Zira left the hungry lions and proceeded to where Nala and Yakuti were being kept busy by two other members of her pride; she wanted to make sure that at least Simbas mate Nala didn't live to see another day. Nuka opened his mouth ready to take the first bite out of Laras neck, when suddenly.
Nuka was tackled from Lara by Simba; they both crashed into Vitani in the process, knocking her off her feet. Lara used this opportunity to get to her feet and for the first time in years, sprinted away from the fight. The remaining three lionesses immediately gave chase to her.
Lara sprinted as fast as she could away from the pursuing lionesses, but they were quickly catching up with her. Lara then noticed she was running straight towards a deep gorge. She was trapped; there was no way she could jump that gap; she had two choices, death by a fall or death by lionesses. She then had an idea.
Lara sprinted as fast as she could towards the gorge; as she got closer she gradually slowed down to let the lionesses catch up with her. Just metres from the gorge the three lionesses pounced at her. Lara quickly dropped to the ground and the lionesses flew straight over her and into the gorge; they screamed as they plummeted to their deaths.
Lara got back to her feet and watched as the lionesses hit the cold hard ground below. 'No one messes with a Croft!' She said to herself.
Meanwhile several more pridelanders joined Simba in the fight and together Simba and the lionesses chased Zira and her pride out of the pride lands. Lara quickly headed back to see if Simba or any other pride members were hurt.
Meanwhile back at Croft Manor
Kiara was busy exploring the mansion. Winston had already shown her how to dress herself and open doors, so Kiara decided to get a deeper insight into how humans lived. She wandered down one of the hallways and eventually came to a large room with what looked like a waterhole in the centre.
'Wow!' Kiara thought to herself. 'Humans have their own personal watering hole, now that's something.'
A few minutes later Zip entered the room to find Kiara kneeling down over the pool and drinking the water from it with her tong, the way lions do. Zip quickly went over, grabbed Kiara and pulled her to her feet. 'What are you doing?' He asked.
'I was thirsty so I got a drink from your waterhole.'
Zip chuckled a little bit and turned her to face him. 'Ok Kiara.' He said with a smile. 'This is called a pool. It's for swimming in, not for drinking. If you want some water then come with me.'
Kiara followed Zip to another room. This one was smaller with various objects Kiara had never even seen before; they were in the kitchen. Zip took a glass from one of the cupboards and filled it with water from the tap and gave it to Kiara, who immediately dropped it.
'What did you do that for?!' Zip asked in a puzzled tone.
'Sorry' Kiara apologised. 'I guess I'm not used to having these extra bits on my paws.'
'Ok Kiara.' Zip said as he filled another glass. 'They're not called paws, they're called hands; and the extra bits are called thumbs.'
Zip handed Kiara the new glass; to make sure she didn't drop it Kiara enveloped both her hands around the glass. Zip fetched a mop and a dust pan and brush to clean up Kiaras mess; when he turned back round he saw Kiara using her tong to drink the water from the glass just like she had done in the pool room.
'Kiara stop' Zip said as he laughed. He then went to the tap and filled up another glass of water. 'Here, I'll show you how it's done. Hold the glass like this in one hand.'
Kiara took her other hand off the glass and held it the same way as Zip. Zip then raised the glass up to his lips. 'Now watch what I do. Take the water into your mouth and swallow it.' Zip slowly took a sip from the glass. Kiara attempted to copy him but spilt the water all down the front of her.
Zip sighed. 'I'll get you a towel.'
Winston and Alistair then entered the room with angry looks on their faces. 'Are you two alright?' Kiara asked.
'Yes' Alistair replied in a sarcastic tone. 'Apart from the fact that you came into my room early this morning and woke me up!'
'Sorry' Kiara replied. 'I thought humans woke up that early as well.'
'And that you turned the outside flowerbed into a toilet!' Winston added.
'I thought that was what they were for' Kiara said as her face turned bright red.
Zip sighed again. 'Better put on some coffee Winston; it looks like we could be here for a while.'
To Be Continued
