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16. Where are they?
''Do you think that we should go back?'' asked Diego looking up at Manny.
''Calm down,'' said Manny,''I've never seen you this worried.''
''I left my cubs with Sid, Crash and Eddie,'' said Diego slowly as if he had only just understood what happened. Manny dropped the wood he was carrying with a bang and groaned at his own stupidity. He looked at Diego and they started running back.
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Sid was watching the kids when suddenly he got really tired and he couldn't keep his eyes open.
''Have…to…stay…awake,'' he muttered to himself before his eyes closed and he began to snore loudly.
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''Wha...'' said Sid as he jumped up. He looked around and his eyes widened.
''Where are they?'' asked Sid to Crash and Eddie who were running around playing.
''Who?'' asked the possums confused.
''The kids,'' answered Sid hoping that he would wake up and find out that it was all a nightmare.
''Eddie was watching them,'' said Crash pointing to Eddie.
''I thought you were watching them,'' said Eddie looking at Crash. They both gasped.
''Diego and Manny are going to kill us,'' wailed Sid.
''Goodbye Crash,'' said Eddie.
''Goodbye Eddie,'' said Crash and they hugged each other and began to cry uncontrollably.
''Where are they?'' whimpered Sid to himself as he picked up a rock and looked under it. He looked up and pointed far off.
''Let's go that way.''
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When Diego and Manny got to the cave, nobody was there.
''Where are they?'' asked Manny looking around worriedly.
''How am I supposed to know,'' snapped Diego.
''Don't take your anger out on me,'' said Manny.
''Sorry,'' said Diego who looked nervous,''I just hope nothing happens to them.''
''Me too, where are you going?'' asked Manny as Diego walked up to the cave after hearing a faint sound coming from inside it.
''WHY ME?'' Diego looked up quickly.
''Isn't that Sid?'' asked Manny and he ran in the direction of the yell. Diego turned around and followed him.
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''I can't find them,'' moaned Sid picking up a leaf and looking under it. He banged his head on a tree and yelled.
''I don't want to die yet,'' wailed Crash.
''Me neither,'' whimpered Eddie.
''We will be okay, we just have to go that way or this way or maybe that way, I think,'' said Sid confused. He went silent.
''Come on, let's go,'' said Sid shaking his head and they walked off further, looking around.
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''Oh no, Oh no,'' panicked Manny skidding to a halt.
''Calm down. Sid was just here,'' said Diego and he pointed to the ground,''Look, his footprints.''
''Where does he think he is going?'' asked Manny and Diego shrugged.
''All I know is that they are going in this direction. I can smell Sid,'' said Diego and they carried on walking.
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''I'm lost,'' said Crash and he fell into a hole.
''Yeah. Where are we?'' asked Eddie reaching down to help Crash. Sid looked around and froze pointing up with his mouth hanging open.
''What?'' asked Crash and Eddie at the same time. They turned around and saw Diego and Manny standing infront of them.
''Where are they?'' asked Manny panting as Sid fainted.
''Who?'' asked Crash trying to confuse him. It didn't work.
''It was Crash's fault,'' shouted Eddie from up a tree as Diego jumped, trying to reach him.
''It was Eddie's fault,'' yelled Crash dodging Manny's trunk that was flying at him with an incredible speed. They both looked at each other and pointed to Sid's unconscious form.
''It was his fault,'' they yelped. Diego jumped down from the tree and walked to Sid. He shook Sid roughly.
''Wha...'' said Sid cross-eyed.
''Where are they?'' asked Diego.
''I don't know, someone took them,'' said Sid and Diego grabbed his neck.
''I'm going to kill you. I can't believe it. Imagine what could happen to them,'' said Diego strangling Sid so hard that he might die.
''Let's just look for them, Diego let go of Sid,'' said Manny trying to calm Diego,''Trust me if anything happens to them, I will beat you up with a tree,'' added Manny menacingly.
''Well you were supposed to be taking care of them,'' said Crash.
''Yes you were responsible,'' said Eddie.
''You shouldn't have left us,'' said Sid as Manny and Diego winced.
''Let's just look for them,'' said Diego.
''Yeah,'' said Manny,''we have already wasted enough time.''
''MANDY, ALEX, KATIE, BENNY, RILEY,'' yelled Sid, Crash, Eddie and Manny at the top of their lungs while Diego sniffed the ground.
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''I think we should be heading back,'' said Mia looking up at Ellie.
''Yeah, even though when we arrive, they will probably still be sleeping,'' said Ellie picking a leaf from a high branch and eating it.
''The kids are no problem,'' said Mia nodding her head.
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Diego, Crash, Sid, Eddie and Manny somehow got back to the cave under Diego's instructions.
''Why are we here again?'' asked Manny looking at Diego surprised. Diego's directions were never wrong.
''I don't know,'' said Diego confused.
''Stop panicking,'' said Sid.
Diego heard some footsteps and turned around, he froze. Manny heard Sid, Crash and Eddie whimper and he followed their gaze. It was Ellie and Mia back from their trip.
''We are doomed,'' said the possums as Sid started hyperventilating.
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Mia and Ellie walked up to them smiling.
''Did you have a good day?'' asked Ellie to Manny as Mia nuzzled Diego. Manny nodded managing a smile.
''Are you okay Sid?'' asked Ellie looking at the sloth concerned. Sid nodded earnestly.
''Where are the kids?'' asked Mia looking around.
''We are playing hide and seek,'' said Diego quickly and everyone looked at him. Manny, Crash, Eddie and Sid nodded to back him up.
''They can't even walk yet, Diego,'' said Ellie chuckling and she and Mia went into the cave.
''Look, look,'' they heard Ellie yelp.
''Diego, come here now,'' said Mia from inside the cave.
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Oh oh. Manny and Diego are in big trouble. Read and Review please : )