Hello there again! *yawn* I'm so tired... Laying ill again, and I HATE it! The only good thing is that I can't go to school... Sorry, I should've updated sooner, but we have some test/sample week, whatever... Ugh, set fire on the school, sommeone?...
Really, why am I whining on ? Guess I'm just weird...
So, here's chapter 6!
Diego tried to not limp. He didn't want to slow down the others. Luckily, no one had noticed about his 'injury'…yet.
The herd travelled in the same landscape as before: rocks and cliffs wherever you looked, not a tree in sight. And they all were sick of it.
But this time, Eddie and Crash weren't tired. No, they were full of energy, pulling pranks on everyone, playing with Peaches, and so on.
Diego wished all of them would be quieter. And not only the possums… Ellie tried to learn Peaches to talk, who simply giggled. Manny commented that she at least could say 'mommy' and 'daddy', and a few more words, before turning to Sid, who- surprisingly- sang. Right now, Eddie and Crash played some "don't touch the ground" game, and it seemed like they 'died' every time they touched the ground…
They jumped from rocks too mammoths too sloths. Sadly, even too sabers.
Diego hissed in pain as the twins jumped onto his back. His leg arched, and it was harder to walk than before.
"Get off me", Diego snarled and shook them off.
Eddie let out a fake scream as he fell. Crash grabbed the sabers fur and hanged.
"What, is the mighty saber grumpy today? Such a surprise", Crash grinned.
"Yeah, don't care about me, just dying here", Eddie sniffed and lay sprawled on the ground.
Sid frowned confused. "I didn't know possums died of short falls."
Manny simply rolled his eyes.
"Crash, let go of Diego", Ellie sighed. Crash shrugged before letting go. Diego flinched as the possum accidently hit his leg.
He quickly straighten up, pretending everything was fine, before-
"What happened to your leg?" Eddie exclaimed wide eyed.
Diego mentally groaned.
"Dude, what's that?" Crash tried to get a better look at it.
"I don't know what you're talking about", Diego said sternly and begun to walk again. This time he was stopped by a trunk.
"What's going on?" Ellie asked, her motherly side showing.
"There, his left! It's all…bloody!"
"No it's not-", Diego protested, but gasped as Manny grabbed his leg and inspected the wound.
"Diego", Mannys voice was dangerous calm. "What happened?"
Diego was silent for a while. Great…What now? He couldn't just shrug it off, neither could he lie… Then he had to tell them the truth…
"I had a small conversation with a few wolves", he finally said. Sid and the possums gasped.
"I thought it was a joke!" Eddie yelled.
"This is the end for us", Sid cried.
"Play dead!" Crash exclaimed, and the possums fell to the ground.
"Would you guys calm down?" Diego growled.
"How close? How many?" Manny rabbled up questions, completely ignoring his saber friend.
Manny had lost control. Again. He always freaks out…
"Stop!" Ellie suddenly yelled. The others were silent immediately and stared at her. "Eddie, Crash, if you play dead, you be dead. Sid, for once, STOP singing, and Manny, would you calm down and listen to Diego? Besides, with this much noise the wolves can hear us for miles!" she glared angrily.
"Well, that's what-" Diego begun.
"And you", she exclaimed, turning to the saber. "Why are you walking around with that leg?"
"Really, I'm fine", Diego sighed.
"You call that fine?" Ellie raised an eyebrow.
"I've had worse", he smirked.
"Actually, he had-" Sid piped up, but was interrupted by a hit from Mannys trunk. "Ow! What was that for?"
"We have more important things to do than discuss", Manny replied coolly. "Like, how many wolves? And when did Diego fight-"
"No", Ellie interrupted. "The important thing is to do something to Diegos leg", her eyes narrowed warningly.
"Actually", Diego begun before the mammoths started an argument. "the important thing is to get out of here. So, let's go."
"But your leg!" Ellie protested.
"It's fine", Diego said annoyed. Sure, it hurt a bit, but it wasn't that bad! "Look, as long as we stay here, we're in danger. Do you want anything to happen to Peaches?" the herd stayed silent, but Manny pulled his daughter slightly closer. Diego nodded. "Thought so", he said and begun to walk
"…Your leg doesn't look all too well", Crash commented.
"It looks worse than it is", Diego said and rolled his eyes. He turned around and begun to walk. The herd followed him unwillingly. But he knew Ellie wouldn't leave it there…
They kept travel for several hours, and they could finally see a few plants between the rocks. A small brook rippled. For the herbivores it meant food and closer to other animals…
Not that Diego was grateful, sure he was… But watching his friends eat only made his hunger grow. Last time he hunted was before the flood. Which meant more than two days ago. They decided to take a break and rest there for a while.
"So, Diego, sure you don't want to eat this?" Sid asked, holding a weird looking plant in front of the sabers face. "Right, it's not the best quality…"
"I think I skip" Diego replied sternly. That sloth just won't give up… Sid had- for a long time- tried to make Diego eat vegetables… He even had the nerv to give him leaves...
