As the cover of night continued to overlap Third Earth, Wheeler had just finished sneaking out of the Cat's Lair without taking any of the vehicles. He knew that if he did take one that was still working, that it could be tracked, and this was one mission that he needed to do alone. As he continued his quest, he then started to remember the path he took when he had to rescue his beloved and the other Thundercats from Spidera's Kingdom. As he continued on foot thoughts of anger and sadness started to flow within his mind.
"Spidera, I'm coming for you to get some answers." He started to think while at the same time trying to keep his thoughts away from Ma-Ti's ring. "You are gonna give me the answers I seek or I will kill every last one of your children." He continued as he approached the forest which was near the entrance that he sought.
As Wheeler continued throughout the night, he finally reached the entrance to Spidera's Kingdom. As he started to enter the cave, the first rays of the sun started to illuminate the darkened sky. As the sun started to rise up, it's beams of light started to enter his room back at the Lair where he had left Gi sleeping in his bed. As the beams started to strike the bed, Gi was also starting to stir and move as she slowly started to awaken.
"Wheeler… Are you there?' She started to say to an empty room while she started to open her eyes. "I'm sorry that I fell asleep…. Wheeler?…. Wheeler, where are you." She added as she started to remove the covers from her body and rose from the bed. "Wheeler, if you're mad about the kiss last night, then I'm sorry." Gi stated as she finally went to her feet. "Wheeler… Where are you?" She added as she finally saw that Wheeler was no where in the room.
As she continued to look for Wheeler, she started to spot the note that he had left on the desk. As she picked up the note she started to read it.
"Gi, I'm sorry that I have to leave you and the other Planeteers, but without Linka in my life, I just don't know what to do. About what happened last night with the kiss, I have no regrets about it at all. I'm glad that you told me your true feelings, I feel the same way about you and the others. I'm going on a quest to get some answers from where this all began. I don't know when I'll be back, but I have to do this. Please tell the others I'll return when my quest is complete. Good-bye. Wheeler"
"Oh Wheeler, where did you go?" Gi stated in her most worried tone as she started to run out of his room to find the others.
As Gi started to search for the rest of the Planeteers as well as the Thundercats, no one ever knew that everything that was happening inside the Lair was being monitored by Dr. Blight's computerized henchman MEL. As MEL continued to observe everything that was happening inside the Thundercat's home, his creator started to enter the main computer room of Castle Plunn-Darr.
"MEL! MEL! WHERE ARE YOU!?" Dr. Blight started to yell to an empty room.
"Right here my demented Doctor." A voice stated as a computerized green face started to appear on the main computer screen.
"MEL, I hope you have something interesting to tell me." Blight stated to her computerized friend.
"Actually my dear doctor, I have great news for you and your two cronies." Her computerized friend started to say. "The final modifications to the Mutant's WarBot are finally complete, and I also have some news that will please you as well."
"It had better be good."
"It is my dearest doctor it is." The computerized image started to say with a smile on it's face. "Apparently the last of those pesky Planet pests has finally woken up from her coma."
"MEL you computerized dolt!" Blight started to yell. "HOW IS THAT GOOD NEWS?! NOW THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CALL CAPTAIN PLANET ONCE SHE GETS HER RING RESTORED!"
"Not really my dearest doctor." MEL started to say as his image started to shift. "Take a look at this." He finished as he started to show Blight what happened in the Medical Bay.
As her computerized henchman started to show Dr. Blight the footage from the Thundercat's Medical bay, the expression on the Doctor's face started to change from anger to surprisingly happy.
"Is this footage real sweetems?" Blight asked her computer in a much more relaxed and happy tone.
"It is indeed my dearest doctor." Her computer started to say. "It looks like Linka's memories towards the Pyro Planeteer are completely erased."
"Oh this is perfect." Blight started to say while laughing maniacally. "This couldn't get any better."
"Wrong again my dearest doctor." MEL stated as he started to show some more footage of Wheeler leaving the Cat's Lair late in the night.
"This is our chance to strike my dearest." Blight started to say as her fellow Eco-Villains started to enter the control room.
"What is our chance Blight?" Sludge stated while trying to figure out what was going on.
"We can finally attack those Thundercats and Planeteers without any problems."
"Are you sure about that, or did your stupid computer mess it up again." Duke Nukem stated in his most sarcastic tone.
"I'll have you know that my computations are flawless, which is more than I can say for your lack of respect brick face." MEL replied in his most sarcastic digitized tone.
"Why you overgrown electronic tinker toy. Maybe a little x-ray blast will fix your tune." Nukem replied as he almost started to make both his yellow bricked hands glow.
"THAT'S ENOUGH FROM BOTH OF YOU!" Blight yelled in order to stop the fighting.
"Dr. Blight is correct, besides I think that the current situation of the Thundercats and Planeteers takes high priority anyway." MEL stated in a much more honest tone.
"And what prey tell is that microchip brain?" Nukem stated in his most sarcastic tone.
"There has been a falling out between the Pryo Planet pest and the Wind Eco-geek. If we want to strike then we should act shortly."
"My sweetems is correct." Blight started to say in her most evilest tone. "But I think that we should change the attack plan and strike another target. Do you agree with me MEL?"
"My dearest Doctor, of course I agree and I happen to have the perfect target." MEL started as the image on the main computer started to change. "We shall attack the Thundercat's second base, The Tower Of Omens." MEL Finished as the image of the tower appeared on the screen.
"Are you out of your mind Blight." Sludge started to say. "How are we gonna attack the Tower Of Omens?"
"You fool, we already have the perfect weapon and the data that we've collected from our missions has made it completely foolproof." Blight stated in her most sarcastic tone.
"What about the Thundercats?" Nukem started to say in his most angered tone. "If they get whim of our attack then they will come and try to stop us."
"Don't worry about the Thundercats my radioactive friend." MEL started to say. "I've already come up with a way to stop them from interfering with us and at the same time strike a crucial blow."
"Mind telling us about it micro mouth." Sludge stated.
"You'll find out once the attack begins."
"Whenever you say something like that, I know that we are gonna loose everything." Nukem stated in his most unsatisfied tone.
"QUIET, ALL OF YOU!" Blight yelled in order to get the other's attention. "Look, this is our only chance to prove to that mummy that we are worth the time that he took into bringing us here, and I am not gonna let the Thundercats and those pesky Planet punks stop us from succeeding. Is that clear to you all?.
"Whatever you say my dearest doctor." MEL replied.
"Kiss up." Nukem interjected.
"Enough of this, when do we strike the Tower?" Sludge asked in his most curious tone.
"We shall begin the attack in one hour, and don't worry about anyone seeing the machine." MEL stated as his image again change into the work bay inside Castle Plunn-Darr. "They won't be able to find it if they can't see it." The computer finished as the machine started to emit a blinding white light.
As the trio of Eco-Villains continued to cover their eyes from the blinding white light, the Warbot's outer metal shell started to disappear from sight. As the light started to go down, Blight and her two associates started to re-focus their eyes and started to see something quite fascinating.
"Where? Where did the machine go?" Sludge asked with much surprise.
"Don't tell me that your computerized flunky actually vaporized that overgrown piece of junk." Nukem added in his most angered tone.
"Calm yourself down you bozo." MEL started to say with a grin on his computerized face. "The Warbot is not vaporized, it is merely invisible."
"Invisible? How'd you pull that one off microchip brain?" Sludge asked while being skeptical at the same time.
"The plans were always inside the Mutant's database, but their incompetent scientist, the one called Vultureman just couldn't find a way to make it work without blowing stuff up. I however corrected the flaws and made the technology finally work."
"Hey Blight, your computer sure does like to hear himself talk a lot." Nukem stated in his most angered tone.
"Enough of this." Blight started to say. "MEL, sweetie, how long before we can begin our attack?"
"Like I said earlier my dearest doctor. Within an hour, I still have to make some minor modifications to ensure that the Warbot can make the trip to both the Cat's Lair and the Tower." The computer stated in his most honest digitized tone.
"Make sure that you finish those modifications correctly you overgrown hunk of junk." Sludge stated towards the main computer.
"I can tell you right now, that once they are completed the Warbot will be completely indestructible." MEL retorted back.
"I'll believe that when I see it." Nukem added.
"Enough of this badgering." Blight started to say. "MEL, complete those modifications so we can attack within the hour."
"As you wish my dearest doctor." MEL stated before his image left the screen.
"It won't be long now my partners in evil." Blight started to say. "Once we've finished destroying the Thundercats and the Planeteers, that mummy will send us home."
"Where we can pollute without any interference from any Eco-Geeks." Sludge added.
"And where we can make the world suitable for pollution and profit." Nukem added as the all started to laugh out loud.
As the Eco-Villains were continuing to discuss their plans for attack, the Thundercats and the remaining Planeteers were all gathering in the main conference room for another taste of Chef Snarf's culinary delights. As they all started to gather, the mood between everyone was not what they'd expect it to be.
