Chapter 1: Alex is shot
After Alex and Zuba finish the last part of their dance for the people, both lions bow with a feeling of achievement. "That was so beautiful" said the old lady called Nana, and then pointed the rifle the guide had dropped at Alex and Zuba, "Now let's eat." Alex looked at the gun and then to his father and yelled, "Dad, look out!"
The gun was shot and the bullet was heading towards Alex and Zuba. Not letting Zuba get the injuered by a bullet again because of him, Alex pushed his father out of the way, and the bullet hit Alex in the chest, barely missing his heart. Alex fell to his knees and hand on where the bullet had hit.
"ALAKAY!" Zuba yelled as he got up and ran over to his son. "And now." Nana said as she aimed the gun once again at the lions. Zuba stood in front of his son so that he won't get shot for the second time.
The barrel was close enough so that Zuba could see right down to where the darkness hid the bullet. "What the…" Zuba said, but got cut off by Marty's voice.
"Alex get in!" Marty yelled down from the newly built plane. Zuba helped his injured son get into the barrel then he followed.
"We have to get out of here, Pull us up!" Zuba yelled up toward the plane, hovering above. "What?" Marty asked. "We have to get out of here! Pull us up! Pass it on!" Zuba repeated to the chimps. The chimpanzees told each other one by one until the message got to Mason. "He said, 'we have to get out of here and pull us up.'" Mason translated.
"Skipper! We need to pull them up!" Marty said to the penguin.
"Alright, pull them up." Skipper said. The chimpanzees came up one by one up until the barrel was up to where the lions could get out.
Marty saw Alex holding his hand to his chest and breathing heavily. "What did they do to you, Alex?" Marty said almost yelling.
"That old lady shot him." Zuba said.
"We'll check him as soon we got back." Skipper said putting his arm aroung his "girlfriend' the Hawaii hula girl ornament, "Rico, blow up the dam."
Rico coughed up stick of dynamite that was lit and dropped it. The dam exploded with a huge cloud of smoke and fire, and the gang headed back to the reserve, but Zuba was scared for what might happen to his son that night.
"Alex, are you OK?" Zuba asked. Alex looked up at his father with an eye closed tring to keep the pain hiden, "Hey you called me Alex, what happened to Alakay?" Zuba laughed in a nervous way, "He's right in front of me and I figured out I was wrong about him, he is a real lion and a true king."
Alex cringed in pain when he started to answer but Kwalski stopped him, telling him not to strain himself.