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"Wha-? What just happened? Ellie are you alright" Manny stuttered frantically to his wife
Ellie came over to him with a smile. "Of course I' am big daddy. I just got up that's all" she reassured him
"Really, because I just felt shaking in the ground and everything started to toss and…" Manny began to panic just before Ellie wrapped her trunk around his and pulled him close
"Manny, that shaking you felt was probably from me. The sound of my footsteps must have given you a heart attack, that's all" Ellie explained to him
Manny sighed with relief. "I'm sorry. It's just a lot has happened since the last few days and I' still trying to shake it off my head"
"It's okay. I'll tell you I had a lot to deal with leading the other mammals to get to the land bridge, you know" Ellie told him that she knew how her husband felt
"Well that makes both of us" Manny pointed out to her
The two mammoths laughed. Suddenly two possums came scurrying down the tree as they hopped off the branch and hopped onto Manny's head before running down his trunk and then each hopping on Manny's tusks.
"You guys had a lot to deal with?" Crash accused angrily
"Yeah, like we were the ones working our tails off" Eddie angrily pointed out
"Oh yeah?" said another female mammoth who appeared to be Peaches. "You mean like the time my dad gave you orders to spy on me"
Then suddenly a mole hog came climbing from under Peaches who was named Louis. "Or the time you two did that stupid stunt on the trees that nearly almost got you killed"
Crash and Eddie were suddenly offended by the remark and they turned to each other and pointed. "That wasn't my idea, it was his!" they both shouted out
"No, it was your idea!" the possums angrily accused back before they started fighting
(PUNCH)
(KICK)
(PUNCH)
(KICK)
(PUNCH)
(KICK)
The mammoths and the mole hog watched them fight before turning back into conversation with each other.
"Well if anyone needs me, I'll be off with Louis to hang out with Ethan and the others" Peaches told her parents that she and Louis were leaving
"Okay baby, have a good time see you when you get home" Ellie told her she was fine with that
Ellie and her daughter pressed heads together to form a hug before walking over to her father and di the same thing with him. Then the mammoth along with Louis on top of her head started to head out to explore before Manny called out to her.
"Peaches, be back before sunset okay!" Manny shouted out reminding her
"An hour after sunset" Peaches shouted back to him from over her shoulder
"Yeah and not a minute later" Manny shouted back
"Got it, see ya guys" Peaches shouted back and told her parents good-bye
"Don't worry Ms. Ellie and Mr. Manny, sir; she'll be alright with me" Louis reassured Peaches parents
Just before the two disappeared out of sight into the woods, Ellie noticed her husband was feeling kind of down and she decided to walk next to him.
"What's wrong Manny?" Ellie asked her husband
Manny sighed deeply and lowered his eyes. "I know it's just…she's not my baby anymore that's for sure"
Ellie giggled underneath her breath and gave him a playful shove. "Oh now c'mon Manny, you said it yourself. She's old enough to take care of herself and get to know the world better"
Manny sighed again before smiling. "I know"
"Say since Peaches is out, why don't you and me go out for a morning stroll" Ellie offered Manny
"That would be great" said Manny agreeing with her
"And maybe while we're at it, we could meet up with Diego and Shira later" Ellie told him
"Yeah and maybe Sid and Granny, too" Manny told her back
The two mammoths agreed with each other as they started taking their morning stroll through the corridor to which they had made out. But just before they started, something dropped out of Manny's fur and landed on the ground.
(THUD)
Manny stopped and looked down and noticed what fell off him and just before Ellie was about to stop, he quickly grabbed the thing and placed it back into his fur. But as it continued to slip off his head multiple times, Manny quickly placed it under his trunk and smiled.
When Ellie saw him she noticed how strange her husband was acting all of a sudden and she wanted to make sure she was okay.
"What's wrong big daddy got something in your throat?" Ellie asked him
Manny knew he needed to think of a better way of telling her, so he decided to clear up his throat to satisfy Ellie's question.
