Ice Age

Buck's Story

"They'll never survive, it's dangerous by day! But it's even worse at night. Plus the guide is a lunatic! What, you mean, Buck? Oh his whack-O.[normal voice] I am not. [as a skull again] Totally bonkers! And his feet smell. Shut up! You shut up! Oh, you little..."

Silver watched Buck as he wrestled on the ground with his own foot while he used the puppet kills as puppets   Silver picked one of the skulls up and began to mimic it as a dinosaur.

"He's strangling his own foot. Shouldn't we get moving?" Manny asked him.

"And give Rudy a midnight snack? Not likely," Buck murmured in a skull voice before he resumed his normal voice.  "The skulls right. Take a load off, mammals and human girl. We'll camp here. Now, who's hungry? [as skull] I am. [normal voice] You don't need the caloriies!"

The night had already been here. Momma brought Eggbert, Shelly and Yoko up a cliff and climbed up there. Sid was left on the ground.

"Wait, wait. What about me?" he asked. He tried to climb up but it was too high. He soon gave up easily.

"Sleep well, kids," Sid called up to his cubs.  He slowly began to lean down and began to curl himself, safly to sleep. "We have a busy day tomorrow. Forging, Hunting... Missing my friends. Probably are not missing me."

Before he could close his eyes, Momma begins to bring Sid right back up with her tail.

"What..?"

Confused, the sloth looked up as the T-rex carefully carried him into the cave and into the nest of the cubs.  Sid never felt treated nicely like this, after all he did, trying to protect the cubs..

Sid began to smile. "You're a real softie. You know that?"

Momma is too busy looking out of the cave entrance to respond. Seeing nothing, she curls up and falls asleep. Outside, Rudy's shadow looms over the cave entrance and he opens his mouth revealing his teeth. Rudy then moves on.

Far away,  Buck was telling a story of how he came here and how he met Rudy. Silver was curled with her arms wrapped in her legs. From her side, Pip snuggled gently with her.

"There I was... My back against the wall. No way out. Perched on a razor's edge of oblivion. Staring into the eye of the great white beast."

"Were you killed?" Crash asked.

"Sadly, yes. But I lived! Never had I felt so alive, than when I was so close... To death. Just before, Rudy could suck me down his gullet. I grabbed hold of that, roast pink fleshy thing that dangles at the back of the throat. "

Crash and Eddie groaned in disgust. Silver think that was the uvula.

"I hung on to that sucker, and I swung back and forth, back and forth. Back... and forth and back. Until finally, I let go and shot right out of his mouth. I may have lost an eye that day but I got this."

"Rudy's tooth..." Eddie exclaimed in awe, seeing the tooth that was part of Buck's knife.

"Dang," added Crash.

"It's like the old saying," Buck recalled. "An eye for a tooth. A nose for a chin. A butt for a"... It's an old saying. But uh, it's not a very good one."

Silver wanted to say it, she then thumped her chest. She meant a strong heart.

"Oh.. Well, I guess that's a perfect saying."

"You are super weasel," Eddie chirped,

"Ultra weasel," squeak Crash.

"Diesel weasel," the possums stared at Diego. "What? He is."

Pip totally agreed.

"Now let me tell you about the time I used to sharpen, clam-Shell to turn a T-Rex, - Into a T-Rachel-"

"Yes master," the possums chirped.

"Whoa, that's enough fairy tales for one night," Manny said. "Come on, Ellie. You should rest now."

"Pff.. Life at the party," Ellie scoffed.

"Alright, you guys get some shut-eye," Buck told them. "I'll keep watch."

"Don't worry, Buck, we got this. Night time is possum time," Eddie insisted.

Crash agreed with his little brother. "Yeah, we own the night, baby."

And so everyone went to sleep, even though the possums could not keep awake that long. Hearing a distant roar, Buck could hear Rudy in the forest. 

"Good night, Rudy."

Silver is anxious when she heard the loud roar. He must be looking for them, ready to strike at any moment. Even though she is still scared of Rudy,  Buck placed his paw on her human skin.

"It's okay. You're safe with me. I won't let anyone take you away."

Silver smiled, glad that Buck was on her side. She gently took his hand and slowly shut her eyes.