Chapter 5
Lion-O sat in the control room on New Thundera and waited to hear from the Feliner. They had called earlier and explained the situation, so he was happy to hear that everything had worked out ok. Now they were to call once they were half way through their trip, just to check in.
The Lord of the ThunderCats continued to scan the planet for any signs of bad activity. It had been quiet as of late and personally he was getting a little suspicious. He hated feeling like that but since their arrival everyday had brought trouble. The doors to the control room opened and he turned from the computer.
"Still nothing from the Feliner?" Panthro asked.
"No, but I expect any minute they'll get in touch. Any ideas about the troop transport having the wrong coordinates?" Lion-O wondered.
"I figure it might have been pilot error. I mean there are only so many times you can fly in a simulator. The experience with the real thing is something completely different. That and they're under a lot of stress." The panther said.
"I know but it just seems that if they used the programmed coordinates it shouldn't have been a problem." Lion-O told him.
"Well I'm having the engineers run some tests and look over the circuits. It's possible there was a malfunction but with my baby I doubt it." Panthro smirked. Lion-O smiled at that and the two turned to the computer screen. A few minutes later, a call came in.
"This is the Feliner calling New Thundera. Come in New Thundera." The video screen came up and the ThunderCats could see each other.
"New Thundera here. Go ahead Feliner." Lion-O instructed.
"Well so far so good. We should be there in about five hours." Ben-Gali smiled.
"Good. We have your rooms ready to go. I bet you guys will be exhausted." Panthro said.
"I could use a good cat nap." Tygra piped up. The group shared a chuckle but the laughter was soon over as the control panels went crazy.
"We have an emergency broadcast coming in. Sorry to cut things short." With that Lion-O ended the call and brought the other to the screen.
"Mandora Evil Chaser First Class calling New Thundera. Come in New Thundera."
"New Thundera here, this is Lion-O go ahead."
"The Mutants have escaped from Captain Bragg's Circus Train. Mumm-Ra impersonated me and broke them loose. By now they could be anywhere. I imagine they'll be coming to Third Earth or New Thundera." Mandora said.
"Not good. Those recruits aren't trained to deal with Mumm-Ra." Panthro shook his head.
"Thanks for the heads up, Mandora. We'll keep you and the Intergalactic Police informed if we see or hear anything." Lion-O told her.
"Good. Mandora Evil Chaser over and out." The call ended and Lion-O looked at Panthro.
"I knew things were too quiet." He said.
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Mumm-Ra stood before his bubbling cauldron on Third Earth. Slythe, Monkian, Jackalman, and Vultureman stood on the other side of it; none of them wanting to admit that they still got the willies from the mummy's first onyx pyramid.
"Why are we still here? We should be rebuilding Castle Plundarr, yessss?" Slythe asked. At this Mumm-Ra smirked.
"The four of your rebuild Castle Plundarr all by yourselves? Ha that is a good one." He said.
"We had slaves before, we can find more." Monkian told him.
"Silence! I will have no more talk about your pitiful excuse for a fortress! You owe me for saving your sorry behinds yet again! If all goes according to plan you can make Cat's Lair your new home." Mumm-Ra effectively silenced them.
"We're listening, oh great one, yessss." Slythe said.
To Be Continued…
I'm going away next Saturday so I don't know if I'll be able to post then or not. I'll try to get something up as soon as I can after that. Thanks. :)