| TERROR IN THE TUNNELS |
| In New York, People would buy baby alligators from the pet stores and bring them home. Their wives/husbands/parents would get mad and get them to throw themaway. They would flush the alligators down the toilets or put them down amanhole while walking down the street. Either way the alligators would not die.They would make their way to the sewers and underground New York and live andbreed. After some time, this was believed to be false. Until now... 2 Homeless people living in the tunnels below New York City (also called Mole people) were drinking and walking aimlessly in some underground tunnels. Molepeople live under the ground for various reasons. Some were kicked out of theirhomes others find it warmer. Most of them have been down there for a long timeand their eyes have adjusted to the dark. They find that the sun is too bright. One of the mole people was wearing a warm hat, dirty pants and a tee-shirt.The second had dirty brown hair down to his shoulders and had dirty shorts andno shirt. Mole 1 took a drink and smashed the bottle on the ground cause it was empty. "How much more farther?" the man asked. "Just a few more minutes." Mole 2 answered. They walked some over some trash,crumbling wall, and old train tracks. They heard a growl and stopped. They looked through the dark and saw nothing. "Was that you?" Mole 2 asked. "What?" then they walked into some Murky water waist high. Mole 2 screamed as he felt something sharp clamp around his legs and rapidly pull him under. Blood floated to the surface and Mole 1 was horrified and ran out of the water. He continued running even when he got out. He heard a splash and stopped, bend down to take a breath, and looked behind. He saw a wide-open gap filled with teeth close around his head. Lt. Harry Vrass was talking to his boss (also his friend) at the NYPD station. "Hey John, you watched the football game on T.V. last night?" Captain John Miller and Harry were NYPD cops and Harry just got back from his vacation. Harry's black hair was moused back and wore his uniform. He's muscle build body standing straight. John, short and chubby, was dressed in his best suit and combed his brown hair. He laid the comb down. "No." John put on his glasses and looked at a report handed to him by another police. He thanked him and the other police walked out. "You can stay." He said to Harry. He looked over the report and handed it to Harry. "Read this." Harry looked at it and put it down a few more minutes later. "Looks like we have a Mole problem." "Yeah. A bunch ran up out of the subways scarred to death. Never has anything ever scarred Mole people enough to chase them out of their home and up to the surface. Never." "Want me to go check it out?" "I want you and a few more to go talk with these moles. They should be at Central Park." Harry walked out and got a small team. Allison Vrass, middle-aged woman with long blond hair and a skinny body was married to a cop. She sat at her desk in the Newsroom. She was a reporter for the six o clock news. She tied her hair back and straightened her cloths. She looked over her reports. Her partner, Gary came in and sat down in the seat next to her. "We're on in 10 seconds." "Ok." The camera man counted down and when he got to zero, Allison and Gary looked at the screen. "This is Garry Flock." "And Allison Vrass of the six o clock News." She looked at her paper. "Earlier today, dozens of mole people came up to the surface of Central Park with an expression of fear. The police are now looking into it." Lt. Harry and Lt. Don Conner were in charge of the police at Central Park. Don,who's short but strong body was walking around, was also talking to a mole. "What happened down there?" The mole responded. "A big lizard with sharp teeth." "You mean an alligator or crocodile?" Don asked. "Whatever you city people call them. Heads looked like logs. Body, big and powerful. Long tail. Four short legs but it can run fast. Small spikes on it's back." "Yeah. An alligator." Don turned to talk to Harry. "Remember that rumour that was going on a while ago. About people flushing baby alligators down the toilets and the alligators living in the sewers?" "Now don't start with that. It's just some homicidal killer down there. Probably a mole. The other moles were just seeing things in the dark or making up stories." "Either way, we've gotta stop whoever's doing this." "You're right. How about you and the a few others go down to check it out. I'll meet you back here later on today. Say in six hours?" "Sure thing." Then Don yelled to a group of cops standing around taking notes a few metres away. "Rodor, Smith, Mason. Come with me. We're going down. Get flashlights and make sure your guns are loaded." "Right." Smith said. "I'm going home for awhile." Harry said. A few hours later, Harry (who was married to Allison), were talking and eating lunch. "You know honey," Harry said as he took a mouthful of spaghetti. "We were trying not to let the news get out. You know. Of the mole people." "Baby, you've got your job, let me do mine." "I will just as long as it doesn't interfere with mine." He took a drink. "Are you going down there? Into the tunnels?" Allison finished the rest of her food and laid the fork and