Chapter 13
Earlier, at night
Everyone back at the village were so relieved and happy for Sanjay and his family to escape from eth stables from eth help of the jungle boy, Mowgli. However, Buldeo was growing in rage and powerful all over the village, all of the families were shaking inside in fear of what he could do to them. One of the villagers who was very close friend to Sanjay, stayed with his family all very worried for their lives; his wife, and his two young sons. Suddenly, a light sound tapped out through the window and threw out on the floor, the man walked over and lifted it to find out it was a rolled-up paper. He looked outside through the window to know who threw it, but there was only the black shadows and the silence of the jungle. The man unravelled the curious paper and read it, first his eyes looked confused then soon changed to a surprising look like he first seen a miracle occasionally. After fully read it, the man told his wife and sons to go and pack their stuffs quickly tonight, for tomorrow they will be leaving to Khanhiwara.
Present, in late morning
Everything was so quiet and still all of sudden when the first light touches the surface of the jungle from the rising sun. The jungle birds were standing high in the highest tree tops to see below, some small animals were walking around the top cliffs to also see below but mainly at the side where the small man-village is. Even Ikki, the porcupine, and Fred, a Pygmy Hog, and the fast-little giant squirrel, they all came along on the side cliff.
Everyone in the village were all quiet and calm inside their houses, all of the villagers were all packed. Buldeo was sitting on a chair outside underneath the huge tree, resting his feet on a small table with a half empty glass of water. Buldeo's friends were inside setting up their rifles and their guns, ready for the next hurt for the jungle boy, while thinking about what is that jungle brat is doing next.
Riswan walked up slowly and throw a piece a paper on the table to show Buldeo, "They keep passing it around in the whole, they packed their bags and everything."
Buldoe picked up the piece of paper and read it, he replied with a small laughter, "Now, why would he want them to do that? Heading down to Khanhiwara, they might as well head down and live in a swamp."
"Well, whatever that boy wants, he just wanted the villagers to leave for Khanhiwara for some reason. Maybe we should be more prepared with more weapons?"
"What do you think he's going to do, howl us to death?" Buldeo laughed.
Unknowing to the people in the village that that there were creatures leaking up high in the sky. Peaking down upon the small village from their point of view, the four circling around in circles and two each flying in different directions.
"But how did he get the money for the them to stay?" Riswan asked.
At the second, Buldeo's laughing suddenly started to fade away, he remembered that the papers for his will and the DNA test was taken. He knew ate that moment what Mowgli's plan was, Buldeo slowly leaned forward to get his glass for a sip of water, straightening up his back and stretching his arms out. Before his fingers gave a small touch on the glass it started shaking a little, from the table which shaking too. Buldeo dropped his legs down fast off the table, he jumped off from his shaking chair. Buldoe and Riswan walked away in a shock as the rumble shakiness was getting louder, moving, and serious to stare at.
Earlier, at night
The night was beginning to be brightening up by the small, shiny stars in the thin sky and the light from the great moon. The wolf pack called in for another meeting at Council Rock, this time all the adult wolves gathered around as Raksha stands up straight and proud on the top of the Council Rock. All began to look up to their leader and were prepared to listen.
Raksha began, "My Brothers of the Seoni Wolf Pack! Tonight, we shall sleep! Tomorrow, we will set our plan when the sun is at its height!"
"Now, are we all clear for what must be done that day?" Raksha asked, and the pack all answered nodding up and down.
"And, now it will a great duty for the man-cub, Mowgli will lead this plan into action, and he will bring with the help of much greater creatures for the safety of our jungle and to the protect the jungle law."
After the wolf meeting at Council Rock, Raksha quickly had to do another small meeting with some old friends Mowgli knew who helped him fought Shere Khan. Raksha walked down the rocky path to meet the four vultures; Buzzie, Flaps, Ziggy, and Dizzy.
"So, um, what we are doing here?" Dizzy asked.
"Hey at least it's better than doing nothing all day" Buzzie replied.
"I need you four to look down below and…" Raksha started.
"I know, I know" Ziggy interrupted as he bends his head looking down in between his legs, "I know what it may look like, but It's a feather pointed out at the bottom."
"I mean look down below at the man-village" Raksha corrected Dizzy, he looked up back at her embarrassed, Raksha continued, "To see if it's clear for the plan tomorrow."
