The modifications that the Thundercats made to their scanning equipment were finished just in time to see what has happened near Mumm-Ra's Black Pyramid. The five strangers were zapped my Mumm-Ra and then teleported away without a trace. This made the Thundercats at both the Tower and at the Lair very worried.
"Lynx-O can you lock on to their signals?" Lino-O stated from the control room in Cat's Lair. " We have to find them they won't last long on our planet without help."
"I'm doing the best that I can Lion-O." Lynx-O started pushing buttons on his brail board to try and locate them. Suddenly the brail board and Lynx-O have found something. "I've found two of them." He said with a little panic in his voice.
"Where are they Lynx-O?" Bengali asked with concern.
"They are both at the top of Hook Mountain. A few miles from the Snowman's ice castle." Lynx-O said with shock. "We have to get to them and fast. They won't last long in that freezing cold. The temperature is already 15 degrees. We must hurry."
"Pumyra, Bengali, take the Thunderstrike and get to Hook Mountain right away they don't have much time."
"Right Lynx-O, we are on our way."
"Good, Snarfer and I will continue to monitor to locate the other signals as soon as possible." With that Lynx-O started to push buttons again while the other two headed down to that hanger to board the Thunderstrike.
The Thunderstrike was a cat like plane with three cockpits so that up to three or more Thundercats could fly at once. The main cockpit also had a brail board and two laser cannons in the front. The other two were smaller put was able to detach in order to give more firepower as well more then one target. Once the Thunderstrike left the hangar they set a course for the top of Hook Mountain, hopint to get there in time.
Hook Mountain, the most dangerous and deadliest place of all on Third Earth. It's snow covered fields and extreme cold temperatures make it a hazzard to anyone who is not prepared to traverse it. At that moment two of the Planeteers materialized right on the top of the mountain just a few miles form the Snowman's Ice Castle.
"Linka, are you alright?" Wheeler said with concern as both he and Linka examined their new location with worry.
"I'll be fine Yankee." Likna said as she and Wheeler started to react to the cold weather.
Wheeler, being concerned for his fellow Planeteer took off his brown vest and put it on Linka, leaving only his Planeteer t-shirt on.
"Are you crazy Yankee, I don't need your help. I will be just fine." Linka said right after Wheeler put his vest on her. "I'm Russan remember. I can survive in cold weather.
"Linka don't be so darn stubborn." Wheeler said getting angry. "Look we are not in Russia and you are wearing shorts. I'm wearing long jeans so the cold won't effect me as much. We have to rely on each other more then ever before if we are to survive, so let me help you."
Linka lowered her head down and just replied "Da. You are right Yankee. I'm sorry."
"Don't be sorry Linka, besides this might be good for us. If you need to stay warm we could always share body heat." Wheeler said in a joking mood and with a grin on his face.
"Bosha moi, Wheeler." she replied. "This is no time for jokes. This is serious."
"I know and I'm sorry babe."
"Nyet, do be sorry, I know you are only trying to help the both of us in this situation. Come on, lets get going."
"What ever you say Babe. I'm right with you.
As they started to walk through the snow the freezing temperatures was starting to effect the both of them as Linka lost her balance and fell into the snow.
"LINKA NO!" Wheeler yelled as he knelled down beside her. "What happened, are you alright Rooskie Tooskie?"
"Nyet, my legs, I can't move them. They are getting frozen."
After she started to see and feel her legs. Wheeler also noticed her legs and touched them to fell that they were getting colder and also getting more and more num. After he noticed how bad her legs were, he scooped her up into his arms and started to carry her.
"Yankee, are you out of your mind, what are you doing?!" She said in a state of shock not being prepared for Wheeler's actions.
"Look babe, we don't have any time to waste. I'm not gonna leave you here to freeze to death and you can't walk anymore. So just for once let me help you with no arguments, OK?"
Linka had no choice but to agree with Wheeler. Linka always knew that Wheeler cared for her a great deal but she didn't know how much until now. They walked almost 2 miles when they saw something in the distance of the snow.
"L..L..Linka, do you see that?" Wheeler said as they both saw what appears to be a castle in the distance made completely out of ice. "Linka?" Wheeler then looked at her face and saw that she has passed from the cold. "NO LINKA! Don't' you dare die on me here like this." Wheeler stopped trying to awaken his friend. "I love you Linka don't you dare leave me, I've loved you from the first moment I saw you on Hope Island and I am not gonna loose you now."
