The home of Spidera, is a series of dark caverns that run underneath the entire planet. These caverns are mostly populated with small bugs and insects that usually seek shelter from their enemies above ground. In the deepest parts of these locations most of the caverns around there are covered with massive spider webbing from top to bottom. These webs can sometimes come from one two or maybe a lot of spiders at the same time. But there is one web that is ten times as big and ten times as strong and that one belongs to the ruler of this underground world of darkness and fear. This creature is called Spidera, but she is also known by another name The Queen of eight legs. Anyone who has stumbled into her lair has never returned at all.
After a moment had passed within the cavern, the entire place started to glow as a reddish flash started to light up the location. As the flash started to settle down, two humanoid forms started to appear within the caverns themselves.
"Now that we have arrived I shall release you." Mumm-Ra stated as he released Linka's arm.
"You will pay for taking me away from my husband." Linka retorted as she started to get her surroundings together.
"Taking you away from you husband is what I wanted to do all along. Now he will come for you and those pesky Thundercats will come after him as well." Mumm-Ra started to say with an evil tone. "Once they all enter this place, they will never leave it again, nor shall you my dear."
"You will not win you stupid mummy." Linka started to say. "My friends will come and save me and put you in your place."
"And how are they gonna save you when they have to deal with Spidera." Mumm-Ra started to say while laughing maniacally.
"Who is this Spidera?" Linka asked.
"Look above you fool and prey for a fast ending." Mumm-Ra stated as he disappeared into nothing.
"Come back here you coward." Linka yelled into nothing.
After a moment of silence, Linka still in her wedding dress started to walk through the caverns hoping not to meet this Spidera person. The cavern's low light gave Linka a little hope for finding a way out but after a while she started to have a feeling that she was being followed by something that she could not see. A few moments had started to pass and Linka was more sure that something was following her, as if she was prey for an hungry animal of some sort. As she started to continue, she was stopped by a bunch of spider webs directly right in front of her.
"Now how am I gonna get through this stuff with out the use of my ring?" She started to think. "Maybe there is a way to burn through these webs." She wondered while starting to look around for anything that she could use.
It took her a moment, but she spotted a branch laying on the ground and in pretty good condition as well. Now all she needed was something to burn with and some kind of flint rocks to ignite. She then spotted some rocks with a little metal inside hoping that this would do the trick but now she had a problem. She had found everything that she needed to get through the webbing but she didn't have anything to burn, after a moment she only had one option and she knew that she wouldn't like it.
"I sure hope that Gi will be able to forgive me for what I am about to do." She started to think as she reached down to the end of her wedding dress and ripped off a part of it. "I better find something down here that can make this fabric start to burn, but without it burning me as well." She also started to think while trying to find something to help her ignite what she had ripped off.
After a while of searching the cavern, she discovered a strange pool of liquid that started to smell very bad as she got closer to it.
"This stuff just might be what I am looking for." She thought as she wrapped the ripped piece of clothing around the branch and dunked it into the pool, then she placed the rocks over the branch and started to bang them together causing sparks to fly everywhere.
After a moment, the sparks started to land on the fabric and ignited the piece of cloth allowing Linka to see and hopefully burn right through the webbing that she saw earlier. As she started to head back towards the webs, she also started to hear a strange sound echoing throughout the entire cavern. The noise sounded like a mad beast coming towards its prey completely in control and dominate. As she reached the wall of webbing, Linka positioned the torch at the right spot and started to burn right through the layers of webs. As she finished burning them down, she started to hear that beastly noise again but this time actually much closer to her. As if on instinct, Linka turned around and found a giant spider with red eyes as well as eight legs with what looks like leopard fur on parts of them. The face was something out of a nightmare with two fangs on the lower lips and the back full of spider sap used for making her special brand of webbing.
As Linka looked at the creature, she was completely frozen with fright, she had never faced anything like this giant spider before except for that time when she and the other Planeteers were shruck to the size of bugs by one of Blight's ray devices. As she tried to gather the strength to turn around and run, she was blasted with the spider's webbing, completely covering her from head to foot. Even as she tried to escape from the webbing, she dropped her torch and then was completely covered as she was cocooned and landed down on the ground. As Spidera looked at her newest food choice, she decided to take Linka back to the deepest part of her kingdom and let her babies start to feast on her latest prize.
