Chapter eight

Well, last week was the first day of school for me. SIGH! Goodbye summer, hello nine months and thirteen days of school. Because of school, it might take a while to upload chapters. I apologize if I do, and I promise that I will upload chapters A.S.A.P. Here's the eighth chapter.

"It's…so…hot…" Nick panted.

"Dying…of thirst...need fluids!"

Susie wiped her forehead.

"We're sweating bullets over here!" Tracer said, using his hat as a fan.

"Yeah, it must be over 2,000 degrees." Susie said.

"Have no fear guys." Calvin said.

He got out a stethoscope. There was a button on the lens of the stethoscope for some strange reason. Calvin pushed it and then red leather suits and appeared on him and his friends.

"What is this?" Tracer asked, looking at the suit he is wearing.

"These are leather protective suits." Calvin explained.

"These suits can protect us from this heat. Even when it's 100,000 degrees, we can't feel the heat with these suits." Nick's mouth dropped.

"What? We were walking for 20 minutes, being cooked like a turkey, and you brought this up? Why didn't you mention this earlier?"

Calvin shrugged.

"I was going to mention it, but then I forgot." Nick slapped his forehead.

"THAT HAS GOT TO BE THE OLDEST, AND LAMEST EXCUSE I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY EIGHT YEAR-OLD LIFE!" He yelled.

"Guys, guys!" Susie said.

"This is no time to argue or blaming Calvin. We've got a world to save."

"She's right." Calvin said.

"Come on! We'll get out of here in half an hour."

"How do you know that?" Spaceman asked, giving Calvin a quizzical look.

Calvin rolled his eyes.

"I know a guy." He said. They kept walking.

Meanwhile, Mike was done watching TV in the living room, and went into the kitchen, looking for Nick.

"Hey Nick, we have a planet to destroy and a six year-old boy to kidnap! Nick?"

Suddenly, Mike gasped as he saw a hole in the middle of his kitchen.

"He…HOW DARE HE TOYED WITH MY EMOTIONS! HOW DARE HIM!" Mike was mumbling words under his breath. Then, he clapped his hands four times, and four alien ninjas appeared in front of him.

The first ninja is a man, and he's wearing a green ninja suit, the second ninja is man, he's wearing a red ninja suit, the third one is a woman, and she's wearing a pink ninja suit, and the last one is a man, and he's wearing a blue ninja suit. "So whaddya need, boss?" The green ninja said.

"Yeah, I thought you don't need us anymore." The pink ninja suit said.

"Yes, I know I said that, but this is really important." Mike said very quickly.

"You see the hole on my kitchen floor?" The four ninjas stared at the hole.

"Yeah…what about it?" The blue ninja asked.

"There are four kids down there, and I want you to bring them to me."

The four ninjas gave Mike a salute.

"Sir, yes sir!" They said.

"Hey boss, I have one question." The blue ninja said.

Mike looked at his clock.

"Alright, but make it quick." Mike said.

"How come you don't need us anymore?" Mike's eyes grew big.

"Uh….um….um….well, you guys have been working so hard, that I let you deserve a break."

"It was a pretty long one, too." The green ninja said.

"Get going!"

"Sir yes sir!" The four ninjas jumped in the hole one by one. Mike walked out of the kitchen.

"Whew! I thought they will never leave."

Then, he went back into the living room and turned on the TV.

"Those guys can't even get the job done…but they're the only ninjas that I can hire on my planet."

Calvin and his friends were still walking straight ahead in the center of the Earth.

"How far are we going to walk, Calvin?" Spaceman Spiff asked.

"My feet ache."

"Well, that's what happens when you don't get enough circulation in your legs. Get used to it." Calvin said.

"Well, some of us are tired, too Calvin." Susie said.

Calvin stopped walking. The others did the same.

"So, you guys want to stop walking?"

"YES!" Calvin shrugged.

"Good, because I have something else to tell you." Nick's mouth dropped.

"Calvin, I don't want to hear your big fat mouth! I just want to get to your house stat and get out of this heck hole!" Calvin smiled.

"We're already at my house."

Everyone stared at Calvin.

"Excuse me?" Susie asked.

"Look up." Everyone looked up.

They saw a piece of string that is 10 feet long.

