Hi everyone! I do not own ice age! So this is my second ice age story which I am rather proud of! Much better than the other crap I wrote. Anyway, enjoy!
Diego sat, watching the stars. A couple feet away, Sid hung his head over the side of the ice and vomited into the water. Diego wrinkled his face in disgust.
"Sid cant you puke your guts out somewhere else?" Diego asked scooting away uncomfortably. "I don't know why you follow me around when your sick!" Sid glared at Diego and wiped his mouth. He tried to think of a good comeback, but with the nausea that filled his mind he couldn't think straight.
Finally he settled on, "Well thanks for your compassion for your deathly ill friend."
Diego sat silently as his friend shuffled away. He didn't have the energy to do this with Sid right now.
Diego's stomach had long since adjusted to the turbulent water, but Sid's seemed to have trouble grasping the concept. A silver striped pelt entered the corner of his vision and his fur was instantly on end. His muscles tensed as she walked toward him. "Relax, softie, don't get your tail in a knot," she smirked as she passed him.
Diego snarled at her. Her ears flicked, now was her chance. "What, still embarrassed you got your butt kicked by me?"
Diego stood up. "To bad Sid made me save you!" he lowered his voice to a threatening tone.
Shira scoffed, "I wish you would have let me drown," she retorted sharply stepping forward.
"That can be arranged any time!" he snarled taking a step toward the ungrateful female.
"Are you threatening me?" her eyes blazed as she took two steps forward.
"Well, I'm sure as hell not inviting you to a pool party!" he snapped. They were nose to nose now.
Shira extended her claws and yelled, "Bring it, weakling!" He had half a mind to take her up on that offer. His fury was almost boiling over.
He remembered what a saber he had once called 'father' had told him, never fight a girl, its not what a noble saber would do. Diego slowly closed his eyes and looked away. It was submission. Every instinct in his body told him to stand up and shred this cocky saberess. It took every ounce of self control he had worked up over the years.
He looked up again and saw her eyes staring victoriously down at him.
She kneeled down and put her mouth right next to his ear. "Your all talk, not even worthy of being called a saber," he dug his claws into the ground and squeezed his eyes shut. Bingo. She knew she'd hit a nerve. Obviously content from this round of torture she rose and stalked away, leaving Diego crouching alone with his pride hurt beyond repair.
"Whoa," Diego's eyes flew open and his head jerked up to see Sid standing a couple feet away, mouth gaping, obviously having witnessed the whole ordeal. He sucked in air to say something else, but Diego beat him to it.
"Enjoy the show?" he yelled viscously, taking note the hurt that flashed in Sid's eyes. Sid wrung his hands. "I was just going to say, your letting Shira make you her prey." Sid hesitated, waiting to see how Diego took his words. When Diego didn't reply, Sid continued quietly, "She feeds off of making you miserable. Its like swimming….kinda. Face your-" in a swift movement Diego knocked Sid's feet out from under him. Winded, the sloth made several gasping noises to try and get the air back in his lungs. Diego didn't wait to see if the sloth was ok. He was fine. Nothing can kill that sloth. How many times had he fallen off of a cliff and lived? Out of a tree? Predators? Like he had said. Nothing.
Nothing hurt Diego more then a blow to his pride. And that particular blow had shattered it. Now all that was left were to pick up the pieces.
Diego sat down and the edge of the ice alone. The cold snow seeped through his fur. It cooled his hot skin. He hated her. Diego had never felt this kind of hate before. He hated her, but didn't want to. He was so focused in his own thoughts that he didn't hear footsteps until the where right up on him. A sharp shove came from behind. He tried to hook his claws into the ice, but it was in vain and before he knew it, he was plummeting into the freezing water below.
It filled his ears and mouth. He clawed his way to the surface and blinked the salt water out of his eyes, ready to commit murder. Sid stood on the ice above him. "Now were even!"