Chapter two: There will be dragons
Lizzy and Izzy were thrilled when they got a visit from Grumpy. Not that they were bored, with a continuously flow of humans being thrown into their ditch for them to play with. However, most of these humans posed a rather short time of entertainment. A bit of spit and a well placed bite and suddenly it was all seizures and screams—admittedly the best part of the shenanigans, but over and ending far too quickly for their liking. Now, Grumpy told them to bring their best game, because the Princess had send them on a mission. And the human she would be sending, had to be annihilated at all cost. Though, when Grumpy was explaining about the human being old, Izzy was rather disappointed.
“Ugh, old. Probably all chewy. Couldn’t Pam send a tender, fresh one instead?”
“Yeah, ugh. Old. Chewy.” Lizzy repeated annoyed. “A fresh, tender one would be better.”
Grumpy looked at them, grumpily.
“He may be old, but Princess assures me he will put up quite a fight. She has tried to take him down for some time now.”
“Ha, no problem. Leave it to us!” Izzy said confidently.
“Yeah, ha. No problem. Just leave it to us,” Lizzy repeated as confidently.
Grumpy looked from one Komodo dragon to the other, grumpily doubtful. When she heard a commotion above, she decided to better get back to her humans. Now, it was up to the lizards to do their work.
Lizzy and Izzy took their favourite places, waiting patiently for the human to be thrown into the ditch. They could hear some fighting taking place on the small bridge above them. Eventually, a human fell into the sand. And then another one. Lizzy looked at Izzy.
“Two humans? But Grumpy said one human. How are there two humans in our ditch? That is one human too many!”
Now, the two humans were fighting with each other and Lizzy became all dizzy. Which one were they supposed to take care of? Izzy was watching, looking from one of the humans to the other. Very frustrating, all this running and flailing around of arms and legs. Better concentrate on one of them, then they could take the other one afterwards. Izzy walked slowly towards the human who was closest, taking a measured glance at his legs. He was standing still, making a nice target. One more step and another one, and ‘schnapp’! Izzy got hold of a trouser-covered leg, pushing its teeth through the thick material and into soft flesh. The poisons from its glands began their work, causing the human to cry, kicking and waving his arms and legs. Lizzy ran towards the other human, an old man, but somehow he jumped to the side and then put a foot on Lizzy’s back and—was gone!
“What kind of wizardry is this? Izzy! Where is the other one?”
But Izzy was busy, ripping the convulsing human apart. With a shrug, Lizzy decided to join the fun, seeing something shiny in the sand on its way over to Izzy and gobbled it up before contemplating that it might be this metal thingie the human had been pointing at the other human. Whatever, Lizzy thought swallowing the edgy thing, better help Izzy dismember the human.
Daddy was watching yet another video with Grumpy Cat, looking particularly grumpy this time. It was a video shot in Macau, of all places. And Daddy had put it on, since Gramps was at the very place just now.
Pam and Turing were watching intently perched on the desk beside the laptop, Pam’s tail swishing in anticipation. Grumpy Cat seemed agitated for once, and within a few moments it became clear that Izzy and Lizzy had failed. Again.
Pam growled loudly and pushed Turing over the edge of the desk, before she jumped down herself and walked towards Turing’s half filled foodbowl. This called for a compensatory snack.