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Fort Hood, Texas
It was about eight o'clock at night as Jakes eldest brother Air Force Captain Michael Green drove up to his parent's house his face grim and burdened with bad news. Pulling the car up to the curb Michael put the car in park and stepped out, dressed in his full military dress uniform his various medals jingled as he walked up the walkway and knocked on the door. The door was answered by Jakes mother Army doctor Major Roslyn Green. "Hey Michael, how are you." Roslyn said with a smile as she greeted and hugged her eldest son still dressed in her scrubs from her rounds at the base hospital. "Hi mom, I'm doing fine, is dad here too." Replied Michael as he entered the house. "Yeah he's here; he's in the living room reading the paper." Answered Roslyn as she led Michael into the living room where his dad Army Colonel Richard Green was sitting on the couch "Hi Michael how have you been, I thought you were stationed at Lackland in San Antonio." Richard said as he got up and hugged his son as Roslyn took a seat next to where Richard was sitting. "Hey dad, I've been doing ok and I'm still stationed at Lackland I'm just on leave right now, however I'm afraid I'm not here on a social call." Michael said his face now becoming serious "Michael what are you talking about." Richard asked as he sat down next to his wife their faces filled with concern Michael then pulled up a chair and sat right in front of his parents and prepared to deliver the kind news every soldiers family hopes they never have to hear. "Well earlier this morning I got a call from Jakes commanding officer up in Alaska and apparently Jake was involved in an accident, he was flying over the gulf and his engines malfunctioned and exploded, he was able to eject and when the Coast Guard arrived they found him clinging to the canopy of his plane but just as they were about to rescue him a wave knocked him off the canopy and….and he never came back up, he's gone…Jake is gone." Michael said as tears began to flow down his cheeks and he began to cry. Upon hearing the news Roslyn's eyes became wide and her face became very pale and the glass of tea she was hold in slipped from her hand and shattered on the floor as tears began to pour down her cheeks "No no oh god please no." Roslyn said as she buried her face in Richards's chest and began to sod uncontrollably. A wave of guilt washed over Richard as he learned of his youngest sons death because although he loved Jake with all of his heart neither of them could seem to go without arguing and now he would never get the chance to set things right "Does your brother Eric know yet." Richard finally said as his own tears began to flow. "No not yet, he hasn't had much time to himself since he started his tour in Iraq." Answered Michael his voice hoarse from crying
Back at the PrideLands
"Ugh what happened?" Groaned Jake as he regained consciousness and as Jakes senses returned he began to notice that his surroundings had once again changed and that he was no longer lying next to the water hole he had collapsed by but instead he was laying on a cold stone floor and that there was something laying on his chest. Jakes body ached in protest as he sat up and as he did so he felt the weight that was sitting on his chest fall into his lap with a soft fleshy thud. When Jake opened his eyes he looked around and saw that he was sitting in a large cave. And when Jake looked down to see what had fallen into his lap he found himself almost face to face with a female lion cub. Jake and the cub stared at each other until a voice shattered the silence "Nya leave him alone." Said the voice as Jake turned to see a group of lionesses along with another female lion cub approaching him. "Coming mom." The cub said as she got out of Jakes lap and went to stand by her mother at the head of the group. "Please forgive her, sometimes her curiosity gets the best of her, my name is Nala Queen of the Pridelands and this is my mother Sarafina and this is my mates mother Sarabi." Nala said as she introduced herself and the other two lionesses. "And of course these are my daughters, this is Kiara." Added Nala as she gestured to the small cub that was poking its head out from behind her mother's legs. "And I believe you have already met my other daughter Nya." Nala said now gesturing to the other cub that was sitting next to her. "It is a pleasure to meet you your majesty, my name is Lieutenant Jake Green of the United States Air Force but you can just call me Jake." Jake said as greeted the other lionesses and as he bowed his head to Nala in respect. "What's the United States Air Force?" Kiara asked, as she slowly came out from behind her mother. "Well the United States is short for the United States of America which is the country that I come from and the Air Force is a branch of my countries military." Explained Jake as he chuckled slightly at the cub's curiosity. "And it's a pleasure to meet you as well Jake, and now that you are awake would you care to join us for breakfast." Nala asked knowing that Jake was sure to be hungry since he had been unconscious for some time. "I would love to." Answered Jake as he painfully stood up his body aching in great protest as the lionesses turned to leave the cave.