As all of that was happening in Spidera's kingdom, the Thundertank with Lion-O, Panthro, Tygra and Turmagar was racing through the forest trying to get to Spidera's entrance to her underground kingdom.
"Panthro, how long till we reach the entrance?" Lion-O asked.
"We should be there in a matter of moments Lion-O." Panthro responded.
"I hope the others are doing an OK job of keeping Wheeler in the dark when he wakes up? Tygra asked.
"I just hope that Linka can hold out until we get there." Panthro stated.
"Let's just hope that Wheeler doesn't find out what happened or he might just do something stupid." Tygra stated.
"Thunderctas, would you act the same if someone you cared about was taken from you?" Turmagar asked.
"To be honest Turmagar, we might act as Wheeler would during the circumstances." Lion-O replied.
"Lets just hope that isn't the case." Panthro said.
"Go slowly Panthro, were nearing the entrance right now." Tygra stated as he check the coordinates.
"Then let's get this over with and fast." Panthro started to say." You all know how much I hate spiders."
"Don't worry Panthro, we'll take the tank in and try to locate Linka before any spiders shows themselves." Lion-O stated.
As the Thundertank reached the entrance, the tank's radio started to come alive.
"Cat's lair to Thundertank, come in Thundertank." A female voice said over the radio.
"Thundertank here Cat's Lair, what's the problem?" Panthro responded.
"Panthro it's Pumyra and we do have a problem." She started to say. "Wheeler woke up and knows what has happened."
"What happened Pumyra, you were all supposed to keep him in in the dark." Lion-O stated.
"It's my fault Lion-O" The voice on the radio changed to Gi's voice. "I told him what happened with Gaia as well."
"Gi why do you tell him?" Tygra asked.
"Don't be mad at me, Wheeler was starting to yell and I couldn't hold it in anymore."
"We are not mad at you Gi." Tygra started to say. "We know that you were trying to do the right thing by Wheeler."
"Speaking of with, where is Wheeler?" Lion-O asked.
"He snuck out of the lair and disabled the security systems controlling the hangar." Gi replied
"How did he manage to do that?" Panthro asked.
"We think it was what he learned in his home town before he became a Planeteer." Gi responded.
"What is his current status, Gi?" Lion-O asked.
"He took the Hovercat Lion-O." The voice changed again back to Pumyra. "And he his tracking the Thundertank."
"How is he managing to track the tank?" Tygra asked.
"It's my fault,Tygra." Panthro started to say. "He must have paid more attention than I thought during the repairs."
"We have to shutdown the homing signal before he gets here." Lion-O stated.
"If we shut down the tank then we can't rescue Linka Lion-O." Tygra stated.
"I'm sorry that we let you down Lion-O." Pumyra stated.
"We will deal with this all later, but for now maybe Wheeler might be able to help us after all." Tygra stated.
"Listen you guys, we are about to enter Spidera's kingdom." Panthro stated. "We will contact you when we are safe."
"Alright Thundertank, stay safe." Pumyra stated as the radio went dead.
"Now what are we gonna do my friends, Wheeler is on the way here." Turmagar said as the tank started to enter Spidera's kingdom.
"If Wheeler is right behind us then maybe he can help us out if we get into trouble." Lion-O stated.
"Let's just hope that isn't the case." Panthro said as he turned on the Tanks headlights.
"Tygra try to scan for Linka's life signs." Lion-O asked.
"You got it Lion-O." Tygra stated as he started to scan for Linka.
As the Thundertank entered Spidera's kingdom in search of Linka, Wheeler on board the Hovercat started to make up for lost time that was spent being knocked out in his room.
"Come on you piece of junk." Wheeler started to say at the vehicle." I need to get to Linka and the others." Wheeler stated as the tracking device was locked in on the Thundertank. "I'm sure that everyone back at the lair has warned them that I am coming, but I don't really care about that. All I really care about is finding Linka and no power on this earth is gonna stop me from finding her." He stated as he started to follow the signals.
As Wheeler continued to track the Thundertank, the others were starting to descend deeper into Spidera's home. As the tank started to go deeper, the noise from the tank echoed throughout the entire cavern systems alerting anything that was within earshot that company was heading their way. While the tank was moving through the caverns, the tank's sensors started to come alive.
"Lion-O, I'm starting to get a humanoid life reading about 50 meters away." Tygra stated.
"Let's all be on our guards down here." Lion-O started to say. "This is Spidera's home turf."
"We all better get out of the tank as well." Panthro started to say. "If Spidera hears the tank then she will know where we are."
