When evening came, Russell, Sitka and the toddlers were already in Austin's home (alongside him (Austin) himself, Jenna, Noah and Igor), and it was also when Andy and Zoey explained to the good Deertaurs family and to their Rhinotaur friend why they're traveling with Russell and Sitka (and also with Violet) and not with their own family, and the toddler centaur twins even told the four that they've attacked and harassed by Anastasia, who later blamed them for both Stephan and Bluebell falling into a coma after they got hit on the heads by some falling roof shingles while trying to save Andy and Zoey from meeting that fate (which led to the two toddler centaurs running away from home).
When the good Deertaurs family and their Rhinotaur friend all heard what Andy and Zoey said and told about themselves having been blamed by someone who is much older than them, Austin said with a shocked expression on his face "I can't believe it!", and then Jenna asked "Why would a young adult centauress like that Anastasia do to toddlers like you two such horrible things?", and then Noah added "If I was much older, I would've kicked her in the butt so to teach her a lesson not to attack, yell at or chase youngsters away!", and then Igor said as he clenched his fists with anger can be seen on his eyes "Out of all female creatures which I knew as jerks who abused babies and youngsters, that Anastasia is the biggest female jerk I've ever heard of so far in my life!".
Then, Andy and Zoey asked the Deertaurs and the Rhinotaur "So, what are you going to do with us now?", and then Austin said back "Well, after what you told us about yourselves being hurt by that jerk, we decided that you can stay here with us as much as you want!", and then Jenna asked "How does that sounds?", and when the twins heard what the two good Deertaurs said to them, the two toddler centaurs said back "We would like to stay here with you, and you're also really nice compared to that Oscar and to his whole herd who hurt us when we returned to them with all the honey they asked.", and then they added "Since you helped us before, we would like to stay here in your home as much as we want so we won't have to see that Anastasia's face ever again!", but then Sitka interrupted and asked "Can I stay here too?", and then Igor said to him and asked "Sure, why?", and then Sitka explained to him and to the Deertaurs that much like Andy and Zoey, he too went through lots of abuse by his own mother Margaret, who tried to force him to be a pure carnivorous and ferocious Beartaur like herself.
After Sitka explained why he too needs a new home, Austin said to him "You're more than welcome to stay with us in our home as well, Sitka.", and then Jenna added "We hope you enjoy living with us too.", and then Violet said and explained that she too needs a new home because she was once a member of Brandon's herd, but ever since she left them and joined Russell and the twins (before Sitka did), Brandon wants to destroy her because he doesn't tolerates those who dares to leave him and his whole herd, and once she too was accepted to stay in Austin's home, it was now Russell's turn to explain why he needs a new home too.
A few long minutes later, when Russell finished explaining why does he needs a new home too, the Deertaurs and the Rhinotaur were shocked to realize that Russell was been picked on by a human toddler (Dan Ashmor) who is actually the same as evil as Yigal, Gilad and Ezra, and that that human toddler was actually able to disturb Russell and ruin his life by peeing on his beautiful fur all the time (which he did to Russell all the time because he (Dan Ashmor) often, if not always treated him like a toilet), and that was before Yigal gave him (Russell) some beatings and then Black Heart picked him up and threw him through the open window of the second floor, thus not only kicking Russell out of her and her evil human friends' animal team, but also kicking him out of his own home in the process, which explains why he left the villains and ran away from them (particularly from Black Heart) so not to see her or any of the other villains ever again.
When they all heard Russell's shocking and heartbreaking neglect story (which was indeed true, as Russell was been treated too badly by Black Heart, Dan Ashmor and by the other villains, and therefore he really went through so much pain), Austin said "Your story about yourself being neglected is horrible! Why would that Pegasus for your owner do that to you?", and then Jenna added "She deserves slapping to the face, beatings and so much more for abusing a leopard like you!", and then Noah said "Yeah! And compared to her and to that Anastasia, that human toddler is an even bigger monster!", and then Igor added "I would like to find that Pegasus mare and teach her a lesson for not listening to what her now former leopard have to say about himself being neglected by her and also treated like a toilet by that human toddler! She must be found and then someone strong and forceful, but still good should give her a punishment for abusing a leopard!".
