School
" Wow! This stuff is really good!" Simba said, stuffing his face full of popcorn at Zak's house. They just finished trick-or-treating and were now watching "Scream". Zak was sitting on the floor revisiting another issue he remembered. Sarah looked at him and saw this, " What's wrong?" Zak looked at her and said " We have school tomorrow, and my mom doesn't have any errands to run. What are we going to do?" Zak asked with concern in his voice. Sarah was also nervous, and Zak saw this in her blue eyes. " I think we should take them to school." This made Zak choke on the popcorn that he was eating; he gave her a "are you crazy?" look. Sarah sighed and said "My parents are home tomorrow and we can't leave them here." They both told them the concept of how they had school, however due to the major gas leak, the kids had off Wednesday until that coming Monday (that was how bad the leak was) so they didn't have to worry about it until now. They decided to each take one to school.
However, Zak wanted Simba to go with Dan since Dan had spent such little time with Simba, and it was unfair. Nala would go with Zak; Sarah decided to go empty since she only carried a coach bag. " Hey guys, you know school from what we told you right?" Sarah asked Nala, who was tossing popcorn into her mouth and catching them, and Simba; who's mouth was stuffed to the cheeks with popcorn. "Wanna come?" Sarah asked, and both lions looked at her excited before nodding excitedly. "Alright, it's settled then; Nala will go with Zak and Simba with Dan." Dan looked up at this; grinning madly " I get to take Simba to school tomorrow? Awesome!" he said. Nala strode over to Zak and looked at him, "You sure it's alright?" Zak nodded, " Definitely. Just stay hidden." He looked up and said " And do not tell ANYONE about them." Dan looked up sadly, " Can I at least tell Michelle?" Sarah sighed in a very annoyed tone, "There is NO WAY you are telling him, or anyone else!"
Dan nodded stiffly, "We should leave now." Sarah said " C'mon Simba." Have a good night Zak." She and Dan began to walk away with Simba (who wasn't wearing anymore Joker make-up), leaving Nala and Zak. " So what were you talking about earlier…about your past?" Zak looked at her; not wanting to talk about it. "It's nothing, c'mon let's go to bed it's getting late." He went upstairs after telling his parents goodnight, Nala in tow (walking very quietly).
He began to pull down his bed, Nala looking at him with sad eyes. " You look upset Zak, are you alright?" Zak sighed and said, " I'm scared for us as a group, with the hyenas and those lions out there, and there is no telling what could happen." He looked at Nala while saying this, she looked back; he saw her as the lioness she would become in a few years. He sighed and lay down on his bed; Nala leapt up onto the bed and curled up next to Zak. She looked at him; he looked down at her; her green eyes shone even in the dark with friendliness and comfort.
Zak then went to sleep, leaving Nala awake; looking at him. "He cares as much for me as Simba does." She smiled and fell asleep comfortably, without any nightmares.
In the City, That morning
" We will start to spread fear here, in the city." Trenton said to Scar; who was nodding in agreement. " We should send the hyenas out first to cause panic and confusion among these people." Scar said, calmly; then turning to see Banzai, Ed and Shenzi sitting behind him. " You cause some havoc among the masses of people, we'll help." Scar said looking at Trenton; who just smiled back. The three hyenas nodded, and Banzai looked happily; "can we help ourselves to them as snacks?" Scar looked at Trenton, who shook his head.
"They will be freaked out enough with vicious cartoon hyenas attacking them; you may wind up giving some of them heart attacks; so DON'T kill." The hyenas nodded, sadly. Walking away Banzai said " I just want to try them; ya know, as an exotic meal." Shenzi simply sighed and said, " Well, we aren't in charge, so let's just do what the bosses told us." With that they signaled the other hyenas to get ready to jump out.
On the street of the city
At a nearby coffee joint, a business-looking man was drinking coffee." Ah jeez, they put 1 milk in this coffee."he said in an irritated tone. He also looked on his cell phone and saw his stocks dropping. " God! This day couldn't get any worse for me!" he said angrily. Just then all 30-some hyenas leaped onto the street; causing driving cars to swerve and throw on the breaks; unfortunately one car skidded into the coffee man's brand new Mercedes he just got the week before. " Not my car!" he shouted as they collided; fortunately the damage looked fixable, " Well, at least it can probably get fixed." Just then a man ran by, and in sudden panic; dropped a match he was using to light a cigarette into a pool of gasoline coming from his Mercedes, the car then exploded, into a ball of flames. " OH MY GOD! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" he shouted angrily.
People began to scream in terror and run from the hyenas; some did have enough time to recognize them though, saying " Hey, aren't those the hyenas from "The Lion King"? " before running to find shelter themselves. Some people stared in confusion at the sight they were witnessing. Meanwhile, the hyenas were knocking over mailboxes and trashcans; as well as trapping people in corners, alleys and buildings. A city school bus stopped in front of Banzai, Shenzi and Ed. This bus was filled with little 9 year-olds who had just finished watching "The Lion King" in their class (oh the irony). They immediately recognized them and whipped out their cell phones at record video and take pictures. "Wow cool!" they all shouted; along with their names and telling them to "hold still" for the camera. Shenzi had to drag Banzai away from posing next to the bus for the kids, "Aw c'mon man I was just posing for some fans!" he said irritated. Just then they both realized something; " How do people know us here?" Banzai and Shenzi said in unison; utterly confused. However, they just shrugged it off and continued to wreak havoc.
