Mind of a Child -- Chapter 4
Hey everyone. I see I didn't post Chapter 3 over here. It'll be up in a few minutes. :) Chapter 4 That momentary lapse was all it took before the litah’s brain kicked back into action. She turned to Mari and said, “Go to the library. Get my brother and my father.” Quickly the younger girl left the room and Sahara picked up the radio. “Cat’s Lair to ThunderTank. Come in ThunderTank.” “Tyler here, Cat’s Lair. Go ahead.” “We have a serious problem. A giant animal is headed for Cat’s Lair. Do all you can to stay away until further notice.” Sahara relayed. “Stay away? You need help. I’m not sitting on my butt waiting for something bad to happen to you. See you in twenty minutes. ThunderTank out.” With that Tyler hung up on her. Sahara shook her head at the pumiger’s behavior. Never before had he disobeyed a direct order. The control room doors opened to reveal Mari, Leo, Lion-O, and the two snarfs. “Thank Jaga.” She sighed. She could hear the growl of the Sword of Omens; it knew there was trouble. “What am I supposed to do? The Sword is going nuts.” Lion-O’s look of fear and confusion was warranted. “Remove it from the Claw Shield. Call the ThunderCats.” Leo told him. The younger minded lion picked the Sword from its resting place and it shocked him violently. A blinding flash of light struck those in the room as Lion-O did one of the things he did best. “Thunder… thunder… thunder… ThunderCats HO!!!!!” As the words escaped from his lips his tone grew deeper and his eyes glowed. “What in Thundera just happened?” He asked his kids. “More on that later. We have a more serious situation.” Sahara pointed to the screen and the large gruesome creature on it. In a moment the room was full of ThunderCats. Unfortunately they weren’t as lucky as the lion had been. “What are you doing Lion-O? You’re going to get us into trouble.” Cheetara scolded. “Too late for that.” Panthro spoke up and pointed to the computer. They all stared at it wondering what to do next. “The ThunderGuard has to have seen the creature and the Cat Signal. They’ll be here any minute. In the meantime, Leo and I will head up to the gun bays. Have them meet us up there. Sahara, keep everyone in here. They’ll be safer.” Lion-O issued his command and everyone followed it. “Great, I get stuck babysitting while my younger brother goes off to fight.” The litah was not pleased. “You can use the Catapult. That’s ten times cooler than the stupid laser guns anyway.” Mari pointed out. “No way, I want to use it.” Panthet stuck his nose in. “Oh no you don’t. Sahara is to use it. Now come here Panthet.” Snarf put his old nursemaid skills to good use. The young panion made a face and went over to Snarf. “I hope the ThunderGuard gets here soon.” Mari said nervously. “No time to wonder about them. Be my second in command. I’ll aim, you fire.” Sahara smiled. “Yes ma’am.” Mari saluted and quickly took her seat. “Gun One to control room. Come in control room.” Lion-O’s voice could be heard over the radio. “Control Room here. Go ahead.” His daughter replied. “Fire on my signal.” The lion instructed. Quickly, Sahara aimed the Catapult and motioned for Mari to prepare the missiles. “Fire!” Came the command. With that lasers and missiles shot into the air striking their target. The smoke cleared and the creature continued onward toward the Lair. “Fire at will!” Lion-O shouted into the radio. His command was obeyed as the ThunderGuard began to take up their positions at the other guns. Mumm-Ra chuckled back at the onyx pyramid as he watched the scene unfold. There was something the ThunderCats didn’t know about the creature that attacked them. “By the time they realize that lasers and missiles won’t work, it’ll be too late and my creature will have destroyed them. Only Thundrainum will weaken my monster.” Another evil laugh escaped his lips knowing that the ThunderCats were done for. To Be Continued…