Chapter 4: To Die For
Part 2: Special Delivery
“Almost there…” Banzai muttered to himself as he struggled to stealthily run across the Pride Lands while also carrying a lion cub in his mouth. The cub had turned out to be quite a bit larger than the hyena had remembered, and he was forced to drag it by the scruff of its neck rather than carrying the cub fully in his jaws like he had originally planned. To make matters worse, the unconscious cub swayed wildly back and forth against the hyena’s gait, making it difficult for Banzai to keep his balance while also maintaining a fast pace. He had seemingly made it out of Mufasa’s den undetected, but Banzai wouldn’t feel safe until he had delivered his prize to the boss.
The hyena struggled for nearly an hour before the flat grasslands finally began to give way to rocky outcroppings covered with thick scrub. Banzai stepped carefully as he carried his victim up the narrow path that encircled the rock formation, well aware that one slip would send both of them crashing down the steep rock face to their doom below. Eventually, the trail cut behind one particularly large boulder and dipped inside the rock face itself, broadening into a wide cavern that was impossible to see from the ground below.
“Hey, boss!” Banzai called out through his clenched jaw. “I got him! I got the prince!”
“Excellent!” a foreboding voice rang out from deep within the cave. Soft footsteps echoed across the chamber, gradually growing louder as an adult lion slowly emerged from the shadows. “Once my nephew is dead, Mufasa will be too depressed to put up a fight. I’ll take the throne right out from under him! All we have to do now is –” Scar abruptly stopped in his tracks as his eyes fell on the cub still dangling from Banzai’s mouth. The young lion was covered in smooth, cream-colored fur and had soft paws which hung down by its stomach. Its head was drooped lifelessly forward with its chin tucked into its chest. Scar simply stared at his henchman, momentarily speechless as he took in the scene before him.
“Oh, don’t worry boss!” Banzai happily exclaimed as he roughly dropped the cub on the ground. “I had to knock him out to keep him quiet, but I’m pretty sure he’ll wake up in a few hours. I know you wanted him delivered alive and all.”
Finally, Scar couldn’t contain his building rage any longer. The lion’s eyebrows furrowed down his long snout and his lips curled into a furious snarl. “You idiot! That’s not Simba!”
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