Hey everybody what's up! So sorry for the extremely long wait I had so many things to do and I didn't have the time; but thank-you for waiting patiently. I Hope everyone had a good weekend because I'm back with a new chapter! Thank-you for all those you've reviewed over the past month. Anyway just sit back and enjoy the chapter!
P.S. to White Hunter: I changed your idea with something a little more action, if that's okay with you. But thanks for the idea:)))))
Sniffing the air, Diego investigated the jungle area for any sign of Kodak. Putting his nose back on the ground the saber kept on sniffing till he caught the boy's scent.
"You can't hide from me" Diego angrily muttered
(HOWLING)
The saber's ears perked up by the sound of wolves calling from the distance. But Diego could smell that these weren't ordinary wolves at all. Just as he investigated the grounds he caught sight of a wolf just about a mile away but with a whole pack of them. Diego's pupils grew wide when he realized that those wolves were the kind that Roshan and his friends were talking about earlier the ones that attacked them the other night.
"Oh no" Diego muttered
(HOWLING)
The howlers were on the move as the pack began to leave. Diego sensed that they were all going after Kodak.
"I hope you have fast legs kid" Diego said before he began trailing the howlers
He ran. Pacing as fast as the older boy could, Kodak fled away from Roshan and the herd at the speed of lightning jumping over rocks and ducking low under branches as he ran through the jungle. After seeing too much of everything, Kodak just couldn't take it anymore; he knew getting away from the others would be his only best chance.
Feeling his breath was running out, Kodak stopped for a second to catch some air. Sweat drizzled down his face as his heart pounded by the minute. Bending back up, the older boy looked back to see if anyone had followed him; but he saw no one. Smirking triumphantly, Kodak believed he had finally eluded them all.
"Ha, alone at last!" said Kodak with victory
(GROWLING LOWLY)
Hearing the slight sound, Kodak stayed quiet for the moment as he slowly began to turn around. Waiting at the right moment, he paused; believing he wasn't alone after all. After a few seconds, Kodak jumped back around only to find no one was there. Turning from both directions, Kodak made sure no one was really watching him.
"The hell?" said Kodak to himself
Believing he was just hearing things, Kodak decided to pretend it didn't happen. But as he turned back around out of nowhere in surprise a Howler jumped from the bushes leaping out at Kodak.
(HOWLER ROARING)
(KODAK SCREAMING)
The Howler collided with Kodak pinning the boy on the ground as he growled ferociously down at him. Kodak expressed fear on his face as he stared deadly into the Howler's red eyes as slime glistened from its mouth. Then the Howler tried to take a bite out of him but Kodak fended it off by pressing his elbow against the monster's throat as he tried to prevent it from eating him.
(HOWLER ROARING)
Soon Kodak caught sight of his knife that was only a few feet away from him. So with using his other arm the older boy desperately tried to grab the knife.
"C'mon, c'mon…" Kodak grunted
Once he finally he grabbed the knife he raised it up and made a battle cry at the Howler.
(KODAK YELLING)
(STAB)
(HOWLER WHIMPERING)
The Howler's voice died out and all became silent again knowing now that the Howler was dead. Kodak pushed the monster off of him as he fell back and lay dead on the ground. Kodak stood back up off the ground and walked forward as the older boy pulled its knife out of the monster's neck. Whipping the blood off his knife Kodak looked back down at the monster and kicked it on its side.
(KICK)
"How do you like me now, Howler! You ain't so scary now! You don't scare me a bit!" said Kodak with victory
(HOWLER'S HOWLING)
Kodak's smirk faded away when he heard a call from the distance coming from behind him. He turned around and much to his shock about a mile away was a whole pack of Howlers howling to him.
"Oh…you…have…got to be kidding me!" said Kodak to himself
As the scene changes back with the group, Roshan paused when he heard something calling from the distance.
(KODAK'S SCREAMING ECHOS)
Roshan listened carefully as his ears were focused on the screaming as one of them began to twitch. His pupils widened when he sensed something terrible was wrong.
"Roshan what's wrong?" Iorek asked the boy
Minho placed his hand in front and waved it at him; then he tried finger-snapping at him.