As everyone started to sit down with a look of complete exhaustion on their faces, Snarf had just entered to room while pushing a cart full of food that he had just finished in the kitchen.
"Snarf…Snarf…Why is everyone so tired?" The furry animal asked towards the room of people.
"We're just tired from finishing up the repairs on both the Thunderstrike and the Thundertank Snarf." Lion-O stated while still feeling tired.
"It took a lot longer then we initially thought to get both vehicles in working order." Tygra added.
"When I get my hands on those people, they are gonna pay for what they did to my Thundertank." Panthro added in his most angered tone.
"Getting angry won't do us any good if they decide to launch another attack Panthro." Kwami started to say. "Right now we should figure out a way to help Linka, but I'm still worried about Wheeler. He took what happened to her really hard." He finished in his most honest and saddened tone.
"I agree." Gaia started to say. "I've never seen Wheeler so hurt like that before. I'm afraid for what he might do."
"We are all worried about Wheeler Gaia, but for now we have to focus on making sure that all of our vehicles and the Lair itself is protect from whatever beam struck our machines from before." Lion-O stated while trying to maintain a level head.
"Lion-O, protecting the Lair is a noble cause but we also have to help our friends out as well." Lynx-O started to say in his most honest and wisest tone. "They all need each other and the same goes for us. We have to help Linka and also make sure that Wheeler is alright at the same time."
"As always, I welcome your wisdom Lynx-O, lets just hope that Bengali, Ma-Ti, Nayda and Leia have some good news for us."
As the Thundercats and their Planeteers friends were continuing to have their discussions, the doors to the main chamber started to open from the other end. As the doors finally opened, they all started to see Linka entering the room in her Thundercat and Planeteer clothing followed by Bengali, Leia, Ma-Ti and Nayda.
As the small finally entered the room, both the Thundercats and the Planeteers sitting at the table started to stand up to welcome back their fallen friend.
"Welcome back Linka." Lion-O started to say. "We were all very worried about you."
"Yes, welcome back Linka." Cheetara started to add. "Are you feeling well?"
"Da." Linka started to say. "I'm feeling much better now that I am out of the medical bay, no offense to the furniture there but being back on my own two feet feels much better." She finished with a smile on her face.
"Bengali, is Linka gonna be alright?" Kwami asked with much concern for his fellow Planeteer.
"As long as she takes it easy for a while, I ran a few more scans while Ma-Ti and the others tried to help her to regain those locked memories of hers. But everything that we tried was UN-successful in helping Linka. She still can't remember Wheeler or what they meant to each other, but I will keep trying."
"Thank you Bengali, for everything that you've done so far." Gaia stated in her most honest tone.
"It's my pleasure to help Gaia, now I'm sure that Linka is very hungry after staying bed-rested for as long as she did, so let's all eat." Bengali stated as the entire room started to chuckle for a while.
"Ma-Ti, how are you feeling?" Pumyra asked while noticing the look of fatigue on the South American's face.
"I'm OK. Just a little exhausted from using my ring all night." Ma-Ti started to reply in his most honest tone. "Has anyone seen Wheeler?"
"Gi went to see him yesterday to try and help and no one's seen her since." Kwami replied.
"I don't know why that Yankee needs any help from us." Linka started to state in her most angered and hateful tone. "He shouldn't even be with us here."
"That's enough Linka." Lion-O started to say while at the same time, the look on Gaia's face was that of complete sadness for her Planeteer. "What ever has caused you to act like this, you'd better snap out of it. Wheeler is a part of your team and your family. Just like you all are to the Thundercats."
"I am in full agreement with Lion-O on this." Gaia started to say. "Linka, you and Wheeler have been through so much together, why do you want to throw it all away?"
"I don't care about this Wheeler person and I absolutely don't care about that Yankee that held my hand yesterday." Linka replied in her most angered tone.
"Linka, my dear, the person who held your hand yesterday is Wheeler." Lynx-O started to state. "Why are your feelings towards him so negative all of a sudden?"
"I…I…I don't know what you are talking about." Linka started to say as the door to the conference room started to burst open.
As the door to the conference finally opened up, everyone started to see an exhausted as well as a sweaty Gi outside in the hall. As Gi started to make her way inside, all of the fatigue that she had gotten from all of the running all over the Lair looking for everyone, caused her to collapse down to her knees as she also started to hit the floor.
"GI!" Gaia shouted as both Kwami and Bengali rushed over to their fallen friend.
"Gi! Gi! Are you alright!?" Kwami started to shout as he and Bengali approached Gi.
"Kwami, help me get her into a chair so I can have a look at her." Bengali stated as he and Kwami started to move Gi into a chair at the conference table.
"Take it easy now Gi." Kwami stated as both he and Bengali finished placing her on one of the chairs.
"No…No time for that now." Gi started to say while still feeling completely exhausted. "I have to tell you something very important."
"Gi, you must catch your breath and calm down." Bengali stated while looking at Snarf. "Snarf, please get Gi some water right away."
"Sure thing Bengali, be right back. Snarf…Snarf…Snarf…" Snarf stated as he started to head towards the kitchen.
"There is no time for me to rest. Something awful has happened." Gi started to say while starting to regain her focus. "Kwami, look at this." Gi stated as she gave the note that she took from Wheeler's room to the leader of the Planeteers.
After receiving the note from Gi's right hand, Kwami started to read very silently. While reading the message left by their friend, the look on Kwami's face started to change from a worried look to one of shock and then back to a confused state.
After finished reading the note, Kwami then started to shift his attention back towards Gi, as Snarf also returned with a glass of water for Gi.
"Gi, is this all true?" Kwami started to say while still confused. "Is what Wheeler stated in his note the truth?"
"It is Kwami, all of it." Gi stated after finishing up the glass of water as well as taking a deep breath to relax.
"Kwami, what happened to Wheeler?" Ma-Ti asked with more of a worried tone then Kwami had before.
"According to his note that he left for Gi, Wheeler left the Lair sometime last night to go on a quest for answers." Kwami replied in his most concerned tone.
"What does Wheeler mean by a quest for answers?" Pumyra asked with concern for her new friends.
"I have no idea." Kwami started to say. "According to what Wheeler wrote here, he is going back to the place where this all began. I have no idea what he means by that."
"I believe that I do know what your friend means." Lynx-O stated after hearing the anger and sadness that was left in the note.
"Please, you must tell us Lynx-O." Gaia started to say. "Wheeler could be in serious trouble."
"Gaia, my dear, you know where he is going." Lynx-O started to say in his most wisest tone. "You just need to accept it."
"Oh no."
"Gaia, what is it?" Ma-Ti started to say. "What is wrong?"
"Planeteers, Wheeler has gone back to Spidera's lair."
"WHAT!?" All of the Planeteers yelled at the same time.
"He must have gone there to try and help Linka get better." Gi stated while starting to cry.
"Who cares why that Yankee left." Linka started to say. "I'd say good riddens to bad rubbish."
"Linka, that is your husband out there." Gi stated while trying to maintain control over her feelings.
"I don't have a husband, so if you care so much about him, you can have him all to yourself. I don't care."
"Linka, you don't mean that." Pumyra stated as all of the female Thundercats were in a state of shock after hearing those words of hate from Linka.
"Da, I most contently do. If Gi wants him, she can have him, besides we're all better off with only the four of us anyway. We've beaten everyone who ever threatened the Earth's environment."
After hearing everything that Linka has stated, Gi started to slowly get out of her chair and started to walk towards Linka's chair. As Gi approached Linka, the rage and sadness that the Water Planeteer was feeling started to effect her eyes.
"What do you want now Gi?" Linka started to state while still full of anger. "I told you already that if you care so much about that Yankee who left us, then you should go and get him. Just keep him out of my sight, his is not wanted here."
After hearing that last statement coming from her best friend within the Planeteers, Gi took her left hand and slapped Linka's face with so much force that it left a red impression on her right cheek, but only for a moment.
"GI!" Linka shouted angrily as she placed her right hand over her right cheek to cover up what happened. "WHY!?" She started shouting in her most angered and confused tone. "WHY DID YOU HIT ME LIKE THAT!?"
"I HAD TO TRY AND KNOCK SOME SENSE BACK INTO YOU!" Gi started to yell back. ""HOW DARE YOU SAY THOSE MEAN THINGS ABOUT WHEELER TO ME AND TO THE REST OF OUR TEAM, AND AFTER WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH BACK IN WASHINGTON D.C. WITH YOUR COUSIN BORIS!"
"Gi, what are you talking about?" Linka started to state in a much more calmer tone. "What do you mean about what happened to me and Boris back in D.C.? I did plan on going to see my cousin, but then our plans got changed at the last minute and I stayed on Hope Island with you and the others. Surly you remember that."