"Once we pull the string, the ground will jump, then, we'll jump up, and jump in the concealed door, and we'll be at my house in no time."

"In case you haven't noticed Calvin, we're four feet tall, not eight! How are we supposed to reach the string?"

"Susie, you see the red button on the orange vest you're wearing?" Susie looked at the little red button on the right side of the vest.

"Yeah, I do…what does it do?"

"Push it and find out." Susie pushed the red button.

Couple of seconds later, Susie was floating in the air!

"Hey…what's going on? Why am I floating?" Susie asked.

"The vest can also make you fly. Did I forget to mention that?" Susie nodded.

Then, she flew up to pull the string. Five feet…three feet…one and a half feet... Finally, she reached to the top and pulled on the string hard.

"Yeah, you did it!" Calvin said.

"Okay, so she did it." Nick said.

"Now get your butt down here!"

"Okay…except…how do I get down?" Susie asked.

Calvin sighed.

"Push the green button that is on the left side of the vest." Susie looked on the left side and saw the green button.

She pushed it, and she flew down. When Susie was finally on the ground, she asked, "Okay, I pulled down the string, and the ground is not taking us home."

"You're going to have to wait." Calvin said.

"It takes a while."

10 seconds have gone by, and the ground was still not moving.

"This is all a stupid fib." Nick said.

"I'm going to find my own way OU…..AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

The whole ground started shaking. Pretty soon, the ground started jumping, and Calvin and his friends were up in the air.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Then, they saw a door as they flew higher and higher. They couldn't see it because the door blends in the background. The door opened automatically and they flew right in. Suddenly, a huge cloud of dust blinded Calvin and the others.

"COUGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH!"

As the cloud of dust disappears, they were standing in Calvin's room.

"Wow, we're…we're back on Earth, and not inside it!" Tracer said.

"Hello, ground!" Nick said, kissing the ground.

"Uh, hate to break the love fest, but if we don't save Earth now, it's a goner!" Calvin said.

"We have to hurry. We don't have much time!"

Calvin walked over to the window and opening. The roads, had lots of cracks, people were running and screaming, and the clouds were blocking the sun.

"Wow, Mike has changed our neighborhood." Susie said.

Nick sniffed.

"It's going to take years to rebuild it back to normal." He said sadly.

"Can we go already? I want a piece of that alien!" Calvin said impatiently.

Calvin opened the window.

"We're not going to jump down, are we?" Susie asked.

Calvin scoffed.

"Um…yeah." Susie's eyes now had flames in it.

"WHAAAAAAAT!"

"Look down." Calvin said.

Susie looked out the window and looked down. There lots of pillows and blankets.

"The pillows and blankets will break our fall." Calvin said.

"Gee, I hope you're right." Susie said.

Everyone was standing on the windowsill, holding hands.

"On the count of three." Calvin said.

"One…two…THREE!"

Everyone jumped down at the same time. Three seconds later, they landed on the pillows and blankets.

"See? Didn't I tell ya that the pillows and blankets will break our fall?" Calvin told Susie.

Susie rolled her eyes.

"Hey Calvin, speaking of pillows and blankets, where did you get them?" Nick asked.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"Honey, where are the pillows and blankets?" Dad asked.

"Did you check in every room, honey?" Mom said.

"Yes, and I still can't find them. Help me look." Dad said.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"You don't want to know." Calvin said.

Suddenly, Calvin looked up.

He saw a bomb!

"A BOMB IS FALLING FROM THE SKY!" Susie yelled.

Stupendous closed his eyes. He was trying one of his powers, but for some reason, one of his powers is not working.

"I'm trying to blast the bomb into the atmosphere." Stupendous explained.

"For some awkward reason, it's not working!"

"CALVIN, LOOK OUT!" Nick yelled.

Nick ran over to Calvin. Then, he pounced on Calvin, and BOOM!

Nick let go of Calvin and Calvin fell to the ground. Calvin, Susie, Hobbes, and the alter egos could not believe their eyes. Because of the bomb, Nick is dead.

He was lying on the ground, his eyes closed.

Everyone walked slowly towards.

"Nick…Nick, wake up!" Calvin said.

"Come on, wake up! …Nick?"

