Chapter 9

Im back guys! you may have thought that I was dead but im still here I know this chapter has taken way longer for me then I expected to finish but its just that I kind of wanted it to take long because I wanted to add most of the final scenes in here so I can make chapter ten the final chapter of my story its not quite done yet but Im sure that the final chapter wont take as long as this one anyway the us military has finally landed in the pridelands and Eric is gonna have a lot of explaining with his squadmates. whats it been like three months since I've posted anything? yeah sorry about that im not trying to make anymore excuses or anything its just that I wanted to make this chapter really long.


Eric Stonewall waited patiently while he stood alongside Simba and all of the other lionesses that accompanied him "Remember Eric if your human friends try anything against our pride we will take action" Simba reminded "Don't worry I'm fully confident that they won't open fire if they see me standing next to you but they will be in a bit of shock" Eric replied "What do you mean?" Simba asked looking puzzled "Well when I told them where I was I didn't tell them that this place is being populated by talking animals" "Why not?" Simba asked "Because we have never seen a talking animal before and its obvious that they won't just shake your paw and say hello once they meet you" Eric felt the sticky sweat as he moved his toes around in his warm leather military boots as he waited anxiously for the rest of his squad, he wondered how their reactions would be once they got here, then Simba nodded "I see, after all I would be honored to meet them even though we won't get a wise welcome" Simba replied, then all of the animals around priderock quickly looked towards the sky after hearing a loud fluttering sound heading their way "Well speak of the devil" Eric said in relief after noticing three Blackhawk transport helicopters heading towards priderock, the spinning of their rotor blades were getting louder as their engines blared, the grass that surrounded them was blown backward as the three helicopters got closer to the ground then all of the lionesses got into their fighting stance and growled aggressively but Simba motioned for them to stand down, the helicopters then touched the ground and the loud deep fluttering noise stopped after their engines were shut off, Simba and all of the animals that surrounded priderock remained silent as the rotorblades of the helicopters spun around while in the verge of stopping slowly "Is that them?" Simba whispered, Eric nodded in response "But you said they-" then Simba was interrupted after the sound of the side door of one of the helicopters were heard sliding open, Eric took a deep breath and began to walk over to the choppers before his men could step out and notice all of the predatory animals around them then Eric waved over to the pilot who seemed to be staring at the massive pride of animals through the cockpit window "I wonder if they can actually see what I'm seeing" Eric pondered as he walked his way to one of the choppers, Eric saw the soldiers disembark from the chopper with their weapons aimed in all directions "Stop hold your fire!" Eric ordered then the soldiers lowered their weapons and looked all around them with confused and shocked looks on their faces after seeing that they were surrounded by an army of animals, everyone was silent and Simba sat motionless while staring at the soldiers with watchful eyes, then one of the soldiers began to approach Eric and Eric immediately recognized the soldier "Eric get on the chopper" The soldier whispered while he had his gun pointed at the animals "Don't worry Aiden they won't hurt us" Eric motioned to the soldier to lower his weapon "What the fuck do you mean Eric?" Aiden asked "You're just gonna have to ask Simba" Eric pointed at the one lion that was approaching them, seeing this Aiden and the rest of the soldiers backed away with their weapons aimed at Simba "You must be friends with Eric right?" Simba finally spoke up then the soldiers lowered their weapons and looked at each other dumbfounded "Did it just talk?" one of the soldiers asked "Um Eric? did you by any chance put anything in our water?" Aiden asked, then Eric laughed "Do you really think I would do that to you while on a mission?" Eric asked "Just cut the bullshit and tell me what the hells going on!" Aiden snapped "I managed to find trace of the suspect somewhere far from here" Eric pointed out, but Aiden shook his head "No not that, I want to know how all these animals can talk" Aiden gestured at the crowd of animals Eric remained paused and looked around him to see some of the soldiers talking to some of the animals "Well I have no idea and I'm damn well sure its not our imagination so you're just gonna have to believe it for now" Eric finally replied "Yeah I'm gonna have to go with you on this one Stonewall because we all can't have the same hallucination" Mitchel who was standing behind the squad finally spoke up "Yeah I think we should get to know these people, animal or not" Luke who also seemed to not make one comment during his first reaction finally gave in. "Well guys I would like all of you to meet Simba" Eric motioned to the lion that was sitting next to Eric listening to every word, Aiden walked up to Simba nervously "Hello there" Aiden said nervously as he held out his hand "Its a pleasure to meet you human" Simba said as he grabbed hold of Aidens hand, Simba began to wonder why these soldiers were so nervous to meet him especially with all of that power within them noticing that none of the others have said a single word so far, then Eric watched worryingly as Mitchal was the second to greet Simba even though Mitchel was a skilled veteran that saved many innocent lives in Afghanistan Mitchel was also a skilled animal hunter, Eric remembered when they returned back from Afganistan to celebrate at Mitchels home where he had dozens of animal trophies in his living room ranging from antlers, fox pelts, and he had many dead coyotes and bears that he shot and stuffed himself to be put up for display, he even had a truck that was covered with dead animal furs, Erics stomach churned after the thought of walking into Mitchels house for the first time where he could not even bear ten minutes of it but Eric still respected Mitchel even though he knew there was something dark within the man. many of the soldiers gathered around to greet Simba and the lionesses who were all exchanging handshakes seeing many hands and paws combining together Eric couldn't help but to smile proudly seeing man and wild combining together socially but he still wanted to keep a watchful eye on Mitchel "Too good to be true don't you think?" Luke said as he walked out from the crowd "Well we all can't be having the same dream at the same time right!" Eric raised his voice over all of the chatter that came from the humans and animals "Yeah I see your point but how are we going to tell command about this? Aiden asked "Well I doubt they will believe us if we tell them that this place is being ruled by talking animals but we will contact them and send them some footage to show them proof" Eric replied.


