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Here's the new chapter, I hope you like it!
On the bank of the same river, Milly, Sid and Scrat were drinking. The bear was making a lot of noise, and this was clearly bothering the other two.
"Keep it down!" The mammoth suddenly snapped, scaring Sid who jumped in surprise.
"Okay, okay." He apologized.
"If you kept doing that for a few more moments , the whole south would have come here to tell you to-" She suddenly interrupted, spotting something in the river.
Sid and Scrat, confused by her acting, looked at the water to see what she saw and opened their eyes wide.
"T-That is…" Milly muttered.
"A human cub!" Sid exclaimed.
Immediately, he jumped into the water and ran towards the basket the baby was in, grabbed it just in time and got back to the ground, panting.
The baby chuckled as he noticed the three mammals looking at him.
"Luckily he…or she's okay," The bear said.
"It's a boy." The mammoth affirmed.
"How do you know?" He asked confused.
"It doesn't matter." She replied "By the way, leave him here, humans are nothing but trouble."
Then, Milly walked away.
"What?" Sid exclaimed, and even Scrat was surprised by what she was doing.
"Come on, we have to save him!" He continued, but the mammoth didn't care.
He carried the basket with his mouth, let Scrat get on his back and followed her.
Hidden in the grass, Diego was spying on them.
"Hmm, strange couple." He whispered "I need to find a way to take the baby from them."
"How can I convince you to help me to reunite him with his herd?" Sid asked Milly after putting the basket on the ground.
The mammoth suddenly stopped, and smirked.
"I'll do it if you promise me that you and your snack-friend will go on your own way after that."
"Ugh, fine." Sid said sadly, he was really enjoying her company.
"But take him with your trunk, I wouldn't be able to do it with my mouth and talk at the same time." The bear explained, and started walking.
Milly looked at the baby in a weird way, she was hesitant in grabbing the basket, but after a few moments she did it.
"Why does everything bad keep happening to me?" She sighed, shaking her head, and followed the bear.
"Don't worry, I think I know where the human camp is, it'll take us no time!" He told her happily.
"They left, didn't they?" Milly said annoyed, in the middle of the camp.
"I'm afraid so." Sid, next to her, laughed nervously.
In the meantime, the baby had come out of the basket and was hugging Scrat, against the rodent's will, who was trying to slip out unsuccessfully.
"Great, what do we do now?" The bear asked.
"Perhaps I can help you." A voice behind them spoke, surprising them.
When they turned, they saw Diego.
Milly growled, Sid took several steps back and Scrat hid behind the baby.
"Go right ahead." She said menacingly.
"Listen, I know you want to take the baby to his herd, but it left, and is now heading Glacier Pass." Diego explained.
"So?" Milly questioned, not trusting the scimitar.
"So, you have two choices, raising this human cub, after all you can't have one of your own," He joked, making the mammoth growl again "or heading the Glacier Pass too, hoping to reach the humans before it's closed by the snow."
"And I suppose you want us to give you the baby so that you can do it instead of us? Yeah, as I'd believe you." She mocked him.
"Oh, no, I know you wouldn't." Diego replied.
"Then what do you want?" Milly asked.
"Well, do you really think the bear who never ate something bigger than a leaf could guide you?" He questioned.
"How do you know I'm a vegetarian?" Sid said, confused and scared.
"First of all, you've a squirrel on your back, and plus, we scimitars know everything about our possible competitors for food." The carnivore told him, continuing "You need a tracker, me."
"Pff, Milly won't let you be near us just one more second." The bear affirmed with confidence "Right, Milly?"
"He'll help us." She ordered.
"Are you kidding?!" He snapped shocked.
"I'm willing to anything to get rid of you." The mammoth replied.
"A wise decision, fatty." The scimitar joked.
"I'm not fat! It's all this fur that makes me look poofy." She affirmed.
"Anyway, we've a long journey ahead of us, I need to eat and I don't think you want to see it, I'll be back as quickly as possible." Diego explained, lying to have a way to meet his pack, and, after getting a nod from Milly, he left.
Back at the scimitar den, Soto was walking back and forth impatiently.
"Soto!" Diego's voice shut him out of his thoughts.
"No baby, no life." He hissed after noticing that his little brother didn't take him.
"Wait, I have the baby, kinda." He replied.
"What do you mean?" Soto questioned angrily, while Keke and Jenny approached them.
"A mammoth cow and a short-faced bear boar found the baby and wanted to reunite him with his tribe, I'd have gotten killed if I tried to steal him."
"A mammoth cow and a bear boar? Together?" Soto asked incredulous.
"Pretty strange." Keke added.
"I convinced them to make me their tracker, I'll lead them to the Half Peak where you'll be lurking, so that we'll get the baby and at the same time fresh meat." Diego explained.
"That's a plan!" Jenny exclaimed happily at the thought of eating.
"There's just one hitch." The older male replied "We four can't kill a mammoth and a bear."
"We can, the bear is the vegetarian we've heard about, he'll ran away as soon as he sees us." The younger one said.
"Perfect, you're showing me that I did well to form a coalition with you, brother." Soto told him, and turning to the females, ordered "Now, let's go!"
The three scimitars quickly left.
"Soon, all the members of that outcast gang will have the fate they deserve." Diego smirked before leaving too.
As always, please review, it would really help me to improve this story.
See you in chapter 5! :)