Sun Rise Ch. 17

[I do NOT own the character Mimba, she is owned by Zoww The Plump Hyena
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Sly patiently waited. Not once had he moved from his spot in the dark cavern. He sat up against the rock wall, channeling every ounce of patience he could muster. There was only one driving force that kept him going, desire. A burning desire for revenge. Rookus and Nabii had both embarrassed him, so he intended to make them pay. Good things came to those who waited. He smiled to himself, satisfied by the thought of it. He couldn't wait to see it, the look of utter shock and horror that would be on their faces when they figured out how he had outsmarted them. Nabii didn't know it, but she had given him the perfect tools he needed to destroy them.
Or did she know?
A boulder was moved out of the way, and a spotlight shined upon the dirty brown hyena, tied up by some thick vines. The light glared on him like a museum specimen.
Nabii walked in with a couple of her Maalum Guards, their shoulder Mark's shining brightly in the light that flooded in. A shadow covered her vague outline, painting her as a dark figure that resembled a hyena. Her Guards were faceless, stone cold soldiers.
"Well, hello again Sly."
He didn't say anything, he only half smiled.
"I encountered something interesting today. Do you think you could explain this to me?"
She held up some some insects, the three spies Sly had sent to report to Camazotz. Sly's eyes opened up.
"I intercepted these little rats a while ago, who confessed to being you're reporters after my specially made method for interrogation."
Sly didn't say anything. He was in utter shock. How did she catch them so quickly? A yellow bat flew into the room, joining some more hanging on the ceiling that were left there to watch him. He got his answer from that.
"Um... I've never seen those bugs before in my life."
Nabii smirked.
"Oh? Then you certainly wouldn't mind if I, squashed them?"
Sly began sweating. He needed them. How did Nabii even find out? Was she some kind of mind reader?
She shook one off her paw and it landed on the ground. She then smashed it with her paw before it could skitter off. The crushing sound made Sly's ears drop.
"His name was Juu." Sly uttered.
"Oh... so you do know them?"
"Yes, fine! They're my spies! You caught them!"
"I knew it, I just needed confirmation for it. Let's see Comrade, Camazotz's army wished to use you to destabilize our friendships through pure manipulation. After the Outlands leadership had become unstable, the Army would come in and free you, and an attack would be lead by Kiburi that would destroy the Outlands and capture me and others as war trophies and to be used as slaves."
Sly was shocked. She knew everything.
"Interesting plan Comrade. I can tell you all have your fantasies about me, I'm flattered." She chuckled.
"But I'm afraid that won't be happening now."
She let the other two go, then proceeded to squash them too.
"No!!!" Sly yelled.
"Listen, you know not what forces you toil with. You should have stuck to your little clan civil war, because you're messing with the big boys now."
He growled at her. Nabii only smiled at the vain attempt to intimidate her. Nabii was never intimidated. Even after learning about the crawling chaos, Camazotz, she remained confident in her and her friends abilities.
"This is an adult's game Sly, and you? You're just a child in a mask. Personally though, I have to thank you. I'm going to get to learn a lot more about this Camazotz fella."
One of the Maalum Guards came over to Nabii with some look-alike bugs. They looked exactly like Sly's original spies.
"They'll never know what hit em'. Completely unaware of the fact that you were cut off. All of the information they give will be coming straight to me. Surely this will change the tides of war to the side of Justice!"
"You clever bi-"
"Language Sly. You're in my territory, not yours."
Sly dropped his head down. He hated Nabii with a fiery passion. He wanted to rip her throat out. He wanted to tear her up with his claws, and crush her bones with his teeth. He wanted to pin her down and-
His train of thought was cut off when Nabii spoke up again.
"Don't feel down Comrade! Be happy! Everyone is happy in my presence!"
Nabii felt nothing but pity for the villain. A distorted soul who felt nothing but hatred and anger in his heart. Nothing but pure animalistic instincts. He needed to be taught a lesson, so she called her Guards over.
"Go and let these little munchkins begin their job. Remind them to stay away from Camazotz as much as possible, and avoid starting discussions with him where they're involved. He has some mind reading powers, and we dont want him being tipped off. You other two go and load up Sly."
Two of her Guards carried the bug spies off. The other two went over to Sly and forcefully shoved him over. Nabii lowered herself to his level.
"I know why you feel the way you do Comrade, and I know who can help you. Rookus wants to have a personal chat with you, and I think I know what would really make her happy."
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The Lion Guard had returned from their trip to the Backlands by nightfall. Since they had all been working very hard, Kion decided to let the rest of them go and get some rest. He would be going to find Mimba alone. There was only one problem with that though...
He had no idea where she lived.
So he went to the next best place, Makini. She had to know where Mimba lived. Kion made his way back to the Tree if Life, where Makini now lived. She had taken up residence there ever since Rafiki's tragic passing. Makini was doing fantastic, everyone loved her. Kion was very proud of her, and Rafiki would be as well.
Usually she was still up at this time, so Kion was confident he would find her. He walked around the tree, calling out her name.
"Makini?"
Eventually a stick hit him in the back of the head. Kion jumped around to see Makini hanging from a limb up above. She hopped down with her Bakora staff.
