NOTE: Remember, this is fan fiction. Don’t take it seriously.
The Thundercats were created by the late Ted Wolf and are trademarks of him,
Rankin-Bass productions and LORIMAR Television. I didn’t create these characters,
I claim no credit, so please don’t sue me.

Takes place after: My Hands

With that said and done, on with the show!

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Twist of Fate
1) Connections
AJ Angel

Darkness. Silence. Lonliness. This is what she had and plently of it. There was also pain.
She looked up and saw the glint of silver chains. She was back in the shackles again...but
how did she get there? Her head was fuzzy and it didn't help that her hair kept getting in
her face to tickle her nose which anoyed her. She was dressed at least. She could feel her
favorite outfit of crop top, suspenders, shorts, mini skirt, and claf boots hugging her damp
body. There was also a cape, and she could hear water dripping on the floor far below. She
shivered slightly, the wetness made her cold...or was it that the room it self was cold?
Did it really matter? She shivered again and tried to figure out where she was but it was just
to dark. She had to remember how she got there. She began to think back...to all that
happened...

It was a peacefull day on 3rd Earth (for once), and Angel was lying down on a hill alone
watching the sun set. She knew that she shouldn't be out alone with the Mutants and the
Lunatacs still roaming free. Angel sighs at that thought. She had been in that dimension for
alomst a month now, and she was getting back to normal. She was almost back to her old happy
self...and would have to return to the madness back home. She began to wonder how she was going
to handle it now that her repreave was almost over with. Angel sits up and wacthes the sun
slowly sink behind the horizon while saying a silent prayer for all of those back home. Behind
her, an portal opens. Angel turns to see who it is and gasps.
"You!" she says. The girl smiles.
"I'm glad that you still remember me sister. Now, can we go where it's safe?" she asked.
"Sure," Angel said and took her to the lair.

Back at the Lair, the guest sits at the counsel table next to Angel.
"So Anya, what brings you here?" Lion-o asked.
"I have come to take Angel back with me," Anya said. Angel looked at her.
"What if I'm not ready to go?" Angel said.
"But I am. I want to go home. Do you have any idea how long I've been in Buffyverse?"
"Anya, time passes diffrently between the dimensions." Anya raised an eyebrow.
"Really?"
"Yes." Anya tookt his into consideration.
"I guess I can stay a bit longer," she said.
"Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you," Angel said, hugging her sister. Anya
smiled at this, telling that she was not really ready to go back.
"So, what's been happening in Buffyverse?" Angel asked, and Anya smiled coyly as she told
everyone about her visit to Buffyverse.

Meanwhile, Mummra was watching the whole thing in his cualdron.
"So, both of them are here now. And one of them seems to be in a hurry to leave. Maybe we can
put this to our advantage. Eh Marrmutt?" Mummra asked his ghastly dog who barked back an reply
that only he understood. Mummra then turns back to the cauldron and notices that Anya is doing
something diffrent now and wonders what's going on.

Anya was just explaing how everyone had an element power that stood out more than the other
elements in them. And she was going around reading everyone's auras to tell what their strong
element was.
"Lion-O...Fire. Cheetara...air. Tygra...Air. Snarf...water. Wiley kit and Wilet Kat...water,"
Anya said, going around the room. She took her time reading the auras because not only do
auras tell what is your strong element, it tells about your past and past lives and Anya was
sifting through all that to find what they wanted to know. But when she got to Panthro, she
stopped and dropped her jaw.
"Anya?" Angel asked. Anya looked from Angel to Panthro and back again for a minuet. This was
really confussing everyone.
"Okay, this really freaky," Anya said.
"Anya, what is it?" Kit asked, worried. Anya luaghed a bit.
"You two have the same soul," Anya said, pointing at Angel and Panthro.
"What!" they both shouted.
"Hey Ang, he's your future self," Anya said, looking at Angel. Angel's face went pale and she
began to faint.
"Angel!" Anya and Tygra shout. Tygra quickly moves and catches her before she hits her head on
the floor.
"Oh gods," Anya moaned as Tygra roused her away with some smelling salts that Cheetara had
grabbed.
"Mmmm. Ty?" she asked. Everyone let out a breath of relief.
"I had the weirdest dream. Anya had said..." Angel said as she looked from Tygra to Anya and
Panthro. She stopped talking when she saw the shocked look on Panthro's face.
"Oh gods...it wasn't a dream," Angel moaned.

