This is the third chapter to the fanfic.
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I own the OCs in this story.
Chapter 3: Midnight Terror
Deep into the woods, Sid is being dragged into the woods by Shade until he stops and yanks the latter close to him.
"Hold it, missy! Just where in the world are you taking me?" Sid demanded as he glares at the female.
"Why, to my friends. What else?" Shade replied.
"Are your 'friends' dangerous?" He asked while being skeptical of her behavior.
"It depends if you wanna know." She said trying to pry herself away from him.
"Yeah, depends… And just who the hell are you really?" He demanded once more as he tugs on the cloak.
"I'm just a mysterious mammal and would you PLEASE let me go?!" She demanded as she tried to escape.
"Not until you tell me what you really want!" He demanded again as he keeps a firm hold on the leafy cloak.
Sid continues to struggle with the sloth until he rips off her cloak to reveal the sloth's full body. Shade stands back up and dust the snow off her.
"Ever heard of 'going easy'?" The female sloth asked with a wink and then shivered as she covered herself with her arms from the cold breeze. "A-Also… C-C-Can I h-have my cloak back n-now?" Shade pleaded trying to warm herself.
"Not until you tell what it is you're planning." He said withholding the leafy garment.
"H-Hey! You wouldn't l-leave a lady freezing here!" She retorts slightly.
"Explain first and I'll give you back your cloak." He teased with a smug.
"You think I m-might try to hurt you?" She asked the skeptical sloth.
"Of course, someone as shady as you is bound to be suspicious." He replied with a raised brow.
"Well… I can promise you that I'm not a threat." She stated with a smile.
Sid looks at the red sloth with a serious glare and walks over to give the cloak back.
"You don't trust me do you?" She asked with a serious look on her face.
"Well, you're really suspicious but yet you're not." He replied as hands over the cloak.
"Thanks. It was getting a little chilly." She said as she takes the cloak back.
"It's not that cold. Well, I've grown used to it." He said as he walks away from the red sloth.
"Hey, wait! Hang on!" She called out to the sloth as she ran towards him.
Both sloths continue trekking into the deepest part of the woods until they felt a chilly wind blow on them.
"It's cold…" She said while shivering.
"If you're cold then maybe you should try dressing a little warmer." He suggested with a sly smirk.
"Like your attitude?" She remarked back with a raised eye.
"I'm not always like this…" He replied back.
"Something happened to you way before?" She asked.
Sid refused to say anything as he walks further into the woods and leaving the female sloth behind. The female sloth trails even closer to him wanting to know more.
"I know you don't trust me but you could-" She was cut off from a growl nearby them.
"We should leave before-" He was cut off by heavy footsteps nearby and sees a large albino baryonyx walking out into the open to leer at the sloths.
"Is he a friend of yours?" She asked while frightened.
"Does he look like he's friendly?! Run!" He retorts and bolts while grabbing the red sloth's hand to flee.
Rudy roars and gives chase to the sloths with an intention to kill and eat them. The sloth then made a hard right and went deeper into the woods in order to try to lose the carnivorous dinosaur. Both sloths slow to a stop to try to catch their breath.
"OK… Before we get killed… Mind telling me what's on your mind now?" Shade demanded once more.
The sloth remained silent as he walks on leaving her behind which irritates her.
"Oh my- Fine… I won't ask anymore." She said defeated as she follows the sloth.
"Good… She's annoying more out here than in my dreams… It's like being pestered by a baby sister… If I had one…" He said in his thoughts.
The sloth walks to the forest clearing where the moon is shining down on them. Sid took the time to relax and so did Shade after running from the dinosaur.
"Thanks for almost getting me killed(!)" Sid sarcastically started.
"Whaddaya mean by that?! I didn't know that hulking giant lizard was gonna try snack on us!" Shade retorts at the yellow sloth.
"Sure… Now, shouldn't you be getting home?" He asked her.
"I'll head home whenever, Siddy." She replied.
Sid stares at the female with discomfort and distrust thinking what's she up to. The sloth goes into deep thought about his current situation and looks up at the cloudy skies to see something red seeping through the clouds.
"What in the-" The sloth was cut from a growl behind him.
Rudy appears and chomps on Sid's left shoulder making the sloth cry out in pain as the dino lifts him up off the ground.
"Oh no! Not good! So not good!" Shade panics while watching the sloth caught in the baryonyx's maw.
"Let me go you, oversized lizard!" Sid retorts in pain.
The baryonyx grins and bites harder drawing more blood causing the sloth to scream in pain. The redness seeping through the cloud happens to be the moon but it's in an eerie blood red color. Soon the moon reached a certain point in the sky and turned it red and the whole forest and everything around in a shade of red. The baryonyx stops crushing the sloth's arm and looks around in bewilderment and so did Shade also.
"What's going on? Is this?" Shade said and soon hears a growl.
Rudy also hears the growling and looks down at the bleeding sloth in his teeth.
"Didn't you hear what I just said?" Sid inquired but his voice sounded dark and malicious.
"Sid?" The female sloth asked in concern.
