RYMAL

A black woman named Ashi makes her way back home from fishing for food for her family while avoiding predators such as Lizzie and Rathalos. When she finally reaches her family's den, she finds Grug, Spot, and Eep all being attacked and eaten by three Carnotaurs. Enraged, Ashi prepares to take on the trio, but their Indominus Rex appears and summons them back into the forest before they can attack Ashi. A distraught Ashi walks into the cave that once housed her family and angrily removes a cave painting of them. Later, she climbs a tall cliff and stands at an edge, where she attempts suicide. Ultimately, she decides to continue living and stays the rest of the night on the cliff. As the sun rises the next morning, Ashi sees a vision of Grug, Spot, and Eep in the sun, which gives her a chance to live.

Sometime later, while hunting piranhas for herself to eat, Ashi spots the silhouette of a lion catching a mouthful of piranhas before retreating into a marsh. Still filled with hatred as she mistakenly believes it to be one of the Carnotaurs who killed her family, Ashi follows the animal with the plan of killing it. Upon catching up with the lion, Ashi is shocked as she finds out that it is a male lion with two young cubs. Before Ashi can act further, the same predators that had killed her family arrive and attempt to kill the father and his cubs while choosing to ignore Ashi. Not wanting to see another family torn apart, Ashi intervenes by helping the father lion kill the hostile animals.

With the pack now dead, the father lion's cubs approach Ashi and nuzzle her affectionately for saving them while Ashi smiles as she reminds them of her children. However, the moment is interrupted as the Indominus Rex bursts from the marsh and attacks the group. Ashi and the father lion, now known as Mufasa, helplessly watch as the massive Indominus Rex devours the young cubs in a single bite. After a long and brutal fight with the help of Mufasa, Ashi manages to slay the Indominus Rex by impaling it through the brain with her spear, finally avenging both her family and Mufasa's kids, although Mufasa is left distraught over the loss of his cubs.

Later, Ashi wanders on a beach alone, contemplating the day's events. She is suddenly approached by Mufasa, who appears to want to follow him since he has nothing left. After a moment of consideration, Ashi accepts Mufasa as her new companion, and the two decide to head off on new adventures.

Ashi is chasing down a large Entelodont in order to kill it for food. As she lines up her spear to throw it at the animal, Mufasa intervenes by catching the Entelodont herself and proceeds to devour it, stealing Ashi's kill. Frustrated, Ashi moves on and continues to hunt for more food. Eventually finding another Entelodont, Ashi manages to kill it and is excited to finally eat. Climbing down from a tree, she finds Mufasa devouring her kill. Now enraged, Ashi confronts Mufasa, screaming and pounding the ground in anger. Unfazed, Mufasa continues to devour the Entelodont.

Later, Ashi climbs a tree in order to get some fruit. Mufasa sees this and rams the tree with his head, knocking both Ashi and a handful of fruit down. Before Ashi can eat the fruit, Mufasa devours all of it, despite him being a carnivore. Ashi shoves Mufasa and threatens him, but ultimately backs down.

At night, Ashi and Mufasa sleep around a fire. Mufasa's heavy breathing agitates Ashi, who throws stones at his face. Attempting to distract herself from the noise, Ashi makes shadow puppets on the wall, causing her to remember Spot and Eep. Ashi then remembers that Spot and Eep were devoured by a Carnotaur, which Mufasa happens to be. Ashi stares Mufasa down, seething in anger. Sensing this, Ashi awakens and growls back.

The next day, Ashi is out hunting a goat. Yet again, Mufasa is prepared to steal the kill, but he is confronted by Ashi. When Ashi goes to kill the goat, Mufasa is already there to steal the kill, despite Ashi's warning. Now enraged, Ashi finally loses it and proceeds to fight Mufasa for the kill, with the two actually hurting each other, drawing blood. The two come to an intense standoff, but before they can continue fighting, the duo are horrified when they notice a pile of massive snakes surrounding the immediate forest. Just as Ashi and Mufasa proceed to slowly back away, a flash-flood (caused by the storm that broke earlier) swoops over the area, carrying with it hundreds of giant reticulated pythons. Ashi and Mufasa work together to survive the flood and Lutador, eventually coming to earn each other's trust and respect. Mufasa even tends to Ashi's head injury after the latter had hit her head on a rock during the flood. They learn how to hunt cooperatively and end up sharing their kills at the end of every hunt as a team.

A herd of longnecks is traversing through a blizzard, but Pat in the herd struggles to keep up due to his old age, and is eventually separated due to the blizzard. Later, after the storm had died down, Pat wanders aimlessly through the frozen terrain searching for the herd before suddenly being ambushed by Ashi and Mufasa. Though initially putting up a tough fight, Pat is ultimately overwhelmed by the duo and is killed. Ashi proceeds to skin Pat, taking large quantities of scales and meat, as well as also taking the deceased sauropod's only tooth.

Ashi and Mufasa find a small cave to eat and spend the night in. While Mufasa is content with the day's hunt, Ashi meanwhile thinks back to when she first taught Eep how to hunt. She remembers teaching her daughter about respecting animals and being grateful for the food they provide.

Meanwhile, Pat's herd find his corpse being scavenged by Soto and his saber pack. Chasing the scavengers off, the herd surround Pat's body and begin to mourn. Nightmare Longneck begins to caress Pat's body with his tooth, running it over his head, until he notices his tooth is gone. Startled and filled with rage, the herd spot Mufasa and Ashi's footprints and proceed to follow them.

The longneck herd soon find Ashi and Mufasa and fight them for the tooth. After being cornered and nearly killed, Ashi swings Pat's tooth wildly in defense of herself. Noticing the reaction of the longnecks, Ashi realizes that they only came to retrieve the tooth. Respectfully, Ashi offers the tooth to Nightmare Longneck, who takes it and leaves with the herd without further violence.

Sometime later, the longneck herd delivers the tooth to a longneck graveyard, filled with the bones of their ancestors and other members of the herd. Nightmare Longneck places Pat's tooth down respectfully among the bones and the herd proceed to perform a ritual around Pat, swaying back and forth, rumbling and running their heads over his tooth one last time as they say their final goodbyes to their deceased member.

Mufasa is seen running through an open field with Ashi on his back as a massive pack of jaguars pursues them. After a lengthy chase with numerous jaguars being killed by the duo, Ashi and Mufasa are surrounded. Before they can pounce, the jaguars suddenly flee the area, seemingly terrified. The moon suddenly turns blood-red, and a thick fog envelopes the area.

While wandering, Ashi and Mufasa spot a baboon carrying the corpse of Pumbaa on his back. After tripping and dislocating his leg, the baboon hoots, and hollers, calling out to his family, who watch from the safety of a cave. Another baboon runs out to retrieve Pumbaa, but is suddenly snatched by a large flying creature. Wanting to help, Ashi picks up the wounded baboon and Pumbaa and carries them to the cave. The baboons retreat deeper into the cave, leaving Ashi and Mufasa confused.

Suddenly, the duo are attacked by a flock of massive bat cronies. After a brutal fight, the bats manage to capture Ashi and bring her back to their nest. Determined to find Ashi, Mufasa tracks the bats down to their den. Playing possum, Mufasa tricks the bats into picking him up and bringing him inside their den. Inside, he finds Ashi wrapped in a strange silk-like material. It is revealed that the bats share the cave with Skorpius, whom they share a strange symbiotic relationship with. Mufasa fights Skorpius while Ashi manages to break free of the webbing. Together, they kill Skorpius and escape the nest before the bats return.

However, the bats manage to track Ashi and Mufasa down upon finding out that the duo have killed Skorpius. The duo lead the bats into a patch of tall grass where the jaguar pack resides. The jaguars ambush the bats, and while the two species fight, Ashi and Mufasa make a quick escape.

Ashi and Mufasa are travelling through a jungle when they come across a beautiful, quiet oasis. While Mufasa takes a drink (and humorously runs afoul of a flock of birds), Ashi attempts to go fishing; to her surprise, the local piranhas are unmoved by her presence and literally swim into her hand. She easily picks them out of the lake one by one; after eating two and tossing one to Mufasa, she begins amassing a large pile for consumption. She shares her bounty with Mufasa, but makes the mistake of looking away to admire the scenery; when he looks back, his reptilian companion has devoured the entire pile. She smiles at her sheepish expression before sitting down at the beach to enjoy a rare moment of tranquility.

Noticing one of Ashi's handprints in the sand, Mufasa leaves a footprint beside it as a sign of camaraderie. His contentment is short-lived after an earthworm pulls itself out of the sand, giving Mufasa a flashback to him and Ashi's near-death experience in a snake-infested flash flood. Ashi tries to calm the male lion down, showing him that the worm is harmless, but he refuses to listen. After devouring the worm, Ashi goes for a swim in the oasis while Mufasa lounges on a nearby flat boulder.