Menawhile, Mummra was lauging his wrappings off at the whole thing.
"Can you believe that MarrMutt? That girl is Panthro's former life!" Mummra said, laughing
horiibly once again. Marr Mutt barked his laughs at the whole thing.
"Well then Marr Mutt," Mummra said, when he was fianlly able to stop laughing.
"This means that we have another reason to hate those two, don't we?" Mummra said. Marr Mutt
barked once more, showing hsi agreement.
"I think we should come up with something special for those two...now, what can we do?" Mummra
mused and began to think.

'That's right! Anya said we had the same soul!' she thought. She remebered now that she was
Angel. She was from a diffrent Earth and was on a vaction to recoup her mind from terrorist
attacks in her world. She wanted to help out back home...but not her mind was in shambles.
Angel then thought back to that night.

"What?" Panthro asked, a little surprised.
"Yes! This is my fourth life, I was born on the Fourth, and my lucky number is four," Angel said.
She was still in the counsel room telling Panthro about her life and her past three lives.
Panthro leaned back in his chair in astonishment. So far he knew this:

Life one was spent as an Egyptian daughter of the pharoh's sorcerer. In that life, she and Anya
had been sisters. Then one day people vanihsed and died...Angel had been one of them.
Life two was spent in medevil England as the daughter of a Lord. With no say over her life,
she was forced into a marrage and was unhappy. She met her end one day when she accidently
fell out an window (which Angel is very suspicious about).
Life three was spent in WW2 America as Elisa. That life Angel was still exploring, but she knew
so far that she did get narried and had a son...and that her sister Nancy had died while still
young.

Panthro still couldn't believe that in a past life that he was Angel.
"I'm surprised that you don't have any memeories from thos epast lives," Angel said after
a moment of silence. Panthro remeber how when Angel showed the images of what was happening in
her realm seemed fmailar...now he kknew why.
"I know," Panthro said.
"What about your dreams?" Angel asked. Panthro looked at her.
"Huh?"
"Dreams aren't just journies to other worlds. They are also windows to your past...weither it
be this life or the ones before. I've had a few dreams that showed me stuff from my second and
third life," Angel said. Panthro thought back to all the odd dreams he had. The ones that
stuck out in his mind was when he was in places he never knew, talking with people he never
met.
"Ever since we came to this planet, I've been having weird dreams," Panthro finally admitted.
"What kind?" Angel asked, and listen carefully as he told them to her. Angel's eyebrows rose
when she heard them all.
"You have a very good memory," she said with a smile. She wished she had that memeory in that
life. Would of came in real handy for exams.
"Thanks. But you kept a set of dream journals," Panthro said, remembering the set of books he
had seenone time.
"Yeah. Say! I wonder what life you are?" Angel asked. Panthro looked confussed.
"Everyone is born nine times and then they rest in their afterlife. I'm on my fourth life
right now...so I wonder which number you are," Angel said. They began to think about that when
Snarf came in and called them for dinner.
"I guess that mystery will be solved another day," Angel said with a grin. As they left the
counsel room, Panthro began to wonder if there were somethings about Angel that he didn't want
to know about.

Angel sighs. She had sensed this aprehension from Panthro as they left the room. She had felt it
herself. She had her secrets and knew that if she helped him to unlock the memories from that
past life he would know everything about her. She began to wonder fi there was a way to do
the same for herself. If there was a way to show her what kind of life she would be leading the
future. Anya would know...but Anya wasn't here. She was alone in the cold dakrness of where ever
she was. Gods only knew how long she had been there or what time of day it was. Time. One thing
she never had control of. But Angela did...and maybe Angel Pink...

The next day, Angel woke up alone in Tygra's room and pouted at this. She streches and wanders
over to the window and sees a strange color out front. She squints to clear her eyes and
squealed as she hurried to get dress. She bursted out of the room and dashed downstairs.
She stopped halfway down the stairs of the hall when she saw Angel Pink and Sage. As she caught
her breath, Sage looked back and forth between her and Angel Pink. Angel smiled at this and
calmly walked down the stairs. But when she got to the bottom of the stairs, Angela came in
from a side door. Sage's jaw really dropped right then.
'Three Angels?' he thought. The three girls looked at each other and smiled.
"I think it's time to talk," Angela said and the other two nodded. The breakfast table was full
of chatter. Mostly about the arrivale of Angel Pink and Sage (who was noe healed of the darkness
that held his heart and mind), the revelation about Panthro & Angel, and what was going on back
in Angel's realm. Anya kept an close eye on the three eyes and made her conclusions about all
three of them.

