Janja, Cheezi, and Chungu have never felt so scared in their lives. Meeting an Emela-Ntouka face-to-face like that for the first time? They didn't know if they were going to wet themselves, or make a waste, or both. What mattered was that; Adewale wouldn't come and kill them in the Outlands. No, they wouldn't be really worth his time anyway for if they ever encounter each other again, which sounds unlikely. If there was one thing that these hyenas never want to see again, was that beast that saved Kion from them.
"I must be having a weird dream!" said Janja. "It's like a terrible nightmare!"
Cheezi began banging his noggin on the ground, saying to himself over and over again: "wake up! Wake up! Wake up!" and he did it every time after he pounded his head on the ground as if he were an ostrich.
"Bah, Cheezi, I hate to break it to you, but this isn't a dream." said Janja
"I wish it was!" Chungu exclaimed. "He was terrifying!"
"We all do, bonehead. I didn't even know something like that even existed."
"So, we're never going back to the Pride Lands again, right?" Cheezi asked in a shaky voice.
"Are you guys stupid? On- on second thought; don't answer that one. Of course we're going back to the Pride Lands. We don't want to live in this dump of a land forever, right? And there is plenty of food in the Pride Lands."
"But what if that Adewale guy comes back and stabs us with his horn?" asked Chungu, trenvoing in fear.
"Bah, he probably doesn't even live in the Pride Lands. And besides, we just need to plan something smarter to get back at the pesky Lion Guard for always meddlin' in our affairs."
"Ooooooh. We should join forces with the jackals or animals that think like us." Cheezi suggested with a crazy look in his eyes like he usually has."
"Nah. We're hyenas. Hyenas work alone." He was thinking deeper in his head, and he remembered all he times that his plans failed, and how they were all blunders with the Lion Guard stopping their every plans. The more he thought about it, the angrier and more determined he was becoming. "Rah, yet again..." he said with his eyes narrowed: "they have more numbers than we do, and it's just us three against five, and our odds are not so good."
"Yeah. And they have a hippo calf that is as big as we are." Chungu agreed. "With his teeth as sharp as spikes, Beshte could bite us in half if he did it hard enough. And he's only a calf!"
"Calm down, Chungu. You're right. With them combined, it wouldn't work if we tried taking then head-on. But if we take them out individually, they will never know what'll hit em at all. Hippos don't go down easy, not even the calfs."
"But, you said they were a bunch if kids playing dress up in the old Lion Guard's legacy. I haven't forgotten that Janja."
"I'm perfectly aware of that Cheezi. I never forget the things I say to myself. And yeah, they are kids. But I am saying it's probably best when they are alone. We do it one at a time, and it will he easier."
"Hey," Chungu started to get the idea more and more. "I see what ya mean now. It will be three against one, instead of three against six."
Janja looked incredibly annoyed at his cronies' usual stupidity, and he sighed while looking at the ground. "Well, there are five of those stupid kids, but yeah. It will be three against one from now on."
""What happened to you, Hyena?" said a female voice.
The hyenas looked to see where that came from, and it was Reirei, Goigoi, and their family of jackals. "Oh. Jasiri. What are you doing on our turf?" Janja recognized them instantly.
"Well, we saw a bunch of storks, eagles, and the king's majordomo flying here attacking a group of animals not to long ago. We wanted to get some scraps of what remained of the dead birds. Too bad I couldn't share the meat with a stupid hyena like you."
"Pfft, well we're bigger than ya." said Janja.
"And... we're bigger than ya." Chungu added.
Janja looked annoyed again and he looked back at his lackey. "I said that, genius!" then he turned back to the Jackal family. "We don't really care about sharing. When there is food, finder's keepers, loser's weepers."
"Cute." said Reirei. "Like we would share with hyenas like you three."
"Now that's cute, pup." Janja taunted back. "Go away now, we got bigger problems, cleaning ourselves up from a monster that almost killed us."
"Monster?" said Goigoi. "Gah! A monster! We gotta hide!"
"Oh come now, dear." Reirei scoffed. "Probably just a rhino or a hippo."
"Oh no. This is worse. His Name's Adewale, and he's an elephant killer!"
"Elephant killer?" Reirei paused for a moment. "... never heard of it."
"We saw him with our own eyes, Reirei!" Chungu exclaimed. "He is a mutant rhino, and he is scary!"
"Just go look for him yourselves!" Cheezi insulted them. "Try to prove us wrong!"
"Well, I do love rubbing in people's faces. So... I guess why not. Come on family, let's look for this big, bad, monster that these clowns are scared of. Elephant killer, pah!" As the jackals went out to the Pride Lands to confront Adewale, the three hyenas watched on.
Ultimately, they found Kion sitting with Simba at a water hole to get a drink on this usual warm day. "Long time no see, Simba." said Goigoi.
Both Kion and his dad looked back, and when they saw the jackals, the expressions on their faces changed. Terribly. It was from surprised to angry and stern. "Reirei, Goigoi?" said Simba, barring his teeth at this dysfunctional family of dogs. "I take it you are still up to no good, I see."
"We just wanted to see this 'Adewale' that Janja and his buddies told us about." Reirei gave a smug look on her canine face.
Suddenly, something approached from behind them and the whole Jackal family was stunned to see the sight of Adewale, and their hearts dropped to their feet just looking at the terrifying, majestic appearance of the Emela-Ntouka. "Leave my friends alone." he growled.
The jackals were as still as wax statues and they immediately ran all the way back to the Outlands while yelping like scared puppies. Simba, Kion, and Adewlae had a good laugh thereafter and had a drink together in this water hole
