Animorphia

Chapter 5: Los Angeles Or Bust

Later that evening at the airport, Timon and Pumbaa has arrived as they parked by their jeep into the shed. Pumbaa turned off the engine. They unbuckled their seatbelts, open the doors, and got out of the jeep thus grabbing their luggage and bags. They closed the doors and walked over to the building where people rent cars.

"Are you sure you wanted to leave our jeep here?" asked Pumbaa.

"Yes, I'm sure. You know we can't cars with us when it's too expensive. It's probably the best that we should leave it here for safe keeping." replied Timon.

"I see you made your point." said Pumbaa. They stood in front of the window and tapped it. A man with a red tie looked up and see them.

"Can I help you gentlemen?" asked the man.

"Yes, we would like to drop off our jeep here for safekeeping so that we could take flight to California." replied Timon.

"Alright, you can give me your keys and I'll hang it up here." said the man.

"Thank you." said Timon.

Pumbaa gave his keys to the man and hangs it up on the wall. Timon already signed the paper for keeping the jeep safe and hand it back to him. He picked up his suitcase and enter the building while Pumbaa is following him. They were walking through the lobby where most people go visit or came here. They spotted an African woman is sitting at the desk in front of the sign says "American Airline".

"Excuse me, we would like to have two tickets to Los Angeles please." said Pumbaa.

"May I see your passport please?" said a woman.

They took their passports out of their pockets and hand it to her. She looked at it and read their identification. She looked up at them confused when they looked nervously.

"How long have you two holding on the passports?" asked the woman.

"Since about...1995." said Timon.

The woman blinked her eye and then she spoke.

"I don't see why not. So here's your ticket." said the woman as gave them back their passport and then she pulls out the tickets and give it to them.

"Oh, thank you." said Timon.

"You're welcome." replied the woman as they went off to the gates.

It took long enough to find their destination where it shows flight schedule until they found a word says "Los Angeles" and their flight starts in about 6:00 pm. They quickly ran though the security measure and set their bags and suitcase down. They took off their shoes and their necklace. They went through the screening and put their shoes and their necklace back on. They grab their belongings and walk fast to the gate that says "American Airline".

Finally, they have entered the airplane as they put their luggage inside the cabinet ceiling and took their seats. Timon took off his backpack and set it down in front of him.

"Well Timon, we made it." said Pumbaa.

"And just in time before we take off." added Timon. Suddenly, they heard a male voice over.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the American Airline. For your safety please turn off your cellular on your cellphone when we take off and have your seatbelts fasten. Also for the reminder, please do not use the restroom before we take off. There will be no smoking, no video recording, no flash photography and no weapons. Our time flight from Tanzania to California will be 16 hours until we are landing in 10:00 pm. Thank you and enjoy the flight."

"Well, I guess we'll be waking up in the morning then." said Timon.

"Agreed" said Pumbaa.


16 Hours Later

The next day, the airplane has landed at the airport. Inside the building, Timon and Pumbaa had woke up and got off the plane as they exiting through the gates carrying their luggage. Timon was drinking coffee that he got from flight until he empties it and tossed away into the trash can.

"Here we are, Los Angeles, home to some of the best tourist attraction there is." said Timon.

"And one of the most populated city of America." Pumbaa added.

They have exited the airport and went to the bus station. When the bus arrives, the door open as they step inside closing behind them. Timon and Pumbaa has taken their seats and set their luggage down. They felt that the bus is moving and the airport.

"Alright Pumbaa, here's a plan. Once we get to the city, find the house, moving in, and spend some quality time for our grand adventure! But first, let me look at the map on my phone and typed down some houses that is either for rent or for sale." said Timon as he explained to Pumbaa about the plan.

He pulled his phone and checked on the map to find a house that is rented or for sale.

"How are we going to do that?" asked Pumbaa.

"Let's start with that one." He tapped at the house on his phone.

Few minutes later, the bus pulled over when they stepped out from the bus. Once the door closes behind them, the bus has left. They are now walking through the neighborhoods on the sidewalk. Timon looked at his phone to find the house that is either for sale or for rent. Pumbaa is carrying two luggage's and carrying his backpack on his back.

"Are we there yet?" asked Pumbaa.

"When we get there, we get here." replied Timon as he still looking at his phone.

Once the phone made a bing sound as they reached their destination, Timon stopped walking. Pumbaa stop walking as well. They looked up and saw the that features a genuine American design, there are major differences that are Chinese in origin in the form of a red mailbox, two stone guardian lions, house roof with green tiles in Chinese design and red chimney. The small fountain outside next to the entrance of the house while next to the left guardian lion. Timon and Pumbaa are staring at the house.

"This house sure looks pretty." said Pumbaa.

"Well there's gotta be a sign here." replied Timon when he moved his head to look for a sign until he spotted the sign says "For Sale". Timon spread his grinning. "Hey look, we found it."

Pumbaa smiled. "Oh boy, house for sale!"