After coming up for air, Ashi notices Mufasa resting on the boulder. She dives back underwater and swims towards his perch with likely mischievous intent...only to notice several shadowy animal-like silhouettes approaching the boulder. She quietly surfaces and climbs up the rock to find Mufasa missing; only a trail of footprints and disturbed sand indicates that the creatures from before have dragged him into the forest. She nears the forest in order to search for the missing animal, only for something unseen to knock her out cold.

Ashi wakes up to discover that she has been tied up with vines and is being carried away through the forest by the creatures, one of which knocks her out again. By the time she wakes again, she finds herself tied up alongside Mufasa, both being suspended over an open arena at night. The edges of the arena are filled with members of a vicious tribe of Sleestaks with a taste for brutal gladiatorial combat. Drako clad in animal furs and carrying a wooden scepter commences the ritual by drawing a circle in the arena so that five burly scale-men resembling animals can gather around it. Drako climbs up a tall boulder, stands next to a large stone bowl, and announces the start of the fight by slamming the butt of their scepter into the stone.

As the five combatants begin combat, one dragon with a tooth necklace (identified as Bowser in supplementary material) quickly emerges as a leader in the fight, swiftly pummeling one opponent and breaking another's arm. Drako taps their scepter to mark each elimination as a particularly large warrior brutally smashes another opponent into the ground; the Sleestaks cheer wildly as Ashi looks on in horrified bewilderment. After finishing off the previously-pummeled elephant, Bowser and Shendu face off; the former emerges victorious by using his smaller size and superior agility to outmaneuver his opponent, throwing the dragon to the ground and viciously beating him bloody.

With a champion crowned, the Sleestaks begin lowering Mufasa into the arena as Drako offers Bowser two boons: a choice of three animal skulls (a Tyrannosaurus, a mammoth, and a Triceratops) and the black ooze from the bowl next to them. Licking his lips in anticipation, Bowser kneels at the base of Drako's perch as his leader lets a single drop of the ooze fall from the bowl and slither down a trail carved in the rock. Within moments of drinking the ooze, Bowser undergoes a fearsome transformation; his size increases dramatically, his muscles bulge, his fangs grow, his eyes turn blood-red, and his skin gains an unnatural greenish hue.

The newly-empowered Bowser roars fiercely as Mufasa is dropped into the arena. He quickly breaks his bonds and charges at the dragon, only to be sent reeling from a single back-handed strike. As Ashi watches in horror, Bowser places the Triceratops skull over his head and unleashes a brutal beatdown on Mufasa, headbutting him across the arena and easily shaking off him attempt to bite his arm. Realizing how much danger Mufasa is in, Ashi begins struggling to free herself as Bowser continues his assault, breaking Mufasa's right leg and hefting him over his head to smash him into the ground.

The dragon is about to deliver the killing blow when Ashi breaks free and charges at him, slamming a fist into Bowser's right eye before being thrown away. In an act of desperation, Ashi begins climbing up to Drako's perch, intending to drink the same ooze that empowered Bowser. As the spectating Sleestaks begin climbing in pursuit, Ashi easily tosses Drako to their death and begins drinking the contents of the entire bowl. Bowser is distracted from his attempt to finish off Mufasa when the other Sleestaks pile onto Ashi in an effort to beat her up before the ooze's effects take hold.

Unfortunately for them, it's already too late; Ashi suddenly mutates into a giant, green-skinned hulking woman that throws her attackers off of her before leaping into the arena to confront Bowser. Bowser finds his attacks ineffective against She-Hulk, who proceeds to punch him across the arena. Despite losing his skull helmet, Bowser charges back into battle...for all of five seconds before She-Hulk rips off his arms and beats him to a pulp with them.

After a moment of stunned silence, the Sleestaks swarm into the arena, intent on bringing She-Hulk down with sheer numbers. However, She-Hulk has become far too large, powerful, and enraged for them, easily slaughtering every Sleestak in reach. With fury giving way to terror, the remaining lizards attempt to flee, but She-Hulk is relentless; she leaps after them, sending them flying with her landing before continuing her massacre.

The following morning, She-Hulk climbs out of a pile of Sleestak carcasses, covered in their blood and reverted to her normal state. Even she seems shocked at the carnage around her as she brushes the blood off her face, but her attention is drawn to Mufasa, still lying on the arena floor where Bowser last threw her. Ashi runs to him and tries to rouse him to no avail; fearing the worst, she can only fall to her knees in despair beside her lifeless companion.

After slaughtering the Sleestaks who captured her, Ashi mourns over Mufasa, who seems to have been killed by the Sleestak's late champion. However, she soon discovers that the lion is still alive, if severely injured. As Ashi fetches a water sack from nearby, her attention is drawn to some Thunderclaps scavenging on the remains of the Sleestaks. After shooing them away, Ashi returns to Mufasa's side, giving him some water before using the rest to make clay for his wounds; this is uncomfortable for Mufasa, but it seems to be working.

As Ashi continues working on Mufasa's injuries, Thunderclaps return in greater numbers. Realizing that the arena is no longer safe, Ashi attempts to move Mufasa, but he proves far too heavy for even her great strength. Fortunately, Ashi gets the idea to fashion a makeshift stretcher for Mufasa using bamboo sticks and vines lying around the arena; she even makes a new spear after finding a sharp stone and a spare stick. With considerable effort, she manages to push Mufasa onto the stretcher and lift it enough to drag it.

Later on, Ashi is forced to stop as her hands are covered in blisters. As the sun begins to set, she hears a creature's calls from the woods, which turns out to be a hyena. She creates some fires to form a defensive perimeter whilst they rest for the night; the hyena watches them, but makes no effort to attack. The next morning, Ashi creates a harness to add to the stretcher, allowing her to pull Mufasa far more easily; however, an ever-growing number of hyenas are following in her wake.

Ashi spots a small cave to shelter her and Mufasa for the night as the hyenas continue to watch them. Ashi is awoken by several small flesh-eating giant ants crawling on her face; realizing that they are attracted to the defenseless Mufasa, she proceeds to attack them. She has little success at first - their mandibles are covered in flesh-cutting spikes and too durable for her spear to pierce - but soon discovers that they're both vulnerable and helpless after being flipped onto their backs. After killing the ants, she cooks them over a fire, feeding some to Mufasa and eating others herself.

The following morning, Ashi goes to collect more water; smelling the hyenas nearby, she blocks the cave entrance with several large boulders to protect Mufasa. The lion awakens in the evening to the sounds of numerous hyenas around the cave, attempting to find a way in until Ashi returns and fights through them on her way back inside. Seeing the numerous scratches covering Ashi's body, Mufasa struggles to his feet; however, Ashi convinces him to stay down and recover his strength while she fends off the scavengers. Noticing a few ant carcasses lying around, she gets another idea: by threading her fingers through their legs, she can use their durable spiked mandibles as switchblades.

Thus armed, Ashi climbs out of the blocked cave entrance to find hundreds of hyenas waiting for her. Her improvised weapons prove to be incredibly useful against the attackers, but their sheer numbers begin to overwhelm her. Suddenly, the rocks in front of the cave are sent flying as Mufasa literally bursts onto the scene, fully recovered and ready to help Ashi. With his added strength and ferocity, the hyenas are sent fleeing for their lives, leaving Ashi and Mufasa to roar triumphantly.

In a tranquil forested valley, a mammoth herd goes about their daily business; feeding on vegetation, drinking from a watering hole, tending to their nests, and generally enjoying the peace and quiet. Suddenly, one individual mammoth has a strange encounter with a killer Kodiak bear that seems to be running about randomly as its body visibly rots. The mammoth ignores the animal until it bites it in the leg; it then kicks the bear into a tree, causing it to thrash around impotently before dying.

The bitten mammoth inspects its wound before heading to the pond for a drink, unaware that the Kodiak bear was able to transmit a terrible infection with its bite. In the time it takes for the mammoth to reach the pond, its gait becomes lethargic and its flesh begins to decay at unnatural speeds; it drinks a large quantity of water in an apparent effort to soothe itself, but this only makes it vomit a torrent of blood into the pond (to the visible concern of its herdmates). Pustules begin bubbling over its skin and its eyes gain the same appearance as the Kodiak Bear's; a sign of the plague fully overtaking its body and mind.

Chaos erupts in the valley as the Mutant Mammoth goes on a rampage, trampling nests and shoving the surprised parents aside. One member of the herd attempts to confront the killer mammoth and gets its throat ripped out for the trouble; the killer mammoth proceeds to massacre the rest of its former kin with bites, stomps, and tail whips. The last of the herd makes a run for it, but the killer mammoth easily catches up and body-slams it into a tree, fatally impaling it on the pointed branches as its corrupted herdmate catches its breath amid the carnage.