knife down. "Probably. I'm meeting Don and some of his boys in a few hours in Central Park.They went down to investigate and will be coming back with a report." "I'm coming." "Honey," he said with a sigh. "Don't 'honey' me. I'm going and so is my camera and camera man." She immediately got on the phone to phone her camera man. Lt. Don Conner, Rodor, Mason, and Smith were walking along some old railroad tracks in the tunnels. Rodor and Smith held the flash lights and Don and Smith had their guns out, ready incase of any sudden attacks. The place shook slightly because of a subway train on the other side of the wall. Some dust came down. "Man," Mason said, his short body in the lead. "This place is going to cave in one of these days!" They left the tracks and came to some fallen debris in another tunnel. They walked over it and Smith pointed out, "man, those moles sure are messy. Look at all the beer bottles and garbage." "Where else are they going to put it?" Mason asked. "Anybody smell that?" Rodor asked. "Yeah." Don replied. "Like rotting flesh." They could faintly hear a buzzing sound. The batteries in one flashlight died. "Ah man!" Smith complained "great. Now only one flashlight left. And in this darkness it's not going to do a hole lot." He felt something squishy and crunchy underneath his foot. "Hey Rodor. Shine that light over here." Smith said. He did. Smith looked down and saw that he was stepping on someones carcass! "I think I'm going to be sick." Rodor exclaimed. Don pointed out, "look at his body. All ripped up. Hey. Where's his leg?" "Man. This is more then a homicidal killer." Smith said. Mason was quiet the whole time. "This is some kind of animal." "An alligator." Don said to himself quietly." "What?" Rodor asked. "An alligator. That's what scarred the mole people. Looks like Harry was wrong." "So like where did it come from?" Mason asked. " Have you ever heard of the urban legend of the people flushing baby alligators down the toilets?" "But wasn't that proved wrong?" Rodor asked. "Obviously whoever did the research was wrong. The legend was true." Smith said. "So your saying that alligators was flushed down toilets, went to the sewers and here, grew and are now coming out? Why now? Why not before." "I don't know."Don had to admit. Then they heard screaming and a mole personcame running down the tunnel. Don grabbed onto him. "Let me go! Let me go!" the mole yelled. "What's going on?" "For gods sake. Let me go." He did. "Run. It's coming!" the mole ran off. "Crazy." Smith said. They heard a small splashing sound from a puddle too far for them to see. "What's that?" Rodor asked. In the darkness, he saw to small green dots. He shined the flashlight there and saw the face of an alligator! It snorted and ran at them. He dropped the light and screamed. They turned and ran. They took out their guns, and while running, turning around to shoot. Without the flashlight, they couldn't see very well. Smith was pulled back and the others stopped and turned around. The alligator had Smith in its jaws. It swung its head back and forth, smashing Smith against the sides of the tunnels over and over. It took a few snaps and Smith's body was gone. Don, Rodor, and Mason ran some more. The bullets bouncing off the alligator because its skin was too thick. "Faster!" Don yelled. They could see the subway entrance. They were running on railroad tracks. They ran into the main part and jumped up onto the platform where a bunch of people was. The alligator never came out but Don thought he could hear it growl. Smart thing. Don thought "lets get to Central Park and warn Harry." At central park, Harry was waiting with Allison and Fred, a bald camera man. "Common." Harry said with a sigh, tapping his foot. "They should have been here by now." "We'll wait another hour or two." Allison said. Fred asked. "And then what?" Harry answered. "Then we go down looking for them." Gary, Allison partner wanted to get promoted so he was trying to get a story the same as Allison. He was in a shelter talking to some of the mole people. "How many did you say was down there?" he took out a paper and pen. "At least three. Probably more. They took over our homes. Killed my kids. And wife." "I'm sorry." Gary responded even though he wasn't. He hated mole people. He thought they were animals and should be brought in by the cops. "And these alligators, how big are they?" "Very big. At least As long as five tall people laying down head to head." Gary jotted something down. "When did you first notice them?" "We sent out scouts. To spy on other mole communities, to get food, clothing,that sort of thing. A few years ago we sent one out and it never came back. We just figured he was caught by other moles. "But then half the moles we sent out never came back. Then a few days ago we were finding the bodies of our friends. Ripped apart and torn up. Then we were attacked by the alligators and those who survived came up here. "We have no idea where they came from or why they coming now. We don't know if other mole communities know about them. At least three do." Gary jotted more stuff down. "Thank you. That will be all." Before the mole got up to leave,it said one more thing. "If you want to find them, even though I don't know