"Sure. Great. Anything for the man-cub" they all answered.
"Thank you, you shall be rewards gratefully" Raksha smiled, happy for the vultures to help the man-cub and the wolf pack to protect their jungle.
Raksha walked off to her cave to get some sleep for tomorrow, the vultures were to take to their home spot, before Flaps asked, "So, um, what do you want to do now?"
"I don know… Wait! Don't start that again!" Buzzie answered, as they all began to fly off.
Later that night, Mowgli was walking along with Bagheera and Baloo by his side towards a small place down the south of the jungle not many animals usually go, The Elephants Valley. Everyone in the jungle knows well enough to respect these great creatures, and to keep away in case of any offenders towards them. The group waited by the edge as they watched the elephants gripping around the long grasses and chew them into their mouths.
"Right, I'm going in" Mowgli whispered.
"You sure you don't need any of us to come with you?" Baloo asked tiredly.
"And I surprised you came along with us" Bagheera added looking at Baloo, "You're still tired after what happened earlier, why did you come?"
"Because, I am doing this for my friend, Mowgli, and I bit scare of going to sleep now, in case nothing is going to happen to me, again" Baloo answered.
Unknowing to Baloo and Bagheera that Mowgli has already started walking along the grass alone. Slowly step by step Mowgli walked closer to the main leader of the elephants, he caught the sight of the man-cub coming closer. Mowgli first bended down, stretched his arms out straight across the surface floor, bowed his head as he was showing his respect to them. Before he knew it, a few more elephants came around the leader gazing down upon the young man-cub even the cheerful little elephant marched at the front.
Mowgli slowly rise up on his feet, and with a loud, proud voice he started, "I need you help!"
The noises form the elephants were like the sounds of something caught their attention, as the man-cub continued, "Your jungle is being threatened by man, and we can't do it alone!"
Now the elephants stood silently as Mowgli didn't understand why, while Baloo and Bagheera behind stood nervously watching as the elephants weren't responding to Mowgli's request.
"Should we go over there and help?" Baloo whispered his question.
"No, they'll think that we are crowding them" Bagheera whispered, "It's all up to the man-cub now."
Mowgli took a step forward and he begged loudly, "Please! I have seen enough suffering for once again! Haven't you?"
The little elephant turned around and came up to the leader, he wrapped his little, long truck around the leader's trunk. Gazing upon the little elephants and remembered how the little one was terribly captured by those horrible men. The leader looked back at the man-cub, he could the sorrow through his sure eyes but deep how strong and brave his soul is. The little elephant moved aside as the leader walked towards the man-cub, as his truck low and slowing wrapped around Mowgli's thighs. Mowgli panicky didn't know what to do and so did Baloo and Bagheera as they about to jumped up and run to him. The leader raised Mowgli high as it truck can go, the other elephants lifted up their trucks and make loud, proud noses as they all lifted their trucks as well. Mowgli grew a wide smile on his face as he could feel the greatness and the relief from the elephants for they agreed to help him. Baloo and Bagheera smiled at what miracle Mowgli has once again do from the elephants.
"Well done man-cub" they both thought to themselves.
Present, late morning
All of the villagers looked out from the windows of their houses, as the rumbly shakiness was covering all over the floor of the village. The pans and pots trembled down from the shelfs down to the ground, children were holding close to their parents tight. Mostly the people began believing that it was probably just an earthquake, but this felt quite different that the shakiness isn't from the underneath their bare feet but instead something banging hard against the floor. Buldeo look across the side for he heard felt the rumbling is coming from the back of the village, across the fields of long grass and stared deep into the jungle. What didn't occur to him or anyone in the village, was that there weren't any buffalos in the field. Suddenly, the rumbling shaky sound transformed into a sound of marching feet rushing in straight towards the village. Buldeo recognised that kind of sound as a swallow panic feeling started flooding inside his blood to his mind. His legs began shaking as well as the floor was, while his bumping hard in every beat at the same time as he takes a step as he turned around and ran back to his mates.
"Stampede!" Buldeo yelled.
