CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT


In the night Mimus and Sapphire lay snug next to their nest, eggs still in mint condition. They have literally done nothing but eat green, lay by the nest, and keep to them selves. For them it has been peaceful, this is the longest they ever gone without any danger. To many it would seem boring, but they have learned to be grateful of it, not minding at all.

Guido says to Bella "The Great Valley is wonderful. We have peaceful Egg Stealers here and we have Chomper the Friendly Sharptooth. Wouldn't you like to live here?"

Mimus said to Guido "You think we are wonderful? Thanks, let's be friends."

Sapphire said "You know, we never made friends with anyone who wasn't our species before, we were to busy being afraid of them. But you can have the honor of being the first."

Chomper and Tiny wake up the next morning.

Tiny said "Now come, Shredder is going to catch up with the herd if it means making the soles of their feet blister and fall off. It's a good opportunity to find who is disloyal to him enough to get to join us next."

Chomper asks "Don't we still have another day off?"

Tiny says "Oh yeah, I forgot." She kisses him.. "So what would you like to do with our time off dear?"

Before Chomper can reply, Rusty calls to them. Hey guys. Our eggs are hatching. Want to watch?

Tiny answers Absolutely!

The two go with Rusty and his wife Zelda. They go and watch the eggs hatch. The kids break free of the eggs, first breaking free with their feet and finally their heads. Two are blueish purple, one is pink, another light red, and another tan. Chomper remembers his own hatching and thinks again of Littlefoot. He decides again to bring up the plan of beating Shredder.

Guys, we need to talk. Get Phyco and Marie too. Chomper whispers to Rusy and Zelda.

Marie and Phyco show up just as Chomper told them to. Phyco has a funny looking welt on his toe.

Phyco, what happened to your toe? Chomper asked once the group of them were safely away from the rest of the pack. They were in Chomper and Tiny's section of the cave. Chomper blocked the path as he had the night before, ensuring that they would not be overheard. The young Two Claws wandered about, still trying to learn to walk properly. Rusty and Zelda had fed the hatchlings some dragonflies.

Phyco said Just a sting from a stinging crawler. (scorpion) It will itch for 660 hours but that's about it. Those children are so cute. They have it lucky; they're young so they won't have to do any of the hard work yet.

Meanwhile, in the Land of Mists, Ozzy and Strut walked along, looking for eggs. "Ozzy, I don't like this place. Can't we get food elsewhere?" Strut asked, concerned.

"No, this is a good place to get eggs. It's harder to be spotted in this mist." said Ozzy.

"Why not eat some of these green things?" said Strut, picking up pretty yellow flowers.

WHACK! Ozzy knocked the green food out of his brother's hand. "No, you are going to get eggs with me and stop being such an embarrassment!" snapped Ozzy.

Strut said "You know Ozzy it is natural for our kind to have more then just one food group. Eggs may be good for you, but one day your greedy ambition for them is going to get us killed, and when that day comes my last words will be I told you so."

Meanwhile, Chomper and the others, unaware of Chomper's old foes being in the Land of Mists, were in discussion.

And so, it seems that we need to help my friends. They saved me from Egg Stealers when I was little. I owe them. said Chomper.

Any ideas on how to get rid of Shredder? Tiny asks. Her stomach growls.

Ok, I do have some ideas of what are we going to do...OUCH! Chomper cries. Two of the young Two Claws have bitten Chomper in the tail. That is NOT a chew toy! Chomper scolds. He returns his focus to the group. Now, how are we going to get rid of Shredder? I suggested we could poison him with that plant you said not to eat Phyco. I actually took some with me. Would it be enough to kill him if I gave him more than one? Chomper asks Phyco.

Phyco stares at Marie. He thinks that she is really pretty. Well, I survived one of those, so one enough isn't enough to kill. Two might be. Phyco replies.

The young Two Claws, seeing their play bite hurt Chomper decides to say they are sorry. It's ok little ones. said Chomper. He picked the kids up and snuggled them.

Phyco sad You know, if we grind up the death weed as I like to call it well enough, we can put it in Shredders meat with out him noticing, and then... No, we can't guarantee he won't change his mind eat something else and let someone else have the meat he decided he don't want. Or perhaps... by chance does he bother going after anything small we can use as bait? convince something to go into his mouth while holding it... no no one would agree that's idiotic... I got no ideas.

Chomper suggested We could always push him off a cliff into Fast Water.

Tiny added Or into the big big big big water and feed him to that thing that tried to eat Marie.

Marie suggested Kindly ask the sky puffies to strike him with a bolt of lightening?

Chomper said I don't think that the Land of Mists is near the Big Water. Truthfully, I haven't been to the Land of Mists before. I only know where it is because Ali, who used to live there, told me where it was. However, the Big Water might be an interesting way to drown Shredder, but I don't see how we can pull that off. As for getting Shredder to get hit by Sky Fire, I'm not sure how to summon it. It often hits the tops of mountains and trees, but I don't know how to make it hit a Sharptooth.

Phyco suggests Perhaps we can bend back a tree branch, use sharp bones to turn it into a spiketail tail, attach it to a vine, and coat the branches's spikes with the plant. Then when Shredder walks by whack him, and wait for it to take effect.

Chomper said Shredder has already been hit in the face with such a thing. It hurt his eye but didn't kill him. Wait, did you say bones? Where are we going to get the bones from? What kind of plant are you talking about?

Phyco said I assumed someone may have gotten too full to finish one of their meals. Bones can be very sharp you know. But stick to stick is easier to accomplish.

Chomper said We can give it a try. But we have an issue. Shredder can't see us building it. Nor can the rest of the pack. It might raise suspicion.

Tiny laughed. You think that's an issue, the pack will think we are really weird if they find out we all been hanging out in here together. Assuming they don't think we are all in here for...you know.

Chomper slaps himself in the face. Should have thought of that. You guys work on your stuff separately. It's Tiny and I who asked for the rest and are supposed to be, er, having alone time. Phyco is weird enough, er, no offence Phyco, that they probably won't pay too much attention to him making his contraption. Rusty, Marie, and Zelda, see what you can do. In the meantime, we also need to think of a way to deal with what comes AFTER we defeat Shredder. It is possible that we might succeed but that the pack will be able to figure out that we were behind his death. If they do, it's possible that some of them, if not many of them, may seek our lives as vengeance. Now go quickly. If we're gone much longer, we'll attract attention. We'll meet again when the Night Circle is highest in the sky. he says to the group.

The others, minus Chomper and Tiny, leave. Chomper and Tiny seal the entrance, leaving them alone. Ok dear, now what? he asks his wife.