The spider creature watched with some delight as he saw the Thundercats as well as their new human ally start to remove the webbing that was completely covered their vehicle. The spider knew that even if they had escaped, that they would return to get away but now their means of escape was cut off. As he saw them rip apart and burn the webs, it started to remember what was happening inside the main chamber of it's mother. It felt the pain that it's mother did when the red haired human burned one and then another of it's mother's legs. Then it also felt revenge as it saw it's mother leaving the main chamber hurt and angered at what she was forced to do. Even though the spider's mind projecting thoughts was not as developed as it's mother, it could still fell and hear it's mother's thoughts with no problem. Now the spider waits with anticipation, hoping to strike once the small group was finished freeing the vehicle from the webs.
As the spider watched and waited with glee, the others continued to free the Thundertank from its webbed restraints. Hoping to get Linka back to the lair so that Bengali could see if she would be alright, they all worked very hard to make sure that the tank was freed with out damaging the vehicle in the process.
"How is it going over there Wheeler?" Panthro asked from the tank's front end.
"Not bad. I should have the last of these things melted off in no time." Wheeler replied as he continued to use his ring power.
"Just be careful back there, we can't afford for you to damage the Thundrillium intake valves." Panthro responded.
"I'm on it Panthro." Wheeler replied as he went back to work very carefully.
"Tygra, how is it going on your end?" Lion-O asked.
"So far so good Lion-O. If we keep up this pace, then we should be done in under and hour." Tygra responded.
"The sooner the better, I am still really worried about Linka guys." Wheeler added.
"Don't worry Wheeler, Turmagar is keeping a close eye on her and we all trust him completely." Lion-O stated.
"Thanks Lion-O, for everything, for excepting us on your planet and making us officially part of your family from Thundera." Wheeler stated.
"Wheeler, you and the others are always gonna be a part of our family, besides we are all proud to know and respect you as well." Lion-O responded.
"I just hope that the others feel the same way after we get back to the lair. I'm sure that Kwami and Ma-Ti, will forgive me, but I'm not so sure about Gi." Wheeler injected.
"Why would you say something like that?" Tygra added.
"I believe that Gi thinks of me as her older brother and that I would never do anything to put the team at risk." Wheeler responded.
"I'm sure that Gi will forgive you, after all you had a good reason to trick her and the others." Panthro replied.
"That still is no excuse for what I did. I should have told Gi and the team what I was planning but I just couldn't take the risk." Wheeler stated.
"What risk?" Panthro asked.
"The risk that I would be putting my friends and team mates in real danger. I just couldn't live with myself if anything happened to them." Wheeler responded.
"Wheeler, your friends knew the risks when they first signed on as Planeteers. I'm sure you knew the risks as well when you first started." Tygra stated.
"And besides that, you are all much stronger for working together as a team." Panthro added.
"You have all grown up since you started those few years ago." Lion-O stated.
"You are all right, it is just sometimes I still feel like I did when I first got this ring." Wheeler stated as he took a long look at his ring. "I mean I know that we can't keep doing this forever and eventually we would have to step down for the next generation to take over, but still I can't quite shake this feeling that there is something much more for me and my team, especially for me and Linka that is if we can get her back to the lair."
"We'll get her back Wheeler, just stay positive." Panthro stated.
"Are you sure that the tank will still run after what it has been through, Panthro?" Tygra asked.
"Are you kidding me, what I built wouldn't dare not work." Panthro stated.
"You built this tank, that is some fine handiwork there Panthro." Wheeler stated.
"Thanks Wheeler, I sure think so. Most of the parts came from our destroyed spaceship after we crashed landed here some time ago. " Panthro replied.
"Panthro is the best scrounger in the universe as he would put it." Tygra stated as the others started to laugh a little.
"All right guys, Showtime's over and we really need to get Linka back to the lair so that Bengali can examine her." Lion-O stated as they started to resume their work.
"Linka, babe, please be alright I need you in my life now more than ever." Wheeler thought in silence.
