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+CandyLuv99, yes Ingine plan of kick napping did not work out…and lets see how things back at priderock go. Thanks for reviewing!

Chapter 21

That night, the trek to pride rock for Simba couldn't have come soon enough. He had caught Ingine and was more or less forcing her back with me. the walk home Simba couldn't take his eyes off of her, he knew how sneaky she could be and the last thing he would help happen was for her to slip out of his paws. His eyes glared at her as she was made to walk in front of him. Her head hung low, she was not trying to cause more trouble for herself. Well with Simba, he wasn't in his nature to take advantage of a lioness, but being pushed a his last limits who knows what the future king could do out of fear and anger. The whole walk, he couldn't help but think what she had done to Nala- even if she hadn't said anything, Simba knows she's guilty. He wouldn't put anything by her and even if she was innocent- which we all know she isn't- he would still convict her of the crime just from all the hell she put him though.

It took the pair the entire night and into the next morning to reach home. They had finally entered the territory of the pride lands, and made it to pride rock by mid-day. In all they had to cross two territories to reach pride rock, which, unknown to Simba. Meant Nala and the cub were two terroirs away from him. But finally he had reached home. The great sun was rising high, the weather was warm and the pride lands were…peaceful. Almost too peaceful, as the prince stood on the steps of priderock his heart raced. He couldn't wait to get things in motion to find Nala. He had found Ingine who was the prime suspect -and he knew it. all they had to do was make the grey lioness tell them where she was. Simple. But when it stepped foot into this home, there was no one. Not a soul. And then he thought about it, he hadn't seen a lioness at all. Ingine, quiet was still behind him.

"Looks like we missed the party-"

"Shut up." He cut her off, before she could say anything to weasel her way out. She rolled her eyes, there was no way she was going to get on his good side, ever. "C'mon." he took the lioness by her forearm and put her in front of him. "Walk." He ordered. She complied.

"..Maybe everyone went to the waterhole…or-" he pushed her to keep walking, because she had slowed down. But mainly to just shut up her up. She scoffed at him. The two walked through out priderock and again, they saw no one. What the hell was happening, where was everyone. He was only gone for the night?

"Mom?! Dad?!" he voiced, over the silence. This dismayed the lioness, for sure then they would come running once they heard him. But luckily for her another voice came calling.

"Simba?" a dark lion came into view from around the bend. "Yo simba?!" the prince could see a look of relief on his friends face as he came forward. As Malka came forwards he was by himself, but knowing the gang, where one was the others were soon to follow. "Crap dude, where have you been?!" and then his eyes followed down to the smaller, familiar lioness. Ingine. "whoa…Simba." He started. He could tell Malka was hesitant with being around her, especially with their friends gone missing. Just seeing her unraveled the normally clam male. "What she doing here?"

"I found her last night. I couldn't just wait and do nothing, like my parents said, while Nala still out there."

"And she's going to help?" voiced Malka dryly, he knew he couldn't hold his breath for this.

"ump, if she knows what's good for her." Voiced the prince.

"What are you going to do torture me?"

"We won't." voiced the dark lion. "The gang up this way. C'mon." And Malka lead the way to the rest of the prideland lions. The red man male had nudged Ingine in the side, to get her butt to moving.

"You heard him. Get moving." The trio began to walk up the path. Malka had slowed down some to meet with Simba. They both gave the yellow eyed lioness a look to keep moving. They were still watching her. "Hey" voiced Simba. "where the hell is everyone?"

"Out looking for you. When you ran off and didn't come back, they freaked. You know how your folks are. They sent a screach party out for you hours ago- dude where did you even go?"

"Hell if I know, I was just walking. I was about two territories over from when I found Ingine." He paused for a moment. "so far she's said nothing. I know she has something to do with this, I bet my life. I just so happened to run into her."

"Well know Ingine. It was probably on purpose. She not one to just let fate happen, ya know."

