Raksha and Grey returned to the packs, where Hatya waited and said "well, it's about time you showed up. I was beginning to worry that you would miss the show."
"No need to worry. You're right, Hatya. In about two minutes the cub will be ours."
"I'm glad I was able to turn you around for the better." Hatya grinned, before one of the dholes said "I see the bear! And he's got the cub!" as they saw Baloo leaving the cavern with a small orange and black striped object.
"Good. Bring me the cub!" Hatya said. "And if the bear fights, kill him too."
The wolves and dholes ran out after Baloo. The bear saw this and said "uh oh." as he ran towards a cliff edge. As he reached the edge, he turned and saw the two packs headed straight for him. He said "here we go! NOW!"
To their surprise, Baloo jumped off of the cliff. They ran to the edge to see Baloo skating down the cliff on a log-board. Hatya saw this and said "after them!" as she and the two packs raced down the hill after him.
Baloo saw a ramp and said "surf's up! YEEHAW!" as his log-board lifted him into the air. "Let gravity... be your POWER! Wheee-hoo!"
The bear used the log-board to skid up and down the trees. "Aoooo-whoa!" Baloo said before seeing a mother buffalo and her calf. He turned the log-board, causing it to derail and head towards a hill. He said "sharp turn, at noon!" as the log-board crashed into the hill, sending him flying into the air.
As he floated through the sky, he said "you know, I think I had a nightmare like this once! Whoa-aaaaaaaahhhhhh!" before plummeting onto the edge of the hill. He turned to the bottom of the hill, where he saw the dholes and wolves at the wreckage of the log board.
One of the dholes noticed the striped pelt from underneath the board, as Hatya stepped forward and said "finally!" as she lifted the board and threw it aside.
To their surprise, all they saw was a small orange sack of straw with painted black stripes. "WHAT?!" Hatya shrieked.
"Better luck next time!" Mowgli shouted from a tree. Hatya growled and said "it's that mancub and his tricks! Get him!"
The wolves and dholes followed Mowgli through the jungle. To their surprise, the smaller animals laid quills and honey on the path, causing the dholes to slip and injure themselves while Mowgli swung into the trees and the wolves stopped.
Once the dholes had recovered, Hatya said "there he goes. Up that hill. After him!"
As they reached the hill, the dholes came face to face with Bagheera, who pushed a log down the hill and said "look out below!" as the dholes were knocked back down the hill. Hatya watched the dholes running and said "come back you cowards!"
Back on the hill, Baloo and the small animals joined the group as Raksha said "well done. Pick up your cub and get out of here while you still can."
"Good work, Raksha." Hatya said as she came round the corner. "Now, let's solve this problem together!"
Raksha sighed as Hatya cornered Mowgli, her teeth bared and her claws unsheathed to their sharpest point. Grey arrived and watched as the other dholes and wolves gathered in a circle around the group.
Mowgli backed into a wall nervously as Hatya said "I waited years for this moment... and it couldn't have come any sooner!" before Raksha stood between them.
"Raksha. What are you doing?!" Hatya said.
"Leave... my son... alone." Raksha said with her claws unsheathed. She growled in Hatya's face, as the dhole calmly said "fine, I'll just have to take you down too."
Raksha said "Mowgli, run. Now." as she and Hatya circled each other. Mowgli tried to object, before reluctantly running. Baloo stepped forward, before Bagheera held him back. This was a battle of pack leaders, and the others were honor-bound to not interfere.
All the animals sat nervously as the two paced back and forth endlessly, for a fight between leaders was a fight of brute strength. A fight of claws and teeth. A fight to the death...