Hey, I apologize for the long delay but here is the next chapter. Continuing off to what happens after the bigger herd members got taken away by the government and it's up to the smaller herd members, including the dino birds, to save them but they're gonna need some help from their new friends. So here it is, read and enjoy!
The remaining mammals of the herd finally made it over to Lucas' house. Crash and Eddie pounded on the door loudly, hoping it would get their human friend's attention. Lucas answered the door.
"Oh, hey guys," Lucas greeted, "What are you doing here so late?"
"Lucas, it's an emergency!", Crash told, "Can we come in?"
"Yeah, sure. Come on in."
"We'll be over by the window," Gavin said as he and his kids started off towards the living room window.
Lucas lets everyone in and closed the front door, "What's going on, you guys?"
"Lucas, what's all the commotion?", Stephen asked, coming out of the kitchen. He looks to see the smaller herd members in the living room, "Why are you guys here? I thought you were at Nizhoni's place."
"That's why we came over here," Eddie said, "You guys aren't gonna believe what happened."
"There were these things that came in and they were flashing red and blue lights," Crash said, "And then a bunch of humans and animals that were wearing blue clothes surrounded us."
"Then there was these big giant cages that were on big black wheel looking things and these guys wearing different colors of green and these other guys with black hat things on their heads started shooting the others with these needle looking things. And then they tied up our friends with ropes."
"We also saw some humans and animals with white coats," Louis said.
"Lucas, translate for me," Stephen said, looking on his laptop.
"Some of the herd members were captured," Lucas told him, "Did you not hear what they just said?"
"That's all I needed to hear. I just found the video."
Everyone surrounded Stephen as they watched a recap of the army and SWAT team surrounding the herd and shooting them with tranquilizer darts. Then there was a part of the video that Stephen paused and watched over and over again.
"Dude, what are you doing?", Lucas asked.
"Do you see what I see?", Stephen asked.
"No. What is it?"
Stephen shows the part where Nizhoni and Kimi are being led into a police car by one of the officers, "Nizhoni and her grandmother were arrested?"
"We don't know that. They weren't in handcuffs."
"Dude, this is bad. All they were doing was giving the herd a place to stay and now they're paying the price for it."
"I guess you're wishing that you guys never found us," Louis said.
"It would've happened, anyway," Stephen told, "Nizhoni's the type of person to protect any animal in need, no matter what creature it is."
"So what do we do?", Lucas asked.
Stephen closed his laptop and stood up, "There's only one thing we can do. We need to go and save them. That means all of them. Nizhoni, Kimi, and the rest of the herd."
"Yes!", Lucas said, "Time to go on the adventure of our lives!"
"Yeah, there's just one little problem with that," Gavin said, "How are a bunch of smaller animals, three dino birds and two humans gonna waltz inside a dangerous futuristic place and save the herd members and two human women?"
"You got a point there," Stephen said as he looks at Lucas, "Lucas, you got an answer for that?"
"Sure do," Lucas said, looking at the remaining herd members, "Any of guys made any new friends?"
"Eddie and I did," Crash said.
"Me, too," Louis said.
"So did we," Gertie said.
"We did?", Roger asked.
"Yeah," Gavin said, "You haven't forgotten about Amber, have you?"
Roger groaned, "Come on. Seriously."
"Okay, let's call them," Lucas said, "I've got a few friends of my own that will be happy to help us."
Stephen hands his cell phone to Crash and Eddie, "Here. You guys call your friends on my phone. We need all the help we can get."
"Are you sure you'll let us touch it?", Crash asked.
"As far as we're concerned, you think we're pigs," Eddie said.
Stephen sighed, "I'm sorry, you guys. I've been caught up in my own world that I haven't been thinking about others lately. Well, I think today's the day I start doing that. Now call your friends."
"Apology accepted," Crash said.
"Dude, give me the phone number," Eddie said.
Crash gives Eddie the phone number and starts typing it in. He presses the call button and waits. He hears someone pick up.
"Hello?", Jenny asked.
"Hey, Jenny. This is Eddie. My brother and I are having a huge problem and we need help right away."
"Is it a prank problem?"
Crash grabs the phone, "No! Our family's in trouble! Just get over here as fast as you can."
"Okay, we'll be there in thirty minutes," Betty said.
"Peace out!", Jenny said as she hangs up on them.
