As Mandora's Electro-Charger and Hachiman's mechanical steed started to travel in space heading back to Third Earth, the first rays of the sun started to appear behind the Cat's Lair completely illuminating everything in front of the Thundercat's home. As the new day sun started to rise in the distance, Snarf the nursemaid and most the loyal of the Thundercats started to head towards the kitchen in order to prepare breakfast for the Thundercats, the Planeteers and Willa and Nayda. As he was heading down the hall towards his destination, the furry animal decided to make a small detour in order to check on the status of Linka and Leia.
As he started to enter the medical bay, he noticed that Bengali was still hard at work, but he also noticed that Wheeler was laying on a Bio-Bed right next to Linka's. After coming that far, Snarf decided to find out how Bengali's patients were doing.
"Morning Bengali. Brrrrr" Snarf stated while seeing Bengali hard at work at Leia's bedside.
"Oh, good morning Snarf. I didn't hear you come in." Bengali replied in his most honest tone as he started to shift his attention to the small furry animal.
"I was on my way to get breakfast ready for everyone, but I wanted to check in and see what was happening. How is Leia and Linka?"
"Linka's the same and I'm hoping that this final injection of neutralizer will completely eradicate the radiation in Leia's body."
"I see that Wheeler got some rest. I'm glad, I was really worried about him."
"Wheeler did get some rest, but I'm afraid that I forced him to do so." Bengali stated with a slight sense of sadness in his tone.
"Brrrrr… What did you do Bengali?" Snarf asked while trying to be kind to the medical Thundercat's feelings.
"I drugged Wheeler in order for him to get some rest." Bengali replied with sadness and regret in his tone.
"BENGALI! YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT!" Snarf started to yell before the furry Thundercat took a long breath. "I'm not upset with you, but I have to know. How and why did you do it?"
"When I was running one of my tests on Leia's blood work, I saw Wheeler talking to Ma-Ti before I entered the room. I also saw how tired Wheeler was, but knowing how stubborn he would be, I took a small amount of a powder that would place someone in a deep sleep, but only for awhile. I took the compound and administered it to both of my hands."
"Brrr. Bengali, why didn't you fall asleep after placing that stuff on your hands?"
"Thundercat physiology is quite different than humans so the compound wouldn't effect me. After Ma-Ti left us I placed my right hand on Wheeler's shoulder and the compound was absorbed through Wheeler's clothing and straight into his skin, causing an almost immediate reaction."
"Why did you have to do that in the first place?"
"A doctor's first duty is to do no harm to anyone, and if I hadn't acted, Wheeler would have brought more harm to himself. I couldn't just let that happen."
"Snarf…Snarf…I know that Bengali, but why did you have to drug him?"
"If I didn't, then he would be in no condition if their enemies decided to launch an attack. I was trying to do the right thing."
"I understand that what you thought was right, but you should have considered Wheeler's feelings in that matter."
"I have Snarf, and I would make the same decision again if given the choice."
"It is at times like these that I am glad that I don't have to make so many difficult decisions." Snarf started to say in his most honest and saddened tone.
"Trust me my friend, we all have to make difficult decisions, even when we don't want to." Bengali replied with much honesty and regret in his voice.
"So Bengali, are you gonna run that test on Leia's blood?"
"Thanks for reminding me Snarf." Bengali stated as he started to take another blood sample for examination. "There got it."
"Brrr… How long do you think the tests will take?"
"Not long, would you care to assist me Snarf?"
"Normally I don't want to get involved in anything that I can't reach." Snarf started to say as he started to use to furry tail to stand up on. "But under the circumstances, I think I'll help and then get started on breakfast for everyone."
"Thanks Snarf, by the way how are the rest of our newest members doing?" Bengali asked as he and Snarf started to head towards the lab to run the tests on the blood sample.
"Brrrr… I'm surprised by how well the rest of the Planeteers and their leader Gaia, have adjusted to their situation here on our home."
"Same here, I know that it wasn't easy for Lynx-O, Pumyra, myself and the two Berbils on that small island."
"As for us, we had to build our new lair out from scratch." Snarf stated as the two of them reached the lab. "I'm just glad that the Berbils that Lion-O and I met by accident were very helpful in constructing our home."
"Yes, Tygra and Panthro told us that they were gentle as well as very clever to help you build the Lair and the Tower."
"I guess you could say that we were all very lucky in a way." Snarf stated as Bengali started to sit down at his workstation chair while Snarf joined him with his long furry tail.
"You may be right about that, Snarf." Bengali stated as he started to run his tests on Leia's blood sample. "Now Snarf, could you please tell me what the radiation count is on the monitor over there?" Bengali asked as he pointed to the monitor right in front of the furry animal.
After Bengali's statement, Snarf started to see what the readings were fro Leia's radiation levels.
"Brrr, I think that these readings show the she is completely cured of all radiation, but I'm not sure. I'm good at cooking food and maintaining the Lair, but this medical stuff is almost completely out of my league." Snarf stated in his most honest and worrisome tone.
"It's alright Snarf." Bengali started to say as he started to shift his view from his workstation to the monitor in front of Snarf's furry face. "Here let me look at those readings to make sure that Leia is completely cured." Bengali finished as he started to see the readings on the screen.
"Well, is she cured?" Snarf asked in his most concerned and excited tone.
"According to these latest test results, Leia is completely cured of all radiation sickness."
"That's wonderful!" Snarf shouted while trying to keep his voice down. "After I make breakfast for everyone, I'll give Willa and Nayda the good news." Snarf stated as the furry animal started to leave the lab.
"Hold up a moment Snarf." Bengali stated, hoping to stop Snarf in his tracks.
"Brr…What is it Bengali?" Snarf asked as he stopped and turned his head to look at Bengali.
"Leia may be cured of the sickness, but I still want to wait a few hours, just to make sure that everything is fine. Once I know that there won't be any relapses, then you can tell the others while I administer treatment and get both Linka and Leia back on their feet."
"What about Wheeler? You know that he will want you to get Linka better when he wakes up?" Snarf stated in his most worrisome tone for the actions that the blue and white Thundercat had used on Wheeler from before.
"I'll deal with that situation when it happens. I'm a doctor first and I have two patients who need medical care." Bengali stated in his most determined tone.
"Snarf…Snarf… I hope you know what you are doing Bengali. I'd hate to see you get hurt."
"I be fine Snarf, but you'd better get started on making breakfast soon. I don't think that we could handle a mutiny right now." He finished with a small smile across his face.
"I'll get started right away, and I'll also prepare some plates for everyone here, just in case." Snarf stated as he started to leave the sickbay.
As Bengali watched, the furry animal of the Thundercats finally started to leave the medical bay just as the final test results started to appear on the monitor next to Bengali in the lab. As the Thundercat looked at the info on the screen, he started to feel a sigh of relief, knowing that Leia was finally out of danger. After a moment at looking at the screen, the medical Thundercat took a small vile from his medical cabinet and prepared a small dosage to be injected into Leia's body. This injection was to help her fully recover so that she would be able to help Linka get better.
As all of this was happening in the medical bay, Snarf has finally reached the kitchen where he planned to get started on making breakfast for the entire group staying inside the lair. As the furry animal entered the room, he was stunned to see two other people already hard at work.
"Brrr…Just what do you think you are doing in my kitchen?!" Snarf asked while trying not to wake up the entire lair.
After the statement made by Snarf, the two people started to turn around to see the furry animal.
"Oh…. We didn't mean to upset you Snarf?" One of the people said.
"Yes we were just trying to see if we could help you and maybe get you and the rest of the Thundercats a chance to try some meals from our home." the other voice said.
As Snarf started to get a better look at who was making the food, he was relieved to see that it was Kwami and Ma-Ti in the kitchen trying to help out.
"Brrr. If you wanted to help me, then you just should have asked." Snarf stated while getting his Chef's hat.
"Your right Snarf, I apologize." Kwami replied is his most honest tone.
"Same here Snarf." Ma-Ti added. "We just wanted to see if we could help out."
"Well I could use some help. Cooking for everyone here is sometimes like cooking for a whole family of Snarfs." The furry animal stated as he started to get out some frying pans to cook on. "By the way, what are you cooking?"
"It is a meal from my Native Africa. It is called Ivory Coast Fried Bananas. I'm just having trouble finding all of the ingredients."
"If we can't find what you need, then we could always use some Candy fruit to make up the difference." Snarf stated while watching his new friends go to work. "By the way Ma-Ti, what dish are you making?"
"I'm trying to make some Bolas de Mani. They are very good in my country." Ma-Ti stated while Snarf started to have a weird look on his face." Is anything wrong Snarf?"
"Just trying to figure out what that is?"
"Oh…I'm sorry, I should have told you. It is called Peanut and Plantain Balls. It is very good."
"Snarf…Snarf… Can't wait to try them. "I'll also prepare some Thundercat meals that we like to eat as well. We'd better hurry though, it will soon be sunrise and I don't want to disappoint anyone."
"We understand Snarf, and thanks again for letting us help." Kwami stated as all three of them started cooking their dishes.
As all three of them continued to cook their meals for everyone to try at breakfast, the morning sun started to rise up in the distance, shining a great shadow down at the base of the Lair. As the sun continued to rise up into the sky, it's beams of light started to enter the room where Willa and Nayda were staying, causing them to stir and awaken.
"Good morning sister." Nadya started to say as she and Willa started to wake up from their restful slumbers.
"Morning Nayda. Did you sleep well?" Willa asked with some concern.
"I had a good rest, what about you? Are you alright after what happened?"
"If you are asking if I am still worried about my daughter, then the answer is yes. I am still concerned for her health. I'm starting to feel like I've failed her as a mother." Willa stated as she started to become sad as she just sat at the foot of her bed.
As Nayda saw what Willa was doing, she then decided to get out of her bed and join her sister on her bed while sitting next to her.
"Willa, you shouldn't think like that." Nayda started to say. "What happened to Leia wasn't your fault, and besides now we both know how much of you is in her."
"What do you mean by that, sister."
"Willa, we both know how brave and courageous you can be when the situation presents itself. You are the bravest person that I know in the entire Tree Top Kingdom, and I am also proud to be your sister."
"Thank you Nayda, I guess that I needed to hear that." Willa stated while she started to wipe her tears away.
"Don't mention it and besides we both know that Bengali is doing everything he can to get Leia better so that she can help Linka at the same time."
"I know, but I just can't stop worrying. I guess it's the mother in me."
"Willa, every parent goes through it and trust me it never stops."
"What is that supposed to mean Nayda?"
"Willa, don't you get it? That's how you are with everyone in the tribe, and believe me when I say that you should never stop worrying about anyone. We all trust and believe in you, and that goes for your daughter as well." Nayda stated as she placed her left arm around Willa's back to show support.
"Thanks Nayda. I really needed to hear that. I guess that I'm more distracted about Leia's condition and it's beginning to get to me."