Some time later, Ashi and Mufasa are traveling through the same forest when they stumble across the slaughter. Both are visibly disturbed by the many corpses strewn about, untouched by scavengers or even flies; Mufasa sniffs one body and immediately recoils in apparent fright. As they take in the gruesome sight, the monster rises up behind them and roars fiercely. Recognizing that they can't defeat it in battle, Ashi and Mufasa flee through the woods with the Mutant Mammoth in hot pursuit; they eventually lose it by jumping into a ravine, causing the beast to crash at the bottom and knock itself out.

Visibly panting for breath after their close call, Ashi and Mufasa retire to a small cave on the cliffs to collect themselves and rest. While sleeping, Ashi has a nightmare of the Monster Mammoth biting her, ripping a huge chunk out of her torso as the rest begins to decay. Ashi can only look on in horror as her hands and face rot before her very eyes until a scream draws her attention; Mufasa has also been bitten, losing a large piece of his back before his flesh rapidly begins melting off of his bones.

Ashi jolts awake from her nightmare and wanders out of the cave to check on the beast; it's exactly where she last saw it, seemingly dead. She debates their next course of action with Mufasa, eventually convincing him to sneak down the cliff and escape through the ravine. On their way down, Ashi disturbs a small rock that falls next to the Mutant Mammoth; when it doesn't react, she takes this as proof that it is dormant before continuing her descent. After descending to ground level and sidling around the mammoth (also getting an unpleasantly close look at its putrefying skin), the duo are finally clear to tiptoe away...

...at which point the mammoth gets up and resumes the chase as its quarry flee through the ravine. Despite several close calls, Ashi and Mufasa manage to escape through a crevasse too narrow for their foe to pass through, leaving it impotently roaring and flailing its trunk as they descend into a volcanic plain. The open calderas begin erupting shortly afterwards, burning both Ashi and Mufasa with stray embers as the ground cracks beneath the latter's weight. Realizing the instability of the area, Ashi and Mufasa decide to double back and find another way out, just in time for the Mutant Mammoth to literally tear itself out of the crevasse, leaving much of its rib cage exposed as it goes after the duo once more.

With no other option, Ashi and Mufasa rush through the lava field, getting the Monster Mammoth's trunk burnt by a lava geyser as it follows. This enrages it to the point of leaping towards them, causing it to break through the rocky crust and fall into the lava below. Ashi and Mufasa ride the resulting wave to safer ground and resume running as the beast re-emerges, visibly burnt but no less determined to kill them. Unable to fully climb out of the molten rock, it instead dives back into it and erupts through the ground in front of its quarry; Ashi and Mufasa land on its back, with the former being stunned at the glimpse of pure emptiness within the mammoth's body. Using its trunk as a ramp, they are able to make it to the other side of the geyser field unharmed; the killer mammoth tries to pursue, but its next attempt to jump out of the lava simply sends it falling back in.

Safe on the opposite cliffs, Ashi and Mufasa watch in shock and morbid fascination as the Mutant Mammoth once again emerges, further efforts to escape being stymied by the loss of its forelimbs to the lava. Fully trapped and bursting into flames, it can only trumpet in pain and maddened fury before finally collapsing and disintegrating into ashes. A single ember from the burnt mammoth lands on Ashi's palm as she and Mufasa look over the lava field, seemingly contemplating the mammoth's gruesome end.

Ashi and Mufasa are traveling through the jungle at night attempting to reach a bright purple, sky-high flame. They arrive at the edge of the scene and witness Queen Narissa suspended above the purple flames, screaming in agony as a group of rats intensify the fire. The rats then perform a chant that summons the Yveltal-riding Aunt Lydia to the site of the ritual. She makes her way down to the fire, raises her staff and shapeshifts into a tall, black demon with light purple highlights.

Queen Narissa has a magical cobra travel down her throat, which causes all the markings painted on her body to shift towards her stomach. The cobra emerges from her throat and sucks the life force out of her, bonifying her. The cobra slithers into Aunt Lydia, forming Baby Tarzan in her stomach which she plucks out and hands to the eager rats. Yveltal spots Ashi and Mufasa and alerts Aunt Lydia, causing the rats to pursue them into the jungle. Ashi and Mufasa lose each other and whilst Ashi is fending off her pursuers, Mufasa is mind-controlled by the old rat (Nicodemus).

Ashi awakens the next morning and finds herself tied above the fire pit. Nicodemus returns on Mufasa's back to which Ashi becomes incredibly distraught, screaming and thrashing around. Her cries temporarily break the mind-controlling spell until Nicodemus pauses time and travels into the memories of Ashi and Mufasa. He visits Mufasa's memory first, where we are taken to his original home and witness his young cubs. Nicodemus fast forwards to the events of the first episode where he watches Ashi defending Mufasa's cubs and their subsequent deaths. He returns to the present, gives Mufasa a hug, then goes into Ashi's past. Nicodemus arrives at Ashi's cave shortly before her son is born, watches as she takes him outside, then fast forwards to when they are eaten by the Carnotaurs.

Nicodemus unfreezes time and returns to his hut where he parts a hanging cloth, revealing a wall drawing of him and Liam. Nicodemus travels into her own memories of the day Liam was born. His memories take him to a field of flowers, where Nicodemus and his son are spending time together when a scream is heard. Past Nicodemus goes to investigate and finds Liam has fallen off a cliff, sending him into tears. He returns to the present and prepares Ashi's markings for the next ritual.

Upon nightfall, Aunt Lydia returns to perform, but Nicodemus sneaks up to Yveltal's perch and kills it, then sets Ashi free using a mind-controlled Mufasa. Infuriated, Aunt Lydia shape-shifts into a giant Shere Khan and attacks Mufasa. Nicodemus transforms into a huge Corviknight and distracts Shere Khan long enough to allow Ashi and Mufasa to escape deep into the jungle. Nicodemus is eventually overpowered and killed by Shere Khan, severing the bond between him and Mufasa.

We then see Nicodemus, along with Liam, in a field of flowers in a heavenly vision. They run towards each other and share a hug as the vision fades into black.

In the dead of night, Niju roams the forest in search of prey. It picks up a scent and begins growling at an unseen monster among the trees, only to be swiftly and violently attacked. Camping nearby, Ashi and Mufasa overhear the assault; they momentarily ready themselves for battle, but stand down when the apparent threat fails to appear.

The following morning, Ashi and Mufasa travel deeper into the forest, where they stumble across Niju's brutalized corpse. Mufasa is extremely agitated, to the point where he briefly flees into the woods; he takes one sniff of the carcass and roars at him with fierce intensity. For her part, Ashi is more puzzled than concerned, examining the remains for a while before she and Mufasa continue onward.

When night falls, the nightmarish monster becomes active again, stalking a passing herd of Tauros. One stops to drink from a stream before sensing something amiss; it turns to face the threat, only to be swiftly slaughtered. The rest of the herd flies into a panic as they're picked off one by one; once again, Ashi and Mufasa hear the noises from their campsite. As the Tauroses continue to be massacred, some attempt to ward off their assailant with a defensive formation; this only leaves them more vulnerable, as the unknown monster cleanly slices right through one of the Pokémon before resuming its slaughter. Visibly disturbed by the sounds of carnage, Ashi grabs her namesake weapon and moves to join the battle, but Mufasa physically blocks her path and roars in her face. After a brief argument, Ashi reluctantly stands down, leaving her and Mufasa to try to get some rest as the screams of the herd echo into the night.

Once the sun rises, Ashi and Mufasa go hunting, quite on-edge after the events of the previous night. They are startled by Litten as it hunts for insects, which Mufasa sends running with an annoyed roar. Hearing the cries of vultures, Ashi climbs a tree and spots the vultures gathering to scavenge the results of the previous night's slaughter. She and Mufasa begin moving further from the carnage when a brutal wind storm hits; they take shelter behind a rock when they hear an unnatural screech. They briefly believe they are being followed by the monster, but Ashi sees that the noise originated from a tree branch scraping on a rock.

Later in the day, the duo make camp, observing Thumper being eaten by a Mesothelae spider before settling in for the night. Despite their best efforts to keep an eye open for their unknown pursuer, they soon fall asleep around the fire; moments later, the flames are put out by a strong gust of wind. As the last embers die, the monster's call awakens them; they take up defensive stances, but their nerves get the better of them when they hear something crashing through the underbrush. The pair sprint deeper into the woods, reaching a lower region enveloped in fog. As they stop to catch their breath, the unseen monster catches up, barely missing them as it slashes through the trunk of a massive tree. It gives chase to Ashi, who barely stays one step ahead as it tears through several more trees in pursuit of her.

Following the trail of destruction, Mufasa manages to get a bead on the monster long enough to actually take it by surprise; however, it seems to slip away, leaving the confused animal's face covered in foul-smelling red blood. He quickly shakes it off before running in the opposite direction as Ashi, both of them roaring to try and confuse their unseen assailant. Unfortunately, this only provokes it to let out a deafening screech, leaving both woman and animal reeling in pain as it closes in on the former. With nowhere to run and Mufasa too far away to assist, Ashi can only grab her weapon and flail it around in blind desperation...

