Rayman Legends Adventures in The Wild/Script

In the Pridelands, it was a very sleepy evening, the sun was not yet shining, but there was a cub that was already awake and complete with energy. Then he went into the cave of the rock he lived in with the other lions and lionesses, but he rushed inside the cave and came to his slumbering parents who were the new royals of the jungle.
"C'mon, Dad, wake up," the cub urged his father, even tugging on his ear, "Dad? DAD!!"
"Boy, does that bring back memories," the adult male lion chuckled in his sleep.
"You better get up Simba or he'll never stop," the adult female lioness said in her sleep.
"I know my place...." the lion chuckled, but yawned a little, "alright, I'm up..."
"You promised..." the cub reminded his father.
The adult male lion got up with a small stretch and led his cub out as the sun was starting to rise and awakening the others in the jungle.
"C'mon, the sun's almost up," the lion cub warned his father.
"OK, Kion, that's it, hang on, we're coming," Simba chuckled.
"He's so your son," the lioness chuckled to her mate.
Simba gave her a small smirk and came out to the front with his son and was going to warn him what his father warned him if he was Kion's age. "Now, Kion, that's something my dad taught me until I was around your age," he gently warned the cub, "all that light touches is our kingdom. A king's time as a ruler rises and falls like the sun. One day, Kion, the sun will set on my time here and will rise with you as our new king."
"And that will all be mine," Kion asked.
"Anything the light touches," Simba informed.
Kion grinned and agreed, but looked further to a shadowy place. "What about that place, Dad?"
"This is the Outlands, Kion, you must never go there," Simba warned.
"But why," Kion asked, "and I thought the king could do whatever he wanted."
"Believe me, I thought that as well, but there's more to be king than to do you all the time," Simba clarified.
"There's more," Kion sounded delighted.
"There he is, our new future king, it's just emotional to think about it," a warthog beamed.
"You have it, mate, it'll be like old times," the meerkat agreed, "it'll be you, me and the little guy!"
"Hey, Timon, hey, Pumbaa," Kion grinned as soon as he saw the two animals that were best friends with his father.
"Hey, boy," Timon grinned to him.
"Hello," Pumbaa added with a warm grin, "how does it feel to know that you'll one day be king of the jungle?"
"This is amazing," Kion grinned before going away on his own.
"Should we go with him," Pumbaa was concerned.
"Ah, let him explore...." Timon existed.
The other lionesses grinned to Kion as he went away and admired him.
"Oh, look at how much you've grown," Sarabi praised her grandson.
"Thank you, Grandma," Kion grinned as he continued to go ahead.
Sarabi grinned. Kion laughed with endless joy, remembering his father's warnings to stay out of the Outlands. There was a rather evil lioness with blood red eyes frowning, but she kept herself hidden away in case anyone would see her. And where she saw Kion running around, care free, but then she saw a vehicle driving past and found this her opportunity to get rid of the son of Simba because where there was a vehicle that meant humans that could be either travelers or for her luck, poachers.
Kion laughed, having a very happy and peaceful morning, chasing a butterfly playfully. Then he looked around as he heard a door shut and he wondered that the noise could had been or what happened. "What was that," he asked himself, looking around.
"Hey, look over there," a male voice said.
"Looks like that little guy could make us some big bucks," a second male voice said.
"How," the first male voice asked.
"By selling it, also keep your voice down," the second male voice whispered.
The first male saluted and kept silent. "Wonder where its parents are."
"Doesn't matter, he'll just be easier the catch," the second male replied.
Kion watched as the butterfly landed on his nose, making his eyes cross, but he laughed in mild amusement.
"And besides, he's focused on that butterfly, he'll be even more easier to catch," the second male whispered.
"Let's go then," the first male suggested.
The evil lioness seemed to chuckle darkly at this, yet keeping her distance.
Kion grinned, but frowned once the butterfly flew off. "Hey, c'mon!"
"Alright now," the second male warned his partner.
Kion was watching the butterfly leave, but then saw something he had never seen before; a human being. "What the," he backed up from the first male, "get away from me, I'm the future king! You can't do this to-----"
The male came closer, all he heard were stray growls and roars, but not as threatening as an adult lion's roar would be. "Here, kitty, kitty..." he caught Kion, "now, let's take you to a nice and much better home than this old jungle, right?"
But Kion didn't like that one bit and decided to bite human where he could get free.
"Ow," the first male winced out of pain, letting the lion cub go.
This was Kion's chance to get away.
"Must I do the thinking around here," the second male moaned before getting out a net gun.
"That really hurt...." the first male pouted like a baby.
"Oh, for the love of," the second male moaned.
Kion kept running as fast as he could back to the safety of Pride Rock. But before he could get back to Pride Rock, he was caught in a net, unfortunately for the two humans that caught him, they were now only ten feet away from Pride Rock.
"Help! Mum! Dad! Grandma! Somebody! Anybody," Kion cried out in despair.
Then the human males caught Kion and went to take him off.
"HEEELLLPPP," Kion yelled out as he was taken, he tried to get out of the net, but it was no use.
Luckily for him, Sarabi was the first to hear his cries for help and decided to go and attack the two men and where Simba followed after her.
"What just happened," Simba asked his mother.
"Two men have taken Kopa," Sarabi alerted her son. "I don't know where they're going, but it's not going to be far," she growled, looking very aggressive.
"Then we better go and stop them from taking him away," Simba said.
Then they both ran away and to try to stop the two humans from taking Kion away to wherever they were going to take him.
Kion gave up trying to free himself, he just looked very unhappy that he was taken away from his family. Didn't these humans care that he was taken right away from the only home he's ever known? Then he grinned as soon as he saw his father and grandmother coming to his rescue.
"Hang on, Kion, we're coming," Simba called.
One of the men looked to the rear view window and saw the two other lions coming. "Uh, we have company," he warned his colleague.
"Oh, sure," the second man moaned.
"The lion must be his father, but that lioness looks a little too old to be his mother," the first man said before seeing his partner bringing out a loaded gun.
Sarabi looked overwhelmed by the gun and had stopped running. "Simba, watch out," she warned her son. Then she was silent with widened eyes as the sound of the gunshot was heard and the bullet hit her in the heart. "Oh...my..."
"Mother," Simba stopped, going to his mother's side, "mum...a-are you alright?"
"S-Simba, w-watch out for the gun, it's very dangerous until a human uses it," Sarabi said, still clinging to life.
Simba nodded, he was very concerned for his mother, but he was more concerned about Kion since the cub was his son after all and kept running after the vehicle. "I'll teach you to take my BOY!!"
"Dang it! Drive, you idiot, before he catches up to us," the second man warned his partner.
The first male kept driving, trying to avoid Simba.
"Dad, help me," Kion cried.
"Kion," Simba cried back while yet running after the vehicle.
The vehicle was driving faster.
Simba kept trying to keep up, but he had to stop to catch his breath. He could only watch the vehicle get further and further off and it looked like he wouldn't be able to get his son back. "Kion..." he whispered, hanging his head mournfully.
"Daddy! NoooooOOOO," Kion cried out in grief.
"Don't worry, little guy, you're going to a much better place," the first male chuckled as he continued to drive.
"Yes, loads better than the jungle, you'll see," the second male agreed.
Kion sniffled, he hunched himself down and started to weep, fearing he would never see each other ever again.
"Hey, you know, I think he's going to miss this place," the first man said after hearing the lion cub sounding like he was weeping.
"Oh, please, it's an animal, as soon as we get this little guy sold to a zoo, we'll make some money," the second man said.
"I'm just trying to make it feel better..." the first male said.
"It's an animal, all they care about is whether if they'll eat again," the second male scoffed.
"What," Kion asked out of rage, "I care more about my friends and family than food!"
"Silence," the second male growled, but he shot Kion with a tiny gun.
Kion winced, but he looked to his arm to see a dart with a feather attached to it as he suddenly felt sleepy and passed out in exhaustion, going into a very deep sleep.
"You know what, I'll take him to the zoo myself," the first man said before stepping on the brakes, "get out."
The second man looked to him. "What? Why?!"
"OUT NOW," the first man demanded.
The second man shrugged and got out of the car as warned. Then the first man drove away, leaving his cold-hearted partner in the Savanna to get eaten.
"Don't worry, little guy, I'm going to send you to a zoo that takes best care of their animals and I know just the lion who will be a nice father figure for you, he has a son as well," the man said.
Kion did not respond, but at least this man was more gentle and kinder than his 'friend' was. He just wondered what he was going to get himself into and no longer live in the Pridelands to restore his family name and title.
The man was able to get the young lion cub to an airport and traveled with him where he would get him to the zoo he was thinking of. Kion was yet knocked out, but at last awakened, looking around. He freaked out a little to see more humans as he was in a cage.
"I'm sorry, little guy, as soon as you awaken, you're gonna have an entire new life, you'll thank me later," the man grinned, giving Kion a sleeping pill to knock him out during the flight like passengers did so with their dogs.
Luckily, the flight wouldn't take long as did the sleeping pill and where this was the start of an adventure or two. Kion fell asleep again and would awaken in an entire new world. Then the plane was taking away and Kion was being sent to a zoo.
The Pridelands were disheartened, they had lost two members; Kion and Sarabi.
"Simba, I'm very sorry....." Nala cooed to her mate after the day they had arrested.
"I should have stopped them if I had the chance," Simba moaned out of frustration, thinking he was to blame.
Nala nuzzled against him to console him.
"It's all my fault...." Simba was in a lot of pain.
"Don't beat yourself up....." Nala soothed.
"But that is, if I had a better father, Kion wouldn't have gone away on his own without anyone watching over him," Simba said.
"I knew we shoulda kept an eye on him," Timon folded his arms, "why didn't you let me, Pumbaa?!"
"But you said to let him explore," Pumbaa retorted.
Timon's eyes widened, that was true, but he couldn't let himself take blame. "Yes, but you could've spoke me out of it!"
"Oh, then this now my fault," Pumbaa asked him.
"Guys, stop this, that's no one's fault," Nala scolded the meerkat and warthog.
"No, just mine..." Simba sighed as he walked away and started to sulk.
The others called for him, but he just ignored them and felt extremely depressed for losing his only son out there.
While this was going on in the Pridelands, the plane was making its road to its destination, which for its passengers wasn't going to be any longer. The kinder man was emotional about this experience and was hoping Kion felt the same fashion. Too bad he couldn't speak Lion. The moment the plane landed, the kinder man took the lion cub to the zoo, thinking that this would be the perfect place for him. Kion was yet miserable, but he did not dare fight back.
"Don't worry, buddy, we're almost there...." the man soothed as he carried the cage delicately.
"Can I help you, sir," a man in a uniform asked.
"Yes, I brought in a lion cub who is in need of a new home," the man informed.
The other man looked to Kion as he was yet knocked out, but he was very unhappy in his sleep. "I'm sure I know two friends who could keep him company."
"Oh, that's grand, could you make sure that he is placed with Samson and his son," the man asked.
"That was the plan, pleasure doing business with you," the man in the uniform nodded.
"You're gonna be alright, buddy, just you wait and see..." the man whispered to Kion, "I know you can't hear me right now, but trust me, you're gonna have brand new adventures and love this a lot better than the wild."
The man couldn't have been more both right and wrong, he was right that Kion would have adventures, but he was wrong that Kion would love this better than the wild. The man took his pay from the zoo employee, who went to put Kion into his new home. The other animals watched, very curious and bewildered about the new lion in town. A grey squirrel was picking a flower out of the ground and he even saw what was going on.
"Alright, little guy, enjoy your time here," the man said, letting the lion cub out of the cage and placing him in the lion preserve before leaving to go back to his station.
As soon as the man was gone, Kion flinched, and shot up. "DAADDDD," he looked around, shivering a little, very out of breath, this did not look familiar to him at all. "D-Dad...? Mum...? Grandma Sarabi.....? Anyone?! Timon, Pumbaa," he ran around, trying to look for his family, but didn't find anyone.
Nothing he saw looked familiar.
"Where...where am I," Kion asked.
"Are you okay, boy," a female voice came behind him.
Kion yelped and turned to see a giraffe. "Um...uhh...not really...I feel lost...just...where am I and how can I get back to Pride Rock?"
"Pride Rock," the giraffe asked, "where's that?"
"Are you okay, boy," a female voice came behind him.
"You know, in the Savanna AKA Africa, now where am I," Kion asked.
"Oh, my boy, this isn't Africa or the Savanna," the giraffe warned him.
"I-It's not," Kion's eyes widened, "then...where am I?"
"You're in a zoo, well to be more exact, one of the zoos in New York City," The giraffe said.
"A zoo," Kion did not know what that word meant.
"You have much to learn, young one," the giraffe warned him, "I hope you like it here, it's absolutely wonderful!"
"But...wh-what about my family," Kion cried, "I-I can't stay here, my family will miss me and I'll miss them!"
"Oh, dear...well, perhaps it won't be so much of a wonderful experience for you," the giraffe said.
"I just wanna go home......" Kion grew emotional, "please..."
"Oh, dear, I'm sorry..." the giraffe warned him, "it's not my place to warn the humans to bring you back home...maybe you'll learn to like it here...besides, Samson and Ryan will have some company after the passing of Galena."
Kion glanced at the giraffe. "Who?"
"Samson and Ryan," the giraffe repeated the names, "they're lions just like you and they'll help you feel adjusted perhaps."
"Yes, I guess," Kion said, yet feeling mournful that he wasn't home.
"I'm sorry, darling, just remember, if you wanna speak, just call for Bridget," the giraffe gave her name.
"Kion..." the cub gave his name.
Then Bridget went away to frolic among her own exhibit.
Kion sighed, lowering himself on the ground and sniffled, feeling incredibly homesick. "This place will never be home..." he whispered mournfully.
From behind a tree was a lion cub who seemed to be slightly older than Kion. Kion had his eyes shut, he was really unhappy right now.
The other lion cub came to his side. "Um...h-hi..." he greeted, sounding a little hesitant at first.
"What," Kion said confused, not expecting anyone to come over, "oh, hello, you must be, uh...Ryan, right?"
"That's me," the cub confirmed, "you're new here, right?"
"You have that right...." Kion sighed, he was yet a little unhappy about his new home, "I'm sorry...I'm just feeling homesick."
Ryan tilted his head, not knowing his sickness. "Was it something you ate?"
"No, no, homesick just means I'm missing my home, it's where I was born and raised," Kion frowned.
"Oh..." Ryan sort of understood now, "I'm sorry to hear that......"
Kion sighed, feeling more miserable and covered his face with his paws. "I shouldn't have gone out without Timon and Pumbaa!"
"Friends of yours," Ryan guessed.
"Yes, they knew my dad since he was a cub," Kion explained.
"Wow, well, where are you from," Ryan asked.
"Pride Rock, it's in Africa," Kion explained, "aren't you from the jungle as well?"
"No, unfortunately, I've been in the zoo practically my entire life, but don't worry I think I know how we can get to the wild," Ryan grinned.
That won over Kion and made his eyes light up. "Y-Yes?"
"Yeah, all we have to do is get into the green boxes, but we'll first need to get my dad on board," Ryan said.
"And how do we do that," Kion asked.
"By letting him warn us one of his amazing stories," Ryan grinned, "and then if the moment is right, we warn him about the green boxes and ta-da, we're going to the wild."
"Wow, thanks, Ryan," Kion grinned to his new friend, "oh, and I thought I was gonna be trapped in this place forever. Um...what exactly do you do here all day long?"
"Where do I start," Ryan said before warning him everything everyone in the zoo did while the humans were there.
Kion hung onto every word, trying to absorb it all. Hopefully, he could make the most of it before he would escape back to the wild with Ryan.
"After it's nighttime, we're all clear," Ryan said.
"Check," Kion smirked in determination.
Ryan laughed in emotion.
"Well, where's your dad," Kion asked.
"Probably resting up......" Ryan glanced back to where he and his father usually slept after closing/dinner time, "he's an old lion, what have ya done?"
Then they heard someone awakening, warning them that Samson was eventually awakening.
"Oh, there he is..." Ryan laughed a little.
A different adult male lion yawned and stretched, but came out to see the two cubs. "Ryan, who is your friend?"
"This is Kion," Ryan introduced, "he's from Pride Rock in the Savanna."
"Hello, sir," Kion said.
"Kion..." Samson repeated the name, "well, you're an African lion..."
"Yes, sir, I just got here today......" Kion explained, though, that was obvious enough, "it's my first time in a zoo."
"Well, my name is Samson and I can already warn you that you'll love living here," Samson grinned.
"Um...sure..." Kion forced a grin, "I guess we're Kings of the Zoo then, right?"
"Yes," Samson grinned.
Then they heard the zoo being opened.
"Oh, time to get into position," Ryan noted.
"Position," Kion asked.
"Yes, the humans are coming," Ryan sounded urgent.
"Ohh," Kion said.
"This will be a perfect time for one of Dad's Samson of the Wild stories," Ryan grinned.
"Yes, but is he as brave as my dad," Kion playfully smirked and laughed to show he was joking and not making fun of Ryan's dad, but he believed his dad was the bravest lion there ever was.
"Oh, he sure is," Ryan said, warning him each story his dad had ever warned him.
"Huh..." Kion smirked, but he went with Ryan. He yet deeply missed his parents and the others back at Pride Rock, but he guessed this would have to do until Ryan's plan would be set into motion.
"And these are everything Dad used to do in the wild," Ryan warned him, "we'll have to see what Dad warns us today."
"Gotcha now," Kion nodded.
People were slowly coming in to see the zoo and meet the animals. It was always a fun past time, especially for the children. Speaking of families with children, there were two familiar families coming in today to visit the New York Zoo right now. And they were the Forte family and the Greenwood family.
"I wanna see the lions," Jesse grinned.
"Me as well," Lex grinned.
"Oh, my," Riley sounded hesitant at first.
"Well, lions are the most popular..." Rae noted, but looked to her friends, "what do you guys think?"
"Well..." Annie drawled out.
"Please," Jesse, Lex and Tim begged.
"It's all right with me," Annie confirmed.
The Greenwood siblings cheered and rushed away.
"Just make sure we go with you," Annie added faster, "you children are growing up, but you yet need supervision."
The children moaned slightly, but went along with it.
Jenny and Eloise were also visiting the zoo, only with Winston and Bill from the Plaza and there was a younger adult woman with them. They were checking out the seals right now.
"It's so grand to understand animals," Jenny grinned.
"I'll say," Eloise beamed, but she barked like a seal.
Then the seal barked back to her.
"What did you say to her," Bill chuckled.
"I just invited her over to Palm Court for some tea, but she said she'd 'rather' stay here and eat fish," Eloise translated.
This made the two adults laugh, thinking Eloise just had an overactive imagination.
Back in the lion exhibit, Samson was ready to warn Ryan and Kion one of his stories.
"Well, what story are you gonna warn today, sir," Kion asked Samson.
"There I was, facing one of the meanest leopards in the Serengeti and--" Samson started.
"You roared so loud, his spots flew clean off," Ryan completed for his father, "Dad, I've heard this like a billion times, and it's too repetitive for Kion to learn."
"Do you know the one where I made the laughing hyenas--" Samson started a new story.
"Weep," Ryan finished that one as well, "yes."
"The crocodile attack," Samson offered.
Ryan rolled his eyes. "Dad..."
"Alright, think," Samson said to himself, trying to think of a new story to warn.
"Yeah, you do that," Ryan chuckled.
Kion chuckled himself.
"Alright, Smart Guy," Samson smirked slightly, "here's one I know you haven't heard. It all started in the little place I like to call...the wild."
"The wild..." Kion whispered, thinking of home again, but he was really interested in hearing the story now.
Ryan actually did not interrupt.
"They were the fastest wildebeests on the Savanna," Samson narrated, "we're speaking fast. All the other lions had given up the hunt hours ago, except your old man. Fortunately, I knew a short cut. I thought I had them. Until the dust cleared. Classic wildebeest trap."
'Wildebeest trap? But the wildebeest in Africa never did that, they just simply stampeded or ate grass. These wildebeest he faced must have been evil,' Kion thought to himself.
"Well, what did you do next," Ryan asked eagerly.
"What have I done," Samson smirked.
"Yes," Ryan encouraged.
"That's until I gave them the roar," Samson replied.
"Ooh, the roar," Kion said, sounding interested.
"That's it," Ryan scoffed slightly.
"That can't be it," Kion added in.
"Hold on a sec," Samson warned the cubs, "I only THOUGHT it was over. But they had a secret weapon. He was the biggest wildebeest I've ever seen."
"How tall," Kion asked.
"He was fourteen feet tall," Samson exclaimed.
"Fourteen," Ryan asked.
"I mean 1401 feet tall," Samson said.
"Cool," Ryan grinned.
'How did Dad not notice a skyward tall wildebeest,' Kion thought to himself.
"And he had two....no, four of the biggest horns I'd ever seen," Samson continued.
"Woah," Ryan was really captivated by this story.
"His breath was red hot," Samson continued, but paused a moment, "I mean, green. And he hated the environment. To pull this off, I knew I was gonna have to dig deep, deeper than I ever had before. Then I swallowed my fear, sucked in the biggest breath I could..."