"Good thinking my friend." Turmagar stated. "At least then we will have a somewhat element of surprise." He finished as the tank came to a stop.
"Everyone out but let's be careful." Lion-O said as they all started to climb out of the tank.
"Lets see if we can find which way Linka might have went." Tygra said.
After a few minutes of searching in the near dark cavern, Turmagar comes around something quite interesting.
"My friends, quickly over here." Turmagar said as he gestured everyone to his current position.
"What is it Turmagar? Lion-O asked as the others joined as well.
"Look down here." Turmagar responded as he started to show the floor. "Look at these footprints, they seem to be made from someone wearing a certain kind of footwear."
"That has to be Linka." Tygra stated. "Cheetara told me that she gave Linka a pair of shoes for her wedding."
"Then we should follow the tracks my friends and the sooner the better." Turmagar stated.
"Agreed, lets get moving everyone." Lion-O stated as they all followed the tracks on the floor.
As the group continued to follow Linka's footprints on the ground they all stopped for a moment when they noticed a few ripped and burned fabrics from her wedding dress. Once they noticed that, then they knew that they were on the right track. They followed the trail up to the webbed entrance to another cavern, but this time the webbing seems to be newer then the rest. The new webbing seems to be some kind of replacement for a part that was previous burned or ripped off.
"My friends I believe that Linka went in there." Turmagar said as he pointed towards the trail leading straight passed the webs.
"That leads straight into the heart of Spidera's kingdom." Panthro stated.
"They we have to follow and get her out." Lion-O stated.
"We better be careful as well, Spidera could be anywhere once we enter." Tygra stated.
"I'm ready to help you my friends." Turmagar stated as he readied his weapon for battle.
"Then let's get moving right away." Panthro stated
"Turmagar, can you use your blasted to burn a hole through the webs." Lion-O asked.
"Of course my friends." Turmagar stated as he primed his laser weapon. "Everyone better stand back." Turmagar stated as he started to fire.
Within a matter of moments, the web lines that were protecting the cave entrance started to burn away into nothingness and left a clear passage straight into the heart of the kingdom.
"We all better be on our guards from here on." Tygra stated.
"Agreed Tygra." Lion-O started to say." Everyone be on high alert."
As the group started to descend into the heart of Spidera's kingdom, Wheeler was starting to close in on the tracking signal that was coming from the Thundertank.
"According to this tracking device, the tank should be directly below me." Wheeler said while still in the controls of the Hovercat. "There has to be an entrance somewhere around here. Let's see if maybe the computer on this tracker can give me the tank's last coordinates before it went underground."
After a few minutes of fine tuning the device, the tracker started to give Wheeler the information that he was waiting for. "So that's where the tank descended from to get to my present location." Wheeler stated as he saw the entrance to the underground kingdom located only a few feet away from his location. "Better get moving then." He continued as he started to head towards the underground entrance.
As Wheeler started to approach the underground entrance, the rest of the group had just entered the heart of Spidera's kingdom hoping to find some trace of Linka.
"Turmagar, Panthro, Tygra lets be ready for anything." Lion-O stated.
"I don't like this at all Lion-O." Tygra stated.
"I agree with you on that Tygra." Lion-O started to reply. "It feels like we are all walking right into a trap."
After a few moments of walking, the group started to hear something very odd coming from the far end.
"Turmagar, Tygra, Panthro, do you all hear that noise?" Lion-O asked.
"Yes it sounds like someone is in trouble." Tygra stated.
"Then lets get there right away." Panthero stated as they all started to run towards the noise.
As the group started to run towards the noise that they had recently heard, none of them realized that they were being followed from high above the roof by Spidera herself.
As the Thundercats and Turmagar got closer, they saw a webbed cocoon starting to be covered by lots a little spiders trying to get inside. As the spiders were climbing all over the cocoon, a woman's voice started to break through all of the layers of web.
"SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME!" The voice from the cocoon started to yell." I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!"
"HOLD ON WERE COMING!" Lion-O shouted as the others followed him towards the cocoon.
"GET ME OUT OF THIS THING." The voice yelled again.
"Panthro , Tygra, Turmagar, quickly start cutting this web and keep those spiders off as well." Lion-O asked as they all started to work on the web cocoon.
It took the group a while longer then they all thought but they were able to cut off the webbing surrounding the top of the cocooned person. After they were able to remove what they had cut, they were all a little relieved to find out that it was Linka and that she was still alive.
