A/N: After a long hiatus, I have come up with an all new crossover story. A crossover between Sly Cooper and Mr. Peabody and Sherman. I've been planning this one for a long time, and now is the time production goes underway for it! Now, let's start our story shall we? Enjoy!
A red moped with an attached side-car had just pulled up to the front of Susan B. Anthony Elementary School, and the driver, a white-furred beagle wearing black circular framed glasses and a red bow-tie had just groaned in frustration and he pulled the keys out of the moped's ignition as well as ran his paw underneath his glasses to rub his temples. He has just gotten a call from the school saying that his son had been sent to the principal's office, and it concerned him getting into a fight with another child during recess. Once he had gotten off the seat of the vehicle, he began walking up the concrete steps and through the front door of the establishment. The halls of the school were empty and silent, meaning everyone was still in their classes.
"This better not be as bad as I think it is" the dog said as he walked further down the hall until he found himself at the front door of the principal's office. On the window in black lettering were the words 'Principal Purdy'. The beagle then readjusted his glasses as well as his bow-tie and took a deep breath before knocking on the door.
"Please enter" a voice called out from the other side, granting him permission to come inside. The beagle then opened up the door and walked inside to see two boys sitting a few feet apart from each other against the wall in chairs. He recognized the one sitting on the left as his own adopted human son, Sherman while he had no idea who the boy sitting on the right was. The principal was sitting at his desk and turned his head to see the dog entering.
"Mr. Peabody, so glad you could make it" the principal greeted. Mr. Peabody then nodded in reply before giving Sherman a glare that clearly told the boy he was deeply disappointed in him for whatever he did.
"What happened? What did you do, Sherman?" asked Mr. Peabody. Sherman tried to speak up but the other boy cut him off and stood up from his chair.
"He tried to steal my new action figure from me!" he exclaimed, his bottom lip quivering and his eyes were glossy with oncoming tears. Sherman's eyes narrowed down at him.
"Is this true Sherman?" Mr. Peabody asked.
"Mr. Peabody, this isn't what you think this is. He's just..." Sherman said, but Mr. Peabody cut him off.
"Is. This. True. Sherman?" he asked, this time with a more stern tone of voice towards the boy. Sherman then exhaled before nodding and replying to the question.
"Yes, Mr. Peabody. It's true" he calmly replied. The principal was the next one to speak.
"Sherman saw that Tommy had a new Bumblebee action figure and he was playing with it during recess time. Sherman decided he wanted to take it for himself so he swiped it out of Tommy's hand while he was sitting by the sandbox. When Tommy tried to take it back, it got even more physical and Sherman pinned the boy down to make sure he didn't get it" the principal told him. Mr. Peabody was growing even more disappointed with his son now that he heard the story.
"But that's not what happened! He was..." Sherman tried to explain but Mr. Peabody cut him off again.
"Enough, Sherman. I don't want to hear anything from you. You're only fanning the flames of trouble you've found yourself in right now" Mr. Peabody reprimanded.
"Mr. Peabody, please. No need to raise your voice like that" Principal Purdy told him. Sherman then just sat back down next to Tommy and gave him an angry glare. Sherman was actually just trying to get the toy back because Tommy stole it from another one of his classmates. The toy really belonged to a young boy named Corey Jarvis, who had bought the Bumblebee action figure a day ago and wanted to bring it into the class to show his friends, but Tommy swiped it away from Corey while everyone was eating lunch, and Sherman had seen the whole thing. Sherman promised he'd get the toy back for him, which made Corey feel a lot better knowing that he would get his new toy back from the bully. When Sherman tried to swipe the toy back, Tommy was the one who played the victim card and made it look like Sherman was the one being the bully. Everyone knew that Tommy Fullerton was the meanest kid in Susan B. Anthony Elementary, and were actually on Sherman's side but none of them could say anything as the bell had already rung and Purdy had taken Tommy and Sherman to the office.
"This isn't like you Sherman, I am very disappointed. I didn't raise you to be a thief or a bully" Peabody continued to scold the boy.
"Mr. Peabody, that's not what happened. You just need to..." Sherman was cut off again.
"I don't need to hear anything out of you!" Mr. Peabody snapped. After that, the beagle calmed himself down and turned to the principal.
"I can only imagine you've called the bureau of child safety and protection by now?" he asked.
