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Chapter Ten
Broken-Part One
Xxx November
Maxwell Franklin Hughes was a lovable, curious four year old boy. And coming to the museum with his mommy and daddy and big sister was one of the best things to do on a Tuesday afternoon. First walking into the museum there was a HUGE dinosaur! A T-Rex! it's nose was almost close enough to pet it...but some mean guy in a suit that talked funny wouldn't let him...
The president or whoever in the front lobby area wasn't that cool, Max didn't remember his name even seconds after the nice tour lady talked about him as she gave mommy and daddy the tickets and a map. They headed to Ocean World first, the whales were so cool! Like they were swimming through the air and would squirt them with water at any second!
Big sis said the squirting water wasn't true, that it was breathing! Nuh uh! Whales squirted water from their heads!
Mommy stopped their "discussion" with the threat of no ice cream...
The black horses tied up to the red carriage was cool, he thought they were for robbers but Daddy read the sign, they were mailing horses and had secret words to run and stop. Kinda like spies!
But his favorite part was when they reached the Empire Diorama displays. They were the coolest!
The Ancient Mayan one was really cool with their little bows and plow pipes, mommy reminded him not to try and make his own blow pipes out of straws and raisins and shoot the cat...They also had a silly castle that looked like steps leading to nothing, made no sense to him but it was funny! They were his favorite!
Looking at the Rome display was cool, daddy pointed out all the parts of the army like the centurions and footman and chariot runners and archers, and daddy even showed Max exactly which one was the Roman General. They were also his favorite!
The last Diorama was Max's bestest favorite!
Cowboys and trains and horses! The best thing in the world! Maxwell loved the little cowboys!
This exhibit was the best! Mommy and daddy were reading the signs to big sister, but Max didn't care, he was having more fun running back and forth between the three really cool dioramas and looking at them over and over. Mommy said only five minutes left of their time here, Max wasn't impressed.
So he decided that the fun should not end even when leaving the museum.
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Two minutes after Max did it, Emily Hughes knew her son had done something wrong. His innocent expression and the fact that he'd jammed his hands in his pockets as he walked was the biggest clue.
The resulting temper tantrum to hand over whatever he'd grabbed was loud and disruptive, making the mother sigh in frustration when her son in a fit of his young anger threw the little wax miniature he'd stashed in his pocket.
Only three inches tall the miniature figure didn't stand a chance in hitting the floor and bouncing...
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"...Again I'm really sorry...we'll pay for a replacement-"
"Now Emily c'mon, it's a couple ounces of wax-"
Dr. McPhee sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose in frustration but let the couple have their minor argument as he told a research assistant to go and get the shipping package needed for this.
"It's no problem, honestly happens at least once a month or so, the miniatures are damaged regularly. No trouble at all, I do ask though that next your son is reminded to not touch or pick up any of the exhibits, thank you."
The family left after a little more persuasion, the mom leaving their number if the museum decided on any needs for compensation. The truth of the matter was the miniatures were the most likely exhibit needing repairs, they were bumped, picked up, played with, and dropped the more often than all other mishaps in the museum combined. Nothing came close to how often McPhee sent a damaged miniature to the wax figurine makers to be replaced.
He sighed as he tucked the packaging under his arm and headed to his office, one hand holding the wax miniature. Calling the makers was simple enough, they had this figurine on file and the mold would be ready as soon as the old one got there to melt and fix.
The little guy was a mess, wax smushed and blended together in places, one leg bent at a funny angle, spine crooked, face smashed in. Little guy was beat up pretty bad. Oh well, time for a new one apparently...
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"Mr. Daley! A moment if you will."
"Sure Dr. McPhee." Larry hid his surprise well as the curator stopped him from locking up as he left, "What's up?"
"Some little kid tried to take one of the miniatures out of the museum, the mum stopped him of course but in the process of getting it back, the kid tossed the figurine across the room. Banged it right up pretty good."
Larry winced, the miniatures were fragile enough when alive and able to react, frozen as wax was another story, "How bad?"
Dr. McPhee shrugged, "Bad enough I'm running it down to the wax makers on 57th street, they'll drop off the new one in the morning before opening hours so I expect you to be here to receive it and put it in its place."
"Replacement? So it'll be exactly the same?"
"Of course, happens all the time...goodnight now!"
Before the night guard could ask anymore the curator was gone and in a taxi, leaving Larry shaking his head and pondering just which Miniature got 'manhandled'.
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Another night at the museum was in full swing before Larry thought about what McPhee said again, and only because Octavius came looking for him, in a rather sour mood at that, which wasn't normal considering the circumstances.
Teddy followed the night guard back to the Hall of Miniatures, and helped settle the population of the Old West diorama as they were in hysterics.
That's when it made more sense...the missing Miniature wasn't just some random one a kid had picked up.
Jedidiah was missing...
This is open to suggestions/ideas as well if you lovely readers want to, just stick your thoughts in the little white box below! I take them and work with them as I get them and insert the drabbles as they fit with the series, trying to keep in order with the movies but will see how long it lasts.