Chapter 24: Secrets and Feelings
At a different part of Pride Rock City, Kiara and Jack were at a fancy restaurant, dancing slowly at the dance floor to the smooth music.
"Thanks for this lovely evening, Jack" Kiara thanked.
"No worries" Jack chuckled.
"You know I gotta confess this to you, you really are a romantic guy" Kiara sighed happily.
"Just like my father was" Jack winked at his crush.
"So...have you ever kissed a girl before?" Kiara questioned with a smile.
"I...um...Not really, no" Jack shook his head, blushing.
Kiara giggled and was about to speak when the phone rings as Jack answers it:
"Hello, Captain Sulley what's wrong...what?! W-We're on our way"
As Jack hangs up, Kiara looks at Jack in concern and asked: "What is it?"
"The Elephant Graveyard Hyenas...they're back" Jack revealed.
As soon as the duo arrived to the ship where the hyenas were last seen, Kiara and Jack looks on at horror of all the ship men in various areas, dead and riddled with bullets, creating a slaughterhouse of a ship.
The detectives reached to the Captain and the other policemen as Jack calls out for Sulley who motions them in to the group before they examine the crate that the hyena gang was hiding during the trip overseas.
It was stained with alcohol and cocaine as Sulley sternly said: "I recognize this pile of shit anywhere...it's them alright"
"Those fuckers made a big mistake coming back here" Jack agreed.
"Jack; you're not planning to kill them are you?" Kiara asked in concern.
"I'm not a murderer, Kiara; but this gang is extremely dangerous and they are a great threat to this city, If I had to shoot them down to end this war they started with this city then I will do what I must do" Jack replied.
"Don't end up tracking them down on your own like your father did, Jack; we need to work together to track them down and take them down, dead or alive" Sulley informed the group.
"But why now? Why have they returned after all this time?" Kiara questioned in confusion.
"Don't know but we're going to find why" Sulley said.
Meanwhile Shere Khan was taking Vitani back to her home from their dinner as Vitani looks at Shere Khan and said:
"Thank you for dinner tonight; I had a lovely time"
"I'm very pleased to hear that" Khan smiled handsomely at the young lady.
Vitani looks away for a while, not sure on what to say to her co-worker before Khan rubs her shoulder for comfort
"Are you OK, Vitani?" He asked.
"I'm fine; I just sometimes wonder why you like me so much? Why this entire dinner and carnival trip?" Vitani questioned.
Khan places his paw on hers before he confesses: "Because I like you Vitani, more than you possibly imagined; I believe with my eyes that you are the most beautiful lioness I've ever seen, not to mention cute"
Vitani blushes deeply at the confession as she secretly felt touched by the tiger's passion for her.
"Mr Khan...I'm speechless" Vitani nervously said.
"I know this is surprising for you but you are so unique, so loyal to those in need and—" Khan started.
"Mr Khan...I-It's getting late, I should go" Vitani interrupted, unsure and nervous on how to respond to Khan's feelings and if that are accurate.
"...I see..." Khan quietly cleared his throat.
"I-I'll talk to you soon, I promise" Vitani said before she looks at Khan and adds:
"Thanks for the lovely night"
The lioness soon leaves the car and heads inside the hotel building as Khan bangs his head on the car wheel a few times, growling to himself:
"You just had to blurt it out straight away, you old bastard"
As Khan drives home, Vitani sadly felt terrible for not letting such a gentleman like Khan confess his feelings to a lady like her but alas, she didn't know what to do about it and it scares her; should she be with a man like Khan who loves her dearly and yet is twice as older than she is?
Her thoughts were distracted as she got out of the elevator and heads for one of the hotel rooms then knocks on the door as a Doberman, wearing a red nightgown opens the door and chuckles deeply:
"Well, well...so you finally showed up, we were wondering what kept you"
"Sorry to keep you waiting Roscoe but I had manners to attended to be at first" Vitani apologized and enters the room.
"Hey Desoto, the lady's here" Roscoe calls out.
Another Doberman enters, wearing a blue nightgown as he smiles at the young lady:
"So this is the babe we ordered tonight? Man, you are as beautiful as we imagined" Desoto flirted.
