Author's note: Sorry for the wait, my computer hours are still cut til I get my English Grade up.

Since the last two chapters are pretty short, I'm going to update the next chapter in a day or two instead of the usual week.

Here's the next chapter.

Enjoy.

Chapter Twenty-Three: The river of Fire

Zira saw him fall, her leader and King, she saw him fall off the cliff and down to the waves of fire.

"Scar, Scar can you hear me" Zira shouted while coughing from the fire.

She felt like she was mentally hitting her head to tell herself that Scar wasn't dead. She tried to find an opening in the flames to go to him but when she found her opportunity, she heard sounds of screams follow by echos getting louder and louder til it was too late.

Next thing she knows, Shenzi flew out of a tunnel that was above her and crash into her with such force that they both fell to the ground. Before any of the two females could react, Banzai, Ed and other hyenas fell out of the tunnel and crashed against them.

It was just Shenzi's luck that she was at the bottom of the pile but at least from the pile up, one of them knocked Zira out.

"Guys, move, I can't breathe" Shenzi shouted but it was only a low muffle.

The hyenas struggled to get loose from one another while trying to avoid the fire when one of the hyenas spotted Scar a few meters away from them.

"Shenzi, Scar is just a few meters away from us" the male hyena said, after they all got untangled from one another.

Shenzi coughed from the smoke and looked at the others who were waiting for her orders "well, my fellow hyenas, we can either get away from the fire and let it end Scar's life or would you rather get revenge on Scar for killing the Matriarch, our leader, in cold blood" She asked

The other hyenas started to grin and move aside so Shenzi, Banzai and Ed would be the first to see Scar. Shenzi didn't fear the fire that was surrounding her and her friends because when it comes to Scar and his part in the murder of her mother, the fire was the least of her worries.

(Yet why is my heart pounding) she thought as she and her male friends walked up to a rock and stared down at Scar who was struggling to get up.

When Scar saw them, he seems really pleased to see them that he started smiling.

Belean walked over to the borders of the Graveyard, even from here she can still smell the thick smoke and could see the fire that is engulfing Pride Rock. She was stunned to see most of the clan around the borders of the Graveyard, some licking their injuries, some looking for loved ones or friends while others were waiting til their Leader and the others to return.

Balean spotted Info, who trying to wake up the past out Silet and walked over to her to see what was going on.

"Info, what going on around here" Belean asked

"Where have you been" Gossip said "the whole clan was up there at that rock, fighting for our lives"

"I was back at the caves, Zacuru went mad and started to attack Shenzen and me" Balean said

Info and Gossip looked at each other, with both thinking so that is why Zacuru was covered in blood the last time they saw him.

"Well, some lion return claiming he is Simba then Scar confessed that he killed Mufasa then everyone started fighting or trying to get away from the flames." Gossip said

"Have you seen Shenzen" She asked

"What do you mean, I thought you said he was with you" Info said

"He was, but when I woke up he was gone" Balean said

Scar begged and pleaded for his life as the hyena slowly approach him with a grin on their faces and food on their mind.

Shenzi continued to feel her heart pounding so hard that it was hurting her chest and tried so hard not to let her fear stop her from what she needs to do. She watched as if everything was in slow motion, the others jumped over to Scar including Banzai and Ed and bit down any piece of flesh they can get their jaws on.

The sounds of fire crackling on the trees, flesh being torn, the cry of pain from Scar and the laugher of the hyenas filled Shenzi's ears as she stood there, trying to calm down her pounding heart and the fear she desperately tried to ignore.

A gust of wind blew causing the flames around them to spread and grow and the thick smoke to hit her in her eyes, stingy them til they were watery.

The circle of flames around them grew closer and closer "Guys, stop!" Shenzi finally spoke out.

The small group stopped what they were doing and turned around to look at her "forget about Scar, the fire will finish him off, we need to get out of before we are swallowed by the flames." She shouted

She looked around for an opening to escape from the fire. She spotted a very small opening that was slowly being covered up by the flames. "Quick, everyone, there's an opening, get out of here and go back to the Graveyard"

The hyenas obeyed and ran through the opening, ignoring the fire that caught onto their fur, they rushed out of that area leaving only the trio behind to make sure everyone got out safely.

"I think that everyone" Sheni said

"Ew, what a mess" Banzai said, referring to Scar from behind them.

Shenzi looked back to see a bloody, torn up body of Scar and shook her head "lets go, this smoke is making me dizzy" Shenzi said

Ed was the first to get out, coughing from the smoke, follow by Banzai then they waited for Shenzi. Shenzi stared at the body a few feet away, making sure it was dead but something told her that this was way too easy.

"Shenzi, come on" Banzai coughed

"Right" She said

Shenzi started walking over to Banzai when she saw fear in Ed's eyes. Before she could react, sharp claws stabbed her in her back and she was pushed to the floor with whole force.

"Shenzi!" Banzai shouted, and was about to help her when another gust of wind blew in, causing the large flames to block his path.

Without thinking Banzai made an attempt to run right into the flames, but Ed grabbed him by his mane and pulled him back.

"Ed, what are you doing, let me go!" Banzai shouted, struggling to get away from his grip.

Ed wanted to save Shenzi as well, but even he wasn't dumb enough to rush into the river of fire. And he wasn't going to let Banzai, kill himself from rushing into the flames.

