Author's Notes: Ever since I saw the Transformers movie, it's been real hard to keep up with this story. That is the reason why it took me so long to get this chapter up.

Chapter 15 – Rescue

Sleep was the furthest on his mind. But he knew he had to try and get some rest, but it wasn't coming easy. How could one person be able to sleep when a madman was holding their friend hostage? Who knows what the man was doing to Tygra. At least soon Alana's plan would be put into action and hopefully her plan would go off without a hitch. Hopefully Mumm-Ra wouldn't decide at that moment to interfere.

As Lion-O kept tossing and turning, trying to sleep, he kept thinking of Alana in how she first began to blame herself but then suddenly got the strength to pull herself together and work a plan to get Tygra back without turning herself in. Everyone knew Lion-O wasn't impressed with the idea of using Alana as a decoy, but he understood that using her as bait was the best course.

Finally deciding sleep wasn't going to take over, Lion-O pulled back his blankets and walked over to his window. He gave a long sigh as he looked out over the land. Nothing more could be done before daybreak and even that was a long way off. He heard his door swish open and then closed. He didn't have to turn to know who was now in the room.

"I can't sleep," Lion-O answered the silent question.

"But you need as much rest as possible," Snarf answered. "It's going to be a long day tomorrow."

Lion-O turned to his friend. "I know. But I'm too worried about Tygra. How's Alana?"

"Surprisingly, a sleep. Whatever her sister gave her must have worked. Snarf, snarf. But she said it probably wouldn't last long. She's guessed Alana will be a wake in about another hour. She's slept two hours now."

"Human bodies need rest more than ours. She's not used to living like this."

"You know, if Tygra was in real immediate danger, the sword would let you know."

"I know, but that still doesn't ease my nerves any. That man could be torturing Tygra and he wouldn't have to lay use one finger."

"How could he do that?"

"Either by insulting Alana in front of Tygra. Tygra does, after all, like Alana and if Tony realizes it, he'll use that to his advantage."

"I think it's more than like," Snarf answered.

Lion-O sighed and looked towards his bed to see the clock. He knew the sun would soon be rising. He moved away from the window and made his towards the command room. Snarf was hot at his feet. When the two entered, they saw Alana sitting on the floor with her back to them. They could not see what she was doing.

Snarf walked up to her and when he placed a paw on her leg, she jumped. Papers she was working on went flying as well as Snarf jumped too.

When she realized that it was only Snarf, she breathed a sigh of relief. "Don't do that," she breathed.

"Are you all right?" Lion-O asked.

"I will once my heart stops thumping so fast that it might take off."

"What is all this?" Snarf asked.

"I couldn't sleep so I decided to draw. When I couldn't do anything on Seris, I would always draw. It was something that I started after meeting Tony. I think that may be the only thing he ever praised."

"Did you sleep at all?"

"Maybe two hours. Nessie gave me some sleeping pills but they wore off fast as I'm too worried about Tygra to sleep. I'll just sleep good when he's safe at home."

"I'll feel better too," he agreed. "In a few hours, he'll be contacting us."

"Yes and in that time, we'll have to set our plan into motion."

"What are you planning on saying?" Cheetara asked as she walked in.

Alana moved away and picked up the scattered pictures. She carefully placed them on a seat before turning to the cheetah. "I'm going to tell him, I surrender. But I want to make sure Tygra was safe first before I surrender to him. I would suggest getting everyone up and heading out before daylight. Tony could have his sensors set to here."

"Lion-O," Cheetara said as she approached her leader. "She's right. And as much as we hate this idea, it's the only way to get Tygra back and keep Alana safe."

Lion-O clenched his fist he wanted to be with Alana when Tony contacted. But he knew it was vital to get into position without Tony's knowledge. "All right. Cheetara see to the Thunderkittens. Snarf get Panthro. We'll have a quick breakfast, then head out to put our plan into action."

-

Shortly after sunrise, Alana contacted Tony's ship. Tony was still having his party when the bridge called. He quickly excused himself to answer the call in private. He entered the corridor.