"Linka, you're wrong about everything." Gi started to say before she took in a deep breath to prepare her for what was coming next. "You did go to D.C. and you did see your cousin, but Skumm was also there and he started to get everyone there hooked on his designer drug called Bliss. He also got your cousin hooked on it and then he tricked Boris to infect you as well with the drug. By the time we got there, Skumm had already polluted your mind with so much Bliss that we almost weren't able to call Captain Planet. Linka you have to remember what Wheeler said to you after you saw Boris jump through a window as well as taking too many Bliss capsules."
"STOP IT! STOP IT GI! YOU ARE LYING TO ME ABOUT EVERYTHING! BORIS IS ALIVE AND I WAS NEVER IN D.C. AND I WOULD NEVER LET MYSELF GET POLLUTED LIKE THAT AT ALL.!"
"LINKA, YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE REST OF WHAT I HAVE TO TELL YOU!" Gi shouted as she started to restrain her best friend's hands before she started to continue. "When Wheeler saw what happened to you, he almost lost complete control, but Kwami talked him down. Afterwards, Ma-Ti was able to get you away from Skumm and you tried to get Wheeler to take the Bliss as well. Wheeler knew that you weren't yourself and tried desperately to help you, but it wasn't until you saw Boris die from a Bliss overdose that you finally came to your senses. Wheeler also told you to fight the pain cause we needed your help. Do you remember what Wheeler said to you when you told him that you couldn't fight the pain that you were feeling?"
"Whee…Whee…" Linka started to say as she tried to move her hands away from Gi's to place on the top of her head.
"Please Linka…..What did Wheeler say to you? You must remember…"
"He said…He said…" Linka started to say until she started to scream in pain, as if something was inside her head drilling straight into her brain.
"LINKA! YOU MUST TELL ME! WHAT DID WHEELER SAY TO YOU!" Gi shouted to Linka as both Pumyra and Kwami started to approach Gi.
"Gi you must stop this." Pumyra stated while trying to help to release Gi's hands from Linka's.
"BACK OFF PUMYRA!" Gi shouted back in her most determined tone, completely surprising everyone in the conference hall. "I KNOW WHAT I AM DOING!"
"Gi, you are scaring all of us and causing Linka great pain, don't you see that?" Kwami stated while hoping that some friendly persuasion would help to diffuse what was happening right now.
"KWAMI, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET THROUGH TO LINKA. I NEED TO FORCE HER TO FIGHT TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED TO HER IN D.C. AND MAYBE THAT WILL HELP HER REMEMBER EVERYTHING ELSE!" Gi shouted back.
"But what if you are wrong and you are causing more pain for your friend Gi?" Lynx-O stated while trying to understand what Gi is trying to do.
"LYNX-O, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN, BUT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY AND HELP HER REMEMBER!" Gi shouted back but at a lower volume.
"Gi, don't you see the pain you are putting Linka through." Pumyra stated while still seeing Linka in a lot of pain.
"She has to remember Pumyra." Gi started to say in a much lower tone than before. "If you only saw the hurt in Wheeler's eyes, the pain he was going through on the inside." Gi continued to state as tears started to form in her own eyes. "Wheeler is sometimes the most strongest of us when he wants to help us out, now we have to help him out and this is the only way." Gi finished as she continued to show tears coming down her face.
As everyone continued to try and talk some sense into Gi, all of the pain that Linka was feeling in trying to remember finally took it's toll on her as she finally passed out in her chair.
"LINKA! LINKA!" Gi started to shout after seeing her friend passed out. "OH MY GOD, WHAT DID I DO TO HER?!" Gi shouted as tears continued to form. "LINKA! LINKA! PLEASE WAKE UP!" Gi shouted again as she released her friends's hands and tried to shake her body enough to wake her up.
"Gi, calm down and let me run a few scans." Bengali stated as he took out his medical device and started scanning Linka. "Gi, please you must move away so that I can finish my scans." Bengali added as Gi started to move away from Linka.
As Gi moved away from both Linka and Bengali, Kwami, Gaia and Ma-Ti all approached her with a look of great sadness and determination on their faces.
"Are you alright Gi?" Ma-Ti stated as they all joined the Water Planeteer.
"I…I just don't know. I… I can't believe what I just did to Linka." Gi stated in her most saddened tone.
"Gi you must not blame yourself for what happened." Kwami stated.
"Then who should I blame for this mess uh? Should I blame Wheeler for leaving us and leaving me that note or should I blame those creatures for messing up Linka's mind." Gi continued to state while starting to become more hysterical. "Or should I blame Linka for striking Wheeler and causing him to leave, please tell me what I should do." She added as Kwami took her in a most caring and needed hug.
"Gi, you must calm down." Kwami started to say. "We all care a great deal about Wheeler and Linka, and maybe what you did was correct, but it might have hurt Linka even more."
"What do you mean by that?" Gi stated as Kwami released her from the hug.
"Trying to force Linka to remember what happened to Boris might have been the correct choice, but the pain that Linka was in might have seriously affected her mind as well."
"You mean that I might have made things worse for her?"
"It is a possibility, but we won't know until she wakes up."
"Oh no, what have I done."
"Gi you were just trying to help as a best friend would do." Ma-Ti stated in his most honest tone.
"But what if I've done more harm then good?"
"Gi, I might be able to sense if Linka is better, but I want to wait until Bengali is done with his scans, just to be safe." Ma-Ti stated while trying to help his friend.
"Do you think that Linka will be alright Ma-Ti?" Gi asked while to clear her face of tears.
"I won't know until Bengali is done, then I will try my ring."
"I feel so ashamed for what I did."
"Now that is the one feeling that you should not feel Gi." A voice from behind the group stated.
As the group started to turn around to see where the voice came from, they all started to see that Lion-O, Cheetara, Pumyra, Nayda and Leia were standing right behind them as Bengali, and Tygra continued to check on Linka's condition while Wilykit, Wilykat, Panthro and Tygra waited to hear any news.
"Gi, you shouldn't feel ashamed for trying to help your friend." Cheetara stated in her most caring tone.
"Cheetara is right Gi." Lion-O stated as he placed his right hand on Gi's left shoulder. "What you were doing is what real friendship and family is all about."
"You…You mean it?" Gi replied while still feeling sad and a little scared.
"Gi, if any of us was hurt, in any way and had to get better, then we would try and force ourselves to fight the pain." Lynx-O stated as Lion-O took off his hand from Gi's shoulder.
"Both Lynx-O and Lion-O are correct Gi." Cheetara began to say in her most caring tone. "What you did was what any one of us would do."
"Thank you all." Gi replied, while starting to feel a little better.
"Are you starting to feel better now my child?" Lynx-O asked in his most caring and honest tone.
"Yes. Thank you for asking." Gi replied.
As Gi and the others started to continue their discussion, the other group started to take Linka back to the Medical bay with the Wind Planeteer in Panthro's blue muscular arms followed by Pumyra. As they all started to leave the room, Bengali and the Thunderkittens started to walk over to Gi and the others to let them all know how their friend is doing.
"Bengali, how is Linka doing?" Kwami asked as they all started to see Panthro carry Linka away.
"I believe that she will be alright after some rest." Bengali started to say. "The pain she started to feel caused her to pass out, but I won't know what damage has been done until I run a full volley of tests on her. I do however believe that she will make a full recovery." He finished in his most honest and helpful tone.
"I feel awful. This is all my fault for pressuring her to remember." Gi started to say with sadness in her tone.
"Gi, it is not your fault what happened to Linka." Bengali stated while trying to calm the Water Planeteer down.
"Nobody knew that Spidera's children had that kind of poison running through them." Wilykat stated.
"Gi, you know that we are all doing what we can to help." Wilykit added.
"The kittens and Bengali are correct my dear." Lynx-O added while being wise at the same time. "What is the real reason why you are trying to pressure Linka to remember?"
"I…I…" Gi started to say but stopped short.
"Gi, you should tell them." Ma-Ti started to say while seeing the pain that was in Gi's eyes. "Please tell us why."
"I'm worried about Wheeler, alright, there you have it!" Gi shouted back while trying to stay calm at the same time. "He left us to go on a quest to get some answers from Spidera and I'm just worried about him. I'd wish he would have told us what he had planned instead of going off on his own."
"Gi, we all know how stubborn Wheeler can be, especially when it comes to people that he cares about." Kwami stated.
"I know that, I just wish that we could let him know that everything is alright here and that he should come back."
"Gi, let me try to use my ring, maybe I can contact him and tell what is happening here." Ma-Ti stated in his most honest tone as he also started to close his eyes. "HEART!" Ma-Ti shouted as waves of thought energy started to flow out of his ring.
After a few moments of concentrating to locate Wheeler, the look on Ma-Ti's face started to shift to that of confusion.
"What's wrong Ma-Ti?" Kwami started to say. "Have you made contact with Wheeler?"
"Something is wrong." Ma-Ti started to say while still trying to make contact with Wheeler. "Wheeler is somehow blocking his thoughts from my ring."
"How can someone block your ring's power?" Gi stated while having a confused look on her face.
