Down in the lower levels of the Thundercats home, Katra sat at a small table in one of the many holding rooms glaring at The ligerlynx, Therja, who was propped against the far wall, arms folded just staring at her, "where is my son?" she demanded to know.
"Don't worry your boy is perfectly safe here" Therja answered grabbing the chair across the table from her, turning it around he straddled the chair and sat down, "I would be more concerned as to the questions I am about to ask"
Katra just lifted her head in defiance, "I told you I have done nothing wrong"
"I don't think you fully understand the gravity of your situation darling," the big cat said, "You could be facing life in prison, that's if you don't get the death penalty"
Katra just looked at him, "for what? , for arguing in a restaurant? I can still have that damn lioness charged for assaulting me"
"No, for two accounts of murder " Therja said deadpan.
Katra's jaw dropped, "whoa wait a minute, I didn't kill anyone" she protested.
Therja picked up the folder that sat on the corner of the table and opened it, " Two are dead because of the fire you set" he said and took out a pile of photo's, and tossed them down on the table in front of the female puma, "that, "Therja said pointing to one graphic photo" was Sele, she was the children's nursemaid, she burned to death "Therja said angrily "she died a horrible painful death"
Therja spread out the photos on the table, "you see what you've done all because of greed,"
"Who was the second?" Katra asked quietly
"Panthro's son Kale also died because of his injuries he sustained from the fire" Therja said flatly, "as you can see you are in a whole heap of trouble, you'll be lucky if Panthro don't have you drawn and quarter or hung from the nearest beam"
The look on the woman's face was that of sheer horror, "nooo" she screamed, "I didn't do any of this, I"
Therja slammed his huge fist down on the table "You had someone else do it for you didn't you?"
Katra gnawed on her bottom lip, "It wasn't suppose to happen like this" she said bursting into tears.
"Who set the fire Katra? "Therja asked.
Katra raised her head and looked at Therja her eyes wide, "I…I can't"
"Think of your boy Katra and what will happen if you don't tell me, do you want him to know you killed two people?" Therja asked, "Who was it that set the fire?"
"I'm not going to say anything until I can speak with Panthro" Katra stated.
Therja drew his head back in surprise, "Darlin you have a lot of guts to ask such a thing"
"Please I need to see him "Katra pleaded.
"I highly doubt he will see you" Therja said.
"Please, just five minutes, that's all" Katra asked. "Just ask him to come so I can talk to him"
Therja shook his head "I'm sorry but that wont be possible, Panthro is in the med bay, last I heard he was in the operating room"
"Then take me too him, Please," Katra pleaded.
"Why?" Therja asked curiously
"To tell him I'm sorry… for everything, "Katra said as tears rolled down her cheeks, "I just wanted him to love me"
"You still Love him don't you?" Therja asked softly, "even after all this time"
Katra nodded and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, "I know I should have had more patience with him, Panthro is a very difficult man to love, and he's ill tempered and can be so bossy"
"Then why do you still love him?" Therja asked
"Because I knew I would be set for life, I wouldn't have to worry about anything" Katra admitted, "he would proved everything for me, and I wouldn't have to work another day in my life"
"So you figured if you could trap him, by giving him a child you'd be set for life?" Therja asked trying not to grasp the woman by the throat, there was a old phrase he had heard once for a woman like her it was gold digger. She was planning on only using Panthro for his reputation and the money and things he could by her. This made Therja sick to his stomach.
"Well sort of, he would have probably learned to love me eventually, I had it all planned out, "Katra said.
Therja just shook his head, "Darlin I have to say, you're some piece of work, you know that"
"well maybe if I can see him , I can change his mind, I mean I do have his only son "Katra said, "and Kruo now is his heir, so he owes me"
Therja tighten his hand into a fist, he swore he would never hit a woman, but this woman was pushing all the wrong buttons, tightening his jaw he spoke through clenched teeth "not as long as I live will you ever get near him to even look at him let alone speak one vile word from your disgusting lips, you madam are a psychopathic bitch"
"How dare you!" Katra spat.