"What do you want? I'm having a party."

"I'm sorry sir, but I just thought to let you know the sun has just risen over the land where the Thundercats live. Plus someone is hailing us from the surface."

Tony smiled evilly. "My I didn't think 24 hours had passed already. Patch the transmission to my quarters."

He quickly made his way to his quarters. He leaned over his desk as he pressed a button, showing Alana on the screen.

"Alana. I'm surprised you called me and not the other way around."

He watched as she quickly turned away from the viewer and then she turned back.

"I don't want the others to hear me," she whispered. She knelt her head. "I'll surrender."

"Good."

She snapped her head up, but quickly looked behind her again. "If you want me, I need to be sure that Tygra is safe."

"Oh, he is."

"I can't take your word for it. If you want me, meet me at a cave that is three miles from Cats' Lair. The Thundercats won't think of following me there. They are still sleeping for one."

"How can you be so sure?"

"I'm sure you already looked at all the data that could get your hands on. Including the data on their weaknesses. The cave has an underground lake that reaches about 30 feet deep and it's full of fire bats."

"You better be alone."

"I will be. All you have to do is keep a radar lock on me."

"I'll be there in an hour for the exchange. And Alana."

"What?"

"You're mine." He ended the transmission before she could retort a comment.

Tony quickly punched another button. "Celebrations are now called off. Head to your stations, we're going in."

He quickly made his way to the brig, where Tygra waited, restlessly. When he walked in, he saw the tiger kneeling on the floor.

"Well I guess your girlfriend came to her senses. Pity. With her young mind, she can be a formidable foe. But now she's just a waste."

Tygra lifted his head and growled. He didn't dare to rise to his feet.

It didn't take long before a guard entered and raised a weapon to Tygra.

"You see," Tony continued as he walked to the force field. "Alana is very weak minded. She values your life more than your own. She'll be very easy to tame and it won't take long to break her either."

That one hurt. Tygra jumped to his feet and came mere inches to the force field, fists clenched.

The evil smirk never faltered from Tony. "She's surrendering in an hour and she's doing it without your other cat friends knowing."

Tygra's eyes widened. He couldn't believe it. Alana was surrendering to the filth.

Tony turned to the guard. "In one hour have him at the transport room."

The guard nodded and watched as his boss left. When Tony was gone, he walked over to the force field. "Alana wouldn't surrender," he whispered.

Tygra realized it was the same guard who spoke to him about working undercover for Mandora. "I can't be sure," Tygra finally answered with a hiss.

"Put faith in Alana. That is all we can hope for right now."

-

Alana turned away from the view screen and looked at Snarf. "I think I played him well."

"Snarf. Snarf. You almost had me fooled. And pretending that the Thundercats could walk in at any time, really added a real feel to your lie."

"I better get going. The others are already there. They went on foot. It's going to take me almost an hour to get to the cave."

"Be careful."

-

Minutes after the guard left, Trisha came cautiously into the room. She quickly made her way towards the cell. Tygra noticed she was wearing the cloak still but when she raised her arms, he noticed that she was wearing some sort of dark blue body suit.

"What is going on?" she asked quietly.

"I'll be leaving in about an hour."

"That doesn't give me much time without alarming the guards. Ok, thanks. Hopefully it will be enough to keep Tony occupied that he won't realize that I'm not around. If you don't see me on the planet, I never made it. But I rather die trying to escape than stay as a sex slave for the rest of my youth."

She quickly turned away and rushed out of the room before anyone showed up. She quickly made her way to her quarters where her mother was waiting. She quickly rushed in and locked the door.

"Mother, we have to hurry. We have less than an hour before Tony makes his move."

"What should we bring?"

"Nothing. If all goes well, we may not have to worry about our things. If Alana has made a plan to trick Tony, we may not be the only ones who will never have to worry about him again."

"I better make my rounds, you start working on the transport pads."

"Meet me in the emergency transport room. The other two, I'll be sabotaging."