...until she strikes a rock by pure chance, creating a spark that sends the unseen monster reeling back with a cry of terror. It quickly recovers and lunges once more, but Ashi strikes the rock again, this time causing a small fire that sends her attacker fleeing entirely. Realizing that the monster has a weakness after all, Ashi contemplatively ignites the head of her spear as Mufasa rejoins her, ready to turn the tables on the mysterious killer.

The next night, the unseen monster frantically flees through the forest as Ashi and Mufasa terrorize it with sparks and burning trees. They eventually force it into a clearing, with a Mufasa-riding Ashi setting the perimeter alight to keep their foe from escaping back into the woods. The monster barely has time to take in its burning surroundings before Ashi throws her flaming weapon into its chest, causing it to burst into flames and revealing its true appearance: an Indoraptor with long arms and massive claws. Ashi and Mufasa watch disdainfully as the beast is completely immolated, putting an end to its reign of terror over the forest.

Ashi and Mufasa are fishing in a shallow lagoon when a samurai man (Jack) suddenly bursts out from the water, followed by Vengeance. As the two battle and eventually kill the shark, Jack disappears into the woods, though Ashi gives pursuit. They come to a brief moment of peace before Mufasa appears and scares Jack away. Determined not to let him escape, Ashi resumes the chase and cuts Jack off, leaving him cornered. After a short stand-off, Ashi lowers her weapon and herself in a peaceful manner. She notices Jack is cold and makes a campfire for the night before going to sleep. Jack wakes up in the middle of the night and begins praying to the moon as Ashi watches.

The trio sets off in the morning and travels through various landscapes, such as a volcano range, some grasslands, jungle, and mountainous terrain. They settle down to eat, but Jack has difficulty (or unwillingness) eating the raw meat provided by Ashi. Instead, he forages local plant matter and a pan to make an impromptu stew pot, the smell of which seems to attract Mufasa as he grabs a carrot-like vegetable from Jack almost immediately and swallows it. Ashi does not share the same appreciation for it and later again prays to the moon that night.

Jack wakes up the next morning in discomfort from the large wooden collar around his neck. Ashi uses Mufasa's powerful bite to destroy it, then uses a rock to break off the two iron cuffs on Jack's wrists. In appreciation, Jack speaks his name to Ashi, though she seems not to take notice or does not fully understand what he is saying. Travelling onwards, Jack gathers local materials which he eventually uses to make a bow, killing a Gastornis. Ashi and Mufasa failed to kill. Feasting on their latest kill, Jack illustrates his backstory in the dirt giving narration in his language, explaining that his people were enslaved by invaders led by tyrannical warriors represented by a spider image, but he was the only one who managed to escape. Ashi seems to understand somewhat what he drew and looks unnerved by the Spider image. The group later crossed a deep river by riding on Mufasa's back as he swims under the water.

The party arrive at a cave surrounded by loose rocks which Mufasa struggles to climb up, but Jack successfully uses food as an incentive to climb. At night, Jack prays to the moon again, which drives Ashi's curiosity enough to enquire about it. Jack gives a short explanation (in his language) before going to sleep, as Ashi gazes longingly at the moon.

At dusk, Ashi and Mufasa are awoken and ambushed by a large group of gremlins, who have captured Jack. Ashi and Mufasa inflict heavy casualties using Jack's bow, Ashi's spear and the gremlins' own weapons against them before attempting to search for Jack in the foggy forest. They use his screams for help as a guide and come across a number of gremlin corpses littered with arrows, something Ashi has (at this point) only seen Jack use. She finds footprints in the sand, and using Jack's screams, pinpoints the direction to run in. They reach the coast, only to find they are too late as Jack has already been taken onto a boat whose sail bears the same icon Jack's head does. With the boat disappearing over the horizon, Ashi utters her first word: "Jack" while Mufasa screams in sadness.

The episode picks up where it left off in Slave of the Spider, with Ashi and Mufasa having watched Jack be taken away across the sea. Determined to save him, Ashi begins frantically swimming in the boat's direction, but struggles to stay above the water's surface - eventually washing up back on the beach she started from.

Not to be held back by this, she begins chopping down multiple trees (with some assistance from Mufasa) to construct a crude raft. By the next morning the raft is ready to set sail, but Mufasa is less than eager to step aboard - that is until Ashi lures him on using some large Grubbins. The duo use the momentum from the waves to travel a great distance, before Ashi has to paddle the raft once it slows down. After an extended period of pushing the raft, she climbs back on, exhausted from the laborious task. Mufasa eventually steps in and uses his large, thin tail to propel the raft until he too tires from journeying.

The two rest during the night, where a multitude of shooting stars can be seen falling behind them. Sea creatures, such as bioluminescent jellyfish, and a herd of humpback whales swim past under a lunar eclipse. Come morning, they have no food and must scour the ocean, but are unable to find even a single piranha. Later in the day, a largely hidden creature swims past, causing Ashi to dive in after it, only to discover it is Crush. She tries to strangle it to death which proves to be ineffective, until she forces it to surface right by Mufasa, who scores a lethal bite on its neck. They feast on Crush's carcass and even use its shell, and some of its bones, to construct a shelter.

In an approaching storm, their Gemstone Dolphins are interrupted by Vlad Vladikoffs and a massive Mako Shark, who destroys the raft, throwing them both into the increasingly choppy seas. Ashi ends up in the Mako Shark's mouth, but frees herself by stabbing it with a broken piece of the raft. The enormous waves caused by the storm begin thrashing the two around. Ashi continues to use raft debris to attack the gigantic Mako Shark, and jabbed the sharp wood right into its eye.

This victory is short-lived, however, as the raging tides batter them. Mufasa washes up on an entirely new beach, alone and unconscious. He becomes mobile quickly and frantically searches the beach for his friend, but to no avail. He roars in frustration and desperation, before the episode ends.

Since washing up on a new beach, Mufasa has continued to wait in-case Ashi washes up. A crackling noise from the forest behind him attracts his attention, and he goes to investigate. On his way, he mistakes a mossy branch for Ashi, then sees another animal-shaped object run past, prompting him to search around a large rock formation. He discovers a fresh set of unfamiliar tracks, and encounters a lioness, but she runs off. He follows the rocks, but is unable to find the new animal.

Elsewhere, Ashi has washed up on the same island, but nowhere near where Mufasa did. A trio of Tusken Raiders approaches her and carries her off the beach, heading in-land. Mufasa and Sarabi are competing to hunt a rhinoceros, and whilst both are successful in catching it, Sarabi submits and releases the catch before turning to walk away. Mufasa throws a chunk of meat her way, before the two share their catch.

Ashi wakes up completely submerged in mud in a strange hut, decorated with dried animal carcasses and eyeballs. As she goes to move, she experiences a sudden sharp pain in her right arm, which is revealed to have broken during the fight with the Mako Shark the day before. As she stands back up, Great Auntie Sloom startles her, causing her to knock over some bottles and starting a small, green fire. She escapes after tackling a local Tusken Raider, but is quickly pursued through a Tusken-esque village by a small horde of Tusken Raiders, who she is able to single-handedly defeat. Eventually they corner her in a ruined house, but Ben Kenobi intervenes and provides Ashi some food and water, thereby proving they mean her no harm.

Meanwhile, Mufasa and Sarabi are travelling together and find a fruit tree, and begin eating from it. Some fruits on the ground have fermented, however, and after consuming a large amount of the fermented fruits, the two become intoxicated. Back in the Tuskens' village, Ashi's wounds are being treated by Great Auntie Sloom with a combination of snapping the arm into place, hot reeds from a fire, and dung smeared into the new lacerations. Auntie Sloom blows a brown powder in her face, putting her to sleep.

Deeper into the forest, Sarabi and Mufasa are continuing to bond, whilst Ashi is invited into Ben Kenobi's home. Sarabi and Mufasa find a cliff to sleep on for the night, while Ashi manages to bond with Ajay. The following morning, Sarabi leads Mufasa through the mist through a series of spiked wooden posts, before revealing the Tusken village. Sarabi begins attacking local villagers and Mufasa joins in, only for Ashi to emerge from a house to see him with a pair of four legs dangling from his mouth.

Sarabi goes to charge at Ashi, though Mufasa blocks her from doing so, and Ashi halts more locals from attacking. Unaware that Sarabi and Mufasa have bonded, she jumps on his back, only to be thrown off but also saved from being attacked further by Sarabi.

A tense three-way standoff begins before quickly erupting into full-on combat. Mufasa is knocked out by flying debris, preventing him from interfering with the fight, which only becomes more intense, as the Tusken Raiders soon join in on Ashi's side against the animal. Multiple houses are destroyed, including Auntie Sloom's house, which causes a small explosion, launching Ashi and Sarabi to their final battleground.

