The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)

Chapter 27: Crocodile Chaos

Part 2/2

“Arghh, it’s just too tough to kill!” Gary shouted as his magazine fell to the ground.

“We need help from another beast,” Ben said as he looked at the giant elephant things.

Before the crocodile could regain its composure, Ben clenched his fist and pointed at the elephant. Flowers began to grow all along the vines on Ben’s arm, and with a single thought, pollen shot out of the bud. Traveling along the gentle current, as it reached the giant elephant, it let out a roar of rage and began to stomp toward the two.

“Dive beneath the water!” Ben commanded. The two dunked their heads beneath the murky waters, and as the elephant approached the ground began to shake. Assuming the crocodile to be its attacker, the elephant lifted its legs and crushed the crocodile’s head.

Pleased, the elephant began to trot away, letting Ben and Gary submerge for a breath of air. The two coughed violently, but after a while they regained their spirits and stamina. Gary let out a sigh of relief as he saw the crushed crocodile floating eerily in the water.

“Whew, thank goodness that creature was around, we would have been its next meal if it weren’t.”

“Yeah, you’re right,” Ben said. He placed his hand on the crocodile, inspecting the kill pridefully. This giant crocodile, they had taken down with their wits.

“Hmm. I think it’s a Sarcosuchus, or Deinosuchus, either of the two,” Gary hypothesized.

“Yeah. Yeah I think it is. Are we going to harvest it for his meat?”

“Of course man!”

The two took their picks out and began to hack away at the corpse, but as they did they realized that the skin still remained intact. Ben peeled away the skin like a wrapper and touched it gently. It was as hard as metal.

“Woah, that’s kinda cool,” Ben commented, “I think we should keep it.”

“Yeah, I bet everyone’s going to call us heroes or something! ‘Woah, look, Ben and Gary just killed a massive crocodile! Look how cool they are!’ Wouldn’t that be cool?” Gary grinned.

“I think it does. I guess we’ll keep it then. If you don’t mind, can I hold onto it?”

“Of course. Of course.”

“Thanks.”

The two walked away from the gravesite of the Sarcosuchus, but as they did, Ben waved goodbye.

“See ya later, alligator!”

Ba dum, tss.

Although Ben was kind of bummed no one replied with the infamous “In a while, crocodile!” it was in good spirits. The two still had a Kaprosuchus to tame.