A/N: This is a story where Sherman starts to show weird behavior, cravings for food, even scratching himself on the arms and the hair. So, here we go. I give you 'Sherman Snaps' (Title is a parody on 'Ginger Snaps'). Enjoy!
Mr. Peabody woke up and stretched his arms out with a big yawn. After getting out of bed, he went over to the bedroom of his adopted son, Sherman. He was still sleeping and he had a 'Divergent' book open by his lap. Peabody smiled as he put a bookmark where he was in the book now and placed it on the desk.
"Wake up, sleepy head. It's a school day" Peabody said gently shaking his son. Sherman yawned and stretched his arms. He rubbed his eyes and reached to grab his glasses, by the only kept tapping on the nightstand with his palm. Peabody silently giggled at this. Peabody picked the glasses up and placed them on his son's face.
"There you are" Sherman then got up and stood in front of his dad.
"Good morning, Mr. Peabody" Sherman said as he kicked the blankets off his feet.
"Good morning, Sherman. Like I said, you have school today. But as I say 'TGIF'" said the white Beagle.
"Didn't you invent that one?" Sherman asked as he put on his school uniform and shoes.
"Yes, the same time I invented the fist-bump" Peabody said as he walked out the door and Sherman walked out behind him.
As Mr. Peabody made Sherman his lunch, he was watching the news on TV at the same time.
"The carnage continues as yet ANOTHER body was found completely torn to shreds and covered in what appear to be claw marks. This is the ninth victim of the killer animal on the loose. The national forest organization assumes it to be a large bear" said the reporter on the news. Peabody sighed and picked the remote up.
"Killer animal my tail" said Peabody as he shut the TV off.
"This is clearly a hoax of a crazy everyday serial killer who uses the hunting techniques of animals to kill his victims and pin the blame on innocent creatures" said Peabody as he placed a peanut-butter and banana sandwich in a plastic bag in Sherman's lunch and walked over to his son.
"Here you go, your lunch" said Peabody as he walked over to his son who was watching the news article on the supposed 'Animal' killing victim on the large TV. Sherman took the bagged lunch and got up.
"Come along, Sherman. We'd better get going" said Peabody. Sherman nodded and followed him to the motorcycle and sidecar.
After a fifteen minute long drive to Susan B. Anthony Elementary School, Peabody and Sherman exchanged hugs and Peabody spoke to his son.
"Remember, I won't be home until late. Penny is going to walk you home after school" Peabody said.
"Why?" asked the auburn haired boy.
"Because that so-called 'Killer Animal' is still out there and I don't want anything bad happening to you. Besides, Penny is taking karate classes now and she can protect you if you need to" Peabody pointed out. Sherman knew that his father wanted his son to be protected, especially after the WABAC incident and how Ms. Grunion tried to take him away from his canine father.
"Alright, Mr. Peabody" Sherman said as he walked up the stairs to his class. Little did he know that in the bushes were bright yellow eyes staring at Sherman as he entered the building. The eyes faded into the darkness as they backed away further into the bushes.
After six hours passed, the bell rang and school was over. The weekend was starting for the kids.
"Bye, Sherman!" cried out Mason.
"Bye, Mason!" Sherman replied as he walked by Penny. They began walking to the apartment together without saying a word except eying each other.
"What are you staring at?" they asked each other at the same time.
"Me? Nothing. Why?" they said together as well and then just looked away and began blushing. Penny looked up to the sky to see a full moon.
"The moon is pretty tonight, isn't it?" Penny asked Sherman. He looked up and saw the moon. He smiled at the beauty it showed by being in the half-darkened sky.
"Yeah, it is isn't it?" Sherman asked. Just as they were about to take the shortcut through Central Park, they stopped after hearing growling coming from the bushes. Penny put her arm in front of Sherman and their eyes went wide.
"Shh, don't move" she said quietly. The bushes rustled for a while and then it stopped. The two kids sighed in relief and Penny spoke.
"Oh, thank God that scared me" Sherman said plainly and wiped away the sweat that trickled down his forehead.
"Scared me too" Penny replied. Just as when they were about to continue their walking, out of the bushes leaped a giant wolf and it pounced on Sherman.
"W-W-Wolf!" Sherman shouted. Penny had her eyes widened and tried to attack the wolf with a Karate attack, but the wolf raised it's front arm and swiped it. Penny was flung over to a bench where her back hit when she landed.
"Penny!" Sherman shouted. The wolf grabbed Sherman by his ankle with it's teeth and dragged him into the bushes.
"Pennnnyyyyyyyyy!" cried out Sherman. Penny got up and ran after her auburn friend.
"SHERMAN!" she shouted in fright. Just as she was about to enter the woods, she tripped on a rock and saw that there was a dislodged tree branch and a trash can with a fire lit inside it. Penny got an idea.
The wolf had Sherman pinned against a tree. The auburn boy was whimpering in fright and the wolf roared in his face. The giant wolf raised it's claw and scratched Sherman on his stomach where his school shirt and vest was ripped and blood stained the pristine white shirt.
"Ahhh!" Sherman shouted in pain. Then, Sherman tried running away, but the wolf bit Sherman on the lack of his leg and made him trip to the ground.
"Go away!" shouted a familiar voice. It was Penny. She waved a tree branch that was lit on fire in front of the wolf's face and it gave Sherman enough time to get back up and the wolf snarled and growled at them.
"Run!"shouted Penny. She threw the flaming branch at the wolf and she ran out into the streets with Sherman. The wolf started running after them.
"Sherman, you have to keep running" Penny said as she noticed him slowing down and that blood covered his stomach and leg. Sherman tripped and fell from being hurt by the claw marks and the bite.
"Come on, get up! Get up!" Penny cried desperately. Soon, they saw a shadow above them and there was the giant wolf. The wolf roared in their faces and prepared to slash them with it's claws. Both children shut their eyes tightly and prepared for death. Then there was a loud 'THUD' sound and whimpering. The kids opened their eyes to see that the wolf was run over by a black Hummer and it was turned into road kill.
"Did I hit something?" asked the driver.
"Yes, thank you" Penny said with a relived smile and helped Sherman up. She dragged him over to the sidewalk and had his press his back against a fire extinguisher.
"Don't worry, I'm gonna dial 911" Penny said as she took her iPhone 5s out and dialed 9 and 1 twice. Sherman pressed his hands against his bleeding belly.
"Penny, it hurts" Sherman rasped. Penny stroked his cheek with her hand softly with the other holding the phone against her ear.
"I know it hurts. But it won't for much longer, okay?" Penny assured him with tears in her eyes and she could see Sherman was crying too from the pain he was in.
"911 what's your emergency?" asked the operator.
"My friend was attacked by a wolf. He's scratched on his stomach and he got bit on his leg and he's bleeding a lot" Penny said in worry and sweat mixed in with her worried tears.
"We're gonna send an ambulance over. What's your location?" asked the operator.
"We're at 5610 Maple avenue in front of the left entrance to Central Park" she said.
"That means they'll be there in a matter of seconds. So just have him hang in there" said the operator before hanging up. Penny then took her vest off and pressed it against Sherman's bleeding stomach. Sherman hissed in pain and he had tears falling out his eyes.
"Shh, you're gonna be fine" Penny assured him softly. Sherman began to hear sirens and passed out unconscious.
A/N: So, Sherman was attacked by a giant wolf. And it was also the killer animal everyone was talking about on the news. Now it's dead because it got hit by a Hummer. Now Sherman is on his way to the hospital because he got scratched and bit. More to come in the next update. Please review, thanks!