[PRIVATE: DGFone & Thewhistlerify]

[DGFone]

Delano shook his head. "Not when I was there. Like I said, they don't know anything." He said. "But that's what I don't understand. At least they should be able to think of something. Create some kind of plan. But they didn't. I don't understand it."

He looked at the ground. "It's their job to protect these lands. To protect us," he said, "and if they can't do it... I just don't know what to do anymore." he lay down on the ground, feeling exhausted. "Why can't things be normal, like they were before?" he asked quietly.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki let out a long sigh, wishing he had the answers and solutions they both desperately needed. What were they to do then? Were they to just wait until they were all dead? Muroki hated thinking like that but it really did seem as the only thing they could all do. He felt himself baring his teeth. Not that he hated living, but the thought of having those bastards kill Umeme or anybody else close to him enraged him. "I don't know, but I do know that if they ever come near either of us, they won't be leaving without a few deep gashes." he hated the feeling as if the only thing they could do was to just physically defend themselves like wounded animals.

[DGFone]

Delano chuckled slightly at Muroki's remark. Even though he knew that his brother was serious, Delano still found it slightly funny. "I'll be sure to tell them that," he said, but fell silent again.

After a while of just lying on the ground, Delano got up slowly. "Do you think it'll be a good idea to stop bye the caves again?" He asked. "The chances are small, but the police might have some news. Or some kind of plan." He hated the idea of leaving Kasi alone by taking Muroki with him, but Delano needed to do something, and if Muroki came with him to the caves, they might even got something useful out of it. Not to mention that they could always rely on Lina and Umeme to look after their cousin.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki shrugged, "It can't do any harm right?" then again there always was the possibility of them being attacked by whoever was responsible. But just in case there were too many of them, Muroki and Delano were fast runners and would probably be fine. "Well, I'm sure Lina and Umeme won't mind keeping an eye or Kasi..." it's been quite a while since they left that training program and Muroki was not excited about going back there, especially not under these circumstances. "Well, let's go tell them that we're going so that they won't become worried.."

[DGFone]

Delano nodded. "Alright, let's go." He walked back into the den with Muroki, and came over to Lina and Umeme. "Hey, can you do us a favor?" He asked, "Muroki and I need to leave to do something... It might help us figure out what to do. So can you watch over Kasi while we're gone? We won't be out for too long, so you don't need to worry."

Umeme was talking with Lina when Muroki and Delano came back inside. Hopefully, they came back because they knew or figured something out, and things will get better. But when Delano explained that they needed to leave again, she sighed, but nodded her head. "Yeah, we'll look after him," she said, "just come back soon."

Delano turned and walked back out, giving Kasi a comforting nudge as he passed his cousin. "Things will get better," he whispered to him. Once outside, he waited for Muroki to also leave the den.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki smiled as Lina and Umeme agreed to watch Kasi, nuzzling Umeme briefly. "Thanks Umeme. We'll be back soon." he gave Lina a small wave of goodbye with his paw and followed his brother outside. "Well, the sooner we go the sooner we get back." he said simply, wanting to just get there and hear the solution he hoped that the police had come up with, for he himself had no idea what to do. The two brothers began to walk, Delano leading the way because Muroki didn't really bother to remember the location of the police's caves.

[DGFone]

After walking for a little while, Delano broke into a run, and Muroki followed him. They ran over to the caves, where they finally stopped.

Delano looked at the entrance in confusion. Even earlier this very day, the entrance wasn't guarded by two lions, but now it was. "This is new. I don't like it." He told Muroki. Cautiously, he and Muroki approached the lions. "We need to get inside," Delano said, motioning inside the caves.

The guards just looked at them. "Can't let you in," one of them replied.

"But I was able to get inside earlier today!" Delano protested. "What's so different now?"

"Names?" One of the guards asked.

Delano was caught off guard. "Wha- Oh, Delano and Muroki."

One of the guards went inside the caves, but the other one blocked the entrance for Delano and Muroki. "Wait here." he said. Delano nodded, hoping that they will still be able to get inside.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki walked silently alongside his brother and was not surprised to see the two guards at the entrance. One would think that they would place guards with all the mess that's been going on lately. He held back a frown when one of the guards asked them for their names, but he knew that it could have been worse. There was obviously at least one lion somewhere inside those caves who would recognize their names and will have the guards approve of Muroki and Delano entering. He didn't really care about what exactly was the other guard doing in there, that is as long as they were allowed inside. Hopefully they will get some answers.

[DGFone]

More waiting. Delano thought that he should get used to waiting a lot when dealing with the police. But eventually, the second guard came back. "Follow me." He said. And once again, Delano and Muroki followed a lion into the depths of the caves. They were lead into one of the many smaller caves in the network, where another lion was already waiting.

It was the trainer. he turned and looked at them. "So, it's you two again," he said. "Why have you come here?"

Delano wasn't sure how to begin, but he cleared his throat anyways. "We err... we need information." He finally said. "Our cousin, one of his friends was killed. Last night. We need to know what's going on."

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki wondered whether the trainer had any hard feelings for them for not carrying on with that training program. "He was killed just a minute's walk away from the main den, I think that's more of a reason for us to worry." Muroki himself didn't have any trouble speaking. He figured that, as members of the pride the police was guarding and as former trainees, that he and his brother have the right to know exactly what was going on. Any advice from the police on how to deal with this entire situation would also be most welcome.