Chapter Four:

Rescuing

Shentana woke up about a half an hour after Shenzi left to follow her brother and Zacuru. She yawned and took a deep breath of fresh morning air. "Shenzi, it's time to wake up" She turned her head and realize Shenzi was gone. "Shenzi" She quickly stood up and looked around "Shenzi?"

Shenzi stayed low in the grass, this was the first time ever she saw a human and like always she was very curious. She saw a radio where the music was coming from and next to that was a teenager reading a magazine. She was very tall, with long brown hair. Next to her were small black suitcases and a stake of video tapes. Behind her were two large white vans on with boxes and other piles of junk and the other van had a few cages. As the girl was humming along with the music, her father came by carrying a cage.

"Shelly, I thought you already pack up the equipment" her father yelled

"I would, but the stuff is too heavy" she said

"Can you please turn down that radio, I can barely hear you?"

Shelly sigh and turn off the radio "when are we going home? It's so hot and boring out here"

"We can leave early if you help me pack up the vans"

"Fine, what do you want me to do"

"Well, why don't you check up on the animals and make sure cages are safely pack in the van" he said "oh and make sure you fine a spot for him"

Shelly's father handed her a small cage and Shenzi saw who was in the cage. "Banzai!"

"Eww, what a disgusting thing" Shelly said

"Just put him in the van" her father said

"Yes dad" she said and walked over to the van that had the other cages. "Hmm, there's no room in here" she said to herself.

She walked over to the other van where all the junk was and found a spot on the top shelf. She placed him on the shelf and tied down the cage. "There you go, you disgusting little thing" she said then walked off to help her father.

When Shenzi saw the coast was clear, she quickly ran toward the small table where the radio was at. She waited till there were no humans in site and continue her way to the van that had all the cages in it. The van door was lower to the ground like a ramp so it was easy for her to get inside.

"Banzai" She whisper his name.

There were five large cages in the van with animals in a deep sleep. "Banzai, are you in here" she whispered again

"Hey girl" someone whispered to her.

Shenzi jumped and turn around to see a male adult cheetah looks at her.

"Was that you" she asked

"Yes, what are you doing here this is a dangerous place to be at"

"I know but I'm looking for someone"

"If your friend is caught, it's too late to help"

"Why, I know he's around here somewhere"

"I know but if you stay they'll capture you too and you'll be taken away from your home"

"I know that, that's how my dad die, but he's my friend and I got to find him"

"Will you two keep it down, it's making my head hurt" a female hunting dog said whining

"Sorry, Zinga" the Cheetah said

"What happened to you"Shenzi asked

A thin black wire was wrapped around Zinga's neck, when she was trying to get it off, it cut her neck a bit leaving dried blood around it.

"I fell into a trap, I had this thing on of a week, then yesterday when I was getting a drink of water I saw those humans and they shot me with a dart. The next thing I knew I woke up in this place"

"Same thing with me, I spotted them and I tired to leave but I had a bad injury on my leg from another cheetah and I couldn't out run them" the Cheetah said

"Why are you here anyway, you got to leave now"

"I will but not until I find my friend" Shenzi said "you wouldn't happen to see him, he's a hyena too"

The two adults sigh "I saw the girl human taken him to the other van" the Cheetah said

"Thank that's all I was asking for" Shenzi said then stormed out of the van

"I hope she doesn't get caught" Zinga said

Shentana woke up the whole clan when she noticed her son and Zacuru were also missing. The clan begins to search the land around them.

"Where could she be" Shentana worried

"Shentana, I got some bad news" Nuacka said

"What is it, is Shenzi hurt?"

"Worst, some of the hyenas spotted humans' footprints around here"

"Humans!"

"You don't think they were caught by them"

"Don't say that Nuacka, they're smarter then that" she shouted "just keep looking as soon as we can find them the sooner we could leave"

"I'm on it" Nuacka said then ran off to continue her search.

(If I was my son where would I be) she thought (he probably hiding from you because he did something wrong)

She shook her head to get out of her thinking when she heard two hyenas arguing. She turned around and saw Shenzen and Zacuru walking out of the bushes.

