As Alana continued to sob, she knew she had to get herself under control. Tygra was in the hands of Tony and they only had one day to try and rescue him. But either way, she was going to lose. She either had to surrender or Tygra would be killed. She couldn't let that happen but she also couldn't surrender to him either. What more could be done? She wasn't as strong as the Thundercats nor did she have the experience in fighting. One question remained how did Tony know Mumm-Ra? Did Mumm-Ra find his ship orbiting the planet and he went to investigate?
As she continued to ponder the question, she could feel Lion-O gently rubbing her shoulders. She heard him say something to someone but she didn't care nor did she need to know what he was saying. Her thoughts were full of Tygra. A man that she never realized she loved, love that quickly turned into something more than friendship. But when did this love begin?
It didn't begin with this recent crisis. Was it when she had her birthday and he complimented on her dress? Or did it begin when snow began to melt and she was able to see the beauty of the land? She didn't know, nor could she tell. There were too many times where it could have begun and she not realize it.
Alana briefly felt the spaceboards go past her. She slightly looked through her eyelashes as the Thunderkittens took off. She noticed they were heading in the direction of the Tree Top Kingdom. No doubt to get her sister. She looked down at her hands as she had Tygra's whip, clenched tightly.
When he dropped it, when Mumm-Ra caught him instead of her, she had grabbed it just before heading out to follow the Thundercats. She thought they were heading to the Thundertank to go and rescue Tygra but that idea was shot when, just before reaching the doors leading outside, a shout was heard. The shout had come from Tony.
As the Thundercats ran outside, she stopped just before reaching the doors and quickly went to the side. She did not want Tony to see her. Snarf came up and wrapped one of his arms around one of her legs. She wasn't sure if it was for her protection or he was scared as much as she was.
She couldn't stop quivering as she heard him yell for the Thundercats to drop their weapons and retract the bridge. A few more words were yelled out over the ravine before Lion-O yelled to Snarf to retract the bridge. Alana being closer, and the fact Snarf was too petrified, she pushed the button. She quickly heard her name and that Tony knew she was there. Mumm-Ra must have told him.
She slowly peaked around the door and to her dismay, there was Tygra, tied and the back of his head was being forced up. She saw Tony flick out a knife and pointed it at Tygra's neck. She couldn't take anymore of it, she ran, cursing at him.
She quickly forgot that the bridge had been pulled back and she would have fallen into the ravine if Lion-O had not grabbed her arms, forcing her stop.
Now here she was still in Lion-O's arms, blaming herself.
"This is my fault," she whispered as she finally got her tears under control.
"Don't say that," she heard Lion-O say in her ear. "This is not your fault. How were we supposed to know Mumm-Ra teamed up with Tony?"
Alana looked at the young lord. "If I had warned you guys sooner of Tony's cruelty, we would have been more prepared. You were right in saying that I needed to be more open."
"Don't blame yourself."
Lion-O and Alana looked up and saw Jaga. Lion-O noticed that this time the other Thundercats could not see him.
"If I'm not to blame, who is?" Alana questioned. "If I was more careful to wear I was dodging, Tygra wouldn't have ended up being on the receiving end of Mumm-Ra's attack. He was trying to get me but he took Tygra instead."
"In the heat of battle, there is no time to think and rationalize things. You have to react and if you're not quick enough…you may not see the end of it. Mumm-Ra is fast. Right now there is no time to put the blame on anyone. You must come up with a plan to rescue Tygra."
"But how? If I don't surrender, Tygra will die. I can't let that happen."
"Nor can you surrender," Lion-O said. "We have one day to come up with a way to rescue Tygra. Perhaps we can use this time."
Alana was about to protest but Jaga interrupted. "Lion-O is right, Alana. For the moment Tygra is safe. From what I've learned, Tony is a man of word. Your best action is to come up with a plan. And you, Alana, know Tony best." Jaga turned his head before vanishing.
