Warning: THIS SCENE CONTAINS SOME INTENSE VIOLENCE!
Land Before Time
Revenge
Chapter 13
Sierra hadn't realized it, but at that moment he was staring into death's eyes itself, because Pterano was fueled with hatred and rage for his once partner in crime. Sierra began to circle Pterano with an evil smirk on his face. "I gotta say Pterano. You sure do have a nag for showing up at the wrong time."
"Shut up and let's fight!" Pterano spat back. "You're going to pay for everything you've done to these poor children!"
"Pterano my old friend, this isn't like you," Sierra replied in a false friendly manner. "Don't you want to talk this over? I'm sure we can come to an understanding about the situation."
"Here's the understanding you bastard!" Pterano yelled. "You kidnapped my nephew and his friends! You used them as bait to lure Littlefoot to you, and in the process you nearly killed them!"
"Look who's talking!" Sierra countered. "Don't think you are clean here Pterano! I still haven't forgotten what you've done!" Pterano thought for a second and then grinned.
"Ah, you mean Rinkus? He sealed his own fate when he refused to release Petrie and the others. Now, I'm going to make this very simple for you. Let them go now, or I'll make you regret ever coming back from the Mysterious Beyond!" He gritted his teeth and breathed angrily. Unfortunately, this wasn't enough to scare Sierra.
"Are you finished? Because if you are, I want to discuss the fate of those little pipsqueaks. You are going to die in Rinkus' name. Once I am through with you, I will move on to the longneck brat. Maybe I'll kill him, or maybe I will make him my personal slave. It really doesn't matter to me, because either way will be fun for me!" He laughed maniacally and then glared over to his hostages. "And don't think I've forgotten about the rest of the children."
"Don't you dare touch Petrie," Pterano threatened. "I'm warning you. Don't do anything stupid!" Petrie struggled forward, but was unable to move very far.
"Yeah you tell him uncle! He never win!" The flyer holding Petrie yanked on his vine, pulling him to the ground. "Make him sorry he mess with us!" Just then, Littlefoot slowly stood up, still in pain.
"Pterano……… you can't lose to Sierra. I know…………. I know you can beat him." Without warning, another vine was thrown and wrapped around Littlefoot's neck.
"Littlefoot!" his friends yelled. Pterano stepped forward to help Littlefoot, but the longneck shook his head.
"Pterano, don't worry about me. Just deal with Sierra." Pterano didn't know how to respond, but Littlefoot simply nodded, finally showing his trust. Pterano nodded back. He then turned and faced Sierra again, who seemed like he was about to fall asleep.
"Now this is getting very boring. If you don't kill me, your lame friendship speeches will."
"So be it," Pterano replied. "Let's end this!" With that, Pterano hopped in the air and lunged towards Sierra. Unfortunately, Sierra leaped and flew straight up high in the air. "Damn," Pterano cursed. He looked up and flew straight up as well.
Everybody was staring up in the sky, which left the flyers distracted. Cera, Ali, Shorty, and Spike glanced at each other and nodded. While the flyers were still staring up, Cera grabbed her vine with her mouth and yanked it forward, knocking the flyer to the ground. Spike turned around and leaped on top of the flyer, and Shorty and Ali grabbed their vines and violently forced the flyers to collide with one another. Once the flyers were knocked out, Ali, Spike, and Shorty attacked the flyers holding Ducky, Chomper, and Petrie, while Cera rushed for the flyer holding Littlefoot and stabbed it in the belly with her horn. Once free, everybody crowded around Littlefoot. Ali was the first to speak. "We have to do something to help Littlefoot. He's in great pain!"
"I could find some healing leaves and some of the big water," Shorty suggested.
"I could find some food," Chomper added, and everybody looked towards him.
"Uh, that might not be a good idea," Cera said.
"Yes, we would need food for him, not you Chomper. No no no," Ducky shook her head. Spike sighed and nodded his head.
"Guys, I really appreciate your concern," Littlefoot interrupted, "but we should be more concerned about Pterano. He needs our support now more than ever!" They all glanced up in the sky.
"Me fly up and help!" Petrie declared, but just before he could leave the ground, Chomper grabbed him.
"Petrie they're too high up! You'd never reach them in time!"
"Besides," Ali added, "your uncle would never be able to forgive himself if you were hurt."
"And what about your mother?" Shorty asked. "Pterano would never be allowed back in the valley if you were hurt while he was with us." Petrie didn't want to admit it, but he knew his friends were right. He sighed and looked back up in the sky. A tear rolled down his beak and fell to the ground.
"Uncle, please no die…"
Meanwhile, Pterano flew with all of his might to catch up with Sierra, but unfortunately it seemed like he lost him. "Great. Where is he now?" He stopped flying and began flapping his wings to stay in the air. He looked around, but all he could see was sky and clouds, along with the tree line below him. "Show yourself coward! I know you're up here somewhere!" Just then, Pterano caught a glimpse of something heading right for him from above. He quickly moved to the side just as Sierra zoomed past him. Pterano faced Sierra as he stopped and turned towards him. "You wish to see who the better flyer is then?"