As the team was finishing up the last of the webbing, the spider was still watching and waiting for its' opportunity to strike. He knew that he would never survive an attack from both the red-haired human as well as the Lord of the Thundercat's sword. The spider then decided to attack their only vulnerable position, and started to focus all of its attention on the spot where Turmagar was sitting down while still holding on and watching Linka. The spider knew that his moment would arrive at any moment and decided to attack when they least expect it.
As the spider carefully waited for its opportunity to attack Turmagar and Linka, the others were just finishing up with the Thundertank, getting all of the webbing off and making sure that there is no damage.
"Wheeler how is it coming?" Panthro asked.
"Just about done here Panthro, just one or two more strands to go." Wheeler stated as he used his ring on the last strands.
As Wheeler finished up, Tygra and Lion-O both started to climb into the tank's main cockpit to make sure that there was enough power to make it back to the lair.
"How's it looking Tygra?" Lion-O asked as he and Tygra started to power up the Thundertank's systems.
"Looks like all systems are working at full power." Tygra responded.
"How about the Thundrillium energy meter, any readings from it?" Panthro asked while still outside the tank.
"Looks like the Thundrillium hasn't been effected by the ordeal. We are good to go at any time." Tygra answered back.
"That's great news guys, I'll go and tell Turmagar and bring back Linka as well." Wheeler said as he started to head towards Turmagar and Linka.
As Wheeler started to head towards Turmagar, the spider had decided that now would be the time to strike. While the others were distracted by checking the systems inside the tank, the spider would now choose to attack and try to get its revenge for what they did to its mother. As the spider started to lunge towards Turmagar and Linka, it decided to fire a blast of webbing in order to stop Wheeler and the others from saving their friends. The spider knew that if he could cut-off the others, then the remaining two would be easy pickings.
As the Spider started to begin his plan the others were still working on the tank making sure that everything was working fine and getting ready to move out.
"Lion-O, Tygra is everything ready to go?" Panthro asked as he tore the last web strands away from the front of the tank.
"Just finishing up the system checklist here Panthro. We should be ready to leave any moment now." Tygra stated.
Just as Tygra finished his statement, Lion-O's sword started to growl and the eye started to glow light brown indicating that something was wrong.
"Lion-O, your sword." Tygra stated as Lion-O also noticed and drew it out of the Claw Shield.
"Sword of Omens, give me sight beyond sight." Lion-O said as he put the sword right in front of his face while the sword's cross arms started to transform into almost a gazing pair of binoculars. As he looked through, he saw a vision of Turmagar and Linka in trouble while Wheeler was stuck in webbing. "Guys we have to get to Wheeler and the others right away. They are in terrible danger." Lion-O stated as he and the others climbed out of the tank and started to head towards Wheeler and the others.
As Lion-O, Tygra and Panthro started to hurry out of the tank, Wheeler was only a few feet away from Turmagar and Linka when he was hit by a blast of webbing.
"TURMAGAR, WATCH OUT WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!" Wheeler shouted as he legs were completely covered by webbing.
As Turmagar started to get up and getting ready to help his friend, the spider that was watching and waiting finally dropped right in front of him and blasted Turmagar with a web blast as well covering his entire body.
"Wheeler, I am stuck my friend." Turmagar stated as he tried to get free.
"Hold on there Turmagar, I'll burn it off." Wheeler stated as he got his ring ready.
As Wheeler was about to activate his ring, the spider then fired another blast of webbing at Wheeler and this time covered his ring hand. With Wheeler's ring hand now covered in webbing, the spider knew that he had the upper hand but also that he had to hurry and finish his mission before the others could arrive. As he approached Linka's body, he started to hear the sounds of the others coming closer and closer. Not wanting to waste anymore time, the spider took one of its huge legs and scratched one of Linka's legs with so much pressure that she started to bleed out a little. Then the spider rubbed his leg against Linka's wound knowing full well how poisonous the venom from the spider's leg would be. After the leg was done rubbing against Linka's the spider fired another blast of webbing towards the top of the chamber and started to disappear into the black darkness as the others arrived to help their friends.
"Wheeler, are you alright?" Tygra asked as he saw Panthro and Lion-O heading towards Turmagar and Linka.