"Sister, you should know that whenever you have a problem, that is when you should turn to your friends in and outside of the tribe. The Thundercats have always been there for us, and they have always put their lives on the line, no matter what the odds. Just trust me when I say that we can depend on them to help us in a clinch."
"Thanks for that Nayda, now maybe we should discuss something else before we join the others for morning meals."
"Discuss what?" Nayda asked with a slight show of shock on her face.
"I mean what happened to you and Kwami when you both returned to the main hut." Willa stated as she saw Nayda's face starting to blush a small red coloring. "Nayda, are you blushing?"
"Oh… I thought that you would have forgotten about that." Nayda replied while still blushing a little.
"Come on Nayda, you did motion that you would explain it to me later."
"I know, it is just that I am a little embarrassed about what happened." She stated while trying not to show to much emotion about what happened between the Earth Planeteer and herself.
"Come on Nayda, it can't be that bad."
"Well to be honest, what happened between me and Kwami was a little surprising to say the least."
"What happened?"
"He kissed me on the check. He then told me that it was a thank you for listening to him for a while, but I have to admit, I was mostly stunned after that happened."
"I can't believe that he kissed you and that you didn't tell me about it until now." Willa stated while starting to feel happy for her sister in the tribe.
"It's not like I was expecting him to do it. It just happened, and to be honest, I liked it. It was the first time that I have ever been kissed by anyone."
"I understand my sister, living in a family of warrior women can really be tough." Willa stated while trying to help Nayda.
"It's not just that Willa. I think that I might be falling in love with him." Nayda stated while starting to blush again.
"Nayda, I am so happy for you." Willa stated while trying to keep her excitement down.
"Willa, I know that you are happy for me, but I'm afraid that it wont be possible for me and Kwami. Remember, he and the rest of his friends are just visiting this world and the Thundercats will do everything in their power to help get them home. If I start to fall in love with him, then it will be much harder for me when he leaves." Nayda started to say while trying not to show a hint of sadness on her face and in her tone.
"Nayda, please don't be sad. I do know that they are just visiting our home, but we don't know for how long they will stay here. Maybe you should tell Kwami how you feel about him when you are both alone for a while. Besides, if you don't tell him, then this might eat you up from the inside and I wouldn't want that to happen to you." Willa stated as she and Nayda started to get up from the bed. "Now come on little sister, it is just about time to meet the others for morning meals and I want to find out if my daughter's condition has improved." She finished as Nayda started to clean some tears from her face.
"Thank you Willa." Nayda replied as she finished wiping her face. "I guess in a way, we are both here for each other. You for helping me with my feelings for Kwami, and me for helping you with your feelings for your daughter." She finished as she got up to her feet.
"I guess in a way, we both needed each other more than the other realized."
"Let's not tell the others that, or we'll never hear the end of it." Nayda stated as both she and Willa laughed a little before heading towards the main conference chamber for morning meals.
As the sun started to rise up in the distance, the Lord of the Thundercats started to stir and awaken, while still haunted by his nightmare as well as his conversation with Jaga in the Sword Chamber. As he continued to get out of bed, he started to hear a strange knocking sound at his chamber door.
"Come in." Lion-O stated while hearing the strange noise.
As the metal and stone door started to open, Lion-O started to see Cheetara standing in front of the doorway with a much concerned look on her face as well as some sweat from her head.
"Lion-O, I'm sorry for disturbing you." Cheetara stated while trying to be apologetic for disturbing Lion-O.
"It's alright Cheetara, I was already up. Please come in."
"I'm sorry to ask you this." Cheetara started to say as the door to Lion-O's bed chamber closed behind her. "But did you have any strange dreams during the night?"
"As a matter of fact I did. It was so real that I could swear that it was really happening." Lion-O stated as Cheetara sat down at the end of Lion-O's bed. "Why? What did you see?"
"I… I think I saw the exact same thing. Our home destroyed…Our new friends lying lifeless…and the sword completely powerless while in your hands." Cheetara stated as Lion-O joined her at the foot of his bed. "Lion-O, what does this all mean?"
"I don't know. After I had the dream, I went towards the sword chamber to check for myself. Everything was fine and then Jaga appeared inside the chamber with me."
"Jaga?" Cheetara stated in a surprising tone. "What did he want?"
"He wanted to know if I was alright. He noticed that something was troubling me and wanted to know what was wrong."
"Did you explain why you were there?"
"Yes I did, and after I finished explaining everything, Jaga told me that it might have been a premonition of what's to come?"
"Are you serious?! We can't let that happen!" Cheetara stated while trying to keep her voice down.
"Cheetara, you have to calm down." Lion-O stated as he got off the bed turned around and knelled down in front of Cheetara. "I already asked Jaga about that and he said that it is one possible future." He continued as he placed both his hands on Cheetara's shoulders. "He said that we have the power to change our destiny but we have to be very careful about how we change the future. If we try to change things too much, then we would almost end up with the future that we both saw."
"That's horrible. I know that our new friends didn't sign on for this, but now we have to tell them everything."
"I agree we have to tell them everything, but I think we should wait until their team is at full strength."
"Do you know when Linka will recover?" Cheetara asked in her most worried tone.
"As soon as Bengali has gotten the radiation sickness completely eliminated from Leia's body. I just hope that it is very soon."
"Same here. Thank you for allowing me to enter your chamber and talk to you Lion-O."
"Cheetara, you know how I feel about you, and I guess that I have sensed how you felt about me."
"When did you know and why didn't you tell me?" The cheetah type Thundercat asked in her most amazed and curious tone.
"Remember when the Mutants shot down that alien probe and stole the main computer from it, your psychic powers allowed you to control the ship for a while by linking into it's on-board computer system."
"Yes, but remember, it was very painful for me as well. I started to feel all of the pain that the ship felt at the same time."
"Yes, but the ship also had access to your thoughts and memories about us as well. Also, remember when Panthro repaired the main system and the ship started to lift off under it's own power. The craft pushed you into me telling the both of us how we really felt about each other. After that I promised myself that I wouldn't act on those feelings until you and I were in complete agreement. I wouldn't want to do anything to jeopardize the team's loyalty to each other and I also didn't want to ruin our friendship. You are really important to me." Lion-O stated while trying not to show a small tear appear on his face after pouring out his heart to his fellow Thundercat.
"Lion-O." Cheetara started to say as she took her right hand and placed it on Lion-O's face. "Thank you for being a brave and loyal Lord." She stated as she gave him a passionate kiss on his lips for a moment. "After we make sure that this future doesn't happen, I would like our current situation to grow into something more." She stated after removing her lips from Lion-O's.
"I agree with you, but for now." Lion-O started to say as he got off his knees and brought back his left arm, leaving out his right arm and hand. "Care to join me for morning meals?"
"I'd love to." Cheetara replied as she took hold of Lion-O's right hand with her left hand, rose off the bed, and followed the Lord of the Thundercats out of his chambers and towards the main conference chambers while still hold hands together.
As the rest of the Cat's Lair started to awaken from their restful night's sleep, Snarf, Kwami and Ma-Ti had just finished preparing their morning meals for everyone and started to set the conference room table to accommodate everyone who spent the night. As they continued their work, Snarf started to feel a little uneasy about introducing the others to the new selections at breakfast.
"Is something the matter Snarf?" Kwami asked while noticing that Snarf look a little worried.
"Brrr… I just don't know if it was a good idea to prepare all of this food…. Snarf… Snarf… Especially the meals that both of you made."
"Don't worry Snarf." Ma-Ti started to add. "When we first tried your meals, we didn't know if we would like them as well, but in the end they were delicious."
"What? You mean you were unsure about my cooking?"
"Calm down my friend." Kwami interjected while starting to laugh a little. "Your meals were perfect my friend, and besides, we wanted to do something nice for you and the others."
"Yes Snarf. Consider this as a thank you gift for everything that you and the rest of the Thundercats have done for us." Ma-Ti stated as they all started to lay out the food in the center of the table.
"Snarf…Snarf… Well I do appreciate everything that you both have done in helping me make a wonderful selection of dishes for everyone. I just hope that they all enjoy it." Snarf stated as they all finished setting up the table.
"They will Snarf." Kwami started to say. "We just have to have a little faith and patience."
"And a little luck never hurts either." Ma-Ti added as the Thundercats and their guests started to arrive.
As Kwami, Ma-Ti and Snarf started to finish setting up the table with their unique selection of meals, Gaia, Pumyra, Wilykit and Wilykat have just started to meet up with each other in the hallway while on their way to the main conference room.
"I wonder what Snarf has prepared for us today?" Wilykit asked with much anticipation in her tone.
"I don't know Wilykit, but if we both know Snarf, it will be delicious." Wilykat replied in his most honest and hungriest tone.
"Hey look over there." Wilykit stated as they both saw Gaia and Pumyra ahead of them.
"Gaia! Pumyra! Hold up!" Wilykat shouted to stop the duo of ladies in front of them.
After the statement made by Wilykat, the two ladies stopped for a moment to allow the Thunderkittens to catch up with them.
"Good morning kittens, did you sleep well?" Pumyra asked as both Wilykit and Wilykat caught to herself and Gaia.
"Yes we did." Wilykat replied as he turned his face towards Gaia. "Gaia, are you feeling better today?"
"Yes Wilykat. I'm feeling much better today." Gaia started to say in her most motherly tone. "I just needed to rest for a while to get my strength back."
"I guess whatever happened to your Planeteer's rings impacted you more than we all thought." Wilykit added while not trying to be rude.
"Yes it did. I was just unprepared for what happened after I felt the energy wave striking me." Gaia stated while still feeling a little weak.
"You really had your teammates worried." Pumyra stated as they all continued to head towards the conference room.
"I didn't mean to worry them or that matter, all of you as well." Gaia replied in her most honest tone to the others.
"We're just glad that you are feeling better." Wilykit stated in her most honest and caring tone.
"Thank you kittens, now why did you too want to catch up to us?"
"We were hoping that you both were heading for morning meals." Wilykat stated in his most honest tone.
"As a matter of fact, we were going to the conference room to see what Snarf had come up with for everyone." Pumyra stated.
"Well whatever it is I know that we all will like it." Wilykit added.
"Does Snarf always do the cooking for you?" Gaia asked with some concern.
"Yes. Snarf is an amazing cook. The meals he makes for us are always outstanding." Wilykat replied.
"That's for sure. Bengali, Lynx-O and myself have never had anything so delicious before. Even while we were on the island with our Berbil friends." Pumyra also added.
"Well I can't wait to see what our furry little chief has in store for us today." Gaia added.
"That goes double for us." Both Thunderkittens stated at the same time.
As both groups approached the doors to the main conference room, the other Thundercats have already entered while waiting for Lion-O, Cheetara and Gi.
As the doors to the conference room started to open, Both groups started to see a spread of delicious foods on the table as well as some new dishes prepared by two unknown chefs. As both Wilykit, Wilykat, Gaia and Pumyra took their seats, they also started to see a strange look on both Panthro's and Tygra's faces.
"Is something wrong Panthro?" Pumyra started to say in a much worried tone. "I have never seen you with a look of confusion over anything."
