Chapter 9

*Meanwhile.*

A monkey crawled onto an ice plate, gasping wildly for air and wincing in pain by the bites that the siren gave him. It was now night time, and his flying friends haven't come back yet from their little mission yet. He sat there for a while, looking at the sky for a while.

"I'll get them back..."

"Well, looks like lunch came to us boys," said a voice.

The monkey turned and saw that he was surrounded by several shadows. The biggest and tallest shadow stepped forward, limping a little.

"Please, I ask for mercy..." pleaded the Monkey. The leader laughed.

"Why should we give you mercy you old sea scum?"

"I need to live! I need to seek revenge on these sabers and Mammoths-!"

The shadow stepped closer, as if he was interested. The others looked at one another.

"Sabers? Mammoths? What are their names?" asked the leader shadow.

"The Mammoth is called Manny. One of the sabers was one of my mates from my ship called Shira," said the monkey.

The shadow stood still at the name.

"Shira... go on..."

" And the other... he was... Niego? Piego? No that's not right..."

"How about Diego?" Suggested the leader shadow.

"That's it! He kidnapped Shira and made her turn against me."

"Hmm..." The leader thought for a moment, but all was interrupted because voices were heard from the sky.

"SIR!" called a voice from above. Everyone looked up and saw 2 vultures.

"Venice! Vulgar!" Said the Monkey.

"We found them boss! They and their herd made their way to the hyrax island! They are still there!" Said Venice.

The monkey silently celebrated.

"Revenge is near..." He said to the Vultures.

"But they have a human with them sir," said Vulgar. The monkey and shadows looked at them.

"Human? They were killed by the island collapsing..." said one of the smaller shadows.

"But this one is from the modern times," said Venice.

"Or what ever you call it," said Venice and Vulgar at the same time.

"What is her name?" Asked the monkey.

"Savannah sir. Looks a bit like... I'd say a teenager?" Said Vulgar.

The shadow leader looked back at the other shadow behind him.

"Excuse us for one moment please," said the leader. He turned to the other shadows.

"We have to get that human! She is what we have been looking for since Diego turned his back on his own pack!" Said the leader. A small twitchy shadow tilted its head a little to the side.

"But it was that other kid who we were looking form not this 'Savannah' kid." Said the twitchy one.

"For once I agree with him," said the fat one.

"Diego never knew this but..." he started to whisper things. The other figures gasped and chuckled evilly.

"This is going to be sweet..." said the 2nd tallest one.

They all nodded at each other and turned to the monkey and vultures.

"Listen monkey man, we'll help," said the fat one.

"YES- Wait, what?"

The leader stepped closer once more, and the monkey could now see green eyes.

"Why do you want to help?" he questioned the shadow.

He was curious.

"Lets just say I have more to do about that Diego." the other shadow gave an evil laugh. The monkey smiled.

He was now very interested about this sweet bitter revenge.

"Well, since we'll be working together, my name is Captain Gutt," He shook the leaders paw.

"And yours?" he asked the leader.

The leader smiled evilly in the dark.

"The names Soto..."


*The Next Day*

Nothing was said much about last night's encounter the next day. Ellie decided not to talk about that subject and asked Sid about his night with Sarah - Jane.

"Oh I almost forgot to ask you Sid! How did it go last night with Sarah - Jane?" Asked Ellie. Sid smiled, nice and big.

"Sarah - Jane likes me! She wants to meet me again sometime!" Sid declared.

"Well good luck with tomorrow Uncle Sid," said Peaches. Sid kept shaking Savannah's hand.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!" He kept saying.

"OK Sid! My arm has to stay in it's socket thank you!" She said.

Crash and Eddie were still laughing about the wet situation Savannah was in with Sid last night.

"Still it was a great success," said Crash.

"Yeah! When you said 'SURENDER!' and then Sid said 'NEVER!' I was at the point of wetting myself!" Said Eddie, wiping a laughing tear away.

Everyone looked at him and shifted at least 10 centimetres away from him, just to be sure.

Savannah smiled, but Shira and Diego weren't fooled. They could sense that she was still a little shaken from the dream she in-countered with last night.

"Besides all the screaming, crying, whining, whinging, and me getting wet in the progress. I'd say that it was worth it for Sid finally having a girl for himself," she began.

"And she isn't the type who has low standards or sense of smell either," said Manny, eating some Logan berries. Sid looked at little offended.

"Manny!" Ellie gave him a warning look.

"No I agree with you Manny. It's just I always thought if a sloth did smell it meant they were single..."

"So now you know, Stinky means hitched, or in your case, I don't want no lover. And Good smell means single and your ready to mingle!" Said Diego.

"And your little victory shout showed a bit of success Savannah," said Peaches, quickly moving on the subject. Savannah turned her head slightly to the left, winking at Peaches while making a clicking noise with her tongue.

"It's what I do when I do something successful," said Savannah.

"I'd do the same if she was gone..." Manny muttered. But luckily no one heard. Then Diego and Shira stood up.

"Well we are going to hunt for antelopes and gazelle's for our lunch," said Shira, rubbing noses with Diego.

"See ya later," said Diego. Then Savannah stood up.

"Can I come too?" She asked in a whisper, but loud enough to be heard. Everyone looked at her uncertainly.

"But your a human, you can't hunt..." said Sid.

"Actually humans have a good skill when it comes to hunting Sid." Said Manny. Ellie was very surprized by his remark. So was Peaches and Savannah. Diego and Shira looked at each other.

"Sure," said Shira, smiling.

"It wouldn't hurt to have a extra paw, or in Savannah's case, hand to help Shira and I with our lunch. Come on then," said Diego.

"Can I come too?" Asked Sid.

"Not a chance," said Diego.

Sid drooped, but then he saw Sarah-Jane come into the clearing.

"Sidie poo! Where are you my smart wise slothstine!" She called. Sid jumped up.

"Chance of plan," he whispered to Diego. Then he shouted back; "Coming my darling!" Then he tripped and landed flat on his face. Granny tugged at Savannah's arm. Savannah knew she was trying to tell her something and bent down to granny's level.

"Here's a little taste of advice; Never put wise, smart, or man in the same sentence. Sidney is a great example!" She whispered. Savannah laughed lightly.

"Are you ready to come with us?" Asked Shira. Savannah nodded and ran along with them to catch lunch.


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