Ice Age Anthology
Chapter Two: Karma
Not too far out from the continent, a small chunk of ice and stone stood out in the water. It was occupied by four sloths. They had attempted to escape the breakup of the continent, even dumping their Granny on Sid, a relative whom they had earlier abandoned, in an effort to remove "dead weight". It had all been for naught, however; As the ground broke apart, the log they had been using for propulsion ended up lodged in a piece of ice which fell into the ocean.
Now, Milton, Eunice, Marshall, and Uncle Fungus were stranded, their miniature island floating across the ocean. It was the nighttime, the light of the full moon reflecting off the water, making everything bright.
"I'm freezing!" Marshall complained.
"We're all freezing, son." Milton pointed.
"Well, I'm freezing-er!" Marshall pouted.
"Hey, what's that?" Uncle Fungus pointed at something in the distance.
It looked like a moving iceberg, heading in their direction. As it got closer, they saw it was carrying several mammals. Lifting a makeshift telescope (which had been pulled out of the water), Eunice spotted Sid among them.
"It's Sid!" Eunice cheered. "We're saved! Everybody, wave!"
The sloth family made as much noise and movement as they could.
On the iceberg, most of the passengers were asleep, but Sid had found himself unable to do so, thanks to the reflected moonlight. As he stared into the sea, he saw his family waving and calling for him.
"Mom? Dad?" Sid asked. "Marshall? Uncle Fungus? I don't believe it! I'm so happy to see... Waiiiit a minute, I'm not falling for that again!"
Picking up some loose chunks of ice, Sid began flinging them across the water.
"Get outta here, ya lousy sirens!" Sid yelled. "Your illusions won't work on me this time!"
One of the ice chunks hit Marshall right on the head.
"Oww!" He yelped. "Mom, Sid's throwin' stuff at us!"
"I can see that, dear." Eunice grumbled.
"Fine!" Sid declared. "If you're not going to go away, then I'm not going to look at you!"
Crossing his arms, Sid turned his back on the "sirens". As he did, Granny (Who, unbeknownst to Sid, had been awake the whole time) waved sarcastically at them.
"Teach you to abandon an old lady." She muttered under her breath.
The sloth family watched as the iceberg floated away.
"Great idea, Eunice." Uncle Fungus said suddenly. "Find Sid and dump the old bat on him. It worked out sooo well, didn't it?"
Eunice didn't say a word. Instead, she pushed her rank-smelling relation into the water.
"Aaah!" Uncle Fungus gasped as his head breached the surface. "Someone get me out of here! Seriously, I'm gettin' all clean! Ugh!"
"Maybe we should have dumped him on Sid, instead." Marshall told his parents.
To Be Continued...
(Ice Age and all associated characters are the property of 20th Century Fox and Bluesky Studios.)