Chapter 4:
The Terror of Hammerhand

‘Another good sleep.’ Peter thought as he woke up and began to do a few stretches so he was really ready to start the day. When he was about to head out the door the hero saw the new symbol on his chest. ‘Still can’t believe that to be real.’ He thought with a smile one his face, which was hid by the mask. He headed out the door, and to the kitchen.

“Our food supply is good, but perhaps we should see what this planet has to offer us rather than relying on the Berbils.” Tygra said to them once they were all at the table and were eating their Morning food.

“Sounds good, but I think some of us should stay here. Keep some of us in reserve if the Mutant or Mumm-Ra try something.” The mechanic suggested since that was the best option when dealing with them.

“I agree with Spikes here, so I’ll head out for new food.” Their latest member said to them while pulling his mask over his mouth and backflipped to the door. The team knew who he was talking about, but that still found it odd that he felt like giving them each a nickname.

“I better go with him. Should I run into any trouble I will signal for the rest of you.” The Lord of the Thundercats said to them and once done with his meal followed after the strange man.

“Hold on, Lion-O. You shouldn’t go anywhere without good ol reliable Snarf.” The red scaled one said after coming out of the kitchen once he heard what they were planning to do today. With them gone the others decided to check out the defense upgrades to Cat’s Lair.

“It’s great to away from our little home for a while.” A young unicorn said in it’s native tounge to two others as they were playing on a beach instead of deep in the forest.

“Yes, but we really should be heading back. You know how they like to make sure that we are safe.” An other unicorn said back. Being an older horned horse she knew of the danger outside that protected land.

“What’s that out there?” Their traveling companions said to them while looking out at the sea. The other two followed the vision and saw some sort of boat coming into view, and as soon as they could see it they fled due to lasers coming out of the figure head.

“We’re beached. We’re beached. We’re beached!” A hefty man on the ship said to his leader who was walking past him.

“At high tide, we’ll have plenty of water to float us off.” Their leader said before catching sight of a unicorn that got caught in some down vines. “But for now, there’s our Supper.” He said to them while pointing to their prize with his mechanical left arm.

“I’ll bring the net. I’ll bring the net. I’ll --.” The hefty one commented but was interrupted by his captain.

“Get it. Get it. Get it!” He bellowed to the eager member of his crew. As the excited one, and the others were prepping to leave their ship for food there was one on shore who saw the animal in a different light.

“Trouble! And no Lion-O.” Snarf, who went with the two, but got separated at some point, said as he saw the tangled unicorn. “That boy’s never around when I need him.” The alien said before running up to the creature. “Hold on, little fella. Take it easy. Old Snarf will get you out. Those guys don‘t look like they‘ve got friendly intentions. No, sir.” He said to calm the creature before biting the vines apart in order to free the creature.

“Hey, what going on?” The leader said once they made it to shore in their smaller boats. “What is that thing? That thing? That thing?” The leader questioned to the others to see if they knew what that new creature was.

“I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know.” One of his followers said as they watched the same sight as their captain. “But I’ll get it. Get it.” He said and then was ordered by the man he was speaking to do just that.

“Get it!” The bearded man bellowed causing all of them to charge at the two creatures before them.

“Run! Run! Snarf will distract them.” The rescuer said after pulling the last vine away, and saw the men charging at them. To help one another the two took off in two different directions. The excited one through his net at the unicorn, but missed due to the creature’s speed.

“Get the other one.” The leader ordered to his men before adding, “He looks a bit tough, but he’ll do for a snack.” The last word of his statement was caught by the fleaing feline-like creature.

“A snack? Snarf, a snack?” The creature said while stopping beside a rock, and balanced on his tail as he thought it what to do next. “Never! Drat! Snarf!” Snarf shouted all at once when the excited one snuck up on the other side of the rock and used a second net to catch the creature. “I’m too tough for a snack. And stringy. You’ll hate me. I’m indigestible. I’m-- I’m-- I’m captured that’s what I am.” He tried to be defiant in his net, but in a short while the creature knew that he was wasting his breath so he succumbed to his fate.