When Russell heard what the good Deertaurs and the Rhinotaur said about Black Heart should be punished for abusing him to the point he eventually left her and ran away from her and from all the other villains, the red leopard asked them all "So, does that means that now I'm here to stay?", and then Austin said to him "Yes, Russell! You too are allowed to stay here as much as you want! You deserve love, good care and kindness after what that Pegasus mare did to you!", and then Jenna added "That Pegasus mare should not be forgiven for her actions! She should spend the rest of her life rotting in Tartarus for abusing her own leopard!", and then Noah said "I would like to kick her in the butt really hard that a scar might remain on her flank so to remind her to never abuse an animal, especially a wild animal like a leopard!", and then Igor added "One day, she and these evil human friends of hers will all get exactly what they all deserve! Nobody should ever be treated like a toilet! Especially not a wild animal who is also a good partner and a loyal friend!", and then Austin said to Russell "You're here to stay and live with us in our home as much as you want, Russell!", and when Russell heard the good Deertaur said to him, tears of joy formed and then rolled down the red leopard's eyes, as now he received four new friends and a new place to stay and call a new home, or so it seems.
Later, it was after midnight, and everyone were already sleeping, but it would soon turn out to be a disastrous night as Oscar, Roger, Charlotte and their whole Deertaurs herd successfully have managed to find them when they all found Austin's house, and so Oscar decided to come up with a malevolent plan in order to get Russell and have him skinned in order to make a cloth for Charlotte from his fur, and the plan is that first, he and the rest of the herd will set Austin's house on fire, then they will surround and threaten both the youngsters and the adults, and once they get the chance they've been waiting for, Oscar and Roger will snatch Russell and will try to kill him so they can have his skin and fur and can make from it a new cloth for Charlotte, and then Oscar said to his whole herd to start making fire so they can burn down the house in order to make their first step in order to get Russell for his beautiful skin and fur.
It didn't took them very long before they (Oscar's Deertaurs herd) all successfully managed to make some fire near Austin's house, and so the next step in the malevolent plan was to set the house on fire, and that's what the bad Deertaurs did as they slowly approached until they got very close to the house, and once they all got close enough, the Deertaurs started setting Austin's house on fire, and everyone inside the house were all still sleeping, but that is until when Noah started smelling the scent of the smoke coming from outside, and so the 5 year-old Deertaur woke up immediately and so he carefully went up to the front door so not to wake up anyone, and once he opened the door and went outside to take a look, he gasped with shock and with fright to see that his family's house is on fire and is burning down, and so he said "I must warn everyone!", but before he's about to go back into the house to wake up everyone else, Roger quickly stanched him by the left hind deer leg and dragged him away from the burning house, and then he said to the younger Deertaur "You're not going to tell anyone about this!", and then he violently tossed Noah away and caused him to hit with his right side against a tree, thus knocking him out cold and unconscious.
Just then, all the others started smelling the smoke's strong scent, and that caused them all to immediately wake up and then Austin, Jenna and Igor went up to the front door (which was left open by Noah), and once they were outside, they turned to see that their house is on fire, and that's not all - they also found themselves being surrounded and threatened by Oscar and his bad Deertaurs herd, but the true terror soon kicks in when Oscar, Roger and Charlotte all stepped forward and then Oscar said to the threatened (and good) Deertaurs and to their Rhinotaur friend "Well, what do we have here.", but when Austin heard what he said, he asked him "What do you want?", and then Oscar said evilly "I'm here for the red leopard whom I suppose is hiding inside your house! Hand him over to me and to my herd and we'll promise you that we will put out the fire which is burning down your whole house!", but when he heard what the evil Deertaur leader said, Austin said back firmly "Forget it, you monster and horrible excuse for a good leader! I'll rather let Russell live than hand him over to you!", and then Igor added "And I'm pretty sure that you and your whole herd set our house on fire, and on purpose so we will surrender to you against our own will!".