"Thanks but I prefer if we just get this over with, I'm not much of a night lady" Vitani sighed and starts stripping off her clothes.
"Sorry to disappoint you, darling but we got you for the whole night" Roscoe deviously smirked.
"Brilliant...So, you know the rules on how this is going to work?" Vitani sighed.
"Yeah, yeah, no cameras or recording and always wear a condom" Desoto sighed in annoyances.
As Vitani finally got naked, she sits on the bed as the twin Dobermans took off their robes, leaving them handsomely naked in front of the lady.
"So how do you wanna do this?" Vitani sighed.
"Whatever you wish to do first sweetie" Roscoe flirted.
"Yeah, you're our guest and we got all night to have all the fun we can have" Desoto handsomely chuckles and the twins then make their move with the lady...
The next morning, Shere Khan was at the Lion Technology Company, looking for Vitani to talk to her about last night but she was nowhere to be found. The tiger looks at one of the co-workers and asked:
"You! Do you know where Vitani O'Vera is?"
"W-Well according to the staff, she's called in sick for today" The employer answered.
"Oh...I see...Very well then, back to work" Khan nodded.
The tiger wandered if Vitani didn't want to come to work today because of him as he kind of feels guilty yet annoyed with himself that he may have cause discomfort with Vitani but he thought of seeing her later on after work to discuss about last night's events.
Later on, Khan reads the local city newspaper in the staff before he overhears the other co-workers, Beast, Bagheera and Aslan go to the staff room as well.
"Did you about the recent rumors around here, guys?" Bagheera questioned the men.
"Yeah, they say Mufasa may have a crush on the new nanny; what was her name again?" said Beast.
"Nessa Chamberlin, that orphan who was Pete Senior's slave before his arrest" Bagheera replied.
"If it's true, then I'm not one to judge or anything but isn't she like eighteen years younger than him?" Aslan asked.
"Well yeah but what's your point, Aslan?" Beast nodded.
"Don't you guys find it weird that Mufasa maybe dating someone younger than him?" Bagheera asked.
"Rumours are just rumours Bagheera...They're mostly lies to gather up publicity, fame and god knows what" Shere Khan spoke out.
The men got startled as they look over to see the tiger putting the newspaper down and looking at the trio like they were on an interview.
"Shere Khan! We didn't think you would be here" Bagheera nervously replied.
"Well of course Bagheera, He works here" Beast pointed out.
"At least someone knows about me" Shere Khan sarcastically chuckled as he goes back to reading the newspaper.
"OK Mr wise guy; if you think those rumours is nothing but lies then what say you about the rumours of Miss O'Vera then?" Aslan asked.
"What about Vitani?" Shere Khan asked, not focusing at the others.
"They say she's a prostitute from a strip club" Aslan replied.
Shere Khan slowly looks at the trio, not changing his dark expression as he replied softly:
"...Come again?"
"Well some of the workers say she's from a strip club called the Moulin Rouge II" said Bagheera.
"Wait, isn't the Moulin Rouge a burlesque cabaret in France?" Beast asked.
"Well yeah but this one in Pride Rock City is more of a next level sexual cabaret where desires can be a reality" Bagheera explained.
Shere Khan just chuckled: "You talk as if you were there before"
"Um, N-No! My cousin did and he said he saw a girl similar to Vitani" Bagheera scoffed.
Khan then wonders if the reason that Vitani didn't wish to talk to Khan about last night or was not ever here at work today because of what the trio speculated on what she is. Suspicion and tension got into the tiger as he got up and begins to leave before Aslan calls out:
"Where are you going?"
Shere Khan looks back and replied "For a coffee break"
He then leaves the staff room as the trio watches the tiger go into the elevator and presses the down button as the sliding doors close.
"He REALLY freaks me out" Bagheera shuddered.
"Tell us something we don't know" Beast sighed
The Elephant Graveyard Hyenas have escaped undetected but they left a lot of evidence behind. Shere Khan loves Vitani but Vitani has a secret she doesn't want to tell him as she makes out with two canines. At work Shere Khan hears a rumor that Vitani is a prositiute working at the Moulin Rouge II as he goes to see if he confirm if the rumors are true. What is going to happen next? Find out next time on Nessa's Story.