Faithers: SO! I finally get to have a say in what you put at the top of our story, eh? ^.^

Amethyst: *serious face* aye.

Faithers: Eye?

Amethyst: aye-aye! =D

Faithers: XD We're dorks. (and damn proud of it, too.)

Amethyst: Yes. Yes we are. XD

Faithers: And we say xD too much, as we have both already decided. But ANYWAY! This chapter was brought to you by sleep deprivation! The kind of tired you NEVER want to feel. =D

Amethyst: XD!

Faithers: -takes the important mumbo jumbo like disclaimers and stuff- We do not own any of the characters. We are not the creators of Ice Age (though that would be amazing) so therefore you cannot hold our actions with the characters against us. You are not allowed to sue us because if you do I'll get a bunch of insane people to find you. =D

Amethyst: Because insane people pwn.

Faithers: And I know too damn many of them. (Locrian, I'm totally looking at you so don't even try to deny it. You're INSANE... ly awesome.)

Amethyst: Too insane...ly awesome.

Faithers: So now that everyone's had their daily dose of insanity, I vote we start this thing a-rollin'.

Amethyst: Agreed. Feel like doing the honors?

Faithers: If you say so, my amazing cohort in crime; without further ado about nothing, we bring you Chapter 2 of what really SHOULD be a movie but sadly isn't.


Recap: Atop the head of the dinosaur was a brown weasel with a green leaf patch over his right eye, grinning wildly as Rudy roared in frustration.

Buck had made an appearance.

Crash and Eddie blinked a couple of times before both bursting out in a cheer, leaving Peaches slightly confused and slightly amazed. This was Buck? Wow! She let her eyes open appreciatively as Rudy began shaking his head, trying to desperately throw Buck off.

She and the twins watched in awe (well, Peaches did; Crash and Eddie were too busy cheering him on to so much as stand still) as Buck rode Rudy like he was some sort of gargantuan, scaly horse.

Buck grinned down at his audience, before he looked surprised and quickly caught Rudy in a trip-knot around his ankles, making him fall away. "Wot are you two doin' back here? An' who'zis?"

"MASTER!!!" They yelled in unison, looking up at him adoringly.

When it was apparent that they were unable to say much more than that, Peaches decided to introduce herself.

"Um, I'm Peaches..." she said softly, "Umm...you're Buck?"

"I happen to go by tha' name." Buck said with a grin, "Short for Buckminster, ya know."

"Yeah..." Peaches smiled, remembering the stories, "And long for Buh."

"Aye," Buck confirmed, grinning. "Ya're Manny n' Ellie's kid, right? Th' one tha' was born on th' Plates of Woe?"

"Yep, that's me." Peaches said, still not fully comfortable but not as uneasy.

Crash and Eddie were bowing extravagantly at Buck's feet, chanting "master" over and over again. Peaches rolled her eyes at their behavior and was pleasantly surprised when Buck chuckled at her uncles.

"You don't mind that?" She inquired, tilting her head slightly. If it were her, she'd get annoyed after a bit. Being called "master" would be interesting, but still...

"Got used ta their antics before." Buck grinned. "Not like I can stop 'em from thinkin' I'm great."

"But you are great!" Eddie said as he came up from bowing, not pausing as he continued. "You saved us from Rudy and all the crazy stuff down here before."

"And not to mention you used a sharpened clamshell to turn a T-Rex into a T-Rachel!" Crash added.

Eddie paused from bowing, a thoughtful look on his face, "We never did get to really hear that story though."

"Hmm..." He looked thoughtful for a moment. "Well, I suppose you didn't did ya?" He shrugged. "'Ey, you didn't answer my question."

"Huh?" Peaches asked, looking down at him. She was twice as big as him, though that did little to intimidate the lunatic weasel.

"Wot are you three doin' here? I thou' I destroyed th' bridge."

"Princess here wandered with us to a cave and we ended up going down...then it caved in and we had to keep going. Somehow, we ended up down here." Crash said slowly, looking over at Rudy who was now struggling valiantly with the vines. "Um, are you sure Rudy's secure?"

"Secure's'long as that vine holds."

"That vine's gonna break in about two seconds." Crash said softly.

As if Crash was psychic, the vine snapped, releasing Rudy from his bindings.

Now allowed freedom of movement, Rudy shook his head as if to rid of an annoying fly and glared down at them, maw set in a silent growl.

Peaches sighed, "Great. Now I get to tell mom and dad I was put in danger."

"Not our fault!" Crash and Eddie said in unison almost instantly, looking nervous.

"Well, I did say that going in the cave was a bad idea!" She argued, wanting to have the last say.

"You could have stopped us!" Eddie argued back, backing away from Rudy once more.

"You SHOULD have stopped us!" Crash corrected his brother.

"Like I could have!" Peaches snapped, "I can't control you!"

"QUIET!" Buck yelled, swinging Rudy's attention down at him and silencing the three arguing family members. "Rudy, ya not gonna be eatin' these three." he said sharply to the dinosaur.

The albino Baryonyx gave a skeptical look, as if to say, 'And how exactly are you going to keep me from eating them, you insane weasel?'

"Wot, you don' think I can stop ya?" Buck continued, "Stopped ya before, I can stop ya again."

Peaches swore she saw the dinosaur roll his eyes.

"Wot? You don' believe me?"

Rudy stared at him.

Crash and Eddie tugged on Peaches' feet and she started backing away as quickly as she could get away with, holding her breath.

"I ain't kiddin' aroun' Rudy." Buck continued, "S'Not like you been able to eat me yet."

Rudy made to chomp down on him, but Buck was quicker. He jumped out of the way, skidding to a stop to the right. "Well tha' wasn' very nice, was it?" He chastised.

