Hi! I got this idea as our family watched The Lion King. Hope you all enjoy!
DISCLAIMER! I don't own Wild Kratts or The Lion King. :)
Chris and Martin walked down the gorge in search of the Tortuga.
"The Tortuga has to be around here, somewhere." Chris said wiping the off the watery gift of sweat the intense sun gave him off his forehead.
"Don't worry, we'll find it." Martin replied.
Suddenly, a small roar traveled across the gorge.
"What was that?" Chris asked stopping in his tracks.
"Sounded like a lion cub." Martin answered, holding his hand to ear to listen.
"Not that, I mean the rumbling." Chris corrected.
"Sounds like thunder." Martin replied.
"Uh, there's not a cloud in the sky bro." Chris said glaring and crossing his arms at his brother, "And besides, thunder doesn't make the rocks move. No, it actually sounded more like a..." Chris' voice trialed off as his brother looked frightened and pointed his index finger to the side of the gorge, where hundreds of wildebeests rampaged down the cliffs.
"STAMPEDE!" The two yelled in unison, wide eyed as they ran for their lives.
The herd caught up to them though in no time, and soon, they were dodging horns and hooves.
"Martin! Where are you?!" Chris yelled, but his voice was carried away from the pounding sound of hooves.
Suddenly, right before a wildebeest could trample him to the ground, a hand reached out and grabbed his shirt, pulling him to safety on a ledge.
"What are you trying to do?! Become a pancake?!" Martin said shaking the brother he just saved and almost lost.
"Ha, sorry." Chris said sheepishly, shrugging.
No sooner had the wildebeest come, they had gone.
"Whew! Those Wildebeest sure got outta here in a hurry." Chris said looking over his shoulder.
Suddenly a, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" ringed through the gorge.
"What was that?!" Martin asked, trying to catch his breath.
"I don't know, but it came from down there." Chris pointed to the heavy dust trail the herd left behind. "Let's follow it."
The brothers walked for what seemed like hours. Of coarse, it was dusty, which blocked their view. You would see them squinted, and hear the occasional cough.
Suddenly, Martin put his hand on Chris' shoulder, and pointed, "Look! Something's lying over there!" He pointed out.
"It looks like...a male lion." Chris replied squinting.
"Whatever it is, it's hurt. C'mon!" Martin gestured his hand and the two brothers ran towards the motionless lion. But once they got there, they knew they were too late.
Martin knelt down, and found no sign of life in the lion's body, while Chris winced, and looked away.
Martin then gasped, and whispered, "Chris, look! Under the lion's paw."
The two brothers looked to find a small lion cub, under the lion's motionless paw, and crying. He looked up, and immediately got up from the lion, and backed away.
"Oh, he's cute." Martin said with girly eyes.
"Hey little guy, you okay?"
Amazingly, the lion cub started...Talking! Chris and Martin weren't surprised, after they met Kitty, they'd seen it all.
"The...wildebeest and he...tried to save me. It...it was an accident, I didn't mean for it to happen." The cub shuddered and continued crying.
Chris gently reached for the cub, and pulled him close, as the cub cried in his arm.
"You knew this lion?" Martin asked.
"He...he was...my father." The cub answered.
Martin and Chris took even more pity on the cub now.
"Do you need us to take you back home?" Chris asked.
These "people" didn't understand. He couldn't go back, what would his mother think?!
"I...don't have a home." The cub answered.
Martin picked up the cub.
"Okay...Survivor, you can come back with us." Martin said smiling.
"Survivor?"
"Yeah, Survivor, it fits you perfectly." Martin said with gleaming eyes.
"Will I fit in?"
"Of coarse! Laura will love you." Martin said.
"And Aviva goes crazy for new animals." Chris added.
"C'mon, lets go." Martin said, and continued walking down the gorge, with Chris close behind.
COOL! It all fits! Hope you enjoyed the first chapter. To me, Wild Kratts and The Lion King go together like peas in a pod. :)
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