"Yea." Suddenly Ingine stopped, she wasn't going to take another step. Because there just a few yards over, was the rest of Simba gang. They were in the clearing. Her pale yellow eyes scanned the lions across the way. "What, you scared?"

"ump, no."

"psh, I didn't mean me." voiced the prince. The darker male, took a step forward into the clearing. There his friends were able to spot him, and then his company behind him. Then the situation became eerie as their eyes made sense of the two figures. One, was obviously Simba, the red mane male and stupid knuckle head that ran into the night and had everyone worried. Extravagant Crowd | Pearl Primus. Hey were already missing Nala and the cub, now they had to worried about the prince was well. Great kings. Then needless to say that they automatically recognized the other. The smaller, slightly dainty grey lioness with the yellow eyes that was about to get her tail kicked, by no other that the tuff furred lioness herself with the ruby red eyes. Tama.

"Oh hell no…" she didn't have to think twice about what she was about to do to the lioness once she got her paws on her. Well maybe, Maybe she would decide how she was going to attack her first, a tackled, followed by a few punches, maybe even a kick…or a throw, you never know, maybe that tail of her could handle alittle tug- of-war. Matter a fact, Tama saw nothing wrong with a little arm and leg dismemberment at this point. but before she could make her plan into action, half way up the hillside, Malka had blocked her way. He knew she was going to try something, and its not like she was going to hide her intension either. "LET ME GO!" Kula and Tojo were running up behind her.

"Dude, what the heck." Voiced Tojo, to Malka as he held a firm grip on Tama, preventing her from getting to her victim.

"Simba found Ingine and she going to tell us where Nala is, right?" all eyes went to the lioness. She said nothing and turned her head.

"Let me at the bit- I swear just one…HIT!" she was growing more aggregated by the minute and soon Malka would be the focus of her rage. Her friends watched in amusement, their friend was crazy. Half temped to actually let her go, and make life easier for him- Malka questioned it, but he knew dam well she would beat the crap out of Ingine. And if that happened they wouldn't get anything out of her. Plus, if the pride so happened to come back at the wrong time, they would all be in some deep shit and would need to start explaining.

"Look relax Tama. We know no one wants to beat the crap out of her more than you…well maybe Simba. But she's not going to hit her-"

"ugh! Fine…fine! I'm cool I promise." They all eyed her and doubted it. "Will you let me go."

"No." he voiced. Tojo had leaned over to Kula and whispered in her ear.

"..that's cause he probably like this…" both Tama and Malka eyes glared at the brown lion, with the shaggy mane. He stepped back from Kula, giving off the impression that he had not said anything.

"Seriously." Voiced Simba. "I know you have something to do with Nala missing and you need to tell me where she is." The grey lioness raised a brow.

"Now why would you think that?"

"Don't play dumb Ingine." Voiced the darker male lion. He had left the red eyes lioness go and they had all formed a circle around the lioness of discussion. "We know you had it out for her."

"So, you can dislike a lion right, doesn't mean anything."

"It means everything Ingine because you're crazy! You ruin lions lives! trying to focus them into your own sick, pathetic reality!" now Simba was face to face with the lioness, he was growing tired of the bullshit. They were losing valuable time. "Now tell us where she is?!" he had a twitch in his eye and was baring his teeth. She knew she was getting to him, and by all means she had all the time in the world.

"I'll feel better if the actual KING and QUEEN where here. I'll talk to them."

"You are looking at the king of the pride lands." Voiced Kula. The grey lioness titled her head.

"hmm" she voiced, unbothered, Simba knew he couldn't cause bodily harm to her….even if he really really wanted to. But his father raised him better than that. But the red mane male was about to punch her in the face- that or he was going to get some else to. he didn't want her blood on his paws but…

"tell us!" they voiced

"No!" she retorted.

"Fine." Eyes went to Tama. She was clam- too calm. That was weird. As she voiced to Ingine calmly, she slowly walked over to her. " We can't make you tell us anything, right?"