"Get me out of this stuff Tygra, that spider monster just did something bad to Linka." Wheeler stated as Tygra started to help get the webs off Wheeler.
As Tygra was helping Wheeler, Both Lion-O and Panthro were helping Turmagar to get free as well as checking on Linka's condition.
"Turmagar, are you alright?" Panthro asked as he and Lion-O were getting him freed from the webbing.
"Yes my friends, but we must help Linka, she is in terrible danger." Turmagar stated as Tygra and Wheeler joined the group.
"Turmagar, Wheeler what happened here?" Tygra asked.
"We were attacked by one of Spidera's children. I guess that spider didn't get the memo from its' mother." Wheeler stated as he went over to look at his wife.
"WHEELER STOP, DON'T TOUCH HER LEGS!" Turmagar shouted.
After hearing Turmagar, Wheeler stopped dead in his tracks as he saw the wound on Linka's left leg. "Turmagar, why did you stop me?" Wheeler asked.
"I'm sorry my friend but I'm afraid that we must tent to Linka right now before we can leave." Turmagar stated.
"WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY WIFE TURMAGAR!?" Wheeler shouted as he turned around and grabbed Turmagar by his warrior clothing.
"Wheeler, stop it. Let Turmagar explain what happened." Lion-O stated.
"I'm... I'm sorry Turmagar." Wheeler responded as he let go of Turmagar's clothing.
"Now Turmagar, please tell us what happened here." Tygra asked.
As soon as Tygra finished his statement, Turmagar started to explain what happened to Linka and what the spider did to her. He explained what the spider had done by creating a wound on her leg and then started rubbing his own leg against her leg with the wound.
"Lion-O, we need the medical kit from the Thundertank right away." Tygra stated.
"I'll get it and be right back." Panthro responded as he started to run back towards the tank.
"Tygra, what has happened to my wife?" Wheeler asked almost with anger in his eyes.
"It appears that one of Spidera's children has poisoned Linka with their venom." Tygra responded.
"Is there anything that we can do Tygra?" Lion-O asked.
"I may be able to stabilize her condition until we can get back to the lair. But we have to hurry." Tygra responded.
"Is it that serious Tygra?" Turmagar asked.
"I'm afraid so. If we don't stabilize her then she might not survive the trip back to the lair."
"TYGRA, YOU HAVE TO SAVE HER!" Wheeler started to shout with tears forming in his eyes.
"Wheeler, we will help her, but you have to calm down long enough for us to help." Lion-O stated as Panthro came back with the medical kit.
"Here is the medical kit Tygra." Panthro stated as he handed the kit over to Tygra.
"Thanks Panthro, care to give me a hand?" Tygar asked as he headed over to Linka still on the floor.
"Guys, please save her." Wheeler stated as Panthro started to follow Tygra over to Linka.
"My friend, everything will be fine." Turmagar stated as he put his left flipped on Wheeler's right shoulder.
"Turmagar, I…. I am sorry for what I did before." Wheeler stated feeling very sorry for his previous actions.
"My friend, there is nothing to be sorry for." Turmagar responded.
"He's right you know Wheeler." Lion-O stated as he approached Turmagar and Wheeler. "It is alright to be a little angry from time to time."
"But I almost hurt you Turmagar, cause I was more worried about Linka."
"Don't worry, Tygra and Panthro will take good care of her, and besides I think that it might help if Linka knew that you were still right next to her and caring a lot for her." Turmagar stated.
"He's right Wheeler. And besides, maybe you can continue your story, that might also help Linka recover faster." Lion-O stated as they all approached Tygra and Panthro.
"How's Linka doing?" Wheeler asked with concern.
"The poison from the spider is in her blood stream, but we seem to have it under control for now." Tygra said as he was cleaning Linka's wound.
"She should be fine once we get her back to the lair so Bengali can give her the antidote to the spider's poison." Panthro added.
"Is she stable enough for us to head out?" Lion-O asked.
"She should be just fine, but we had better trend lightly. We don't want the poison to spread." Tygra stated as he put a gauze and bandage around Linka's leg.
"I agree with you Tygra, so I will carry Linka back to the tank." Panthro stated.
