Chapter 5: Kital's Past
"My mother and father always told me that I was a very special hyena, unfortunately, Scar had the same idea. My parents figured that Scar must have some hidden reason for rounding up all the hyenas onto his side. When they found out later that he was responsible for the death of his own brother Mufasa, they knew that this lion is evil and could actually bring about the end of our kind instead of restoring it. They decided to start a small band of resistance against Scar, but it failed before it even started."
"Scar used my parents as examples to the other hyenas about the consequences for opposing them. He attacked my father Markal first and quickly snapped his neck. As for my mother Shilana, he didn't hurt her at first. But then an evil grin appeared on his face and he said: 'Kill her.'"
"Immediately, over a dozen hyenas sprung up and attacked her from all sides, obviously she didn't stand a chance. Scar had brainwashed the hyenas so completely that they didn't care that they were attacking their own kind. To them there were only two kinds: those who favor Scar and those who oppose him. The ones that oppose him don't live much longer."
"All of this happened right in front of me, and I was forced to watch as my parents were murdered. He then asked me in a calm, but ominous voice about who's side I'm on. I was still too shocked about my parents fate and I just froze without saying anything. What happened after that is still a blank in my memory, but I do know that I ended up becoming Scars top security fighter."
"He saw lots of potential in me and decided to train me into an even more vicious creature that no hyena was capable of. He had a strange way of teaching me how to fight, he didn't teach me any moves or techniques. Instead, he would tell me to use any means necessary to stay alive, which means that I have to come up with my own moves and techniques. Sometimes he would attack me, other times he would send several of his hyenas at me."
"The first few months of his 'training' was extremely harsh and torturous to say the least. My muscle mass and body size increased to incredible size, especially for a hyena. Eventually, I was battle hardened and was ready to keep any hyenas in check and eliminate any hyenas who opposed Scar. But I was not totally ruthless, because deep inside, I was plotting to make Scar pay for what he did to my parents and what he did to my kind. It was several years later when the opportunity appeared in the form of Simba's return."
"When Scar tried to convince Simba that it wasn't his fault and put the blame on us, that finally made my mind snap. The other hyenas weren't amused either, they were totally furious and so was I. After Simba flipped Scar of the place called Pride Rock, we all attacked him for betraying us."
"It was one single lion against dozens of hyenas. Obviously, Scar didn't stand a chance and I decided to use this opportunity to exact my revenge on Scar. He did make one pathetic attempt to defend himself and I still think that it was a lucky shot. He slashed across my just before I attacked him and he took out my left eye, literally. I did the same thing that he did to my father, I bit his neck and snapped it as hard as I could. I found the bone crunching sound to be very satisfying, however, I didn't realize that I was bleeding badly. The world around me started to spin and go dark, and the last thing I saw was my left eyeball sticking onto one of Scar's claws."
"When I woke up back in the Outlands, I was hoping that it was a nightmare, but I realized that I could no longer see with my left eye since it really wasn't there anymore. I became bitter for a short time, but when I found out that Scar, the murderer of my parents and the corruptor of my kind was really dead, I started to feel slightly better."
"Okay." Rafiki interrupted, "how did you survive in this condition for all these years without dying of infection from your eyes (or what's left of them)?"
"It wasn't easy," Kital answered, "you see, the Outlands isn't quite as dead and barren as you think. There are a few plants scattered here and there that are used for medicine. I managed to find a few of these plants and used them to heal most of the infection. But these plants only help for a few days, then the infection would return. Also, every time I use the plants, they become less and less effective. Recently, the plants don't seem to help anymore, so I made a desperate decision to visit the Pridelands for any help if possible. But before I left, I had a dream about a monkey or baboon that was a shaman and could possibly be helpful. The dream told me to go to the Pridelands to find this shaman."
"And here you are now," said Rafiki, "I'll do my best to help you."
"Wait," said Kital, "you said that you would tell me your life story."
"I will," said Rafiki, "but that eye of yours needs some serious attention. I'll tell you my story while I create some medicine for your eye."