"Whoo, boy! I tell you, if ol' Rexy were goin' faster, we wouldn't have a front desk!" Jed laughed from where he and Octavius sat in their mini jeep.
"Jedidiah, if my hands were not shaking, I'd strangle you." Oct said.
Jed gave his friend a hearty slap on the back as he laughed.
"JEDIDIAH!!!"
The cowboy winced when he noticed Larry running in.
"Hey, Gigantor."
"Sacajawea saw the whole thing! If it happens again I'm taking your jeep." The night gaurd growled.
"Sorry."
"Lawrence, what seems to be the problem now?" Teddy asked as he rode in on Texas.
"Oh, nothing. Just that Jed nearly destroyed the front desk." Larry said, frowning. "Again."
"Honestly, lad, pouting will do nothing." Teddy said as he jumped off his horse.
"Look, I'm sorry. We were just messin' around. What's got you so on edge?" Jed asked.
"Indeed, Lawrence, you seem a little high strung tonight."
Larry rubbed his neck nervously. "Ah, Rebecca's going on the road again. Always makes me a little nervous."
"She'll be fine, I'm sure. Come, the Huns are having a little brawl with the Neanderthals."
NATM
After settling the feud, Larry and Teddy were heading to the break room for coffee when they saw Ahkmenrah running towards them.
"What's the hurry, son?" Teddy asked as Ahk came to a halt.
The Pharaoh swallowed as he straightened. "The tablet's gone!" He cried.
"Gone?! What do you mean gone?!" Larry cried.
"Was it there when you awoke tonight?" Teddy asked.
"I believe so, I'm not entirely sure. Do you think Dexter stole it?"
"Not likely, Dexter would know better."
Larry scowled, feeling like Teddy put too much faith in the monkey.
"Why don't we go make sure?" He asked, crossing his arms.
Teddy raised an eyebrow, before the three men set off.
They were passing by the Hall of African Mammals, when they noticed that Dexter had been locked up with them.
"I guess he never got out. So he didn't steal the tablet." Larry pointed out. "This time." He muttered under his breath.
Teddy rubbed his chin. "Then who? Surely none of the other exhibits?"
"I don't see why they would. Besides, most of them still fear that a curse will be put on them if they walk in." Ahk said, awkwardly.
Larry shot Ahk a sympathetic look before turning to Teddy.
"What about Lewis and Clark? They're always looking for something new to discover. Last week it was how a coffee machine worked. I still don't think Clark had calmed down."
"Sacajawea said they were going to explore the Hall of Gems tonight." Teddy explained.
Suddenly the intercom went off, sending a painful feedback throughout the museum.
The animals started to cry out from the pain.
"What in heaven's name?!" Teddy yelled.
"Someone's messing with the intercom!" Larry cried. "Come on!"
NATM
The front desk was empty once the three man approached.
"Gigantor!" Jed cried as he and Oct rode in.
"The gods are angry!" Oct cried.
"No, it was just the intercom." Larry assured them.
"I don't think the intercom's s'posed to make our ears bleed." Jed said.
"It usually doesn't act up like that." Larry said.
Teddy frowned as he noticed a cord cut. "Unless it's been tampered with."
"McPhee's going to kill me. This thing is brand new!" Larry said.
"Teddy!"
The group turned to see Sacajawea racing from the hall.
"Sacajawea? What's wrong?" Teddy asked as the Shoshone native ran towards him.
"They're back!" She cried.
"Who?"
"Hello, boys."
The group looked up. Standing on the staircase were the former night guards, Cecil, Reginald and Gus, wearing their old uniforms and in Cecil's hand was the tablet.
"Hello, Larry, you didn't think we'd give up that easily, did you?" Cecil asked.
Larry tightened his grip on his flashlight whilst Teddy drew his sword.
"Cecil!" Larry growled.
"Well, well. You certainly have changed." Cecil said.
"Wish I could say the same for you!"
"Button up, buttercup!" Gus snapped.
