The Power Between Us

Chapter 30 Feeling Of Sadness

"It doesn't look good", Kion was getting worse by the minute and Rafiki doesn't know when Rani will return with queen Kass, Kion's family sat, Rafiki told them to be patient and resilient, listening to Kion's breathing intensity. Blood being coughed up, " if they don't return in the next few hours, Kion will not be saved", " if there was a way to tell Rani", Kiara just wanted to run off to find Rani but Rafiki suggests other wise," hmm, yes. Azaad". Seeing the plan Rafiki asked Nirmala to get Azaad. " where is he?", " I can go look for them", Ono flew off to tell Azaad the plan. " Hang in there buddy", Bunga sat down next to Besthe who was staring at the ground, dazing at it trying to not think about Kion.

Feeling disappointed and sad Rani felt like giving up but deep down, the whispers in her ears told her not to give up. Not to let Kion down, and it was true, Rani didn't want Kion to die and so it was her mindset to force Kass and the others to help. "Please, Kion is dying and if no one helps him he'll die, I can't loose him. I don't want to lose him"," if I could I would, but I can't get up"," I'm sure Janna would of got up, were all family, do you want to loose a family member?", they argued for some time until someone came in to warn them, " my queen, a cheetah is here to find Rani", to their surprise Azaad strolled in, out of air and mid way talking, "Rani..Rani..It's..Kion..he's nearly.. Dying", the look on her face told queen Kass that she needed to do something, " please, Kion is about to die", after thinking about it for quite some time she made up her mind, " okay, I don't know how well it'll go but I'll try, We'll try, Jut go get the elders and get them ready", "thank you Kass"," I'm only doing it for Janna, she'll be nagging me for the rest of my life, I'll do it for my grand daughter and of course our king". Queen Kass took in a deep breath and stood up, gasping for air as her stomach dragged along the rock and up at forty degree angle, to everyone's amazement for a eighty year odd queen Kass made it up and leaped off the rock, " ah ha, one better then Janna, I bet she couldn't do what I just did", stumbling like a drunk elephant Kass went from one side of the tree to the other." Careful my queen", Surak helped her out if her tree and into the fresh sunlight," ahhh, haven't felt the sun in years, too long", in the sunlight the others saw how light skinned she was, she was paler then a lioness belly at a cubs age, " I see, how are your legs?", walking beside her Rani made her way to the secret entrance, "ooh, that feels good", queen Kass was stretching her body, cracks of bones were heard and a little loose gas. " ooh, excuse me for that ", giggling a little Jut and the elders joined them as they headed off in the direction of the dying lion.

" I hope Rani is on her way home", Kiara who was sitting once pounded, her face was dropping and her attitude changed, it was a sad one too. "I'm sure Rani and the others will come, they have to, for our son's sake". More lavender and tuliza was given to Kion but it wouldn't hold him up for long, Kion's nose was really wet, like having a cold. Leaves were placed over Kion's body that was shrinking in size his ribs were slightly exposed and his breathing was slow, too slow. Dabbing with wool Makini kept Kion's nose from dripping liquid. " if it wasn't for me not knowing how to use the full extent if the tree, we wouldn't be here, it',s all my fault if Kion dies", " hay, don't think that, half of it was the smoke, and blame it on Yassain, if he didn't fight Kion, we wouldn't be here", the thought of being the reason for Kion's death hunted Nirmala, once a resilient young lioness, now a fearful lioness, she pictured the future without Kion, it'll be her fault that Rani doesn't have a king to be with, cubs to have and a life to share, all her fault, she began weeping at her thoughts, what if this and what if that, the guilt flooded through her, ' if I only paid more attention when Queen Janna taught her the things she needed, Nirmala was too busy chasing her mind away in the clouds and among her brothers and sisters.

Were nearly there queen Kass, Azaad ran ahead to tell Rafiki of there arrival. Ono flew other the treetops and tried using his eye sight, although his eye sight hasn't fully recovered from the smoke and ash but he kept trying, he wanted his eye sight to be a hundred percent, squinting his eyes his vision went far and short, it hurt a little for him but he kept trying, looking in the horizon it wasn't all his eye sight, the lowering of the sun blinded his eyes but he managed to see hundreds of miles, past the trees and rocks, his eyes strained and it stretched his chord, it began blurring up as he saw ten maybe more figures jogging towards them, ' I SEE THEM, I SEE THEM, THEY ARE COMING, KION IS GONNA BE SAFE", flying over to them his voice was overjoyed, "nice to see you Ono, how is Kion", " we need you more then ever, Kion is hanging in the balance," quick", Rani ran ahead and assumed they would follow suit and surprising they did, even queen Kass was managing to run ahead, running inside queen Kass saw the devastation on everyone's face, the feeling if sadness and the worried look in their eyes. Looking at Kion, he didn't look alive, no sign of heart beats or breathing, " let's get to work lions and lioness". " let's save our king".

The End