DJ's pov
Our mighty group of animals snuck through the Pridelands. We're some big bad army huh? A meerkat, a warthog, eight lions and one human.
It was getting late so the hyena patrols were going in for the food. From what Nala and the others say we had about half an hour or so before they moved back out and one of them would catch our scent.
Suddenly I heard a crunch of the dry dirt in front of us. I held up my fist as Simba and the other guys stopped. I heard the girls groan however as they bumped into the guys. I now remember that I didn't teach them hand signals.
"Malka, with me. Everyone else, stay here" I said switching out the Thompson for my crossbow. Hopefully it's just one lone hyena and it won't send othe call that we're here.
I crept forwards the sound while I signaled for Malka to circle around and come from the back. I got up against a dead tree trunk and steadied my breathing. This was it, the moment of truth. We're either going to pull this off and take out this threat silently or they're going to sound the alarm.
I jumped out and pointed the crossbow at a small group of hyenas. Malka jumped from the side and landed at the back of the group, cutting off their retreat. There was two females and three males. I then noticed that one of the females was pregnant.
"Any of you so much as whimper and I'll pull this trigger" I said in a dark voice. I wasn't going to kill a pregnant female, I may kill one of the males if they attack but no I didn't have it in me. One of the female hyenas came forwards and looked at me with a stern look.
"We mean you no harm. We know who you" are she said. I didn't let her get any further.
"So you know what I can do" I said clicking the safety off, with a loud click. The other back down but the female stood straight up.
"Listen, we're leaving. Scar is forcing everyone to remain here waiting for you guys. I'm not stupid, I know what humans can do with those things" she said gesturing to my crossbow. I think she meant guns.
"Okay, you can go" I said lowering the crossbow before stepping towards them. "But don't mistake my kindness for a weakness. Any of you decide to come and wreak havoc in these lands, and I'll bury you here" I said. I then motioned my head to the Outlands. They quickly ran past me and past the group of stunned lions.
"Where are they going?" Nala asked. I shrugged and walked back to the group, shouldering my crossbow.
"Anywhere but here is fine" I said grabbing the submachine gun. We then continued to walk to Priderock.
Third person view
The group of united animals ran until they got to a hill a few hundred yards away from Priderock. DJ laid down and looked through the scope. He seen the lionesses heading to Priderock with whatever animals they could find. Which wasn't a whole lot. So that cut their time in half at least.
DJ smiled in relief seeing that all of the lionesses had survived. Especially Sarafina. He then glanced over Priderock looking for Scar or Shenzi.
"Anything?" Simba asked. DJ shook his head looking back up from the scope. He groaned and got up before taking off his shirt and backpack. He then started applying grey mud to his upper body.
"So, Simba, Chumvi, Tojo and Malka. I want you four to go wide and around Priderock and take the back way up to the top. Timon, Pumba, you guys go with them and help them out if they need it" DJ said.
"Girls, you go and catch up with the lionesses rally them and let them know that it's about to go down. But make sure you stay in the middle of the group and keep your heads down. If Scar sees you then he'll know something's up" he said finishing his new mud camo.
"And what are you going to do?" Tama asked. DJ loaded a bullet in the chamber and pointed to in front of Priderock.
"I'm gonna head there and see if I can make a shot at Scar. If you don't hear a gunshot within five minutes, Simba I'm gonna need you to draw out so that I can. But everyone else no one fights until I shoot" he said as they all nodded.
As everyone moved away from DJ into their separate groups, DJ stood up and faced them.
"Listen, no matter what happens out there today. Whether we kill Scar and take back the lands or we all die in a blaze of glory. I want you all to know, I'm so proud of you all" he said looking at the girls.
"You girls have survived something that would've drove even the toughest lionesses crazy. You lived in a tyrant's lands for almost a year" DJ said before turning to the guys.
"Boys. I threw at you guys some of the toughest, most brutal training that I could think of. And when push came to shove, you guys pushed back with twice as much force" he said only to get some blank stares.
"What I'm trying to say, is that I'm proud of you all" he said. Before DJ knew it he was tackled and pinned in a massive ball of fur. He laughed as his face was nuzzled and licked. After a few minutes, DJ untangled himself and got up.
"Alright, enough with the love-fest. Let's go take back our lands" DJ said as he ran to his spot as the others did the same.
The group of male lions circled around Priderock out of view of of any hyenas on Priderock. However once they got to where the path was supposed to be they were met with dozens of hyenas sleeping. They quickly hid behind a rock and surveyed the area.
"Ugh, hyenas" Timon said shuttering. "I hate hyenas. So what's your plan for getting past those guys?" he asked Simba. Simba weighted his options like DJ always taught him to do and finally came to a decision.
"Live bait" he whispered back. Timon smiled and nodded until he realized that lions didn't make good bait for hyenas.
"Hey..." he said in a 'come on, really' voice.