Ashi is wounded many times by Sarabi, and even comes close to being killed by her, but Mufasa once again, saves her. Mufasa defeats Sarabi by giving him a powerful jump-kick into some spiky wooden debris, fatally skewering her. Mufasa seems almost regretful for her, and even comforts Sarabi as she bleeds to death. A wounded Ashi witnesses this, and she too becomes saddened of the whole ordeal, although perhaps for different reasons. Ben Kenobi speaks to Ashi, but she leaves with a visibly depressed Mufasa, back into the forest.

The episode begins in the forest during a rainstorm, with Ashi and Mufasa sheltering under a tree; the events of the previous episode still weighing on them heavily. The duo wander through the forest for a short while before finding a cave to rest in and shelter from the storm.

Inside the cave, Ashi lights a fire and discovers the cave is deeper than it first appeared. She lights a torch and finds an elaborate series of wall paintings, depicting many humanoid forms, animals, and dinosaurs. She studies them for a moment and compares her hand to some prints on the wall, before returning to sleep by the fire.

In the morning, Ashi goes for a peaceful walk through the forest until she stops at the edge of some plains. She imagines some events depicted on the cave walls in front of her, such as Chief Powhatan raising his hand at her. As she continues to wander the plains, she finds the ruins of a long abandoned village, and imagines the people that could have lived there, and what they could have been doing while they lived there. She brings back a full Xerneas to Mufasa to try and get him to move, but this does nothing.

Ashi wakes up in the middle of the night and is drawn outside by the moon. She remembers Jack praying to the moon and mimics the gestures she made while praying, though she does not understand what the purpose of it is. Ashi is distracted by Rowlet watching her, and scares it off. Later in the night, she and Mufasa are awoken by a Drej scout on polar bearback and are forced to abandon the cave, which is collapsing from the polar bear and animal roars.

A short battle between the Drej, Ragnar Sturlussons, Ashi and Mufasa breaks out, with only a single Drej left standing. She draws her shield and sword and stands her ground, but flees once he releases Ashi recognizes the spider symbol in the shield. The Drej scout is crippled by a spear through the leg, allowing Ashi to interrogate her about Jack's whereabouts. The scout instead draws a second sword and goes to attack Ashi, but is bitten in-two by Mufasa. Ashi picks up the scouts' sword and scabbard, then track some polar bear prints in the ground.

The duo make a break through the vast countryside and make much progress in the day. Their journey eventually deposits them on high-ground overlooking a small Drej village. Ashi scouts the village from this vantage point, but must leave Mufasa behind to maintain his stealthy advantage. Creeping through the village, he is able to locate the shack which is housing Jack and many more captives.

Jack and Ashi greet each other once more and set the slaves free. As they are walking back through the village, however, roars and growls can be heard from the mist. Ashi, knowing what threat lies beyond, narrows her eyes and prepares for a fight.

The episode begins where the previous one left off, with Ashi about to face down the Ragnar Sturlusson-riders emerging from the mist. Many come into view, prompting Ashi to draw her newly acquired sword, which the leader of the Ragnar Sturlusson-riding party recognizes as belonging to a fallen Drej warrior. The riding party likewise draw their weapons and begin to slowly advance towards Ashi, though Ragnar Sturlussons catch the scent of a much more dangerous foe, which Ashi recognizes as Mufasa.

Once Mufasa dispatches the riders' leader, a vicious fight breaks out, with Jack and the other slaves taking the opportunity to escape their captors. As the slaves flee the village and the brutal fight continues, the noise awakens some other Drej, one of whom strikes a toll-sheet to summon reinforcements. A Drej woman named Gladys Sharp emerges from her home with Sid Phillips to lead the battle, whilst Ashi single-handedly slices whole aliens to pieces not too far away. From a rooftop, Jack spots an opening in the woods for the slaves to escape to, grabbing a spear from a rack in the process.

Meanwhile, the Drej manage to completely surround Ashi with a shield formation, some combatants including the village's youngest members. Sid Phillips takes a stand on a rooftop and fires arrows at Ashi. In his first act of violence, Jack takes down Ragnar Sturlusson with his spear; when the rider falls from their mount, he takes their axe and swiftly decapitates them. The bloodbath worsens as more Drej come to reinforce their defense effort, with many archers now active. Ashi manages to break out of the Drej's shield formation and kills several more of them. She throws one of them at Sid Phillips, which knocks them off their perch.

Gladys herself enters the battle by throwing a large axe into Mufasa's leg, leaving him vulnerable to be stabbed in the muzzle with a spear. However, Mufasa grabs Gladys's legs in his teeth and repeatedly slams her into the ground until she perishes. Undeterred by the massacre, Sid Phillips attacks Ashi by latching onto her back and clawing at her face; the black woman throws Sid off and into a rock, killing it on impact. Visibly distraught by her accidental kill, Ashi meets back up with Mufasa as a thick red mist covers the village, allowing the two to slip away. Unfortunately, they end up running into a sheer cliff face that blocks their path, leaving them open for the pursuing Drej to bombard them with arrows. Fully cornered and at their wits' end, Ashi and Mufasa go on the offensive, using the mist to their advantage as they slaughter their assailants with brutal efficiency. Once all the Drej are dead, Ashi and Mufasa join Jack on the docks and escape aboard one of the Drej's boats.

Some time later, another boat comes to the village, carrying a small group of slaves and a pair of Drej: Varvatos Vex and his eldest child, Dwayne LaFontant. They announce their return to the village by blowing a horn, becoming suspicious when nobody responds. Varvatos and Dwayne dock the boat, whereupon they find a blood trail leading up to the village and another one of the boats missing; Varvatos quickly deduces that someone must have used the boat to escape. The two villains investigate the silent village, Varvatos finding the corpse of a Drej under a group of vultures. As he examines the body, the mist clears, revealing the full extent of Ashi and Mufasa's handiwork.

As Varvatos takes in the gruesome tableau, he begins to panic, calling out Gladys's name in vain. Finding no one in their shared dwelling, he rushes through the village in search of his wife, only to discover her lifeless body where Mufasa killed her. He weeps for her death as Dwayne returns to his side, Sid's corpse in their arms; Varvatos can only embrace Sid as they mourn the loss of their tribe.

While what is left of their village burns, Varvatos and Dwayne fill a tomb with the wrapped corpses of the dead and seal it with a large rock. They return to the boat with their family members' bodies; the exterminator frees their latest batch of slaves so the bodies of Gladys and Sid can be loaded instead. Once the bodies are secure, the ship is set out to sea as Varvatos readies a flaming arrow on a bow; however, he cannot bring himself to release the arrow. Seeing their father's grief, Dwayne takes the bow from his hands and completes the ritual, setting fire to the ship and its grim cargo.

With their duty to the dead complete, the two remaining villains equip themselves with heavy armor and set sail on a journey for vengeance.

The Rymal Theory opens in an unusual manner, establishing the date and location as Sinnoh in 2022. A scientist named Charon is being driven by cart to an elaborate manor house in the countryside where fellow scientists Saturn, Rowan, Kamado, and the house's owner Cyrus are waiting for him.

Saturn is delivering a lecture to the others about evolution, primal instincts, and how modern man is not so different from their primitive ancestors - although the others do not take Saturn's thoughts seriously, and crack jokes. Their meeting is interrupted by North who warns the men of an escaped ogre from the nearby insane asylum, warning them to stay alert and indoors.

Cyrus later counters Saturn's theory, agreeing that humans descended from ladies but heavily disagreeing that modern humans can revert to a primitive state, claiming it goes against everything they stand for and that it is "pure lunacy". A loud noise upstairs draws their attention, which is seen to by the butler, Drayden. A second, louder noise which causes ceiling plaster to fall is heard, but is brushed off as Drayden having amended the situation.

As the men resume their conversation, a drop of blood lands in Kamado's drink, revealed to be dripping from a crack in the ceiling. Sensing a disturbance, Cyrus, Saturn and Rowan venture upstairs to investigate, only to find Drayden's corpse being eaten by the escaped ogre. The inmate is alerted to the trio's presence, forcing them to flee downstairs, wherein they use furniture and swords to fend him off. Rowan and Kamado are both killed during the scuffle, leaving only Cyrus, Saturn and Charon to fend for themselves.

Barricading themselves in another room, they hear the dying screams of the house's cook, Cynthia, before the monster breaks through the window behind them, forcing the survivors to flee to a room filled with melee and ranged weapons. Cyrus loads a revolver in order to shoot the convict, who has now pinned Saturn to the floor, but misses the shot as the inmate has managed to climb atop a tall cabinet. Cyrus fires at him multiple times but is unable to hit the ogre as he proves to be extremely agile.

