Placing a basket of fruit down that you had collected inside the tank. When the necklace that Viragor gave you catches your eye the tailsmen was made from well carved out stone, with interesting designs in them, the same that appeared on your back the mill, taking a hold of the tailsmen part. You smile at it, not paying attention to someone coming behind you.
Two arms come from behind you, wrapping around your waist, which made you stiff up a bit. Till you heard Tygra chuckle from behind you. Making you ease up.
"What are you looking at?"he asked you, he rest his chin on your shoulder. You hold tailsmen on the necklace for him to see.
He looks at it"I see. If we were back on Thundera I could get you something better."he jokes with you.
Though you did not take it as such, hearing him say that. You move away from him, he noticed your sudden mood change. Despite all that has happen, the destruction of Thundera was what still weighed heavily on you. Though for your own reason, the others did not know.
"Zahra..."Tygra calls out to you, as he makes his way over to you"I didn't mean to bring that up."As he turns you around to face him, though you did not look at him. Using a hand, he guides your face to you look at him.
Which you did, he could tell you felt sad about the city, and you knew he was sorry for saying that joke. Using the same hand, he brushes back your bangs gently with his fingers. Giving you a warm smile, you smile back at him the same way.
As you both inched in closer, closing your eyes, he did the samething. Placing your hands on his chest, just centimeters apart, just as both your lips brushed upon the others, ready to full connect.
"Zahra!Zahra!"WilyKat yells as does WilyKit.
Their yelling startled you and Tygra, to which he bumps his head on something. As you move away from knocking over the basket of fruit which rolled all over on the floor of the tank.
Tygra rubs his head, a bit upset at the twins sudden appearance. They both get there, with Snarf and Amun.
"Za- what happen here?"WilyKit asked looking at you and Tygra. WilyKat does the samething though he he frowns.
"Yeah, what happen?"he demands more so then ask, as he holds his arms looking Tygra suspiciously .
"Nothing."Tygra tells him, still rubbing his head. WilyKat looks at him, then at you, not all buying it.
WilyKit goes over to help you with the fruit, Tygra joins in with her.
WilyKat walks over to help as well"I don't know, you tell me."he questions Tygra.
Who arches an eyebrow at him, it did not phase him one bit. You finish getting all the fruit up and back int he basket.
"Yes?"you ask the twins.
"..."they look at you.
"You both where calling out to her for something."Tygra tells them still irritated by their disruption from earlier.
"Oh, we just wanted to see where you where."WilyKit tells you"And that everyone is ready to go back to the Elephant village."
"Oh, ok."you tell them.
"Zah-ah there you are."Lion-O comes around the corner, he makes his way inside the tank. As he makes his way over to you, he smiles at you."Are you ready to go?"
You nod your head to him"Yes."
"That's good, cause Panthro is ready."He tells you.
Nodding your head to him, when he looks at the tailsmen on your necklace. He takes hold of it, as he looks at it a bit more. Tygra growls low. Tensing up just a bit, seeing how close Lion-O was. You where about to take it, when he let it go himself.
"It suits you, I knew you could do it."he smiles at you.
"..."you nod your head to him"Shouldn't we be going?"
"Yeah."Lion-O agrees with you, he then turns to Tygra who tried not to have on his upset face"Panthro wants you up front."
"Why me? Why don't you go?"Tygra asked him.
"Cause he asked you."Lion-O tells him.
"..."Tygra narrows his eyes at his younger brother, who was somewhat taken back by this.
Tygra was about to say something, but saw your eyes gesture to leave. He calms himself down, as he leaves the tank. When he did Cheetara comes in, looking back at Tygra sensing his anger."Is everything ok?"she asked.
"I don't know."Lion-O tells her, as the door to the tank closes, and Panthro takes off back to the Elephants village.
Wanting some fresh air, you open portholes as you grab some fruit to give to Tygra and Panthro.
"Fruit?"you asked them, as you held out for them to take.
"Thanks."Panthro tells you as he takes his from you.
Just as Tygra was about to take his, Lion-O comes out with Cheetara.
"So this whole time the stone has been at the Elephants village."Panthro"In their hut."