"I'm still trying to figure what those Eco-Villains used that affected our vehicles like that." Panthro stated in his most determined and angered tone.
"I can't figure out it either." Tygra started to add. "Whatever they hit us with, completely fried all of the Thundrillium power supply systems."
"Maybe after meals, we can all have a look and try to figure it out." Pumyra stated while trying to change the subject.
"Maybe you're right Pumyra, besides we all could use some fuel before we get started." Tygra started to say. "By the way, aren't we missing three more people?"
After the statement made by Tygra, the doors to the conference room started to open again with three new people entering the room. As everyone looked at their missing friends, everyone was almost surprised to see that Lion-O and Cheetara were holding their hands together in a most unusual way.
"Lion-O, is there something between you and Cheetara you would like to tell us about?" Snarf asked as Lion-O accompanied Cheetara to her seat and then took his own.
"Let's just say that we've had a breakthrough with our relationship." Lion-O stated as Cheetara started to blush a little.
"Cheetara, do you have something more to add?" Tygra asked after seeing the blush appear on the Cheeta's face.
"Not at the moment, no." Cheetara replied while feeling a little embarrassed.
""Brrrr…That's enough of that." Snarf started to say while trying to shift everyone's attention to all of the food on the table. "You shouldn't worry about what is going on with Lion-O and Cheetara. When they are ready, they can tell us everything, but for now everyone should enjoy all of the delicious meals that I made with the help of my newest cooks." Snarf finished as he pointed to Kwami and Ma-Ti.
"Kwami, Ma-Ti, you guys made some meals for us?" Gi stated with a surprised look on her face.
"It was our way of saying thanks to the Thundercats for taking us in after we arrived on their world." Kwami replied with much gratitude in his tone.
"Well why didn't you ask me to help out as well? I would have loved to cook something from my country."
"We would have, but I think that you were more worried about Linka and Wheeler and it would have probability messed up your focus." Ma-Ti stated while trying not to be rude to Gi's feelings.
"You know me so well Ma-Ti, you're right about me still worrying about Linka and Wheeler. I just can't help it." Gi stated with concern for her fellow teammates back in the medical bay.
"Snarf…Snarf… Well I wouldn't worry about Linka and Wheeler." Snarf started to say. "When I last saw them Linka was still the same and Wheeler was resting on a bio-bed next to-" Snarf started to say until he stopped speaking when everyone's attention shifted to him.
"Snarf…What are you not telling us." Lion-O asked while trying not to get angry at their furry Thundercat.
"I'm sorry Lion-O, I promised Bengali that I wouldn't say."
"About what Snarf?"
"If I told everyone what I know then I would betraying Bengali's trust in me, besides I promised him that I wouldn't say a word."
After Snarf's statement, Gaia started to remove herself from her seat and started to walk over to the furry animal.
"Snarf." Gaia started to say. "Keeping your word is a noble thing but sometimes it is better to tell people what is going on. Bengali might get angry at you for a while but in the end, I think that he would understand."
"Brrrr. It is a long story. I'll tell you all about it but only after we finish eating our meals." Snarf stated as he prepared four separate dishes to go.
"By the way Snarf." Cheetara started to ask. "Where are you taking those dishes of food to?"
"I'll explain everything to everyone, but please let's start to enjoy the food." Snarf stated as he sat down at the table with the rest of the group and started to eat all of the food.
As everyone started to enjoy the splendid selection of meals that Snarf, Kwami, and Ma-Ti has made, Bengali was still running tests to make sure that Leia's body is completely removed of any radiation poisoning.
"All right." Bengali started to say as he took another blood sample from Leia. "Let's hope that this lastest test will show that all of the radiation is completely gone. I want to make sure that I can start to revive Linka before Wheeler wakes up." He finished as he took the sample back into his lab for testing.
As Bengali started to run his tests on Leia's blood sample, what the medical Thundercast feared has started to arise as Wheeler started to regain consciousness.
"What happened?" Wheeler started to say while still feeling a little groggy. "Last thing I remember before… Bengali. BENGALI! WHERE ARE YOU!?" Wheeler started to say in his most angered tone as he got off the bio-bed and looked for the medical Thundercat who tricked him.
After hearing the outburst coming from the medical bays, Bengali put the rest of the tests on automatic in order to face his punishment for what he did to Wheeler.
"Hello Wheeler." Bengali started to say as he entered the room. "I hope you enjoyed you rest time."
After the statement made by Bengali, Wheeler ran towards the Thundercat and grabbed him by his clothing and started to force Bengali on to the floor.
"Why did you do that to me Bengali?" Wheeler asked while still full of rage.
"Err, you wouldn't have taken a rest if I hadn't acted."
"You had no right to do that."
"Wheeler, I had to. You weren't thinking clearly and I made the best choice available to me."
"Best choice available! You had no right to do that!" Wheeler continued to state in his angered tone as he started to take his free hand and wrap it around Bengali's throat.
"Wheeler….*cough*…You must calm down *cough*…. Do you think that Linka would *cough*… approve of this". Bengali stated as Wheeler continued to strangle Bengali's throat.
After hearing Bengali's words, Wheeler started to release the tension around Bengali's throat while trying to calm down.
"Are you alright now Wheeler?" Bengal asked while recovering from Wheeler's actions.
"Ben…Bengali…. I'm….. I'm so sorry about what I did to you." Wheeler stated as he started to remove himself from Bengali and helped the blue and white colored Thundercat back to his feet. "I'm really sorry about my actions… Please forgive me." He finished in his most sincerer tone.
"Wheeler, it's OK." Bengali started to say as he took his right hand and started to massage his throat a little. "Just next time, don't' try to use me as a target." Bengali finished with a short smile on his face.
"I'm sorry. I just can't help how I feel when it comes to my actions, or the people that I care most about." Wheeler stated while still trying to stay calm.
"It's OK Wheeler, anyway I'm glad that you are awake. I think that I might have some good news for you." Bengali replied in his most honest tone.
"Is it about Linka?"
"In a way, yes it is." Bengali started to say while noticing Wheeler's expression of excitement on his face. "I had Snarf help me run some tests before to make sure that Leia was completely cured from the radiation poison."
"And what were the results?!" Wheeler replied with anticipation in his tone,
"The tests showed that Leia was completely cured, but I wanted to run another test to make sure. I don't want Leia to have a relapse."
"And what does this test show?"
"The test was running while you were trying to get even with me."
"I am truly sorry about my actions Bengali."
"It is OK Wheeler. I would do the same for someone that I care about."
"I just hope that Leia can help Linka. I don't know what I would do without her in my life."
"Well why don't you come with me back to my lab and check on the results. I'm sure that should help."
"I think that you're right Bengali, besides if Linka knew what I did to you, then I think that she would have killed me."
"I'm just glad that you snapped out of it."
"Same here." Wheeler stated as both he and Bengali started to chuckle a little as they both headed back into Bengali's lab to see the results of Leia's latest blood tests.
As Bengali and Wheeler started to head back towards the lab to check in on the test results, the rest of the Thundercats and Planteers as well as their guests from the Tree Top Kingdom has just finished their meals with a much enjoyable look on their faces.
"Snarf, I have to admit that you and your new chiefs have really outdone yourselves." Panthro stated as they all finished their meals.
"I have to agree with Panthro." Tygra started to add. "These meals were the best that I have ever tasted."
"Brrr… You can thank Kwami and Ma-Ti for their contributions to the menu for today." Snarf replied while giving credit to both his helpers.
"It was our pleasure my friend." Kwami stated as they all started to clean up.
"Kwami, Ma-Ti, you don't have to do that." Pumyra stated as she saw both Planeteers start to gather up the dishes.
"It's alright Pumyra. We want to do this."
"Yes, consider it a gift from us after everything that the Thundercats have done for us." Ma-Ti added.
"Kwami, Ma-Ti, you don't have to do anything for us. We're just glad that you are apart of our Thundercat family." Lion-O stated.
"Wilykit, Wilykat, can you please help me with the dishes?" Snarf asked as both Kwami and Ma-Ti finished gathering up the dishes.
"Sure thing Snarf." Wilykit replied as she and her brother got off their chairs at the table.
"Snarf, do you think that now would be a good time to tell us what happened down in the medical bay?" Willa asked while seeing Snarf's expression of slight pain and sadness.
"Brrr. I'll tell you everything." Snarf stated as he was joined by the kittens. "Wilykit, can you please take these dishes of food down to Bengali. I'm sure that Wheeler is awake by now and they are both probably very hungry."
"Sure thing Snarf." Wilykit replied as she took the cart from Snarf and headed down towards the medical bay.
"Now Snarf." Gaia started to say. "Please tell us everything that happened, and don't be ashamed about anything."
"Brrr. Alright. Here is the whole story that Bengali told me about when I saw him before I headed towards the kitchen." Snarf stated as he took a seat at the table and started to tell the others what happened.
As Snarf started to tell everyone in the conference room about what happened down in the medical bay, Bengali and Wheeler has just arrived in the lab to look at Leia's latest blood tests to see if she is completely cured of the radiation sickness.
As the duo entered the lab, Bengali started to notice that the main monitor screen was starting to reveal the final findings from the blood test that he started before the skirmish between himself and Wheeler. As the medical Thundercat approached the monitor, the expression on his face was that of excitement.
"Wheeler, the latest test results are in and completed." Bengali stated with excitement in his tone.
"So, what are the results?" Wheeler asked with concern and a little excitement for the tests to be positive.
"It seems that Leia is completely cured and that there is no sign of a relapse." Bengali started to say with confidence in his tone. "We can begin the procedure to help Linka right away."
"That's great Bengali." Wheeler started to say as he also noticed a slight change in Bengali's expression on his face. "Is something wrong?"
"I'm afraid that there is. Even if I started to procedure to help Linka, it could take several hours for her to regain consciousness."
"Is there anything that can be done to speed up the process?" Wheeler asked in his most worried tone.
"If only we had another donor with the same blood type, then it would help speed things up."
As Bengali and Wheeler were continuing their discussion in the lab, Wilykit had finally arrived with a cart full of the dishes prepared by Snarf, Kwami and Ma-Ti. As the Thunderkitten entered the Medical wing she started to see the lights on inside the lab and two people having a discussion. As Wilykit got closer, she discovered that it was Wheeler and Bengali have a serious discussion about the procedure needed to help Linka.
"Good morning you two." Wilykit stated as she entered the lab.
"Oh, good morning Wilykit." Bengali stated.
"When did you get here?" Wheeler added.
"Just a few minutes ago." Wilykit started to say. "Snarf sent me down here with some food in case you guys were hungry."
"That was very thoughtful of him, I am starting to feel a little hungry." Bengali replied in his most honest tone.
"How about you Wheeler? You know that you should eat something." Wilykit stated while seeing the look of concern on the Planeteer's face.
"I'm not hungry, besides I'll eat something once I know that Linka is back with us." Wheeler replied in his most determined tone.
"Wheeler, you really should have something to eat. I don't think that Linka-" Bengali started to say.
