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Untainted Souls

By: DarkEcoOttsel

Chapter Nine

The next day, three figures were seen walking across the sweltering Pride Lands towards the gorge.

"Man, I'm hungry," Banzai muttered.

"We all are," Shenzi grumbled. "When we take over the Pride Lands, we can stuff ourselves until we burst."

Ed grinned and laughed.

"There's the herd," Shenzi pointed out. "Let's get this over with."

Fifteen Minutes Later

Banzai, Shenzi and Ed watched the stampeding wildebeest run through the gorge. They watched in silence as Scar dropped Mufasa into the onslaught. Their expressions didn't change as Mufasa and Simba's screams echoed throughout the gorge.

The trio slid down into the gorge, choking on the airborne dust and dirt. They quickly found Scar at the foot of Mufasa's body. Scar snapped another order and they carried it out reluctantly, chasing young Simba away.

"You think he'll come back?" Banzai asked Shenzi on the long walk back.

"Who knows?" she replied. "If he does, he might kill Scar and us as well. Or Scar might kill him and then kill us for not killing him in the first place."

Banzai blinked, trying to register everything in his mind. He shook his head and said, "Man, you only look at the dark side, don't ya?"

"It's a dark world," Shenzi muttered icily. "Besides, what good could come outta that?"

"Well, maybe if we tell Simba our story, he'll let us live," Banzai smiled.

Shenzi gave him a look that said 'yeah, right'.

"Right," Banzai said after a pause, his smile fading. "Either way we're all gonna die."

The three friends returned to find an empty graveyard. Their clan's scent was headed towards Pride Rock.

"Let's go," Shenzi sighed as they turned around and headed towards the Pride Lands.

"Do you think if we ask Scar, he'll let us go?" Banzai asked after a moment of silence.

"No," Shenzi replied almost immediately. "He'd never let us go. Besides, I'd never leave my clan, even if they are brainwashed."

"Yeah," Banzai agreed. "Maybe we can bust him in front of our clan and the lions. Would that work?"

"Oh, like they would believe a trio of lying, thieving poachers like us," Shenzi snorted.

Ed started whining and pointing at Pride Rock. The trio looked up at the majestic rock and saw Scar claiming his right as king.

"Too late now," Banzai sighed, his ears drooping. "He's king and what he says goes."

"Maybe he'll be a good king," Shenzi said suddenly, receiving two stunned looks from Banzai and Ed. A sour expression appeared on her face and she spat, "What the hell am I thinking?"

The trio found Scar afterwords.

"Did you kill him?" Scar asked.

"Yeah," Banzai and Shenzi replied, blocking Ed. They had learned a while ago that Ed couldn't lie.

"Good," Scar muttered. "You three will be sleeping on the cliff I used to sleep on before I was king. Consider it an honor."

"You're welcome," Shenzi muttered sarcastically. "Excuse us, oh mighty king, but we need to get some sleep. We had a big day of murdering innocent animals."

"Keep that attitude up and you'll be killed along with those 'innocent creatures'," Scar growled as they walked past him.

"Whatever," Shenzi rolled her eyes in response. She, Banzai and Ed settled down on the cliff where Scar told Simba about the Elephant Graveyard. They should consider it an honor since the rest of the hyenas were stuck sleeping on the land around Pride Rock.

Ed, as usual, went straight to sleep. Banzai and Shenzi staid up; talking.

"How do you think the lions are taking it?" Shenzi murmured to Banzai as she lay back against the grass a distance from the cliff.

"They probably hate it," Banzai lay down beside her. "But now they know how we feel."

"Mmm," Shenzi said, staring at the sky. Changing the subject, she said, "Woah, the sky's really clear out here."

"Yeah, it's really nice," Banzai agreed, staring at the starry, cloudless sky. He laughed and said, "Remember how we used to sneak out late at night when everyone was asleep? We would stare at the sky for hours."

"Yeah!" Shenzi grinned. "We would stare at it for so long, we memorized most of it!"

"Yeah," Banzai murmured, shutting his eyes. "I miss those days."

"Me too," Shenzi whispered, realizing that Banzai was asleep. "Me too...."