"Come on Timon you guys got this. Plus we need a diversion" Tojo said trying to encourage them. Timon looked at them with a shocked and mad expression.
"What do want me to do? Dress in drag and do the Hula?" he asked.
Nala and the others ran up behind the lionesses and quickly got in the middle of the group. To the hyenas who seen it, it looked like some of the lionesses got left behind and were catching up.
"Nala! what are you doing here?" Sarafina asked shocked to see her daughter back. Nala just shushed her mother as they passed a hyena. He looked at the group but didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
"Don't worry, this is part of DJ's plan" Tumaini whispered as they neared Priderock. Suddenly Scar appeared outside his cave and the lionesses, who knew the plan smiled. Until he fixated on the hunting party.
DJ jumped and landed on a rock about seventy-five yards away from Priderock. He could see lots of hyenas and the group of lionesses, which the young adults had infiltrated perfectly.
He went to the poacher's truck and tried to get his other guns and dynamite. But the bullets and the dynamite were all waterlogged and wouldn't fire or explode for nothing.
Suddenly he seen a flash of brown and black. DJ smiled and zeroed in on it until he seen that standing in front of him was Sarabi.
"Shit" he muttered seeing that he couldn't get a shot off without endangering Sarabi.
The sleeping hyenas turned around as they heard a noise. There they seen Timon wearing a grass skirt and Pumba with a apple in his mouth.
"Luau!"
"If you're hungry for a hunk of fat and juicy meat!"
"Eat my buddy Pumbaa here because he is a treat!"
"Come on down and dine!"
"On this tasty swine!"
"All you have to do is get in line!" Timon sung as the hyenas came closer licking their lips.
"Aaaare you achin'!"
"Yup, yup, yup!"
"Foooor some bacon?!"
"Yup, yup, yup!"
while this was happening Simba and the others snuck behind them and made there way up the back trails.
"Heeee's a big pig!"
"Yup, yup!"
"You could be a big pig too!"
"Oy!"
The duo then screamed and ran away as the hyenas chased after them. The group of male lions made their way up the path and got to the top of Priderock.
They looked down and seen Scar surrounded by dozens of hyenas. They also seen DJ running towards a rock. So all they had to do was wait five minutes to see if DJ could-
"SARABI!!" Scar's voice echoed throughout the area. Simba froze as his mother separated from the hunting party and walked in between the horde of hyenas most of them nipping at her heels. Simba dug his claws into the dirt beneath him and gritted his teeth.
"Yes Scar?" Sarabi asked as Scar stood in front of her, unknowingly using her as a lion-shield.
"Where is Nala and the other young lionesses? They have not been see for days" Scar asked in a angry tone. Sarabi had to act like she had been the past few days despite her knowing that a plan was in play. She didn't want to screw up DJ's plan.
"Scar, there is no sign of them in the Pridelands. They must've left the lands in search of better ones" she said. Scar stepped closer and snarled.
"It would've been for nothing then because we're not going anywhere" he said. He always wanted to rule his father's lands ever since his father said he couldn't rule them because of his personality.
"Scar, there is no food. If we stay here, then you have sentenced us to death" she said angrily. Scar just turned around to go back inside the cave.
"You can't do that" she said making him stop.
"Have you forgotten, I'm the king? I can do whatever I want" he said holding his head high.
"If you were half the king Mufasa or DJ were than-" she couldn't finish that sentence as Scar backpawed her and sent her flying backwards.
"I'm ten times the king either one of those two idiots were" he thundered.
DJ smiled as he seen the shot he was waiting for. He held his breath and was about to pull the trigger when a loud roar echoed throughout the area.
"Oh no" DJ said as Scar quickly backed away behind a rock, out of view.
DJ watched as Simba came down from the top like a lion with rabies while the others followed him. Scar ran away as the hyenas met Simba and the others head on.
DJ was about to fire a shot at a running Scar when suddenly he became alert to the snarling behind him as well as warm air blowing onto his hair.
"Well, what took you so long?" he asked as a hyena jumped on him and the two rolled off the rock as two more hyenas jumped onto the pile.
Nala and the other lionesses ran into the fight and attacked any hyenas they could. Sarafina and Neema helped Sarabi get back onto her feet before joining the fray as well. Several shots erupted from further out in the Pridelands.
"What happened to waiting until DJ shot?" Nala asked in a smug voice. Simba growled before slamming a hyena to the side.
"He hit my mother" Simba said. Suddenly several yelps and whines came from the steps of Priderock. Hyenas flew off the sides as DJ and Rafiki got to the top of the steps. DJ held his empty rifle by the barrel as Rafiki held his stick like a ninja Bo Staff.
A hyena jumped at them and DJ swung his rifle like a bat, knocking the hyena off Priderock. Sarafina seen DJ and smiled. DJ smiled back until a lightning bolt struck the ground under the peak of Priderock, igniting the ground.
'Shit, good thing we're on a rock' he thought before ditching the rifle and grabbing the submachine gun. He then emptied an entire clip into a horde of hyenas.
