Deadly Magic
Chapter 3: Museum Catastrophe
"Ugh! Is that even your clothing? You got to be kidding me! You look like a dirty rag!" Marcie scolded in front of Rin. Rin inwardly frowned at the voice disturbing the quiet silence.
Marcie trotted off to fix her make up while Rin helped the others get ready. "Why don't you shut up for once?" Rin whispered quietly while watching Marcie walk off.
"Hey Rin, can you help me on this for a sec?" asked Tyler. Rin nodded and helped him with his dress shirt. "That really looks nice on you! Why did Marcie have to scold you when she looks like an oversized gorilla?"
Rin giggled at the expression on his face and continued to help him with his shirt. "All done," Rin said, straightening her skirt. "Anika, Sophie, Marcus, are you done?"
"Yeah!" they said as they ran downstairs to see Rin.
"Whoa! I like your shirt Rin!" commented Anika. Rin smiled back and together they went to the car. All things went well during the trip to the museum but of course, around Rin, she never takes anything for granted. Everything has to have a sacrifice.
"Get out wench," came a sickly voice. Rin snapped out of her trance and got out of the car. Marcus and Anika held Rin by her hands and Tyler and Sophie walked beside them while carrying Cassie. They all followed Marcie and her mother into the museum.
It seemed like it was heaven for them all, too see something from the outside world with so much knowledge to learn. They stared in awe as they walked through the museum. They all had a guide who was very kind and gave treats to the Orphan children (while Marcie stood to the side, pouting like a child).
"Ah here we are!" announced the museum guide. All the children were too busy listening to what the guide was talking and was completely into the museum. It's so amazing! I'm so lucky I get to see this! Aww! Rin thought excitedly. She grasped the children's hand and took off to look at a new part of the museum.
"RIN! This is the Butterfly section!" Sophie said enthusiastically. She grinned and dragged the children to see the live butterflies displayed in a glass case. They all admired the butterflies flying around and they were lucky enough to see the evolve evolution of the butterfly.
Slowly, the new butterfly emerged from its cocoon and spread its wings to reveal flecks of gold colors. It shook its brittle wings and took off flying. Rin stared in awe at the butterfly and smiled widely. It was so wonderful to see something get released from its prison. Kind of like me…. She directed her attention at the sudden wail from Cassie, wanting Rin to hold her. Rin quickly held her and slowly the small child slept peacefully in Rin's arms. Rin looked down to see the contented child and resumed looking at the fascinating objects.
"Excuse me, we're going to the Dinosaur exhibit so will you please follow me," said the guide. The whole group followed the guide obediently and came upon the biggest of structures in the museum. "As you can see, this is the tallest structure of the Tyrannosaurus Rex in the whole country. This T-Rex is life sized and the bones that are white are artificial but the dark colored ones were imported from Alberta, Canada…" continued the guide.
Rin and Anika weren't really listening but stared at the T-Rex bones. It's amazing that something this huge lived millions of years ago, Rin thought as she looked around with Cassie in her arms.
"Hey Rin, do you want me to carry her?" Anika said, propping beside her and offered her arms out to take the child. She nodded gratefully and took Anika by the hand to look around. They looked around for what seems like a matter of minutes before they heard a commotion stirring upon the group.
"Touch it!"
"Quit ordering him around Tyler!" yelled the other voice.
"Don't tell me what to do! Now touch it or else!" shrieked back the voice. Rin and Anika turned around to find out who was yelling. It seems Marcus and Sophie are defending Tyler from Marcie.
"Stop it!" Tyler screamed. Rin proceeded towards them very quickly and under a second, she was there. Marcie held Tyler rather roughly and forced him in front of the bones of the T-Rex.
"What are you doing to him?" Rin demanded and yanked Tyler out of Marcie's grasp. "Leave him alone!"
"Why should I, Wench, you don't tell me what to do," she said, spit flying from her mouth. She quickly yanked Tyler from Rin and thrown him down on the floor. Anika hurriedly ran to Tyler to set him on his feet but it was too late, Marcie was already there. Marcie held Tyler by his hair and forced him up.
"Leave him alone!" Rin and Anika both shouted, anger burning within their eyes. Marcie, surprisingly, dropped Tyler but instead of backing away, she stepped in front of the T-Rex.
"SHUT UP!" she yelled in front of them and to everyone's horror, she kicked the main bone of the T-Rex.
A loud rumbling sounded through the halls and the T-Rex soon crumbled to the ground. Marcie quickly ran away, leaving Tyler, Anika and Rin at death point. The skull of the T-Rex fell just beside them and soon screams were heard within the room. Bones crashed together and created chaos. Other bones fell on artifacts in the room as a huge dust cloud formed upon them.
The bones were still crumbling and quickly Rin held Anika and Tyler protectively, shielding both of them with her body. Sophie and Marcus watched horrified as the ribcage of the T-Rex fell on top of them. Rin quickly opened her eyes as she saw the sharp point of the rib was coming near them. She knew she was gong to get hurt, probably fatally but she can't let Tyler and Anika get hurt too. She held them tight and squeezed her eyes shut, waiting for her death.
Perhaps it was just an illusion or an imagination, when Rin thought she should be dead by now. Everything was still and it was deadly quiet. Am I suppose to feel any pain now? She slowly opened her eyes, hoping that Tyler and Anika were safe. Anika and Tyler were still in her arms, safe but where was the rib that was suppose to kill her? She turned her head and was very surprised. There was no rib cage anywhere; it's not even in sight. What just happened here?