A/N: Sorry this is so late. Hope you enjoy. :)
Chapter 10
Inside the med-bay, Lea stood chatting with Pumyra about the current situation they found themselves in. Leo had stayed with his sister only a few moments when a call came in and he was forced to head out to deal with it. Cheetara hadn't left her daughter's side and Tyler was right there with her. The litah's amazing healing abilities had managed to begin the healing process of her burns and despite what had transpired she seemed to be on the mend. Lea had a sneaking suspicion that the young Princess was burying her feelings in an attempt to make her mate and mother feel better. Lion-O sat in a wheelchair nearby and the lioness had noted the looks that father and daughter had given one another, no doubt both of them knew something they weren't telling anyone.
"So what has your hubby had to say about the heart device?" Pumyra asked, interrupting the silence that had fallen in between them.
"He has Lucius down in the hangar and they are talking to a friend of his about what to do," Lea nodded.
"Boy Lucius seems to be well connected in the medical department," the puma commented.
"He said it was because he needed friends in high places with the same views. Jaga forbid under medication he say something he shouldn't," the lioness pointed out.
"True then we wouldn't have what we have now," Pumyra had a thoughtful look on her face, as if the conversation wasn't the only thing on her mind.
"All right spill it woman," Lea said. To this the puma chuckled and nodded.
"You can always see when I'm hiding something," she laughed.
"Comes from living with a stubborn panther," Lea teased. They both laughed and slowly, Pumyra spoke up about what was bothering her.
"You have to promise to not tell anyone," she started.
"ThunderCats honor," her friend nodded.
"Way before we joined the ThunderCats, Ben and I had always been dancing around the thought of us as a couple. We cared for each other and if we were truly the last of our kind, it scared us that we were wasting time. Time that could be spent together. Anyway, one night after celebrating Ben's birthday, we got a little tipsy. Needless to say we crossed that invisible line that had separated us. And for a while everything was great, until I found out I was with cub," she paused, unsure if she wanted to go further. Seeing the look on Lea's face told her, she needed to.
"One day, I was helping Lynx-O fix the roof of his house when he stumbled. I immediately grabbed for him afraid that he would injure himself and we both hit the roof and started to roll toward the edge. We fell and I landed hard with him on top of me. By the time, Ben got back from his hunting trip; I'd lost the baby. After that things were never the same until one day we realized that we couldn't stand to be apart, no matter what happened. Lynx-O always blamed himself. We never should have been up there but I didn't tell him I was pregnant, still he blamed himself. For a long time we barely spoke, all three of us. It wasn't until the Berserkers attacked that Ben threw it all out the window," the puma swallowed hard and waited for reaction. Lea enveloped her friend in a big hug. They didn't speak for a while until Panthro walked into the room, interrupting them.
"What's going on?" He asked.
To Be Continued…