Raised by Lions

Chapter 45: Final Day Before Festival

It was finally the afternoon before the festival the following day. Surprisingly, the stage crew were done with their tasks.

The meteor, dinosaur and stage was built and painted and the first two could light up without setting fire to anything. As much work as that had been, they were thankful to be done.

Most of them had wandered off to go find someone else they could help with a couple last minute things. Legosi and Toby were not amongst that crowd, preferring to grab a spot in the sun, that was out of the way, but had a good view of the stage, where the actors were still practicing.

Juno has been seeming to want to approach him all afternoon, but since he hung so closely to Toby, she didn't approach, possibly in fear or possibly because she believed herself higher than being around venomous animals. Legosi didn't care, as long as she left them alone. He -will- skin her if she's a dick to Toby.

The sun was starting to set when Louis joined the two of them, a bottle of water in his hand that Legosi could smell had been spiked with vodka. Seems Louis was more tired than anyone had realised.

They just joined the drama club group to head back to campus, when the lights suddenly went out. Everyone started screaming and herbivores were running around. An armadillo almost ran into Louis, but luckily Legosi pulled him out of the way and the armadillo skittered off.

Legosi turned to place his back against Louis' to ensure they were both safe. The rest of the drama club tucked into a circle with the herbivores in the middle to protect them.

"Is Haru okay?" Louis asked and Legosi glanced over. Toby was standing in the circle with the other carnivores to create a shield. Legosi looked towards the stall that the gardening club had and grunted.

"They're fine, the alligator girl has pretty much curled around them in a protective shield," Legosi said, glancing around to see if the blackout wielded any trespassers or actual danger. He couldn't see anyone out of place.

"Is everyone here?" Bill asks, quickly doing a headcount. "We're missing two!" Bill grumbled, trying to figure out who's missing. "Where's Tem and Els?!" Kai asked in a panicked voice.

Legosi and Bill looked around to see if they could spot the two white animals. Everyone was still running a frenzy, with carnivores trying to avoid running into any herbivores.

The lights turned on again and the screaming and running suddenly stopped. Dom glanced around to see if he could count everyone. They had been right, Tem and Els weren't around.

"I'll find them!" Bill suddenly calls, running off into the treeline around the festival grounds. Legosi, Louis and Toby shared a look and a shrug.

With permission from Dom, the three of them went to check on the gardening club members. "You guys okay?" Louis asked as they approached. "Yeah, thanks to Jessie's quick thinking," Haru said, patting the timid alligator's arm where she could reach. The other two nodded in agreement.

"Do you guys want to head back with the drama club? It may be better to go in a bigger group. They nod and grab their things. Before long, the seven of them rejoin the rest of the drama club.

"Has Bill returned yet?" Louis asks Dom, who shakes his head apprehensively. "Not yet, and it's getting later," Dom said, getting worried, checking his watch again for the umpteenth time.

"Should we go get Bill?" Legosi asked, roughly gesturing towards the treeline where Bill had ran to earlier. "No, that's not a good idea. If we split up even more, we'll all just end up being lost," Dom said, grabbing his phone from his shirt pocket, "I'll call him and see if he answers, otherwise we have to wait or something until he or Tem or Els return."