"Dad, I'm ready," Ryan said.
"You have it," Samson asked.
"I've had it," Ryan replied.
"Well, let him have it," Samson encouraged, "ROAR, SON!!"
Then Ryan let out the best roar he could, but it sounded more like a strangled house cat than a roar from a mighty jungle predator.
"Ooh, that didn't go so well......" Kion flinched at Ryan's attempt of a roar.
All the children, except for the Greenwood siblings and the Forte siblings, started to laugh, thinking that Ryan's roar sounded like a mangled cat. This caused for Kion to become frustrated with them all and he began to show his claws, willing to make them stop laughing at his new friend. Samson was also furious, where he roared at the crowd as well. However, the crowd cheered and took his picture, making him pose and look like the star of his own show.
"Story of my life....." Ryan muttered, "your roar stops a herd of wildebeests. Mine makes the babies laugh."
"Well, it was, um...interesting," Kion said.
Samson tried to console Ryan while Kion came to meet the people.
"I don't recognize that one, Bill," Eloise warned the Plaza Hotel employee she was close friends with.
"Neither do I," Bill said.
"The poor fact looks like it's not used to this place," Jenny said.
Kion came up to the children.
Riley stepped back slightly, she was a little hesitant of the cub coming up close, but she gave a small grin. "You are seeming familiar..."
"He looks just like Kion," Jesse said.
Kion turned his head and blinked.
"Kion...is that your name," Lex wondered if this was coincidence or fate.
"Yes, that is," Kion said to them.
"Children, be careful up close the animals," Rae warned.
"Wait, if your name is Kion, then that must mean...." Tim said.
Kion looked at the Greenwood siblings and recognized them as well as Riley. "You guys..." he whispered. Kion grinned to them, but saw Ryan looked very depressed, where he turned back to the human children. "Um, I'll be right back...." he rushed away to join his new friend and hopefully cheer him up.
"I wonder why Kion's in the zoo," Jesse scratched his head.
"Kion," Eloise and Jenny looked over.
"Yes, you see, he's Simba's son," Jesse said, "who is the Lion King of Pride Rock in Africa."
"I bet some cruel poacher took him and separated him from his family and sold him here," Lex said out of hatred towards poachers.
"Hey, Ryan, what's wrong," Kion asked.
"I just wanna roar like Dad..." Ryan explained, though cheered up once he came up with his explanation, "that's why we need to go to the wild!"
"Hold on a sec," Samson came between the two cubs, "we've had everything we could ever want here. Grand lifestyle, three square meals a day....."
"Trust me, Kion, being here is soooooOOOO boring," Ryan said to his new friend.
"Trust me, I believe you already, I mean, c'mon, where are the butterflies to chase after for fun? And where's the perfect place for pouncing lessons? There isn't even enough room for hunting," Kion said before looking to Samson, "but don't worry, sir, we'll get all of that soon because Ryan knows how we can get back to the wild."
"He did," Samson looked frightened for a moment.
"The pigeons say these green boxes go there," Ryan explained.
"Those boxes are bad news......" Samson scolded, "stay away!"
"But, Dad," Ryan complained.
"It's the only fashion to get back where we belong," Kion added.
"I know you're both frustrated, but a lion finds his roar..." Samson started to explain.
"Here," Ryan pointed to his own chest, done for him, having been told that a million times already.
"Kion, I know this is an adjustment for you, but you'll learn to love the zoo and you'll make loads of new friends," Samson warned the new cub.
There was then a woman shrieking, which got everyone's attention. "IT'S A RAT!!"
There was a grey squirrel trying to pull a candy necklace away from a baby stroller.
"A rat," the squirrel asked, finding what the woman called him insulting and then was being flung around past the baby while holding onto the candy necklace.
"No, that's a squirrel...." Rae warned the panicking woman.
"THE RAT IS TAKING MY BABY'S CANDY," the woman cried.
"It's a squirrel..." Rae grumbled.
"SOMEONE STOP THE RAT," the woman lamented.
"It's a gosh darn squirrel," Rae shook the woman. "They take nuts, live in trees and can be screwy sometimes, it's a squirrel," she held her head and moaned slightly.
"At least some humans have common sense," the squirrel grumbled after he splatted on the ground. Unfortunately for him, he wouldn't be on the ground for long as the woman who called him a rat, knocking him right into the lion preserve and his head landed in Samson's nose.
"Who is that? And why did he steal that......fact," Kion asked Ryan.
"Lastly, that is the ugliest baby I've ever seen," the squirrel pointed as he had his head stuck in Samson's nostril.
"Benny, stealing candy from a baby," Samson scoffed to the squirrel before sneezing him out.
Then Ryan caught the squirrel in his paw.
"Stealing is such a strong word, I prefer 'liberating'," the squirrel replied.
"How is stealing from a baby liberating," Kion asked.
"It's grown-up stuff, you wouldn't understand," Benny looked at him, "say, I didn't know Ryan had a brother."
"Oh, I'm not his brother, I'm new here, my name is Kion and I'm from the Pridelands in Africa," Kion warned him.
"Ah, I see..." Benny noted, but turned back to the cub who caught him. "Hey, boy, heard the roar, down another...." he was unable to come up with a complimenting word.
"Octave," Samson whispered a suggestion to him.
"Octave," Benny repeated.
Ryan frowned at the squirrel and dropped him flat on the ground.
"You ready to cheer me and your old man as we capture our fifth straight turtle-curling title," Benny asked as he did karate poses once he got to his feet, "I'm sure your friend Kion will love to watch!"
"What's turtle-curling," Kion asked, "we don't have turtle-curling back home."
"Oh, it's easy, it's..." Benny was about to explain, but noticed that Ryan went to sulk again, "hey, boy, aren't ya emotional?"
"I can't even roar," Ryan continued to mope. "How would you even know I'm there," he jumped away one stand and went to climb up a tree.
Kion frowned, he decided to go help his friend the best he could.
"We need to get Kion out of that cage, he's not meant to live in a zoo," Riley warned her cousins.
"But what have we done," Jenny asked.
Jesse started to think and then a light bulb from a lamp post turned on as his face lit up, getting an idea.
"Oh, I know what that look means," Lex smirked to her twin.
"We're going to hide and stay here overnight, where then until everyone is gone, we'll be able to get Kion out of here and back to where he belongs," Jesse grinned.
"How do we hide out here overnight," Tim asked.
"Yes," Lex added.
"Easy, by magic," Jesse said.
Eloise came down from Bill's shoulders and she couldn't help but overhear, she came to her cousins. "What are you guys up to now?"
"Ellie, don't warn anyone, but we have to get Kion out of the zoo and back to his home," Jesse explained.
"I won't warn anyone," Eloise said, zipping her lips. Then she looked curious. "But...how do you expect to get him out without anyone noticing?"
"We'll use our magic where to be invisible until everyone is gone," Lex warned her.
"This sounds dangerous and adventurous..." Eloise said, but then grinned, "I like it."
"Oh, boy...another adventure......" Riley sighed, "can we not stay home and just hope Kion can go home very soon?"
"Oh, c'mon, Riley, it's an adventure," Tim said.
"I know, but..." Riley seemed hesitant.
"C'mon, please, I promise that you won't get hurt," Lex promised.
Riley sighed, very hesitant, but she gave in. "Alright...but you owe me!"
"Deal," Jesse promised.
"This better work...." Riley whispered to herself.
Then the group left the lion preserve and continued to explore what the zoo had to offer for them.
"Come on, El," Bill warned his 'special little lady'.
"Hang on, we're coooooOOOOMING," Eloise called as she twirled after the man she highly admired.
"You really think he dropped an octave," Samson asked the squirrel.
"Absolutely," Benny agreed, but looked thoughtful for a moment, "what the heck is an octave?"
"We heard that," Ryan and Kion called out in unison.
Then Benny and Samson looked to each other.
"Do you often climb trees," Kion asked his friend.
"Mostly if I'm really depressed..." Ryan sighed heavily, "I really need to get out of here!"
"You know you could also use the trees to sharpen your claws, I can show you how," Kion said, hoping to cheer him up.
"I never really thought about that before," Ryan said to him.
"C'mon down, I'll help you out," Kion grinned.
Ryan shrugged and pounced down next to him in front of the tree.
"Alright, first fact you need to do is get your claws out," Kion said, luring by showing his claws.
Ryan nodded and expanded his claws. "Right."
"Next, we look for a potential tree to use it's barks for sharpening our claws on," Kion said.
"C'mon, I think I saw a better one in the back," Ryan suggested, leading the road.
"Sure," Kion grinned.
Ryan led the road.
Kion was wondering how they took one part of the jungle and put it in a zoo, but it all seemed so fake. "This seems nice and all, but there's no place like home."
"Don't worry, you'll be there soon," Ryan promised.
"Thanks, Ryan, I can't wait for you to meet my dad," Kion grinned.
"He sounds cool," Ryan grinned back.
"Oh, Dad's just the best," Kion praised, but sighed a little, "I do wonder if he misses me as much as I miss him."
"I'm sure he does so," Ryan said softly.
"Yes, but he must be in mourning over my grandmother's death," Kion frowned.
"What just happened to her," Ryan asked.
"She was murdered by a human," Kion said as a tear came out of his left eye.
"Oh, my heavens..." Ryan's tone shifted into softness, "I-I'm very sorry to hear that..."
"She was trying to protect me and she got shot..." Kion sniffled, "she was all he had left......my grandfather died before I was born."
"I'm very sorry to hear that...well, at least you yet have both your parents waiting for you back home," Ryan said.
"Yes, I guess..." Kion sighed a little, "plus there's Timon and Pumbaa..."
"Well, what animals are they exactly," Ryan asked curiously.
"Timon's a meerkat and Pumbaa's a warthog," Kion explained.
Ryan chuckled.
"I know, it sounds weird, a lion to be friends with other animals, but-" Kion replied.
"No, no, it's not that, my best friends are different animals as well," Ryan existed.
"Really," Kion asked in surprise.
"Yes, a male kangaroo and a male hippo," Ryan grinned.
"What are their names," Kion asked.
"Their names are Eze and Duke," Ryan warned him.
"I hope I can meet them," Kion sounded hopeful, he might as well make friends with the other animals while he was here.
"I'm sure you will," Ryan agreed.
It took a while, but they eventually got to the tree that Ryan had in mind.
"Will this one do," Ryan asked.
"Yes, this one will do very nicely," Kion grinned before walking over to the tree, "alright, now all we have to do is claw at the tree."
Ryan got his claws ready and he looked determined.
"I do this all the time at home," Kion warned his friend as he was ready to claw at the tree himself.
"It must be fun to live in the wild," Ryan said, joining him.
"It sure is, but also can be dangerous," Kion said before starting to claw at the tree.
"Yet a lot better than here where all you do is stand around all day while humans stare into your soul and take your picture with those flashy facts..." Ryan grumbled as he attempted to claw at the tree.
"Well, once we get out of here, I'll show you the road to Pride Rock where you can meet my pride and Timon and Pumbaa and the old bird himself, Zazu," Kion smiled.
Ryan grinned in high hopes of that. "Awesome!"
"Zazu can be really annoying," Kion said.
"Yes," Ryan asked.
"He has so many rules and he's such a tattletale sometimes..." Kion rolled his eyes, "Mum warned me that since Dad was younger, he tried to fire Zazu."
"Really," Ryan asked with a laugh, trying to imagine that.
"Yes, I'm just surprised that Dad did really fire him," Kion sighed, "anyhow, doing this will make your claws more sharp and also dangerous by anyone evil like Scar or Zira."
"Scar or Zira...." Ryan did not know who these lions were.
"Scar is an evil lion who was my Dad's uncle until he betrayed my grandfather Mufasa by letting him get murdered in a wildebeest stampede, luckily, my dad murdered Scar until then, his reign of terror would end with the hyenas in the Pridelands," Kion said, "and as for Zira, well, she's yet alive, but she's in the Outlands with her pride, son and daughter."
"Huh..." Ryan took note of these two. He was relieved to hear that Scar was gone, but concerned because Zira was yet around. "Well, let's hope that if that Zira lady comes back, your family will be ready for her."
"Oh, I'm very certain....." Kion agreed. "And I just know she's training her own cubs to rise against my dad to avenge Scar. Yes, well, the truth is my dad didn't really murder Scar, it was really the hyenas, because during the fight of Dad and Scar, the hyenas overheard that evil lion say that it was all the hyenas' fault and was their idea, but to make it short, Scar blamed the hyenas to try to save his own skin," he then added.
Ryan scoffed. "Serves him right..."
"Warn me about it....." Kion agreed, but saw Ryan having damage with clawing. "Um...perhaps you should pretend the tree is someone you don't like and you're eventually getting back at them," he offered as a suggestion to help Ryan claw more convincingly.
"Kind of hard, because I don't really have anyone I hate here," Ryan said.
"Well, um...then think if this bark is Scar and he was blaming something horrible he did and said that you did it," Kion said, "as soon as you get that image in your head, start clawing on the tree."
"Huh...I don't know Scar though....." Ryan hummed.
"Just think about how my dad felt until he found out his own uncle murdered his father," Kion coached.
"Alright," Ryan said before starting to imagine it and where it made him both mournful and frustrated and started to claw at the tree.
"Now we're cooking," Kion chuckled.
Ryan even growled a little, but tried not to overdo it, and he got better than he was before. Kion started to join in and where both of their claws were now getting sharper and sharper.
The sun was starting to set, which meant it was dinnertime for the zoo animals.
"We should probably get back to the hotel," Bill suggested.
"Aww," Eloise pouted and folded her arms.
"It is getting rather late, Jennifer," Winston said.
"Oh, alright, Winston," Jenny sighed.
"Mum, do we have to go now," Riley frowned.
"I'm sorry, Riley, but you know how your brother gets agitated if we stay in one place for too long..." Rae explained.
Simon whined and shrieked, pounding on the ground like an immature toddler throwing a temper tantrum.
"Well, fine," Riley sighed.
Rae picked up Simon. "Now stop this!"
Simon kept pounding and even punched his mother against her face, but it didn't hurt her. Jesse, Lex and Tim were yet determined to break Kion out of the zoo, one fashion or another.
"Alright, time to use our magic," Jesse whispered to his brother and twin sister.
"Uh-huh..." Lex and Tim agreed.
"Should we let the children stay behind and help Kion escape," Annie whispered to Glen after overhearing what their children were whispering about.
"Just as long as we make sure they don't get caught," Glen whispered back.
"I know they won't," Annie smirked a little, "they got that from me since I was a boy."
"That's true," Glen nodded.
Eloise was about to leave with Bill and Jenny was about to go with Winston. The Greenwood siblings stayed close together, huddling by their parents to make it look like they were also leaving. But the moment they got to the gates, the Greenwood siblings got away with their magic and hid for cover. Then Riley used her own magic and hid for shelter with them, she was able to see them since she was invisible now as well. The employees warned the guests to have a nice evening after their visit to the zoo and they then went to feed the animals since it was now their dinnertime.
"Mmm...rabbit," Samson said as soon as he saw a meat steak.
"Cholesterol," Benny scoffed as he tried to crack open an acorn without help, but it was almost impossible, despite the fact that he was a squirrel and had done it his entire life, "I'll stick to nuts."
"I don't know what Ryan's problem is Benny, he's eleven, but he yet yells like a nine-year-old," Samson said.
"A little help here, Sammy," Benny asked as he strained with his acorn.
Samson saw the problem and bit on the acorn to open it for his squirrel friend.
"You know what," Benny spoke up after getting a munch out of his acorn now, "perhaps you're setting the bar too high with all this stuff about Call of the Wild."
"Hey! He always loved these stories, they inspire him," Samson defended.
"Alright...I'm not going to argue with anyone who can use my cock to floss," Benny decided to stop the argument right then and there.
Then Samson yawned for a moment and licked his teeth.
"Oh, Sam, you did something right here......" Benny spoke up.
"Where?"
"No, no, the other side."
"Here," Samson asked before letting a piece of stray meat land on the squirrel's head, "oh, I'm sorry, Benny."
"You've had it..." Benny flinched.
"And then there's Kion, that must be a concerning time for him," Samson said.
"Ah, I wish everything will be fine, that usually is....." Benny existed.
"Yes, you're right, you'll probably like it here," Samson grinned.
"I always say I can never warn about children, that's why I don't have any," Benny shrugged, but snacked on his acorn.
People were leaving the zoo as the gates opened for them and they were catching koala bear dolls on the road out, finding them very cute and cuddly. And where each one was the same because if you pulled the cord on the back, it would always say 'I'm so cuddly I like you'.
"El, you want a koala puppet," Bill asked as he walked away with a grin, but looked around, "Eloise?"
"Jennifer, would you like a koala puppet," Winston asked as he walked away with a grin, but then looked around as well, "Jennifer?"
Randolph saw the dolls, finding them repulsive, but was sure Riley would want one. Simon took a doll, but was biting at its neck, trying to suck out its blood, but only found stuffing.
"He's getting aggressive again," Randolph sighed.
"Don't worry, Simon, we're going home now....." Rae said as she held her aggressive son.
Simon hissed louder in response and knept gnawing at the koala doll.
"Why did we have another boy," Randolph muttered as they walked away with each other, leaving guests of the zoo.
Benny was watching the people from a high branch, he loved nighttime at the zoo. After the gates closed, Benny looked to see if there were any humans yet in the zoo.
"Eventually....and the zoo will officially be ours in T-minus, three, two...and showtime," Benny cheered after the lights were out and the humans, where the ones he could see, were gone.
An elephant trumpeted right behind him, knocking him off guard for a moment.
"Here I come," a koala called out before jumping off a tree branch, only to land on a metal bar of a fence, "who put that bar there?"
The animals were sneaking out of their cages and meeting up together once it was dark out and they were going to have a lot of fun. A snake slithered out of a statue, an elephant passed, a giraffe saw a flock of flamingos together to help them out, only for them to trample over the poor koala bear.
"People! Away from my co-captain now," Samson warned the flamingos.
The flamingos backed away and did so as he said, one stayed behind, gently patting the koala bear on his stomach and apologized for their actions before kicking him between his legs.
"Ouch," the koala bear moaned in instant pain, "that didn't hurt...."
"Oh, I almost forgot to warn you," Benny said to Samson as he carried the candy necklace, "I'm eventually going to ask Bridget out on a date."
"Slow down, Romeo, you're a squirrel and she's-----" Samson said.
"It's perfect, right," Benny beamed, "look, I know what you're saying. Believe me, I've had my eyes wide open."
But unfortunately for him, he had bumped into something or someone.
"Watch where you're going, you b-b-b-b..." Benny stuttered as soon as he saw the giraffe he was in love with, "Bridget."
"Don't stare at my spots, Timon, my eyes are up here," the female giraffe scolded slightly.
Timon yet stared at her, but snapped back to speak with her where he wouldn't seem like a drooling imbecile. "Of course, I'm very sorry....." he hesitantly warned her, showing the candy necklace, "oh, that's for you, darling...it's about your left hoof."
"Did you get that out of the trash," Bridget snorted in slight disgust.
Benny was too hesitant to respond.
"Oh, you did, you little garbage collector," Bridget scolded.
"I'm not a garbage collector, I'm a recycler, that's a lot more romantic, isn't it," Benny asked her.
"Romantic," Bridget scoffed.
"Sam, come here," Benny whispered to his lion friend to help him get a literal boost.
"Don't mention 'romantic' for me, Benny," Bridget scoffed as the gray squirrel was jumped in the air to speak with her, face-to-face, "I've never had a boyfriend..."
"Sure, that'll get done, I'll never take a friend's job," Benny warned her.
"Bridget, only the female orb-weaver spider will date a male twenty times her size," Bridget warned him.
"Then there's hope," Benny grinned.
"And then she eats him," Bridget warned him.
"What," Benny said, confused, before smashing down back to the ground.
"But at least he dies happy," Samson whispered to his squirrel friend after Bridget left.
A hippo and kangaroo met together, deciding to go see Ryan as they joined the other animals as they sneaked out of their cages, as was a nighttime tradition in this zoo.
The human children were grouped together and became visible once the zookeepers were away for the night.
"Jenny, you're helping as well," Tim was surprised.
"I just wanted to make sure you were alright..." Jenny grinned innocently.
"Oh, c'mon, admit it, you came in here to help us help Kion escape the zoo," Tim said with a knowing smirk.
"Well, that and...I'd only concern about you if I stayed home with Oliver and Georgette," Jenny replied.
Tim grinned to her. "Thanks, Jenny."
"Alright, let's go to the lion's den," Jesse said.
"Do you remember where that is..." Riley felt lost as she looked at the zoo's map.
"Sure, c'mon," Jesse led the road.
"Wait for me," Eloise called to her cousins and friend.
"Let's hope Kion is patient," Tim said.
"I wish he found a road to pass the time..." Lex shrugged, "huh...no wonder where the animals go."
"I heard some of them speaking about a game," Eloise spoke up.
"Ooh, it's a little hard to see in the dark..." Jesse had problems.
"That is," Riley asked, a little confused.
"Yes, isn't this for you," Jenny asked.
