Wild Legends: Rise of a New Force

Chapter Nine

   Somewhere in the ship, two large mechanical doors of a large elevator slid open and Nathan walked in a certain part of the ship along with Villa, Kion, and his friends. It's a good thing for them that the door is more than wide enough for the hippo to get through, otherwise they will have problems. As for the elevator itself, it easily carried all of them to the top without any trouble and the space can fit about fifty people in it so they had no trouble at all. When they entered, they are surprised of the place.

   "Nate, what is this place?" Kion asked in wonder, never taking his gaze away. In front of them is a large interior jungle covering the whole top floor.

   Everything around is filled with living trees, grass, and other plant life. A large pond of water is located to the far right and if one could look closer, fishes flopped out to the surface before gravity pulled them back in with small splashes. This savanna covered the entire top floor and is large enough for them to roam with a glass roof showing the orange sky casting down the place. Kion could only smile in amazement as this is something he never expect to see. Everyone let out a 'Whoa...'.

   "You should thank Irene for this," Nathan said. "She thought of this for any wild life 'guests' we might have on board,"

   "What do you guys think?" Villa asked them, waiting for a response from the animals.

   "This... is.... UnBungalievable!" Bunga shouted as he jumped in happiness and started doing cartwheels around the field. Everyone else seemed to agree with this, it is amazing. Then, the sound of the door behind them hissed, meaning some either entered or exited. They all turned around and sees Ronin and Ono approaching them with the egret on his shoulder.

   "Hey, everyone." Ronin greeted them and noticed the honey badger doing some stunts from afar. Deciding to leave him be, he turned to the egret who is once again mesmerized which made him chuckled again and said. "I did told you about our ship's own interior savanna that is located here at the top level."

   Ono gave him a glance and laughed in embarrassment. Nathan got a suspicion from this and raised an eyebrow as well as crossed his arms.

   "Ronin, how much did you told him?" He demanded. Ronin stood there and glanced away nervously, not knowing how to put it. Based on the silence, Nathan then know the answer and sighed is disbelief and unamused. When Ronin speaks, his knowledge would make him go farther than how he intended it to stop. The next thing you know, he would tell anyone the secret behind the Bermuda Triangle. Literally.

   "I can't blame you, you and the egret do seemed to get along instantly," Nathan said before scratching his head in confusion. "Though, I have a question, how did you two got along?" This question seems to got the others curious as well.

   Ono placed a wing under his beak, similar to how a human placed a knuckle under their chin when thinking or remembering.

   "Well, it happened when I woke up about an hour or two before it all happened..." He paused upon realization, glancing at Ronin before a smile grew in his face.

   Ronin looked at him with wide eyes before returning the smile, making the animals uneasy while the humans stared at the duo curiously. Then, Nathan went wide eyes upon a thought before bursting at them.

   "He knew!?!" He screamed, startling everyone else.

   "Yep, but not all," Ronin casually said, closing his eyes and removing his glasses.

   "Ono, what's going on?" Fuli nervously asked, not liking where this is going.

   The egret chuckled and replied to them, "Just prepare your minds on what comes next,"