Just a little insight into what the bad guys are up to now since we haven't seen them for a little while. Enjoy.
Chapter 13
Scar had gone back to the cloud like fortress that was the Muuji's base to tell his 'masters' about the location of the survivor group. He walked into the wall of the structure and vanished into it, emerging again on the inside. He looked around for the leader and he spotted him at the top of the tall tower. There were many different shapes far above that lined the inside walls of the base. They all had a Muuaji unit in front of them and some kind of light was being emitted from them. Scar didn't know what it was though, he was just interested in getting his own goals fulfilled. A regular Muuaji came down to address the dark lion.
"I wish to speak with the commander."
The Muuaji then flew off to get the commander from at the top of the tower. A few moments passed and the green and red creature came swooping down to Scar's level. It set itself down on the ground, resting on its four leg like appendages, like a four legged spider.
"What do you want?" It boomed.
"I have discovered where the opposition is hiding. They are all holding out in a large tree at the other side of the Pridelands."
"Good work. You will mount an attack on the place immediately."
"There's no need. I've already sent Zira to kill them off. With the powers you granted us it should be over pretty fast."
"One lion alone may not be enough to take out an entire resistance group. However, we have seen how efficiently you two are able to perform. We will wait until the morning to investigate. If Zira does not return by then we will conduct an attack on the tree. Now rest before tomorrow."
The commander then turned and flew upwards, back to its original position. Scar didn't really want to have to wait until morning to see the twisted, bleeding corpses of all those lions, but then again, the suspense would make it an even greater thrill when he finally did.
Scar was about to turn and leave but before he did he had one more look at the glowing orb of light in the centre of the tower on the ground. The source of all the Muuaji's power, according to them. They had called it a 'matter drive', whatever that meant. All Scar knew is that they never let anything get near it. It was the one thing they seemed to protect more than anything. It must have been valuable... Or dangerous.
Anyway, it didn't matter to Scar now so he resumed his exit, unnoticed by the creatures going about their business above his head.
Scar emerged on the outside of the structure and it was now dark in the Pridelands. The tower glowed a bright blue behind him. It must have been visible for miles around.
All of a sudden Scar saw a shape coming towards him. It was difficult to make it out in the darkness, plus the fact that it looked like something dark anyway. But as it got closer to him he could make out that it was a hyena. It was Jasiri! Without Zira.
She came to a halt in front of Scar and still kept that expressionless face.
"What are you doing here? Where's Zira?" Scar demanded.
"Zira has been knocked unconscious and captured. I retreated to increase survivability rates." Jasiri's voice remained emotionless throughout her explanation.
"You fool! You're not supposed to worry about yourself! Come on, we have to go and get Zira. And while we're there we're going to finish off every last one of those retched resisters."
Scar, still somewhat infuriated by Jasiri's decisions, lead the hyena off into the darkness of the night to finish the job she and Zira had failed to complete.
So now Scar's going on the offensive. Wonder how this will turn out. And sorry for it being another short one (even though I said a few chapters back that they would start getting longer), that's just how they are at the moment but I promise that there will be some longer ones further down the line. Chapter 14 for example will be in the 1000 word range (probably between 1200 and 1400 actually), so you can look forward to that in a few days. Also don't forget to favourite and follow this story if you haven't already and please leave a review if you have something to say about it, reviews always help. See ya next time.