Ice Age

Another Human

Silver and the others watched the pirates rebuild the ship with a couple of small creatures in Switchback Cove. Silver felt sorry for them. Even they had to imprison Shira in a tree.

"So what do you think?" Manny asked.

"Two words, anger management," Sid decided.

"I'm talking about the current. Diego's right. We found the way home."

"Yeah, that's great. Too bad we don't have a ship."

"Sure we do. It's right there."

"Well, that's a flawless plan," scoffed Shira. "You want to pirate a pirate ship from pirates."

Silver nodded her head. Even Pip grumbled saying that she doesn't like that girl. And it was true, they can't steal a pirate ship without permission.

"It pains me to say this, but... our prisoner has a point," Diego agreed.

"Yeah, well..."

Sid suddenly begins to notice something odd. He urged his friends to look. "Guys. The trees have ears," he whispered. 

Two pairs of eyes peered from the tree stump. Mutters and whispers echoed through the forest.

Silver thought It might be another monster. Growling, she took out her knife in defense to attack. Then a stick fell beside her. It looked like berries. Berries on a stick. Silver looked at them before she notice the stranger in the bushes.. It was a male human being with short dirty brown hair. He was only wearing shorts made of moss with only a few ivy vines on his arm. His eyes are amber and he was older than her.

"Another human?" 

"What is he doing here?" Sid wondered.

Silver took one look at the berries and then back at the human. Taking the stick, she began to to eat it hastily. She haven't got any food since the ocean. But she never seen a human being before since she left her tribe years ago. Manny looked at the pirates ship and then gets an idea.

"Wait a minute, maybe we can help each other." He turned his head to the tiny creatuers, who emerged from their hiding place. "Hey, little fellas. Hey, come on out. No, no, it's okay. We're not going to hurt you. How about you and us against the pirates, huh?" The rodent did not say anything. It just stared at him. "You have no idea what I'm saying, do you? Okay, ship, me want."

None of them didn't respond.

"Yeah, nice try Jungle Jim," Shira retorted.

"Go ahead, make fun. He got it," the mammoth rolled his eyes. The little hydrax chittered, offering him a banana. "Oh. Thank you."

"May I try?" Sid suggested.

"Yeah, knock yourself out."

"Okay, watch this." Sid started making silly stunts like mimicking Gutt and doing Indian calls. The hydraxes are confused, even the man with the dirty hair who was watching him do the dance.

"Ta-dah!"

"That, they got?" Diego asked.

'Yup, they're in," Sid grinned.

"But what about the boy?"

Silver looked at the male human, who did not say anything. Looking closer, she can see his orange eyes are like ambers, flaming in the light. She began to communicate with him and he communicated back. Finally, she grunted, telling his name.

"So it's Wild Boy," Shira asked, skeptically.

Silver shook her head.

"Spot?" Sid guessed.