"Well yes and no."Lion-O"The stone is in hut, in the Astral Plane"
"Astral Plane?"Panthro"And where on Third is the Astral Planes."
"It's not at all on Third Earth Panthro."Cheetara tells him"The Astral Plane is a spirit relem, the hut is just a gateway in."
"Is it in the village or isn't it?"Panthro asked
"It is, and it isn't."Tygra tells him.
Panthro grunts at this"Panthro, just like the energies of this forest and everything else, it is hidden within another part. And only few can sense and connect to the energies can open them to harness them. The same with the hut back at the village. Though the stone is somewhere not on Third Earth, doesn't mean it is not there."
He sighs, as he takes a bite of his fruit. You smile at him, you then hand Tygra his. He takes it from you with a smile, you give him one back as well.
Lion-O noticed this"Took me awhile but I finally got a hang of this sword."he blurts out"Just like you Zahra with your new powers."
You look at him, he smiles at you. You give him a small one back. Tygra grunts at this, taking a bite of his fruit as the juice trickles down.
"That's good Lion-O."you tell him, you where about to smile at him, when placed his hand on yours.
You look up at him, he had on a serious face, as he makes his grip a bit tighter"I'm glad too, cause now I can protect you."
You did not know what to say, though you did take your hand back, as you go back inside the tank. Lion-O watches you, he then looks down at his older brother, whom he smiles at. Though Tygra did not return it.
In just sometime, the Thundertank stops."By Thundera!"Panthro's voice booms.
You, Cheetara, and the twins come out to look to see in shock, the Elephant's village was under attack.
"The Elephant's village."WilyKit grabs onto you, you hold her.
"Sword of Omen's give me sight beyond sight."Lion-O uses the sword. Everyone waits for him to finish, it lasted for a few seconds."We're too late, the lizards have already found the hut."he tells everyone.
Panthro goes and parks the tank, as everyone gets out. He uses a scope to look onto the Elephant village"Grune..."he says his name in disgust.
Right then, your blood froze and your heart stopped. You could not breath, Amun noticed this with you. He looks onto you worried. Your mind screamed of the times when you where younger, with him standing over you with a evil smile, when a huge foot came down hard. Making everything blackout.
It effected you, as you grab onto your head. Dropping to your knees quickly and hard. It caught everyone's attention, along with Amun's yelping to you.
"Zahra!"the twins reach your first.
"Whats wrong? Are you ok?"WilyKit asked you.
You try to calm yourself, as you slowly nod your head."...Wh-what is the attack plain?"you asked everyone. As you try your hardest to shake off the image and headache now.
"We're going to wait until night to attack."Cheetara tells you looking at you worried"Are you sure your alright?"
Pushing yourself up, as you nod your head. You try to stand up straight but your legs gave out on you for second. Tygra flinched to get you, but Cheetara gets you. Holding you up.
"..."Panthro looks at you.
Lion-O comes over to you, you where now sweating a bit, trying to regain your breathing. He looks at you worried"You can't go Zahra, your going to have to stay here."
You shake your head no to him"I-I can go..."you lie to them all, but pain shot up in your mind as you grab it again, digging your nails into Cheetara who did not mind.
"Your staying. And that is an order."Lion-O tells you, seeing you could not fight back. Cheetara leads you back to the tank, as she lays you down. Your breathing was still heavy.
"Jest rest, we'll be back."she tells you, looking at you worried still, she then leaves you as the hatch closes.
You tried to get your breathing under control, the sign on your tailsmen started to glow. Adding the marks from show on your skin. Which allowed your breathing to go back to normal.
With others, they battle some of the lizards before making their way to the village. Until they got caught, due WilyKit stopping Aburn from being killed by one the lizards, giving away everyone's position.
"Weapons on the ground, or the grass eater gets it"Grune tells everyone as he holds his mace to Aburn"And I assure you I won't miss a target this big."
Everyone does as he says, Grune smiles at this. When he noticed you were not with them"Well, where is witch? Did you all get tired of her already? Pity too. I had a wonderful surprise for her."
"Her name is Zahra!"WilyKit yells at him.
Grune looks at her, he growls making her go quiet. He goes to pick up sword"At last the sword falls into worthy hands. Of course it's not what I came here for, where is the spirit stone?"he demands from Lion-O.
