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Review note: I'm not sure where they are yet, but I'm starting to think Washington DC or something. I know that place had a komodo dragon or 2. Feel free to give any suggestions.
Chapter 2
"Eliza..." Darwin started in panic as the lizard slowly moved towards them.
"It's okay Darwin. I don't think he can get us."
Suddenly, the dragon charged, but only smashed against the glass. Eliza and Darwin jumped back with a scream. The dragon rose to his hind legs and clawed at the glass, trying to break through. He didn't even leave a mark.
Eliza looked around to make sure nobody else was there. They were alone. She looked back at the angry reptile.
"You remember me, don't you?" she asked an obvious question. The giant lizard calmed down.
"How could I forget?" he retorted, still enraged.
"Well, in our defense, you were trying to eat us." Darwin said in his nervous manner. The komodo dragon growled loudly.
"Not only did you leave me starving and humiliated, but you are the reason why I'm trapped here." he continued. Eliza was taken aback. How could they cause him to be in this zoo? They didn't do anything. The dragon picked up the confusion. "You told those other humans where I was and they took me here."
"What other humans?" Eliza asked.
"Don't act as if you don't know." the reptile hissed. Too tensed up to continue, he turned away from Eliza and Darwin.
There was a long pause before Eliza grabbed Darwin's arm.
"Come on! We have to see if there are anymore wild animals here." They took off, leaving the dragon to sulk.
The two went from one animal cage to another. All the other animals were born in captivity and the dragon seemed to be the only one from the wild.
Or so they thought. Once they found the alligator exhibit, they noticed one was isolated from the rest of the gators.
Eliza reconized him too, for he had a distinctive scar around his eye. She met him in the Everglades, the one that swallowed her dad's birthday present.
-Yet Another Flashback-
Eliza and Debbie heard the loud roar and jumped back, screaming. But then Eliza heard the distress.
"My throat...That stings..." went the voice. She headed straight for it as if mesmerized.
"Hey! Get back here! I'm not going to be taking all the heat!" Debbie yelled, but Eliza ignored her. She hid behind a bush and looked out at the water's edge. There was the alligator, coughing, trying to dislodge something deep in his mouth without success.
"Um...excuse me. I couldn't help but overhear...You have something in your throat?" she asked. The gator looked at her and nodded.
"What's it to you?" he asked. Eliza stepped out of the bushes and walked to the reptile.
"I was thinking...maybe I can help." she told him.
"Yeah? How?" he asked doubtfully. Eliza immediatly got extremely nervous.
"Well, I could...reach in...and pull it out"
The gator gave a menacing grin.
"Reach in? I'd like that."
"Anything to help...you."
The gator chuckled quite evilly and opened his mouth wide. Saliva was stretched between the top and lower teeth before settling. Eliza cautiously lowered herself and looked inside the powerful crocodilian jaws.
"Could you open a little bit wider?" she asked when she saw nothing of concern.
"Like this?" the gator questioned before opening up a little bigger. Eliza saw a watch in his throat.
"That's good...Well, here goes nothing." she muttered as she reached in. The gator's reptilian eyes narrowed, anticipating a human lunch. Debbie saw what her sister was doing and screamed. Eliza grabbed the watch and pulled back her hand in time, before the gator's jaws snapped shut.
"RUN!" she yelled.
So he was here too? How was it that two predators with lots in common ended up here? And what humans was the dragon talking about? Did they turn in this gator too? Eliza's head was riddled with so many questions. How could she ever hope to answer them all?
Thanks for the review, flowergirl85. It was much appreciated. I hope to here more from you. I hoped you're enjoying my story.