"Don't push your luck little lady, you've turned my stomach" Therja growled, "Be thankful that Panthro isn't well enough to come down here, because he would snap your neck like a twig"
Therja had enough he need to get away from this woman before he himself strangled her, he walked to the door, "stay put, I'm going for some air, think about what I said, I expect answers when I return"
The Ligerlynx walked out slamming the door behind him, this woman had him all riled up, he was ready to hit something, so he decided instead to just go for a short walk, maybe go cheek on the boy, who he had left in Snarf's charge.
After Therja left Katra began to worry, what she was going to do now, everything she had planned was falling apart. , she turned her head and noticed the door was slightly ajar, when the ligerlynx stormed out the door didn't fully latch. She knew she could probably make a run for it, but what about her son, she couldn't leave him here, they would never let her have him back and she would be arrested and tossed in jail on sight. She decided she needed to find Panthro, maybe if she did some fast talking she could plead her case and he would take pity on her.
The female puma got up and grasped the door handle and slowly opened the door and peeked her head out and looked up and down that hall, all was clear, she slipped out and made her way down the hallway, she needed to find the med bay. She forgotten just how big this place was inside, how many hallways and rooms there was, it had been a long time since she had been here and it took her a few minutes to get her bearings. After a few minutes she stood outside the doors of the medbay. Taking a breath and looking again up and down the hall, she slowly opened the door and stepped inside, all was quiet, and luckily for her it was still early and no one was around, the day shift didn't start for another couple of hours.
Stepping quietly into the ward, she saw the panther in question laying in bed, there was a stand bedside his bad with a few bag hanging from it, tubes leading down to a IV line in his hand, looking around Katra went closer and seen he was fast asleep. She walked over and stood beside the bed and looked down at the panther, she reached out and gently touched his cheek. He looked so peaceful sleeping. She leaned over, "Panthro," she whispered in his ear.
Hearing his name, the panther slowly opened his eyes "Lea?" he questioned groggily, he was still heavily medicated
Katra cringed at the name, "No, Panthro, it's me" she said.
Once he opened his eyes and focused on her, his expression changed in an instant, "YOU!" he snarled and grabbed her by the throat.
Katra's' hands went to her throat as she tried to dislodge the panther's tight grip, "Please," she pleaded in small gasps, "I only want to tell you how sorry I am"
"Oh, you'll be sorry alight, sorry you ever dared show your face here," Panthro snarled.
"Pan, please, "Katra's said softly
"Don't' you call me that," Panthro growled, "you have no right to call me by that name"
"Alright, Please Panthro, let me talk," Katra pleaded, "I'm sorry, but it wasn't me, I love you, I would never do anything to hurt you" She said and gently ran her hand down his arm.
Panthro narrowed his eyes and pulled her down close to his face, "let me tell you something right now once and for all Katra, "He said his voice a low dangerous tone, "there was never anything between us and there never will be, you are nothing but a cold blooded snake and I want nothing to do with you"
"But what about that night we shared?" Katra asked placing her hand over his.
"Worse mistake I ever made," Panthro spat." I take full responsibility for our son and if you cared about me as you say, you would have come to me about him as soon as you found out you was carrying my cub"
"I know I should have, but I was scared?" Katra admitted,
"Of what?" Panthro asked.
"You" Katra stated, "I loved you and you couldn't or wouldn't love me back"
"Katra I told you before I couldn't, I was still mourning the loss of my wife and child," Panthro said releasing his grip from her throat, "I am sorry it ended the way it did but I just couldn't give you what you wanted and I still cannot"
"If she hadn't of come back and I told you about Kuro would you have loved me then?" Katra asked.
"No, "Panthro admitted, "If Lea hadn't of come back I would probably be alone, you don't understand Katra, I love that woman with every fiber of my being and no one could ever replace her" Panthro closed his eyes a moment he was tired and weak the medication that flowed through his veins made him sleepy, "just go"
"GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Sabar roared coming into the room and seeing the female puma.
Katra's head whipped around, "I was only talking to him"
"You've done enough to my family" Sabar growled and hit the alarm on the wall.
Instantly a loud sired sounded, Katra knew any second thunder guards would come bursting through the door , pushing passed Sabar she ran out the med bay door. Sabar ran over to check on her uncle, "I'm alright "he said, "where's Lea?'
