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Deadly Aquarium

Murder

By Jeremy WhitePublished about a year ago 4 min read
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Deadly Aquarium
Photo by Pengxiao Xu on Unsplash

Today is going to be a good day. You and your family are going to the Aquarium for the first time. You and your wife have never been. It will be a cool experience to go for the first time with your kids. Usually you have to beg Anna and Jacob to get up, not this day, they are up and at the breakfast table when you come down stairs. You eat your breakfast and wait for your wife Hannah to finish getting ready.

On the car ride there Anna and Jacob are talking excitedly the whole way there. When you arrive, the place is packed. One because it is the weekend and two because there are several new animals that debut today. They are new Tiger sharks and Dolphins. You walk in just in time to see the Tiger sharks released.

After that excitement you walk around the rest of the Aquarium. You and your family are amazed at all the animals and different species of animals there are. It is time to see the Dolphins. You have always loved Dolphins. When they come out and start doing tricks you become the kid. You and Jacob have signed up to swim with the Dolphins. While you and Jacob are doing that Anna and Hannah go to feed the Tiger sharks.

While everyone is having fun there is something else going on at the Aquarium that day. Terrorist have been planning an attack for a year on the Aquarium. They had to wait because the Sharks and Dolphins were a big part of the plan. They have planted people as workers inside the Aquarium. They have implanted little bombs inside the skin of the Dolphins and the triggers inside the Tiger sharks.

When the Sharks and Dolphins had their medical exam they removed the bombs and triggers. They plan on placing them in specific locations that would cause the most damage to the building and to hurt the most people.

It is almost the end of the day, and the terrorist are almost ready to put their yearlong plan into motion. While almost everyone is watching a 4D movie they lock and chain all the doors. If you are wondering about the animals they are sensitive terrorist at least where the animals are concerned. They have had them all moved out of their tanks and into their holding tanks away from the Aquarium.

They lock the movie theater doors and walk to the front of the screen. They announce that they are terrorist and that there is no way out. Everyone freaks out. Everyone but your family because you are with the terrorist. Anna and Jacob gather all the kids to one side of the theater. You and Hannah have the adults on the other side.

You tell the adults that you do not want to hurt the kids outright. You want to give a few of them a chance to survive. You tell the parents that there is only one way out. It is through a tiny vent in the ceiling. It leads down to the basement where only one door is left unlocked.

Then you do something cruel. You tell them as a group they have to pick two boys and two girls to try and escape. This sends the parents into hysteria. They end up fighting and a few parents end up dead. The terrorist shot a few of the others to make a point. The parents finally choice two boys and two girls and the terrorist let them out. They meet the other two boys and two girls from the other theater. The group start to look for the vent. The parents from one theater choose wisely. They chose skinny and short kids. The other not so much. They are big and tall.

While all that is going on the other terrorist have placed the bombs and are giving the kids 30 minutes to get out before the push the triggers.

The kids find the vent and the big and tall kids rip the cover off and let the skinny and short kids go first. The skinny and short kids make it into the basement with five minutes to find the door to get out. The big and tall kids sadly did not make it out. The girls got stuck in the vent and the boys did not fit at all. They decide to try and get the locks and chains off the door. They could not do it.

The terrorist that set the bombs are hiding in the basement. They watch the kids find the door and walk out with a minute to spare. The terrorist countdown from 60 and hit the triggers. The first thing that collapses is the floor and ceiling of the movie theaters. Then key spots in the roof and floor to bring down the whole building.

The terrorist in the basement escaped. The ones in theaters did not. This included your family.

The kids that escaped ran straight to the nearest store and called 911. When they arrived the building had already collapsed. It was a rescue mission. They ended up pulling a few survivors out of the rubble.

No one knew why the terrorist targeted the Aquarium. Eventually the Police find the terrorist plan in an online forum. They were extreme eco terrorist that did not like that the animals where in the Aquarium. The reason they targeted this Aquarium is because the owner had been convicted of animal cruelty and importing illegal animals.

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About the Creator

Jeremy White

I am from a small town. I have grown up surrounded by woods. I love to Write. I started out with poems. I did not start writing stories until I joined vocal. Writing stories is really fun. I have a Bachelors in Psychology.

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Nice work

Very well written. Keep up the good work!

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  1. Excellent storytelling

    Original narrative & well developed characters

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  • U.Rdiyaabout a year ago

    Nice! Different perspective. Well written!

  • Cathy holmesabout a year ago

    Nicely done. good take on the challenge.

  • Excellent tale for the challenge

  • Caroline Janeabout a year ago

    That escalated quick! Woweeee!

  • Emily Marie Concannonabout a year ago

    I loved the POV! So unique! It was like I was there! Awesome best of luck! Just subscribed btw!

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