[Open] Lion King III: Scars of the past

[Polkadot]

It was that creepy voice again, of Danganya, that male they'd encountered in the Outlands.
"Will you stop following us?" Nala said, agitated, her ears pricking upwards. She wriggled, wedged against the side of the cave. "It's creepy. We don't need your help, we're perfectly fine."
She was obviously bluffing - she had no clue where they were, and neither did Taka, to the best of her knowledge. But this lion was downright weird, and they didn't need anyone like that hanging onto them.

[Taka]

"I'm just trying to help... " -he said smiling-
"But if you don't need me..." -he looked at Taka- "I'll go back to the Pride Rock..."

[Baya]

"We don't need your help. I got Nala into this and I'll get her out. You just scurry back under whatever rock your crawled out from..." Taka said bitterly. He really didn't like this Dangaya guy. He always showed up at the weirdest of times, and it was getting on his nerves. He looked to Nala with worry though, and looked down. This time he had to swallow his pride. He couldn't let Nala die too if they could never find their own way home.

"Take Nala, leave me." Taka said in monotone.

[Taka]

"HA" he laughed loudly "I thought you didn't need me, anyways..."
-he took Nala's paw- "Come on, Princess..."

[Polkadot]

Nala snarled, whipping her paw out of Danganya's grasp. The sound escaped her lips and echoed slightly, before being overpowered by the pounding rain.
"You dare touch me again, and you'll get it." She threatened, her face scrunched. She then turned to Taka; "It's my fault, so why should I go? If anything, you should go. So, I'm not going unless you go with me. I mean it."
Nala could be stubborn as anything - even more so than Simba used to be, sometimes.

[Taka]

''HA! Keep practicing, sweetheart, I'm not afraid of you'' -he smiled-
''But... don't you think I should follow the Prince's orders?'' -he looked at Taka- ''I don't know...''
-he yawned- ''But please, decide quickly, that I'm getting old!''

[Baya]

Taka was about to open his mouth to answer when he heard a low growl behind the cave. His paw's shook slightly in the sand as he noticed two rogue lionesses coming up from behind the cave. On top of the cave was a rogue male, with a scruffy black mane. "What do we have here?" The male rogue asked with a wide toothed grin.

One of the lionesses chuckled sinisterly. "Looks like we got some cubs. Straggler's I'd say. We don't like visitors you little brats." The lioness growled.

[Taka]

Danganya's bravery suddenly disappeared. He knew this was a rogue's territory but he hadn't saw this coming.
He tried to stay calm and show himself confident. "How's e-everything going, guys?" But he wasn't confident at all.
He looked at Taka.

[Polkadot]

Nala's heart dropped at the sight of the rogues; they looked menacing, fearsome, vicious. She stood, just in case she had to run or fight instinctively, and to avoid being a literal sitting target.
However, she did not back away - that would leave Taka unprotected. Even though he was a young male, and was, in her opinion, a good fighter, he'd still need back up. That Danganya would probably run off at the slightest chance.
"Hi. We're really sorry, we just got lost. We'll go now." She could feel a bloodthirstiness mixing it with the forceful rain; these rogues seemed like they wanted a fight - Nala and Taka needed to get out of the scene as fast as possible.
Nala waited for Taka to respond, holding her ground.

[Baya]

Taka's eyes narrowed slightly as he extended his claws. He wasn't about to let any harm to come to Nala. Taka didn't know why he did it, or how he mustered the strength to, but he pounced onto one of the lionesses. The other two rogues roared as they jumped up next to the rogue lioness that was trying to get Taka off. The male roared loudly, slashing Taka hard across the face. The force of the slash threw Taka against the stone cave, knocking him unconscious.

The rogues then snarled as they turned to Nala and Dangaya. However before they could approach the two, they turned their heads and their eyes widened as they ran off. Coming running up to the group, were several pride lander lioness.

"We've found the prince..." One of the lionesses murmured, walking past Nala and Dangaya like they didn't even matter. The lionesses quickly examined Taka and one of them gasped.

"Like father like son..." One of the lionesses murmured as she picked up the adolescent by the tuft of skin on Taka's neck. Across Taka's right eye was a long slash wound that was bleeding very slowly along his face.