"Remember that," Riley asked before opening her mouth wide to show her fangs, "I'm a creature of the night."
"Oh, right," Jesse said.
Then Larvitar, Teddy, Vulpix and Misdreavus came out of their Pokeballs.
"Where are we going," Misdreavus asked.
"The lion's den," Riley warned her Pokemon, "we have to save Kion, they caught him!"
"Kion," Misdreavus asked.
"He's Simba and Nala's son from Pride Rock," Riley explained.
"Oh, yes, I think Dad warned me about him once," Larvitar grinned.
"I have," Jesse grinned.
"I'll lead the road," Riley offered since she had night vision.
"Lead the road," Jesse grinned.
While the children were making their road to the lion preserve, Samson was now walking over to the tree Ryan and Kion were in.
"H-Hey, guys," Samson grinned up to them, "listen, I'm going down to the game preserve. See you there, right?"
Ryan climbed closer to the leaves to avoid being seen.
"C'mon, Ryan," Samson existed, "we need you. You're our biggest fan."
"Yo, Samson," a rhino with a foam finger on his horn walked past with a cheerful expression, "I'm your biggest fan, man!"
"Thanks, man, right back," Samson grinned to him.
"You were saying, Dad," Ryan asked.
"Look, about this afternoon, I just..." Samson tried to apologize, "Iago's not all this bad."
"Well, Dad, I'm going to your game, right," Ryan asked.
"Yes, we'll both be there," Kion said.
"Alright," Samson looked hurt, but tried not to let it bother him. "I'll see you both there....." he walked away.
Ryan sighed as he lay in the tree with Kion.
As soon as Samson left, the kangaroo and hippo burst their heads out.
"C'mon, dude," the kangaroo said to the hippo.
The hippo didn't respond at first, but then followed him.
The kangaroo came to the tree and called up. "Hey, dude!"
"Guess who's here," the hippo added.
Ryan turned to see his best friends he warned Kion about. "Eze! Duke!"
"Man, he's always guessing....." the kangaroo moaned.
"Then these are Eze and Duke," Kion grinned.
"You had that right," Ryan grinned back.
"Ryan, did you make two of yourself," the hippo asked in surprise.
"No, Eze, this is Kion, he comes from Africa," Ryan said.
"Woah, the wild," Duke the kangaroo sounded amazed.
"Any matter, we'll pursue the gazelles while everyone's at play," Eze informed.
"You're in," Duke smirked.
"Can Kion come with me," Ryan asked.
"Sure, the more the merrier," Eze accepted.
"Cool, c'mon," Ryan warned his new friend.
Kion thought he might as well and actually looked eager to see this himself. "Sure!"
Ryan glanced to his father as he went away, but came down with Kion.
"This is going to be grand," Duke grinned.
Then the two lion cubs, hippo and kangaroo set off to have their own fun while everyone else would watch the 'turtle-curling' game.
"How did I get here," Larvitar asked himself.
"You found me..." Teddy rubbed his head.
"We must have separated from the others by incident," Larvitar said.
"Oh, dear," Misdreavus sounded concerned, "I promised Randolph Johnson and Rae Lindley that I'd take care of Riley!"
"Oh, dear, what have we done," Vulpix exclaimed.
"Go off the ice rink," a penguin warned them.
"What," the Pokemon looked at the penguin.
"Get off the rink immediately," the penguin scolded, "I don't know what you are, but you shouldn't be here!"
"Oops, I'm sorry," Larvitar warned him.
The Pokemon that walked on their feet slipped a little, but managed to get off the ice while Misdreavus just floated with no problem, she had a small smug grin that she was able to do that.
"Wipe that smug look off your face," Larvitar moaned.
"What look," Misdreavus shrugged innocently.
"Let's just watch the game while we're here," Vulpix moaned.
Then the Pokemon got to a manageable space.
"I'm sorry about that, folks," the penguin said to the animal crowd as he got onto a block with a microphone, "we're in the closing stages of the curling championship and the penguins are on top!"
A penguin came from the other penguins and slid a turtle down the ice to start the game.
"Cool," Teddy grinned.
The Pokemon seemed to enjoy the sport, even if they didn't understand it. But they didn't seem to like the penguins. One turtle smacked the other out of the road, which made one group of penguins hoot and holler in victory.
"This is going to be hard to beat," the penguin announcer warned the crowd.
"What? Hard to beat? That's the fashion we like it, right guys," Samson asked his team.
Benny, Bridget and a snake with them all looked rather weary. The penguin jocks cheered for themselves to rub their team's win in their faces.
"I can't believe this! If we lose, I'll tear my head off," the koala exclaimed, but he saw one of the penguins on the enemy team laughing, "and yours!"
"We can't lose to flightless birds," Bridget warned Samson.
"Woah, woah," Samson stopped them, "no one loses anything here...as long as we focus. By the way, has anyone seen Ryan or Kion?"
"I know my place," the snake spoke up, "perhaps Ryan's sulking because he's living in his father's shadow and yelling like a schoolgirl and Kion is trying to make him feel better like a best friend would!"
"Thanks, Larry," Samson moaned out of sarcasm.
"You know," Larry said, not getting that Samson was being sarcastic.
Monkeys were laughing at the top of an ice chunk as they held koala dolls.
The koala bear heaved a grumbling sigh. "Not again..."
"Nigel, ignore them," Samson advised.
"I'm so cuddly, I like you," the koala doll said.
"You're so cuddly, we like you," the three female monkeys laughed.
"That's it," Nigel growled at them, "I'm not cuddly! I'm a vicious jungle animal from the streets of London! Fear me!"
Then the monkeys decided to play with Nigel like he was one of their toys. Unfortunately, the only fact he could catch hold of was Bridget.
"Girls! Put him down," Samson warned the monkeys.
"Nigel, get your paws off my girlfriend," Benny scolded once he saw Nigel was holding onto Bridget.
"Benny, I'm not your girlfriend," Bridget warned the squirrel.
The monkey girls kept touching and bossing around with poor Nigel, not caring what he had to say against them. The monkey girls kept on messing with him until they let go, causing for Bridget to fall on top of Benny. Samson and Nigel fell in the mess, as well as a koala bear doll.
"What's going on with Samson's team today," the penguin announcer mocked the animals, making the others laugh, "brutal!"
"Benny, Benny, Benny, Benny," Bridget called to the squirrel, who seemed knocked out from the kerfuffle, "oh, my heavens! Who knows mouth-to-mouth?"
"I do," Benny stood up and kissed Bridget right on the mouth.
"What was that," Bridget asked Benny, now on her nose.
"Just your fine man douse of Benny, baby," Benny warned her.
"Get off my nose," Bridget warned him.
"Stop saying that," Nigel threatened the doll out of him that said what it always said so.
"Cannonball," Larry jumped up and landed on Bridget, making Benny fly in the air again.
"Next year, I should just practice," Samson mumbled to himself.
While all of that was going on, Ryan, Kion, Eze and Duke were in the gazelle preserve.
"Check this out," Eze spotted the gazelles as they munched on some evening grass, "the Thomson gazelle. Zero to 50 in four-point-five seconds."
"The ultimate escape machine," Duke added, "let's take a closer look at these Slim Jims, shall we?"
Ryan and Kion stayed behind one tree as they watched the gazelles graze in the grass.
"I think we will," Eze said.
"Guys, perhaps we should just go to the game," Ryan suggested.
"Yes, and besides, it could be dangerous," Kion said.
"I thought you wanted to be wild, boys," Eze said to the lion cubs.
"I bet your dad was hunting gazelles, Ryan," Duke commented.
"But folks, there are so many of them and we might incidentally cause a stampede on the side if we alert them," Kion said.
"Oh, yes," Duke jumped up while Eze went away himself, "are you gonna stop us? C'mon, Ryan!"
"I don't know, guys, perhaps he's right," Ryan said.
Duke and Exe ignored the lion cubs and went ahead.
"Stop," Kion cried, "c'mon, guys!"
"Guys," Ryan added in.
Duke and Eze did not listen, which made Ryan and Kion sigh that they were being singled out now.
Back at the game, Samson was going to warn his team the next play they would use.
"Guys, I know we're down, but we're pulling this out because we..." he looked around and whispered the bit of them, "the secret piece."
"The secret play," Larry gasped, "hey, everybody, guess what? We're gonna use the secret play!"
Samson looked annoyed that Larry had to say that out loud for everyone at the rink to hear.
"Larry, the part of the secret play is keeping it secret," Bridget warned the not so smart snake.
"Alright," Larry said.
"Just follow my head....." Samson added, shaking his head at Larry, "I'm going to need a double effort from everybody."
"Absolutely, captain," Nigel saluted, "triple effort if you want, sir."
"Nice," Samson nodded, "ready and..."
"BEAKS UP," the five animals joined together to preform their secret play.
Back at the gazelle preserve...
"Hush, csendes," Eze said.
The children were yet looking for the lion cubs, not having been able to find them at the lion preserve.
Then Riley looked to the gazelles and looked behind them to see the hippo, kangaroo and two lion cubs. "I see them in here.....but isn't this bad?"
"Oh, dear, I think I know what these two are thinking and it's a horrible idea," Jesse said, referring to the kangaroo and hippo.
"Alright, ready, dude? One, two..." Duke counted.
"NO," Kion and Ryan yelled, but they pounced in front of the kangaroo and hippo and tried to roar them off.
The gazelles heard the noise that was not lion roar enough and it made them look up. Duke and Eze laughed at the lion cubs for that 'lame roar'.
"Guys, this is serious, stalking the gazelles is like frightening them," Kion said.
Then there was a rumbling.
"Oops..." Duke whispered.
"Now ya did it, guys," Eze gasped.
"Oh, dear, I recognize this rumbling, it must be a...." Kion said before looking behind him to see what he had feared.
"Oh, my heavens," Jesse and Lex held each other as they saw as well.
"I suggest that we run for dear lives," Jenny exclaimed.
Then the others rushed away.
Meanwhile at the game, Samson was holding Larry back on the ice with the turtle close as Bridget and Benny held Larry's other ends down like a rubber band.
"Feeling mean, Donald," Samson asked the turtle.
"Bring it on," Donald called.
"Folks, there's pressure on the big guy," the announcer penguin said.
"Ready, Bridget," Samson asked the giraffe.
"Ready," Bridget gasped as Larry was wrapped around her throat.
"Ready, Benny," Samson asked the squirrel.
"Ready," Benny called as he was being held down by his teeth and Larry was wrapped around his body.
"Hey, Samson, it's a shame your brat isn't here to see you lose!" a penguin mocked.
"I can't hold it," Benny warned Samson before flinging away from his position.
Then Larry was spinning around Bridget's tall neck and she slid across the ice.
Samson caught the turtle and gently slid him across the ice. "Larry, Bridget, sweep," he warned them.
Larry switched a broom a penguin was holding with Benny.
"Sweep faster, Larry! Sweep! Sweep! Sweep," Bridget warned the snake.
"I am," Larry cried.
"C'mon, man," Bridget retorted aggressively.
"Team Penguin is sending their ace, Victor," the penguin announcer announced.
"Watch it, Victor," Larry warned him.
"Watch it yourself, you see," Victor replied.
"Nigel, how are we looking," Bridget called to the koala bear.
The big and buff penguins stood in front of him to block his view.
"This could be danger, folks," the penguin announcer called.
"This is cheating and you will die for this," Nigel snarled.
"Hey, those penguins are cheating!" Teddy cried out.
"Cheaters," Larvitar yelled out to the penguins.
"I can't hear you, Nigel," Larry called.
"Move left a bit----" Nigel tried to explain, but one penguin punched him in the face and made him fall back onto the ice.
"Cheaters," Vulpix yelled at the penguins.
"Cheaters," Vulpix yelled at the penguins.
"Alright, move left and hit," Larry spun slightly.
"Larry, no," Bridget tried to stop the snake.
"Tally-ho," Larry called before smacking the turtle against a banner.
The turtle sprung into the banner, zipping across the ice, bumped into one penguin that was eating a hot dog with mustard and slid across the ice again, knocking Nigel out of the road.
"Folks, we are inches away from the biggest upset in turtle-curling history," the penguin announcer called.
"Go ahead! Go ahead," Samson warned the turtle.
The turtle slid inches off of the goal.
"Looks like Samson might have choked," the penguin announcer called, sounding pleased about that possibility.
Then the turtle forced himself to the goal and allowed Samson's team to earn a point.
"YES," Samson cheered.
"Yay! They won," the Pokemon cheered out of happiness before they each started to do a victory dance for the winning team.
"Samson and his team have clinched the title," the penguin announcer called until the rink started to shake and the turtles were moving against their will, "no, wait! I've called it too soon!"
"What the heck," Samson didn't understand what was going on.
"The penguins have done it," the penguin announcer grinned, "they're zoo champs for the first time!"
"I feel a stampede," Teddy warned his 'cousins'.
"Same here, we have to warn everybody," Larvitar said.
"Stampede," Samson warned the others.
Ryan and Kion came in front of the ice and tried to stop the gazelles, but they wouldn't listen and they almost trampled over the two lion cubs.
"Everyone, please evacuate the area," Vulpix called out.
The gazelles stumbled onto the ice and slid, almost knocking everybody down. Ryan and Kion ended up on the ice as well, sliding onto it and slid against Samson's front paws.
"Dude..." Eze winced slightly.
"Busted," Duke added.
Samson looked very firm to the lion cubs.
"We warned ya we'd come to your game," Ryan laughed hesitantly.
"You think this is funny," Samson scoffed, "you just endangered everyone in the zoo!"
"W-We're sorry..." Kion said softly.
"For what," Samson circled them, "chasing the gazelles or costing us the game?"
"No, we--" Ryan said.
"It was my fault, sir," Kion warned Samson, taking the blame.
"Your fault," Samson looked to the cup who was not his own son, "all Ryan does is sit up in his tree and sulk!"
"Listen, it's my fault because, well, you see, I wanted to take a look and where I had incidentally alarmed them causing the stampede," Kion warned him, yet taking the blame.
"Is that true," Samson asked.
"Kion, you don't have to...." Ryan said to his friend.
"I don't want you to get in damage with your dad," Kion whispered to his friend before speaking to Samson again, "yes, sir."
Ryan yet felt bad, but he said nothing more.
"Well, if you punish anyone, punish me," Kion said, sacrificing himself.
"Woah, the dude is taking the rep for Ryan," Duke whispered.
"Twisted..." Eze added.
"I'm really sorry, sir," Kion said.
"Huh..." Samson looked to Kion, "both of you, go to the preserve right now...we'll speak about this later."
"Yes, sir," Kion hung his head.
"Kion," Jesse's voice called out.
"What," Kion lifted his head, "th-that's funny, I thought I heard my name......"
"C'mon, Kion, we have a long walk," Ryan warned his friend, he seemed very hurt and furious that his dad was unhappy.
"I'm a-coming," Kion grinned.
"He looks so much like Simba..." Riley whispered as she caught a glimpse of Kion herself.
"Yeah, except for the truff of brown fur on his head," Lex said, "I do wonder why he didn't come over here until Jesse called out his name."
"We'll have to dig a little deeper," Jenny advised.
"Farewell, Ryan and Kion, thanks for coming to the game," Larry waved to the cubs as they left. "And you were concerned they wouldn't show up..." he nudged Samson.
Samson sighed after what just happened. Then the human children decided to track down the lion cubs while Samson could only sulk right now, he was concerned that Ryan was mad at him now.
"That's not nice, nobody listens to the squirrel," Benny said.
Samson and Benny were walking down one path while Benny was on the edge of the fountain.
"I don't know what to do anymore, Benny," Samson sighed, "I tried everything."
"Everything," Benny stopped in his steps, "you tried everything?"
"What are you saying, Benny," Samson asked the squirrel.
"I'm saying you have to warn him about the truth," Benny said.
Samson looked concerned at first. "I don't think I can do that, Benny," he thought about it a moment, "I mean...what has he done to me if he finds out?"
Benny was unsure, but he knew the only fashion to face this problem was for the one who caused it to stand up against it. "I don't know. But if you don't feel it, you'll lose him, Sammy," he got off the fountain and scampered away elsewhere.
Samson sighed, knowing Benny was right, he just felt like this could not end well for him.
"Ryan, I know your dad already said to stay away from green boxes, but I'm going to go into these green boxes and go home to where I belong," Kion said.
"I'm going with you," Ryan replied.
"Are you sure? It could be dangerous," Kion said.
"If my dad could do it, I can as well," Ryan reassured, but looked to a promotional image of lions being fierce, proud and wild, "I want to be a real lion and if I have to go out into the wild to do it, I will!"
The two cubs looked behind the gated fence and could see green boxes.
"There he is, I think," Kion said.
"Kion," Jesse's voice called out.
"Kion, where are you," Lex's voice called out.
"Did you hear that," Kion knew he had to hear his name that time.
"Yes, I heard two rumors, but I'm sure it was just our imagination, c'mon, let's go to the green boxes," Ryan said.
Kion hummed, but he followed Ryan to the green boxes.
"Kion, stop, it's us," Riley called.
Ryan was the first to go past the fence and into one of the green boxes without turning back, not noticing that Kion had stopped to turn back. As soon as Ryan was gone, the children decided to appear and meet the heir to Pride Rock. Kion was happy to see his human friends.
"Kion, what are you doing here," Tim asked playfully, "you belong on the savanna with your friends and family!"
"I know..." Kion was so happy to see familiar faces that he didn't even care he was away from home right now, "do you guys know how to take me home?"
"Um...well, yes, we would need fly to Africa," Jesse said.
"Hey, Kion, there wasn't another lion cub next to you," Lex asked.
"Oh, I guess Ryan went on in the green boxes without me without knowing it," Kion said.
"Ryan," the twins asked.
"C'mon, we better get him," Kion suggested, running ahead and warning them to the green boxes.
Lex stopped running and noticed something missing. "Oh, Teddy," she wept like a disheartened mother separated from her child.
"Mum," Teddy called out, running over to Lex with the rest of the Pokemon following him.
"Oh, there you are..." Lex hugged her Teddiursa with tears in her eyes.
"Take us to the green boxes, Kion," Jenny warned the cub.
"C'mon, if we hurry up, perhaps we'll make it," Kion said before running away to take them to the green boxes he had heard about. But then, they heard something that wasn't nice.
Ryan had climbed a tree and jumped through the fence, going into one of the green boxes and took a rest until it would close and take him to his destined location; into the wild.
"Time to load it up," a man called.
The doors closed and now Ryan was stuck in the box with no road out.
"Whoops, this is no good," Kion said, "Ryan has lived in the zoo pretty much his entire life."
"But he's a lion, he'll be fine...right," Jenny asked.
"Zoo lions live differently from wild lions," Kion explained to her, "say, you speak 'lion'."
"It's a bit of a long story, but yes..." Jenny grinned bashfully once she remembered how she earned that ability, "anyhow, we have to save your friend Ryan!"
"Yes, who knows what could happen to him in nature," Lex agreed.
"Then c'mon, let's save him," Larvitar said.
Ryan yelled for help, deeply regretting his decision.
A man was getting ready to drive away with him.
"He's into this," Kion led them to where he heard Ryan yelling for help.
"We have to get there faster," Larvitar exclaimed.
"I took out the fast part," Jesse said as he ran, being the fastest out by all of them.
"Ryan," a voice yelled.
"Dad," Ryan called back.
Kion turned to see that Samson was on the other side. It made him think of until he was taken away from Pride Rock and his dad tried to save him. Jesse began to try to get the green box off the vehicle it was attached to. Samson, Larry, Bridget and Benny watched as it looked like Ryan was going to be taken off.
"Don't worry, I'll get you out of there," Jesse growled as he reached for the box with his speed to match the truck's speed. But unfortunately for him, he tripped, missing the truck.
"Jesse," the others stopped after he tripped.
"You're not hurt, are you," Riley checked for any scrapes, she had wanted to be a nurse if she grew up.
"No, but I lost the truck," Jesse moaned, punching the ground out of his carelessness.
There was now a crack formed in the ground.
"It's not your fault," Larvitar soothed his trainer.
"Benny, we have to follow that truck," Samson said to the squirrel.
"Let's check it out," Benny nodded.
"Bring me the pigeons," Samson said.
Then the animals got out of the fence and went to see the pigeons. The Pokemon looked very curious about these pigeons.
"Let's go find these pigeons," Teddy said.
"Pigeons," Lex looked to her little bear Pokemon.
"Perhaps they can help," Eloise suggested.
"Oh, I know a pigeon," Riley spoke up, "he used to deliver letters for my dad since Mum lived with his dad and I lived with Dad, King Adam and Queen Belle!"
"Well, c'mon, let's meet these pigeons," Kion said.
The zoo animals went ahead, where the children and Pokemon followed after.
"Hang in there, Ryan, we'll be right back," Kion promised before following the others.
There were pigeons together uptown and they were using insects as dice to gamble together. And where one of them had a crazy look on his face. There were three female pigeons who were also singing and dancing. The pigeon looked to the ladybugs and he cheered in victory. And where one of the ladybugs helped the other get right side up.