Her Angel was the youngest of the three, having graduated high school and gone into college.
Angel was full of energy and it showed in her talk, smile, and body movement. Yet, she still
had a lot learn in the way of life and magic. She was the madien of the three.
Angela was much older than all three but she was the mother figure of the three, taking
care of Sophia as a friend...but Anya knew they been lovers for awhile before Panthro came
into the mix. She had beauty, wisdom, strength, and courage. Anya had thought that Angela would
be Panthro's past life...but how can someone be born again if they never die? Sigh.
Angel Pink was the elder of the three. Gods only knew how old she was and she was the
wisest of the three. She had the god given power to travel between dimensions and used it
reponsibly...when she wasn't using her Pink Lemon spell to play match maker.

After breakfast, everyone went their own way to do chores or whatever, while the three Angels
went into another room to talk in private. Sophia was having a hard time having all three of
them in one building and it showed.
"You alright?" Anya asked her. Sophia looked at her and saw the concern on her face.
"Yeah. I just never thought that all three of them would be on the same planet," Sophia said,
worry showing on her face.
"What's wrong?" Sage asked.
"I have a bad feeling about today," Sophia said. Elsewhere, Pantrho was working on the tank
with the paw open to let the air flow in. He heard a noise and looked to see a berbil.
"Can I help you?" he asked.
"Yes. We're having some trouble our equiptment that you gave us and was wondering if you
could come and help us fix it," the berbil said. Panthro thought about this. He had showed
them how to fix the stuff he had gave them...unless it was really bad.
"Sure. Let me grab my tools and we'll go," he said, turning away from the Berbil to gather
up his tool box.
"And I need to tell..." he started but never go to finish as he blacked out.

Cheetara, Sophia, and Anya were in three diffeent parts of the Lair, but all looked up at the
same time when they sensed that something was wrong. Lion-O was on watch when the sword growled
and Lion-O called on it's sight beyond sight as the three girls enetered the room.
"Something has happened Panthro," he said. The sword only whowed him what we know so far.
"I just got back from his workshop, the paw is still open and he is gone!" Sophia said.
"Where's Angel?" Anya asked, a dreedful feeling welling up inside of her.

Eleswhere, Angel was at this huge waterfall that had a single large boulder sticking out. The
water flowed around it but didn't go over it, so Angel was safe and dry on it as she meditated.
She was even wearing a green cape to go with her green and black outfit. The wind kept it
fluttering and out of the water. She normally didn't wear it, but something felt right about
wearing it today.
Suddenly, she sensed a familar evil and flashed her eyes open to see...
"Mummra," she hissed, quickly moving to a crounching position. It was Mummra in his ever living
form.
"Gods Mummra! Couldn't aford pants?" Angel commented. He just glared at him.
"I'd keep my mouth shut my dear, I'm much more powerful than you are," he said. Angel snorts.
"As if you have any real power," Angel said.
"I see that you have forgoten. Your earth powers are useless up here. You have nothing but water
and air," Mummra said. Angel galred at him.
"Think again. Terra Force," Angel shouts, throwing an force of energy at him...which Mummra
deflected it was just a peice of paper.
'Uh oh,' Angel thought. She didn't know how to combine with the other elements yet, but now
was as good as any time to learn. She brushed her fingers in the waters while saying something
in latin. The waters buble and shot at Mummra. He is caught off gaurd by this and chokes on
the water while he's forced back a bit.
"Thank you," Angel whispers before moving to fly away. But, she turns her blind side to Mummra
and he takes this chance to shoot one of his rays at her. She shouts in pain and falls, her head
scraping against the stone and she falls to the pool of water below. And that was all she saw.

'And now we're back to where we started," Angel thought with a sigh.
She doesn't remember hitting the water, but she knew she had by the dripping wet cape...which
was heavy now. Gods, she wished she could remove it and let it fall to the floor. She knew now
that she was in the Black Pyramid, and could see that Panthro was there as well. He was just
now waking up from being knocked out at the Lair.
"I'm glad to see your alright," Angel said to him, a relieved look on her face. He looks at
her then their surounds and finally moans.
"Mummra again," he moaned.
"Yes. The only question is what he has up his sleve this time," Angel said.
"Impatent are we?" asked a old creaky but familar voice. The two look and see Mummra in his
priest form.
"What's the matter red? Had to recharge your batteries?" Angel asked. Panthro couldn't
believe that she was till making fun of Mummra even though she was chained up like that.
"Cute. But not as funny as when I found out that you two have the same soul," Mummra said with
a smirk. Angel's face dropped with Panthro's jaw.
'How could I forget! He can spy on us with the stupid cauldron,' Angel thought, glancing at the
claudron of bubling purple waters. Mummra smiled, knowing that she knew about it's powers.
"Do you know just how connected a soul is?" Mummra asked, revealing an whip. Angel put on a
confussed look as he whiped her...which resulted in both her and Panthro shouting in pain. The
two looked at each other in pain.
"What the...?" Angel asked as Mummra laughed.
"Because his is your future self, I have found a way for you two to share the pain I give
either one of you," Mummra said. Angel's face went pale. That was the one thing she didn't want
to hear.

