Chapter 6
"We need some confirmation before we mention this to anyone in this room," Lion-O said.
"Oh I agree but it's way too much of a coincidence considering what I have found," Ben-Gali told him. Lion-O nodded and turned to Cheetara, who used her speed and was with the two in a moment.
"Please go with Ben and see what they scientists have found. Panthro and I will hold the fort as it were," Lion-O said.
"You've got it," she nodded and gave him a smile. With that, she and Ben-Gali left the room and the lion returned to Panthro who was discussing options.
"Is everything ok?" President Mwende asked upon his return to the front of the room.
"Yes of course. Just some business that we have to attend to back home. Nothing that affects what we're talking about," he lied but he certainly didn't want to bring Ben-Gali's theory up just yet.
"You let your woman handle the business of state?" One of the leaders from one of the Arab States shook his head.
"Cheetara is not only my wife. She is Queen to our people, Mother to our children, and holds high standings as a ThunderCat. She is respected and adored and one of the most capable people I know. Yes, she handles business of state and would gladly put her life on the line to protect yours," Lion-O was almost growling at the end.
"I suggest you keep your opinions to yourself next time Usef for they truly show how ignorant you are," Mwende spoke up. Usef looked like he was about to object but when no one seemed to be backing his remark; he just narrowed his eyes at Mwende.
Meanwhile, Doctors Summa and Centi were showing Cheetara what they had been talking to Ben-Gali about. Some of their new colleagues were with them, all nervous for the implications that it held.
"I see your point. The good scientists here have proven that the planet shouldn't be doing what it is doing. But why put the whole planet in jeopardy of having a major catastrophe?" The cheetah asked.
"Perhaps they did not fully understand the implications of what they were doing," a Doctor by the name of Sven, spoke up.
"That could be a possibility but I fear they did know," another Doctor by the name of Ali, shook his head.
"Please enlighten us," Cheetara told him.
"Well look at the biospheres that are damaged in some shape or fashion, China, Korea, and Japan. They are all Asian communities. Now when we started making the biospheres we looked for fault lines to avoid such issues. The fault lines beneath these territories should not have had major earthquakes, yet when we measure them on a scale that is very similar to the Richter scale from Earth, you can see why the higher numbers would be so alarming," Ali explained, showing her a sheet of how their scale broke down.
"How does their scale compare to ours?" The Queen wanted to know, looking at the readings that put the first of the quakes in between a seven and an eight. A typical quake of magnitude seven should have occurred only every fifty years but as the scale slid down to eight it was only supposed to occur every hundred years. Here they started in between a seven and an eight and the succession of quakes did lessen but barely. The last tremor that broke the Chinese biosphere was still hitting just above a six and a half.
"We're about the same," Centi explained.
"Ok that puts it in perspective," Cheetara swallowed.
"The tremors should have dropped to almost a third of the magnitude and yet they did not so you can understand why our first concern was that the planet may be in its death throes," Sven spoke up again.
"It sounds like a solid assumption to me. It was only until you received more data that someone realized there was a pattern forming. So is it possible to make an earthquake machine?" The cheetah asked.
"Oh it's possible," Ali said.
To Be Continued…