Chapter Seventeen: Waterfall
Day Fourteen:
"Are you sure those berries aren't poisonous " Banzai asked Shenzi
"Well, Ed still alive" Shenzi said kinda giggling from what they are seeing.
They gone another three days without food and Ed spotted a bush full of purple berries without thinking he rushed over there and shoved them in to his mouth. Shenzi was shocked when Ed was also eating up the leaves.
"Ed, how do they taste" Shenzi asked
Ed turned his head showing his mouth and neck stained in purple juice. "Sweet" he said with a grin, purple color drool dripped from his mouth then he continue eating.
"Lets go and get as far as we can before sunset"
"I lost my appetite anyway" Banzai said
As they were leaving Ed was still eating every single berry off the bushes "Ed hurry up" he heard Shenzi shouting and from what he learn for the past two week is to never upset her.
Hours past and Banzai paws begin to hurt badly, he tried not to lose his temper from Ed who was making loud licking noises as he was cleaning off the berry juice. Banzai just bit his lip hard and tired to ignore it. He looked in front of him and saw that Shenzi still had that determination in her eyes to find this rock she been talking about.
"Shenzi, I'm tire of walking" Ed whined
"Sorry Ed, but it not like we have other transportation" Banzai said
"Actually I think we do" Shenzi smiled
The boys looked at her as she pointed to a river that was flowing to the north.
"This river is going north, if we build a small raft we can go sailing for a bit" she said
"That sounds a lot better then walking but where are we going to find things to make a raft" Banzai asked
"Well, I saw it on a that small box called a T.V. that girl Molly made us watch and how in the T.V. they use tree logs and vines to make one" she said
"That's not a bad idea" Banzai said
It took awhile but the pups manage to find all the supplies to make up the raft. They took three small thick logs they found around the place and tied it up with some vines Ed found. Shenzi jump on to it "push me out to see if it floats"
"Are you sure" Banzai asked
"Why not, if its sink I'll just swim back" she said
"Alright" Banzai said and him and Ed pushed the raft out in to the water.
Shenzi concentrate to keep for balance and already the slow current begin to move it through the river. "It floats" she shouted as she drifted farther away.
"You guys need to swim over to it" she said
Banzai didn't care, swimming would cool him off after a day of walking. He jumped in to the water and was about to swim when he heard Ed whining again.
"Shenzi, I can't swim" Ed cried
"Banzai, I think you need to carrying him." Shenzi said
Banzai growl to himself "can't you do it"
"I would but Ed bigger then me I would sink,"
Again Shenzi had a point, she was the youngest and the smallest of the group. The next thing Banzai knew Ed wrapped his arms around his neck and Banzai swim to the raft with Ed hanging on to his back. Banzai had to use all his stretch to keep himself from above water , he could hardly breath when Ed got so scared of the water he was wrapping his arms Banzai's neck even tighter. Banzai finally made it to the raft and Shenzi helped Ed on to the raft then Banzai.
"Ed, your heavy" Banzai said lying there to catch his breath.
"Cool, we're sailing" Ed said looking down at the water watching his reflection. Shenzi walked over to the front and looked out and smiled "this river is going to go on for miles"
"Good, my paws are killing me" Banzai said rolling on to his back and looking up at the clear blue sky.
The wind blew through Shenzi's hair as she sat there thinking about her family and how surprised they'll be when she returns. The current was calm and slow and she watch the land on each side passing by. She laid down near the edge of the raft and listen to the water flowing around them it was so relaxing that she dozed off for a bit.
Banzai noticed that Shenzi was sleeping now he was sort a alone with Ed who was still looking at his reflection in the moving water. He wonder if Shenzi told Ed about him confessing his envy towards the thick head pup (She wouldn't) he thought (yet, she might since you did ruin that friendship moment)
"Banzai" Ed called him
"What" Banzai asked looking at him with a grumpy face
"What's a murderer"
Banzai's eyes widen "it when someone kills another person"
"Oh, is that what you are" Ed asked with worried eyes
He was about to say yes but he remember what Shenzi told me about it being a accident so he shook his head."No Ed, your only a murderer if you meant to kill that person because you hated him or her"
"Are you going to kill me" He asked
"What ever gave you that idea" Banzai trying to stay calm so he wouldn't wake up Shenzi
"Cause you hate me" he said
Banzai growled, this pup was unbelievably stupid "look I don't hate you ok"
"You don't even after all we been through"
"No, I just been under a lot of stress and your annoyance wasn't helping" Banzai lied not admitting the real truth about his jealously over him getting Shenzi's attention "your not that bad of a friend"
Ed smiled then laid down for a nap. Banzai couldn't help but smiled back at the dummy, that little grudge he had on Ed finally faded away. Banzai yawned and fell asleep as well.
