Title: "Vin of the Jungle" #2
Author: Pirate
Turner
Rating: G
Summary: Another snippet of the new AU,
Vin of the Jungle, wherein Vin prepares to meet the enemy but must
first face his father.
Warnings: 100-word drabble, Alternate
Universe
Disclaimer: Vin Tanner and The Magnificent Seven are © &
TM CBS, The Mirisch Group, MGM, and Trilogy Entertainment, not the
author, and are used without permission. The author makes absolutely
no profit off of this work of fan fiction, and no copyright
infringement is intended.
Author's Note: This drabble is part of a
new universe, Vin of the Jungle, where Vin, more animal than man,
plays the role of George of the Jungle and the other six are
newcomers to his land! All are welcome to play, and there's no
stipulations! Have fun!
"You should not go."
"I have to go. I am the leader; it is my job to protect our people. How can I protect them if I do not know what we are fighting?"
The baboon gestured with a hand to the bookcase Vin had carved for him long ago out of dead wood. "You know what they are. You know what they bring: trouble, disease, suffering, death . . . "
"But in order to destroy them," Vin returned, "I have to learn them. I can only defeat them if I know their weaknesses."
The old baboon sighed and hung his head. He knew his son was right, but it scared him to no end to let the strange, little one he had loved since the first day he had come to their island go to face such deathly danger. Vin lifted his face in his hands and looked into his eyes. "I will come back, Father."
The baboon nodded. "Be safe, my son." They embraced, and he watched as his son left him to go face what he might never return from. He stood with tears in his eyes, then shook his head. He could not let him go alone. He called to their toucan friend, sent him with a message winging out over the animals who could help, and then followed his child at a distance. He would do whatever he could to help and protect his little one.
The End