Seizures
By Robin Gurl
Notes: An AU of the Thunder Kitten universe. Kat has seizures and fainting spells from low blood sugar.
this takes place during the Thunder Cubs movie.
Wily Kit watched terrified as her twin was slammed into the ground. He was held there from the extreme gravity power that Tugmug had. "L-Let him go!" She floated in the air hissing nervously. She could tell from how he was moving that something bad was on its way. "He won't run away, r-right Wily Kat?"
"And what are you going to do if I don't?" The lunatic cackled rolling around to the unconscious Thunder Cat. "Tie him up… then, we'll chain the kittens together. Luna was right, this was way too easy."
Kit let out a scream as she was dropped to the ground. She laid there stunned for a few seconds, the wind had been knocked out of her. She turns her head reaching out to her brother weakly, "…Wily Kat.. hang on… I'm h-here…"
He managed to look up at her, but his eyes were unfocused and looked glazed over. He was forced to rest his head back on the ground a few seconds later.
She could tell even with the gravity beam from Tug Mug that Wily Kat's left arm was clenched tightly. She finally is able to push herself into a seated position, her entire body was aching from being dropped so hard…before she can get up to her brother, she's held back by Red Eye. Chains are wrapped around her arms and body. "Let me go you big bully!!"
A hand goes over her mouth as she screams trying to struggle and get away. She is forced to calm down and watched as Wily Kat is let go from the gravity beam. He went limp before his body clenched up and he started to convulse.
She struggles again screaming as she sees him choking.
~*
Cheetara staggered into the feliner as visions flash in her eyes. Several images at once hit her one after another. She reaches out to steady herself, her hand finding someone's arm.
"Cheetara? Are you alright?"
"N-No.." Her breath got stuck in her chest as she let out a strangled gasp. "Wily Kit and Wily Kat a-are in danger… Tugmug and Red Eye have them…..I-I….Wily Kat is having a bad seizure – we have to help them!! He needs us!" She turns seeing it was Lion-O that she had steadied herself against. She turned looking for her mate as he ran up to her. "T-Tygra, he was…was choking.. Kit could do nothing help.. what if –"
The tiger couldn't say anything to help but reached out and hugged her before looking to Lion-O, "We have to help them! We're going after the kids and-"
"No, you specialists need to stay here. Cheetara, Pumyra, Snarf and I will go save the kittens."
"Lion-O they are my children. My son could be dying and-"
"All the more reason for us to get out there as quickly as possible. It's for the best, Tygra. We'll keep you updated, I promise."
Cheetara reluctantly pulls away from her mate nodding nervously, "W-We'll be back with the twins. It'll be ok." She squeezes his hands. "i-it has to be…"
Panthro walked up behind Tygra and pulled him back, "Come on… we need to finish the booster."
"But Panthro I can't just sit here and –" He watched as the others hurried off. "..Wait." He growled frustrated sitting heavily on one of the wings of the feliner burying his face in his hands.
Bengali looks to Panthro unsure what to do but the Panther just shakes his head motioning for him to get back to work. He watches as the other walks out of the hanger and brings back a communication type device handing it to the tiger. "You can listen through this… it's a relay on what's going on in the tank. I used it when Lion-O was learning to drive several years ago."
The tiger took it turning it in his hand before switching it on. A few seconds of static were heard before he heard the other four talking. He sighed realizing this was as close as he was going to get to being there. "..t-thanks Panthro."
"Come on, you're needed here. You can listen and work."
"Right.. of course.."
~*
"Something is wrong with that kid in the back… Luna wanted them alive." Red Eye muttered as he and Tug Mug hopped into the driver seat of the vehicle.
"Eh, we'll just shake him until he wakes up." Tug Mug grins. "Just need to drop him a few times, he'll be alright."
In the compartment behind them that was closed off sat Wily Kit, Wily Kat and Lynxo chained up.
Wily Kit looked over her shoulder as she best she could hearing her brother cough as best he could. The seizure had stopped but he still wasn't coherent. If they hadn't been chained together he wouldn't be sitting up. "Wily Kat? Can you hear me? Please tell me you're okay."
Lynxo's ears twitch as he listens to the male kitten's breathing, "He's not conscious yet, Wily Kit… his body is doing its best to keep him alive."
