Hey everyone Stooge Man again for possibly the fourth time! Love the reviews you guys are giving me so thanks for that. Also, I like to thank White Hunter, candy-apple14 and Air Wolf 450 for reviewing; you guys are the best! Anyway the next chapter is up so just sit back and enjoy the chapter!
Roshan kept on running while ignoring his friend's excuses as he made his way towards fight. The boy hoped it wasn't too late to help them, and with that he just kept on running like the fast animal he is.
"Hang on guys, I'm coming" Roshan thought to himself
Meanwhile, back at the fight Manny, Ellie, Diego and Shira continued facing off against the howlers one by one. During the fight, Manny swung his tusks around knocking most of the howlers away putting them to sleep; Ellie was using her trunk in defense as she started throwing some of the howlers away knocking them into the boulders and trees; As for Diego, he just kept on pouncing and slashing the howlers with each scratch before killing them with only just one bite.
(HOLWER ROARING)
(SABER ROARING)
(SLASHING)
(HOWLER WHIMPERING)
(TRUMPETING)
(CRASHING)
(HOWLER WHIMPERING)
(TRUMPETING)
"There's too many of them, Manny! We can't hold them off forever!" Ellie cried out
"We have to keep fighting! We can't let any of them get any closer to those kids" Manny replied before he saw another howler leaping right at him
(MANNY YELLING)
(SMACKING)
(HOWLER WHIMPERING)
(CRASHING)
"Which reminds me, why did we let those humans go?" Shira replied in an annoyed tone
"That's none of our concern anymore, Shira!" Diego shouted to her
"But we should have stopped them when we had the chance…" Shira reminded him about the incident that happened yesterday
"Shira, I said that's none of our concern! They would have been eaten right now if it weren't for us!" Diego shouted at her once again
"But softie…" Shira attempted to argue before she was cut off by a leaping howler
(HOWLER RAORING)
The howler leaped towards Shira knocked her over, causing them to collide and roll over. Shira was then pinned down as she struggled to break free while the howler was snarling at her with a devious slobbering smile.
(SNARLING)
(GRUNTING)
"DIEGO!" Shira cried out for help
Diego's ear flicked when he heard the cry of his wife calling for him and he turned around when he saw his wife pinned down by one of the howlers. His eyes widened with fear before he changed his face back into a fierce expression.
"Shira, I'm coming…" Diego called out
But then suddenly Diego was cut off when three howlers blocked his way preventing him from getting any closer to Shira as they started to back the saber away.
(HOWLER'S GROWLING)
(SABER GROWLING)
"DIEGO!" cried Shira again
"Shira…" Diego called back before one of the howlers tried taking a bite out of the saber
(BARKING)
(GROWLING)
Soon Roshan came appearing out of the bushes when he was shocked to see that the howlers have already now cornered the mammoths and the saber near the cliff face. But when he saw one of the howlers pinning the pregnant tigress, the boy showed a more determined look on his face.
"Stop, leave her alone!" Roshan shouted
The boy pulled his knife out again before he began to charge towards the howler. Once the howler smacked his lips glistening more green slime out of his mouth; raised a paw up to strike. Feared that all hope was lost, Shira closed her eyes leaving Diego along with Manny and Ellie watching in horror.
(ROSHAN YELLING)
The sudden burst of a battle cry got the howler to turn its head around when he saw the boy charging right at him before Roshan plunged his knife into the howler's back, wounding him.
(STABBING)
(HOWLER WHIMPERING IN PAIN)
Once Roshan pulled his knife out of the beast's back he charge again, but this time using his foot and he knocked the howler off of Shira sending it falling off the cliff falling to its death.
(ROSHAN YELLING)
(KICKING)
(HOWLER WHIMPERING)
Soon the alpha howler noticed what the human boy had done again he growled menacingly with vengeance. As Roshan walked up to Shira unarmed he rose out a hand to help the tigress up, but was soon intercepted when the alpha howler came leaping towards him.
"KID WATCH OUT" Manny cried out
"Huh?" said Roshan when he heard the mammoth calling to him
When the boy turned, his eyes popped up before the alpha howler pounced at Roshan knocking the 16-year-old away.
(ROARING)
"AGH!" Roshan cried out
Roshan was knocked down to the ground in impact as the boy was skidded across before hitting his head back against a large tree trunk with a loud thud.
(SMACK)
"AGH…" Roshan cried out before he felt darkness flowing around his head as he grunted with pain before resting his head back and the boy fell into unconsciousness
(GROWLING)
The alpha howler crept up on Roshan smacking its lips at him as it got ready to attack, but was soon intercepted by the throat showing a trunk wrapping around its neck when it revealed to be Manny when the bull mammoth brought the alpha close to his face.
