A/N: Hope you like this. Sorry its so late. Happy Holidays!
Chapter 17
"Stand back!" Panthro yelled through the panel before using his nunchucks to blast his way in. Once inside the scene before them disturbed them. About thirty Mutants where chained to radar screens and control panels.
"Call Basheer! We may need some Mutant back up," Cheetara commanded before she approached the first Mutant in the row, which happened to be a female Monkian, who was much prettier than her male counterparts. She smiled slightly at the cheetah and did not flinch when she touched her.
"We'll get you out of here I promise. Do you have any family on New Thundera?" Cheetara asked. The Monkian pointed to the collar on her neck and immediately the cheetah understood. The inhibitor collars did not allow them to speak unless spoken to by a recognized voice and it was the cheetah's guess that they inhibited their strength as well.
"You think you can get these off?" Cheetara asked Panthro and Ben-Gali who began checking them out.
"It's possible but my guess is that they have some sort of tamper-proof circuitry so they can't be removed except by a key of some sort," the panther explained.
"Of the Mutants here we only have a few who survived. If we had known they were here…" Lea interrupted them.
"How many is a few?" Ben-Gali asked.
"Fifteen," the lioness answered.
"Did they die on impact?" Sahara wanted to know as she joined the conversation.
"No. Someone killed them before this thing went down. Blaster shots to the torso and head," Lea's fists clenched.
"Why come in here and kill half of them when the ship was going down anyway?" Cheetara asked.
"I don't know but if he or she isn't dead already, I'll kill them myself," Basheer stood in the doorway and the group spun around.
"I am so sorry Basheer. Did you know any of them?" WilyKit wondered.
"Plundarr is a big planet so no but I…" he trailed off at the sight of the Monkian who Cheetara had approached. Tears formed in his eyes but he did not say anything. Sahara looked at her only to see the same thing occurring.
"We'll get them out of here and give those that did not survive a proper burial. Come on," she patted him on the shoulder and quickly the group freed all the Mutants. As they exited the ship's wreckage, Basheer's second in command, shouted,
"Ten hut!" They all saluted and quickly took the dead from the ThunderCats. Somberly, they laid them on the ground according to species. When they were done, they all stood at attention waiting for their next order.
"Commence Body Watch!" The order given, each group of the deceased where surrounded by those of their species. The men stood at attention and did not move.
"They will remain with the fallen until we are told to move them for burial preparations," Basheer explained.
"Good. I would not want them to share the fate of their captors. Now I must put a call into Mandora and find out what the hell is going on," Cheetara said.
"You should because nothing says this is the last we see of the Lunatacs," the reptile nodded.
To Be Continued…