The Diamond Kangaroo Sculpture

It was mid-January and Marc just came back from his parents house because he went there for Christmas. It was snowing so much and it was too windy making it worse. When he was about to open his front door he felt like he saw a shadow. So, he looked in that direction and he did see footprints… actually he saw pawprints of a cat. He gave the cat an apple and it went away chewing the apple. He was already freezing, so he opened the door and went in. Then he dropped his suitcase in bewilderment. “ That’s not right…” he said. “ I don’t remember leaving this house in a mess… I live alone and I just came back from a 1 month vacay.” he said, stunned by looking at the broken cutlery, ripped sofas, broken lights and tables. After that he spent one and half hours cleaning the bottom floor. As he was about to get up and take a shower he found a weird looking coin with the initials “B.W.” on it. This wasn’t his coin and another queer thing is that this wan’t a currency coin. This looked more like a medallion and it had a dragon face on the back. He stuffed it into his pocket and went upstairs to his. “ Great…” He murmured to himself as he looked at the destroyed bedroom. His bed was flipped over, and it was broken, his closets were hung open and half broken. He looked inside his closet and all the clothes were off their hangers and there was a vibrant orange colour stamp on the back of the closet. It looked something like a dragon claw. He spent another 2 hours cleaning his room and he took a shower. Lucky for him the bathroom was normal. He wanted to eat dinner but he was still pondering on who would try to rob him. Marc was a well known police officer in his state and none of the skilled and notorious robbers have ever tried to rob him. He heard a sound and went to his library/study room and  then.... BUZZ! BUZZZ! BUZZ! Marc’s phone vibrated for an alarm “ WHOA! WHOA! That better be a dream!” Marc woke up panting as terribly as the person that just drowned in the Pacific. “ Wait… Wait… I am on the flight and I am going to my house after coming back from a vacay.” he said. He looked around him, everyone was busy sleeping. The time was 4:30 am. He would land in 30 minutes.

