The Circle Of LIfe Part V The Empire Strikes Back

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This is part V of the Circle Of Life series. I enjoy writing these soo much and that’s why I’m writing them so quickly.
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Chapter I The Prophet

Robert woke up.
“What had happened?” He thought.
Drunk from fatigue he turned slowly to see a caring face.
The face of a lion.
Then Robert started muttering.
“Deus, protege me quaeso!” This time he didn’t faint.
The lion was confused.
“What is he saying.” He thought.
The lion stepped down and winced.
While getting the meat he’d got a thorn stuck in his paw. He couldn’t get it out himself.
Robert could see the injured paw. Before he could control himself he reached for paw.
The lion didn’t object and let Robert pull it out.
When Robert pulled it out some of the blood dropped on his cross. As the crimson puddle started expanding, Robert felt odd. He felt as if he had gained a new tongue and then he heard the words.
“Thank you friend.” Kopa said.
Robert turned and spoke himself.
“Hello.” He said nervously and in shock. He then gestured to the goods.
“Are these for me?”
Kopa nodded.
Kopa watched in amazement as this strange creature but the meat on a large pole and but it over the fire.
Kopa thought.
“Where had this thing come from?”
While the meat was cooking Robert opened the coconut.
He tasted the sweet milk.
He wasn’t going to die.
“Where do you come from?” Kopa asked curiously, still hypnotized by the cooking meat.
“My name is Robert and I come from a priory in Canterbury England.” Kopa looked in confusion.
He’d never heard of these places before.
“What was a priory?”
“What that.” Kopa asked. He pointed to the large book he had, which lay in front of the fire.
“It’s a Bible.” He said.
Kopa wondered again
“What’s a Bible?”
Robert smiled.
“Another curious creature.”
“It is the book of my god and our lord Jesus Christ.”
“Can you tell me about Jesus Christ, is it like a story.”
Kopa even in adulthood still loved stories.
So Robert read to him the Nativity while stopping to eat his meat imp between.
When he had finished it was getting late again. And Kopa was anxious to bring Robert to Simba.
Robert tired and wanting to make up for his kindness walked with him to Pride Rock.
As they walked animals would stare and wonder what Robert was.

Mheetu was with Simba out side Pride Rock. They had just heard that the hyena empires base. A rock called Karma laudo was only a few miles from the Valley Of The Sower and was badly defended.
Mheetu licked his lips in anticipation.
“We can go in now, destroy the Empire by ripping its heart out.”
But Simba didn’t agree.
“Yes but with what Mheetu, and army.”
Mheetu stopped.
His plans for an army would have to wait but the Hyena Empire could be taken out much sooner.
“Why don’t we go in?” Mheetu said finally.
“We could sneak in; kill that Emperor or who ever he is and that swine Banzai.”
Simba thought.
This could work.
But Simba was starting to feel downhearted.
He would soon get old and last time he fought he had nearly got killed by Zira.
But he did not let it show.
“Who else should we send with us?”
Mheetu thought.
“Mpenzi was too old.” He thought
“But Nala isn't, Kopa could help and Kovu also.”
He soon made a list of the people he wanted to help.
“Good.” Simba thought. “Let’s show this empire what were made of.”
Suddenly Kopa appeared with his friend Robert in tow.
Mheetu growled and Simba stared.
“What was this thing.”He thought.
“Stop.” It said. “I come in peace.”
Simba was even more surprised.
“Kopa.” He said. “Explain.”
And so Kopa told him.

Chapter II Breathing Room

Banzai was in Karma laudo.
He was standing in the large cave that was its throne room. Inside he stood in front of a hyena.
Pitiful, intelligent, dying and its head in darkness.
“Where did you send the troops, Banzai.” It said coughing.
“I sent them to the east border. Are enemies there must be watched.”
“But I wanted you to destroy are enemies in the west, that Simba and his wife Nala.”
“But they were having the Ahadi festival. They were no danger.”
“I don’t care. You failed me Banzai more times then I should permit. You failed to get the Prince; you failed to keep the queen and failed to stop grunts getting into the army like Cesare.”
Suddenly the hyena took his face out of the shadows.
It was Ed.
Being the stupidest when what happened, happened he became the most intelligent out of the hyenas.
He was old, and had a bone stuck in his throat that was slowly killing him.
But he was not known as Ed.
He was known as Karma.
Emperor.
Supreme ruler.
Ed spoke again
“Protect the cave; if anyone except a hyena comes through kill it.”
Banzai smiled.
“About one more week and he’ll be dead. And I will be Emperor.”