The rumbling march echoed through the jungle, all the creatures big and small rushed to the side to get of their way. First were those big buffalos from the fields leading the way with a few of the wolves on the sides so the buffalos will all go straight on a group. At the back was the large, great elephants marching behind with a few rhinos in the small gaps between. The whole wolf pack were keeping them all on the side, so they guide the jungle animals straight towards the village. Baloo and Bagheera by the sides of the elephants close to the back, with Mowgli's wolf siblings; Sura, Luri, Akru and Grey brother. Mowgli was riding on the back of the leader of the elephants, staring straight the village feeling a bit anxious for he didn't want anyone to get hurt more. Everyone knew what Mowgli them to do when they attack the village; not to kill but scare Buldeo and his friends away and knock down their houses, leave the villagers free. Mowgli put his head back into action as he remembered what Buldeo has done to Baloo, Kitty and his man-family, his left hand was close to his blade ready to take it out.
Everyone in the village on the village spotted the unbelievable sight of the jungle animals all running on the fields towards them. The villagers knew that it was time to start picking up their bags and rush out of their houses as quick as possible. Excepted the hunters didn't know what was happening, didn't know what to do, while gripping on tight on their rifles in their hands. The villagers rushed to the side of the village as some of them surprisingly screamed as the animals started banging through the village. The buffalos hit and scarred the sides of the houses by their sharp horns, while the wolves waited till they spotted one of the hunters. But the hunters were shocked in fear of the rushing animals, a few ran away but stayed with their rifles while trying to dodge out of the way from the animals. They never noticed of the wolves jumping out from nowhere and knocked them down or gripped hard on their rifles by their strong teeth and throw it away. Now, some of the hunters ran away cowardly from the vicious wolves and even jumped into the still river. The friendly vultures flew down and scare the life of the hunters and to scare them away or distract them from the wolf attacks, and even Chil the kite flew by the help by scratching on the heads or faces. The sneaky mongoose, Rikki Tikki Tavi quickly crawled into the hunter's clothing and crawled all around their bodies, and scratching, and biting their skins until he could try to knock them down on the ground. The great elephants marched in and they spared out to trembled over the whole village. They lifted themselves up on two feet and by a second the land back down but banged their front feet through the roofs of the houses like standing on a twig and breaking it in half. Some of the elephants used their heads to knock down the houses or their trunks to pull tall, strong trees and throw them at the houses or to scare the hunters away. Buldoe and a few of his friends were still dodging away from the jungle animals, Mowgli up high on the leader of the elephants spotted Buldeo down below. Mowgli decided to take his attack as he jumped off, landed on eth huge tree in the centre of the village and leaded out to attacked Buldeo. Knocking the cruel man down Mowgli snatched his rifle and swing it hard against the rough ground breaking the bottom parts into broken bits. Mowgli gazed upon Buldeo's cowardly face and he saw the jungle boy's range, fury through his eyes even without saying a word it scared Buldeo to death.
Two of the hunters were taking aim at the jungle animals and ready to take shot, unknowing that something else was behind them. They recognised the same shaped, scary shadow growing up huge on its two feet. They slowly turned around as the sound of its breathing rings a bell in their ears. A huge bear roared out loud and eerie at them, the hunters moved away fast, but they trembled down to the ground. Baloo landed back down on all fours and roared again but louder and more eerie and swing his paws at them, the hunters rushed up and ran away. Baloo only giggled after they ran off, unknowing that another hunter was hiding behind aiming at Baloo. The hunter was ready to fire till he heard a more growling breathing from above him, he slowly looked up and spotted something with black fur even the sun behind doesn't need to describe what it was. The black panther roared out with spiteful tone and the hunter took a few steps backwards, unexpectedly the black panther leaped off over the hunter, but he fell backwards and landed on the rough floor on the front side. The hunter raised his head and saw the eerie of the black panther staring at him like he was the panther's prey. The hunter crawled away backwards and rushed off away but then chased by a few buffalos.
Mowgli's wolf siblings were doing great on their attacks on the hunters, they did each indivisibly or as a team. One of the hunters, Buldeo's friend who wrapped the wire loop on Grey was nearly attacked from Grey, but the young wolf kept crawling towards the hunter while growling eerily. The hunter was walking away close to the river from the young wolf, unknowing that there another wolf, Akru behind the hunter. Near the edge of the river, Grey took the huge leap forward to scare the hunter backward, but the man tripped over back from the side of Akru and fell into the river.
The wolf siblings reunite by the river, Sura commented, "Nice attack Grey."
"Thanks, he deserved it" Grey smiled.
