In the clear blue sky while there are a few clouds, the Thunderstrike is flying through the air on it's way it Pick up Lynx-O from the Tower Of Omens. Even thou he has discover the location of Ma-Ti, the final Planeteer, they still need to have a meeting on the best way to rescue him. Inside the Thunderstrike, Cheetara is at the main cockpit controls while Gi and Linka are in the secondary modules. This was the first time that both female Planeteers were in the vehicle and they were having a good time, especially Gi.
"This is amazing." Said Gi while the view of Third Earth was taking her breath away.
"Da it is, I have never known that your planet was so beautiful Cheetara." Linka also commented.
"This is not our home planet, we crashed here long ago." Cheetara stated wanting the two girls to know the truth.
"If this is not your planet and you crashed here, then where did you come from?" Gi pondered.
"We came from a planet called Thundera. It is many light years away from here."
"What happened to your planet, if you don't mind me asking?"
"Our planet was once beautiful like Third Earth is now. We had beautiful forests and wonderful buildings that homed many Thundarians.
"If you planet was as beautiful as you stated, why did you leave?" Linka now wanting to learn more about the Thundercats' home.
"About 17 years ago our scientists discover that our world was starting to break apart. Since nothing could be done to save our world, we all decided to board ships and leave the planet."
" That's awful to loose your home like that." Gi replied with sadness." Did everyone make it out OK?
"We never knew. Our ship was the flag ship and we couldn't wait for any others. We had to leave right away. But then we came under attack from the Mutants of Plun-darr."
"Mutants of Plun-darr? Who were they?" Linka now asked.
"They were a band of mutants that attacked us destroyed all of our smaller ships and boarded our Flagship. There leader was a Giant reptile commander named S-S-Slithe he also had Jackalman and Monkian."
"Bosha moi that sounds terrible." Linka replied.
"Do you have any pictures of them Cheetara?" Gi starting to wonder.
"I'll bring up their images." Cheetara started to speak. "Check out your monitors." And with that Cheetara clicked a few buttons and the images of the Thundercats greatest villains from Plun-darr appeared.
As the images showed up on the Planeteers' screens they both ended up gasping. They couldn't believe the images they were seeing. The first member of their little group was S-S-Slithe, he was a giant amphibian type creature with the face of a bull frog and the ears like a vampire bat. His skins was dark green covered in scales and his back had quills that ran from the top of his head to the bottom of his tail. He was their supreme commander in all battle scenarios.
The next image the Planeteers saw was Jackalman. He had a face that almost looked like a jackal but was more in the way of a dog. He had orange type fur, and wearing some type of armor over hit left shoulder, Needless to say, the Planeteers couldn't believe that these Mutants almost destroyed the Thundercats entire race.
The last image the Planeteers saw was the one of Monkian. This mutant was a mutant monkey with increased strengh and agility. The only mutant that could chase their enemies if they tried to hide from them in trees. He was wearing a helmet that look like something you would see back in the time of Vikings. His fur was mostly white was his face look more like that of a gorilla that a monkey.
"I'm glad Ma-Ti is not around to see this image. He wouldn't believe that a monkey could be so dangerous" Linka said while finally going passed the last image.
"Your friend, he has a monkey with him?" Cheetara asked, wondering about that statement that Linka made.
"Yes. He has a little monkey from his home country named Suchi." Gi added in. "We had to leave him on Hope Island. We didn't want him to get hurt."
"Well don't worry, I'm sure he will be happy to see all of you again once we find a way to get all of you home." Cheetara stated. She could almost hear the pain in her friends voices as they were talking about their home.
"So tell me, if all of you survived the attack against the Mutants, why did you crash here?" Gi asked hoping to understand more about the Thundercats crash landing.
"We had no choice." She started to explain." The seven of us were put into suspension capsules while the oldest of us and our leader at the time Jaga, could pilot and hopefully land the ship."
"That's awful." Gi was almost in shock." How long were you guys in those capsules?"
"About 10 glacto years."
"We are sorry that you had to loose one of friends." Linka said sounding sad.
"Don't worry, if it wasn't for Jaga, we wouldn't have made it as far as we did. Now hold on you two were coming up on the Tower.
As the Thunderstrike was coming into visual range of the tower, Linka and Gi couldn't believe the story that Cheetara told them. They knew that the only story like the one they heard was from on of Wheeler's old Superman movies that he picked up from New York one time so that they could enjoy it. The were amazed when the two of them saw the Tower Of Omens. The saw a building that was as big as the Empire State Building, with cat faces carved at the base. An oval shaped platform with lots of windows and a radar type device with the Thundercats logo at the top.
