Chapter 14: Fast Biter Attack!
Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, and Spike turned and gasped. Looking above them, they saw that a pack of a dozen fast biters was closing in on them from the surrounding cliffs. Every single one of them was licking its lips, readying its claws, and snarling threateningly.
"Oh no! We in big trouble!" Petrie gasped in terror as he continued to shudder and shiver.
"I do not like sharpteeth, no no no!" Ducky gasped just as worriedly. Then she and Petrie hugged each other and screamed in terror.
"Come on, you scaredy eggs!" Cera shouted boldly, stomping her foot and grinning determinedly. "We can take 'em on!"
Ducky and Petrie stopped screaming and looked nervously at Cera. "But there twelve of them and only five of us!" Petrie gasped.
"I don't think we have a choice," Littlefoot told them seriously, and he looked at the vast expanse of big water on the only side where they were not surrounded by fast biters. "We don't have any way to escape, so we're going to have to fight them off! We've got to try to be brave guys, for Chomper needs us!"
Ducky and Petrie nodded nervously, and though Littlefoot could tell they were trying to be brave, they still understandably looked scared. Littlefoot felt a little scared himself, but the thought of Chomper needing them made him feel determined to fight. But before anyone could make another move, three fast biters leapt off the cliff and onto the ground, quickly advancing toward Ducky and Petrie, with their teeth gnashing and claws twitching.
"Oh no!" Ducky and Petrie gasped, shivering and hugging each other, terrified.
"I love you, Ducky!" Petrie cried, embracing her tightly.
"I love you too Petrie!" Ducky gasped, embracing him just as tight.
But then, Spike ran forward and blocked the fast biters from attacking Ducky and Petrie, leering at them aggressively and swinging his spiky tail back and forth. The fast biters paused and looked at each other uncertainly, and in their moment of hesitation, Spike charged forward and rammed his head against one of the fast biters, causing it to crash into the cliffs and knocking it out cold.
"Yay Spike! You got the sharptooth, yep yep yep!" Ducky cheered, jumping up and down. Boosted with Spike's triumph, she and Petrie now felt much better. With renewed confidence, the two of them glared at the fast biters determinedly and stood by Spike's side as they prepared to join the fight. The other two fast biters roared in fury, and lunged in to try and bite Spike. But Spike quickly grabbed a log nearby him with his mouth and whacked one of the fast biters on the head with it, while spiking the other one away with his tail.
"Wow Spike! You are a good fighter, you are!" Ducky exclaimed gleefully. Spike happily smiled at Ducky for a second before they heard some ominous rustling on the ground. The fast biter that Spike had hit on the head managed to get back up, but before it could do anything, Ducky shouted, "You will not hurt my brother!" And with that, Ducky struck the sharptooth with her tail, knocking it out and causing many of its bones to break. Then she, Spike, and Petrie turned to face the fast biters still standing above them.
At that moment, another fast biter jumped off the cliff and fixed its gaze on Petrie. Growling viciously, the sharptooth took a lunge at Petrie, who hurriedly flew up into the air and managed to narrowly dodge its bite. However, the fast biter was not giving up, for it kept on staring at Petrie hungrily. "Spike, give me the log!" Ducky gasped urgently, and Spike quickly dropped it in her hands. With extraordinary speed and vigor, Ducky slammed the unsuspecting fast biter on the head with her log. "You will not hurt Petrie, no, no no!" Ducky shouted, swinging her log from side to side. The fast biter screeched in pain and toppled over just as another one jumped over its body to lunge at Ducky.
"Oh no you don't!" Petrie gasped, and while it was in midjump, Petrie caught the fast biter with his feet, and with the fast biter still flailing, Petrie flew off with it to the middle of the big water. Petrie then hurled the fast biter into the big water, where it plummeted and quickly drowned. Petrie then flew back, grabbed one of the unconscious fast biters, and threw it to the big water where it drowned just like the first one. Within a couple of minutes, he had managed to carry away the remaining unconscious fast biters and drop them all in the big water.
Meanwhile, the other seven fast biters had managed to chase Littlefoot and Cera away from the rest of the group. These fast biters had managed to corner Littlefoot and Cera by the big water, and standing hungrily on the surrounding cliffs, the fast biters growled and bared their teeth menacingly as they prepared to attack.
"Let's go get 'em!" Cera shouted determinedly, lifting her head daringly. One of the fast biters jumped off the cliff, but Cera quickly caught it with her horns and threw it into the big water. "Hee!" Cera laughed in triumph as she saw that the fast biter sunk with a big splash. A second fast biter jumped off the cliff and lunged straight at Littlefoot, but before he could respond, Cera stabbed it with her horn. The fast biter keeled over on her frill and Cera vigorously threw it in the big water, where it too drowned.
"You rockheads dare to take us on or not!" Cera jeered at the remaining five fast biters, grinning daringly. The fast biters looked at each other, growled, and at once, the five of them launched a joint attack on Cera.
Cera gasped, and privately, she wondered how she could manage to stab five sharpteeth at once. But then Littlefoot growled, "Don't you dare hurt her!" and with passion and fury, he readied his whiplike tail. Gritting his teeth in concentration, he managed to use his tail to slam four of the five fast biters. The fast biters instantly lost their balance and became unconscious, and Littlefoot hit them so hard that they flew far over him and plunged harshly into the big water. At the same time, Cera managed to stab the fifth fast biter and she hurled it out to the big water, where it joined the other fast biters into falling to the bottom.
"Whew! They're all gone!" Littlefoot said triumphantly, breathing in relief. Then he and Cera turned and saw that Ducky, Petrie, and Spike had successfully defeated all of their sharpteeth. Upon seeing that Littlefoot and Cera had defeated their sharpteeth too, Ducky, Petrie and Spike began to rush over to them, grinning happily. "Yay!" Ducky cheered. "They are all gone, they are!"
"Great job, everyone!" Littlefoot exclaimed, but just as everyone was about to celebrate…
"Littlefoot, look out!" Cera cried out. Everyone looked up, and a split second later, a thirteenth fast biter was launching itself right at Littlefoot's back, with its daggerlike claws on both its hands and legs at the ready. But before it could lay a claw on Littlefoot, Cera leaped up and tackled it, slamming it to the ground and pinning its tail down with her front feet. She growled fiercely as she stomped on the fast biter's neck with her back feet, cutting off its air supply. The fast biter gasped and groaned as it struggled to breathe. But with the little energy it had, the fast biter had managed to bring its head upward just enough to bite Cera on her back left foot.
A blood-curdling scream rang out, and everyone gasped in horror as Cera slumped forward and limply landed on her belly. At once, an icy chill ran down Littlefoot's spine. Furiously, he growled and glared at the fast biter with eyes of pure hatred, and he hurriedly charged towards the fast biter, which, while weakened from Cera's attack, seemed to be determined to bite her again. But before the fast biter could make another move, Littlefoot grabbed it with all the vigor he could muster and he hurled it out into the big water, where it quickly sunk with a huge splash.
Then Littlefoot bent down next to Cera and sniffled as he saw that her eyes were closed and her legs sprawled over the ground, with her bitten foot bleeding profusely. He focused all of his attention on her as he asked nervously, "Cera…Cera, are you okay?"
But Cera did not respond. She just was lying there like she was a rock, and a hollow feeling surged through Littlefoot's heart as he looked down at the lifeless form of the one he loved.