There, I finally had time to finish writing and to upload the next chapter. Thanks for the last reviews, it's interesting to read how you react on the thing Scar did ;) anyway, here is the next one, sorry for the long update time. Please do review... Atrice
Part 10 – What Scar does best
Scar had decided to rest by a waterhole, far away from Pride Rock. He had been walking and running all day, not thinking of anything at all. He had almost fallen asleep, when an annoying cackle reached his ears. Scar watched, as three young hyenas came to the waterhole.
"We'll eat tomorrow then, just relax…" a female said, sounding tired. Scar stayed put to listen.
"But I'm hungry now! Why is he here anyway?" a male said, pointing to the third hyena, who didn't look entirely sane in the head.
"I have to look after him, he's my brother – you know that, Banzai! Now, I'm thirsty." The female waded out in the water, and the two others soon followed to have a drink too. Scar put two and two together; the hyenas had been hunting, and the one with the crazy eyes had made it unsuccessful. He stood up and went down to drink too.
"Hey! Who're you?" the sane male asked, when he saw Scar.
"I'm nobody, don't mind me." was the answer. Scar began to drink.
"But we do… a lion, alone out here? You can't be nobody!" the female spoke.
"Well… I'm Scar… who are you then?" he said and left the water again.
"I'm Shenzi, this is my brother Ed and our friend Banzai. We live here – you don't…" she explained.
"True, I don't live here… but I am looking for a home. Do you mind?" Scar said arrogantly.
"In fact, we do – since it means less food for us!" Banzai said, making the lion smile.
"Well, why are you hungry then? Listen… I can help you hunt – if I may stay." He said and appeared very noble and friendly. The hyenas looked at each other, and Ed laughed. Then they walked a bit away to discuss it. After a short wait, they returned – Shenzi told Scar, that if he would hunt and share, he could stay. They now had an agreement.
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They stayed near the waterhole for the rest of that day, and it became night. The lion ventured out into the dark, to prove to the hyenas that he could bring them something good. He crept down in the high grasses near an antelope, not all certain about this. He hadn't been hunting himself for a long time, that was the lionesses' job. But there weren't any of them here. The sky above Scar was a very dark blue, with small shining stars all over it. A silent wind blew through the grasses, making them whisper wordless songs into the night. Scar sighed and laid down for real, he felt like relaxing on his own. He turned around on the back to look up at the sky.
"If only someone… anyone… would care." He said to himself, sure that nobody heard him.
"I cared…" someone replied to him, and Scar jumped up again. He gasped.
"Sarabi?" he was surprised to see her out here, since she would know by now what he had done to his father. She took a few steps back, like he was contagious.
"I am just a messenger – Mufasa sent me. I shouldn't be speaking to you at all!" Sarabi said, but he could see the hurt in her eyes; and decided not to show her that he knew. This was a new Scar, father- and loveless.
"Aha… but you are speaking to me. How is Mufasa?" Scar asked, a cruel smile on his face.
"He'll be titled king tomorrow – and I'll be his queen. Mufasa wants you to come back, claims he promised that you could come back." She said, trying to sound cold. He took a step closer to her, curious about what she would do. She didn't move for now.
"Yes, he did promise that... What about your father, Aloku?" the male asked, while he noticed that none of them had moved closer to each other. There was a distance, one that would always be there now.
"Don't mention his name – he almost seemed pleased when he heard what happened to Ahadi! Like he knew it would happen…" she said, more to herself than to Scar, who suddenly realised something. Aloku had been planning it all along – it was he, who made Scar take interest in both Sarabi and Sarafina, although he knew that Mufasa would like them too. He had claimed to know how Scar felt…
"So… Aloku left?" he asked.
"He will leave tomorrow, once Mufasa has been titled king… with me as his queen." She spoke the last words with a very low voice, not sure how Scar would take this. But he only nodded, like he accepted the facts present.
"Well, send Mufasa my greetings – I hope he will like his new position. I'll return soon, but not now. Goodbye, Sarabi." He said – she didn't reply, just stared at him, wanted him to say something. Everyone knew what he did to Ahadi, but she wanted him to say it. Scar did what he did best now; he turned his back to the future queen, his back to what would become his family.