"I can't believe you lost her, you were supposed to be watching her!" Shenzen shouted

"It's not my fault you were drowning, how can I save you and watch her at the same time!" Zacuru shouted back

"But you know how my mom gets, I don't know why we even came back here"

"To see if Shenzi is here, and to make sure your mom isn't awake "

"Ahem!" Shentana said

Shenzen screamed at the top of his lungs and started to sweat "hi mom, boy don't you look lovely this morning" he said, laughing nervously

Shentana gave him a cold stare "Shenzen, where's Shenzi"

"Uh . . . I thought . . . um . . . she was with you" Shenzen said

"Shenzen" Shentana gave him an even colder stare.

(Don't crack, don't crack) Zacuru prayed

Shenzen begins to sweat even more, those eyes his mother was giving him were making him lose his composer. "Alright, Zacuru was taking me to a place where there was food and Shenzi caught us and we didn't want her to tell you so we took her with us, then I started drowning and Zacuru was supposed to be watching her instead he saved me and we lost her, ok, I don't know where she is!" he confessed

Zacuru sighs then begin to panic when he saw Shentana shaking in anger.

"HOW COULD YOU LOSE YOUR SIX WEEK OLD SISTER!" Shentana hollers so loud almost every hyena around her jumped.

"I'm sorry" was the only thing Shenzen could say.

Shentana sighs, losing her patients wasn't going to bring Shenzi home. "Just show me where you last saw her and we'll search from there"

"Follow me" Zacuru said

"Banzai, Banzai! Can you hear me" Shenzi shouted.

Shenzi waited for a response but nothing. She walked inside the van and sigh. He was on the top self and there's junk everywhere. In the back of the van was a pile of boxes, if she climbs sit she'll be able to reach the top shelf. She walked past a few boxes and the black suitcases she saw early and begin to climb the mountain of boxes.

"I you could here me Banzai, the things I do for you" she sighed

She manages to reach the top on the shelf "what a strange thing" she said about the van.

Next she had to walk by a pot that had a rare plant in it and a first aid kit to get to Banzai's cage. She pushes the pot and the first aid kit off the shelf, not even caring if it made a loud noise or not and walks over to Banzai.

"Banzai, are you asleep?" she whispered

She never realizes how ill he looks. He was so skinny, pale with messy fur and it looks like he hasn't eaten in days. She heard him moaning a bit and she begin to shake the cage.

"Banzai, wake up, turn around"

Banzai heard her, struggled to get up, turned around and wobbled over to her before collapsing to the floor. He begins to drool and his eyes were half open.

"What happened to you" she asked?

"Human . . . dart . . . sleepy" he said drooling

Shenzi place her paws through the cage and picked him up off the ground and tried to make him sit up. "Wake up, you're in danger, I can't help when you're at this stage" she said. Shenzi let go of Banzai but had to hold him up again when he started to fall back. "WAKE UP!" she started to shake him then it took a painful slam to get him out of his drowsiness.

"That hurt" he said

"Good, now we can get you out of here" She said

"I'm in a cage, how did this happen" He asked

"No time to explain" Shenzi said.

She noticed the cage was tied down by wires that were tied to hooks. She begins to untie them.

"What are you doing" he asked

"I'm going to untie this cage, dragged you out of here then once were safe we'll figure out how to get you out of that thing."

Banzai look down from the shelf, it was a long drop from here to the floor "you got to be kidding me"

"Well, what else can we do, the humans will be back any minute."

"I don't know but pushing me off the shelf won't make me feel better"

"Think Shenzi, Think . . . I got it" she shouted then ran back to the pile of boxes and climbed down.

"Where are you going, don't leave me here." Banzai shouted.

"I'm going to get my mom, she'll help" Shenzi said

"But what if you get caught" he said

"Trust me, I won't get caught" she said as soon as to turned her head the van door slammed right on her face. She was trapped

"This is bad" . . .

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