! Just because a tiger like you was raised by a Lion King doesn't mean that you'll automatically take the throne after he was gone because you may be a royal Prince who was chosen by the cats to be their next king or was one if I remember correctly but you'll never be king as long as Lion-O is still alive and well!"

When she saw Tygra getting angry, Pumyra with an evil smirk on her face kept on taunting "You are just like your descendant who see things in a different view than Lion-O's ancestor, Leo!"

"Shut up, bitch!" Tygra snapped and roared as Panthro restrained him.

Pumyra laughed at his expense once again as she kept taunted him "It seems that I struck a very "jealous" kind of nerve, did I? Looks like you reverted back to a jealous stepbrother who's obsessed with being superior to his younger stepbrother in any kind of way except that both you and him treated Cheetara like a prize to be won, knowing that neither of you deserve her just because she dresses like a whore!"

"I said shut up!" Tygra tried to come after her but Panthro kept restraining him.

"Tygra, stop! You'll only give her the satisfaction of..." Panthro was cut off by the explosion behind him and Tygra when the Warbots fired missiles at them, knocking them down by the explosion's impact.

"Guess that proved my point." Pumyra stated and shrugged off "Oh, well. Scream for me, Cheetara!" as she jumped and slammed her feet on the ground, adding pressure on Cheetara's back, causing her to let an agonizing scream.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

When he heard Cheetara's screams echoing from the battlefield all the way to the ThunderTank that really caught his attention, Lion-O reacted "Cheetara! Oh, no! She and the Thundercats are in trouble! I've got to go help them!", only to realized that he's still tied up to the ropes.

"Whiskers." Lion-O muttered under his breath. "I'm all tied up. Go figure."

Lion-O struggled to get out of these ropes but to no avail and then all of a sudden, he felt like he's connected to the Sword of Omens.

"That's odd, I think the Sword of Omens is calling out to me, wanting me to say these words..." Lion-O closed his eyes and breathed slowly for a moment before blurting out ""Sword of Omens, come to my hand!"

Back on the battlefield, the Eye of Thundera/War Stone glowed as the Sword of Omens started to move on Tygra's hand.

"Now what?" Tygra asked.

"The Sword of Omens is...is...I think it's heading back to Lion-O." Panthro answered.

As he tried to hold on to the Sword of Omens, not wanting to let go of it, Tygra pleaded "NO! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!"

An annoyed Pumyra demanded "What the hell is this shit?" as she kept flexing Cheetara's back, still putting the pressure on it.

"No, don't leave me! You belong to me now! No, don't!" Tygra kept pleading but the Sword of Omens flew from his grip, flying toward the ThunderTank as he screamed out "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"Oh, brother." Panthro palmed his face in annoyance.

After flying inside the ThunderTank all the way to his quarters, which startled Snarf by the way, the Sword of Omens went to Lion-O's right hand.

"Wow! I guess being the wielder of the Sword of Omens does have it's wonders after all." Lion-O said as he cuts the ropes off his wrists, arms and legs to free himself and kipped back on his feet.

"Now to get to the others and...AAAAAAHHHHHH!" Lion-O screamed in agony as he cradled his head before pleading "No! No, not now!"

"Cut the catnip and let me take control, Lion-O! I want to wreck some havoc and spill some blood!" Dark Lion-O ranted, which scared Snarf who ran behind the bed and took cover.

Author's Note: Okay, okay! So I decided to call the Lion-O's inner-demon Dark Lion-O because he represents the opposite and the evil version of Lion-O due to him having suppressed feelings and emotions inside of him since Season 1.

"No! No, I won't! I have to go and save the rest of the Thundercats!" Lion-O protested before switching back to his evil half.

"You know you can't win!" Dark Lion-O snarled like a lunatic. "I will have this body and use it the way I see fit weather you like it or not!"

"I won't let you have the satisfaction of putting blood on my own hands!" Lion-O defiantly responded as he and his evil side got into a back and forth exchange.

"Not yet anyway but eventually, it will happen because all I need is some negative energy to make me powerful enough to take full control and go beast mode on those who stand in "our" way."

"No way, you monster! You can take your bloodlust and shove it right where it belongs!"

"Fine! Have it your way for now! I'll be waiting until the time is right!" Dark Lion warned as he relinquished control back to Lion-O who was panting and gasping for air.

"I have to go save the Thundercats and tell them about my inner-demon." Lion-O said as he attempted to leave his quarters.

Snarf halted, shook his head and protested "Snarf, Snarf, Snarf!"

"They'll be dead if I don't do something, Snarf!" Lion-O argued "Either way, they're as good as being in serious danger in all sorts of way!"

Realizing that he was right, a defeated Snarf moved aside to let Lion-O through.

"Thanks, Snarf." Lion-O obliged as he ran out of his quarters with the Sword of Omens in hand, grabbed his gauntlet, headed to his Thunder-Cycle and drove to the cargo door. "Jaga, please help me out on this one."

Arthur's Note: Lion-O's new signature vehicle, the Thunder-Cycle that debuted on Chapter 1 in this story is the same shape and size as Robin's Redbird from Batman & Robin movie in 1997 but the color will be Dark Blue with Thundercats insignia. It's waterproof, fireproof, bombproof, snowproof, dirtproof, heatproof and 100% high tech that has Laser Beams, Rocket Launchers, Wings that come out in front which allow Lion-O to fly in the sky, Radar and Tracking Radar.

After finally arriving at the battlefield, Lion-O yelled out "Hey, guys! You look like you could use some help!"

"Damn right, we do!" Panthro replied, smirking with relief.

"Lion-O!" WilyKat and WilyKit cheered in relief despite being surrounded by the Lizard Army.

Pymyra smiled like a cheshire cat, licking her lips and "Good because I want finish what I started last night!" as she threw Cheetara at Lion-O who caught her and held her in his arms while driving back to the ThunderTank.

"You can have your little cheetah back!" Pumyra said. "She put up a good fight but I bested her in the end because I wanted to get my scornful hands on you!"

When she opened her eyes while still feeling the pain in her lower back, Cheetara moaned "L-Lion-O? Is that you?"

"Yes, it me, Cheetara." Lion-O answered as he gently lying Cheetara next to the ThunderTank. "Looks like Pumyra really did a number on you."

Cheetara groaned in pain and admitted "She really did. That's what I get for underestimating the likes of her, that's really out of character for me to do that. Maybe I haven't been myself recently."

"Let's not worry about that for now, just rest and let me handle the rest, okay?" Lion-O said as he stroked her hair and kissed her on the forehead before turning his attention to Pumyra.

