They came to a halt at the balcony of the museum so see the entire place in chaos, all of the exhibits fighting each other.
"What is that?" Ahkmenrah questioned hearing the yelling in a different language and looked across to see a bunch of men staring across at Larry and pointing.
"Huns." Larry said straightening up. "I gotta deal with this guy."
Then Larry was running towards the Huns with them behind him and the Huns were running as well still yelling.
Larry approached the leader both of them still yelling. The leader Attila the Hun, said something in his language Larry responded with something but he was just making noise judging by the confused look on Attila face.
Ahkmenrah had stepped forward and said, "Pardon me, Larry. I speak Hun."
Ahkmenrah and Attila spoke for a few moments before Ahkmenrah turned to Larry, "He says that he wants to rip you apart." He said innocently.
"All right. Again with the ripping," Larry sighed,"Listen, I understand. I get it. Ripping for you... You want to rip things, okay? And I think maybe that's because somebody ripped you a long time ago. In here. Somebody ripped little...baby Attila a long time ago, right here. They ripped something out, didn't they? They ripped the love. They ripped the love right out of you, didn't they? A little baby all alone in a tent...whose daddy went off...to pillage some town...or go and plunder somewhere, just doing his job. But who was left alone? You," They stood shock as Atilla started crying and Larry hugged him and sang a lullaby." It's okay. It's okay. Good. That's good. Just breathe."
"Larry Daley," Atilla said.
"Yeah?"
Attila said some more that no one understood and Larry just nodded and went with it,"Good. Yes," he said happily as the two of them hit each other's chests,"Yeah. Okay. Good, good."
Larry went over to the banister and tried everyone's attention,"Alright! I need everybody to listen up! Guys! Come on!"Bambi sighed in annoyance and stuck her two index fingers between her teeth and let out a shrill whistle getting the attention of the fighting exhibits.
"Thank you," Larry said and Bambi nodded,"Now, this here's King Ahkmenrah. His tablet is what brings you to life every night. And those old night watchmen. They stole it. Now, we need to find those guards and get the tablet back, and we need to do it before morning. Civil War guys," Larry pointed to them and they all instantly snapped to attention,"head over to the Planetarium Wing. My explorer friend whose name escapes me."
Nicky muttered,"It's Columbus."
"Right, Columbus! Right, I'm sorry. There's no nameplate, so, Columbus, take the Neanderthals, and do a sweep from invertebrates all the way through Reptiles," Lasry ordered an pointed, "Jed and Octavius, their van's parked out back," he motioned to the back parking lot,"Go take care of it!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, no," Jedidiah called up to Larry," No, sir. I ain't working with toga boy."
"Romans work alone," Octavius claimed checking his nails, but Jed slammed the butt of his gun into Oct's foot,"OW!"
"That didn't hurt," Jed sneered,"Don't be a baby."
"Yes, it did," Oct whined.
"Come on," Larry sighed as Oct slammed his sword into Jed's backside.
"That was much harder!" Jed yelled and the two started fighting again.
"Guys, come on," Larry yelled and they froze,"Jed, Octavius. Take away the fact you were born 2000 years apart- you guys aren't that different. You're both great leaders. You just want what's best for your people, right?"
"Yeah."
"Yep."
"Civil War dudes," Larry called out," You guys are brothers, for God's sakes. You gotta stop fighting. North wins. Slavery's bad. Sorry. Don't wanna burst your bubble. But, South, you guys get Allman Brothers," Larry took a few moments to think of something else,"and NASCAR, so just chill! Look, without that tablet, all of this, this whole coming-to-life-at-night thing, it all goes away. Now, I don't wanna let that happen, but I need your help. We can get this done, but we gotta do it together. So who's with me?"
Most of the exhibits cheered.
"Who's with me?"
Everyone cheered this time, and Teddy pulled out his own sword and held it out,"Charge!" He yelled as Rexy let out a roar.
"All right," Larry shouted triumphantly,"Now, let's do this, people! And animals! And weird, faceless puppet creatures. Come on, let's go! Let's do it!"
Everyone ran through the museum with Larry looking for the guards. Larry slowed down passing the miniatures hallway,"That's what I'm talking about," Reginald and Gus had both been captured and tied up. "Good job, gentlemen. Loving the teamwork!"
Once they got to the docking bay they saw that the car wasn't parked where it had been.
"They've vanished," Ahkmenrah stated,"How will we find them?"
Larry chewed on his lip thinking then remembered the best tracker in the museum,"I know someone who can help."
Once there, Larry grabbed a stone that was sitting in a display,"Watch out," he shouted and motioned for Sacagawea to move out of the way.
She did so and flinched as the glass shattered.
"Hey, Sacagawea," Larry started as he walked up to her,"or wea. Listen, I need a favor. Somebody stole his tablet. You think you can track the guys who took it?"
Sacagawea looked at the ground once outside and looked around before saying,"He went east but he lost control and crashed."
"You're amazing," Larry told her,"How can you tell that?"
Sacagawea pointed towards the crashed van that everyone somehow missed.
"He left the wagon," Sacagawea said as she followed the footprints, "and went back."
"Wait, he went back?" Bambi asked her and she nodded.
"Why would he go back," Larry muttered to himself.
The whining of horses caused everyone to look up to see Cecil steering a horse and carriage.
"Get out of the way," Cecil screamed at Sacagawea.
The horses were gonna hit her, but a tan blur knock her out of the way. Sacagawea gazed over at Teddy, and quickly went over to him,"You saved me."
"You're worth saving, my dear," Teddy smiled at her.
Sacagawea helped him sit up, everyone ran up them to see that Teddy had been cut in half, "That's problematic," Teddy chuckled.
"Teddy. Oh, man," Larry said concerned saw what had happened.
"Larry, relax. I'm wax," Teddy told him with a smile, "You gotta do something. Dawn's approaching and Half the museum's running amuck outside."
"He's got my tablet," Ahkmenrah pointed out.
Everyone looked up as the yellow hummer with Rex's bone attached to it drove out.
"At your service, Gigantor," Jed cried as the pulled up.
"How can we be of assistance, my liege," Oct asked.
Larry thought for a moment saying,"Just give me a second, guys," Larry smiled when Rexy showed up and his thoughts came together,"Rexy," he motioned at the big T-Rex," Here, boy."
"Teddy, I need a horse," Larry said as he looked down to Teddy.
Teddy gave him a big smile,"Do it, man."
"Bam, you take Nicky and Ahkmenrah, you guys are gonna ride on the back of, Rexy."
Larry spoke quickly as he led Texas out of the museum.
"I'm gonna go after Cecil, Jed and Octavius are gonna be right behind me leading you guys. Okay? Got it?"
"Yeah."
"Alright stay close." Larry nodded then went off to quickly explain the plan to Jed and Octavius, while she went to gather Nicky and Ahkmenrah and they climbed onto Rexy's back.
"Are you sure about this?" Ahkmenrah asked cautiously as they got settled.
"No." She answered honestly. "But it's gonna be fun. I hope." She mumbled the last bit to herself.
As always let me know what you think, and what you'd like to see in the future.