"right-"

"WRONG!" in an instant the lioness had took Ingine by the nape of her neck and began dragging her down the hillside. The rest watched in shock from the suddenly attack and made their way after her. The lionesses stumbled down the hillside so fast, it seemed like their body barely touched the ground. Like they were falling almost, they were flying. When they had came to the bottom of the field, Tama still had a good grip of the lioness, once she regained her footing she began dragging her away towards a nearby waterhole.

"Whoa! Tama don't?!" voiced the other still making their way down. But their calls were doing on deaf ears, she had a plan and she was going to stick to it. Ingine was going to tell them were Nala was, whether she liked it or not. And whether it killed her or not as far as Tama was concerned.

Small cries of a cub could be heard from inside the far away cave. In the corner of the den crawled the tiny fighter making all of the noise. The cub, that looked some much like its father was unsettled. Blindly she crawled and climbed her way to her mother. Her mother was unresponsive to her cried as she tried to find a place to nurse. The cub waddled aimless around, trying to find a place of warm. It hopeless scene to watch. Without the guidance of its mother the cub was better off taking, rested where it was then fighting to find hers mother milk. Cries of frustration and hunger rang in the cave, and onto deaf ears. Nothing but the subtle rise and fall of her round belly could be seen as any sign of life.

Tama heard as voiced were calling out from behind her. 'no!' 'wait!' 'stop!' please. By the time the rest of the gang had made it down the hillside and near the pond, Tama and Ingine was already entering the water.

"What are you doing you can't swim! You're going to drown!" Tojo. "Hell we need her alive!"

"Simba stop her!" Kula screamed fearing for the lives of both lioness now.

"But what can I…" the prince paused. He met Tama eyes and watched as she stopped. This is what you call, by any means necessary. He could barely read her looks, but he knew she was planning something. "Guys..wait!"

"What?!" Malka voiced, entering the water himself to go after both lioness.

"Just wait a minute… let her do her thing." The lioness hadn't even noticed the silence, they were too busy focused on each other. Tama had had Ingine head above the water with her paw and by all means was doing to dunk her face in. she just had one small little word of advice for the lioness before she found herself with her murder on her paws.

"Look, I don't like you…which means you don't have alot of positive outcomes with this. So, I'll give you two choices. One, you tell me where my best friend is and take us to her and I'll let you go, or two- and I promise you PROMISE you, drowning you will be the least of your worries. Because I'm going to drown you, and bring you back and drown you again… and again.. and again, until I get what I want. Understood?!" petrified and losing the strength to resist holding her face up any longer- kings she didn't know how crazy tis lioness was. She could have Nala call she cared, she was satisfied with what she had done to her so…Ingine cracked.

"FINE FINE…I"LL DO IT… I'LL TELL YOU!" with one ease force, Ingine went rumbling forward back toward the shore banks. There Simba and Malka took the lioness and brought her back on dry land. She was soaked form head and toe and was panting heavily.

"so…what about you tell us where Nala is?" she bit her lower lip, she hated them, she hated them all. For standing up from their friend, for being sooo concerned for her and the cub wellbeing. No one was every like that for her? Ingine cleared her throat.

"I'll take you to her- but only if we make a deal…"

"Bitch…did you not just hear what I just told you[aw1] !" Tama spoke, more than welcome to reenter he water and drown the lioness for real. But Simba had stopped her.

"Fine." Everyone looked at him, confused, she as the devil. He was going to make a deal with the devil. But the way Simba saw it, she guilty either way. he knows she has Nala, especially with Ingine showing all of the gang where Nala was, he had more then enough lions to turn to, who could vouch for him when he confronts his parents about it. because it's no doubt that she going to tell the king and queen, Simba and the others tried to drown her in the waterhole. "what is it?"