(CLEARS THROAT)
"Oh yeah, a bug flew right inside my mouth" Manny lied while smiling. "Nothing personal"
"Oh really?" said Ellie feeling not satisfied
Manny shook his head while he was still smiling. But just before Ellie was about to agree she pulled out the thing Manny was hiding that revealed to be an necklace with little charms around it as she showed it up to her husband's face.
"Then would you tell me what's not personal about this?" said Ellie as she smirked referring to the necklace
Manny eyes popped wide and he looked under his trunk and noticed the necklace wasn't in his grasp anymore as he looked back up at Ellie and started commencing.
"Well…umm…you see Ellie…I was going to…well I was going to tell you but…" Manny tried to commence to her about the necklace
But he was soon shushed by Ellie as she placed her trunk on Manny's face shushing him to stop.
(SHUSHING)
"It's okay, no need to explain anything. I already know" Ellie reassured him
Manny blinked in surprise. "What? That that necklace belonged to a human"
Ellie turned back around and pointed her trunk at him shouting. "Ah-ha, got-cha"
"What? Wait, but I thought…" Manny was shockingly confused
Manny was shocked and confused but soon realized that he had told the truth to Ellie about the necklace. He grunted with frustration and slapped his trunk over his forehead.
(GRUNTING FRUSTRATINGLY)
"Manny, exactly why do you have a human's necklace?" Ellie asked him once more
Manny knew it was no use to hide it anymore especially from his family. He sighed and before letting his heart cool down and took one last deep breath.
"Okay you want to know the truth?" Manny asked her making Ellie nod in reply. "Okay then, you see it was like this. Back before I met you along with Crash and Eddie I was all alone for the time being because I had no friends. But after a while, I met Sid on the way that was being chased by two rhino and I saved him. Afterwards, Sid decided to travel with me even though I never wanted him with me because he wouldn't stop jibber jabbering to me about his life…"
"But what does it have to do with the necklace?" Ellie pointed out to him
"I'm starting to get to that, Ellie" Manny pointed out back to her. "Just as the next morning came, Sid and I discovered a woman in the river and she seemed to be holding something wrapped around in a cloth-thingy…"
"Do you mean…" Ellie asked what she thinks Manny is really going to say
Manny answered by nodding. "Yep, it was a human baby. It was cold and wet and it needed someone in its care, so its mother pushed it over to us as its caretakers. By that time Sid and me were now taking care of the baby"
"Oh my goodness, a human infant; what else haven't you told me?" Ellie asked him curiously
"Well at first, me and Sid didn't know what to do with it because we couldn't find its herd. That's when Diego jumped in and tried taking it away from us but he also convinced us that he could lead us to its herd. And that's how me, Sid, and Diego teamed up together to return it to its daddy back" Manny explained his story to her
"But did you return it to its father?" Ellie asked with concern
Manny nodded. "We did; we returned him safe to his father just in time and we haven't seen him ever since. And to tell you the real truth, it's how we formed the herd in the first place; to take care for one another"
Ellie was helpless to say anything but was very surprised and amused by her husband's story. She never knew that one small little child could bring three migrating misfit creatures together as one so that they could form the biggest herd ever born on the face of the Earth. Manny thought his wife would be mad at him for not telling this secret to her, but still she showed no face of hatred.
"Are you mad at me?" Manny asked still unsure by his wife's reaction
But then he was shown a face of gratitude as a smile appeared on Ellie's face. She slowly walked towards Manny and she gently handed him the necklace in his trunk before pulling his trunk to her face as she pressed her head against Manny's showing a hug of happiness.
"Oh Manny…" said Ellie happily. "…that's so brave of you"
Manny blinked in surprise and pulled his face away from Ellie. "You mean you're not mad?"
Ellie shook her head. "No, that's got to be one of the most faithful and most courageous thing I have ever heard in all my life"
"Really?" Manny asked surprisingly
Ellie nodded. "Yes. I mean devoting your life to save a child and return it to its father now that's what I call being a true mammal"
Ellie grabbed his trunk and pulled him close to her face again as the two pressed together to form another hug. Then the two wrapped each other's trunks around showing that they were holding trunk-to-trunk.