The three men arm themselves with several firearms and begin searching the house, hoping to find and kill the convict before he can do more harm. He appears once more, but his extreme agility proves difficult for the men to shoot him, allowing him to overpower and injure Charon, who he uses as a human shield. The ogre charges at Saturn, but is warded off by Cyrus, who finally manages to graze Shrek's shoulder with a rifle shot. They decide to leave Charon on the ground and pursue the ogre back into the lounge, where he ambushes the two from the ceiling.

Now having lost their firearms, Cyrus challenges the convict to a fist-fight, where it is revealed by a fallen plaque, that Cyrus was an Oxford Boxing champion back in 2007. Cyrus uses his boxing prowess to land many strikes upon Shrek, but is eventually caught in a choke-hold until Saturn distracts the ogre by charging at him with sword and shield in hand. Cyrus then arms himself with a bow from the wall and forces the ogre to flee into the greenhouse by landing a few arrows in him.

Saturn and Cyrus follow him into the greenhouse, where a lengthy fight ensues. During the fight, Saturn is beaten heavily and has a large chunk of shoulder bitten off by Shrek, while Cyrus is recovering from almost being drowned. Cyrus rushes to the scene wielding a large bone, mirroring Ashi's actions. The storm causes a large tree to breach the greenhouse, which provides some respite and Cyrus a new weapon - a spear. He uses this opportunity to rip his shirt off and strike from above, now almost completely mimicking Ashi's own behaviors.

An enraged Cyrus uses the remainder of the spear (which broke during the fight) to inflict many deep stab wounds on Shrek. Cyrus finishes off Shrek in an eerily similar way to how Ashi defeated the Indominus Rex - with a killing blow to the head. Saturn then excitedly exclaims that his earlier theory was true. Cyrus says nothing, only stares and contemplates the events of the evening.

Ashi wakes up onboard the ship that she, Jack and Mufasa had stolen from the Drej village. She finds that she has been treated of her arrow wounds while Jack is applying the same treatment to Mufasa. However, their long period of respite is cut short as they are ambushed by Varvatos Vex and his son, Dwayne LaFontant, who are both out for revenge for the massacre of their village. A heated battle ensues wherein Ashi fends off Varvatos while Jack protects Mufasa from Dwayne's arrows. Despite being equally matched in strength Ashi is able to knock off Varvatos's helmet and Mufasa overpowers Dwayne. The fight is soon delayed after the two ships collide and run into the jagged rocks of the nearby shore. The ship that Ashi and her companions were on is broken in half, while the second ship is about to hit several other sharp rocks. To save them from crashing Jack takes the helm and steers the ship to shore. Meanwhile Varvatos and Dwayne press on with the fight, until Dwayne is grabbed by Mufasa in his teeth and tossed overboard. Varvatos fears for Dwayne's safety so he jumps into to stream after him.

Jack continues sailing, but Ashi notices that the left side of the ship had been broken and now water is pouring inside the hull. Jack manages to safely land the ship and anchors the vessel by tying it to a tree with help from Ashi and Mufasa. Once safe on the shore, Mufasa begins behaving erratically, running around through the forest sniffing random areas. Eventually Mufasa finds a suitable area and begins to construct a nest, which initially confuses Ashi, until she remembers how upset Mufasa was when Sarabi died, at which point she becomes overjoyed once she realises what it means - Mufasa is going to lay golden eggs soon. Thrilled by this new revelation, she giddily collects padding for the nest.

Meanwhile down by the river, Varvatos Vex has managed to fish Dwayne out of the river, and makes his way inland with him. The duo tend to each other's wounds before setting up camp for the night. Whilst staring into the fire, Varvatos sees visions of Gladys's death and Chernabog, though the latter may have been a nightmare. Dwayne returns from the woods with a deer on his back which they cook over their fire, which for Varvatos, brings back a memory of his family sharing a meal, and his two sons' sibling rivalry. He tears up at this thought, and goes down to the river to clear his mind. Varvatos and Dwayne's tender moment is interrupted by Rodan swooping them, which gives Varvatos the idea to venture up to their nest.

Back in the forest, Mufasa is last, ready to lay his clutch. Jack and Ashi watch from a distance as he lays a group of 3 golden eggs. Ashi gives him a congratulatory hug and goes to touch one of the eggs, but is knocked away by Mufasa.

High above the river, Dwayne and Varvatos scale the cliff housing Rodans, and as they are climbing a lone monster bird disturbs them. Dwayne jumps onto Rodan's back, much to Varvatos's surprise, and it dives down to the river in an attempt to throw him off - it does not work. Varvatos continues to scale the cliff and enters the nest, where he manages to get ropes around another Rodan's neck and gains control of it. He meets Dwayne in the sky and the two Rodan-riders fly off in search of their enemies.

Returning to the nest site, Ashi is busy catching scores of piranhas for Mufasa, while Jack is working on repairing the damage done to the boat. This moment of solace is broken by the villains' Rodan mounts arriving on scene. Ashi and Mufasa fight to keep the eggs safe while Jack provides bow cover-fire, until Dwayne's mount swoops past and grabs him, flying up to a great height. Dwayne yanks on his reins which causes Rodan to release Jack from its grasp in response, though Jack is able to grab onto one of its claws before he falls, and swings him way onto Rodan's back. Even despite being repeatedly struck by Dwayne, Jack tugs on the ropes around Rodan's neck which forces it to rapidly lose altitude.

As Jack and Dwayne fly past at speed, Ashi takes her fight with Varvatos to the skies as well, by forcing Varvatos's mount to take-off. Both Rodan-riders are now fighting their respective adversaries midair - Jack vs Dwayne, and Ashi vs Varvatos. Jack's fight does not last very long, as while still dangling from Rodan, Dwayne tries to chew through the rope he is hanging onto - until he drops onto the other Rodan when it flies directly below him.

Ashi and Varvatos's fight lasts only seconds longer. They exchange a punch or two each, followed by a headbutt and hand bite from Ashi. Using her newly gained advantage, Ashi hurls Varvatos from Rodan back to the ground, crashing through several trees and smashing his head on a rock in the process, but he manages to survive the fall. Distracted by Varvatos's fall, Ashi kicks Dwayne off his own mount, causing him to smash into the ground at high speed - killing him. Rushing over to Dwayne's impact site, Varvatos lays eyes upon Dwayne's last body, so overwhelmed by grief that he simply gives up and slides into the river - the current carrying him off to a place unknown.

With both of their assailants dealt with, Jack and Ashi return to Mufasa on the back of Rodans. Ashi approaches Mufasa's nest, then hugs him when he lowers his head down to her. The episode ends on an overhead shot of the valley and an eerie tune.

Varvatos Vex washes up from the river and crawls onto a rocky shore, succumbing to his injuries and bleeding to death. As he lies flat on his back, dying, three beautiful vampires come down from the sky, intending to take him away. But as Varvatos floats towards them, from the pool of his blood appear pairs of fat purple arms, grabbing him. Sending him through a hole and down a tunnel, revealing to be Gengars. Varvatos crashes to the ground, finding himself in an underworld of magma. He sees the same demons toss corpses of other fallen Drej warriors into the lava, Varvatos sees them, stepping back in horror. He then sees a door at the top of a flight of stairs, the wind blowing right at him as if to summon him, he walks up to it. He then meets a Genie Jafar sitting on a throne, Varvatos is horrified as Jafar's eyes burn with fire. The floor opens a crack under Varvatos, he then sees the body of Dwayne LaFontant, flowing in the magma. The evil red genie opens his palm in front of Varvatos conjures a fireball which displays on Ashi and Mufasa from within. The evil red genie appears to offer Varvatos another chance to exact revenge on the duo. With his heart and mind tainted by rage, hate, and vengeance, he accepts then is engulfed in flames, transforming into Red Hulk.

Meanwhile, Ashi sits on the beach, watching Rookidee and Turtwig while Jack sits on top of the boat’s figure piece. He then jumps off and walks over to Mufasa, curled up with his newly laid eggs. Mufasa wakes up and sees Jack, who then decides to turn back and gather supplies for their trip, apparently annoyed with Mufasa's stubborn overprotectiveness. Ashi goes over to Mufasa's nest, looks over the eggs then at Mufasa who won’t even let her move his eggs. Ashi then fills the boat with some rocks and twigs, Jack catches onto her plan. Jack lures Mufasa with some meat while backing up to the boat, Mufasa follows him while Ashi comes out of the bushes and takes all three eggs from the nest, into her arms. She goes towards the boat while Jack continues to distract Mufasa. But the lion soon catches her in the act and makes her return his eggs to the nest. As Ashi walks off, Mufasa turns back to the nest and sees one egg has disappeared! He sees Jack running off with it. Before he can reach the boat, Mufasa cuts him off but sees Ashi with the rest of them. He comes to her and she returns them by putting them in his mouth. He then hits her upside the head with his paw, sending her to the ground. Most likely on purpose in retaliation. He returns the two eggs to the nest then sees Jack has the third, putting it in the boat. He then sees Jack and Ashi put together a new nest in the boat for his eggs to stay in. Mufasa finally complies and carries his other two eggs in his mouth to the boat, jumping in then curling up with them on the boat. The trio then sets sail from the river to the open ocean. By nightfall, a shooting star passes while they peacefully sleep. Mufasa briefly wakes up to scratch his back on the mast, he sees something in the very far, foggy distance but dismisses it before sitting back on his eggs and falling asleep.