"Maybe Wheeler is deep underground and all of the earth above him is shielding him from my ring."
"There is still much about this world that we still don't understand Gi." Kwami started to say in his most honest tone.
"Gi, Kwami, Gaia, please forgive me for saying this but we must get started on our maintenance duties for the Cat's lair." Lynx-O started to say, "And I'm sure that Bengali wants to head back to the Medical bay to check in on Linka."
"Of course, you're right." Gi replied as she took in a deep breath before she started to continue. "Bengali, would it be alright for me to accompany you back to the medical bay? I want to check in on Linka and tell her that I'm sorry for what happened."
"Of course you can come Gi." Bengali started to say as the medical Thundercat placed his left hand on Gi's right shoulder. "I wouldn't mind at all, and I'll bet that Linka would be happy to see you as well." He finished as he took off his hand from Gi's shoulder.
"I must take my leave as well." Lynx-O started to say as Bengali and Gi started to leave the conference room. "I want to go to the control room and check in with Snarfer in the Tower of Omens, as well as to bring him up to date with what has been happening here."
"I'll go with you Lynx-O." Cheetara added.
"I'll meet up with the both of you after I check in on Linka and the others." Lion-O added as they all started to leave the room leaving Kwami, Ma-Ti and Gaia alone.
"What's on your mind Ma-Ti?" Gaia asked in her most concerned tone.
"I'm worried about Wheeler. I don't know what to do or how to try and contact him. He is purposely blocking me from entering his mind." Ma-Ti stated while starting to feel a bit frustrated.
"I'm worried about him as well, but we all know that when Wheeler puts his mind to something that there is no stopping him." Kwami stated.
"Like every time he was flirting with Linka."
"I think that we can all agree on that too." Kwami replied as all three of them started to laugh a little.
As Gaia and her Planeteers continued to laugh and have more of their discussion, Wheeler has finally reached the location of Spider's lair from the last time he was there with the other Thundercats.
As Wheeler started to look around, he started to notice the ripped shreds of webbing that remained from when Spidera ripped them off of Linka's face while at the same time noticed the empty throne made of rocks and webs. As he continued to look around he started to yell out into the chamber.
"SPIDERA! I KNOW THAT YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN ARE STILL HERE SOMEWHERE!" He started to shout. "COME OUT NOW, OR I WILL INCINERATE EVERY PIECE OF WEB AND ROCK UNTIL I FIND YOU!" As he finished shouting, he started to see no movement inside the chamber. "SPIDERA! I KNOW THAT YOU CAN HEAR ME AS WELL AS YOUR CHILDREN, SO IF YOU WILL NOT COME TO ME, THEN I WILL KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN UNTIL YOU FACE ME!"
After that statement made by Wheeler's angry tone, he then started to hear the sound of tiny rocks being moved as well as noticing that the large empty chamber started to become filled by lots of spiders, both big and small.
"ARE YOU AFRAID TO FACE ME SPIDER?!" Wheeler started to yell as the chamber continued to be filled with spiders. "COME AND FACE ME! YOU AND I HAVE SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF!" He finished as the chamber was completely filled with spiders.
As Wheeler watched, all of the spiders that had filled the chamber started to gather in front of the throne as if they were protecting it from harm.
"I'M WARNING YOU SPIDERA, EITHER FACE ME OR WATCH YOUR CHILDREN DIE!" Wheeler stated as he started to aim his ring at the floor in front of the spiders. As he finished aiming his ring, he shouted the command to activate it. "FIRE!"
As all of the spiders watched, they saw a red beam come out from the Planeteer's ring and strike the ground, completely igniting all of the webbing that was in front, causing it all to be burned away. As the fire started to go down, the red headed Planeteer started to shout in anger again.
"SPIDERA! THAT WAS JUST A WARNING! NOW FACE ME OR NEXT TIME I WON'T MISS!"
After the statement made by Wheeler, he then started to hear a voice echoing throughout the chamber.
"How dare you come back here and threaten my children." The voice started to say. "Haven't you done enough damage to me and my kind."
"I came to talk to you and this happens to be the only way to get your attention. NOW FACE ME!" Wheeler started to shout towards the group by the throne.
"Fine. I'll face you but I want no tricks from you." The voice replied as Spidera started to descend from the top of the chamber.
As Wheeler watched, he started to see the giant spider come from the top of the chamber and descend onto her throne made up of rocks and webbing. After the spider finished getting herself adjusted on her throne she started to shift her gaze right towards the Planeteer with anger and contempt in her eyes.
"Now tell me, why are you here and threatening my children." Spidera stated.
"YOUR CHILDREN POISONED LINKA AS WE WERE ALL LEAVING YOUR KINGDOM AND I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS A CURE FOR IT RIGHT NOW!" Wheeler shouted into the chamber.
"What poison are you talking about? My children have many running in their systems. You will have to be more specific."
"I AM TALKING ABOUT THE POISON THAT HAS WIPED OUT ALL MEMORIES OF ME FROM THE WOMAN I LOVE!"
"The poison that you speak of is very rare and no one that has been infected has ever survived keeping their mind."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SURVIVED?!"
"I am saying that after being exposed to the poison, it starts to wipe out the mind completely. Your beloved should be just a babbling idiot by know, with no memory of who she is."
"SHE REMEMBERS EVERYTHING BUT NOT ME! WHY IS THAT?! TELL ME RIGHT NOW OR I WILL DESTROY YOU AND NO FORCE ON THIS PLANET WILL STOP ME!
"If your beloved has indeed kept most of her memories, then I am impressed. Only the memories of someone who she deeply cares about might be able to counteract the effects, but no one has ever been able to do that."
"Linka did." Wheeler started to state in a much calmer tone. "But now she only feels hatred towards me."
"A possible side-effect from keeping her memories." Spidera started to say while still keeping a close eye on her uninvited guest. "If she did use those memories of you to try and help her, then that would explain why she hates you. If you and her are really in love then the poison would change those feelings from love to hate, and the more powerful the love, the more powerful the hate."
"There has to be a way to reverse it."
"If there is, I don't know." Spidera stated as she started to rise off her throne again. "You have what you came for, now leave my kingdom and never return."
"NO! WE ARE NOT FINISHED! I NEED YOU TO CURE LINKA RIGHT NOW!" Wheeler stated as he started to yell again.
"My little friend, if there is a cure you will have to figure it out for yourself. Now leave my sight." Spidera stated as she started to disappear back up into the darkness of the chamber.
"COME BACK HERE AND HELP ME!" Wheeler shouted as Spidera finally disappeared into the darkness.
As Wheeler watched the only hope of helping Linka start to return into darkness, he started to feel much sadness as he started to walk out of the chamber.
As he continued to return to the above ground entrance, Wheeler started to remember all of the good and bad times that he has had with Linka. He remembered when they first met after Gaia first joined them all together, he also remembered the first time that he and Linka almost kissed. But the memories that he most thought about were of when Linka was drugged and lost Boris as well as when Wheeler though that Linka was going to stay in Russia to help take care of her grandmother. As he continued to navigate the underground passageways, soon he and the rest of his team will be faced with their most deadliest mission ever and it will take the strength of their team and the Thundercats in order to try and survive the coming battles.
As the Thundercats and the Planeteers was continuing to have their discussions, Dr. Blight's digital computer was just finishing up the last of the modifications in order to launch the Eco-Villains' plan of attack.
"My dearest Dr. Blight, I have some good news for you." The digitized green face stated with a grin.
"Yes, Mel, sweet-ems. What is it?" Blight replied in her most anxious tone.
"The last of the modifications are complete and we are ready for launch." MEL replied with high hopes of kindness.
"Excellent work my wonderful computer." Blight stated as she gave him a kiss on the computer screen." NUKEM! SLUDGE! GET IN HERE!" She yelled out into the corridor.
After a moment of silence, both Nukem and Sludge started to enter the main control room.
"What do you want now doc?" Sludge asked in his most annoyed tone.
"Yea doc, I was busy trying to restore my energy for the day." Nukem added.
"QUIET BOTH OF YOU!" Blight yelled before continuing in a lower tone. "My sweet-ems here has finished the last of the modifications on the Warbot and now we are ready to attack the tower."
"But what about the Thundercats" Sludge asked with some great concern.
"Not to worry about that my dim-witted friend." MEL started to say in his most conceded tone. "Remember I still have access to the Thundercats' own communications systems and there computers as well. I will just make sure that they can't detect the Warbot until it is too late."
"I hope that you are right about this microchip head." Nukem stated as he started to push the button to open the main hangar doors. "I can't wait to see the look on those Thundercat's faces when our newest creation destroys both their homes."
"It will be quite a show." Sludge started to add. "It's a shame that we are going to miss all of the fun."
"My dear cohorts in evil." Dr. Blight started to say with a sadistic grin on her face. "We are going to watch everything that happens thanks to my darling computer here." Blight added as the main hangar door finished rising up.
