A/N: Sorry this took longer than I thought. I couldn't get on the computer for more than twenty minutes at a time to save my life. Anywho, I hope you enjoy it and thanks for your patience.
Chapter 10
Cheetara looked at Panthro and saw the mighty panther pull his nun-chucks in front of him. He held them tight with the ends only being held up by his thumbs. The panther had his palms out toward them as if to say he was giving up. She knew that he didn't want to hurt the Thunder Guard members but if they had no choice they would have to.
The cheetah flipped her bo-staff to do the same as Panthro but the Thunder Guard continued to advance. The ThunderKittens saw what the elder ThunderCats were doing and made an almost imperceptible move of their heads. Panthro's incredibly trained cat's eyes saw the move and his eyes widened. WilyKit and WilyKat took this as a 'yes' and slowly reached into their pellet pouches. They both pulled out two capsules and slowly brought them for all to see. Then the Kittens nodded to each other and threw the pellets down.
Smoke billowed in the room and the ThunderCats headed for the door. Mumm-Ra coughed but Vultureman just laughed as the control room door could be heard to have opened.
"Thunder Guard after them!" He commanded. The soldiers were disorientated for a few seconds but they soon found their way out the door. Mumm-Ra and Vultureman stepped out into the hallway until the smoke cleared inside Cat's Lair's center of operations.
"I think you give those ThunderCats way too much credit Mumm-Ra. They fled like little babies." The vulture laughed.
"I thought we were going to control the ThunderCats. If those Thunderians kill them, how are we going to get Lion-O and the Sword of Omens? Their blasted leader will come over here and use us as target practice." Mumm-Ra ignored the over confident Mutant's remarks.
"You wanted him and the others here. Killing the others would certainly bring that cub to us. If he is angry, he'll attack without thinking things through. He'll make mistakes and we'll get what we want much easier. Don't forget you miserable mummy, I'm not as dumb as my compatriots." Vultureman squawked.
"Oh ssso we're dumb. Did you hear that Monkian?" The sudden appearance of Slythe and the other two Mutants caused Mumm-Ra and the transformed vulture to spin around.
"That's what I heard the traitor say." Monkian agreed with the reptile.
"Well well, so you finally decided to show up. Out in the desert long?" Vultureman challenged.
"You forgot that sand is grate for leaving footprints and it makes it easy to hunt prey." Despite the vulture's new size and strength, Slythe came right back with his own challenge.
"Mutants, I'm sure that we can work something out together." Mumm-Ra interrupted the pissing contest. They gave the mummy a look.
"The Thunder Guard is after the four ThunderCats, let us go back to my pyramid." Mumm-Ra suggested.
"What if they come back?" Jackelman asked.
"The Thunder Guard will come here when their task is completed. They are still under Vultureman's control and will do whatever he tells them." The ever-living source of evil responded. Then Mumm-Ra snapped his fingers and all five were transported back to the black pyramid.
After a few minutes of complete silence, there was movement inside the control room. A panel on the floor shifted and was moved away to reveal four ThunderCats. They emerged from their hiding place and Panthro placed the panels back over the compartments in the floor.
"Thanks Jaga, you put those spaces in." Cheetara said.
"Yes and thank WilyKit and WilyKat for reminding me." The panther smiled.
To Be Continued…