Chapter 4: To Die For
Part 8: Trapped
Simba and Nala stood shoulder to shoulder as they gazed up in dismay at the three sets of teeth blocking their only path to escape. “What now?” Nala muttered while slowly backing away from the advancing hyenas.
“I’ll try to distract them,” Simba whispered back. “You just get out of here.”
“What? No way!” Nala shook her head in protest. “I’m not going to just leave you!”
“Fine,” the prince grumbled. He had suspected that was going to be the girl’s response. “I guess we’re going to have to fight our way out of here. Just try to knock them off balance long enough to get past them. Then we’ll make a run for it.” As he finished his sentence, Simba’s back foot hit the rear wall of the cavern. They were out of room and out of time. The young lion cast a sideways glance at Nala and nodded. “Ready?”
“Ready.” The two cubs abruptly leapt at the hyenas with a loud snarl. Banzai, unprepared for the sudden charge, flinched in surprise, leaving Simba an opening for attack. Without hesitating, the prince slashed at the hyena’s chest before quickly rolling out of the way of Ed’s looming teeth. Unfortunately, Shenzi wasn’t as taken aback by the cubs’ strike, and the female hyena had no trouble dodging Nala’s sharp claws. Instead, the young lioness landed roughly on her side with a dull thud. Before the girl could recover, Shenzi snatched the cub in her mouth and tossed her deeper into the cavern. Unfazed, Nala quickly leapt back to her feet and fearlessly stared down her opponent. Her eyes darted left and right, methodically looking for some opening she could exploit. Finally, the girl got what she was waiting for. Simba had dodged another lunge from Ed, and the deranged hyena’s momentum sent him stumbling forward directly into Shenzi. While the female hyena was distracted, Nala sprung forward and slammed her shoulder into Shenzi’s side. The force was enough to cause the hyena to stumble backwards, where her legs became entangled with Ed’s. Unable to regain her balance, Shenzi roughly fell onto her side with a loud yelp. The path was clear!
"Now!" Simba broke into a sprint, desperately hoping Nala was following his lead. They just had to make it to the cave entrance and then… Simba’s eyes grew wide as Banzai’s large paw suddenly appeared directly in front of him. Smack! The hyena’s swing connected with the young lion’s stomach with such force that Simba thought he was going to throw up. The prince was flung backwards through the air at surprising speeds until, finally, the cub’s back slammed violently into the cavern wall. Simba never even cried out as his body slid down the smooth rock to the ground below. The blow had knocked the air out of his lungs, and it was everything the cub could do to just stay conscious. His fight was over.
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