Trisha watched as her mother walked out and began making her way to the kitchen. When the woman was gone, Alana casually walked out of her quarters and made her way to the ship that was hardly used. She knew a way to sabotage the transport buffers without having to be in the same room. When she made her way to the level that had minimal life support, she quickly rushed to the transport room. She knew the life support would slow her efforts down. Upon entering the room, she quickly set to work on the one of the wall panels. She only had a short time to do it.

-

At the appointed time, two guards walked into the brig. One held out a weapon while the other deactivated the force field. The one who held the weapon then gave the other guard some sort of hand restraints. When they were placed on Tygra, the guards quickly escorted Tygra to the transport room. It was the second time Tygra got to see the corridors of the ship.

When the three entered the transport room, Tygra quickly noticed the smug look on Tony. Tygra so wanted to wipe that smug off but he knew he wouldn't be able to do it. But too soon the smug look changed to a scowl.

Tony walked over to Tygra and grabbed him by the collar of his uniform. "Better cherish the memories you had with Alana because soon that's all they may be. But then again, maybe not. You won't know. Once I have Alana back, you'll wish that I did kill you because I'll make you life a living hell. You touched my woman."

Tony forcefully let go of Tygra and he stumbled back but not before getting a blow to the stomach by Tony's foot. Tygra fell to the floor, trying to catch his breath. He couldn't move from the hit. He could feel someone had grabbed his legs and restraints were soon against them.

Tygra was still catching his breath when he was forced from the floor to the transport pad. He was down on his knees, since he had no strength to stand, yet.

"Send us down," Tony commanded.

Tony watched as his transport operations pressed a button, but nothing happened. This did not improve his mood. "What is wrong?"

"I'm not sure," the man said. "Suddenly there seemed to be a drain in the system."

"Isn't that the third time in the past three months?" Tony snapped.

"Yes, sir."

In the meantime, Tygra was able to get his bearings. He hid a grin as he realized what the problem was. Trisha and her mother must have made it the planet. Tony was about to walk away from the pad when the operations officer smiled.

"Got it. I'll run a system dynastic when you leave to see what the problem was."

"You do that. Now send me to the planet before Alana is able to find a way out of this."

Within seconds, Tygra and Tony were just in the mouth of a cave. Alana stood not far away from them. She seemed a little nervous, but who wouldn't be. She was standing in front of the man she ran away from, who caused her brothers' death and he had the upper hand. Tony quickly produced a knife and held it to Tygra's throat.

"Release Tygra," she said, shakily.

"You are in no position to give me demands," Tony snapped. "What is he worth to you anyway?"

"You should you know me by now," Alana snapped. "I do not like people being held against their will. Besides he saved my life and he's a Thundercat. An alien from another planet."

"But he's your friend."

"All the Thundercats are my friends."

"Now if you wish his life to remain you will take my hand." Tony held out his other hand. Tygra was still being held at knife point..

"Alana, don't!"

"I'm sorry," she said sadly. "I will not sacrifice your life for mine." She took a step forward, slowly.

When her arm was within reach, Tony threw away the knife, giving a kick to Tygra, knocking him towards the water. Tony pulled Alana towards his body and held her close.

"And I thought I would never have you this close again."

Alana's eyes suddenly hardened as did her voice. "Well don't get used to it. I came prepared."

"What are you talking about?"

"NOW!" she screamed as she jabbed Tony in the ribs and ducked.

Cheetara swiftly came out from behind a rock, extending her staff to full length. Panthro jumped down from the ceiling, nunchucks in hand ready to strike out. The Thunderkittens suddenly came out of nowhere on their space boards, lassos in hand. Finally Lion-O also jumped out from behind a rock, sword in hand, extended. Tony was completely surrounded.

Tony looked shocked for a moment. "You tricked me," he said baffled. He looked down to the ground and saw Alana was no longer in his arm reach. His eyes hardened as anger took over. "YOU BITCH!"