Alana leaned her head down once again but not before looking where Tygra had once been before being transported to the ship, orbiting the planet. With Jaga's words ringing in her head, she clutched the Bolo Whip to her chest she realized she had to rescue Tygra. She didn't care what anyone said, it was her fault and it was her duty to rescue him. She looked back at the spot once again. Her eyes narrowed in anger. She was not going to let it end this way.
She stood, shrugging Lion-O's arms off her, and looked at her friends, determination set in her face. "Jaga is right, we have to rescue Tygra and my surrender is not an option. I risked my life to escape that man and I will not allow my deceased friends or brothers to have died in vain." She walked away from the group.
Though no one could see it, Lion-O was proud of her. He knew she could have the strength to help save Tygra. He watched as she walked inside with the other Thundercats following. He knew she would make a good Thundercat and having to wait for the trails, was going to better for her.
-
Tygra sat the floor of his cell. He looked around as he was trying to quench the pain out of his legs and butt. When Tony got him on board, him and two security guards took him to the brig. The brig wasn't very big as it had three cells. Tony threw him, into one and some sort of invisible force field appeared. The magic rope that held him quickly disappeared. He landed none to gracefully on the floor of the cell. The security guards and Tony left without not so much as a word.
When the pain finally subsided, he stood up and looked around his cell. The cell was big enough to fit two people, lying on the floor, with a small cot in one corner. He looked out of the force field and saw the other two cells were the same.
A door swishing opened, brought Tygra out of his thoughts. He looked at the doors as a woman walked in. She didn't look much older than Alana, but then again looks didn't always mean anything. He watched as she carefully walked in. her dark cloak cover her whole body from head to toe. Her bare arms were the only other part showing besides her body out from two armholes.
Tygra crossed his arms. "Come to gloat?"
She ignored his comment. She couldn't blame him. How many people on this ship actually defied their king? Who ever did, did not last long.
"Are you a Thundercat?" she asked softly.
"Yes." At the sound of her voice Tygra noticed that she wasn't there to gloat or taunt. She was there against Tony's wishes. He uncrossed his arms and walked closer to the force field. "And you are?"
"My name is Trisha. I have one question for you. Is Alana alive?"
"Why do you ask?"
"She's nice. She always made me laugh when things got bad. The last few weeks, she told me to hang in there and that she was going to get help. I wanted to be part of her renegade but I was preoccupied."
Tygra noticed she was trembling.
"See." She removed her cloak, revealing a very low cut, navy blue, spaghetti strap dress. The dress was simple with a slit high up her left thigh. High heel slip on shoes donned her feet. "If she is alive, Alana would have told you about me, that is if she told anyone about Tony. I'm Tony's sex slave."
She recovered herself back and jumped back as a growl came out of Tygra. She thought at first he was admiring her outfit, wishing it were him who would take it off. But looking in his eyes, she saw disgust. He was disgusted at her outfit, at the very idea of being a sex slave.
Her eyes widened. "She is alive. I'm glad. She was able to escape the monster."
Tygra forcefully calmed his growling. "I suppose you are to meet with him."
"Soon actually. Normally it's at night but Tony stayed on the planet overnight." She walked closer to the cell. She bent to her knees as tears began. "I don't want to go. But it's the only thing I can do to keep my mother alive. He already killed my older sister."
Tygra knelt down. "If I'm able to get out of here, you and your mother would be welcomed to stay on Third Earth."
Trisha looked up. "You would do that for me?"
Tygra nodded.
"What is your name?"
"Tygra, second in command of the Thundercats."
"Are you and Alana close?"
"We are friends, yes. She even has a new brother, our leader, Lord Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats."
"I'm glad she has a friend like you. I heard her brothers were killed as everyone else." Trisha turned away for a moment. "I better go, Tony will be expecting me soon and I have to be in his quarters."