"I know what you were about to say Bengali, and I do agree that I should have something, but I really am not hungry right now. Besides, weren't you about to start the procedure?"
"You're right about that. Hopefully if Linka wasn't out for long then she should be back with us soon" Bengali stated as he started looking for some medical equipment.
"Is there anything that I could do to help Bengali?" Wilykit asked while hoping to be helpful.
"As a matter of fact you can Wilykit. Can you please move Leia's Bio-Bed next to Linka's while Wheeler and I get the equipment ready?"
"Sure thing Bengali." Wilykit stated while turning her attention to Wheeler. "Don't worry Wheeler." Wilykit started to say while taking a hold of Wheeler's right hand. "Bengali knows what he is doing and Linka will be back with us in no time." She finished as Wheeler started to show a smile on his face and give Wilykit a peck on her forehead.
"Thanks Wilykit." Wheeler started to reply. "I guess that I am more worried about Linka than I first thought."
"Don't mention it Wheeler, once Linka is back with us, I'm sure that the Thundercats will give the both of you all of the quality time that you need." Wilykit stated while giving him a small wink from her face as well as letting go of Wheeler's hand in order to move Leia's bed.
After the statement made by Wilykit as she was leaving the lab, Bengali started to giggle.
"Something funny Bengali?" Wheeler stated while hearing Bengali starting to giggle a little.
"Nope nothing at all." Bengali started to reply. "I just keep forgetting that both kittens are starting to grow up and that we all have to start to set good examples for them and the next generation of Thundercats, both here and on New Thundera."
"New Thundera?"
"That's right, we never told you."
"Well, I do know that you all told us that your home planet was destroyed before you crashed landed here, but I was wondering what happened after that."
"After our planet was destroyed, a few months later around the time that the other Thundercats found Lynx-O, Pumyra and myself, our home planet was somehow started being restored."
"Restored?"
"Yes. Our planet Thundera was completely destroyed in a giant explosion that happened many years ago, but when Cheetara got a feeling that something was happening back on our home world we started to investigate. What we started to find was most disturbing."
"What was it?"
"Our planet was starting to re-form." A voice stated from outside the room.
After the statement, both Wheeler and Bengali turned around to see where the voice was coming from. As they both finished turning around, the duo saw that Wilykit was standing in the doorway of the lab.
"Wilykit, I didn't know you were there." Bengali stated after feeling a little startled after seeing the young Thunderkitten.
"I'm sorry Bengali, I didn't mean to ease drop." Wilykit replied in her most sincere tone.
"It's OK Wilykit." Wheeler started to say. "Now you both were saying that Thundera was starting to reform."
"That's correct." Wilykit started to reply. " You see the restoration of our planet was due to Mumm-Ra somehow while looking for two powerful artifacts. They were the sword of Plunn-Darr and the Treasure of Thundera."
"You see Wheeler, the Treasure of Thundera contains all of the Thundercats secrets as well as powerful relics." Bengali added.
"Mumm-Ra was hoping to use them to destroy us and he nearly succeed, fortunately we were able to recover all the treasure and finally defeat Mumm-Ra after his battle against Lion-O inside the Book of Omens."
"What do you mean by 'inside the Book of Omens' Wilykit." Wheeler asked while starting to feel a bit confused.
"You see Wheeler, one of the treasures was called the Thunder-Scope . This object can transport people into the book and greet the guardian inside it." Bengali added.
"But now we have a safer way to contact the guardian if we need to." Wilykit added as well.
"All of that aside, if you did defeat Mumm-Ra back on your planet of New Thundera, then why didn't you all stay there?" Wheeler asked with some wonder.
"We did stay on New Thundera for a while, but after all of the Thundarian refugees came back home, we all decided to come back to Third Earth to stay with our friends." Wilykit stated with much pride and a bit of sadness in her tone.
"Why do you sound so sad Wilykit?"
"It was just hard for us to leave our home planet once again. I know that we should have stayed, but that wasn't our home anymore. Third Earth has become our New Thundera, and I'm glad that we are back to stay."
"What about your people back on New Thundera?"
"Our people can come and see us whenever they want." Bengali started to state. "Besides, we have our own intergalactic vehicle that can bring us back if needed."
"Then why haven't you used it lately?"
"We only use the Feliner if one of our friends in space are in trouble, otherwise it stays in our hanger. But don't worry about it, Panthro and Tygra keeps it in perfect running condition."
"Wilykit, can I ask you a question." Wheeler started to ask as he also started to notice a sense of sadness on the kitten's face.
"Sure thing Wheeler." Wilykit replied.
"Do you sometimes miss your home?"
"When we first saw our planet destroyed, I cried on the inside for a while, but after we found a new life here, I was very happy. Do I miss my home now that Thundera is restored? Yes I do, but I also have a new home here, so I am not really that sad anymore. To be honest, I started to feel a lot happier when you and the rest of your Planeteer friends joined our family." Wilykit stated before she started to hug Wheeler around his chest.
"Wilykit, I'm glad that you and the others found us." Wheeler replied as he started to place his right hand on top of Wilykit's light brown and reddish hair. "You all helped us when we first arrived here and we are so happy to be here with you, but I do hope that one day we will be able to return home."
"On that we all agree." Bengali stated as he placed his left hand on Wheeler's right shoulder. "Now Wilykit, why are you here?"
"Oh…I almost forgot." Wilykit stated as she released herself from hugging Wheeler's chest. "I wanted to tell you that I finished moving Leia's bed next to Linka's. Did you find what you needed?"
"Right here Wilykit." Bengali stated as he started to show the others the device with two hoses sticking out of a small square device as well as clamps that can be attached to a person's arm. "Now, let's see if we can help Linka and Leia." Bengali stated as they all left the lab and headed back towards their two friends still on the Bio-Beds.
As the group approached the two Bio-Beds, Bengali took a small stool from the lab and placed it in-between the two beds. After placing the stool in position, the medical Thundercat then placed the small medical device on the stool and started to place the clamps on both Leia's left and Linka's right arms.
"There, that should do it." Bengali stated as he finished securing both ladies' arms in the clamps.
"Is this gonna hurt them?" Wheeler asked as he started to see the clamps completely surround and secure themselves on both ladies arms.
"Everything will be fine Wheeler. They won't feel a thing." Bengali replied as he started up the device.
As the device started to activate, the clamp attached to Leia's arm started to pump red liquid into the hose and then started to flowdirectly into the machine. Once the liquid arrived into the machine, it then started to fill the other tube towards Linka's arm where the other clamp was ready to infuse her with Leia's blood. As the machine continued to do it's job, Bengali started to notice the IV bags hanging above both patients.
"Wilykit, can you please grab me some more IV bags? These are just about empty." Bengali stated while looking at the condensed bags of IV hanging from both Linka and Leia.
"Sure thing Bengali." Wilykit replied as she left to get some more.
"How will we know if this works?" Wheeler stated while feeling powerless to help the woman he loves.
"I can't be sure if this will work Wheeler. Even tough Leia is a match for Linka's blood type, I still have no idea how Warrior Maiden blood will effect Linka's body. We will just have to wait and see." Bengali stated as Wilykit returned with the bags.
"Here are the bags, Bengali. "Wilykit stated as she passed both IV bags to Bengali.
"Thanks Wilykit." Bengali replied as the medical Thundercat started to switch both empty bags.
As Bengali was working on the IV bags, Wheeler took a another stool from one side of the room and placed it next to Linka's bedside. After placing the stool, the fire Planeteer then started to sit down next to his unconscious wife while holding her left hand.
"Please Linka." Wheeler started to think with all of his might. "You have to come back to me. Please try to move your hand so that I know that you can sense me. I love you."
While all of this was happening in the Medical Bay, back in the main conference room, Snarf has just finished telling the others what had happened a few hours before. As the furry Thundercat finished telling his tale, the looks on the Thundercats as well as the Planeteers was almost that of complete shock and sadness.
"And that's the whole story." Snarf started to say while still feeling ashamed that he broke his promise to Bengali.
"I can't believe what we have heard." Tygra stated.
"Me neither." Gi added.
"Brrr. I told you that I didn't want to tell anyone what happened." Snarf started to say while showing a little sadness in his tone.
"It's alright Snarf." Lion-O stated while showing concern for his furry little friend. "You did the right thing."
"This can't be happening… This just can't be…. Not again, and especially to Wheeler this time." Gi stated while showing sadness in her tone and face.
"Gi, what's wrong?" Pumyra started to say with concern. "And what do you mean by 'not again'?"
"I can answer that for you Pumyra." Kwami stated while placing his left hand on Gi's right shoulder to try and help her calm down. "You see, back on our planet and a few years earlier, the Planeteers were sent to Washington D.C. to check out an Eco-Emergency. This problem was caused by a drug that Skumm created called Bliss, but once the rest of us had gotten there, we found out that most of the city was hooked on the stuff. When we tried to find Linka, we saw that Skumm had already infected her with the drugs. After we rescued Linka from Skumm, she told us that her cousin Boris had tricked her into taking some with her food. We were all very shocked that someone in her family would pull such a dirty trick to get more drugs."
"What happened afterwards?" Cheetara asked as everyone else paid close attention to the story.
"After we got Linka back and we were able to summon Captain Planet to help the people of D.C., Linka and the rest of the city were in a state of deep withdrawal from the drug. Wheeler was most saddened by what Linka had gone through alone and it took her a long time to get better, but Wheeler never could get the image of how Linka looked out of his mind."
"Do you know what Wheeler was seeing?" Cheetara asked with some concern.
"Like an image of one of his dearest family members being killed by drugs as well." Gi started to say. "I think that in a way, Wheeler wants to make sure that what happened before doesn't happen again. I think that is why I got so upset when Snarf told us what Bengali did to him. It was like Washington D.C. all over again. I'm sorry for what I said before."
"Snarf…Snarf… It's OK Gi." Snarf stated as he got off his chair and went over to Gi's. "I didn't know that you all faced a problem like that on your home planet." He finished as he used his long tail to raise the rest of his body and give Gi a comforting hug.
"It seems that our friends have had more experiences then we first thought, hey Tygra." Panthro stated while remembering a similar situation with Tygra and some weird fruit.
"Indeed. I'm just glad that they were able to help those infected by that drug." Tygra stated while remembering his own experience.
"All right everyone." Lion-O started to say in order to change the subject. "Now that we know what happened with Bengali and Wheeler, we can focus our efforts into trying to repair our vehicles." He stated while shifting his attention to Panthro. "Panthro, how long will it take to get them all operational again?"
"I'm not quite sure Lion-O, the damage is really extensive." Panthro replied with a most disappointing tone in his voice.
"I believe that we would have to rebuild and replace all of the damaged Thundrilium boards to get them all operational." Tygra added.
"I don't know if you will have enough time for that." Ma-Ti started to say while shifting everyone's attention towards him.
"What do you mean by that?" Wilykat replied while taking his seat at the table.
