three weeks, three whole weeks I have been locked in this cell, I have not seen or heard anything from Croc. the guards sometimes came in and terrorized me but leave me mostly alone. I talk to Floyd sometimes, he speaks often about his daughter, how he did not think that his ex is a good mother and that he wants full custody, but after they caught him, the chances are tiny.

when he asks me about my life, I'm talking mostly about the time before croc, when I was trained for war, how my creators tested me by causing me damage and then see how I handled them without medical help, or see how long I could hold my breath before I pass out, stuff like that. To talk to him gave me some comfort.

Today it was changed. I sat in my corner and pulled my claws along the floor of the cell absent minded when the door opened and five guards enter. I hiss at them and curling closer to my corner, I tucked my tail behind me couse they sometimes step on it by accident and on purpose.

"How are we today sugar?" Griggs asked me with a grin, I try to ignore him but he tugs at my chain forces me to look up at him. "Do not be like that, I have a surprise for you." he says, and hooks off the chain from the wall.

he leads me out, I follow suspicious, I crawl careful behind him as he leads me down into the basement, I'm getting scared. what will he do to me here in the dark empty basement?

with my ears flat against my head I try to lag behind, but Griggs pulls hard on the chain, I increase my speed with a whimper.

He leads me to an iron door, nodding toward it. "K.C. you have a visitor." the guard says as he takes off the chain, pushes me through the door and shut it behind me. I crawl cautiously into the room.

it's kind of like a sewer just smaller. I whimper when I hear a deep rumbling. I rush to the water and jump in without hesitation. I caught by an couple of big scaly arms. "Croc you are here." I squeal and hug him. he steps out of the water and sat on the edge with me safe in his arms.

he smells my hair and I feel the rumble from his chest, "Fox are you alright?" he asks. my answer is muffled couse I refuse to remove my head from his shoulder.

he forces my head from his shoulder and looks me in the eye. "are you alright fox, did they hurt you?" he asks again and leaves no room for arguments. I nod with tears in my eyes. "They stuck me with a cattle prod when I didint what they told me, and stepped on my tail." he growls and circles his arms around my hips as I sit in his lap. "Shhh dont cry tiny. I'll protect you, if they try to hurt you again I'll show them what true pain is." he snarls.

bumps my head against his and he calms down. I look in his yellow eyes and ask straight. "what should we do?" His seems to think. "I do not know baby girl, I just do not know." he answered, looking toward the door.

I whimper and puts my head on his shoulder. he begins to gently touch my ear

"will they let me stay?" I mumble and look towards the door

Croc snorts, "no, I managed to negotiate one hour a day, after that they will take you back." I whimpers anxiously. "I do not want to be alone again." I say sadly. he sighs, puts me down and settles on his stomach on the floor, he nods at me to his back.

"What has happened the last few weeks?" he asks while I scrambled up on his back. "I have tried to avoid trouble, I guess, oh, I've talked to a man who has the cell next to mine." I say while I was sitting on his back with my legs cross.

he begins to do push-ups with me as a weight. "do not trust him, sweetheart, you know how it ends." he growl. I put my head on his back with a sigh. "I know, you're right. It always ends badly when we do." I say.

we spend our hour talking and sleeping most of the time. I have trouble sleeping longer periods without Croc, I wake up over and over again until I give up and just stay up, Croc know it and watches when I relax enough to fall asleep.

but my peaceful sleep is interrupted by Griggs fists hit the iron door. "Your time is up. Fox got to the door and Killer down in the corner." he shouts. Croc snarls deep. He put his hand on my head. "Do not worry tiny, I seen you again tomorrow." he said and pressed my head against his chest, I hug him back. then we separate.

I crawl to the door and Griggs put the chain back on my collar, pulling me down the hallway and up the stairs and back to my cell, attach the chain , locked and left. again, I was alone in an empty room.

a couple of hours later I find myself humming to myself when a guard comes and gives me my dinner, carrots, avocado and a piece of fish, simple but I like it. in the beginning they tried to give me regular food but I can not eat cooked food, it makes me very sick, I'm not sure why. only raw food, vegetables or meat does not matter so long it's raw. I think it scared the guards litte, as if I were a bloodthirsty animal.

the guard sets down the food on the floor and kick it over to me, then he goes away, I slowly eat while I look out the window, I wondered if I could squeeze through the bars but my chain stops that plan,for now I can only wait for an opportunity.