why, the fasted way is the eft tracks in the 33 St. , 100 av subway station." Gary got up and walked out. I need to get a camera man and I'm on my way to get that promotion. "2 hours is up." Harry stated. He took out his cell phone. He dialled a number.It rang three times and the answering machine kicked in. "Hi. This is the house of Don Conner. I can't come to the phone right now, but if you leave your name and number, I'll get back to you as soon as I can." Beep. "Don, this is me, Harry. It's now 6:40 P.M. and I told you to meet me at Central Park. You're not here so I'm going down into the tunnels. Allison and her camera man are coming with me. Phone my cell when you get this. Bye." And he hung up and put the phone in his jacket pocket. "All right. Lets go." They walked over to the man hole cover and Harry took it off. He jumped down.Allison next. Fred passed her the camera and jumped down. She gave it back to him and he turned it on. "Some fresh footprints are in the mud so lets follow them." Harry said. "What happens if we run into an alligator?" Allison asked. "It's not an alligator. It's a mole. A homicidal one. And in case we run into him, I've got a gun and enough extra bullets." "How...how do you know it's not an alligator?" Fred asked. "Because that is impossible." They walked over some train tracks and down another tunnel. They heard a sound in a tunnel above them. It was moving fast and made some pebbles fall from the roof. "Just a train." Allison said. "No, it's not." Fred stated. "There's no track up there. We're to far down." "Then what was it?" "I don't know." "Just to be safe." Harry said. He took out his gun. They moved slowly and came to an incline. Harry went first. The light from the camera was bright enough to light his path. The ground rumbled and he came rolling down, his cell phone falling out and smashing. "What was that?" Allison asked. "Lets find out!" Harry said with a bit of nervousness. Don, Rodor, and Mason got to Central Park and the only people there were a few couples walking around. They started looking for Harry but never found him. "All right. You guys go home. Rodor, tell the Captain what happened and what's down there. Mason, you go with him. I'm going to try to find Harry." Don got to his house and went to his phone he was going to call Harry, when he saw that the message light was lit up. He checked it. He heard the message and paused. "Oh no!" he phoned Rodor, Mason and his boss. Gary had got his camera man, Taylor, and had gone down into the tunnels. "So what are we looking for?" Taylor asked. "Alligators. Big ones. Can't miss them." "What about that Allison Vrass?" "If everything goes right, I'll be promoted and she'll be stuck back behind the desk." They came to some murky water and continued walking till it was to their waist.Off on the other side of the water, they saw an alligator. But it was curled up sleeping. "Are you getting this?" Gary asked. "Yes I am." Taylor responded he zoomed in on it. Then the camera made a clanking sound to let them know the tape was ending soon. "You idiot!" Gary shouted. "You forgot to rewind the tape!" On the other side of the water, the alligator heard the noise and woke up. "Look." Taylor yelled. "The eyes opened. See the green!" the alligator got up and moved into the water. They were both terrified. "Run!" Gary shouted. Gary ran out of the water. Taylor dropped the camera and ran. Then he was lifted out of the water because the alligator had him in its jaws. "Ahhhhhh!" he screamed. Before the alligator ended his life, he looked around.Gary was long gone. Then the alligator chomped down and crushed Taylors bones. Harry, Allison, and Fred were walking among the tunnels and heard a faint scream. "Just the wind from some other tunnel." Harry tried to reassure them. "A hope that's all it is." Allison said. They walked for another half an hour and heard someone running up ahead and it was coming closer. They all stopped and Harry got his gun ready. Then Gary came running out of the darkness. "Allison?" he asked. "Thank god you're hear. There's an...an...an..." "Why are you here?" She asked him. "I tried to get promoted. Leave you behind." "Wait. What did you see?" Harry asked. "Alligator." "That's crazy." "Want to tell that to my Camera man?" "Who?" Fred asked. "Taylor." "Taylor's dead?" Allison said, "yeah thanks to Mr. gotta-get-a-promotion." Harry said. "So the alligator rumour is true after all. Common. You mind as well come with us." Don, Rodor, and Mason met at the subway and went back into the tunnels looking for Harry. "Man. 3 lives at stake here." Rodor said. "And three more!" Mason complained. Don said. "We've gotta hurry. Who knows where that thing is now." They saw some alligator footprints. "Well, lets not go that way." Mason said. "Lets go left." Rodor suggested. They were still walking and Rodor asked, "so why is it coming out now? If this has been going on for years, then why now?" "I don't know." Don said. "Maybe because they need more food." Mason suggested. "That's it!" Don almost yelled. He was happy he had figured it out. "That's the key word, They. Because They need more food." "I don't get it." Mason said. "You see. If there was enough of alligator flushing to start an urban legend then