"…a-alive…?"
"Don't panic. You will jolt your brother and possibly cause another seizure."
Kit sat as still as she could trying to not to cry. Everything was going wrong today. She hangs her head clenching her hands into fists.
"Wily Kit, what causes Wily Kat's seizures?" Lynxo asks shifting to see if he could move closer to the twins.
"Tygra and Cheetara say its because his blood sugar drops too low or he's really stressed. But he wears those wrist bands and usually they go off…"
"What do they sound like?"
"A really high pitched beeping.. Panthro made them real loud so we could hear them in the lair whereever we were…"
"I think being slammed into the ground messed with the technology.. I can hear a high pitched noise. It has been going off since we left the Tower."
"L-Lynxo, it's happening again…. He's never had two seizures back to back…."
"Try and stay calm, Wily Kit. We're going to help him. Keep yourself as straight and as still as possible. I need you to keep him from throwing himself and you on the ground. Can you lean forward a bit so he's forced to lean against you? We need to stabilize his head."
"…I-I think so…" She hunches forward on her side until she feels her twins head against her neck. With each convulsion, he hit her but it was better than hitting the floor. "I-I ow, I got it.."
"Stay like that as best you can." The older cat sighed.. it was shrewd but anything was better than the male kitten banging his head into the metal bottom of this contraption.
~*
"L-Lion-o hurry…." Cheetara stood up in the front of the tank as they drove down towards the tower. She looks around for any sign of the lunatacs. "There!"
Pumrya got up on the rear blasters getting ready to shoot when the Cheetah staggered as another vision hit her. "Cheetara? What is it?"
"…H-He's having another s-seizure…" Her voice was shaking as she watches the vehicle terrified.
"Hurry up and hit them!" Snarf exclaimed.
"No Snarf, we may hurt them. Even more so if Wily Kat is having another seizure." Lion-O lets Snarf take over driving the tank as he stands holding the sword out. "Cheetara, I'm going to see if I can help Kat out and get the other two free.. are you alright if I call the eye?"
"I-I…" She sits down nodding unsure what else to do. Usually when Wily Kat had a seizure, they tried to not use the eye of thundera as it would give the kitten an energy burst and not in a good way. Each time it had happened during a seizure, it had made it worse. "We don't have a choice."
The lion nods before calling on the eye of thundera. The symbol explodes into the air then down into the vehicle trying to escape. It cracked the vehicle in half causing it to fall apart.
Cheetara was the first out of the tank, she ran over using her speed to get to them first. Lynxo's ears twitched at hearing her come in. "C-Cheetara, over here… Wily Kat.. he's been having several small seizures."
She knelt down beside the twins seeing what Wily Kit had tried to and was still trying to do. She pulled the chains apart catching the male kitten as he fell off his sister.
Kit pushes herself up slightly watching as her adopted mother carries her brother out and lays him on the ground. She watches terrified as he started convulsing again.
"Lynxo, Wily Kit – are you two alright?" Pumyra asks hurrying over. She helps pull the chains off the older cat checking him over.
"D-Don't worry about me, I'm a tough old cat.." He trailed off looking past them to what was happening a few yards away.
"I know.. I am too." She answers him quietly. She turns to the other kitten reaching out to help her sit up. "It's alright, kitten. We're here now."
Wily Kit didn't respond only watching trying not to panic. She stands up and looks around for the others… she hurries over to the tank seeing it was empty. She turns back around to the others realizing Tygra hadn't come with them.
"Sorry, Kit. Tygra had to stay back and work on the feliner." Lion-O says gently petting her head.
She looks up biting her lip before she nods hanging her head. Her hands clenching into fists tightly.
"Lion-O, we're going to need that medicine from the first aid kit." Cheetara called, her voice was shaking.
Kit looks up sharply, she turns to watch as Lion-O hurries to the back of the tank where he pops out a compartment. She runs over watching him pull out a syringe. "Wait, Lion-O what is-" The last time Wily Kat had to use that he had nearly died.
Lion-O didn't respond to her only running over to kneel beside Cheetara. "Pumyra, go to Kit. Keep her away." He orders before looking to the Cheetah. "On the count of 3?"