However, when the bad Deertaurs heard what Austin and Igor both said, Roger said as he stepped forward a little more "If you don't wanna die like your own son, then you should listen to us and obey our leader's orders! So give us the red leopard or else you'll join your own son!", and when they heard what the muscular Deertaur just said, Jenna asked "What did you did to our precious Noah? What do you did to our son? Where is he?", but then Charlotte said evilly "He's gone! We already took care of him! So if you don't want to meet your own ends like he did, here's what we're asking for - give us the red leopard and we'll leave you all be!", but then Austin yelled at her "Forget it! If you said that you killed our son, then we'll never let you have Russell! We will rather fight you all for what you did to our precious Noah!", and when he heard what he said, Oscar said wickedly "Sounds like serious fighting words to me!", and then Austin said back "If that's what you want!", and then he turned to Igor and to Jenna and then he said to them "Igor, you help me fight those threatening enemies! Jenna, go back inside the house and tell everyone else to leave immediately as fast as they can!", and with these words being said, Jenna quickly turned tail and ran back into the burning house to warn the others and tell them to leave immediately, while Austin and Igor both stepped forward to face their enemies.
Inside the burning house, Jenna called for the others as she ran up to them, and once she reached and got close enough to them, Sitka asked her "Jenna, what's wrong?", and then she said to him "Sitka, you and your friends have to leave now!", and when Sitka heard what she said, he asked "Why? What's going on?", and then Jenna said to him and explained "Oscar's herd came here and they set our house on fire! They did this because they want Russell!", and when Russell heard what she said, he asked "Me? Why?", and then Jenna said to him "Because they want your beautiful skin and fur, Russell!", and when Russell heard what she said, he said back "Oh no! That's the last thing I need right now - to be hunted down for my beautiful fur! And also for a second time!".
Then, Violet asked "What are we going to do?", and then Jenna said to her and to the others "It's okay, everyone. I know a way to get you all out of our house without having you being captured by that Oscar and his whole herd.", and then she turned to one of the windows and went up to it, and then she started bucking at it several times until it broke, thus giving Sitka, Russell and the toddlers a way to escape from the burning house without getting caught, and with the window broken and with a way to escape from the burning house, Jenna turned back to the five friends and then she said to them "Go, quickly! One at a time!" and then she added "Russell, you go first!", and when Russell heard what she said, he said back "Yes, of course!", and then he took a few steps backwards and readied himself to leap out of the house through the broken window, and once he felt like he was ready to do it, Russell ran fast and then he leaped right out of the house through the broken window and he ended up landing on his feet outside the house, but as soon as he managed to escape and successfully got out from the burning house, two of the Deertaurs (from Oscar's herd) turned and saw him outside the burning house, and so one of them said "There he is! We should not let that red leopard escape!", and then the other said "We must get him! Right now!", before the two Deertaurs started charging towards Russell, who quickly noticed them coming towards him, and so he had no choice but to leave his friends behind as he started running away for his life from the two Deertaurs, who soon started to chase him down in the jungle and they both tried to catch up with him so they can kill him for his skin and fur and then retrieve it back to their evil leader.
Russell continued to run away for his life, only to reach a dead end as he reached the edge of a cliff above a ravine with a fast-streaming river going down below, and that's the chance the two Deertaurs were been waiting for as they finally caught up with Russell and managed to corner him against the edge of the cliff, and Russell knew that he must somehow find a way to escape from them or else this is going to be the last day of his own life, and so Russell looked at the other cliff which stood on the other side of the ravine and that's when an idea came up in his mind and he decided to do something which might be crazy for a human, an Earth pony or any kind of land animal to do, and it might be also very crazy for a leopard like Russell himself to do - jump over the edge of the cliff and over the ravine to the other side.
