Shadowlands: The Kingdom

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Jenna ran towards the two cubs she grabbed Kenene by the scruff of her neck "Zuri jump on my back! we will take shelter in the cave a tree wont protect us the elephants will just trample over it" she quickly muttered. She made sure her body was up against the tree she crouched down and waited for Zuri to jump on her back.
 
Relief spread through Chriti's body as she saw Jenna taking the cubs to safety and Ahmi getting out of the way. The elephants weren't headed straight towards the cave, thank goodness for that, but they would pass close by. She couldn't divert an entire herd by herself. She ran alongside the stampede, snarling and snapping at the flanks of the ones closer to Jenna and the cubs. Trying to move them away, desperately hoping it would help.
 
Zuri nodded, leaping off the rick and onto Jennas back.She finches, her claws digging into the older lions back as both a reflex of being scared and as a means to hold and stay onto the lioness as she ran. The cub crouched onto her back, hopping her claws weren't hurting the female. She looked, seeing Ahmi make it to a small cave nearby .
 
Pure terror coursed through Kenene's veins and she froze up. If not for Zuri putting her on the tree trunk and Jenna coming to rescue the both of them, Kenene was sure she would have died. Oh she should have just stayed with Barika! Where was her big sister anyway? "Barika!" The cub wailed.

Barika had been dozing when the stampeded started but as soon as she saw the advancing cloud of dust and heard the deranged trumpeting of the elephants, she got to her feet and ran to join Chriti to divert the herd. The elephants showed no plans of stopping, but with the appearance of two predators snapping at their legs, some of the elephants began veering to the side, shoving others and slowly the herd changed course, although they were still running at full speed. Due to her being on the opposite side of Chriti, Barika didn't see Kenene or the other cubs, but she heard her sweet sister calling for her, and that made her even more aggressive and eager to get the elephants away from the pride.
 
Zuri's claws hurt a bit but that was the very least of their worries, she made a mad dash towards the cave she needed to drop these two off quickly and go and rescue the others most specifically someone named Barika. When she made it to the cave she quickly dropped Kenene and sharked shaking Zuri off her back "Both of you stay here while i go get the others ".
 
Zuri's ears flattened against her head, but did as she was told. She crawled next to Kenene, pressing her pelt against the cubs in attempt to calm both of them down. She crouched low to the ground, looking down at the older lionesses as they attempted to control and direct the stampede.

Ahmi crouched inside a small cave. It was too small for a normal sized male lion, but lucky for Ahmi he was smaller than the average male. He fit in well enough to stay out of the way. When the last of the elephants crossed by his cave Ahmi slowly growled out. He looked out, seeing the females running beside the herd of elephants.
 
Jenna quickly sprinted towards the elephants and the other lionesses and started roaring, growling and snarling at them to hopefully lead them away from the rest of the pride and Zuri and Kenene as for Ahmi she could care less honestly if it wasn't for him this wouldn't have happened.
 
Jason attempted to pitch his tent once more, but it was stubborn. Once again it fell down only serving to irritate Jason. Considering alternatives, Jason supposed that sleeping under the watchful stars wasn't so bad. Plus, it likely wasn't going to rain anytime soon in this fiery weather. It would also be less trouble as well so Jason tore through his backpack to find a roll up bed. As the bed was spread out, what felt like a low earthquake rumbled the ground. Yet they weren't near any fault lines so what was causing it?

Looking around Jason saw dust raising like smoke a short distance away. The first thing that came to mind was a stampede and that intrigued him. Perhaps there would be some 'accidents' among the stampeders. The opportunity was great so the poacher grabbed his sniper rifle, called over Alex who was barking like a maniac, and ran like a bullet through the grass. It would only be a short time later that Jason found a good place to snipe. A elevated hill overlooking the coming stampede.

Jason threw himself down and readied his sniper. Alex stayed close by waiting for the command while the marine took a peep at what was going on. And what Jason saw was strange.

Through his scope, Jason saw a horde of elephants being chased by a single lioness. That, in itself, wasn't correct and so something else must have scared the elephants. What was stranger, and perhaps even scary, was that he saw a male lion of unusual color was running away from some cubs forcing a female to save them. Jason was ready to bust out laughing at the coward, but he had to keep his eye on the ball or risk losing the horde so he looked through the scope trying to find any weak or young elephants. Chances of killing it were slim, but injuring it and letting it die was much easier. Jason held his breath to stabilize the sniper and slowly squeezed the trigger once he found an elephant yet it didn't fire.

Jason wonder what happened. Misfire? The marine lifted the sniper to check. While the sniper was being expect, Alex had always been curious of the sniper and so she padded over. The husky cocked her head then extended her paw to press the little, curved black thing. Jason saw it, but reacted too late once a blast fired. The bullet was raised just above another elephant and barely touched the very back of the panicked beast.

"Alex!" Jason shrieked causing the dog to whimper.
 
The tigers were shocked when they saw the warthog in front of them, the biggest meal they had was a bird. The two licked their lips and dug into the food right away, the two didn't hesitate. The two ate the warthog easily and quickly since they were so hungry, well they can eat a hog. Chitu kept eating the warthog, but Chi stopped when he saw a bunch of sand in the air, not seeing anything but Koda, the remaining's of the warthog and her sister. He saw Koda anxious and knew that he needed them to be done now. The sister finished eating then walked up to Koda. "Okay were ready" Chi was ready to go.
 