Another growl came out of Tygra but this time Trisha didn't jump back. She stood and slowly walked out of the brig. Tygra stood back to his normal height and sat on the cot. He wondered what the Thundercats would do. It was either his life or Alana's.
He leaned his head back with nothing else to do but wait. He didn't have to wait long before a guard came in with a laser gun pointed at him. He pushed a button and Tygra could see the force field flicker. Tygra never bothered moving, except to lift his head, as there was a gun pointing at him.
A big woman came into the cell and placed a plate of food beside him. With her body in front of Tygra, the guard couldn't see what she did. She pulled a piece of paper out of her long skirt and grabbed his hand. She placed the paper in his hand.
Taking the hint, he clenched the paper in his hand as she whispered.
"I am Trisha's mother. She just told me that she spoke to you." Then she stood and raised her voice to normal tone. "Even though you're a prisoner, you need to keep your strength."
"Ok lady," the guard spoke. "You gave him food and now step away from him."
A single tear slid down her cheek as she step away from Tygra and walked out of the cell. Right after she passed, the force field flickered again, indicating that it was back on.
The guard walked towards Tygra. "Don't think about trying to use anything of the tray to try and escape. You have one hour to eat and I'll be right here watching."
-
Alana sat in the council room, thinking. She was sitting, slouched, in Tygra's seat, or at least the seat she seen him sit in most. She needed to find a way to outwit Tony but how? Tony was sneaky. He had always been able to get away with murder. If someone disappeared, no one questioned. So how was she beat Tony at his own game. Her thoughts were interrupted as Cheetara walked in.
"I've contacted Mandora. She is on her way here. With Tygra being taken, he will not get away with this. He will finally be stopped."
"Thanks," she said. She looked out the window for a moment. She had to think like Tony. What would Tony do if the situation was reversed? As an idea came to mind, she sat up, causing Cheetara to look.
Alana looked at the cheetah. "Get the others," she rushed out.
Cheetara watched as Alana jumped out of the seat and ran over to where there was a cabinet near the window. She left Alana to whatever she was doing and went and get the Thundercats. It didn't take Cheetara long to round up the Thundercats to the council room.
When the Thundercats entered, Alana was busy writing something. Lion-O walked over to her, and touched her shoulder.
"What is going on?"
Alana jumped. "Lion-O," she gasped. "I think I have a way to stop Tony."
Wilykat walked over to the table. "What are you writing?" He noticed her hand writing was nice and different from Thunderian.
"Please, everyone sit," she said. She remained silent until everyone was sitting. When they were, she continued. "As I said, I may have a way stop Tony. I was writing down everything I know about Tony, his weaknesses and strengths. My handwriting isn't the best when it's on plain paper. Mind you from the years I've been with him, I found more strengths than the other. But that isn't the point.
"But not only did I write his strengths and weaknesses but also everything I've seen Tony do in the past to help get my thoughts straight. What we do is give him exactly what he wants."
"No!" Lion-O barked. "I will not sacrifice you for Tygra."
"But you won't." She smiled inwardly as she had everyone confused. "We will let Tony believe that I will surrender but in reality I won't be. He's never gone up against you before so there's a big advantage to us. And I think Mumm-Ra will stay out of this. From what you've told me about Mumm-Ra, he probably wants to see if Tony will fail or win. I'm sure if Tony wins, Mumm-Ra will be displeased and discipline him some way.
"But we won't know for sure," Panthro intervened.
"This is true but even if he does, he doesn't know the fighting style of Tony nor he doesn't know how resourceful I can get. Cheetara, with your sped, you could easily make Tony confused. You could do circles around him."
"What if he knows our weaknesses?" Wilykit asked. "He could easily render us useless. All he needs is Thundrillum."
"If that is the case, then Tygra will already be weakened. But I don't think he'll have the time to get any. Besides, he may not know you're there."
Now quite interested, Lion-O leaned forward. "Let Alana speak with no more interruptions. What do you have planned?"