"Hamir, you're the biggest loser of all time," the pigeon called, "what offers should I make, I do wonder?"
"Hamir, Hamir," Benny ran up to the pigeon and slapped him across the face, "get a hold of yourself!"
"This boy," Kion asked, "why not another pigeon?"
"Let me take care of it, boy," Benny looked to Kion.
"Benny," the pigeon squawked out, "I need on Friday before you pay you back!"
"No, no, it's Ryan, he's in one of these green boxes and they took him off in a truck, we need to find him," Benny said to the pigeon.
"This is not nice," Hamir gasped as his feathers were quite literally flying, "not nice at all!"
"I've met a lot of pigeons in my day, but this guy is just ridiculous," Eloise said.
"You meet the pigeons," Jesse asked his cousin.
"One arrived over Christmas one year," Eloise explained, "her wing was broken, where I took care of her until she was better, we gave her food and shelter."
"Aw," Lex awed.
"What seems to be the problem," Eloise asked the pigeon gently, getting on her hands and knees to match his eye level.
"The green boxes go to the big water where the stiff lady with the spikes in her head..." Hamir began to explain.
Eloise looked perplexed for a moment. "A rigid lady with peaks in her head?"
"That makes absolutely no sense at all," Tim said.
"I see everyone in and out of New York and I've never seen any woman with spikes on her head," Eloise huffed slightly.
"Yes, as my wife says, the truck takes them to her! From her," Hamir continued, "although I hate hearing naughty news, there's more naughty news to hear. As the sun rises, the green boxes set sail on the boat...go on a ship and never come back!"
"Huh, it must mean the Statue of Liberty and the strength of the boat must refer to a ship and the big water is obviously the ocean," Jesse said.
"Lady with spikes....Statue with Liberty......" Eloise pieced it together before face-palming herself, "why didn't I notice that before?!"
"What's a Statue of Liberty," Kion asked.
"We'll explain that later," Jesse warned him.
"Right now, we have to go," Lex added.
"Alright, where do we go, Samson," Kion asked the lion father.
"Yes, where do we go, Sammy," Benny added.
"It's not 'we', it's me," Samson corrected, "let's make that clear. Now this is a rescue mission and I'm the only one to go."
"What?! Absolutely not! We'll all go with you," Jesse warned him.
"We're not afraid," Jenny added bravely.
"That's right," Vulpix grinned.
Bridget, Benny and Larry were of course also in, even Nigel, though he was a little hesitant.
"And nothing you can say or do will change our minds," Tim warned Samson.
Samson looked through a gated fence to see the bright lights and tall buildings with a solemn sigh that Ryan was gone and couldn't come back.
"Ryan's like a puppy to us," Bridget spoke up softly, "not that I'll ever have one of my own at this rate..."
"A koala once said, 'we will fight them....with peaches'," Nigel added.
"Then let's go," Tim said.
Bridget glanced at the koala bear. "Yes...any matter, humans and their strange friends are right," she turned back to Samson, "then we're helping, whatever it takes."
"Do you want to leave with me? Alright," Samson came to them, "if you don't mind being hunted, hit at, stuffed..."
"There are no hunters in the city and also, now everyone has to fall asleep in the city and nobody is filled or shot," Larvitar said.
Samson sent a glance to Larvitar.
"Alright," Larry didn't seem to mind or care about the possible dangers.
"I have a recurring nightmare about taxidermy and stain remover," Bridget mumbled.
"Don't worry, nothing bad will happen while we're all in town," Jesse said.
"No one leaves but me, you understand," Samson frowned to all of them.
'There's no fashion he's going out there alone,' Jesse thought to himself before coming up with a plan.
"But we want to help," Riley existed.
"Trust me, I know what I'm doing, now all of you go back and let me take care of that," Samson demanded.
"Alright, we'll let you take care of this," Jesse said.
"Yes, the situation's all yours," Kion said.
"You're the boss," Nigel added.
"You have the big hair," Bridget included.
"Absolutely," Larry slithered off.
Benny frowned at them as they left and went to speak with Samson since they were best friends. "Hey, fashion to weed out the weak links," he said to the adult male lion, "now that I'm out of the game, what's the plan?"
Samson began to warn Benny his plan.
"You guys just won't back down, will you," Kion asked the snake, the giraffe and the koala bear.
"Of course we're not holding back," Bridget said.
"We're not," Nigel asked.
"No," Bridget reminded him, "Samson's our friend and whether he likes it or not, we have to help him find Ryan!"
"That's right," Larry said.
"Well...fine..." Ryan grinned at the true friends, "let's hope Ryan is nice and doesn't run into Zira in the Outlands...I've never met her in person, but trust me, she's a lioness you wouldn't want to mess with..."
"What's so naughty about her," Nigel wondered.
"She was one of my grand uncle's followers," Kion informed, "she yet is today and she refuses to follow my father like the real king of the jungle and took charge in overthrowing him."
"Oh, my," Nigel said, afraid.
"Yes..." Kion sighed, "I hate to imagine what kind of puppy is...any matter, let's go!"
"Yes, let's go save Ryan," Teddy cheered.
Samson and Benny were going their own road, unaware of the search festival going to join them.
"I hope everything will be fine while we're gone..." Riley said, referring to their homes and families.
"Oh, what could possibly go wrong," Eloise folded her arms surely, "they won't even know we're gone!"
"Are you sure," Tim asked.
"Absolutely, positively," Eloise grinned.
At the Foxworth house.....
Winston hesitantly and frantically came into the house. Oliver and Georgette looked to him.
"What's wrong with him," Oliver asked Georgette like she knew everything.
"Alright, he's just hesitant in that fashion, wherever it's something horrible or has lost Jenny," Georgette said.
"Losing Jenny," Oliver sounded panicked.
"Now, now, stay calm..." Winston said to himself. "I'm sure Jennifer will be find and I can find her...she probably made an unscheduled visit to Mr. Fagin and his dogs..." he noticed that he was now frightening the pets. "Oh, umm...don't worry..." he chuckled to them. "I'm sorry, I have to make a phone call..." he ran away to the kitchen to use the telephone.
"Jenny wouldn't visit Dodger and the others without accompanying me..." Oliver frowned.
"Alright, let's go, perhaps she got lost and needs our help," Georgette said.
Oliver took Georgette to his secret hideout and ended up on the streets with the poodle. Then the two pets ran away to find Jenny hopefully and get her home safely.
At the Plaza Hotel......
Nadine yawned as she stood behind the manager desk with Mr. Salamone until the phone rang.
"Plaza Hotel, how can I help you," Mr. Salamone greeted.
"Mr. Salamone, have you seen Eloise," Nanny asked.
"Isn't she upstairs," Mr. Salamone raised an eyebrow.
"I asked Bill and Nadine to take her to the zoo for me since I had a doctor's appointment," Nanny explained, "I'm afraid she's missing......"
"Oh, dear...well, don't worry, I'll make sure the word gets out," Mr. Salamone said.
"Thanks, I just hope Eloise's mother doesn't find out...thanks, Mr. Salamone," Nanny said before hanging up in concern.
Mr. Salamone also hung up.
"Can I go home now," Nadine moaned, putting her head between her folded arms.
"No, Nadine, not now, I need you to help me send a word that Eloise is missing and we must find her," Mr. Salamone said.
"Eloise is gone," Nadine's eyes widened.
"Yes, now c'mon," Mr. Salamone pulled her by her arm.
Nadine lamented and forced her feet to follow him. "Yes, sir, yes, sir..."
"Oh, who knows where that girl might be right now," Mr. Salamone said.
"Yes...her mum's going to murder you..." Nadine chuckled.
"No, she'll murder you...." Mr. Salamone poked her on the nose, "you're looking after her......"
Nadine wanted to think of a comeback, but frowned and felt stuck.
Meanwhile, a garbage truck was now picking up another load of trash. After the truck left, the gates were shutting behind it. Samson poked his head out as he watched the zoo going out of his view.
"Don't worry about anything, big guy," Benny said as he looked through the garbage. "I've taken care of everything. I know this city like the back of my paw. We're tossing this truck on Fifth Avenue, couple left, couple dishes, bada-boom, past Broadway and––––" he was incidentally knocked away. Then he landed on the street, possibly knocking him out.
Bridget started to chew as she felt the wind rush past her face.
"What are you doing here," Samson frowned at the female giraffe once he spotted her.
Bridget tried to explain, but her lips were blowing against the wind that her words came out jumbled up.
"What," Samson asked, not understanding what she was saying.
"She said 'we'll help you find Ryan'," Larry warned Samson for the female giraffe.
"Oh, sure," Samson narrowed his eyes before picking up the koala bear.
"Hey, guys, I have popcorn on my ass," Nigel mumbled as he wore a popcorn bucket like a skirt, "do I look broken in this?"
"You look broken with everything that has to do with everything in the garbage," Jesse said.
"We came as well," Kion grinned.
"I only have until sunrise before Ryan is removed forever and now I have to concern about you all," Samson sounded displeased before sighing in reluctance, "oh, alright...well, fine. Where do we get this, Benny?"
"Benny's here," Bridget sounded annoyed and alarmed.
"Yes, he's right there..." Samson pointed his paw, but the gray squirrel was not there.
"My guess is that he must have been knocked out by mistake," Jesse said.
Larry tried to call for Benny.
"Benny? Benny," Samson called out, "sure, now what am I going to do?"
Bridget tried to speak again, but the same result as before happened.
"What did you say," Riley asked, unable to understand.
"She says 'DUCK NOW,'" Larry warned her.
Samson saw a tree branch coming. "DUCK!!"
Then they all ducked down to avoid the branch.
"Let's stay until we get to town," Larvitar suggested.
"I like that plan," Misdreavus said as she floated once more, again, never actually touching the ground or floor below her.
Then everything became dark as they went through a tunnel.
"I'm not in the mood for a game of feet or hooves or paws or..." Bridget spoke up in utter annoyance.
"Does anyone have anything to light up in here," Kion asked.
"I can see just fine....." Riley spoke up.
"Yes, but it's because you're a creature of the night," Jesse almost scoffed at his vampire cousin.
Then Nigel took out a Statue of Liberty torch to light their road and it was bright enough for them all to see now.
"Have you stolen it from the gift shop," Eloise gave him a look.
"I didn't steal it, I borrowed it," Nigel warned her, "I light the road for Ryan!"
"How did you borrow it without anyone knowing," Vulpix asked.
"This is not reluctant right now," Nigel ignored his question.
Sure enough, the end of the tunnel came up and they were showing the big city.
"Wow...the big city...." Teddy grinned.
"Oh, there's no place like home....." Jenny grinned fondly at the bigger parts of the city. She was rich, but not so rich, so seeing buildings bigger than her house made her happy.
"New York, New York~..." Eloise sang.
"Wow, these buildings are so big," Teddy grinned.
"You should visit some," Jenny grinned back to him.
The animals were also impressed and taken by the beauty and size of the big city.
"Nothing could ruin this moment," Larvitar grinned.
"And then something gets ruined because you say that..." Riley said, sounding rather pessimistic, reminiscent of her mother and how her father used to be.
"Oh, c'mon, what can happen," Larvitar asked.
"Oh, I don't know, how about everything......" Riley sighed.
The others all looked around, seeing various buildings, screens and more that made New York City all the appealing to be around. Bridget looked and saw the Toys R Us sign and saw a fellow giraffe before ducking under a stoplight. Larry felt dizzy from all the bright colors. The Pokemon even found the color of the lights in the city were very pretty to them. Samson looked extremely mournful once he saw an image of him with Ryan for an ad for the zoo.
"Don't worry, I'm sure he's alright," Kion soothed.
"I really hope you're right," Samson said.
"I know..." Kion sighed, "I miss Dad a lot right now myself..."
"I bet he misses you now as well," Samson assured him.
"I just wonder what happens without me..." Kion pouted.
"Probably nothing reluctant," Samson shrugged.
Unfortunately Samson was wrong, because Nala was pregnant.
"Well, Nala, there'll be a new heir if Kion doesn't return," Rafiki informed the new Prideland queen.
"I know, but it feels like I can give birth to two cubs, one older than the other," Nala said.
"I myself was ashamed until I heard the loss of your son, Kion, but I assure you, he'll be back soon," Rafiki soothed the expecting mother.
"Then you really think so," Nala asked, hopeful.
"Nala, I don't think so, I know that..." Rafiki soothed.
Nala sighed, she trusted the baboon, but she wished she could know for sure. "Alright...thank you..." she wandered away back to join Simba and her fellow lionesses back home.
"You're welcome," Rafiki said.
Nala hung her head, she was glad to become a mother again, but she was yet hopelessly concerned for her first born. The other lions spoke to Nala, in hopes that they could help.
"Need something," a lioness with a tuft on her head and dark circles under her eyes asked.
Nala looked to her, this lioness was a childhood friend of hers and Simba's and Nala usually spoke to her for girl speak. "Ahem...no thanks, Tama...I'll make it..."
"Are you sure," Tama considered. "I know what it's like to lose a boy..." she muttered softly, looking away distantly.
"I'm sure," Nala assured her.
"Yes, alright...you know where to find me......" Tama promised.
Nala gave a small nod and kept going until she would find her mate.
Timon was with one female meerkat that had emerald green eyes. "Ah, Kataka, you're the only one for me..."
Then there were meerkats and both seemed to have blonde hair, one had short blonde hair, and the other had a flowing blonde hair with a blue hair bow.
"Oh, hey, ladies..." Timon laughed hesitantly.
"What are these two," Kataka asked with a frown.
"Who are we," the long blonde-haired meerkat frowned to her, "who are you?!"
"Now, now, I can explain everything..." Timon laughed hesitantly.
"Timon..." another female meerkat with gray eyes came, she gathered flowers in her paws, "you promised to come home a few hours ago after visiting your mother and Uncle Max..."
"Oh, I'm sorry, ladies, look at the moon, I have to...RUN," Timon ran off of the girl meerkats.
"GET HIM," all of the female meerkats shout before going after the male meerkat.
Timon yelled as the girls chased him.
"Timon, you were right," Pumbaa grinned at his friend, "the ladies love you!"
"Ah, don't remind me," Timon moaned as he ran off of the girls.
"But they're chasing you, isn't it nice," Pumbaa asked.
"That's not what I mean," Timon shrieked as he feared what would happen if he stopped running or got faced with a dead end.
"Ohh," Pumbaa said.
Timon yelled as the female meerkats chased him to make him pay for his misdeeds.
Nala came to Simba's side as he was tossing and turning, having damage sleeping. "Oh, my..." she whispered in worry for her mate.
Simba was now having a reoccurring nightmare of the day until Kion was taken away.
"Dad.... Dad..." Kion's voice sounded echoing and haunting at the same time.
"Kion," Simba tried to run for Kopa as the vehicle was taking him off, he kept running, but he was going nowhere as the vehicle kept moving forward with his only cub.
"Dad! Help me! Please, wait," Kion's voice kept echoing.
"Kion," Simba yelled, yet trying to catch him. Then he pounced up high in the air.
One of the men took out the gun that murdered Sarabi and shot it at Simba.
"NoooooOOOO," Simba yelled as he was shot.
Simba shivered in his sleep, awakening instantly, and looked very shaken and overwhelmed.
"Simba..." Nala whispered.
"It was that nightmare again," Simba said.
"Oh, Simba..." Nala cooed, nuzzling her face against his.
"It's all my fault...." Simba shivered, feeling very miserable.
"No, it isn't," Nala said.
"Nala, I let him go out on his own, I should've asked Timon and Pumbaa or Zazu to watch him," Simba frowned.
Nala knew that now she had to console him before warning him about the news of her pregnancy. Simba yet felt miserable, but only the consolation of his queen could really do the trick. Nala did her best, she knew it wouldn't help all the road, but she wanted to wait until he felt all better before she would dump the news on him.
While that was going on, back in the city, the garbage truck suddenly stopped. Then the animals, human children and Pokemon hit against each other before falling. The walls were now slowly closing in on them.
"Oh, dear! It just got worse," Vulpix exclaimed.
"The walls are moving," Larry panicked.
"Right...right..." Bridget muttered sarcastically before panicking, "the walls...THE WALLS ARE MOVING!!"
"Faster, Jesse, you and Larvitar use your strengths to stop the walls from closing in," Tim warned his younger brother.
"Are you sure about that," Samson sounded doubtful at first.
"Trust me, we know what we're doing," Jesse warned him as he and Larvitar pushed against the walls.
"You get everybody out, we'll take it from here," Larvitar promised.
"Alright, if you're really sure," Samson said.
"Alright, don't panic," Nigel spoke up as he had a paint bucket over his head, "all we have to do is------"
Samson caught him and threw him out, incidentally throwing him into a stack of paint buckets. Tim carried Jenny bridal style with Vulpix on his head and jumped out to safety with her. Then Eloise and Lex held Teddy's paws and jumped out with him. Misdreavus held Riley by her arms and floated her out.
"Alright, next one, out," Jesse said while holding the wall in place.
Bridget shrieked as she attempted to get herself out after Samson and Larry made it out.
"Please don't warn me that one of your legs got to fall asleep," Jesse said.
"Perhaps, I'm just stuck," Bridget groaned and she shrieked as she was about to be closed in with them.
Jesse and Larvitar began to use their incredible strength to make sure they wouldn't get crushed.
"Push, push," Jesse warned his Pokemon.
Larvitar growled, but he was able to push with his trainer. Bridget was too panicky to notice anything changing, where she kept shrieking.
"Samson! Throw Larry to the hood of the truck," Jesse warned the lion.
"You've had it," Samson agreed, but he caught Larry and threw him as warned.
Larry gasped as he was thrown, but landed right on the hood. As the driver saw the snake, it made him shriek in a panic and he ran out of the truck, thinking that the garbage came to life somehow. Then the walls stopped having to be a little difficult to hold as they stopped.
"Guys," Bridget weakly called, "anyone? Alright...I'm freaking out...."
Samson burst his head out. "What's the hold up?"
Nigel was yet kind of lost due to the bucket on his head.
"Why is there a bucket on his head," Teddy asked while looking at Nigel.
"Probably got stuck....." Eloise suggested.
"Poor fact..." Jenny frowned and pulled the bucket off the koala bear's head.
Samson looked around, but sighed. "Bridget, can you see the green lady," he asked her since she was the tallest out of all of them.
"I'm looking, I'm looking, but I can't see over anything for a change," Bridget frowned.
"The Statue of Liberty is at the ocean which is really far from this spot," Tim said.
Nigel came to the others as he held his light. "I'll guide the road."
"Uh, I think we know more about it than you do...no offense..." Jenny said to the koala bear.
"Yes," Riley agreed.
"Yes, we know a lot more about the city," Eloise said.
Then there were unfamiliar barks heard.
"Oh, these don't sound at all like Dodger and the gang..." Jenny sounded overwhelmed now.
"And luckily these also don't sound like Sykes's dogs," Tim said.
"Yes..." Jenny chuckled hesitantly.
A white poodle came with a couple of other dogs as they barked.
"Dogs..." Bridget muttered, "this should be fun."
"Okay, even though these dogs do look mean and possibly vicious, they are yet defenseless animals," Jesse said.
"Nigel, catch Bridget, everybody stay close together, run," Samson demanded.
Kion stayed close with Samson and ran with him and the other zoo animals. Suddenly, they were joined with Oliver and Georgette.
"Samson, why don't you tear them to shreds," Kion suggested.
"All part of the plan," Samson replied, "this maneuver's known as the Serengeti Slip. Page ten of the Predator's Playbook."
"Oh, right. Wait, what," Kion asked.
They passed one road, but ended up in a dead end.
"What's next, Samson," Vulpix asked hesitantly.
"Page eleven," Larry mumbled.
"There's nowhere else to go," Jesse said.
The dogs ran past them, going down the other street.
"Go ahead, you mutts," Nigel mocked the dogs, "we could've taken you!"
Unfortunately, the dogs overheard that and came to find their new prey in the alley.
"Taken you to a.....to a disco," Nigel grinned hesitantly and tried to dance, but hid behind Bridget's leg, "oh, never mind..."
Larry tried to bark and frighten away the dogs, but the dogs came closer.
"HEY," Oliver's voice yelled.
The dogs turned to see the pompous poodle and little kitten.
"Why don't you pick on someone your own size," Oliver frowned at the mean dogs.
"Indeed, leave them alone, you brutes,"Georgette added in.
"Well, hello there..." one rougher dog came over to Georgette's side, "why don't I throw you a bone, right, Fluffy?"
"Paws off," Georgette scowled.
"Yes, then stay away from my sister," Oliver frowned before realizing what he just said.
Georgette gave him a look, she looked touch for a moment before looking annoyed again.
"Oliver," Jenny noticed her pets were there, "Georgette?"
"Ah, stay out of this, furball," another dog shoved Oliver out of the road.
"Make me," Oliver frowned.
The dog snarled, crouching down over him and barked louder. Oliver growled back, and even though he was not a dog, he barked back, jumping off the ground, remembering what Dodger and the others taught him before Jenny found him.
And then where all of a sudden, Georgette bit down on the dog's tail. The dog whined and howled in pain. Jenny ran over to her pets, picking up Oliver instantly and sending a frown to the dogs.
