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Pride Lands; Nuka's Death |
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A soft rolling chuckle came from the unsettling dust around the two lions. Her head low, she watched her son’s eyes dart about in confusion as his own pride slinked forth from the shadows, their eyes caught up in the light and dust, which almost made them appear to be glowing.
“No… oh no. No.. no,” Kovu continued over his breath as the larger of the two males started to growl. Two against eight. Weren’t good numbers. Zira raised her head, a devilish smile hung across her lips.“Why, Simba,” she started in a coo.
“Zira,” the King growled in a heated tone.
She continued. “What are you doing out here, and,” a pause, smirking to her son, “So alone.” The red lion growled back as the circle started to enclose around them. He had his back to Kovu, thinking the other would protect his flank. Oh what a mistake.
“Well done Kovu…” Zira continued, her eyes on her beloved son. Sure, there had been her doubts but Kovu’s actions moved like clockwork. “Just like we always planned.” Now they had him. And the pieces fell together in Simba’s eyes.
“YOU!” Simba said turning on Kovu. He had walked him right into an ambush, and now Simba’s act of trust would cost him his life. Even now though, Kovu protested. A look of sheer fear hung on his face. “N-NO! I didn’t have anything to do with this!” he tried to explain, almost pleadingly. Why now though, Zira didn’t know, and could only glare at the thought of not understanding why he couldn’t let go of his farce.
“Attack!” Zira hissed.
“NO!”
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Noctis smiled as the girl’s scrimmage against the Heartless was wrapping up. To think, only two days ago they had landed in this world and they were already learning to adapt; both in survival and fighting off Heartless. Her purple eyes bounded with Jyuni as the girl road along on the back of a Ground Stomper, pulling hard back on the rim of its boney horned skull to successfully stampede it through a force of NeoShadows. Madison herself was turning out to be a force, turning wildly sending electric shots here and there from her weapon. She wouldn’t deny the girl had a set grace to her fighting style as well. And Violex, not surprisingly was proving herself to be worthy of her Keyblade. She remembered of her mother telling about Sora and his brat friends, running her plans amuck, but she had always marveled at the Keyblade’s renowned strength. As for herself, she could do nothing more then give a warning shout here or there. If she tried to help them more in an attack, she’d have to use magic of her own, quite possibly blowing her cover.
As the Heartless fell though, the three girls plopped down to the ground winded. Jyuni let out a short gasp of breath, reclaiming her footing on the ground before she tucked her fan to her side. “How come these things keep coming back? You think they would get a hint eventually.”
Noctis smiled softly before trotting over to them, “Who knows but it looks like they’re gone for-” The sound of roars cut her off. Turning her head sharply to peer into the ash that still hung in the air, a fight was happening nearby. Her eyes narrowed, trying to see what was happening before Vi jumped to her feet. “That sounds like the Pride. They could be in trouble!”
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Biting hard into the King’s back, Nuka smirked with wild anticipation as the fight progressed. Kovu tried throwing one of the other girls off, lord knows why, and was kicked out of the way as consequence. His younger brother hit his head broadside on a nearby rock, before his body went limp, unconscious. Nuka smirked, almost happy for his brother’s plight. ‘Good riddance,’ he thought to himself before he tackled Simba with another lioness, and the King rolled. Lucky for them there was a canyon wall, and possibly a twelve foot drop. The King fell hard, as he heard his mother hiss out with an insane glee.
“YES! We’ve got him!”
Vatani lead the pack sliding down the rocks into the ravine. Ahead the King struggled to his feet then bolted. His limp obviously gave away his pain, but he was persistent on getting away. Nuka glanced to his mother again before breaking into a sprint to catch up with the others. He had a feeling in his gut- ‘Today’s gunna be the day! I just know it! I’m finally gunna prove myself!’
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Vi sprinted ahead of the others, only to have just missed the fight. Instead she found an unconscious lion on the ground. It looked like he had a bad bump on his head. Summoning her Keyblade to her mouth she let out a muffled cry, “Cure!” as the others caught up. The green light settled around the male, before his eyes fluttered back open.