"I'm not quite sure, but I think that the attacks on your vehicles were some sort of test, and if they got what they needed, then I think that time is the one thing that we don't have much of." Ma-Ti finished in his most honest tone about their current situation.
"I think that Ma-Ti is correct." Lynx-O started to state while paying close attention to everything that was happening around him. "For a while now I've been sensing something very ominous about our future, and I fear that something is going to happen very soon."
"I always welcome your wisdom and input Lynx-O." Lion-O stated while looking at Panthro and Tygra. "How long would it take to at least get one of our vehicles working and to protect the rest of our systems from that beam."
"Without knowing what they hit us with, very low." Tygra stated.
"But I think that if we all work around the clock, we can at least get two of our machines working again." Panthro stated while trying to show a bit of honesty in his voice.
"You can count me in to help with the repairs." Kwami stated while feeling ready to help.
"That goes for me too." Gi added.
"And me." Ma-Ti stated.
"Nayda and I want to help as well." Willa stated with determination.
"I don't know what I can do , but I want to help as well." Gaia also stated.
"I appreciate all of your enthusiasm everyone." Lion-O started to say. "So here is what we will do. Ma-Ti, I want you Gaia, Snarf, Willa and Nayda to go down to the medical bay and inform Bengali, Wilykit, and Wheeler about our current situation. Kwami, Gi, Panthro, Tygra, Pumyra, Wilykat, I want you to head towards the hanger and stat to get whatever vehicles you can up and running. Lynx-O, Cheetara, You're both with me, we have something very important to discuss in the sword chamber. Everyone ready to move out?"
"HO!" Everyone yelled as they all went on their current assignments.
As all of the Thundercats and their friends were leaving on their current missions, back down in the medical bay, Wheeler was still holding onto Linka's hand while her comatose body remained unmoved.
"Wheeler, you know that Bengali wouldn't do anything to hurt Linka." Wilykit stated while seeing how much pain Wheeler was in.
"I know Wilykit, I just wish that there was something more that I can do to help." Wheeler replied in his most honest and saddened tone.
"Wheeler, you just being here to be with Linka, is more than enough."
"I understand, but I wish that I could do more."
As Wheeler and Wilykit were having their conversation, the fire Planeteer started to feel some pressure on his right hand that was holding Linka's left one.
"Li….Linka?! Is…Is that you?!" Wheeler almost started to yell.
"BENGALI! GET OVER HERE QUICK!" Wilykit yelled when she saw Wheeler's reaction.
After hearing Wilykit's scream, Bengali raced out of the medical bay as fast as he can.
"What is it Wilykit?" Bengali asked while trying to figure out what's got Wilykit so excited.
"It's Linka, I think that she is coming back to us." Wilykit replied.
"That is good news." Bengali stated as he approached the device on the stool in between the two Bio-Beds. "Help me turn of the transfusion device. I don't think that we will need it anymore." He added as he started to turn off device.
"Sure thing." Wilykit replied as she helped the medical Thundercat to remove the device from both Leia and Linka.
As the two Thundercats were finishing up, they both started to move Leia's bed back to it's previous location, while the young warrior started to regain consciousness. As the Warrior Maiden started to open her eyes, she then started to see a red-haired person holding the hand of a beautiful blonde haired woman in the distance.
"What's happening here?" Leia started to say as she started to regain her faculties.
"Leia, are you alright?" Bengali stated as he and Wilykit finished securing the transfusion device.
"I…I think so. What…What happened to me?"
"What's the last thing you remember?" Wilykit asked as she went to help secure Leia.
"I…. I remember a yellow bricked person firing some strange beams at my… OH MY GOD! KWAMI! MOTHER!" Leia started to say while shouting.
"Leia, calm down." Bengali stated while seeing that Leia was trying to get off the bed.
"Let me go, I need to find them. I need to know that they are safe."
"Leia, please stop." Bengali stated while trying to restrain her. "Willa and Kwami are both fine. As a matter of fact so are you."
"What?…What do you mean by that? Why should I be fine?' Leia stated while looking at her chest.
"You got hit by one of Duke Nukem's energy bolts and became infected with a high dosage of radiation."
"Am I gonna be alright?"
"I was able to neutralize all of the radiation inside your body, but it was very tricky. I have no more neutralizer left in case this happens again. I will have to make some more as soon as possible, but for now you've made a complete recovery."
"Thank you for helping me."
"You can thank Willa, Nayda, Kwami, Cheetara and Pumyra. They all were at your side the entire time from your home in the forest a to the trip back to our lair. Willa was so worried about you, but I assured her that you were gonna be just fine. I'm just glad that I was correct."
"In a way I guess that I should thank you for saving my life. If I may, can I ask you a question about the two people over there?" Leia asked while pointing to Wheeler and Linka.
"Of course, what is the question?"
"Who are they?"
"The gentleman with the red hair is called Wheeler, and the blonde woman laying on the bed, her name is Linka."
"What are they doing here?"
"It is a long story, but to sum it up, these two plus the one you met at your village and two others are called Planeteers. Their mission is to save the environment from disaster and destruction."
"This girl Linka, is she the reason for those blood tests taken from my home and the reason that I am here?"
"Yes it is. Your mother told me that you wanted to help her get better. Is that true?"
"It is true, I do want to help her get better. What can I do to help."
"It's already done." Bengali stated as he started to show her the transfusion device being taken back into the lab by Wilykit. "I was able to use that device to transfer some of your blood into Linka, now we just have to wait and see if she can awaken from the poison given to her my Spidera's children."
"SPIDERA'S CHILDREN!? QUICKLY, TELL ME HOW LONG HAS SHE BEEN LIKE THIS!" Leia yelled while trying not to disturb Wheeler.
"Leia, you must calm down, you've been through a terrible ordeal and I don't want you to hurt yourself any-"
"You don't understand, even though my blood might be able to restore your friend, she is still in great danger of forgetting who she is."
"What do you mean by that?"
"The poison used by Spidera's children has two purposes. The first one is to try and incapacitate the target, after that, then the poison starts to affect the victim's memories. Completely wiping our all trace of who the target is. So I ask you again, how long has she been here?"
"Linka was infected I'd say about 2-3 days ago."
"Then there is still hope. As long as she keeps fighting from the inside, she might be able to keep her memories from fading away. But I don't know anyone that could survive keeping their memories after an attack like that."
"You don't know the Planeteers my daughter." A voice from across the room stated.
After hearing those words from across the room, both Bengali and Leia shifted their gaze to see Willa, Nayda, Ma-Ti, Gaia and Snarf coming to her bedside.
"Are you alright Leia?" Ma-Ti asked while seeing how frantic Leia has become.
"I'm fine, but we must find a way of helping your blonde haired friend from loosing her memories." Leia replied while seeing the look of excitement on her mother's face.
"Leia, how do you know so much about this type of poison?" Bengali asked with much curiosity.
"It was part of my training while growing up in the tribe."
"You see Bengali, all Warrior Maidens have to be excellent healers as well as skilled warriors. To that end, every Maiden has to know all of the different kinds of herbs as well as every kind of poison out there known to us." Nayda stated.
"But there are some poisons that we still do not know the cure for, and I'm afraid that this is one of them." Willa added.
"Maybe I can help to reach Linka and try to help her keep fighting." Ma-Ti stated while getting ready to use his ring.
"Wait Ma-Ti, are you sure about this, remember what happened to you last time you tried to use your ring on Linka." Bengali stated while remembering the pain Ma-Ti went through last time.
"I remember, but this time I will only be focusing on getting through to Linka."
"I don't know what you think you can do with your ring, but whatever it is you must try to get your friend to keep fighting to remember who she is." Leia stated as Willa and Nayda started to come closer to her.
"Here goes nothing." Ma-Ti stated as he aimed his ring at Wheeler and Linka. "HEART!" Ma-Ti yelled.
As Ma-Ti concentrated on his ring's power, yellow thought waves started emitting from his ring and started to surround Linka's head. As he continued to concentrate, the pain that Ma-Ti started to feel from before was more intense this time.
"Ma-Ti, is everything alright?" Bengali stated while seeing the pain Ma-Ti was in.
"I….I don't know" Ma-Ti started to say while fighting the pain from his head. "Something is trying to stop me from making contact with Linka. It feels like a barrier of some kind being placed inside her head, blocking any attempt to contact her mind."
"Ma-Ti you have to try." Is there someone who has a special connection to Linka?" Leia stated while trying to help.
"Wheeler….Wheeler has a connection to her. He loves her, and she loves him."
"Can you use your ring to get Wheeler to help?"
"I tried that before." Ma-Ti started to say while the pain started to get more intense. " I couldn't bridge a connection between the two."
"Ma-Ti, this is important, you must focus all of your strength into getting a connection to Wheeler and then get him to help you help Linka. You must try."
"I'll do my best, but I don't know if I can-"
"Ma-Ti, you can do this. Snarf…Snarf… I believe in you, we all believe in you." Snarf stated.
"I believe in you as well Ma-Ti." Gaia started to say in her most caring and motherly tone." I wouldn't have chosen you to be the bearer of the heart ring if you didn't have an inner strength inside you. You can do it Ma-Ti."
"I'll try. I won't give up on Linka." Ma-Ti stated as he started to focus his thoughts on Wheeler. "Wheeler…Wheeler….Can you hear my thoughts?" Ma-Ti thought while trying to maintain the connection between himself and Linka.
"Little buddy. I hear you." Wheeler replied while looking at Linka.
"Wheeler, listen very carefully. Linka's memories are being taken away. I need your help to save her."
"How? How can I help save her?"
"I'm going to try and project your thoughts into Linka's mind again. You must try to get her to keep fighting. It is the only way to help her."
"I'll do it. Linka, babe, don't you lose me, cause I won't loose you. Do it now buddy."
After the statement made my Wheeler, Ma-Ti started to use all of his strength of will to try and project Wheeler's thoughts into Linka's mind. As Ma-Ti continued to penetrate the barrier with Wheeler's thoughts, he then started to feel such pain as he had never felt before.
"Linka, if you can hear me, Wheeler and I are trying desperately to get you to fight back." Ma-Ti thought as he continued to send Wheeler's thoughts into Linka.
As Ma-Ti continued, Wheeler's thoughts were able to make a small dent within the barrier allowing him to make contact, but not for long.
"LINKA! LINKA! YOU MUST FIGHT TO COME BACK TO US! THE PLANETERRS NEED YOU AND I NEED YOU MOST OF ALL! YOU HAVE TO FIGHT TO STAY WITH US!" Wheeler's thoughts started to say as he started to get a weak response.
"Wheeler….Yankee…I'm so tired….Tired of fighting….Tired of being a Planeteer….I want to be with Boris…. I want to be with my family again…" Linka's thoughts responded in a much weakened state.
"YOU HAVE TO COME BACK TO US LINKA! WE ARE YOUR FAMILY! THE THUNDERCATS, THE PLANETEERS,WE ALL LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU WITH ALL OF MY HEART AND SOUL! I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU THE FIRST DAY WE MET! YOU ARE NOT A QUITTER, YOU ARE A FIGHTER, SO SNAP OUT OF IT AND FIGHT LINKA FIGHT!"