She nods, her hands hovering gently over Wily Kat's head keeping it in her lap as best she could. "Hang in there, kitten… it's almost over.. y-you've done so well…"
"One.." The lion removes the tip from the syringe then pushes up the tunic to expose the kitten's thigh, "Two.."
Cheetara looks up, "Three."
A strangled growl was heard from the kitten as the needle was forced into his leg with force. He had to look away at hearing the cries of pain. After three seconds he reaches forward pulling the syringe out.
Wily Kit struggled trying to pull away from Pumrya at hearing her twin cry out in pain. "W-Wily Kat?! Wily Kat?! What did you do to him!?"
"They helped him. That medicine will calm the seizures down." The puma explained gently hugging the kitten close. "I know he sounded like he was in pain, the shot was a surprise and it had to go into the thigh muscle…"
The kitten didn't care about the explanation but stopped struggling and watches. She bites her lip not crying… she was a thunder cat and thunder cats didn't cry.
The convulsions started to die down then after a minute or so went away completely. The kitten didn't make a move to sit up but his body started to go limp as the medication went through his body stopping the seizures. His arms fell limp and his legs uncurled to a more relaxed position.
Cheetara sighs with relief as she sits back onto the ground gently stroking the kitten's hair. "Take your time, kitten… it's over. Let your body come back." She purrs trying to calm him down.
She lifts her head looking back to the other kitten. "Lion-O, as soon as we are able we need to get back to Cats Lair…."
He lifts his head from watching Wily Kat to look at the other kitten. He sighs seeing what she did. "Once he's able to be moved we'll head back. This will put the launch back a few days.."
"We don't have a choice. I won't leave them like this."
"I know. We can't leave the kittens down here in this state. Tygra still has to design a lot of extras for us to survive on New Thundera so we have a bit of time. I just hope Snarf and Snarfer understand why we're having to slow down."
"If we have to, Tygra and I will stay back here on 3rd Earth. Two others can go in our spots."
"But Cheetara we need you both-"
"Our Children need us more. I'm sorry, Lion-O but you do understand don't you?" She asks hopefully before she looks down at the child in her arms. He was still struggling to become coherent. His eyes were at least open but they weren't focused yet.
"Yes of course." He gets up to his feet. "I'll go make a place for him to lay down in the back of the tank. I think we still have those emergency blankets in the back."
"Thank you, Lion-O."
~*
"Panthro, they will be returning in less than 30 minutes… from what I heard they had to give Wily Kat the injection."
The panther nearly dropped his tools as he heard that, "By Jaga are you sure?" He looked up at his friend to see he was serious. He sighed realizing he could no longer keep Tygra distracted. "Go on, track them on one of the monitors."
Bengali hops over to their side of the feliner watching Tygra as he jumps off and hurries inside. "Panthro what in Thundera is going on here?"
"Wily Kat has seizures….if his blood sugar drops too low or he's too stressed out they will happen. From what Tygra just told me, they were really bad this time. We have an emergency injection that will force the seizures to stop."
"That's a good thing?"
"Not exactly. It stops the seizures but it will take days for Wily Kat to recover. It's also not an easy injection, it takes real force to get it into the thigh muscle. He'll be limping as well."
"…and New Thundera?" The white tiger asks quietly not wanting Snarfer to hear.
"We maybe switching two people out. We can't force Tygra and Cheetara to New Thundera if the kittens aren't well. That's cruel even for us." Panthro shakes his head as he sits down. "Damn it, I thought the seizures were getting better… he used to have them every few days and as of late only when the stressors hit. We were diligent about making him eat properly and rest… now this?"
Bengali just sighs patting the other cat's shoulder. "Here, let's get what we can taken care of before they arrive. Tygra has handed over the designs right?"
"Yes and they were completed."
"Then you and I can start to knock some more out while he and Cheetara take care of the kittens. We have Snarfer here who can help as well."
~*
Tygra waited outside on the concrete pad for the tank to come in. He had been pacing out there for a good 10 minutes trying to figure out what they would do. He had made his bed as comfortable as possible for them to lay Wily Kat in.