“We caught us a mighty strange fish.” One of them said once their were back on their ship - looking at the creature they had caught.

“You guys caught yourselves a load of trouble, that’s what you’ve caught.” Their prisinor said to them as he tried his luck of being defiant one last time. As he was being carried off the net gave way causing Snarf to hit the deck - butt first. The ship was still at the mercy of the shifting sea, so their prisoner slid to some supported crates, and slid backward - tipping over a bucket a fish they caught along with messed up their neat and orderly weapons that were standing at the ready on the surface of the boat.

“This creature will make a good beast of burden.” Their leader said to his men, giving their ‘food’ a different task. “Looks too unnatural to eat.” He added to make sure they knew not to eat the beast since he could not afford any of his men to get sick.

“A pack animal. A pack animal. A pack animal!” The eager one said, wanting the captain to see if there were more beasts of burden that looked like this one.

“I’ll have you know I’m Snarf…” The little creature said to the men before continuing with, “…valiant squire to Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats. And I am neither a pack animal or unnatural.” As he was saying that Snarf slowly made a grab for a mace, but no sooner than he reached the weapon then the captain smashed it flat with his metal arm. “Just kidding.” The red one said to the leader when his plan didn’t work.

“Hammerhand is the leader of the Berserkers, Berserkers, Berserkers, does not like jokes.” The excited one shouted to the creature while getting right in Snarf’s face. Hammerhand ignored the praise from his grunt, and got down to business.

“Load him up with our supplies. Let’s go find those tasty unicorns.” The leader of the Berserkers said to his men since he was still hungry for that kind of horse meat. “I’m hungry, hungry, hungry.” He said as he made his way to his personal quarters where he usually went as his men did all the prep work.

‘I sure hope big cat’s right about that.’ Spider thought while leaping through the trees as he recalled telling the leader that their third member got separated from them, but the red manned one swore that his old friend knew how to take care of himself, so the slinger simply dropped it.

“Something’s in trouble.” Lion-O said to his traveling companion and raced to the sound of the disturbance. When the duo got there they saw a big tree in the center of a clearing capturing something, but both were a little surprised by the second creature.

‘Is that a unicorn?’ Peter thought since even by knowing Thor and Queen Zerona along with Oberon the web-head has never seen one through those three ever. His concentration was brought back to the present by his partner.

“This doesn’t look like a very fair fight. And nothing to laugh at either.” The cat said before charging the tree with a face, and the masked warrior followed right behind him. “No, you don’t! Keep your evil branches yourself.” The swords-cat said while using his sword, in dagger form, to cut the branches that were coming at them.

“Not bad, but would go with something like: leaf her alone.” The web-spinner said while using his webbing to bundle up the living branches. Even with strength to rip the branches apart, when webbing wasn’t enough, and a sword to cut with the two still had to leap back.

‘Please help me.’ The unicorn thought as she gazed at the duo trying to save her. The heroes went after the hoarse instead of going for the tree. Using the same methods as the first time they were able to free the creature.

‘I’ll just have to eat you two instead.’ The tree thought as he continued to laugh at the humanoids in his branches. The two struggled in their bindings, but once in the air an idea struck them both.

“Big cat, try a sword power.” Spider said as he tried to muscle through the plant’s grip.

“Good call, Spider-Man.” The leader said and was about to do so until an overgrown crow snatched the weapon before he could do anything with it. “The Sword of Omens!” Lion-O shouted out when he landed on his feet while still being bound by the laughing tree. ‘At least I still have my claw shield.’ He thought before placing his left hand in it, and used the built-in claws to better cut out of the vines.

‘Better not tell the others that we almost got eaten my a Wizard of Oz talking tree reject.’ Parker thought once he and Lion-O were out of range of the branches.

“Looks like you’ll have to go on a diet for a while.” The swords-cat said which earned him a nod from his partner since he liked that line. It was then the two saw that the unicorn they saved earlier was watching the whole thing. “Are you all right? There, there, now. Everything’s fine.” The leader said to the innocent they saved.