"So you wanted to finish me off, aren't you, Pumyra?!" Lion-O yelled as he pulled the Sword of Omens from his Gauntlet.

"You're damn right I do because I want to make you pay with your life!" Pumyra hissed as she shot a few arrows from her wrist-mounted crossbow at Lion-O, only to be deflected when Lion-O swung the sword to block them.

"Then be careful what you wish for, Pumyra because you're going to get it right now!" Lion-O responded as he extended the Sword of Omens into a full fledge sword by chanting "Thunder! Thunder! Thunder! THUNDERCATS HOOOOOOOOOO!" with the Eye of Thundera appeared on the sky.

When the Thunderkittens saw the Eye of Thundera flashing, their eyes glow yellow and they immediately took down a few Lizards.

"I don't know about you sis but i'm feeling energized all of a sudden!" WilyKat said as his brought his signature weapon called the Flank, which is a retractable reel of string or wire attached to a ring with three claw-shaped ornaments that he normally uses in incapacitate opponents or to reach high places.

"Yeah, me too!" WilyKit agreed as she got to her fighting stance.

"Let's get those annoying little cubs!" One of the Lizards ordered as they charged toward the Thunderkittens.

"Oh, yeah? We'll show you who's annoying when we get done with you, lizard lips!" WilyKat replied as he uses the Rope Dart fighting technique to take down the Lizard on his side while WilyKit once again used a marble like capsules but contained a smoke bomb, blinding the lizards, which allowed her to use a rope and tie them up on their feet.

Arthur's Note: I came up with idea of WilyKat adding the Rope Dart/Rope Javelin fighting style to his arsenal after seeing Jackie Chan using a horseshoe tied to a rope in Shanghai Noon and Jet Li using a firehose in Romeo Must Die.

When the smoke cleared, the Lizards saw WilyKit who blew a raspberry at them and attempted to chase after her, only to trip and fall down to the ground before WilyKit rendered them unconscious with a marble like capsule filled with sleeping gas.

"Enjoy your nap, reptile for brains!" WilyKit said, only to be grabbed from behind by one of the Lizards.

"I got you now little cub!" The Lizard Soldier said.

"Oh, no, you don't!" WilyKit replied as she stepped on the Lizard's feet, turned around and knocked him out with the backflip kick to the chin.

After backflipping a few times, WilyKit followed up by landing on another Lizard's head, tighten his neck with legs and did the Inverted Hurricanrana/Frankensteiner/Poison Rana on him, knocking him out followed with the kip up and knocked out the third Lizard with the 720° spinning kick to the face.

"This keeps getting better and better." WilyKit said.

After taking down the Lizards one by one with his Flank, using the Rope Dart fighting technique, WilyKat was surrounded by seven more Lizards.

"Now you're trapped, young cub!" One of the Lizards said.

"Not for long, lizard lips!" WilyKat responded as he swung his Flank at seven Lizards, knocking them all out.

Now standing back to back with his twin sister, WilyKat said "Normally we get hyperactive by the Candy Fruit but seeing the Eye of Thundera in the sky really brought out the Thundercats in us!"

"Yeah, I guess we're the Thundercats for a reason!" WilyKit agreed as they went on to take on the rest of the Lizards.

When he saw the Warbots approaching him, Lion-O aimed the Eye of Thundera/War Stone from the Sword of Omens at them.

"Now to neutralize the opposition!" Lion-O said as he fired the beam from the Eye of Thundera at the Warbots, destroying all of them in the process.

"Now that was bad ass." Panthro said with a smirk.

"Show off!" Tygra yelled at his younger stepbrother.

Lion-O shrugged off and replied "Whatever, Tygra." before turning his attention to 20 more Warbots approaching the battlefield.

"Looks like Mumm-Ra sent more of these machines to take all of us out but I'm about to fix that right now!" Lion-O said as he pressed one of the buttons and the Thunder-Cycle brought out a pair Rocket Launchers.

"Target locked…FIRE!" Lion-O pulled the right accelerator and fired all missiles from the Rocket Launcher that hit all 20 Warbots, causing all of them to explode.

When they saw the Warbots being destroyed, the rest of the Thundercats were astonished by Lion-O's actions.

"It's about time Lion-O did something right besides whining about things not having his way." Tygra said.

"What the hell are talking about, Tygra?" Panthro demanded, raising his right eyebrow. "Did you get hit in the head when you got your ass handed to you by Lion-O yesterday or did you resume that ridiculous sibling rivalry between you two?"

"Said the panther who left both WilyKat and WilyKit out and forced them to hunt for food when Mumm-Ra could've easily sent his Generals to capture and kidnap them or worse?" Tygra shot at the larger panther.

Author's Note: That was a reference to the Thundercats 2011 Episode 18: Survival of the Fittest. I thought Safari Joe was gonna appear at the time but boy, was I wrong. But don't worry, Safari Joe will make his debut in Bounty Hunters (formerly titled Watch Out for Mandora.) along with my version of Lynxana.

"Hey, they had to learn to fend for themselves since they've been complaining about the lack of food that we had while you and Lion-O were busy looking for that damn shortcut in the snowy mountain area!" Panthro shot back. "And if you ask me, Cheetara did that too!"

Author's Note: That was also a reference to the Thundercats 2011 Episode 17: Native Son, which is a Tygra origin episode.

"Watch what you said about my girl or else!" Tygra snapped at Panthro.

Panthro got in his face and replied "Or what? You'll whoop my ass for that kind of remark? Because I'll be more than happy to do the same, only a lot more painful than your ass handle!"

Both Tygra and Panthro growled at each other in a very intensive way until they heard Cheetara woke up and started moaning that caught her attention.

"We'll settle this later!" Tygra grunted.

"Damn right, we will!" Panthro grunted back as they both rushed to the ThunderTank and checked on Cheetara, whose faces is all black and blue.

"Cheetara, are you alright?" Tygra asked he and Panthro helped her up, cupped her face and gave her a quick kiss to the lips.

"Yes, Tygra." Cheetara answered, groaning in pain. "Pumyra was really ruthless."

"I guess that's what happens when we leave one of our own behind and let Mumm-Ra turn them evil against us." Panthro said.

"We didn't know that she was buried underneath the rubble of what used to the City of Thundera." Cheetara said.

"Yeah, all thanks to Lion-O!" Tygra scoffed. "If only he just grow up and stop being such a baby, we wouldn't..."

"Tygra, stop!" Cheetara cut him off and argued "Don't you think you blame everything on Lion-O enough?"

"Not until he..." Tygra paused when he looked down at Cheetara's cleavage and noticed that her bosom had gotten bigger.