After hearing what Panthro had said Wheeler was about to speak when Turmagar placed his flipper on Wheeler's left shoulder and said no with his face. Turmagar knew that Wheeler was strong and brave but sometimes it is better to let others help even if you don't want it to show.
"Panthro, please be careful with Linka, she means everything to me." Wheeler stated as Panthro started to pick up Linka off the floor and into his arms.
"She'll be just fine Wheeler. I promise you." Panthro responded with Linka in his arms.
"Wheeler, perhaps now would be a good time to continue your story while we head back to the tank and then the Hovercat outside." Tygra asked.
"That is what Lion-O said before we joined you as well." Wheeler responded.
"I guess great minds really think alike huh Tygra." Lion-O stated.
"You have a good point there Lion-O." Tygra responded back.
"So please continue your story Wheeler." Turmagar asked as they all started to head back towards the tank.
"You guys win and besides you right about another point. It just might help Linka recover faster if she continues to hear me." Wheeler stated as he started to continue his story.
As the Planeteers left the gift shop at the end of the Kongfrontation ride, everyone was still all pumped from their experiences inside the ride. They also knew that they had to meet the manager near the Back To The Future ride, so they all started to walk towards the entrance to the ride. As they started to walk, they entered another scare zone, but this time the monsters they saw were all characters from old monster movies brought to life with full freakish features and of course scaring people left and right. As they continued through the scare zone, Linka started to hold Wheeler's right hand again with her left hand. Wheeler knew that he liked it when Linka held his hand cause deep down he knew that she was in love with him as he was with her. After exiting the scare zone, they came passed a bunch of buildings that are used for other rides but were closed for the event. As they continued to head towards the Back to the Future ride, they saw a big lake right in front of them with a diner off to the right of the group. The group then decided to go towards the diner, cause this way was a little faster and maybe later they could get something to eat if they were hungry. As they passed the diner they all noticed that the sign above the diner had some lights turned off. The letters above the structure read "DIE-IN" instead of Mel's Drive-In, it was supposed to be this way for the celebration nights. As they passed the diner and turned left, they saw a big building in the distance with multiple ramps leading up into the structure. As the group got closer, they started to hear the voice of Dr. Emmet Brown, the founder of the Institute Of Future Technology building. Once they knew that they were in the correct location, they started to head towards the wooded gate next to the attraction to greet the manager and the rest of the Bone Drum parade cast.
As they approached the gate, the manager outside the gate was almost in a bit of a panic. Something wasn't right and the manager didn't know what to do next. As the Planeteers got closer the manager started to walk over to greet them.
"Planeteers, am I glad to see you." The manager started to say. "I need your help."
"What happened?" Kwami asked.
"A few of our dancers hurt themselves during the practice routine and the others won't be able to make it until the second show."
"So what can we do to help?" Gi asked
"I was wondering if you five would like to be the extra dancers, at least for the first show." The manager asked.
"We would be honored to help you but we don't know the routine." Kwami stated.
"Don't worry about it, the other dancers in the show will help you get ready in the time we have left." The manager stated.
"Then I guess you have yourself a deal." Wheeler stated.
"Nyet, not just yet." Linka injected.
"Is there a problem miss?" The manager asked.
"Da. Even if we do agree to help you in this dance routine, won't our clothing take away from your event for tonight?" Linka stated.
"She does have a point there." Ma-Ti started to say. "We would be happy to help out but we are not properly dressed for the show."
"Don't worry about that, we have extra costumes in the back for all of you." The manager stated.
"In that case when do we begin." Gi stated.
"Thank you Planeteers. I know that it is not an Eco-Emergency, but I really do appreciate your help with this problem." The manager stated.
"It is not a problem for us. It is good to take a break from Eco-villains trying to destroy the world's environment. For us this is like taking a small break from our everyday problems." Kwami stated.
"And besides that Kwami, we are here to relax and have fun." Wheeler added.
"Da, and this just might be what we needed." Linka responded.
"Thank you, all of you." The manager responded as he opened the wooden gate to the Bone parade floats and dancers.