Cole sat behind a large rock while looked through his binoculars cautiously as he watched the human soldiers and lions greeting each other exchanging handshakes "Unbelievable" Cole muttered as he shook his head slightly, Cole raised his wrist to look at his watch "Well least the end of the day is almost here" Cole thought feeling relieved, Cole zoomed in on his binoculars and saw three helicopters which Cole recognized to be blackhawks parked in front of priderock he looked to the other side of priderock and saw more soldiers and lionesses greeting eachother, Cole rubbed his chin thinking whether or not he should sneak in for a closer look then Cole shrugged "On second thought, maybe I should wait until it gets a bit dark out who knows maybe most of the lionesses will head inside their main cave for the night" Cole thought although he really didn't know much about lions, removing the binoculars from his eyes Cole sighed "Well its gonna be another hour or two so I might as well hang tight until the sun sets"

Fifty minutes had passed while Cole remained hidden behind the large rock and the sun was just about to set, Cole could barely keep his eyes open as he started to nod off feeling the need to get some sleep then Cole was jolted awake after hearing an engine sound in the distance, feeling curious Cole peeked over the rock and saw several lights coming from the left Cole took out his binoculars and saw that a large military truck was coming from priderock, Cole immediately ducked down and watched the large vehicle drive by causing the area around him to be illuminated by the headlights but luckily the truck driver hadn't noticed him, Cole gasped in relief as he watched the truck drive away leaving a trail of tire tracks behind it then Cole took out his binoculars to take another look at priderock, he zoomed in and saw several tents in front of priderock and more trucks parked under the ledge but he did not see any lionesses or soldiers but he did see a couple of men standing near the trucks "Maybe I can make my way over there without getting spotted" Cole thought he looked at the sun that was nearly setting "Hmm maybe I could see if Simba has had any plans lately" then Cole ducked behind the rock after hearing another truck coming his way, he peeked his head over the rock and saw the vehicle slowly passing by, Cole took a deep breath and jumped towards the truck at sudden speed, he quickly rolled under the truck and grabbed onto the bottom frame Cole panted in relief as he hung onto the frame bars but the heat coming from the engine wasn't giving him a joy of a ride not to mention the blades of grass that were running across his back as the truck moved "Now all I need to do is wait" Cole thought.