"Tygra, what are you doing?" Cheetara demanded. "Why are you staring at me at a time like this?"

Tygra regain his composure "Oh, sorry about that, Cheetara. It's just that..." and then his nose started to bleed.

"You were looking at me below my eyes?!" Cheetara cut him off and reacted by slapping him in the face. "That is not the way to treat a woman like me! Just because my breasts had gotten bigger recently doesn't mean you get to do what you want with them, so stop it!"

"Sorry, Cheetara." Tygra nervously apologized to her.

"Although her breasts are amazingly the size of candy fruit except that they're way bigger." Tygra said in his thoughts, already having fantasies about Cheetara's much larger bosom that grew naturally.

Panthro shook his head in disapproval and muttered "Dumbass."

"I heard that, Panthro!" Tygra blurted out and both cats got in each other's faces again.

"Hey!" Cheetara yelled at both Tygra and Panthro, getting their attention. "Grow up, you two!"

"SHUT UP, CHEETARA!" Tygra and Panthro yelled back at her.

Cheetara became so angry, she slapped both Tygra and Panthro across their faces real hard and stormed away from them, leaving them both in a state of shock before they turned back to one another and yelled out "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" at each other.

After taking out all of the Warbots, Lion-O turned his attention to Pumyra and said "Now that I reduced them all to a scrap heap, Pumyra, it's finally your turn to get your comeuppance!"

"Oh, no, Lion-O, you're the one who's going to get exactly what you deserve for leaving me to die all alone!" Pumyra responded with hatred in her eyes.

"Stop using that same excuse over and over again, Pumyra!" Lion-O said. "I know what I did was wrong and inexcusable but that doesn't justify every single one of your actions against me and the rest of Thundercats!"

"Bullshit!" Pumyra hissed. "You know deep down that you are guilty for that!"

"Get over it, Pumyra!" Lion-O told her. "I'm done arguing with a two timing, backstabbing, mummy humping zombie cat like you!"

Pumyra became enraged and hissed out "HOW DARE YOU?!" as she charged toward Lion-O and shot a dozen arrows from her Wrist-Mounted Crossbow, which Lion-O easily deflected with his Sword of Omens before they clashed in an all-out brawl.

After disposing the Lizards, WilyKat and WilyKit turned their attention to the fight between Lion-O and Pumyra where they aggressively went back and worth.

"Looks like we're seeing another round of Lion-O against Pumyra, sis." WilyKat said.

"Yeah, except that it's about to be a repeat of last night!" WilyKit said, judging about how intense the fight really is.

"Why is that?" WilyKat asked.

"Because I can feel the dark aura starting to rise within Lion-O again." WilyKit answered.

WilyKat was startled by what his twin sister revealed, once again asking "Wait, you don't mean that his dark side is starting to come out again, is it?"

"I'm afraid so because I can tell that he's struggling to keep it under control while he was fighting Pumyra!" WilyKit answered, noticing Lion-O's body language during his fight with Pumyra.

When WilyKat saw Lion-O's eyes glowing red back and forth, he realized that his twin sister was right and said "Whoa! You definitely called it, sis!"

During the back and forth brawl between them, Lion-O and Pumyra delivered brutal blows to one another while Lion-O struggling to keep his evil side under control to prevent "himself" from taking full control."

After spitting blood from her mouth, Pumyra decided to taunt Lion-O even further "What's wrong, "my king?" You were able to give me what I had coming, and yet you were struggling to keep the dark side of yourself in bay! Is this the case of a mighty lion reverting back to little pussycat?"

"Why do you give a damn?" Lion-O retorted. "You were the one who gave in to the dark side before I met you and tried to save your ass before you showed your true colors! That's what I get for being too compassionate to those who needed help the most!"

"Ha! Your compassion makes you weak!" Pumyra insulted him. "That's why you're nothing like that proud and fierce father of yours, and most of all, you're weak and pathetic like the mother you never met and quite frankly…you never will!"

It made Lion-O so furious, he snapped with his eyes glowing red, roared loudly, stormed toward Pumyra and started beating her within the inch of his life while the inner demon in his head screaming out "YES! YES! THAT'S THE NEGATIVE ENERGY I NEEDED TO TAKE FULL CONTROL! I NEED MORE, MORE, MOOOOOORRRRRREEEEEE!"

"Lion-O, what you doing?!" Cheetara cried. "Lion-O, stop!"

"What the hell is he doing?!" Panthro demanded.

"I think he's trying to kill her!" WilyKat said as the Twins rushed to the three older Thundercats

"I knew it!" Tygra exclaimed. "I knew he would be doing something stupid and dangerous like this!"

"Tygra, how could you say something like that to your brother?" Cheetara asked with a disgusted look on her face.

"Because you know I'm right, Cheetara!" Tygra arguably stated "That's that unruly, irrational and impulsive behavior of Lion-O's I keep talking about!"

"Oh, and what about your behavior, Tygra?" Cheetara brought up Tygra's own flaws against him as she folded her arms. "Since when did you revert back to being a jerk of a big brother?"

"I'm a jerk?" Tygra reacted, taking offense to what she said to him. "Lion-O is the one being immature and not taking his responsibilities and duties as king seriously!"

"That's because you did nothing to help him deal with his problems ever since Pumyra betrayed us!" Cheetara argued.

"Neither did you!" Tygra argued back, angering his girlfriend.

"How dare you talk to me that way?!" Cheetara demanded, taking offense to what he said to her before continuing "And most of all, who's side of the argument are you on?!"

"What the hell is up with you and sides anyway?!" Tygra countered with a demanding question.

Arthor's Note: That was a reference to the Korra and Mako argument from The Legend of Korra: Book 2.

"Okay, is it me or is this resumed love triangle between Lion-O, Cheetara and Tygra started to really becoming uncomfortable and aggravating?" WilyKat awkwardly asked both Panthro and WilyKit when they're seeing both Tygra and Cheetara arguing back and forth

Panthro shook his head and answered "You're not the only one who felt that way, kid."

"That makes four of us." WilyKit added while Snarf nodded in agreement. "I feel like we've back to where we started despite accomplishing what Lion-O was trying to do when he became king."

"And I thought my trust issues in the past caused by Grune where problematic enough." Panthro said.

After beating Pumyra down to the ground, Lion-O with his eyes still glowing red and a sick smile on his face asked "Had enough yet?"

Pumyra on her hands and knees, once again spit blood out of her mouth and started laughing maniacally before answering "You're gonna have to do better than that because I will never stop until you die!"