Once the wooden gate was opened, the manager took the Planeteers towards the area where the dancers were preparing their final dress rehearsal before their first show time. As they approached the group, the manager explained to the others that the Planeteers would be happy to help out but they needed to learn the routine right away and then get ready for the show. After a brief moment of learning the moves and the routine, the Planeteers started to get ready themselves for the Bone dance parade event, but before the manager could go and announce the event the one of the Planeteers wanted to speak with him for a moment.
"Mr. Manager, may I ask you a question?" Kwami asked.
"Go right ahead my friend." The manager responded.
"Would it be alright if we introduced a guest of our own during the finale of the event?" Kwami asked.
"My friend, for what you and your friends are doing for us right now, it is alright with me with whatever you have planned." The manager responded.
"Thank you, I will go inform the other Planeteers." Kwami stated as he went off to join the others in the make up area.
As the time of the parade approached, the dancers and musicians were all ready to perform as well as the Planeteers. Everyone was dressed in skeleton type costumes with glowing bones that can only be seen in the dead of night. The faces of all the performers were also colored in dark black and white makeup to give the appearance of skulls as well. The Planeteers never imagined that they were gonna actually be a part of the parade but they were all happy non the less. As the event started, Linka was starting to show a little sign of being nervous, and Gi was also starting to become the same.
"Girls, don't worry about anything." Wheeler started to say. "Just think of this as another Eco-Emergency and we will all do fine."
"That's easy for you to say Yankee. Your not the one who is nervous." Linka replied.
"Same here." Gi added.
"Actually I am nervous, I just hide it better." Wheeler responded.
"You my friend, you are nervous? I would never have guessed that." Ma-Ti stated.
"Of course, everyone gets nervous during an event or something like that." Kwami stated.
"He's right but for now lets just go and have a good time with everyone else." Wheeler stated as the wooden gate opened and the dancers as well as the floats started to move ahead.
"Lets do it." Linka stated as they all started to head towards the Die-In Diner for the event to start.
As the Planeteers as well as the rest of the Bone Yard Parade started to emerge from the back lot, they all started to hear a voice coming from a loud speaker around the Mel's Diner location. The announcement was to let everyone know that the show was about to begin and please try not to distract the performers in the act. There was also another announcement prior to the beginning of the show that states- "Attention all guests, please refrain from any flash photography of any time until the show is over. All video taping is allowed, but please no flashes and please keep all children away from the performance area as to keep them safe from harm." As the show was about to start, the giant float with three pairs of drums started to approach it's position in the back as the dancers all started to get into their positions. As the dancers and floats arrived in their assigned locations, all of the lights around the area and the diner were completely shut off so it can help with the glow from the dancers' costumes.
As the show began, all of the performers on the floats started to beat the drums as if a magical chant started to echo threw out the night. During the beating of the drums, all of the performers started to dance all around the floats as well as in complete circle one around another group of dancers and continuing out to the end. In the center, the Planeteers, still dressed up with the others could not believe how much fun they were all having dancing and not worrying about all of their everyday problems as Planeteers. All of the costumes that they were wearing lighted up with so much intend that it looked from the spectators' point of view that they were skeletons dancing right in front of everyone. As the show went on, the dancers changed the routine just like they had practiced with the Planeteers still having the time of their lives. They all stared to dance with each other as well as showing everyone in the park a very good time as well as a great performance. As they were starting to head towards the finale, a voice came over the loud speaker as the dancers as the Planeteers got into their positions for the greatest finale that they could give to everyone at Universal Studios Orlando.
"My friends, please let us give a great deal of applause to all of our fine dancers who came out to entertain us tonight." The voice said as the crowd started to applaud and cheer. "And now for your entertainment, some of our dancers would like to perform a very special dance move." The voice said as the Planeteers all raised their rings hands towards the sky.
"PLANETEERS, LET OUR POWERS COMBINE! EARTH!" Kwami said as a green beam came out from his ring and into the sky.
"FIRE!" Wheeler stated as a red beam came out of his ring.
"WIND!" Linka added as a white beam came out of her ring.
"WATER!" Gi stated as a blue beam came out of her ring.
"HEART!" Ma-Ti stated as a orange beam came out of his ring.