A/N: Wow, I haven't updated this story in a long time. Let's see if we can start this back up again...
Chapter 10: Crashing an Egyptian Wedding
The sun rose up behind the sands of Ancient Egypt, as a new day dawns upon the land. News rang out of the Pharaoh getting married to Penny and everyone was delighted with the wedding announcement... everyone except for the bride.
Ever since hearing what will happen to her if she gets married to King Tut, she was worried beyond belief. She was afraid of dying young, and wanted to escape. That morning, Penny wakes up with a paranoid look on her face.
Penny: Oh no. It's today. I have to get out of here!
She then spots a few long white silk drapes, a chair, and a large rock in the corner of the room. Suddenly, she devised a possibility successful escape plan. Penny tears the drapes off the wall, ties the ends together, forming a makeshift rope. She ties one end of the rope onto a leg of a chair, and places the large rock on the seat for added weight. The rock was heavy, but Penny manages to place it on the chair.
Penny: I hope this works!
Penny tosses the drapes rope outside the window, letting it fall and straighten out. Penny climbs onto the windowsill and clings onto the white fabric, slowly going down. However, as she was escaping, two guards barge into the room.
Guard 1: Where is the boy-king's future wife?
Guard 2: Maybe she's in the bathroom.
The first guard slaps the second guard in the back of the head for the stupid response.
Guard 1: Don't be so stupid!
Suddenly, the second guard sees a chair, with a boulder on the seat.
Guard 2: Hey, look at that.
Guard 1: I said don't be stupid, you...
But before he finishes, the first guard sees the drapes over the windowsill. He looks down and sees Penny trying to escape.
Guard 1: Sometimes that stupid head of yours can be very useful.
Penny: Oh no! They found me! I gotta get out quickly!
She keeps shimmying down the rope, but when she reaches the end, Penny realizes that she is WAY too far from the bottom of the building.
Penny: Oh craaaaAAAAAAAP!
Penny gets pulled back into the palace as the two guards look at her with such ferocity. Penny nervously laughs as she sees them.
Penny: Um... hi...
One of the guards grabs Penny and plops her over his shoulder and walks out of the room. The second guard follows. Penny is then brought into a different room surrounded by women with clothes, makeup, and other beauty products. One of them even carries her Cleopatra-esque wig. The women start to apply makeup on the girls face, change her robes into clean ones, and place the wig on top, of her head. But despite looking pretty, she was beyond nervous for what is yet to come.
*pause*
...
Sherman: I guess you didn't like makeovers!
Sherman bursts out laughing while Penny looks at him with a face of discontent. However, you can't see it because it has been shadowed out.
Penny: Don't push it!
*play*
A different guard walks into the room.
Guard: Is the bride ready?
Woman: yes she is!
Guard: Good, I'll take it from here.
The guard pushes Penny towards the hallway and points his spear at her, forcing her to walk into a giant temple room where King Tut is waiting for her with a giant smile.
King Tut: This is a joyous day indeed! The gods have predicted this day to come as a sign of good luck. Come now, my desert blossom.
King Tut walks out of the palace and into the streets of Egypt willingly. As for Penny, she is forced out of the temple thanks to a guard, who is now being joined by another guard.
Penny.*in her thoughts*: Great! Just great Penny. Look where you've gotten yourself into.
At the gathering grounds...
The whole town of Egypt awaits near a giant statue of the god of death, Anubis, where the wedding ceremony is about to begin. The Pharaoh's grand vizier, Ay, is going to overlook the wedding.
Ay: The sun god, Ra, commands us to begin the sacred ceremony!
The crowd erupts in cheers as King Tut and Penny are walking up the steps of the monument where Ay currently stands. King Tut still keeps his same smile, but as for Penny, she gets even more scared by the second.
Ay: Bring forth the blade for the blood oath!
Penny *in her thoughts*: What?! Blade?! Blood oath?!
A humble servant comes up the platform carrying a large tray holding a jagged dagger, with a golden handle, with a round red ruby on the hilt. Penny gasps in fear at the sight of the sharp weapon, as Ay picks it up.
Ay: When blade meets flesh, in the sacred right...
One of the guards pushes one of Penny's hands towards Ay, grabbing it in the process. And try as she might, Ay, makes sure that the palm doesn't close.
Ay: We pay, tribute to the sun god, Ra!