"Hey Ro are you there?" Minho asked
"Anybody home?" Newt asked as he shook his friend
Roshan then took a few sniffs in the air and as he was doing it he smelled something missing in their group and he turned his head.
"Manny where's Diego and Kodak?" Roshan asked the mammoth
"Diego said he had something to deal with. He said he wouldn't be long. Why?" Manny explained
"Something's wrong" said Roshan
"Really?" Minho asked. "Like what?"
(HOWLING FROM THE DISTANCE)
Suddenly a howl echoed through the entire forest, causing everyone to freeze in place. Everyone paid strict attention using their instincts as they listened for another sound, but there was no response back. Everyone started to get scared; Peaches stayed close to her mother; Lolo wrapped her arms around Shira's neck as the young girl quivered in fear; the others said not a word or made a sound.
"…Howlers" said Newt whispered
(DIEGO ROARING IN THE DISTANCE)
"That's Diego!" Shira cried out
(KODAK SCREAMING)
Newt twitched an eye brow up. "That's funny. I've never heard a howler 'howl' like that, not since in a full moon"
"That's Kodak!" Rowan cried out
Minho grunted with frustration. "Grr, what did that dumb shank do this time?"
"Now's not the time for arguments, we gotta help him!" Rowan protested
"…and Diego! We gotta help him!" Lolo pointed out
"Right…" said Roshan, sniffing the air again. "…follow me!"
Roshan took a pacing start, as he dashed into the forest along with Newt and Minho running behind him.
"Guys wait a minute" Rowan protested
"Roshan, kids, wait! Come back!" Manny called out
"It could be dangerous!" Ellie called out
"Does this always happen to you at a time like this?" Manny asked Iorek
Iorek chuckled. "Teenagers are teenagers, my friend. They don't attend to listen to adults that often"
"Hmm, I wonder why?" said Manny, shooting his daughter a smug smirk
"This is not the time guys. Our friends are in trouble!" Ellie stated
"Less talk and more action, boys…" said Shira as she dived under Lolo's legs and picked her up off the ground and started to took off after the kids.
"Whoa…Woo-hoo!" cried Lolo, gleefully
"Yeah dad, let's go…" said Peaches, picking up Rowan by the parka and placing her on her back next to Louis
"C'mon Manny!" said Ellie, as she picked up her possums brothers
"Yeah slow-poke!" said Crash
"Stop stalling!" said Eddie
Soon all the girls started dashing off to catch up with their human friends leaving Manny and Iorek by themselves.
"Runs in your family all the time?" Iorek asked, smirking
"Oh you've seen nothing yet, pal" said Manny before he and the bear took off
Meanwhile, Sid who had been sleeping under the shade the whole time heard Manny calling for him.
"Hey Sid, c'mon!" Manny called out
Sid blinked his eyes opened and stood up to stretch before he realized that everyone was gone.
"Hey Manny, Diego, wait for me! Hey fellas!" Sid called out, chasing after them
Roshan's feet paced on the ground feeling the vibration through his legs like he could feel predator and prey run through him like an animal. His eyes were focused on his target as he sniffed the air; his eye pupils widened; his legs started to run even faster giving Roshan the energy he needed. As for the others, well…they were having difficulty catching up staying at their normal paces when they were too surprised to see Roshan run so good.
"Whew! For a human he runs like lightning" Ellie admitted
"I wish he could teach me to run like that" Shira admitted
"That's my Roshy!" Lolo said, cheerfully
"I hope we're not too late" said Rowan, with concern
Soon Manny along with Sid (who was riding on his back) and Iorek came running beside Ellie. "Don't worry; I'm sure Diego's got it under control"
"That is…if he lives long enough" Sid pointed out
"Iorek how far is Kodak and Diego?" Rowan called down to the bear
Iorek sniffed the air. "They're about half-a-mile down but we're getting close" he reported
"Good. This time let's do this as a family" Manny stated, triumphantly
As Roshan was about to stir clear out of the woods he skidded to a complete stop. Down in front of him was the sight of a mass waterfall flowing over an extremely large cliff ledge.
