Insomnia was not foreign to those in the lair. Cheetara remained awake the entire night. Panthro had watch that evening, and insisted she stay in bed, that at least some rest of some sort would be better for the baby than none at all. She had fought the urge to seek Lion-o and ask him permission to use the book of omens the entire night, but now as the first rays of the sun were in her sight, she climbed out of bed, dressed and readied herself to ask him.

Within seconds, it seemed, she was standing in front of his door. She raised her fist and knocked on it. Nothing. A second time, and there was a muffled yawn, followed by a sleepy summons for her to enter.

She was a bit stunned at first to see Wilykit in the room as well, still asleep. Cheetara quickly placed her focus on Lion-o, who looked deeply concerned. She began to speak, but Lion-o silenced her.

"I know what you are here for." he whispered, trying not to wake Kit.

"You do? How--"

"Jaga." he replied. "And unfortunately, I am unable to grant what you wish."

Her heart sank. "He told you not to let me. Don't you know how he made my life hell back on Thundera? Always keeping secrets from me, secrets about my past. He's only doing this because he hates me. He's trying to --"

"Enough." roared the lion. "My answer is still no."

"But, Lion-o --" she continued to protest.

"You know the way out." he said, looking away from her. Wilykiy had awoken, and looked over to the cheetah, mouthing the words "just go".

She swallowed what pride she had left and exited. Once she was in the hallway, she felt lost. Cheetara weighed her options. She could accept the fact that she'd never know her parents -- actually, she couldn't. There was always the opticrystal, but it was still on Third Earth, having been seen as far too dangerous to be brought along. Or, she could go behind Lion-o's back -- but that would betray not only her loyalty to the Thundercats, but his trust in her as well. It was then that she noticed a hand waving in front of her face. "Hey, Cheetara, wake up!"

Sumik grinned as Cheetara snapped back into reality. "You were zoning out there. Sixth sense screwing with ya again?"

Her expression suddenly changed to one of delight. "That's it, that's the answer!"

"Yeah, well, uh, glad I could help." he said, a bit of a puzzled look on his face.

"Do you think you could help me?" she asked him.

"Um...I thought I already did...what do you need?" he asked, trying to figure out if he should be looking for an exit.

"Yes. But could you help me out with something else?" she asked.

"What kind of something?" he questioned as she led him down the hall to her room. Once they were there, she locked the door.

"Does Panthro know you do this sort of thing?" he joked as he sat at the chair next to the desk.

"You already know my sixth sense can be used as a telepathic and telekinetic devise, and as a tool to see the future." she said.

"Yep." he answered.

"Well, I can also use it to see the past." she added.

"Y'know, I can see why the Thundercats would want you on their side." he nodded.

"I want to use it to find out about my parents, but when I'm in trances to find out about the past, I can't always remember everything I see. I need someone to listen to what I say, and write it down if you can." she told him.

"Why don't you have Panthro listen instead. He's obviously much closer to you than I am." Sumik reminded her.

"That's part of the problem. From what Lion-o said, the answer could upset some of the members. But since you haven't been a Thundercat long--"

"Oh, I get it." he said, cutting her off. "Make the new guy do it."

She smiled. "Yeah, I guess that's one way to put it."

"So when do you want to do this? After breakfast?"

"It's going to be a bit more tricky than that. I have to spin around to get into it, and in my present condition, I'll have to do it only when I don't feel like puking." she said.

"Oh, great. Remind me to bring a rain coat." he said with a laugh. The young cougar shook his head. "Okay, so basically, you spin around, try not to puke, and have me write it down."

"That's the gist of it. It may take more than one try, sometimes the visions are blurry." warned the cheetah.

"Okay, just promise me if you get woozy, you'll stop spinning." he sighed. "You are one crazy cheetah."

"Always." she told him with a smile.