Afraid

Chapter 6

Tina, Newt and Rayla walked down the street, Tina holding the case. Tina is lecturing them for not Obliviating the Muggle. She seemed to be close to tears. "I can't believe you didn't Obliviate that man! If there's an inquiry, I'm finished!"

Newt and Rayla look at each other confused. "Why would you be finished? We're the ones who didn't-" 

Tina cut Rayla off. "I'm not supposed to go near the Second Salemers!"

Newt suddenly spun around, shocked, looking at a small blue creature with odd wings on its head. Tina followed his gaze, confused.

"What was that?"

He looked back at her, "Er- moth, I think. Big moth."

Tina frowned, not believing him.

Rayla walked a bit ahead, to see a huge crowd in front of a ruined building. There were people shouting, rushing out of the building and a policeman trying to get a statement.

Rayla looked back a Newt and Tina, "Look at this..."

They move to the edge of the crowd, walking around it. Rayla listened as the cop talked to the crowd.

"Hey... Hey- quiet down- I'm trying to get a statement!"

A mom was talking hurriedly to the cop, "I'm telling it's a gas explosion again, I ain't taking the kids back up there until it's safe!"

The cop looked at her, "Sorry ma'am- there ain't no smell of gas."

A hobo, clearly very drunk steps up to the officer saying, "It warn't gas- hey officer, I seen it! It wuzza- gigantic- a huge hippopotto-"

Rayla saw Newt slip his wand from his sleeve and point it at the hobo. She looked at Tina, who missed that, because she was staring at the building. The hobo finished his sentence, "-gas. It was gas."

The crowd shouts in agreement. Tina seemed to have caught sight of something else.

Newt decided to take advantage of the distraction and grabbed Rayla's wrist. He led her into the ruined building. They enter the Muggle's room and stop, staring.

Everything, the furniture, a wall, was destroyed. There were huge footprints on the ground. Rayla knelt down next to one, examining it.

She looks up at Newt, "You have a Erumpent in that case? What else have you got in there?"

He didn't answer her, as he had heard groaning from the corner and he had knelt down to examine the Muggle lying there.

They suddenly hear Tina calling for them. Newt jumps back from the Muggle and to his case.

Rayla brought out her wand casts a Repairing Charm. The room is fixed just before Tina entered the room.

Newt is sitting on the bed, with is case on his lap, and he clicked the latches shut right as Tina entered.

She looked at Newt in horror as Rayla slipped her wand back in her pocket. She turned to face the Muggle lying unconscious in the corner and looked at the bite that was his neck.

Murtlap, of course there is a Murtlap in that case. Rayla didn't even hear the conversation going between Newt and Tina. The Muggle moaned and Tina whirled around.

She dropped the Muggle's case and rushed to the injured Muggle, shoving Rayla out of the way. Rayla landed on her butt, glaring at Tina. Newt helped her up and lead her to the door.

Just before they reached it, Tina screamed and they spun around. The Murtlap had ran out from under a cabinet and attacked Tina. It had tried to latch onto her arm. Newt grabbed it by the tail and wrestled it into his case.