DVW - The Tiger

Clayton vs Sher Khan: The Tiger!

MOUNT KILIMANJARO BASECAMP

"Oh, Clayton, you should have been there," McLeach laughed. "It was great. Even Johanna got to join the fun."
He got out of the Halftrack. Clayton, sitting next to him, did the same.
"And Scar?" Clayton asked. McLeach had said nothing about the lion yet.
McLeach smiled. He moved to the back of the Halftrack, which was covered by a blanket. He removed the blanket and Clayton gasped.
McLeach had gotten Scar.
"It was hard," said McLeach, "but it was worth it. Thanks for bringing me here."
Clayton tried not to show it, but he became furious. Scar was supposed to be his kill.
"In the meantime," McLeach continued heading to the front of the Halftrack. "I'm off to India."
"India?" Clayton asked.
"Yeah, India," McLeach responded. "Rumor has it that a tiger known as Sher Khan has been terrorizin' the villagers, and they promise to give biiig money to the one that take it down. No one's survived an attack from Sher Khan, but I'm going to try it out anyway."
"Wait," Clayton shouted.
McLeach was halfway up to the seat when he stopped.
"What?" he asked.
Clayton walked up to him and said, "Let me take Sher Khan."
McLeach stared at him. Then he burst out laughing.
"You?" McLeach laughed. "I'd like to see that."
"Then I'll make you a deal," Clayton said. "Since you took out my kill, then I get yours. How's that?"
McLeach pondered for a bit.
"Fair enough," he said as he entered his Halftrack.
"Oh," McLeach started, "I just thought of something: do you have anyone close that you might want to say good-by too, just in case you don't make it?"
Clayton looked down to the ground, and then looked back at McLeach.
"I will make it. But I do, actually. Thank you for asking."
McLeach tipped his hat, saying, "Good luck," and then drove off.
You're gonna need it, McLeach thought with a smile on his face.

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Clayton sat at his desk, on the phone with Waltham. He explained his situation to her.
"Well, make sure you get out of there alive, ok?" asked Waltham.
"I will," said Clayton. "Good-by, sister."
He put the phone down and thought about the coming hunt for Sher Khan.

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INDIA

Deep in the jungles of India, Sher Khan prowled through the tall grass at night. He had spotted a meal not too long ago, and he was about to take it.
That's it, he thought. Just graze there peacefully…
BANG!
A flair flew up into the sky. The prey looked up and ran away. Sher Khan frowned and looked around.
"Now what on earth did that?"
And then he saw a hunter. A hunter reloading his gun. He looked at Sher Khan and smiled.
"Ah, the great Sher Khan the Tiger," he said stepping forward. "I heard that there's a bounty on your head, so I couldn't resist but find you."
"A bounty, eh?"
Clayton took a step back when Sher Khan said that. A mean, a tiger spoke perfect English!
"How did you learn how to speak English?"
"I studied from a human being who was giving a tour of some ancient temple not too far from here. Milo Thatch, I think."
"And did he survive?"
"Actually, he did," Sher Khan said with a hint of regret "He was well protected. He had that Rourke commander around."
"Ah, Rourke. Good man," Clayton said as he looked away. Then he shook his head, saying, "Wait, what am I doing?"
He looked at Sher Khan and smiled.
"Oh, that's right," he said as he as he pointed the gun at Sher Khan, "I'm hunting."
But Sher Khan had already pounced. Clayton barely dodged the attack.
"How dare you…" Clayton gasped.
Sher Khan smiled as he charged at Clayton. Clayton immediately ran into the forest and climbed a tree as high as he could.
"You won't be able to stop me, tiger," he shouted as he got to his feet on a pretty wide branch.
He turned to look down, but Sher Khan was nowhere to be seen. He looked everywhere…except up.
Sher Khan landed right in front of Clayton, making Clayton jump back. He dropped his gun, which was immediately destroyed by Sher Khan.
"How are you gonna kill me now without a weapon," the tiger taunted.
"With this."
Clayton pulled out his hunting knife and swung it at Sher Khan. The tiger dodged and jumped to a different branch. Clayton followed and caught a vine.
"You thought you could get away from me?"
He raised his knife and swung at the tiger –
But he had caught his hand in another vine. Sher Khan got an idea and cut a bunch more vines that ended up covering the hunter. Clayton tried to get them off, but never noticed a vine moving around his neck, but he didn't stop cutting the vines all over him.
"You…will…die…"
But then, he cut the vine that he was holding and fell. And as he fell, he noticed Sher Khan holding a vine himself.
And then he saw nothing.
"And to think that hunters are supposed to be smarter than their prey," Sher Khan said as he released the vine that made a handsome noose around Clayton's neck.
"Oh, that's right," he chuckled, "The hunter WAS smarter than their pray."
He leapt from branch to branch until he reached the ground. He looked over Clayton's body just to make sure that he was dead.
"Well, then," he started. "That's one less man cub-on this planet."
"Well done, Khan."
Sher Khan turned to see an old friend that prowled through the jungle walking towards him. He smiled at her presence.
"Hello, Sabor."
"And to think that he thought that he could beat you," she said as she stopped and sat. "Well, that's what most humans think."
"Indeed," Sher Khan said as he sat down. "But I hear that McLeach has taken down Scar, so he's one to watch out for."
"True," she agreed, "But you should take care of someone else."
"Really? Who?"
"The only person who cares about that hunter's death," Sabor said as she left. "His sister, Waltham."

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*Sung Jingle* DOOFENSHMIRTZ'S EVIL INCORPORATED

Shego, Drakken, and Doofenshmirts watched as Clayton fell. All three looked pleased.
"This war is so exciting!" Drakken shouted.
"Yeah, it really is," Doofenshmirts said.
Shego then became a bit unhappy, and Drakken took notice.
"What's wrong, Shego?"
"When can we fight?"
Drakken smiled, "We can fight soon, if you wish."
Shego then smiled.
"Well, if you do wish to fight," Doofenshmirts said as he pressed some buttons, "then I have a possible villain for you two to face."
"Who?" Drakken asked.
Doofenshmirts finished pressing the buttons and then a strange villain came on screen. Below the screen a name showed up on the monitor of the Spy-inator:
THE PHANTOM BLOT