"Kion! I expected to see you here!"
"You did?"
"Of course I did! Just as much as you expected me to be here!"
"Uh yeah."
"Bet you weren't expecting that, were you?"
"Man, you become more like Rafiki every day."
She laughed.
"So why are you here?" She asked while tilting her head.
"I need to speak with Mimba, do you know where she lives."
"Of course! Just follow me!"
She ran off into the tall grass, and Kion followed her. He hated playing this "follow the leader" game, but there was no other choice. Kion followed Makini to the extra far distance of... the other side of the tree.
"Makini... I'm trying to look for Mimba."
Kion heard a voice behind him.
"Well lucky for you, I was looking for you too."
He turned around to see Mimba laying on a rock, her belly still bloated.
"Don't you people ever just say hi?"
Mimba chuckled. Kion continued.
"Anyways, I think I have some bad news, depends on how you take it."
"Kion, there is no such thing as 'good' or 'bad' news, there is only news."
"My friends and I have been encountering this giant bat thing. His name is Camazotz, does that ring a bell?"
Her face slowly transitioned to that of shock and horror. She looked as though someone had sentenced her to death, and pulled a gun to her face.
"That is bad news."
She stood up, but almost fell when she tried to climb off of the rock she was on. Kion helped her down. Mimba really did feel like she was sentenced to death, like a judge in a court room had just founded her guilty and she was going to spend the rest of her life in a padded cell.
"Oh kings of old, please help us." She said, Kion helping her prop up against the tree's thick trunk.
"Kion, I hope you know what you're doing. Makini, you need to hear this too."
They both sat and listened closely.
"There is one story that Rafiki did not tell you. One that I have not told you. The story of Camazotz is a tale of madness. Our fair lands have experienced many forces of darkness over the years, many of which even I was not yet around to see. However, I did get to witness the most wicked of them all. The Great Old One, Camazotz, arrived from a fiery realm beyond. The devilish bat king had only one desire; to tear down the walls of reality and make life but a nightmare, and he had the power to do it."
So far things were adding up.
"What happened to him?" Kion asked.
"Well. Our way of life would have certainly been doomed if it wasn't for our Kings. All of the Kings of Old descended down to defend our land, bringing with them ancient knowledge of realms beyond and an army of spirits and guardians. After a heated battle on the spiritual plains, Camazotz was defeated. The Kings of Old scarificed their powers to imprison the Bat King deep under the Backlands Volcano."
"Normally I would think that's it, but I'm assuming that it's not because of our encounters." Kion responded.
"You are correct. We didn't know what would happen after that, but we hoped that he would remain down there forever, constantly stricken with the punishments for his crimes. Unfortunately that didn't happen apparently. Your encounter can only mean one thing, someone must have taken up residence in the Backlands volcano, and unbeknownst to them, they awakened the Daemon Sultan from his eternal sleep. Camazotz has most likely awakened and will seek to cause havoc and chaos."
"How do we stop him?" Makini asked.
"That is where my knowledge ends. The Kings of Old will continue to focus their power on him and keep him locked away. Camazotz will need help to escape."
Thimba's army definitely had something to do with it.
"I do not know if he can even be defeated, or if we're just holding back the inevitable."
Kion didn't know what to think. He wished the rest of the Guard were here to help him.
"Wow..." Kion uttered.
What was he supposed to do?
"I think we know what Thimba's plan is now..."
"So you're saying that the Backlands Volcano might be where they're at?" Makini asked.
"It could be a possibility." Kion responded.
"The Guard and I will think of something. Until then, we need to start searching for answers on Camazotz. He's got to have some kind of weakness."
Mimba sighed.
"I hope he does, otherwise, we might be starring into the jaws of death."
"Don't worry. If he was beat before, he can be beat again." Kion said heroically. Mimba chuckled again.
"We need that kind of confidence. Dark times are ahead, remember what Rafiki told you."
"Do my best for the Pridelands?"
"No, remember who you are Kion."
Remember who he was? He was Prince of the Pridelands, Leader of the Lion Guard. His duty was to do the best he could for the Pridelands. Of course he remembered who he was.
"I'm the Prince, that's who I am."
"No Kion, that's not what Rafiki meant at all. Who are you? Really? What are your interests, your opinions, your hobbies? How would you describe yourself without talking about your titles or the things that you like or dislike?"
"How are any of those things going to help me? Mimba, you can take it from me, those kinds of things are not going to help in War, Rafiki couldn't have meant that at all.
She hung her head down. She seemed disappointed. Kion didn't care though, he was confident in what he was doing. He was the brave leader of the Lion Guard after all.
"I'll report back with more news if I find some."
Kion stood up, and went back to Priderock to try and get some sleep in for the night. Mimba felt greatly disappointed. She sighed, and spoke Makini.
"Then we really are doomed."
"What should we be afraid of without those things you mentioned? Camzotz?"
"Not Camzotz, but a certain Outlands leader."