"Actually, no I have not. I'm willing to bend the law this time, especially after the whole Ms. Grunion incident" Purdy told him, which brought Peabody relief. It was two years since Sherman had bitten Penny Peterson's arm in response to being held in a choke-hole while the girl bullied and teased him relentlessly about how his father was a dog, and how it caused a bigoted woman named Ms. Grunion to try to take Sherman away unlawfully despite Penny was the one causing the problem. Ever since that incident and Ms. Grunion going missing that night, the bureau of child safety and protection had a major crackdown on employees who were bigoted towards animals adopting children and fired all of them. Principal Purdy didn't want to take any chances though, even though the bureau was now squeaky clean and animal-based bigotry-free, the last thing Mr. Peabody and Sherman needed was that kind of drama in their lives, again.
"Well, I do thank you for doing that for us" Mr. Peabody said gratefully to the much older human.
"Of course, but just this once" said Purdy, wanting to make sure Peabody understood.
"Absolutely. I can assure that this won't happen again. I'll make sure of it" Peabody said with his glare turning towards Sherman when he spoke that last part of his sentence.
"Very well. I will allow you and Sherman to go now. I'm sorry for the trouble" said Purdy as he walked to his desk and took his seat.
"Now, I'm going to have to wait for Tommy's mother to come pick him up" he concluded before Peabody looked to Sherman again.
"Come along Sherman. We'll discuss this more when we get back home" the beagle said very sternly. Sherman then stood up and followed Mr. Peabody out of the principal's office and out of the hallway before they made it to the moped. Sherman rode in the side-car the entire ride back like he usually did, and the both of them were silent the entire way back to their residence above the Peabody Industries building on the penthouse floor. Once inside their living room, Peabody finally broke his silence.
"I thought we had gotten over this whole misbehaving at school thing two years ago!" Mr. Peabody exclaimed, which made Sherman flinch a bit.
"You wouldn't even let me tell my side of the story. The whole thing with Penny and Grunion happened because you wouldn't listen, and that's what you're doing right now" Sherman said in his defense.
"This story speaks well enough for itself, Sherman. Not like what happened between you and Penny, this is different" Peabody replied.
"Tommy Fullerton's a bully! He's been like that ever since he transferred five months ago! Corey Jarvis was the real victim and I was trying to help him!" said Sherman.
"Stop trying to dodge punishment Sherman. What you did was wrong and I know you're lying to get out of it" Peabody replied.
"You're going to punish me? For what? Trying to be a good person and get something stolen back? Last I checked, doing the right thing doesn't warrant any kind of punishment!" Sherman shouted. Mr. Peabody then stomped his paw on the floor and screamed.
"YOU'RE NOT A HERO SHERMAN! YOU'RE JUST A BULLY!" it was so loud the entire living room echoed what he had just said. Sherman was now in shock, his father had never yelled that loudly before in his entire life. He knew Mr. Peabody was always calm, collected, and never ever resorted to yelling or anything else along those lines.
"Now go to your room and stay there until I've decided on your punishment" Mr. Peabody ordered.
"B-B-But Mr. Peabody. I..." Sherman tried to speak but got angrily cut off by the beagle once again.
"NOW! Sherman, before I lose my temper even more than I already have!" he shouted, which made Sherman shake in place and eyes glossy with tears threatening to come down his face. He then ran away out of the living room and locked himself in his large bedroom which used to be a laboratory before Mr. Peabody converted it into a room for him when he adopted him as a baby. Sherman then ran onto his bed and collapsed onto his bed, flat on his stomach. The boy was now crying into his pillows, sad and angry at how Mr. Peabody didn't trust him because a bully lied and twisted the real story about what happened between the two boys at school. Sherman then got up from his bed and had a very angry and betrayed look on his face as he sat up.
"I guess Mr. Peabody doesn't want me around anymore" Sherman said before walking over to the front door of his room and opened it as quietly as possible so that Mr. Peabody couldn't tell he left his room when he wasn't supposed to be leaving it. Sherman needed a place where he could be all by himself and have some time to think to himself without Mr. Peabody walking in on him. No, Sherman had the perfect idea for where to go, The WABAC.
Mr. Peabody was now alone in the living room and reading a science magazine he had gotten in the mail. He was still very angry with Sherman for what happened at school, and had decided that the proper punishment would be a two weeks grounding and that he would announce it during dinner time. After reading through a page about how air travel could start evolving into space travel as well, the house phone began ringing and caused Peabody to close the magazine. He reached his paw out and grabbed the phone before answering it.