Then, Russell jumped over the edge of the cliff and went over the ravine and he ended up grabbing onto the edge of the other cliff on the other side of the ravine with the sharp claws on his forepaws, and so all he have to do now is to try and pull himself up onto the edge of the other cliff (on which he's holding onto for dear life). However, as he started pulling himself up to the edge of the other cliff, one of the Deertaurs stepped aback from the edge of the first cliff and he readied himself to jump over the edge of the first cliff to the other cliff on the other side of the ravine in order to get Russell, and then the Deertaur started running fast before he then jumped over the edge of the first cliff and went over the ravine and he ended up grabbing onto Russell's tail with his human arms and hands, thus catching him, and when Russell looked down and saw him holding onto his tail, he tried to kick the Deertaur off himself by kicking him in the face with his hind legs and hind paws, but no matter how many times he kicked the Deertaur, the Deertaur still held onto Russell's tail and didn't let go of him.
When Russell realized that he can't throw the Deertaur off himself, he decided to do the craziest thing he have ever done in his whole life - he willingly let go of the edge of the other cliff and he started falling down into the ravine with the Deertaur going down and along with him, and a few short moments later, the two hit the water of the fast-streaming river below and they both got swept away by the current, while the second Deertaur watched from the top of the first cliff and then he grunted and stomped his left deer foreleg on the ground before he turned tail and ran back into the jungle to inform Oscar and the rest of the herd that Russell seemingly have drowned to death in the fast-streaming river and that therefore his skin and fur cannot be retrieved from him anymore.
Meanwhile, Sitka, Jenna and the toddlers have already managed to escape from the burning house, and just as they're about to go, they suddenly saw one of the Deertaurs who chased after Russell coming back to the scene to inform and tell his leader and the rest of the herd about the bad news which will tell them all about what happened to Russell, and when Oscar, Roger and Charlotte saw him, the three approached him, after Oscar and Roger already have managed to knock both Austin and Igor out cold and unconscious, and once the three Deertaurs reached and got close enough to him, Oscar asked him "Where's the red leopard?", but then the Deertaur said to him "He's gone, he and my friend drowned to death in the river! I cannot retrieve the red leopard's skin from him anymore!", and when they all heard what he said, Sitka, Jenna and the toddlers gasped with shock and with fright, while Oscar yelled at the Deertaur in anger "What?! He drowned and died in the river?! You lost him?!", and then the Deertaur said to him "Unfortunately yes! The red leopard is now dead and his skin cannot be retrieved from him anymore!", and when they heard what the Deertaur just said to Oscar and to the rest of his herd, Andy said as tears started forming in his, in Zoey and in Violet's eyes "No! Russell is not dead! It can't be true! He's not gone!", but when the Deertaurs heard him saying that, they quickly turned their attentions to him and to his remaining friends and then Charlotte yelled "There the red leopard's friends are! Let's get them all!", and then all the bad Deertaurs started charging towards Jenna, Sitka and the toddlers, thus causing the five to run away for their lives with the Deertaurs soon giving a chase after them.
During the chase, Charlotte managed to catch up with Jenna and she successfully managed to knock the good and older Deertauress out cold and unconscious before she continued her chase with the rest of the bad Deertaurs herd after Sitka and the toddlers in order to help them all catch up with the four, capture them and take them along so to make the toddlers hostages and make Sitka a slave, and so the Deertaurs herd continued to chase after Sitka and the toddlers, but during the chase, however, something strange happened - Andy started trotting and galloping faster than the others (including his twin sister Zoey), and as he did so, he managed to outrun both the Deertaurs and his friends and after a few minutes of trotting and galloping so fast and in such a blinding speed for the first time in his life, Andy managed to get so far that when he turned his head and looked back, he couldn't see his friends (and his twin sister) coming behind him, and just then, Andy started to get tired after the blinding speed he just gave for these few minutes, and so he quickly looked around to see where he can hide before the Deertaurs will come to get him, and after a few short moments, he turned to his left and saw a small tunnel which was still big enough for him to enter and fit right in and hide inside from the Deertaurs, and so Andy used his remaining strength and he quickly trotted up towards the tunnel and he reached and entered it and then he went deeper into the tunnel until only his eyes can be seen, before his friends and the Deertaurs (who are still chasing after them) came by and then passed by without even noticing that Andy is watching them all from the deeper parts of the small tunnel, and once they were all gone, Andy decided to travel deeper into the tunnel in order to search for another way out, and once he'll find another way and will be outside and out of the small tunnel, Andy will start searching for Russell, for he believed that the red leopard whom he befriended might be still alive.