Akru cheered, "Oh yeah., that's how we did it! That's how we took down the man! That's how…"
"Akru!" Luri irrupted, "We get, calm yourself, come on there's still things to do."
Another hunter free and spotted the little elephant in a clear path chasing after another hunter. The hunter thought of how much that creature could be worth to sell, he reached out behind to grab his rifle while keeping his eye focus on the little elephant. However, he couldn't find it behind he looked back and only saw Kamya holding up the rifle. Kamya banged the back of the rifle right at the stomach of the hunter, he fell down with he hands holding on to his belly. Kamya looked up at the little elephants and it looked back, Mowgli saw the whole thing and noticed the innocent from Kamya just like from the little elephant. Kayma noticed Mowgli from the side of a house, they both nodded at each other as Mowgli grew a small smile showing his forgive. Mowgli observed that half of the jungle animals were soon running out from the village, Mowgli run up to Kamya for he needed to spread some instructions.
"Go to the villagers and tell them that some people are coming to give them a ride to Khanhiwara" Mowgli ordered. Kamya nodded and rush to tell the villagers so they get a move on their journey.
Unknowing to anyone, some of the wolves heard a strange noise from behind the village coming from the jungle. "Raksha!" one wolf shouted which caught Raksha's attention, "More men are coming!"
Raksha turned around spotted a strange thing that likes man-tricks, she was about to order the pack to attack on the thing till someone got out from the thing. It was Sanjay with a few other men in the car with him, they all got out but one of them was Sahana and Kitty came out from the back. Raksha smiled thankfully and ordered the wolf pack, "Everyone retreat back into the jungle."
The wolf pack did as what their leader ordered them to, some of the other jungle animals were just about to leave at the same time as the wolf pack. A few of them were knocking down houses and attacking a few hunters, however when the men came over they quickly rushed off back into the jungle, but a few elephants stumbled upon the houses. Sanjay and his friends took out their guns and aimed at the other hunters who laid down cowardly. Kitty stand close to the Sanjay and the others by the car in case of danger. Sahana walked at the edge of the village staring the destruction of the village, all of the houses have been crumbled down to the ground in pieces, the floor has been patterned by many footprints in all shape and sizes. Sahana was deadly shocked about how much the whole village has somehow disappeared in a small, light brown cloud of dust cover the whole floor, it was some part of her true home. But at that moment, it didn't matter to Sahana but all she wanted was to see if Mowgli was still alright, even it was last night she just couldn't stand Mowgli fighting alone. There, she spotted the jungle boy in a distance on the other side of the village, by the side of buffalos and elephants. A smile grew on her face as she was blissed to Mowgli alive and well.
While, Sanjay and his friends helped out with the villagers and caught more hunters of Buldeo, down hiding behind a tree Buldeo secretly taking out a small gun from the inside of his jacket. He carefully aimed it at Mowgli with both deep, rage, scary eyes focus on eth jungle boy. Sahana hear the click sound form the gun, she turned her head around and spotted the cruel man aiming at Mowgli. She rushed towards Buldeo and hold the gun down away from aiming at Mowgli, Buldeo viciously raged right at Sahana trying to pull her away. Mowgli noticed this and ran straight towards them to help out Sahana, Sanjay and Kitty was racing towards them. Forgetting that Buldeo had his finger on the trigger and unexpected the awful sound shot right out in front of Sahana. Mowgli stopped from hearing that awful sound, most of the wolves raised their heads looking from any man with their guns. Sahana looked down at her front side of her belly, that part where her blue dress was all cover in red and it started growing wider. She looked right back at Buldeo showing a look meaning no regrets. During that slow moment, as though time never existed, Sahana was falling backwards and hit the rough ground as t felt like she was taking another shot in the stomach.
"No!" Mowgli cried, rushing towards Sahana.
Buldeo ran away keeping the gun in the inside pocket, Mowgli finally reached to Sahana with one hand on her belly and the other resting hard on the ground. Sanjay came up and his friends one was rushing to the medical bag to help her in any way as possible. Kitty was standing crying with her hands togethering covering her nose and mouth. Mowgli look over Sahana's head trying to see through her eyes if there any a glimpse of life still fighting within her. Sahana's were in deadly trouble like falling down into a pit for forever and only seeing the darkness, she was reaching her hand out to hold Mowgli's hand. While Sanjay and his friends were trying to help to heal the shot, Mowgli and Sahana looked at each other like they were the only ones around.
