Chapter 37
"Holy crap on a c-ration," Sahara said as she paced in one of the large conference rooms. She and Whizz-Ra had been granted permission to lock the door and try to stay focused on fixing the current situation she found herself in but the spells in Whizz-Ra's vast knowledge had been of no help.
"The pacing is not help Princess," the Egyptian said.
"Sorry but it's the best way I can think," the litah told him.
"You must have been a joy in school," he chuckled. She smirked and took a seat at the table in the middle of the room.
"How is it that between you and Mumm-Rana, we have nothing?" Sahara asked.
"A spell of the magnitude that she cast has never been done before and for this exact reason. It jeopardizes her place in the Astral Plane and the lives of you and your children," he said.
"Fantastic," she shook her head. Jaga had warned her and now she was paying for it, but it was a small price to pay in order to save everyone. There was a knock on the door and the litah went to it.
"I found this one out in the hall," Lion-O smiled as Ma-Mutt charged into the room and immediately started jumping up and down. Sahara got down on her knees and pulled him into a hug.
"I know buddy. Things have been rough," she smiled and he licked her face.
"Isn't that?" Whizz-Ra asked.
"The one and only," Lion-O smiled.
"Even his own dog turned on him. Ouch," the wizard chuckled.
"Right? These two have been thick as thieves since she was young. Any luck with the current predicament?" The lion asked.
"Not yet. I was just about to suggest we check the Book of Omens. The Guardian is much older than I and he might know what to do," Whizz-Ra said.
"I want nothing to do with that book. Every time I get near the dumb thing, something bad happens," Sahara spoke up. To this Ma-Mutt barked, knowing all too well what happened the last time.
"It may be our only hope. The Ancient Spirits of Good were destroyed when Mumm-Rana's pyramid collapsed. Only she can call them and only the Book will now how to reach them," the wizard told her.
"Urgh," the litah's shoulders sagged.
"Well before we get too carried away, Mandora wished to speak about the prisoners we have. After all, they did not get sucked into the black hole," Lion-O pointed out.
"Whoops, I kind of forgot about them," Sahara admitted as she stood up.
"We all did. We were a little busy. The upside is that Colonel Suket managed to squeeze information out of one of the prisoners. Sick of being oppressed by the rest of the galaxy, they set out to cut their teeth on Thundera. They figured if we fell, it would be a good time to take on the Mutants, especially since they had been shipping Mutants to the Moons as slaves. We lucked out that only the one ship had slaves on it. The remainder of the slaves are still on the Moons waiting to be freed. Lucius was incredibly angry when he heard about this and has offered his services in freeing them. Plundarr has already started to round up troops and deploy for the first moon. When the ships come in to Thundera, Lucius will be on one when they head back," the King explained.
"Great Jaga's toothbrush," Sahara shook her head.
"You wish us to open another black hole when the other Lunatacs are captured?" Whizz-Ra wondered.
"That's what Mandora wishes to discuss. According to the records the Evil Chasers keep, all the ships we sent to the black hole would account for all of the Lunatacs, adding in who was killed in the attack and who remained on New Thundera," the lion told them.
"So you're saying we may have the remaining Lunatacs and that the Moons are empty minus the Mutants on them?" Sahara couldn't believe it.
"It's quite possible. If that is the case, then the ones in our custody will be slingshot into space and into another black hole. Either way until the Moons are cleared, they will remain in our custody," Lion-O said.
"Ok then, we'll hold off for a little while on fixing my situation. Let's go talk to Mandora," his daughter gestured to the door.
To Be Continued…