"You won't be so cocky once I kill you!" Sierra countered.
"Sierra you always were delusional, but this puts you at a new low. What did you honestly expect to gain through all of this?"
"Revenge!" Without warning, Sierra lunged for Pterano and slashed at his face. Pterano staggered back from the blow, but then came right back with an uppercut to the chin. Sierra countered with three more slashes in which Pterano blocked the first one but was hit with the other two. Sierra then grabbed Pterano's tail, threw him in the opposite direction, and then attempted to body slam. Luckily, Pterano flipped backward, took his hand, and pulled back. When Sierra was within inches, he slashed at his face, causing him to fall for a couple seconds. Sierra regained his flying, but he now had cuts on the right side of his face.
"Is that the best you can do?" Pterano mocked. "I expected more from you Sierra!"
"Laugh while you can Pterano, because it won't last long!" Sierra charged Pterano with great speed and punched him in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Pterano gasped for air, but Sierra took the opportunity to two-handed hammer fist him from above. Pterano flew down and crashed into the big water below. Sierra floated down and flapped his wings to make sure Pterano was down. After a couple seconds, he grinned. "Age has weakened you old flyer." Suddenly, the water exploded from underneath him. Sierra was shocked as Pterano shot out of the water and body slammed him with full force. Now Sierra was gasping for air, and Pterano went on the offensive. He began to throw punch, kick, and slash at Sierra without hesitation. Sierra took blow after blow and couldn't react to anything. Pterano finally backhand slashed Sierra's face, sending him plummeting back to the ground. He then followed him, but Sierra flipped and landed on his feet. Sierra noticed the gasps from Littlefoot and the others, and he grinned. "You runts haven't seen anything yet!"
"Just give up!" Shorty yelled. "There's no way you can win!"
"Just watch me!" Sierra grabbed a tree branch lying on the ground just as Pterano approached. "That's right. Just a little closer." Petrie realized what was going on, so he began to call out.
"Uncle! No come! Look out!" but he was too late. Pterano prepared to claw at Sierra's face, but Sierra swung the branch and hit him right in the side of the head. Pterano was flung to the side, and flew straight into a tree. The flyer fell to the ground in deep pain. Petrie was horrified. "NO! UNCLE!" Sierra rushed towards Pterano, and body slammed right into him, pinning him to the tree. Using the tree branch, he stabbed Pterano in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. He then dropped the branch and grabbed Pterano's neck. He squeezed it tight as he stared with a cold, dark gaze.
"I knew you were never fit to be a leader, and you especially are not fit to kill me." Pterano gasped for air, but he didn't get much. "Squirm all you like Pterano. You'll be dead very soon."
"You……you may be…….. stronger than me……..but I……..will always be……smarter!" Suddenly, Pterano kneed Sierra in the stomach, and then clawed again at his face. Sierra staggered back, and Pterano jumped up into the trees. Sierra tried to follow him, but he lost sight of him.
"Come back here you coward!" He followed him into the trees, but couldn't find him anywhere. Sierra stopped for a second and looked around. Wherever Pterano was hiding, he wasn't going to be easy to find. "I know you're here somewhere!" Sierra yelled out. "Show yourself!" He listened for movement, but there was only silence. Surprisingly enough, Sierra felt like prey for a sharptooth due to the silence. "You can't hide forever Pterano! I'll find you sooner or later!" Suddenly, he heard rustling among the leaves above him. He spun around, but still he found nothing. "Where are you Pterano? You can't stall your death for too long!" He then heard some more rustling, but this time when he turned around he saw something move very fast. "I know you're up there! Come on down and face me like a flyer!" Sierra grabbed a hanging vine, but suddenly the vine wrapped around his wrist tightly. He pulled on it to try and break free, but to his dismay he was stuck. Unfortunately, he grabbed another vine with his other hand, and that vine wrapped around his wrist as well. "What the heck is this?" He tried to fly away, but he couldn't flap his wings. "He actually set a trap for me?"
"And judging by your reaction it worked." Just then, Pterano landed in front of Sierra and grinned. "I told you that you can't outsmart me Sierra."
"Why don't you let me out of this trap and we'll see who has the last laugh!" Sierra strained.
"Try all you want," Pterano mocked. "Not even you can escape me now." With that, Pterano began to claw repeatedly at Sierra. Huge gash marks formed on Sierra's stomach, and the cuts on his face were even larger. Pterano kept hacking away at Sierra until the flyer managed to break free from one of the vines and grab his hand.
"I gotta give you credit Pterano," Sierra laughed. "You almost had me going there for a second. Well not anymore." At that moment, Pterano realized the flaw in his trap: he never did anything about Sierra's feet. Sierra pushed him back with his feet, and then snapped the vine holding his other hand. Now free, he grabbed Pterano and threw him out of the forest. Pterano slid on the ground just inches from Littlefoot and his friends, and he looked up at them. They all had very worried faces, but nowhere near as worried as Petrie or Littlefoot. Pterano slowly stood up.
