Chapter 5: Sid and Diego
"Hey, Diego buddy," Sid said in a positive tone as he got to his friend.
"Hey," Diego said calmly.
Sid walked in front of Diego and sat down. "So, what's going on?"
"What do you mean?"
"Oh I don't know. You just seemed lonely. And I know that I hate being alone."
"Well I'm not you, Sid."
"I know!"
Diego then looked back at the others, who were laughing and having the time of their lives.
"Did you get bored, Diego?"
"Huh?" Diego then turned his head back at Sid. "Me? No, I wasn't bored."
"Oh."
Diego looked at the curious sloth. He knew that Sid was only trying to help. Diego really didn't know what was bothering him, but for some reason, he felt kind of blue.
"Uhh..Diego? Are you sure you're ok?"
"Yes, I'm fine." Diego started to get angry, and he got up and started to walk toward the others.
Sid then got up and ran in front of Diego, causing him to stop. "Aww, you seem kind of tense. I think something's wrong."
Diego suddenly grabbed Sid's throat with his strong paw, and looked at him in the eye. "I'm fine."
"O...Ok. Y..you..you're fine." Sid tried to pull Diego's paw off of his throat.
Diego finally released Sid's neck, and Sid gasped with excitement before he let Diego go.
Sid quickly walked the other way, and came to a sudden stop.
"What?" Diego asked, curious of what the sloth saw; as if he cared.
"Ooo, look at her," Sid said to Diego, smiling.
Diego then realized Sid was looking at another female sloth, and started to chuckle and shake his head.
"What?"
"Don't even try, Sid."
"Oh, how come?"
"It didn't work the last time."
"Yeah, well, that was the past, and this is now." Sid then looked at the female again, ready to walk toward her. "I'm gonna..."
"I bet you won't come back here without her kicking, scratching, or slapping you."
"Oh, you think this is a challenge?" Sid gave Diego a look, excited to start a bet.
"Go ahead and do it. But I'll win this one."
"Yeah, yeah." Sid went off, knowing that he was going to win this challenge.
Diego then chuckled, ready to watch the scene.
"Excuse me," Sid started as he got to the female sloth. "So, are you alone?"
"No," the female answered curiously.
"Well, do you wanna come over, and eat some fruit with me?"
"No. I told you, I'm not alone."
"Oh. Well then maybe tonight when you're not alone, maybe we can..."
"Sid!" Manny's voice called from the tree.
"Oh man," Sid complained.
"Come on, it's time to go!"
Sid sighed. "Ok, well maybe I'll see ya tonight. That is, if you can travel as fast as I can." Sid walked away, leaving his love interest with a disgust look on her face.
"Ha!" Sid cried as he walked passed Diego. "She didn't do anything to me. I win this round."
"Yeah, but does she like you?" Diego asked as he followed him.
"She didn't say anything. But I will see her again."
The herd walked and walked in the heat, miserably searching for water, but didn't find any so far. Crash, Eddie, and Sandy all sat on Ellie, and they were panting, as the heat from the sun got even hotter. Crash and Eddie then put their faces on their mother, who tried to calm them down.
"I can't go on any further," Sid was gasping, and slowed down a bit.
"Keep going Sid!" Manny said as he walked.
"I...I think I'm going to pass out!"
Ellie gasped, very scared of what Sid just said.
"He's not gonna pass out!" Manny said in an angry voice."Ellie, don't worry. Sid, KEEP WALKING."
Diego then decided to go back and walk with Sid, just incase he DID pass out. "You ok?" Diego asked.
"Yeah," Sid tried to breathe, as he continued walking. "I wish we would just find some water. It's so hot!"
"Don't forget. There's also a volcano on the loose."
Sid gasped, and started to run toward the others. "AHHH!"
Diego shook his head and smiled, as he walked toward Sid.
"So," Sid started at Diego, even though it was still hard for him to breathe through the heat. "About your problem..."
"What problem? I have no problem." Diego was tempted to walk ahead of Sid, and he did.
"Is it because of the volcano?"
"No, I have no problem!"
"Then what is it?"
Diego then got close to Sid's sweaty face and gave him a threatening look. "I HAVE NO PROBLEM." Diego continued walking.
Sid gasped again, still being miserable from the heat, and continued walking. "Sounds like you DO have a problem."
Diego turned to Sid again. "DO YOU WANT ME TO PULL YOUR GUT OUT?"
Sid then held his breath, and said nothing more to the tiger, who continued to walk. But Sid was still curious, because he was a genius at figuring out anyone's problems, and he knew he was going to figure it out sooner or later.
Scrat tried his best to climb a tree with his acorn. It was just too hot for him, and he gasped many times. His plan was to make it to the top and see if there was any water ahead. After the last big gasp he took, he made it to the top, and looked out to the view. He was curious when he didn't see any water anywhere. He looked around, and aha! He got very excited, when he saw a small pond way ahead of him. Before he grabbed his acorn, a bird flew by, which caused the squirrel to fall. "AHHH!" Scrat fell all the way down, and THUMP.
The squirrel didn't try to open his eyes, because he passed out, leaving his acorn up in the tree.
So I guess you never did find out what was wrong with Diego in this chapter. I apologize if you were excited about that. But a good story has to wait a little. At least we know that something is up, because Sid truly is a genius at knowing that.
Chapter 6 will be posted as soon as possible. So I hope you're patient. Don't worry, I will probably have it posted really soon.