Newt Scamander had been through a lot the week he had come back to New York, and not to mention a roller coaster of feeling to go along with it. From the elation of coming back and seeing his friends again, to the sorrowfulness of losing his most prized item- and not to mention the feelings he just couldn't find the right words to explain- (Particularly around a certain someone) it was an eventful week. Whatever he had felt, however, didn't matter to him at the moment. He had no clue what to make of what had just happened, or what to do about it. He gently held the small form of Pickett the Bowtruckle, who he thought was gone, along with the rest of the beasts forever.
But apparently, he had been mistaken.
"What should we do?" Asked Tina from the other side of the floor. Newt had almost forgotten he was still on the ground.
"We need to find the case. If the case is still safe, we have a chance," He replied confidently.
"How would we find it?"
Newt pondered for a moment, Grindelwald had the case, where would he be?
"I think I might have an idea," He said, a plan already in mind. "How long is the office open?"
Tina stared at him blankly.
"Ten- but I don't see how this has anything to do with-"
"Just trust me, I think I may know how we could track the case but I need to know where to start looking."
He stood up, brushing off his clothes. This time he wouldn't wait, not when it came to the possibility of rescuing the creatures. He started to the door.
"Where you have to start looking?" Said Tina, walking up to him.
"Er, Yes?"
She grinned at him.
"Mister Scamander, I think you have a fault in this plan of yours."
He smiled uncertainly back at her.
"I do?"
"Yes."
"How so?"
"Because," She smirked. "You probably think you're going by yourself, but I can assure that will not be the case this time around."
Newt looked at her, images from the last battle flashing in the back of his mind; the flashes of the bright light like lightning, her crumbling to the ground... no. Not again. He pushed the images back and shook his head.
"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I cannot let you or anyone for that matter," He continued walking to the door.
"Okay... but good luck getting into that building-"
Newt stopped in his tracks.
"-But you know, you shouldn't have any trouble, you seem to have everything together, huh?"
He had to admit, Tina was incredibly expert at these types of things.
"I presume I would need your help to get me in then?"
He heard Tina chuckle from behind him.
"Only if you don't want to be caught."
He turned back around, amused.
"What's the first thing we do?"
"We need accomplices."
Newt chuckled, "lead the way."
She walked out in front of him and they walked down the stairs. They turned the corner and saw Queenie and Jacob at the table, who were playing a card game.
"Hey Teenie, hey Newt, feeling better? I-" Queenie stopped after seeing the Bowtruckle in Newts hand.
"No.." She said shaking her head in disbelief.
"How did he-?" Jacob said, standing up.
"Long story short, I discovered him trying to crawl into my ear. The case isn't gone, but we need to find it as soon as we can before he hurts any of the creatures," Newt explained. Queenie and Jacob looked dumbstruck.
"Wait, so the case isn't gone, but Grindelwald has it?"
Newt nodded his head. "As much as I would love to talk, I-" He looked at Tina, who had given him a stink eye. He corrected himself. "-We, need to get going to MACUSA. The quicker we find what I'm looking for the less time he has to- well... it's anyone's guess."
"What are you guys doing at MACUSA?" Queenie asked curiously.
"Nothing too illegal if that's what you're asking. In fact, we need your guys' help too." Tina said. Newt smiled at her humorous behavior. She always seemed too uptight and serious, but now she seemed excited. Let alone to do something that could threaten her job and get them sent to jail. Again.
"Oh I'm sure we wouldn't go to jail," Queenie said, responding to his thoughts. He really had to remember she was a Legilimens.
Tina glanced between them.
"Queenie..." She said in a warning tone. Queenie grinned innocently back at her.
"So uh, what are we gonna do?" Asked Jacob, rubbing his hands together.
"Well, we're gonna..." She trailed off and looked at Newt. "Yeah, what are we gonna do?"
"I want to look at files of sightings, evidence, anything related to Grindelwald that could give us clues on where he would be," He said.
Everyone was silent a moment, thinking.
"Okay, so... How we gonna do it?" Queenie asked, smiling.
"We'll need to do it when most people are gone," He turned to Tina. "When would be a good time? When not many people are there?"
Tina turned to the wall clock behind her, "It's almost noon. If we hurry, we can make it in before everyone's lunch break. Not many people work today anyway."
Newt almost forgot it was Sunday, he was having trouble keeping track of dates, in general, the past few days.
"What do we do once we're in there?" Newt asked. He knew from experience that trying to do things without a plan did end up in disaster.
"Queenie will make sure nobody is in the file room and Jacob is going to make sure nobody important walks in."
"So we're going into a restricted file room I gather?"
"Yes," Tina concluded, picking up a small purse next to her.
"Wait, Teenie. What do I do? Just stall?"
"Anything to ensure nobody comes near the file room. We should only be in there for a little while. What you did the last time worked well."
"Have you been in there before?" Newt asked.
"I didn't find out all those things about the second Salemers by guesswork," She replied, a sneaky smile on her face. Newt chuckled. There were certainly a lot of things he still didn't know about her.
"We should go now though, the quicker we get in the longer we have to look," she added.
Newt looked down at his bedraggled clothes. He couldn't go in them.
"Um, Tina?"
"Yes?"
"You wouldn't happen to have my wand anywhere would you?"
She pointed to a spot on the counter across the room.
"We didn't know when you wanted it, so we just kept is safe."
He thought for a second. He hadn't tried something in a while, he was curious to see if he could still do it. He reached his hand out to the section of counter, and just like that the wand jerked and flew right into his open palm. Yep. He still could do it.
Tina, Queenie, and Jacob stared in awe.
"You mean you can do magic without a wand?! That's awesome!" He exclaimed. Newt smiled shyly.
"Well I, Uh-"
Tina interrupted him.
"How did you do that? Even most of my teachers couldn't do that."
He internally slapped himself for showing off like that, but he didn't let his frustration show.
"In some places of my travel, certain tribes didn't use wands. I taught myself this so there wouldn't be any contention." He explained quickly.
"Why don't you use it all of the time?"
He looked down to his wand in his hand.
"I prefer traditional methods, likewise its easier to do in my opinion."
Tina nodded her head in understanding, but still seemed surprised. He took the opportunity to change into his usual disguise, the grey suit and blue tie along with his black hair and dark brown eyes. Queenie tilted her head to the different look.
"Wow, Mr. Scamander. Looking very sharp."
"Oh- um, thank you."
Queenie and Tina changed their appearances as well, Queenie in her usual type of attire and Tina in a business casual outfit.
"I think we're ready then," Tina said, pulling on her coat. Newt nodded, they all looked to each other in confirmation, then Disapparated.
