Book 2: Breaking the Ice Chapter 10
Jenna's eyes fluttered open and looked around. She gasped when she realized that her paws and feet were tied and she was gagged. "Buck! Rosalina! Roxanne! Ellie! Manny! Diego! Sid! Possums! Anybody!" Jenna called through her leaf gag.
Tim chuckled evilly at her calls and walked towards her. She gasped and started to whimper. "Did you have a nice sleep?" Tim asked her sarcastically. Jenna whimpered in fear and started to scream. Tim slapped her across the face and snapped, "Shut up, unless you want me to kill you!" A small tear rolled down her cheek as she glared at him.
Tim let himself calm down and explained, "The reason why you're in my cave is because your boyfriend had my girls and slashed my arm before I could lay a finger on them. I'm holding you hostage until I get my girls back. Now, I'm going to take the gag off as long as you don't scream." Jenna nodded and waited for Tim to remove her gag.
He took off the gag and waited for her response. Jenna breathed in the air then said, "Buck's not my boyfriend, he's just my best friend."
Tim chuckled, "Sure he is." She glared at him and hissed a little. Tim raised a threatening paw in the air. Jenna's ears drooped and flinched, getting ready to get slapped. However, he lowered his paw and whispered in Jenna's ear, "Don't try to threaten me, girl."
Jenna had a plan that would hopefully work. She asked Tim, "Hey, do you think you can untie these vines on me?"
"What makes you think that I'll just let you go that easily?" Tim chuckled evilly. She shuddered and said. "If you let me go, I'll take you to Rosalina and Roxanne." Tim looked at her suspiciously and rose and eyebrow, "Really?"
"Sure." Jenna answered "sweetly".
"All right, but no tricks." Tim told her sternly.
"You have my word." Jenna lied as he began to tear off the vines around her paws and feet.
The herd crowded around Rosalina, Roxanne, and Buck as they read the leaf note that said, I got your girl, Buck. If you want her back, give me my girls, or I'll slit her throat. Rosalina sobbed, "Tim took Jenna." Buck's ears drooped and sighed sadly, "He'll kill Jenny if I don't return you to your step-fatha'. Wot' am I gonna do?"
Roxanne snapped her finger and explained, "I know! Buck, you pretend to give us to him. Then, Rosalina, you kick his sorry tail. Manny and Ellie, cover your cute daughter's eyes while the fight's going on. Crash and Eddie, cheer Rosalina on as she continues fighting Tim. Buck will rescue Jenna. What do you say?"
The herd, including Buck and Rosalina stared at her. Buck thought it over then said, "That might actually work, Roxy."
"I like the idea of me kicking his butt. I agree." Rosalina agreed.
"We got a weasel to save!" Diego said as he waited for the rest of the herd by the cave entrance. The herd and weasels walked out of the cave; hoping they would find Jenna.
Tim kept his eye on Jenna to make sure she doesn't run away. Jenna smirked a little and said, "If you think I'm going to run away, don't worry, I won't." Wow, she's good? Tim thought as he stopped staring at her. This was Jenna's chance to get her out of this. She kicked him in the shin, causing Tim to grunt in pain as he fell down. Jenna sprinted through the valley frantically.
Tim growled and ran after her, not caring about the pain in his shin. He finally caught Jenna and tackled her to the ground, causing the other creatures to look at them. Jenna tried to squirm out of his grasp, but it was no use, Tim had already caught her. Tim slapped her in the face. She screamed out in pain and whimpered.
She kicked him hard on the stomach and got up, causing him to scream in pain and punch her in the face. Jenna fell to the ground, unconscious. Tim chuckled evilly and lifted her body from the ground and looked at the villagers with a threatening growl, "If you tell the herd or her boyfriend, you'll be next."
One of the aardvarks knew her and snapped, "You kidnapped Jenna? Someone should throw you in the tar pits!" Tim gave the male aardvark a menacing growl, causing him to cower backwards and run. The villagers saw that he meant business and fled. Tim smirked in delight and threw Jenna over his shoulder.
The herd and the weasels called out Jenna's name throughout the village until they saw a cream-colored male weasel carrying an unconscious female body over his shoulder. Buck and Rosalina gasped when they found out whom that unconscious body was, Jenna.
Tim heard the sound of the herd and weasels' gasps and chuckled evilly, "Looking for someone?"
"What did you do to Jenna, you jerk!" Roxanne screeched as she glared at her step-father.
He chuckled again, "The girl was on her way to find you guys until I pummeled her to the ground."
Buck growled lowly and glared, "Look, we don't want any trouble. We just want Jenna back."
"Fine, I'll give her to you, but only if you give me the girls." Tim replied with a smirk.
"Remember the plan." Roxanne whispered to the herd and Buck.
"Fine, here." Buck pretended to say, carelessly. Rosalina and Roxanne fake-cried as they walked towards Tim. He smirked, "Wise decision. Here's your girlfriend." He threw Jenna's unconscious body at Buck's feet, causing Jenna to moan in pain. Buck growled lowly and lifted her body from the ground as he glared at him.