"Let me go Ed, LET ME GO" Banzai shouted.

Desperate, Banzai turned around and tried to bite Ed in the back of his neck to get free, but Ed dodged him and continue to drag him away from the fire. The smoke was burning his eyes and nostrils, but Ed didn't let Banzai go and could tell that the smoke was getting to Banzai too by the way he was coughing from the anxiety.

It came to a point where Banzai nearly fell to the floor from the smoke which gave Ed the chance to drag him away from that thick smoke and the fire and slowly went back to the Grave yards.

Even though Banzai was weak from inhaling too much smoke, he still tried to get away from Ed, but Ed, on the other hand, didn't want to lose another friend.

Shenzi felt a warm flow running down her back, with the sharp pain digging even deeper into her flesh. She turned around to see Scar, grinning at her with his bloodstained teeth. He was cut, bitten and scratched all over, there were pieces of flesh torn off here and there and his mane had patches of hair missing with blood soaked in.

"There is no way I'm dying alone" Scar said

(I knew this was too easy) Shenzi thought and tried to break free of his grip. "Let me go, you stupid bastard" she shouted.

She yanked away from him, only to scream when she felt her skin tearing even more from his nails. She nearly fell into the fire, but she manages to stop herself from burning her mane. Shenzi turned around to see Scar dragging himself over to her, because his back legs were either broken or torn to shreds. More blood poured out of the deep scratches Scar left on her back.

Shenzi back away as far as she could while avoiding the fire, the fear in her eyes made Scar chuckle. "Are you scared Shenzi, because you should be scared after what I'm going to do to you?"

Shenzi coughed from the smoke "you should be the one scared, I know what you did to my mother and you're the last lion on my list to take care of. You're beaten to a pulp-"

"But we're trapped in a river of fire"

Shenzi's eyes widen when he mentions that, she looked around and just like he said and what the prediction said in her dreams. The flames around her blew around like angry waves in a river and she was caught right in the middle of it with a half-dead lion.

Suddenly she heard a roar and turned around to see Scar clawing her right in the neck and slamming her down into the dirt.

"I don't need to be in good health to kill you" Scar growled, as he started to push Shenzi to the fire.

Shenzi struggled to get away but he had his deep in the side of her throat, pulling away could be fatal. She tried to stop Scar from pushing her, but that only made him slams his other paw onto her back, piercing through her flesh that made her scream in pain.

(Your end will come in a river of fire)

Shenzi felt the heat getting hotter and hotter with the tips of the flames barely touching her fur.

(Your end will come in a river of fire)

"No, no, no, I will not end like this" She shouted and struggled even more to break free.

"This wouldn't have happened if you just did what I told you Shenzi" Scar shouted "I know you let Nala go and thanks to that stupid idea, Simba returned and I'm no longer King"

He saw Shenzi still struggling and muttering things to herself. "Are you listening to me!" He roared and pushed her closer to the fire but this time he found it harder do because Shenzi was pushing herself away.

She stared at the fire, it was just like her dreams, she wished it was a dream but it wasn't. This is real life and she is about to be push in there while Scar holds her down and watches her burn to death.

(No, I suffer too much to let it end like this!!) She screamed in her head.

"Stupid girl, there it no use, this is how you will end and it will be all your fault"

Shenzi screamed and jumped up, ignoring the pain of Scar's claws cutting thick scratches in her back and neck and in one swift move, she slashed his face right across his face, from one eye all the way to the other.

Scar roar in pain and gave Shenzi the opportunity she needed and head butted him right in his face. She heard a loud crack coming from Scar's neck and moved out of the way, letting Scar's lifeless body to hit the floor.

Shenzi ran to the edge of the wall and watched Scar being engulfed by the fire. Another gust of wind blew causing smoke to fly into her face. Shenzi started to cough and squeeze to the point where she felt weak and laid down on the floor and covered her nose and mouth from the smoke.

The fire was getting closer and she couldn't get away from it. She couldn't stop coughing and her eyes were stingy from the smoke and were just inches away from blacking out.

"Momma" Shenzi cried out "Momma, where are you . . . (coughing)"

Shenzi coughed again and slowly closed her eyes "Mom...ma"

Above her, on a small edge of the rock, Shenzen struggled through the pain, fire and smoke to find his sister. Something told him that he needed to come to this place and when he saw his sister below him, trapped in the fire, he thanked the spirits of fellow hyenas for giving him strength to get here.

He took a deep breath and slowly slid down the rock and making a terrible landing next to Shenzi. The fire was only a few feet away from them, Shenzen looked up at the rock to see if he can climb up with his sister on his back.

"I have to try, I'm not losing my only family I have" He said to himself.

He crawled under Shenzi, hissing in pain from his wounds and lifted her up onto his back. He couldn't hold his breath any more and exhale, letting his tongue to taste the bitter smoke. He coughed and gagged on the thick smoke as he tried to crawl up the rock again.

Some of his wounds reopen, but he bit his lip from the pain. His paws slip and he fell back down to the floor with Shenzi nearly slipping off his back. The fire was only a foot away from him when the wind blew, letting the flames engulfed him and Shenzi, ready to take them to their unreasonable end.

There was a sound of Thunder and it started to rain . . .