Day Fifteen: Still Sailing
Shenzi woke up the next morning, she was surprised to see that the raft haven't crash in to anything, it was floating as calm as ever. She turn her head to see the boys still sleeping.
"Another day of my crazy young life" Shenzi said to herself as she stood up and stretch out a bit. She bent over to get a drink of water from the water. Her stomach begin to growl and it hurt.
Hours past and the pups were bored and hungry. Through out the quiet river they only heard their stomachs growling. Shenzi sigh, even that formula chalky milk stuff the humans fed her sounded so delicious right now. More growling noises fulled the air and she sign again. Ed beginning to feel sick from sailing a lot "guys I don't feel so good" he said
"It must've ben from all those berries you ate" Shenzi said
"I really don't feel-" Ed quickly covered his mouth when he felt his vomit coming up
"For god sake Ed, rush to the edge of the raft" Shenzi shouted
Ed crawled to the edge and then next thing they heard was him throwing up. Ed looked up and watch the purple color vomit floating in to the river. He sat up and just smiled "that was close one"
"More like gross one, you shouldn't have ate that many berries" Shenzi said before she heard Ed's tummy growling now "I'm hungry" he said
An hour have past and the hunger pains grew worse. Shenzi closed her eyes and try to think of something else beside her stomach.
"Dammit, can somebody think of a topic we can discuss before I lose my mine" Banzai shouted all of a sudden, he couldn't stand the hunger.
"I don't know Banzai, sing a song or something" Shenzi said
"Sing a song" he question
'Yeah, you know like all those crappy Disney's movies that girl molly always makes us watch" she said
"I love those movies" Ed said
"I don't' get it" he said
"Well, unlike you who always tried to take a nap to escape the torture while we watch them, in the movies they always sing a song to make them feel better, of course I could never figure out where they came up with the words and the music so fast"
"I can sing, I love singing" Ed said
"Your feeling better I see" Banzai said as Ed cleared his throat
"Ten million cups of-" Ed begin to sing
"NO! NOT THAT ONE" Banzai and Shenzi shouted
"Ed, if you sing that song again I'm going to push you of this raft" Shenzi said
"Ok, I'll save it for later, I could sing song that I heard off of Shelly's radio"
"That thing we smash" Banzai asked but Ed ignored him and started humming to a beat
Banzai rolled his eyes and walked over to Shenzi who was staring out in the front as Ed begin to sing "life style for the rich and the famous".
"All they is piss and moan inside the rolling stone, talking about how life can be.." Ed sang
"Great idea, Shenzi, now he'll never stop talking"
"Quiet, I like this song" Shenzi said then staring humming to the lyrics.
"Shenzi, you didn't tell Ed about that other night when I told you guys about my past"
Shenzi smiled "No, that's just between you and me"
"Oh, I was just wondering because he asked me what a murderer is"
"Funny asked me too a few days ago, I just told him it was nothing for him to worry about" She said
"Good, I don't want to be call that"
"But your not so don't worry" she said
Banzai smiled, he needed to forget the past, his future was to stick by Shenzi no matter what. Ed stop singing and they turn to face him.
"Any request" Ed laughed
"Actually I got a song to sing, my stomach it so empty I'll do anything to ignore it" Banzai said
"But you voice is so low and raspy" Ed said
"A least I don't sound like one of those Backsteet Boys people" Banzai said since Ed voice was very high even higher then Shenzi's
"That hurt" Ed said
"No argument please, just sing the damn song" Shenzi said
"Ok, I heard this one many times on that radio that we smashed" Banzai said clearing his throat. "I took a walk around the world to ease my troubled mind, I left my body laying somewhere in the sands of time, I watched the world float to the dark side of the moon, I feel there is nothing I can do" Banzai sing
"Oh I love this song" Ed said rocking his head to the rhythm unknowing to them that eh current was going a little faster then normal.
"I watched the world float to the dark side of the moon, after all I knew it had to be something to do with you, I really don't mind what happen now and then, as long as you'll be my friend at the end" Banzai said
"If I goes crazy then will you still call my superman, if I'm alive and well, will you be there holding my hand , I'll keep by my side with my superhuman night Kryptonite" Ed sang the chorus line
"Hey I was singing get your own song" Banzai shouted till Shenzi interrupted him.
"My turn, my turn" Shenzi said "you called my strong, you called me weak, but your secrets I will keep, you took granted all the times I never let you down. You stumbled in and bumped your head, if not for me then you would be dead. I picked you up and put you back on solid ground"
"That's for sure" Banzai said laughing as all three of them begin to sing the chorus
"If I goes crazy then will you still call my superman, if I'm alive and well, will you be there holding my hand , I'll keep by my side with my superhuman night Kryptonite" They sand and started to laugh.
First time since they all met, they were having a fun time without any argument, fights or envy. Their laugher ended when the hand made raft slammed against a large rock causing the pups to collapse to the ground.
