Deprived -- Chapter 4
Note :: Okay, this chapter is a little bit funny. I couldn't help it! The two things I can not do are leave Scar out of things, and get through an entire story without humor! I'm sorry! I'm just... not a serious person. Besides, I deal with stress by making jokes about it, and Banzai follows my example! Is... there a problem with that? Anyway, this chapter is also very short. But it is very powerful. And though Scar does not make an appearance, he has a large role in this chapter. (It's a funny role, too!)
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Now Banzai began to ponder for the first time what Kwajuka had said. "If not the help of one..." did that mean that in order to survive, Shenzi and Ed needed his help? But what could he do? He was just... (he hated to admit) a lazy, disgusting, grimy hyena, right? What did he know about helping another? For the first time, a want to help another surrounded Banzai's thoughts. A want to mean something to someone. A want to care for another and recieve care from them in return. And once again, his thoughts floated to Scar. And how much he was acting like his friend. In that moment, he knew that instead of moping, he needed to do something about his predicament.
Running... he was running. But to where was he running? And why? It all came to him: he was to save Shenzi and Ed. He ran and ran, until he realized that he was running toward the sun. The sun? Why run to the sun? But instead of seeming closer, it just kept getting farther away. No! No, come back! Come back here! A black world was surrounding him. He felt trapped in this... place. Everything around him was black. Until... a circle. There was a circle at the top. It was red. No, it was blue. It was purple! But it wasn't. It was both red and blue. How could that be? The odd things that happen in dreams... what was happening? The light from the circle blinded him, until he saw his two friends. Lying on the ground. Dead. It was for a split second before everything swirled, and he felt terrified, trapped in this world. What was happening?
Madness must be contagious, Banzai thought, managing to laugh as he thought of everyone in the pride/pack catching 'Madness' from Scar. Trying to keep his mind off his worries, he continued in his narrative, I haven't been around Scar lately. Maybe Shenzi and Ed have Madness. Maybe I'll see tomorrow, them two lolling their tongues out and hiccuping. Maybe I'm catching it too.
With these foolishly happy thoughts in his mind, Banzai fell asleep.