When Cheetara jumped out, Alana rolled away coming up to stand by Lion-O as he jumped out from behind a rock.

"What?" she asked very innocently. "Can't you take a page out of your book?"

"It pleases me," Lion-O began. "We will put an ending to your terror."

"I know everything about you," Tony hissed. "I know your weaknesses and strengths. At any time I can contact my ship and you all will be my prisoner."

"Oh, no you won't."

Wilykit quickly flew close to him and grabbed his communicator, knocking it to the ground. Wilykat scooped down and threw it into the water.

"You won't be calling anyone," Wilykat answered.

"You brats!" Tony swiftly turned to the cheetah. "I always come prepared." He no longer saw a sexy woman before him. All he saw was someone he wanted out of the way and when he wanted something, he got it. He swiftly grabbed into his pocket and pulled out another knife and threw it at her.

She barely was able to dodge the weapon as she ran out of the way, further away from him. He then turned to Panthro and threw another type of weapon into the ceiling. Some loose rocks started crumble around the panther. That same weapon spun around and knocked the two Thunderkittens off balance. They fell into the water.

Lion-O and Alana jumped to the ledge of the water to grab for the kids. Tony took his chance and ran for Alana.

"Alana, watch out!" Tygra yelled.

Alana didn't have time to turn before something grabbed her by the waist and pulled her away from the safety of Lion-O.

Alana began to scream and struggle out of Tony's steal grip. Cheetara swung up her staff. She ran towards the man, aiming her staff to strike. In the last second, Tony saw the weapon coming towards him. He dodged down, grabbing her staff and swinging her into the pool.

Panthro got himself unburied as he saw Tony nearing the mouth of the cave with Alana struggling. He saw Cheetara and the Thunderkittens were in the deep water and they needed to get them out. He wasn't sure what to do. Save Alana or his fellow Thundercats.

He didn't have a need to choose as Alana snapped her head back, striking Tony in the face. He swiftly dropped her and she landed on her feet. She then kicked the man in the stomach before jumping out of the way. She wasn't about to let the man take her again. Her brothers' death was going to be avenged.

Remembering about Tygra's whip, she reached behind her back and pulled it out from behind a hidden pouch that she had against her back. Her long flowing hair was covering the pouch. She turned to the man and snapped the whip, producing fireballs with a snap.

Tony jumped back in fright.

Tygra watch in awe as she snapped the whip. Either someone had been teaching her and he did not know or she was a fast learner. She had the grip down perfect. She kept snapping, producing more fireballs, making Tony back up more until he his back hit a wall.

"You pray on people's fear but what can people pray fear on to you? I don't suppose anyone knows that you have a fear of fireballs."

As Alana had Tony pinned to the wall, Panthro quickly rushed over and helped Lion-O get their friends out of the water. When they were out of the water, Cheetara ran towards Alana. She noticed Alana was about to strike Tony with Tygra's whip.

"Alana," she said softly. "He isn't worth it. If you strike him, you would be no better than him. Let Mandora deal with him."

"He will pay for Josh's death and my other brothers," Alana snarled.

"Mumm-Ra!" Lion-O snapped.

Alana and Cheetara quickly turned to be standing no more than three feet from the everliving. The two women jumped out of the way as he brought his hands down to attack. The move was what Tony needed to get away from the wall.

Alana saw that Mumm-Ra was about to go after Lion-O's sword. He had dropped it on the ground when he went after the Thunderkittens. When he helped everyone out of the water, he began to help Tygra but as he reached behind the tiger's back, Mumm-Ra appeared. Why did Mumm-Ra show up? What was the villain's plan and what did Tony have to do with it? Lion-O could see that the two shared a look for a moment before the man jumped out of the way and slowly made his way to the exit of the cave once again. The man was angry that his plan had gone up in smoke. But when Mumm-Ra turned towards the rest of the Thundercats, Lion-O realized his sword was vulnerable.