The Thundercats nodded, which Alana was grateful. She only had so much time and she had many things to do. "Ok. Here is what I think we should do. See Tony will think that I'm so upset that I can't think straight, which has been the case in the past, but I've had six months of living free of him, I am stronger than he thinks and I will no longer let him control my life nor threaten the lives of my friends.
"I'll go and make him think that I'm surrendering and that I'm doing it on my own. He will think you guys were against it and are trying to come up with a way to rescue Tygra on your own. However, that won't be the case. I'll tell him where the exchange will take place and in the meantime, you guys will already be there, waiting for the drop."
"Use you as a decoy," Panthro said, intrigued. "That's risky."
"No more risky than you guys risking your lives to stop Mumm-Ra or the Mutants from causing mischief with the other inhabitants of Third Earth. If you guys can show me how to use Tygra's whip, I could use that as well. Tony will not be expecting me to use a weapon, even if he figures you guys are involved."
"Just before you arrived," Panthro offered. "Tygra was showing us how to use the Bolo Whip. He only got as far as showing me how snap fireballs."
"That will be perfect," Alana smiled, sadly. As she continued to explain the plan, exciting Panthro along the way, Lion-O was impressed. He didn't think she could come up with something so quickly. Just a few hours earlier, she was blaming herself. He knew she had growing feelings for Tygra as he did for her, but hers took a little longer to come out.
Over in the far corner, Jaga smiled. He knew Alana had the power to take control of her emotions. She now was over her main grief and now was beginning a new life. He knew with her coming face to face with Tony, that she would finally get the courage to take control.
-
When the hour was up another guard came into the room. The guard, who watched from a seat, stood, pulling out his laser gun, aiming it at Tygra and disengaged the force field. The second guard grabbed the tray of eaten food and backed away. As soon as he was out of the cell, the force field reappeared.
The second guard left with the tray as the first guard remained. He looked at the tiger with what looked like guilt. He walked towards the field. Tygra, intrigued, stood and walked over as the man began to whisper.
"If I don't do what I'm told, my life will be over. I know Trisha was in here and I know her mother left you a note. Don't worry I won't say anything. Mandora contacted me before leaving Seris. I have been working undercover for her for the past two years. I have been trying to catch him in the act. She told me that Alana has begun to move on. If that is true, she may try and trick Tony.
"If that is the case, whatever happens when she contacts Tony of her decision, don't be led to believe that she's sacrificing herself for you. I can't see her doing that. Besides I don't think her brothers, if they were alive, would allow her to do that. She seems to be a very talented young woman who would do anything for her friends. If she has the strength, I can see her trying to barter herself for your freedom but in reality it would be a trap."
Tygra watched as the guard quickly moved away and left the brig. He moved back to the cot and unfolded the note Trisha's mother left for him.
This could work. When Tony takes you back to the planet, my mother and I will sneak into a transport room, there's more than one, and if the calculations can be right, we'll transport the instant he does. We could slightly malfunction the other rooms so there would be a few second delay so we can arrive first and then hide. The next time my mother gives you food tell her what you think. Trisha
He slowly folded the note and hid within in his clothes. Tony had many enemies, more than he thought. If Tygra had the time, he could have started a mutiny, but that wasn't going to happen within the next twenty hours. In that time, he was going to know more than he wanted to know about Tony.
To his dismay, Tony walked into the room, wearing a different outfit. Tygra guessed that it must have been some sort of formal attire. He stood a meter away from the force field.
"Well I suppose it's time to have some fun," he taunted.
Tygra did his best to ignore the man as he spoke but it was hard when Tony was referring to Trisha.
"Too bad it wasn't Alana. She would have been more satisfying."
Tygra's eyes blazed in anger as he growled. He jumped off the cot, wanting to strangle the man. All Tony did was smirk.
"Ohhh, did I hit a button? Are you in love with my wife?"
"She is not your wife!" Tygra snarled. "Nor will she ever be."