"Say just what this child's name that you rescued was?" Ellie asked him once more
"Humans normally don't have names, but we used to call him 'Pinky'" Manny referred the name Pinky to his wife
"But all creatures have names you know, like there's us for instance. So why don't humans?" Ellie told him
"Well that's the thing Ellie, humans can't talk. They never have and they never will" Manny explained that humans are unable to speak their language. "Phew! I was starting to sound a lot like Diego there"
"Maybe it's because you sound like Diego" Ellie sarcastically pointed out to him
Manny frowned and muttered. "Oh very funny, like I have claws, fangs, and whiskers to prove it"
Ellie laughed by the comment. "Okay there killer, I understand"
Soon the mammoths began to travel along the corridor as the two kept in conversation with each other. When something caught Manny's eye he turned and saw the ocean for a moment. That made him wonder about his destroyed home after everything they went through there from over the years. He remembered not only the boy but the time the flood happened, or when he encountered dinosaurs, or even the time he encountered with vengeful pirates while he was out at seas. But the only thing that got over his head was that was he alive? Did he survive the earthquake? Did he die or not?
All these emotions were streaming through his head like berserk giving him terrible thoughts and concerns about the boy. Manny shook his head a couple times trying to erase his mind before Ellie caught his attention again.
"Do you think this 'Pinky' is still alive out there?" Ellie asked
"I don't know. Humans tend to move around and they're most likely not to stay in the same place every now and then. So there's much of a slow chance" Manny told her
"Don't get yourself down, honey. I'm sure he made it along with the rest of us" Ellie reassured him that the boy was alright
"Yeah maybe. 16 years and there's doubt that he could remember me or not" said Manny unassured and lowers his head down
Ellie placed her trunk under Manny's chin and turned his face to her attention. "Honey, you're the biggest thing on Earth and you'll always be. I'm sure wherever Pinky is he's having a wonderful life with his daddy"
Manny hesitated for a moment before sighing. "You're right"
Ellie smilingly nodded. "Of course, I' am and I know it. Now c'mon how about that morning stroll?"
"Oh umm…right…morning stroll, c'mon" said Manny remembering their morning walk
The two mammoths started making their stroll again through the corridor that took them into the woods as Manny started thinking to himself.
"Pinky, I wish you could hear me but…I hope you're alive. You and the rest of your herd; it's been so long and well…I just want you to know that…well…I wish you were here with us. All of us! I still haven't forgotten about you and neither have Sid and Diego. But I just hope you didn't forget about us, that's all" Many thought to himself
Just as the scene changes back to Roshan, a sudden strike clashed between his brain causing him to grunt in pain.
(GROANING)
(GRUNTING PAINFULLY)
"Oow!" cried Roshan as he placed two hands over his head to stop the pain
Roshan swooshed his body from side to side before falling down on the ground as he rolled over trying his back, still grunting from the pain. It was strange. After the pain stopped, Roshan lifted himself off the ground and rubbed the back of his head.
"What was that all about?" Roshan said to himself
He looked both ways and then looked back at the front of the ship as he looked around to see where that terrible hit came from. But it was shown out of nowhere; nothing to be seen; nothing to be heard from; just a large blanket of water covering the Earth all around. Roshan rubbed his head again before lowering his arm down.
"I must have a headache" Roshan told to himself
Roshan then turned around and began walking towards the front of the ship to join the rest of the party. The scene rises up from the ice ships and showed an island of land and mountains coming up ahead which appeared to be where the human's new home was going to be as the celebration grew more loudly.
(CHEERING)
(CELEBRATING)
Well everyone there you have it! Manny confesses to Ellie about his story about how he saved Roshan a long time ago as Roshan felt something strike his head like it was a brain wave or something. Anyway, please review and stay tuned because more will be coming up next!