Zaine continued to eat off the bush, but then he noticed a rustle right next to him. "I wonder what's back there." Suddenly, something grabbed him and pulled him through the bushes. He looked up to see none other than Ozzy and Strut. "Oh no, not you two again!"
"Today is your unlucky day little longneck," Ozzy sneered.
"Time to have some fun with you..." Strut laughed.
"You won't get away with this," Zaine said. "Longtail and Littlefoot will be rescued and we will get the stone before you."
"Of course, your little friends won't be able to get the stone if they don't know where to go," Strut argued. Zaine was about to mention that he knew where the stone was, but then he realized where this was going.
"Say goodnight Zaine," Ozzy said. With that, he whipped his tail at Zaine's face. Zaine stumbled over to the side and tried to regain his balance. Unfortunately, Strut was already lunging for him. The egg eater used his feet to trip Zaine onto the ground. Ozzy then walked over, grabbed Zaine by the tail, and swung him against a tree. Zaine felt a huge rush of pain flow through his body as he fell to the ground. Strut then picked him up by the neck, and began pucnhing him in the face multiple times. Zaine tried to fight back, but the strength of the two egg eaters overpowerd him. Ozzy then grabbed a sharp pointed rock and slashed at Zaine's front legs. Zaine yelled out in pain as his legs crumbled in front of him and he fell back to the ground. Once again, he tried to get back up, but he was unable to move his legs. "Time to die little leaf eater," Ozzy said. He then kicked Zaine in the stomach, and Zaine felt all of his breath knocked out of him. Finally, Ozzy pushed Zaine so his underbelly was open, and he took the rock and stabbed Zaine with it.
Zaine's eyes widened from the pain, then they slowly closed and he lied limp on the ground. Ozzy bent down and checked for a pulse, but there was none. "He's gone," he said looking towards Strut.
"Did we really just kill him?" Strut asked.
"He's not getting back up ever again." The two egg eaters then looked around to make sure nobody was around, then they slipped away undetected.
Fortunately for Zaine, Ozzy's aim was off and he missed the heart. Within a few seconds, Zaine slowly began to regain consciousness, but it was very little. A trail of blood flowed from both his legs and his underbelly, and a even smaller trail was coming out of his mouth. There was no chance he could stand up, but he tried anyway and only received even more pain. I...can't...die now...
"Mom...Dad...Longtail...Littlefoot... I'm sorry..." were the only words he could get out.
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Chomper all of a sudden became worried. He knew he had track of Ducky and Petire's scent, but now he caught Zaine's scent. Only, this one was mixed with blood. With a horrified look, Chomper pointed in the direction the scent was coming from. "Guys, I've picked up Zaine's scent. He's in grave danger. We have to find them!"
He then turned towards Longtail. "Longtail! Fly ahead of us and see if you can find them. We'll follow behind you as fast as we can. Go now!"