"Come on, I insist! It's a healthy diet, and it'll help you lose weight!"
Diego raised an eyebrow. "Reeeally…"
"Sid, just leave it", Manny cut in.
"But seriously, look at this unnecessary weight!" Sid shook Diego.
"That's his shoulders", Manny commented.
"Oh… But look at this then!" Sid pointed at his ribcage.
"That's my ribs", Diego answered coolly. "Besides", Diego smirked towards Manny. "I don't think a vegetarian diet would help… I mean, look at Manny."
"I'm not fat!" Manny exclaimed. "It's my fur that's thick. It's-"
"-puffy", both Sid and Diego said. "And I still don't understand how people can get fat by eating vegetables", Sid added.
"Sid, one more word and swear I sit on you", Manny warned.
Sid gulped and laughed nervously. "Ha ha, very funny…uh, I have to…to speak with…Ellie, and…" the sloths voice faded away as he ran to Ellie for protection.
Diego glanced around. Where should they go now? This time they had two choices: they could walk along a narrow, dangerous mountain path, or walk through a hungry wolf packs territory. Such a nice family trip…
"Manny", he started. After some hesitation he continued. "I'm not sure where to go."
Manny glanced down at him. "You mean you don't know where we are?" Diego could hear that Manny forced back a sharp reply.
"I know where we are" assured him. "It's just…"
"Just…?" Manny pressed on.
"Well… What do you prefer, walking trough a wolf territory or a unsteady mountain path?"
Manny was silent. "That is", Manny begun, but shut his mouth again.
"Do you want to ask the others?" Diego asked carefully. The mammoth still didn't answer. "You know Ellies reaction if you don't…."
"Fine", Manny muttered and walked over to the herd.
Ellie smiled as they approached. "Are we just taking a break, or are we staying here tonight?" she asked.
"Err…" Manny looked around. They had travelled from afternoon, and it wasn't even midnight yet… He glanced down at the saber for advance.
"It's better to travel in daylight", Diego said. He shot Manny a look, silently asking him what he was going to do.
"We…have a problem", Manny begun.
"Yeah, like we didn't have any before", Eddie muttered.
"What do you mean?" Ellie frowned, ignoring Eddie. Manny shortly told them the options.
"I vote for mountain path!" Eddie said quickly.
"Yeah, 'cuz if we don't only Sid survive. No wolf wants to eat him", Crash muttered.
"Nah, but probably just kill him…"
"Hey guys, this is serious", Ellie interrupted. She turned to Manny and Diego. "What do you two think?"
"Mountain path, no doubt", Manny said.
Diego shifted uneasily. "personally, I say the wolf territory."
"What?" the possums yelped.
"Are you out of your mind?" Manny exclaimed.
"I think Diego needs a doctor, Manny", Sid whispered loudly.
Even Ellie looked rather shocked.
"Look, I know what kind of places this is", Diego said lowly. "The way I prefer is steady and the wolfs aren't that many. But the way you prefer is longer, over dangerous mountains, and the rockslides are-"
"Excuse me, but you didn't defeat those wolfs, you only got injured", Manny interrupted sharply.
Diego gritted his teeth. "Indeed", he hissed. "But that way is much shorter."
"Yeah, 'cause your shortcuts are always so safe", Manny snarled, leaving Diego dumbfounded for a while. Last time he 'found a shortcut' he led them to an ambush… straight into a saber territory.
"Okay, that's enough", Ellie said carefully. "What if we sleep on it, and decide tomorrow?" Manny grunted a yes, and the others agreed.
They didn't find any cave, neither anything to build a shelter of. They slept under the starlit night sky.
"Rise and shine, kitty cat!" the possums exclaimed in unison. Diego growled as they threw water on him. "You're little-"
"Not now, okay?" Ellie groaned and put the twins on her back. Crash stuck out his tongue towards Diego.
It was time to choose where to go. Sadly for Diego, he was the only one who choose the wolf territory.
"Come on Diego, cheer up", Ellie said lightly.
"Yeah, it's not that bad", Sid said and clapped the sabers shoulder. Diego glared at him, causing Sid to hide behind Ellie.
"Let's go", Manny said. He looked at Diego. "Really, it has to be safer than hungry wolfs", he said jokingly.
Diego thought about his father, crushed under tons of stones.
No. It wasn't safe.
That was chapter 6, please rewiew!
Diego: Weirdo...
GirlFromNorth: What did I do?
Blondie: Let me see... you exist, you're a jerk, you-
GirlFromNorth: I didn't ask you!
Blondie: I'm hurt...
Ellie: Come on, stop being so mean!
Mysterious H: I honestly don't think the readers want to read this, author...
GirlFromNorth: Well, sorry then! Then just ignore this, 'cuz I'm just hyper, and read the first line up there!
Eddie & Crash: Geez, such a temper... *grin*