Ay starts to, slowly lower, blade-first, onto Penny's open palm. She shudders in fear and stares with big wide eyes, not wanting her hand to be impaled. The dagger was only an inch away from Penny's skin when, all of a sudden...
?: WAIT!
A burst of fire erupts from the mouth of the Anubis statue, spooking everyone, including, Ay ,King Tut, and Penny. Once there wasn't another fireblast, smoke emerges from the same mouth where fire comes from
Egyptian Man 1: It's Anubis!
Egyptian Man 2: The god of death!
Anubis: The wedding must not continue any further!
Egyptian Woman: Why, Anubis? Why?
Anubis: Plagues! PLAGUES!
Another fireblast shoots out from the mouth of Anubis. Unbeknownst, to the townspeople, and to Penny, that inside Anubis' mouth is Mr. Peabody and Sherman, with Mr. Peabody playing the role as Anubis by using an ancient megaphone made out of wood to make his voice echo to the crowd below. He also provides the bursts of flames using wine, and a torch. Sherman also provides the smoke by fanning a blanket over a cauldron plate of hot, flaming coals.
*pause*
...
Penny: By the way, how did you and Mr. Peabody escape from... whatever King Tut put you two in?
Sherman: He trapped us inside the Sphinx. And we had to get out using the Boats of Ra. That was super tricky and difficult because the room was collapsing.
Penny: why?
Sherman: I accidentally triggered a booby trap.
Penny starts laughing at Sherman's last sentence.
Sherman: What's so funny?
Penny: You said "booby"!
After realizing what he just said, Sherman then started to bust into laughter. The two friends shared the heartfelt laugh for about one minute.
Penny: So *breathes* where was the exit?
Sherman: Trust me. You don't want to know.
Penny: Aww! Come on!
Sherman: Nope! Gonna replay the movie now!
Penny: Aw! You're no fun!
Penny crosses her arms and pouts as Sherman resumes the movie.
...
*play*
"Anubis": If this Marriage pact is sealed, I will shower down upon the land uncountable plagues!
Egyptian Man 3: Oy! Again with the plagues! Why did I ever move to Egypt!
Ay: But, Anubis! The sun god, Ra, has decreed that the girl is to become the boy-king's wife!
"Anubis": That's so funny! I was talking to the sun god, Ra, the other day. He told me that he just changed his mind!
Ay: Really?!
"Anubis": Yep! Ol' "Flip-Flop Ra"! That's what we call him here in the underworld!
Ay: But it's too late! We already paid for the catering!
Mr. Peabody drinks a big swig of the wine but doesn't swallow any of it. Not even a single drop. He then holds the torch up to his snout and spits out the wine, projecting another blast of fire.
"Anubis": Too bad! You're going to lose your deposit!
Somehow, that last comment spooked the Egyptian more than ever.
Mr. Peabody: More smoke Sherman! I think this canine subterfuge is working.
Mr. Peabody returns to his Anubis voice to address the people.
"Anubis": Deliver the girl to the gates of the city and leave her there where the gods will retrieve her forthwith! Only in this manner may the plagues upon this land be avoided!
Penny was beyond confused as to why, the gods would want to do with her, but as the announcement was made, the townspeople start freaking out and all repeat the same words over and over again: "The girl must go"!
Sherman keeps fanning the flames normally, until a hot coal falls from the plate and bounces onto Sherman's foot.
Sherman: Ow!
Sherman jumps into the air having been slightly burned by a coal, but what he didn't notice was that he accidentally dropped the blanket, letting it fall onto the burning coals below.
Ay: Anubis has spoken! Take this girl to the gates immediately!
The blanket burns off completely, letting a massive fire burn in front of Sherman, startling the boy in the process.
Sherman: Aaaaahhh!
Burning ashes scatter across the mouth of Anubis, igniting other pieces of paper conveniently placed in there. Sherman starts freaking out and stomps all around in an attempt to put out the fires. The Egyptians, including Penny were far beyond confused as to why Anubis sounds like a screaming little girl all of a sudden.
Ay: Anubis, you sound unwell.
Mr. Peabody quickly concocts a simple retaliation response to A's suspicion.
"Anubis": Well, I have been under the weather lately, but I'm feeling much better now! Thank you!
