Chapter 11

"After the Battle"

It was just after sunrise before the gunfire stopped at the now damaged treehouse, with the last of the defenders falling to their deaths. The Germans had won and claimed the territory as their own. They tore off the Union Jack from the Treehouse and placed the German flag in its place. Walking through the smell of death, the German commander looked down at the bodies of Tarzan and Jane and smiled down at them evilly.

"Now, they will finally understand what we are trying to accomplish," he said evilly, pulling out his sword and pointing it at the bodies. "Death to England!"

He pulled his sword back and set about overseeing the disposition of the dead. Meanwhile, Terk, Tantor, Timon and Pumbaa had travelled all through the night and were shocked at the carnage that they saw in front of them. They knew that something terrible had happened and that they would have to break the news to the gorillas.

"Oh, man," gasped Timon, his eyes wide open. "What happened here?"

"Must have been a fight or something," remarked Pumbaa, who just as filled with shock as his friend was. "Unlike anything I've ever seen."

The four animal friends carefully walked onto the scene of death as the Germans continued their salvage and was now in the process of attempting to pillage Tarzan and Jane's possessions. It was only the sounds of gunfire that prevented them from doing so.

"We are not here to pillage," cried a German sergeant to several young soldiers. "Only to find any bodies of our brothers, you hear?"

The young soldiers nervously obeyed and went back to their correct task. For a while, the salvaging continued and once the Germans had cleared out, Terk, Timon and Pumbaa climbed into the treehouse and began walking around the smell of the death that purged the treehouse.

"Better be careful," whispered Terk to the meerkat and warthog. "You never know what you are going to find here, so be careful."

As they walked around, they tried to desperately avoid the flow of blood that strung the once mighty wooden floor. Finally, Terk saw the bedroom door broken down in the attack and stepped inside and when she saw the bodies of Tarzan and Jane, she screamed in horror and her screams attracted the attention of Timon and Pumbaa who ran in as fast as they could.

"Please, speak to us!" cried Terk, grasping Tarzan's dead body with tears forming in her eyes. "Tarzan, buddy, please wake up!"

But neither Tarzan, nor Jane was going to wake up. They were dead and that was all there was to it. Terk still tried to get them to wake up, but it was no use. She couldn't believe that the only human ape of her family was dead and someone that she looked up to for so many years was dead.

"What are we going to do, Timon?" cried Pumbaa, sniffling slightly. "We've got to tell Simba!"

Timon didn't respond and instead ran out of the room and for a few moments, the sounds of vomiting were heard as he tried to get the smell of death out of him. Knowing that the gorillas needed to be told as well, Terk ran out of the room followed by Pumbaa and after vomiting profusely, Timon joined them in running out of the treehouse.

"Tantor, step on it!" cried Terk, slapping Tantor's neck in haste. "We've got to get back to the Pride Lands and tell them what had happened!"

Not even bothering to ask, Tantor did as he was told and ran as fast as he could back to the Pride Lands, somehow knowing that Tarzan and Jane were dead. When they returned to the Pride Lands, they told the Gorillas and the Lions about what had happened and almost immediately, the cries for revenge were heard throughout the Pride Lands.

"We must avenge Tarzan!" shouted a gorilla, upon hearing the news. "Call on every creature in this jungle! We must have revenge!"

"I will summon the lionesses!" Simba shouted from Pride Rock, his faced filled with anger. "We will not rest until Tarzan and Jane are avenged!"

The cries throughout the pride lands continued throughout the day and as the sun came down on the jungle that night, Simba and the lionesses led the platoon of animals, including Tarzan's gorilla family, in search of the German army that had attacked and killed the only human friends that they had ever known.

Knowing all too well considering his saga with Scar, Simba knew that the best way to respond to a personal tragedy such as this was to fight fire with fire. Finally, they all came across a set of footprints and followed them to the German village where the victorious German army was celebrating their conquest.

"Long live Germany and Down with England and France!" cried the soldiers as they drank in their taste of victory. This did not bode well with the animals and they began to get down into attack formation as they set their eye on the people that killed their human friends. With a loud roar, Simba and the Lionesses charged towards the German soldiers, taking them by surprise. The Germans attempted to reach for their weapons and fight back, but they couldn't and soon, they were overpowered by the onslaught of vengeful animals.

The German commander, who had attempted to send a message to England by humiliating Jane, was soon devoured by Simba himself as he attempted to run down to the river in an attempt to get away from the carnage and his blood flowed into the river, a sign of the horror that was now over and done.

By nightfall, the mutilated and destroyed bodies of the Germans were all that was left of the army that had killed the king of the jungle and his queen. The animals that Tarzan had befriended and looked up to him had avenged his death.

Later that night, the Wazaris had returned to the treehouse and brought Tarzan and Jane's bodies back to the village to prepare them for a tribute fitting for a jungle king and his queen.