The Land Before Time
Revenge
Chapter 10
The bright circle rose high in the sky the next day, but back at the cave Sierra was still having a hard time taking Rinkus's death. "How could this happen? How could a bunch of children kill Rinkus?" Then he shook his head. "No! NO! Rinkus would be alive if Pterano wasn't there with them. He's the reason Rinkus is dead!" He took a rock and smashed it against the stone wall. "I'LL KILL THAT DAMN FLYER!" he yelled out in sheer anger. Unfortunately, none of this was actually helping Sierra relax. "I'll kill him myself, and when he's dead I'll deal with Littlefoot and his pesky friends once and for all." Just then, a group of flyers entered the cave. Sierra looked up at the flyers, but he noticed none of them were very happy. "Well? Did you find them?"
"We looked everywhere," one flyer said, "but we can't find them. They're hiding really well."
"How hard is it to find a bunch of leaf eaters?" Sierra furiously asked "You are all useless to me if you can't achieve this goal, and do you want me to remind you what I do to those who are useless to me?" All of the flyers looked horrified. None of them wanted to say anything else that would anger him any more than he already was. "This time, I am going as well." The other flyers were surprised with his decision, and one stepped forward.
"We can find the little wiper snappers on our own. You don't need to come with us."
"Are you giving me orders?" Sierra threatened. The flyer backed off, terrified. "None of you can overpower Pterano, and if those kids are as strong as you imply, then you will have no chance against them." Sierra walked towards the entrance to the cave and opened his wings. "This is your last chance. If they're not dead by the time the bright circle falls from the sky, then I will deal with your failure." He then leaped into the air and began to fly away. You better pray I don't find you Pterano, because if I do, you will pay for Rinkus's death once and for all…
Meanwhile, Shorty yawned as he awoke from a finally peaceful sleep. "I'm so glad to be out of that cave. The stone floor was so uncomfortable."
"You said it." Shorty looked next to him to see Ali awake as well. "I couldn't stand that cave any longer." She looked over towards Ducky and Petrie. Ducky was asleep and leaning against a tree, and Petrie's head was on her lap. "I really hope he's ok," Ali said. "That was a nasty fall back there."
"Don't worry about it so much," Shorty assured her. "I'm sure he'll be fine. He just needs some rest." Ali smiled, knowing he was most likely right.
"You know, you remind me of Littlefoot." Shorty looked at her with a surprised look.
"Really? How do I remind you of that flat head?" Ali laughed at his comment.
"That's not really nice to say! Anyway, you stayed with me. Most other longneck would have left me back there, but Littlefoot would never abandon me, and neither did you. In the cave, you were really brave, and you didn't want anything bad to happen to me."
"Well, I'm not like most longnecks," Shorty said. "I don't care how long we've known each other. You were in danger, and I wanted to protect you. That's all that matters, and I will always stay with you."
"Aww! That's so sweet!" said a voice from behind. The two of them looked back to see Chomper grinning widely. "I told you! You two are in love!"
"So what?" Ali asked. "What's the problem with that?"
"Who…Who in love?" All three of them turned towards a now awake little flyer. Petrie stretched his wings and looked to find very shocked and happy faces. "What? Me got something on me face? You looking at Petrie like me have two beaks! What wrong?" At that moment, Ducky began to wake up. She rubbed her eyes and noticed Petrie was awake.
"Petrie!" she burst out with happiness. "You are all better! Yep yep yep!" She began to squeeze Petrie in a tight hug, and Petrie began to choke a little.
"Ducky…me glad to…see you too…but…STOP SQUEEZING ME!" Everyone else laughed as Ducky released him.
"Well you can't blame her," Shorty commented. "We thought you were dead!" Ali lowered her head and nuzzled Petrie. When she lifted her head back up, Petrie began to boastfully laugh.
"What? You think silly fall hurt Petrie? Me Petrie the Flyer! Me bravest flyer of all! Me-"
"Yeah yeah we know the rest," Chomper interrupted before he could rant on some more. "You're hero of the heard and scarer of the sharpteeth. Blah blah blah. You're worse than Cera!" Everyone started laughing even harder now, and Petrie felt beaten. At that moment, Chomper stopped laughing as he caught a scent in the air, and it worried him.
