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Chapter 1

"Hey Eliza. The local zoo has added a new animal to their exhibit. It's a komodo dragon. You always wanted to see one right?" Marianne asked her daughter, who was sitting on the comvee couch with Darwin.

Eliza smiled and nodded.

"I'm sorry that your teacher had to come and ruin your day there back in Indonesia."

"It's okay mom. It turned out to be a great adventure." Eliza reassured. She hadn't told her parents about sneaking off and neither did her teacher. Eliza was happy with that.

"You can drop by there when we get in to the city." With that her mom went off to drive the comvee.

"What'd she say?" Darwin asked.

"A new komodo dragon is in a zoo in the city. I'm going to check it out when we get there." she told him. Darwin paniced.

"Eliza...Don't you remember the last encounter we had with your dragon?"

With a smile and a shudder, Eliza went back to her memory of her adventure. She spent her whole day in Indonesia looking for a komodo dragon, and man did she find one. Too bad it wanted to eat her for dinner...

-Flashback-

Eliza was beginning to give up her search for the elusive dragon when she said:

"I guess it's no big thing."

Suddenly Darwin had a frightened look on his face.

"Yes...it is."

A yellow dragon with red eyes emerged from his den, hissing and flicking his tongue, trying to identify the newcomers. Eliza and the dragon approached eachother. Paniced, Darwin tried to hold Eliza back as the dragon pounded his tail against the ground.

"Boy. Where've you been? We've been looking for you all day." Eliza said to the reptile, trying to make friends. "Oh, I'm Eliza and this is my friend Darwin."

The komodo dragon smiled.

"So nice to meet you...and so close to dinner." he said hungrily.

Eliza and Darwin gasped in fear of that comment. Drool dripped heavily from the lizard's mouth. Darwin couldn't help but notice.

"What are you staring at?" the dragon asked almost angrily.

"Could I get you a tissue?" the chimp asked nervously. The komodo dragon grinned and made slurping noises. "Never mind."

"Well, it's been great to meet you." Eliza continued, trying to get on the lizard's good side and not be thought of as food.

"Of course it is! Too bad you won't have time to get to know me better." the reptile said.

"Oh! Well, why? Are you going some where?" Darwin questioned, still nervous.

"No but you are. I'm starving. Haven't eaten a thing all day." the giant reptile told them as he shook his head. Scared, Darwin ran to a tree and plucked off a fruit. He ran to the komodo and placed it in front of him.

"Jujubi?" the chimp offered. The predator barely paid the plant any heed.

"No, thank you. I eat only meat."

Darwin ran behind Eliza who was getting equally frightened. She tried to persuade the dragon.

"You know, I've read somewhere that too much meat in your diet isn't good for you. And besides, doesn't it get boring always eating the same thing?" she asked.

"Who says I always eat the same thing! Sometimes I have wild boar...and then, there's brush turkey...and horse and goat and deer. Oh...And let's not forget the occasional human." he finished with an ever widening grin.

"Humans! They probably aren't very tasty." The nervous Eliza asked. The komodo dragon shook his head.

"Oh no. They're delicious. Particularly with a little monkey on the side." he said, eyeing Darwin.

"Oh darn. I'm a chimpanzee." The two then tried to make a break for it, but suddenly the lizard's massive tail blocked their way and pushed them closer to the hungry predator.

"I'm not picky."

Eliza ended her flash back there and shivered slightly. She then smiled.

"Don't worry Darwin. The one in the zoo is probably raised with people. They're quite docile after that. Kinda like you." she tried to reassure.

"But chimps don't eat like they do!" Darwin continued.

"Oh Dar...Don't be such a baby. It's not like the zoo just takes animals directly from the wild." Or do they? she thought.

The comvee stopped at their destination and Eliza immediatly ran out, dragging Darwin along.

"I'll be back soon. See ya!" she shouted as she ran towards the entrance of the zoo.

Debbie ran out happily.

"Finally! A real city! I'm off to the mall!" With that she was gone as well.

"You both meet us at the pizza parlor at dinner!" Marianne yelled after them.

"Okay!" the two kids yelled simultaneously.

"Come on Darwin!" Eliza hurried as they made their way to the komodo dragon display. What they saw, they didn't like.

"Oh, no...why him?" Eliza asked herself, suddenly confronted by the komodo dragon in it's exhibit. It was the same one she met back in Indonesia. How could that be? What were the chances?

With a flick of his tongue, the giant lizard slowly looked at the newcomers. A sheet of glass kept the dragon from causing any harm, but will it be enough?

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