However, as for Zoey, Violet and Sitka, they got captured by the bad Deertaurs herd once they ended up getting trapped against a dead end when they reached the edge of a cliff above a chasm which was near the same ravine to which Russell and one of the Deertaurs have already fell, and so with the three friends being captured by the bad Deertaurs, Oscar said evilly "We've got ourselves three new slaves who will serve for all of us as our newest minions! Let's take them back to the cave!", and with these words being said, Zoey, Violet and Sitka are taken forcefully by the wrists all the way back to the bad Deertaurs' cave, where it is soon revealed that four of the bad Deertaurs have already taken Austin, Jenna and Igor there so that the two good Deertaurs and their Rhinotaur can also be abused by the evil leader as slaves alongside Sitka and the two female toddlers, who later arrived in the cave to find out that Austin, Jenna and Igor were also being held as hostages and slaves, but that wasn't before the bad Deertaurs pushed Zoey, Violet and Sitka up to them so that the six hostages can see each other, and shortly afterwards, Zoey, Violet and Sitka are thrown next to them before they were tied up by the bad Deertaurs (who also tied up Austin, Jenna and Igor), and once they were all tied up, Oscar, Roger, Charlotte and all the other bad Deertaurs looked down at them with evil eyes.
However, must then, Jenna screamed at them "Just you all wait! You'll never get away with this!", and then Austin added "You'll pay for what you did to our son!", but then Oscar said "I don't think so! Since I'm the leader of my herd, you're not allowed to talk to me like that!", but then Zoey screamed up at them "Princess Celestia and Princess Luna will hear about this!", but when the bad Deertaurs all heard what she said, Charlotte lowered down to her level and then she slapped her twice across the face and yelled at her "Shut up your mouth and don't you dare talk to my future mate like that, you little brat!", but then Sitka said to her "You should be ashamed of yourself! A teenage girl or an adult woman should never slap a toddler or a child across the face!", but then Charlotte turned to him and asked rudely "And who are you to tell me how to behave towards slaves?", but then Sitka yelled at her "We're not slaves! You kidnapped all six of us so we can serve for you as your minions!".
However, Roger soon slapped him three times across the face and yelled at him "Shut up your mouth, you stinky Beartaur!", but then Igor said to the muscular Deertaur "Sitka's right - you're so bad that you don't even care to abuse both children and adults and treat them like slaves! You shall be found by some of Equestria's most respected rulers and they will make sure to banish you all to Tartarus!", but when they heard what the Rhinotaur said, Oscar and Roger approached him and then they both punched him hard in the upper humanoid chest before Oscar said "Equestria's most respected rulers should never mess up with us! Male Deertaurs like us are known to be very dangerous because or our enormous antlers, and that's because just like the normal male deer who aren't centaurids like us, these enormous antlers are made out of solid bone!", and then Roger added and said to the six prisoners "Let me show you just how our antlers works!", and then he grabbed and picked up a large rock in his arms and hands and then he threw it up into the air and towards the cave's ceiling, and once the rock started falling back down towards him, Roger moved with his antlers pointing up towards the falling rock, and when it hit with Roger's antlers, the rock broke in pieces while Roger's antlers remained intact and whole, thus showing and revealing to the six prisoners why none of Equestria's most respected rulers should never underestimate the thickness and strength of the male Deertaurs' enormous antlers.
Then, after Roger demonstrated the thickness and strength of his own antlers on the rock, he said wickedly to the six prisoners "Now you all see that none of Equestria's most respected rulers should mess up with male Deertaurs like us?! Our enormous antlers are very dangerous weapons and these are even strong enough to break a large rock into small and useless pieces!", but his words didn't made them scared of him or of the rest of his herd, and so Violet said to him "That's what you think, but there are some powers or strong sources of magic which are powerful enough and can break down and destroy everything, including teeth, claws, horns, tusks and bones!", but then Oscar said to her "Don't count on it, little Zebratauress! We Deertaurs we'll always win against anyone who dares to mess up with us!", but then Zoey cried "Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and the changeling kings will stop you! All of you!".