“No Offense, I know from experience that saving lives is good, but how are we going to get the Sword of Omens back.” The wall-crawler asked while looking up at the sky.

“I have a way.” The unicorn neighed to them and allowed her horn to glow, but when the glow died down they saw a ring on the horn. The masked one signed that the cat should take it, he did, and once he placed it on his right ring finger the item glowed. After beating the ground the two saw the sky become a navy blue.

‘Here goes something.’ The feline thought as he felt himself vanishing. Lion-O found himself on the bird’s back.

‘You don’t think I don’t feel you.’ The bird thought and started to shake him off in the air. When that didn’t work the bird tried a low to the ground dive, but the feathered one could still feel the creature on his back.

“Nice try, but you can’t shake me.” The red manned one said to the bird before trying something of his own on for sides. “Now it’s time to land.” He said after the bird flew through several tree branches. The swords-cat grabbed the handle of the sword with is right hand, and the blade with his gloved left hand; when he saw a clearing down below he flipped off the bird (which opened its beak) followed by a mid-air flip to land on his feet. “Thanks for the lift.” Lion-O said to the creature that flew away.

“Nice moves I give you a ten out of ten for the whole show.” The honorary member said in his usual comedic style as he was following on the ground through out the whole thing. He got to the lion’s side when the eye began to glow.

“The Eye of Thundera! A Thundercat’s in danger. Sword of Omens give me sight beyond sight. “ He said causing the hilt to curl around his eyes, and he saw two distinct images. “Another unicorn, and Snarf captured. We’ve got to get to that beach.” The leader said and ran off after shelthing the sword in the shield, and placing the sword to his waist.

‘Normally I would make a jab over what he said earlier about Snarf, but I really don’t want to see how strong that shield of his is.’ Peter thought and chased after him. The two ran, not knowing that they were heading to someone’s personal property.

“We are missing two. The others have returned.” Al elderly man said to his beloved who was combing a unicorn mane as the horse drank from the brook.

“I do not like it when they wander beyond the forest.” The female humanoid said to her husband, and he saw the worry in her face. “Our world is changing.” She said to him even though she knew that he too has seen those strange meteors that crashed a month or so back.

“Yes, it is becoming once again…” The man said back to her while sitting on a nearby big rock before continuing with, “…a dangerous place for unicorns.” He recalled all the poachers they had in this area in his younger days.

“It is our job to guard them.” She reminded him while casting a calm look to the one that took a break from drinking.

“And keep them from harm.” The male said to her, letting her know that he had done forgotten their duties to these creatures.

“And so we shall.” She said back to him, promising him that she will stay by his side as they continued to guard these creatures. It was then the unicorns, and their keepers heard hurried hoof beats heading straight to them.

“And what is this? The little one has finally returned.” The male guardian questioned and stated as the young unicorn stopped before the female guardian who seemed to be happy that one of two have returned.

“And she is obviously troubled.” The woman guardian stated as she saw the fear in the young one’s eyes. With that the creature tried to explain her day to them - of her new friend, but could see that they could not understand her.

“How the mighty have fallen. Snarf, a beast of burden.” The lizard/cat said after the berserkers went back to land and had him carry all of their stuff on his back.

“Faster, you overgrown hairball. You’re holding us up.” The eager berserker shouted to their new pack mule. The two went in the same way as the unicorn did when the men captured the alien instead, and after a while the eager one saw something in the sand. “Foot prints. Foot prints. Foot prints.” He said to the others.

“To follow, follow, follow.” Hammerhand said to the others as they stopped to see the path of prints.

“There, there, there.” The eager one said as he pointed to the trail, which went into the forest. “Unicorns. There will be many, many, many.” He said and could hear his stomach roar in anticipation of the chow even though he knew his captain got first dibs and the rest of them got the leftovers.

“Yes. Yes. Yes!” Hammerhand shouted as he smashed a tree that was in the way on his way of the trail. On the other side of the forest the heroes were still trying to find the closest beach, so they could save their friend.

