As Malcolm made his way through the city he noticed aurors as he was walking down the street. There are about five of them it was unusual to see so many aurors together.
Which meant there had to have been a major disturbance, he wondered if it had anything to do with his arrival he kept his distance and continued to search.
When he heard screaming and roaring coming down the street looked to see Central Park. He hoped that was where his friend was but also alarm it sounded like something bad was going on down there, he hurried down the sidewalk.
Colt Newt and Jacob made their way to Central Park. Newt had his case in one hand and the helmet in the other.
They had just captured the Niffler who was trying to rob the jewelry store Aaron had been placed in the suitcase with the other creatures.
They couldn't afford another incident regarding the creature.
As they walked over a bridge they saw an ostrich running towards them they dodge out of its way and turned to see the zoo it look like it had been broken into. "What could be in there?" Colt said. "An Erumpent" ,Newt responded.
As the trio walked into the zoo they saw a large creature that resembled a cross between an elephant and a rhinoceros. It had cornered a hippopotamus Colt knew that the Erumpent was mating.
During the mating process Erumpents would often make each other explode by filling each other with a liquid from inside their horns. They had to catch the Erumpent before it did the same to the poor hippo.
Newt took a green bottle from his pocket and sprinkled some of it on him. "Erumpent musk," He said to Colt and Jacob. "She's mad for it.'
Colt raised his eyebrows as Newt approached the Erumpent but it was still focused on the hippo.
Newt got down on his knees and begin to make strange sounds it caught the Erumpent's attention. It spouted water from it's blowhole like whale and moaned.
It turned away from the hippo towards Newt. Newt began to roll around on the ground and the Erumpent began to do the same.
Colt saw that it was about to roll itself into the suitcase which was open and waiting on the ground. He chuckled at how clever his father was for all his eccentricities.
As the Erumpent was about to make its final roll into the suitcase. It suddenly stood up on her legs and look behind Colt. He turned around to see that Jacob had accidentally spilled the musk on himself.
The whole area froze for a moment then the Erumpent charged right towards Jacob tearing it's way through a bird cage in the process. Jacob ran as fast as he could screaming, as the Erumpent continued it's pursuit of him.
He ran outside the zoo to the frozen lake. Colt was relieved it didn't crack under the beast's great weight. Frantic Jacob climbed up a tree hanging from one of the branches the ramp and jabbed it's horn into the trunk and filled it with its deadly liquid,it exploded splitting the tree in half.
Jacob was on the top half of the tree which slid onto the ice. He got up and ran again, the Erumpent continued to chase him.
When suddenly a spell hit the Erumpent. It froze in place then toppled to the ground. Colt looked to the side to see Malcolm .He felt a great swell of relief at the sight of his friend.
The two quickly ran to each other and hugged. "Are you all right?" Malcolm asked. "I am now," Colt said. "Let's get out of here."
Everything okay?" Newt asked. Walking up the snowy hill towards Colt and Malcolm.
"Yeah," Colt said. "This is my friend Malcolm," Malcolm waved a greeting towards the wizard.
An exhausted Jacob wandered up to them. "Good show Mr. Kowalski," Newt said. "Call me Jacob," he said holding out his hand for a handshake. Newt who seemed unfamiliar with the concept complied awkwardly.
"Well," Colt said. "We should be going," he turned to Malcolm.
"Yes indeed," Malcolm responded. "Thank you for looking out for my friend here" he gestured his head towards the teenager. "No problem," Newt said happily.
"Is there anything I can do to help you? the wizard asked.
"Oh no," Colt said. "You've done more than enough, thanks. Anything for a friend," Newt said a grin on his face. The two pairs left in separate directions.
"OK," Malcolm said to his friend. "I know you want to go home but...
Colt cut him off. "I'm so exhausted I'm ready to just go back to my house and sleep till the cows come home," he chuckled
"Well The cows are going to be waiting on us,"Malcolm said grimly. "The time machine was confiscated by MACUSA."
Colt and Malcolm made their way to the Woolworth building where MACUSA was located. "We need a plan," Colt said. "They're not gonna just let us go in and take it."
"Luckily... Malcolm began. "They're dealing with an emergency so that won't be too many aurors in the building."
They walked up to the entrance. "Wait." Colt said suddenly. "What if we run into the past You?" he asked urgently. "Don't worry." Malcolm said. "I was living in Chicago at the time." "I wasn't working here yet. I came here during the great depression."
They walked up to the guard at the door. They noticed the street lights had for some reason gone out. "Can I help you?" The guard said eyeing them suspiciously.
"We're here to get a wand permit for my nephew," he pointed at Colt. "Yeah he Lost his last one so we're just here to get that and then get out of your hair."
The guard nodded. He opened the door for them. "It's probably going to be a while," He said to the two of them. "There's an emergency meeting going on International Confederation of Wizards."
"Seriously?" Colt said. The guard nodded. He and Malcolm looked at each other. "Mercy Lewis," Malcolm said.
The two of them made their way up the steps of MACUSA there were several witches and wizards are all together in groups talking frantically. Colt felt sick inside.
None of this was supposed to happen. "You don't think they're here because of us?" he asked Martin. "I don't what brought them here, but let's get out if here quick before something else happens."
They needed to leave quickly. "Where would they take the Time Machine?" He asked Malcolm. "The evidence room most likely." "That's on the 50th floor." They hurried over to the elevator which opened up to reveal a goblin Colt recognized him as Red.
He looked up at the two men. "Help ya?" He said.
"Hey mate how we need to get to the evidence room," Red looked at him strangely. "Your accent is strange. Where are you from Britain or America?"
Colt sighed people had always noticed his accent it was a mix of British and American and he used both British and American phrases in his speech. "Both okay?" Colt said.
"Now can you take us down to the evidence room?"
Why do you need to go down there?" Red said he seemed suspicious. "Something we have was confiscated we need to get it back quick it's really important, lives are at stake," he told the Goblin. Red nodded and pulled the lever to take the elevator down.
The elevator dinged as it reached the 50th floor. Colt and Martin quickly said thanks to Red and headed in. They noticed that the evidence room manager was not there. "Somethings really bad must be going out if he's not down here. Let's hurry up."
They made their way through the room they found all sorts of objects. Lunascopes modified to see through solid objects, butober acid, wands that had been used o cast dark curses and more.
They went to the end of the route they open the doors and found the Time Machine went and banged up but otherwise functional. They both breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank Ptolemy." Colt said.
"Now let's go home," Malcolm said. "I hope your find our cells to be as comfortable," They whirled around to see a team of aurors, Red was standing behind them. "I think you have some explaining to do," the lead auror said.