"Are you sure about that doc?" Sludge asked with a concerned look on his face.
"Of course she is sure." MEL stated as he started to bring up an image from the Warbot's main video cameras. "As you can see, we will be able to monitor everything that happens while I issue the commands to my counterpart inside the Robot's main computer."
"Are you sure about all of this doc?" Sludge started to say in his most disrespectful tone. "I mean, what if microchip head makes a mistake." He added while pointing towards MEL's image.
"Sludge, you should know by now that my sweet-ems doesn't make mistakes." Blight replied in her most honest tone.
"Besides, humans are the ones who are completely unpredictable." MEL started to interject. "I'm only a computer program and everything I do is based on facts on both the Thundrcat's computers and the computers here in the Mutant's old headquarters."
"Alright, alright, I get your point." Sludge started to say in order to stop hearing anymore of Blight's computer from speaking. "Hey radio active face, is the main door finally opened or are you taking a break over there." Sludge asked while seeing the main door finally start to rise while Nukem was standing right next to it.
"You want a piece of me Sludge?" Nukem started to say while at the same time started to get angry.
"ENOUGH OF THIS! BOTH OF YOU STOP THIS SO WE CAN GET STARTED WITH THE ATTACK!" Blight yelled at both Sludge and Nukem.
"Sheesh, calm down doc, me and Nukem were just having a little fun." Sludge stated.
"Now let's get started." Nukem added.
After the statement made by both Eco-Villains, Blight turned her attention back towards her computerized college in order to proceed.
"MEL, commence with the attack on the Tower." Blight stated in her most determined tone.
"At once my dearest Doctor." MEL replied as he started to issue commands to the Warbot.
As Doctor Blight and her two associates watched, Mel started to issue commands to the Warbot's main computer system causing it to activate the unit's cloaking field, thus rendering it invisible to any and all scans and sight. After the machine was completely vanished from site, the computer then started to issue commands that started to make the robot begin to hover on its four gigantic legs, before heading out of the hangar of Castle Plunn-Darr and towards the unsuspecting Thundercat left alone in the Tower Of Omens.
Unaware of the upcoming danger, the youngest member of the new Thundercats was just completing another diagnostic on all of the Tower's main operating systems. As Snarfer continued his daily routine and maintenance of the tower, his thoughts started to wonder about what has happened to his newest friends back at the lair.
"Snarfer…Snarfer… I sure hope that everything is going OK back at the lair, yup I really hope so. "The furry animal started to say while continuing his duties. "I sure hope that someone contacts me soon. It is really lonely here all by myself." He added as he entered the Tower's main control room. "I wish that Lynx-O and the others would get back here. I know that maintaining these systems are important but I sure wish that they would return, yep sure do."
As Snarfer continued to maintain the primary systems inside the Tower's main control center, he then started to see a flashing light on the main control board. Without hesitating, the young furry animal started to press the button to answer the incoming call. As he started to get everything to respond, he started to hear a voice over the communications channel.
"Cat's Lair to Tower of Omens… Come in Tower of Omens." The voice stated.
"This is Tower of Omens, Snarfer here." Snarfer stated as he started to push the button of the main viewing screen.
Within moments after pushing the correct sequence of commands, the main viewing screen started to descend from the roof of the chamber at that same time displaying an image of who was contacting the Tower.
"Lynx-O!" Snarfer shouted in a most excited tone. "It is sure good to hear from you, yup sure is, yes sir."
"Calm down my friend." Lynx-O started to say while chuckling a little. "I'm sorry that myself and the others are here at the lair, but we needed to stay to help our new friends out."
"I understand that, yup, sure do. Just one question, how long are you going to be away… Snarfer…Snarfer." The furry animal stated while trying not to show any signs of being afraid.
"Not long my friend, in fact I have some good and bad news, I'm afraid."
"Brrr, what is it, it can't be all bad. Yup sure isn't I hope."
"Relax my friend, Linka has regained consciousness, but for some reason her memories of Wheeler and what they mean to each other have somehow been blocked off."
"If that was the good news, then what is the bad news?"
"Wheeler has apparently left on his own to try and get some answers. His fellow teammates are very worried about him."
"How can I help?" Snarfer replied in his most excited and helpful tone.
"Can you try and use the Tower's sensors to locate him. Ma-Ti tried to use his ring's power before, and somehow Wheeler is blocking him out."
"Snarfer…Snarfer… I'll try and do that, yep sure thing, you betcha, but it will take a while for the scanners to find him. Lynx-O, if I may ask, where was Wheeler when you lost contact with him?"
"We believe that he was down in Spidera's kingdom."
After hearing those words from Lynx-O, a cold chill started to effect Snarfer as he continued to get more information.
"Are you alright my friend?" Lynx-O asked as he started to sense something wrong coming from Snarfer.
"Just hearing about that place gives me chills. Yup sure does, yes sir."
"I wouldn't worry about it my friend, now what about trying to locate Wheeler."
"I'll start working on that right away."
"Thanks Sarfer." Lynx-O stated in his most honest tone. "Contact us when you've located him." He added before the image on the screen disappeared.
As soon as the image of Lynx-O left the screen, the young furry animal started to press the buttons on the Tower's main systems trying to locate their missing Planeteer. As Snarfer continued to try and locate Wheeler, all of the Tower's defensive systems started to come online as the entire building started to shake.
"What was that?" Snarfer stated after he started to make a noise like a cat in shock. "I'd better check the security cameras outside."
As soon as Snarfer made that statement, another tremor started to affect the Tower.
"Come on, where is the image from the camera?" Snarfer stated as he started to push the correct sequence of buttons to bring up the footage from the cameras.
As Snarfer started to see an image appear on the screen, he started to become confused as to where the tremors were coming from. As he continued to watch, a small ball of intense energy started to form out of nowhere and started to head straight towards the tower.
"Oh no, I'd better contact the Lair right away." Snarfer stated as the energy ball made contact with the structure.
As the energy ball hit, the entire structure started to shake as parts of the ceiling started to come down in front of the main control console and just missed hitting Snarfer.
"Got to contact the lair." Snarfer started to say as he started to press the buttons on the control pad. "Tower of Omens to Cat's Lair, come in Cat's Lair." The furry animal added while waiting for a response. After a moment of silence he tried again. "Tower of Omens to Cat's Lair, come in Cat's Lair. It's an emergency."
After another moment the image of Lynx-O started to re-appear on the main screen.
"Snarfer, this is Cat's Lair, what's wrong my friend?"
As soon as Snarfer was about to respond, the image of Lynx-O disappeared from the screen, but for only a moment.
"Lynx-O are you still there?" Snarfer asked with some concern.
"I'm here my friend, now what is the problem?" Lynx-O replied.
"The Tower is under attack by something that the tower can't detect. I need help here right away."
"Don't worry my friend, help is one the way." Lynx-O stated as his image disappeared once again from the screen.
Just as the image of the Thundercat vanished from the screen, the Tower started to vibrate again as it was continuing to be attacked by the unknown force.
"I sure hope that the others get here soon, yup sure do." The young Snarf stated while pressing a few more buttons.
As Snarfer finished pushing buttons on the control pad, the main view screen raised back up into what was left of the ceiling, while the entire room started to become sealed off with a 360 degree visual of what was happening, As the entire room started to illuminate with the images from outside the building, the mysterious force that was attacking the tower started to show itself.
As Snarfer watched, he saw the image of a giant robot like machine with a large metal beak and the eyes on the face were glowing some king of strange color. As he continued to watch, all of the systems started to power down as if the entire power supply was being drained.
"This, this can't be happening. I've just checked all these systems just a moment before and now this is happening." Snarfer stated as the Robot's eyes started to glow a reddish color causing an energy ball to appear and strike the tower.
As the energy ball hit the tower, all of the electrical systems inside the tower started to short out causing massive explosions all around Snarfer. As the systems continued to explode, the force of one of the explosions forced the furry animal into the main doors of the control room. As Snarfer started to get over the initial shock and feedback from what just happened, the furry animal started to see that the main control panel was on fire.
"I've got to do something and fast." Snarfer stated as the furry animal reached over for the fire extinguisher.
As soon as Snarfer grabbed the extinguisher, he then started to put out the fires on the main control panel. As he continued to put out the fire, the room around him continued to vibrate while the images he was getting from the 360 room displays was starting to fluctuate.
"Snarfer…Snarfer…Where are the Thundercats? They should have been here by now. I don't know how much longer the Tower can hold out." Snarfer stated in his most panicked tone.
While Snarfer was trying to figure out his next move, he started to see some kind of wire being shot out from the Warbot's left opened claw. As he continued to watch, the wire went passed the observation platform and wrapped it's self around the main receiver at the top of the tower. A moment later after the wire was fully secured, the Warbot pulled back it's left claw, completely ripping off the receiver from the top of the tower.
As the receiver was being pulled off, all of the sensor data that the tower was receiving completely stopped and at the same time, all of the display screens went completely dark.
