Power of Lions

Kondo is Who!?

Jomo was the first one to fall. A bleeding hole was in his cheek the second the gunshots were heard. He fell backwards and landed flat on his back.

Cries of horror rang through the air as more gunshots were fired. Everyone ducked to the ground, but some weren't fast enough.

Assaggi watched in horror as lifeless bodies fell in front of her. She let a terrified screech that resembled a bird's cry. Tears streamed down her eyes despite the rage boiling up inside her.

"Get your family and hide, I will go handle the attackers!" Assaggi shouted over the gunfire. "I'm not leaving you alone!" Nile shouted back. He grabs her hand, but Assaggi slips out of his grasp. "I can handle them! I need you to hide everyone, I can't lose more people that I love." she said in a low tone.

A bullet grazed over her shoulder and left a burning line in its wake. "Holy, mother of lions!" Assaggi cried in animal. She grabs her shoulder in pain but hisses at the burning sensation. Blood blossomed between her fingers as she clawed her wound. "Go!" she shouted gruffly before she runs away from Nile. His screams for her to come back went on deaf ears.

Her skin rippled like water. An intense feeling rippled through her body. The bones in her body popped out of place and began to change directions. Her dress tore as her body began to thicken. Assaggi leaps off the ground, and her entire body changed forms.

All of her senses become stronger. Her sense of smell made her flinch at the flooding smell of blood and death. Because she can't cough, Assaggi hacked at the smell. 'By the mother of Ekon, this smell is overwhelming!'

Quickly shaking off the smell, Assaggi began to run toward the source of gunshots. She had to avoid many dead bodies or injured people. It hurt her humanity not to stop and help the injured. But she knew she had to end this attack.

A round of bullets were shot toward her. She narrowly misses the attack by hiding behind a hut. The wood was dry and weak so the bullets broke through.

"Come on out, Assaggi! There is much more where that came from!" shouted the crazy glee of Imamu.

His voice made Assaggi's skin crawl. Her fur stood up like needles, and her claws retracted from their hiding place. Deep in the pit of her stomach was the hunger for blood. Imamu's blood to be precise. Without a thought, she runs out into the open. Now facing a large group of armed men with Imamu in the middle.

Breathing in through her stomach, Assaggi lets out a powerful roar. The ground beneath them shook at her thunderous roar.

"Shoot that damn lion!" Imamu shouted. He aimed a handheld pistol at Assaggi and pulls the trigger.

It went by in slow motion for Assaggi as dozens of bullets flew at her. She dodges the bullets that were shot at her. Quickly running through the barrage of bullets. The metal objects grazed over her body but didn't break the skin. It was like watching life go by in slow motion as she ran at such speed. Before she knew it, she was standing right in front of Imamu.

Her golden eyes met his dark brown ones. She could see deep into his soul and saw the true evil within.

With a soft, withering feeling, Assaggi shapeshifts back into a human.

"Holy, mother of god!" Imamu breathed in horror.

Smiling cruelly, Assaggi stands up straight to be at full height with him. Her dress was no longer on her but was replaced with fur wrapped around her rear end and breasts. There was a tattoo on her stomach that was a golden sun.

"Try and kill me now." Assaggi hissed.

"He won't. But I will." hissed someone else.

Assaggi's head snapped toward who spoke. Mentally surprised that someone spoke in animal. She looks at a African American man with scars on his shaven head. His eyes were of two different colors. The left was green, and the right was blue.

"You speak my native tongue!?" Assaggi exclaimed in surprise.

"Speaking animal is easy to me when I grew up with a tiger as a brother." replied the man. He stepped forward with a gun raised at Assaggi. A threatening growl rumbled through her throat at the weapon. "If you think you can scare me with your growls and witchcraft. Think again." Kondo sneered.

Flexing her hands and making them crack. Assaggi bends her head to the side and makes a loud crack. "You are bold, I admire that. But it will cost you dearly." Assaggi warned. Assaggi pounces at him and changes forms in midair. She tackles Kondo to the ground and sinks her teeth into his arm. The tear of his skin and taste of his blood gave her glee. His blood tasted like a rhino's blood by the thickness of it.

An arm wrapped around her throat and throws Assaggi off of Kondo. She slid on her side but quickly stood back up.

Before she had time to regain herself, Kondo lunges at her. His hands wrap around her large throat and begins to choke her. Letting out a roar, Assaggi swipes her paw and slashes his shoulder. The force of her attack sent him flying backwards a few feet. Jumping into the air, Assaggi shape shifts into a human and jumps on top of Kondo. She lunges her claws at his throat but was shot in the arm.

Assaggi let out a fierce cry. The bullet ran through her arm through and through. It felt like fire was bursting through her entire arm. She turns her head toward where the bullet was fired from. Imamu stood there with a gun in his hand. A smirk on his face, but it disappeared when Assaggi lunges at him. Her uninjured arm wraps around Imamu's neck and she began to strangle him.

"Assaggi!"

Holly's shriek made Assaggi falter. She looks up at her aunt and saw her covered in blood and had a dislocated hand. "Holly, get out of here! It's too dangerous!" Assaggi shouted at her.

Eyes looking behind Assaggi, a look of surprise was on Holly's face when she saw him. "Kondo?" Holly wondered aloud.

Assaggi's assault halted when she heard the familiarity in her aunt's voice. She looks up at her aunt in suspicion. "How do you know him?!" she demanded; her canines lengthened as anger seethed through her. "He is your cousin!" Holly shouted quickly when she caught sight of her niece's fangs.

Both Imamu and Assaggi froze at their fighting. They turn their heads toward Kondo, who's eyes were wider than a clay bowl.

"WHAT?!?" Imamu and Assaggi shouted simultaneously.