Chapter 16

All the ThunderCats stood in the Tower of Omens' control room along with the reservists. Mumm-Ra's crown still held the Eye of Thundera and they didn't exactly know how to get it out.

"Can we pop it out?" WilyKit asked.

"Good Jaga! That might destroy it!" Lion-O quickly tried to dispel that idea. WilyKit gave him a look.

"I was just trying to be helpful." She muttered.

"Sorry, Kit. We just have to be careful." He apologized. Ben-Gali picked up the crown and took a look at the Eye and how it was sealed to the headdress.

"I could try to melt the metal surrounding the Eye of Thundera but that might be too risky. Any type of forging or breaking might cause the Eye to come apart. In fact, when and if we get the Eye separated, I don't know if I'll be able to forge it back into the hilt of the Sword." The white tiger explained. Panthro took the crown from Ben-Gali and looked at it.

"Unfortunately, I don't see how I would separate it either. Any piece of machinery I could engineer would present the same problem, about damaging the Eye." The panther said.

"So what's our next option?" Cheetara asked. Tygra took the crown from Panthro and looked at it. The architect in him wondered about the strength of the material surrounding the Eye and how easily it would break but before he could say anything, Pumyra spoke up.

"A spell was cast to separate the Eye from the Sword, so a spell maybe the only way to bring them back together." She said. The room was silent.

"There is one person who can fix this. Only one person with enough good in them and that is Mumm-Rana." The puma told them.

"Of course," Lion-O smiled, "Good thinking, Pumyra."

"Wait a minute. Who is Mumm-Rana?" Colonel Cougara asked.

"Mumm-Rana is the opposite of Mumm-Ra. She stands for good and is just as powerful as Mumm-Ra. We needed her help to defeat Princess Luna." Snarf explained.

"Princess Luna?" One of the reservists asked.

"She was Luna of the Lunatacs. When she wore the magic belt that Amok destroyed, she became a force to be reckoned with." Panthro explained.

"Mumm-Rana has to be able to help us." WilyKat spoke up. Everyone shook their heads in agreement. Lion-O then turned to Colonel Cougara.

"Colonel we appreciate all you and your troops have done for Third Earth and for us. But I do believe that it is time for you to return to New Thundera. Make sure your ship is refueled and you have enough supplies." The Lord of the ThunderCats said.

"But Lord Lion-O, how we will know if you've fixed the Sword of Omens?" Colonel Cougara asked.

"Trust me, you'll know." Lion-O smiled. The cougar nodded and turned to his troops.

"Ten-hut!" They immediately formed into ranks. Colonel Cougara moved to the front and they walked out of the control room and down toward the hanger bay.

"All right, we need to leave some of us here and probably send a few over to Cat's Lair to monitor anything suspicious." Lion-O told the group.

"I'll stay here and use the Braille Board to monitor the systems." Lynx-O volunteered.

"Thank you, Lynx-O. Pumyra, I think you should stay with him." The Lord of the ThunderCats said. The puma was about to object when Ben-Gali put his hand on her shoulder.

"I'll stay at the Tower as well." He offered.

"All right, Snarf and Snarfer can you guys go to Cat's Lair?" Lion-O asked.

"You bet, snarfer, snarfer." The younger snarf said.

"Can we get a ride? My feet are killing me." Snarf complained.

"We'll drop you off on the way then." Cheetara smiled.

"Well, ThunderCats, if we're going to do it…" Panthro started.

"Let's do it!" Everyone finished.

To Be Continued…