Meanwhile the others were on their way to the Black Pyramid. After a quick search by Angela,
Sophia, Sage, and Angel Pink that turned up no results it was decided that Mummra had taken the
two and had an evil paln in store for the both of them. Anya's heart hurt with worry and
she could tell that something bad was happening as she rode in the back of the Thundertank.
'Anya!' shouted a voice in her mind. She looked up with a gasp and the others looked at her.
"What is it?" Cheetara asked.
"I heard Angel's voice," Anya said.
'Anya! AGH! HE knows!' Angel's voice came again, this time they all heard it.
"Gods, it sounds like she's being torurted," Sophia said.
"She is. We have to hurry. Mummra knows about their soul," Anya said.

Back at the Pyramid, Mummra had gone a little over board in the whipping anf had to
catch his breath. It also gave Angel and Panthro time to breath as well and try to tune out
the pain. Even though Mummra was attacking Angel, Panthro was feeling the sting of the whip
as well.
'Gods this hurt,' Angel thought and glanced over at Panthro, whos wasn't enjoying himself
ethier. A pang of sadness hit her heart.
'Gods! This is so unfair! I should never have to share my pain liek this...even if he's my
future self,' Angel thought. It was then that Angel noticed that Mummra was walking over to him.
"Don't lay a finger on him or by Gods..." Angel started.
"Or what? You can't use your powers while hanging like that my dear. Besides, I think we'll
take a break frm the torture..."
'Whew!'
"And show Panthro just what it was like to be you...by opening the memories frmo that life,"
Mummra said.
"NO!" Angel shouted. Mummra smiled at this and began to chant something when the whole place
shook.
"What on 3rd Earth..." Mummra shouts as his crypt is invaded by the Thundercats, the two Angels,
Angel Pink, Sage, and Anya Rose. Mummra changed into his morepowerful form while he could. As
he fought with the Thundercats and some of the humans, Angela and Sophia freed Angel and Panthro.
The two hissed with pain as they were taken back to a safe spot in the crypt.
"What happened?" Sophia asked.
"That miserable mummy casted some sort of spell where we share our pain," Panthro cursed.
Angela's eyes went wide.
"I forgot that he could spy on the Lair with his cauldron," Angel whispered, tear rolling down
her face.
"I'm going to try and break the spell," Angela said.
"And I'm going to help," Panthro said getting up, pulling on a pain that made Angel hiss and
grab her leg.
"No! You have to stay here," Sophia said.
"But I'm needed out there," Panthro said, facing Sophia. The two looked as if they were going
to have their own fight right there. Suddenlty, a feeling of dejavu washed over Panthro and
glanced over at Angel.
"What?" Angela asked.
"I dreamt about this months before we first came here," Angel said. The three were quiet as the
sounds of the fight could be heard now and then.
"What happened?" Panthro asked. Angel looked at him.
"I woke before it finished, but the future isn't set in stone you know," Angel said. Panthro
just nods and leaves. Sophia moves to stop him but Angela puts an hand on her shoulder.
"I need your help here," Angela said. Sophia sighs as Angel sits up and watches the fight.
"Ok," Sophia said, turning to Angel who is trying to to keep as still as she can. The two Angels
of 3rd Earth began to chant together in a long dead lanuage as they changed to their angel forms.
Back at the fight, things were going well...at first. Then Mummra saw Panthro among the group
and went all out, shooting his power allround him. It struck everyone and Angel screamed with
pain. The others looked over at her with confussion. Mummra laughed at this.
"Did I forget to mention. Angel and Panthro are connected now, they share their pain," Mummra
said with a smirk. The others gasped at this, some throwing glares at Panthro or conerned looks
over at Angel.