"I…said… RELEASE ME YOU, OVERGROWN FOSSIL!" The sloth retorts vehemently at the albino dinosaur as the sloth's eyes turn blood red, his teeth and claws became razor sharp and his fur becomes disheveled.
The baryonyx became slightly terrified at the sloth's sudden transformation and proceeds to crush him. Sid dug his right claw into the dino's snout making the albino roar in pain as he releases his prey. Then, the sloth climbs onto the albino's nose and give the albino a few deep cuts on his snout making the dinosaur cry out in pain as he tries to shake the violent sloth off his snout.
"Woah…" She said speechless at the sloth's behavior.
"Woah is right, lassie." A British-Australian accent replied nearby.
The red sloth turns to see Buck watching the scene from the branch. Before she can say anything, she sees Sid hanging onto the dino's snout and eventually was thrown off but he landed in the snow on all fours. The baryonyx stares at his bleeding snout and soon stares at the sloth with a murderous glare and latter turns to his enemy and brandishes his claws.
"WANT MORE, FOSSIL?!" Sid taunted the angry dino.
The albino growl and takes a swipe at Sid who dodges and gave a quick swipe at the albino's arm drawing blood from it. Rudy growls attacks with his other arm and the attack slashes the sloth's chest sending him flying back into the snow. The albino grinned thinking he won but much to his shock, the sloth got back up regardless of the gash wound on his chest and starts attacking the dino again.
"Bloody hell! Sid, stop!" Buck commanded the sloth but the latter falls on deaf ears while attacking the dino landing semideep cuts into the giant albino.
"I don't think he can hear you…" Shade replied as watches the sloth clawing at the dinosaur.
Sid was thrown off and landed safely on the ground glaring at the baryonyx. Rudy has had enough and gets ready to chomp down on the raging sloth. But before he can do anything, a roar sounded out nearby and heavy footsteps are heard coming towards the area. It's a female burnt orange t-rex named Momma charging into the area stopping the fight and the albino decides to back off leaving her and the mammals alone for now.
"'Bout time ya showed up!" The weasel greeted the mother rex. "Shame ol Snowflake couldn't stay an' play little more." He finished.
Momma looks at the weasel and then the sloths but spots the yellow disheveled sloth with a growl.
"Woah, girl! That's Sid yer growlin' at!" The weasel said trying to defend the injured sloth.
She ignored the weasel and leans to get closer look at the sloth but the latter sense her and quickly swipes at her. But the dino dodges and had her right cheek grazed by the sloth. The dino feels blood leaking out of face and stares at the sloth in horror. Sid glares at the dino with menacing red eyes as he did with Rudy.
"Oi, mammal! What are ya doin' strikin' a lady?!" Buck angrily demanded as got close to the sloth brandishing his knife at him.
"FOOL!" Sid retorts as swats away the weasel's weapon and pins him to the ground growling.
"What in the- What's gotten-" The weasel stops himself as he stares directly into the sloth's red eyes and remembers the fight between him and Diego. "Yer eyes… Just like with yer fight with Diego…" He said as the sloth raises his bloody claw with an intent to kill. "Sid! Snap out of it, lad!" The weasel said trying to snap the sloth of his rage and sees the sloth smirked maliciously at him.
"PLEADING WON'T SAVE YOU, WEAS-ARGHHH!" The sloth screamed as a tail smacks him into the tree knocking him unconscious.
Buck looks up and see Momma growling with a sad look on her face after knocking out the sloth. The red sloth looks on in shock and walks over the unconscious sloth only to shake him a little.
"Well… He's out like a light." Shade said as she exams the sloth.
"Err, lass… Ya might wanna back away…" Buck commanded the sloth.
"Why?" She asked and looks up to see the t-rex growling at her. "Oh… And I see this is the extinct lizard he mentioned?" She asked once more backing away from Sid.
"The missus doesn't seem to like ya, lass." The weasel replied.
Momma leans in grabs the unconscious sloth in her jaws and walks away to her part of the woods. Just as the female sloth was about say something she was cut off from a scream behind her and sees another female sloth in shock as the dinosaur carries Sid away.
"What's going on?! Where's that beast going with Sid?!" Brooke asked frantically.
"It's a long story, lass." Buck replied.
"Hmm? Who are you?" Brooke asked once more but to the red sloth.
"Me? I'm just a bystander so… I'll just be on my way." Shade explained and tries to leave but Buck stops her.
"Hold it, lass. Mind tellin' us who ya are?" The weasel asked.
"I just told you. I'm just a bystander so-" She was cut off as the former geotopian sped past her to catch up with the t-rex.
"Hey! Don't eat him! Come back!" Brooke shouted as she chases after the rex.
"Well, then, lass. We'll talk later." Buck said as he takes off into the woods.
"*sighs* This is just not my night..." Shade said in defeat as she looks at eerie red sky being illuminated by the red moon before walking off into the woods.
It seems like the nightmare is over for now. But what's become of Sid's sudden violent behavior? Did the eerie red moon had something to do with it?
(I'm really sorry that I haven't been updating my stories much. I'll be more active in making them.)
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