(HOWLER WHIMPERING)
"Pick on somebody your own size!" Manny said growling at the alpha
Manny then threw the alpha away as he stood in defense guarding the unconscious 16-year-old boy. Once the alpha howler got himself up again he whimpered in pain when one of his paws was badly injured during the impact and he growled ferociously back at Manny as the rest of the howlers joined in and gathered up with the alpha.
(GROWLING FEROCIOUSLY)
(BARKING)
Manny growled back before Ellie, Diego and Shira joined him as the trio glared at the howlers. Outnumbered, with only a few pack members of the howlers now, the wolves began backing away as the herd glared at them with hatred. Manny glared at the alpha for some time, before the alpha howler let out a frustrating growl before he howled up at the sky calling his troops to retreat.
(HOWLING)
The alpha and the rest of the howlers soon started to draw back into the deep dark jungle in defeat leaving the herd alone.
"That's right you better run you cowards!" Shira roared out
"Is everyone okay?" said Manny making sure no one was hurt
Manny first checked on Ellie as he firmly grasped his wife's trunk. "Ellie are you hurt?" he asked
Ellie warmly smiled back resting her head against Manny's. "Better than I'll ever be. Besides I needed a morning walk anyway"
Manny warmly smiled back and he pressed his head against Ellie's lovingly making to two to form a hug.
"That'll teach those flee-biting canines to mess with this herd" said Diego
"Yeah you said it" Manny happily replied back
"Oh no" Ellie cried out
Manny, Diego and Shira turned around to see a horrified Ellie and they looked forward when they noticed the unconscious boy Roshan was still out. Shocked and horrified as well, the trio quickly ran up together as they gathered around the unconscious human. When they did, Diego was the first to walk up as he began inspecting the human while the others watched him.
"The boy. Is he dead?" Ellie worriedly asked
Once Diego was close enough to the human, he started by nudging the unconscious boy's with his nose pushing his head over to the ground. Roshan then let out a soft groan.
(GROANING SOFTLY)
Diego turned to the others. "He's still alive"
Manny sighed with relief before Ellie closed her eyes in happiness and solace.
"Oh thank goodness" said Ellie with relief
Diego soon started sniffing all around the boy making sure he wasn't carrying any other harmful objects with him. As he sniffed him, he soon came to a halt as the saber threw his face back in surprise when he smelled something very familiar about this human.
"Is it-No? It couldn't be him? Or could it? No that's not possible it can't be him, it's just can't be!" Diego thought to himself
"Hey uber-tracker, what's the matter?" said Manny snapping Diego out of his head
Diego shook all the bad feelings in his head before turning to the others.
"Nothing" Diego deceived back
(HOWLING)
Another howl came echoing through the air getting the herd to look back getting them the idea that they should get going.
"We better get him out of here" Diego suggested
"That's a good idea. If those things come back for him, the kid will have another thing coming" Manny replied in agreement
"Now hold on there!" Shira snapped. "Are we really going to risk our herd's safety taking this boy back to our family?"
Diego quickly walked up to Shira. "Baby, the boy saved your life back there. The least you can do is just go with it for now and like it" he confirmed
"I know but it's just that…" Shira attempted to argue still not sure before she was shushed when Diego pressed his head against hers
"Shira if it wasn't for him, I would have lost you and the baby too. How do you think I would live with myself after that?" Diego told her
Shira hesitated for a moment before realizing that he was right. She looked back over at the unconscious boy seeing how stiff he laid there before she felt sorry for him after what he had done to save her.
Shira sighed and looked into Diego's eyes. "Shira I love you, and right now I need you to trust me. Can you do that?"
Shira nodded in reply. "Okay'
Diego smiled and kissed his wife on the lips receiving a soothing purr from Shira as the two nuzzled each other with love. Soon Manny carefully wrapped his trunk around Roshan's waist and he lifted him off the ground as he carefully placed the boy right on his back so that he would be comfortable.
"Alright, c'mon let's go" Manny ordered
"Hey look! There's the boy's friends now" Ellie pointed out into the jungle
"Good. We'll take them along with us back to the cave" said Manny before he, Ellie, Diego and Shira started heading back into the forest
"Hey has anyone seen Sid?" Diego asked the group
As the next scene changes, Newt and Minho were shown trying to wake Kodak up after encountering with the clumsy sloth as the two they tried many things to snap the older boy back in consciousness.
(FACE TAPPING)
"C'mon Kodak will ya get up we're in trouble" said Newt as he tapped his hands on Kodak's face
"I always knew he was a deep sleeper" Minho commented
While Newt and Minho were helping Kodak, Lolo gently tugged Rowan's arm-shirt as the older girl bent down to the little girl.
