4) The Worse Dinosaurs

It was worth it for the long walk that the lions made it to a stone building that was covered with vines. There were stairs leading up to a door. But around the door were engravings of fossils. The windows were shattered that vines surrounded them.

"Is this the place?" Simba asked.

"Yeah," said Horner. "This is where we were born."

Mufasa looked at Horner confused that he first looked at him but ascended the stairs. Scar and Simba followed him.

"Aren't you coming Horner?" Simba requested, noticing Horner wasn't with him.

"No," the dinosaur replied. "I'm staying out here."

"Okay."

With a push, Mufasa was able to open the large door. Inside was nothing they were expecting.

Once they were inside, Mufasa and Scar first noticed the many bones on the ground. There were stairs leading to a higher floor but around them were decorated walls. There was a sign on the ground that wrote,

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

"What's your plan now Mufasa?" Scar teased.

"Just let me think," Mufasa complained.

"Temper, temper. Should we split?"

"No we're not." Mufasa didn't want to lose his family this fast, he had to think.

Maybe the strange hill of stairs could get him to higher grounds or he could search around on this floor. Simba was curious though. He went to the pile of bones and looked at them.

"Are these bones?" he asked.

"What else are they?" Scar responded sarcastically.

"Let's go this way," announced Mufasa.

He headed to the right. Simba instantly followed his dad but Scar hesitated. He could smell something. This scent was nothing he smelled before but it didn't feel friendly. Something was coming their way. After looking around, not noticing anything, Scar went with his family. He didn't see the silhouette on the wall.

The lions walked further down that they found themselves in a room where there were tables with chairs by them.

"What is this place?" Simba asked. Mufasa couldn't give him an answer.

It was only Scar who could smell the stench of another animal. Why would they keep going if this thing is around? Still he followed them but the smell was still there, what was it? It smelled like something of either a bird or a reptile. It was walking on two legs and was giving a strange hissing sound. Was it a bird of some sort?

"Mufasa," he called out. "Do you smell that?"

"What?"

Scar looked at him surprised but it was then they heard growling sounds. Mufasa and Simba froze. The growling continued that it then came to breathing.

"What was that?" asked Simba.

Just then there was a sound that was like a barking or some sort but then a loud snarl. Mufasa and Scar looked around and from a wall was for sure the creature that made the sound.

It was what Scar thought, well almost, it walked on two legs that had a large claw, two arms, a face like a lizard, the body posture of a bird, and had menacing yellow eyes and sharp teeth. The lions gasped in horror, though they didn't know what it was.

Scar started running in the opposite direction that the dinosaur ran after him giving out an earsplitting cry. It was charging to Scar that Mufasa immediately pushed it away.

"Come Simba!" he yelled. He did not need to repeat.

This place was no haven for the lions that they rushed out of the building while the dinosaur pursued them. Scar was faster that he barged out of the doors and rushed down the stairs. Horner was still there.

"That was fast," Horner stated.

Scar ignored him that he rushed into the jungle. Mufasa and Simba came to the door with the predator after them. Horner gasped noticing the bird-like reptile.

"Simba! Mufasa! This way!" he yelled to them.

Mufasa and Simba rushed to Horner that they to, like Scar, rushed into the jungle. The dinosaur was in hot pursuit. They were able to find Scar while they were further into the jungle that Mufasa called out to him to follow, Scar reluctantly did so.

"What is that?" asked Simba.

"A velociraptor," Horner replied, while they ran. "They will kill."

Horner only ran as fast as Simba that Mufasa and Scar were faster than them. Horner led Simba into a nearby bush that they hid inside it. The velociraptor was aiming for the two lions.

"We've got to help them!" Simba cried.

"I thought they were fighters," Horner thought.

Simba watched his dad and uncle run farther but they stopped realizing there were more raptors, surrounding them in a circle. The lions were trapped. Scar was petrified but Mufasa stood his ground. The velociraptors were closing in on them while they snarled and growled. They were about to pounce until the ground shook. There was a puddle that Simba and Horner saw tremble. There were two more trembles.

"Is there hope?" Scar suggested, cynically.

"What was that?" Simba asked.

But it seemd that the dinosaurs knew. A few raptors ran away but some stood their ground.

"I know what it is," Horner said plainly. "Scar! Mufasa! Don't move a muscle! Neither you Simba."

"Why?"

But Simba's question was answered immediately. From the trees came a massive giant head. The mouth was visible that it showed white razor sharp teeth and yet small yellow eyes. It

gave the lions chills going down their spines that they listened to Horner's command. They could only stare at the animal wide-eyed.

"What is that?" Simba asked again.

"Ssh!" Horner shushed him. Then he whispered. "Tyrannosaurus-Rex."

Just as the raptors saw the larger dinosaur, they were not at all intimidated. Instead, they ran to it and jumped on it. The Rex ignored the two lions that it instead fought off the raptors. Mufasa and Scar took the opportunity and run off. Simba and Horner rushed to their side.

The lions could hear from behind the Rex's mighty roars while it fought the Velociraptors that they stopped to catch their breath. But they were disturbed. More raptors came by that they snarled to them. One jumped onto Mufasa but he threw the dinosaur off him. Horner and Simba ran back into a bush.

There was another raptor that jumped on Scar, that he had to join in the fight. He threw the raptor off him. But more Velociraptors came by and they tried to pin the lions down but Scar and Mufasa didn't stop. They would swipe them away, claw them, or bite down on their necks. It seemed that the felines were winning against the lizards, most of them were running away or kept up in the fight.

"Scar, we can't win this fight," Mufasa cried. "Where's Simba?"

"I'm right here Dad!" yelled Simba, popping out from the brush.

Mufasa went to pick him up by the tuft and ran. Horner held onto Mufasa's tail while Scar followed him.

The lions stopped once they came to a large tree that they panted for breath. Mufasa let Simba down and Horner climbed down.

"We're splitting up," Scar panted.

With a pant, Mufasa stared back to him.

"Are you kidding?" he yelled. "We were nearly killed!"

"I'm not doing this with you Mufasa."

Trying to ignore him, Mufasa looked up to the tree.

"We'd be safe up here."

"Good luck. I'm leaving."

"Scar, stay with us!"

"No! I'd be better off without you!"

"Come on Uncle Scar!" Simba now pleaded. "Stay with us."

"This is between you and your daddy," Scar told him. "It's time for your dear uncle to leave."

"Scar, please!" Mufasa begged.

"I told you about the dangers!" Horner then told him. "There are more!"

"Yet they do not know my intelligence." Mufasa rolled his eyes. "I'm leaving."

"Don't expect me to come and rescue you!"

Scar turned his back and walked away. Angrily, Mufasa held onto Simba's tuft and started to climb the tree. Again Horner held onto his tail. They reached a high branch.