The ground began to rumble. Chriti, Eshe, and Utulivu all felt it. Utulivu's head snapped around to look, then she relaxed, staying within the shade of the branches near the top of the rock. They weren't in any danger, considering elephants were not the best climbers. Eshe, on the other hand, panicked. She looked around wildly and saw a couple of the other lions down there with the elephants. Completely forgetting all about K'wanza, she exclaimed, "Utulivu! What do we do!? There are lions down there, I should go and help-" Utulivu just tackled Eshe, pinning her to the ground to make sure she didn't go anywhere.
"Don't be stupid." She said, in her prim little way. "You can't help them. They'll have to help themselves. If you go over there you'll just get in the way and get killed."
Chriti didn't quite know what was making the noise, so she looked up calmly. That was when she saw the dust. It didn't seem to be moving at first, but once it started, it did seem like it would pass by. She got up and went to look from a better vantage point, to see what was going on. Adult lions couldn't climb trees all that easily, so she went to look for a rocky outcropping or something. That was when she saw Eshe and... some cheetah cub. The cheetah cub was practically sitting on the small white lion. A snarl ripped from Chriti's throat and she advanced. "What are you doing, cheetah?" Hearing the growl, Utulivu jerked up, looked at Chriti, then scampered away. Chriti went to Eshe. "You okay, sweetheart?"
Eshe nodded, then seemed to panic. "Elephants, a stampede, there are lions down there!" Her words tripped over themselves, but Chriti understood.
"WHat?!" She roared, then jumped away from Eshe, running towards the stampede. "Eshe, go find Tayba! Tell him what's happening!" She saw Ahmi cowering there, with Jenna and a couple cubs nearby. Of course... Ahmi. "Ahmi! Get out of there!" She yelled. What was he doing just sitting there? He wasn't some cub that could be rescued just by picking him up with her mouth. (
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Eshe scampered around, then saw Taybe close by. "Tayba!" She cried, distress clear in her voice. (
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