Just as Mumm-Ra was about to fly up into the air, Alana used Tygra's whip and wrapped the end of it around Mumm-Ra's foot. She gave the whip a hard tug, knocking the everliving on the ground. He fell with a slight yell. He turned his red eyes towards the woman child.

"You will pay for that!"

His eyes began to glow, bringing back Alana's fear when she first met the thing. She tried to get up quickly but he was suddenly directly in front of her. She abandoned the whip and jumped back, getting to her feet. She slowly moved to the cave wall, shaking in fear.

Mumm-Ra rammed his fists into the wall on either side of her head. She felt the wall shake around her and she wasn't sure if the wall would suddenly hold her. His eyes glowed even more and she could see her reflection in them. She squeezed her eyes shut, expecting him to hit her with his magic, but it never came.

Two capsules came out of nowhere. They hit the ground and smoke spewed out of them, causing Mumm-Ra not to be able to see. Alana took that quickly to her advantaged. She carefully ducked under his arm and ran as fast as she could to Lion-O. She clutched his sword arm as he slid his other arm into his shield.

When the smoke finally cleared, Mumm-Ra snapped around with new fuel of anger. But his anger didn't last long as Lion-O faced the shield in the everliving's face. Mumm-Ra quickly screamed in horror. His face suddenly hid into his cape as he flew up towards the ceiling and disappeared.

With Mumm-Ra now gone, attention was brought back to Tony. Tony saw that the Thundercats were no longer distracted. He finally took his advantaged and fled.

"Til next time, Thundercats!"

Lion-O gently pulled Alana's hand from around his arm and followed up in behind Panthro. Cheetara was already ahead of them. The Thunderkittens quickly jumped back on the space boards. They all were heading after Tony. It took Alana several minutes to register what had just happened. The plan worked. She was still free and Tygra was free as well.

She felt a little lightheaded as she realized that she went after Mumm-Ra first when he went towards Lion-O's sword. What possessed to her used Tygra's whip? One thing was for sure she had just proved that she worthy of becoming a Thundercat. If anyway would doubt that, she didn't think they would anymore. Watching as she went up against the greatest enemy the Thundercats had. Mumm-Ra was even stronger than their long time enemies, the Mutants.

When Alana finally had her bearings under control, she looked up and saw Tygra was still on the ground, near the lake. And he was still in restraints. She walked over to him and first untied his legs, then his arms. The two stared at each other for several minutes, not saying a word.

Alana felt slightly uneasy, not because he was staring at her but because she knew that he felt something for her. From the time she crashed on Third Earth, she denied the idea of having any attraction towards the man but now she couldn't deny it any longer. But she was still afraid of talking to him. She didn't know how much he felt but she had an idea and that alone scared her. She never had anyone feel the same for her as she felt for him.

Breaking the silence, she turned slightly turned her head. "I'm glad you're all right. I was worried."

"I'm just glad to be free."

"Did he do anything?" She moved away so he could get up. She was about to offer a hand but he was up before she had the chance.

"Not physically. Just taunted about what he would do to you and what he has done to Trisha. He kept threatening that he may kill you after getting you back." He crossed his arms. "I get the impression that he treated you like you were no good. Had no talent. I don't find any of that true. You have been quite helpful and you're talented too. And the way you used my whip, that's amazing. Who taught you?"

"Panthro showed me. He only taught me yesterday but I'm a fast learner when I want to be. He had said that you showed him how to use it and he showed me everything he knew. I would like to learn how to become invisible."

"Perhaps in due time." He noticed that her mood suddenly changed. "What's wrong?"

"This is my fault," she said sadly.

Tygra looked blankly at her. "Why is it your fault?"

"When Mumm-Ra went after me, I should have jumped to the left instead of right. You wouldn't have been taken."

"In battle, you don't have time to think about that. You just to need to do what is needed."

"That's what Jaga said but that's not all. If I didn't leave Seris, my brothers would still be alive."

"You already told me that they were planning your escape before finding out that your brothers were going to get you out." Tygra realized that this was the same type of argument from before.