Angel galred at Mummra, things were now where she had left off at in the dream. She could wake
up or take control. The fight resumed with Anya and Tygra keeping Panthro back.
"How much longer Angela?" Angel asked.
"Just a few more minuets," Angela replied.
"Panthro! Ignor me and just fight!" Angel shouts. Panthro, Tygra, and Anya looked at her like
she was crazy.
"Trust me!" Angel shouts. Anya sighs and steps out of the way as the two guys go back in,
Tygra planning to watch his back. Even so, things got worse as they were all knocked down once
more, but more forcfully as those who were thrown into walls fall and idents were left where
they made contact with the stone. Angel gritted her teeth and forced herself not scream when
pain shot through her body.
"We can't break the spell Angel," Angel said fianlly.
"No!" Angel shouts and forces herself to get up.
"I refuse to die like this," she said. Mummra looked at her like she was crazy.
"You fool. You can't win today!" he said.
"No! This are our bodies! And I refuse to let you control us like puppets," Angel said, her
eyes glowing green as the tattoo on her belly sparkled. The same sparkle came to Panthro's skin
and the pain became less. Mummra gulped as he realized that his spell was being broken. Angel's
eyes widen for a moment and held her hand out at Mummra, exerting an force that threw him into
the wall like he did with eveyone else. He moaned as he slowly got up. He then saw that Angela
and Angel Pink were also standing, their eyes glowing and hands out to him. Their powers
began to combine and made the room glow white, showing every detail as the other looked on.
'My pain is my own. I will never share it with anyone,' Angel thought, and the sound of crystal
breaking could be heard...the spell had been broken. The three angels said somethng together in
Rune language and a errie light wrapped around Mummra. He wails as he's powered down, drained
of energy, tucked away in his sarcoughagus, and the lid is slammed shut on him. When it is
all over, the three girls power down but Angel wobbles on her feet and her twins have to catch
her before she falls.
"Angel!" Anya shouts and dashes over.
"Is she...?" Tygra asked.
"She's just passed out from exhaustion," Angel pink said.
"I sugest we leave and get her into bed," Angela said. The others agreed and silently leave.

Angel was taken to the Mansion of Time, where Anya and Tygra watched over her.
"So, what did you three so back there?" Lion-O asked Angela and Angel Pink in the main hall of
the mansion.
"An Ultra Violet spell...but souped up to have Mummra sleeping for at least a month," Angela
said with a grin.
"Just how does that work?" Bengali asked.
"We drained his energy and sent it back out to be reused for good," Angel Pink flatly said.
The Thundercats dropped their jaws.
"You what?" some asked.
"What? He was getting out of control," Angela said.
"And why does that basiclly only happen when one of you is around him in battle?" Cheetara asked.
The two Angels shrugged.
"Heck if we know," they both said.

Later that evening, Angel wakes with a moan.
"Gods! What happened?" she asked, sitting up as she held a hand to her head.
"I wouldn't sit up if I were you," Anya said.
"Too late sis," Angel said.
"I'm just gald yu're allright," Tygra said. Angel smiled at this.
"Well, did we win?" Angel asked. Anya and Tygra laughed at this. After geting some food and
drink in her, Angel was able to wander around the mansion by herself...basiclly. She would
need some mroe rest before trying anything major again...which suit her since Anya and Tygra
were staying with her. It was sometime near sunset when she found Panthro in the living room
reading a book.
"Panthro?" she asked. He looked and saw her entering the room.
"Hey, you're awake," he said as she sat on the couch across from him.
"You mean they didn't tell you I was awake?" Angel asked.
"No, Anya wanted me to 'leave you alone and let her get some rest'," Panthro said. Angel smiled,
that sounded like Anya alright.
"So, the spell is broken?" Panthro asked.
"Yeah. Don't have to worry about me any more," Angel said. Panthro nodded.
"Just one question," Panthro said.
"Shoot."
"Why did you freak when Mummra was going to show me your memeories?" Panthro asked.
"Well, my life hasn't been all sunshine. And I have a few secrets I'd like to be kept. And..."
"And...?" Angel smiles coyly and gets up.
"I don't think you would like to know what me and Ty do at night," Angel said and began to walk
out of the room.
"What would you say that I know how you will die?" Panthro asked. Angel stopped in her tracks by
him, a look of shock on her face as she contemplated this new peice of information. Finally she
sighs and looks at him.
"Keep that your secret...for now," Angel said and left the room before Panthro could say
anything else. He didn't say anything, knowing that she was right. One really shouldn't know
about their own death...if they can't help it. And like Angel had said, the future isn't set
in stone.
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