Roxanne nodded at Rosalina, giving her the signal to attack. She nodded and kicked Tim in the stomach. He fell to the ground and glared up at Rosalina and growled, "Want a fight, huh?" Rosalina snorted quietly and got in her fighting stance.
Tim picked himself up from the ground and punched Rosalina in the face, but she dodged the blow by grabbing his paw in hers then flipping him in the air and slammed him down on the ground.
"Close your eyes, sweetie." Ellie told Peaches as she and Manny covered her eyes. Diego was surprised that she had that much strength to lift a male from the ground and slam him down, including Buck and Roxanne. Sid winced at every punch and kick Rosalina gave Tim. Yet again, Crash and Eddie were cheering her on.
Tim put his leg under Rosalina's and jerked, causing Rosalina to fall down with a yelp. He lifted her and wrapped her flexible body around his neck. "I got you now!" Tim half panted and half chuckled evilly.
"I don't think so." Rosalina grunted as she bit into his paw. He screamed in pain and released Rosalina to look at his bleeding paw.
"That's why we weasels have sharp teeth." Roxanne smirked. Buck chuckled then looked at Jenna's unconscious body and whispered, "Come on, Jenna. Get up."
"Is she going to be okay? Do you want me to hold her for you?" Manny asked as he kept his trunk over his daughter's eyes.
"I got 'er, Manny. Thanks." Buck answered as he gazed at Jenna; hoping she would wake up soon.
Rosalina dodged a kick from Tim and came up from behind him and punched him in the back of the head; knocking him out. She panted, "Stay away from our family." With that, she walked away and walked over to the herd.
"Woo!" Crash and Eddie whooped as they high-fived Rosalina. Rosalina smiled then walked over to Buck.
"Is Jenna going to be okay?" She asked as she gently held Jenna's paw.
"I hope so." Buck said as he climbed onto Ellie's left tusk.
"I'm sure she's just fine. She'll wake up soon." Manny told them. Rosalina and Roxanne looked at Tim's unconscious body with a cold glare before walking out of the cave with the herd.
"I don't think that Tim is going to stop until he gets us." Rosalina sighed, breaking the silence.
"If he comes anywhere near the heard or us, I'll slit his throat." Buck grumbled angrily, but softened up as he looked at Jenna's still unconscious body.
"I hope Aunt Jenna will be okay." Peaches whimpered as she gently stroked Jenna's long brunette hair with her trunk.
"She'll wake up soon, sweetie." Ellie, Rosalina, and Roxanne said in unison. Manny wrapped his trunk around his daughter and held her.
"She's just sleeping, Peaches." He told her.
"What happened to her?" Peaches asked softly.
"Tim hurt her, Peach. I'm sure she'll wake up soon." Roxanne answered softly while stroking Peaches's fur reassuringly.
Suddenly, Buck felt stirring and looked down at Jenna and saw that she was waking up. Jenna's eyes fluttered as she looked around tiredly. She looked from the herd to Buck and the weasel twins. She moaned tiredly and looked at Buck again. "What happened?" Jenna asked groggily.
"You fell unconscious. Are you feelin' all right?" Buck asked as he gently lowered Jenna onto her feet.
"I feel dizzy." She answered as she started to stumble, but got caught by Roxanne and Peaches before she fell.
"Thanks." She sighed as she tried to keep her footing on the snow.
"I think you should rest, lass." Buck told her as he walked her towards Ellie. Ellie lifted both of them onto her back and continued walking. Rosalina and Roxanne got on Manny's tusks and relaxed.
"Ugh! I feel a knot on the back of my head." Jenna groaned as she lay on her back.
"Wot' do you think happened to cause the knot to come up?" Buck asked her softly.
"The last thing I saw before blacking out was when Tim slapped me across the face. Then, I felt something hard hit my head."
Buck started to growl at the fact that that monster had hurt his best friend. "You just get some shut-eye, lass. We'll be back at the cave soon." He told her before climbing off Ellie's back and walking on the snow.
Everyone heard a sniff and sobbing and saw Rosalina crying. "What's wrong, sweetheart?" Ellie asked with a small frown forming on her face.
"This is all my fault!" She sobbed quietly. Buck and Roxanne looked at each other for a moment before coming over to where Rosalina was and hugged her. "Sis, it's not your fault." Roxanne sighed as she hugged her sister. "I need to be alone." Rosalina sighed.
She jumped off of Manny's tusk and scurried away. "What's wrong with Rosalina?" Peaches asked the herd.
"She's just upset, sweetheart." Ellie told her daughter sadly.
"Want me to go find her?" Jenna asked, causing half of the herd to jump. She jumped off Ellie's back and told Buck, "I'll find her unless you want to instead."
He looked back at the herd then back at Jenna. "You mammals go ahead and go back to your cave with Roxanne. Jenna and I will be back." Buck told them as he and Jenna walked away. They obeyed and walked ahead of them to their cave with Roxanne on Diego's back.
Rosalina was sobbing on the ground with her head on a stone crying her eyes out. She lifted her head from the stone and walked over to a wall of ice. She looked at her miserable face before punching the icy wall with her fist, causing the wall to break. Rosalina yelped in pain and scurried around her surroundings, trying to find something to stop her paw from bleeding.