Chapter III Simba’s Crusade

Soon the band was gathered together.
In it was.
Nala.
Simba.
Mheetu.
Zazu. (To act as a messenger in case something went wrong)
Kopa.
Vitani. (So she could be with Kopa and to help as much as she could)
Kovu.
And lastly Kiara who Kovu had argument about going.
“You can’t go; you hold are child, what if you get hurt.”
But Kiara insisted. “I want to go Kovu, and I want to do it for are people.”
Kovu knew there was no stopping her.
“Just be careful.” He said licking her before they departed.
While Simba was walking to the rendezvous point in the Valley Of The Sower he chatted with Robert about him, his religion and why he was here.
When they reached the rendezvous point Robert knelt down to Simba.
“Let me join you.” He said. “I can help and I will serve you.”
Simba thought about it.
“How can you help.” He said curious.
Mheetu was taken by a wild delight.
"What does this strange creature have."
Robert then took the large sack of his bag until he found the thing he was looking for. The animals looked in interest as he pulled out a large wooden but part of it was a metal object.
It was a crossbow with three bolts.
“This is going to be interesting.”Mheetu thought
So they marched with Robert.
Who believed God would help them against the hyenas
Or the strongest part of him believed it would be fighting with friends.

Chapter IV Twang And Your Dead

The band walked to Karma laudo.
It took them by surprise.
Karma Rego was in mountainous terrain which formed a good defence system. But accept from the arch, which was formed by erosion there was no visible way in.
Inside the area there were three caves.
One was the royal throne room and quarters.
One was the soldiers sleeping areas
And the other was a meat store room.
Mheetu was faced with a problem. They closed the arch by rolling a large boulder.
They had positioned a hyena right in the middle of the arch.
If he saw them he would have enough time to call help and roll the boulder in front of the arch.
Mheetu went to Robert.
“How far can that thing fire.” He said pointing at the crossbow, anticipating this "weapons" power.
“Far enough to hit him.” He said. Mheetu started smiling.
His eyes becoming darker. He was playing his Military Genius side of him.
Kopa looked at him.
Robert nodded and prepared for what he was about to do.
He readied the crossbow and aimed it.
Simba watched in anticipation.
Robert breathed in and focused.
“Only one shot at this.” He thought.
Then he fired.

The hyena looked up at the falling sun.
He probably wasn’t going to see another one.
Banzai had told Karma about grunts in the army.
And he was one. He was likely to be executed tomorrow.
But he was brutal.
And Banzai likes brutal people.
The hyena looked up.
And he saw a glint of metal.
“What the---.” Before he could finish he took a crossbow bolt to the head.
He fell.
“Run.” Mheetu said

Chapter V Unto The Breach

The band ran in.
Robert was asked to stay outside and make sure no hyenas come to help.
Mheetu told Kovu and Kiara to deal with the hyenas in the soldier quarters.
The hyenas would wake from their restful sleep.
With claws on their throats and told if they don’t surrender.
They’ll die.
Out of the four there.
Three gave up.
One gave up his life of the Empire.

Zazu while this was going looked at the dead guard. He had a bone stuck in his throat.
Zazu knew why it was there and whose it was and took it to use later.

Mheetu went to the mountain wall to see if there were any stragglers.
Leaving Nala and Simba to confront Karma.

They walked in the throne room. They wrinkled their noses.
It smelt like dung.
They found Karma standing up.
Pitiful and dying.
But without the bone.
Simba laughed.
“Look at you Karma or should I say Ed, you’re the great emperor.” He taunted.
But Nala looked in alarm as Ed didn’t answer.
And Karma collapsed.
With a slit throat.
Banzai.
His guard, his commander and friend.
Had killed him.
Nala looked in shock.
And Simba was fuelled by a sudden anger.
“Banzai has no soul.” He growled and turned to find him.

But Banzai did.

