So this chapter and the next will involve the fight and after. Be prepared for crazy, random, insane, twisty, lovey, awesomeness(kinda, sorta).

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Now for the (maybe) last few chapters!

Buck: What? It's over already?

Diego: Even you know it's almost over. We're telling her everything that happened.

Buck: Oh right. Sorry lass. Carry on!


Chapter 28

Eddie was scurrying back and forth, eyes peeled for another weakness on Lenny. The saber was now fighting Yoko and Silas when the opossum caught sight of Rudy barreling through the fight. After spotting Buck on the dino's snout, Eddie rushed out of the way along with everyone else. Rudy kept charging, roaring at all five enemies fighting the herd and the near-twenty men. Once the dino stopped, Buck swiftly jumped to the ground, eying everyone there. His eye narrowed.

"Mammals," Buck stated. "And others. We need ta stop this senseless fighting. Has anyone bothered ta notice that Peaches an' Nalek are nowhere to be seen?"

Diego visibly tensed, as did Sid. The sloth was tangled in a vine from trying a Tarzan-style swing into the fight. Both stood frozen to the ground at hearing their niece was missing. Big Momma tilted her head in thought, thinking about what happened after the prank.

"Soto," Diego muttered softly. The saber looked in the direction of the shore and took off before anyone could blink.

Sid now struggled to escape his bonds and follow his friend. Eddie and Crash were already helping the sloth while Big Momma snapped the vines with her teeth. Sid fell to the ground with a thud and standing in a daze. Ethan was looking back and forth between the herd and the enemies.

He finally snapped. "I'm going ta find her!" With that, the teen male ran toward where Diego was already headed.

The warriors all looked back and forth between one another. Lekin finally stepped forward, facing Buck.

"You are right…weasel," he said a bit uncomfortably. "Let us prepare for the real battle with Soto himself."

Squint glared daggers at Lekin while Lenny, Zeke, Dobson and Flynn all surrendered. The hare was more than frustrated with this and tried to take off toward the ship. Rudy stopped him in his tracks, snout right in the hare's nose. Squint froze at seeing the terrifying baryonyx smirk.

"Fine," he grumbled in defeat, muttering something unintelligible.


Shelly heard Rudy roar in the distance and rushed to the cave entrance. Hala looked up to find the young dino scanning the treetops for a giant white lizard head. The saberess felt helpless to comfort the teen T-Rex. But with Ginnie, Delia and Runar to watch over, what could she do?

"Shelly?"

The dino turned around, terror in her eyes.

"I know sweetie," Hala tried. "But they can't just abandon—" The saberess froze.

Silence.

Hala was now terrified. She stood up from the sleeping cubs and walked toward Shelly, gazing at the forest below. Not a single sound was heard. At least, until a scream sounded form the shore.


Diego kept moving, hearing the scream echo in his mind. He knew it was Peaches without even stopping to think about it. It only boosted his speed.

"Peaches," he said aloud, breathing heavily. "I'm on my way. Hang on."

He broke through the edge of the forest and took off down the beach, seeing the ship in the distance. The saber only ran faster. Being a new father only fueled him more. Peaches is his niece and his responsibility as well as Manny's own. Nothing was going to stop him, not even if his own cubs were in the line of fire instead.

Peaches screamed again, starting a raging fire in Diego's core. He picked up the speed and moved faster than he ever had before, rock, dirt or sand.

"Soto!" Diego growled furiously.

The evil saber was standing at the bow of the ship. "Finally decided to show up?" he mocked. "Sad though. You're too late."

Diego ran harder, jumping up and landing on the deck. He faltered at seeing Nalek lying sprawled out ten feet away, Peaches crying not far away from him. At seeing the horrifying scene, he faced Soto with a newly fueled anger and lunged.

"How dare you attack two innocent kids?" he growled.

Soto just laughed, pinning his former lieutenant against the deck. "Pathetic how you always cared for the smallest and youngest. You were a promising assassin."

"You're wrong!"

Diego pounced from underneath. Using Soto's weight against him, Soto ended up hanging over the side of the ship, clawing his way back up. Diego ignored him and tended to Nalek instead. Peaches was sobbing over her boyfriend. Nalek flinched in pain. Diego let out a breath he didn't know he was holding.

"At least you're both alive," he said.

Peaches looked at the adult saber she had known for most of her life. "Uncle Diego," she whimpered.

He sighed. "Let's get out of here before Soto tries something else."


Ellie gasped at the sight of the ship. Manny understood why: Soto was hanging off the side of the ship as Ethan ran toward it. Manny was already thinking of what to do once they hit shore. The adult male mammoth was looking all over Roshan's wooden ship for any ideas. Then he saw it.

"Ellie! Grab that rope!"

The female understood and hurried. Grabbing the rope tight with their trunks, they moved quickly to catch the ice ship before it was too late. Soto was still dangling when Ethan reached the frozen vessel. The teen mammoth reached up and grabbed the saber's leg. That's when Ellie noticed Diego on the ice ship with Nalek and Peaches.

"Manny!" she called. "Look!"

Manny did as she said and finally spotted his friend. "Diego! What are you doing?"

Not only did Diego hear him, but so did Soto and Ethan. Peaches looked up from her nearly unconscious boyfriend as well, seeing her parents getting closer.

"Dad! Mom!" she shouted with relief.

Soto, however, wasn't happy with this. "You'll never win!" he growled angrily. "You can't survive my wrath any longer!"

That was the last straw for Manny. The herd leader took advantage of Soto's entrapment and, once they were close enough, threw the rope around the saber's body, hopelessly tangling him in it. The angry saber thrashed around, not even causing a break in his bonds. Ellie ran toward her daughter, hugging Peaches with her trunk.

