Chapter 26, Pain and rejection
The young boy, scared, trampled and weak, wrangling on the ground, most of the grass strands stained with his blood. He reached out with his hands and used his left leg to help him crawl along. He felt the scars on his back, it burned and stung with such pain. Jay his right leg felt as if one of the bones was cracked or severed. To use it, if felt so unbearable to the boy. Nyati walked along the boy's tail, keeping a close distance to the suffering man-cub. Nyati was but coming to the point where he would finish Jay, to trample the boy body with his bone crushing strength, putting Jay out of his misery and ceasing his young life, as the Cubs before him. While focused on the young man cub, the bull was without notice of what was coming where his sights were not set. From behind the bull, Sarabi came prowling toward Nyati's. The lioness queen was driven with the instinct of protecting her young from danger.
She pounced and came upon the back of the bull, clawing and biting down upon his dark grey hide. The bull groaned in agony of the lioness's fangs and claw. The bull swung around trying to get at Sarabi, who hung on with her claws and fangs Jay came onto his hands and knees and turned to see his mother confronting Nyati. The bull continue to leap, twirling around, switching directions he would go.
He kicked his left legs up, trying to knock Sarabi off. The lioness continued to hold on, her claws began dragging across the bull's skin, leaving bright red line openings. Sarabi then was flung off and landed on the ground, five feet away from the bull.
"Mom!" He Cried, turning to her.
Nyati turned to face Sarabi, snoring and moaning. Sarabi got back on her four paws as she turned to the bull. She glared angrily at the bull, bearing her fangs at him. Though. The bull was full of rage and anger, how're ever it could not match that of Sarabi's. Like that of fire, Sarabi's was ever more stronger than his, seeing him harm her son in such a way. Losing one cub in the past, another was a chance she would never give anyone. An action that would not go unanswered, not by her.
Sarabi circled the front of the bull, facing toward him. She growled at the bull. Nyati moaned and snorted back at the lioness. With several steps of his hooves, The bull made a charging direction to to the lioness. As the two faced one another, Jay got back on his feet, bearing against the pain of his right.
"Mom!" He said, as he limped along toward her.
Sarabi shifted a look to her son. He looked so badly hurt from his encounter with the Cape buffalo. He could barely stand up on both his legs, let alone move.
"No Jay!" She called out to him.
"Stay there!"
The wild boy stopped as of which, he turned toward Nyati. The bull turned toward him, with a still ever so present mindset of killing the boy. He groaned at the boy in a threatening way. With the sight of this, Sarabi was ever so more filled with outrage. She roared out to the bull.
"Get away from my son!"
Nyati turned back toward Sarabi, the lioness faced him, willingly. It wasn't of any her intention to pick a fight with the bull, the only mindset she had was to somehow reach her son at any chance given.
It was at this very moment, Nyati made a charge toward the lioness. Like a massive truck that drove fastly down the highway with such powerful strength,Nyati plunged straight at Sarabi. As he was about to cross paths with her, Sarabi quickly moved aside as he began to stop himself so he could turn and catch her. Sarabi leaped and came upon his neck, biting down on his neck. His mouth came onto the top his neck, as her fangs dug into through the bull flesh.
The bull let out a moan of pains as he tried to throw Sarabi off. He ran around leftward, feeling Sarabi pull down the head of the Bull. All the while, Sarabi was being dragged by Nyati, her back sliding across the earth below them. Sarabi scratched the skin of his shoulder, her claws ripping the flesh of the bull.
The bull then stopped and swung his head upward with all his might. Sarabi was flung off, she fell back and landed upon her back And rolled upon her stomach. When she tried to pull herself up, Nyati came and threw her along with the bud of his head. Sarabi was flew fight feet ahead of the bull and landed on her side. A short distance from the conflict, Jay watched in shock and dismay. It was here, he was witnessing his adopting mother be faced with the fate that Sarah had. Jay could only watch in horror then, but here... Jay couldn't bear a second of wanted to help his mother however he could. The wild boy then called out to the cape Buffalo.
"No, Leave her alone!" He shouted.