"No.. I've lost all sensor data coming in. What is happening here?" Snarfer stated as he tried to restore power to the display screens or to at least bring back down the main display monitor.
After a moment of trying to regain power, the entire tower was hit with another massive force that almost split the building in two.
"What was that?" Snarfer stated as the entire alarm system started to activate. "Snarfer…Snarfer… What now?" He added as he tried to restore enough power to see what was happening.
As the young furry Thundercat started to restore enough power to the monitors, what he saw next completely blind-sided him. As he took a closer look, the monitor started to indicate a buildup within the Thundrilum power source. As he watched, the buildup was rising up at an accelerated rate.
"Oh no." Snarfer stated in his most worried tone. "If this keeps up the whole Tower will explode within minutes. I've got to do something." He added as another force rocked the whole control room.
As the roof above the young furry Thundercat started to collapse, Snarfer used his fast animal reflexes to avoid all of the debris. Once the furry animal got his bearings, he noticed that the control panel he was near was completely destroyed from all of the debris falling from the ceiling.
"Oh no." Snarfer stated. "Now I can't stop the tower from exploding. I've got to get out of here and head back to the lair right away.
After his statement, Snarfer started to head towards the doors to the control room but they were completely useless from lack of power. Snarfer then took a small piece of metal pipe that was on the floor and with all his might tried to force the doors opened. After a moment of trying, Snarfer was able to nudge the doors of the control room opened just enough for him to slip through before they closed again.
"I've got to get to my ship down in the main hanger bay before it's too late." Snarfer stated as he started to run on all four of his legs in order to get to his ship in time.
As Snarfer started to head down the stairs towards the hanger, the furry animal noticed that part of the stairs were completely destroyed by the wreckage from the Warbot's attacks on the tower. After a moment of finding some inventive ways of getting down to the hanger, Snarfer started to enter the room while at the same time hoping that his ship was still in one piece.
As Snarfer entered the hanger, he noticed that pieces of debris was already on the main floor as well as some almost blocking the exit out of the tower. As he started to head towards his ship, he was surprised to see that it had suffered no damage so far. As the furry Thundercat hurried to his ship, he then started to notice that there were cracks starting to form right above his ship.
As the cracks started to grow larger, Snarfer knew that he had no time to waste.
"I've got to hurry." Snarfer stated in his most worried tone as he started to enter his ship. "I'll have to skip the pre-flight checklist and hope that I can escape the tower in time." He added as he started to ignite his engines.
As the young Thundercat started up his engines, the crack forming in the ceiling right above his ship started to fall apart. As the debris started to fall down, Snarfer was able to engage his engines and just barely escape with no damage.
As Snarfer's ship was able to escape the debris, he then did some fancy navigating and flew threw the half blocked exit from the hanger.
As Snarfer's ship escaped the Tower, he started to see the Warbot standing about a few meters from the tower as it continued to hit it with more laser blasts from it's eyes. As the blasts continued to strike the tower, the cracks started to emerge more and more until the Warbot did something else that surprised Snarfer completely.
"Now what is that thing doing?" Snarfer stated as he saw both of the Warbot's claws started to open up to reveal three holes in each claw.
As the claws started to open up, some kind of energy started to emerge from both claws as the beams started to connect between the head and claws and then started to form a triangle type form. Within moments of connecting, a massive energy blast went from the triangle formation, and straight into the tower causing a massive hole to be created from one side to another.
As the Tower was being dissected, Snarfer could only watch with fright as he knew that there was nothing that he could do to stop this.
"Snarfer…Snarfer… I have to get out of here right away and warn the Thundercats." Snarfer stated as a massive explosion started to occur from the Tower Of Omens.
As Snarfer started to pilot his spacecraft away from the Tower Of Omens, the damage caused by all of the attacks as well as the Thundrillium overload finally took it's toll. As Snarfer tried to get away, the entire Tower Of Omens started to explode from the inside out causing much debris to fly threw the sky and hit the ground. As Snarfer tried to escape the blast radius and debris, some parts from the exploding tower struck one of his engines, causing it to loose power.
As Snarfer tried to regain control, he was able to spot the Warbot disappearing from sight as a massive white light came out from nowhere. After the light started to subside, the furry Thundercat noticed that the machine was gone, but snarfer had much more problems to deal with at the moment. As he continued to try to fly his damaged ship, Snarfer knew that he had to find a place to put down for repairs before his only other working engine looses power as well.
"Snarfer…Snarfer.. I've got to try and warn the Thundercats, but I never had a chance to repair my radio communicator. I just hope that I can get to the lair and warn them before it's too late." He stated as he started to find a stable landing sight a few miles away from the wreckage of the tower.
As the massive Warbot started on it's way towards the Tower Of Omens, Dr. Blight, Duke Nukem and Sly Sludge all gathered at the main control room inside Castle Plun-Darr. Once they all arrived inside, they all took seats by the main computer as Dr. Blight's computerized partner MEL digitized on the main screen above them.
"Hello doctor." Mel stated with a digitized smile.
"Hello there MEL, sweet-ems." Blight replied back in her most lovely tone.
"Give me a break with all of this mushy stuff." Sludge interjected.
"I agree with Sludge." Nukem started to add. "When are we gonna see the destruction of the Thundercat's tower micro-brain?"
"If you two would just have some patience, I will show you everything that is happening from our robot's point of view." MEL stated as he started to show what the Warbot was seeing while still under cloak.
As the images from the Warbot's main camera started to appear, the trio started to see the images of the forest, then quickly changed to the rocky terrain where the Tower Of Omens is located. As the Warbot started to get closer, the giant mechanical monster stopped in its tracks a few miles from the Tower.
"Why did you stop the machine bit-brain?" Nukem started to say. "The Tower's sensors won't be able to detect it."
"I stopped it cause my virus is picking up a transmission coming from the Cat's Lair brick brain."
"Why you overgrown video game I ought to-" Numken started to say
"Silence Nukem!" Blight shouted to quiet down Nukem's tone before continuing. "MEL, can you please show us the transmission?"
"Coming right up my dearest doctor." MEL replied as two images started to show up under MEL's and the Warbot's.
As the Eco-Villians watched, the images from the Cat's Lair and the Tower of Omens started to appear on the screen. Once the images fully appeared, they all saw Lynx-O in the Lair and Snarfer in the Tower.
"So how is this gonna help us to destroy the Tower?" Sludge asked with some concern.
"Just watch and learn my untaimed friend." MEL stated as he started some computations while both the images started to speak.
"Lynx-O!" Snarfer shouted in a most excited tone. "It is sure good to hear from you, yup sure is, yes sir."
"Calm down my friend." Lynx-O started to say while chuckling a little. "I'm sorry that myself and the others are here at the lair, but we needed to stay to help our new friends out."
"I understand that, yup, sure do. Just one question, how long are you going to be away… Snarfer…Snarfer." The furry animal stated while trying not to show any signs of being afraid.
"Not long my friend, in fact I have some good and bad news, I'm afraid."
"Brrr, what is it, it can't be all bad. Yup sure isn't I hope."
"Relax my friend, Linka has regained consciousness, but for some reason her memories of Wheeler and what they mean to each other have somehow been blocked off."
"If that was the good news, then what is the bad news?"
"Wheeler has apparently left on his own to try and get some answers. His fellow teammates are very worried about him."
"How can I help?" Snarfer replied in his most excited and helpful tone.
"Can you try and use the Tower's sensors to locate him. Ma-Ti tried to use his ring's power before, and somehow Wheeler blocked him out."
"Snarfer…Snarfer… I'll try and do that, yep sure thing, you betcha, but it will take a while for the scanners to find him. Lynx-O, if I may ask. Where was Wheeler when you lost contact with him?"
"We believe that he was down in Spidera's kingdom."
After hearing those words from Lynx-O, a cold chill started to effect Snarfer as he continued to get more information.
"Are you alright my friend?" Lynx-O a
sked as he started to sense something wrong coming from Snarfer.
"Just hearing about that place gives me chills. Yup sure does, yes sere."
"I wouldn't worry about it my friend, now what about trying to locate Wheeler."
"I'll start working on that right away."
"Thanks Sarfer." Lynx-O stated in his most honest tone. "Contact us when you've located him." He added before the image on the screen disappeared.
"So you managed to see a transmission between two Thundercats." Sludge started to say inn his most sarcastic tone. "How is that gonna help us?"
"Watch and be amazed my uneducated friend." MEL stated as he started to take a digital image from both Thundercats and incorporate them both into his image. "Now we can begin my dearest doctor." He finished as he started to move the Warbot towards the tower.
As the Warbot started to move towards the Tower and the unsuspecting Snarfer, Sly Sludge and Duke Nukem both have a very confused look on their faces.
"Blight, can you please tell us what your computerized tinker toy is up to." Sludge asked in his most disrespectful tone.
"I agree with Sludge." Nukem started to add. "Either tell us or I will delete your computer's programming."
