Chapter 8
Cheetara's eyes went wide. The damage caused by fighting with Mumm-Ra might be more serious than she thought. She looked over at Lion-O. He had just finished helping WilyKat and he had shifted over to Tygra. It looked as though the tiger had successfully stabilized and bandaged his white brethren. Lynx-O was helping the best he could. Suddenly she felt something tugging on her uniform.
"Don't say… anything to… anyone." Pumyra pleaded. Cheetara only smiled and quickly went about setting the puma's leg. About twenty minutes later, the cast was in place and some of Pumyra's pain had subsided. The next step was to scan her and find the damage to her internal organs.
Cheetara continued to work in silence, trying to process everything that she had been told and now what she saw on the screen. The puma was right. However with her limited medical experience, the cheetah had no way to know if the cub would be all right. There was no internal bleeding but being thrown about by Mumm-Ra definitely wouldn't have been a good thing. Pumyra's broken ribs had forced her to breathe irregularly.
"How bad is it?" Lion-O interrupted her thoughts.
"She's broken two ribs on her left side and three on her right side. I don't know where to go from here." Cheetara explained. She wanted to tell the lion about the other thing but she didn't want to break the puma's confidence.
"I guess we'd better ask Tygra." He said. Cheetara only nodded as the Lord of the ThunderCats went over and brought the tiger to the scanner.
"How are you feeling?" The cheetah asked him.
"Well I've been better. Pumyra was right. I pulled the muscles in my abdomen and I have to take it easy. Had the stitches still been in I'd have ripped them. I guess my body doesn't heal as fast as it used to. The energy burns will get better soon." Tygra smiled.
"She's been right a lot lately." Cheetara muttered.
"What was that?" The tiger wondered.
"Nothing. What are we going to do about her ribs?" She asked.
"Well that's what stinks about broken ribs. The only thing we can do is give her pain medication. It will probably take two months for them to heal. The worst part about it is that we can't let her lay around too much because lung infections could set in." Tygra explained. At this Cheetara remained silent. The tiger gave her a strange look.
"Are you ok?" He asked. The cheetah looked around the room to see who was there. Only a sleeping WilyKit and Ben-Gali were there besides Tygra, Pumyra, and herself. Lion-O must have gone off to help Panthro.
"What is it?" The tiger wondered.
"You must swear not to say anything to anyone what I'm about to tell you. Pumyra trusted me and now I have no choice but to tell you." The cheetah's voice was barely above a whisper. Tygra still had a confused look on his face as she continued.
"Pumyra is pregnant." At this, the tiger's face lit up.
"That's great!" He whispered. "I'm glad you told me. The pain medication could harm the cub. I promise to keep quiet." Immediately, Tygra set to work finding some safe medication while Cheetara moved the puma back over and into a bed. About ten minutes later, Tygra came over with a bottle in his hand.
"I only have a limited amount of these and somehow I'll have to figure out how to make more. The pills last twelve hours so maybe she'll be able to help me with the chemical makeup or some sort of replacement." He explained.
"We may not have that long." Panthro said interrupting them as he walked into the room. "Mumm-Ra is back."
To Be Continued…