"Feisty...I like that in a gal......" the other dog chuckled.
"You dogs think you got bark," Bridget retorted, "well, Samson and Kion had to roar!"
"I can't actually roar," Kion warned her.
"Then fine, Samson, show them what you've had,"" Bridget warned the adult male lion.
The white poodle, though looked plucky and not that hard, looked the most menacing in his face as he growled and his eyes looked psychotic. Samson backed up onto a vent and was now thinking of a plan.
"You stay away," Eloise warned the dogs, "if my dog Weenie were here, you'd be very sorry!"
"Yes," Lex added in, "and Teddy is powerful."
"Larry, coil," Samson came up with a plan.
"Check," Larry saluted before moving his tail underneath the vent.
Then Samson pinched Bridget's leg, which made her back legs jump and Larry bounce up with them and the vent opened up.
"Samson, we can beat them, just let my friends use their Pokemon and their powers," Jenny warned the adult male lion.
"No, I have a plan," Samson warned her.
"Oh, really, and what might your plan be," Jenny asked.
"Just go with it," Samson almost growled in her face.
Jenny's eyes widened slightly in small fright over that, he was a predator after all that could hurt her if he wanted to.
"Sam," Bridget scolded.
"I improvised, now jump," Samson instructed, showing the open vent.
"Oh, I am not going in there..." Georgette gagged once she saw what he was speaking about.
"Just jump," Tim said.
The group backed up and jumped as they could as the dogs barked menacingly to them. Oliver was about to jump, but the poodle bit him by his collar and held him up.
Georgette growled at that. "Let him GO," she barked louder, scratching all of the dogs by their noses, caught Oliver by his collar and then jumped with him.
"We're leaving, Larry," Samson caught his snake friend to close the vent.
Unfortunately, the snake got stuck until the vent was closed. The dogs winced from their injured snouts, but barked and growled. At last, Larry was able to sink through and join the others.
Nigel took out the torch as it yet glowed and rode on Bridget's back where they could get around without hurting themselves.
"Stay close together," Nigel advised.
"We'll do that, Riley," Lex grinned.
"It's best where we don't get lost," Riley replied.
Jenny carried Oliver in her arms again. "Oh, you came all this fashion to save me, didn't you?"
"We were concerned...." Oliver nuzzled against her face.
"Indeed, you are special to us," Georgette said.
"Oh, you're my best friends...." Jenny grinned fondly to her pets, putting one arm around Georgette and let the other carry Oliver.
"Yes, sir, we are," Georgette grinned.
Oliver purred as he nuzzled to Jenny.
"Where are we," Jesse asked.
"The sewers, one of the most disgusting places of all," Jesse said.
"Why's that," Kion wrinkled his nose.
"Trust us..." Lex shuddered, "blech..."
"Little question, Samson," Bridget said, "why didn't you just do what you did in the wild with these dogs up there? You know, are they lions or what?"
"I don't think these three words are real words," Tim said.
"Whatever," Bridget rolled her emerald green eyes.
"I don't have time to fight dogs, Bridget," Samson defended, "we have to find Ryan, remember?"
"I just hope we don't run into anymore obstacles," Tim said.
"Well, what's exactly a sewer," Kion asked.
Samson looked around as they took a stop. "It appears to be a human bathing place."
"You mean you don't lick yourselves clean," Nigel looked repulsed to Jesse, Lex, Tim, Eloise, Jenny and Riley, "disgusting!"
"We take baths and showers in a bathroom," Tim said.
"Yet hard to believe you're above us at the top of the food chain..." Kion sighed a little.
"Here as well," Bridget said.
Nigel's light died out, but he smacked it a few times and got it working again.
"Nigel, what are you hitting that with," Jesse asked.
"I don't know, but at least it works now," Nigel shrugged.
"Alright, let's come up with a plan to get out of here," Tim suggested.
"We have to follow the water, it'll lead us to the ocean," Jesse said.
"And then we find the lady with the thorns..." Samson concluded, seeing where that was going.
Then there was a disturbing noise heard, which alarmed them all.
"Alright, who growls," Riley demanded.
The Pokemon shook their heads to show it was not them.
"Not me," Kion said.
Nigel looked to see a couple of reptiles who were with them and they growled, awakening. The alligators snapped and stalked over to the group.
"Smooth move, Nigel," Larry scoffed, "oh, boy, twins..."
"Look, you two, we don't want any damage," Jesse said to the alligators.
"Alright, Sammy, hurry up, because these guys seem to have acid reflux or something," Bridget panicked slightly as the alligators came closer and closer.
Kion began to try to roar at the alligators.
"Everyone just stay calm......" Samson warned the others.
The alligators just roared again, frowning at them.
"You don't happen to play musical instruments, do you," Tim grinned hesitantly, "we haven't met him, but Dad warned us about this one alligator, Louis...perhaps you've heard of him? He plays the trumpet....."
This caught the alligators' attention.
"Uh...heheh..." Tim chuckled hesitantly, "I don't know..."
"You know Louis," one alligator asked.
"Just from the story Dad once warned us," Lex shrugged.
"Wait, is your dad Glen Greenwood," the second alligator asked.
"Yes," Jesse, Lex and Tim said.
"He's also my uncle," Riley added in, though silently and shyly.
"You two know Grandpa," Larvitar asked.
"You know, I was going to say, looks like you and your crew are a little far from your town here," one of the alligators said.
The other alligator laughed to that. "Far from your district! I love it."
"Look, we're trying to get to the Statue of Liberty, can you show us the road there," Jesse asked them.
"Did what," the alligators looked puzzled.
"Um, Nigel, help us out," Jenny requested to the koala bear.
Nigel rolled his eyes slightly, he put one paw on his hip and held the torch up with the other.
"On the other hand," Jesse said.
"I agree," Bridget added.
Nigel switched hands and posed again.
"And isn't she blue," Larry spoke up.
"Green," the human children corrected.
"I can't do blue or green," Nigel replied.
"Alright, now put the nails on the head," Jesse said.
Then Nigel tried and waved his paw at the gators. Then the alligators recognized what they were trying to ask them.
"The big female with the spines on her melon," the first alligator chuckled, "they're tourists!"
"Um...yes, you could say that," Kion said.
"Alright, tourists, listen up," the second alligator said, "you have to go to Battery Park. Take the Broadway diver first––"
"WOAH," the first alligator stopped him right there, "down the Broadway Diner?"
"Yes, what's wrong with that," the second alligator shrugged.
"They'd get lost at the sewage treatment plant!"
"Get outta here!"
"What are you speaking about?"
Eloise sighed. "And I thought Bruce and Bobby had problems."
"I think one is much dumber than the other," Larvitar whispered.
"Ugh..." Georgette put her paws to her eyes in long-suffering, "I knew we should've just stayed home with Winston..."
"Oh, c'mon, Georgette, at least we're back with Jenny," Oliver grinned.
"I suppose..." Georgette sighed, she was happy that Jenny was alright, but she was highly annoyed by the alligators.
"Are you gonna help us or not," Eloise put her hands on her hips in irritation.
"Sure, just follow us," the first alligator said.
"We're one big happy family, aren't we," the second alligator added, "except for that guy over there..."
Nigel felt like he was being singled out somehow.
"Alright, lead the road," Larvitar said.
"I'm sorry about Carmine," the first alligator said, "he never got over being flushed down the toilet. Follow me, because you can't last ten moments in this neighborhood. It's a jungle here."
"I beg to differ," Kion mumbled.
"Well, at least this isn't going to get boring," Nigel whispered.
The alligators were about to walk away to lead them off.
"Stan, do you know who that is," Carmine asked his friend.
"What? No," Stan replied.
"That's one of these who speaks koala bears," Carmine replied.
"Oohh...how are you," Stan teased poor Nigel, "'I'm so cuddly, I like you'!"
"I spoke too fast," Nigel moaned.
The alligators laughed, but they kept leading the road for their new friends.
'Just hang on, Ryan, we're almost there,' Kion thought to himself.
The alligators led them to a safe road around the sewer, hopefully no one would get hurt or lost. Georgette shuddered in disgust as they wandered around the sewers, this was indeed going to take a while.
The next morning at the Plaza Hotel...
Cornelia responded the phone at her desk. "Plaza Hotel?"
'Hello, Cornelia,' a familiar voice replied.
"Oh, yes, hello, Mr. Greenwood," Cornelia grinned once she heard the woman's voice, "shall I take you to the sixteenth floor?"
"Have you seen Jesse, Lex, Tim or their Pokemon," Annie asked.
Glen merely shrugged as they came into the lobby.
Cornelia saw them and looked curious, but she shrugged it away and pushed the button to send the call up to Eloise and Nanny's room in the hotel. She had not known what had become of Eloise. "Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Greenwood, this is a surprise, your sister just called," she grinned to them.
"That's nice to know, get the children and their Pokemon over here," Annie responded.
"Not that I know of, I'm sorry..." Cornelia said to them.
Then Glen and Annie got concerned, where could their children be?
Nanny came down to the lobby, looking very hesitant herself. "Has anyone seen Eloise," she asked everybody in the lobby, "her mother is on the phone..."
"Eloise is–––" Nadine was about to say, but her boss covered her mouth.
"Maybe she ran off to join the circus," Mr. Salamone suggested.
"I think I might know where she is," Glen said.
"Of course..." Annie grinned in relaxation before freaking out again, due to being a mother, "but where?!"
"Of course please, Mrs. Greenwood...." Mr. Salamone nodded.
"I'll do that if I know that babies are alright," Annie growled slightly.
"If I knew these children, they're probably on another adventure, possibly getting Kion back to the Pridelands or preventing a zoo animal from being sent somewhere," Glen said.
"Oh, what a fantasy your children have..." Mr. Salamone chuckled and walked off, "farewell with that now.....but seriously, isn't it nice and silent here without Eloise?"
Cornelia heard the phone ring and responded it again. "Hello," she flinched slightly from yelling. "Um, Mrs. Greenwood, apparently Eloise isn't here...Mr. Salamone thinks she ran off to join the circus..." she heard yelling again and held out the phone to the hotel manager, "she wants to speak with you, sir."
"We'll leave you to that phone call," Glen whispered.
"Hello, Mrs. Greenwood, how are you today," Mr. Salamone greeted.
"Hello, Alfonso..." Darla grinned peacefully at first as she was getting a manicure. "Would you be so kind to warn me WHY MY DAUGHTER IS MISSING," she yelled, sounding like she used to if she was a spoiled brat of a child. Back until Darla was spoiled, Glen and Annie wouldn't like this, but since Darla was now caring and kind and was now giving Mr. Salamone a hard time, they were alright with her yelling at him.
"Ms. Greenwood, please calm down," Mr. Salamone begged.
"How am I supposed to calm down if my daughter could be in danger," Darla yelled.
"Now, now..." Mr. Salamone chuckled hesitantly.
"This is your fault...." Darla remarked.
"My fault?! I didn't do anything," Mr. Salamone defended.
"Exactly," Darla pounded her free fist on the manicure table, "look, I know Josh and I should be involved in our daughter's life, but until we work something out, she is YOUR responsibility!"
"She does make a point," Nadine said.
"You're fired," Mr. Salamone whispered sharply while hesitantly hanging onto Darla's words.
"Alfonso, I am making a face......" Darla said as she had a dark grin, "I never want to MAKE IT AGAIN!!"
"Yes, ma'am," Mr. Salamone saluted anxiously like Darla was a dictator now.
"You better hope my daughter is safe with my niece and nephews, which I'm sure she is, but if Eloise gets lost again and you don't know where she is, I might have to pull a few strings to make sure you find work elsewhere..." Darla threatened.
"Y-Yes, ma'am," Mr. Salamone said hesitantly.
"I don't want to have to call my daughter and she's not there," Darla scowled before roughly hanging up.
Then the manicurist took her other hand and started to apply hot pink nail polish to those fingernails. "Bad day, my darling?"
"Yes..." Darla firmly nodded.
"Well, I am sure it will get better soon," the manicurist said.
"They better hope so....." Darla sounded bitter.
Mr. Salamone hung up the phone.
"Well, how was Ms. Greenwood," Cornelia smirked slightly, knowing that Darla would be completely mad with him.
"We have got to find Eloise and her cousins immediately," Mr. Salamone said.
"Oh, don't worry, our children are a lot harder than they look, they're as street smart as they are book smart," Glen reassured.
"Street smarts from me and book smarts from Glen," Annie added.
"Well, let us hope that we can find them soon," Mr. Salamone said.
"For your sake," Annie couldn't help but tease.
Randolph was freaking out since Riley was gone, but Rae didn't seem to be very concerned or disheartened like any normal mother would in this situation.
"Where could she be," Randolph asked, freaked out, "she could be anywhere!"
Rae was at her typewriter with her latest novel in mind. "Do you mind?!"
"Our daughter is lost out there, aren't you concerned about her," Randolph got in his wife's face.
"She won't die," Rae reminded him, "you bit her, remember?"
"But what if she drowns," Randolph asked her.
"If she has the amulet King Triton and Ariel gave her, she'll be fine," Rae tapped at the typewriter while blankly staring at the paper.
"Why are you so calm," Randolph asked her.
"Take a chill pill...." Rae said in total zen.
Then Randolph shook her, almost shaking the glasses off her face. "Our only daughter is out there and in danger and all you can do is just sit there!"
"She's been through worse than this......" Rae said to him, "and so have I. She'll be fine, besides, Misdreavus is looking after her and she's with her cousins."
"You better hope she's alright," Randolph said.
"Are you threatening me," Rae asked, nonchalantly.
"Never mind," Randolph said.
Simon started to shriek from his bedroom.
"I'll get him..." Randolph mumbled, walking off.
"That man concerns too much......" Rae scoffed as she continued to do her work at home.
Meanwhile, at the pier docks....
The children, animals and Pokemon poked their heads out and grinned once they saw their new location.
"Are we in the right place," Larry asked.
"The place without the two cheerful crocodiles seems to be moving in the right direction," Nigel replied as he rested on Bridget's neck.
"I think we're in the right place," Larvitar said.
"Jesse, can you see anything there," Tim called to his brother.
"That's true," Jesse said, seeing lots and lots of crates and the ocean and the Statue of Liberty.
The others climbed up to join him, seeing the Statue of Liberty herself.
"Now we have to find Ryan in the green box," Kion remarked.
"Yes, but it may be everywhere," Teddy said.
"I have to be somewhere here," Samson spoke up, coming up with another plan, "well, I need you–––"
"Yes," Larry interrupted him, "then, if you found a box like that over there, you should yell out."
Then all of them looked to the direction the snake was indicating.
"There isn't any left yet," Georgette noticed.
"We can do that," Samson said as he caught Nigel and threw him on his back, "let's go!"
"C'mon, guys," Eloise warned the others.
"Yes," they all agreed.
They all jumped down and rushed to get to work. They looked around and looked steadily and carefully for the green box that took Ryan away. There were green boxes on both sides, however, and they couldn't be sure which fashion was the right fashion.
"Oh, hey! Why can't it be so easy," Larvitar moaned.
"Just run," Teddy replied as he held Lex's hand while he ran.
"NO," Samson cried once they got to the end and a boat was going away with a box, "Ryan's about that! We have to stop him!"
"But how," Kion wondered.
Samson tried to jump back into the water, but Larry held him back with his coils.
"How can we save Ryan," Kion asked.
"I failed..." Samson hung his head, "also again...."
"I only count one failure," Nigel soothed, "it's big, but it's the only one."
"Farewell, Ryan," Larry shook his tail, "I'll miss you!"
"Well, at least facts don't get worse," Nigel said.
Suddenly, the part they were all standing on was moving across the water.
"What a mess," Oliver was hesitant about that.
"What's happening on Earth," Nigel added in an attempt to balance.
"Oh, dear, everyone, I think we're on a boat," Jesse said.
A man was driving, fully unaware of his stowaways.
"It's a human being and I don't think he works at the zoo. Children don't seem to know him," Bridget commented.
"Probably now is a best time to 'improvise'," Nigel hinted, pointing down to Samson's tail.
"What," Samson asked.
"I'm sorry about this," Kion said before biting down hard on the lion's tail.
This made Samson roar viciously from the pain. The human man heard that and it made him so overwhelmed that he threw himself overboard.
"Sure, there's one problem...." Nigel said.
"Far out..." Larry looked entranced by the spinning helm and wrapped his tail around it, which made him spin wildly and crazily.
"One disaster to go......" Kion finished with his paw to his face.
"Faster, one of us will have to steer the wheel," Jesse warned the rest of the children.
Riley was on the end of the boat, taking deep breaths as her stomach churned.
"I'm older," Tim volunteered himself, taking the helm.
"Do you know how to drive a boat," Jenny asked him.
"It can't be any different than driving a car," Tim said.
"You've driven a car," Jenny gaped at him.
"Let me handle this," Tim said to her, he didn't mean to be rude, but he really had to concentrate right now.
There were many large blaring boats in the water and Tim did his best to steer away from them.
"Let us all pray that we all survive," Riley said.
"I didn't know you were religious," Lex looked to her.
"Neither did I," Riley said.
The animals and Pokemon shrieked, but Tim missed one boat and was about to miss the other.
"Get out of the road," Tim gripped onto the snake as he was blubbering.
"Hurry, Larry, do what you did before," Jesse warned the snake.
"Do what," Larry asked him.
"Whatever you did so, just the opposite," Jesse instructed.
"But I don't know my opposites," Larry frowned.
"We're going to smash," Larvitar yelled.
"Hang on," Tim called as he steered with Larry yet on the helm.
They bumped against the other boat, but did not smash. They lost a few tires though.
"Hey, I think I've found it," Tim grinned in victory.
"Whew, we survived," the Greenwood twins cheered.
"Well, that was easy," Nigel grinned, but winced slightly at a mess that was now on the floor, "oh, dear, has anyone had eucalyptus wipes?"
Oliver looked out at the back as New York City was drawing farther and farther away.
"Alright, now, where's the boat that Ryan is on," Larvitar asked.
"All I can see is the ocean," Jenny said as they looked out somewhere beyond the sea.
"Oh, look, a flock of geese," Vulpix looked up in the heavens.
"Perhaps they can help us," Jesse said.
The geese already seemed to be landing sharply for their direction.
"We should head away from the sun," Samson warned Tim.
"No, towards the sun," Nigel suggested, "to the north. Starboard...Leftboard. Just follow my finger."
"Please," Bridget scoffed, "you guys wouldn't know the response if it fell from the heavens and hit you in the head."
"Something is about to hit on the head," Vulpix said, noticing the geese heading straight towards them.
"Oh, look, a squirrel," Larry said.
"Are you alright," Bridget looked worried to her squirrel friend, he may had been a pain around her, but he was yet her friend.
"Yes, my princess..." Benny grinned to her, though yet in a daze from his fall.
"Benny, you made it," Kion grinned to the squirrel.
"Of course I did, because friends and best friends should stick together," Benny grinned before frowning at Nigel, "and not so best friends who knock you off a speeding GARBAGE TRUCK!!"
"Excuse me, but I begged them to go back and get you," Nigel said in defense after flinching, "just so you know."
"Benny, did you see the boat that had Ryan from up there," Jesse asked the squirrel.
"Well, it just so happens I saw it heading that fashion," Benny said, pointing the separate road, "and we're in luck!"
"How's it going, right," one goose greeted.
"Canadian geese," Benny then announced with glee.
"That's grand," Lex grinned, "that means we'll have a bird's eye view."
"Hey, birdie, alright," Nigel stepped forward, "is it true that Canada has lax immigration policies for koalas?"
"I'll take it from here," Samson put his paw in front of Nigel's face to silence him, "my son's out there. We really need your help. Can you lead us to that boat?"
"Please," Teddy begged.
"No problem, right," one goose replied before flying away with his fellow geese, "just follow us and Bob's your uncle. Try not to lag too far behind, right?"
Then the three geese joined their flock and led a road far off.
"Wahoo! Ryan, here we come," Kion cheered.
"Hey, Benny," Samson whispered to the squirrel, "thanks."
Benny shrugged with his arms folded.
"And for your information, Bridget was very worried if you fell off the truck," Samson swiftly added.
"Huh..." Benny smirked, but he slicked the fur on top of his head and ears back to look cool.
Bridget grinned as they were going to help Ryan, but the squirrel demanded her attention now.
"Hey, bet ya didn't know I could ride geese, did you," Benny smirked, slapping his hind leg.
"Oh, boy," Bridget moaned.
"That squirrel is just confusing," Larvitar said.
The geese formed a V shape in front of the boat's front window and Tim took that as his cue to follow them.
"Boy," Larry turned to Tim, "we going to the wild now?"
"I think we are, Snake," Tim warned him.
Larry nodded and pushed against one handle to follow after the flying geese properly.
"I do wonder if this will take us to Africa," Kion said.
"We can only hope," Samson grinned with high hopes and confidence.
Tim kept steering and following the geese, hoping very much they could make it to Africa and maybe even take Kion back to Simba and Nala. However, it was starting to get dark, the sun was now starting to set and the moon came out, as well as a few storm clouds.
