Chapter 24
Down in the Control Room, Lion-O was speaking to Mandora who had just been patched through on the video screen. She had spoken to the crew that was bringing the Mutants back to Plundarr and decided that she'd best give the ThunderCats an update.
"So what exactly is the status of things on Plundarr?" Lion-O wanted to know.
"Basically under control. The Space Council of Planets has made the Mutant High Command agree to have them overlook all the weapons in their inventory by promising to not sanction them any more than they already are but that's where the leniency ends. All of those who were conspiring to attack New Thundera and her allies have been arrested. Those who kidnapped the scientists have also been arrested and those that are coming back from SG-17 will be arrested upon arrival. All will be moved to the Penal Planet for trial. Some of the Mutants we bagged are high ranking officials that could be facing the rest of their lives in prison. When it's all over the Mutants will probably need to form a new High Command," the Evil Chaser explained.
"Check all of them for suicide capsules. I had a Mutant bite down on something in his mouth and he died while I was interrogating him," Lion-O warned.
"Oh done and done believe me," Mandora nodded.
"Good. We have a bit of a situation here and I think that the Mutants might be behind it," the lion said.
"What kind of situation?" Mandora raised an eyebrow.
"One of our high security science labs was broken into. The Cat, by the name of Che, who attempted to kill someone down in the hangar was found dead of Avian Plague. He managed to pass it onto Pumyra and we're running containment as best we can down here with the help of the scientists we rescued from SG-17. We believe that the only way the Plague was being spread was because Che, who managed to contract it, didn't know what he had. Our search of his home proves however that he must be in league with the Cat who stole the Avian Plague from the lab," he explained.
"Avian Plague? Holy hell. What do you need on my end?" She asked.
"Can you send out a warning that anyone travelling to New Thundera should reroute to Third Earth and let the Interplanetary Disease Control know what's going on? They might have something to help us make sure we're completely disease free. Lea was so busy trying to handle things on this end that she didn't know the procedure for alerting the rest of the galaxy. Not something we trained her for I'm afraid," Lion-O admitted.
"One would think that you would not have to considering how this hardly ever happens anymore. I'll get on the horn to them but they are going to want something that could possibly tie the Mutants to this in case it's being spread over here," Mandora told him.
"I believe that the Plague was an attempt to weaken us before the battle was to begin. With a war going on, those who could not fight would perish and they would take their brothers and sisters with them. We found a sort of code that we assumed Che and his partner were using and we're attempting to translate it. We have since discovered that Che and someone playing mechanic were at the lab, which was broken into, three days before the heist, supposedly to fix one of the lab's transport vehicles, we believe that the code is between them and their patron. Find the Mutant with the code or if the Mutants had protective suits they intended to wear and we could be onto something," Lion-O said.
"We may have already found it. I'll get back to you on that. Still hunting down Che's partner in crime?" She wanted to know. She didn't elaborate on what she meant but she didn't have time as sirens went off in the Lair.
"What the hell was…" the Evil Chaser started but she then heard someone in the background shouting,
"Code Blue in the Med Bay! All available personnel on the double!" Mandora then saw Lion-O pull the Sword of Omens from the Claw Shield as it growled at him. Pumyra was the name that popped into her head.
To Be Continued…