"KNOCK IT OFF, BOTH OF YOU!" Blight started to yell. "My computer has everything well in hand. Just sit back and enjoy the show." Blight stated as the Warbot reached the Tower.
"Now that the machine is in position, it is time to get the little Thundercat's attention." MEL stated as he started to issue commands to the Warbot's computer.
After a moment, the Warbot's eyes started to glow a greenish color before an energy blast of the same color left the machine's eyes and struck the tower dead on. As the Tower started to shake from the impact, the Thundercat inside the tower attempted to radio for reinforcements.
"Alright you stupid computer, you got the Thundercat's attention, now what?" Sludge asked in his most sarcastic tone.
"Just watch and be amazed." MEL stated as an image from inside the Tower started to appear.
As the trio watched, Snarfer had just made contact with the Cat's lair via the radio transmitter.
"Now to put my surprise into action." MEL stated as Snarfer started to speak into the radio.
"Tower of Omens to Cat's Lair, come in Cat's Lair." The furry animal added while waiting for a response. After a moment of silence he tried again. "Tower of Omens to Cat's Lair, come in Cat's Lair. It's an emergency."
After another moment the image of Lynx-O started to re-appear on the main screen.
"Snarfer, this is Cat's Lair, what's wrong my friend?"
"Now watch this." MEL stated as he started to jam both transmissions from and to the Cat's Lair and the Tower. "Now stage one is complete, time for stage 2." He added as a digital image of both Lynx-O and Snarfer appeared on the screen for each transmission.
"Lynx-O are you still there?" Snarfer asked with some concern.
"I'm here my friend, now what is the problem?" The fake image of Lynx-O replied.
"The Tower is under attack by something that the tower can't detect. I need help here right away."
"Don't worry my friend, help is one the way." Lynx-O stated as his image disappeared once again from the screen.
"Now to take care of the Thundercats as well." MEL stated as he started to speak throught the fake image of Snarfer.
"Snarfer, this is Lynx-O. What happened, your signal dropped out for a moment?" The blind Thundercat stated with much concern.
"Lynx-O." The fake Snarfer started to say. "Sorry about that, it seems that there was a malfunction in the security system. Yup, sure looks like it, you betcha ya."
"Well I hope that you have everything else under control my friend." Lynx-O stated in his most honest tone. "Any luck finding Wheeler?"
"Not yet, but I will let you know once I've located him. Yea sure you betcha ya."
"Thank you my friend." Lynx-O replied while laughing a little. "Cat's Lair out." The Thundercat finished as the image disappeared from the screen.
As the images from both the Cat's Lair and the Tower disappeared, all three of the Eco-Villains started to laugh in their most devilish tone.
"That was brilliant MEL sweetie." Blight started to say in her most proud tone.
"I have to admit it, you did a great job there computer head." Nukem started to state. "But what happens if they use that Sword to see what is happening at the tower?"
"Not to worry about that." Blight started to reply. "My darling has found out that their sword can't see through certain radiation and shield frequencies, and has made sure that the sword will be blinded if they try to use it."
"I'll believe it when I see it."
"Now what about the Tower?" Sludge added.
"I thought that you'd never asked. " MEL started to say. "Since I added the Thundrainum covering to the Warbot, the Tower should be feeling it's effect by now, and at the same time, causing that furry Thundercat more Confusion. Now watch this." The computer added as the machine turned off it's invisible field and fired another more powerful beam of energy at the Tower.
As the energy beam from the Warbot started to impact the Tower, the whole structure started to glow a reddish color as if the entire tower was having an allergic reaction to what was striking it. After a moment, black smoke started to come out of the Tower's main control room while Snarfer was still inside it.
"That should keep that furry fuzz ball busy while I zero in on the Tower's main Thundrillium power supply." MEL stated as he started to bring up the Blue Prints for the tower.
"MEL, you know that Snarfer is going to try and contact the Lair again." Sludge stated in his most honest and devilish tone.
"Oh no he won't." MEL retorted back as he issued more commands to the machine.
As soon as Blight's computerized helped finished his statement, the left claw of the Warbot started to open up to reveal a kind of black circle in the middle. After a moment, a black wire started to shoot out from the circle hole and headed straight towards the tower, completely missing the command center.
"Great shot there micro-brain." Nukem started to say. "You've missed the control chamber completely."
"That's what we get for letting Blight's computer do all of the work." Sludge added in his most sarcastic tone.
"Will the two of you be quiet and just watch what my sweetie is doing." Blight interjected as her fellow comrades in evil continued to watch.
As soon as Blight finished her statement, herself and her other partners in pollution continued to see the events unfolding at the Tower Of Omens. As they continued to watch, they all saw the cable wire missed the command center and started to wrap itself around the base of the Tower's main receiving antenna. After a moment more, MEL started to issue more commands to the Warbot.
After MEL was done transmitting commands to his counterpart inside the Warbot's main computer system, they all saw the machine's massive left claw start to pull back, completely ripping the antenna off the roof of the tower. As they all continued to watch, the Tower's antenna started to fall to the ground while massive sparks started to appear on both the unit and the top of the tower. As the Eco-Villains continued to watch, the antenna struck the ground and exploded on impact.
While all of the events unfolding, the Eco-Villains all started to laugh as MEL struck the tower's wall with the Warbot's right claw.
"I have to admit this Blight." Sludge started to say. "Your computer does know what it's doing, but don't let it go to both you and your computerized cronies' head."
After Sludge's statement, Blight started to laugh before she started to respond. "MEL sweetie, that was excellent, but now why did you strike the Tower like that?" She asked in her most confused tone.
"My dearest doctor." MEL started to respond. "I have just located the Thundercat's Thundrillium power supply for the tower, and now I am going to give it a power boost."
"ARE YOU CRAZY MICRO-BRAIN?!" Nukem started to shout. "WHY ARE YOU GIVING THAT TOWER A POWER BOOST?!"
"I am giving the Tower a power boost so the it will overload and explode the whole building, but I am going to give that Thundercat fur ball a little surprise."
"What surprise my darling?" Blight asked with much surprise in her tone.
"Watch and be amazed by dearest doctor." MEL stated as he started to issue more commands to the Warbot.
As MEL started to issue more commands to the Warbot's main computer, Snarfer had just managed to get to his ship and escape the tower just as the machine's two giant claws started to open up. As the ship started to get out of the range of the Warbot, a massive energy beam started to emit from both claws as well as connecting beams towards the claws and head. A moment later after the beams had made their connection, a massive triangular beam started to form from the machine and impacted in a diagonal pattern underneath the command center, while causing a massive hole throughout the entire structure.
As the beam finally started to subside, all three of the Eco-Villains started to laugh in their most happiest tones. As they all started to settle down, MEL's creator started to speak.
"Well done my dearest MEL, darling. That was excellent." Blight stated in her most proudest tone.
"Yea, yea, yea." Sludge started to interject. "So the stupid machine managed to put a giant hole in the Thundercat's Structure and forced the furry one out of the building. Big deal, anyone of us could do that."
"Sludge is right." Nukem started to add. "I could have easily melted down that stupid building down in half the time, given the chance."
"You could, but then the Thundercats would have stopped you." MEL started to say as his computerized green face started to appear right below the images coming from the Warbot. "This way they know that we are serious and that we can destroy them, but as for the Tower, watch this." MEL finished as the Warbot continued to blast away more of the tower from the point of impact.
"How much longer are we gonna wait until the tower is destroyed doc?" Nukem asked with some sarcasicm in his tone.
"My sweet computerized lover knows what he is doing Nukem. Just be patient." Blight replied in her most sarcastic tone.
After Blight's statement, all of the Eco-Villains started to see the image of the Tower Of Omens, exploding into a pile of debris. As they continued to watch, they also saw that some of the wreckage impacted the right engine causing it to burst into flames but only for a moment.
"Blast that furry Thundercat." Sludge started to say. "He managed to put out the fire in his engine, we should finish him off for good."
"That would be a bad idea." MEL started to reply in his most computerized and fully honest tone. "Snarfer did manage to put out the fire, but he also has to set it down for repairs."
"So let's go and destroy the little thing." Nukem started to add while making is right hand start to glow. "I'll fill him up with so much radiation that he will infect the others back at the lair."
"That would be nice, but we need him unharmed." Blight replied while trying to keep her partners calm at the same time. "We need Snarfer to get back to the lair and tell the others everything that happened."
"ARE YOU CRAZY DOC?!" Sludge started to shout. "IF THAT PINT-SIZED THUNDERCAT TELLS THE OTHERS EVERYTHING, THEN WE ARE GOING TO BE IN BIG TROUBLE!"
"First he would have to tell them what he saw and besides that, it is hard to attack something that no one can see." MEL stated as he started to issue more commands to the Warbot.
After MEL's digitized statement, the Warbot started to emit a white light, causing it to turn invisible once again and away from any visual recording equipment that Snarfer might have installed in his ship. After the Warbot vanished from sight, the computer inside it, started to pilot it back to Castle Plunn-Darr.
