7 The Death of Le Lwenje (1/2)
The speed at which Le Lwenje was moving at made Ochieng'asphyxiate. The beast noticed his quandary and with a roar, a pale green light was released from its body to cover him. It was then that he felt palliated.
Everything he saw since he met Le Lwenje no longer seemed unnatural to him. Therefore, that light did not at all astound him, it even excited him. He anxiously wanted to get to the forbidden land and see more of what he had seen that day.
He was buried in his excitement when Le Lwenje abruptly stopped. Ochieng' turned his head to the front only to see a strange lion standing just in front of Le Lwenje.
The lion was pitch black except for its yellow eyes and mane which had patches of purple. It was Brobdingnagian. It was around eight metres long, five metres wide and three metres high. Its presence gave Ochieng' an icy feeling.
He was wondering why the strange animal had to block their way when he heard it roar. He realized they were communicating between themselves when he heard Le Lwenje roaring back.
ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
The beasts were quiet for sometime when it all started. He could tell that they were arguing and from the trembling of Le Lwenje below him, he could figure out that they had reached a point where they could not contain themselves anymore.
” Sibuor Mudho ( Lion of darkness), I have told you to get out of my way or I make my move! ” Le Lwenje bawled out.
”And I have asked you to give me the child or I kill both of you!” The lion had also lost it.
” Then the last beast standing to have him.”
Forthwith after saying so, Le Lwenje bolted towards Sibuor Mudho with all its strength. It was indeed tempestuous because the way he charged, if it landed on the lion, it would tear it to peaces. It even forgot that it still had Ochieng' on its back.
Ochieng', who didn't gestate that Le Lwenje would make a move slid to the ground with a thud. Even though he was injured from the impact, he picked himself up and rushed to a nearby bush to watch the engagement of the beasts.
BOOM!
The two beasts collided andair waves from their collision spread to an area of radius of around two hundred metres. The trees that were close to them fell because of the impingement. Ochieng' was sent flying alongside shrub and tree leaves, tree branches and flowers by the raging air waves to a boggy eight metres away from his hiding place.
After colliding, despite the huge difference in their sizes and weights, the two animals retreated six steps behind spurting a mouthful of blood each. Le Lwenje wanted to proceed and teach Sibuor a lesson but when it turned and saw what damage they had caused, it couldn't help but worry about the boy.
It rushed to certain direction when it heard a ”AH! ” behind him. It turned only to see the lion holding a muddy figure ready to run away.Lwenje did not waste time, it reached before Sibuor in a blink of an eye and sent it's sharp claws at the animal. The lion who did not expect this, unconsciously dropped the figure back to the mud and dodged to the side.
The lion roared and leapt towards Lwenje. Instead of moving, Lwenje stood rooted to the ground waiting for the lion to reach. When they were just a centimeter away from each other, the lion sent its left paw towards the belly of Lwenje. Lwenje was prepared and twisted it's body to the side, however, that was a wrong move as it turned out the paw was just a faint and the real strike was coming.