The Thunderstrike entered into the hangar at the base of the building and all three of them got out. "Why don't the two of you go up to the control room and tell Lynx-O were here to pick him up." Cheetara said while she worked on re-fueling the vehicle.
"How do we get there?" Gi pondered.
"Just take those stairs, I be along after I'm done here." Cheetara said as she pointed to the stairs at the end of the room.
"OK, we'll see you there." Linka said as herself and Gi started up.
As the two Planeteers got to the door they were unprepared for what they were about to see. They went through and they saw a man standing right behind a console pushing a bunch of buttons. The man was in his late 50's while wearing a black and red uniform of some kind.
"Hello, are you Lynx-O?" Gi questioned not knowing if this was who they were sent to meet.
"Hello there young ladies." He said as he turned around to greet them.
"Bosha moi" Linka stated when she saw the man's face."
"Is something the matter ladies.?"
"Your eyes, they've been burned." Gi said in shock.
Lynx-O started to chuckle a little. "Yes they are but don't worry my dears I can see much better though."
"How?" Now Linka asked sounding surprised.
"After I lost my sight the rest of my senses became razor sharp. Now I can hear and sense things better than anyone else." While Lynx-O was explaining Cheetara and Snarfer came into the room.
"Lynx-O, are you ready to go?" Cheetara asked while she saw the shock in the Planeteer's faces.
"Yes I am. Snarfer, please watch over things here while I'm gone." Lynxo-O said to Snarfer.
"Snarfer Snarfer. You bet Lynx-O don't worry, nope don't worry at all." Snarfer replied
Snarfer was a younger version on Snarf. His fur coloring was light red and white and was more energetic.
"Now Cheetara." Lynx-O started while all four of them were heading back to the hangar. "Are these the two signals I' picked up from Hook Mountain and the beach?"
"Yes they are Lynx-O. They are Planeteers of the Planet Earth. This is Linka and Gi."
"It is a pleasure to meet the both of you. I'm sorry if you were frightened when you first saw me."
"Its OK Lynx-O." Gi stated trying to overcome her actions from earlier.
"I'm glad to hear that my dear, now come on, the Thunderstrike she be re-fueled by now." Lynx-O said as they all entered the Hangar and re-boarded the Thunderstrike.
"Cheetara, why don't you pilot us back to the lair. I've got to start working out a plan to rescue their friend." Lynx-O said as he took the seat right behind Cheetara in the main cockpit.
"You got it Lynx-O."
And with that Cheetara started the Thunderstrike's engines and started to fly out of the hangar at the base of the Tower. Then Cheetara plotted a course to take them back to the lair.
The Thunderstrike made good time. Once they were almost within visual range Linka and Gi both saw the Thundertank on the ground below them. Cheetara then decided to bring the plane down a little closer so that the girls can get a better view. Once that was done both vehicles arrived safely at the base of Cat's Lair. As they were both getting of the vehicles, Gi and Linka both ran over to Kwami and Wheeler for a well deserved group hug.
"Gi, Linka it is good to see the both of you." Kwami said as all of them finally stopped hugging each other..
"We've missed you Kwami." Linka started to say.
"Yes I could imanage. I'm just glad that I am here with all of you."
"Wheeler did a pretty good job of keeping us together while the Thundercats here were looking for you."
"I'm glad to hear that." Kwami put his hand on wheelers shoulder and gave it a light tap. "Thank you my friend for filling in for me."
"Anytime my man, I'm just glad your back." Wheeler responded.
Just then the Thunderkittens as well as Pumyra appeared at the doors to the Lair. "Welcome home everyone." Pumyra said as everyone started to enter the Lair.
"Thanks Pumyra." Lion-O said
"Wilykat, please show Kwami to his room"
"Sure thing Lion-O" Wilykat said as he showed Kwami where he will be staying for a while.
"Why don't the rest of you take it easy for a while." Lion-O started to say "After you have all rested, please join us in the conference room."
"Da, good idea I'm gushed." Linka replied
"I think you mean bushed, Babe." Wheeler said correcting her.
" We'll see you in 15 minutes." Lion-O said as the Thundercats headed for the Conference room and the Planeteers headed for their rooms.
After 10 minutes have gone b,y Kwami was sitting on his bed in one of the Thundercats' guest rooms. He had already taken a shower and changed into some clothing that the kittens have lefty for him. He knows that he already commented the outfit that Wheeler had on before while in the Thundertank, but the clothes that hew was wearing at that moment seemed to fit him quite well.
