EVERYONE GETS A SECOND CHANCE!
A/N: 'Could this 'She-moth's' loss be Manny's gain?' HI! Ok, this is my second 'Ice Age' fic and, in my last one I was kinda picking on Manny, well I am again! So either live with it or don't read…those who are still there, sorry, but Manny's such a fun character to mess with! So here it is, enjoy! Oh, and I only own ONE character and that all…ok, now read…
Chapter 1- Enter Sheba
Ok, our 'heroes' had just given the child back to his father and are now heading south.
Manny had gotten an earache from all of Sid's talking so, he was forced to walk.
He was mumbling to himself about how touchy mammoths can be, when he heard something.
Sid, being behind Manny and Diego, looked to the left of the mountain he was walking past.
There, a…(mental groan) 'She-moth' was looking and walking left to right, in a lost sort of way.
She was sort had sort of pink-ish gray fur, the gray was dotted almost like spots and milk chocolate brown eyes.
"No…didn't we go this way…or…no…wait…where am I…" she mumbled to herself.
Sid, being the nice sloth that he was, walked over to her.
"Umm, excuse me?" he said.
She looked down at him, completely startled "HUH? Oh…er…He-llo?"
He looked around "Are, you lost?"
She nodded slowly "…Ye-ahh…I…am…"
"Oh, well…do you wanna, travel with us?" He said.
She raised an eyebrow "Us?"
"Oh yeah, HEY!…MANNY!….DIEGO!" he called loudly.
She sighed "No, it's ok, I'll just-"
"No, no, hold on a sec….MANNY!" He yelled once again only louder.
She groaned, it was clear she wasn't going to get rid of the sloth that easy.
He smiled "So, while we're waiting, how'd you get lost?"
She sighed "Oh, well…see, my mate and I were traveling south, we kinda got a late start, and this huge snow storm, which really seemed to come out of nowhere, was bad. We had to get out of the wind or freeze to death! I tried to lead him to a cave I knew was near by…but I couldn't see him…he must have went another way and…" she stopped.
She'd never given much thought to how she lost him but now was really worried.
Before she could give this more thought she heard footsteps.
She looked up to see two figures coming closer.
One was kinda small at a distains, the other was big…almost mammoth size…
She gasped "Is it…Fleix?"
"Hey guys!" Sid said.
As they got closer her thought was shattered.
"Oh." She said, disappointment very noticeable.
Diego and Manny were now able to see who was with Sid.
Sid smiled "Ok, guys this is…uh…"
"Sheba." She said dully.
He nodded "Sheba, and she said she lost her mate on the way south. Think we can help her out?"
Sheba snorted "Thanks, but I don't need help from a carnivore!"
Diego looked slightly taken back.
Sid laughed "OH! No, see, Diego's a really great guy, I mean he hasn't eaten me, so what're the chance he'll eat you?"
Sheba still looked skeptical "I don't know…can you honestly trust him?"
"Hey lady, last time I checked, we carnivores can track better then you herbivores! You ever think have me could be an advantage?" Diego retorted angrily.
"…Pfht! Fine, if you really think you can help…" she said, still giving him an untrusting look.
Diego smirked "This'll just take a sec."
He sniffed her then went to the ground "…….Hmm…it's not very strong…come on!"
As they walked Sheba shook her head.
"Seriously, how'd you guys end up going south together…I mean, a mammoth, a sloth, and a saber?" she said questioningly.
Manny shook his head "Long story."
"I'll tell it!" Sid said.
So, he told Sheba how they all met up…with a little help from Manny.
As this was going on, Diego found a lot of interesting things.
One, he found a sharp rock with blood almost dumped on it, not to far away he saw that there was also a pool of blood, then it turn to droplets which were moving forward…
When they finished their story she nodded.
"I see…well, I can honestly say that's got to be the strangest tale I ever heard." She said.
Sid laughed "If you think that's weird, listen to this, ok this one time I was going to go south but I kinda over slept and when I woke up I was bound to a rock and-"
"Whoa…" Diego's voice said softly.