Cole coughed silently as the truck rumbled through the grassy plains it had been about ten minutes since he had managed to hitch the ride "I don't know why they sent the military down here" Cole thought, the way he saw the soldiers and lionesses greeting eachother it was almost as if they were working with eachother "Ah who the hell would know anyway?" Cole shrugged then the truck vibrated violently after hitting a large bump causing Cole to nearly lose his grip "How long does this guy have to go?" Cole groaned in annoyance he looked behind him and saw the ground moving then after several minutes of waiting Cole felt the truck stop to a halt, Cole turned his head and saw a pair of army boots step out from the drivers seat Cole watched as the individual walked away from the truck while whistling a tune. Cole checked each side from under the truck and didn't see any guards "Alright looks clear" Cole began to slowly crawl out from under the truck he stood up and didn't bother to brush himself off knowing that his clothes were soaked and covered in filth after the crocodiles pulled him into the pond, Cole took the time to examine the area around him and saw the trucks that were parked under the cliff of priderock but where were all of the soldiers that he had seen earlier? earlier when Cole was spying he saw most of the platoons spread out somewhere which also had him worried "If they are going to search this entire continent then I'd better hope they don't discover the outlands" Cole thought worried that if they come in contact with Zira and the outsiders they might try to do whatever is possible to get the truth out of them if they found out that the outsiders were hiding a high value target from them, but Cole decided not to think about it for now knowing that he had a task to do. Cole quietly climbed his way up prierock trying to get up the cliff "This is insane" Cole thought, then he froze after hearing several voices coming from above hm.


Are you positive that this human you are seeking may be hiding out in the north?" Simba asked "Yes positive because he was probably the one who shot up your hunting party" Eric replied "And I have already made plans to head over there with my squad" Simba nodded "And how long will your human friends be here after you catch your rogue human?" Simba asked "We were told that once we bag the suspect we would be cleared to head back to our homeland" Eric replied, the sun was finally setting and the sky was getting dark "And when are you going to head out there?" Simba asked "Tomorrow morning" Eric replied, Eric walked close to the edge of priderock to see the sun rising he then rubbed his eyes feeling the need to rest "Anyway I think it would be a good time for me to get some rest, I'll need to rally my men for the search party" Eric said "Well I wish you luck but just remember that the outlands is a dangerous place to venture in" Simba added "Don't worry I've faced a lot worse before and a bunch of lions shouldn't be a problem for me" Eric said as he brandished his shining honey badger assault rifle.


Cole sat motionless while holding his AK47 as he stared up at the ledge of priderock after hearing the conversation that he had just heard "It looks like they really are here to look for me" Cole thought, he could still hear the conversation coming from above "Looks like I can head back now" Cole assumed knowing that he should warn Zira that other humans are going to be looking for him, Cole slowly climbed his way to the ground, he then looked around to see that most of the soldiers were asleep on the ground where they usually were "Hmm must be some highly trained badasses to handle sleeping on the ground like that" he looked at the trucks that were still parked underneath the cliff of priderock and remembered the key that he still had with him, he took the key out of his pocket to take a look at it "Should these work on the trucks?" Cole thought he took out his binoculars and zoomed in at the top of priderock and saw that there was no one up there anymore Cole slowly crept his way past the soldiers without making one single sound he walked up to one of the trucks and pulled on the door handle but to Coles disappointment the door was locked "Fuck" Cole cursed quietly, he quickly went to every truck and pulled on the door handle but they were all locked Cole sighed in defeat as he let go of the door handle "That crashsite isn't that far from here" Cole thought "But even if I did manage to start one of these things up the sound would have alerted the guards anyway" Cole looked to where the crashsite was and he could still see the grey smoke covering the stars "Alright it shouldn't take that long" Cole thought, he began to make his way past the sleeping soldiers and head to the crashsite.