Nyati turned to Jay. The wild boy stood there, glaring at the bull did so back. With the lioness out of his way for the most part, he began shifting his anger back toward the wild boy,turning in his direction. Sarabi leaned her head off the ground and turned to her son. She then saw the bull, began to toward him.
"Jay!" Sarabi said.
With not a single second to spare, the lioness returned onto her four paws and race to the bulls side. She then pounced and came upon his back. She pulled the bull down, his back legs narrowing to the ground below. Nyati turned his head and saw the lioness, continuing to slow him down. The bull tried turning to get at the lioness. He reached his head out to pushed the lioness off so that he may push her off and trample her. Jay saw the Bulls attempt. It was then the boy glared. No longer could he stand by helplessly as someone he loved was placed in such danger as this.
"No!" He cried.
The boy began to run as much as he was allowed by his right leg to the bull. He wasn't going to let the bull hurt his mother. He then leaped upon the buffalo's head. Nyati moaned as he lifted his head upward toward the sky above. Jay held on by the horns of the bull, as his legs hung down from the left side of the bull's neck. The wild boy then pulled himself up as the bull shook his head back and forth, trying to shake him off. But still, Jay continued to hold on long enough to make his mark. Jay then reached his left hand up and plunged his fingers into the right eye of the bull.
The Bull whiled in pain, as he felt the boy's fingers dig into his eyes. His blind sight on that end was then ceased, blood began to pour downward of the side of his face. The bull then shifted his head right and flung it back left. Jay flew of the bull and landed on the ground rolling.
After of which, the bull turned and shifted around to the lioness. He pulls his body around, making Sarabi's body come into view. Sarabi retracted from the bull, as he once again knocked her back.
Jay pulled himself up off the ground, as of which he heard the anger of groans from the Cape boy looked and saw Nyati come up towards him. The lioness laid on her side, motionless for the most part. Sarabi pulled himself up a bit. She looked to the cape Buffalo who was trampling up to Jay. The bull came upon Jay, his right eye covered by the streaming blood
The cape Buffalo was before the lioness queen already. This was presenting to suffer, as his mother did before him. He expected for the bull's hooves to crush her bones, but what followed instead, was the roar from a lion. The Bull turned to look behind him, where he was met by the sight of Mufassa. The Alpha male stood along with several lionesses behind him. The bull groaned at Mufassa, stomping his hooves on the ground, hoping to intimidate the alpha. Mufassa only growled back to him.
Nyati knew that he was outnumbered by the lions. Though he was stronger and had dealt with lions before, he was already wounded enough. Furthermore and he would surely be prey to the lions. He had already wandered too far from his were open to other predators. The bull turned back to Jay with a glaring look.
He gave one last grunt to the boy, as he turned and began walking back toward the hill where his herd awaited him. Jay watched as the bull trembled away. He then later looked to his lioness mother. Mufassa came up to his queen As she pulled herself up off the ground, Mufassa helped his queen up, nudging and lifting her up off the ground.
"Are you alright?" Asked Mufassa.
Sarabi nodded to him. But it wasn't her wellbeing that was so much of a concern to gazed up to her adopted son, looking so shocked and sadden. He looked beaten and scared. Jay tried moving toward his mother, limping toward her. Yet there was an eruption of pain from his as he fell to the ground. Sarabi gasped and quickly ran toward her son.
"Jay!" She cried as she passed by Mufassa.
Mufassa gazed toward Jay, who tried pulling himself up off the ground. He looked so hurt, weak. and scared. He could see Jay's back was covered with blood and scars that lined across his back. Sarabi came upon her son, she nudged him, help him lean up straight. Jay wrapped his arms around her, his head narrowed to the ground.
"Jay?" She said.
The boy gazed up at her.
"Are you Okay?" asked Sarabi.
The wild boy nodded his head yes.
"Yeah." He said.
Sarabi was somewhat relieved to hear that, but the sight of her son's condition spoke otherwise and was a bit of a concern for her. Nyati has pierced through his skin by his horns, when they had touched him. Also from being thrown around and bucked by the buffalo, it left bruises and injuries. His condition was a far frightening sight to the Sarabi than anything. Although she was relieved that her son was alive.