"I take you to her, and you let me free." The hell kind of a deal was that?! "if you don't you wont be able to find her, and by then it'll be too late. It's already been three days-" There was no way he was going to..

"Deal!..."...okay maybe he was. All of his friends gave him and look, but right now he didn't have the time or patience to explain himself. "Great everything good, now take us to her. Now." So she did. Run and run they did. The long overnight journey from only a few hours ago ,seemed to be nothing in comparison to now. Yes they were all running and keeping up a good pace compared to before-where Simba was just aimless walking around trying to find some sign of Nala- but they weren't moving fast enough. And as the seconds ticked by, it seemed like the chances of finding Nala alive now, seemed to be growing slimmer and slimmer by the minutes. Its' been three days… almost three full agonizing days. The thought of this kept the prince deep in his own head, he didn't even notice his good pal, and best friend Malka come up beside him.

"Don't worry Simba, we're going to find her." He then added "she'll be fine." A small smirk of hope came across his face, as he wanted to believe- as he made himself believe what his friend was telling him. He just had to stay positive. Nala was tough, she could anything. Hours have passed and the sun was starting to set into its evening cycle. The colors of bright blue and the lively clouds began to turn and have a more somber tone to then. Night was coming, and they were still walking. Finally, miles into the journey, frustration and skepticism was starting the fill the heads of the lions following the grey lioness. Whisper began to run around in between them as Ingine lead on. Something was up, they had been traveling for hours. What if she was leading them in the wrong direction, why wouldn't know? For all they know she could be leading them into some trap!

"simba…" voiced Malka. "I don't like the looks of this, we're miles out of the pridelands and still…nothing."

"I know, but this has to be the way."

"but what if it's not, what if she just takin us on some joy ride in circles? And not actually to Nala"

"…she has to be." Voiced Simba, desperation all in his voice, he had no other hope…no other options. If he could not find her, the lioness party could not find her…then Ingine was his LAST and only hope to ever seeing Nala and the cub. Simba couldn't bear the thought of that. But by now one lioness couldn't hold in her hesitation about Ingine.

"Where is she taking us, it's been hours, we should have been there by now- we left the pridelands miles behind…" Tama had booted her way in between to the two lager lions. "I don't trust her, and if we're not there by night fall we have to cut it off! She's not taking us to her-"

"Yes she is!" then the dark brown male stopped.

"look…" he voiced, Ingine had beginning to slow down. The clear planes they were running on had run out and had begun to turn into brush thicket. Honestly Simba didn't recognize the place at all-if he even got this far- it was night when he had found Ingine. The area in generally was unfamiliar to him.

"She's in there." She voiced, in the direction of a den, covered with vines and tree roots. It was almost hidden in the plan site. Simba had rushed passed her and was making his way towards the den, it was blocked by a large boulder. The other ran behind, all but Malka. He had to keep an eye on her. Because if worse came to worse and they did find her, but not how they had expected, she would definitely pay. In no time Simba had pushed the boulder out of the way, as soon as he and the other took one step into the den they were hit with a stench of stall air, birth and with waves of dust. They ran inside, Simba in the lead. It took their eyes a moment to refocus in the darkness and dust of the cave. As he blinked regaining vision, his eyes came across a pale figure laying against the floor.

"Oh no…nala…" he ran over to her. She was still. He nudged and licked her cheek. Her fur was rough to the touch, almost stiff. "Nala…Nala?!" tears began to fill Simba eyes as the thought of the inevitable seemed to be coming true. "..nal…please…" he rested his head on hers. His mane covering his face and hers. The others stood back, speechless. Ingine herself stood still. Faintly, the lioness chest began to rise and fall, it's pace increasing.

"what, look Simba." The teary-eyed prince backed away some. Watching as his saw Nala slowly blink her eyes. Opening them slowly, her blue eyes were red and dry, revealing the exhausted lioness condition.

"..sim…" her throat so dry she couldn't even get out the words. But that was okay, Simba was over her in a moments notice.