“Cool. I landed further than you.” Spider-Man said as the two leapt off a small hill, and he was the victor. The arachnid quickly turned around once he felt a poke in the back, and it was then the lion and the spider saw eleven unicorns and two elders.

“Keep back.” The male humanoid said with his staff pointed at the both of them.

“Or we shall cast a spell on the two of you.” The female humanoid said with her staff on them as well. Due to his comedic nature, and feeling that these people wouldn’t trust the word of a man hiding his face Parker let Lion-O do the talking.

“Wait. There is one more unicorn, and she is safe.” The feline said to them, and the second man nodded to his claim, but the two were still weary of the strangers.

“How do you know this?” The woman questioned to them not letting her guard down in the slightest.

“I am Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats, and this is Spider-Man: honorary Thundercat. We mean you no harm.” The red manned one said to the two of them, and received another nod from the masked man. We came upon your unicorn in the forest and freed her from a tree monster.” The swords-cat explained on how they knew the unicorn was well. “Behold for yourselves.” He said as he unsheathed his sword, and added, “Sword of Omens, give me sight beyond sight.” The bars curled again, but this time fed the image of the unicorn rescue to the humanoids instead of its weilder.

“He either speaks the truth…” The man said to his wife after the stranger sheathed his sword, and added, “…or he is a magician.” Since to him what they saw was something that only a magician could do.

“Neither of us are magicians. We seek a nearby beach and our companion, the Snarf.” Lion-O said to them, and no sooner than he said the name of his former overseer the unicorn behind the two started to act up.

“Well, what do you know big cat, I think the unicorn has made a friend by that name.” Spider-Man said since he could not stand being quiet for very long.

“Yes, the little one has seen your Snarf. Apparently he came to her aid.” The female guardian said to the two men before her. “How can we help you?” She questioned since she though it best to return that debt now, but before he could say anything a new voice was heard.

“Unicorns. Unicorns. Unicorns!” The voice shouted three times over before the owner of the vice became visible. “A small boy and a white eyed demon is with them.” A strange Viking-like man said as he and several others came into the clearing.

“Snarf!” Lion-O shouted when he spotted his old friend, ignoring the creature’s laughter and ran right to the lizard/cat.

“Oh, so you know each other.” The strange man said after hearing the name and the gesture to the boy before him. “Bad. Bad. Bad!” He said since he knew that the beast of burden could be used as a bargining chip.

“You’re so called ‘Snarf’ will fall to the hammerhand of Hammerhand…” The eager one said before continuing with, “…if you do not lower your sword.” It was then their pack mule realized something.

‘This guy is right beside me, and I am carrying a lot of heavy stuff, so…” The friend of the Thundercats thought before tipping the stuff to his right - burying the boot liker of Hammerhand under all their belongings. “Hammer away. The Snarf is ready.” Snarf said after racing and hiding behind Lion-O’s right leg, and Spider-Man’s left leg.

“A boy, a demon, and their dog…” The leader of the berserkers shouted as he walked over to the pile and picked up his shield befor finishing with, “…are no match for Hammerhand.” This was starting to get to the masked one.

‘Okay, I’ve met and dealt with a lot of crazies, but none of them say the same thing tree times in a row. I know I’ve only heard it once, but I have a feeling that it is going to get real old real fast.’ The hero thought before seeing Lion-O enhance his sword.

“Ho!” He shouted to change his weapon from dagger mode to sword mode. This astonished the new people, but the feeling quickly wore off on Hammerhand. “Take cover with your flock.” The lion ordered to the kind elders before going into battle.

“You play nice with Hammer-Man, and I’ll play with his other friends.” Spider-Man said and leapt over their leader to get at the grunts. The Berserker leader ignored the demon and focused on the boy.

“You are no match for the Sword of Omens.” Lion-O said to the leader before dodging the punch, and was easily able to swing the shield from the villian’s hand. That did not stop the opposing warrior though as he tried to punch the youth who blocked it with his sword.

