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It was shortly before dawn that Tabitha awoke to find her uncle, aunt, and Diego sprawled out on the cave floor, half- dead from exhaustion. She saw half of the flower and its roots hastily wrapped in a leaf and the scattered remnants of the other half, signs that the antidote had been prepared sometime during the night.
She sat up and dared to look at her father.
He looked exactly the same.
Tabitha didn't know what she had been expecting, maybe some sort of miraculous cure, or at least for him to look better in the slightest. But no, there was nothing. No cure, no hope, no antidote, because the rest would be for Sid.
Unless...No, she couldnt do that to the herd. Could she? No, that would be like an overdose of medicine.
The life was drained out of her. She was asleep before her head hit the ground.
The next day, Tabitha did little more than sleep. Once she got up to use the bathroom, but that was it. She would never wake up from this slumber, never, because outside of her fantastical world she had created inside herhead, nothing would be the same. She would never love anyone ever again if she woke up because pain was something she could not bear any longer, she couldn't spare any more emotion to be hurt again and to lose another person.
Alas, she did wake up, and when she did, nothing was the same. Literally- she had no idea where she was.
Buck cracked open an eye, feeling sluggish and slow, as though his movements were out of sync. He let out a breath, trying to recall something, anything- and then he realized...he couldn't see. Everything was dark...Because it was nighttime.
He sat up painfully, rubbing his eyes with stiff arms in the twilight. He tried to fight the dizziness that threatened to overcome him as he tried to stand, but he succumbed to it, laying back down tiredly. That was when he started questioning things.
Where was he? What had happened? How long had he been out? Where was...
He closed his eyes, trying to come up with answers, but instead fell back to sleep.
He woke up again about an hour later, still feeling slow and stiff. He rolled over, thoughts beginning to stir inside of his fuzzy little head. The first person he saw was Peaches, but Buck did a double take. She was scrawny and thin now, obviously badly injured though she showed no signs of pain in her sleep. He would pity the moment she woke up.
Questions still remained unanswered, though he made no progress trying to conjure the answers for his thoughts were still too dim from the poison.
"Where am I?" Tabitha whispered. The tranquility of the blue glow that seemed to emanate from the ice surrounding her at dizzying heights was one that induced awed whispers.
"Finally, you wake up," Tabitha turned to see Diego smirking at her. "We're almost home."
Home. The word spurred numerous memories, including painfully recent ones.
"The antidote, did you get it?" Tabitha forced herself to wake up as she followed Diego through a short tunnel, maneuvering around the sleeping figures of Peaches and her parents.
"Yeah, Sid's still with Old Maggie, though. The poison...took its toll on him." Tabitha looked at the saber curiously. Was that a soft spot for the smelly sloth?
"..."
"Don't worry, Buck's okay now. A little tired, but he's okay."
They rounded the corner and three pairs of eyes looked up at them. Tabitha grinned.
"Hey, Dad."