Chapter 10: Back Up Above
Back at the Ice Age world, Manny and the others were looking for Sid but to no luck as Manny had the others and himself search high and low everywhere throughout the entire valley. The herd returned to their home each in groups as Manny, who went with Ellie, asked, "Did anyone find Sid?"
"I'm afraid not," Shira answered who went with Diego.
"No luck with us, dad," Peaches sadly said with Louis.
"We couldn't find him in the ground," Crash said with Eddie.
"How is Sid going to be in the ground?" Manny firmly asked.
"Well...this is Sid we're talking about," Eddie shrugged.
"I doubt Sid would be underground," said Ellie.
"Hey, where's Granny?" Peaches asked the twins.
"We don't know," They both replied.
"She was supposed to be with you two," Diego pointed out.
"Come on, ya stupid coconut!"
The herd turned around to see Granny near a tree, whacking a boulder that she had mistaken for a coconut.
"Granny wants some milk! Open up, ya lazy nut!" Granny cracked.
"Granny, that's a boulder not a coconut" Peaches pointed out.
"Ah I know a coconut when I see one," Granny grumbled.
"You were supposed to be with the twins looking for Sid" Manny grumpily said.
"Who?" Granny asked.
"Sid, your grandson! Remember?!" Manny groaned in annoyance.
"Oh, yeah. How's he doing?" Granny asked as she is clearly bonkers.
"You are such a loony," Manny groaned.
"At least I'm not fat!" Granny snapped.
"Shut up!" Manny grumbled.
Suddenly the herd saw a mob lead by Leo walking to them as Leo asked
"You, mammoth! Have you seen the sloth?"
"You mean Sid?" Manny asked.
"Yes, that thing," Leo nodded.
"No. We were looking for him," Manny replied.
"Hmm, then he must be either running away or hiding somewhere," Leo said to himself.
"What is going on here?" Ellie asked.
"We are looking for that sloth so we can banish him out of the valley forever," Leo replied.
"What?!" The herd gasped.
"Why would you guys wanna do that?!" Peaches asked in shock.
"Your little friend has caused enough trouble for the valley and we've had enough! If he
continues to stay here, it's only a matter of time before he does something worse as of example last night! His monstrous ability to create fire is not normal and it's a danger to us with him using that ability," Leo explained.
"Oh, not this again," Manny groaned before glaring at Leo and then snapped, "Look, what did I say to you and the others last night? Sid is not a monster! He's just a sloth who can just create fire! That's all! He's no danger to any of us!"
"Says you and some other animals in your little herd, but the rest of the valley had decided to banish Sid from the island forever! If we don't do something, he will do something that can be a threat to us!" Leo angrily panicked.
"Like what?" Ellie sternly asked.
"Misuse his evil ability to make fire that can destroy everything in this valley. We'll also be homeless and starve to death but if we get that sloth away now, we'll be safe," said Leo.
"Yeah!" The valley agreed.
"Are you guys nuts?! Sid's not violent...or even coordinated!" Diego said.
"That sloth is the clumsiest, stupidest creature in the face of the planet! He screws up everything in this valley and he ruined your daughter's birthday. Why are you defending such a worthless creature?! He'll only annoy you more and cause more trouble for all of us! You shouldn't find him and keep him in your herd!" Leo pointed out.
"Enough!" Manny shouted at Leo which made the valley mammals jumped. The bull mammoth then added, "Look, I will admit Sid can be trouble at times, but come on! Do you guys really think that he would do something that a paranoid, stuck-up sloth like you would do? No! I know Sid well. While he can be clumsy and not the brightest tool of the cave, he is also very kind and very loyal to us. He may have the ability to use fire, but he would never harm you guys with it...I mean, if anything, he accidently hurts himself with the fire."
The mammals looked at one another and soon were agreeing a bit that what Manny says is true before the mammoth added, "Yes Sid can get on our nerves, but at least he's not annoying like Fast Tony before he left for another valley and he's not dangerous like Gutt was."
The valley nodded in agreement much to Leo's dismay as he panicked, "Guys, you're seriously going to believe this mammoth?! Well? I mean for crying out loud he's just a stubborn fat mammoth!"
"I maybe stubborn but I do have a heart for those who deserved it, especially Sid but not like you Leo. You just worry about yourself and what Sid can do to you precious pride and home," Manny firmly said.