"What the hell happened to waiting?" DJ yelled shooting a hyena with one of his pistols without even looking.
"He hit my mother!" Simba repeated as he swiped three hyenas off the ledge and into the fire. "Where is he anyway?" Simba added. He turned just as a lightning lit up the area, lighting up Scar who was trying to sneak away.
"DJ, come on" Simba said as he ran next to DJ. DJ looked at Sarafina and hugged her neck. He then set his crossbow against the den entrance. In this situation it wouldn't be very good.
"Stay alive" he said as she smiled and kissed him. DJ climbed onto Simba's back and the two ran after Scar. This was a move that they found out in the jungle three weeks ago when DJ and Simba were racing against Tojo.
Running along the narrow path, DJ turned his head and seen a horde of hyenas chasing them. DJ let go of Simba's neck and landed on the dirt.
Simba skidded to a halt before looking back at his friend.
"We both got scores to settle!" DJ yelled as the hyenas came around the bend and into sight. Simba reluctantly nodded before continuing after Scar. Shenzi rounded the corner first and smiled.
"Now this is a meal I've waited a long time for. To end you, will be the greatest moment of my life" Shenzi said. DJ turned and showed the Thompson to the hyena leader.
"You sure you got enough hyenas?" he challenged. Shenzi chuckled as a dozen hyenas came around the bend.
"Yes I do" she said as her and the hyenas came closer. DJ clenched his jaw and flipped the safety off.
"Hey Pumba!" a voice yelled out making everyone look up on a ledge, where the two animals were.
"What'd you call a hyena with half a brain?" Timon asked. Pumba chuckled.
"Beats me Timon, what?" Pumba asked.
"Gifted! Haha!" Timon answered as Ed started to laugh until Banzai slapped him.
"They're talking about us" he said before snarling. "For your last meal, you're gonna eat those words" he said as Timon and Pumba took off running along with over half Shenzi's backup. Despite her protests.
"Not the smartest animals in Africa, are they?" DJ said as Shenzi growled. She still had six hyenas, but that might not be enough.
"Why are we still talking?" she said. DJ pulled the trigger and emptied half the magazine into the hyena group.
Shenzi opened her eyes and seen that all her hyenas were dead.
"Now" DJ said setting the gun down along with his machete, pistols, and his Bowie knife. He then pulled his ka-bar and waved it back and forth.
"Hyena leader vs Marine?" DJ said as Shenzi smiled and the two circled, neither one wanting to make the first move first. But they both knew that one would have to eventually.
Shenzi jumped at DJ and tried to bite his leg, but DJ jumped back. He then slashed at her face, but she avoided the attack.
She took the opportunity and clamped her jaws around his right arm. DJ yelled in pain as he heard the slight cracking of bones. He kicked Shenzi in the chest before stabbing her in the gut. She yelled out and released his arm. He then grabbed her scruff.
"Say hi to Grandma and Grandpa" DJ said as Shenzi tried to bite him again. DJ's response was to throw her over the ledge and watch her dissappear into the flames.
DJ spit over the edge before wiping his mouth. He then picked up the guns and knives and decided to check on the lionesses and the other males before he'd check on Simba. He knew Simba could handle Scar.
Nearby a hyena who had seen the whole incident and quickly ran back to the den.
"Bad news" the hyena said entering the main den away from the action. "That human just killed Shenzi. And I can't find Banzai or Ed anywhere" he said.
"Okay, screw this. Grab her pup and let's get gone" another hyena said. The male hyena nodded before bending down and picking up a male hyena cub, who was so young that his eyes weren't even open.
They then ran out of the den and down the pathway. There was still enough space that they could get back to the Graveyard. The hyenas that were fighting the lionesses seen the hyenas running away and decided to follow them.
DJ got back to the scene and smiled at the sight of the hyenas running away. He let out a yell and raised the Thompson in the air. The lionesses and the rest of male lions turned and smiled at DJ.
But their smiles soon vanished. DJ turned but was met with the fur and claws. His Thompson and his backpack flew away and his pistols were pinned against the ground. Plus since his knife sheaths didn't have the straps that held them in the sheaths. So those went flying out of reach too.
A burnt up Shenzi clamped her jaws around DJ's left hand and bit down. DJ screamed as the hyenas that Shenzi had rounded up cut off the lionesses and lions from assisting. All she needed was a few seconds.
She released his crushed hand and smiled a bloody smile at him. Her skin and fur was burnt and crispy, so there was no way that she was letting this human get away now.
"You're gonna die!" she said snapping at his face as he tried to hold her head away from him.
"I know" DJ said in a strained whisper as he started to loose his strength. "It was stupid to think that I could get away from you without dying" he said as she went into 'Wait what?' faze.
He then punched her in the face and reached into his backpack, which was the closest thing to him. he then pulled out his backup plan.
"That's why I brought this!" he said pulling out the pin from the grenade.