‘I knew I shouldn’t have installed those pain receptors into my arm.’ Hammerhand thought before attacking him five more times with the same result, but on the sixth he was able to jar the sword from the cat’s hand.

‘Got to reach it.’ Lion-O thought when the blade fell to the ground with the blade in the Earth, but when he attempted Hammerhand cut him off.

“What now, child?” The Berserker questioned in a confident manner. The older man tried another punch, but his opponent leapt over him causing him to fall face first in the brook.

‘Now it finish this.’ Lion-O thought before seeing Spider-Man web Hammerhand where he was.

“Sorry, but it was the fastest way to deal with him.” The masked one apologized since he knew the safety of the ones behind them was what’s more important. It was then the two heard the voice of their friend.

“Snarf! Serves me right for just sitting around watching.” The lizard/cat said as he found himself in a net again.

“Let him loose, loose, loose!” The least damaged Berserker shouted to the two of them before adding, “Or your shaggy friend will feel my mace.” The duo knew that they could not risk the heath of their friend so Lion-O walked over and cut Hammerhand free.

“I should go berserk, and finish you two off now…” The leader said to the two, once Lion-O retreated back to where Spider-Man stood, but then finished with, “…but I’ll settle for this little one.” The warriors had to watch as another berserker lossoed the child of the unicorns.

“Let’s get them.” Spider whispered to his friend when they saw the unicorn being dragged over to them, but the their foes were more on the ball then either of them gave them credit for.

“Don’t tempt me.” The one holding Snarf challenged, and the two let them go for their friend’s safety.

“We thank you for trying to protect us.” The female guardian said to the both of them when the coast was clear. “At least the other ones are safe.” She added to her first comment as a way of making them feel better.

“We will find them and return your baby to you.” The cat promised them as he shrunk his sword and put it back in the claw shield. “I swear by the code of Thundera.” He said to them with his free right open up to them, and it was then the duo saw the ring and were amazed.

“The ring.” The male guardian pointed out.

“No man has ever worn that ring.” The female explained to the two. “Go. And may it aid in your journey…” She said, but stopped to hold his hands before finishing with, “…magician friend. And jester friend.” The two nodded and followed after the two. When they found the beach the warriors saw that the thieves were almost to the boat.

“They’re leaving. We’ll have to catch up with them somehow.” The lion said before spotting a boat over by some rocks. They were in a hurry so nether of them checked for any damage - they just took it out to sea.

‘That won’t do.’ The human thought and gummed up a hole with some webbing as Lion-O paddled them out. As they were on their way the patch job failed on them halfway through.

“Time to abandon ship.” The Lord of the Thundercats said to his partner when he noticed the water coming in fast forcing the both of them to dive into the ocean. As they swam to the ship the tides were forcing both of them into a water vortex. ‘Must fight it.’ The cub at heart thought as the current kept dragging them away. ‘Got to go on. Too powerful.’ He continued to think as they both went under.

‘That battleaxe. If I could just reach…over…” Snarf suggested to the unicorn as he saw the weapon in question in the cargo bay of the boat: where the berserkers have tied both of them up, but he had to stop when the lid to the stairs opened up.

‘Hmmm? They’re still here.’ The berserker thought as he saw both of their prizes still tied up down below.

“Nice weather we’re having. Except for the fog.” Snarf said to the man looking down at them.

“Shut, shut, shut up your yap, unnatural one.” The berserker said while dropping a couple of sacks into the holding area. As soon as he left Snarf went back to work of getting free.

‘I can help.’ The young unicorn thought as she saw the effort the strange creature was putting into getting the weapon. It was then the hoofed one stood up, and tapped her horn on the handle of the weapon causing it to fall on his tail. In no time they were free, but they were still trapped.

“Once we’re in the water, we’ll be safe. The friend to the Thundercats said to his new friend while lifting the lid to see if there was anyone around, and there wasn’t any. “Except I don’t much like water.” He added as they left their holding area, and made their way to one side of the boat. “And there’s an awful lot of cold water down there too.” He pointed out while resting on the wooden guardrail and looking at the waves below.

