Débil backed away as a gray hyena cub slowly stalked out from the den, its eyes locked firmly on its target. Débil slowly lifted his head, his eyes widening, staring frozen into its eyes. Two hyena cubs slowly came out visible to Débil. They were also cubs, still young cubs. They were alone with no one to protect them as it seemed. The gray hyena that looked aggressive had a dark gray pelt with reddish brown spots. The second had a dark brown pelt with orange coloured spots and the third had a light brown pelt with white creamed coloured spots. Débil looked over at the dark brown hyena who looked crazier than the others. The light brown hyena looked kind but very young. She barked, seeming only protective of the den and the two other hyenas.
"What are you doing trespassing on our property, you unusual looking lion cub?" asked the red spotted hyena.
"I'm sorry," Débil replied kindly, cowering with a
smile. "I didn't know you lived here. My mistake, I should be going." Débil got up about to leave when the red spotted hyena ran in front of Débil, blocking him.
"Oh..." the hyena chuckled. "I'm sorry, but I can't just let you go. I mean we haven't eaten for days that you can see. We'd love it if you could stay for dinner." He stalked around Débil, watching his every move.
"Possibly stay for dinner? We miss having visitors. Sadly they hadn't visited long enough for us to get to know them," giggled the orange spotted hyena.
"What do you want from me? I mean.... s-sure weakness would taste good, but I'm sure that toughness would taste way better than I do. And plus, killing me would only show that you're weak by attacking a worn out cub such as myself."
"Did you just call me weak?" The red spotted hyena paused and looked behind at the two hyenas.
"He's got a point, you know," the orange spotted hyena giggled, agreeing with the yellow fluff ball.
"Oh, shut up, you! This isn't your choice to make. Need to find something quick and easy. Prey these days find ways of making it more difficult for us. This little vermin here is gonna pay!" He faced back to Débil. "Do me a favour for me, would ya? Beg. It's more fun that way. Pray for your life and maybe something will happen." Débil's eyes widened, beginning to cowardly back away. He fell back leaning in front of a rock, closing his eyes tight before the hyena swiftly swung his paw at Débil causing him to fall on his side. The red spotted hyena then leaped on him, trying to bite his neck. Débil growled trying to fight back by swaying his arms and hitting and clawing the hyena in the face.
"Quit it!" The red spotted hyena barked as he pressed his paw on Débil's neck. "Stop struggling. Struggling doesn't help, doesn't matter, will only make it worse...for you." Cheka-Cheka and Heri watched as Wazimu cackled at Débil. Heri saw how Débil was quitting his life. He wasn't strong enough that she could see. She thought the yellow cub was just joking about being weak. She continued to watch anxiously as Débil continued to claw the air. She could sense he was struggling to breathe so she ran at Wazimu and tackled him, scraping his stomach with one of her claws.
"ENOUGH!" A loud roar echoed through their ears causing Wazimu to immediately back up, allowing Débil to scramble away from the three hyenas. He looked over to the right of him, noticing a gray and white cub inside the hyena den looking at him, his orangey yellow eyes visible from inside. Débil glared back at the cub, taking quick glances over at the red spotted hyena.
"Let me at him!" He tempted to run towards Débil again. The youngest hyena leaped on him and bit his tail, pulling him back. "If you don't let me kill him, we'll starve to death!" he yapped. She glared down at him.
"He could probably help us. We can...