Ties That Bind -- Chapter 6
Two chapters in one weekend! I'm on a role. ;)Chapter 6
Lion-O sat at Cat’s Lair’s control panels and scanned the area to see how much the storm had affected New Thundera. Some places were buried while others had only a few inches. The Thunder Guard had been dispatched to help those that could dig themselves out but other than that there didn’t seem to be any other problems. No reports of lost power or large objects blocking roadways, so all and all they had been lucky. The control room doors opened up and he turned to see Cheetara saunter in.
“What is it babe?” He asked as the look on the cheetah’s face told him something was wrong.
“Well nothing much if you consider the fact that Panthro hasn’t been doing his duties today. I went to drop off lunch for the guys in the hangar and Ben-Gali tells me that the panther seems to be a little out to lunch. He’s getting things wrong that normally wouldn’t even cause a hiccup and it’s taking them twice as long to fix Leanna’s ship.” His mate remarked.
“Hmmm sounds like we have one distracted panther.” The Lord of the ThunderCats raised an eyebrow.
“More like a love sick panther.” Cheetara corrected him.
“Pardon?” Her mate questioned.
“Well Tygra says he spent almost an hour and a half with Leanna while she ate a meal and the two of them really seemed to hit it off. Panthro told her that as soon as he was done for the day, he’d come back and visit her.” She explained.
“Oh I see. Well I guess I’d better go have a chat with him. The Kittens are due for their turn monitoring everything so I’ll go talk to him soon. Anything else I should know about?” Lion-O wondered. Cheetara pulled herself close to him and smiled.
“Just hurry back after your talk. I miss you.” She told him. The cheetah then planted a sound kiss on his lips. When they parted she turned and left the room, swaying her hips.
“Sweet Berbil fruit.” He murmured. Just then the ThunderKittens walked into the control room.
“Anything we should know about?” WilyKat asked.
“Everything seems to be under control. I’ll be down in the hangar if you need me.” Lion-O said clearing this throat.
“Ok.” Both of the teenaged twins shrugged and plopped themselves down in the command chairs. The Lord of the ThunderCats took off for the hangar hoping that he could get Panthro back on track fast.
Gorlock watched from his hiding place on the wall. It was obvious that Lion-O and Cheetara were deeply in love and that two of the cubs that he saw earlier had to belong to them. A committed family man and leader of his people yet nothing bad seemed to jump out.
There has to be a way to turn the cheetah’s love to hate, he thought to himself. Quickly the fly left his spot and decided to visit the hangar for more juicy tidbits.
Lion-O strode into the hangar to find Panthro, Ben-Gali, and Snarfer arguing over something. Letting out a heavy sigh, the lion interrupted them.
“What in the name of Jaga is going on in here?” This made the three turn to their leader.
“We can’t get agreement over the repair to the side panel. Snarfer and I think we should reinforce the steel with more steel but Panthro think we should just replace the panels all together.” The white tiger spoke up.
“Replacing the panels would be faster and they would be more reliable.” Panthro argued.
“We don’t have enough panels to do that with. We’d have to manufacture some and that would take longer because the steel factory won’t be getting any raw material shipments until the weather and the roads clears.” Ben-Gali retorted.
“All right, that’s enough. What happened to handling this like we normally do? Since when do we argue? I suggest you use the safest method to replace the side panels. Tygra informed me that Leanna has a concussion and won’t be able to leave for at least two weeks. In that time I’m sure you can do what is necessary. Now I want you all to focus and get back to work.” Lion-O stressed the words ‘you’ and ‘all’ hoping to get his message across. Shaking his head, the Lord of the ThunderCats turned and walked out of the hangar.
Unrest amongst the Cats; this maybe easier than I thought, Gorlock smirked to himself as he watched the chaos below. The one they call Leanna seems to be the root of the disturbances that will be the key to bringing these miserable do-gooders to their knees. With that the fly took off looking for the lioness.
To Be Continued…
Two chapters in one weekend! I'm on a role. ;)