Chapter Eleven: Hungry...? Big Time!
"Can we feed you guys first?" Ellie smiled. "Suzy, you've been asleep for like, fifteen hours."
"Sure. Did you guys eat?" I answered.
"Nah, we were all up all night..." Crash trailed off.
"Yeah and we were too scared-" Crash elbowed him, "Ouch! I mean, we were too worried about you to go back for food." Eddie finished.
I giggled, "Well I guess we should eat before we kick some-" I remembered Peaches, "uh... Soto butt?" I reddened.
"Yeah we should." Sophie answered, first time I'd ever seen her excited to eat. That, and the fact I could take a bath made me feel ecstatic. I mean, I stunk, and Sophie needed a meal.
"Well, let's go!" I laughed. "Diego, Sid, Zeke. Why don't y'all come with us?" I smiled sweetly, "You guys can fish, right?"
"I'm OK at fishing." Zeke.
"Not going near water." Diego.
"Couldn't fish to save my life." Sid.
The three said that in unison. Sophie and I giggled. "Will you come anyways?" Sophie did her sad little kit face and voice. "Pweeze?"
"I'll go." Zeke.
"Sure I guess." Diego.
"Sucker for the puppy eyes." Sid. (Blushing)
"Yay!" Sophie jumped and clapped like she always did. "Let's go! It'll be dark soon, and fish don't catch themselves!"
"I agree! Jinx!" The twins said in unison. We all laughed at ourselves, how crazy we all were, and how fun it really was to be here all together like family. I looked around at the faces of my fellow mammals. If you walked in on us right that minute, you'd think we were all just having family time, and not trying to stay away from an angry saber hell-bent on killing us all for revenge… creepy, I know, but still.
"Okay guys, let's get going!" Sid encouraged, "Peaches, honey, do you remember how to make a fire like uncle Sid showed you?"
"Yeah I remember." Peaches smiled.
"Good, you'll be in charge of the fire until I get back!" the two high-fived. Sid with his hand and Peaches with her trunk.
On the way, Sophie and I sang the whole way there, and Sid joined in as a chorus helper. He'd be great if it weren't for his pitchy-ness. Once we had successfully exhausted every single song we knew, I taught Sophie A Total Eclipse Of The Heart. Zeke was the first to tell us how beautifully we sang together, but Buck was the first to agree with him on the subject. Fun... never thought that would be an option huh?
Fishing was cool, it was a hole lot easier to catch something with two hungry-eyed sabers to help. We got enough for all the meat eaters, and got in a prank... let's just say Diego didn't appreciateus, well... pushing him into the uh... he got very wet. Let's just say Crash and Eddie got a bright idea... with witch I agreed. We got behind him while he was trying to get a salmon in the shallow part of the lake on a rock, and the twins put their tails -tied together- in front of his hind legs, while Sophie and I pushed him in. Diego was more pissed than scared. He chased us around for a bit until we ran up a tree. After he cooled off, we came down and said we were sorry... Zeke was still laughing when we apologized.
On the way back, Buck told Sophie, the twins, and me to go get some fruits for the mammoths. Sophie and I practiced the new song I taught her, and found some awesome delicious fruits... I didn't even know they existed but they were damn good eatin', according to Sid, who was the first to taste them. I cooked as always, and by the time we were done eating, it was nearing sundown.
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We got to scouting a little while after dinner, making sure to use camo-mode. Crash and were wearing shrubs, I hardly recognized them. Sid is just so neutral he'll turn into the color of whatever he happens to be in front of. Sophie had black fur, so it blended in with the surroundings of the night. I also made her get her hair slightly out of her eyes. The sabers were perched in a tree, wearing war paint and some leaves so they could hunker down and blend in. I had on war paint, and my hair was tied back. Buck had on a darker patch... yeah, I didn't know he could change it either. Anyways, we had made modifications to our weapons as well. We all had tool belts with pea shooters, exploding berries, knives, and rope. I, with the help of Crash and Eddie, invented and made them.
Camo-mode did okay until we found Soto sprawled out on the ground in a patch of grass. He had a lot more scratches and blood-stained fur.
"A dinosaur beat us to him?" Sophie shouted, "What the hell man!"
"He may not be dead, I'll go see." Buck suggested. He swaggered over to Soto, picked up a stick, and poked him with it on the nose. And, of course, he just had to still be alive!
Soto jumped up and let out an angry, fearsome roar, letting us know it was fight or flight. Crash and Eddie created a diversion by shooting tiny red berries at Soto through their pea-shooters. Sid used Crash's sling-shot to try and take out Soto's eyes. Buck and I worked on tying him up but he was too strong, Soto jumped up and landed on a patch of grass with a small pinkish fruit on it... OH SNAP! We all backed away, as if Zeke or Sophie were even doing anything to start with, while the arms of the plant came up and grabbed Soto around the ankles and took him into it's mouth... petals... whatever; still not trained in botany. We all held our breath, as if we were in the movie theater waiting for the scary part of a slasher. The plant moved slightly, and then... BAM! out came Soto, his wounds dripping, his face set in horrifying bloody murder, his eyes like stone. He roared like Rudy and tackled Zeke. I ran up... lifted my knife... took a deep breath... jumped... and stabbed. "Aaahhh!" Soto exclaimed in pain, and went limp.
Zeke hurried out from under Soto's body. He had some bad bruises, and a few cuts. I was there, on top of Soto's stone cold dead body, breathing heavily, hot tears welled up in my eyes... my arms fell to my sides, my legs turned to instant jell-o, and I scrambled off of the body. I'd just killed somebody.
Epilogue
Two days, that's how long it had been since we got home from Dinotopia. Sophie and I had totally mastered, A Total Eclipse Of The Heart, and Sid could tap out a beat on a rock for us. We were practicing that one for karaoke night, Peaches was flying a kite-like thing the twins made, and the sabers were hunting. The twins decided it would be funny to ambush us with berries and pea-shooters right in the middle of the chorus... yeah I didn't think so. We all got into this big berry fight with each other.
"Hey, guys!" I said, "I know just the armadillo to use this stuff on." I grinned.
"Aw yeah!" Crash high-fived his brother.
(Author's note: Thank you all! I loved writing this! Thank you! ...But the insanity keeps on going! look for insanity 4 on my profile! Same day posting!)