"Give me my tablet!" Ahk shouted.
Cecil laughed. "Well, lookie here, boys. The monster has been released from his box ."
"I am not a monster!" Ahk cried.
"He's baiting you, don't listen." Sacajawea said.
"Haven't they figured out that it was a mistake releasing you?"
Ahk frowned.
"That's enough, Cecil!" Teddy barked.
"Oh, Teddy, is this what we get after all those years of service?" Reginald asked.
Sac squeezed Teddy's hand as he growled. "I protected them!" He barked.
"And I suppose you never told them how much you risked to protect them." Reginald said, raising an eyebrow.
Teddy glance around at the few who had gathered to listen before his eyes landed on Sac's solft, brown ones.
Cecil narrowed his own eyes and whispered something into the tablet. A second later, the tablet started to glow.
"All right, Larry, enough talk, we're here to finish something we sadly never go a chance to. You're going to gather all the jewelry and you're going to bring it us. Understand?"
Larry frowned, dumbfounded. "No." He said. "I don't answer to you.
The tablet grew brighter.
"Maybe not, but tp him you do." Cecil said nodding towards Teddy.
"Never." The President growled.
"Very well, then I'll have to used force. Yah!" Cecil cried raising the tablet. A light burst through, striking Teddy in the chest, knocking him to ground.
"Teddy!" Sac cried racing to his side.
Ahk stood, too shocked to move.
Questions were forming in his mind, questions that seemed to have no answers.
Sacajawea's frantic voice snapped him out of his daze and he turned to see her shaking his shoulders.
"Teddy?" She asked, placing her hand on his cheek.
With a slight groan, Teddy opened his eyes, but instead of his usual sea blue eyes, they were burning red.
Before Sac could say anything, Teddy pushed her away as he stood.
"Attack!" Cecil cried.
Teddy growled as he faced the group before charging for Larry.
Not knowing what to do, Larry was knocked the ground with painful thud.
"Teddy, please!" Ahk cried, attempting to stop his friend. But the President pushed the Pharaoh away with ease.
Attila, who had been watching from the hall, let out a battle cry as he and his men raced for the old night guards.
But they never reached them.
Larry's eyes eyes widened as he watched Teddy take out the Huns one by one with incredible speed.
Suddenly, Lewis and Clark came racing in. "Great scott, Teddy, what has gotten into you?!" Clark cried.
Lewis watched in horror as Teddy threw Attila to the ground.
Attila growled as he reached for his weapon, but Teddy grabbed it first and with it, hit the lead hun with a powerful blow to the head, knocking him unconscious.
Sac watched in horror as her adoptive brothers charged forward to help. Teddy glared as he picked up a club and threw it, knocking the men down.
"Teddy!" Sac cried.
The President turned to her before he was taken down by Larry and Ahk.
"Come on, man, you can fight this!" Larry said as he tried to hold his friend down.
But Teddy responded by hitting Larry in the stomach and smacking him in the face, sending his backwards.
Ahk grunted as he landed on the floor, beside Attila's weapon.
Taking it in his hands, Ahk turned to the man whom had become like a second father and frowned, unable to bring himself to hurt the President.
"Ahk!" Jed cried as Teddy noticed the frozen Pharaoh and delivered a painful kick to the chest, sending him backwards.
Ahk coughed before gasping as Teddy pinned him to the ground, his hand brought back into a fist.
"Stop!" Cecil bellowed.
Teddy glared for a moment before standing.
Cecil laughed as he and his men looked over the unconscious Huns and Larry on the ground a few feet away, with a purple color forming around his eye.
"Now, let's try this again. Give us what we want and you get your old Teddy back. Refuse and we let Teddy loose on the rest if the museum. Bring it to the loading bay. You have till 4."
Cecil then snapped his fingers and Teddy followed as the night guards went up the stairs, leaving Larry and the others alone in silence.
The only sound in the room was the sound of Sacajawea's cries.
End of the first chapter, hope you guys liked it.