A wave of heat washed over Jake as he exited the cave and as he made his way down the narrow path that led from Pride Rock Jake unzipped his flight suit halfway and tied the top half around his waist exposing his white undershirt his dogtags shining in the sun as they dangled from his neck. After descending from Pride Rock Jake followed Nala to a small circular grove of trees where a group of lionesses waiting with a freshly killed zebra in the center of the group. Once in the grove Jake found a place in the shade to sit that was close to where Nala was sitting. Jake then pulled out his field knife along with a small survival kit which was no more than first aid supplies, some hooks and fishing line, a knife sharpening stone and a magnesium fire starter. Jake removed the fire starter from the kit and began to gather some twigs and dead grass to build his fire as the lionesses looked on with curiosity. Once Jake had gathered the wood and set it up in a small pile Jake then took his fire starter and began to shave off thin strips of the magnesium. "What are you doing?" Nya asked as she looked up from her breakfast her head cocked slightly. "I'm building a fire because unlike you, humans do not have the ability to digest raw meat because it can make us very sick if our meat is not cooked properly." Jake explained as he took the tip of his knife and scraped it across the flint side of his fire starter sending a small shower of sparks causing the magnesium shavings to burn and start his fire. Once his fire was started Jake took his knife and made his way over to the zebra carcass and began to cut out a large chunk of meat from the zebra's thigh. With the meat in hand Jake sat back down and began to strip the meat of the zebra skin. When he was finished Jake then broke the meat down into smaller chunks and impaled the chunks on a stick and then placed the stick over the fire so the meat could cook filling the air with the sweet smell of cooking meat which made Jakes mouth water. As Jake was waiting for his breakfast to cook Nya who had finished eating got up from her spot next to her mother and jumped into Jakes lap and began to play with his dogtags. Jake smiled at this and removed his tags from around his neck and dangled them in front of the young cubs face causing her bat at the tags playfully. As Nya continued to play with Jakes tags Jake removed his makeshift kabob from its place above the fire and placed one of the juicy chunks of meat in his mouth, satisfied with the readiness of the meat Jake continues to eat, Nya by this time had fallen asleep in Jakes lap so with a free hand Jake began to stroke behind her ears causing the cream colored cub to purr loudly in her sleep. "So this is the human that the entire pride is simply buzzing about." Came a male voice as Jake turned to see a large red maned lion entering the grove. "Jake this is my mate Simba; he is the king of the Pridelands." Nala said as Simba came to a stop right in front of Jake. "It's a pleasure meet you your majesty, my name is Lieutenant Jake Green." Jake said bowing his head in respect. "I don't care who you are, because you humans are all the same, you take what does not belong to you and you destroy everything you touch, which is why when you are able, you will be escorted out of my kingdom and you can make your way to your homeland from there." Simba said making his hatred for humans very clear; Nya who had woken up had sunk down as far as she could into Jakes lap while Jake did his best to comfort the frightened cub for she had never seen her father filled with such hate. "I understand your majesty I apologize for the actions of my fellow humans but I'm afraid can't leave because in my homeland my people think I'm dead. You see in my country I am a soldier and just before I came here I was involved in an accident just off the coast of the northern most part of my country and just when I was about to be rescued a massive wave came and knocked me off of my floatation sending me under the water but when I finally reached the surface I was here. However if I were to return to my people I would be arrested as a deserter and tried for treason after that I would either be executed or I would be thrown in prison for the rest of my life, so you see I have nowhere else to go and that is why I humbly ask to be accepted into your pride." Jake said hoping that his words did not anger the king any further. When Jake finished speaking Simba roared in anger and frustration and began to pace back and forth before finally stopping almost directly in front of Jake with his muzzle right in Jakes face. "Very well you can stay and my mate will provide you with your daily tasks but keep this in mind, if you slip up just once you won't have to worry about watching your back because I will be chewing on it, do I make myself clear lieutenant." Simba said with his face still in Jakes "As crystal your majesty, and thank you for letting me into your pride." Answered Jake as he watched the golden red maned lion storm off "I said you can stay but you are not a part of this pride." Simba said not even bothering to turn around as he continued to walk off.
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