However, when the bad Deertaurs all heard what she said, Oscar said to her "Okay, little centauress! Now you're just talking nonsense!", and then he pulled out six muzzles and then he walked up to Zoey and then he put on and tied one of the muzzles on her nose and mouth so to prevent her from talking to him, before he then turned to Violet and put on and tied another muzzle on her own nose and mouth too so neither female toddlers will be able to insult him or his villainous herd, but when he did so, Igor yelled at him "Stop that, you jerk! You can't put muzzles on helpless toddlers! That's against the law!", but then the evil Deertaur leader turned to him and to Sitka and then he put on and tied two of the other muzzles on their noses and mouths so to make sure that they don't talk to him either, before he malevolently said back "I do not listen to or even care about laws! I'm a leader myself and so I'm making my own laws!", and then he turned to Jenna and Austin and said to them "And you two should be ashamed of yourselves for not choosing to live with me and with my herd!", but then Austin said back "We would rather stay good Deertaurs than choose to join and stick with a heartless leader like you!".
However, with these words being said, Oscar put on and tied the two remaining muzzles on Austin and Jenna's noses and mouths before he violently slapped them both hard across the faces and yelled at them to shut up or else he and his whole herd will destroy them, Sitka, Igor, Zoey and Violet all together, and then he turned back to look at the rest of his herd and he said "Let's make sure that these six prisoners are all ours! We'll all make sure that none of them escapes from our cave! We'll make sure that these six prisoners are ours! Only ours!", and with these words being said, all the Deertaurs of Oscar's herd cheered for their evil leader, all except for one young male who appeared to be just around Stephan and Zach's age, and judging by the looks on his face, he appeared quite handsome for his age, but the look on his eyes was worried and sad as it appears like that he didn't like the idea of his leader and of his whole herd abusing four grownups and two toddlers and treating them all like hostages and slaves, and so he watched the six prisoners and felt sorry for all of them, much unlike the rest of the bad Deertaurs herd.
Meanwhile, as for Noah, he slowly started moving before he opened his eyes and then he slowly stood up on his hooves and recovered from last night's attack, and then he briefly shook his head and then he asked "What...what happened?", but when he turned and looked and saw his family's house which is now burned down into ashes, a realization soon hit him and so he gasped in shock to realize that his family's house is now destroyed and that now, to make matters even worse - he's all alone, as he looked around and saw that his parents and Igor have already been taken away by Oscar and by his whole herd, but as he looked around and checked for some clues which might tell him that his friends might have managed to escape, he found some pawprints on the ground and so he knew instantly because of the shape of the pawprints that this trail of pawprints belongs to Russell, and this made him believe that Russell have managed to escape, and so Noah decided to follow the trail of pawprints in hopes that he might be able to find Russell.
However, once he reached the edge of the cliff above the ravine and the fast-streaming river which is going down below, where Russell's trail of pawprints have ended, this at first made Noah believe that Russell had drowned and died in the river, but then the young Deertaur shook his head in disbelief as he still believed that if he goes and travels all the way down near the river, he might actually be able to find out if Russell is actually still alive after all, and so Noah started traveling down near the ravine and the fast-streaming river and so he left the jungle in search for Russell, and he hoped that he'll find out that Russell is still alive and well and that he's waiting for him (Noah) to come and join him (since Noah's family's home is now destroyed and so he (Noah himself) almost have nowhere else to go to anymore).