"I was hoping you would say that, bitch." Lion-O said in his demonic voice, smiling like a Cheshire cat with his eyes glowing red before grabbing Pumyra by the back of her neck, causing her a groan in pain and hoisted her body above his head. "Now to break your entire body in two places!"

"No! I won't let you take control of my body!" Lion-O refused as he went back and forth with his darker side once again.

"Shut up, punk! Can't you see I'm doing you and the rest of the Thundercats a favor and put this bitch out of her misery?!"

"No, you shut up, you monster! I was trying to defeat her in order to get back at her for betraying me!"

"That's exactly what I'm doing! I'm doing that by killing her!"

"And have blood on my hands? I think not!" Lion-O argued as he slammed Pumyra to the ground.

"Oh, it's gonna happen weather you like it or not, you stupid hypocrite!" Dark Lion-O argued back "You can't contain your pent up rage forever, it'll eventually be unleashed when you least expected!"

"No, I won't let you!"

"Yes, you will!"

The rest of Thundercats were startled and shocked by what they've seen, even Snarf was shaking and shivering when he saw Lion-O fighting "himself" from inside the ThunderTank.

"Well, I'll be damned." Panthro swore.

"I knew it!" Cheetara stated. "I knew Mumm-Ra did something to Lion-O!"

"Turn out that you were right, Cheetara." WilyKat agreed.

"Well, what can we do?" WilyKit asked. "We need to help him somehow."

"I don't know yet, WilyKit but you're right, if we're going to help him, we have to find a way to reach and get him out of that state somehow." Cheetara answered.

"Unless he snaps out of it, we'll have to defend ourselves." Tygra said.

"Honestly, things could not get anymore weirder and unpredictable." WilyKat said, shaking his head in confusion.

"Stop it!" Lion-O yelled as he continued to struggle for control against his dark alter ego. "This has gone on long enough!"

"For once, I agree!" Dark Lion-O punched himself in the chest, causing the real Lion-O to groan in pain and relinquish control of his body to his darker half.

"Now stay put and let me have my fun!" Dark Lion-O was able to grab Pumyra by the neck again but she deflect his hand and rolled back from him.

"Another time, I'm afraid." Pumyra hissed before turning her attention to the defeated Lizard Army and barked out "Lizard Army, fall back for now!"

"Let's get out of here!" One of the Lizards cried as they all scattered from the scene, picking up the unconscious ones and carrying them.

"Cowards! Come back and face me!" Dark Lion-O roared in fury. "I'm not finished with you yet, you weak and pathetic pieces of shit!"

"Neither am I but don't worry "my king", you'll see me again later on." Pumyra reassured in a sinister way as she ran away from the scene.

"They seemed to be retreating for now." Panthro said.

"Just like that?" WilyKat wondered.

"Yeah, in a very bizarre way." Panthro answered, scratching the back of his head.

"At least, they're gone nonetheless." Tygra said as he decided to walk up to Lion-O. "Now to get to the bottom of this."

Cheetara furrowed her eyebrows and said "Wait, Tygra. We have to approach this with a calm and a open mind rather than escalate this any further."

"I know what I'm doing, Cheetara." Tygra assured her as he walked toward Lion-O. "That's why I'm asking him an important question."

"What you do want, you stupid tiger?!" Dark Lion-O demanded with a growl.

Tygra grabbed him by the collar and replied "Demanding like HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU MANAGED TO HAVE THE SWORD OF OMENS MAGICALLY COME TO YOUR HAND AND HAVE IT REMOVED FROM MY HANDS?!"

"Tygra, stop!" Cheetara yelled at him.

"Stay out of this, Cheetara!" Tygra countered before reverting his attention back to Lion-O. "Answer me! Answered me, god dammit!"

Lion-O in his possessed state replied by delivering a hard punch to the face that sent Tygra flying all the way to the ground.

"You stupid tiger! You tend to forget…" Dark Lion-O replied as Tygra kipped up back on his feet and charged toward him.

"You don't chose a weapon, the crown, the throne and the entire kingdom…" Dark Lion-O countered Tygra's attack, using his own momentum against him by leg sweeping him and deliver a hard elbow to the chest, sending Tygra crashing back down to the ground before continuing "They chose you!" as he kicked him in the ribs.

"And judging by your jealousy and the hate that's reverting back in your heart, you are worthy of none of those things!" Dark Lion-O berated Tygra as he once again kicked him the ribs that once again sent him flying in the air until he hit the tree.

"Damn!" Tygra muttered under his breath as spit out blood from his mouth. "He's really strong! He nearly killed me with that blow!"

"Do you want some more?!" Dark Lion-O demanded, only to be grabbed from behind by Panthro, who put him in the Full Nelson position with his hands clasped together.

"That's enough, kid!" Panthro roared as he restrained him before "What the hell is wrong with you?! Why are you treating us like we're your enemy?! What did we ever do you?! And don't tell me that Mumm-Ra cast a spell on you!"

"Obviously, Panthro." An annoyed Dark Lion-O responded by headbutting Panthro in the face, causing the taller and muscular panther to lose his grasp, followed with the uppercut to the chin that sent him flying to the ground, landing on the crown of his head.

"Panthro!" WilyKat and WilyKit cried as they were about to come to his aid, only to be halted by Dark Lion-O who roared at the Thunderkittens, causing in them to step back in fear.

Dark Lion-O reverted his attention back to Panthro and continued to lash out "My problem with all of you is that you treated me like an outcast just because I'm always different from all of you while you're still the same!"

"Is it because you're an idiot who can't admit his own flaws and downright stupidity?!" Tygra asked as he pulled out his signature Bolo Whip and used it on his possessed younger stepbrother but Dark Lion-O caught it and Tygra toward him to punch him right in the kisser.

"I'm not the only one who has that problem, you think you're all different than me just because I'm my own worst enemy like you said before when it's obvious that you're all equally as flawed as I am!" Dark Lion-O growled, only to be decked from behind by an angry Panthro.

"Don't you think we'd know that?!" Panthro angrily replied as he attempted to grab him by the throat, only to be surprisingly overpowered by Dark Lion-O who gorilla pressed him over his head.

"WHOA!" Thunderkittens reacted while Cheetara gasped, literally taking her breath away.

"Holy shit!" Panthro followed.

"How is that possible?!" Tygra demanded. "How did he get so strong all of a suddenly?!"

"That's none of your damn business, you stupid tiger!" Dark Lion-O viciously replied as he tossed Panthro onto Tygra, sending both crashing down to the floor.

"There's has to be someway to get him to stop!" WilyKit said.

"But how?" WilyKat asked. "He's probability gonna take out all of us while he's at that state!"