"It's fine, Mowgli" Sahana whispered softly, "I'm fine. Everything is going to be fine."
Mowgli panicky shook his head side by side as he knew that things at this moment weren't fine at all. He felt water floating up into his eyes and tears began to slide out, as Sahana continued "Mowgli, Mowgli listen to me, remember what I taught you. Once you live your life you reborn a new one, when you see something in this jungle that reminds you of me, then I'll be that creature and I'll be there for you even if you can't see me."
Mowgli didn't quite understand from the way of the reincarnation, but it did calm him down a bit. Sahana whispered one last thing, "I love you."
"Maji" Mowgli whispered gently. He could imagen of Akela saying all of there things to him if Mowgli was there when he died. Suddenly, Sahana's hand was started failing to lift itself, now it was falling slowly without a movement while Mowgli still holding that hand. Her face looked so still and her faded away from the bright colours of life, falling the secret stopped like gazing at a forever frame. Mowgli couldn't believe, Sahana was gone, no matter times Mowgli tries to shake her hand to wake her up, or how hard Sanjay and his friends tried to help her, Sahana was really gone and she's not coming back. His blood went cold and nearly frozen like he wasn't living anymoreWarm tears slided down on Mowgli's check and dropped down on Sahana's still face as he tried calm down his heartbroken breathing.
Aside, Kitty leaned forward like she wanted to get all the tears out from her eyes, wiping them the wetness with her hands covering her entire face. Sahana was like a close family member to her, like aunty to Kitty, watching this deep depression expressing from Mowgli images her of losing her mother at that age. Creeped up behind Kitty, a dark man stretching his left hand out towards Kitty with the small gun in the other hand. Mowgli's eyes focused on Sahana but the tearful water in the corner of his eye made him switched his attention to the figure behind Kitty. The dark man pulled Kitty away by his left hand and pointed the gun at her head, panicky wiggling her legs while tried to escape.
Sanjay and his friends turned around and noticed, "Buldeo! Stop! Let her go!"
"Don't follow me" Buldoe ordered, as he moved with Kitty towards the car. His friends were hiding behind rushed up to get into the car. As they reached up to the car, Buldeo pushed Kitty inside the back while Buldeo pointed the gun at Sanjay and the others. Mowgli range was now overflooding into his mind, he just wants to attack Buldeo, take out this blade and tear him into pieces, but he didn't want to get Kitty hurt, or worse killed.
"Please Buldeo, let the girl go!" Sanjay begged.
Buldeo ignored them and jumped into the front as Riswan was driving the car, the wheels rushed off into a spin and drove fast away. Mowgli couldn't just Buldeo get away from this, not again, so Mowgli did what he felt was right he started to run. Mowgli started running to follow the car and not lose track form it.
"Mowgli!" Sanjay yelled, wanting Mowgli to stopped knowing how much anger is raging upon the boy and desperately wanted to punish Buldeo for his crimes. However, Mowgli ignore Sanjay and continued running as fast as the wind. "Dammit!" he shouted to himself with his hands in a hard grip against his head, he just lost a close friend and now maybe two more children. It was like a pattern to him; he first lost his baby son, next his best friend, then nearly lost Shanti and now his best friend's wife. He asked his friends to just check on the villagers while Snajay stands alone thinking about getting the same dead, torture feeling though his head.
Running without his legs feeling tired Mowgli didn't want another one he loved to get hurt. He lost Sahana and she was like a mother to him from the man-society, reminding him of losing Akela all over again. Mowgli would not let it happen to Kitty, not on his watch…
I know, I know it's bit of shock at I end, I hated this as much as you do but it's like all movies they need to a good, unexpected turn point, it's like when Akela died. In fact, there's a pattern like this in the other Disney movies where usually the mother dies. This is because in the early 1940s, Walt Disney bought a home for his parents. His friends from eths studio fix the furnace, but when his mom and dad moved in, the furnace leaked, and his mother died. Walt blamed himself from the death of his mother, and it was quite a tradition, so I thought I could use this in this story.
Now, Buldeo has kidnapped Kitty, and it's up to Mowgli to save her. So, what do you think? Please leave some comments, and I'll see you soon…