"Why did you do that for micro-brain?" Nukem asked as the Warbot finished disappearing.
"I want to bring the unit back for some minor modifications. The Lair is gonna be much harder to destroy then their Tower." MEL replied as the Warbot started to head back towards Castle Plunn-Darr.
"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR COMPUTERIZED MIND?!" Nukem started to yell.
"I'M WITH DUKE ON THIS ONE!" Sludge started to yell as well. "LISTEN YOU OVERGROWN EXCUSE FOR A COMPUTERIZED TINKER TOY, WE SHOULD ATTACK THE THUNDERCATS NOW BEFORE THEY CAN COUNTER-ATTACK US!"
"That would be the right choice, but not the correct choice." MEL replied while computing the odds. "If were to attack now, there would be a 99.99 percent chance that the Thundercats and Planeteers would destroy the Warbot, but once I make the necessary modifications, then we will have 100.00 percent chance of destroying them all."
"I agree with my darling computer's facts." Blight added while the other two Eco-Villains started to shift their gaze towards her.
"Doc, you've got to be kidding." Sludge stated while being a little calmer.
"I agree. We should attack them now." Nukem added.
"Listen to me you fools." Blight started to say. "The reason that Mumm-Ra and his former allies in evil failed to destroy the Thundercats is that they were all too impatient. We have to be smarter than them and be ready for anything that the Thundercats and those stupid Eco-geeks could throw at us. Or do you want that mummy to take his anger out on us?"
"No way." Sludge stated while almost starting to feel a little frightened.
"I this we all agree. But we should attack them soon." Nukem added.
"Once I'm done with the modifications, the Cat's Lair will be turned into a pile of rubble, and everyone who escapes the building won't survive to see another day." Blight's computer stated.
"Just what do you have in mind, me dearest computer." Blight asked as she shifted her gaze back to the main computer.
"You will just have to wait and see my dearest doctor." MEL replied as the Warbot started to arrive.
"How long will it take for you to complete these minor modifications, chip head?" Nukem asked in his most angered tone.
"About an hour or two. I want to make sure that there is no room for error." MEL replied as he started to work on the machine in the main hanger bay.
"You better make sure that your stupid computer doesn't make any mistakes Blight." Sludge stated in his most determined tone. "I don't want to see that mummy angry at us."
"I know how you feel, but we need him in order to get us back home, and remember, once we defeat the Thundercats and the Planeteers, we will be able to pollute with no one to ever stop us."
"Then the world will be ours to pollute and destroy." Nukem added.
"Now that will be something to see. A whole world full of pollution and no one to care about the stupid environment." Sludge replied as he started to laugh out loud.
As Sludge started to laugh, the others started to join him as they continued to relish in their new found victory over the destruction of the Thundercat's Tower Of Omens. As they continued to celebrate, all of them were completely unaware that someone else has been monitoring them this whole time.
As the Eco-Villains continued to celebrate, back in his Black Pyramid, Mumm-Ra has been watching everything that has been transpiring since his new allies in evil launched their attack on the Thundercat's tower. The reaction from the mummy was that of complete enjoyment.
"HA HA HA HA HA!" He started to echo into the vast emptiness of his chamber. "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT MY NEW ALLIES DID WHAT THOSE STUPID MUTANTS COULDN'T DO IN JUST ONE DAY! EVEN I HAD A HARD TIME DESTROYING THE TOWER EVEN WITH THE POWER BOOST THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE ANCIENTS SPIRITS!" He continued to echo in his chamber. "Now, let us see where that retched Planeteer who gave me this burn mark is." Mumm-Ra stated as he lowered his tone as well as moved his mummy like arms across his black cauldron, causing the image to change.
As Mumm-Ra watched, the image inside the cauldron started to change from the Mutant's old control room to Wheeler's present position. After a moment, the images started to become more clear as he located the Planeteer's location.
"So, the young fool, is heading right towards the home of the Unicorn keepers. That location is also close to the beach where those miserable Berserkers almost failed me once before. I think that I will give them another chance to redeem themselves. HA HA HA." Mumm-Ra finished as he started to wave his arms again, this time changing the image to the deck of the Berserker's ship.
As the image continued to change, Mumm-Ra is his mummy form, started to see the image of the leader of the Berserkers appear inside his cauldron. After a moment the mummy started to speak.
"HAMMERHAND, I HAVE NEED OF YOUR SERVICES!" He started to yell into the emptiness.
"Mumm-Ra, why are you calling me now?" Hammerhand answered as he started to see the mummy's image appear above him.
"I HAVE A JOB FOR YOU AND I DON'T WANT ANY SLIP UPS!"
"And what job do you have for me and my Beserkers, if I may ask."
"I WAN'T YOU TO HEAD TOWARDS THE BEACH NEAR THE UNICORN KEEPERS AND CAPTURE ONE OF THE THUNDERCAT'S NEW ALLIES!"
"ARE YOU CRAZY?!" Hammerhand started to yell back at Mumm-Ra's image. "MY SHIP WAS NEARLY DESTROYED THE LAST TIME BY THOSE THUNDERCATS WHEN WE CAPTURED THAT BLACK HAIRED GIRL FROM BEFORE! THERE IS NO WAY I AM PUTTING MY CREW IN THAT SORT OF DANGER AGAIN!"
"YOU'LL DO WHAT I SAY OR I'LL BE THE ONE WHO DESTROYS YOUR SHIP!" Mumm-Ra started to shout in a much more angry tone, before firing a warning shot right next to Hammerhand's feet. " THE NEXT BLAST WILL DESTROY YOUR SHIP IF YOU DON'T OBEY ME!"
"Alright, ALRIGHT WE'LL CAPTURE THAT PLANETEER FOR YOU!" Hammerhand started to shout. "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS? SURLY THEY WON'T JUST SIT BACK AND ALLOW THEIR TEAMMATE TO BE CAPTURED."
"THEY WILL BE OTHERWISED OCCUPIED. NOW GET TO WORK." Mumm-Ra stated as Hammerhand ordered his ship to come about and head back towards the beach near the Unicorn Keepers. "DO NOT FAIL ME HAMMERHAND, THIS IS YOURT LAST CHANCE." Mumm-Ra shouted as the image of Hammerhand's ship started to disappear from his cauldron's view.
After the image of Hammerhand's ship completely disappeared from Mumm-Ra's cauldron, he then started to look up at his statues of the Ancient Spirits of Evil. After a moment, he started to speak to them.
"Ancient Spirits of Evil." Mumm-Ra started to say. "Can you show me a way to finally defeat those miserable Thundercats and their new allies? There must be a way to stop them once and for all."
After a moment of silence, all of the statue's rock eyes started to glow red as they all started to speak.
"MUMM-RA." The statues started to say in their most divine tone. "WHY HAVE YOU CALLED US? WE HAVE ALREADY HELPED YOU ONCE BEFORE"
"Ancient Ones." Mumm-Ra started to answer back in his most concerned tone. "I need a sure fire way to defeat the Thundercats and the Planeteers just in case that my new allies fail me. Do you know of a way to finally defeat them."
"THERE IS A WAY TO DEFEAT ALL OF YOUR ENEMIES ONCE AND FOR ALL, BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO BRING THEM HERE TO THIRD EARTH."
"Bring who? And how will they help me achieve victory?"
"SILENCE MUMM-RA!" The ancient spirits shouted. "ONCE YOU BRING THEM HERE, THEY WILL HELP YOU TO DESTROY THE THUNDERCATS AND THEIR NEW ALLIES! JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T FAIL US! WE BROUGHT YOU BACK HERE AFTER YOUR DEFEAT ON NEW THUNDERA TO GIVE YOU ONE MORE CHANCE, DON'T MAKE US REGRET OUR DECISION!"
"I…I won't Ancient ones I won't. "Mumm-Ra replied while speaking in his most groveling tone. "Now please show me these new allies to bring here."
"VERY WELL." The ancient spirits replied as red laser beams shot out from the statues and struck the liquid inside the cauldron.
After a moment all of the smoke inside the cauldron started to disappear, while Mumm-Ra started to see the images of two people inside. One of which he had summoned once before and another person with powers about equal to his own.
"These two will do nicely." Mumm-Ra started to say while figuring out a way to bring them here if and when he needs their help. "If the Thundercats do manage to destroy the Warbot and if Wheeler is able to defeat the Berserkers, then I will bring these two here to finally destroy them all. HA HA HA HA."
As Mumm-Ra continued to laugh inside his home, only time will tell if the Thundercats and the Planeteers would be able to defeat their greatest challenges. And if they do, who is this new person that Mumm-Ra would have to summon to help destroy them, only time will tell.
As the Warbot is getting upgraded for the battle against the Thundercat's home, Wheeler will soon be walking into a trap. The greatest challenge for the Thundercats and the Planeteers has just begun.