Meanwhile, as for Andy, he continued traveling inside the tunnel in order to search for another way out, but it seems that he's slowly getting tired after he managed to escape and avoid being captured by Oscar's Deertaurs herd, and so Andy started feeling very weak with each passing minute, and it didn't took long before he finally collapsed and fell unconscious in the middle of the dark tunnel as now he couldn't walk any further, thus also drifting into a deep sleep which he needed because now he's too tired to continue, but a few minutes after he collapsed and fell unconscious and then into a deep sleep, a shadow suddenly came out of nowhere and it started approaching the unconscious toddler male centaur, and once the shadow got close enough to him, it stopped and looked down at him, and the shadow itself soon turned out and revealed to be an African leopard who is from the same species as Russell, and judging by the leopard's looks, his gender was likely a male, and that's because and much like other species of Big Cats, adult male African leopards are often bigger, heavier and even stronger than females, and judging by his size and his weight, the leopard who approached the unconscious Andy is indeed an adult male who is likely more or less around Russell's age.
However, instead of killing and/or eating him right on the spot (like any predatory animal would do), the adult male African leopard let Andy live, but instead of leaving him alone like this, the male leopard went around him and then he crawled and moved right underneath his unconscious body and he started lifting him up, and after a few short moments, Andy is now lying down on top of the male leopard's back, and so that's when he (the male leopard) started walking away slowly in a random direction while carrying Andy's still unconscious body on top of his back, thus carrying the toddler male centaur away to somewhere else which may be safe and without having any intentions to eat him.
Meanwhile, on a river bank outside the jungle, Russell's body lied down with his head, upper half and forelegs are resting on dry land, while his lower half, hind legs and tail are all still in the water, and judging by how he looked after he got swept away by the current and ended up on the river bank outside the jungle, we still don't know if Russell is either dead or just lying unconscious. However, just then, a large adult male leopard suddenly came out of nowhere and then he started approaching and inspecting Russell's body and he started checking if Russell is still alive, and once the male leopard placed his own ear close to Russell's chest, he suddenly felt Russell's heart beating inside his body, which soon revealed to him (and to us) that Russell is still alive, and therefore he's only lying down unconscious, with the front half of his body lying on dry land and with the hind half of his body is underwater, but despite this, however, Russell is luckily still alive and can be rescued by the male leopard who just found him (while at the same time, we also get to know and realize that only the bad random male Deertaur from Oscar's herd who attacked him as he and Russell fell down into the ravine and got swept away by the river's current is the only one who died, as it is very likely that the bad random male Deertaur who attacked Russell and fell down with him drowned to death in the river while Russell managed to survive).
Then, the large male leopard crawled and moved underneath Russell's body, and so it didn't took long before he managed to lift Russell up and carry him away from the water (and also away from the river bank), and once Russell's hind (or lower) half is out of the water, the male leopard who found him started carrying Russell on top of his back and take him away from the river bank to somewhere else which may be safe and without having any intentions to hurt him or kill him, and what the male leopard just did when he rescued Russell is pretty much unusual for leopards to do and that usually defies nature, and that's because back on planet Earth, adult male African leopards are known to be hostile enough to attack or even kill other adult males and cubs (from either gender) from their own species.
However, this would soon turn out to be a coincidence, since it's very likely that these two adult male leopards (the one who saved Andy and the other who saved Russell) are likely friends or maybe even relatives (maybe cousins or even siblings) and it's also very likely that these two adult male leopards are likely part of a leopard leap (a group of leopards which consists both male and female leopards, mostly teenage leopards, but can also be led by one or two fully grown adults, and the number of individuals in each leap varies depending on the size of the territory they share in order to get more food, with a minimum number of three or four individuals in a small leopard leap, but in rare cases, the maximum number of leopards in a larger leap can be up to 10 or maybe even 12 individuals), and so it's very possible that these two adult male leopards who are carrying Andy and Russell on their backs are part of a leopard leap and possibly have a leader as well, but the real question is - where these two leopards are taking the both of them and what are these two leopards' intentions to do with both the toddler male centaur and the red leopard? Right now, there's nothing yet to worry about, as it seems that both Andy and Russell are safe from harm, and with these two adult male leopards who found them carrying them on their backs, it's very possible to tell that they're taking the both of them to a new home, and so for now, Andy and Russell are both going to be safe and sound, as now, with no enemies are after them, Andy and Russell are both going to be safe (or so it seems).