Chapter 6
"So what is your plan of action?" Panthro asked the Lord of the ThunderCats. Lion-O sat back in his chair and gave his friend an unsure look.
"I think that until Mumm-Ra and the Mutants rear their ugly heads that we can't do anything. However I really don't want to wait until they cause trouble either." He said.
"Maybe it's time we called a counsel meeting. We have to update the others anyway. Hopefully a group talk will help us make a decision." The panther suggested.
"An excellent idea, old friend. You call the Feliner and brief them. I'll round up the others and meet you in the counsel room in ten minutes." Lion-O told him. Panthro nodded and dialed up the Feliner on the large screen in the control room.
Cheetara, WilyKit, WilyKat, Snarf, Snarfer, Panthro, and Lion-O all sat in the counsel room, trying to come up with some sort of plan. Now that Third Earth was protected by the Thunder Guard, they had to make a good decision. More lives were at stake and no one wanted any chance of unnecessary deaths.
"The transport ships haven't been completed and our best way to Third Earth would be the Feliner and the ThunderStrike. Unfortunately, the soonest either vehicle could reach our destination would be ten hours." Panthro told the group.
"How long would it take to finish the transport ship?" Cheetara asked.
"Even with the engineers that stayed behind it would take almost a week." The panther said.
"Well we can't wait that long. How long would it take to overhaul the Feliner and ThunderStrike?" Lion-O wondered.
"I have to rewire everything and adjust the size of the fuel tanks. Just the Feliner alone would take two weeks at the minimum." Panthro informed him.
"Two weeks? Ugh." WilyKat said.
"I'm with Kat. Ugh." His sister Kit piped up.
"There's no way to circumvent the existing wires and just attach a larger fuel tanks? Snarfer, snarfer." The younger of the two Snarfs wondered.
"I built the Feliner and ThunderStrike to have just enough room for the existing wires. We didn't have a lot of excess metal when I built those puppies and the amount of wiring and where I'm going to feed it will be different for both vehicles. There is also the Braille Board to consider. It isn't an impossible job just something that will take longer than what we could have." Panthro explained.
"All right, well what's the next idea?" Snarf chimed in, all too eager to change the subject. He didn't mind flying but it was something he'd like to avoid.
"We know that Mumm-Ra will likely attack Third Earth because he believes the Thunder Guard wouldn't be as much as a threat to him as we would be. So why don't we surprise him?" Cheetara wondered.
"What do you mean?" WilyKit asked.
"Well the transport ships can get from Third Earth to New Thundera in approximately an hour and a half. What if we had one of the transport ships come back to New Thundera and pick a few of us up? Then in a matter of three hours we would ThunderCats on Third Earth and Mumm-Ra won't be expecting that." The cheetah explained.
"Hmmm, that sounds like an idea. We order the Thunder Guard to keep the plan under wraps. Then should Mumm-Ra attack Cat's Lair, those that go can pop out and surprise him." Panthro nodded.
"That'll scare him right of out of his bandages." Kat smirked.
"All right, then I guess it's settled. Who should go to Third Earth?" Lion-O asked. The group looked at each other.
Back on Third Earth, the Mutants scoured the furthest corners of the desert planet looking for what Mumm-Ra said they should find.
"So what are we looking for again?" Monkian asked.
"The Amulet of Seti, you fool." Slythe admonished him.
"And what does it do?" The monkey just never learned.
"It controls cats and in this particular case, ThunderCats. Mumm-Ra will order them to destroy each other and then the Sword of Omens and the Eye of Thundera will be ours. Now get back to work!" Slythe smacked Monkian upside the head with his tail. Vultureman watched the whole exchange. It was true that if the amulet still existed it would destroy the ThunderCats but he seriously doubted that Mumm-Ra would share in all his new found power and wealth. The mummy had double crossed them before and it wouldn't take much to do it again.
To Be Continued…