"She would have been if she didn't leave me. Perhaps I may kill her when she's in my grasp. She did run away from me. She is also thief as she stole one of my ships."
"She had very reason to leave your planet. You treated her like she was just toy."
"What do you know? You're just an alien from a planet that no longer exists. You and your friends are the last of your kind. Maybe when I have Alana in my possession, I will do what Mumm-Ra could not. I have photon torpedoes on board and just one, would create a crater where your fortress stands. I would be able to destroy the legendary Thundercats with one shot."
"Even if you could wipe us out," Tygra snapped. "Mumm-Ra would not take kindly to that. He would haunt you down and destroy you with just a flick of his wrist."
"We'll see. Only time will tell." Tony walked away from Tygra's cell and over to a console. Tygra couldn't tell what he was doing but guessed he hit a communications button as he spoke at the console.
"Trisha, come to he brig," he commanded. He then turned back to Tygra. No words were said as the two waited for Trisha to enter. While they waited, Tygra had to force himself not touch the force field, while Tony kept on smirking. He was in control.
When Trisha entered, she was still wearing her cloak. She walked over to Tony, wrapping her arm around his and huddled herself close to him as if she loved him. At first she smiled. "Yes, my Lord."
"Meet the one who Alana received help."
She turned to Tygra and cuddled her face closer to Tony's chest. Tygra noticed the smile vanished and a grim look appeared.
"This is Trisha," Tony taunted. "She likes having me around." He then slightly pushed her away from him. She almost slammed into the console but she held her ground. "You won't be needed today."
"My Lord?" she questioned, putting on a fake smile
"I'm in too good of a mood for bed play." He smiled evilly before reaching out and grabbed the woman by the arms, squeezing. His face turned from smirking to almost anger. "And don't pretend to think that I don't know how you feel. Now leave my sight before I take you in front of this cat."
Tygra and Trisha's eyes widened in shock before she quickly ran out of the room. Tony looked at Tygra and laughed as he saw the horrified look. He turned and left the room, leaving Tygra to his thoughts. When he left, Tygra swung around and slammed his fist into the wall.
Never in his life had he ever been so angry as he was now. He never thought he would have an evil side but here it was. Tygra realized Tony wouldn't hurt him physically but mentally and emotionally. Tony was going to taunt him with Alana and Trisha.
-
Panthro and Alana were in the recreational room, training. Panthro was teaching Alana with Tygra's Bolo Whip. Panthro marvelled how quick she was getting it. They had moved all the furniture out of the way so they could train. They had only been working for two hours and she was starting to get progress. Panthro didn't think she would catch on that quick. Learning to use the Bolo Whip takes time and patience. Wilykat and Wilykit were having tough time learning.
A year before Alana arrived, Lion-O requested for the Thundercats to learn how to use the each other's weapons. One never knew when a time could come when knowing how to use another weapon could become useful. Learning to use the Nunchucks was not a problem. But learning Cheetara's bow staff and Tygra's Bolo Whip, took time.
"I don't know why Wilykit had said this was hard," Alana said, giving the whip another snap. "I think this is pretty interesting."
Panthro looked up. "I'm sure they are not concentrating enough. I'm actually surprised you're getting it quickly. I never even understood the powers of the whip when Tygra showed me."
"I guess that's what happen when two lives are on the line. I need to do something or one of us won't be returning back. And I'll be damned if it's Tygra. He is needed here."
Panthro released Alana's hands. He was standing behind her, instructing her how to snap the whip. "You are needed as well and don't think you are useless."
She turned and gazed at the panther. "That is why I'm doing this. I'm using myself as bait and we will all come out on top. I will win my freedom and Tygra will be released. Tony will be the only one getting the rough side of the deal. He'll lose me and leverage on Tygra as well as lose his freedom."
"Why don't we take a break? We don't want to be exhausted," Panthro suggested. "In a couple hours, we'll continue."
