CHAPTER FORTY
Rhett and Shorty continue to fight.
"Buzz off, the Flathead is mine!" says Rhett.
Shorty laughs "She doesn't even want you!"
Chomper and Shredder fight. In their fight, they break open the rocks blocking the path to the Great Valley and head inside. Sharptooth heads after Pato and Emelia. "Mmm, Longneck kiddies!" he laughs. Littlefoot's children run up the Smoking Mountain, trying to get away from Shredder.
Chomper blocks Shredder's way You will not be hurting any more children! he says.
The children soon find a dead end at the gurgling pit; they see the only way back is the way they came. One of them says "You know, maybe we should have expected this to be our dead end after choosing a smoking mountain to run to."
Chomper says to Shredder I'm giving you one last chance Shredder. Go and don't go come back.
No, I will have my revenge, even if I have to kill you to get it! snapped Shredder. He struck Chomper in the face, drawing blood. He aimed at Chomper again, but Chomper moved aside and struck Shredder in the leg with one of his foot claws.
A Flyer decides to get involved, flying in from up high and drops a rock aiming at Shredder. Shredder snarls and tries to attack the Flyer, swiping at him with his claws.
Mimus and Sapphire have assumed a position where Shredder would have to clear a jump with only 4% chance of not falling. They throw rocks and tree sweets at him, aiming for the eyes, nose, mouth, and for the fingers.
The Flyer returns and drops a large leaf full of tree sweets at Shredder, then gets a littler cocky and dive bombs his face. Shredder claws the Flyer, slicing him in half.
Several members of the pack move to attack the Great Valley residents. Strut comes to Tiny "I've got the eggs. He can't blackmail you with them anymore." said the Egg Stealer to Tiny, showing her her eggs.
Guys stop! Tiny shouts at the pack. Rusty, Marie, Zelda, and Phyco, who is hurt, but not fatally, echo her.
The pack stands there staring. They produce a sort of mumbling sound. On one hand, they still have a desire to support their pack leader merely out of habit, on another, these are some of the best warriors of the pack standing in their way, and that with the backup of the Great Valley, would lead to either a bloody victory, or assured defeat. On the other hand, they have grown tired of Shredder and question his cowardly act toward flattooth children. The only logical motivation they can come up with as they chatter and somewhat bicker among each other, is that they are still hungry. However they begin to ponder how much of their success so far was thanks to Chomper and his friends. They also remember that Shredder tried to kill him, his own nephew.
Rhett, meanwhile, knocks over Shorty. He returns to Ali. "I think that when Littlefoot and his little brats are dead, that you will come to love me." he laughs. Shorty gets up and moves toward Rhett.
Ali said sarcastically "Right, murdering my family will magically make me love you. Hey take a look over here I got something for you." She smacks Rhett in the face with her tail. As he moves toward Shorty, Shorty smacks him in the face with his tail causing him to return to Ali. Ali laughs "Awww you came back to me. Bye bye." She smacks him in the face, whacking him between herself and Shorty like a volleyball.
Rhett moves aside as Shorty tries to whack him. He whacks Shorty in the face. "Nice try! Ali is mine!" Rhett snaps.
Ali tries to run away. Rhett chases after her. The two go up the Great Wall. Shorty chases after Rhett. Ali tries knocking over a tree to block Rhett's path. Rhett brushes aside the tree and continues after her. Ali soon comes between a high vertical rock, a cliff on the left and right, and only one way back. "Aha, trapped now!" laughs Rhett.
Ali laughs "Yes, but that means so are you." Shorty catches up to him, he is now caught between Ali and Shorty.
Rhett whacks Shorty in the face with his tail. He moves toward Ali. "You are mine toots!" he yells. Rhett thinks that he has beaten Shorty. Shorty gets up, but Rhett is so busy gloating that he doesn't see it. Shorty whacks Rhett with his tail, whacking him in the legs. Rhett loses his balance and falls off the edge. It takes 43 seconds for him to hit the ground.
Sharptooth strikes Chomper above the nose, drawing blood. You will regret this! If you love these Flatteeth so much, you can mourn for them!
