Chapter 31
"What's going on?" Lion-O asked the cougar at the controls inside the control room. The party had immediately broken up upon the sounding of the alarm and all those able rushed to see what was going on.
"I've got multiple bogeys at twelve o'clock. They refuse to answer my call and I've given them an ultimatum while scrambling the troops, sir," the cougar explained pointing out the ten ships that had already entered the atmosphere.
"Well done Lieutenant. Get on the horn and call Third Earth and Plundarr. We need reinforcements now. Is anyone thinking what I'm thinking?" The lion wanted to know as he turned to the group.
"That it's time to show those Lunatac scum what ThunderCats are made of," Sahara said from the doorway. She leaned heavily on Tyler but the pumiger stood strong.
"Maybe for Tyler but you are back in bed little lady," Pumyra told her.
"I'll have to agree with her on this one. Bad enough one of us is already flouting medical advice," her father said.
"Anything you can do, I can do better," the litah smirked.
"Ho!" Panthro chuckled which managed to get him a punch in the arm from Lea.
"All right. Everyone get into position. Sahara that means back to bed," her mother put her foot down and the litah knew she was in trouble later. Tyler turned to his mate and gave her a kiss on the temple.
"I've got to join them," he said before turning to head back to the med bay.
"Then get me back to bed and do what you have to. I love you, you crazy cat. Take good care of yourself," she told him.
"I'd love to get you back to bed but we don't have time for that now," Tyler chuckled as they hooked a right.
"Is that a promise?" She smirked and kissed his temple as they entered the med bay. He quickly got her back to her bed and turned to leave.
"One I intend to keep," he said before dashing down the hall, Ma-Mutt in tow. Sahara sighed and closed her eyes. If the ThunderCats were going to save New Thundera, they were going to need all the help they could get. She calmed her breathing and tried to focus.
"Mumm-Rana, I need you," she called within the depths of her mind, hoping that the ever-living soul who had helped her once before was still there. Suddenly a noise forced her to open her eyes and there from the Astral Plane stood the mummy herself along with Jaga.
"Jaga you have some 'splaining to do," she said.
"I am here only because of Mumm-Rana's help. You were right. Lion-O cannot continue as Lord of the ThunderCats despite wielding the Sword at this moment. Until a new Lord and new Protector are selected I am stuck in the Astral Plane," he told her.
"New Protector selected?" Sahara was confused.
"Leo is no longer eligible to become King unless he completes the five year stint as Lord of the ThunderCats. No one is therefore assigned to protect the next in line for the throne, you," Jaga said.
"We really don't have time for any more explanations," Mumm-Rana pointed out as the first bomb rocked the Lair.
"Right. I need to be out there but the only way I'm doing it is if I'm done healing. We need to speed things up or there will be a lot of unnecessary death," the litah said.
"I cannot speed anything up. You are healing at the rate which I did when I was alive," the sorceress said.
"If I can get the Sword away from my father, I can do what is necessary and save us, now please you must help," Sahara begged as another explosion rocked the Lair.
"What exactly do you intend to do?" Mumm-Rana wanted to know.
"She intends to combine her powers with the Sword's. It is a deadly idea that could easily backfire," the former Lord of the ThunderCats pointed out.
"You have any other options? By the time the Mutant back up arrives, we'll be dead or this planet will be ruled by Lunatacs or possibly both. Help from Third Earth leaves her vulnerable. There is no other option," the litah said.
"Then so be it," Mumm-Rana nodded and chanted one of the many spells she knew. Slowly the sorceress disappeared and Sahara began to feel a little funny. Jaga had a grim look on his face as Mumm-Rana astral-self slowly entered the litah's body. The sorceress finished the incantation and Sahara looked at her remaining wounds as they healed up.
I cannot leave you now. We are one. Should you fail in your endeavor; both of us will be doomed to a life stuck together. When you pass into the next world, I will not and for that I will haunt your children until their dying day, Mumm-Rana spoke inside the litah's mind.
That was one nasty spell wasn't it? Sahara asked.
You have no idea. Now if we're going to do it, let's do it, the sorceress said. Sahara chuckled and left the med bay under her own power.
To Be Continued…