Disclaimer: I do not own C&H. I still don't have my comp back, so I'm doing this in Keyboarding for the next week or so, until Halloween. Hope you realize this really sucks because my teacher keeps patrolling the area, and she must know something is on.oops.

The "FLASH" scene is not meant to be a spoof on "Spider-man," if you remember that part of the movie.

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All Alicia could think as she ambled down the street was I am going to kill Tomas.

The chilling September air swirled across her back, and she gasped slightly as her nipples hardened, and then kept on. Above her, the pregnant moon beamed on her, at least lighting her way.

It had been a dispute. Alicia hadn't wanted to, said she really shouldn't have, but still Tomas had persisted. He had began to feel up her leg, and after she had slapped him, and as the color ran to his cheek, she realized that she had done something wrong.

"Out! Get out, bitch!" he had shouted to her. She screamed and scratched as his face, but in the end he managed to open the door and push her out. Then he peeled away, leaving Alicia on the street alone.

At least she had the street, and the moon had finally poked out of the clouds. The full moon lit her way as she began her way into the forest where the road cut into the thick oak and maple trunks.

The hair on the nape of her neck shivered and stood on end as she suddenly heard the blood-curdling howl of the wolf. She shivered and walked on, arms tucked in, eyes darting apprehensively. She was convinced that she was not alone.

She heard a snap off to the left, toward the gutter that led into the dark blanket of trees. "H-hello?" Of course, no response. Alicia wiped the sweat from her forehead and moved on.

If only she had hit Tomas instead of scratched, it might be him out on the street, waiting for whatever Sasquatch of Chainsaw man to pop out. It was amazing, as a child, she had roamed these woods as a kid and had not a problem with it. Of course, the factors of puberty, and, of course, the lack of light had augmented her joy for the woods. Town was just a mile in, and there were houses on the edge of the woods. There was a suburb on the edge of the woods. She would be home soon.

Another snap. Alicia whirled around and found nothing on the street behind her. She panted hard, and suddenly had the urge to laugh. She let it out, and crumpled into a fetal ball and laughed and laughed and laughed. When she finally got up, and realized she had nothing to laugh about, she started to walk again.

This time, it was a series of snaps, like something in the woods was trotting or slowly running. Alicia began to creep toward the opposite side of the road when suddenly the hedge in the gutter seemed to explode. Alicia screamed and began to run, throwing only a jerked glance over her shoulder. The trees had cast a shadow over it, but she could here the heavy breathing and the saliva forming on elongate jaws.

Before Alicia could really comprehend the gravity of the situation, before she realized that she wouldn't get out alive, before she realized the following Tomas would have saved her, the creature was upon her, gullet open.

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"Good morning, Hobbes!" came the voice from far away. Hobbes mentally yawned and the room suddenly swam into focus. "Nyup, nyup, nyup." He mouthed, getting an awful taste out of his mouth.

"Oh, man, Hobbes, what did you eat last night?" grimaced Calvin as he caught wind of Hobbes. "I dunno.whatever you brought up." Calvin shrugged and pushed himself out of bed. Hobbes yawned and began his catlike stretch, cracking his spine all up and down.

"Ooh, I'm so sore." he groaned as he followed Calvin downstairs for some cereal. "Ah, another great Saturday afternoon, just me and my best friend.speaking of which, I had the coolest dream last night. We were racing down the hill on the sled, except we lived on a mountain, and we were racing Yetis.yup. Then I had the worst dream. I was in a forest, and there were all these snaps and cracks of twigs around me. I would look, and there was nothing, until suddenly I was running, running, and I knew something was chasing me. I turn to look and I saw a great shape in the shadows, a werewolf or something, and when it was just about to come out and see who it was, I woke up. How about you?"

Hobbes swayed a little bit, a slight migraine suddenly kicking in, almost like a hangover. "Last night--?"

FLASH

running running im chasing somebody ive got you now my little pretty ive got you now now ive got somebody else i see them in the street and they are scared but im going to get them here i come I Smell Blood!

FLASH

"I.can't remember." Calvin drained his cereal bowl. "C'mon, let's get ready."

In the room, Calvin began to dress and Hobbes lay against the bed, the effects of his headache squeezing him. Where had he been last night? Why couldn't he remember last night, or any of his dreams? What was going on?

Hobbes began to rub his head in frustration when Calvin finally said "Let's go watch some cartoons." Hobbes lifted himself up from the bed and, before he left, he saw something on the bed that made his heart skip a beat.

On the white sheets, stained, was a tiny drop of blood.