Chapter 5 My Tail
Uzuri and Kiu drug Kreb's limp body back to the cave, "We need to help him." Kiu said, "I know he did terrible things but he was addicted to that filth."
Uzuri wanted to do nothing but kill this waste of fur but Kiu was right, if he truly is an addict then he needs help even if he is being punished. "Only if we restrain him." She said. When they arrived at the sandy cove, the mouth of the cave was partially obstructed by dried wild grass. "We really should clear this up." Uzuri said as they entered the cave.
"Nevermind that we need to restrain him before he wakes up." Kiu said as he put the harness over his brothers head.
Uzuri approached Kreb and pulled his paw into the cuff when he woke up swinging his razor sharp claws whistled past Uzuri's face, narrowly missing Uzuri's ear. "Asshole!" she shouted as she hit him in the jaw again with the same result.
"That was close he almost took off part of your ear." Kiu said as he hastily finished restraining his brother.
"I am starting to second guess letting him live." Uzuri said as she rubbed her ear.
Kiu embraced Uzuri where he quickly kissed her on the ear. "Now there, he is probably still hallucinating from the drugs." he said as he gestured to the fresh batch of paste.
Kreb's detox took a week and a half, and it took both of them to keep him from destroying the other when he got free. For a lion who has been starved, isolated, and caught a couple of nice shots he could still put up one hell of a fight. Kreb's aggression didn't make the week fly by either, "I will use your claws as tooth picks." and the always effective, "I will fucking kill you." Were only a few threats that he issued toward Kiu and Uzuri.
Uzuri and Kiu only grew closer each time Kreb escaped his bonds, causing their friendship to flourish and morph. Uzuri found herself constantly thinking, 'Do I love him? Does he love me?'
When the detox process was finally over and Uzuri was sure that they had destroyed all of the paste she agreed to release him but only after a few words, "Now if we let you go you promise not to attack us?" Kreb nodded he seemed anxious to be out of captivity. "You do know if you attack me or Kiu, that I have no problem killing you." Uzuri said.
"I know the errors of my ways I murdered your father, mother, and various other family members. Now I am ready to pay the piper and fix what I have broken." Kreb said as though he had rehearsed this.
"Good enough for me." Kiu said as he cut the bonds off his brother.
Kreb shook the tattered bonds free of his limbs and bowed to Uzuri which caught her by surprise. 'Was this the same lion who murdered her family and imprisoned her?' She thought. "Hungry?" Kreb asked, "Don't worry my treat." Kreb rushed out of the cave.
"I will go with him." Kiu said but he was stopped by a paw pinning his tail. "Can I have my..."
Uzuri cut him off with a kiss, "Nope, its my tail now."
"What do I get in exchange?"
Uzuri smacked him with her tail that he quickly caught and pinned. "That's my tail now, so what do I get?"
Uzuri rolled onto her back, "Guess..."
Kreb returned two hours later with a fully grown zebra and offered it to Uzuri and Kiu. When the two had eaten their fill he asked, "How do you feel?"
Kiu was the first to answer, "Fine why?" then he suddenly collapsed under the weight of his own body. His body sent up a plume of sand and the cloud morphed in front of Uzuri's eyes into an odd rock formation but quickly vanished.
Kreb started to laugh maniacally, "The thing about detox you actually have to want to become clean."
Uzuri started to turn green and her vision began to blur. "You're a monster." she said as she got into a shaky defensive position.
Kreb walked right up to her and struck her in the jaw, like she had done to him so many times. Uzuri collapsed but she got back to her feet, "Guess you don't know the right spot." She taunted him inciting another swing at her head.
"I said you would pay and now I am going to kill the traitor, then make you as my bride." he said as he smacked her in the face with his tail. Uzuri tried to bite his tail but she was too dazed from the drugs and the concussions.
He continued to taunt Uzuri until her condition was too far gone and she collapsed just like Kiu before her.
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