In the morning, Ashi wakes up and uses a net to catch loads of piranhas, bringing them up onto the boat. Before she can eat one, she sees something in the fog; a giant ship rowing towards them. Three smaller ships come to them and attach grappling hooks to the boat, Ashi stands her ground with a spear and shield and Jack climbs the mast, preparing his bow and arrows while Mufasa puts his eggs in his mouth to protect them. The ship pulls in and rams them then releases a group of Battle Droids. Ashi and Jack fight them off before another boat with Battle Droids rams them. Releasing a giant sea monster woman named Daniela Paguro, towering over Ashi. Ashi grabs a sickle and charges in but Daniela just hits her to the side. Jack fires a few arrows but they barely phase her, she is about to shake the mast but Mufasa stands to face her. Standing on one foot, kicking her back. But she punches him in the muzzle, making him drop his eggs. Two of them land in the nest but one bounces to the side and smashes! Killing the unborn Kovu! Ashi regains consciousness, she, Jack and Mufasa are all in shock, Mufasa roars in grief then attacks Daniela with her fighting back. Ashi and Jack join in to avenge their friend’s destroyed egg. However, their fight ends suddenly when they all look up to see the King of the Battle Droids holding the two remaining eggs as well as an army of Battle Droids behind him. The group is forced to be taken prisoner with Ashi and Jack in shackles while Mufasa is held down with chains on a board with wheels. Darth Maul gives a satisfied smug.

The boat is set on fire as the trio is taken aboard the Battle Droids' ship with the Portorosso citizens and Daniela, who’s wounds are treated. The ship brings the trio into the giant ship, the Colossaeus, seeing it’s like a city. Ashi and Mufasa are separated from Jack, ending up in two cells beside one another. Ashi comforts the heartbroken Mufasa over the loss of Kovu and his two surviving ones being held hostage. They then see Daniela being put into another cell, realizing she’s a prisoner like them. The black woman and animal still show distrust and anger after she murdered Kovu. Daniela appears to regret accidentally smashing the egg as well as sympathizing with Ashi and Mufasa for being imprisoned and enslaved by Darth Maul.

At that time, Jack is led to another prison and locked with a few young men. He just sits on a bench in despair. While Ashi and Mufasa try to get some rest.

Later on, Mufasa wakes up to see Battle Droids holding up a giant shackle and he attacks, killing a couple but one manages to shackle his ankle. He continues to fight back with Ashi helping through the bars of her cell. But Darth Maul comes, revealing he has one of the surviving eggs, ready to smash it! Ashi is forced to soothe Mufasa and follow Maul's orders.

Jack sees out the window something in the fog then some smaller boats, rowed by Game Central Station characters with Ashi and Mufasa aboard with Daniela and Battle Droids. The ship is then bombarded with arrows as it opens to release the droids and Daniela, Ashi and Mufasa have no other choice but to follow along, the former taking the Battle Droid's lightsaber.

They see that they are forced to fight in an invasion of a Babylonian kingdom, against the Zyclops with Oliphant mounts. Daniela is about to be stomped on by an Oliphant but she pushes it to the ground. Ashi mounts Mufasa and they go in, killing off any Zyclops in their way. Even taking down a couple Oliphants. Ashi sees the Zyclops at the gated wall firing arrows, then climbs up the wall, passing Battle Droids using a ladder and takes down several robots. Mufasa then sees some Battle Droids using a large battering ram on the gates, he helps them smash through the gates as Buzz Lightyear comes with more robots. Ashi and Mufasa both roar their hearts out in victory of penetrating the fortress.

In a forested area Varvatos Vex emerges from the ground, having been transformed into Red Hulk. He is now able to conjure up weapons from fire and is able to walk on water without being extinguished. As he revels in his newly acquired powers Varvatos begins a journey on the river's path, past the forest.

Back in Babylon, in the midst of the decimated outer walls of the city Darth Maul and his droids are reaping the spoils of the battle: gold, weapons, jewelry, and from the captured Buzz his pet leopard cub, Flocon, which Maul finds very comforting. Before they can leave, Maul orders the Buzz Lightyear executed, with a spear having been rammed through his back and out his chest. He then allows a battered and arrow pierced Daniela a tender moment with her son, who is kept as a hostage as an incentive for her obedience. Ashi, who is also equally bruised, takes notice of Daniela's situation and emphasizes with her. Mufasa, on the other hand, is still visibly angry at Maul for having stolen his eggs and only relents thanks to Ashi's coaxing.

Soon after, Ashi, Mufasa and Daniela are dragged by the Battle Droids into more battles against other peoples in far off lands, plundering China, Corona and Monstropolis. After each battle the trio return to the Colossaeus injured and thus must tend to their wounds in a large bathing room. After one particular battle, which leaves them filling the bath with blood, the Colossaeus is under siege by a naval army of Frollo's guards. Despite their best efforts Frollo's guards are overpowered by Mufasa charging in, Ashi's superior agility and reflexes, Daniela's sheer brute force, as well as the Battle Droids' cannonballs shot from a ballista. The enemy ship is burned and sinks into the sea as the Colossaeus continues its journey.

One night, Ashi is woken up from her sleep inside her prison cell by the sound of music playing from Maul's throne room. Darth Maul, who seems unamused, is being entertained by a dancing man, accompanied by musicians. Judge Claude Frollo is also held prison by Battle Droids near a balcony. One droid brings Jack, who is now clad in dancer garb, to dance for Maul. Jack is obviously upset of his condition and merely stands his ground, frowning. As such, Darth Maul gets up from his throne and proceeds to demonstrate to Jack how to perform a dance. He begins dancing in a sensual manner, which intrigues Frollo. The revelry is cut short after Maul dances near Frollo and back-kicks him off the balcony, the landing bellow killing him in the process. As he returns to his throne Darth Maul continues to scowl until Jack gets the hint and proceeds to dance, which makes Maul smile.

The Colossaeus reaches the shores of Arendelle, a seemingly peaceful city on the Canadian subcontinent. Unlike the previous encounters, these people show no resistance, instead offering up their bounty of food to Darth Maul himself as a tribute. He is noticeably unimpressed with the offerings and proceeds to order Daniela to execute them. She instead brings the food onboard his ship. Dissatisfied with her lack of obedience, Darth Maul grabs Luca Paguro by the hair as a warning to her. Despite some strong hesitance on her part Daniela is left without an alternative and begins slaughtering several people within the Canadian city. She is left shell-shocked by her actions, while Ashi also feels regret and Mufasa marches back inside the ship in anger and disgust.

During another night Ashi notices Daniela shedding a tear. A droid walks into the prison quarters with a cart of raw meat to feed them. He notices one slice had fallen on the floor nearby Ashi's cell and proceeds to pick it up. Just then, Ashi bangs the droid's head against the iron bars, knocking him unconscious and takes his keys. She unlocks her cell door and Daniela's, but the sea monster woman is despondent and will not move despite Ashi's pleas. Ashi makes her way up the stairs, past all the ship's basement levels and to the surface level. From there she climbs the masts and reaches the throne room atop of a tower area. She notices Jack dancing for Darth Maul, as well as Maul keeping Mufasa's eggs and Luca by his side. Her presence is noticed by another dancing man who trips off the droids. A fight breaks out, wherein Ashi takes out several droids and Sabor, raised from the cub stolen in Babylon. Darth Maul himself begins fighting Ashi, proving to be a formidable, nimble hand-to-hand combatant. During the conflict Jack takes the animal eggs and Luca and run off. The fight continues on the ship's deck, where the eggs suddenly hatch. The screams of Kiara and Kion alerts Mufasa, who in a fit of maternal concern busts the cell doors and makes his way to the upper floor. Despite their best efforts, Ashi and Jack are surrounded by droids, with Ashi tiring from all of the fighting and Darth Maul manages to snatch Kiara and Kion from Jack, while one of his droids grabs Luca. At that moment, Daniela has climbed up to the deck and is distraught to see the animals and her son still being held as hostages while Darth Maul smirks back at him.

Following their failed escape attempt, Maul proceeds to have Daniela execute the runaways in front of his entire army and Mufasa's new cubs. As Daniela takes the axe and raises it, she remembers when she and her people first met the King.

Daniela and her people were peaceful sea monsters who lived a life of herding and farming in their quaint village. As two giants were busy harvesting corn, nets appeared and ensnared them. Battle droids armed with khopeshes and spears began threatening the people who began to surrender despite having the capability to overpower them. As Daniela closed the door to her hut, the Battle Droids appeared from the windows and surrounded her. Fearful of Luca's safety, Daniela began to fight the Battle Droids, slaying many of them in the process. However, as she let out a battle roar, she accidentally dropped him, allowing Darth Maul to get ahold of him and threatened him with a khopesh, forcing her to surrender.