"Linka, hold on, we will have you out of this stuff in a little while. "Tygra stated as he and the others quickly started working to free Linka from the rest.
"Da, please hurry my friends." Linka started to say. "I do not want to be here when that giant spider returns."
As the group was almost done freeing Linka from her webbed prison, the Sword Of Omens' cat eye started to change color and growl.
"Lion-O, your sword." Panthro stated knowing full well what that noise from the sword means.
"Right Panthro." Lion-O stated as he grabbed his sword from his claw shield.
"Sword Of Omens, give me sight beyond-" Lion-O started to say but was cut off.
As Lion-O was about to finish his statement, Spidera fired a blast if webbing knocking into Lion-O and forcing him to release his hold on the sword.
"Lion-O, look out!" Panthro started to say as Spidera fired another web blast at the group.
"Quickly my friends let's hurry." Turmagar started to say as Spidera again fired another blast of webbing.
"Panthro, Tygra, quickly get out of the way." Lion-O started to yell as he saw where the webbing was heading towards.
As Panthro and Tygra were almost done releasing Linka, all three of them heard Lion-O's warning cry but a little too late. The blast from Spidera not only resealed up Linka's cocoon but it also started to cocoon both Thundercats as well.
"My friends, hold on I'll-" Turmagar started to say.
As Turmagar was getting ready to fire his weapon at Spidera, the spider fired another web blast that not only knocked Turmagar's weapon from his grip but also started to imprison the Tuska as well.
"Thundercats, Turmagar, alright Spidera, now you've got me mad." Lion-O stated as he stretched his hand out. "Sword of Omens, come to my-"
As Lion-O was about to call his sword into his hand, Spidera shot one more massive web blast at Lion-O, completely covering him from head to foot. As the spider was finishing up her latest meals for all of her subjects, she was unaware that someone else had ventured into her underground kingdom UN-announced and alone.
Wheeler, now locating the entrance to Spidera's Underground kingdom started to reset the Thundertank's tracking device so he will be able to locate the group even in this underground maze of tunnels and caverns. Wheeler then decided that it would be a little safer to leave the Hovercat above ground so that nothing would be able to jam it's engines as well as keeping him a secret for a while longer.
"Where are they?" Wheeler started to think. "They have to be around here somewhere." Wheeler thought as he started to approach the abandoned Thundertank. "The tracker helped me locate the Thundertank, now I have to try and locate the others." He started to say. "I better start looking around for anything useful."
After a moment of searching by the tank and the surrounding area, Wheeler started to see a bunch of small spiders heading towards something off in the distance. Knowing full well that spiders usually don't pack together in large groups unless there was a big prey to feast on. Without even thinking, Wheeler opened the bag that he had taken from the lair and pulled out two laser blasters as well as a portable blowtorch which he used once in repairing the tank. He then took out some kind of tape from the bag and taped both laser weapons together, like he saw once in an old sci-fi movie. After he was finished, Wheeler started to follow the spiders down towards the recently burned hole in the webs and straight down into the heart of Spider's kingdom.
"LINKA, LINKA, WHERE ARE YOU!" Wheeler started to yell. "PLEASE YOU HAVE TO ANSWER ME!"
When Wheeler didn't hear a response, he started to fear the worst, he started to think that if only he was able to protect his wife from Mumm-Ra then none of this would happen. He also started to think of what he did to get to this position, lying and tricking his best friends. As Wheeler started to walk again in the direction of the spiders, he spotted something very reflective in the distance. As he approached, he realized that it was Lion-O's sword. Wheeler knew very well that the Lord of the Thundercats would never leave his sword out in the open and leave himself defenseless. As he started to bend down to grab the weapon, the sword started to growl as the eye within the sword turned white. When Wheeler saw this he stepped back almost in fright.
"Listen Sword." He started to say. "I know you don't like anyone else holding you, but Lion-O may not be able to survive much longer unless I can bring you back to him right away. Please let me take you to help save the others."
After Wheeler finished saying his peace, he started once again to bend down to pick up the sword from the hilt. This time the sword did not respond and allowed itself to be removed from the ground hoping to help find it's master.
"All right sword, now lets go find the others and fast." Wheeler stated as he started to stand up carrying the sword.
He knew that time was running out for his wife and his friends, but he also knows that nothing is gonna stop him from finding and saving them.