Sherman puts out the last fire and sighs in relief. That is until he hears cracking sounds. He then sees below his feet that a cracked was forming under him. Before Mr. Peabody and Sherman took action, the jaw falls to the floor with the dog and his son on top of it.
When Mr. Peabody gets up and sees the crowd, they go into shock because Anubis, has been impersonated. Mr. Peabody knows that this is now the time to escape.
Mr. Peabody: Penny, Sherman, quickly.
Mr. Peabody runs to the side as Sherman gets up, and Penny takes a good look at Mr. Peabody and Sherman, but is it really them?
Sherman: Come on Penny!
Penny: Sherman!
She was extremely glad to see that Sherman and Mr. Peabody are alive and well, and boy they saved her from what could have been a big mistake. However, Ay grabs the dagger and goes into an attempt to retrieve Penny, and possibly kill the Anubis impersonators. But before Ay could reach the trio, Sherman and Penny get on top of the broken apart jaw piece. Mr. Peabody pushes the giant slab of stone onto the stairs, and hitches a ride himself.
King Tut: Runaway bride!
Ay: Stop them you fools!
Several guards go up the steps to stop the three from escaping, but it proved to be ineffective because the jaw pushed some of the guards out of the way. The ride comes to a screeching halt as the stone stops onto the floor, and propels Mr. Peabody, Sherman, and Penny toward a fruit cart.
However, they all get off and start running, because right behind them was a group of guards heavily armed with spears chasing after them. Ay even follows the group still carrying his dagger.
Mr. Peabody sees a shine behind the scaffolding of the incomplete statue of what appears to be the sun god, Ra. Mr. Peabody automatically knows what that shine represents and sees a triangular platform.
Mr. Peabody: Penny, Sherman, climb aboard!
As Sherman and Penny climbed onto the platform, Mr. Peabody catches the attention of the guards by standing on top of a crank covered in rope, the same rope attached to a pulley that pulls the platform the two kids are standing on. One of the guards throws a spear at Mr. Peabody, but misses and hits near the rope. Mr. Peabody grabs the rope, yanks it towards the blade and cuts it in half, sending the platform to the top. With a leap of athleticism, Mr. Peabody climbs onto the platform just in time to escape with the children. The three look down and see an angry crowd of Egyptians who are still angered by Anubis' impersonation.
Ay: They're getting away!
Mr. Peabody, Sherman and Penny see the WABAC come out of invisibility as the three enter the time machine. The WABAC starts to hum and spin around on top of Ra with electrical currents flowing around it. The red orb emits a bright flash, that startles the mob, and makes them all bow down as if they're bowing to Ra himself. With a second flash, the WABAC disappears. Ay gets extremely angry and tosses his dagger to the floor only for a servant to quickly pick it up.
Servant: I got it!
Meanwhile in the timestream...
Penny: Woo-hoo! We made it!
Sherman: Where are we going next Mr. Peabody?
Mr. Peabody: Home. We gotta get back to the dinner party before the Petersons find out that Penny is gone.
Penny: We don't have to mention the whole... uh... King Tut wedding thing, right?
Mr. Peabody: Absolutely not. Besides, as far as I'm concerned, people get married too young in Ancient Egypt. Either that, or I'm just some old... Giza!
Sherman and Penny frown at Mr. Peabody horrible pun while Mr. Peabody shows them a holographic panel which shows the nearby unselected destination.
Giza-1329 B.C.
Mr. Peabody: Ah?
Suddenly, the WABAC starts to shake as an alarm blares out.
WABAC Computer: Warning! WABAC power supply insuficient! Please charge now!
Sherman: What's the matter Mr. Peabody?
Mr. Peabody: Zipping around the cosmos has drained out power supply. We're going to have to mark an unscheduled emergency stop.
As he types on the computer's control panel, Mr. Peabody discovers that there is one timeline that they have enough power to get to.
Mr. Peabody: As luck would have it we have plenty of power to make it to the Renaissance.
Mr. Peabody types in the coordinates, the computer locks in to Mr. Peabody's requested destination. So the WABAC now heads to the Renaissance and their location of choice,
Florence, Italy-1508 A.D.
To be Continued...
A/N: Im. sorry for not updating in nearly two months, but I have some personal writers block on this specific story, but now I hope to keep it on track to finish.
I also hope you enjoyed this super long chapter. It's to make up for making you wait for so long.
Anyways, you should see a new chapter very soon