that means there was a lot. They were babies remember. They went to the sewers and grew up. At first they only fed on rats. But then they started to reproduce and they were running out of food so they came up to the tunnels cause they smelled the mole people. Do you realize what would happen if they get out into the harbor? "No more fishing." Rodor said with sort of a sad voice. "I always loved to fish." "No more fishing and fishermen. They will attack anyone." "How do we stop them?" Mason asked. "No more Fishies!" Rodor said to himself. Don said, "I don't know. But we are going to do it." They walked some more.Each of them now scarred. Harry, Gary, Allison, and Fred were walking into a thick tunnel. The tunnel led to a balcony covered with dust. There were 2 rooms up there. On the floor below were a few rooms and another tunnel leading out and some old train tracks leading to another direction. "They are the old train tracks." Harry said. "Haven't been used in over a hundred years." Then Fred saw that there was something long, thick, and leathery on the floor going into another room. He bent down and touched it. It flung up and sent Fred into the air. He dropped the camera and it smashed. He went flying over the edge of the balcony and fell to the floor. The impact made the place to shake a bit. The shake made a loose pole fall down and land on him, crushing him. "Alligator!" Gary shouted out. The tail went into the room and an alligator came out. Harry fired but the bullets bounced off. "Run!" Gary shouted. He ran. "Go!" Harry yelled at Allison. The alligator moved toward them. Then 2 more came out from the other room. "No!" "We're going to die!" Allison shouted. They heard a cracking sound. Allison and Harry looked at each other and knew exactly what it was. They jumped and went out into the tunnel. The alligators leapt and landed in front of the entrance to the old railroad station. The impact of all three alligators sent the balcony crashing down. 2 of thealligators landed on the third, killing it. The other 2 got up and growled. They left through the other tunnel. "Lets go find Gary." Harry said to Allison. Gary was running down the tunnel. He never saw the drop off and fell down. He fell a long way. He tried to stand but realized he broke his leg. He'd worry about it later. Right now he had to find a way out. He limped down the new tunnel. Then green eyes showed up all around him. He took out a flashlight and turned it on. All around him were alligators. Lots of them. They growled and ran at him. They got to him and started ripping him up. Don, Rodor, and Mason were walking down a tunnel and head a big crash echoing. "Guess Harry is still alive. Or at least was." Rodor said. Mason said, "or his wife or her camera man." "They're all alive." Don said. "I just know it." Then 2 Alligators walked out of the shadows and saw them. "Ah man!" Mason yelled. They turned and ran the way they came. The alligators chasing after them. "Faster!" Don yelled. One jumped and landed on Mason's back, crushing his back. "They got Mason!" Rodor yelled. "Keep going!" Harry and Allison were yelling out Gary's name. They heard a bunch of footsteps and thumping. Allison picked up a small pole she found on the ground.Harry took his gun out again. "Get ready." Harry said. "I am." Then Don and Rodor came running around the corner. "Go!" Don Yelled at them. "A gator's coming!" then an alligator emerged from the tunnel. It ran after them. Harry fired even though he knew it wouldn't help.Allison turned and jammed the pole into the alligators' eye! It slowed down but kept coming. Allison tripped and fell. "Allison!" Harry yelled. The alligator was about to eat her, when she put the pole into its mouth and kept it open. She got up and ran. The pole came loose and went flying. It hit Rodor in the back. He fell down but Don helped him up and helped him run. Harry turned and fired again. He shot the alligator in the other eye. It stopped running and walked around in circles. Harry, Allison, Rodor, and Don stopped to catch their breaths. Don and Rodor loaded their guns and kept them out. "How are we going to kill them all?" Rodor asked. "We'll find a way." Don answered. "So." Harry said. "Were you guys down here the whole time or did you get my message?" "I got your message." Don told him. "I'm back hurts." Rodor said. "Just relax." Don ordered. "It's obviously not broken. But it can be damaged." "We need to get back up." Allison said. "Get more people down here." "Honey," Don said. "Not even the entire police force can kill all of them." They walked some more. Looking for evidence of alligators. "Hey look." Rodor pointed out. They all looked ahead. On the ground was what was left of three mole people. "This way." Allison almost lost her lunch. "Don't look." Harry told her. They walked further and came to a spot where the tunnel branched off into five other tunnels. They heard a skittering sound and looked around. Three baby alligators were crawling around the floor and went down the 4'th tunnel. "Follow them." Harry ordered. And so they did. They were following them for an hour until they came to a big room. Another one like they old railroad station.The babies went down the tunnel at the end of the room. Harry