He knew from previous experience that the bigger the bed, the better. That way if another seizure started Kat wouldn't fall off the side. He had one of the electrolyte drinks poured into an ice cube tray with small wooden spoons stuck into them… he was hoping something like a popcicle would help keep the kitten hydrated even if he couldn't drink something.
He looked up hearing the roar of the engine as it rolled over the extension bridge. He didn't even wait for Lion-O to park before he ran over. "Cheetara?"
"I need to lay Wily Kat down." Came her response as she hopped out of the back, the kitten curled up in her arms.
"My bed. It's ready." He says watching her run off.
"I'm sorry, we had to use the injection… there was no other choice." Lion-O started to explain as he walked over to the tiger. "But it helped."
"Tygra…?" Wily Kit asks as she climbs out of the tank. She looked a little rough from being chained up and thrown all over the place. She looks up at him nervously, "I-I tried to help him.."
He approaches the kitten kneeling in front of her before pulling her into his arms. "I know you did, kitten.. you did your very best."
She sniffled nodding burying her head into his shoulder. Her arms wrapped around his neck, her legs wrapping around his waist as he picked her up.
He sighed rubbing her back as he smiled at Pumrya as she got out. "Thank you for helping."
"I wish I could say I helped more but I just stood there and watched." The puma smiles nervously. "I will say, Wily Kat would have been a lot worse if Wily Kit hadn't kept him sitting up right when they were chained together… she really did save his life."
Kit lifts her head slightly at hearing that, tears started to fall as her fears were voiced. She sniffled trying not to break down. "H-He'll be ok right, Tygra?"
The tiger couldn't reassure her this time as he hadn't accessed the other kitten personally yet. "He just needs rest." He could tell she was trying not to give into her emotions and sighed. "I'm going to take her upstairs, the four of us need some time. I'll be back down as soon as I can to finish my work."
~*
Cheetara pulls the covers up over Wily Kat as he lays on his back half coherent. She smiles down at him as best she can so he won't panic. "You're coming out of a seizure, Wily Kat. You will be alright but we need to take it slow."
The kitten's eyes moved slowly with her as she moved about making sure pillows were in the right spots to support his limp body. He was so tired and his body felt so heavy. He wanted to know where his sister was as he looked around the room.
"Hey, easy.. Wily Kit is with Tygra." The cheetah explained brushing some of his hair back as she eased another pillow under one of his arms.
"And we're right here."
She turned to see Tygra walked in carrying Wily Kit in his arms. She places a hand on Wily Kat's chest to try and calm him down from the slight shock. They had to be more careful about appearing and disappearing in the room until he was more coherent. Any surprises could cause another seizure to happen.
"How is he?"
"Somewhat coherent… his eyes are responding and moving slowly. His body is limp and not seized up…"
"I-Is he choking…?" Kit asks nervously her hands gripping her adopted father's blue uniform.
"No, kitten. He's not choking." Cheetara says standing up as she approaches the other two. She reaches out rubbing Kit's back gently. "It's ok, Kit.. it's over. You don't have to be strong anymore."
She and Tygra share a knowing glance. It was one of the reasons he had brought her up here away from everyone.
They hear a sharp inhale before a sniffle and a hiccup from the kitten in his arms. He sighs walking over to sit on the edge of the bed where Wily Kat was. He turns slightly so Kit can see her twin. He reaches out gently petting Kat's head smiling at him. "See, Kit? He's alright.. he's just tired and not entirely coherent yet."
Kit lifted her head off his shoulder looking down at her brother. "K-Kat…oh Wily Kat, I was s-so worried…" She reaches out touching her twins arm as gently as she could. She sits back on Tygra's lap wiping her eyes repeatedly to try and stop the tears before her shoulders start shaking.
"I-I thought h-he was going to d-die… I couldn't h-h-help…" She whispered crying. "I tried to lean forward a-and keep him up right like Lynxo said… a-nd I don't know if it worked… Cheetara and Lion-O came….b-but you weren't there…." She hangs her head clenching her hands into fists on her knees. "
The tiger sighs sadly pulling her back into a hug as he felt her break down a few seconds later. "He's alright, Kit.. you did well. I'm sorry I couldn't be there, I know that must have been scary to experience."
"You saved his life, Kitten.." Cheetara says as she joins them on the edge of the bed. She reaches out rubbing the kitten's back as she cried.