A Museum Mystery

'''This story has some scary moments. If you gat nightmares easily, don't read this. This is a WIP. So don't comment, "This is too short". pls.'''

Normal Morning
It was a rainy sunday and a young shark, Specks was sitting on the couch, searching for a job on his laptop. "Specks, I just got you a spot at the local museum. You don't have to keep searching. You start Tuesday." said his mom. Specks put his computer up and got dressed for the Main Street festival. It was moved indoors because of the weather. He was going with his Dunkle buddy, Darwin. "Ma! Where's my keys!?" Yelled Specks across the hall. "It's in the kitchen!" his mom responded. "Of course you don't put it on my nightstand." Specks whispers to himself. A loud knock was at the door. It was Darwin. They did their handshake thing and sat at the table. "Man My mom was REALLY grumpy this morning." said Darwin as he was counting his money. "We might have to leave soon before my stepdad gets up." said Specks. "Brutus? Your Dunkle dad? He's the same species as me, right?" asked Darwin. "You are a Marsaisi. He's a Terrelli. Meaning he's meaner and bigger." said Specks as he was unpugging the blender that was making Darwin's smoothie. Brutus walked into the kitchen while putting on his shirt at the same time. "What is that Marsai doing here?" he asked with an angry smile. "w-we were just leaving." said Specks as he pulled his confused friend out. "Yeah I have daddy issues. He's been here since I turned three." Specks said with a chuckle. Brutus busted the door open with Specks's mother, Marlene pulling him back. Specks and Darwin ran into the car and drove off. "Now, go take a nap like you always do." Marlene said sternly.

Party Crasher
The two parked at a store on Main Street. Specks was putting on his bracelet and walked out of the car. Darwin was heading to the archery copetition. Specks followed behind him there. After an hour of watching competitors from worldwide go against his friend, Darwin won. They celebrated at the dance floor, dancing to rock music. Darwin was chatting with friends while Specks was jamming. But to his surprise, Brutus was right there. He was MAD. Specks was tired of his stepfather's strict rules and stood up for himself. "Dude, You can't control my life. I'm 17 now, give me some freedom!" Specks yelled. "That's enough, we're going home." yelled Brutus while he pulled his son to his truck. "You will not hang out with Marsais anymore. those tiny skinny dudes have no gut." Brutus said while driving a bit over the speed limit. "Look, I get you want me to be fierce and tough, but I'm no placoderm. I'm a WHITE TIP SHARK! How am I supposed to appear scary?!" asked Specks angrily. Brutus pulled over to the side of the road as soon as he heard that. Specks looked at his scary stepfather who stared right back. "Feel bad now!?" Yelled the small shark furiously. "Quit trying to make me something I'm not and live with it!" Yelled Specks as he attempted to open the door. "Don't even think about running out, You are so grounded." Brutus said. "Bruh I'M 17! Basically an adult!" yelled Specks. "Can't believe Ma thought you were PeRfEcT and married you!" Brutus looked at his son in a way that would give you night terrors. He then purposly crashed his truck into a random person's lawn. Brutus has armor so he didn't get hurt, but Specks got broken glass stuck in his arms and nose. So there was blood everywhere. Luckily he didn't die. He looked at his crazy stepfather and climbed out the broken windshield. He ran all the way home.

Bye Bye Psycho
Specks ran inside with his arms full of blood and glass. Marlene spent an hour getting the peices out and bandaging her son up. Brutus literally broke the door down and barged in his poor son's room. "OH NOT THAT PSYCHO!" yelled Specks fearfully and angrily. "Fun fact, HE put us in a car wreck on purpose!" Brutus stared at Specks as he tried to defend himself. "Is that true!? You put MY son in a wreck on PURPOSE!?" Marlene yelled. "He was being smart with me and insulted me!" Brutus protested, poorly. Specks pushed Brutus out of the way and ran into the kitchen to run away. Brutus looked out and saw the door was wide open. Marlene called the cops and hid in the closet. Her pdycho husband grabbed an axe and wrecked everything. "I should've went for a Marsai. Much nicer and caring." whispered Marlene. Then the cops ran in armed and surrounded the psycho Dunkle. They managed to tase him and arrest him for assault with a deadly weapon. They soon found out he was mentally deranged. Specks was at Darwin's at the time of the arresting. He was SO scared. Two days later, it was time for work!

