"Dad!", shouted Omari, when Ruko fell down. Abiba fell off his back and rolled farther. Both they lay and didn't get up.

Omari ran up to them. He was beside Abiba when he heard a crack. A largest tree fell down after a moment. The tree and mountain fire separated them from Ruko.
"Father!", shouted Omari again. He was afraid that that tree had crushed Ruko. "Father, say something!"
"I'm fine!", answered Ruko. "Check, what's with Abiba!"
Omari pulled a lioness away from the fire, then touched her with nose.
"She's alive, but is unconscious!"
Ruko breathed a sigh of relief. In this moment the fire started expanding. There was less and less of time...
"Quick, take Abiba on your back and run away! I will be running behind you, but I must take a run-up to jump over this tree."
"Hold on, I will help you!"
"No!", protested Ruko. "There's a lot of smoke and Abiba will choke right away! Every moment counts!"

Omari wasn't going to argue with his father. He held Abiba on his back and ran toward the river. He didn't even know he had been lied by Ruko...

To Be Continued

_{Ruko, Abiba, Omari and art (c) me}

_{Reference of Abiba and Omari's pose http://www.caps.media/199/8-lionking2/full/lion-king2-disneyscreencaps.com-4060.jpg}