Thirty minutes later after Cole had left priderock he was almost at the crashsite it was pitch black outside but Cole had a small flashlight taped to the side of his weapon "I don't know how we're gonna fight off an army especially men with guns" Cole continued his way to the crashsite "Not to mention that its the US military, it would be mutiny to kill an American soldier" Cole thought worryingly, then Cole finally made it to the downed airplane Cole stopped to take a look at the wreck and it still seemed intact but Cole cringed at the sight of the dead lionesses that he had previously killed earlier, the crashsite was nearly surrounded by a large pool of blood but he ignored it and walked up to the door that he had pryed open, he stepped inside the dark cockpit and saw the pilot still sitting dead in his seat "Poor bastard" Cole muttered, he turned around to enter the cargo area his flashlight illuminated the entire hold revealing the Humvee and the rest of the rubble that were scattered all over the floor he proceeded towards the Humvee and pulled the door open, Cole sat inside the vehicle and pulled the door shut "I wonder what could be in the glove compartment?" when Cole pulled open the small compartment several papers fell out along with a small CD with curiosity Cole picked up the CD to examine it but it did not have a label on it "What the hell could this be?" Cole wondered he then began to look around inside the vehical to see if there was a laptop or any device that he could stream the video on, after rummaging through the back of the Humvee Cole reached down where his feet was and felt something near the brakes, he picked up the object and to Coles surprise it was a laptop, Cole opened the laptop and saw that the screen was cracked a bit and some of the keys were missing "Hope it still works" Cole muttered with hope, he pushed the power button and to Coles surprise the device flickered to life revealing the main desktop he opened the CD rom and inserted the disk, after several seconds of what appeared to be a video that appeared on the screen, the video started off in what appeared to be some sort of laboratory but the odd thing that caught Coles attention was the person that was carrying the camera, the person was panting heavily as the camera rumbled in the holders shaking hands Cole scratched the side of his head trying to figure out what he was watching, Cole then shuddered in fright after the camera holder turned the camera onto what appeared to be an assembly of testing tanks "Now I remember" Cole realized then the camera holder turned the camera unto himself Cole was taken aback by this as the unknown individual stared into the camera "Listen please" the person uttered in a scared tone "James?" Cole said in shock after recognizing the man in the video "Its not too late but please we need to destroy the apocalypse 666 before any more are harmed by our work I don't have time to explain but please do whatever you can to expose these horrors we are running out of time!" the man was panicking, he turned the camera on some more testing tanks that had some sort of red smoke inside of it and laying inside the tank was a dead human body that appeared to have his flesh eaten off, Cole remembered back when he was 14 when he was almost experimented on but for some reason the doctors thought he wouldn't be worth it, then the man turned the camera back to him Cole could hear running footsteps coming from behind the man "I need to stop this recording and anyone if you can, please get the message out there!" the video ended "Was that really the man that I saw in my dreams before?" Cole thought "Hmm I should head back now" Cole opened the door and stepped out of the vehicle "Now how am I gonna get this thing out of here?" Cole took the two explosives off of his belt and approached the back of the airplane "These bombs wont make a huge explosion but it should be enough to blow this thing open" Cole thought while he began placing the charges, then after Cole finished setting them he quickly ran back inside the Humvee and covered his ears, the Humvee shook after the charges detonated launching bits of metal everywhere Cole uncovered his ears and looked back to see that the explosives had blown a hole in the back of the plane that seemed big enough for the Humvee to fit through "Hmm that should do" Cole muttered, he then took the keys out of his pocket and put them in the ignition "Come on please work" Cole grumbled in worry that the vehicle may not start, he took a deep breath and turned the key and to Cole's surprise the Humvees engine roared to life while the headlights came on illuminating the entire plane interior, Cole smiled with pride as he gripped onto the steering wheel "Alright next stop the outlands" Cole chuckled, he pulled the stick into reverse and the engine roared as the Humvee began to back its way out of the airplane Cole looked behind him while he spun the wheel trying to turn the vehical in the right direction, then after he had the vehicle steered away from the plane wreck Cole put on his sunglasses before hitting the gas pedal causing the armored vehicle to speed forward into the night.

Coles Humvee thumped aggressively as he drove over the bumpy terrain it had been about ten minutes since Cole got the Humvee out of the plane wreck, Cole held the steering wheel tightly and kept his eyes on the rocky terrain in front of him Cole thought about the disk that he had found which could either be a hoax or actually the experiments that the government was working on, the inside of the vehicle shook after running over several rocks, Cole could see the main cave in the distance as he got closer "I hope I'm not too late" Cole thought "Though I'm probably gonna have a hard time explaining what this thing is" Cole knew he wasn't going to get a good welcome from any of the lions once he arrives due to the fact that they have never seen a car before. The vehicle ran over some more speed bumps "Its a good thing this beast is off road" Cole muttered, it would be nearly impossible for any normal car to get around the outlands due to all the rocks and the rugged surface that it had, then Cole made a quick turn and began to slow down after he saw that he was nearly one minute away from the main cave Cole rolled down his window and saw several lionesses staring at him as he drove slowly with their eyes glowing in the dark, Cole stuck his arm out the window and gave them a wave as he drove by. Cole then drove up one of the big hills that surrounded the outlands.