(HOWLERS HOWLING)
(DIEGO ROARING)
Catching more battle cries, Roshan looked down when he noticed Diego taking on the howlers in a very gruesome way. But only this time…there were dozens of them. Some were dead; some were fighting; and some couldn't get up.
"Diego!" Roshan cried out
"Kid, get out of here it isn't safe!" Diego told him
"Where's Kodak?" Roshan questioned
Just as a Howler slammed into Diego, it pinned him to the ground and tried to take a bite out of his neck, before Diego looked up and rolled his eyes to a direction. Looked straight forward, he knew Diego must have meant that Kodak…might have fallen off the cliff.
"No…" Roshan muttered
"HEY!" cried Kodak
Roshan's face lit up, in surprise, from the sound of Kodak calling once figuring out that he was still alive.
"HELP, ANYONE! HELP!" Kodak cried out
While Roshan stood motionless, his friends and the rest of the herd members came rushing up behind him.
"Whoa, that's a lot of bloody meat-suckers" Newt pointed out, surprised
"Damn, right" said Minho in agreement
"Diego!" Shira cried out
Diego looked up when he noticed his friends including his wife, staring down at him with shock. The saber faked a smile.
"It's okay…" said Diego, pounding a howler's head in the ground with his fist
(SMACK)
(HOWLER WHIMPERING)
"I got it all covered…" Diego reassured, slashing another howler in the face, plus, knocking him dead
(SLASH)
(HOWLER WHIMPERING)
(DIEGO ROARING)
"We gotta help him dad!" said Peaches
"But how there's like two million of them and only…15 of us" Louis pointed out
"It's makes no difference. We can take out all of them, together. If we split' em up…you guys take on the first side and we'll take the one on this time. That way we can keep them distracted while one of us gets Kodak" Roshan explained the plan
"Umm…quick question though…who is going to get him" Minho asked, referring to the cliff
"I'll do it" Roshan volunteered. "As long as you're keeping the howlers busy, it'll be easy for me to grab him and pull him up safely"
"Who gave you orders to take charge?" Shira questioned
"Just keep' em distracted" said Roshan, grunting in frustration
"Roshan is right, there are lives at stake, we have to act now!" Iorek stated
"For once I agree with snow ball here. Let's do it!" said Manny, triumphantly
(IOREK ROARING)
(BATTLE CRIES)
With that all being said, everyone headed straight down toward the Howlers as everyone fought against the bloodthirsty wolves. Manny and Iorek worked together to help Diego; Manny swung his tusks knocking some of the Howlers into the rocks and off the cliff; Iorek used his claws and jaw as the ice bear slashed and chomped each Howler coming right at him, plus, slamming them off the cliff. Ellie used a log as a weapon as she swung around in complete circles letting the log knock each and every Howler in the face. Peaches used her possum-like skills swung up the tree branches, plus, grabbed each Howler by the neck and throwing them away; also swinging forward down using her hooves and with collision she threw the wolves off the cliff. Granny, however, defended herself by using her stick bopping each and every wolf on the head as she babbled non-stop. Sid stood in fear holding a stick in defense while the Howlers snarled at the sloth; just when he felt like he couldn't take it anymore the sloth raised his arms high up meaning 'I surrender!' but only this time the stench of his armpits came misting out; when the Howlers smelled it caused all the Howlers to drop dead on the floor leaving Sid confused of what just happened.
Meanwhile, Rowan cartwheeled and in a back-flip she did a front-and-back kick at two Howlers before punching another one right in the face. Minho, using his fists, upper-cut and upper shoot each of the Howlers with just one punch in the face; then picking them up and slamming their bodies on the ground till they were broken. Newt used a long wooden stick smacking the wolves one by one; then using a front-kick in the face the skinny boy jammed his stick on the Howler's gut causing it to whimper in pain.
Lolo stayed low along with Crash, Eddie, Louis and even Shira, who hadn't had the strength to fight.
Seeing everyone keeping the Howler's busy it gave Roshan the chance to make his move. He tied a vine around his waist twisting it into a knot and wrapped the other vine to a strong boulder; then with a flying start…Roshan took off. He ran like never before and just as he made it to the ledge he took a huge leap forward and the boy went falling the down the incredibly large cliff.