"What the hell" Shenzi said and looked at the river, the current was now strong and there was rocks sticking out then she knew where they were heading. "Guys, we need to stay calm"
"Why" Ed asked
"We are heading towards a waterfall" Shenzi said calmly
"WATERFALL!" Banzai shouted
"That doesn't sound good" Ed said
"Idiot, we're all going to die"Banzai shouted.
"I said not to panic!" Shenzi shouted till they slammed in to another rock, the raft split in half and the hyenas fell in to the water. Shenzi open her eyes to see her under the water, she tried to swim to the top but the current was to strong. She was losing her air supply and slammed against a rock. She pulled herself out of the water and grasp for air. Holding on to the rock she looked around.
"Banzai, Ed, can you hear me" she shouted.
"I'm over here" she heard Ed shouting.
Ed manage to reach the edge of the river and begin to crawled out. "Ed have you seen Banzai" She shouted but Ed shook his head
Shenzi was her grip on the rock as more water waves crashed in to her, the pain was terrible for her back.
"Wait I see him" Ed said pointing out in to the river. Shenzi looked around and spotted Banzai barely hanging on to another rock.
"Dammit" Shenzi said.
Unsure what she was doing, she let go of the rock and swam with the current to get to Banzai. The current swung her in to other rocks and she felt a few twigs cutting her in the water, she ignored the pain and continue to swim towards Banzai. Banzai had his eyes shut as he tried to hang on to the rock, he slipped and felt someone grabbing his paw. He open his eyes to see Shenzi trying to pull him back to the rock.
"Hold on Banzai, we'll make it out of here" she said
"Shenzi watch out" Banzai shouted
Shenzi turned her head to see a huge log racing towards them "Duck" Shenzi shouted and pushed Banzai under the water, before she could dive in the log hit her in the back of her head and she past out. Banzai grabbed hold of Shenzi before the current could take her away and tried to swim to the top. The current was too strong so it kept pushing him down. It was a lot harder then he thought to swim and hold on to shenzi at the same time. He looked around and spotted Ed's paw under water and he struggled to reach it.
"Shenzi! Banzai, where are you" Ed shouted to the river. He search around in the water hoping to find them then suddenly something grabbed hold of his paw and yanked him towards the river. He used his other paw to grabbed hold of some thick grass on the edge of the river. Ed pulled his paw out of the water to review Banzai, grasping for air holding on to the unconscious Shenzi.
"Shenzi can you hear me" Banzai shouted shaking her with his arm to wake her up. Shenzi made a small little moan but didn't open her eyes. "Ed pull us out"
"I'm trying, I'm not actually strong you know" Ed said as he begin to pull his friends out of the water. Ed kept on slipping when the current kept pulling Banzai back in to the river.
"Hurry Ed, Shenzi slipping" Banzai shouted
"If I move I might slip" Ed said
"Wake up Shenzi, for the love of God wake up" Banzai said if she was awake it will be a lot easy to get out of this river. A huge wave crash against Banzai causing him to pull Ed in to the river and losing his grip on Shenzi. Ed screamed as he fell under the water. Ed tried to swim but he was to scare to do anything. He felt someone grabbing him by the back of his neck and pulled him to the surface. Ed begin to cough as he started to float down the river. He saw Banzai still hanging on to Shenzi and he noticed that she was beginning to wake up.
"What happen" Shenzi moan from her now painful headache.
"We'll still in the river" Banzai panicked
"I can't swim" Ed said trying to keep his head above the water. Shenzi reached out and pulled Ed close to her and Banzai and kept his head above water. "Hang on, we don't want to be split apart" Shenzi tried to say, spitting out water at the same time. More waves crashed against them and they slammed in to a few rocks. Shenzi eyes grew wide when she saw the waterfall up ahead.
"Swim to the edge, I'm am not going to die like this." She shouted
Holding on to each other paws, Shenzi lead them as quick as she can to the edge, but another wave pushed her away and the fall was getting closer. She tried again and again but there was no luck. Shenzi grew very tried as they were close to the edge. Banzai grabbed hold of the nearest rock he could find and pulled his friends to it. The three hold on to the rock with a tight grip just six feet away from the fall.
"This is it guys" Shenzi said as she begin to slip "I never thought it going to end like this"
"Don't say that, we'll get out of here just like you said" Banzai said
Ed cling on to the rock and shivered in fear but he too was slipping.
"Lets just get it over with" Shenzi said slipping even further "before we go, I just want to say you two are the greatest friends I ever had" she said as she grabbed hold of Ed when he slipped.
"Same here" Banzai said
"Ditto" Ed said
Another huge wave crashed in to them and Shenzi closed her eyes as she felt herself falling over the edge, the wind blowing on her face before slamming hard against the water then all went black...
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