Zira paced impatiently around the main cave while she waited for Cole "Where is that human?" Zira growled with impatience, she walked over to the cave entrance to have a look outside but only saw the darkness in the distance, then Zira heard a rumbling sound that seemed to be coming this way she looked around but didn't see anything, all of the lionesses who were also awoken by the noise stepped out of the cave to see what was going on then a white light could be seen moving towards them in the distance "Could that be Cole" Zira thought in remembrance of that blinding light device that Cole had. Zira began to prepare her claws after seeing the light getting closer and a loud rumbling noise seemed to be coming from the light, the lionesses began to back away as the mysterious object came closer illuminating the area around the entrance. The object stopped in its tracks making a screeching noise, Zira tried to get a good look but she couldn't see because of the dazzling light. The rumbling noise that came from it stopped and the two lights on the front of it turned off giving relief to Zira's eyes. The lionesses crowded around trying to get a good look at the unknown object that rolled into their territory "What is it?" one of the lionesses asked but Zira did not respond, Zira did not know what she was looking at. The object was big and seemed to be made out of the same material as the airplane that Zira saw earlier, then something on the side of the object swung open and to Ziras surprise Cole Maxwell stepped out of the object "Miss me?" Cole called out as he waved "What has taken you so long, you were supposed to be back here as soon as the sun sets" Zira scolded "Well because of reasons" Cole replied pointing to the unknown object that he was riding "Well first I need you to come with me then later on you can explain to me what this monstrosity is" Zira pointed over to the vehicle that Cole arrived in "Alright, lets get this thing done and I will explain everything you need to know" Cole responded slinging his assault rifle over his shoulder "Good, at least now that you're ready we can begin" Zira said as she motioned for Cole to follow her "Begin what?" "The announcement so I can declare you as a pride member" Zira replied "Oh alright" Cole added before following the lionesses lead.

"So why are we doing this?" Cole questioned while looking at Kovu "We usually have these events whenever an unknown lion comes into our pride" Kovu replied "But I thought you guys didn't like trespassers" "Well a long time ago when I was a lot younger a lioness came into our land, at first we didn't trust her but she told us that she wanted to live with our pride so we had an event where our mother would announce the declaration" Kovu explained "Guess some are just lucky" Cole commented, Cole had been standing on a tall ledge in the main cave while the outsiders gathered around in the dark where their eyes could be seen glowing, then Zira emerged from the darkness and stood next to Cole, she began to clear her throat "I am honoured to introduce a new member of our pride" Zira gestured to the human that was standing next to her "Most of you have probably seen him by now however we don't normally welcome anyone into our beloved pride like this" Zira announced "But our new friend Cole Maxwell has saved our beloved pride from Simba, the one who shunned us and sent us away to starve and bath in misery but soon that will be no more!" "Is this some kind of graduation party?" Cole wondered, "This human has been loyal to our pride and deserves full respect from all of us so I now declare Cole Maxwell, the human a full member to our beloved pride!" all of the lionesses in the cave stepped forward and roared Cole then clapped in applause and bowed "Guess I got my citizenship" Cole thought proudly "So is that it?" Cole asked turning to Zira "You are now part of the pride as a human but not a lion" Zira replied, then Ziras three children Kovu, Vitani and Nuka gathered around him "So does this mean you can join us when we go on hunts?" Vitani asked "I guess so but it might make things a bit easy getting your prey" Cole replied glancing at his assault rifle that was strapped onto his back, then Cole remembered overhearing the what the soldier back at priderock was talking about "Oh and I have some bad news" Cole finally brought up, "Go on, tell me" said Zira "When I was at priderock I saw other humans there with the pridelanders" Cole began to describe, then Zira and everyone else looked at Cole confused "You mean other humans, like you?" Nuka asked "Yes and I think that they may be working alongside king Simba in order to find me" Cole added "Did they follow you here?" Zira asked "I thought they wouldn't but it appears that they must have assumed that I was here" "And what else did they say?" Zira asked, "I heard that they might sweep their way over here and if they do, things could get really bad?" Cole explained "We could fight them off, right mother?" Vitani asked looking at her mother "Oh no no, that's a bad Idea" Cole declined "that wrenched Simba, I should have killed him long ago but now we may not have a chance" Zira growled "And you do realize that this is your fault" she looked at Cole, Cole sighed "It is sort of my fault" he admitted "You see when I fled North America my government wanted the weapon that I stole from them so they started searching for me" "Then why did you decide to hide at our home?" Zira asked "I wasn't expecting the government to track my location here and I sure as hell wasn't expecting to meet a bunch of talking animals" Cole replied "We could probably chase them off" Nuka suggested scratching the top of his head "It won't be easy, they have weapons just like I do and they have all sorts of heavy equipment on their side" Cole explained showing his assault rifle "Or we could set up an ambush, that way we could begin the attack before they could even see us" Kovu suggested, Cole felt like he had to agree with Kovu "If the soldiers are using assault rifles then they would have a difficult chance against an army of lions if they got too close but hopefully most of them aren't equipped with shotguns or any close range weapons " Cole thought "That sounds like a perfect plan son" Zira finally spoke up "If we attacked them directly we would be dead before we could get close to them" Zira remembered seeing Cole kill the impala with one of his weapons and when he killed off the attacking pridelanders at the crashsite, seeing their flesh getting ripped apart from far away" "Yeah I was thinking the same thing, it would be like bringing a knife to a gunfight" said Cole "When will they be coming?" Zira asked "I heard that they might make their way around here tomorrow morning but we should be able to see them coming" Cole replied, then everyone nodded in agreement "Then we should get some rest for the night, we will rally the lionesses as soon as we wake up" said Zira "And Cole" she turned her attention to the human "You may now sleep in the main cave, you've earned it" "Thanks, I appreciate your prides trust" Cole said with a smile as he held his hand out, Zira grabbed hold of Coles hand with her paw and did just what Cole showed her, Kovu, Nuka and Vitani reached out and did the same "Now what was that thing that you were riding in when you arrived" Zira asked "Well that's a good question" Cole replied "Remember when I told you about technology and how we use our minds to survive?" Zira nodded but her three children shook their heads in denial, "Back at my home, humans drive around in these big machines that we call cars or vehicles" they walked out of the main cave to take a look at the Humvee that Cole had parked in front of the entrance "Is it some kind of animal?" Kovu asked then Cole laughed "No, its a machine" "And what exactly is a machine?" Nuka asked while not taking his eyes off the Humvee and not daring to step any closer to the giant metal beast "A machine is something that is built by humans, its a tool that helps us do hard work that we can't do with our bare hands like the Humvee for instance, if there is somewhere that we need to go and its too far for us to walk we use cars to transport us to that location because the car or vehical can go twice as faster then walking or running" Cole explained "So humans get around in giant moving machines? that does sound a bit lazy" Vitani commented "And bad for the environment" Cole added, then Cole looked at his watch and pressed the button to illuminate the screen and the watch displayed 11:49 "I think we should get settled in now" Cole could feel his eyes slowly trying to close "We've had a long day so it would be necessary to get some sleep now" Zira yawned and stretched "Now lets get back inside" she motioned to the cave entrance "Alright you guys can have you guys go ahead while I go get my stuff" Cole quickly remembered leaving his arsenal of weapons in his personal cave.

