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Hammocks and Peaches, Chapter Nine

At the end of the cave, was a view that opened up to a beautiful waterfall... save for the clutter of old and fresh bones, and cracked eggshells that decorated the ground, and a very grumpy, and old hypsilophodon dinosaur swatting at the pterosaur with his cane. He was Doktor, one of the many great medics of the dinosaur kingdom; who used to take anger management classes until he left because the course was a waste of his precious time. Which was true, since he had his clinic of take care of, and it seems that he has a lot of cleaning up to do.

The herd stared in awe once again, and Crash and Eddie "whoa'd" at the scenery. Buck shook his head with a laugh. Tourists. The weasel cried out from Doktor's cane hitting his head.

"Buckminster you baffoon!" yelled the medic, "What is wrong with you? Take care of your pet or I'll dismantle him on the medical bed!"

"Oh come off it, doc," Buck rubbed his sore forehead, "He's just a baby."

The medic growled, "I do not care if he is a child. I will tear him apart if I have to--GET OFF THAT STATUE YOU DERANGE BIRD!"

Pett chirped happily and obeyed, however the statue pitched forward and fell. Doktor shrieked as it was a gift from his mummy (who was deceased), and covered his eyes. Slowly, he opened them and glared at Manfred for 'saving' the doomed rock.

"DON'T TOUCH THAT!" he raised his cane.

Manny gently put the stone in a corner where it won't be damaged, and recoiled; frightened of the doctor. "Not touching!"

Doktor glared, "Good. NOW DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE OR I'LL THROW THE WEASEL AT YOU!"

"Throw me," Buck pointed to the stone with his knife, "and that ugly rock is going down the falls!"

The doctor gasped, "You wouldn't dare."

"Oh yes, I will." the weasel checked his nails, "I'm quite the daredevil actually."

Manny rolled his eyes, "An insane one too."

Peaches giggled, and the twins hopped over to the statue, examining it. Pouting, Doktor turned away and gestured for the patiently waiting pterosaur to come over to the stone medical bed. There Pett landed and he opened up his mouth wide for the Doktor to peek in.

"Dude, this is just some rock." Eddie said, and Crash nodded.

"I know," agreed Buck, "I would've thrown it away years ago."

"I heard that!" the medic called from his check up. Buck shrugged and walked over to a small hammock outside. He had made it himself, and it had always been there since Pett's first check-up. Stabbing his knife on the ground beside the hammock, he threw himself over the leave and landed on it, with his arms crossed behind his back and one leg over the other. He began to rest.

The opossum twins, idolizing Buckminster, thought it'd be cool to make their own hammock and climbed a few trees grabbing materials while Doktor waved the mammoth family off to help themselves to a few fruits out in the back where everybody else was, before he continued to check up on Pett.

Peaches ran over to Manny once she had been settled down on the ground by her mother, and waited for the male mammoth to pick a few peaches of the trees. She giggled as one fell to the ground, and happily started chewing on it.

"Oops, sorry." Manny passed one to Ellie, "Here you go, Ellie."

"Thanks," she took it and set it on the ground for a moment. Manny looked at her worriedly, "You're not hungry? Are you sick?"

"No no, it's not that." Ellie replied, "It's just... I'm worried about Sid and Diego."

"If anything, I'm sure Diego will manage." said Manny, "But I don't know about Sid."

"No worries, mates--"

Startled, Manfred screamed at the weasel on his head, "How'd you get up there?!"

"Don't get your trunk in a knot; I climbed, like all weasels do. But," he said, reaching over his patch and tightening it, "I sent my assistant to track your friend tiger down. I thought the sloth would've been with you, but let's just hope my assistant will also bring the sloth back as well."

"Assistant?" Ellie repeated.

"You have a sidekick?!" Crash beamed, and turned to his brother who had been fixing their hammocks, "Eddie, we should get sidekicks too!"

"Well, I guess you can call her that." Buck said, and slid down the mammoth's tail, landing on both feet and wiping his hands off, "But she's more of like a daughter to me."

"Ooh!" Peaches was interested, "What's her name?"

"Oh, you'll find out soon enough," Buck ruffled the small mammoth's fur, "she should be here soon."

In the distance, familiar voices started to fade into the tunnel. Doktor cursed himself for forgetting to close the entrance, but was relieved when he heard a familiar, female voice. Pett chirped happily and flew down the tunnel.

"Doktor, you there--oh, Pett! I guess dad's already here."

Who could that be? Hmm.