They hadn't noticed he'd stopped walking (what with them looking back at Sid as he spoke) and they had caught up with him.
Sheba gasped.
Sid had just caught up "Wha-oh…"
Before them in a ditch, was a male mammoth.
His fur was a much darker brown then Manny's, almost black, most of which was matted, and on his side was a long, deep gash that now looked infected.
Diego approached the body cautiously and sniffed, then put his paw on the gash and licked it.
He nodded "Hmm…he died a few hours ago…here's how I see it…"
-Diego's (totally true) accusation-
Both were walking through the storm.
" COME ON! I KNOW A CAVE NOT TO FAR AWAY!" she screamed over the roaring winds.
With that said, she marched as best she could in that direction with her eyes almost shut.
Fleix didn't hear and was still going straight.
He looked to his left and she wasn't there.
"SHEBA! Wha…SHEBA!" He screamed.
"…Oh no, she must be frozen somewhere back there…" he said to himself.
He quickly turned around and ran back.
As he ran he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his side.
When he looked, there was a huge rock and he had gotten a deep gash in his side.
He gasped and fell to his side.
Fleix lay there for a while before he shakily got to his feet.
"Ugh…N-no…c-can't…s-stop now…must…must find…(heavy breathing)…SHEBA!"
And he continued to battle the storm and his own wound until he fell.
He fell into a ditch and, try as he might, he couldn't get up.
Fleix managed to get to his knees before falling once more and this time staying down.
He groaned and his eyes began to close "Ughh…no…She……Sh-Sheba…"
Then his eyes closed and his entire body went limp.
-End of Diego's…whatever-
Diego shook his head "He might have lived if he'd stopped to take care of himself…"
Sheba whimpered and walked down into the ditch.
Diego moved to let her by.
She put her trunk on his face and gently moved his fur from his face.
"…Fleix…" she whispered, eyes filling with tears.
And then, at exactly the wrong moment, Diego's stomach let out a growl.
He looked down at his stomach angrily then looked up, slightly frightened at what might happen when he did.
Sheba glared at him "GO AHEAD! EAT HIM! DON'T WANT HIS BODY TO GO TO WASTE!" she shouted with angry, yet sorrowful tears falling from her eyes.
She ran away from them as fast as she could.
"…Sorry…I can't help it if I haven't eaten a proper meal in weeks…" he muttered as his stomach gave another pained growl "Shut up!"
Sid and Diego both looked at Manny.
He looked at them both "…What?…(groan) Ok, fine…I'll go talk to 'er…"
Sid looked at the body then at Diego "I'm…right behind ya…this could get messy…"
Once they left Diego's stomach gave another howl of pain.
"Yeah, yeah…you want food…" he muttered.
Well, Sheba ran to the cave she slept in the night before, and it didn't take long for Sid and Manny to find her.
Sid poked his head in cautiously "…Sheba?"
No answer.
"…She must have gone to the back of the cave." Manny sighed.
They both made their way to the back, where Sheba was laying with her back toward them, her trunk over her moist eyes and her entire body trembling.
He walked up slowly "…She-Sheba?"
"GO AWAY!" she yelled bitterly, her voice shaking.
Sid winced and stepped back.
"JUST GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME ALONE!" she barked.
Sid looked up at Manny.
Manny returned the look "What?"
"Aren't you gonna talk to her?" he asked.
Manny sighed "There's not much to say…for now, lets just leave her be…"
Sid's mouth fell open "B-But-"
"Trust me! She should have some time alone…I know, I've been there before…" He said.
And Manny turned and left.
Sid looked at them both for a while before following Manny out.
Sheba looked back and once she was sure they were gone she destroyed 7 stalagmites and a few stalactites.
Once she had gotten the urge to destroy out of her system she broke back down and cried.
Sheba cried for hours until she wiped her eyes with her trunk and lowered her head.
"…F-Fleix…" she almost yawned as she laid down.
And then she slept, the most peaceful sleep ever…
THE END…for now!
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