"I'm so tired of everything. I want to sleep."
"WAKE UP AND SNAP OUT OF IT! WHAT HAPPENED TO BORIS WAS NOT YOUR FAULT! YOU ARE STRONGER THAN THIS, YOU ARE A PLANETEER, AND WE ALL NEED YOU BACK! PLEASE LINKA, FIGHT BACK I NEED YOU AND SO DO THE OTHERS! FIGHT LINKA FIGHT!"
As Wheeler continued to try and convince Linka to come back to them, the strain on Ma-Ti's mind started to effect his connection to Linka's.
"Wheeler, I'm loosing the connection." Ma-Ti's thoughts started to say. "I can't keep this connection open for much longer, please you must hurry."
"LINKA!….PLEASE FIGHT ON AND COME BACK…..I….WILL….DIE….WITHOUT….YOU….IN…MY….WORLD!" Wheeler stated as the connection between the two was finally broken.
As the connection between Linka, Wheeler and Ma-Ti was broken, the strain as well as the feedback pushed back the Heart Planeteer with so much force that Ma-Ti completely lost his balance and was rendered knocked out when he hit the floor.
"MA-TI!" Wilykit stated as she saw her newest friend hit the floor. "Bengali, is he alright?"
After Wilykit's statement, Bengali started to use his medical scanner to find out if Ma-Ti was indeed alright from his experience. As he started to scan the fallen Planeteer, Gaia, Snarf and Pumyra started to walk over to Wheeler and the still comatose Linka to see if there was any change in her condition.
"Come on Linka, please you have to come back to us. We need you, I need you." Wheeler stated as Gaia and Pumyra walked up towards him.
"Anything Wheeler?" Gaia asked in her most motherly caring tone.
"Gaia. I felt Linka put some pressure on my hand and then Ma-Ti helped me enter her mind but there is still no change. I'm worried, I just don't know what to do."
"You've done everything that you could possibly do in this situation." Pumyra started to say while feeling impressed about the resilience the Fire Planeteer has had towards his beloved. "I'm very impressed, but you should try and eat something as well."
"I know that Pumyra, but I'm just not that hungry. Besides, I feel that this is where I need to be." Wheeler stated while keeping his eyes locked on Linka's face.
"Wheeler, Snarf told us everything that happened to you and Bengali from before, I can understand why you are hurting like this." Gaia started to say in her most caring tone.
"Gaia, I know that you mean well but please, no lectures on my behavior from before. I already apologized to Bengali for my actions, but you are right about one thing, this whole experience did bring back some bad memories."
"About what happened to Linka in D.C."
"Yea. I wish that I could have been there with her, so that I could help."
"Wheeler, even if you were there with Linka, there is no way that you could have stopped that from happening. It is not your fault, so you shouldn't beat yourself up about it."
"DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW THAT!" Wheeler stated while trying not to shout so loud. "LINKA WAS BEING POISIONED BY DRUGS, AND SHE EVEN TRIED TO GET ME TO TRY SOME! I SAW WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO HER, AND I FELT SO POWERLESS THAT I COULDN'T HELP HER!"
"But in the end, you did help her get better."
"Yes, but it took along time for her, and I hated seeing her like that."
"Like what Wheeler?" Pumyra asked with worry.
"Like she was going to die from the withdrawal symptoms, and that I was going to loose another person that I cared about."
"Wheeler, in the end Linka was able to get through it and she has become a better Planeteer for it." Gaia replied while still feeling sad for what Wheeler is going through. "Also the same can be said for you as well."
"Me? How did I change?"
"When I first chose you to be a Planeteer, you had a difficult childhood and you've proven yourself over and over again when you helped out people in your hometown. Then later on when you met the others, you were a little brash and impulsive about some things. But after all of that, you never failed to show the woman you love your true feelings to her time and time again. I am so proud of you."
"I appreciate that Gaia, but all I want now is for Linka to open her eyes and be with us."
"Snarf…Snarf… I feel the same way." Snarf stated.
"I also agree with Snarf and Gaia." Pumyra also added.
As the group continued it's conversation, Bengali has finally finished his examination of the now revived Ma-Ti, as the Duo finally re-joined the others, followed by Willa, Nayda, Wilykit and Leia.
"Bengali, how is Ma-Ti" Gaia asked while seeing the warily Planeteer try to keep his balance.
"Ma-Ti's gonna be just fine as long as he takes it easy. That little episode sure took it's tool on him." Bengali stated as Ma-Ti started to speak for himself.
"He's right Gaia, I'm fine but I am just to exhausted to use my ring again, at least not anytime soon." Ma-Ti started to add. "How is Linka? Any change?"
"I'm afraid not. It looks like-" Gaia started to say until something unexpected started to happen.
As Gaia was about to finish her sentence, Linka's hand started to move on it's own causing more pressure on Wheeler's hand. As they all continued to watch, the Wind Planeteer's eyes started to open as if a princess has finally been awoken from a long deep sleep. After completely opening her eyes, Linka then started to speak but in a much lower tone.
"What…What happened to me? Where am I?" Linka asked while still trying to get her bearings.
"Your safe and back inside the Cat's Lair Linka." Pumyra stated in her most happiest tone.
"What's the last thing you remember Linka?" Bengali asked with some concern.
"I….I don't know. I feel that something is missing, but I can't-" Linka started to say as she started to look at Wheeler holding her hand.
As Linka was starting to focus on Wheeler's hand holding her own, she then for no reason ripped her own hand away from Wheeler's as if she was trying to protect herself."
"Linka, babe, what's wrong?" Wheeler asked while feeling a little confused about his wife's actions.
"Who are you? Why are you touching my hand like that? GET AWAY FROM ME!" She started to shout as the others watched with surprise.
"Linka stop this." Gaia started to say. "What is wrong with you? This is Wheeler, your fellow Planeteer and your husband."
"Him my husband, Gaia I know that you don't have a sense of humor but this is not funny."
"Linka, don't you know him." Pumyra stated while pointing to Wheeler.
"I have never seen this yankee before in my life. I don't know who he is and I don't care." Linka replied with anger and disrespect in her tone.
"Linka, babe, please you have to know me." Wheeler started to say. "Linka I lo-" Wheeler added until Linka slapped him across his face with her Planeteer ring causing a deep cut on his right cheek.
"I told you to back off." Linka replied while trying to defend herself. "Pumyra, can you please remove this person from my sight right away."
"Linka I…I.." Wheeler started to say as Pumyra walked over to him.
"Come on Wheeler, let's have a look at that cut before you start to bleed all over the floor." Pumyra stated as she helped Wheeler off Linka's bed and towards the lab.
As Wheeler and Pumyra walked towards the lab, Gaia,Wilykit, Snarf, Ma-Ti,Willa, Nayda, Leia and Bengali were trying to figure out what happened to her memories of Wheeler. As Wheeler was getting treated, Ma-Ti started to sit on Linka's bed still trying to figure out what happened.
"Linka, what is wrong with you?" Ma-Ti stated with concern for his friend's actions.
"What do you mean Ma-Ti? Nothing is wrong with me?" Linka replied.
"Linka, you just slapped and hurt the man that you love and-"
As Ma-Ti was about to finish his sentence, Linka started to laugh as if something was very funny to her.
"Linka, what's so funny?" Bengali asked.
"You have got to be kidding me. I am not in love, especially to him. I don't even know him."
"Linka, he has been your best friend through everything that we have be through since being Planeteers. Don't you remember?"
"I remember receiving my ring while I was playing songs to birds and that we were all sent to an island to save the environment, but there were only four of us."
"Linka, there are five of us and he is the fifth." Ma-Ti stated as he pointed to Wheeler while he was getting treated.
"Linka, what do you remember before waking up here?" Bengali asked.
"The last thing that I clearly remember is being taken to a dark cavern and being captured by some kind of creature. Everything else after that is a blank."
"You were captured by Spidera and the Thundercats went after you to save you." Ma-Ti started to say. "Wheeler also left to go after you and he managed to save you and the other Thundercats."
"I wish I knew who this Wheeler person is that you keep telling me about."
"Linka, I want to try something." Ma-Ti stated while holding up his ring.
"No Ma-Ti, you still haven't recovered enough from before. Doing this might hurt you even more." Bengali stated while fearing for Ma-Ti's health.
"Bengali, I have to do this. It may be the only way to find out what happened to her memories of Wheeler."
"Alright then if you're sure about this, just be careful Ma-Ti. I'll monitor you to make sure that everything is fine." Bengali stated as the medical Thundercat started to scan just as Ma-Ti started to concentrate.
"HEART!" Ma-Ti shouted as thought waves started once again to come out of his ring and into Linka's mind.
As the thought waves started to enter Linka's mind, Ma-Ti started to make a disturbing discovery. As he continued to go through Linka's memories, he started to see that all of her other memories were intact except for those of herself and Wheeler. Ma-Ti was also able to see the experiences that she has had, but Ma-Ti knew full well that Wheeler was also apart of those experiences. He also saw what happened to Linka in D.C. in her mind but for some reason, every memory that was supposed to contain a image of Wheeler was completely erased. As Ma-Ti continued he suddenly came up to what looked like some kind of door blocking off access to more memories. As he tried to open the door, Ma-Ti started to receive a jolt that caused him great pain and also caused him to loose his connection to Linka's mind.
After receiving what appeared to be a jolt of some kind, Gaia and the rest of the group started to become worried for the young South American.
"Ma-Ti, are you alright?" Gaia asked with concern.
"I.. I think so." Ma-Ti replied with a little pain in his tone.
"Ma-Ti, these readings that I got show that everything was going fine until a few seconds ago when you seemed to be hit by something very strong." Bengali stated while still trying to figure out what happened to the youngest Planeteer.
"Gaia, Willa, Nayda, Wilyit, Bengali, can I talk to you for a moment in private?" Ma-Ti asked while trying to be secretive.
"Of course." Bengali stated while starting to look at Linka. "Are you gonna be alright for a moment alone?" Bengali asked with some concern.
"Go ahead, just please don't let that stranger near me again." Linka stated while still feeling anger towards Wheeler.
After the statement made by Linka, Bengali and the others started to head towards the lab to join Wheeler and Pumyra. Once there Ma-Ti can start to fill everyone in on what he discovered inside Link's mind.
As they entered the lab they saw that Pumyra had just finished treating Wheeler with a dermal-regenerator for the cut on his face.
"There you go Wheeler, all patched up." Pumyra stated while placing the device down on the table.
"Thanks Pumyra, now if only we knew the reason why Linka did that to me." Wheeler replied in a confused tone.
"I'm a little confused as well. It was like she didn't know you at all."
"I'm afraid that it is true, Pumyra." A voice stated from outside the room.
After the statement, both Wheeler and Pumyra turned around to see that the rest of the group had joined them inside the lab, minus Linka, who was still recovering on the Bio-Bed.