"Mom!" Peaches cried happily. "You guys barely made it."

"I know sweetie," Ellie replied, her tone the same. "As long as you and Nalek are both safe." Upon saying that, the mother mammoth noticed the teen saber lying on the deck, entirely outcold with cuts along his face and body.

"His ribs are broken and he can't move," Peaches explained. "I have a broken leg."

Diego and Ellie were stuck. There wasn't much they could really do about the situation until Manny finally helped out.

"Keep an eye on him," Manny instructed, catching his mate's and friend's attentions. "I need to check on my daughter and her…friend." He saw them both staring when he walked up. "What?"

"Dad!"

"Peaches!" Manny was at her side in a blink, hugging her tightly. "I'm never letting you out of my sight again."

"Love you too Dad," Peaches replied, a tear escaping her eye. "But I need your help getting Nalek back to the village."

Manny froze and stared at his daughter. Ellie was more than right about this. With a sigh, he reluctantly agreed. "Alright. But we'd better hurry before Soto figures out how to escape."

Peaches gave a broad smile as her father and Diego hurried to carry Nalek off the ship, while Ellie aided her daughter right behind them. With Peaches hobbling beside Ellie, Ethan waited until they were in the clear and hurried to join them.

"He won't stay like that for long," Ethan said as a roar ripped through the air behind them.

"You can't win!" Soto roared. "I will find you again! You won't survive another encounter with me! Never! Do you hear me Manfred? You'll never live to see another day!"

Peaches stared at her father. "Manfred?"

"Just keep moving sweetie," Ellie answered.

Manny faced Diego. "Can you handle carrying him with Ethan?"

"I'd be safer if you let me go with you," the friendly saber replied.

"Ethan," Manny called.

"Yeah sir?" the teen male answered.

"Think you can handle Nalek's weight?" Diego asked.

Ethan gave a confused look until he realized what was going on. "Sure thing. You guys take care of what ya need ta. I'll carry the saber dude."

After finally passing Nalek from mammoth and saber to mammoth, Diego and Manny headed back to the shore for Soto. Ellie caught on quickly and gave Ethan an unsure look. Peaches was clearly confused at the situation.

"Mom?"

Ellie faced her daughter. "Now's not the time sweetie."


Rudy could sense the tension in the air as Buck and the others watched Lenny, Zeke, Dobson, Flynn and Squint closely. Squint was clearly not happy while the others were fine with surrender. They got to be released after all. Buck didn't care. He wanted them out of his sight. The rest of the herd could tell, especially after he was leaning against a tree, anger and irritation showing clearly. Eddie and Trish were talking when they heard Buck talking to…something.

"You made it perfectly clear when you left me for that vegetable!" the weasel shouted at a rock, surprising Trish but not Eddie. "Forget it! I nearly died fighting a saber five times my size and you wouldn't care if I did! …Doesn't matter anymore! You're with Brock now." Buck threw his arm in the air, then gave a disgruntled expression. "Go jump in the Chasm of Death!" He tossed the rock aside, finally free of the fruit.

"What was that about?" Trish asked confused. "You were talking to a rock."

Buck stared at her. "Ex-wife," he answered. "Ugly, bossy, a bit nosy and left me for a piece of br—" Buck dry-heaved a bit. "Broccoli."

Trish was speechless while Eddie shrugged. "She obviously couldn't handle the Ultra Weasel."

The weasel glared. "Correction mate: Diesel Weasel," he interjected, using Diego's nickname for him.

Crash laughed as he walked up. "You deserve way better than her anyway dude." The older opossum stopped next to Trish, wrapping an arm around the snake's "neck" and smiling. "I should know."

The emerald snake smiled and laid her head on Crash's shoulder. "Thanks C."

"C?" Buck and Eddie exclaimed.

Both opossum and snake gave questioning looks. "So?" Crash asked. "Trish and I like each other."

"You're too…different!" Eddie argued.

Trish giggled. "Try looking at the weasel who married a fruit."

Eddie was stumped while Buck laughed. "The lass a point mate. But I'm single now, jus' like ya."

Shelly came running around the corner and ran toward her mother as soon as Sid finally released himself from the vines that were wrapped around him. The sloth hugged his daughter closely as Yoko and Egbert ran up. Big Momma nuzzled them closely while Trish adored the scene. Oscar wasn't far away as he thought of Hala. Once he thought about his girlfriend, he ran for the cave. Sid and his family just enjoyed their little moment together.

"I'm sho glad you're all shafe," he said, relived. "Now we can all be a real family."

Big Momma growled in agreement as did the kids. The mother T-Rex gave Sid a loving lick while Shelly nuzzled the sloth's arm. Yoko gave a questioning growl, catching everyone's attention. Sid understood nonetheless.

"I have no idea where she ish," Sid answered.

That's when Rudy ran toward shore.


Just a bit left guys. Sorry, but I'm running dry on plot lines. The next chapter is already half done and has a serious shocker. Also, sorry if a few scenes seem short. Not much to really think of when I'm writing these things.

Anywho's Buck has already talked to Batman. Everything's good. The weasel is just a bit less of a distracting nuiscance now. But the story is sadly coming to an end. A few people at school even love it.

And thanks for all the support these last few weeks guys. 28 chapters in and I love you all for the 9,900+ views and amazing reviews. You've helped me a great deal. Thank you all so much - whether you like my writing or not. Again, thanks.

Now, I need to finish Ch 29 before I forget my next idea for a twist. See you all in a day or two!