Rudy scoffed and made to bite him again, ever-unsuccessful.

Peaches, Crash, and Eddie watched from the underbrush that they had managed to reach, watching Buck dodge Rudy with an ease that made Peaches' eyes widen.

"Wow...no wonder you worship him. He's amazing," she noted, watching Buck and Rudy dance some sort of messed up, strange dance that had no real rhythm but was mesmerizing all the same.

"We don't worship him..." Eddie said, clinging to his brother.

Peaches resisted the urge to say "you should have seen yourselves", instead leaving her eyes glued to Buck's fluid, easy movements, as if dodging a dinosaur twenty times his size was the easiest thing in the world.

The twins gave out gasps as Buck dodged an amazing snap by Rudy, his dagger suddenly coming into play as it flashed into view in his hand. He slashed at Rudy, who snorted as if to say 'My own tooth, you can't hurt me with that.' then his eyes got a gleam in them, 'though I am taking it back,' seemed to be what he was saying.

"Ohh, you wan' this back do ya?" Buck smirked, waving the knife tauntingly in front of the Baryonyx. "Well, ya're gonna hafta come 'n get it, aren't ya?"

Rudy growled, deep and menacing.

"Ooo, I'm so scared." Buck retorted, sarcasm lacing his voice.

"Why isn't he afraid?" Peaches asked in a small voice.

"...'Cause he's insane." Eddie finally said, and Crash nodded. Peaches couldn't blame them for being hesitant.

"If ya wanna scare me, Rudy, stop growlin' and catch me already!"

The fight lasted about five minutes, and resulted in Buck sporting a triumphant grin as Rudy was, again, tied up.

"'Ey, where'd ya go? We need ta ge' outta here before he breaks free again!"

Peaches, Crash and Eddie poked their heads out of the foliage, the twins' eyes wide and adoring again and Peaches' eyes slightly wary. She didn't like the fact that this weasel could take down any of them easily if he so chose.

As if Buck could read her mind, he smiled and said, "No need ta be so cautious, lass. I won't hurt ya." He then got serious, eyeing them all. "We need ta get you all back up to th' surface." He paused, then thoughtfully added, "...Again."

Crash and Eddie grinned sheepishly and Peaches resisted the urge to roll her eyes. Suddenly, Crash grinned, "We actually get to show you Dinotopia, Princess!" he nudged Peaches. Eddie grinned as well and added, "The place of your birth. Hey, Buck, we've got to show her the Plates of Woe and the Chasm of Death! We've just GOT TO."

Buck raised an eyebrow. "Well, I suppose, if it's on th' way, then we could."

Crash and Eddie cheered and thanked him as Peaches sighed. Her uncles were such fanboys...(A/N: The authors totally agree...)

"Wait." she said suddenly, "Chasm of Death?" she asked, "That doesn't sound like it would be fun."

"Oh, it's the funniest thing you'll die from." Buck rolled his eye, "We tried to call it the 'Big Smelly Crack'. But that had dinos wanting to go down in it to see how smelly it was and adding to the bodies, which we couldn't have of course."

Peaches gave the weasel a look that said, 'my respect for you just went up.'

He flashed her a grin, then said, "Well, come on lads, lass, let's ge' a move on." He started walking forward, seeming not to care if they followed or not.

They tailed after him, Crash and Eddie crouching on Peaches' back while she walked a couple feet behind Buck.

Buck had this kind of almost-strut, moving in a way that said "I own this place and there's nothing you can do about it". It surprised her, really. You'd think that, since he was a weasel, he'd be more...scared, more nervous.

Following behind the confident weasel, she listened to Crash and Eddie talking to each other again, excited whispers that she knew Buck could probably easily hear. She didn't resist the urge to roll her eyes this time. If anything, she'd probably die of embarrassment at her uncles' antics. She absently wondered if he was smirking or simply ignoring them.

She hoped he was ignoring them.

As they walked, her thoughts wandered. Were her parents worried? Did they even know that she was missing yet? How long had they been down here anyway? And, how would her parents react toward her current position?

Following a weasel that was certifiably insane, while her uncles did little more than gush over his greatness (she still thought they were being stupid). Not the best position to be in, she thought.

She looked around as she walked along, taking in the sight of a million plants she didn't know the names of, and wondering if she'd be as insane as Buck was before this trip was over.

...Probably.


Faithers: ...No one is allowed to kill us for leaving off there. Believe me, if you don't believe her, that was the best place we came to to leave off.

Amethyst: Yeah. Otherwise, we woulda had a boring ending about how they camped for a night. Boooring.

Faithers: And Crash and Eddie would just be doing more fanboying.

Amethyst: Yeah.

Faithers: By the way, I have a rigged quarter. It always lands heads -is still trying to make it land on tails-. Also, I'm probably about as insane as Buck in my story is at the moment.

Amethyst: STILL?! Geez. XD

Faithers: Yes, still. It's RIGGED I TELL YOU! RIGGED!

Amethyst: Wow. The quarter REALLY wanted you to start.

Faithers: Either that or your psychic-ness returned for three seconds telling you to choose heads.

Amethyst: Apparently. XD

Faithers: Well, we've dabbled in insanity for long enough today. I need food. And you need sleep. And Buck needs a break. And Crash and Eddie are still fanboying at him backstage.

Amethyst: *yawn* really? Wow. Talk about dedicated. XD

Faithers: I know! Either dedicated or obsessed, I'm not sure what to call it.

Amethyst: Half and half, perhaps?

Faithers: Maybe. But anyway, we fondly bid you adieu for today. Well, maybe not fondly. Unless you're Locrian-Mode, then it's a very fond adieu.

Amethyst: I wonder how many people are actually still reading this...Anyway, bye!