Chapter 2 Kiu
"Kiu!" Kreb yelled, to his kid brother, Kiu was a teenaged lion with a beautiful spiky black mane, canary yellow eyes, and an almond colored pelt, with a slightly lighter underbelly.
"What do you want now." he asked his brother in a disgusted tone, as he rolled his eyes.
"Bind her." he said as he pointed at Uzuri's unconscious form.
Kiu frowned at his brother and proceeded to hammer old bones from previous kills into the ground to hold Uzuri down, "He killed Pion." Uzuri whispered as Kiu neared her head, Kiu look of disgust only deepend. Pion was like a mother to him she had raised him since Kreb took over their little pride.
"Kiu! We need to go hunting, leave the prisoner here." Kiu nodded in response, not bothering to change the look on his face.
When the two males returned from the hunt they managed to kill an antelope, "Eat this." Kreb tossed Uzuri what was left of the hind leg. Uzuri wanted to resist but she hadn't eaten in two days, and she was the best hunter in their pride. So she knew food would be scarce from then on.
The venison was so tender that it practically melted in her mouth. "Do you have anything to wash it down?" She asked in an indifferent tone, glaring at Kreb.
Kreb's creepy smile sprawled across his face, he began to toss in herbs and mash them together till it turned into a thin paste. He then poured the paste into a bowl with some water in it, he pushed the bowl forward "Drink this my sweet." he had his sadistic creepy smile on his face.
Kiu mouthed "Don't drink it!"
Kreb cupped Uzuri's head in his large paw as he moved his paw from underneath her chin and continued until his paw was on top of her head, with explosive force he slammed her head into the makeshift bowl. The solution was surprisingly thick making it clot and stick to the inside of her muzzle, Kreb held Uzuri's head in the liquid until he saw the level drop exponentially. Uzuri pulled her head back out of the solution, her eyes started to dilate till you couldn't see her orange eyes anymore. Kiu had a look of mortification on his face, "You SICK bastard!" he shouted, Kreb laughed maniacally as he backhanded his brother sending him into the wall of the den.
Uzuri began to hallucinate as her ears began to buzz, "Mother?" she said as her vision of the sandy cave vanished, and the vibrant beach appeared in it's place.
The tide was high crashing against the sandy coast. The waves rolled in just high enough to reach Uzuri's toes. She felt a nudge "Don't be afraid dearie," Pion's soft caring voice rang in her ears.
Uzuri turned her gaze to her mother. She leapt into the cold water in shock, her mother was at least three times her size. Uzuri looked into the water to see she was a cub again. "Mom what's going on?"
"It's only high tide my dear." Her mother said unfazed, by her daughters distressed tone of voice.
"No! I watched Kreb kill you!" she shouted as she began to hyperventilate.
"Who is Kreb?" A look of worry developed on Pion's face.
"He killed… Father." Uzuri turned and sprinted for the normal shore line.
"Uzuri wait you're too small!" her mother was too late, as a wave swept her up and pulled her out to sea.
A deafening roar bounced off the waves as Pion snatched up her daughter before she could be washed any farther away. "What were you thinking?" Pion asked, out of breath.
"Go find dad… please." Uzuri asked hiccuping between her words, "Before it too late."
"As you wish honey, you do know daddy's just out on patrol." Uzuri nodded at her mother's words and pushed anyway.
Pion carried Uzuri down the coastline in search of her father. Another deafening roar bounced off the waves. As her father came into sight he had a red coat, with a black mane, which complemented his sunset orange eyes. He turned and smiled at his family till he was struck in the side by a larger male with a nasty silver mane, and a reddish brown coat. "No!" Pion shouted rushing to her husbands aid with Uzuri clinging to her mother's back for dear life.
Uzuri lost grip of her mother falling into the water. "Help me," Uzuri shouted as she was sucked back into the salty surf.
Her father fought free of his captors grasp, "Save her!" He shouted when his head was forced under the water.
Pion pulled her daughter out of the surf, turning to see her husbands body being carried off by the current. "Not again." Uzuri said as her father's corpse was pulled into the Sea.
Kreb walked up and bowed to the pair, "Who's next in line?" 'That sick bastard' Uzuri thought, 'he surprised Daddy and mercilessly drowned him.' Pion was too shocked by the scene to respond.
AN: last time I checked I had 50 veiws on my first chapter, so I am glad that so many people read my story. I updated my summary so to more accuratly describe the story arc without spoiling the story please review I appricate the feedback. Last thing I should clear up is that Uzuri is Zira I got some messages from some people that were confused.