Hello again. It is Corywolf! As usual, I mean who else could it be... Anyways! As usual, keep up the good work on the reviews. I have been fixing whatever problems I have been having with it because of the reviews. I am too stupid to notice them so I may need a bit of help. I mean for crying out loud I spelt a characters name wrong! There is a great example. So without further a do. THANKS TO THESE PEOPLE WHO REVIEWED... KaylaDestroyer, IceAge Mutant, MBSAVfan1, .7, JubJub 0250, Outsiders Obsessor, Shiego627, Getcool42, Cahaya Nightdreamer, And Guests. Those are all the people who have reviewed so thanks to my reviewers so far. God, that was hard to type because I went through all my email messages with the title 'Review'. Beware of the Rated T part of this. Blood and a bit of gore. Be prepared if you aren't hard of stomach. ANYWAYS... ENJOY! 'I DO NOT OWN ICE AGE OR ANY CONTENT'

Diego woke up before anyone else did. He quietly stood up to stretch. A following yawn approached. Diego's fangs showed at he widely opened his mouth then shutting it to complete his waking up cycle. He silently padded over to the ships end up on some ice that was purposely raised to a height. He jumped up and sat, looking at the sunrise. It turned the ocean a dark, crimson tone. The waves moved in a sort if pattern which was mesmerizing. He didn't notice he wasn't even paying attention to anything around him. He usually does. Even though nothing was happening its always good to be alert. Diego's only focus was in his mind, almost like he couldn't escape his thoughts. Without the laughing and the racket to hold them back, they came forward to him. He pretty much forgot why he was on this ship before. He heard Manny's voice in his head. Not from anthing specific, nor did it make any sense of what he was saying. It seemed every word he heard from his head left as soon as the next word was said, so nothing was remembered of it. Then he heard Sid's voice. The same thing with Manny's voice. Every word slipped away with no thought. Not even realizing what he was doing. It was as he were limp. He couldn't move if he wanted to. At least, not on his own. After the voices stopped it seemed to pause. Him just staring off into the distance. Nothing. Then he automatically started recalling actual memories. Him with just those two. His life pretty much flashed by his own eyes. Everything about them. But only them. Diego had lied down at that point. Still staring. Not being able to look away from it. He was hypnotized into it. It wasn't bad at all. No harm to it. Then just voices again. This time he heard Peaches and Ellie. Then the voices mixed a bit. He snapped out of his trance.

He rubbed his eyes frequently and he was out of it. He didn't remember any of it. And he wouldn't. Not a trace of it at all, whether awake or Deep in thought. But he remebered the purpose of it.

Parts of the crew slowly woke up, this including Gutt, Flynn, Silas and Dobson. Squint, Gupta, Shira and Raz still slept. But the ones who were awake saw Diego. The saber always looked when something moved behind him or near him. But he was different this time.

"Oi mon." greeted Silas. "Is someting ze matter saber?"

Diego looked at him, perched on his shoulder.

"Nah", He replied blankly, "Just woke up a bit early and moved up here so I wouldn't disturb."

"Alright." He took off toward the Gutt and landed on his shoulder.

Diego stood up and shook off. He jumped down from where he had been, as softly as before, Diego padded to Gutt.

"Good to see ya up, mate."

Diego sent a little salute with his paw. "You too."

"Say. Do you mind a fight every now and then?" Gutt asked casually.

"Sabers get into it quite a lot... so I don't MIND, per say, They are sometimes fun if you got some good competition."

"Good. Today we will be going on a raid, Diego. We will be busting into a town. Scare them off. And get the goods. Would you be willing to go for it?"

Diego thought a moment, Gutt waiting patiently for an answer.

"Sure." he finally replied.

"Good! Be prepared saber. It sometimes gets rough, but I believe you can handle it pretty well."

Gutt swung up to his perch on the mast. Other than Gupta, everyone was wide awake now. When Gutt made the announcment of the raid, Gupta did wake up finally. Everyone then started preparing. Raz collected some hard-core weapons like spears, swords, her mace, clubs, and all sorts of selections of weaponary. All hand made by Raz herself. Butt other than the four legged creatures of the crew, the rest grabbed their own selected weapon of choice. Though Squint had his personal knife he would always use. All were razor sharp too so they were deadly.

An island slowly appeared into the distance. It slowly approached as the ship did. The ship soon beached a shore.

"Let down the plank!" Gutt ordered

"Letting down the plank!" Flynn replied. Flynn grabbed a sturdy piece of wood and he slowly slid it down to the beach from the ship. It made a ramp down to it.

With Gutt leading he ran down the ramp. It followed with a bunch of yells as they followed. Everyone had their weapon equipped. Diego was inbetween Raz and Squint while they followed. Diego stayed at the pace, which was the pace of how fast the ape could run. He felt a rush in his veins he hadn't felt since he left his pack. A giant rush of excitment, his want to kill came back stronger to him. He was taught to kill. But being with prey for all this time, he had to dim it down. But it came back to him with the pirates. They entered the village soon enough. Gutt stopped infront with the rest of the crew behind him for back up.

"Hello! I am Captian Gutt!"

The village animals looked at each other nervously.

"Now maybe you guys are some nice folks. We would like something from you... Ok so what your gonna do, your gonna leave. We will take whatever we want, and we will leave carelessly. That sounds like a good plan to me. Doesn't it boys?" Gutt looked over his shoulder to the crew.