"Well, we'll have to try!" Cheetara said as she rushed to try to intervene in Dark Lion-O's rampage.

After getting off of Tygra, Panthro attempted to reason with the possessed Lion-O "Lion-O, wait! I know we never made it easy for you to be the king and our leader when we gave you a hard time in the past but there's no need to go any further than it already has!"

"Too late, Panthro!" A bloodthirsty Dark Lion-O shrugged off as he raised the Sword of Omens, ready to take out both Panthro and Tygra at the same time. "All of you hurt me way too times, and for that, I will kill every damn one you and enjoy every bit of it!"

"No, Lion-O! Don't!" Tygra pleaded, fearing for his life.

"Too late, Tygra! Prepare to die!" Dark Lion-O was about to swing the Sword of Omens at both Panthro and Tygra, threatening to kill them but Cheetara intervened, screaming out "NOOOOOOOOOO!" as she used her bowstaff to try to knock the sword out his hand but he maintained his grip on it despite being prevented from claiming the lives of Tygra and Panthro.

"Lion-O, stop! Stop it! That's enough!" Cheetara cried, begging him to stop.

"You two-timing cheetah!" Dark Lion-O furiously growled as he grabbed her by the throat, strangling her with his left arm.

"Don't think for one measly second that I forgot about you because you're gonna answer for leading men like me on and breaking their hearts at a snap of a finger!"

"L-Lion-O, s-s-stop! Y-You're ch-ch-choking me!" Cheetara struggled to speak as the possessed Lion-O continued to strangle her.

"Good, now you know how I feel." Dark Lion-O replied, sinisterly smiling like a Cheshire cat as he lifted up the Sword of Omens and pointed it at her. "And now, I'm going to finish what I didn't get the chance to finish last night! AND THAT IS TAKING YOUR LIFE!"

"LION-O, NOOOOOOOOOO!" Cheetara screamed at the top of her lungs, begging for her life with a fearful expression on her face as the rest of the Thundercats looked on.

Dark Lion-O was about to stab her to death but his right arm with the Sword of Omens in hand halted, foreboding him that Lion-O resumed fighting to regain control of his body.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" Dark Lion-O reacted. "WHY WON'T YOU LET ME KILL HER?! THAT CHEETAH SKINNED WHORE DESERVED TO DIE AND BURN IN THE FLAMES OF THE BOTTOMLESS BIT!"

"Cheetara is not a whore and I won't let you touch her, nor taking her life and spill her blood!" Lion-O responded as he and his dark/evil side kept struggling for control over his body.

"Why? Is is because you still have feelings for her?"

"It doesn't matter because I don't care anymore!"

"Oh, you do care! You can't deny what you're feeling anymore!"

"Shut up! You only wanted negative energy to make yourself so powerful!"

"That's the point! You clearly forgotten those who betrayed you, trying to take away what was rightfully yours!"

"I said shut up!"

"All the naysayers who conspire to destroy you, telling you that you don't deserve the legendary Sword of Omens, the crown, the throne, the entire kingdom, which was destroyed by the way, the favoritism of your fierce-hearted father and most of all...the hand of a beautiful cheetah who threw everything away, including her role as a cleric to be with a once again arrogant and jealous tiger skinned stepbrother who not only proved to be better, stronger, more skilled and superior to you but he also blamed you for the death of your mother." Dark Lion-O taunted Lion-O by revealing the true characters of his late father Claudus, Tygra, Cheetara and those who doubted and judged him.

"Hey, I resent that remark!" Tygra yelled, pointing his finger at him.

"Heh, Heh, Heh, Heh! Guess I just proved my point, did I?"

"I SAID SHUT UUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPP!" Lion-O screamed in agony as he let go of Cheetara, which allowed her to gasp for air.

Lion-O collapsed as he fell on his knee, gasping for air and clutched his head while the WilyKat and WilyKit attended to him and Panthro and Tygra got up and went to Cheetara to check on her.

"Lion-O, are you alright?" WilyKit asked. "You really had all of us worried for a moment."

"Yeah, you looked like you've been fighting against "yourself" from where we're seeing." WilyKat added.

"How's Cheetara?" Lion-O asked about Cheetara's well being.

After being helped back on her feet by Panthro and Tygra and regained her breath, Cheetara replied "I'm alright, Lion-O. At least, we're all still alive."

"No thanks to you, Lion-O!" Tygra spatted, pointed his finger of blame at his younger stepbrother. "That's the second time you tried to kill us! The more you do something like this, the more you made things worse for all of us!"

"Tygra, stop!" Cheetara yelled at Tygra, just as she was about to give Tygra another slap in the face but she was halted when Lion-O said "No, Cheetara, he's right."

Lion-O sheath the Sword of Omens back in his Gauntlet with a sad expression on his face as he admitted "I lost control of myself and hurt all of you. For that...I am so sorry."

"Don't be too hard on yourself, kid." Panthro reassured as he puts his hand on Lion-O's shoulder. "You haven't been yourself recently."

Lion-O sighed, realizing that Panthro was right before revealing "When I lose my temper or being consumed with negative energy, I lose part of myself and the dark/evil side of me comes to life in the form of my inner demon and he wants to take over my body."

"So that has to be Mumm-Ra's doing, was it?" WilyKat asked.

"Yeah, I just realized that when the evil side of me revealed it to me while he was literally inside my head, trying to get a rise out of me because he feeds off of the negative energy that makes him powerful." Lion-O answered.

"I knew it!" Cheetara exclaimed, confirming her theory. "I knew Mumm-Ra cast a spell on Lion-O, he must've did that after Lion-O walked away after his sparring match with Tygra went south yesterday!"

"Looks like you were right all along, Cheetara." Panthro agreed with her. "If Mumm-Ra is really behind this dark sorcery, then we have to find a way to break the spell and save Lion-O from that and "himself", literally."

"But how are we gonna do that?" WilyKat asked, concerned about how will that be done. "That inner demon is starting to let us how much of a threat it really is!"

WilyKit turned to Cheetara and said "Well, if you're still a Cleric, Cheetara, any suggestions on what we should do about helping Lion-O since Jaga passed all the knowledge of sorcery to you?"

Before Cheetara was going to answer, Tygra cut her off and said "She's not going to answer that question because I'm not buying what Lion-O said about his so-called "inner demon" as an excuse for that irrational behavior of his!"

"Tygra, this is not the time to..." Panthro tried to tell Tygra off but he was also cut off by Tygra who said "Zip it, Panthro! You're not gonna defend Lion-O in this either, you overgrown, muscleheaded, armless cat!", which made Panthro so mad, he got in his face and asked in a threatening manner "Are you really a gluten for punishment by my own hand, you arrogant little prick?!" as he balled his mechanical fists before he and Tygra got into yet another roar off.

