This happens to be another one of my fanfics.

Please note that I don't own any Ice Age Characters.

Chapter 1: Deals and Betrayal

It was a quiet and cloudy day, the trio, Manny, Sid, and Diego was done returning the baby back to his tribe and decided to head south. But there was a conflict between Manny and Diego about what happened before returning Roshan to his dad.

"I can't believe you!" Manny shouted.

"What?" Diego replied.

"First, you betrayed us, second, you saved us and third, we thought you were dead and you come back alive!" He explained to the saber.

"Really? So, were you crying about my "death"?" He snickered.

"Not funny!" He said still mad.

"Oh, come on where's your sense of humor?" He said.

"Um, I think his sense of humor died long before we met." Sid said.

"I wasn't asking you, sloth." He said to the sloth.

"Thank you and my sense of humor haven't died... yet..." Manny said to the saber.

"Well, OK and huh?" He said as he stopped dead in his tracks.

"What's wrong now, your leg hurting again?" He said.

"I think we're being followed." The saber said concerned.

"I don't see anyone here and *gasp*." The sloth finished with a gasp see two large predators walking towards them.

"U-u-umm, D-D-Diego, M-M-Manny? I'm s-start-t-t-ting to s-see some pr-pr-predators." He stuttered in fear.

"Where, exactly?" The mammoth said annoyed.

"B-B-Behind us!" He shouted.

"Huh?" Both Diego and Manny and looked behind them to see nothing there and looked at Sid angry for the false alarm.

"What? There was someone following us." He explained.

"Yeah, right, I told you Manny, we always get tricked from his stupid false alaaarms!" He said as he was tackled by a familiar saber.

"Remember me, runt?" The saber said.

"S-Soto?" Diego said seeing his brother still alive.

"Wha-, H-How did-, I just killed you!" The mammoth said to Soto as if he was looking at a ghost.

"Oh, I'm fine right after you knocked me into the wall having da icicles pierce my body... missing my vital organs." He said as he was referring to his last scuffle between the two.

Manny was just about attack Soto when the other sabers Lenny, Oscar and Zeke appeared to stop from him attacking their leader.

"Oh, by the way, it was convenient to track you guys after you left Half Peak." Soto said.

"See, I told you we were followed, Diego." Sid said as he smiled triumphantly to the saber.

"Shut up, Sid." He said annoyed.

"Can we kill them now, Soto?" Zeke said impatiently.

"Not yet, Zeke." He said.

"Now then, I didn't appreciate what you did, brother. Care to tell me why?" He said to his brother.

"I... was conflicted what should I do." He replied.

"Conflicted? From what?" He said confused.

"Giving the baby to you and staying in pack or staying with Manny and Sid to return the baby back to his kind. Arrgh! I just don't know what to do! There was too much trust and I don't what to do anymore!" He explained to Soto.

"So that's why you chose to betray us?" He said.

Diego said nothing and looked at his friends backing away from the sabers.

"So, now what?" Sid whispered to his friend.

"Just hold on, we could try to run or fight them." Manny said.

"Um, I don't want to be a skeptic here, but I think the sabers are little smarter and quicker than last time." The sloth said nervously.

"Well, we could run and come back for Diego later." The mammoth whispered as he turned to run, but one of the sabers ran around to the other side of the mammoth to prevent his escape.

"Going somewhere, mammoth?" Oscar said as smirked towards the mammoth.

"Any other ideas?" Sid said scared even more.

The sabers circled both Sid and Manny ready to pounce.

"Well? What is your answer, Diego!" He said impatiently.

"I DON'T KNOW! I don't know..." He responded.

Diego and Soto both heard Manny trumpet as he dashed from the sabers. Soto got off of Diego and chased the both Sid and Manny along with the others.

"Hey Manny, can't you run any faster?!" Sid yelled.

"How's about I sit on your back and you run?!" Manny said to the sloth.

"I'm just saying because the sabers are catching up with us." He explained.

"Oh swell, thanks for reminding me- YOOOOWWWW!" He stopped as he was being bitten in the leg by Lenny.

"Whoa, hey that's a tender area!" He yelled at Lenny as he was shaking him off.

The next thing Manny knew, he was tackled by the other three sabers.

"Heh, not so smart are ya?" Lenny said as he let go of Manny's leg.

"Good grief... Well, at least I blame Diego and you for this." He told him.

"What the... What the hell did we do?" Sid replied confused.

"If hadn't met you two, then I wouldn't have any problems. I mean for example, you're always annoying, you never shut up and I should've let those rhinos kill you." Manny angrily explained.

"Hey! For your information, I was trying to help you lighten your mood and now you're blaming me and Diego for your problems? Oh no, my friend I think you're the one who has serious mental issues." Sid retorted with his arms crossed.

Angered and annoyed, Manny sat up and Sid, Soto, Oscar and Zeke slid off his back and onto the ground. Diego catches up to the others to see a mad mammoth.

"I don't blame him, Manny, you were kinda grumpy." Diego said.

"Oh, nice and you're taking his side?" He said as the tigers attack both him and Sid.

"Of course not, why would I take sides with a pathetic sloth?" He said.

"Hey, I find that offensive!" He shouted as he dodges the saber.

"Besides Diego, you're the one that always the one that puts me down and of course, Manny!" He said accusing both of them.

"Arrgh! That's it! I can't take this anymore! Hey, how's about we make a deal." Manny said to the sabers.

"What kind of deal?" Soto said.

"I'll let you keep the sloth and Diego if you let me go." He said as looks at the two arguing.

"Fine by me." He agreed.

"See ya, guys!" The mammoth said as continues in the north.

"H-hey where are you..." He was cut off by Zeke pouncing on him.

"I left you with the sabers, Sid, have fun!" He said as he left.

"Hey, hold up you jerk!" He shouted towards the mammoth.

Sid breaks free out of the saber's grasp and darts towards the mammoth, but to be stopped by Diego.

"It's too bad that your bodyguard isn't here anymore and did I say that when he isn't around, I get to eat you?" Diego said reminding the sloth.

Sid gulped remembering what he said before they returned the baby back to his tribe. He was picked up by the saber and they went back to Half Peak.

Poor Sid. Abandoned by a grumpy mammoth to let the sabers including Diego to kill him.

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