The Power Between Us

Chapter 29 History Repeats

"so let me get this straight? your my grandaunt? No, you can't, she never mentioned having a sister or any siblings?", Rani was amazed and stunned, she stood there like she seen a ghost, "she didn't talk about her family only to protect me and everyone here, my mother sent me away when i was your age to protect this Tree Of Life and when Scar rose we were forced into hiding, no one knew where we were apart from your Tree Of Life and some others, we couldn't risk it, this is the mother tit shall we say? if the mouth gets disconnected from it's mother it's left hungry and dying, no supply of milk and it'll drain away", "so what your saying is if this Treed Of Life stops providing every other one stops?"," yes, and since the war broke out we had to be careful, we wished to send out troops of our own but they weren't ready, and I didn't want them to follow them back and find out". Rani understood and assured her that they did the right thing. "now Kion, describe what he experiencing?", "well, Kion was fighting Yassain and he got struck and fell onto a sharp spear that was on the ground, it penetrated his liver and in doing that he lost a lot of blood, currently he is in a coma and i fear that he going to die, Simba his father gave him enough blood for now but he is still vulnerable to death, i don't know if the operation for a liver transplant will work? I don't know if anyone gave one up?", thinking about it Rani tried holding in the tears, queen Kass saw the sadness and comforted her, "if Kion is in grave danger then i guess we'll have to at once go but for me i can not, my legs are bound to this spot and I'm getting old", "just like your sister?'', she tried getting up but as soon as she lifted her weight she fell back down, " I am sorry Rani", "my grandmother said there was heaps here? can't we 8use them?", " we could but I believe we lost the power", the shock on Rani's face lit up, she was confused and wanted to know what she meant, "since being here we began building a civilization and we were to focus on that to remember who we are, the healer's forgot n themselves, we didn't past them down and most of them don't know the past", "so there is no way for Kion to get healed? nothing",'' if Kion is able to come here then I might be able to heal him, if only I was younger, I'm so sorry granddaughter". " why don't you train them now?", "I'm too old to do it", Rani felt unaccomplished, a feeling of rejection, Rani was going to loose Kion, unless she did something.

Makini was cleaning the tree, after the operation there was a lot around, leaves, blood, ingredients and tools used to keep alive, well at least they hoped to. sweeping the ground, dust rose, trying to keep it clear from Kion the dead hay went forth and fro, aiming towards the entrance. "mmm", Makini stopped sweeping and turned towards Kion, studying him to see if Kion was waking up, no sign of movement came from the king and so she kept sweeping, it was sometime later the same noise whimpered. "Kion? are you okay?'', she walked up to Kion who was still asleep on the rock, she opened his eye lid and the bad news came, no sign of waking up, she left him alone and carried the equipment out of the tree and into her own tree that wasn't far from here, climbing the tree she saw Rafiki painting on the stump, "what you doing?'', " oh nothing just painting the future of The Tree Of Life?', "oh can I see it please?", "not now, go go back and clean up and check on Kion", "Um while I was cleaning I heard a noise come out of Kion, I don't know if he is waking up or something is wrong", "are you sure?", "yes papa", Rafiki looked at the painting and was right, they headed towards the tree to see if Kion was waking up, walking down the path they met up with Kiara and Kovu who just finished taking a hike, "oh hay guys, what's up", "not much, just finished taking a walk around the valley"," oh that's good, were about to check on Kion"," oh were about to do that, how is he", they continued to walk as they talked about the status of Kion, "so he could be waking up?", " hopefully". Getting close they can hear something that didn't seem right, it was like the sound of mucus stuck in someone's throat, they rushed in to see Kion's stomach rose and fall, it quickened pace as Kion's heart was rapidly speeding, Rafiki ran over to Kion who was twitching, "MAKINI QUICK, GRAB THE,TULIZA, LAVENDER AND LAVENDER", Makini didn't ask what it was for and rushed over to the tree and grabbed the ingredient happening?" Simba and Nala ran in to see the commotion, they gasp when they saw Kion was critical, "his lungs are filled with blood and if we don't clear it, he could die, they sat waiting for it to happen, "what's the plants for then?", Kiara's heart was accelerating, the royal family hugging each other, clenching tightly not wanting to let go. "if he keeps coughing and swallowing it back he is filling it up more, the plants is to calm him down, "please Rafiki", Nala had the look in her eyes, terrified, the everlasting blackness told Rafiki to do everything they can to save their son. Makini came running in, Nirmala was beside her as they helped Rafiki. "Snatching it of her the Mandrill waved the plants under his nose for Kion to smell it, he grabbed his water and dunked the plants in, mixing it to make a liquid medicine, " hold Kion's head upright", Makini held Kion's head high as Rafiki gently poured the liquid into the patient's mouth, "this should help for now, Makini go and grab some ginger and eucalyptus leaves," what does that do?" it is hot and sooths the throat, that'll help Kion until we figure out what to do next". Finishing up Rafiki held the bowl flat and pulled away, Kion coughed letting up flam and fresh blood, "maybe sooner than later".