Chapter 10: No where to hide

Nala, Simba, and Zazu were frightened at the sight of a trio of hyenas.
Simba glared at the trio.

"Well, well, well, Banzai. What have we got here?" The female hyena said.

"Hmm. I don't know, Shenzi. Uhh.. What do you think Ed?" Banzai asked.

The one hyena with crazy looking eyes, and the tongue sticking out of its mouth just laughed.

Nala thought she would puke, because, the saliva dripping off the tongue belonging to the hyena known as Ed, was green, it made a sickening squish noise when it hit the ground.

The trio of hyenas circle the two cubs and Zazu.

Shenzi growled at Nala, the lioness cub backed away.

"Yeah, just what I thinking. A trio of trespassers!" Banzai said.

Zazu luaghed nervously, "And quite by accident, let me assure you. A simple navigational error." Zazu said.

Shenzi shook her head, her mane shaking, "Whoa, whoa, wait, wait, wait... I know you, you're Mufasa's little stooge." Shenzi said.

Zazu frowned, "I, madam, am the king's majordomo." Zazu said.

Banzai turned his gaze on to Simba.

"And that would make you...?" Banzai asked.

"The future king." Simba said, showing no sign of fear.

Nala, looked at Simba, she could not believe Simba was not afraid of three hyenas, he could have been, but it was to difficult to find out.

The three hyenas continued circling them.

"Do you know what we do to kings who step out of their kingdom?" Shenzi said.

Simba shook his head, he glared at each hyena at a time.

"Puh. You can't do anything to me." Simba said.

Nala was so afraid, she wanted to be in her mother's arms right now.

"Uhh... technically, they can, we are on their land." Zazu said.

"But Zazu, you told they're nothing but slobbering, mangy, stupid poachers." Simba said.

"Ix-nay on the oopid-stay..." Zazu whispered to Simba.

Banzai came face to face with Zazu, "Who you callin' "oopid-stay?!" Banzai yelled.

Zazu starts to hasten the two cubs away.

Shenzi notices and jumps in front of them.

"What's the hurry, we'd looove you to stick around for dinner." Shenzi said.

Banzai shook his head in agreement.

"Yeaaah! We could have whatever's "lion" around." Banzai said.

He burst out laughing.

"Oh, wait, I got one. Make mine, a "cub" sandwich." Whatcha think?" Shenzi said.

She started laughing.
Ed starts jumping up and down jabbering, "What is it, Ed?" Shenzi asked.

"Hey, did we order this dinner to go?" Banzai asked.

"No, why?" Shenzi replied.

"Cause there it goes!" Banzai yelled.

Meanwhile a mile away from the trio of hyenas, Nala and Simba are running away.

"Did we lose 'em?" Nala asked.

She was panting, and so was Simba, they looked in all directions, they had no idea where to go.

"I think so... Where's Zazu?" Simba replied.

After Simba said that, the two cubs heard Zazu screaming about a birdie boiler, they wanted to laugh, but they were too scared to laugh.

Simba and Nala start running to help Zazu somehow.
Nala saw Zazu being blasted away, into the Pridelands.

"Hey, why don't you pick on somebody your own size?" Simba said.

Shenzi slowly turned her head and looked at Simba, "Like... you?" She said.

Simba and Nala's ears flattened against their head.

"Oops." Simba said.

The hyenas began running toward Nala and Simba.
They both screamed.

A geyser ejected red steam, in front of Nala and Simba and the three hyenas poked their heads out through the red steam, they flashed their shiny sharp teeth.

"Boo!" The trio of hyenas yelled.

Nala and Simba run up an elephant skull, Shenzi was very close to biting into Nala's rump, but the hyena was to slow.

Simba and Nala slipped and started to slide down the spine of the elephant, Nala held on to Simba as best she could, her heart pounding faster and faster, the two cubs flew off the spine and fell into a mounatin of bones.

Simba ran up as fast as he could.
Nala thought Simba was running too fast for a lion cub, to her horror, she realized she was slipping, Nala has lost her grip, and the hyenas got even closer to Nala.

"SIMBA!" Nala yelled.

She saw him turn around and come to her rescue, Shenzi got her second chance to eat Nala, but Simba came out of no where, and slashed Shenzi on the cheek, the two cubs ran up together.

Simba was ahead of Nala, and he climbed another spine of an elephant, the two cubs were on some rotten flesh, they jumped, but the skin broke and the two cubs fell, both were trapped, the ribs of the rotten beast in front of the cubs.

"Here, kitty, kitty. I want your tasty ribs." Banzai said.

Simba got in front of Nala, and tried to roar, but out came a squeaky yowl.

Nala started crying, "Don't worry, Nala, I'm here." Simba whispered.
She knew he couldn't save them, it looked like to Nala and Simba they would never reach adulthood.

To Be Continued...