The panther seemed to recognize him. “Kovu? What happened? Why were you-” she started but the lion cut her off with a sharp growl. “No. I can’t let them do this!” He turned on his feet and sprinted after the others.
“Wait,” Maddie started turning to the panther, “Kovu, as in the guy who was sent in to the Pride Lands to knock off the current king?” Noctis didn’t answer her. Vi only saw her eyes narrow darkly, before she let out a mutter. “This was not according to plan…”
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“Remember your training! As a unit!” Nuka heard his mother called from behind them. Up ahead though Simba was running into a dead end. The river that had run through here had left a pile of dead trees, blocking his escape. The other lioness’s tried to follow, and Simba pushed down on one of the logs behind him, sending it rolling their way. With ospticals like that, climbing after the King would be impossible. He growled darkly- Nuka’s eyes widened. The brute was actually half way up the logs and another lion was now at the top of the ravine blocking off his exit. His brother, the chosen one; How the heck was Kovu-
“Simba!” his younger brother called out to the King.
Hope relighted itself in his mother’s eyes. From above, Kovu had the advantage; He could end it so easily! “Get him Kovu! Get him!” she yelled, prodding his actions on. Kovu turned above, and ignored Simba completely though, trying to find a quick way down into the ravine. His mother though growled, “Do it! NOW!”
Nuka flared his teeth. No way! This was HIS chance! The termite wasn’t going to take this hour away from him too!
“I’ll do it-” Nuka yelled out in a bound forwards up the logs. “For you mother!!” Danger of being crushed was the least thing on his mind as the bark made his footing precarious. "Mother! Are you watching?!" As long as she could see him, he didn't care about the danger. He wasn’t going to let Simba escape alive. Digging his claws into the wood, he let out a chuckle, pressing himself forwards. “I’m doing it for you… And I’m doing it for me!”
Simba was almost to the top, before he felt a sharp pain catch him from the back of his heel. He felt the others blood seep across his claws as the King let out a cry, trying to pull away. “This! Is my moment of glory!” Nuka spat out, a twisted look of envy and madness was the only thing his eyes held.
CRACK! It was then the log his hind leg slipped out from under him, and the dark cat fell backwards. The logs had caved in out from under him and Nuka started to roll. “What- AH!” he cried out as the debris of the dam continued to slide and felt on slam against his rib cage. Trying to push himself free, he looked up only to see Simba escaping over the top and the rest of the wall’s face start to come down as well. Fear gripped his mind. All he could see was the massive log coming down on him.
“NO!” he heard his mother cry, before there was a sound of a large crash and the cracking and clattering of wood against bones.
The girls ran alongside Kovu as he slid down into the ravine. Noctis stopped though as she saw the dust settling from the collapse. Within moments the younger brother was on top of the pile, desperately trying to claw back the wood with his arms, but he was sharply knocked out of the way by his mother. He slunk backwards, before Zira lifted a massive log out of the way, something Noctis was sure Zira didn’t look like she was capable of moving it on her own.
A hard winded cough came from the pile under her. “Nuka…” Zira started holding back a breath laden with tears at the sight of her son.
The trapped lion gasped for air again, and looked up at her with a week voice. “I’m sorry.. M-mother…. I t-tried…” Zira let out a silent ‘Shhh,’ to try to comfort him, leaning down as far as she could reach, placing her paw on the side of his cheek.
“Well… I finally got your attention didn’t I?” Nuka asked with a heartbroken smile. “…D-didn’t… I?” Noctis felt his lift slip away with that dying breath, as she looked on with a hard gaze. A disdained look left Zira’s eyes broken and confused.
Vatani came up alongside her mother and could only look down at her brother’s body, still buried. “Nuka…”
 AquilisNoctis · Tue Jan 19, 2010 @ 04:16am · 0 Comments |
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