"Cole, its time" Cole was woken from his sleep after hearing Zira's voice, he rubbed his eyes and saw Zira sitting in front of him Cole looked at his watch and it displayed 6:00 "Yeah perfect timing there Zira" Cole had been laying on the hard ground with his head rested on his luggage bag "I decided to wake you at the earliest time so you could prepare yourself for the attack" said Zira, Cole got himself off the ground and started digging through his bag full of weapons, he got out his 12-gauge shotgun and AK47 assault rifle and holstered them to his back "Alright, where do you want to start" Cole asked "Right away, I've rallied the lionesses while you were asleep" Zira replied "Now, come this way" Cole followed Zira out of the main cave.

After stepping outside Cole saw all of the lionesses standing outside in a big crowd, Cole followed Zira to the front of the crowd and he saw Kovu at the front "Is everything ready?" Zira asked strictly "Set exactly as planned" Kovu replied "Good, hopefully Nuka and Vitani should be back at any moment" "Where did they go exactly?" Cole asked "I have sent them to spot the invading humans so we could set the ambush" Zira replied. Cole became worried "I just hope- oh wait nevermind" Cole saw the two lions coming up from the hill "Did you find them!" Zira called out "We saw them coming from the far east of the outlands" Nuka replied "And how many?" Zira then asked "Oh there's alot of them and they were carrying those head exploder sticks or whatever you call them" "You mean something like this?" Cole asked showing Nuka his AK47 assault rifle "Yeah something like that" Nuka replied "My god, its gonna be like a turkey shoot if they spot us coming first" Cole muttered "No need to worry, there is a forest somewhere east from here" said Zira "Really?" Cole asked "Truly, it belonged to another pride of lions long ago before they moved" Zira explained "That sounds perfect, we could use that to our advantage" said Cole "Then we should get going immediately before the humans get there first" Zira suggested.


