Chapter 2

Lion-O and Cheetara raced toward the Tower of Omens in the ThunderTank. Lynx-O had promised to have the Thunderstrike ready when they got there.

"Can this thing go any faster?" Cheetara asked.

"I'm already pushing her to the limit. If I blow the engines, we aren't going to be moving at all." Lion-O told her. The rest of the ride was silent except for the screaming of the ThunderTank's engines.

They pulled into the Tower of Omens vehicle bay almost fifteen minutes after they got WilyKit's communication. As fast as they could, Lion-O, Cheetara, and Lynx-O jumped into the Thunderstrike.

"All systems go for launch in 5… 4… 3… 2… 1! Blast off!" The Lord of the ThunderCats shouted. With that the Thunderstrike shot off into space.

WWWWWWWWWW

"Do you really think you can beat me! I'm bigger, stronger, and more powerful than ever before!" The mighty Mumm-Ra bellowed. He raised his hand and sent a blast of energy at Cat's Lair. The Lair shook and parts of the walls started to crack.

"Fire!" Panthro shouted. He and Ben-Gali pulled the triggers on their laser cannons. The blasts hit the ancient mummy but all he did was laugh.

"Is that the best you can do!" Mumm-Ra roared.

"Switch to missiles! Fire!" Panthro ordered. Again the ThunderCats quickly pressed a set of buttons and pulled the triggers. The missiles fired toward their target but Mumm-Ra acted fast and shot energy blasts from his hands. The energy blasts detonated the missiles in midair and shook Cat's Lair. Ben-Gali and Panthro were thrown from their seats.

Down in the control room, alarms and warnings were going off. Tygra raced to a blinking panel and read the information it offered.

"We have structural damage. We need to help Ben-Gali and Panthro keep that mummy away from here." He said. Quickly, he raced out of the room and down to the vehicle bay. Jumping in the Hover Cat, the tiger took to the sky. Pumyra followed him and jumped into the Thunder Claw.

The two fired at the flying mummy. They hoped to wear him out until he had to return to his pyramid to regain his strength but they had already been fighting for almost two hours and Mumm-Ra showed no sign of slowing down. Pumyra and Tygra fired their lasers at the ever living source of evil.

Mumm-Ra was distracted for a few seconds and this gave Panthro and Ben-Gali time to fire some more missiles. This time they hit their target and drove the mummy back. Both sides continued to fire and bombard Mumm-Ra. Suddenly, there was a flash of light and the mummy was gone.

"Where did he go?" Pumyra asked over the radio.

"I don't know but lets get back to the Lair and see how we can repair the damage." Tygra said.

"Right, lets go." The puma answered. Quickly, the two returned their vehicles to the bay and raced up to the control room.

When the reached the control room Panthro and Ben-Gali were already there looking over all the blinking screens.

"It seems we have sustained some damage on the front and right side of the Lair." The panther said.

"Do you think we can repair it before Mumm-Ra comes back?" Pumyra asked.

"I don't know. A patch job might only hold for a little while and then we'll be back in the shape we are now." Tygra said glumly.

"How long is it until Lion-O and the others make it here?" Ben-Gali asked.

"At least three and a half hours." WilyKit piped in.

"Well, here's the plan. We have to do something for the Lair otherwise she won't hold in another attack. I say that we patch the worst spots and make sure that all the weapons are operational." Panthro said.

"I'll help you patch while Pumyra and Ben-Gali can check the weapons." Tygra offered.

"If we're going to do it…" Panthro started.

"Let's do it!" Everyone finished.

To Be Continued…

A/N: I'm going camping this weekend. The next chapter probably won't come until Wednesday the 21st of June.