"Littlefoot, if I don't make it out of this……..take care of Petrie."
"UNCLE!" Petrie cried out.
"PTERANO!" Littlefoot yelled at the same time. Suddenly, Sierra grabbed Pterano and uppercut him underneath his beak, sending him into the air. Sierra then flew up and body slammed him even further into the air. Once high up, Pterano regained his flight and lunged for Sierra. The two collided and began to wrestle while in mid-air. Both flyers traded scratch after scratch, kick after kick, bite after bite, and everything else, but neither showed sign of holding back. Finally, Sierra started to show an edge, and Pterano started falling back. Without warning, Sierra grabbed Pterano and kneed him in the stomach.
"Time to go for a dive." While holding onto Pterano, Sierra began to dive headfirst towards the ground with great speed. Pterano tried to break out from Sierra's grip, but it proved to be useless. Within inches from the ground, Sierra launched Pterano towards the ground and pulled up at the last moment. Pterano hit the ground with a hard impact, and coughed out blood. He tried to stand up, but his entire body was in too much pain.
"NO!" the children all screamed in unison, and Sierra approached Pterano, grinning.
"I've gotta say, you put up a good fight. Too bad I'll have to kill you now." He then bent down and picked up a sharp rock. "Goodbye Pterano. It was nice knowing you." He then prepared to stab Pterano when Petrie flew around from behind and pecked his right eye out.
"Leave me Uncle alone you bastard!" Sierra yelled out and placed both hands on his eye, dropping the rock next to Pterano. Suddenly, Sierra screamed out in total pain as a large stick was thrust through his left wing. Pterano looked back and noticed that Littlefoot had grabbed with his mouth the stick Sierra had used before and now used it against him. Without hesitation, Pterano grabbed the rock and used all of his strength to stand up, leap forward, and jam the rock in Sierra's neck. Sierra's eyes widened and he gasped for air, unaware that he would receive none. Pterano closed his eyes and whispered,
"Say hello to Rinkus for me." Sierra fell to his knees and then flat on the ground, never to be alive again. Pterano then looked up towards Littlefoot, Petrie, and their friends and nodded. "He's finally dead." The whole group yelled out with joy.
"All right Pterano! You beat him!" Chomper cried.
"Sierra will never bother anyone ever again!" Ducky joined. "No no no!" She ran towards Spike and gave him a huge hug. Shorty and Ali turned towards each other and embraced, as did Littlefoot and Cera.
"Littlefoot you were great out there!" Cera said. "Of course, I could have killed him easily and much faster than you." Littlefoot sighed.
"Well we can't all be threehorns Cera, but thanks anyway." They smiled and then kissed. Everyone seemed to be happy at this point, at least, everyone except Petrie. He flew over to Pterano with nothing but sadness.
"Uncle Pterano, you hurt badly."
"Don't worry Petrie," Pterano shook his head. "I'll be just fine." No sooner did he say this, Pterano collapsed and fell to the ground.
"UNCLE!" Petrie cried out, and everybody's attention shifted. The group crowded around Pterano and looked at each other.
"We have to do something!" Ali said. "Somebody get some tree stars for his wounds!"
"I noticed some big ones earlier," Shorty suggested. "I'll go grab them!" He turned around and sprinted in the other direction.
"Spike and I will get you water!" Cera said. "It might not be the best tasting, but it will still keep you hydrated." She and Spike headed towards the bay.
"I'll go find you some food!" Chomper said, but Ducky turned towards him.
"Maybe I should go with you. I will help you pick out good green food, I will I will." The two of them then left, leaving only Littlefoot and Petrie with Pterano. Pterano turned his head towards Petrie.
"Petrie…….I'm sorry that………that things had……..to end like this…….."
"No Uncle!" Petrie cried. "You no die! Me no let you!" He began to shed tears, but Pterano shook his head.
"Petrie……there is nothing……..you could have done……….to help me………."
"But…me no want you to leave!"
"I know Petrie…………….but we……………can't control…………..these things."
"Stop talking like that!" Littlefoot interrupted. "You can't leave us like this! We need you!"
"You don't……..need me Littlefoot……….You have become…………a very brave………..leader……….."
"I don't care about that! I need you!"
"Littlefoot…………..you have to let go………….You can't………save everybody around you……………." Littlefoot shook his head in disbelief, and Petrie flew over and hugged his face tightly.
"It no fair! Me want you to stay!"
"The grown ups have to let you back in the valley now! They just have to! It's what you wanted!" Pterano shook his head.
"No………..I got………..what I wanted……………….and that was………your trust………" Littlefoot buried his head near the ground, but Pterano wrapped his wing around his neck. "Littlefoot……..Petrie…………."
"Uncle……."
"Pterano……"
To Be Concluded