“Now see what you made me do, do, do!” Hammerhand shouted to the two after slamming his fist on a different spot of the guardrail which frightened the leather one into falling and breaking a piece off.

‘I can breath down here.’ Spider thought with all his senses saying that he still underwater. He saw Lion-O’s ring finger shining and knew that their new gift was due to that ring, and without thinking the both of them continued to swing to the ship.

‘An intruder?’ The captain thought when he saw the lifeboat start to sway and knew that someone was climbing up the rope, so he hid behind the main mast. “These whelps again?” He questioned when he saw the red manned one and the red masked one come aboard.

“Ho!” Lion-O shouted when the both of them leaped out of the way, so his sword could change to sword mode.

“I’ll hammer you two into the deck…” The leader taunted and finished his taunt with, “…like a couple of rusty nails.” They leapt out of the way again and he broke a section of the boat himself.

“Here I’ll give you a line.” Parker said to his friend by firing a line to the crows nest and let Lion-O grab hold of it. The cat used the gift to kick a few of them before landing on the guardrail, but he soon had to pull himself to a flag mast.

‘Have to make sure that they can’t set sail.’ Lion-O thought and cut a rope that was keeping one of their sails tied to the top of a mast.

‘Get down here, and fight me!’ Hammerhand thought and punched the mast the cat was on, knowing that one can handle his punches, which the vibrations caused the cat to fall and land before the berserker.

‘This is one determined fighter.’ He thought before dodging most of his blows. Spider, who was on crowd control, saw white stuff coming out of three barrels behind Lion-O.

“Please be something normal like milk or rum, and not something weird like Wale urine.” He muttered before web throwing the energetic one into six others causing a bowling effect. “Strike.” He shouted before seeing Hammerhand climbing after his friend. ‘Don’t think so.’ He thought and fired a line at the man’s ankle and gave it a little pull.

‘Don’t have time for you.’ The leader thought before kicking his leg causing the holder to slam into a few barrles. No sooner than he hit the wooden containers did he see that several berserkers surrounded him.

‘Guess what Wolverine said to me is true if you let your guard down that average punks will get cocky and try to attack you in force.’ The web-head thought before going back to work.

“Call for help, Lion-O. The other Thundercats.” Snarf shouted up at his friend only to loss his balance and fall in the water.

‘Little friend.’ The young unicorn thought before following him. The Lord of the Thundercats saw this and decided to act on it.

“Hang on, Snarf! I’m coming for you!” The lion promised before shrinking his sword, put the dagger in his mouth and then dove in after them.

‘Can’t let them die.’ Spider-Man thought before diving in after him since the hero did not want to seem like a heel. The two saw that their friends were fine, but when they both looked up at the ship neither of them liked what they saw.

“Uh-oh. We can’t handle this from the water.” Lion-O said to the rest of them before activating the sword’s special power. “Thunder, thunder, thunder Thundercats Ho!” He chanted causing the symbol to fire into the sky.

“The Thundercat signal.” Panthro commened when their logo could be seen back at the lair. “Get in, Cheetara.” He said to the spotted one, who was going out for a jog, while pointing to the Thundertank beside him. She did as he requested and they drove off. Along the way the female got into the back, opened the doors and stood ready by the tri-cannon.

“It’s coming from out there.” The speed creature pointed out when they stopped at a beach.

“Right by that very unfriendly looking ship.” Panthro said as he noticed that evil looking vessel next to the signal.

“I hope we can swim out there in time.” She said to her friend since she believed the scavenger of the team built this machine only for land terrain.

“Stay in your seat, Cheetara. Made a small modification on the old tank last week…that I forgot to tell you about” The driver instructed, and informed her. Once she was seated he retracted the tri-cannon and closed the doors before sealing himself in a glass dome. He then reversed a bit, drove forward, and with a little help from the claws leapt into the water.