"Well let's take a look to see how much it cost." said Timon as he walked over to the sign.

He read carefully, but then his eyes went wide with pupil shrink dropped his jaws. What he notices is that the price way expensive.

"WHAT?! 320,000 DOLLARS!" exclaimed Timon. "That's too expensive! There's no way that we can afford this house!"

"There's got be a way to get some money!" said Pumbaa as he started to get worried.

All of sudden, a white car shows up as a man comes out of his car wearing black suits and blue tie holding a huge white paper. They both turned around looked at the business man pulling out a huge check.

"Hi, I'm from the Winninghouse Coupon Savers contest, and YOU ARE OUR BIIIIIIG WINNER!" said the business man as he announced.

"We won... I mean... WE WON?! exclaimed Timon.

"That's right! How would you like ten million dollars?!" asked the businessman as he revealed the check that has $10,000,000.

Timon eyes switch his pupil into dollar sign. For moment he thought that this house was expensive, luckily for this man showed holding a huge check that turns out to be ten million dollars. He couldn't believe that how much money this is. This could be their chance.

"We'll take it!" said Timon accepted the offer.

"Excellent! Just sign here for the money." said the business man as he offered him a pen to sign.

Timon quickly grab the pen and sign his signature in cursive.

"Done!"

The business man gave the check to Timon as they shake hands.

"Well congratulations sir, you have earned your prize! Now you two get to do anything you like, but don't spend it too much. Have a nice day gentlemen." Said the business as went back to his car and drive away leaving Timon and Pumbaa dumbfounded. They blink their eyes twice.

"Wow! That was lucky." said Pumbaa.

Then it hit Timon as he started to remember how he lucky charm. He looked to his pocket and pulled a yellow marble which is turns out to be "lucky marble". He had a brilliant idea.

"Pumbaa, do you know what this means?!" asked Timon when he's smiling.

"Does this mean we have to buy a new house?" asked Pumbaa.

"Exactly, with this baby, we can split the money and we can do whatever want!" exclaimed Timon as he holding out the big check.

Then the sign was covered by the word "SOLD". Timon picked up the key that was under the lion stone and unlocked the door to open. They step into the house as they looked around through the hallway. Timon enter the kitchen while Pumbaa enter the living room setting their suitcases. Timon looked around this area when the whole house empty. He had some brilliant ideas.

"We got work to do." said Timon.


(Living In Stereo - Newsboys)

This field guide's got no soul

Digging for the sacred in a man-made hole

The soil gets harder, the shovel won't behave

I just dug myself into a six-foot grave

We cut to a scene when Timon and Pumbaa are walking down the street to look for bank, but luckily they found a bank that was run by "Chase" and walked inside. Timon give out a huge check and hand over to the clerk so that she can deposit their million dollars and split it in two credits cards. They've already setup their accounts, put their cards in their wallet and decided what to do next. They spotted a taxi and waved their arms until the taxi arrive. Timon and Pumbaa enter the taxi and drove off.

I need a new dimension, got to supersize

A Jacobean ladder to a parallel prize

The walks by faith, the sight lines lie

How am I gonna tag along with one tin ear and one glass eye?

Later, went to the car sale to buy their new car. They started to look for their new car and Pumbaa spotted a "Black Dodge Charger" from 1970, but Timon shook his head. Pumbaa spot another one that is a yellow "Chevrolet Camero", but Timon shook his head again. Pumbaa found the third that is a green "2011 Mercury Mariner", and finally gave him a thumbs up for approval. Pumbaa spend the money and bought their new car. They both got inside the car and put their seatbelts on. Pumbaa start engine and drove off.

Well I, I can't get there from here when every sense is in mono

Walk by faith you appear, I wanna live in stereo

I can't get there from here without a God directed go

Walk by faith you appear, I've gotta live in stereo

They went to "Wal-Mart" to buy some food and drinks. Pumbaa picked out some fruits and vegetables while Timon picked out some snacks like cookies, potato chips, popcorns, and candies. They went to the electronic section to get some movies like cartoons and live action movie, but they had some of movies back home. Timon picked out a flat TV screen while Pumbaa went to get their own computer. They also bought some clothes and pajamas. Now they bought most of the groceries and put them in a trunk.

I quit, I fold, I'm done trying to scale Everest

Sherpa-less ain't fun

The best-laid plans are in my other pants

The base camp's buried in an avalanche

They parked their car in front of the garage. They unloaded the groceries and put everything away. Pumbaa put away their foods and drinks in the fridge while Timon put away some snacks in the pantry. They setup their TV screen on the wall and plugged the cord in.

Suddenly, they heard a doorbell rang. Pumbaa answer the door which it turns out that there some furniture like couches and chairs. There are few boxes for beds, tables, and dressers along with their dishes that was delivered by two truck drivers from "Amazon". Pumbaa looked back at Timon who's revealing that he's responsible for ordering some packages. Pumbaa smiled.