"Yeah!" They all pretty much replied but in different accents or tones.

"What makes you think you can just come here and mess up OUR hard work you crazy ape!?" A cougar yelled at them. A bunch of animals agreed after his statement.

"Oh. It's not what I think... It's what I can do."

Gutt growled and the pirates readied their weapons.

The same cougar growled back. "Get lost! Your little petting zoo cannot come against all of us. We have twice as many of you!"

The village had predators and prey living there. Cougars, alligators, bulls, rhinos, hawks, and so on. But the cougar seemed to be the leader. He bared his teeth and hissed.

"You had your choice, cougar..." Gutt's expression went to a evil look as his usual. "ATTACK!"

The pirates sprung into action. Diego then felt the surge get stronger as the enemy approached him. Another cougar came for Diego without him expecting it. It's fangs sunk into his shoulder. Diego then felt the sting and with all his might, turned and bit the cougar. The cougar roared in pain and shock. Blood rushed down it's side. Diego madly pounced on him again pinning him down and he bit the back of the cougar. He then picked it up by his jaws, and he threw him against a tree. His back back was now covered in blood. It bent down in pain, and it collapsed, holding it's side. It groaned and Diego turned knowing, he wouldn't be getting back up soon.

"DIEGO!"

"Yeah?"

"Go assist Raz with battle." Gutt ordered him. Diego ran next to her. She was against a bull.

"Distract it by it's side" Raz ordered him. He obeyed and clawed the bull's side. It turned and at full speed, went for Diego. He dodged it, the bull ending up into a tree. That only made it even more mad and it charged for Raz.

"Look out!" he yelled

Raz's quick reflexes saved her. She had looked, saw the bull, and it got her spiked mace right into it's face. It bled baddly. Both of the two pounced on it and finished it with Raz going for the head and Diego, the neck. Over a couple feet, Squint got called 'Cute' and the animal instantly was murdered swiftly by his anger. Silas was trying to fight a hawk. But the only reason he won was because he rammed himself into the hawk, making it fall with great damage to the ground. Gupta had used Flynn's belly to propell himself onto a weasel who was fighting to kill it. Dobson helped Gutt with the leader by bucking him in the head a couple of times. And Gutt used his technique. Which is how he earned his name, to finish him. The rest of the animal decided to flee because of their strength against the pirates was frail.

"WOOHOO!" Squint yelled. "Victory!"

"Was that a good first raid Saber?" The captain asked him,

"Yeah. It was the most excitment in a long while." Diego smiled.

Gutt noticed his leg covered in blood, a gash in his shoulder.

"Looks like one caught you by surprise."

Diego smiled. "It's not that bad. Could of been worse." Diego reassured.

"After we get what we want, we will patch that up for ya."

Gutt then ordered Diego to stay in place and have the rest of the crew collect any goods. Then they would return to the ship.

Shira walked next to Diego to help him walk if he needed it. Diego did trip once and Shira did catch him. But the rest of the way he got along by himself. He was treated with stitches which he didn't mind. In four days he could walk just fine. He could run, jump and climb easily. He had thanked them.

"We got each others back here Diego." Shira told him. Everyone else nodded.

"Yer Part of th' crew now mate. So we watch out fer ya too." Raz added.

Squint had actually done the stitching and he was good at it. Diego could conclude to what has happened since the capture, he liked these guys. He concidered them friends now. He could talk to them more without a dull moment. He really did like it on the ship. He really did. He forgot about escape, but thought of more... acceptance. Gutt also started to train Diego after his accident. He was also now more of a efficiant fighter and he treasured that. They were like a new family. He liked that.

...

Sid, Manny, and Granny had not left the island the last couple days. They still searched. They made it finally to the mainland part and started to look around.

"Ellie! Peaches!" Manny yelled again. He then was quiet trying to listen. He though he heard something so he yelled again. He again thought he heard something and headed toward it he started to run. Sid followed. It was toward a rock slide.

"Ellie? You in there?" He banged on a rock.

"MANNY?" a muffled voice came from behind.

"ELLIE!" he exclaimed.

"Oh honey your OK!"

"Daddy?" Peaches piped up excitedly

"Yes", Manny replied, "Daddy is here!"

"Manny! We're trapped in here! Please get us out!"

Manny looked at the rocks above. They were huge.

"Don't worry. We will find a way!"

'How can I get them out of there? How?'

Ta-da! So there's a GIANT problem. How to get them out? Hmm. I am sorry I was gonna post this way earlier but I spaced about making a chapter today. Oops. Well there is good news /bad news. The good news is I will have the next chapter on Wednsday 'spelling i know. if i got it right great!' as my usual plan. Bad news for the story but good news for me. I am going on summer vacation to California to visit family on Friday which was the date I was gonna post chapter 9. I will have that on Thursday though but I will be gone 2 weeks. So on Friday until July 10, no new chapters. SO SORRY GUYS! I promise though on chapter nine I wont leave a giant cliff hanger to annoy you. I WILL NOT! I SWEAR! I really dont wanna leave you hanging for 2 weeks but when I do release chapter 10 It will be special because you guys waited so long. Also I'm nervous. First plane ride. Hope it isn't annoying. So anyways I hoped you enjoyed chapter 7 of Twist. Remember, dont be afraid to PM or review the story to make it better or just state some opinions or questions about the storyyou may have so I can fix, know, and answer your questions! I WILL SEE YOU... IN THE NEXT CHAPTER!

G'BYE!