"Oops, storm up ahead," Tim said.
"Oh, poor Ryan must be so frightened..." Riley pouted.
"Well, he's lived in the zoo, of course this is all frightening for him," Vulpix said.
As the sun went down, the others were getting tired, but Tim wanted to keep driving where they wouldn't smash.
"You should get some rest," Jenny said.
"But what if we smash," Tim asked hesitantly.
"Then we'll each take turns on the helm," Jenny said.
"Well...alright..." Tim said with a clearly exhausted yawn.
"You've had a long day, let me take over," Jenny existed.
"Alright, I guess I could take a rest," Tim said.
Jenny grinned to him. "Sweet dreams."
Vincent grinned back, starting to fall asleep. Jenny let out a small yawn, but she took over the steering, not even caring that a 'slimy snake' like Larry was covering most of it. The rest of the boat ride to where the boat Ryan was in was going was a long trip. The human children all took turns as the ride seemed to go on forever. It was really getting to Nigel and seemed to make him hallucinate.
"Is he alright," Kion asked.
"Must be a dry spell of some type..." Misdreavus diagnosed.
"If you don't give us ice cream pretty fast, you're gonna walk the plank, sir," Nigel complained, using his torch as a pirate sword as he was slowly losing his mind.
"Nigel..." Samson sighed.
"I don't care if I drown," Nigel continued, "I'm getting off this death cruise right now."
Then the boat hit something and Nigel jumped overboard, believing it was an iceberg.
"Land hoooooOOOO," Jenny called like a sailor.
"No joking," Tim said.
"Nigel, are you alright," Eloise called to the fallen koala bear.
"Look, I'm a starfish...." Nigel muffled as he had landed face-first into the sand.
"Guys, look," Benny looked at the new land they were on.
"Gosh," Bridget said to Samson, "must feel like a lifetime since you've been here."
"Yes...a lifetime..." Samson muttered.
"This certainly isn't Africa," Kion said.
"Aw, I'm sorry, Kion..." Jesse frowned.
"It's alright..." Kion sighed.
"We'll get you home soon," Lex promised, "we better find Ryan first though."
"Might as well start walking......" Eloise said, she took off her shoes though because they were unfit for walking through the sand, where she decided to go barefoot.
The larger boat wasn't too far from them, which meant that Ryan was probably here by now.
"He must be close past," Jesse said.
The animals and Pokemon took a look on the ship to look for Ryan.
"What the heck," Samson was confused at the sight of the green boxes being sent with other humans and animals on a far side.
"Wow, look," Larry smirked, "they're releasing the green boxes back into the wild."
"Um...if that's, where then why are there animals going into the green boxes," Larvitar asked.
"He's right, they're putting animals inside the green boxes," Benny observed as he sat on top of Bridget's head, "I just can't figure out why."
"It's a tunnel to another dimension," Nigel mumbled, "don't you see?"
There were three young meerkats that were being forced as well. Lex frowned since they were only babies and their mother was nowhere to be found.
"Well, perhaps they're being put into those green boxes because of that," Vulpix said, pointing to an active volcano.
The others looked in fear and alarm over the volcano.
"Hang on a second," Bridget spoke up, "either I'm starving or Firefox is making sense."
"You're right..." Samson whispered, fearing the worst, "those animals are being rescued."
Another green box was being lowered, that had to have been the one with the one they were looking for.
"Ryan's in that one," Teddy said.
Ryan busted his head through the green box and rushed away, passing the other animals, which had frightened them.
"Ryan," Samson spotted and rushed after his son, "Ryan!"
Kion decided to run after him.
The three meerkat children ran away with the antelopes, elephants and other giraffes. Luckily for the three meerkat children, they bumped into the Greenwood siblings.
"Are you all okay," Lex picked up the one female.
"I think so..." the female squeaked, "no thanks to my brothers!"
"Hey, I didn't do anything," one male growled.
"Yes, you did, you always do so," the other male retorted.
"Do not!"
"Do as well!"
"Do not!"
"Do as well!"
"Guys! Please stop fighting! Is that what Mum and Dad would want," the female meerkat asked her brothers.
The meerkat brothers looked to each other and frowned.
"You guys look familiar..." Jesse observed, "does the name Timon mean anything to you?"
"You know Uncle Timon," the female meerkat asked.
"We sure do, but we'll explain how we know him later, right now, we have to go and find our friend Ryan," Kion said.
"Ryan," the meerkat triplets asked.
"He's a lion cub like me," Kion explained.
"Oh, he went thataway," one meerkat boy pointed to where Ryan was going.
"RYAN," Samson called, unable to get to his son because of the iron gates, where he decided to go around the back.
"Thank you," Kion said to the meerkats. Then he chased with Samson into the wild, they both called Ryan's name, but he didn't seem to hear them.
"You guys don't seem like you belong here," Tim said to the meerkat children.
"We don't," the female meerkat spoke up, "we got here by incident."
"It was gonna be a joke, but then we got separated from our colony away from Mum, Dad, Grandma and Uncle Max," one of the male meerkats added in.
"Yes, one of your pranks that always fail," the other male meerkat scolded.
"Well, we promise that we'll get you all back to Africa along with Kion," Jesse said.
The meerkat children grinned to their new heroes. "Thank you," they all said to the Greenwood siblings.
"Well, who are you guys," Lex needed to know.
"Well, I'm Mishka," the female meerkat introduced.
"I'm Mabu," the male meerkat with brown eyes added.
"My name is Monty," the other male meerkat with red eyes finished, trying to sound prim and proper, "how do you do?"
"How do you do what," Tim asked.
"What," Monty asked him, "I'm afraid I don't follow..."
"Forgive Monty, he's a softy...." Mishka scoffed.
"At least I don't play pranks like a certain brother of ours." Monty scowled at Mabu as he said that.
"Anyhow, we better keep up or else we'll lose Ryan," Jesse said.
Then the meerkat siblings started to fight with each other.
"Stop this, you two," Monty scolded, "it is juvenile and pointless!"
"She's right," Larvitar said.
"Thank you...erm...creature..." Monty said, not knowing what a Pokemon was.
"C'mon, guys, we've had a lot of looking to do," Riley said as she wandered into the jungle of this island. "Is this Madagascar," she wondered.
"Not that I know of," Lex said.
"Whatever it is, we have had to go and save Ryan," Jenny urged.
Georgette huddled close to her young mistress.
"Oh, Georgette, have a sense of adventure..." Jenny encouraged her pet, "don't you remember how concerned you were if Mr. Fagin took Oliver away just so his boss could be happy with my piggy bank?"
"Um, well..." Georgette said, "you see, I, um...wasn't concerned about Oliver at first."
"What," Jenny gaped at her poodle, "why not?"
Georgette frowned. "Jenny, don't be mad, but...I didn't like Oliver until you first brought him home."
"What," Jenny asked, "why didn't you like him?"
Georgette flinched, fearing that Jenny was frustrated with her now. "He was gonna steal you away from me," she cried out in despair. "I'm a complete grown dog now, I'm not a puppy anymore, and he's a kitten, they're made of cute! Besides..." she narrowed her eyes slightly, frowning to Oliver, "he ate out of my bowl and broke into my house eating on my kitchen floor, and--"
"Georgette, I brought him inside and besides, after I adopted him, I gave him his own collar and his own bowl," Jenny warned her.
Georgette harrumphed slightly. "You forgot all about me..."
"Georgette, he's only a kitten, kittens need lots of attention like babies," Jenny said to her poodle, "look, I know it seems like I've ignored you after I asked Mum and Dad if I could keep Oliver, but he's only a baby and he needs me."
"Besides, no one else even wanted me if I was in a box with my brothers and sisters..." Oliver sniffled.
"A box," Jenny looked back at him, a little horrified.
"Yes, that's where me and my brothers and sisters lived in," Oliver warned her.
"I didn't know you came from a box..." Jenny knelt past him.
"It's where I came from," Oliver explained from memory, "we were all going to be adopted the next day. Everyone took a kitten...all of my brothers and sisters...except for me....and then it started to rain and I was all alone..."
Then Georgette looked actually sorry for Oliver. "Oh, my heavens...i-if it makes you feel any better, I lost a sister myself...we were separated when we were very young...she lives somewhere called Birdwell Island."
"Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that," Oliver said.
"I promise, Georgette, we'll go there and find your sister," Jenny said.
Georgette rubbed her eyes. "I feel so emotional for some reason..."
"Yeah, you've looked really sick lately..." Tim noticed, "not just on the boat either."
Georgette shrugged.
Then the children, animals and Pokemon wandered into the jungles of this island, trying to find Ryan, they called his name, but had damage.
"Where could he be," Kion asked.
"RYAN," Samson kept calling for his son, but it was almost no use.
Benny scampered over to help Samson and Kopa find their fellow lion. Samson was beating himself up over the loss of Ryan.
"How are we going to find him now," Larvitar asked.
"We have to use our instincts," Kion suggested.
"The boy's right," Benny agreed with the cub.
"Right, use our instincts," Samson said.
"Instincts," the Pokemon asked.
"A certain feeling you follow," Jesse explained.
"Oh..." the Pokemon understood now.
"I just hope Ryan isn't hurt," Teddy pouted.
"Same here," Vulpix said.
"Wait, where's Bridget, Nigel and Larry," Eloise noticed the giraffe, koala bear and snake were not with them.
"We must've left them behind..." Tim moaned.
"Oh, boy..." Oliver muttered.
"It shouldn't take them long to catch up," Lex said.
Sure enough, the three came, but they felt miserable in the wild already. Samson kept sniffing and hearing out for his son, but attempted to do so.
"Everything's under control," Benny warned the others as Samson and Kion followed their instincts, and the Pokemon decided to help out as well, "temporary setback."
"Yes, just a setback," Tim said.
"I found something," Kion spoke up.
"Me as well, I got Ryan's scent," Samson added before he ran away first.
"They have it," Benny asked, but looked to the others, "I mean, they've had it! Let's go!"
"Wait for us," Bridget called.
"I'm not designed for this," Nigel was the slowest out of all of them, "I want a car."
"Misdreavus, give him a lift," Riley warned her ghost Pokemon.
"If I must," Misdreavus said.
Nigel was straining until Misdreavus lifted him up his arms and floated with him in her grip where he could catch up with the others.
"Hey, guys, I found him," Samson called as he stood in front of a bunch of bamboo, "Ryan!"
"That's not what I smell....." Kion said to Samson.
"Kion, will you let me handle this," Samson looked to the cub, "you're just a cub and I'm a complete grown lion, I think I know my son until I smell him."
"But that smell behind those bamboos is not a pleasant one," Kion said while covering his nose.
"Ryan," Samson pushed back the bamboo.
And where Kion was right, it wasn't Ryan that they found, it was something else.
There was a rodent who was looking at a leaf, but he covered himself and looked very furious he was disturbed. "DOESN'T ANYONE KNOCK ANYMORE?!"
"Where's my son," Samson asked the rodent, "did he come through here?"
"Yes, because we need to bring him home," Kion added.
"Oh, yes, I think I did see him," the rodent mocked.
"If you say that he's in where you did your business, then you are dead," Kion threatened.
Then the rodent looked to him, he was yet frustrated, but he stopped himself right then and there. The others winced and were in total disgust of the smell.
"Funky," Georgette wrinkled her nose, feeling the most disgusted, "I was under the impression you had Ryan's scent, not this old toy factory insult."
"I tried to warn him that it wasn't Ryan, but he didn't listen to me until we got the bamboos out of the road to see that I was right," Kion said.
"I...I had Ryan's scent, but my predator instincts must've kicked in since, you know, I haven't eaten for a while," Samson seemed to be making up a story.
"Exactly," Nigel smirked, shoving his torch against Benny and came to the rodent, "you never know if these instincts are gonna kick in. Excellent. Fantastic! We get to see the legend in action."
"I'd love to, but we just don't have time," Samson replied.
"And besides, he looks like he could make anyone's stomach unsettling," Kion said.
"I do not think that even my mother would eat him..." Riley added, her mother was known to eating rodents if she actually felt hungry enough before she would drink their blood.
"We found the time, guys," Nigel existed as he roughed up the fowl-mouthed rodent and did presentations, "just...and then you do this. And then this bit. Tear him apart!"
"Nigel! Every second we waste is how far Ryan gets," Kion warned the koala bear.
"Go ahead...one of you eat him....." Nigel shoved the rodent.
The rodent was now terrified of both Samson and Kion.
"Just do it where we can get this over with," Larvitar said.
Samson picked up the rodent in his claw, very slowly and opened his mouth.
"Oh, I can't bear to watch," Bridget cried, btu then grinned smoothly, "but I have to...."
Samson barely bit the rodent, but then dropped him hard on the ground. "Go ahead, get out of here."
"Yes, you're not worth eating," Kion said.
"The legend dropped his dinner," Bridget mumbled in disappointment.
"Oh, boy," Benny shrugged.
"Oh, c'mon," the rodent seemed insulted that he wasn't eaten, "what's wrong, I'm not nice enough for you to eat?"
"No, it's just that you're not big enough to even be called a meal," Kion warned the rodent.
"Now I have it," the rodent snapped, "you're gonna toy with me? Beat me up a little, then pounce until I get my hopes up? How emotional."
"You are just asking for one of us to murder you, aren't you," Kion asked.
"C'mon, guys, let's just look for Ryan," Vulpix suggested.
"Agreed," Jesse said.
"Look, it's just that I'm allergic to nuts," Samson frowned to the rodent before they left.
"Yes, and I just don't want to get sick from you," Kion warned the rodent before joining Samson.
The rodent kept going on and on and as they left.
Riley hissed, which showed her fangs. "I will eat you...." she threatened.
This caused for the rodent to run for dear life.
"Yes, not so rough now, are you," Riley scowled.
"Eventually, now we can continue on," Kion said.
"Samson, why didn't ya eat that guy," Larry asked, "I thought wild lions ate fresh meat all the time!"
"If lions did that, then it would throw the Circle of Life out of balance," Kion said.
"Um, yes," Samson agreed with Kion.
"But Samson, it wouldn't have gone off balance if we had gotten rid of one of those of animals back in the city," Kion said.
"It seemed like you couldn't eat that hyrax," Bridget added.
"Yes, and what about these dogs," Nigel thought back.
"There was no munching there, either," Larry spoke up, "if I didn't know any better, I'd say that you're----"
"A vegetarian," Benny jumped up.
"No, no, no," Larry shook his head.
"It's almost like you're not from the wild," Teddy said to Samson.
Samson looked guilty for a moment.
"Samson, is that true," Kion asked, almost doubtful.
Samson sighed, but he looked a little furious and came out with it. "You're right...I'm not from the wild!"
Benny looked really shocked, he was the closest to Samson, where he felt shocked to not be warned about this. "He promised not to, but..."
"I'm just a phony," Samson confessed to his friends, "truth is, I can't protect you out here. Please just go back to the boat. I need to find my son."
"You aren't going alone, I'm going to come with you to find him as well," Kion said.
"What have you done," Samson turned back.
"Because I actually am from the wild," Kion reminded him firmly.
"Oh, right, lead the road," Samson said.
"Gladly..." Kion said, slightly frustrated with Samson for not being honest.
Then they both went away to find Ryan. Hopefully, Ryan would be alright by the time they would find him.
"Well, that just happened," Tim said with widened eyes.
"I am so hungry right now..." Riley sounded weak.
"Why don't you catch something and drink its blood," Jesse suggested.
"I could never harm an innocent creature," Riley flailed, "I may be a vampire, but I would never harm anyone!"
"You all alright," Lex asked the animals.
"Just one moment," Bridget said before turning to the squirrel.
"I can't believe Samson would lie to us..." Benny sounded disappointed.
"But most animals are born and raised in circuses, the wild and zoos," Jesse warned them.
"Yes, but he warned us he was a wild lion, he yet lied to us," Bridget reminded before getting incredibly hesitant, "please warn me we're not in a dangerous jungle with an eight-inch squirrel protecting us."
"Don't worry, you still have us to protect you," Lex grinned.
"We are going to die," Nigel panicked.
Then the other animals scurried around, freaking out.
"Stop this right now," Eloise took charge, putting her hands on her hips. "Look, I may not know a lot about the wild, but I know my cousins better than anybody and we are all going to be just fine with them! Especially if Jesse's in charge," she gave an admirable grin to one of her cousins, "I've always looked up to you, you're like the big brother I never had."
"Thanks, Eloise," Jesse grinned before looking serious.
Eloise grinned back.
"And I'll help," Benny came to Jesse's side.
"We're gonna die," Bridget shrieked again.
"No, we're not," Lex yelled to make them stop.
"Just trust us, alright," Jenny said to the zoo animals, "Samson and Kion will find Ryan and we are not going to die in the wild...man, I guess zoo animals really are a lot different than wild animals."
"Yes, yes, they are," Jesse nodded.
"Never would've guessed....." Jenny shrugged.
Then Georgette and Oliver came to Jenny's sides as consolation and protection. Jenny grinned to their pets and put her arms around them in a consoling fashion.
"Ooh..." Georgette felt a small pain in her stomach.
"Oh, my heavens..." Jenny looked concerned for her poodle, "I think you need to visit the vet if we get home."
"Agreed," Georgette moaned.
"What's wrong with you any matter," Oliver asked.
"My stomach is driving me crazy..." Georgette moaned, "ugh...I'll warn ya, until I feel like this, I just wish I could be home in my big, warm bed..."
"Don't worry, we'll be out of here soon with Jesse in charge," Jenny promised.
"Ahem," Benny cleared his throat.
"Oh, and, uh...Benny," Jenny swiftly added.
"Anyhow, let's move out," Jesse said.
Riley looked really weak, her skin was paler than it normally was, which made her look like she was white as sheep's cotton.
"Oh, Riley, you really don't look so well..." Eloise frowned.
Misdreavus nuzzled against her trainer. "You need blood...right now..."
"I could not take the blood of an innocent creature..." Riley pouted, "it goes against everything I stand for..."
"You could suck the blood from that annoying animal from earlier," Tim suggested.
"I suppose..." Riley shrugged, looking very weak and faint, "ooh...I really do not feel well right now..."
"You need blood," Lex said.
"I am sure I will be...oohhhh...." Riley suddenly fell forward and collapsed onto the ground.
"She fainted," Eloise gasped.
"C'mon, let's just go back on the boat and find her some food," Bridget suggested as she yet had Larry loosely around her neck where she wouldn't get strangled.
"She needs blood," Jesse said.
"Well, she can't have koala blood," Nigel stepped back in slight alarm.
"But, wait, wait, wait, wait," Benny stopped his friends. "Where are you going? Stop right there! We had children and their weird pets to concern about and Bridget, if you're going, I'm--" he tried to stop the female giraffe, "I'm breaking up with you!"
"We were never going out in the first place," Bridget got in the squirrel's face.
"Then...we're taking a break..." Benny shrugged.
"You guys can't leave," Vulpix ran to the zoo animals.
"Vulpix is right," Tim said.
"I'm sorry, but we must go," Nigel said, joining Bridget and Larry.
"Look, I know you're afraid, but at least we had each other," Benny tried to stop them, "Sammy just has Kion who's only a cub. But Ryan's out there as well and he's all alone."
Then this made Bridget, Nigel and Larry stop and think of Ryan. Ryan was like a cub of their own since Samson was their friend and Ryan was like a son to them as well.
Meanwhile, with Samson and Kion......
"Now Samson, while we're in the wild, we'll have to stay together," Kion said.
"Right..." Samson agreed, "we should also focus."
"Don't worry, we'll find him," Kion promised.
"I mean, how big can this place be any matter," Samson asked as he pushed down a leaf and looked around to see the jungle was a lot bigger than he thought it was.
"Yes, the wild/jungle is an entire lot bigger than being in the zoo," Kion said.
"RRYYYAAAAANNN," Samson and Kion yelled, upset.
These yells were so loud that it echoed across the lighthouse. Ryan, of course, could not hear them, he was just wandering around the jungle alone.
The human children, Pokemon and zoo animals were now looking around for Ryan in their own road and called for his name.
"I wasn't meant for the wild," Bridget sighed, "I was made to nibble and be elegant and to appear in a children's book as the letter G."
"Don't worry, the moment we find Ryan is the moment all of us can go home and where Kion can go back to the Pridelands," Tim said.
"C'mon..." Nigel tried to sound adventurous. "It's just leaves, and vines, and...aah," he shrieked, but then instantly calmed down, "oh, that's my foot."
"Nigel, you and the Pokemon, and cat keep look-out back there," Benny suggested.
"I should be nice at this," Oliver grinned, "I was a look-out before, Tito taught me."
"You have it, Benny," Teddy saluted.
"You as well, Larry," Jesse added.
"Okey-dokey," the snake replied.
Bridget looked to Benny, who pretended to ignore her. "OK, I see, that's it, it...you're giving me the silent treatment. Like I care."
"Nigel, I gave you an order," Benny frowned at the back, "would a little 'sir, yes, sir' murder ya?"
Then it was suddenly silent.
"Oh, c'mon, really, Nigel," Jesse asked.
Lex and Jenny turned back as they were holding Riley's arms to help her walk through the forest.