"But that's not the point. I could have done things differently. In all accounts I shouldn't be here. If my father didn't do what he did, I would be happy with my mother alive."

"There is no way you can change the past. All you can do is look for the future."

"How can I look towards the future when lately everything that I go near constantly reminds of what I lost. I lost my mother, my brothers, my friends."

"You may have lost much, but you've also gained as well," Tygra was now angered but nowhere near to how he was held within the brig. "You gained a new family, new friends, and a new home. You have become a very valued friend."

She stared into his eyes. "But if I wasn't here, you wouldn't have been taken hostage and used as a bargaining chip. He was planning on killing you if I didn't surrender."

"Perhaps so but you took control of the situation and came up with a plan to rescue me by making him think you were surrendering."

"Only because I decided that it was high time to stop hiding from him and show him that I'm not a little girl anymore. I'm a woman who makes choices."

"And the choice you made was to save me."

Alana turned away. "I would have done it for anyone."

"Alana." Tygra placed his hand on her shoulder. "What you did was very brave. You have been scared of this man for so long."

Alana shrugged his hand off and moved away. "But I shouldn't feel like this," she yelled suddenly.

Tygra was taken aback. "Feel like what?"

Alana quickly turned, realizing what she said, she said a little too loud. She didn't know what to say. For several minutes she stared at him. Breaking eye contact, she averted her eyes to look at the ground as she turned her head.

"Talk to me," he asked softly.

"How can I?" she asked quietly but then lowered to a whisper. "When I care about you, more than I should."

He walked closer to her. "Why should that stop you?"

She jerked her head, eyes blazing in anger. "Why? Well for starters we're two different species. I'm a human and you're a Thunderian. A race I had never heard of until I met Tony. If I weren't here, I wouldn't feel this way."

Tygra grabbed her arms firmly but gently. "You have been degrading yourself just so you wouldn't feel an attraction? I wish you would stop running from your feelings. I wish you would be more open."

"You want me to be more open?" she snapped her arms away. "I fear I will end up like my mother. A lot of men don't treat their women very nice. I have already lost people I love. I don't want to lose more."

Realizing what she was saying, again, she began to back away. She had to leave she couldn't admit her feelings. He noticed that she was about to make a run; he reached out to her once more, just as she began to turn away. His arm snaked around hers pulling her towards him. Before she had a chance to say anything, his hands quickly let go of her arms and rested against the sides of her face, bringing her face close to his.

At first contact, his lips were hard against hers but instantly turned gentle. Her eyes widened at his boldness but on their own accord, closed as his kiss became gentler. She never had a kiss quite like that before. Whenever Tony kissed her, it was always rough and all tongue. But Tygra's was gentle. Her arms slowly wrapped around his upper arms.

When he moved away, several minutes went by without either saying a word until he decided to break the silence. He slowly dropped his hands to hers and moved them away from his arms.

"It's better to have loved and lost then it is not to love at all."

"Who told you that?" she asked quietly, still not sure what just inspired, happened.

"Your brother."

Those two words got her attention from thinking about the kiss. "What do you mean?"

"We never told you, mainly because Jaga didn't want us to but also because you weren't ready. But your brothers can also appear."

She was taken aback.

"We learnt they could do that when you had your birthday. Josh told us how humans celebrate and it was Josh who convinced Jaga to get you to wear one of the dresses. Josh also said not to say anything. But now I think its time."

He looked past her as he said his last line.

She slowly turned and gasped at the sight behind her. All seven brothers were standing behind her with Jaga.

"Alana," Jaga said. "I think it is time for you to move on. The Thundercats will take good care of you. You no longer need me as a main choice of guidance." Jaga moved out of the way, letting Josh to step forward.

"It's nice to see that your spirit has not been lost from our deaths. We want you to know that we're with you always. And if you ever need someone to talk to, we'll be there."

Slight tears came out of her eyes at seeing her brothers. She barely felt Tygra wrapping his arm around her shoulders.

"Alana," Carl said. "We must go for now. We just came to tell you that we're here for you."

