Chapter 12 – Protecting My Devotion

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Having seen Penny being dragged to be killed, Sherman tackled Robespierre. The crowd moved upon the sight and got Mr. Peabody trapped at their midst. After biting the guard who held her, he managed to get Penny and ran to the platform. The leader of the revolution decided to use his secret weapon on them.

"Down with the aristocrats!", Robespierre declared and pointed the taser to Sherman, "And to those who support them!"

"Sherman!", Penny exclaimed as she ran and pulled him to a protective embrace.

They closed their eyes, believing that the taser would hurt. Seconds passed, but there's no tasing that happened. Mr. Peabody was already on their line of defense, pointing a rapier on the revolutionists.

"Mr. Peabody!", the two sighed in relief.

"Sherman, do you still remember how I got to the sewers and blasted our way off?", he whispered, and handed him a rapier.

"Yes, Mr. Peabody."

"In the count of 3 go into the sewers and blast off to the WABAC."

"How about you, Mr. Peabody?", Penny asked.

"I'll distract them. And I still have to take that taser."

"But…"

"Penny, let's trust Dad.", Sherman reassured her as he held her hand.

Mr. Peabody started the count. There was silence in the plaza, as the audience waited for the first strike in the battle. Sherman focus and tried to build up what he'll do. Penny, on the other hand, has no idea of what would happen next.

"Penny, hold on tight.", he instructed.

"Are you sure we can do this?", she doubted, and did as she's told.

He nodded, and patiently waited for three. Upon the last count, Mr. Peabody swooped his rapier, and the couple went down the sewer via the wooden plank on the platform.

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Sherman and Penny wandered in the sewer system. Like before, they have to find a wooden barrel somewhere.

"Sherman, I don't get why Mr. Peabody swung his rapier."

"I think he reflected the sunlight to temporarily blind them. The last time we're here, he used the same trick to escape."

"I see. We need to find a wooden barrel, right?"

"Have you seen it?"

"Yeah.", and she pointed to the barrel, "What's with that barrel anyway?"

"The liquid in that barrel will provide us with speed.", he explained, "When it gushes from there, we'll use this sewer lid like a boat and it will carry us across the sewer. By making the sewer lid and the walls on contact, we can ignite the methane gas and it will blast us to the WABAC."

"It sounds hard."

Sherman threw the rapier upwards. It fell at their front with the sewer lid after a few seconds.

"Are you ready, Penny?", he asked.

"You're really like Mr. Peabody sometimes.", she complimented, moving in to the sewer lid.

He smiled and poked a hole on the barrel. The liquid gushes forth in a great wave. The couple rode the lid as a boat and even pretended to be surfing. Moments after, they ignited the sewers by friction and the resulting explosion sent them flying.

"Woohoo! This is fun! I love flying!", Penny shouted in glee.

"The fireworks are pretty fantastic!", he replied, pointing to the pillars of fire gushing from the sewer holes.

"This is amazing! We should do this again sometime!", and she smiled at him, much to his delight. Surely, they knew that this was another thrilling flight they shared.

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As planned, they landed perfectly near the WABAC. While waiting for Mr. Peabody, the two talked of how the project would be.

"Penny, how do you want our project to be presented?"

"Let's do it like… Storytelling.", she suggested.

"Storytelling?"

"Yeah. So we need to do a big book for visuals and then narrate them."

"Sounds nice. But, how are we gonna tell about the Reign of Terror?"

"Let's make it a one-pager."

"Okay."

As they're talking, she noticed that he's hiding something on his left arm.

"Hey Sherman, what's with your left arm?", she asked and playfully pulled him.

"Ouch!", he groaned in pain. She saw that his arm got a terrible bruise.

"What happened to your arm? How did you got this bruise?", she panicked.

"I'm not sure, Penny. I think I got this when we fell to the sewer… Please don't tell Mr. Peabody about this."

"But, this wound needs to be treated.", she replied, caressing his left arm.

"He'll be mad about this."

"Sherman…"

"Please, Penny. I'll take care of this once we get home."

"Okay.", she replied in an unsure voice.

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About an hour later, Sherman and Penny were almost caught by surprise. They were trying to cover his bruise when Mr. Peabody suddenly entered the WABAC. The two immediately hid his bruise under his sleeves and pretended to be okay.

"Did something happen here, Sherman?", Mr. Peabody asked.

"Nothing happened, Mr. Peabody. We thought you're Robespierre!"

"How did you manage to lose them, Mr. Peabody?", Penny diverted.

"As I expected, I tricked Robespierre into tasing himself. I managed to escape by the time of sewer fire. Then, I hid in a nearby bush for some time until they scrammed."

"I'm sorry I got caught, Mr. Peabody."

"Well, Sherman did his best to save you and it's well paid off.", the dog father replied, tapping their shoulders.

The team returned to their time, only to find Patty waiting for her daughter.

"Hi, Mom!", Penny greeted.

"Time to go home, Penny.", Patty replied.

"You'll be back tomorrow, right?", Sherman asked Penny.

"Yup, and we'll finish this project overnight!", she squealed and embraced him.

"Good luck to us."

"Good luck to you.", she pertained to his bruise.

"Haha. I know."

"Bye, Sherman!"

"Bye, Penny!"

The Petersons went on their way. Sherman remembered his bruise and rushed to his room to try fixing it. Little that he know, Mr. Peabody followed him.

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Notes:

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"But if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?"

Pompeii (by Bastille)

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Days ago, by the time I've been working on Chapter 9, I rewatched the trailers for some motivation and saw the father-son team flying with a sewer lid with the song mentioned herewith. Giving it a touch of Sherman x Penny and some plot twist, we have Chapter 12 and the next ones. Simple? NO, IT'S NOT.

*insert sad trollface here*

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From projects, to sermons, to secrets, to promises… We're gonna have it all on Chapter 13!

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