"When is Roshy going to get back?" Lolo asked with pleading eyes
Rowan smiled at her and placed both her hands around Lolo's grasping them tight. "Very soon Lolo, I promise"
"I sure hope so, I would hate to see anything happen to my…" said Lolo before she was cut off by more rustling sounds
(BUSHES RUSTLING)
The sound, got the kids in involved as they turned around when they were shocked to find the two mammoths along with the two saber-tooth tigers walking towards them with an unconscious Roshan on the male mammoth's back.
"Roshan?" said Newt seeing his friend was hurt
"No" said Rowan in shock
As fear started settling in the kids started to cower back as the two mammoths and the sabers were coming towards them. As the little hyrax that was still inside Lolo's backpack let out a chirp of joy when he recognized one of the sabers and he jumped out of the backpack and started scurrying towards the saber.
(CHITTERING WITH HAPPINESS)
Surprisingly seeing this, Lolo split and began chasing after the little hyrax.
"Wait, no come back!" Lolo cried out
The little girl chased him before the young girl came to a halt and she leaned quickly leaned back against a tree quivering in fear. When the herd closed in on the humans, the little girl was encountered first by Shira as the tigress made her way over to the child. Lolo stayed completely still once the tigress got close enough to her. Shira curiously gave the girl polite stare while staring into her eyes when she tensed fear upon the human child's face as Lolo continued to stay stiff as a statue.
Shira soon brought her face up making Lolo cringe her face away as she closed her eyes fearing her life might be over. But she was soon taken by surprise when Shira lovingly licked the girl's cheek.
Calmed by reassurance, Lolo opened her eyes and looked at the tigress who was smiling at her. The girl placed her hand on her cheek and expressed a big smile on her face before she placed her hand on the tigress's head and began stroking her back receiving a soothing purr from the tigress.
(PURRING)
Rowan, Newt and Minho surprisingly watched as Lolo petted the tigress before looking at each other in reassurance that they weren't in any danger after all.
"I don't think they want to hurt us" said Rowan
"I'll believe it when I see it!" said Minho in disagreement
"I don't know about you, but that sure looks very bloody convincing to me" Newt pointed out
Rowan and Minho looked into the direction Newt was pointing when they saw the little hyrax hugging Diego's front paw chirping with delight as he continued squeezing it.
(CHITTERING 'I LOVE YOU')
Diego expressed an awkward look. "Seriously little guy, we've been over this. That's not necessary really"
But all the kids could hear was growl coming out of the orange saber before the two mammoths started walking past the kids when they noticed one of their herd members was knocked out. As they walked up to Sid they saw his lifeless body lying on the ground alongside Kodak's as he was laid back against a tree. Manny let out an irritated expression and shook his head before he sighed in exasperation.
(SIGHING FRUSTRATINGLY)
"Like my mother once told me, 'looks can be deceiving' but not all looks are good as Sid's" Manny said sarcastically
Ellie frowned at Manny before she gently wrapped her trunk around Kodak's waist carefully lifting the older boy before placing him on her back so he would be comfortable. Then Manny grabbed Sid by the neck and flung him over his back.
"We better get moving, morning will be coming very soon" Ellie suggested
"Right, c'mon let's go everybody" Manny called out to Diego, Shira and the kids
But all the kids heard was a trumpeting sound coming out of the male mammoth as they watched the two go off in confusion.
"Where are they going?" Minho asked
"It looks like they're taking them back to their home" Rowan answered
"We should follow them" Lolo happily suggested
"Whoa, whoa, whoa how do we know if they actually want us to follow them" Mino asked the others
Minho's question was soon answered when Diego and Shira came walking over as the two began nudging the teenagers behind their backs growling for the kids to walk with them back to their hideout. Surprised by this Rowan, Newt, Minho and Lolo started walking after the mammoths. As they started to leave, Lolo scooped up her little hyrax friend and placed him back in her backpack where he would be safe as she tagged along with Rowan and Shira.
"I'll take that as a yes" Newt replied feeling satisfied
"I'm still not convinced" said Minho having terrible thoughts
"Oh you will be. We have a long night ahead of us" Rowan confirmed
Rowan and the others were now following after Manny and Ellie alongside with Diego and Shira as the trio began leading the human kids back to their hideout where they would be safe for the time being with the rest of the herd members. As they were walking, Manny looked back over to see how Roshan was doing before he feared that the boy would never wake up. But that wasn't going to stop him as he kept a little faith in himself as he continued onward while the night stayed young.
Well another chapter is done! Roshan sure saved Shira's butt from that howler which makes him the brave hero of the night and it looks like Manny and the others are allowing the human kids to go back with them where there herd is waiting. What will happen next? Anyway please review and keep spreading me some more ideas and stay tuned because more will be coming your way!