Alana nodded. "That will give me time to set my trap at the location. I could use your help though. I haven't been shown how to drive the Thundertank and I need someone to take me where I want to get to."
Panthro and Alana left the room, and went to the Thundertank. The two of them traveled to a cave, three miles away from Cats' Lair. When they got out, Panthro looked sceptical.
"You want set your plan up here? That may give away your plan."
"Not exactly," she defended. "We are three miles away from home, which means it's too far for Cheetara to run. She only can run for two miles at top speed. I'm sure Tony knows this. He would also know that you are afraid of fire bats and Tygra is afraid of water. With this on his mind this will be the perfect location.
"We'll take a page out of my father's book. When he captured you guys, he used your greatest weakness against you, thus putting you in his trap. I've heard from Willa this cave can be populated with Fire Bats but at this time of year they are not around. Not too far into the cavern, there is a water source, an underground lake. Vanessa says it's deeper than she has ever imagined a lake to be."
Panthro nodded as she said each weakness and finally agreed that it would be a perfect location. "And you're sure there are no bats around?"
Alana rolled her eyes. "Yes. I was here just a few days before Tony arrived and saw the nests but they haven't been used in a six months. Willa informed me that next month, when it's the hottest, they will return for six months. They are like the birds. One of these days, I'm going to explore the cave, but not now. We have to get Tygra back."
The two had been working for about an hour before Panthro's communicator went off. He pulled it out to answer. Alana recognized Wilykat's voice on the other end.
"Where are you?" he asked. "Lion-O has been looking for you."
"I'm with Alana and we're checking out the location she has decided to use."
"Lion-O wants everyone to get some rest and he doesn't want us over exert ourselves. The humidity doesn't help much either."
Alana walked over to Panthro and spoke into his communicator. "Tell Lion-O to give us another hour, we're almost finished and I'm not going to rest until night fall and even then I probably won't sleep much."
The two could here Snarf grumbling about how Lion-O will not like it before the line went dead. Alana turned and went back to what she was doing. She felt like someone was looking at her and snapped her head around to find Panthro staring at her.
"What?" she asked.
"Lion-O is probably right. You do need some rest."
"I will not be able to sleep until everything's ready and I probably won't sleep. I'll be too busy worrying about Tygra in hoping he's ok. Tony can be very brutal to his hostages. I've seen it. When someone ever did something wrong, they were never seen again. I know Tony won't harm Tygra too much, but what will he torment him with, that is what worries me."
Panthro walked over to her. "I know how you feel. But for this plan to work, we need you to be rested or at least rested as well as you can be. Why don't we head back? I know what needs to be done. Cheetara and I can come back and finish getting things ready. You already have told everyone what needs to be done. You know Tony best."
Alana slowly sat on a nearby boulder as she leaned her down. "I just want this over with. The more I work, the…"
"We've had this same problem before. You were working yourself too much when you first arrived."
"I know. And if my brothers were alive, they'd kill me." She lifted her head. "Thanks, Panthro. I guess I needed a slap in the face. Tygra would also be upset if I did it again."
"That he would," he agreed. He hid inward smile. He had recognized the signs that the two were attracted to each other. And he for one was happy that Tygra was able to move on. It wasn't fair that Tygra lost his girlfriend when they left Thundera.
-
When the Thundertank pulled up, Lion-O was waiting for them. Alana slightly flinched at the look he was giving her. Panthro noticed her slight flinch and he rested a hand on her arm and nodded that it would be ok.
"Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to adopt a brother," she mumbled as she jumped out.
Lion-O stood and walked over by her. He opened his mouth to say something but Alana raised her hand. "I know what you're going to say. You are going to ask what the hell I was I thinking trying overexert myself when I almost did it before when my brothers died.
"Well here is your answer. I was trying to help. No one here knows Tony better than I do. I know what sort of moves he will and can make. I was trying to minimize as much as that as possible. I know you're concerned and I'm grateful."