"What's wrong?" Shorty asked.
"My sniffer is sniffing something coming this way, and it doesn't smell very friendly."
"Oh, I hope it is not those mean flyers from before. No no no," Ducky said with a worried tone.
"No, it's not them," Chomper said.
"Well then who is it?" Ali asked. Chomper sniffed the air, and what he said put terror into everybody's hearts.
"Sharpteeth. Fast biters to be more precise." Everyone looked at each other with very scared looks. Then Chomper caught another scent which worried him even more. "Redclaw is with them as well." Ducky and Petrie gasped, but Ali and Shorty looked confused.
"Who's Redclaw?" Shorty asked.
"You no want to know," Petrie said. "Petrie think we run away now!" Shorty looked towards Ali, and she nodded.
"You heard the flyer," she replied. "Let's get out of here!"
Meanwhile, Littlefoot and the others weren't in any easier position. They too were fleeing from a group of fast biters who somehow discovered their location. "How the heck did they find us?" Littlefoot asked while the group kept running. "That cave wasn't an obvious place for them to look!"
"Why do you think?" Cera asked. "Spike started yelling because there was no more green food!" Spike sighed a little, knowing that was somewhat his fault. "Then he screamed because a creepy crawly touched his foot!" Spike then looked angrily at her.
"Actually, that was you," Pterano pointed out, and Cera gave him a threatening glare. "Well it's true!"
"Who asked you?" Cera yelled.
"Now's not the time you guys!" Littlefoot intervened before it turned into an argument. "It doesn't matter how they found us! The only thing that matters now is trying to stay alive!" Cera "HMPHed" towards Pterano, and Pterano chuckled a little. He had never seen anybody too proud to admit they were at fault for something. The group tried to weave in and out of many trees in an attempt to shake the fast biters away from their tail. Spike even tried launching many medium sized rocks behind him hoping one of them would hit their pursuers. Unfortunately, it seemed hopeless to try and lose them. "Nothing's working!" Littlefoot yelled out. "We have to lose them!"
"No kidding Littlefoot!" Cera yelled back. Littlefoot was surprised at her. Even though the two of them had feelings for each other, she still seemed to retain her stubborn old self.
"Any ideas?" Pterano asked, but none of them knew what to do. Suddenly, the group came to a huge rock face surrounding them.
"Oh just great!" Cera complained. "Just what we need!"
"We're trapped!" Littlefoot yelled out.
"Yes, it would seem so," Pterano claimed monotonously. The three of them turned towards him.
"How can you possible be calm at a time like this?" Littlefoot objected.
"Have you been eating too many of Spike's tree stars?" Cera asked, and Spike glared at him. It seemed amazing how Spike could think about food when they were just about to be attacked.
On cue, the group of fast biters cornered the group against the rock wall. They hissed with laughter as they licked their jaws in preparation for the upcoming meal. Littlefoot looked around desperately to try and find some sort of weapon, but the only thing he saw was a huge lake. Then Cera did something nobody would ever expect her to do.
"It's no use," she sighed. "We can't escape them. We're sharptooth food." Littlefoot was especially shocked.
"How can you give up like this? You of all threehorns would never quit out like this? What about Sierra? What about our friends? They need us now more than ever!" Cera didn't have a reply because she knew he was right. "Well if you won't come up with something, then I will!" With that, he rushed towards the fast biters with rage in his eyes.
"No Littlefoot! Don't go!" Pterano yelled out.
"You flat headed idiot!" Cera called out. "You're going to get yourself killed!" Spike yelled out as well, but Littlefoot completely ignored them. He didn't care that he was heading straight towards a possible death. The only thing that mattered was dealing with them so he could find his friends. One of the fast biters decided to humor him and rushed towards him.
I can't die now. I have to beat these fast biters. Ali and the others need our help, and these dome heads are not going to stand in my way!