The sound of tinkering and pieces of metal could be heard from the basement of the Asylum. The dingy musty smell mixed with the damp cold of the slate flooring enhancing the effect. It was dark on top of that and not many people would even bother to venture into the basement. It went silent. Not a good silent, but an eerie silent. Creeping up the steps was a male figure covered in green scales. His tail lashed idly behind him and his fangs glistened in the light from the flickering bulb above him. He didn’t look too threatening other then his fangs or his gleaming crimson eyes. He probably would scare the weak away.
Once he reached the top of the stairs, he looked down the darkening hallway not sure which way he should go. Left or right? A simple enough choice right? Not for him. He needed a reason to go in any direction. Making a swift effort to choose, he went to the right. He rarely came up from the basement, but he knew his way around above just from traveling through it once. He wasn’t stupid after all. He hadn’t met a single person on this hell hole since he got there. He assumed it was because of his scary looking features, but when he thought more in depth, he knew it was because of his anger. He had a terrible temper. Say something out of line and he would end up biting your arm off. Most say that is why he was in here. He things differently though. When he was a human, he was in a gang. Robbery and assault was more the name of the game then, but now…it got a little bloodier. His gang wasn’t there, but with this alligator appearance, he didn’t need them. He was strong enough on his own, but he didn’t like himself. Not only did he feel scary, but he also didn’t think highly of his looks. He had scales for christ’s sake!! How could he feel comfortable with that?
As he walked, thoughts brimmed his skull and what little happiness he had that day died along with them. He reached a door and silently went in. Where it led to, he didn’t know but the smell of something rotting filled his nostrils making him lips his fangs as he made his way down the hallway.