"Boys, stop!" Cheetara halted both Tygra and Panthro from getting into another unnecessary fight and said "How could you two start another fight when Lion-O is suffering through Mumm-Ra's spell?"

"Oh, give me break, Cheetara! You know damn well that Lion-O is justifying how much of an idiot and a jerk he's been since Pumyra betrayed us!" Tygra argued. "I mean he's too much of a nice guy who always finished last when it comes to his compassion for any animal species outside our kind, which puts us in jeopardy and led to the fall of Thundera especially when he stupidly brung Pumyra in and let her toy with his affections!"

"Tygra, stop!" Lion-O said as he struggled to keep his composure. "You're doing exactly what my inner demon wants you to do!"

"Do what? Making it bigger by "feeding negative energy" as you claimed as it feeds on?"

"Yes!" Lion-O answered. "The more you do that, the more I lost control or even worse!"

"I heard enough of that, Lion-O!" Tygra countered as he started to reprimand and chastise his younger stepbrother, pointing the finger of blame at him. "You're the reason why we lost everything!"

"Tygra, don't…" Lion-O tried to beg Tygra to stop as his body started to glow in red aura and shook in pain but Tygra cut him off too and kept reprimanding and chastise him even further.

"Thundera fell at the hands of Mumm-Ra and our people have been enslaved…"

"I said don't…"

"You put the lives of other animals over the cats…"

"Tygra, I beg of you to stop!"

"Shut up, Lion-O! You don't deserve to be king and have everything! You don't deserve the crown, the throne, the entire kingdom, the Sword of Omens, our father's favoritism and most of all...

"TYGRA, STOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPP!" Lion-O screamed at the top of his lungs with his eyes glowing red.

"Stop what, STOP WHAT?!" Tygra angrily demanded.

"Don't bring Cheetara into this!" Lion-O warned in a snarling tone as he struggled not to give in his evil side. "Don't you dare."

"You don't deserve her because Cheetara is mine and mine alone!" Tygra responded by blurting out "And most of all, our mother is dead because you killed her by being born!", which shook the Thundercats to their core, including Lion-O.

"DAMMIT, TYGRA! I told you many times to stop!" Cheetara yelled at Tygra as she gave him another slap in the face, only for Tygra to unintentionally struck her in face as she fell down on the ground facefirst, cradling her face.

Panthro, WilyKat and WilyKit stood in shock, even Snarf gasped when he saw all of it through the window of the ThunderTank.

Tygra, who was filled with anger turned his attention to Cheetara, quickly became remorseful when he realized that he physically struck his girlfriend and rushed to attend to her.

Lion-O, who stood in shock for a moment became furious as he growled with his eyes glowing red and his body glowed in red aura, balls both of his fists.

"Now you done it, Tygra!" Lion-O roared, with his voice sounded demonically possessed again.

"No, kid! Don't…" Panthro tried to halt Lion-O but he was punched in the face by Lion-O who stormed toward Tygra and Cheetara.

"LION-O, NO!" WilyKat and WilyKit cried.

When he attended to Cheetara who was clutching her now battered face, Tygra apologized to her "Cheetara, I'm sorry. I am so, so sorry.", only to get a powerful uppercut to the chin, that sent him flying all the way to the ground.

"Dammit, Lion-O!" Tygra swore. "See what you made me do?!"

"Heh, you did that yourself, you stupid tiger!" The possessed Lion-O replied, shrugging off his accusations and kicked him in the rib cage once again. "This isn't the wimpy Lion-O that you've been bullying and looking down on for years, this is Dark Lion-O!"

"Dark Lion-O?" asked Tygra, who once again spit blood from his mouth.

"That's right, I'm the dark/evil side of him that he's been warning you about but you were too damn egotistical and ignorant to listen!" Dark Lion-O said. "I fed off of the negative energy that you unwittingly gave me and the moment you unintentionally struck that cheetah skinned slut, it was the last straw that broke the camel's back and Lion-O's anger gave me more energy I needed and I need one more to have complete control of this body."

"Like hell you are!" Panthro responded as he smashed Dark Lion-O on the back of his head with the Standing Double Axe Handle. "You maybe in his body thanks to Mumm-Ra and that evil spell of his but we won't give you the satisfaction of taking it away from him and do Mumm-Ra's bidding!"

After staggering for 5 seconds, Dark Lion-O recovered and knocked Panthro down with the hard headbutt to the face with the back of his head followed with the Backflip Kick to the crown of his head.

"You won't have to because I'll do it myself and I'll be having fun wrecking havoc and raising hell under the command of my master!" Dark Lion-O stated before switching back to Lion-O.

"No, I won't let you!" Lion-O yelled, once again struggling for control of his body against his dark/evil personality. "As long as I keep fighting, I'll make sure that you won't take over my body and hurt anyone in your way!"

"Looks like I'll have to resort to this." Dark Lion-O said as he showed the flashbacked that appeared "It's time I take you back on a trip to memory lane just to break your hold on me!"

"No, don't!" Lion-O pleaded but Dark Lion-O ignored his pleas he forced him to watch flashbacks of him learning how to wield the sword of Omens where his father told him that's not ready during the Ceremony of the Right of Passage, his resentment toward Tygra when his father treated Tygra like his favorite son, him being defeated by Tygra in a brief competition, the fall of Thundera which led to his father's death at the hands of Mumm-Ra, his battles with Mumm-Ra and his henchmen, him falling from a cliff when he and the Cats were ambushed by Slithe, Kaynar and Addicus, including memories of Pumyra's betrayal and the kiss between Tygra and Cheetara that started the rift between them before he was forced to rehear the same harsh and heart wrenching words that plagued him.

It's no wonder everyone thinks your brother should be king!

When it comes to everything except the crown, you're always going to be second place!

You have my loyalty and you showed you can more with that sword than just carrying it around.

A king would not have abandon his people when Thundera fell! A king would not have let his people be sold into slavery! And a king would've done something for them by now!

I believe in you with all my heart. It's just that my heart belonged to someone else. This doesn't change our relationship.

But it does. This changes everything.

After hearing those words, Lion-O screamed in agony before being consumed by his inner rage and powered up in red aura with red lightning striking from the sky as he underwent a physical transformation.

Back at the Pyramid, Mumm-Ra is watching the whole thing from the dark pool controlled by his evil magic.