Kwami 's outfit was almost like that of Lord Lion-O's except the color was dark green and he was wearing a shirt that covered both his shoulders. His shorts were around the same color but it also had the emblem of the Thundercats on the belt. His boots were a brownish color with a little white throw in . Kwami really did like the hospitality that he and his other Planeteers were getting even though they were strangers here. Kwami would never admit this to anyone, but he was beginning to wonder if they would ever find Ma-TI. And if my a small chance they did, would he be OK, to say nothing about finding a way back home.
Kwami's thoughts were momentary broken when he heard a knock on his door. "Yes?" Kwami said as the door opened.
"Are you feeling OK after what you went through buddy?" Wheeler asked as he entered the room.
"I'm just find. But I am more worried about Ma-TI."
"I'm worried about him to Kwami. But if I know my little buddy he should be just fine by the time we find him."
"Wheeler, how can you be so calm at a time like this?"
"Kwami, you have to stay positive man. The Thundercats are already working on a plan to rescue him." He paused then for a moment. "Speaking of which we should get the girls and join them. Maybe we can help them after everything they have done for us.
"You are wise my friend.." Kwami stated feeling much better." How did you ever get so much wisdom.?"
"I guess I have had a great teacher." Wheeler responded as he took Kwami's hand and shook it. "Come on lets get the girls." Wheeler said as they left the room and picked up the girls.
The Planeteers all arrived inside the conference room to see that all of the Thundercats were sitting down discussing what to do next. The room was very large and has a beautiful chandelier high above the room in the middle. The table was a giant circle with the Thundercat's emblem in the center. There was enough chairs to accommodate the Thundercats as well as all of their friends.
As the Planeteers entered the room all of the Thundercats plus Willa and Nayda stood up. "Welcome Planeteers, please have a seat." Tygra said as everyone started to sit down again.
"We believe we may a found a way to get your friend back from the forbidden zone." Tygra started to explain. "But it is extremely dangerous for everyone."
"What do you mean by dangerous?" Kwami questioned.
"We know of a way to get there but we haven't used it in a while."
"Why?"
"After our last battle with our enemies the entrance to the forbidden zone started to be covered by a rockslide. We thought that after the last of our Plun-Darnian enemies was dealt with ,we would have no further reason to venture there."
"Why can't you just go the direct approach?" Wheeler said now asking the question.
"The forbidden zone where your friend has been located is blocked off by Fire Rock Mountain. That is one place where we can not travel."
"Why, what happens if you head towards this Fire Rock Mountain?"
"If we do go there, then we will start to become weaker. We had a substance similar to that back on our home planet, we called it Thundrainum."
The Planeteers all looked in shock, they never knew that something could affect and scare their new allies like this. But they know that they would not give up until they have rescued Ma-Ti.
"So what is this plan of yours?" Linka asked hoping to find out.
"The entrance that had the rock slide is not completely sealed up so there may be a chance that the Thunderstrike can make it with little or no damage." Lynx-O stated.
"That's a big if. Lynx-O. We don't even know if the Thunderstrikes new night vision lights will work in that area." Panthro stated.
"Where is the entrance located?" Linka asked thinking that maybe she can help.
"It is located beyond the Dark Forest inside a giant mountain." Lynx-O explained.
"We have gone threw there many times before with no damage but this time we need to be extra careful. The cave entrance has become a lot more dangerous since the last time."
"How so?" Now Gi was wondering.
"The rock formations within the cave have grown to double their original size. After all of the times the Thunderstrike have made it through I don't know if it will now."
"Is there anything we can do to help" Kwami now asking.
"If you wouldn't mind, we could use some help modifying the Thunderstrike. If I could receive the signals from the brail board at a faster rate, then I might be able to navigate through the cave and out the other side." Lynx-O said.
"Is anyone one of you good with programming?" Tygra asked.
"Da, I am." Linka responded
"And I'm good at helping to put things back together." Wheeler stated.
"Thank you my friends, but we wouldn't feel right asking for your help in this matter." Now Lion-O stated entering the conversation.
Just then Kwami stood up and started to speak." Ma-Ti is our friend we want to help. Besides we all owe you for saying our lives. This is the least we can do to repay you." Kwami said as the rest started to get up.
"I can see the determination in your eyes and I know not to underestimate all of you." Lion-O said as he and the rest of the Thundercats stood up. "We appreciate your help."
"With all of us working together we should be done in just a couple of hours." Tygra stated.
"Do you think your friend will be OK till then?"
"If we know Ma-Ti then he should be just fine." Kwami responded.
"Well if were gonna do it" Panthro started to say.
"LETS DO IT!" Everyone said in unsion.
With that said everybody left the Conference room and started to work on modifying the Thunderstrike to prepare it and themselves for their most dangerous mission ever.