"What do you mean that it's true?" Wheeler started to say while still feeling confused. "What's happened to Linka's memories?"
"Wheeler, her memories of all of us and what happened to her are intact, but for some reason the memories of you and her are completely gone. She doesn't remember you, and in her eyes she doesn't know you." Ma-Ti stated while trying not to upset his best friend.
"This is crazy!" Wheeler started to shout while trying to keep his voice down. "How could she forget everything about us, about what we've all been through?!"
"Wheeler, there is some kind of door inside her mind blocking off some memories. I believe those memories are of you."
"Well isn't there some way to get those memories back? There has to be something that we can do to help her."
"Wheeler, I think that you should feel proud of what you and your friend have done for now." Leia started to say. "Somehow you and your teammate were able to help Linka fight back and keep most of her memories. Not many people can do that."
"I don't care about most of her memories." Wheeler started to say as he also started to feel sadness in his tone. "I wanted Linka to keep all of her memories, especially those of me."
"Wheeler…I…I can't pretend to understand what is going through your mind right now." Gaia started to say as she went over to Wheeler." But we will find a way to get Linka's memories of you back to her. I promise that."
"Gaia, I know you and the others mean well but I just need to be alone for now. I'm heading back to my quarters for a while to think about some things. I'll talk to you all later." Wheeler finished as he started to storm out of the lab.
"Poor Wheeler, I wish that there was something that we could do for him." Wilykit stated while feeling helpless.
"Maybe there is, but for now I think that you better head down to the hangar and tell the others what happened here. Maybe the other members of his team could help." Bengali stated with a caring tone in his voice.
"Alright Bengali." Wilykit replied as she started to leave the medical bay.
"Hold up Wilykit, I'm coming with you as well." Gaia stated as she caught up to the Thunderkitten.
"I'm gonna stay here and keep trying to help Linka get at those locked memories." Ma-Ti stated as he left the lab and went towards Linka.
"Willa, Nayda, I know that you only came here for your daughter but under the circumstances would you-" Bengali started to say.
"Of course Bengali, we would like to help Linka as well." Nayda replied with a heart felt honest tone.
"Not me I'm afraid." Willa started to say. "I'm needed back at our home, but if you want to stay and help my daughter-"
"I do. Thank you mother." Leia replied as she gave her mother a well deserved hug.
"You will take care of her, won't you Bengali?"
"Of course we will." Bengali replied as Leia released herself from Willa.
"I better get going then." Willa stated as she started to head out of the lab. "Please come home after your work is done you two." Willa stated as she gave a wink to Nayda before leaving the lab and heading back to the Tree Top Kingdom.
"Nayda, Leia, if both of you have any ideas about how to get Linka's memories back, I'd be interested in hearing them." Bengali stated hoping that the duo would have some ideas for helping the medical Thundercat.
"I don't know what we can do, but we might have some ideas." Nayda stated as all three of them got to work.
"Snarf…Snarf… Bengali, while you work with the others on getting Linka's memories back, I'll go and tell Lion-O and the others what happened."
"All right Snarf." Bengali replied as Snarf started to leave the Medical bay as well.
While everyone in the medical lab was working hard in trying to help Linka, down in the hangar the rest of the Thundercats and Planeteers were also working hard in trying to restore the broken vehicles back into working order.
"Kwami, hand me that wrench would ya." Panthro stated while he and Kwami were working on the Thundertank.
"Here you go Panthro." Kwami replied as he gave Panthro the wrench. "How's the damage in there?" Kwami added as Panthro entered the tank's main cockpit.
"Blast it… It looks like all of the Thundrilium circuits in here have been completely burned out. Not to mention all of the backup power sources inside the tank are also fried. What ever that weapon was that struck my tank, did more damage than I thought." He added while starting to get angry.
"Well we did tell you not to underestimate our enemies Panthro."
"I know…I know. I just wish that I had listen to you before. I guess that I didn't think that they could work the Mutants old weapons and vehicles like that. Now it looks like we are gonna have to step up our game if we have any chance of getting your team home."
"I agree on that, I just wish I knew how Linka was doing back in the medical bay."
"Don't worry Kwami." Panthro stated while trying to replace some fried wires in the tank. "I'm sure that-"
Before Panthro could say anything more, a short explosion from the main cockpit of the Thundertank completely threw the dark blue Thundercat out of the tank and crashed into the floor.
"PANTHRO! Are you alright?" Kwami yelled as he went to see if we could help Panthro back to his feet.
After Kwami's statement Panthro started to growl in pain as he started to get up to his feet. "I'm fine Kwami. I guess some of the wires I tried to remove still had a little juice still in them."
"That was some jolt, are you sure that your fine?"
"Don't worry about my health Kwami." Panthro stated as he took another look at the burned out Thundertank, and the wrecked remains of the Thunderstrike. "We'd better get back to these repairs before anything else starts to happen." He added as he and Kwami went back to work.
As Panthro and Kwami continued to work on trying to repair the Thundertank, Pumyra, Wilykit and Gi continued their work on the repairs to the Thunderstrike.
"Hey Gi, can you pass me that plasma torch, I need it for a wielding job on the Thunderstrike's outer shell." Pumyra asked in a polite way.
"What? What was that Pumyra? I…I didn't hear you." Gi replied while not paying full attention to what was going on.
"Gi, are you alright?" Wilykat started to ask. "You seem like your somewhere else right now."
"I'm sorry you two. I guess my mind was somewhere else." Gi replied in her most honest tone.
"Still worried about Wheeler and Linka?" Pumyra stated.
"I just wish that I could do something for Wheeler. To be there when we needs me, I uh I mean us." Gi replied while being a little scattered in her words.
"Gi, you are doing all that you can." Wilykat stated while trying to make Gi feel better. "Bengali's the best medic in all of Thundera. Your friend is in good hands."
"Thanks Wilykit. I guess I really needed to hear that."
"Anytime Gi."
"Gi, Wilykat, come on you two." Pumyra stated while trying not to be mean. "We have to get back to work on these repairs or we won't be able to defend ourselves from an attack."
"RIGHT PUMYRA!" Both Gi and Wilykat stated as all three of them went back to work.
As both groups resumed their work on repairing the vehicles, Wilykit and Gaia had just entered the hangar while Wilykit had an excited yet saddened look on her face.
"EVERYONE, GAIA AND I HAVE SOME NEWS ABOUT LINKA!" Wilyklit started to shout towards both groups.
"What is it Wilykit?" Panthro replied in a much anticipated tone.
"Linka's awake."
"That's great news." Kwami stated with much excitement.
"I'll bet Wheeler is over the moon now that Linka is back." Gi also added.
"I'm afraid that it is not all pleasant Planeteers." Gaia started to say while still feeling a little saddened for what she was about to say next.
"What's wrong Gaia?" Gi asked with some concern.
"I'm afraid that Linka's memories of Wheeler are completely gone."
"GONE!? HOW CAN LINKA'S MEMORIES OF WHEELER BE GONE!?" Gi yelled as if she was hit with something hard.
"I'm not quite sure, but for some reason her memories of all of us are intact but somehow the memories of her and Wheeler are sealed away somehow."
"But what happened to Wheeler when he found out?" Kwami asked with some concern.
"When Linka saw Wheeler and didn't recognize him, she slapped him across his face with her Planeteer ring." Gaia stated while still feeling very sad about what happened.
"SHE DID WHAT!?" Both Kwami and Gi shouted at the same time.
"That's right. For some reason Linka just attacked your friend after she saw him holding her hand." Wilykit stated while still feeling concerned for Wheeler.
"What happened to Wheeler after that?" Gi asked with some concern.
"After Pumyra helped to repair the damage to his face, Wheeler said he was gointg back to his quarters to think about some stuff and then just left the medical bay." Gaia replied in her most worried tone ever.
"Look guys, I know that I should stay here and help with thje repairs but I-" Gi started to say.
"You want to go and talk to Wheeler, don't you." Kwami stated.
"I feel that I should. Wheeler helped me out a great deal when I was about to kill that gang member for shooting someone very important to me, while we were all undercover. I owe him and I want to help him now."
"That's why I wanted to come with Wilykit to tell all of you." Gaia started to say. "Wheeler needs your support now more than ever. I'm afraid for what he might end up doing."
"I'm going." Gi stated as she was getting ready to leave the hangar.
"Gi, please be careful, we don't know how Wheeler is feeling right now, and also please don't try anything foolish." Kwami stated while knowing full well what she might do.
"I'll be careful." Gi replied as she left the others to help Wheeler.
"Do you think that Gi will be able to help Wheeler?" Wilykit asked with some concern.
"Gi can take care of herself and besides she is right about what happened with that gang member." Kwami stated with much honesty.
"What happened?" Pumyra asked with wonder.
"Well you see, a dear friend of Gi's, Mr. Keen was trying to bring two rival gangs together in order to show them that peace was a good idea for all. Someone didn't like the idea of peace and decided to shoot Mr. Keen. The Planeteers then went undercover at three schools in order to find out who shot him. Afterwards we found out at a closed water park, but after Gi learned the identity of the person who shot her friend, she was ready to kill him."
"How horrible." Wilykit stated with horror and sadness in her tone.
"What happened afterwards?" Panthro asked.
"Gi was about to kill the shooter with her ring's power, but Wheeler was able to talk her down and to help her get through it all. After the police came and arrested the shooter we all went and saw Mr. Keen alive and well the next day. After that, both gangs decided to have a cease fire in order to give a peace a try. I just hope that Gi can help Wheeler in the same way her helped her." Kwami added with some concern.
"All we can do is hope." Tygra stated in his most honest tone.
"Now we'd all better get back to work on repairing our vehicles." Panthro started to add. "Wilykit, Gaia, would you two care to lend a hand?"
"Sure thing Panthro." Gaia stated as Wilykit also nodded her head in agreement.
After Wilykit and Gaia's response to help, everyone in the hangar went back to work on getting all of the Thundercats vehicles repaired before the next attack by their enemies.
As Gaia and Wilykit started to explain what happened to Wheeler and Linka inside the medical bay, Lion-O Cheetara and Lynx-O were finishing up their discussion about the weird vision that Lion-O and Cheetara had during the night.
"I see, most disturbing." Lynx-O stated while comprehending all of the info.
"It seemed so real that I had to check the sword to make sure that it was all a dream." Lion-O stated in his honest and worried tone.
"The vision was so scary that I almost thought that is was real as well." Cheetara added.
"What about the sword?" Lynx-O asked in his most curious tone.
"The sword seemed fine. After I looked at it I had a chat with Jaga and then with Cheetara hours later. But to be honest, I'm still worried about what I saw." Lion-O stated.
"From what you told me about your nightmare, I agree with you. But we must also try to protect all of our Third Earth friends as well as the Planeteers."
"On that we all agree on, but we still have no idea what the Planeteer's enemies are up to."
"Well we do know one thing, they were able to get the Mutant's old equipment working with some improvements added." Cheetara added with an honest tone.
"So we have to be prepared for anything that they could throw at us."