She found a leaf and tied it to make a cast for her paw. She rinsed her paw inside a puddle before putting on the cast. She panted and sobbed, "This is all my fault. This is all my fault. This is all my fault."
She found a sharp rock and positioned it in front of her chest. Before she could stab herself, Buck and Jenna found her and ran quickly towards her.
"I'll do it!" Rosalina threatened as she kept the sharp rock near her chest. Buck and Jenna looked at her as if she was crazy.
"Rosy, put the rock down." Buck told her calmly. Her paw shook as she held the rock closer to her chest.
Jenna slowly approached Rosalina from behind and took the rock out of her paw and threw it far away. Rosalina started to sob again and screamed, "This is all my fault! I should've killed myself years ago! I don't deserve to live!"
Jenna looked at Buck with a tears streaming down her face. His ears drooped and hugged Rosalina tight. She sobbed into his chest and hugged him tighter. Jenna joined the hug and cried softly on Rosalina's shoulder.
"Please, don't kill yourself. Think about how the herd and your sister would react. They would be devastated. Please, don't kill yourself. Please, for me, Buck, your sister, and the herd. Please?" Jenna pleaded as she gave Rosalina one last hug before looking at her with pleading eyes.
Rosalina hesitated for a moment. Then, she sobbed into Buck and Jenna's arms. "I love you guys." She wept.
"We love you too, Sweetie." Jenna sniffed as she hugged her back.
They finally released her and found that she fell asleep. Buck lifted Rosalina from the ground and smirked, "Maybe the millionth time I had to carry one of you." Jenna laughed quietly at this and stroked the sleeping she-weasel's silky black hair.
"You poor thing." She laughed. He smiled at her and joked, "Next time, you're carrying me." She playfully, but gently smacked his arm as she laughed.
Ellie, Peaches, and Roxanne looked outside of the cave worriedly. "I hope they didn't get into trouble again." Roxanne worried.
"I'm sure she must've ran somewhere far from us. They'll be back." Ellie reassured her.
"Where did Buck and Jenna go?" Peaches asked her mom with worry written on her face.
"They went to find Rosalina. They'll be back." Roxanne told her and muttered to herself."I hope."
Suddenly, Buck and Jenna entered the cave with Rosalina in Buck's arms, asleep. "What took you so long?" Roxanne asked them as she hugged the both of them.
"We'll tell ya' as soon as we find Rosy somewhere to sleep." Buck told her while looking for a place for her to fall asleep.
As soon as Buck got Rosalina situated, he walked back to the herd and sighed, "Rosy tried to kill herself with a sharp rock."
"I threw the rock away and pleaded for her to not do this to herself for the sake of you guys and Roxanne. Then, she hugged and told us that she loves us both then fell asleep in Buck's arms." Jenna added as she too sighed.
Everyone in the herd gasped except for Peaches, who, yet again, didn't know what was going on. "Why did she do that?" Diego asked them with a shocked look on his face.
"She was being hysterical." Buck answered sadly.
"Bless her heart. Did she do anything else before she threatened to kill herself?" Ellie asked Jenna.
"We saw a leaf over Rosalina's right paw." Jenna answered with tears forming in her eyes.
"You know what? How about you mammals just shake it off and have a snowball fight. I'll stay in here with Rosy?" Buck asked, trying not to bring any more symphany into this situation.
"Are you sure?" Sid asked while sadly looking at Rosalina's sleeping form on a smooth stone.
"Just have fun, sloth." He told him with a small smile.
Sid shrugged and walked out of the herd's cave to go to the playground with Peaches. "Are you sure, Buck?" Manny asked him as he started to walk out of the cave.
"I need ta' be alone with Rosy, all right?" He said sternly. Manny nodded and walked out of the cave with Ellie, Crash, and Eddie. Diego was the last to walk out of the cave with Roxanne on his back. The last ones in the cave now were Buck, Jenna, and Rosalina.
Buck made his way towards Rosalina and held her left paw with a sad sigh. Jenna walked towards them and gently laid a paw on Buck's shoulder and asked softly, "Are you okay?" He looked at her with a sad look in his eye and sighed again, "I think this is my fault that Rosalina is like this. If we hadn't run into Tim in the first place, she wouldn't be this way."
Jenna nodded understandingly then jumped when Buck sobbed softly into her shoulder. Her ears drooped and wrapped her comforting arms around his shoulder and whispered in his ear, "It's okay. It'll be okay. Please don't cry." She pulled him a little closer with a sad sigh escaping her lips.
After five minutes, Buck stopped crying and looked at Jenna with an apologetic smile. "Sorry." He said sadly.
"It's fine, Buck. Everything will be okay." Jenna sighed as she gently stroked Rosalina's long, black hair. She hated to see her dino-hunting, one-eyed, and crazy weasel friend upset, so she decided to change the subject.
"Want to have a snowball fight just to make us feel a little better?" Jenna asked with a small smile forming on her lips. Buck knew he was a little stressed and needed to shake, the incident that happened earlier, off. He finally forced a smile on his face and nodded. The two weasels left the herd's cave, leaving a sleeping Rosalina behind.