Meanwhile, Louis is using the landline phone. He just put in Laura's number but hasn't pressed the call button. There was no way he could tell her. He was way too nervous.
"I don't know about this," Louis said, looking at Scrat, "I feel like I've told her lies. What do I do?"
"Just tell her the truth," Scrat told him, "I'm sure she'll understand."
"The squirrel's right, mate," Buck said, "There are times when honesty is always the best policy. Don't ask me where I heard that from because I'm not sure myself."
"Alright, I'm going for it," Louis said as he pressed the call button and waits a few seconds. Finally he hears Laura.
"Hello?", Laura asked on the phone.
"Hey, Laura. It's me, Louis."
"Oh, hey, Louis. How have you been?"
"I've been well, but some friends and I are having a problem and I was wondering if you could help us with it."
"Yeah, what's going on? Is it a homeschooling problem?"
"Yeah, about that…. I need to be honest with you. The truth is…. I'm not homeschooled. I don't even go to regular school. I don't even know what school is."
"What are you talking about, Louis?"
"Laura, I'm…. not from this time period. I'm from the Ice Age. It's a long story and I promise I'll explain everything later, but do you mind coming over and helping us save my family?"
"Of course I will, Louis. I'll be over there soon. By the way, where are you?"
"Hang on. I'll go ask my friend Lucas."
While Louis did that, the dino birds were using Stephen's phone so Roger could call Amber and ask her to help them rescue the herd.
"Can you please stop calling me that?", Roger asked, "Look, when can you get over here?", he pauses to listen to Amber, "Fifteen minutes? Okay, we'll see you then," he hangs up before Amber could say anything else, "This is going to be the worst."
"Has everybody got into contact with the ones that can help us?", Lucas asked.
"We did!", Crash said.
"So did I," Louis said.
"And, unfortunately we did, too," Roger said.
"Okay, guys," Stephen said, "Gather around. Let me explain the plan."
So the smaller mammals, the dino birds and the two humans started discussing the best way to free their friends.
As the house starts to fade, a big brown eye opens up. Zooming out, the eye belongs to Manny. He blinks a couple of times before he finally opens up his eyes. He sits up and looks around. His surroundings looked different. He was afraid that they were all back inside the box at the museum, but it didn't look like that at all. The entire room was painted white. The only other things that were different colors was a gray metal door hatch in the floor and a large see-through window.
Manny looks around to see the rest of the herd waking up, oblivious to what's going on as well.
"Is everybody okay?", he asked.
Ellie groaned, "I think so."
"Where are we?", Peaches asked.
"Oh, no," Julian said, "This can't be. Are we inside another box?"
"I hope not," Sid said, "I don't think I can handle any more boxes."
"Why do these futuristic humans and creatures want us so badly?", Brooke asked, "What do we have that they want?"
"I don't know, but I'm getting tired of it," Gladys said as she yells at the ceiling, "Hey, if you don't let us out of here right now, I'm gonna come out there and beat y'all to a pulp."
"Is there anyone even out there right now?", Teddy asked.
"I don't know, but I'm gonna break down that clear thing over there and get us all out," Gladys runs to the window and kicks it, but she ends up getting sent flying across the room.
Brooke gasped, "Gladys, are you alright?"
Gladys stands up, "I'm fine, but my back isn't," she cracks her back.
"I'll give you a massage later, pumpkin," Teddy told her.
"Maybe we can get out by pulling on this thing in the floor," Diego said as he starts pulling on the door hatch, "Come on, arms. I need your saber strength."
"Honey, don't hurt yourself," Shira told her husband.
Diego takes a breath and gives up, "Okay, I quit."
"I guess I'll just smash a wall to get us out," Manny said, looking around.
"I'm afraid you won't be able to do that, mammoth," a mysterious person's voice said.
Manny looked around, "Who said that?"
"Why don't you take a look in front of you?"
A faint light could be seen from the window and standing there was a mysterious male human.
That's it for Chapter 10. Next chapter comes next Saturday. I'm gonna try to post new chapters each Saturday so I can get this all finished with and out of the way because me and ninjagogirl luvs iceage21 are currently doing a Halloween story. We'll be continuing tomorrow though. So anyways, give me reviews. Don't hesitate to respond and tell me how is the story. Like I said, Chapter 11 comes next Saturday.