Ties That Bind -- Chapter 15
Things get a little more interesting in this chapter. Hope you like it. :)Chapter 15
Lion-O paced around the bedchamber, trying to make his decision. He and Cheetara had spent most of the night talking and yet both were unable to come up with which option they preferred. Soon the sun’s rays would lighten the far horizon and warm Cat’s Lair, bringing Tygra to the room to tell them what was going to happen.
“Please stop pacing. It’s not helping.” Cheetara spoke up.
“I’m sorry, I just can’t sit still while I’m accused of something I did not do.” The lion stopped pacing and sat himself down on the bed next to his wife.
“No matter what Tygra says when he comes in, we’re in this together.” She told him as she leaned into his shoulder. He gave a nod and kissed the top of her head. A knock on the door brought them from their pleasant moment.
“Enter.” Lion-O called. The door opened revealing their expected arrival, however the look on his face didn’t instill much comfort.
“I’m sorry but Leanna still wants to press charges. Despite what happened yesterday in the council room, I could not convince her otherwise.” Tygra informed them.
“So then I will do the only thing that will not tarnish the name of the ThunderCats. I will resign.” The lion said.
“Very well, I will alert the others and set up the press conference for later this afternoon.” The new Lord of the ThunderCats responded. Everything seemed to be in order but that’s when the tiger moved his hand behind his head and pulled out a sword.
“You do understand I will still have to kill you.” Tygra’s voice changed and he brought the sharp weapon down towards the two ThunderCats. Lion-O acted quickly and pushed Cheetara away from him as the blade came down on the bed and sliced right through it. The lion reached for his own sword only to realize that he no longer had it in his possession.
“Nice try cub but I have only begun.” Again the fake Tygra brought his sword up and swiped it at Lion-O. Once again he was able to dodge the attack but he knew that he couldn’t keep this up long. The bedchamber was small and he was running out of room.
“Lion-O!” Cheetara threw her bo-staff to her mate so he would at least have something to defend himself with. Grabbing the special pole, he shouted back to her.
“Get the others!” The cheetah gave a quick nod and before the hired assassin could stop her she was gone.
“It won’t matter, even if she gets them, you’ll be dead.” The attacker smirked and tried to skewer the lion.
“Who sent you or should I not even bother to guess?” Lion-O dodged the move and used the bo-staff to smack the fake tiger upside the head.
“Let’s just say my boss doesn’t like you very much.” “Tygra” told him and made another slashing motion. This time he struck pay dirt as blood began to flow from the lion’s arm. Luckily Lion-O had been on the move otherwise his arm would be missing from the elbow down.
“I bet that hurt but not as much as when I remove your head from your shoulders.” The assassin laughed before catching Cheetara’s bo-staff in his gut.
“I wouldn’t count me out just yet.” Lion-O said.
“Especially since he has back up.” The real Tygra answered as he entered the bedchamber followed by Cheetara, Ben-Gali, Pumyra, and Panthro.
“Ah so I get to fight the whole crew, well all the more for me to kill.” Gorlock smirked as he shape shifted into his normal form.
“Holy…” Ben-Gali murmured before looking to his pregnant wife. She shook her head and grabbed her sling. She wasn’t about to back down. The white tiger nodded and pulled out his Hammer of Thundera. The others followed suit pulling out their weapons.
“You really think that those puny things can stop me?” Gorlock questioned.
“Yes, they’ve never failed us before, especially this one.” Tygra pulled the Sword of Omens from the Claw Shield and shouted,
“Catch!” Lion-O grabbed the most powerful ThunderCat weapon. The Eye of Thundera roared as if it was thankful to be back in its master’s hand.
“HO!!!!!!” The Sword extended to its full length and let out a blast of blue energy, which hit Gorlock in the chest. Surprisingly, it didn’t seem to have much effect on the seven-foot tall monster.
“That tickled.” Mumm-Ra’s slave laughed his evil laugh.
“Then you’ll enjoy this.” Panthro charged at the creature, his nun-chucks swirling and thoughts of Leanna racing through his head. He would uphold the lioness’ honor at any cost.
To Be Continued…
Things get a little more interesting in this chapter. Hope you like it. :)