"Have you checked the hut?"Lion-O taunts him.
"Oh... you may be prepared for your death."Grune"But are you prepared for theirs?"as the lizards charge up their weapons.
"I don't know where it is."Lion-O tells him.
"And yet you came back to the village."Grune"Wipe out the entire heard."he demands the lizards.
The others gasp, as they look on at the heard as the lizards get ready to fire. When a white fog, started to come as it thickens.
"What!"Grune looks on"If they move shot them."Grune orders his lizards to keep their guns on Lion-O and the rest. As he looks around.
The lizards do as well, when one of them see a quick shadow figure go by them, just as they aim to shoot, an energy arrow hits their weapon, followed by a palm thrust.
The other lizards hear their screams, Grune growls at this. As he picks up his mace, it charges up. He looks carefully, as he sees the figure in the fog. He aims and fires, but misses them. He seems them again and fires again and again everytime. But did not get them.
"Show yourself!"he demands, the second he does. He puts up his mace as he blocks in coming energy arrows. He then chuckles to himself"Well, well..." Looking up quickly, he uses his arm to block an incoming ankle ax kick from you.
You push off his block, as you look up at him. Your tattoos on your body glowed, as did your eyes which where deadly locked on him. The fog comes to a stop as Amun forms to normal self.
"Well, the witch. Thought you wouldn't be lasting for this long with them."Grune smiles at you. As he charges up his mace"I don't care what my orders are with you. This will be fun."
You stand up straight as you aim your arrow at him, you then let it go, but he blocks it. The second he does, he charges at you. You move back just in time. As his mace came down hard. Amun runs to the others.
You go and shoot another arrow at him, but he just blocks them, seeing that was not working. You do hand to hand combat. As you go to strike him, but he just blocks them with ease, laughing at you. He the punches you, but you see this as you block it. His strength was great as you slide back.
Grune smiles at you, as he aims his mace at you, when Amun caught his eye. In a quick swift he blast at Amun. Hitting his mark.
"Amun!"The twins yell for him.
You stand there in shock, as you see the spot where Amun, to find a small crater."..."you hurry to run over there. Only to be quickly grabbed by the throat by Grune tightly. He was cutting off your air supply. As he held you in air with ease.
"Stop it!"WilyKat pleads with him, as he watches you struggling to get air, you claw at Grune's hand.
Grune looks at you"Didn't recognize you for a bit. Trying a new look?"he taunts you with a sly smile, as his hand tightens more around your throat. He turns around to the others."..."he smiles at them."Now about that stone."He looks at Lion-O.
Who looks at you, Grune smiles more at this, seeing his weakness."A rare one isn't she? To bad though."picking up his mace as he charges it up, as he tightens his grip more, you screamed but it could not be heard due to your lack of air. He then throws you down hard, as he points his mace to the back of your head.
"Stop, I know where it is."Lion-O tells him.
"Really?"Grune puts his mace down, as he picks you up by the throat again, as he held onto you.
"Yes, it's in the Astral Plane."Lion-O tells him, though looks at you when he did.
"Well then"he throws you down to the rest. As he looks at Lion-O who walks pass him leading him to the hut.
"Zahra!"the twins look at you, as they hurry over to you. You cough hard as you suck in huge amounts of air, touching your throat, your hand shaking. Though you look over at where Amun once was. The twins look as well, they where about to conclude you when a bright light caught everyone's attention, turning to look see Lion-O opening the Astral Plane. Which amazed everyone.
"Prepare a party to enter."Grune tells his army"But first kill them all."
"No!"the twins protest.
But it did nothing as the weapons started to charge up ready to go off, when missile came aimed at the robots as they destroy them. The lizards look around, a huge metal claw attached to a cable comes out as it destroys another robot, everyone looks on waiting. In just a few seconds the Thundertank comes up over the mountain side.
And in it was Tygra"I don't believe it!"Cheetara surprised
"Me either, who said he could drive my tank"Panthro.
With Tygra causing a distraction, Lion-O takes back his sword from Grune.
"Thundercats!Hoooo!1"he yells out, as the symbol shown in the night sky.