However things were soon to change, and not for the better.
"Mufassa." Said one of the lionesses.
The alpha lion turned to the lioness, who was looking ahead to the stream of rushing water. Mufassa came up to when he looked to the river ahead. The sight was a shock, as he saw the wildebeests crossed to the other side.
"The herd has gone where we can't reach them." The lioness said, turning to the king.
This was their grazing place, as such this is where they had found Jay, Sarabi and Nyati. If this was the main herd, who crossed over the river, then it meant one their known herds to hunt was going to be hard for them to reach.
"Do you see now, brother?"
Mufassa looked back to see Taka coming into the sight. The black maned lion looked to Sarabi and Jay. He had seen the occurrence, to where Jay had lead Nyati to the herd. With his conniving hate For Jay, the lion found so much blame on the wild boy.
"Do you see what letting this insolent thing into the pride has caused?"
Jay and Sarabi turned to the sight of Taka. Sarabi gazed stern look to Mufassa's brother, knowing what it was he was doing. Turning the blame onto her son for what was not his fault.
"Because of this wretched man-cub, we've lost the herd." Taka continued.
"I've seen the whole lot thing occur. Sarabi's little choice had driven away the main herd."
Jay frowned, a sad expression came upon his face, as words of Taka were heard. For once Taka was telling the truth, it was because of him.
"Taka!" Sarabi glared angrily at him.
The brown fur lion turned to Sarabi.
"And let us not forget, your choice to bring this... thing, into the pride." He said.
"What do you have to say for your son's doing?"
"This wasn't his fault." Sarabi defended.
"A-huh." Said the conniving lion.
"Try to protect him from his faults. But of course the fault isn't entirely his alone."
It was then, Mufassa stepped in.
"Taka, enough!" Mufassa demanded.
"This is no one's doing."
"But you surely see this, Mufassa. You know Sarabi's choice has placed us all in danger of starvation."
The lioness queen became outraged by Taka's words. She would tolerate any further words against her son.
"You've said far enough, Taka." She said.
Taka glared at he the lioness queen. He knew that this was all because of her and her so called 'son'. He believed his words spoke the truth in the matter.
"Sarabi, your little 'son' is nothing more but a threat." He said in a cold manner.
"The bull should have killed him, only then might we have all been spared."
Jay stared with such dismay. He narrowed his head, as Taka's words plagued his mind. A threat, that is what the pride had always thought of him. It was no matter what life he lived, pain and sorrow would always follow Him. Taka turned to leave, just before he gave a stern gaze to Mufassa. He had told him that this was a horrible idea to let happen, he had a strong belief that the king was regretful of letting Jay stay with the pride.
His belief, was partially true. Jay peered toward Mufassa, as he and Sarabi looked to him. The alpha mainly looked to Jay. He knew that he was but a cub, he was young and had so much to learn. But Mufassa still couldn't find any will to call him a son of his. He shifted his sights to Sarabi, who looked to him with an expression of need for him. But Mufassa could not answer to her call, a choice he regretted deeply. It was then that he committed an act that destroyed Jay from the inside. The alpha turned away from him and Sarabi. He began walking away, the lionesses followed after him.
Sarabi watched with such shock to what her husband had done. She was left without a single word to say for what he had done. He had turned away from her and their son. She felt so hurt, but the pain was deeply felt by the wild boy. Jay stood there next to Sarabi, shocked and torn. He knew it to be true that Mufassa really did hate him. Who was known to be his father, had turned away from him, like his own before him. The boy pressed his head against his mother, shutting his eyes as tears. He began sobbing, as Sarabi looked down to her son.
"Jay." She whispered.
Jay held her close to him as he cried. Sarabi came down upon the earth as Jay lied in her front legs, pressing his face into the tanned fur that covered Over her breast.
"It's okay, it's okay." Sarabi soothed, as she tried to calm Jay.
Sarabi kept her crying man-cub close to her, as he bearded through the pain.
(Well I hope you guys enjoyed, a bit hard to write this chapter. Don't worry, there's a bright future ahead for Jay. Till then, please comment and review)