"It seems that the spell has also brought out Lion-O evil personality as well, which makes it a lot more interesting." Mumm-Ra smirked. "Now that his rage is consuming him, he'll transform into a monster and he'll soon be mine to command and control!"

Back at the scene, Lion-O, who realized that he's about to lose himself, turned his attention to Cheetara and said "Cheetara, take this!" as he tossed the Gauntlet with the Sword of Omens to her.

"But why?" asked Cheetara.

"Because I trust you and the others to keep it out of Mumm-Ra's hands!" Lion-O answered, struggling to finish his sentence. "I'm…about…to…turn…into…a monster!"

"Now you're mine, Lion-O!" Dark Lion-O said, smiling like a cheshire cat as Lion-O's body slowly grew with his arms, legs and torso becoming muscular and feral, his mane growing longer and wild, his face grew into a monstrous snout and his fangs also become humongous as all of the Thundercats watched in horror, even Snarf was shaking and shivering when he saw it through the window of the ThunderTank.

Author's Note: Does that transformation reminded y'all of the Marvel Special: Werewolf By Night, The Wolfman 2010 and An American Werewolf in London? I know I'm not much of a Horror Movie Fan because I only watch Horror and Halloween related movies on the month of October.

After his transformation as a 8'0", 1400 pound monster was completed with him in full control of the body, Dark Lion-O in his now monstrous form let out a planet shaking roar that scared the animals in the forest.

"L-Lion-O?" WilyKit spoke. "Is that you?"

"Not anymore, kid!" A monstrous Dark Lion-O answered, revealing that he's now in full possession of Lion-O's body. "The Lion-O that you all know has been permanently preoccupied by me, thanks to Mumm-Ra and the incredible power that he possesses! And now that I'm finally free, I'm ready to cause nothing but destruction and bloodshed and leave a trail of dead bodies in my wake!"

"You-You monster!" Tygra blurted out.

"That's right, Tygra." Dark Lion-O confirmed with a smirk. "I am a monster, a monster that you all have created so that Mumm-Ra could bring it to life!"

"Bullshit!" Tygra shouted as he attempted to hit his Bolo Whip at Dark Lion-O but the monstrous lion grabbed it. "Aw, whiskers!"

"Nice try, Tygra!" Dark Lion-O said as he once again pulled the Bolo Whip and swung Tygra toward Panthro, sent both of them falling to the ground once again before he boasted "I'm way too strong and too powerful for all of you combined!"

"This is not been a good day so far!" Tygra complained as both of them sat back up and cradled both of their heads.

"Well, what did you expect, Tygra? Being an asshole to your brother, which turned him into a giant monster with a split personality that is big as your ego?" Panthro retorted sarcastically.

"My ego's not that big!" Tygra argued, taking offense to that remark. "You should've said that monster is as big as Cheetara's rack and assets!"

"I HEARD THAT, TYGRA!" Cheetara yelled at her boyfriend from a foot away.

"Sorry, Cheetara!" Tygra apologized to her, nervously rubbing the back of his head.

"Dumbass." Panthro muttered under his breath.

"Uh, guys, should we worry about a monster problem regarding Lion-O?" WilyKat reminded them.

"WilyKat's right, we need to do something!" WilyKit added, only to be roared at by the monstrous Dark Lion-O, which scared both of the cubs, causing WilyKit to jump into the arms of his twin brother.

"I like to see you try, Thundercats!" Dark Lion-O replied ferociously with an evil smirk. "But at the meantime, I got places to go and destroy, fear to bring and chaos and destruction to cause!"

"Catch me if you can!" Dark Lion-O laughed as he is currently stampeding and rampaging away from the scene, storm through the trees and knocking them down

"We have to stop him and find a way to save him before he does what he said he's gonna do and hurt anyone in his way!" Panthro said.

"I'll take the Feliner while the rest of you take the ThunderTank so we can try to chase him down!" Tygra barked out an order.

"RIGHT!" Panthro, WilyKat and WilyKit yelled in unison.

"Oh, uh, right!" Cheetara reluctantly followed.

"THUNDERCATS HOOOOOOOOOO!" Everybody let out their battlecry as Tygra went inside the Feliner and took off, flying all the way to the sky, Cheetara drove Lion-O's Thunder-Cycle back inside the ThunderTank and Panthro, WilyKat and WilyKit rushed to the ThunderTank with Panthro taking the wheel, the Thunderkittens went the backseat along with Snarf.

"All right, let's go!" Panthro said as he drove the ThunderTank away from the forest. "I hope we're not too late to save Lion-O from himself and stop the evil side of himself from doing what he said he was gonna do."

"Me too, Panthro." WilyKit agreed. "Mumm-Ra is really behind this all along!"

"So how are we gonna undo what Mumm-Ra did to Lion-O?" WilyKat asked.

"I supposed Cheetara should come up with the answers since she's the last living Cleric as she was supposed to be!" WilyKit angrily stated as she fold her arms.

"Speaking of which, what is Cheetara doing in the back?" Panthro asked.

"Hoping that she'll find a solution to this monster sized problem that we're facing." WilyKat answered.

"I hope that she does for Lion-O's sake because she owe it to the poor kid." Panthro said as he kept driving the ThunderTank.

After parking the Thunder-Cycle back to where it was, Cheetara who now realized that she helped hurt Lion-O and caused him pain, dropped on her knees, shed a tear and whispered "What have we've done? And most of all, what have done?"

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Back at the Pyramid, Mumm-Ra was once again overjoyed when he saw the latest results of the Monstrous Rage Spell he cast on Lion-O, which brought out the dark/evil side of him and turned into a 8'0", 1400 pound feral like monster when he absorbed a lot of negative energy.

"Perfection, pure perfection!" Mumm-Ra exclaimed. "Now that the spell has evolved in ways that I could dream of, Lion-O is now mine to control and the time has come to see the fruits of my labor when he causes destruction, mayhem and chaos in my name at the expense of his!"

Mumm-Ra turned to the statues of the Ancient Spirits of Evil and undergo the following invocation to summon the spirits to perform his transformation:

"Ancient Spirits of Evil, Transform this decayed form…into Mumm-Ra, the Ever-Living!"

Mumm-Ra grew several feet taller, roughly twice Lion-O's height and even more physically imposing than Panthro. His bandages are only seen in a few places on his body and his skin is charred-gray with demonic wings on his back. He wears gold armor with blue accents and bears a piece of gold armor on his chest that is emblazoned with his entwined serpent insignia.

"All right, Thundercats, let's see if you can try to save your beloved King when he is under my power!" Mumm-Ra, the Ever-Living laughed loudly as he flew from his Pyramid to the monstrous Dark Lion-O's location.