"I agree with both of you." Lynx-O started to say. "
"The only problem is trying to figure out where and when they will strike and if we are ready."
"I'm sure that we will be ready for anything Lion- " Cheetara started to say.
"Cheetara, are you alright?" Lynx-O asked while sensing something weird.
"I…I don't know. It feels like something bad is happening to someone. I just don't know who." Cheetara replied while still in some light pain.
"Stay calm Cheetara." Lion-O stated while holding both her hands with his. "Whatever it is we'll figure it out." He added while trying to calm Cheetara down.
"Thanks Lion-O." Cheetara replied as she released her hands from Lion-O's. "I'm starting to feel OK now." She finished as she took her right hand and started to thrust her hair back a little.
As the group was continuing their conversation, Lynx-O started to sense someone outside the Sword Chamber's door. While they were still talking about what happened to Cheetara, they all started to hear a knocking sound outside the room.
"Come in" Lion-O replied as the door to the chamber started to open.
As the door to the Sword Chamber started to open, Lynx-O, Cheetara and Lion-O was surprised to see that Snarf was outside the room with an excited but saddened look on his face.
"Snarf, what are you doing here?" Lion-O asked as the furry animal entered the room.
"Snarf…Snarf…I'm sorry for interrupting your discussion, but I have some news about Linka."
"What is it my furry friend?" Lynx-O added while still sensing something wrong.
"Linka is finally awake. Bengali was able to help her with Leia's blood, brrrrr."
"That is great news. I'll bet wheeler is also happy about that." Cheetara also stated while feeling excitement for their new friends.
"Brrrr.. I'm afraid that you are half right Cheetara." Snarf interjected. "I'm afraid that something is wrong with Linka."
"What is it Snarf, and please don't hesitate to tell us everything." Lynx-O stated in his most calm and honest tone.
"Linka…Her….Her memories of herself and Wheeler…Brrr, there gone."
"Gone? What do you mean gone?" Lion-O asked in a most perplexed tone.
"It would appear that the poison that Linka received from Spidera's children had another effect that none of us knew about. It can effect memories."
"How awful, how did Bengali know about it?" Cheetara asked with much concern.
"It seems that after Bengali finished the blood transfusion, Leia started to wake up and told us about the poison's other effect. No one except Leia knew about it. Brrrr. I wish that we had known sooner."
"It's alright Snarf, none of knew anything about it until now." Lion-O stated in his most honest tone.
"Right now the important thing is to try and help Linka get her memories back." Lynx-O stated.
"I'm afraid it is much worse than that, you see Linka attacked Wheeler and now Wheeler is very upset about everything that has happened. Brrr, I'm worried about him."
"Was anyone else in the lab when this happened?" Lynx-O asked.
"Yes, Ma-Ti, Gaia Wilykit, Nayda, Willa and Leia. "Willa had to go back to her tribe and Gaia and Wilykit left to go tell the others about what has happened."
"And what about Ma-Ti?" Cheetara asked.
"Brrrr.. Ma-Ti stayed with Nayda, Leia and Bengali to try and help Linka get her memories back. I just don't know what else to do."
"You've already done enough my friend." Lynx-O started to say. "By telling us and the others, we all can probably help Linka and Wheeler, but I think that we should go down to the hangar and help the others finish repairing the vehicles."
"As always I welcome your input as well as your wisdom my friend, and I think that in this case your suggestion is the correct one." Lion-O stated while looking at his furry friend. "Snarf, head down towards the hangar and tell the others that we will be joining them to complete repairs as fast as we can."
"You got it Lion-O." Snarf replied as the furry animal started to leave the room.
As soon as Snarf left the room, Cheetara approached Lion-O as Lynx-O left the Sword Chamber to head down towards the hangar as well.
"You alright Lion-O?" Cheetara asked with some concern.
"I…I don't know Cheetara, I feel a little conflicted that's all." Lion-O replied in his most honest tone.
"What do you mean by that?"
"I guess you could say that it is another life lesson that I have to learn and mature from."
"Lion-O." Cheetara stated as she took her left hand and started to hold Lion-O's right hand. "We all know that when we left Thundera you were only a 12 year old boy, and when we landed here, you were a man."
"I know that, it is just that I feel that my feelings are out of control for trying to help our new friends as well as my feelings for you and for the Thundercats. It can be so overwhelming at times."
"That's all part of growing up Lion-O, most of us went through it back on Thundera but for you, feeling this way right now, it is a new experience and one that I would like to help you with."
"I'd appreciate that Cheetara, but for now we should focus on helping Wheeler and Linka and then we can try to focus on us for a while." Lion-O stated as Cheetara started to blush a little.
"It's a deal." Cheetara stated as she gave Lion-O a kiss on his cheek. "Um" She stated as she cleared her throat. "We should get to the hangar and help the others. It will soon get dark and they'll need all the help that you and I can do to get the vehicles ready."
"Alright Cheetara, let's get going." Lion-O stated as both he and Cheetara left the Sword Chamber while still holding hands together.
As Lion-O and Cheetara was heading down towards the main hangar to help with the repairs, Wheeler, who has just entered his quarters was still trying to keep his composure after the events that happened in the medical bay with Linka.
"Why? Why did she do that to me?" He started to say into an empty room. "Why would Linka attack me and say that she doesn't know me? How could she have forgotten everything that happened to both of us? Our trips together as Planeteers, the times when I would do anything to help save her, and also when we showed our true feelings to each other. How could she forgot all of that?" He finished as he took a seat at the foot of his bed.
As he continued to ponder everything that has happened, his feelings started to become more angry as he continued to let the events get the better of him.
"WHY WOULD SHE DO THAT TO ME?! STRIKING ME WITH HER HAND AND THEN SAY THAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW ME! I LOVE HER AND THIS IS HOW SHE SHOWS HER FEELINGS TOWARDS ME?!"
While still angry from constantly remembering what happened in the medical bay, Wheeler thoughts were momentarily broken when he heard some knocking coming from his door.
"GO AWAY!" He started to yell. "I WANT TO BE ALONE!"
After shouting his answer, he started to hear a voice coming from the other side of the door.
"Wheeler, it's Gi, please let me in. I heard about what happened with Linka, I want to help if you will let me."
After Gi's statement, Wheeler got off his bed and opened the door to his chamber.
"I'm sorry Gi, I didn't mean to yell like that, please come in." Wheeler stated as he finished opening the door.
"It's Ok Wheeler, I know that you didn't mean it." Gi stated as she closed the door behind her. "Let's sit down and talk Ok?" She added as they both sat down at the end of the bed. "Now tell me what's wrong."
"I… I don't know what's wrong Gi." Wheeler started to say while trying to control his feelings. "Linka and I were so happy, we got married and then everything started to fall apart."
"I know, Mumm-Ra kidnapping Linka and then getting poisoned by a spider and now this. I'm surprised that you are able to handle this so well."
"To be honest Gi, I'm not handling it at all. I'm trying so hard to control myself that it is driving me crazy."
"Wheeler I."
"And I thought that everything would be fine when Linka came back to us, but now she doesn't even know me, and when I tried to tell her that I love her, she slapped me across the face."
"Wheeler, I'm so sorry I"
"Forget it Gi, I know that you can't do anything about it and I'll bet that Linka knew exactly what she was doing."
"Wheeler, that is not true." Gi stated as she grabbed Wheeler's shirt and pulled his head and chest closer to her. "Now you listen here, Linka has been in love with you for a long time, I should know, she told me about her feelings towards you after our first mission."
"What did she say about me?"
"That you are brash, overzealous, and most of the time pushy, but that most of all she fell in love with you when you both first met."
"If that is true, then what happened to her, and why is she like this." Wheeler stated as he removed Gi's hand from his shirt.
"I don't know what caused this to happen, but you shouldn't give up. You helped me when I was in a very dark place and the same was said for Linka. You've help out all of the Planeteers one way or another and now you need the help."
"I just don't know Gi, what if Linka doesn't want to remember me? What if she is like this forever?"
"Wheeler." Gi stated as she moved her face closer to Wheeler's. "Trust me, the Linka you know will come back to us."
"I hope so. I just don't know what I would do if I didn't have someone to love."
"Um..Wheeler." Gi started to say while starting to blush.
"What is it Gi? And why are you blushing?"
"Do you remember what Gaia told you about my feelings towards you?"
"Yes, I remember." Wheeler replied as Gi's lips started to get closer to his.
"That's good." Gi replied as her lips started to touch Wheeler's in a most romantic embrace.
"Gi." Wheeler started to say as he removed his lips from Gi's. "We can't do this. I'M married to Linka and I don't want to take advantage of you in any way."
"I understand that Wheeler." Gi stated while trying not to show a tear. "But you have to know that I can't hide my feelings from you anymore. I love you Wheeler. I always have even while you were chasing Linka. I'm just sorry that I didn't say anything until now."
"Gi, don't be sad." Wheeler replied as he took his right hand and placed it on Gi's left cheek. "I love you as well, but I love Linka more."
"I understand." Gi replied while still feeling sad. "I'm sorry for trying to force you to do something that you didn't want to do."
"It's Ok Gi, but if you want to spend the night here, it is alright with me. I just don't want to be alone tonight, I'm afraid that I might do something that I will regret and having you here with me, while talking about Linka is the best medicine."
"Sure thing Wheeler, but what about when it is time to get some rest? I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea about us."
"Don't worry about it, you can take the bed and I'll sleep on the floor. I respect you too much to do anything that could ruin our friendship and our team's loyalty to each other."
"Thank you." Gi replied in her most censer tone.
As Gi and Wheeler continued to talk on the foot of the bed, the Planeteer of Water started to get very sleepy from all of the hours talking with her dearest friend while at the same time, trying to help Wheeler not to give up on Linka while she is back in the Medical bay. As Gi finally closed her eyes from exhaustion, Wheeler coupled her chest with his right hand while at the same time used his left hand to move the sheets off the top of the bed before laying Gi's body down. As he finished laying down Gi, Wheeler then started to take the sheets and start to cover her up while stopping at her neck. Once that was done, he then moved his head down towards Gi's and gave her a passionate kiss on her lips before whispering something in her ear.
"Gi." Wheeler started to whisper in his most honest tone. "Thank you for everything and for telling and showing me your true feelings, but without Linka in my life it is just not the same. I'm going to find the source of this problem and get some answers. Gi, I love you and I will miss you and the others but this is something that I must do." He finished as he started to write something down on a scrap of paper that he found on the desk in his chambers. After a moment later, Wheeler then started to head towards the door and started to leave the room, but not before saying one last thing to Gi on his bed but in a most silent tone. "Good-bye." He stated before leaving his room.
As Wheeler started to begin his own personal quest, the other Thundercats and Planeteers were still hard at work trying to prepare for the coming battle as well as making sure that their team will be at full strength. As they all continued their work, no one had any idea that everything that they have said and done were being closely monitored by the one force that was preparing for the ultimate battle that would decide both the fate of the Planeteers, Thundercats and the rest of the people living on Third Earth.