Lion-O closed his mouth and sighed. "I just don't want you to be too exhausted. What if the Mutants take this time to use to their advantage? I just don't want you in the cross fire."
"Lion-O, if I'm to be a Thundercat," she crossed her arms, "there will be times that I'll end up being in the crossfire. I'm not going to be a Thundercat and not pull my own weight around. That's not fair to you guys nor is it fair to the code of Thundera."
Both Panthro and Lion-O stared at the woman with wonder. For someone who was as young as she, had a lot of knowledge. Even Lion-O didn't have that much wisdom but his lack of wisdom and experience could be blamed on the suspension capsules.
Lion-O suddenly felt sheepish. She was right, he was treating her differently than the others and it wasn't fair to her or the others. "Sorry," he apologized.
Alana smiled for a moment and grabbed his hand, giving it a gentle squeeze. "That's ok. You just need to be more of a leader sometimes. But it is nice to have a big brother who cares. Even if he is an alien with cat like features."
Lion-O shared her smile before squeezing her hand back in understanding. "Can you please, slow down? You're not giving the rest a chance to catch up to your plan."
"There's not much to catch up on. Everyone knows what has to be done. I just was getting Panthro's help in setting up where this is going to go down."
"What if Tony disagrees to the place?"
Alana snorted. "That's highly unlikely. I'm sure he knows what weaknesses the Thundercats have. We're going to use a cave that has had fire bats. It's three miles from Cats' Lair and not too far inside there is an underground lake that is very deep. It will make it easier for him believe that you guys are not there."
Lion-O looked at Panthro with question. "The fire bats only nest in the cave for six months of the year. And they haven't been there for awhile so it's safe."
"They could come at any time?"
"They will nest next month. That is when it will be the warmest and then they stay around until the cold weather hits it's coldest. I believe it would be the perfect trap for Tony. Mandora is already on her way here and she's coming by another ship, disguised. She will be here by nightfall tomorrow."
"Disguised?"
"There's an old style of ships, they are no longer used but once in awhile they are used when they're tracking down criminals and they don't want them to escape. Tony's friends won't have time to escape before she arrives and arrests them. And that is going to be a good sight to see."
"Well standing here, talking," Lion-O replied. "Isn't going to help us in getting some rest. Please try and get some rest. I know you won't rest too much, you're too worried and frankly so am I. Tygra is a good friend."
Alana nodded in agreement. She turned away from Lion-O and headed inside the lair.
-
Trisha was sitting in her mother's quarters, waiting for her. It was the only room on the ship in which neither Tony nor his followers would go into. When her mother entered, she keyed the door to lock. The big woman walked over to her daughter and quickly wrapped her arms around her.
"It's almost over," she said soothingly. "I gave the Thundercat the message. I was quite surprised that you are here though."
Trisha pulled away. "Yes. Well Tony doesn't need me. He's in too much of a good mood. He wants Alana back and he soon will have her. I wish there was a way to warn her." She snarled at the name of the man who used her.
"How are we going to escape?" her mother changed the subject.
"You know that I work as an engineer when I'm not being the sex slave. I could tell the guards that I need to maintenance on the transport pads. I will set the phase variance to set us down, seconds before Tony sets down. We won't have much time before Tony transports before we hide."
"Where will we go?"
"Tygra, the Thundercat, has offered us to stay on Third Earth."
"Are you sure this is what you want? Cause leaving this ship could be risky. We could get caught."
"Mother, I would rather face the wrath of death with you and besides facing that is better than another night with that creep."
"All right. I'm with you. I don't him to put his hands on my little girl anymore."
While the two girls were scheming to get away from the monster, the one in question was celebrating his triumph. He figured he would have Alana begging for mercy to let Tygra go. He couldn't believe the blow he was able to deliver the Thundercats. None of their enemies were able to come close to what he has done. Safari Joe was the closest but even then they were able to get out of his trap. This time was different. This time it was only one Thundercat and it was for a trade, Alana for the tiger.