In Your Dreams || Benny Weir COMPLETED

chapter twenty six

(Part two of the alligator episode)

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"A large scaley creature was spotted lurking outside a Hunter Hills home two nights ago."

The five sit on Ethan's couch watching a news broadcast, when the door swings open and they see an angry Erica storm in.

"Erica?"

"What happened to you?"

She lets out an irritated sigh. "You guys are the ones with your finger on all that's weird around here, so you tell me." She snaps, "I was driving the freshman through the car wash in the back of my dad's pick up-"

"You drove them through a car wash?" Sarah asks, eyes wide.

"Well, after she made them all roll around in manure someone had to hose them off." Ethan replies sarcastically. Mary scoffs, "Manure? Dude, that's like borderline torture."

"Right?" Erica replies to Ethan, ignoring Mary's comment, "Anyways, then something huge and scaley jumped out of the pipes and attacked me!"

"Hey, hey, is this a dig on Shelia Bautner? Because she's actually super nice, she just happens to have a minor skin condition." Benny protests.

"No," Erica scoffs, "It was some kind of mutant, alligator, thing. And it came out biting, now I know how my food feels and I. Don't. Like. It."

"Are the girls okay?" Sarah asks.

"They're fine!" Erica replies, "My new leather jacket, is trashed through." She groans, gesturing to her teared off sleeve.

"Hey, guys," Ethan says, motioning them to the tv, "Looks like they found Thor's buddy."

"This just in," the news anchor says, "A 250 pound gator was captured in a local pool after a close encounter with her mother and her toddler. The rampageous reptile is heavily sedated and being sent to a local zoo for testing. Local officials say all city pools are now considered safe, and gator free."

"Well, that's all my little guys. It's all over! Who wants pretzels?" Rory cheers and high fives Benny.

Erica gives them a puzzled look, "That's not the one that attacked me. The one that I saw was bigger than that."

"Then that means Thor didn't have a buddy, he had a special lady." Benny replies, "They're breeding!"

"Yeah, and if Erica is right, them babies ain't pretty." Mary adds, shaking her head.

"Yes!" Rory grins, "I'm a matchmaker."

"We're talking about an entirely different species. One capable of incredible strength, of growing to who knows what size, the possibilities are endless." Ethan explains.

"And thanks to the dork squad, they're loose in our city's sewer system." Sarah snaps.

Just then, Sarah's phone starts to ring. She picks it up and scrunches her eyebrows, "Erica, are you calling me?"

Erica fumbles with her dress and her jacket pockets, "No," she sighs, "Darn it. That swamp thing must've taken my phone when it tried to bite my arm off. I just got that phone."

"Let me guess, you got it while you were trying to bite somebody else's arm." Mary replies, raising her eyebrows at the blonde.

"Yeah, it's a 6G!"

"Erica," Sarah sighs, "You need to stop stealing from your dinner guests, okay? You're gonna draw too much attention to yourself."

Erica pouts, and throws her teared sleeve to the ground in a huff, "Fine, okay. They're just souvenirs!"