Realizing that her son and people would never be free if she continued serving Darth Maul, Daniela lowers her axe onto Mufasa's chains, releasing him from his bindings. She then throws her axe straight at Maul, who is shocked and barely manages to avoid getting cleaved by it. This also causes him to drop the chain holding Kiara and Kion as they go to their father and share a tender moment before a spear impales Mufasa, causing him to roar.

Ashi proceeds to remove the stone embedded in the wood chaining her and begins swinging it around wildly, killing many Battle Droids who attempted to get close to her. Jack manages to narrowly avoid getting battered by the stone and releases Ashi from her bindings before grabbing a bow and arrow. Luca tries to reach his mother but is grabbed by Maul. However, Daniela manages to reach and fling him backwards before carrying him on her back. As Maul witnesses his strongest captives defying him, especially Mufasa, he notices a massive crossbow on his ship and decides to use it against him. Daniela heads to the ship's hull while the other three continue fighting.

Maul tries to fire the massive crossbow at Mufasa, but his initial shot misses as the massive lion ducks down, narrowly missing his head. Maul loads a second bolt, but Ashi notices him trying to kill Mufasa and confronts him. Elsewhere, Daniela shares a tender moment with Luca before heading to the ship's hull, where she becomes terrified upon learning of the fate of the rest of her people - enslaved to row the Colosseaus.

Back at the top, Ashi fights Maul, but agility and skill makes him a strong opponent as he injures her. As Jack engages in a shooting battle with some Battle Droids, one of the archers strikes Kiara, causing her to cry in pain, alerting Jack and Ashi. As the infant cries in pain, Mufasa becomes enraged and rams into a group of archers shooting him. Jack, realizing that the infants would die if they continued fighting, grabs the injured infant before Ashi grabs the other one. Mufasa looks at them but appears to realize the same and the five jump overboard into the water, much to Maul's chagrin. Despite this, they still run the risk of getting splattered by the massive oars rowing the boat.

At the hull, several droids try to stop Daniela, but she easily overpowers them and begins throwing some of them off, causing the Game Central Station characters below to take notice of what's going on. Seeing Daniela fight, Wreck-It Ralph stops rowing and looks up at her. A Super Battle Droid tries to whip Ralph back into compliance, but Ralph grabs the whip and pulls the Super Battle Droid towards him with a massive punch. The other Game Central Station characters, noticing this, are riled to fight. As Daniela continues fighting up above, one of the droids crashes into another from below as the two look and see their people finally mustering the courage to fight back, with Daniela being noticeably moved by the scene.

Ashi, Mufasa, Kiara, Kion, and Jack watch as the sea monsters and video game characters revolt from the water before noticing another ship. Ashi goes inside and slaughters the droids there before giving the keys to the Super Mario characters, who jump ship.

Darth Maul recovers what's left of his droids when he hears rumbling and prepares to face whatever new enemy awaits him. The new enemy are instead the sea monsters and video game characters who charge towards his group. He lets out a battle cry to order his droids into battle, but they're easily overpowered by the hulking sea monsters and video game characters and are all slain. While he manages to injure some of them with his khopeshes, they fail to deal any significant damage. He then confronts Daniela and tries to fight her. Despite his impressive agility, she easily swats him aside and disarms him of his khopeshes; unfazed, he notices a spear and throws it at Daniela, but it simply impales her chest and she removes it. Maul is left stricken with terror as Daniela grabs him, futilely trying to break free before Daniela heads to the side of the ship and throws him off to his demise.

As the five recuperate on their ship, Darth Maul crashes into theirs, completely mangled as they look up to see who was responsible for it; Daniela, who smiles down on them with Luca. As the five set sail, Daniela shares another moment with Luca before noticing Red Hulk at the distance; Varvatos Vex, now a massive fire monster, who is hunting Ashi and Mufasa down.

The episode begins with a flashback to Ashi's childhood. Ashi is seen making cave art with her mother, the leader of police officers. The cave is suddenly attacked by a large pack of circus wolves, and Misty Luggins springs to the tribe's defense. After killing several of the big wolves, Misty Luggins is brought down and killed, leaving Ashi to finish off the remaining circus wolves. After killing off the rest, police officers praises her and places Misty Luggins's tie over her neck, presumably proclaiming her leader.

Ashi is awakened by Jack, who alerts her to the sight of land. Ashi, Jack, Mufasa, Kiara, and Kion disembark their ship and head inland. Jack suddenly breaks down crying, and Ashi comforts him. A flashback sequence reveals that Jack's former wife was killed by Drej slavers and himself captured. While at sea, Jack cuts himself free with an axe and jumps overboard, which would eventually lead to his meeting Ashi and Mufasa.

After travelling for some time, the group stops to spend the night inside of a cave. While Mufasa and his cubs sleep, Ashi joins Jack in his nightly worship of the moon. The next morning, Mufasa leaves the cave early and explores the surrounding area. He comes across Maui bathing, prompting the man to scream. Jack and Ashi rush over to check out the noise, and Jack and Maui happily reunite. Ashi somberly watches as Jack and Maui begin walking back to their village and follows with Mufasa, Kiara, and Kion.

The people of Jack's village are initially frightened by Ashi and Mufasa, but Jack calms them down and convinces them to accept Ashi and Mufasa as part of the tribe. That night, Ashi settles around a campfire to eat and watch the tribespeople perform a cultural dance. Jack joins him, but Ashi, as a lady, becomes overwhelmed by the Samurai's performance. Feeling out of place and unwelcomed, Ashi leaves the campfire. Noticing Ashi distancing herself, Jack goes after her and leads her to her new home, a new house in the village. Mufasa, Kiara, Kion, and Ashi settle into their new home, but Ashi remains somber. As Mufasa and his cubs sleep, Ashi draws out her life story on the walls of the home, even using her own blood to make some of the paintings. The next day, Jack enters Ashi's home to find her asleep and her new mural finished. Jack takes notice of how Ashi had painted him and Mufasa happy and with their families, while she had drawn herself alone off to the side.

Eventually, Varvatos Vex tracks down Ashi and Mufasa and attacks the village. The duo rush out to face off against Varvatos, who has been imbued with fire powers by Genie Jafar. Ashi and Mufasa retreat up a mountain, where they are cornered and both set aflame. Though Mufasa manages to put himself out, Ashi instead charges Varvatos Vex and tackles him down the mountain, pummeling him on the way down. The effort by Ashi is futile as she is fatally burned while Varvatos Vex, who appears unharmed, proclaims his victory before being dragged back underground by Genie Jafar. Ashi is recovered by Jack and the tribe, but is left comatose and with severe burns.

Ashi is brought back to her house and treated by Scarlet Overkill, who attempts to help Ashi, but quickly recognizes that she will soon die before leaving. Mufasa, Kiara, and Kion cry out in anguish before storming out of the building, leaving Jack alone with the dying Ashi. Ashi manages to open her eyes and calls out to Jack, who acknowledges her. Jack looks upon Ashi's mural and realizes that she had been longing for another family and a sense of belonging. Realizing that Ashi does not have much time left and wanting to carry on her legacy, Jack climbs onto her and kisses her to bring her back to life, thanking her.

Meanwhile, as Ashi who was finally awaken by Jack's magical kiss and the severe burns were remained and Jack gave big good news to the tribe in the village. Scarlet thought Ashi was dead. Ashi gave Scarlet a hug and kissed Jack for bringing her back to life from the dead. Mufasa, Kiara, and Kion overheard the cheering crowd as they head back to Ashi who was eventually alive. Mufasa, Kiara, and Kion comforts Ashi and Jack before a spiritual animal named Sarabi appears from heaven. Mufasa cannot believe and thought Sarabi was dead and reunited with her and his cubs, which turns Sarabi into a living animal. Ashi and Jack introduced Sarabi to the tribe.

The wedding starts as Ashi, now dressed in her bride clothes, sees Jack in his groom clothes walked peacefully to her. Scarlet, who was a priestess now presented Ashi as his wife and Jack as her husband to kiss him, as the crowd cheered while Mufasa, Sarabi, Kiara, and Kion roar in victory. Moments later, Ashi and Jack rode on Mufasa while Sarabi carried Kiara and Kion on her back as they left out of Jack's village, giving them a goodbye to them as they head to the scarlet sunset.

Years later, Mufasa, Sarabi, and their kids called Simba and Nala, now grown adults, remain in the future of Florida in 2025. Ashi and Jack's children called Ame, a girl, and Mowgli, a boy, now teenagers and riding both of Mufasa's adults, shares a look with her parents before they and them mount let out a mighty roar. This was the only beginning of Rymal's greatest "happily ever after" after tragedy.

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