The truck that Eric and his squad were riding inside of stopped to a screech "Alright this is as far as we can go with the trucks, they won't be able to get through all those trees!" Eric heard the soldier on his radio communicator "Well we better get our feet peddling" said Eric, they climbed out of the truck and began to scan the large forest around them "Well this aint no little red riding hood story that's for sure" Mitchel commented, "Well just be on the look out for the big bad wolf" Aiden chuckled while he held his weapon over his shoulder "Um isn't that the three little pigs?" Luke asked "Dude, we are the three little pigs except we have guns and we're not hiding out in a house made of straw" Aiden replied trying to sound humorous" Eric was starting to get a little agitated from his squadmates humour, he turned to face them and said "I could be the big bad wolf with the gun unless if you want to keep your mouths shut" "We're all wolves sir, we're soldiers" Aiden whispered. They continued walking and came across some animals but did not find anything that was considered a threat to them "Hold up" Mitchel whispered, they all stopped and heard a sound coming from somewhere "Do you hear that Mitchel whispered while raising his right hand, the squad looked around them and suddenly something jumped out from one of the bushes "FUCK GET BACK!" Eric yelled, a load roar was heard but was then silenced after the repeated blasting sound of Mitchels AA-12 shotgun came into action "COME BACK YA PUSSY!" Mitchel taunted while firing his weapon into the bushes, the bullets then shot right through the small trees causing bits of bark to come flying everywhere "Stop fucking firing!" Aiden shouted at Mitchel, they looked to the ground and saw a trial of blood leading into the bushes "Whatever that was its gone no- Mitchel where the hell are you going!" Mitchel sprinted his way over to where the blood was leading right before Eric could say anything else, the three soldiers ran to follow Mitchel "Hey Mitch wait up!" Aiden called out. They continued to chase after Mitchel until finally they stopped to hear struggling coming from behind some of the trees, the three approached the struggle and saw Mitchel beating up on something "Oh god" Eric thought after finally seeing what Mitchel had been chasing, Mitchel had a cheetah pinned to the ground by its neck while it struggled to break free "That's it ya ecoterrorist bitch!" Mitchel shouted in enjoyment, Eric turned away after Mitchel pulled a sharp bowie knife from his utility belt and began to repeatedly stab the cheetah in the stomach and then in the chest. Eric slowly turned his sight to the bloody mess that was in front of him and tried to think of something to say, he looked at Aiden and Luke and saw amazement in their eyes, Mitchel then picked up the dead cheetah and held it in front of him with a look of pride on his face "So what ya think boys" Mitchel asked while holding the now dead cheetah in his arms "Not bad there sportsman but if only it wasn't too messy" Luke commented "You planning on getting that thing stuffed and added to your trophy collection?" Aiden asked "Hey Eric what do you think" Aiden asked standing next to Mitchel "Its nice but couldn't there have been a less gruesome way to kill it?" Eric asked "I didn't want to waste too much of my ammo" Mitchel replied "And on top of that why don't we get a picture?" Mitchel suggested "Sure Mitch I got a camera right here" Luke pulled a small digital camera from his utility belt and prepared the shot "Hey anyone wanna get in the picture?" Mitchel asked "I will" Aiden said, he walked up to Mitchel and stood beside him "Alright Luke take the shot!" Aiden said while holding up two fingers in front of the camera but before Luke could press the button more rustling noises were coming from all around them "What is it now" Mitchel said angrily while throwing the dead cheetah aside, the three soldiers looked around aiming their weapons in all directions "Sir!" Eric quickly turned around with his gun aimed forward and saw several soldiers emerging from the bushes "Oh thank god" Eric said in relief "We heard gun fire so we came to see if everything was okay" said one of the soldiers "Ah everythings fine, we just ran into some cheetah that tried to kill us" Eric explained while pointing to the dead cheetah that was right next to them then Eric saw two more army trucks coming up the path, the trucks stopped in front of the group with more soldiers stepping out from the back and started searching the forest "Are you hurt or anything?" the soldier asked "Negative only one of us got a small scratch" Eric replied.

Cole and Zira waited within the trees along with the other outsiders ready to ambush the incoming enemy troops, Cole took a deep breath while he lay flat on the ground with his binoculars raised to his eyes, non of the outsiders nor Cole have said one word since they started waiting, they were as quiet as mice. Cole didn't like the fact that he was about to kill Americas bravest hero's who are only doing their job trying to defend their country but them trying to retrieve a deadly wmd was a whole exception, then Zira tapped Cole on the shoulder with her paw "Over there" she whispered in his ear, he was sitting next to Zira and her three children Cole zoomed in on his rifle scope and saw about 10 men dressed in camouflaged army uniforms and carrying all sorts of different assault weapons "Yup I see them alright" Cole whispered he waited for the soldiers to get closer "Alright, its time" Cole raised his hand and then Zira stood up and let out a loud roar.