Chapter VI Devil Take The Hindmost

Banzai was smirking.
He had planned the destruction of the Empire.
He smiled at the dying sun.
There was no threat in the east.
Well not yet.
But now their armies where marching into the nowhere.
Soon to die.
Then I will play the innocent and join the pride rock government.
And see what chance decides.
Mheetu the came up behind him.
Banzai turned round.
“Murderer.” Mheetu said with disgust.
“I’ve beaten you before Banzai, fight me like a lion and stop hiding behind the battlements.”
“Murderer am I." Banzai said, seriously questioning Mheetu's prosecution. "How and me the coward, at least I didn’t run from Scar, I reviewed the situation.”
Mheetu ignored the taunt.
“We found Ed’s body in the throne room. The wounds were fresh.”
Banzai was shocked.
“I didn’t kill him.” Banzai said.
Not lying.
Technically he had, leaving him on his own and taking his guards to the middle of nowhere.
But he hadn’t slit his throat.
Mheetu believed him. But one truth didn’t make up for a life of lies.
Banzai came up with a plan.
“Look Mheetu, we both know we are equal in fighting skill.”
Mheetu spoke.
“I’m listening.”
“We play this in a more mental way.”
“What do you mean.” He said.
“Make a bet.” Banzai said he saw Kopa standing in the middle of the courtyard, unaware of his audience and Vitani coming towards him.
“If Vitani licks him I go free and get a day head start.”
“And if I win.”
“You get me empty handed, as you’re prisoner and I tell you all potential enemies of the Pride Lands and Outlands.”
Mheetu agreed.
“Devil take the hindmost.” Banzai smirked.

They watched Vitani’s approach to Kopa.
Kopa was stepping towards Vitani.
It looked as if Mheetu would win. As it was based on the first action.
But suddenly Vitani jogged to him and licked him. Banzai smirked.
“I win.” He said.
Mheetu looked down and let Banzai run.
What would he tell Simba?

Chapter VII Remnants

Soon the holy band walked back to the Pride Lands.
Their enemy defeated.
The first foreign enemy in years.
Had been defeated.
The remaining hyenas would give up and join the pride lands.
Or die trying.
The animals formed a path for the heroes to travel down. They were singing and chanting.
But the best sensation Simba and Nala felt was from the wind.
It blowed and seemed to bear words and praise.
“Well done my son.”
“Well done Nala.”
The animals did take awkward glances at Robert but still the celebrations continued. Zazu, walked casually down. In the distance he could see his brother.
With his hired girls.
But more importantly his mother Zuzu.
Her purple feathers stable in the wind. Her face swelled with pride.
Zazu looked at the relic he hid in his feathers.
The bone from the guard.
“Soon.” He said to it. And put it back.
Soon the band was lost in the music.
They were musical people.
Even Zazu was known to conduct some animals behind his back.

In the distance some animals were staring at the book Robert held.
A lion that looked a bit like Simba but less well built and less strong looking was talking to another lion.
This lion was called Savonarola Arson and he was talking to a lion with a soot black mane.
Like an outsider and golden fur.
Like a Pridelander.
“You are to go to Simba tomorrow and offer to be the priest of the Pride lands."
"We will the use the religious services to gain access to Kiara.” The lion said.
Savonarola nodded.
He picked up the coconut that was next to the lion.
“During the service make Kiara drink the milk. Then are plan shall slip into place.”
Savonarola nodded again.
He took the coconut and ran off into the distance of the golden land.
“I’d paint it crimson with the blood of these fools.” The lion thought.
“Now to go to that Outsider, claims she has something for the witchdoctor.”
With that the lion walked away.
Soon to make a sinful transaction.

End of Part V

Musical Inspiration.

Chapter VI was inspired by the song. Devil Take The Hindmost from the musical Love Never Dies aka The Phantom Of The Opera II

Chapter VII was inspired by the song One By One.

Other inspirations

The crossbow concept of a silent kill in Chapter IV was based on game play of ACB

Translation and Meaning
Deus, protege me quaeso means god protect me in Latin

Savonarola Arson is a play on the man Girolamo Savonarola. A clergy man who was famous for ruling Florence for the French and burning documents and paintings in the bonfire of the Vanities. (You wonder what this guys going to be like).

[K0PA]

this is a verey good story keap up the good wharck

[dariusgib]

thanks