"Nala!" the tears that now fell from his face had turned from grief to tears of joy. He had nuzzled his dearly missed beloved. "I thought I never see you again…" his voice was soft, and rested on her. She gave him a look, and thought being very weak she gave him a 'he could never get rid of her' look. Now Kula, Tojo and Tama were in the lioness face as well.

"Oh my god are you okay?!" you could all answer that. "Did you eat anything…Kula and I will get you something!" voiced Tama eagerly.

"I think we should get her ho-" the prince had looked down at his front paws. He was startled to see a cub…her cub, their cub…crawling around blindly. "Great kings…Nala?!" actually realizing she had given birth. "Guys…" he had moved his paw over to reveal the tiny blind cub. Everyone mouth dropped.

"MY KINGS!? NALA!" exclaimed everyone. The lioness was overwhelmed and didn't know what to say. If she could even say anything. Simba knew she and the cub needed to get Rafiki as soon as possible. But it was a no brainer she had no strength to get back right now.

"Tama, we need to get her some water…" Tama looking over her friend's condition agreed. She was looked weak in the face but also weak in the body. Maybe that was why her stomach was still extended, because if it weren't for Simba finding the cub under her mother. It looks as if Nala was still heavily pregnant and was now, only seconds away from busting.

"Got it, Kula C'mon… Ingine you too." The grey lioness raised a brow once confronted. "yea we found her but she in dire condition and if shit happens now, you won't make it to freedom sweetie! Take us to some water." She didn't argue. The lioness trio began to make their way to the nearest source of water. Simba sat next to Nala. He could faintly hear her whimper something.

"huh?" he asked, "what's wrong?" but she didn't have the strength to voice it. Simba rubbed her forehead.

"Get some rest, they're getting some water Nal." Simba then turned to his two friends. A look of complete shock, a look like he had seen a ghost or something was all over Simba face. The reality of it all was finally hitting him. And it was hitting him hard.

"relax, we found her….she had the cub…but everything okay." Tojo

"Okay?" Simba, now needing the reinforcement for himself. He was a father now.

"Yea Tojo is right, everything okay, we'll be home soon, in no time." He took his friends words to heart. Snice he didn't have his parents here to help him, he had to be the big lion himself now. He walked back to revisit Nala and the cub. He watched as the cub intrinsically waddled around blindly to find her mother milk. It was amazing to see, once the cub had found what she wanted, she went to town on her milk. It brought tears to his eyes again, and a smile on his face. But the sudden rise of stimulus was having an effect on Nala. Dormant everything was fine, Nala could sleep away everything that was happening inside her body, but now awake. She was hearing and seeing everything- now she was starting to feel everything around her, in her. The nursing cub had triggered her maternal instinct to kick in, and finish what it had started.

"…s..sim…" finally hearing his name being called her walked over to the head of Nala.

"Huh? What's wrong?" he could see the pain in her face. And knew something was happening to her. "guys…guys!" Tojo and Malka, ran forward. "Look, something wrong with her, help me sit her up. As the lioness slowly rose a thick circle of blood could be seen inside her underbelly, were Nala had laid for too long. "Nala? Are you okay."

"T…tw…"

"to…? t…what?" but the male the clueless.

"…uh…Simba…" Malka concluding in horror. "…I think she's saying twins.." Simba eyes shot open.

"…what...tw-twins…TWINS, is that what you're saying?!" Nala shook her head softly, as a fear batch of tears began to fill her eyes.

"..twins…twins…" she uttered almost inaudible. The trio of males stood frozen as Nala leaned over, panting. "…ge…g-get..Tama…now" she spoke between clenched teeth. Almost knocking into each other Malka and Tojo left the den in the rush to try the trio of lioness. They left Simba speechless and holding Nala.

"…are…are you sure?!" as if for some reason, she could be mistaken, and she not going into another set of contractions. Oh Simba, how cute is he. "Do you need me to get you anything…food…water?!" she shook her head back and forth while leaning over.