Tucompso checks Rhett out. Tucompso says That was a very mean thing of you to smack into the ground like that, the ground must be in a lot of pain right now. You hurt ground to much and you might cause a big nasty earthshake. Hello. Hello I'm talking to you. Whats wrong don't speak sharptooth?
"Hey Chomper, still got the plant? Fighting fair is a guaranteed way to lose." Tiny yells to Chomper.
Shredder begins to pummel Chomper, moving him toward the volcano crater. Once I'm done with you, I'll take out your five pals and their Fast Runner friend too!
Chomper pushes back, knocking Shedder over then jumps over him to reverse who is closer to the volcano.
Sharptooth kicks Chomper again. Chomper punches him in the face. He has, unfortunately, lost track of his plant that he got from near the Mountains that Burn, as it was left behind in the Land of Mists when Tiny had assumed that he had died. However, he spots another one nearby. He moves toward it.
Meanwhile, a Two Claw cries out in pain. Dil has bitten him in the foot. Stupid Belly Dragger! the Two Claw whines. He tries to strike Dil,, but is distracted as Ichy flies by him, scratching at his nose. This does the trick, as it causes him to focus on Ichy, allowing Dil to move to safety.
Over here! Ichy shouts. The Two Claw snaps at him, but he moves out of the way. MIssed me! Now I'm over here! Ichy laughs. The Two Claw swipes his claws at Ichy, but the Sharp Beak moves out of the way. Nope, nice try, but you'll have to do better than that. Ichy taunts.
One of the Two Claws tries to lift his feet but he's stuck. He looks down to see he is sinking in rich thick mud.
Well this is an anti-climatic way to die. the Two Claw grumbles.
Listen everyone. Shredder is my uncle. I am the de facto heir to this pack. The very Flatteeth that Shredder wanted to kill and failed, I had the chance and could have done it, when a kid, but I let them go. This proves that I am stronger than Shredder. I twice had it in my power to do what he could not. And also, it was I who thwarted the attempts on the Flattooth herds that Shredder wanted to kill. I helped the Yellow Bellies get away. I helped the Longnecks and Flyers and Swimmers get away. I tried to help the Clubtails and Spiketails get away too. I did this because the Flatteeth of the Great Valley were kind to me, despite knowing what I was. Thus, I've decided to side with the Great Valley. said Chomper to the pack.
The sinking Two Claw says Well, it's official, my stomach and you can't be friends, but I have got to admit that's kinda cool. Now, what should we do? We came all this way out here after all. Tiny and Rusty help move the sinking Two Claw out of the Sinking Sands. And now I owe you my life. Thanks.
Shredder leaps up over Chomper. He then tries to push Chomper into the gurgling pit. The pack is mine! It's over for you traitor! he bellows.
Chomper pushes back against Shredder. No, you are not hurting my friends.
Shredder asked How can you be friends with them? They're Flatteeth!
They are my friends. They were good to me and I was good to them. I don't care if they are Flatteeth, they are still my friends. said Chomper.
Good to you? Like dropping a rock on your head and sending you down into a body of water? Shredder snarled.
We've been through a lot together. But what would you know about friendship? You've never had ANY friends. Chomper snapped at him.
Ok now that hurt. Shredder says. Shredder upper cuts chomper with his tail then kicks him and does a thrusted head shove to get him dangerously close to the lava. Starting to feel warm?
Chomper moves off the edge. "NO!" Littlefoot yells.
"You're next Longneck!" Shredder laughs, turning to face Littlefoot.
Chomper hangs on, his claws out of sight of Shredder. He move himself up while Shredder has his back turned. He kicks Shredder over. Shredder gets up again and hits Chomper. Chomper bites him in the arm. Shredder slashes Chomper in the chest. Chomper hits Shredder in the nose with his left elbow. Shredder kicks Chomper toward the volcano pit. Shredder moves at Chomper to try and bite him in the head. Chomper grabs the plant that Phyco had mentioned and puts it in Shredder's mouth. Shredder gets sick and delirious and walks forward and trips into the volcano crater like Gollum falling into the fires of Mount Doom. He dies with a fiery flash. Ok now, I beat him. Now stop attacking the Great Valley. Chomper calls to the pack.
