"Ok, Sherman remember what I said?" Peabody asked his boy, the ginger boy nodded.
"Yes, Mr. Peabody, always do as you say inside the lab, and don't touch anything unless you said so." Sherman said, remembering what the dog had told him.
"Yes, Good boy." Peabody reached up and patted Sherman on his head, and then turned his heel and continued to lecture Sherman.
"Now, this invention I have going, it might change the world, I'm telling you, Sherman, of course, not all of the bugs are out of it, but, I can still take it on a test run." Peabody said, Sherman followed behind, letting out soft 'Uh-huh, yep, sounds cool' every time it was called for. If only Mr. Peabody hadn't of taken away his red ball.
"This, my dear boy, is why I need your help, when the time calls for it, I need you to push the button."
That line caused Sherman to perk up a bit. Mr. Peabody never let him push the buttons before, especially if the invention was just a prototype. They walked inside Mr. Peabody's lab, it was always neat and clean, random projects of his scattered around, the failed ones always huddled in the darkest corner of lab. Still, not a speck was out of place, the tools were always placed neatly on the tables around the place.
Sherman looked at, Mr. Peabody's latest invention, it was a big tube of some sort, inside it was only a keypad, everything else was being controlled by the computer on one of the tables.
"Ok, Sherman, I need you get behind my computer, when I say 'go' press the spacebar, understood?"
"Yes, Mr. Peabody, when you say 'go' I press the spacebar." Sherman said and Peabody nodded, Sherman watched him as he went inside the giant tube, Sherman took his place behind the computer. Something bright and red caught his eye on the floor, leaning down, Sherman picked it up, it was his ball! So this was where Peabody hid it, EW! it was slimy!
Sticking his tongue out, Sherman wiped his hand on his shirt and then did the same thing with his ball. Gross.
"Ok Sherman! You ready?"
Peabody's voice quickly alerted the boy, he quickly focused on his father.
"Yes, Mr. Peabody!" Sherman yelled quickly. There was a few seconds of silence before he heard it.
"Ok, GO!"
Quickly, Sherman jammed his finger on the spacebar, he took a step back as the machine buzzed to life, the lights of the Penthouse buzzed and brightened a bit, the computer started to compute different calculations on the screen, Sherman felt a little scared. Then, everything just stopped, the computer had froze in the middle of a calculation. The buzz of the machine died down and the lights slowly returned to there normal brightness.
Sherman frowned a bit, and so did Peabody, quickly, the dog turned around to the keypad and started typing random things in, he was muttering things to himself, Sherman looked at the computer, stuck on it's calculation, like it was just trying to figure out what the next part was.
"Sherman! Come here for a second!" Peabody ordered.
Sherman nodded, not wanting to be seen with the ball, he placed it down on a random spot and ran towards his father.
"Yes, Mr. Peabody?" Sherman asked the dog, there was a second of silence, Peabody's mind fully focused on his work at the moment.
"I need you to...grab the clipboard, it's sitting on the desk, just over there.." Peabody told him, pointing towards the clipboard, Sherman nodded and walked over to get it, he grabbed the desired item, looking at it, he noticed a few nuts and bolts on top of the papers, we took them and shook them off of the clipboard, then turned and walked back to Mr. Peabody.
"Here you go." He said as he handed his father the clipboard.
Unknown to either of them, one of the bolts that Sherman had flicked off, was rolling towards the computer, the silver bolt was stopped by a red ball, the ball stopped the bolt, but started to roll because of it, it rolled down on to the keyboard, hitting every key along the way, until it hit the last key, the spacebar.
The computer unfroze, finishing it's calculation, the machine buzzed to life once more, it made both Sherman and Peabody look around, the lights buzzed and grew bright until one by one each and every light blew out, glass falling to the floor, Peabody's eyes widen, the machine was buzzing louder, the computer was actually starting to smoke, this wasn't good! Peabody gasped when he felt the machine actually start to vibrate.
Then, all at once, there was just a loud explosion. Peabody wish he knew what had happened next, but he had passed out shortly after that, a bright light engulfing him and his son.
-Transition-
Peabody coughed loudly, slowly coming to, he felt something on his back, probably glass from the broken light bulbs, he couldn't see anything, it was pitch black and the only thing he could make out was smoke, just a ton of smoke. The best he could, he got to his feet, his everything hurt, his neck, his shoulders, legs, arms, if it was a part of his anatomy it hurt. He groaned, walking over to the wall, he glided his hand along the smooth surface, feeling for the button.
This has happened more than once, something would blow up, cause the whole place to smoke, so, he made a vent system, it clears out the smoke in just a matter of seconds. All he has to do is find the button, but, he just couldn't seem to find it.
THUNK
"Gah!" Peabody cried out, his knee hitting something hard and unpleasant. He clutched his knee for a moment, jumping up and down in pain, he quickly regained himself, he had to find that button! He continued to run his hand along the wall, he just couldn't find it. He moved his hand down lower a bit, after a few seconds, he finally found it, it felt lower than he remembered. Still, he didn't question it, he just punched the button.
The vent fans came to life, the smoke leaving the room, it still didn't help that he couldn't see, all the lights being blown out. Still, he was always prepared for the worse, there was another button around here that turned on the emergency lights, it should be just under the vent button.
He reached down, getting down low until his hand brushed up against another button, he clicked the button and soon, dim florescent lights filled the room.
Peabody looked around, he felt...Confused, everything seemed...Smaller...
He couldn't understand it, everything looked the same, except for the broken glass every where and the pile of metal where his new invention once stood. But everything looked miniature, this just didn't make sense. He placed a hand on his chest, then froze,
That...didn't...feel right...
Without looking down, he rubbed his hand on his chest, why did his chest feel...furless? Slowly, he looked down, where clean white fur once lay was now fleshy pink skin, his paws now human hands, he had fingernails and everything! He looked even farther down, not paws, feet! five toes that wiggled, turning around he noticed the lack of a tail!
'Nononononononononononono!' His mind screamed, racing to one of his desks, he grabbed a hand mirror out of a drawer and looked at his face, he couldn't stop the scream that left his mouth.
He was human! HUMAN! His floppy white ears now replaced with pink round human ears, his white fur coat replaced by long white hair that stopped just at his shoulders, he still had on his thick round glasses and red bowtie, but that was the only thing he had on, he was naked from there on. His chest felt heavy, he dropped the mirror, no, this had to be a dream, a weird dream. He couldn't be human! He just couldn't be!
The sound of something moving around near the broken invention, caused him to turn his head, his hair following the rapid movement of his neck. His breath then got caught in his throat when he remembered something, something important, Sherman was inside the machine with him!
He heard small scared yelps coming from some of the fallen metal, slowly, he walked over, careful so not to get glass in his feet. He lifted up a piece of metal, and gasped loudly.
His boy...was no longer a boy.
His boy, was a dog, a puppy dog, a small white puppy with orange patches over his body, one orange patch on his back, one over his left eye and one on the tip of his tail, a puppy that walked on all fours and couldn't speak to humans. An illiterate dog.
"S-Sherman?" He asked the dog, the dog did not answer Peabody, he just stared at the human, confusion in his bright brown eyes. Peabody looked around, Sherman's glasses and clothes crushed under some other metal parts.
Slowly, and shakily, Peabody picked the small puppy up, and held it against his chest, Sherman's warm fur and body felt foreign to the once dog.
"Oh, Sherman...I'm so sorry..."
Well? what do you guys think? give me feedback please! should I go on?