"We're not banishing Sid from the island. We're going to find Sid and fix this mess together," Ellie said.
The valley nodded to the herd and one of them calls out, "I can search high in the skies for you if you wish."
"Please do. We need all the help we can get," Ellie thanked them.
The other mammals agreed to help as Leo gasped out, "Where are you all going?!"
"To find Sid!" One of them said.
"What?! Why?! What about all the things I told you?!" Leo asked.
"Leo, let's face it. Sid's clumsy and stupid, but he's not cruel and evil. Manny is right, we were just being paranoid over nothing," Another mammal replied.
Leo watches as the mammals leave before Manny firmly said, "Now Leo, I want you to stop harassing us and Sid. Do I make myself clear?"
"You are all fools! Don't go crying to me when your friend does end up being the dangerous monster that he is with his dangerous fire ability!" Leo hissed.
Diego then pins Leo down and growls at him dangerously.
"Let me put it this way to you, moron! If you ever harass or hurt my friend Sid again, you will be the answer to my question of what do sloths taste like!" Diego growled threateningly.
Leo freaked out as he then faints again before Diego grinned deviously. "What a loser," the tiger chuckled.
The others chuckled before Manny noticed Peaches wasn't around as he asked, "Where
did Peaches go?"
"He went with Ethan, sir," Louis replied.
"Again? Seriously, when will Peaches learn?" Manny groaned in more annoyance.
"Manny," Ellie started. "I know you care about Peaches, but she's no longer a child. If she wishes to date Ethan, then let her date him. Besides, Peaches is a woman now and you have to let her live her own life."
Manny looks at his wife and slowly nodded as he did promise to fix the mess he made last night with his daughter.
"You're right. Peaches is grown up, but I'm just worried that she may fall for the wrong guy," Manny replied.
"If she falls for the wrong guy, then that has to be her decision to choose if she wishes to be with that man or not. You can give her your opinion gently and not so...well...how you handle things and she may consider it," said Ellie.
"That's my problem, Ellie. I just don't think any male with the way they are today is any good for Peaches," Manny pointed out with a sighed. It made Louis look down nervously and sadly with his hopes of ever having Peaches to be his love gone downhill.
Meanwhile, Peaches was looking for Ethan but then she spots him flirting with another female mammoth. She was shocked beyond belief that the male mammoth she thought changed and truly did care for her was cheating on her with another female mammoth.
"Ethan?!" Peaches gasped out.
The two mammoths looked at Peaches in shock as Ethan looks at the female mammoth and said, "You best be off."
The female mammoth nodded and leaves as Ethan sadly looks at the shocked mammoth and said, "Peaches...I can explain."
"Ethan? I don't understand! Why would you cheat on me like that?!" Peaches cried.
"I didn't think we would be together anymore since your father banned me from being with you. I didn't want to go against him so I...I did what I thought was best for both of you...I didn't think you would come back to me again after that night," Ethan sadly confessed.
Peaches understood as she knew that Ethan did change his attitude and was only scared of disobeying Peaches' father's wishes and felt like he wasn't the one for her.
"I see...Ethan, I don't care what dad would have said. I would still come to you because I cared about you if you did love me," Peaches replied.
"Really?" Ethan asked.
"Yes. You have changed a bit better Ethan, but as of this point I suspect that maybe we're just fools looking for love and we're just not meant to be," Peaches sadly admits.
"Yeah...I was a fool. I'm so sorry," Ethan apologized.
"I...I forgive you...Maybe it's best if we stayed friends," Peaches said softly.
"Yeah," Ethan nodded slowly as he regretted hurting Peaches' feelings.
"Well...I guess I'll see you around," Peaches said.
"Yeah...See your around," Ethan shamefully replied and leaves in regret of hurting Peaches.
Peaches let out some tears until she turns to see her parents who saw everything. Despite what Ethan did, Manny along with Ellie understood how Ethan felt and knew that Peaches had to make her decision but knew he wanted to comfort his own daughter.
"Peaches..." Manny started.
"No...Just leave me be, dad!" Peaches sobbed before walking off.
Manny was about to follows Peaches but Ellie stopped him and said, "As much as I want to comfort her too, she just needs some space at the moment. She'll come to us when she's ready."
What happens next?
Stay tune to find out!
ALSO PRETTY PLEASE GIVE CREDIT TO DUSK19, FOR NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT HIM
