Gatorville: A Short Story

Once upon a time there was a place called Gatorville somewhere in Louisiana. But this was no ordinary group of alligators you might see basking in the sun, or reeking havoc among residential households and pools. But these alligators were civilized and were able to speak fluent English. Alligators socialized and traded with humans, and in many ways were a necessary part of everyday life. You might have seen an alligator being picked up by his uber, or some alligators buying food. This place was a happy and peaceful 365 days a year. But there was one man who hated every alligator. This man worked as a police officer, and everyday when he went to work, he would attempt to arrest them for crimes they hadn 't committed. Everyone in town knew the

The next day, the group of friends decided to tell the mayor about what happened last night. While the boys were walking into town, they witnessed people crying. After a while this seemed to be a reoccurring theme. They were all wondering what happened, but kept walking to the mayors house. When they arrived at his house, he greeted them and asked them what the matter was. They then proceeded to tell him what happened the previous night. The mayor agreed that the group should avoid Officer Don. Fred spoke up and asked why all those people were crying. The mayor said " I was afraid you would ask that". He then told them that their children had gone missing in the last day. The friends nodded and exchanged looks amongst each other. They announced to the mayor that they were going to help find the missing children. Rambo noticed something was a little off, then came to the observation that Jonathan was missing. The group now was going to find where all the missing children, and where

They started right off by asking all the crying people where they had last seen their children. Most of them replied with " I don 't know" or "somewhere downtown". After asking almost everyone, and getting the same exact answer each time, they were ready to give up hope. One woman approached them and said that she last saw her child, when he decided to go into the flower shop. Then Dave remembered that Jonathan had decided to go into the flower shop to buy flowers for his Mom that morning on the way into town. The group quickly ran over to the police station where Officer Don Worked. The door was closed and there was no "will be back soon" sign. Then they quickly ran to the flower shop and no one was working there but the shop was still open. Further investigating the group went behind the cash register, and saw that the back door was open. They ran out of the back door and saw a van leaving hurriedly. Fernando made eye contact with the driver. He was in a costume, but Fernando recognized that it was Officer Dan. The friends ran over to Rambo 's house and piled on his dad 's four wheeler. They pursued the van on a four wheeler, deep into the forest. The friends were cramped and tired after at least two hours of following the van. Dave was an experienced driver so of course he was good at keeping their distance between the van, so they wouldn 't get caught. Finally after what seemed like an eternity the van stopped in front of a large gray factory. Officer Don loaded