Marc got off the flight and he was about to go home when his phone rang “Hello?” he answered the call. “ You....are...in...danger… Save...yoursel-” the unknown caller with a raspy voice hung up. “Who the hell was that? Why would I be in danger?” Kevin took a taxi and went home. When he was about to open his door he saw a shadow and he looked in that direction. He saw the same pawprints of a cat. Marc started to feel scared. He felt like the dream was coming true. But, he tried his best to keep his mind optimistic. He saw the same cat that he saw in his dream and gave it an apple. He slowly opened the door and “ No! Noo! Why?! Come on man! Who robbed my house?” he said looking at the mess. He was a police officer so he wasn’t so scared. He inspected the house and cleaned it at the same time and to his surprise he actually saw the medallion he saw in his dream. It had the same initials and the same dragon face. Marc tried to retrace his dream and he remembered that he didn’t clean below his couch and he found this medallion below his couch. He went upstairs and to his bedroom. It looked as terrible as his bedroom in his dream. He immediately took a shower and was about to eat something and he heard a sound from his library/study room. He took his gun and went to the room. The window was open and it was so windy. “ I don’t leave windows open. Who would do this?”. He sat in his chair and was thinking about the things that he had which would make a thief to rob him. He thought about all his cases before vacation. He then opened his laptop then it hit him “Wait… I’ve solved it though...” It was a diamond robbery by Charles Wrooker and the diamond sculpture he stole was something that Marc’s uncle sold. He sold to his best friend’s brother named Kyle Jennifer. That was a diamond sculpture of a Kangaroo which was created by an Australian blacksmith who’s name was impossible to pronounce-according to Marc. This sculpture costs 1 billion dollars and after they found the sculpture, they kept it in a secret room inside a hotel near the police station. This room would be opened by 5 medallions. Each medallion had a skull on it but they had different ridges on their sides. Marc was assigned to take care of the medallions. He immediately went to his bedroom and checked the mini door in his closet. He opened it and he was devastated by what he found the medallions were stolen “ No...No… I should find the thief and make sure that the sculpture is safe”. He went into his garage and when he came outside the house he saw some footprints. These were footprints for sure. He got out of the car and he followed the trial. It took him to the back of the house and then… no more footprints. This is weird for sure! He thought. He got into his car and he turned on the engine but he had no plan. He doesn’t even know how the robber got into his house, he doesn’t know what his name is, and he doesn’t know what he can do. He came out of his thoughts when his phone rang, it was an unknown number “ Hello? Can I please know who this is?” he asked “No time...to...waste…” it was the same raspy voice that called him at the airport. “ Go...in...now…” that caller hung up. Well, Marc didn’t know what to do until he heard a sound from his house. Crack! Something broke in Marc’s house. Marc stormed his house and found no one. He went upstairs and found his closet door was broken and then he heard a loud Thud! From downstairs he went to his kitchen and found nothing. Marc started to get scared. He had no idea what was going on. Be brave Marc! Be brave! You are a police officer! He took his gun out of his pocket and he went into the backyard. He found footsteps in the snow and he followed the trail. It led into a nearby forest but the trail stopped 2 meters away from the forest. “ This is crazy!” he said with being full of bewilderment. He went back into his house and he heard a sound of something banging on metal. He went outside and found that his car’s doors were smashed so badly! “ Who are you?!” Marc said out loud “ Come in front of me!” he continued “Where are you?!” There was no response. Marc went in and closed all the doors and went to bed. It was 7:00 but he still wanted to sleep. He wanted a break. He was trying to think who would do this but he couldn’t think of anyone. He looked at the medallion that he found. He felt it with his fingers. He felt the ridges and he felt like something was moving. He looked at it and found a tiny lever. Marc tried to move it. It worked. But nothing happened. He tried pushing it. It didn’t work. He tried to pull it and a string attached to the lever came out. Bang! He heard from outside. He looked through his window and found no one. But, as usual, a bunch of footsteps. He squinted his eyes and tried to see if he could find someone. He didn’t find anyone. Marc slept and he slept thinking about what would happen to him. The unknown caller said Marc was in danger. And, Marc thought about the location of the sculpture. To locate the secret room, the person should go to reception, go to floor 5, floor 7 then go to the main door. At each of these stops there is a button and every button should be pressed a different number of times. After doing this then the doors of the secret room will open in the basement of the hotel. But, there is one more layer of doors. In this door there are 5 grooves and the 5 medallions should be placed in their appropriate grooves to open the door. The door will open and a person can walk but the sculpture has invisible laser barriers and when a person puts their hand through it all the police station in that city will be informed immediately. To deactivate the invisible lasers there is a pass code. Marc is the only one that knows the pass code and he is the only one that knows the number of times each button should be pressed. For a second Marc felt like he was in danger because he was being watched by this B.W. person. He thought that the B.W.  person needs Marc so he could open the door and deactivate the invisible lasers. Marc wanted to sleep. He wanted to stay safe and he wanted a break from this stress. The next morning Marc went into his backyard and found footsteps. He followed the footsteps and Bang! Marc was hit on the head by some metal rod and everything went black.

Marc opened his eyes and found himself in a dim room. “ Hello?” he asked “ Well, hello Mr. Marc Winsles.” said a voice from the back.

“What do you need?” Marc asked

“ First of all I am the B.W. Benning Wrooker and all I want is you to open the door of the diamond Kangaroo Sculpture.” Benning said.

“ Of course not! I go by the law. This sculpture will be put inside the museum to show the alignment of the U.S. and Australia.” Marc said.

“ I will give you money” Benning said

“ I don’t want any money!” Marc denied.

“ I will give 50 million,” Benning suggested.

“No” Marc denied it.

“ 100 mil” Benning suggested again

“Nope”Marc denied it again

“500 mil” Benning was pissed. He wanted Mrac to open the door

“NO!NO!NO! I don’t want money! Leave me alone and forget about the sculpture!.” Marc yelled. He tried to move but his hands were tied behind his back and he was tied to a pole.

“ I want the sculpture. Open the door for me. Or else” Benning said

“ Or else what?” Marc asked

“ I will kill you.” Benning said in a serious voice

“ Kill me! I don’t care! At least the sculpture will be safe.” Marc said.

“ Mr. Marc, I am serious I will kill you.” Benning said

“Okay” Marc.

Benning shot Marc on the shoulders and in the stomach. After that he took his wallet then searched for the paper which had the instructions to open the door. He found it and the next day the sculpture was stolen but, the news about Marc’s murder wasn’t told to the outside world.