To be continued…

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Next Time on My Version of Thundercats 2011 Season 2: Lion-O, now a rampaging monster under Mumm-Ra's spell, causes utter destruction in the village and attack the other villages. In order to save Lion-O from himself, the Thundercats must resort to using an ancient spell to change their king back to normal. The only problem was that Cheetara and Wilykit can't get along because of their issues regarding Lion-O. Either they put their differences aside or they'll lose Lion-O to Mumm-Ra forever! And their efforts can come at a cost that could destroy the Thundercats forever! Will they succeed or will they lose Lion-O to Mumm-Ra's power forever? And what more surprises are going to be in store for our heroes regarding Cheetara and the Sword of Omens?

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Author's Note: Sorry I took too long but I finally got it posted before the year is over, that way I can finally resume the 43rd Chapter of G.I. Joe Trading Faces. The writing and how I portray the characters may not be my best but at least I tried my best. To those wanted to know why I characterized Tygra like that because the answered will be revealed at the end of the next chapter but no spoilers at this time. And again, I seek for a co-writer who can help me co-write this story in order to continue on, so we could discuss what to add and everything.

Before I go, I would like to pay tribute to the passing of Celebrities, Actors, Actresses, Singers, Rappers, Artists and my Childhood Heroes that passed away this year, may they all Rest in Peace, Rest in Paradise and Rest in Power.

In Loving Memory of:

Sidney Poitier (We love you and we thank you Mr. Tibbs!)

February 20, 1927 - January 6, 2022 (aged 94)

❤️
Bob Saget (y'all remember Full House?)

May 17, 1956 - January 9, 2022 (aged 65)

❤️

Max Julien (the Mack)

July 12, 1933 – January 1, 2022 (aged 88)

❤️

Meat Loaf (He said he'd do anything for love and he did!)

September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022 (aged 74)

❤️

Louie Anderson

March 24, 1953 – January 21, 2022 (aged 68)

❤️

Ivan Reitman (He directed my all time favorite movies, Ghostbusters 1 & 2)

October 27, 1946 – February 12, 2022 (aged 75)

❤️

Scott Hall a.k.a. Razor Ramon (One of the founding fathers of the n.W.o.)

October 20, 1958 – March 14, 2022 (aged 63)

❤️

Traci Braxton (of the Braxton Sisters)

April 2, 1971 – March 12, 2022 (aged 50)

❤️

Gilbert Gottfried (Another voice from my childhood who voiced Iago from Aladdin and Mr. Mxyzptlk from Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League Action)

February 28, 1955 – April 12, 2022 (aged 67)

❤️

Archie Eversole (Rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. Remember that song "We Ready")

July 26, 1984 – April 3, 2022 (aged 37)

❤️

DJ Kay Slay (Disc Jockey from New York City)

August 14, 1966 – April 17, 2022 (aged 55)

❤️

Jewell (Female R&B Singer who was the 1st Lady of Death Row Records)

June 12, 1968 – May 6, 2022 (aged 53)

❤️

George Pérez (The Artist that drew comic books for Marvel and DC)

June 9, 1954 – May 6, 2022 (aged 67)

❤️

Ray Liotta (From Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas Fame)

December 18, 1954 – May 26, 2022 (aged 67)

❤️

Trouble (Rapper from Atlanta, Georgia)

November 4, 1987 – June 5, 2022 (aged 34)

❤️

Philip Baker Hall (He was in the Rush Hour movies)

September 10, 1931 – June 12, 2022 (aged 90)

❤️

James Caan (who was in The Godfather, Rollerball and Misery)

March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022 (aged 82)

❤️

Paul Sorvino (who was in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas as well.)

April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022 (aged 83)

❤️

David Warner (who was in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze, Scream 2 and played Ra's al Ghul in Batman the Animated Series and Batman Beyond episode Out of the Past)

29 July 1941 – 24 July 2022 (aged 80)

❤️

Bill Russell (Legendary NBA Player who was an 11-time NBA Champion that played for the Boston Celtics)

February 12, 1934 – July 31, 2022 (aged 88)

❤️

Star Trek icon Nichelle Nichols (Actress that played Nyota Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series and it's film sequels.)

December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022 (aged 89)

❤️

PnB Rock

December 9, 1991 – September 12, 2022 (aged 30)

❤️

Jesse Powell (known for his legendary song titled "You".)

September 12, 1971 – September 13, 2022 (aged 51)

❤️

Olivia Newton-John (famously for her role in the movie Grease)

26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022 (aged 73)

❤️

Coolio (Y'all remembered his legendary hit "Gangsta's Paradise"? I still couldn't believe he's gone)

August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022 (aged 59)

❤️

Antonio Inoki (Legendary Pro Wrestler from Japan)

February 20, 1943 – October 1, 2022 (aged 79)

❤️

Angela Lansbury (She was in Murder, She Wrote and Beauty and the Beast)

16 October 1925 – 11 October 2022 (aged 96)

❤️

Takeoff of Migos (I wasn't a huge fan of the rap group or their music but I decided to put my feelings aside and pay my respect and offer condolences to Offset, Quavo and their families for their tragic loss. We got to stop hurting and killing one another!)

June 18, 1994 – November 1, 2022 (aged 28)

❤️

Aaron Carter (Younger brother of Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys who was a Child Pop Star)

December 7, 1987 – November 5, 2022 (aged 34)

❤️

Hurricane G (Female Rapper from Brooklyn, New York)

1970 – November 6, 2022 (aged 52)

❤️

Tame One of the Hip Hop Group, Artifacts

March 20, 1970 – November 6, 2022 (aged 52)

❤️

Kevin Conroy (The Legendary and Iconic voice Batman. He'll always be my favorite voice of the Dark Knight.)

November 30, 1955 – November 10, 2022 (aged 66)

❤️

Gallagher (A Comedian known for smashing watermelons.)

July 24, 1946 – November 11, 2022 (aged 76)

❤️

Jason David Frank (Famous for his role of Tommy Oliver in the Power Rangers Franchise.)

September 4, 1973 – November 19, 2022 (aged 49)

❤️

Don Newkirk (an Artist, musician, composer and record producer. His infamous voice-overs on albums such as De La Soul's Three Feet High and Rising and the 3rd Bass' song The Gas Face are ingrained in the collective subconscious of the hip hop community of the world forever!)

1967 - November 26, 2022 (aged 55 years)

❤️

Irene Cara (A Singer and an Actress who sang and co-wrote the song "Flashdance… What a Feeling" (from the film Flashdance), which won her an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performace in 1984.)

March 18, 1959 - November 25, 2022 (aged 63)