The Flight of the Alligator

   (When we last left Fred, he and Anthony had been abducted by aliens and discovered that Alexander was an alien too)

    Before Fred had a chance to that ominous sounding statement, several loud thuds came from above them, followed by several more.  Then the green light around them turned a flashing red and a deep, cool-sounding voice like from the Sci-Fi movies sounded.
   “Warning.  Intruders.  Warning.”
   The little alien glared at them, then turned and exited the room.  The door shut behind it, leaving them stuck.  Outside Fred could hear muffled shouts, thuds, zaps, and bangs. 
   “What’s going on out there?” Anthony asked.
   Fred shrugged. “No idea.”
   After a few more minutes, everything went quiet.  Then, there was a loud bang and a circular piece of the wall flew inward and conked poor Alexander on the head.  Actually, it broke into fragments on his head, so forget the “poor” bit.
   When the smoke had cleared, in walked Jonathan, followed by a bunch of dudes in battle-spacesuit thingies. 
   Jonathan smiled. “Hello again, Fred.”
   Fred stared at him. “You!?  What are you doing here?”
   Jonathan looked around with a triumphant gaze.  “Securing Earth’s first alien spacecraft.”
   “Yeah?  Well we got here first, so it’s ours.”
   “You were abducted.  That doesn’t count.”
   Anthony stepped forward. “Who is this guy, Fred?” He didn’t wait for an answer. “I don’t care who you are, Mister.  This is our spaceship now and you can’t take it from us.  Not with Alexander on our side.”
   Jonathan laughed. “The alligator?  What’s he going to do against this?”
   He motioned with a hand and the men behind him pulled out big guns and pointed them all at Alexander.
   Fred grinned. “Well well well, not so all knowing after all, are you Mr. Jonathan?”
   Jonathan’s eyes narrowed. “What are you talking about?”
   “I’ll let Alexander show you.” Fred turned to the alligator. “Get ‘em, boy!”
   With a roar, Alexander jumped forward.  The men shot at him.  He ate the bullets.  The men ran. 
   Jonathan stared after his men, then at Alexander, and sputtered for a bit before getting his words out. “W-pht-what happened there?”
   Anthony laughed. “Alexander, that’s what.  Get him out of here.”
   Alexander pushed something on the wall and a hole opened right beneath Jonathan.  Fred and Anthony peered down, watching the man fall.
   “You should probably stop him before he hits the ground, Alexander” Fred said.
   Just before Jonathan became a stain on the ground, the green light jerked him to a halt and lowered him to the ground.  Fred waved and the hole closed.
   “Are the rest of those guys gone too?” Anthony asked.
   Alexander bobbed his head.
   “Nice.” Anthony looked at Fred. “What do you think we should do now?”
   Fred shrugged. “I dunno.  But now we really can do anything.  We have a flying saucer and a super alligator.  Who can beat that?”  He looked down at the alligator. “Hey Alexander, you know how to fly this thing?”
   Alexander nodded his head vigorously. 
   “Right then, lead the way to the cockpit.”
   Alexander nudged something else on the wall and a door opened.  He trundled out with Fred and Anthony right behind him.  They went through a few short and narrow hallways before entering another room.  This one looked just like the other one they had been in, except it had some cool looking consoles and a big screen. 
   “All right, Alexander,” Fred said. “Take us where no man has gone before!”
   “Aw man,” Anthony groaned. “Do we have to do Star Trek?”
   Fred thought for a second. “Nope, I have a substitution.”  He struck a noble pose. “Alexander, take use where no alligator has gone before!”

   To be continued…