Wheeler leaned his head over her own and gave her a passionate kiss hoping to try and revive her. After a few moments Linka opened her eyes she was still in there but who knows for how much longer.
"W..W..Wheeler, did you just kiss and said you loved me?" After that she passed out again.
"Hold on babe just a little longer, please hold on." Wheeler said as they both reached the Ice Castle.
The Ice Castle was made completely of solid ice with the sunlight beaming off of it like solid crystals. It's rook type walls allowed intruder to what to expect if they ever tried to invade the castle walls. As the two reached the castle, the giant ice drawbridge started to open right in front of the both of them and them came down in an instant. With that Wheeler lost his grip on Linka as they both fell into the snow.
Wheeler came over to Linka to see if she was alright, she was getting colder by the second and her skin is just about of heat. "Linka don't you dare die on me, I need you to keep fighting to stay with me." Wheeler starting to beg to Linka.
"S…s…s…so cold having trouble staying awake." Linka barely able to make a complete sentence.
"Come on babe, keep fighting. I need you."
While Wheeler was paying attention to Linka, neither of them noticed a figure coming out across the ice bridge traveling on a giant white cat. Then man was dressed in a light blue and white parka designed to handle most frozen conditions on Hook mountain. He was also wearing a metal face plate from an old suit of armor. He was carrying a lance and shield made of solid ice. His giant cat was gray with white fur with orange cat eyes. The fur from this cat was designed to handle all sort of weather conditions.
They moved towards the pair UN-noticed until he started to speak." Who are you? What are you dong on my mountain?" The man said with anger in his voice.
"Look pal…" Wheeler said as he turned around to see the man on his cat."We need some help here my girlfriend and I won't survive much longer here unless-" Wheeler was about to continue until hes was cut off.
"SILENCE!" He yelled, his anger becoming more and more apparent. "Those who trespass on Hook Mountain must pay a price or die where they stand.
"Pay a price or die?" Wheeler started to respond while his anger was helping him to keep warm. "Look buddy it wasn't our idea to come here in the first place. Your mountain is already killing us." Wheeler's anger was beginning to boil. "If that stupid mummy didn't zap our rings and sent us here I would burn your -" At that moment he was cut off again.
"SILENCE!" The snowman said again with more fury this time. " You said a mummy send you up here?"
"Yea a mummy covered in bandages and wearing a blood red hood and cloak."
At that moment the Snowman got of of his friend and looked at the pair." She won't survive much longer without warm clothes." He said has he put his hand on Linka's face. "Snowmeow, quickly, go into the castle and bring back some warm clothes we have to help them." After that command the cat ran right into the Castle and moments later returned with a bunch of warm clothes for his new friends.
Wheeler gladly accepted the warm clothes while helping Linka put the warm clothes over her almost frozen body. "Will she make it?" He asked in concern. He was truly in love with Linka even though she would never admit it in public.
The Snowman looked at her again with relief . "She will be just fine after a few minutes." The snowman removed his helmet to show the face a bear like person with black and gray hair. "Now that you both are out of danger, maybe you can explain what you are doing on my mountain." While hearing that question, Linka started to open her eyes just as the cat was licking her face.
"Boza moi." she stated while the two men started to laugh. "That is not funny Yankee." She spoke as Wheeler helped her up and she give him a light punch in his shoulder. "Now where are we?"
"As I was saying before, can you explain your presence on my mountain?" The Snowman stated as Wheeler and Linka explained everything to him. " I see very interesting, oh forgive my manners. My name in Snowman and my friend here is Snowmeow." He gestured to himself and his furry friend.
"Wheeler"
"Linka" They responded in kind.
"It is a pleasure to met the both of you. Welcome to Hook Mountain." The two Planeteers started to shake the Snowman's hand when the roar of the Thunderstrike's engine scared both of the Planeteers. Then the plane came in for a landing causing the two to fall down while the Snowman started to laugh.
"I don't know what is so funny here pal." Wheeler responded while he helped Linka get back up.
"Da. That thing almost killed us." she retorted.
"Calm down my friends." The Snowman said. "They are also friends of mine." The Snowman stated as the vehicle landed right in front of the group.