“Anything this kitty car can’t do?” Cheetara chuckled to her friend when their under sea drive was done by surfacing and opening the tri-blaster doors.

“It’s user-friendly, it is.” He said to her since this machine has done everything the panther requested of it. It was then they both heard a rattle of sorts.

“Sounds like it could use a tune-up though,” The spotted one pointed out to her friend. He heard her, but the cat knew what a bad sound was, and he knew that sound was not mechanical in nature. He then opened the jaws of the tank and a couple of wish, that got sucked in during their drive, flew out.

“Sorry about that.” He said to the fish that gave him a ticked facial expression before swimming away. The two then got serious and headed for the evil themed ship.

“Panthro, step on it.” Cheetara said as she saw on the screen, attached to the cannon station that their friends were still in danger, so he closed the doors, sealed his half, and dove into the water.

‘Great, the sea’s starting to get rough again.’ Peter thought, but all of a sudden he saw the fangs of the Thundertank coming out of the water. He clung to the left side of the tank, Lion-O the right, and Snarf sat in the mouth.

“Panthro, the baby unicorn in the water. Hurry!” The young lord said to the driver before climbing into the front passenger seat while Spider-Man climbed into the open back. The panther turned around and was able to save the baby in question before the berserkers were able to spear it down.

“I will broil them. Broil them. Broil them!” The boot licker shouted and used the beam weapons in the skull head figure head at the machine. Cheetara used the tri-cannon on the ship’s side, private quarters of Hammerhand, and the figure head.

‘Wonder if he gave up.’ Peter thought before old fashioned cannon shells from a new kind of cannonball cannon answered his question. Lion-O used the laser hidden in the hood in the lid, but was denied my Hammerhand’s hand.

‘This should do the trick.’ Panthro thought as he began to drive in circles around the ship. “Get below! Or hang on!” The builder shouted to the men on the ship as he made the Thundertank go faster and faster. The ocean soon went with his plan and help sink the berserker’s ship.

“It worked, Panthro. They’re gone.” Lion-O said when the tides calmed down. Once the coast was clear the gray furred one opened the mouth to let the non fighters join the rest of them.

“That ought to keep them from trying any more raids for a while.” Snarf said as he climbed the machine’s left arm to reach the rest of them. The lizard/cat used Spider-Man ‘s shoulder for his stopping point while the unicorn stood behind the spotted one.

“Pirates, are they?” The female questioned to the little one.

“They’re called Berserkers, berserkers, berserkers.” Snarf answered her while throwing in the other two ‘berserkers’ just to mock them.

“What a strange name.” She answered back since these beings did not live up to the definition of the word.

“That’s only because you never met them up close.” The cat faced one pointed out to her since he and the unicorn did.

“Panthro, first stop is the Unicorn Forest.” The leader said to the driver since he wanted to return the young one where she truly belonged. As soon as he said that they all heard a very happy neigh from the creature in the back.

‘Not sure where that is, but I trust you to guide me.’ Panthro thought and followed his leader’s directions with ease. Once they were on the beach again Lion-O left with the baby, Snarf, and Spider-Man since the unicorns have met all three of them.

“Couldn’t we go home for lunch first, Lion-O?” Snarf questioned when the four entered the forest.

“Oh, this should take long.” He assured his old friend.

“All that heavy work gave me an appetite.” The smallest of the group said to them; praying that they would listen to him.

“No offense, Snarf, but I’ve hung out with you guys long enough to know that you get hungry for just taking a nap.” The web-slinger said with a sense of comedy in his tone. They heard a rustle of leaves behind them, and when they turned to see who it was the baby was already by the creature’s side.

“Is that the one you’re looking for?” Snarf questioned to his old charge as the three males saw an adult sized unicorn standing there with the baby by her side.

“Yes, it is.” He answered back and decided to return the creature’s gift. “Thanks for giving me your ring.” He said while taking it off his finger. “By stopping to help you…” He started to say before walking over and sliding it on her horn, and finished his sentence, “…I ended up helping myself and my friends.” The three men waved them good-bye as they headed back to their family.

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