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Chapter 10

"What's wrong, Eliza?" Darwin asked his friend, who looked really depressed. She's sighed.

"I made a mistake. I was so mad at them that I was stupid enough to put them in a place where there's no warmth. Now we're going to the coldest continent in the world, and they might..." She couldn't finish her sentence. She looked as though she was going to cry. Darwin shifted closer.

"It'll be okay. Those two are scrappy. Cold shouldn't bother them." he tried in vain to comfort.

"They're reptiles Dar. Cold will be a big problem for them. It's all my fault."

Darwin said nothing, only patting her back and hoping things will get better.

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"I don't like this Ravana." Locktooth muttered in their confinement. "It's cramped, it's cold, and these human things don't taste very good."

"Hm..." was his only response. He could tell the dragon was close to falling asleep. He too was getting tired, due to this cold. He hissed in frustration. Not even the coldest winter he experienced was like this. He wondered how long this would last.

He settled beside his best friend, hoping that keeping together will be warmer.

"I hate cold..." Ravana muttered angrily. Locktooth nodded sleepily, scowling at what the human child was doing to them. Ravana had already dozed off immediatly after his mumbling and so too did Locktooth.

The alligator was used to hibernating occasionally, but he began to worry if this time, it'll be permanent.

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"We're here." Nigel announced.

"Goodie." Debbie muttered sarcastically, rolling her eyes and resumed reading her magazine.

The adults, covered in layers of jackets, headed out with their water proof camera. Eliza waited impatiently for Debbie to get out, but her older sister showed no interest in moving whatsoever. Eliza sighed and approached.

"Don't you want to go outside? Donnie's getting restless." she said with a smile. Debbie looked up from her reading and googling over some hot guy.

"You kidding?" she said before continuing her own buisness. "Go out yourself."

Eliza picked Donnie up and dropped the wild boy on her sister. Donnie climbed up on her head and pulled her hair. Debbie practically growled and angrily stood up.

"Fine!" she exclaimed, throwing her magazine to the floor and putting thick coats on. "But next time, you have to do it!"

"Alright. See ya. Bye!" the younger sibling rushed, pushing Debbie out the door with Donnie.

"It's so cold!" Eliza heard her yell.

"Start running! It'll warm you up!" she replied. She heard a loud groan and waited until Debbie chased Donnie out of sight. Then she grabbed Darwin's arm. "Come on! We have to move!"

They rushed to the side of the comvee and opened the hatch. Darwin waited, shivering as Eliza probed the inside for their scaley 'friends'. She took something and it turned out to be a peice of metal from one of the stored equipments.

"Doesn't look very appetizing..." Darwin said. Eliza threw it back inside and tried again. She felt something else and pulled Locktooth laborously out by the tail.

The alligator wasn't moving.

"Are we...too late?" Darwin asked. Eliza shrugged as she strained to pull the reptile into the comvee.

"Help me, Dar. They can't be on the ice!"

With combined efforts, they succeeded in getting the amphibious predator into the warm inside. Eliza immediatly went for Ravana, and with Darwin's help, pulled him inside too.

"Come on!" Eliza urged, rubbing her warm hands across their unbelievably cold backs. "Wake up! Move! Show me your still alive! I need a sign!"

"Your screaming's giving me a headache." Locktooth muttered softly, with very little energy. Eliza was so excited, she practically threw herself on him.

"Yeah! You're alive!"

"And you're still giving us a headache." another voice muttered. This time it was Ravana, who sounded worse than Locktooth. The human didn't hesitate to throw herself on him too.

"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to do what I did! I was just too angry to realize you two numbskulls were just being you!"

"Stop yelling and have mercy on all of us..." Locktooth quietly complained.

"Yeah...the mere fact that your here is annoying enough..." the dragon joined, attempting to move. However he didn't have the energy to budge.

"Are you hungry?" Eliza asked. The two nodded as best as they could. "Great. I'll find something."

She went to check the fridge, but when she opened it, not only was it emptied of meat, but the cold got the reptiles protesting.

"Close it!" they managed to yell relatively loud. Eliza immediatly slammed it shot.

"Alright. I'll get something else. Do you like fish?" she asked. Locktooth nodded while Ravana gave her a blank look of cluelessness. She took that as a yes. "Darwin. Watch them and make them comfortable. I'll be back."

The chimp screamed in fear as Eliza rushed out. He looked at the reptiles and they grinned. Darwin doesn't like this...