"I don't know I haven't seen here since you got out of surgery" Sabar answered.
Katra knew she would be in even more trouble, she had to find a way out and fast, turning left then right she ran as fast as she could down the many winding hallways, but it had been so many years since she was last in this place and even then she mainly stayed in the lower levels, she had never been in this section of the lair before and was hopelessly lost. She ran down one hallway that lead to the Thundercats sleeping quarters, one of the doors open just as she passed. Turning around and looking Katra seen Leanna coming out of her room.
Hearing the alarm Leanna had come out to see4 what was going on, she seen someone run past as her door opened and at the same time she heard a description of a woman being announced over the speaker, it was the exact same woman who had just ran past her door. "HEY!" Leanna shouted and took chase; she didn't realize who it was until she got closer.
"KATRA, STOP!" Leanna shouted as the female puma opened a door heading to a long winding staircase, that lead up to the cat's head.
Leanna took her comms out of her pocket and reported where she seen Katra go, "Stay there" Therja ordered, "I'm on my way"
"Hell with that" Leanna said with a slight snort, and took off up the steps.
Katra stopped and opened the maintenance hatch, she had no choice, she had no other place to go, she was cornered. The winded was strong as a rain storm brewed over head. Her head whipped around as the door opened again, "KATRA STOP" Leanna shouted over the howl of the wind, "COME INSIDE"
Katra slowly stepped back, "NO" she yelled back.
"DON'T BE STUIPD, YOU HAVE NO PLACE TO GO" Leanna shouted moving slowly forward, "COME INSIDE"
The rain made the stone surface of the inside of the mouth slick, Katra's foot slipped a few times as she backed up further towards the front of the mouth and dangerous close to the edge. "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT" Katra screamed, "I COULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY, BUT YOU RUINED IT, YOU HAD TO COME BACK DIDN'T YOU"
"KATRA, COME INSIDE AND WE WILL SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THIS" Leanna replied, she seen the woman getting closer to the edge a few more steps and it was going to be a fast trip to the ground.
"NO" Katra screamed then went on the attack, catching the lioness completely by surprise, Katra leaped and knocked her to the floor, "I HATE YOU" Katra scream and started punching Leanna in the face as hard as she could, "I WISH YOU HAD OF STAYED DEAD!"
Leanna looked at her and spit out blood, "YOU DONE YET?" she asked.
Katra just blinked, which was a mistake, it gave the few seconds the lioness needed to toss the puma off her, Leanna rolled to her side and got to her feet, grabbing the puma by the back of the head and getting in a few punches of her own, "YOU PICKED A FIGHT WITH THE WRONG CAT" Leanna spat.
As the two she cats fought, Therja raced up the steps, he tried the door but it had been jammed shut by the high winds, he stood back and rammed his shoulder into the door. Outside the two she cats slid across the slick wet surface heading towards the edge, Leanna managed to grab one of the large stone fangs with one hand as she grabbed Katra with the other as she tumbled over the edge. The two women hung there hundreds of feet up, down below was the courtyard and hanger doors.
Katra dug her claws in to the lioness forearm, " STOP IT" Leanna shouted as her arm started to sting and burn.
Therja burst through the door and seen Leanna's hand hanging on to the fang, he ran over and grabbed her arm "I GOT YOU" he shouted over the wind.
"NOOOOOOOO" Katra screamed and tore her claws deeper into the lioness's arm,
Leanna roared in pain, "KATRA STOP IT, YOU'LL MAKE ME LOSE MY GRIP"
Therja knew he had to act fast before Katra tore Leanna's arm to shreds, he began pulling the lioness up.
As soon as Katra was level with the bottom jaw of the head, she planted her feet and started pulling, she wasn't going to go back and neither was that lioness, if she was going to die then so was she.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Therja asked as Katra tried to pull them over the edge.
"IF I CAN'T HAVE HIM, EITHER WILL SHE," Katra spat and reached up and went to slash her claws across Leanna's exposed throat.
In a flash Therja big boot came out of nowhere hitting the female puma in the head, soon as her grip loosened he pulled Leanna up over the edge and safely on more solid ground. The wind drowned out Katra's screams as she fell to the courtyard below.