He went head first diving down at the longest distance to the ground. His face and hair were pulled back by the pressure of the wind blowing at his face; and his arms and legs were straight up like a stick.
Once the vine was used up, Roshan bounced back up and when he stopped his body slowly began to swing. When he looked down he saw how far it was from the way down; he looked back up, all the way to the top, when he saw he was only about a mile away from the ledge.
(KODAK GRUNTING)
Roshan looked down again when he noticed Kodak holding onto a branch struggling to get back up.
"Kodak!" Roshan called out
Kodak looked up, and much to his surprise and dismay, he saw Roshan tied to a vine.
"Roshan help me!" Kodak cried out, pleadingly
"What the hell are you doing?" Roshan questioned
"I' am hanging on to my life…what the hell does it look like!" Kodak protested
"Calm down. I'll get you up just keep hanging" Roshan reassured
"We've already been through that already, thank-you" Kodak pointed out, grumpily
Roshan grabbed a hold of the vine and pressed his feet against the rocky slope of the wall. He inspected the area before noticed a ledge just as strong enough for Roshan to stand on. So with that, Roshan lowered himself down and with safe inspection the boy on the ledge safely.
Roshan then quickly made his way over to Kodak as he lay on his stomach and looked down.
"Kodak?" said Roshan
"No…it's Santa but I forgot my sleigh" Kodak said sternly
"C'mon give me your hand!" Roshan demanded, holding his hand out
"You're crazy! Get away from me!" Kodak refused
"Just take my hand, I'll save you!" Roshan reassured him
"Why do you care what happens to me! I've treated you nothing but crap. Just crap, crap, crappity-crap!"
"It doesn't matter I've put that beside me for years now. You can't keep doing this forever, Kodak" Roshan told him
"Why not? You know me…everybody know me. I'm the strongest hunter in the tribe than any of you worthless pieces of crap. It's who I' am" Kodak protested
"I highly doubt that. You're better than this, Kodak. No one should go through something that can't be explained and believe me I've been through it my whole life. But that doesn't mean you have to stay in that stage for the rest of your life. You can be whoever you choose to be…not by just Ragnar…but you" Roshan explained to him
"What the hell are you saying?" Kodak asked, sternly
"Let it go…Let go of your hatred and be the person you were meant to be. Not just a hunter, but a protector. It's in your blood and I know that's the real you. I believe in you, Kodak" Roshan told Kodak, to be the true him
Kodak hesitated for a brief moment; he was speechless not a mean word come out of his mouth. The only thing that did come out…was tears.
His eyes were swelled as each drop drizzled down his face. He closed his eyes sobbingly while his lips puckered up. And without anything to say back, the older boy started sobbing quietly.
(SOBBING QUIETLY)
Roshan watched when he saw the true sense on Kodak's face that he was finally giving in to himself and letting his anger go for once.
Before Kodak looked back up, he saw Roshan's hand sticking out to him as the boy smiled down at him.
"We can get through this if we do it together. Trust me" said Roshan
Grasping the boy's hand, Roshan pulled Kodak right back on the ground using the strength he's got.
"Why…come back when all I did was nothing" Kodak asked, curiously
Roshan smiled and laid a hand on Kodak's shoulder. "Because that's what comrade's do…we look out for each other and we do it together. As a team"
Kodak slightly showed a smirk as the two shared a moment.
(EVIL CHUCKLING)
But their moment was cut off, when the two heard laughing from behind them and they turned around, much to their shock, was the pack leader of the Howlers. The scarred wolf made his way down licking his chops in a dastardly hungry manner.
"Crap! The first one" Roshan muttered
"So the rumors were true after all…you beasts can talk" said the alpha, evilly
"Call yourselves beasts, you look like one!" Kodak shouted back
"I knew you could talk!" said Roshan, knowing the Howlers can talk
"And you understand our words, boy. You've got guys kid. Have to say…I'm not disappointed" said the alpha, with an evil grin
"What are you going to do, huh…eat us?" Roshan asked, with hatred
"Oh of course not…I'm just going to eat…you!" the alpha replied, menacingly
(HOWLER ROARING)
The alpha leapt towards Roshan with a fierce roar; Roshan pushed Kodak out of the way before the alpha collided with Roshan pinning him to the ground. Leaning his elbow against the alpha's neck he made sure the howler couldn't reach for his neck.
