Slave
#8 of Out of the Shadows: AnthroLover's Version
Part 8 online.
Ali noticed the captive. "Petrie...?" She took a step forward.
The sharptooth eyed the bellydragger and sharpbeak. He nodded his head once, and the two disappeared into the darkness. The sharptooth glared at Ali warningly, "Don't even think about leaving." The longneck cringed. He just smiled and walked off. He didn't have much to worry about. Ali knew the punishment if she dared try to leave the cave.
As soon as they were gone, the flying creature, positively identified as Petrie, flapped over to the young longneck. "Ali, what you doing here? Me thought you left." Ali's herd had visited not too long ago. Petrie was surprised to see her here, with the sharpteeth.
"I was 'bout to ask you the same thing." The female longneck replied, leveling her neck to be eye level with the flyer. "You shouldn't be here." She whispered almost harshly.
"Heh." Petrie rolled his eyes. "Not like me wanted to be here..."
"How did you get here?"
"Me no know. Just fell asleep a few days ago, and woke up somewhere else. Sharptooth take me here." He flew up and landed on Ali's head. "How you get here?"
Ali closed her eyes. "I'd...rather not talk about it."
Petrie cocked his head. "Why not?"
"Just...I don't know..." She murmured softly. "The sharptooth who took you... Well I wondered away from my herd, and...he found me." Petrie nodded his head, waiting for her to continue. "He captured me, and forced me to reveal the weak spot in the Great Wall..." Petrie's eyes widened. "He told me he'd kill me if I didn't..."
Petrie didn't know what to say. A part of him was angry with her for having betrayed the Great Valley. But the other part felt sorry for her, being forced to work for an insane and unnatural sharptooth. He decided to speak up. "Why don't we make a run for it?" Petrie suggested, eyeing the cave entrance.
"NO!" Ali shouted, scaring the flyer. "We...I must not leave. He...he'll kill me if I do..."
"Who?" He asked, standing up. "Who will kill you?"
Ali whispered the name. As Petrie leaned in to hear it, as he heard the name, his eyes were filled with terror and disbelief. "N-no...he wouldn't...not him..."
Littlefoot walked alone along the forest path. The death of Shorty was devasting for him. And it gave him even more reason to seek out and stop this mad dinosaur. But he wasn't sure what to do if he ran into the sharptooth. He couldn't figure out just what to do...
The breeze picked up, and carried with it a scent. Littlefoot tensed up, and looked around. "Who's there?" When no one answered, he shrugged. "Probably just the wind."
He brushed it aside and continued walking along. Then he heard a cracking sound of a twig nearby. He nearly jumped out of his skin! "Who's there!" He shouted, louder this time. But his only reply was the sound of rustling leaves and the cawing of birds nearby. He growled softly, and continued walking. He whispered to himself, looking behind him, "It's probably that sharptooth..."
A laughter ran out! Littlefoot screamed and took off running. He could hear the footfalls of the pursuer behind him. Littlefoot just kept running. The pursuer laughed and yelled excitedly.
"Where are you going!" The voice asked. Littlefoot refused to answer. He could feel the sharptooth getting closer and closer. He could almost feel his breath on the back of his long neck...
"Gotcha!" The creature pounced him! The two rolled across the floor. Littlefoot yelped and used his long tail to strike the sharptooth away. The dinosaur rolled across the floor and hit a nearby large tree. He moaned a little, and shook his head. "Hey! What's the big idea!" He yelled angrily, slowly getting up.
Littlefoot turned around and finally got a glimpse of what was chasing him. He was shocked to see it wasn't the insane sharptooth. It was his friend, Rex!
(A/N Yes, I did get permission from Sora W.T.K to use Rex.)
"Rex! Is that you?" He gaped.
The dinosaur, identified as Rex, brushed himself off. He opend his wings wide, and smiled. "Yep, it's me."
Littlefoot sighed with relief. "Thank goodness it's just you.. I thought you were..." His voice stopped.
Rex tilted his head. "Hmm? What's the matter?" He detected the look of hurt on Littlefoot's face. "What happened?"
Littlefoot looked at Rex. He wasn't sure where to begin. "Want me to tell you the full story?"
The flying dinosaur nodded.
"All right... it started like this." Littlefoot started to explain the story. Rex listened intently to every word Littlefoot was saying.
Back in the cave, the sharptooth had returned. Ali was ordered to climb the mountain wall and search for Littlefoot. Petrie was taken by the sharptooth after he learned his true identity. "Put me down!" The flyer yelled angrily.
The sharptooth grinned, his teeth glinting in what little light the cave gave them. "So you know the truth, don't ya...?" He laughed. "Too bad the others didn't."
Petrie snarled. "Don't you dare hurt them! Or me will..."
"Or you'll what...?" The sharptooth said tauntingly. "In that puny size, you couldn't save even an egg."
Petrie fumed, but curiousity grew in him. "Me want to know one thing..."
The sharptooth cocked an eyebrow. "And that is...?"
"Why did you betray us...?"