Koda nodded and started towards the dust. He went fast, but still at a speed that the cubs could keep up with. Once he got close enough to notice, he broke into a run to help the other. "Get to the cave you two!" He yelled and motioned with his head to the cave Zuri and Kenene were in. As he neared the end, he let put a loud and mighty roar to frighten them into running faster. He took the rear, roaring at and scratching and elephants that tried to stray away from the herd and other lions.
 
The tigers kept their speed with the lioness, Chi could catch up fast but her sister was not. Koda stopped and told them to go to the cave, she was scared that Koda would get hurt. Chitu went straight to the cave while Chi had a hard time choosing, she then made up her mind I have to help him. The tiger ran up to Koda, roaring at the elephants. "I came to help"
 
Jason reloaded his rifle after swatting Alex on the nose and rose. He looked down the scope again to see even more lionesses and a lion cooperating to drive the horde away from what he presumed their lands. He shrugged gazing around for an easy kill. Then something peculiar caught his eye. A tiger was padding towards a cave for some odd reason, perhaps to get away from the stampede. It was small and with a large bullet could reduce the value of the creature. Instead of blasting it away, Jason pulled out his revolver and loaded it. However, it just didn't feel right killing a defenseless cub.
 
Chriti saw Koda run up and help, two cubs with him. Tigers. Curse Koda, he'd always had a soft spot for cubs. She snapped at another elephant. Whatever the case may be, what they were doing was working, the herd was turning. She could tell there was help from the other side of the herd as well. She put on a short burst of speed to catch up with Koda. "Koda!" She yelled over the noise. "Get the cub out of the way!" That was when she saw the hunter, aiming towards the other tiger cub. She swore, then moved away from the elephant herd, chasing the cub.
 
Jason was biting his lips as the debate raged on, but in the end his son needed treatment. Besides, that tiger could grow up one day and begin killing innocents! The rewards outweighed the risks and so Jason shouted the command. Alex ran, barking, towards the tiger cub with godly vigor. Jason followed suit. His senses were on alert in cases the lions saw his attempt and attacked him. That would not deter this desperate man from the kill.
 
Koda looked confused when he saw Chriti run off to the other tiger cub. He looked around to see if there was other danger and that's when he saw it. A dog and his hunter running towards the cub and Chriti. "Chriti!! Watch out, hes coming!!" He shouted, skidding to a halt. He looked around desperatly, then spotted Ahmi nearby. Koda cursed. "Why now of all times, Ahmi!" She scooped up Chi and ran towards Ahmi and his cave. He dropped Chi inside, then whipped around to Ahmi. Kodas body language changed. He was more threatening now, claws extended. "You! Get your sorry butt over to Chriti and help! A hunter is coming." His voice was low and threatening. Ahmi nodded hesitantly and the two ran towards the hunter, snarling and bearing there teeth.

As much as Ahmi wanted to hide, a pissed off Koda scared him more. He followed behind his cousin, changeing his direction slightly and charging towards the dog that was ahead of the hunter. Ahmi let out a loud growl, pulling infront of the dog to force him to stop. Ahmi lashed his tail and beared his teeth. He didn't feel as threatening as he looked, not by a long shot. But he knew he could keep the dog from running any further. That and he wanted to leave the hard stuff to Koda.
 
Chriti reached the tiger first and stood in front of the cub, snarling viciously. Hunters. Murderers. She saw Ahmi coming, but the last thing she needed was another "cub" to take care of. She didn't take her attention off the dog. ((Still trying to figure out dice system as well))
 
"Alex! Get back!" Jason shouted standing a fair distance away.

The husky was about to attack when Jason called and halted. She growled in anger before turning back. Jason himself was angered by the lions' attempt, but that wouldn't deter him. They didn't appear too concerned about him unless they attacked and so they backed off slowly. Once they got back to the hill there wouldn't be another chance for the lions to save that tiger.
 
Chriti picked up the tiger cub by the back of its neck, backing away from the retreating hunter and dog. She hadn't attacked, hadn't even lifted a paw, it was good to end it that way. Steering clear of the elephants, who no long seemed to be a major crisis, she kept her eyes trained on the cub-killer, to memorize his face. He was going to come again, she was sure of it, something about the way he was holding himself. She turned just as Ahmi reached her and began running, cub still in her mouth.
 
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As the herd began to change course, Barika slowed to a mild lope, snapping here and there, but the sudden approach of lions had the elephants wary and they seemed to be coming back to their senses. Thankfully, they were no longer headed towards the pride, but it seemed there was another situation. Barika had heard the barking and she knew that hyenas and wild dogs didn't dare come this close to the pride. It could only be one thing, and the foul and sour taste in the air confirmed her assumptions; Human.

Fear for the cubs shot into her chest, and Barika dashed towards the cave, now that the elephant crisis was averted. She skid to a stop at the mouth of the den, and almost collapsed with relief when she saw the cubs in tact. "Everyone to the back of the den now and be silent!" She hissed, as she moved to block their presence with her body.
 
Jenna had notice the husky and the hunter attempting to kill the tiger cub she roared at the hunters and huskies direction "Everyone get back! these elephants don't need to be chased off now we have other problems on our paws!" she yelled before roaring at their direction again before sprinting back away from them and into the somewhat safety of the tall grass.
 
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