"You think you're some you're some savior, boy. Please…you're nothing but the son of a slaughterer" said the alpha, sadistically
"Leave him alone!" Kodak yelled
The alpha looked up when Kodak knocked him away by punching him in the face.
(PUNCH)
(HOWLER WHIMPERING)
"You okay, bro?" Kodak asked, helping Roshan up
"Yeah thanks" Roshan replied back
"Ooh…tender are we? I did come to kill this one but I think it's better if two died at the same time!" said the alpha
Roshan held his fists up. "Bring it on"
"With…pleasure" said the alpha
(LOLO YELLING)
The alpha looked behind him when out of nowhere Lolo came running up and swung a club right at the alpha knocking him in the face, much to Roshan and Kodak's surprise.
(HOWLER WHIMPERING)
(HOWLER GROWLING)
"Take that you bad wolf!" Lolo shouted
"You stupid little girl!" said the alpha, as he charged at the girl now
(HOWLER ROARING)
(LOLO SCREAMING)
"NO!" cried Roshan
Angered, Roshan grabbed a hold of the alpha's fur and he threw the wolf away slamming him against the wall. The alpha growled with anger and was about to attack but Roshan punched him across the face knocking the wolf's head into the wall. Then he grabbed him by the front of the fur and started punching it in the face; then slamming it's back on the ground hard.
(HOWLER WHIMPERING)
"Next time I'll break your jaw off!" Roshan warned
"You don't have the nerves, to try" the alpha pointed out
"Oh yeah…!" said Roshan, hatefully
Roshan picked the alpha up and with using all his strength he slowly began walking towards the ledge.
"No, you can't do this to me! You're a human…a worthless human!" the alpha roared
"Maybe…but I'm the human to beat you" Roshan angrily told him
"No…don't!" cried the alpha
"Happy landings, mutt!" said Roshan and he threw the alpha off the ledge and down the wolf went howling.
(HOWLING ECHOS, AND THEN DIES OUT)
Roshan huffed and panted for exhaustion. His hands were all covered in in dirt and bruises; sweat drizzled don from his head to his shirt feeling the heat wet his whole body. Kodak walked up to stand next to Roshan after seeing what he just did.
"Damn!" said Kodak, surprisingly
"W-what…what just happened?" Roshan asked, breathing heavily
"I don't know…but whatever it is, I like it" said Kodak with a smug smirk
"Really…because I don't" Roshan replied back
"Roshy?" said Lolo weakly
Roshan and Kodak heard Lolo calling, but as they turned around they were both shocked to see what has happened and the two rushed over to her immediately. On the floor, Lolo was shown to be passing out a little but as they looked way down they saw one of Lolo's legs were bleeding. After the alpha attacked he must have left a big bite mark out of the girl's leg.
"Oh god" said Roshan, feeling horrified
"Roshy…my leg hurts…why my leg hurts" Lolo replied weakly
"No, no, no, no, no, Lolo please stay with me. Okay, stay with me. You're going to be okay. We're gonna get you back up, okay, I promise" Roshan reassured her
"I want my mommy…I want my mommy…and daddy…Roshy" Lolo cried as more red gush came out of her leg
Suddenly Lolo's eyes closed shut and she became unconscious. Roshan, having scared feeling, started to shake the young girl awake.
"Lolo? Lolo, hey! Hey Lolo come on! C'mon wake up!" Roshan demanded
Kodak covered his mouth with his hand and ran his other hand through his hair and looked away while Roshan kept on trying to wake Lolo up, but she still didn't response back.
Well everyone another chapter is finally done! And again thank-you all for your patience. Anyway please review and keep spreading me some more ideas and stay tuned because more will be coming your way! Also be sure to check out my Zootopia story, "Boy Meets Zootopia" and have a Happy Easter to you all!