"No," she whispered as she saw them slowly disappear, leaving only Jaga. "Please don't leave me," she pleaded towards her brothers, or was it for Jaga.

Jaga slightly smiled. "I'm not. I'll still be here but you have others to help guide you."

She did not realize the other Thundercats returned with Tony in hand with his hands tied behind his back. At first he couldn't see anything and wondered what the Thundercats were looking at, but soon a transparent figure slowly took shape in front of Alana. At first he could see the figure's lips moving but nothing was coming out. Soon though sound came from the figure's mouth.

"And now you can concentrate in training and become a Thundercat."

"I can, can't I?" she mumbled. "And if I past the Anointment Trails, I can become a Thundercat?"

"Yes," Jaga smiled and looked at the other Thundercats. "But right now, it's time to get back to what is at hand." He swung his cape around him and disappeared.

"How the hell can you become a Thundercat? You're not even part of their race!" Tony snapped, getting the Thundercats attention when Jaga disappeared. "You're supposed to be my wife. And here you are with another man's arm around your arms. And he's not even a man."

Alana turned, realizing Jaga had allowed himself to be seen by Tony. "Just because Tygra, is not human that doesn't make him any less of a man. And he's more of a man than you are. Besides you have no right to me as you tried to kill me when I left Planet Seris. I was a prisoner on that planet.

"About the Thundercats, you have no idea what you are talking about. The Lord of the Thundercats is the one who makes the ultimate decision on if someone can be a Thundercat or not and they don't have to be a Thunderian to be one.

"I should thank you though. Thanks to you I have lost loved ones but now have gained a new family and learned that not all men are like you and my father. You will answer to all the crimes you have committed, including the murder of your own parents and the attempts on my life."

"I will answer to no one," Tony hissed. "Besides you have no proof about my parents."

"You just don't get it, do you? You are so clueless to what's around you." Alana snapped. "You think you are so supreme! Get a life! You are nowhere near as strong as the people I have had the annoying incident of meeting. There is a creature, who was just here, lives on this planet and he is stronger than everyone, including yourself, on your planet. I'm sure you know him as well. Mumm-Ra."

"Mumm-Ra? I don't know Mumm-Ra? I found you on my own."

"Don't give me that shit! Tygra became your prisoner when he first was Mumm-Ra's. You wouldn't have figured out that I was living with the Thundercats without his help. Oh I'm sure eventually you would have found out, but that would have meant you would have soiled your own hands to do it. But what you don't understand is Mumm-Ra used you for his own advantage. Do you have any idea why Mumm-Ra went to you? I'll tell you why. For nearly five years now, he has been trying to wipe out the Thundercats. Well guess what, Mumm-Ra has failed time and time again."

"You lie!" he snapped. That was not possible. He had never been used by anyone.

"I'm a liar, am I? Then why did Mumm-Ra go to you in the first place? Mumm-Ra has never liked any new enemy raining down on Third Earth. He wants to take control of the planet and the Thundercats are preventing him from doing just that. Mumm-Ra is like you. Use anyone to get what you want. At least one thing I can give Mumm-Ra credit for is he won't blackmail women into sex so their loved ones could remain alive."

Tony's eyes blazed with fury. How dare the woman say such things in front of the cat people. "How dare you speak to me like that!"

"What are you going to do? Threaten to kill my father, go ahead. I've already lost my brothers at your mercy, what's one more to add to the mix. I know for a fact you would never get to my sisters. And besides it's the truth. I know about Trisha. You despise her mother because she's not a small woman but she is a good cook so you have Trisha dress up in some sort of revealing outfit just so you can be satisfied. And of course Trisha does it, though she hates it, just so her mother will stay alive.

"At least I will be able to tell her that she is free from the confines of your bed and she will never have to wear so much revealing clothing. I suppose she's probably on your ship."

When Alana noticed that none of the Thundercats had tried to calm her from her temper, which she was glad about. They have wanted her to be more open, well she was being open about her feelings about her ex-fiancé. She turned to Lion-O.