I need a new dimension, got to supersize

A Jacobean ladder, to a parallel prize

The walks by faith, the lone wolf dies

How am I gonna follow you with blue man ears and snow blind eyes?

Few minutes later, they quickly build their own furniture in each room. Timon had quickly build his bed in the master bedroom and setup his comforters and blanket on his king size bed while Pumbaa did the same thing. They've already set the couch down in front of the TV and setup their chairs and table. Timon open the suitcase and quickly unpacked his stuff including his books, his piggy bank, his "Lion King" stuffed toys, his gameboards, and his basketball.

As for Pumbaa, he did the same thing like his friend did, by setup his bed and his desk. He unpacked his stuff like some books that he's been study, his cleaning supplies, his alarm clock, and his office supplies. Later on, Timon set up his picture frames on the hallways. It shows a picture of Timon and Pumbaa in the jungle, another picture of themselves with Simba, the third picture of his mom and Uncle Max, and the the fourth picture of themselves in front of the castle.

But I, I can't get there from here when every sense is in mono

Walk by faith you appear, I wanna live in stereo

I can't get there from here without a God-directed go

Walk by faith you appear, I've gotta live in stereo

After a really long work, Timon and Pumbaa went to the kitchen and get some snacks. They pulled out some bread, cheese, lettuce, and water bottles. They made their own sub sandwich and brought their snack to the living room to sit on the couch and watch TV. Timon use the remote to turned on and switched into "ESPN Channel" where it shows baseball stadium. Timon and Pumbaa are rooting for home team as they cheered when they won the game. Timon pulled out his phone and started to take selfie with Pumbaa.

Walk by faith from where you are

Timon and Pumbaa open their sliding door to step outside into the backyard where it shows a pool and a barbecue oven. They quickly went upstairs to change their clothes and come back out with their swimsuit. Timon is wearing yellow swim trunks and Pumbaa is wearing red trunks. Timon jump into the water first. Pumbaa followed him by doing canonball. Timon looked up at Pumbaa yelping as he splashed over him. The music ends when Pumbaa pops out of the water looking at Timon all soaked and wet, but they laughed together.

I can't get there from, I can't get there from

I can't get there from here when every sense is in mono

Walk by faith, you appear, I wanna live in stereo

I can't get there from here without a God directed go

Walk by faith you appear, I've gotta live in stereo


Few hours when the sun goes down, they got out from the pool to dried themselves by using towels and went inside by closing their sliding door behind them.

"Well this is it, buddy. Home sweet home. No predators, no prey, and most of all...no worries." said Timon.

"You said it, Timon. Hakuna Matata!" replied Pumbaa.

"Well now that we have everything we need. Food, water, electronics, and most of our supplies. This is the best day ever!" said Timon.

"I couldn't agree more!" Pumbaa commented.

"So, who wants to get cleaned up?" asked Timon.

"WE DO!" They said together and ran upstairs, but halted and they reach their doors.

They turned their heads and looked at each other. They forgot to realize how most embarrass this is. They knew what humans do when they take showers.

"Uh...want to switch ourselves back into meerkat and warthog?" asked Timon.

"Yep" replied Pumbaa.

They walk into Timon's room and picked up their neckless and clutched to it. They were glowing and revert themselves back into meerkat and warthog. Timon took off his swim trunks when he's small and Pumbaa did the same.

"We should never speak for this." said Timon sternly.

"Agreed." said Pumbaa.

They went to the bathroom to take shower. Timon is using his bar soap to wash the chlorine off while Pumbaa use a shampoo to scrub his hair. It won't be long until finish taking a bath and dried themselves. They put on their own pajamas. Timon is wearing his blue pajama shirt and pants while Pumbaa is wearing his white tank tops and his long black pajama pants. Timon yawned when he's tired.

"Boy, I'm bushed. I think I'll take nap." said Timon as he walked over and climb up on his bed. He tucked himself in holding on his warthog plushie and closed his eyes.

"Where do I sleep?" asked Pumbaa.

"Your room." replied Timon.

Pumbaa knew that Timon got his own bedroom when he already chooses with bathroom. That means Pumbaa get have his own. He never knew that they sleep in their own room separately. Pumbaa walked out from Timon's room to his room. He turned off every light around the house. He went to his own bed tucked himself with his meerkat plushie and closed his eyes.

"Goodnight!" hollered Pumbaa.

"Sleep tight!" Timon hollered back.

"Dream of bed bugs tonight!"

They drifted to sleep. We see the house outside as the sky is dark with street lights are on when it's nighttime. They've got a whole lot of activities for tomorrow. They are glad that they enjoyed themselves in Los Angeles as humans.

"Home sweet home, indeed." said Timon in his thoughts as he fast asleep.


This music I listen to is "Live In Stereo" performed by Newsboys where it once from the game I used to play was called "Disney Extreme Skate Adventure". I really missed playing the game on PS2 and it was pretty cool. So stay tune for another chapter.

The Lion King (c) Disney