"FACE ME, THE TRUE FIRE LORD IF YOU DARE!" Sid charged right towards Peaches without any fear lingering in him.
"Sid! You're gonna get yourself killed!" Manny tried to quickly catch up with him in case things went wrong.
Peaches launched 3 icicles towards Sid at the same time. Brooke was afraid that he might hurt himself as he relentlessly went forward when the icicles about to hit him if he doesn't slow down or anything.
Sid did the unexpected. He did a sudden deft tumble, dodging all 3 incoming icicles that were heading straight to the sloth's head.
"Not today, you mindless ice cube!" He shouted then swiftly climbed up on Peaches back by boosting himself up with her tusks. Peaches then tried to thrash out hoping to get the sloth off. Sid was actually determined to end this once and for all as he heavily slammed down the burning torch on the misty icicle, and it reacts violently with the heat, emitting out vapor.
Peaches can be heard screaming as she can feel the burning pain. She blindly launched icicles around, trying to hit Sid, but they all scattered as Manny and Julian had to stay at the front to block the incoming projectiles from hitting the Herd members.
"I will do it, I will SAVE YOU!" Sid got ferocious as he put his claw on the icicle and tried to rip it out from Peaches' back.
Everyone had high hopes that Sid could pull that off. He was clearly winning against the frosty wild mammoth...
...until the panicking Peaches rammed her back on one of the crystal walls, as it violently crushed Sid, he immediately blacked out from the crushing blow as his pupils rolled back into his head. He 'liquified' into a weird mess and started to groan and painfully moan, requesting for help.
The impact the Peaches caused made Geotopia start to shake. The place once again started to slightly crumble down, now they face falling hazards that posed a threat on all of them.
"Hey?! Is it that time of the day again when things tremendously go downhill?" Gladys, Sid's granny once again with her crazed mind started to casually wonder about the anomaly.
There were horrified screams of the animals inside when it shook up.
"Told you, Sid is a screw-up" Diego exclaimed while he tried to outrun the icicles launching at him and the Herd.
It seemed that Sid's failed attempt to pull out the icicle managed to enraged Peaches, as it violently gleamed and misted, there's also a slight crack on top of the icicle now.
The creature then summoned her spear and was about to put the crushed sloth out of its misery, while icicles were constantly launching at the Herd. Julian came to help by knocking Peaches off with his shield. He picked up Sid on his back as he carefully approaches Peaches.
"We need to evacuate this place, it may not last long!" as Brooke hurries to Herd to evacuate every resident and visitor from the collapsing asteroid. They split up into each area to help evacuate the animals inside.
"Everyone go help the others. Leave her to me, it's because of me that it started. Now, I'll end it." Julian bellowed for the Herd, as he was not going to repeat it for a second time.
Julian then threw Sid to the Herd so they could safely evacuate him, while he faced his wife, who was taken by the ruthless spirit.
"Make it out alive from this. You have to." as Manny wished him goodluck. He knew that Julian is trying to deem himself for his mistakes by saving her, or at least stop her rampage on Geotopia.
Julian gave Manny a strong nod as they split up and work on their tasks. Peaches picked up her spear again and Julian raised his guard on.
"Before we fight, I want to say that I am deeply sorry for every time I hurt you." Julian said he nervously grinned before they engage into battle. Peaches however didn't seem to care much. She screamed at him in hatred.
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The rest of the Herd quickly led and escorted the animal visitors out of the asteroid, before things started to fall on eachother.
"Move! Move! Move!" Buck rushed the line of animals as he traveled in the opposite direction. Manny was clearing the way for them by moving the rocks and crystals that blocked the exit, while Roshan scouted around with Ellie, Crash, Eddie, Diego, and Shira to search for stuck animals and make sure that everyone was safely evacuated.
Ellie was swinging around, when she accidentally grabbed hold of a loosened patch of crystals which caused that patch to come down with her. Although not dead, a shard from the patch of crystals cut her right ankle quite deeply, which slightly crippled her.
"OUCH!" Ellie groaned as she was laying on the ground.
"Sis! Are you okay?" Crash came down to check on the wounded mammoth, blood started to trickled out and got the fur on Ellie's foot red.
"Do I look okay?! Did you two not notice the wound from my ankle or what? Do something!" Ellie was distressed as she tried to use her trunk and apply pressure on the wound to prevent further bleeding. Roshan did notice the injured mammoth from the back and he rushed in to help.