"Gone," Tim turned back.
Georgette, Oliver, the Pokemon and Nigel were all gone.
"They're gone," Jenny gasped.
"We're doomed," Larry added, "first Ryan, then Samson and Kion, and now Nigel, those Pokemon, kitten and fluffy dog! Oh, I do believe in zoos......"
"Larry, you're tensing up," Bridget gasped as Larry was strangling her by incident.
"OK, let's just calm down, that's it? Just calm down," Jesse said.
"Don't panic," Benny added, "we're in charge here."
"That's why we're panicking," Bridget yelped.
"I say we fan out and circle," Benny suggested.
"What are we, peacocks," Bridget retorted, "we don't fan, we ran. Run for your lives, everybody!"
"Just calm down, none of us are going to die," Lex assured her.
"Guys, I've had an idea," Larry spoke up before pointing to one side with his tail, "why don't we ask them?"
Everybody turned to see a herd of wildebeest, who looked slightly menacing.
"Uh, it's alright," Benny got hesitant, "they, you see, had, uh, hooves...that means, they don't hurt, they grave."
The wildebeest snarled, licking their lips, and one of them came right over to the group of zoo animals and human children.
"You have absolutely no idea what wildebeests do," Jesse said.
"Besides, they're licking their chops....." Bridget pointed out.
"Wildebeests don't eat meat," Jenny retorted, then looked curious, "don't they?"
The wildebeest herd kept coming for them.
"I have no idea," Eloise said.
"Larvitar, where are you," Jesse ,oaned.
Benny tried to charge after the animals, but they knocked him down and almost knocked him out.
Meanwhile, Nigel, Georgette, Oliver and the Pokemon were being carried by other wildebeests.
"Where are we," Larvitar moaned.
"Oh, um...excuse me," Nigel looked down to the animal carrying him, "but, um...do you speak Koala, Cat, Dog or Pokemon?"
The wildebeest just snorted in response.
"Wherever we are, I'm in paradise now......" Georgette grinned that someone was carrying her around like a goddess.
They were being brought closer and closer to a volcano.
"I wouldn't want to feel that way for long," Oliver said with wide eyes.
"Oh, dear..." Georgette looked concerned now, "um...hey, could you do us a favor and not take us there?"
The wildebeests ignored that and kept walking with their hostages.
"I agree," Nigel said to Oliver.
They were carried further and further as there was music heard.
"What a strange place for a festival..." Nigel trembled.
Inside the volcano, housed numerous wildebeests who looked to their guests in stunned silence.
"Um, hello," Vulpix waved.
"Erm...could I use your toilet," Nigel asked.
No one responded that question and the wildebeests randomly started to sing. They were even dancing in a rather creepy kind of fashion. Then they started to say Nigel's plush toy's catchphrase.
"This is officially the weirdest day of my life..." Misdreavus muttered.
"Yes, and why are they singing an annoying song," Vulpix asked.
"Beats the stuffing out of me," Teddy pouted, really missing Lex right now.
One wildebeest came up and snorted.
Nigel yelled and flinched. "What is that...?"
"I am Kazar," the wildebeest who seemed to be in charge informed, "leader, prophet, choreographer, and with your help....carnivore!"
"No, don't murder us," Georgette panicked, "I've had such a wonderful life with the lap of luxury, this is so unfair!"
"Please don't hurt us," Teddiursa begged.
The wildebeests did not wound or harm them, they actually bowed to the Pokemon, koala bear, kitten and complete grown poodle and chanted to them.
"Oh, I get it," Nigel smiled in relief, "a yoga retirement!"
"Did somebody say yoga," Georgette asked eagerly before she presented some moves.
Oliver rolled his eyes and put his paw to his face, shaking his head.
Samson and Kion were now yet trying to look for Ryan, feeling really bad and concerned for the lost zoo cub.
"Where could he be," Kion asked himself.
Samson continued to call Ryan's name and sighed, wherever he couldn't get a response back.
"Follow your instincts....." a voice whispered.
Samson walked up to the plant, looking bewildered. Then he took a sniff until the plant suddenly became green again.
Kion looked around and saw a tree suddenly had red stripes around it like a candy cane. "This is bizarre...." he mumbled.
A nearby tree changed into a blue color with bright red violet leaves.
"This never happened in the Pridelands," Kion said.
"Well, you don't know what's going on," Samson asked.
"I'm sorry, sir..." Kion sighed, "this is as strange to me as that is to you."
"Sure..." Samson muttered.
Back in the volcano......
The wildebeests had fallen asleep.
"Let's get out of here while we yet can," Nigel whispered.
Kazar looked to them, which made them all freeze in their spots. "For centuries we've seen our brothers perish at the claw of the lion," he said, going to the group of non-wildebeests, "today, we're putting our hooves down. We'll no longer live at the bottom of the food chain."
"This is nice, but we really need to get started," Oliver chuckled hesitantly.
"These were Omen who doubted that you'd come to lead us," Kazar continued, "but I've always believed the warning."
"Ah, omen, right..." Nigel nodded like he knew what Kazar was speaking about, "now, remind me again where these children can learn as well?"
"Sent down by the heavens, years ago," Kazar explained.
Then the other wildebeests backed up to show one of Nigel's plush toys in a Central Park Zoo T-Shirt with leaves on his head like the Statue of Liberty's spikes.
"You have to make fun of me," Nigel exclaimed.
"From the heavens, no," Larvitar muttered, "are you sure a plane didn't drop it or something?"
"Yes, because this is just a toy," Vulpix said.
"That was a sign," Kazar said before kneeling in front of the toy, "oh, Large Ham, you must guide us in our transformation from prey to predator."
"Stop this," Nigel spoke up, "am I the big man?"
"Yes, and these other creatures are clearly your loyal followers," Kazar said.
Nigel stormed over to the plush toy that was the vain of his existence. "Ha! Then it's all your fault. That's right, you–" he was about to hit the toy with his torch.
"Kazar," a voice cawed.
"Who was that," Larvitar asked.
There came in two flying vultures. They both seemed to be fighting for the boss wildebeest's attention.
Kazar strangled the one closer to him. "How dare you interrupt my audience with the Grand Ham," he scolded.
"But...but...we found a lion cub," the vulture choked.
"You did so," Kazar asked, interested.
"Was he with a big lion," Nigel asked, "with big hair? Well, a mullet really....."
"Does he have a tuft brown coat on top of his head," Vulpix added.
"Oh, big man," Kazar spoke to the koala bear, "do you have three lions with you?"
"Well, like any big him, I travel with an entourage," Nigel gave a small innocent shrug.
"Yes, at least we're off," Larvitar said.
"Oh, don't worry, friend of His Highness," Kazar looked to his lackeys, "I must ask Blag to bring the lions here, and he must rather refrain from screwing it together, as he has ruined my dance number!"
"I lost the count for once," the strongest wildebeest, Blag, defended.
"Step-kick, pivot-kick, go, go, go," Kazar warned him while improvising, "uh, why do we bother to practice at all?"
Oliver and Georgette looked to that, then to each other in awkward silence, but turned back to the wildebeests.
"A nice chorus line is so hard to put together," Kazar chuckled.
"Then that is," Oliver grinned hesitantly.
"Take to the heavens," Kazar commanded his vulture minions.
"We're taking, we're taking," the vultures flew away as commanded.
Then Kazar turned to Blag. "Find them!"
"Yes, sir," Blag replied before going away.
"Bring us these LIONS," Kazar yelled, making the volcano rumble slightly and leave an echo from his yelling.
"Wow! This volcano feels like it's about to erupt," Vulpix said.
"Don't worry," Kazar warned him, "the heavens celebrate the fulfillment of prophecy! We stamp our hooves in praise of the Grand Ham!"
"Holy-moly," Nigel exclaimed.
Then this made the wildebeests chant what he just said since he was a god to them.
"You are our king," Nigel bowed to the koala bear.
Nigel chuckled to this and started to laugh rather evilly, he was going to enjoy this very much.
"Nigel, do you actually like this," Vulpix asked.
"I think the power will go to his head," Teddiursa was even more afraid now.
Meanwhile, Samson and Kion continued their search.
There was a distant call heard.
"Ryan," Samson cried, but immediately ran to the direction of the call, "I'm-a coming, son!"
"Now that's Samson of the Wild I've heard of," Kion grinned at Samson's determination and ran after him.
They continued to run until they found Ryan and his paw trapped under a branch. Samson roared once he saw the vultures were at his son.
"Dad," Ryan wondered.
The vultures were afraid of Samson since he was an adult lion and they flew off like cowards.
"That's right, fly off, you cowards," Kion yelled.
"Ryan," Samson found his son and hugged him with a frontal paw, "oh, Ryan..."
"Dad, Kion," Ryan asked in surprise, "what are you doing here?"
"What do you think? We're here to save you and get you back to the zoo," Kion said.
"I can't believe we found you," Samson grinned.
"How did you find me," Ryan asked his father and new friend.
"Are you alright," Samson checked for any scars or bruises, "are you hurt?"
"Oh, dear, your paw's caught," Kion noticed.
"Let's get this over with," Samson said.
"I was caught in the green box," Ryan frowned.
"It's alright, son," Samson soothed, moving the branch away.
"And then I fled and ran into the jungle–" Ryan continued about his wild story.
"Ryan," Samson tried to stop him.
"And then these vultures came and tried to murder me," Ryan went on before nuzzling his father, "I mean, you wouldn't have been afraid...I was..."
"Ryan, I, uh..." Samson remembered something his son needed to find out, "I have to warn you about something."
"Yes, and that's very reluctant," Kion said.
"What," Ryan asked them.
There was suddenly rustling heard.
Samson silenced the cubs where he could hear what it was. "Listen..."
There came a bunch of wildebeests out at them.
"Get them, Dad," Ryan cheered for his father.
"Run," Samson warned him instead.
"What," Ryan was confused why his dad would say that and not fight the animals back.
"I agree," Kion said.
"RUN," Samson warned the cubs.
With that said, Samson, Kion and Ryan ran from the wildebeests. This made Kion think of a story Rafiki once warned him about if Simba was very young, he just hoped the same fact wouldn't happen to the three of them.
"Dad, you should chase them like you used to," Ryan warned his father.
"It was just stories," Samson warned him back.
"Yes, go ahead now," Kion exclaimed.
"But this is my dad's chance to really show us," Ryan existed.
"This way," Samson shivered once he found a shortcut.
The three lions went that fashion and the wildebeests had gone straight after they turned.
"Dad," Ryan was curious, "what's going on?"
"Not right now, just climb," Kion warned him.
Samson shoved the cubs up first. Then Ryan and Kion started to climb up the best they could. Once they got to a branch, Samson climbed after them. He had a harder time since he was older, but he made it up.
"Woah," Samson breathed in relief, "I think we've lost them."
"What's the deal," Ryan demanded. "They're just a bunch of wimpy donkeys! You could kick their butt," he called out to the wildebeest herd, "you turkey chickens, come back here!"
"Ryan, I can't fight them," Samson admitted.
"What do you mean," Ryan asked.
Kion urged for Samson to come clean.
Samson saw this and took a deep breath. "I was young...yet just a boy....I was actually a circus lion."
Ryan looked shocked.
"A circus lion," Kion asked.
"I was very much like Ryan," Samson explained. "I couldn't roar....if they sent me to the zoo, I'd never want anyone to know where I came from. Especially these closest to me," he looked to his son, "I should have warned you before."
"But...all these stories warn you," Ryan asked.
"I'm very sorry, Ryan," Samson hung his head, but he held out his paw to hug his boy.
"All you warned me about was a lie," Ryan grew brokenhearted.
"Ryan, I understand you're brokenhearted and hurt that your father lied, but he just wanted you to look up to him. Right, sir," Kion asked Samson.
"Exactly, I–" Samson was about to say, but there was thumping.
The tree was being hit and Samson was almost falling out of the tree.
"Dad," Ryan cried.
"Hang on, son," Samson called back.
Ryan was knocked to the end of the branch with Kion and they both fell flat on the ground.
"Leave him alone," Kion growled.
The tree was yet hit at and the tree was almost off the rock ledge now.
"Ryan, Kion, run," Samson warned the young cubs.
Ryan and Kion looked to each other and decided to go against the wildebeests who were trying to knock down Samson, but they couldn't, because their tails were being held down.
"Not so fast, Tigger," Blag had his hoof on their tail tips.
"Leave him alone," Kion exclaimed before clawing at the wildebeest.
The other wildebeest made the tree fall.
"RYAANNNN," Samson yelled out.
"DAD," Ryan cried for his father.
"Oh, a wise guy, right," Blag frowned back at Kion.
"I warn you one last time, let him be alone," Kion exclaimed before biting Blag's leg.
Blag yelped out in pain and frowned to Kion. "Why, you little–––you're both coming with me!"
"Never," Kion muffled.
"DAD, HELP US," Ryan yelped.
Samson tried to save his son and Kion. He could not move though, he blacked out because the fall gave him a headache.
"You're going to pay for that," Kion growled.
Blag just laughed at him.
Jesse came to a part of the woods and found the squirrel. "Benny, there you are!"
"Jesse," Benny asked as he looked lost, "what are you doing here?"
"What just happened to you," Jesse asked back.
"I don't wanna speak about it..." Benny shuddered.
"Um, alright," Jesse said, confused.
"I'm trying to look for the others, but Samson and Kion are in danger as well," Benny sounded paranoid.
"Alright, calm down..." Jesse picked Benny up in his hands and gently patted him on the back.
"Wait," Benny looked ahead and saw a tree with an adult male lion underneath it, "SAM!!"
"Perhaps he's just unconscious," Jesse shrugged.
"Yes," Benny cheered once they got right back on track, "there's nothing stopping us! Except we have no idea where we're going..."
"Follow your guts...." a voice whispered again.
A tree branch was shaking slightly and colorful lights with an arrow pointing one road suddenly appeared.
"Woah," Benny flinched, both afraid and delighted, "what is that?"
"My, uh...instincts," Samson grinned bashfully.
"Well then, let's follow it," Jesse said.
"You're almost there...." the voice whispered as they came to a new stop.
They came onto a rock with orange, red and blue patterns that looked very psychedelic. They stopped though and were gone, unsure at where else to go.
"Well, that settles it," Benny muttered, "my mum sure drank the pool water if she was pregnant."
Samson looked ahead to see wildebeests. "Benny, look."
"The wildebeests," Jesse said.
"Ryan's in there," Samson growled, he knew Kion was in danger as well, but Ryan was his son after all.
"Hey, wait," Benny stopped the strong boy and adult male lion, "you can't just go in, it's suicide!"
"Don't listen to the rat......" the voice whispered.
"Hey, who you calling rats," Benny heard that.
"You, of course," the voice said.
"You're giving off our position," another voice scolded the other.
"Alright, come out, whoever you are," Jesse warned the two voices.
The two voices argued until suddenly, two lizard-like fashions appeared right in front of them and got into a fight.
"Men, disperse," one of them commanded.
This made several more appear around them and run off.
"Not so fast," Benny picked up the two creatures, "look who I found, Sammy, it's your lion instinct."
"No, these are chameleons like Espio," Jesse said.
"Who are you," Samson asked the animals.
"Our names aren't reluctant," one chameleon grew stubborn.
"I'm cloak, and he's Camo," the other chameleon revealed anyhow.
"You're not very bright," Jesse said to Cloak.
"We're secret agents," Cloak said to him.
Then Camo smacked Cloak in the face with his tongue.
"Why have you led me on," Samson demanded.
"It's a secret," Camo said.
"Hush puppies," Cloak added.
"It's a secret."
"Because the wildebeests have gone mad," Cloak revealed again.
"Cloak," Camo shoved him again.
"It's not like I warned them that our plan is to use them to defeat Kazar's–" Cloak was about to say before Camo smacked him with his legs.
"Is he a new recruit," Jesse asked Camo.
"Don't get me started....." Cloak grumbled.
"Listen, warn me," Samson glanced at the chameleons, "did they take my son and his friends there?"
"It's a must know," Camo ignored him.
"They did," Cloak warned them before getting smacked yet again, "and they think the koala is a heaven and these other animals with him are his followers."
"You are the worst covered agent of all time," Camo scolded.
The chameleons started to fight again until Cloak summoned more chameleons to attack Benny and Jesse.
"Seriously," Jesse asked.
The chameleons surrounded Benny and turned him into yellow and purple stripes.
Jesse shook off the chameleons that latched onto him. "Back off!"
Benny kept chasing colors from the chameleons. One was red, yellow, blue and green splotches, then a spring green with texture of orange, blue and yellow, then a design with red violet, a teal color, yellow and orange. One design came hot red with green and yellow squares. After that, the squirrel was a sea blue with colorful spots. Camo barked commands to stop Cloak's coloring of the squirrel.
"Stop, enough," Cloak commanded.
"Oh, stop showing him top secrets," Camo smirked, "I found it."
With that said, Benny turned invisible with the chameleons.
"Sure...wait, that gives me an idea," Jesse grinned.
"Right now," Samson grinned at the human boy.
"Yes, just follow my lead," Jesse smirked to the adult male lion.
Meanwhile, back in the volcano......
The wildebeests were leading the giraffe, snake, human children and two lion cubs to meet their heaven.
"Oh, who's this big him anyhow," Bridget scoffed, "I'll take him. I'm the big her! I'll show him a fact or two! I mean, I'm from New York City for Pete's sake!"
"Well, whoever the big man is, we have to overpower him," Tim said.
The wildebeests started to chant as they got closer.
"If you're hurting my animals, I'll get you taken care of," Jenny looked frustrated, which was odd since she never really got furious, but boy, did it look eerie on a nice girl like her.
"My mother is a very reluctant person, she won't be happy if you hurt us to this big man," Eloise added firmly.
"Yes, and our brother and father will hurt you all seriously if you try to hurt us, and if our cousin awakens, you're all doomed," Lex and Tim frowned.
The wildebeests laughed at their threats.
They came up to a rock shaped like the koala plush toy they all admired.
Ryan recognized it. "That looks like Nigel," he whispered to Kion.
Kion nodded in agreement. Nigel did in fact come out with his torch and a pineapple on top of his head and he did a Statue of Liberty pose to please his wildebeest followers.
"You have to be joking," Tim moaned.
"My feelings exactly," Bridget added.
Nigel was walking out royally as the wildebeests gazed upon him in unworthiness and bowed.
"Nigel, we don't know what you're trying to pull, but we'll kick your––––" Lex whispered sharply.
"SILENCE," Nigel hit her head with his torch.
"You didn't just hurt my sister," Tim got frustrated.
"Silence of the lambs," Nigel hit his head.
"Listen, Nigel, even if you're an animal and our friend, it doesn't mean that we don't want to use our powers on you," Tim frowned.
"You're not speaking to me," Nigel scolded the human children.
"Nigel, what's the matter," Ryan glanced at his koala bear best friend.
"Grand him," Kazar spoke up fiercely, "shall we get ready for the festival?"
"Yes, we will," Nigel proclaimed, but looked curious, "what's on the menu?"
"Them," Kazar gestured to the human children, lion cubs, giraffe and snake.
"Say now what," Kion asked out of shock.
"Oh, dear..." Nigel was in a dilemma before his torch light went out due to being on for so long, "eat friends and be heaven, don't eat friends...heaven, friends, heaven, friends..."
"Stuff the meat fire," Kazar commanded.
Two wildebeests pushed a rock over and flames hissed and crackled, frightening the human children, lion cubs, snake and giraffe.
"Wait," Nigel called to his followers, "we cannot cook them without...uh...onion!"
"Onions," the wildebeests chanted.
One wildebeest had an onion on his horn and tossed it into the fire.
"Well, that was fast," Nigel said before the Pokemon, Georgette and Oliver appeared.
"Let the ritual begin," Kazar commanded.
Then the wildebeests forced the human children, lion cubs, giraffe and snake to move.
"Wait, you can't sacrifice them," Vulpix warned the wildebeests.
The wildebeests glanced at Firefox Pokemon.
"He's right," Nigel said hesitantly, "well, we need hats as well, uh...hats!"
The wildebeests looked to each other, then back to the koala bear.
"Not what I was going with, but alright..." Vulpix muttered.
"If we don't have an euthanter," Nigel grinned sheepishly. "I have mine! And before the holiday, we all have to...." he suddenly slipped and somehow hovered in the air and spun into the air, making him feel rather sick.
The wildebeests cheered to this.
"What's going on," Larvitar asked.
"I come from a supernatural household and it's fully paranormal," Misdreavus did not like this.
"How do I stop this fact," Nigel cried.
"Guys," Benny came over to the others with Jesse.
"Benny," the otehrs asked in surprise.
"Look, a squirrel," Benny grinned.
"Larry," Bridget frowned at the snake.
"What's going on," Lex asked.
Then the Pokemon, Georgette and Oliver came over to their owners/trainers. Jenny hugged Georgette and Oliver once she saw them. Vulpix cuddled with her as well, but of course, came closer to Tim since he lived with the boy after all and Jinny lived far off. Lex hugged her Teddiursa as he was weeping to see each other again.
"We've had a plan," Jesse warned the others, "follow us."