First Day
Specks got ready and helped clean up Darwin's breakfast mess. "It's hard to eat neatly if you have a beak like structure." said Specks with a chuckle. Later, he made it to the museum and saw a delivery truck. They pulled out a large statue that was over 60 years old. A worker came up to the new guy and warned him about this fish statue. "It is said this thing will come to life at night and terrorize whoever's in the museum!" the worker said. Specks looked at the brownish green relic and made a dismissive grin. The worker was upset by this shark's disbelief. Everyone crowded the new statue and took pictures. Specks saw the green triangle shapes on the fish's sides. They were a bit shiny ans looked like the costed a lot. He touched one of them and made them glow. It made the statue jolt as if it was alive! This scared the crowd too. After keeping watch at the prehistoric life room, the sun was setting and everyone was leaving. Specks closed everything up and turned on his flashlight. Everything was going good, untill a noise was heard.

IT'S ALIVE!!
Specks followed the sound and after getting to the sorce of the sound, he saw the Dunkle statue that was "cursed" was gone! But the sound was still going off. It lead Specks to the dinosaur bone isle. He turned on his flashlight and saw the fish ALIVE! It was rummaging through the sauropod fossils! Specks backed up slowly and ran off to the exit. But the cursed fish chased him down and blocked the doors. Specks screamed as loud as his lungs could go and ran full speed to where the fish's spot was to hide. This giant placoderm flew all over the place and knocked down everything. This scared Specks. He crawled to the basement and called his mom. "hey Ma, the museum's under attack. You know that "pretty" fish statue that came in today, IT'S TRYING TO KILL ME!! It came to life somehow and is now trying to murder me!" Specks yelled. "Hang in there, I'm getting the police, I knew this thing was cursed. I just didn't know it was gonna come to life! You know I'm not superstitious!" Marlene replied. Specks hung up and grabbed a spear that was in there with him. He saw a paper that was actually about this Dunkleosteus statue that was as old as his mom. it read "This fish is said to have the spirit of a serial killer named Miles the brain stabber. A psycho Eel that was shot right next to the statue, His blood landed on it's large gems on it's sides. a month later, It's been rumoured to come alive and kill security guards. As headless dead guards were found by the statue's stands and blood was seen dripping from the fish's mouth. If you would've loked closely, It's eyes would follow you as you walked by it, meaning it's targeting you. DO NOT TOUCH THE GEMS. This has caused dozens of museums to shut down and trash the statue, And now everyone has feared the wrath of Dunkley." Specks was shocked! He read more of the article. "Dunkley will come to life at night if you touch the emeralds on his body. He has an appitite for distruction, so it is advised not to interact with him at all costs. Transport with gloves. MISUSE OF DUNKLEY WILL LEAD TO A FATAL FATE!!" Specks was mad that none of the workers other than the one who warned him failed to read this. "I feel so stupid." he whispered twice. Suddenly the fish banged on the basement door. Specks grabbed his spear and hid in a corner. The door finally was worn down from the damage and broke. Dunkley searched the room with his glowing red eyes. Specks prepared to stab the beast in the soft underbelly. With all the courage he had, he stabbed Dunkley's belly, but it didn't penetrate him! It instead broke the spear in half! Specks ran out and looked for the exit as fast as possible with the giant monster behind him. He had a matter of time.

Escape
Specks threw heavy things at this crazy Dunkle. It would crash into skeletons, artifacts, and taxidermies without a scratch!