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Anxiety was not a new feeling to Kovu. Ever since the war had started and King Simba fell into a terrible state if health, Kovu and Kiara had been taking more and more lessons about how lead the Pridelands. Nala was the one mostly in charge of that, Simba unable to do anything anymore. Kiara had not realized exactly how stressful being the leader was. Originally she had wanted to help the Lion Guard with the war, and Kovu wanted to tell Kion off for what he said to Kiara months ago, but they both missed those opportunities when they had to take up their new responsibilities. They knew this would come eventually, but it was almost like they felt it was never coming, until now it all slapped them in the face in recent months.
The Pridelanders had been growing more and more into a state of panic. They would jump at almost anything. It was Kovu and Kiara's job to try and calm them down and keep everyone happy and feeling safe. This in turn however, was stressing out the two lions. Timon and Pumbaa helped the best they could, but even they could not combat the growing cloud of stress and anxiety that was forming over the Pridelands.
The Lion Guard was out fighting off Camazotz's army at the moment. Kovu and Kiara had gotten the news about the bat demon, and rumors about him were beginning to spread to the rest of the Pridelands. Once the legend of Camazotz had resurfaced, even more unrest had befallen the Pridelands. It seemed as though every day a group leader would come to Kiara and Kovu seeking some kind of confirmation that Camazotz would not become a problem.
It was a bright sunny day, and right now the two Lion Leaders were having a meeting with Sevaga, who was sent from the Outlands to bring the some important news. Nala listened as Sevaga brought them the news about Sly's insects, and the opportunities that brought with the war on Camazotz.
Kiara told him, "That sounds like a very risky move. Is Nabii sure she can pull it off?"
"Of course Comrade. Our Leader, Comrade Nabii, wouldn't attempt anything unless she was for certain that it would work."
Our Leader Comrade Nabii? What kind of a title was that?
Kovu responded, "Well. I think it sounds good. This could be our only opportunity to spy on them. I mean, thanks to that we now know where the army is situated. Now we can figure out all of there plans."
"Well, when you put it that way, I have to agree." Kiara replied.
That's when an elephant, followed by two others, had stomped up to the four watchers. She spoke in a dignified and regal manner.
"Hello, I'm here from the elephant herd from down South. I came here to address rumors about this 'Camazotz' situation. Is it true that the Pridelands are doomed?"
Kovu stood up.
"No. You can take it from me, the Pridelands are certainly not doomed. The Lion Guard along with the Outlands are working day in and day out on the situation."
"But I heard that there was no way to defeat him! Even the Kings of Old were unable to defeat him!"
"The Kings of Old did defeat him. Besides, we're better prepared for him this time."
That was when Sevaga butted his way in.
"Might I suggest in some more surveillance comrades? It has deffinatly worked for the Outlands."
This seemingly made the elephant leader happy.
"Yes, of course! Those scrubs wouldn't be able to hide if we knew what was going on around every corner!"
"I know comrade! With more eyes on the skies, you don't have to worry about looking over your shoulder! Just get someone who's job it is to do it! That's what we did and it's working out perfectly!"
"I like this hyena."
"Aardwolf." Sevaga corrected.
"Same difference, you're in the same family aren't you?" The elephant responded.
"Same family yes, but that's where the similarities end."
"Anyways", Kovu continued.
"I don't think we'll be investing into more surveillance at the moment."
"Oh why ever not? My herd is scared put of there minds! Everyone is! Aren't you going to do something to calm them down?"
"Trust me, we don't need eyes watching our every movements."
"I hope you know what you're doing Kovu."
She huffed, and walked off with her trunk held up.
"Geez." Kiara said.
"What a stuck up."
"Yeah, she's always like that." Nala said.
"You just have to learn to be patient with people like that."
"Tell me about it comrade." Sevaga responded.
Kiara looked back at the Aardwolf.
"Anyways, Sevaga. You have our support. Tell Nabii that we're in on the idea."
"I will immediately."
He stood up, and went off on his way to the Outlands with his henchmen guards.
The three lions were ready to head back up to Simba to report to him what had happened, until they spotted a group of crocodiles walking up to them.
"Is it Kiburi?" Kiara whispered.
"No" Kovu responded.
Makuu and his entire float had made their way to Priderock, and they looked angry.
"Oh crap, here we go again."
Kovu walked up to meet him. He couldn't ever get a single word in before Makuu said, "Our entire watering hole is dried up."
This actually shocked Kovu.
"What, it is?"
"Yup. It's so hot that the whole thing just dried up. You can come see if you don't believe me."
"No, I believe you."
That somehow made Makuu happy to here. Kovu continued.
"You'll need a new place to live..."
"Yeah, we will."
Kovu thought for a moment. Kiara walked over to help.
"Hey, there's a new watering hole that just got added on to the Pridelands. It was unclaimed, so we got ownership of it. Maybe you could live there."
"That sounds good." Makuu responded.
"Oh yeah!" Kovu responded.
"That place is really good, you're gonna love it!"
"We'll have to see it first before we decide we like it."
"Alright, we will head there immediately."
Both Kiara and Kovu looked back and Nala and smiled at her. She gave them an approving nod, signifying that they were doing good.
The two lions turned back around.
"Right this way Makuu."
They lead the Crocodile Float to their new home. Nala went back to Simba.
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