A/N: Lizzy and Hayden have finally met their son, Sherman! Yay! And we have met the main villain of the story, Ms. Grunion. Also, Mr. Peabody will come later in the story, but he won't be the same old Peabody you think he'll be. Anyways, enjoy!

(Hayden P.O.V.)

I walked up the stairs of the apartment complex ahead of Lizzy who was giving Sherman a ride on her back since he got a little tired to walk and his feet were killing him. When we got to the very top of the building, the seventh floor, we saw a 'For Rent' sign taped to a window.

'For Rent: $200 a month, furnished, entertainment system, internet, cable, and computers included' the sign read aloud. I looked to Lizzy and Sherman and spoke.

"We'll make this our base of operations. In other words, we'll live here" I said. They nodded and I held my hand out. Lizzy handed me one of her hunting knives to pick the lock since my Kukri knives had too big of a blade tip to pick the lock. As soon as the lock was picked, I opened the door, and held it open.

"After you" I said with a smirk. Lizzy set Sherman down and they walked into the apartment together. After peeking my head outside the door and looked at both sides to see if anyone was coming, I shut the door and locked it.

"Somebody turn the lights on, I can't see a dang thing" I said out loud looking at the dimly lit apartment.

"I got it" Lizzy said. I couldn't even see where she was without all the lights on. The lights then came on and we saw that it was a nice living place. There was one lone red velvet felt couch in front of a flat screen TV that hung on the wall below a small mahogany wooden shelf set that had a DVD player and some movies. On the left and right of the couch there were black leather recliners. Right next to the mahogany shelf was a white marble fireplace with some logs in it and a little turn key that meant it ran on a fuse. The kitchen had marble counters and an eating booth like you'd see in a restaurant, the carpet was dark brown and fuzzy.

"This place is nice" Lizzy said.

"It's alright, I guess" I said. I took the 'For Rent' sign off the window and threw it in the fireplace. After that, I turned the key and set a fire off in the fireplace, letting the sign melt and be destroyed.

"Excuse me, Hayden, Lizzy?" Sherman asked. We both had our eyes on him.

"What do we do now?" he asked us twirling his foot on the carpet. I looked at the wall clock that hung over the oven in the kitchen and saw that the time was now about 11:23 PM in the middle of the night.

"Not 'We', Sherman, us. You're going to bed" I said. Wow, I sounded like a real father just now, I don't know why I said that.

"Aw, c'mon! Can't I stay up a little longer?" whined Sherman. I looked to Lizzy and smiled.

"Find him a bedroom and put him to bed" I said to her.

"Alright, let's get you do bed" Lizzy said, picking Sherman up into her arms.

"Aw!" Sherman whined again. I just rolled my eyes and looked at the next room across the hall from the room Lizzy was putting Sherman in. It had one large king-sized bed with sky-blue silk sheets and dark blue silk-comforters. In front of it was a black wooden desk with five computers on it, and underneath the desks were booth chairs like the ones you'd see in a bar, and lots of routers, which gave us the strength for multiple streaming.

"Like it?" Lizzy asked behind me. I turned behind me to see her and stroked her face and kissed her on the nose a bit.

"It's really nice. Let's get some sleep, we deserve it after everything that's happened tonight" I said taking off the cases for both my knives and guns with knives and guns still inside them and put them by the beside counter on the right side of the bed.

"Hey, look. There's some pajamas in here. Guess the previous owner was too lazy to get all their things before leaving" Lizzy said tossing me a long sleeve white shirt with white sweat pants.

"Guess so" I said, taking in the scent of the clothes. They smelled like they came fresh out of the dryer. I just stripped my old clothes off except my black boxer briefs and black tank-top and put the white clothes over them. Lizzy had on the same thing as me only her shirt was skin-tight except for the sweat pants and there were three buttons that went down the collar.

"C'mon, let's hit the sack" I said. I got underneath the bed comforters and felt like my back was on soft grass. Lizzy (Due to her Ocelot instincts) gave a purr as she snuggled up to me getting under the blankets with me.

"Goodnight" I said reaching my hand over to the lamp on my bedside counter and the lights shut off. After that, Lizzy and I were sleeping peacefully, on a real bed and not in cryogenic sleeping chambers.

(Normal P.O.V.)

Two hours have passed and it was now 1:02 AM. Hayden and Lizzy were in the same sleeping position they were in earlier, they didn't move any of their tired muscles as they slept. The door opened up slightly and through the door came Sherman.

"Hayden? Lizzy?" Sherman asked quietly, tapping on Lizzy's thigh that was underneath the silk blanket.

"Hayden? Lizzy?" Sherman asked again, raising his voice a little bit. Hayden was the first to wake up and see Sherman without his glasses on and wearing the same kind of pajamas Hayden and Lizzy wore, only they were light blue like their bed sheets and comforters.

"Whu-? What's going on?" Lizzy asked groggily waking up as she felt Hayden moving. She then turned her head to see Sherman by their bed.

"Sherman, what's wrong sweetie?" Lizzy asked. She was sounding like a parent too like Hayden was when he said it was time for Sherman to be put to bed.

"I-I had a bad dream" Sherman stuttered at the beginning of his sentence. Hayden and Lizzy then had looks of pity on their faces and they smiled.

"Aw, kid" Hayden said. Scooting over a bit and patted an empty middle spot of the bed. Sherman climbed up to the middle of the bed and got under the blankets with Hayden and Lizzy.

"What was the dream?" Hayden asked putting a hand on the younger child's shoulder.

"Mr. Peabody, he said he didn't want me anymore because I was a hybrid. He then took a gun from Ms. Grunion and shot me in the shoulder. After I fell down he shot me in the head and smiled" Sherman explained.

"Well, that would never happen. If he didn't love you as a son, he wouldn't have taken you in and he would have killed you already. I promise you we'll find him" Lizzy promised her son.

"Really?" Sherman asked. She then raised her paw and stroked his cheek, placing a kiss on his forehead.

"Yes, really" Lizzy said. Hayden then ruffled Sherman's hair with a small smile.

"You wanna sleep with us for tonight?" he asked. Sherman nodded and lied down. Hayden and Lizzy then fell back asleep, letting dreams into their heads with the stars in the night sky, along with the moon shining down on their sleeping bodies.

A/N: There ya have it, now Hayden, Lizzy, and Sherman have shelter from the Peacekeepers and from Grunion, and they acted like a family for a little while. Hope it was a good little break from all the action and the war that's going on outside their door. More to come in the next update. Please review, thanks!