stopped and look at the wall. Allison asked, "What is it?" "That power box. On the wall. If we shot it, it'll explode." "Yeah so?" "If somehow we can lure the alligators here and from a distance fire at that..." "Of coarse!" Don said. "Wait just a second. He disappeared into another room.He came back rolling a barrel. "Old train fuel. There's six full ones in there."He rolled it up under underneath the power box. They all went in and got barrels until they were all out there. Harry said,"Now all we have to do is find the nest and lure them close enough to here that the explosion will kill them." "Lets go." Allison said. Don exclaimed, with an angry tone, "Lets blow these guys up!" Rodor said, "I'm ready." And so they walked down the tunnel into the darkness. "Hang on." Harry said. He took one of the barrels and poked a small hole in the bottom. A while later, they were almost out of fuel, so Harry put the barrel down. They could hear snorting and growling. They walked around a corner and there was a big room. And in it was a lot of alligators, baby alligators, and eggs. "I think we've found the nest." Allison whispered. "Are we ready?" Harry asked. "Yeah." Don repled. Rodor came up behind them and yelled, "man, that's a lot of reptiles!" he never meant to yell. All the alligators looked at them and snorted. "Ah, run." Harry suggested. They turned and ran, all the alligators ran after them. They ran past the barrel and an alligator knocked it over, it's tail sending it back, other alligators trampling it. "Almost there!" Don yelled. An alligator tail swung up and sent Rodor flying. "Ahhhh!" he yelled. The alligators stopped to eat him. Harry, Don, and Allison got back and ran past the electrical box and into the tunnel. Harry closed the door and put beams against it. They ran back some more and got to a place where the tunnel went up. They went up. "Wait here." Harry said. "Why?" Allison asked. "Cause there is going to be a big explosion and I can run faster then you and Don. You run as fast as you can straight. Until you get to the subway or a tunnel that leads there. Get to the subway. I'll catch up. Don't stop." "Good luck." Don said. "Yeah. Good luck." Allison said. "The same to you. Now go!" Allison and Don ran. Harry waited until they got out of view and went to the balcony. Down below were the alligators. Just waiting around for nothing. Then he saw in the distance in the tunnel below, a mole person pulling 2 barrels down the tunnel, following the fuel leak. "Thanks mole." He said quietly. As in response the mole turned and saluted.Then he realized that it wasn't a mole. That it was his boss, Srg. John Miller! "John!" harry shouted. All the alligators looked up at him. John made a movement with his hand. Harry knew that it meant for him to fire. He watched John walk away with the barrels. He was going to put them in the nest close to the smashed up one leaking fuel. Harry saluted even though John could not see him. An alligator snapped down below. "Alright." he aimed his gun at the box and fired. He heard the bullet hit the box but nothing happened. The alligators started to use their tails to hit the supports. He fired again and again and again. He saw a spark and turned and ran. As he ran out of the room and into the tunnel he heard a really big BOOM. He ran faster. Fire was following him through the tunnel. The tunnel went straight and turned off. He ran to the left just as the fire went straight. John Miller just laid the 2 barrels in a line and saw the fire come. He looked at the remaining alligators and said, "Hasta Le Viesta!" the fire came, blowing up the barrels, making an even bigger explosion. Allison and Don came to the subway tracks and an alligator jumped out from a side tunnel and bit into Allison's leg. She fell down and screamed. It had her leg in its mouth and was biting it. She screamed again because she knew she was going to die. Don was frozen with fear. The alligator brought its head up to bite again, but a shot rang out and it moved away and brought its mouth down. Harry came out from another tunnel and yelled, "get the away from my wife." He shot it in the eye and then he shot it in the other eye. It grunted and swung its tail and head. Harry helped Allison up and carried her to the subway platform. Don ran up behind them. They looked down the tunnel and the alligator was still swinging its head and tail. All of a sudden, they heard a screeching sound. A subway train stopped and let people on. It started back up and gained speed fast. The people inside felt a big thump as the train hit something. The train driver stopped the train and got out. He looked and behind the train was what was left of an alligator. He got back on and moved the train along. Harry, Allison, and Don cheered and left the subway. They called an ambulance from a pay phone and it came to pick Allison up. Harry kissed her and waved as the ambulance left. Harry and Don got back to the police station and got the biggest police force to go down to check for any surviving alligators. They were down for a few days and they came back up tired, wet, hungry, and no more alligators. Don went on vacation and Harry was promoted to Srg. Afterwards he went to visit Allison in the hospital. THE END |