Then the others followed the boy and squirrel as Nigel was distracting the wildebeests with his sudden flying abilities.
"Oh, Grand Him, we are humble with your power," Kazar warned the koala bear.
'These guys are easy to impress,' Jesse thought to himself.
Nigel didn't know how it was working either, but went along with it. However, steam rose which made the chameleons appear and freak out, revealing themselves as Samson was actually hovering Nigel around everywhere. The wildebeests were not amused or impressed now.
"Oh, boy..." Samson moaned once he had been found out.
"Well, time for you to come here," Nigel said to his lion friend.
"Oh, Grand Him, another miracle," Kazar praised, "you've given us a real lion!"
"Oh, um...until the big one delivers, he delivers in person," Nigel said.
"Blag, your luck has turned," Kazar warned his minion, "thanks to the big man, we're all going to get up tonight."
"Nigel, we have to create a distraction," Samson whispered.
Nigel agreed, he mustered as much courage as he could once he jumped down from Samson's head. "Wait a moment! I've had miracles coming out of my ears! Ready? Stand back while the Grand Me attacks the lion over 73 times my size," he waved his torch like it was a weapon.
Benny and Jesse kept leading the others off as Nigel tried to look menacing.
"Wait, what did Nigel just say," Kion asked.
"Dad," Ryan turned his head, "my dad's alive! Boys, my dad made it!"
"Ryan, no," Benny tried to stop the cub.
Ryan ignored that, he was going to reunite with his father. Nigel came onto Samson's head and was hitting him with his torch.
"His father's alive," Kion grinned.
"Dad," Ryan ran over with Kion.
"Ryan," Samson grinned in delight, but incidentally knocked Nigel off his back.
The wildebeests gasped for the koala bear.
"I planned this..." Nigel moaned from his fall.
Ryan and Kion frowned at the wildebeests and decided to roar at them to frighten them away. Unfortunately, Ryan's roar yet sounded like a strangled cat, which made Kazar laugh.
"That, um...was close," Kion said with a hesitant grin.
The wildebeests surrounded the three lions.
"Eventually, the cosmic balance has changed," Kazar sounded evil, "prey has become predator and predator has become prey! And the hoof eventually trumps the claw!"
"C'mon, guys," Ryan looked to his father and new friend, "let's show these pheasant jerkers who's at the top of the food chain!"
"Let's eat the brats first," Kazar grumbled.
Ryan and Kion looked hesitant.
"Over my dead body," Samson growled before charging to the wildebeests.
"Go, Samson," Kion cheered.
Samson charged for Kazar. Kazar shook a little and flung Samson right away from his face. Kazar looked rather menacing, but Samson had to fight, he was going to be a wild lion from now on. Samson even went so far as to swipe a horn away from Kazar's head and made it drop right in front of Kion and Ryan. It was grotesquely awesome. Kazar rammed Samson onto his face and took him over to the lava pit and made the adult male lion now dangle for dear life.
"He's going to murder Samson if we do nothing," Benny panicked.
"Hey! I know, why don't we use the secret play," Larry suggested.
This caused for the zoo animals, complete grown poodle, orange kitten, Pokemon and human children to look at the snake, surprised that he had actually come up with a nice idea.
"I know, 'shut up, Larry'," the snake mistook their stunned silence for annoyance, "that's foolish..."
"No, it's brilliant," Jesse grinned, "you used your brain for once!"
"I did? Yay! I used my brain," Larry cheered.
Samson attempted to get up as Kazar made him dangle.
"They laughed at me if I spoke about the Omen," Kazar taunted the adult male lion. "But look who's laughing now," he stomped on top of Samson's paw to loosen his grip.
"SARABI!!" Samson yelled out in pain. Ryan gasped, very concerned for his father.
"C'mon," Kion warned his new friend.
The zoo animals were trying out their secret play like in the turtle-curling back at the penguin exhibit in the zoo.
"A little to the left," Tim warned them.
"Yes, no," Benny helped, "little to the right."
"Next floor, at the bottom of the food chain," Kazar grinned evilly as Samson was almost slipping now, "ding!"
"Fire," Jesse commanded.
Nigel let go of the small boulder in Nigel's paws and it fling away from Larry's tail, it hit the volcano top and smashed Kazar in the head and he fell backward. Samson frowned and pulled himself up off the top as the volcano shook.
"We need something bigger," Jesse said.
"We know where we can find something bigger," Ryan and Kion came up to the group and informed them together in unison.
The others looked curious, but listened to the lion cubs as Samson was now fighting Kazar.
"Are you sure about this," Jenny asked once they were getting ready to try the secret play with their 'something bigger'.
"Yes, we're sure," Kion said.
"This better work...." Larvitar muttered.
"It will," Jesse warned his Pokemon, "ready, you guys?"
"Dig deep," Ryan and Kion said together as Bridget and Nigel were now holding them back.
"FIRE," Benny called.
Then Ryan and Kion were both flung through the air and both were roaring like the carnivores they were born to be and tackled onto Kazar, attacking him instantly.
"That was perfect," Jesse cheered.
"Ryan," Samson called.
Kazar tried to buck them away and did so at last, knocking the two lion cubs away and made them have a rough landing.
"Ryan," Samson cried.
Kazar snarled, coming for Ryan and Kion, shivering from the fighting. "I usually don't eat dessert before the main curse!"
"Get away from my son and his friend," Samson snarled and tackled onto the wildebeest chief now, before suddenly getting pinned down.
"Go, Samson," Jesse cheered.
Samson kicked Kazar away and made him hit the rock wall and fall flat on the ground.
Kion had blacked out, but he found himself back in the Pridelands when he opened his eyes. "A-Am I home..." he wondered as he looked around and everything looked around, "was it all just a dream......?"
"Hello, Prince Kion..." an evil female voice came behind him.
Kion turned around in concern to see a lioness he was not supposed to encounter. "ZIRA," he ran away as Zira laughed and chased him, "HEEEELP!!!!"
Zira's laugh followed him until he ended to the end of a cliff and rolled down, and came between an elder lion couple who were not his parents.
"Grandma and Grandpa," Kion asked.
"Kion..." the male lion spoke in a deep baritone that could keep anyone's attention and could easily intimidate the not-so innocent predator of the jungle to dare face the old, long deceased king.
"Grandpa..." Kion was amazed that he was meeting his grandfather since he had died long before the cub was even born.
There was also a younger, though yet older lioness with them.
"Kion, you must help your friends, you must believe in yourself and look into your heart, that will also be your guide home," Sarabi said to the young lion cub.
"Yes, I will follow my heart," Kion nodded.
"I may not know you personally, but I trust you...." the other lioness said.
Kion looked to her. "Who...who are you though?"
"You are best friends with my cub and you have helped my mate see through the light of him revealing his true self to the boy..." the lioness put her paw on his head.
Then Kion remembered something Bridget had mentioned to him if they first met after he was sent to the zoo by these human men who came to the Pridelands. "You're Galena...." he realized.
"Yes," the lioness grinned.
"What should I warn Ryan and Samson until I awaken," Kion asked.
"Believe in yourself and you can defeat the wildebeests who had already caused me a much worse harm than they will to you, Ryan, or Samson..." Mufasa warned his grandson, "remember who you are......"
"Your grandfather is right......" a dark-maned adult lion came to his brother's side.
"Grand-Uncle Scar...." Kion looked frustrated with his granduncle because of the story he was warned.
"Don't worry, he isn't going to hurt anyone anymore," Sarabi soothed her grandson's frustration, "just remember what we warned you, Kion."
"I will, Grandfather," Kion said.
"I know you will do what you know is right..." Mufasa's voice seemed to whisper, "remember who you are......"
Kion sniffled, he closed his eyes as he looked like he was about to weep.
Then Kion awakened and found himself back in the volcano.
"It's alright, Dad..." Ryan said softly as Samson was checking to see if the cubs were yet alive, "I just want you to know, I'm sorry you didn't have a father like the one I have."
This actually touched the wildebeests. Well, all except for Kazar, of course.
"How touching..." the boss wildebeest scoffed.
Samson growled at him for ruining this heartwarming moment.
"But then, the last words usually are..." Kazar continued as he slowly stood up again, "finish them!"
The wildebeests snarled, remembering their mission and came for the lions. Samson got up and was ready to fight them, however, to everyone's surprise, the wildebeests were actually going to their leader.
"Looks like they've chosen to attack you instead," Kion smirked at the chief wildebeest.
Kazar frowned at his herd. "I command you to attack them, like true predators!"
"We're tired of pretending to be something we're not," Blag snarled, "but most of all, we're tired of you."
'Like Grand-Uncle Scar and the hyenas...' Kion thought to himself slightly.
Another wildebeest came up, he had Nigel's doll in his mouth and threw it over in front of Kazar and it weakly squeaked.
"Blag...well, fine..." Kazar mumbled before getting mean and nasty again, "I'll murder them myself!"
"We'd like to see you try," Kion growled.
"You asked for it," Kazar snarled, he dipped down and sharpened his horn before letting out a ferocious roar of his own.
"Dad," Ryan cried.
Samson turned back.
"Remember what you always warned me in your stories," Ryan coached, "dig deep."
"Yes," Kion nodded, "remember who you are."
Samson took note of that and looked ready to fight. Kazar was now rushing over to the adult male lion to teach him a lesson. Samson thought back to his circus days since he was a cub and let out a loud, anguished shriek at the wildebeest that almost shook the entire volcano.
"That's incredible," Jesse smiled.
"Oohh, ye-ee-ee-es, baby," Benny grinned, but put his paws to his ears.
Samson was yet roaring and it seemed to make Kazar move back from the force. Kazar gasped and looked hesitant now. Then Samson roared again and made Kazar smash against the rock formation of Nigel's plush doll.
"Woah..." Ryan and Kion were amazed at the adult male lion.
"That was amazing....." Kion grinned.
"Why, thank you," Samson grinned, but noticed that the place was shaking. "Let's go," he commanded.
"Yes..." Ryan agreed, "c'mon, let's get out of here!"
"And for the record," Blag gave a look to Kazar before going with the others, "I've always hated your choreography. It's so...'80's."
"Do you think he's yet crazy or has he eventually realized what's going on," Jesse asked.
"That's right," Kazar warned the others, "run!"
"Crazy," Larvitar said to his trainer.
"Run like the cowardly prey that you are," Kazar continued. "I will hunt you down," he laughed rather loony like his mind had flew south for the winter.
"Everyone, get to the boat," Kion warned the others.
"Top of the food chain, Ma," Kazar really lost his temper. "Top of the food chain," he fell from the plush doll's string that tied up his hind legs together.
"He's dead," Lex said.
"Mama..." Teddiursa nuzzled to Lex.
"Come here..." Lex carried her little bear Pokemon and hugged him as they ran away.
The rock was now crushing on top of Kazar and they all made it out of the volcano just as it erupted, who growled in frustration before shouting out an enraged "STEELE!!"
This yell was so loud that it echoed across the island. The wildebeests decided to help their former enemies by getting the boat out of the sand and back into the water. Nigel barked orders since he was still technically in control of them.
"You can do it, guys," Vulpix cheered.
The wildebeests gave one last push that they could give. Then the three meerkat children rushed over and climbed aboard with them.
"Larry, throw it in reverse," Tim warned the snake.
"Reverse throwing," Larry saluted, slithering onto the helm.
The large group made it out into the water and they were escaping from the exploding volcano.
"Whew, close one," Kion sighed.
"At least I had to see the wild before it disappeared," Ryan said as he turned back to the island.
"I can yet see it, it's right--" Samson grinned.
"Here," Ryan pointed to his chest, "I found my roar!"
"We both did, son," Samson grinned, hugging Ryan.
Kion grinned, though a little mournfully since he was yet away from his own family, but was glad that he had to have a substitute one for a little while and have a brotherly experience. "This'll be the first story of Samson and Ryan of the Wild," he warned the father and son.
"I don't think anyone's gonna believe it," Samson chuckled.
There was another eruption and something was flying from the volcano mouth and about to hit them in the boat.
"Nigel, watch out," Eloise cried to the koala bear.
"Incoming," Ryan and Kion called out.
Nigel got hit by whatever fell from the volcano and it ended up in his paws.
"I'm so cuddly!!"
It was the plush toy and somehow it yet worked, but could only say the first part over and over.
"I know you're cuddly, but can you float," Nigel smirked evilly and threw the doll into the water, but he joined the wildebeests in a song, hearing the frustrated gnu shout his name.
The boat was rocking slightly, but luckily, not too much as they were riding back to the Central Park Zoo. They were all now dancing. Cloak and Camo hit each other, but they had made Larry 'one of them' and he disguised himself as a flamenco girl and even had a fruit hat on.
"Bridget, I get it," Benny said to the female giraffe, "you're more than just a tall, lanky goddess. You're a strong, independent female. You don't need to be defined by your relationship and I, I respect that."
"It's about time," Bridget replied before kissing him right on the mouth.
Benny shuddered from the kiss. "What was that?!"
"Just your daily dose of Vitamin Bridget, baby..." the female giraffe smirked lustfully.
"Oh, yes, yes," Benny jumped up to his crush, now that they were an official couple.
"I just knew that you two would hit it off," Lex grinned.
"A giraffe and a squirrel...um...farewell..." Jenny shrugged.
Blag started to break-dance for the other wildebeests. Then Samson cut in and started to dance to show off some of his own moves. The Pokemon hugged their trainers once they reunited. Georgette was happy, but she had tears in her eyes and seemed emotional now other than being sick.
"Georgette, you can stop weeping, it'll be alright," Oliver warned his 'sister'.
"I know, but I just can't stop," Georgette put her paws to her eyes as she sobbed uncontrollably.
"Perhaps the tears are out of joy," Oliver grinned.
Georgette kept weeping. Oliver, but nuzzled against the poodle to console her. Jenny grinned at that.
"This is going to be a long ride home..." Benny muttered about everybody dancing.
The boat continued on and on as they made their escape.
"Would you like me to make this trip much faster," Jesse asked the squirrel.
"Maybe..." Benny shrugged, "this was fun and all, but I'd like to get back to my tree before my nuts freeze!"
"Alright, then we'll have to travel by air," Jesse said before pressing the green button on his futuristic bracelet and appearing in his superhero suit and then flying up to the air and then flying under the boat.
The boat seemed to wade into the water until they suddenly got faster. Everybody held on tight the best that they could until they would make it back to New York City, hopefully all in one piece. And where luckily, they made it back to New York, in one piece.
"Oh, home sweet home," the Pokemon, Georgette and Oliver cheered.
"That was surprising," Benny said.
"We're complete with surprises," the Greenwood siblings laughed.
"Where do we go from here," Jenny looked around as they were where they were before this entire adventure started.
"First, for the zoo animals, back to the zoo and then Kion will be brought back to the Pridelands," Jesse said after getting back up to the surface.
"Let's get you guys home," Kion grinned.
"You mean...you're not staying," Ryan frowned.
Then Kion's grin faded into a frown. "Oh, Ryan, I had a lot of fun with you and it was great to meet you, but...I really should go back to where I belong...and you do the same.....I have to remember who I am..." he said, unknowingly quoting his paternal grandfather.
"I understand," Ryan frowned.
Kion hugged Ryan with one paw. "Never forget who you are...I'm sure we'll meet again sometime."
Ryan grinned and hugged back. "I hope you make it home safely."
Kion grinned, but they let go of each other and Kopa gave a farewell roar. Then Ryan roared back, no longer having damage with roaring, which made Samson very proud. Then Ryan led the road home and the group wished them a farewell on their road back to the zoo.
"Kion, would you like me to fly you to the Pridelands," Jesse asked.
"If you think you can....." Kion wiped his eye, he had let a tear drop after letting Bridget, Larry, Samson, Ryan and Nigel go back to where they belonged.
"I don't think, I know," Jesse smirked.
"Alright, then let's get going," Kion said, getting into Jesse's opened arms.
Jesse held him securely, then looked to the others. "Be right back..." he said before flying away, out of New York to go straight into the Pridelands.
"Wait for us," the meerkat triplets appeared.
Jesse was surprised to see them, but grinned and let them join the ride.
Executive ProducersDENNIS DeSHAZERSHERYL STAMPS LEACH
Senior ProducerJIM ROWLEY
ProducersJEFF GITTLEMARTHA DATEMA LIPSCOMB
DirectorBRUCE DECK
WriterMARK S. BERNTHAL
Production DesignerJESS NELSON
Musical DirectorBOB SINGLETON
Lyricists/ComposersSTEPHEN BATES BALTESLORY LAZARUS
Performance DirectorPENNY WILSON
Educational SpecialistsMARY ANN DUDKO, Ph.D.MARGIE LARSEN, M.Ed.
Cast:Voice of Barney... BOB WESTBarney's Body Costume... DAVID JOYNERVoice of Baby Bop... JULIE JOHNSONBaby Bop's Body Costume... JEFF AYERSVoice of B.J. ... PATTY WIRTZB.J.'s Body Costume... JEFF BROOKS
Cast:Shawn... JOHN DAVID BENNETT, IITosha... HOPE CERVANTESStella the Storyteller... PHYLLIS CICEROJason... KURT DYKHUIZENKathy... LAUREN KINGJuan... MICHAEL KROST
Cast:Carlos... COREY LOPEZMin... PIA MANALOKenneth... NATHAN REGANJulie... SUSANNAH WETZELBarney's Guest... TOMIE DE PAOLA
Associate DirectorERIC NORBERG
Stage ManagerTERRIE DAVIS MANNING
Lighting DesignBERNER & BRILL LIGHTING DESIGN, INC.
EditorMcKEE SMITH
Audio DirectorDAVID M. BOOTHE
Art DirectorELIZABETH SAGAN VELTEN
Wardrobe Supervisor/DesignerLISA O. ALBERTSON
Technical Operations SupervisorRANDY BREEDLOVE
Video EngineerBINK WILLIAMS
Camera OperatorsLARRY ALLEN OZ COLEMANTOM COX BRUCE HARMON
Production AudioRONALD G. BALENTINEDAVID LOWE
Boom OperatorsDAVID M. ROBERTSDAVID SMITH
Lighting DirectorCASEY COOK
Key GripBUZ CANNON
Lighting Board OperatorTODD DAVIS
Grip/ElectricJAMES EDWARDS
Construction SupervisorCHARLES BAILEY
Craft Shop SupervisorRAY HENRY
Art/Craft CoordinatorAMY ATHERTON
Set DresserAGGIE DAVIS-BROOKS
DraftspersonCHRISTOPHER McCRAY
Craft/Prop ArtistMARK BROGAN
Props/Special EffectsDAVID COBB
CarpentersTY M. BURNSDANNY SMITH
Scenic PainterE. (BILL) SLETTE
Swing CrewCARMELO GOMEZ
Costume Shop ManagerGEORGIA FORD WAGENHURST
Costume TechnicianD.J. SEGLER
Costume SewingNATALIE SERGI-SAARISUSIE THENNES
Make-Up DesignerJEANIE L. D'IORIO
Hair StylistDEBRA HERTEL HAEFLING
Costume/Wardrobe AssistantsBRIAN BLEVINS RHONDA RICHARDSJANET BUSH CHRISTINE STOLP
Field ProducerSANDY JANTZEN
Post VideotapeDUDLEY ASAFF
Dialogue EditorDENICE CROWELL
Post Production AudioCRAIG CHASTAIN
Production Office ManagerSUE SHINN
Script SupervisorCATHERINE REYNOLDS
Production CoordinatorsJULIE HUTCHINGSKELLY MAHER
Production AccountantDEBBIE COTTLE
Production SecretaryAUSTIN GRAY
Asst. to Performance DirectorDAVID VOSS
Production AssistantsBRADEN McDONALDJOEL ZOCH
Barney Music DepartmentJILL HANCE CHARLES KINGJONATHAN SMITH ETHEL WADSWORTH
For Singleton Productions, Inc.BRADFORD COLEMAN LARRY HARONMIKE PIETZSCH
Educational Research StaffPATSY J. ROBLES GOODWIN, M.Ed.KIMBERLY THORNTON, M.Ed.JOY STARR
Children's TeacherSANDRA GILPIN
Children's SupervisorMARY EVANS
Barney and the Backyard Gang™ and Barney & Friends®were originally developed by Sheryl Leach,Kathy Parker and Dennis DeShazer.
Vocal Performances Enhanced with Help fromSingleton Productions, Inc.
"I Love You" • Lyrics by Lee Bernstein (BMI)
"Text and illustrations fromCHARLIE NEEDS A CLOAK by Tomie dePaola.Copyright 1973Used by permission of Tomie dePaolaand Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers,Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division."All Rights Reserved.
Special Thanks to Capers for Kids
Original Barney, Baby Bop and B.J.Costumes byIRENE COREY DESIGNASSOCIATES
Produced byTHE LYONS GROUP ANDCONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION
For Connecticut Public TelevisionExecutives in ChargeLARRY RIFKINSHARON BLAIR
Executive in ChargeRICHARD C. LEACH
BARNEY & FRIENDS • It's Raining, It's Pouring...Copyright 2006 • Lyons Partnership, L.P.