"It's no use, Calvin." Susie said.

"I'm afraid he's…"

Calvin started to cry quietly.

"Stupendous, maybe you should revive Nick." Hobbes said.

"You know, bring him back to life."

"With my Stupendous powers, Stupendous Man will brink Nicholas back to life!" Stupendous Man said.

Stupendous was on his knees. With his right hand, he touched Nick's heart. 30 seconds later, he let go. Everyone looked at Nick. Nothing.

"What? How can your Stupendous reviver not work? It's supposed to work! You're Stupendous Man!" Calvin yelled.

"Calvin, remember? Stupendous said that when he tried to blast the bomb into space, there were no results." Susie said.

Calvin's eyes grew big.

"Oh yeah…I remember that! Then that means the Stupendous reviver didn't work either!" Calvin gasped.

"Stupendous, do your fire blast!"

Stupendous put his hands out in front of him. Nothing happened. No fire blasts.

"How about the Stupendous clones?" Hobbes said.

Stupendous tried to make clones of him, but he couldn't. Now we saw Stupendous Man with two heads. Stupendous eliminated the second head.

"Witch Doctor madness?" Susie asked.

Stupendous was muttering these words under his breath: "Ooh ee ooh ahh ahh ting tang walla walla bing bang."

He said those words two times.

He was staring at Susie when he said that.

Then, he growled.

"Darn it! Susie was supposed to fall in love with me after I say those words! No googly eyes, no weird smile, nothing! Someone is messing with my powers, and I want to know who did it!"

Suddenly, another bomb hit the ground, but luckily, the bomb didn't hit Calvin or his friends this time.

There was a letter on the ground. Calvin picked it up and started reading.

"Dear Earth Potentate,

Yes, it was me that killed your little friend, Nick. So, what are you going to do now, now that your friend is…oh, how should I say this nicely? …Oh yeah…he's dead, he's gone, forget about him! So surrender now, so I can blast this stupid planet. Or, I can take you to my planet and see Earth getting destroyed. You have 24 hours to decide. I'm watching you.

Mike

P.S., There is going to be a surprise for you and your friends at approximately 5:00.

P.S.S., I'm also messing up Stupendous Man's powers. That way, he can't bring Nick back to life! BWAH HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!

Calvin was twitching a little bit after he read the letter.

"So, he…he…oh, when we get to his spaceship, I'm going to crush him!" Calvin and Susie said at the same time.

They looked at each other. Then, they blushed.

"Guys…I'm afraid that we should fight without Nick." Tracer said.

"Right…let's go." Calvin said sadly.

Everyone walked away from Nick.

Before they left the neighborhood, Calvin looked at Nick one last time.

"Goodbye."

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FRIENDS-

WRITTEN BY: COMICFREAK1007

Verse one: I ain't lonely anymore

My friend is at the door

He said, "Come on, let's do my chores. We'll get the job done."

-CHORUS-

If you had a friend like him

He will make your day

If you had a friend like him

He'll not make any delays

If you had a friend like him

He will make your life easier

Verse two: Now he's gone, I'm very sad

Now, he's gone, I'm very mad

I should forget about him

But I can't what should I do?

(Repeat chorus once)

Doo doo, doo, doo, doo

Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo

La, la, la, la, la, la, la

Mm-hmm

La, la, la, la, la

La, la, la, la, la, la, la

La, la, la, la, la, la, la

Mm-hmm WHOOOOOOA!

Bridge: Look at me

I'm down in the dumps

I need to calm myself down

But I can't

I really can't

My friend is out of town

I look at myself, and tell myself that, "You need to move on with your life, and that's that."

But how am I supposed to be happy again

When my friend just moved again?

Oh, this sucks

This really sucks

I wish I could sleep and forget

But I can't sleep

I really can't sleep

When my friend just moved again?

Verse four: I wish my friend was here right now

I'm really having a cow

Someday, we will reunite

And we will someday, right?

Verse five: Now I'm over it (Over it)

But it doesn't mean I haven't forgot about him

Now I'm over (Over it)

Thank god I'm over it

(Song Ends)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I think that was the best song I ever written, don't you think? Please R&R!

P.S., That song has nothing to do with Nick. But it's dedicated to him.