The Thunderstrike landed with no problem in snowy top of Hook Mountain. The main cockpit opened to reveal two cat like people at the controls. Wheeler and Linka were almost thrown back from the sight and shock. Then the two cat people walked over to the rest of the group.
"Welcome my Thundercat friends." The Snowman said as Wheeler and Linka were still in a little shock.
"Nice to see you again Snowman." Pumyra stated looking over at Snowman's guests. "Are they alright, they don't look so good."
Snowman looked over at the Planeteers. "Come here my friends, it is OK. These are my friends, The Thundercats. Bengali, Pumyra meet Wheeler and Linka." The snowman said as the Two Planeteers walked towards them.
"Nice to meet you." Bengali said as he extended his hand towards the Planeteers.
"Ah hi there." Wheeler said as he accepted the hand shake.
"Could you excuse as for a moment?" Linka asked while she grabbed Wheeler by his arm walked off a little.
"Is everything alright babe?" Wheeler asked worried about her.
"Nyet, everything is not alright Yankee." She responded with almost panic in her voice. "We started this day taking care of an Eco-Emergency that turned out to be faked, then teleported to this strange world, almost freezing to death on this mountain peak and talking to a giant bear and cat people. Boza moi, I can't take much more of this." Linka stated with panic in her voice.
"Calm down Linka, just calm down." Wheeler said as he gave her a hug to calm her down. "Linka I feel the same way, I'm scared as well. But we have to be brave in order to find the others. And the first step is to make new friends here who seem to know the terrain better than we do. We have to stick together to survive." With that he wiped a tear from Linka's eye. "Better now?"
"Da, thanks Yankee. Lets get back to the others."
"Wait uh, Linka?"
"Yes Yankee?"
"Do you remember what I said before all of this crazy stuff happened to us?"
"You mean about how I was your girlfriend and that you love me?"
"Great now I'm dead" He thought to himself just as Linka came by and gave him a kiss on his lips.
She moved away after that and started to speak. "Da, I remember, but lets get out of here first and then we can discuss it some more later." She stated as she noticed that the rest of the group were looking at both of them.
"Deal babe, now lets go make some new friends." Wheeler said as he looped his arm through Linka's and the two of them went back to the others.
"Is everything all right with you too?" Pumyra asked while the others wondered.
"Da, sorry about that." Linka responded.
"Don't worry, we had that same response when we first our new friends as well." Bengali spoke to lighten the mode."Now then, my name is Bengali and this is Pumyra." He gestured. "We are the Thundercats, and yourselves?"
"I'm Wheeler and this is Linka, were Planeteers." Wheeler said in kind.
"What are Planeteers?" Pumyra spoke in a question. "We've never heard of you before."
"We are not from here." Linka responded. "I will try to explain how we got here." With that Linka explained how they were chosen Gaia the Spirit of the Earth, Hope Island, their rings, and what happened when they arrived.
"That's incredible." Bengali replied with shock. "If your rings do control the power of nature and if Mumm-Ra did do something to disable them then we have to help you find the rest of you friends right away." Bengali then turner around. "Come with us, we will take you to Cat's Lair and perhaps we can also take at look at your rings to see what could be done to repair them."
Linka and Wheeler looked at each other wondering what to do then looked and Snowman as he nodded his head telling them that everything would be alright. With that the two Thundercats went back into the Thunderstrike and waited for their new friends.
Linka and wheeler both turned around and look at Snowman and Snowmeow and walked towards them.
"Thanks for helping us Snowman, sorry about getting angry at you from before." Wheeler said trying apologize for his actions earlier.
"No need to be sorry my friend we both were a little angry at other." With that snowman extended his hand and Wheeler accepted it. "Take care of yourselves, Third Earth is very dangerous."
"Da. We will." Linka said as she gave Snowman a big hug and a kiss on the cheek for saving her life. "Thanks again for your help as well Snowmeow." Linka said as she kneeled down to pet the cat and give a kiss on his head.
After that the two Planeteers boarded the Thunderstrike before the main cockpit closed as the Thundercats were starting to liftoff from in front of Snhowman and Snowmeow. The Planeteers starting waving goodbye to their new friends. The ship then took off and back down to the Cat's Lair unaware that trouble was happening very fast.