"Is there any way we can get to his ship in orbit?"

Lion-O nodded. "The Feliner can travel into space. We could bring anyone down who wishes to stay."

"Actually," a female voice said, coming from behind Tony. "There's no need, unless you want to get the others who wish to be free of our King's rule. There will be some that won't stay, like his brothers. His brothers will resist and try and get their brother."

A young woman and a big woman stood at the entrance to the cave. The young woman was wearing a cloak. She pulled the cloak off of her revealing a full navy blue body suit. The bigger woman was wearing a long brown dress to the ground.

"When Tony beamed down here with Tygra, at the same moment my mother and I, in another transport room, beamed down as well. Luckily, we were able to get just seconds before he did and we hid behind a boulder."

Alana turned at the sound. "Trisha! You're ok."

"Thanks to your friends," Trisha smiled. "I now can actually smile and it won't be false. I'm free."

"How did you get down here?" Tony snapped.

Trisha's mother looked at the tied man as tears of joy made their way down her cheeks. "Trisha is a very talented woman. We sabotaged the transporter that you used. Two of the transport pads were sabotaged, except for the one we used." She jerked as her daughter moved away and stood just before Tony.

"I only endured your bed, your body, to keep my mother alive. This you knew, but here is something you did not. When you threw Tygra into the brig, I did the forbidden. I consulted with him, moments after you left. From there, we made plans for my escape. I would have left Seris with Alana if I wasn't with you."

The last word was a spit. She quickly brought her hand around and slapped him. "Never again." Trisha turned to Lion-O. "You must be Lord Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats."

"I am," Lion-O nodded. All this new information was overwhelming.

"I request sanctuary for my mother and myself, until we can decide where we want to live."

"Granted."

Alana hissed. "Perhaps maybe it would be better if everyone else on the ship remain in the dark until Mandora can get here to take this sexual abuser away." She pointed at Tony for a dramatic effect. "Is there any way we can detain him until then?"

"Cats' Lair has a holding room," Tygra answered. "And no one has ever been able to get out of it as I was the one who designed its layout."

"Good, let's get out of here. The Adrenaline rush is starting wear off and…" she didn't get a chance to complete her sentence as her legs suddenly turned to jelly and she no longer could hold her own strength. She hadn't slept in over twenty-four hours. That's including the two the hours she was forced to endure by Vanessa giving her sleeping pills.

Tygra, still with his arm around her shoulder, felt her legs giving away. He swiftly caught her legs and picked her up. Her arms were instantly wrapped around his neck, leaning her head on his shoulder as her eyes began to get heavy.

"Get your hands off of her!" Tony snapped. "Alana you're mine!"

Lion-O stepped up, anger clearly shown on his face. "You will not speak to my sister like that."

Tony was taken aback as if he was just slapped in the face. "Your sister? She's human."

"To the Thundercats that doesn't matter," Tygra answered coldly, walking past the human male.

Tony tried to jump out but with quick action from Cheetara, Tony didn't even see her move until her staff tripped him.

"Cheetara," Lion-O said. "Will you be able to get back to Cats' Lair?"

"I'm sure I will handle it," she smiled. She picked Tony up, and then added. "I'm sure he maybe too frightened to do anything but want to get his bearings." She slugged him over her shoulder and began to run out of the cave at top speed.

Alana slightly lifted her head with a smile as she heard Tony scream in fright at Cheetara's speed.

"Rest," Tygra whispered in her ear.

Not wanting to fight, she leaned her head back down as darkness began to envelop her. She knew she was safe and secured in Tygra's arms. He was now safe and sound back on Third Earth. She was not going to let her exhaustion take over. The rhythm of his heartbeat allowed the darkness to take her sooner.

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Author's Notes: I was also in a writer's block in how to the rescue action. I hope the action wasn't too sappy. I also thought adding in another run with Mumm-Ra would attract the scene better. Since I already mentioned a few times that the Thundercats hoped he wouldn't interfere.