All of the soldiers aimed their weapons and looked around franticly "Shit theres lions here too!" Mitchel shouted while brandishing his AA-12 shotgun, then suddenly several lions jumped out of the bushes from all around them and pounced on the soldiers before any of them had any time to react "Shit what the fuck!" Aiden fired his SAR-21 attempting to hit the attacking lionesses but they were too fast and kept jumping in and out of the bushes to pounce on one of the soldiers Eric pulled the trigger on his Honey Badger assault rifle and shot down three lionesses that were just about to lunge at him, gunfire echoed from all around the soldiers while being accompanied by the load roars that were coming from the attacking lionesses, several more soldiers came out to join the fight Eric saw several more lions approaching him and his squad from all directions baring their sharp fangs and growling ferociously "Why are you attacking us!" Eric asked thinking that he could reason with them but neither of them responded, the soldiers that were standing behind Eric raised their assault rifles ready to fire but suddenly several loud shots came out from nowhere and Eric heard something fly right by his head he looked behind him and saw three soldiers that were now dead on the ground "There's someone firing at us!" Aiden shouted "From where!" Eric asked "Well I don't fucking know!" Aiden responded, the lionesses began to charge Eric and his squad they all fired their weapons but more and more of them were coming out from all directions "Fuck I'm onto my last mag!" Luke cursed while reloading his FN-FAL, Eric heard more shots fly right by him "Alright, we're gonna need to split up!" said Eric "Split up?" Aiden asked "If we do that it might be easier to find that sniper that's been shooting at us and it could possibly be the suspect"

After the lionesses made their charge, Cole and several other lionesses along with Kovu, Nuka and Vitani had already made it to where the fight was taking place and to Coles surprise the lionesses had made an impressive ambush and managed to knock most of the soldiers down to the ground right before they could even get a clear shot, the war paint on Coles face was nearly washed off due to the sweat dripping from his forehead. As they got closer to the carnage that was taking place Cole and the lionesses by his side suddenly stumbled into a pair of armed men that were dressed in green and tan coloured combat uniforms while some of them were wearing flak jackets, the men stumbled back and raised their assault rifles but before they could have the chance to fire Cole pulled the trigger on his AK47 and unloaded his entire magazine into the group of soldiers, the men all dropped dead to the ground as pools of blood began to form around their bullet riddled bodies Cole then stood there looking at the dead soldiers that were only doing their duty trying to retrieve the weapon that Cole was in possession of and were killed by an American named Cole Maxwell. Several shots came from the left of them and two lionesses that were standing next to Nuka fell dead on the ground "Shit get to cover!" Cole yelled while firing his assault rifle at the incoming soldiers that were hiding behind the trees left of him, the lionesses ran towards the enemy soldiers that were peeking from behind the trees and jumped on them before just in time sinking their fangs into their necks. Cole reloaded his weapon and started running alongside the lions he aimed down the sights of his weapon and fired at several more soldiers, then an explosion went off sending several lionesses who were caught within it flying in all directions "Where the fuck did that come from?" Cole knew that it would be nearly impossible for a frag grenade to make such an explosion but it had to come from somewhere else, Cole suddenly heard a loud fluttering noise and saw what looked like an AH-64 attack helicopter. Cole tried firing at the cockpit expecting to hit the pilot but the window was bulletproof, Cole could then see the pilot looking right at him from the cockpit window "Too bad I couldn't bring that fucking stinger that I left at Hogans airplane" Cole cursed, he turned around and ran towards one of the fallen trees after the chopper fired a shower of armour pricing rounds at Cole, he remained hidden behind a large tree stump and watched as the chopper began to unload several rockets in all directions. Cole saw three lionesses run out from the east path of the forest and their bodies were engulfed in flames as they fell to the ground, "Why the hell would they send a helo out here?" Cole thought.


Alright im going to wrap it up here for now I could have made the battle scene bigger but I will add the rest in the next chapter. So now the us military has landed and now both the military and the outsiders are in a good clash. I know this chapter may have taken longer I expected but don't worry im pretty sure the next chapter wont be as long as this one and it maybe the final chapter so that's all I have to say :)