N E W   Y O R K   C I T Y. They got there towards noon as the coach cruised through Manhattan."We're here!" said an exhilarated Cassie Richards, dragging Natasha out of the bus.Natasha took a moment, observing the scenery filled with skyscrapers with jumbo-trons and the streets lined with theaters as  well as yellow taxi cabs moving to and fro on the freeways."Well, it's pretty much like Atlanta but way bigger and with taller buildings, I guess," Natasha said.They got to the entrance of the Museum of Natural History where they were lead through the reception by a guide. Lucas lagged a little behind to look at the statue erected in front of the museum which depicted a sculpture of a man riding a horse.                                     

J E N N A    G O T   H O M E  from the hospital just in time to find her daughter alighting the school bus.She grabbed her and hugged her, almost squeezing the life out of her."Mom, it was just three days!""Well, you're still my daughter and nobody's taking that away from me, so deal with it!" Jenna said comically, hugging Natasha even tighter."I missed you too, mom."Natasha was more than relieved to learn that her mother had no idea of what had happened back in New York. She would have been freaking out as if the embrace for having not seen her for less than three days wasn't enough.The beeping noise of the alarm startled Natasha after which she suddenly found herself lashing out her left hand and hitting the device to make it stop.Her face was smothered into a pillow and did not feel like getting out of be