"Don't worry, I got you covered." Roshan ripped off a part of his sleeve, he told the possums to whip out their swords and use the force of leverage to remove the crystal shard in the cut. He used a Yarrow flower and rubbed it on the wound, then put the piece of cloth from his ripped sleeve to secure the wounded spot.
"Thanks, I really appreciat- OW." Ellie tried to stand up but she instantly felt the sharp pain when she used her right foot to stand.
"This is not good for you. Diego and Shira, can you two help her?" Roshan asked the sabers.
"Well..uhh" before they could respond, Ellie refused the offer.
"No, thank you. Maybe I can resist the pain and suffice for a while. We can't just abort our tasks like that because of me. We have to move." She was quite determined to complete their task, and she was not letting anything intervene while they did so.
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Peaches and Julian were having a standoff. Julian charged at her hoping to disarm the mammoth, while Peaches constantly threw icicles and thrust him with her spear. The battle came to an end when Peaches missed one of her thrust, Julian grasped the chance and rammed her with the shield, sending the mammoth straight into the crystals.
"It's over, give up. Whatever sentient being you are, you know that you can't have her forever."
Peaches screeched at him, she reached her trunk to one of the crystals in the walls, as a way to tell him that she still had one last trick…
"Wait, no!" Julian knew what she was trying to do, so he came charging at her.
It was too late.
She pulled one of the crystals out, the place suddenly started to crumble and shatter violently. He tried to find a way out, but he was at high from the top.
He turned his eyes to look at the spot where Peaches once stood, only to realize that she's gone.
He screamed as he went down with the collapsing Geotopia.
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"J̵̮̥͗͘ų̵̀͌l̶̢̫̂̅î̸̭̹a̶͚͍̎̾n̷͉͘."
He heard something, but he couldn't see anything.
"J̵̮̥͗͘ų̵̀͌l̶̢̫̂̅î̸̭̹a̶͚͍̎̾n̷͉͘ c̸̝̆a̴̜͛n̵͉̋ ̴͓̒y̶̲̅ò̵̲u̷̙͠ ̷̜͠h̷̩͌e̴̱̒a̷̮͌r̶̺̍ ̴̨̾ḿ̷̡e̴̘͝?̶̣̎"
It sounds muffled. But he can hear his name being called.
"J̵u̷l̸i̶a̶n̸!̴"
It gets louder a bit, as it was accompanied with the sounds of stones rolling around and being moved.
"Julian! You alright?"
He saw Manny in front of him, calling his name and gently shaking him to consciousness.
"W-what? Where are we?" Julian looked around, confused.
"Geotopia collapsed, we were really lucky to find you thanks to your distinctive fur color." Diego replied to Julian, as he looked around the pile of dust and rock.
"Peaches! Where are you!" Manny dig around the site, hopelessly looking for her.
"I'm sorry Manny, she escaped." Julian replied to inform Manny.
Manny stopped digging as he looked at the ground depressed.
"Was anyone hurt, Diego?" Julian wanted to know everyone's status.
"Well, everyone was ok other than Ellie, she got quite a cut on her ankle. Don't worry big pal, she's being taken care of" Diego smiled at Julian, telling him not to put worries onto his mind, despite the fact that things were not going well for them
Failed to pin her down in one designated spot. The Herd came to terms that if they don't manage to save her soon, it will all be over.
"Geotopia has fallen, she's going to head to the center of the valley next!" Diego started to realize that the situation had turned for the worse.
"Diego's right. If she's able to reach the center of Herd Valley all will be lost, and thousands will be killed!" Manny thought about it for a moment as he spoke out.
"What should be our next move then?" as Buck wondered.
"We clearly have to change plans, We'll wait for her to come to us." Manny exclaimed.
"By then you mean we just wait? We only have two days left before the icicle secures itself into her, furry pal. TWO DAYS!" Buck was concerned.
"Well, she managed to come up all the way from Ice Valley to here, she'll definitely try to take as many lives as possible without trouble." Manny was thinking of more about defending the animals in the valley than to go on a search to save her, since it clearly didn't work the last two times.
"So what's your new proposed plan?" Roshan was curious.
"We'll go back to the valley's center, and protect the animals, We'll set up an ambush on her if she comes by, so that we can make sure that there's no chance she's escaping." Manny told everyone that the only way to get her now is to use the elements of surprise.
"We better get a plan already on how to set up things, since time is literally burning down right now." Buck was worrying that this plan might not work, but mostly everyone thinks that it's now the only option at time.
"We'll try our best on this one, we have one last chance left."
END OF PART 6.