"Peabody residence?" he answered.
"Is this Mr. Peabody?" a female voice on the other line answered.
"Yes this is him, may I please ask who's calling?" the beagle politely inquired.
"My name's Carol-Lynn Fullerton, I'm Tommy Fullerton's mother" she answered. The minute she said that, Peabody sat up straight and cleared his throat. His throat was still hoarse and dried up from when he yelled at Sherman, but he felt a little bit better afterwards and tried his best not to sound like he was losing his voice.
"Hello, Ms. Fullerton. If you're calling about what happened at school, I would just like to say I am very sorry for how my son behaved and attacked your child" Peabody apologized.
"Actually, that was what I wanted to talk to you about. Corey Jarvis and his family came over after school and they told me how Tommy was the one who stole Corey's new action figure and that Tommy got Sherman in trouble when he was trying to give it back to him" she explained. Peabody then felt his heart skip a beat and his eyes went wide.
"Are you sure?" asked the beagle, wanting to make sure he heard what she had just said correctly.
"Yes, I'm sure. Corey had told me everything, and his brother who also goes to Susan B. Anthony witnessed the whole thing so he backed up Corey's story. When we asked Tommy if this was true, he broke down and started bawling. They also told me he's been a bully to everyone the past five months since he started his classes" Ms. Fullerton explained.
"So you mean that Sherman was...?" he asked but Ms. Fullerton spoke up.
"Yes, Sherman was telling the truth about trying to get Corey's toy back. In fact, Tommy has something he wants to tell you" said Ms. Fullerton before Peabody heard the sound of her handing the phone over to somebody else. Sobbing and whimpering could be heard on the other line and another person spoke.
"H-Hello? Is this M-Mr. Peabody?" asked the sobbing voice on the other end. He could tell that it was Tommy speaking to him.
"Yes, is this Tommy Fullerton?" asked Mr. Peabody.
"Y-Yes. I just wanted to say that I'm s-s-s-s-sorry for g-getting Sherman in trouble. He was trying to m-m-make me give back that Bumblebee toy to C-Corey and I made it look like I-I was the one being bullied. I-I-I'm so sorry" Tommy apologized through his wobbly voice and sobbing.
"I have to say, I accept your apology. But I also have to say you should be very ashamed of yourself for what you did. I'm sure your mother's had a very strict and long talking to by now. By the end of this weekend you better give Sherman a good apology too for what you made him go though" Mr. Peabody reprimanded the boy. He could hear the phone being handed to somebody else again, and it was Ms. Fullerton who spoke through the other line once more.
"I just want to say I am sorry for how poorly my son behaved and treated Sherman. I'm going to give him a good talking to when we get done with this call about taking other people's things and being a bully" Ms. Fullerton assured him.
"I understand. And I thank you for calling me to tell me. Now, if you will excuse me, I have to apologize to my own child for what happened" said Mr. Peabody. The two bid each other farewell before hanging up and the beagle couldn't feel anymore guiltier than he felt right now. He had yelled and shouted at Sherman for no other reason other than to scold him for doing nothing wrong but try to be the good Samaritan and try to end a conflict. Mr. Peabody then got up from his seat on the couch and walked over to Sherman's room.
"Sherman?" he called out, but no answer came. Then he knocked on the door and said the boy's name again, but no answer came that time either. Now worried, Mr. Peabody opened the door to see Sherman wasn't there.
"Sherman? Sherman, where are you?" he called out. A ping on Mr. Peabody's smartphone went off, and he looked at it to see an alert notification that said 'Unauthorized use of WABAC in progress'. This was sent to Peabody's phone whenever someone may have discovered or planned on stealing the WABAC, but Peabody knew who was now using it and he felt his heart drop to his stomach.
"Oh no" he whispered before running out of the room to stop Sherman from taking off, hoping he won't be too late.
A/N: Looks like Sherman ended up doing the right thing only to be unjustifiably punished and yelled at by his own father, and Mr. Peabody is starting to feel a strong sense of regret for not believing Sherman and taking the bully's side over his son's. But what's going to happen now that Sherman is using the WABAC and Peabody just now finding out? That will be revealed in the next update. Please review, thanks!