The Sewer King viewed two alligators appearing. He smiled again. He sat on his throne and watched as the alligators approached him. ''A king with pretties,'' he said to the alligators. The Sewer King scratched their snouts. *I remember coming across alligators as a young man* he thought. Another memory formed.
Wendell ran in the sewer after Mr. Lewis yelled near him for speaking again. He never looked back. *I should live here. Dad will never find me* he thought. Wendell ceased running. *Maybe I will be with alligators!* He smiled.
Wendell gasped after he heard footsteps. He stepped back. *Dad found me?* He trembled as his eyes widened. Wendell imagined his father scowling and approaching him. He winced at the thought of Mr. Lewis hitting him and knocking him down. He gasped again as soon as three alligators appeared.
The alligators hissed before they approached Wendell.
''I'm not your enemy! I'm Wendell.'' He stretched his arms in front of his body before he revealed his palms. ''Zero weapons,'' Wendell said. He began to tremble another time. He blinked after the alligators rubbed their snouts against his palms.
Wendell smiled before he ceased trembling. ''Pretties,'' he said to the alligators. He watched as they smiled near him. ''I'll be your king. The Sewer King!'' His smile stretched from ear to ear. He scratched their snouts.
A few hours went by before a hungry Wendell moved a sewer lid to one side. He emerged from the sewer and saw many people. Confused, he tilted his head to one side. He also saw all scowls.
''A boy from a sewer? You freak!'' a man shouted while he continued to scowl. He threw a can at Wendell before the latter dodged it.
Wendell's eyes were wide another time. He dodged another can after it was thrown. He ran to the sewer. Wendell entered it before he moved the lid again. He found himself with his new alligators. Tears formed in his eyes.
The alligators approached Wendell another time. They used their tails to dry his eyes.
Wendell's smile returned before he embraced them. ''My pets. My pretties. You will never harm me,'' he said.
The Sewer King's memory vanished after there were new footsteps. He scowled again the minute a few children appeared.