Buffy reached in and picked the tiny cub up. "Kiara! I found Chakavu!" Buffy yelled and Kiara came running. She nuzzled her cub and sniffed him. He was fine. "But where's Tero?" Kiara was so worried. "Mama... I might know where Tero is!" Zeta said and started climbing down Pride Rock. "Zeta! Where are you going?" She looked at her mother for a moment. "I'm going for Tero. He needs to know his future is ok. I won't come home till he comes with me!" Buffy looked as her cub ran down Pride Rock and through the Pridelands. She's growing too fast Buffy thought, but she needed to give Zeta the room she needed to grow.
Zeta had been running for ages and it was already dark. But she had made it to the edge of the Outlands. Tero had once talked in his sleep that he wanted to see the Outlands, and if he needed protection, he would find it in the Outlands, somehow... Zeta decided to cross the log Kiara had crossed as a cubby. She was careful, and very aware of the crocodiles in the river below. "Tero... Tero..." Zeta called. She didn't really want to go in the Outlands, but it seemed she had to. She walked through the Outlands, watching out for danger at every corner, but soon she found Tero. She felt his scent. He was asleep under a tree. "Psst... Tero, wake up!" Zeta said and poked him.