"c..con..mmhh..tracion…!"

"Con…what?!" he voiced, not knowing what the hell was going on.

"….trac..tion!" she voiced. Like a light bulb. He finally put the pieces together. And felt so proud.

"…contraction? Contraction!" she nodded 'yes' "great…what am I suppose to do?!.. you have to tell me Nal-"

"Aaaarghh!" her blood curdling scream, sent his red blood running cold and white down his spine. He had never heard of such a sound. "AAARRGHHH! SIMBA!" as if sent by the great kings themselves Malka and Tojo came running back with the girls following right behind him.

"What the hell happened?!"

"…I-i-i don't know, she said she is having another cub?!" Tama pushed Simba out of the way. great kings she leaves them alone for one minute and then this happens. She knew Nala was about toe pop, but she didn't think now. "w-what do we do?!"

"Nothing, you did your job daddy." Tama smartly replied, and then all knew what that meant. "Okay let see…Ew…yea, you're having this cub aren't you Nala." Tama motion for Kula to come over. "She knows how much I hate new cub…ugh I get best friend of the year for this."

"You can have it for a lifetime, just help her!" Nala was on the ground, breathing heavy. Tama couldn't time her contraction, but snice she had had the first cub only hours ago, this one would be soon to follow.

"Breath for me?" asked the red eyed lioness. Her friend nodded in agreement as she felt the urge to push being overwhelming. "ready?...push!"

"AAAA….AAARRRRGGGHHH!...AAHHHH!" the boys were left with no words, hell Simba thought they were killing her. And all he wanted to do was help. Kula saw as he stepped forward nervous, she stopped him before he could get closer.

"She's fine, trust me. just stay right there."

"..fine, she sounds like she's dying!" he argued.

"She's having a cub stupid! what did you think-" Tama was interrupted by another blood curdling cry, they shook the prince to his core.

"AAAARRRGHHH!"

"She's got this, she'll be fine!" Kula. Simba hesitant he knew she wasn't fine…she needed him, but that the hell did he knew about any of this. "Just stand over there!" the trio did as they were told. Not taking their eyes off Nala, especially Simba. They couldn't see much of the cub being born, but they could sure hear it and see it on her face. This was prefect, a blessing in disguise, all of them were too worried about Nala to even think twice about Ingine here was her chance. She backed away slowly, inching her way towards the den entrance. She could have made a clear run if it weren't' for the cub, for when she saw it, her eyes locked on the precious cub. Who was oddly not being looked after. With all the commotion, the still cub was being over looked by everyone…but not Ingine. This was it, the cub…her cub, just sitting there waiting to be picked up. Does she dare? The question raced thought her head a million times. It would have raced in her head a million more times if she would have sat and thought about it a little more. But she didn't, she went for it. scooping up the cub in an instantly and storming out the den.

"Hey?!" voiced Tojo noticing, then looking back into the den and not seeing the cub…"Simba! SIMBA SHE HAS THE CUB!"

"WHAT?!" her tail was out of there, and they did not see her. In an instant the boy went running after the grey lioness. Nala. Could see Simba leaving, she didn't know what was happening and her cries for him stopped him in his tracks.

"n…n….no Simba!..Simba!" Tama shot him a look.

"You go after her! Now, I'll take care of her-okay…"

"..o-okay.." he voiced hesitant. Thinking only of Nala at the moment.

"GO!" both lioness yelled, snapping some snapping him back to reality. He had to go save his cub. And without thinking twice was gone. Nala, seeing this began to panic, all she could think was being left alone…she did not want to be left alone, she couldn't be left alone ever again, and to see him leave killed her.

"…s…simba…simba!" she hyperventilated.

"Hey! hey !YOU, look at me? okay?" Nala more or less forced to do so, nodding. "They'll be back, I promise, they'll be back."