Seeing this, Panthro and Cheetara attack the lizards. You get up, though your balance was off, but you stand your ground. Your tattoos come back as your eyes glow, the twins hurry and move.
The lizards aim their weapons at you, as they fire. With a swipe of your hand, a huge gust of wind sends their fire back at them, as well knocking them down.
"Whoa, look at her go."WilyKit looks at you, you kick in the air sending a gust of wind at them again. Then slam your hands on the ground, causing it shake as earth spike shot up from the ground.
"Yeah!"your brother cheers, that he and his sister did not pay attention to behind them. Until they heard the weapon's charging. Turn they look and see some lizards with their guns at them.
They both scream, which catches your ear. Turning you see them both."No!"you hurry and run to them.
Just as the lizards pull the trigger, something huge pounces on them. You stop running as you see what it was. The twins look up as well terrorized by this creature quatropied large mammal, with creamy color fur, large sharp canines hanging out from its mouth.. As it attacks the rest of the lizards, guarding the twins. You make your over to them, as they quickly grab onto you.
The creature then opens it's mouth as its markings light up, and a huge flamish dark blue blast comes out it's mouth destroying everything in its range.
Once it was done, turning around it looks at you and the twins, when it starts to wag its tail, as it proceeds to lick WilyKat. Who figured it out who it was.
"Amun?!"he smiles at him.
"Amun?!"you look at him, he wags his tail more hearing his name from you"Amun"you smile at him. As you pet him, with the twins.
"Zahra, Zahra!"Tygra calls for you, you look up to see him come running over to you.
Standing up as best you could, he embraces you in a hug. Which you hug him back, the twins look on, while WilyKat frowned.
"Are you alright?"Tygra asked you, he looks at you for any signs of injuries when he sees the mark from Grune on your neck, which upsets him.
"Guys!"Cheetara calls.
You look as you see the lizards had fled along with Grune, she waves for you all to come over to the hut. Which you do with the others. WilyKit rides Amun.
Reaching hut, the other where inside. You look at the doorway into the Astral Plane.
"Finding the stone will not be easy."Anut tells Lion-O"The astral plane is like anything you've ever encounter. There thought itself is formed into reality"
Lion-O exhales hard"Ok, I can do this." He then felt a hand on his shoulder, he turns to find you. You smile at him.
"Do not lose yourself."you tell him, he smiles back at you, when he noticed your mark around your neck. Taking hold of the hand you had on his shoulder. He holds onto it tightly, when he gives it a kiss which surprised and shocked you as well the others. That he took this opportunity, to kiss you on the lips. Though it was quickly.
You where stun, as you touch your lips looking at him. Holding up your hand he still was holding, he smiles softly at you."As long as I hold onto you, and dream. I won't lose myself."
Tygra breaks it up"I'm going with you."he tells Lion-O"This mission is to important for you to handle on your own."
"Thanks, but I don't need your help."Lion-O tells him.
"Funny, cause I already saved your tail once today."Tygra gives him a slight threatening look.
Lion-O looks back at him"I sense a negative energy between you two."Anut tells them.
"Yeah, ever since we were cubs"Tygra tells him
"Fine after you."Lion-O tells him, Tygra looks at him, then passed him at you.
*...Tygra*you call to him in your mind, he knew as he smirks at you not to worry, as he goes into the astro plane.
Lion-O was just about to follow when Aunt stops him"There is one thing I must tell you. I see something, a vision. By evening bell tomorrow you will not a betrayal from your brother like you have never known."
"We don't always get along, but he would never betray me."Lion-O tells him.
"Aunt's vision are never wrong."Aburn tells him.
"Never?"Lion-O seem uneasy about this, as he looks at the Astral Plane, then goes in.
Everyone watches him, you slightly bite your lower lip, where Lion-O kissed you. There was no mistake, those where the same lips that where pressed up against yours when you almost drowned back tower to give you air.
Amun looks at you, he studied your reaction to what just happen. WilyKat noticed this, as he looks over at you.
"Come."Anut tells everyone, as you all leave the hut. Once outside, you move away from the group, to be alone by yourself, as you sit with your feet over the mountain's side. Your head down, but you lift it up as you look over everything, the wind blew your bangs back.
Looking up more into the night sky, you see both Tygra and Lion-O in the stars.