At Zak's school
" You sure this will work?" Nala whispered from Zak's backpack; " Well, it's worth a shot." He entered the school and walked over to his first class; which was Chemistry. Zak had always been in advanced classes, because they were administered to smart students. He always had kids his age in his advanced classes. As soon as he entered; he saw Ryan. They glared at each other, before Ryan got up and walked over to Zak; "So your little friends aren't here to help you now; are they?" Zak just kept glaring, Ryan just smiled and said, " Or ARE they?" he reached for Zak's backpack, but Zak saw this coming and kneed him in the gut. " You have no right to look in my backpack jerk." Zak said through gritted teeth. Ryan glared at him and wobbled back to his seat; in obvious pain. Zak sat at his desk to wait for class to start.
At Dan's building
"Why can't I reveal Simba…if I did I would be so popular." Dan was upset; but continued to sit through another boring class with his teacher. " I'm bored." Simba whispered from his backpack. Dan looked down at him; then up to see if anyone had noticed; no one had. Dan decided to reveal Simba if the class became too dull. "Alright, today we will have a fun class; drawing pictures of your favorite cartoon characters." All the other kids nodded; Dan bit his lip in anxiety; trying his best not to reveal the lion. "Dan, are you alright?" Dan looked up and saw the voice came from his best friend, Michelle. She had blonde hair and hazel eyes. " Yeah. Just wondering what to draw." She smiled and pulled out a "how to draw" book of Disney characters. " Yeah, I figured you would want to draw Simba; and I'll draw Nala." Michelle said smiling; Dan was smiling and trying not to tell her about Simba and Nala.
Her favorite cartoon character of all time was Nala; which made her and Dan close friends. Simba was hearing this; thinking "Maybe I should show myself to Dan's friend."
After second period lunch at the High School
Zak had just bought his lunch and was carrying his backpack over to Sarah; who was eating in the art room. He sat down and unzipped his backpack so Nala could get some air and eat some of the chicken tenders Zak had bought. " You alright?" Sarah asked Nala after she burst through the backpack; gasping for fresh air. " I've been better." She said smiling, Zak handed her half of his helping of chicken before seeing what Sarah was drawing; she was drawing a picture of a forest in grand detail. Zak looked at his watch to see the time, then looked up to Sarah; " God, that was one bad gas leak wasn't it Sarah?" Sarah nodded and continued to draw. Nala looked around the room at all of the paintings and clay works. "What do you have next?" Sarah asked curiously, Zak sighed and said, " I have stupid math; which sucks." He then whipped out his iPod and turned on Boston's "More Than a Feeling"; letting Nala listen to it. She enjoyed it a lot and continued to listen to music with Zak until the bell rang signaling the start of 3rd period.
Inside Dan's school; bathroom
Dan was making sure his hair was all right in the restroom, so he looked good in front of Michelle. Simba popped out of his backpack and said; "Do you like that girl in your class?" Dan looked at Simba and froze; since he knew he was at the age where crushes were embarrassing. " No, of course not. I just like to look good." He finished up and went to pick up his backpack when Simba smiled and said, " You're lying. You do like her." Dan looked at Simba and kept saying; "No I don't." Simba just shrugged and said "Sure, whatever you say." Before crouching into the backpack. Dan left the restroom and entered his classroom again and sat next to Michelle.
"You all right Dan?" she asked smiling. He blushed and nodded; "Yeah, hey you drawing another picture of Nala?" She nodded and showed it to him. Michelle had a raw talent for drawing Nala; since she always drew her when she wasn't doing anything. "Pssst…show me to Michelle, Dan." Simba whispered from his backpack, "What was that?" Michelle asked, Dan went pale and said quickly; " Oh, nothing. I may have gotten a text." He glared down at his backpack and lipped " What the heck are you doing?" towards Simba.
Meanwhile, Michelle was getting depressed and thought; " Man, I wish that Nala was real so I could have another friend." Dan was Michelle's only friend, since the girls were jealous of her and the boys were in the stage of life involving "cooties". A tear fell, unnoticed, from her eye onto her paper.
Outside of the High School
Johnny and Matthew were now relying on their last tracker to find Nala and Simba; and had only one other means of tracking besides using the device, which came from one bit of advice from Reuben that they were with some kids. Two seemed to be high school students; and the other seemed to be in grade school. They came up to the high school, and the tracker was beeping wildly. Matthew sighed; " I don't think it is worth it anymore." He looked at Johnny and said, " Before I was blinded by money and greed since I wanted profit, but now I just want to get them first so Reuben won't hurt them and cause any more damage to the dimensions." Johnny couldn't believe his boss had such a change of heart. However, he nodded in agreement; just then though a news-break came over Matthew's radio; "There is chaos in the downtown area where there are hyenas running amok through the streets. There have also been reports of two lions and two people who are also causing chaos." The two looked at each other; Matthew then heard over the radio " The names of the two people have been released; Reuben Jameson and Mark Christiansen. These hyenas have also been reported to look like cartoon characters." This was all they needed to hear before realizing that money really wasn't worth it anymore and they entered the high school parking lot.