Well, its been over a month since I last uploaded a chapter to this... Really sorry about the long wait. I've been super busy with college work. This week along I had two exams and a paper due, so I've been busy with other stuff to say the least. But for now, enjoy a new chapter at long last!
Chapter 19: Moe
"Well, hello Moe, funny seeing you again..." Calvin grumbled.
"Yeah, funny how you 'fell' into this arena we're in huh?" Moe chuckled.
"Oh come on! That's the second time you've used that cruddy pun! At least come up with something that's actually funny!" Calvin snapped back.
"Are we gonna ignore the fact that we're in what is basically a larger boxing ring?" Hobbes piped in, trying to diffuse the argument.
"Wait, who's that?" Moe said nervously as he pointed at Hobbes, backing up a little in fear.
"Oh brother..." Hobbes remarked rolling his eyes.
"That's Hobbes you glandular freak! You've seen him plenty of times!" Calvin remarked insulted.
"Yeah, well... I haven't seen him as an actual tiger before!" Moe replied back, "I've only seen him as some teddy tiger!"
"Teddy tiger?! I've never been so insulted in my life!" Hobbes said in disgust, clearly insulted.
"Wait a second... If you never saw Hobbes as an actual tiger until now, what caused the change?" Calvin asked confused.
"Probably because of that Imaginifier, or whatever that wacky doctor called it." Hobbes explained.
"Ohhh... That makes sense now..." Moe remarked.
Before the duo could speak again, they heard some familiar voices.
"COME ON MOE! KILL THEM ALREADY!"
"YEAH! I DIDN'T NEARLY DIE TO SEE THAT KLUTZ COME OUT ON TOP!"
Calvin and Hobbes looked up, and noticed that there was a grandstand, with Duplicates 3, 4, 5, and 6 in the stands, surrounded with popcorn and other concessions.
"What the? Where are we exactly?" Calvin asked to Moe.
"I'm glad you asked twinky! Like your tiger friend stated before, this is basically a larger boxing ring! Only thing is that it's completely surrounded by alligators!" Moe said proudly.
Calvin and Hobbes ran to the ledge to see alligators lurking around in the waters above the ring.
"Interesting..." Hobbes remarked.
"Yeah, but you won't catch me dead in there. I can assure you that!" Calvin remarked.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that twinky..." Moe remarked as he cracked his knuckles.
Calvin gulped.
"You see twinky, even though you and the tiger stopped yourself several times over, thanks to my Dad's genius, we were able to find them all and bring them back here! Well except twinky two, we don't know what happened to him..." Moe explained.
"I can think of what happened to him..." Hobbes muttered under his breath.
"Okay, so let me guess what's gonna happen now!" Calvin remarked in a sarcastic tone, "We're now gonna fight to the death, and whoever loses gets tossed into the pit, and basically decides the fate of the world and all that baloney... Its a trope! I know how things role in this kind of situation!"
Moe stood at the two dumbfounded.
"Well, uh, I guess you could-"
Hobbes pounced Moe before he could finish his sentence.
"ACKTPH! GET OFF ME!" Moe yelled as he hurled Hobbes off him and into the ropes.
The Duplicates cheered, as Calvin glared at Moe.
"So that's how you're gonna play huh? Well we'll see about that..." Calvin grumbled as he looked Moe in the eye.
The two then began charging at each other and when they met, Moe swung at Calvin hard and sent him flying into the ropes.
"I could've told you that was gonna happen..." Hobbes remarked.
"Shut up furball!" Calvin grumbled as he got back up.
Calvin was about to start charging at Moe again before Hobbes stopped him.
"Hold on a sec. Moe isn't like the others. And we know that he's far more stronger than us..." Hobbes explained.
"What are you insinuating?" Calvin questioned.
"Well, it seems like the only way that we're gonna be able to beat Moe is by outsmarting him." Hobbes replied.
"Hmm..." Calvin remarked, as he pondered Hobbes' idea.
"Hey twinky! Wanna give up now so it doesn't hurt as much?" Moe called out to Calvin.
"You laugh now Moe, but you aren't gonna see what's coming at you!" Calvin shot back as he began to run at Moe.
While Moe began to wind his arm for a punch, Hobbes quickly ran up to behind Moe and pounced him from behind, allowing for Calvin to get a punch on Moe.
"Ow! That's gonna hurt for a few days..." Moe muttered.
The Duplicates booed and threw peanuts at Calvin.
"It appears that the fans aren't liking our performance." Hobbes remarked.
"Yeah... and if they don't like it, then they should just come down and try and fight us again." Calvin said with a smirk as Moe got up.
"Ugh... If you think that one move like that is gonna help you win twinky, then you've been sorely mistaken!" Moe bellowed as he charged at the two.
Just as Moe was about to come in contact with the two, Calvin and Hobbes moved out of the way, and sent Moe right into the ropes, flinging him out into the middle of the ring. Calvin then ran up to him, jumped on him and attempted to do a wrestling take-down.
It didn't work it that great, but it had some success.
The Duplicates were getting angrier by the minute, as Calvin and Hobbes were easily able to gain the upper hand in the battle.
While Moe would occasionally be able to attack Calvin and Hobbes, the duo seemed to be one step ahead of him most of the time.
This was causing Moe to lose focus and get frustrated, given the fact that he never had trouble beating Calvin up before.
The fight raged on, and soon, the three fighters were all exhausted.
"You... You... ain't winnin' this twinky! I got one more trick up my sleeves and you and your tiger friend are gonna regret ever messing with me!" Moe yelled out.
"I'd like to see you try moron! Give it your worst!" Calvin yelled back.
This further enraged Moe, who began charging with full force at Calvin, and just Calvin. He wasn't even thinking about Hobbes at this point.
"Uh-oh... This doesn't look good..." Hobbes said nervously.
Calvin's mind raced furiously. There were several methods of action that he and Hobbes could take. But what would work, his mind raced with options, until a lightbulb appeared over his head. He quickly whispered something to Hobbes and Hobbes ran out in Moe's direction.
Moe quickly realized that Hobbes was obstructing his path, and tried to stop himself, but it was too late. Hobbes easily tripped Moe, sending him flying into the air.
To Calvin, everything was slowing down. Moe was coming towards him in slow motion. He knew that this was it. All he had to do was give one final blow to Moe and he would prevail. He knew that he had to get it just right, and was ready.
Calvin began to wind up his arm as Moe came closer and closer to him, and at the right moment, Calvin punched Moe in the face, and hard, sending Moe straight to the ground.
After Moe hit the ground, everything sped back up again.
Hobbes ran over to Calvin, and the two looked over at Moe, who was shell-shocked at what had just happened.
DING DING!
The Duplicates erupted with a shower of boos.
"THIS WAS RIGGED!"
"I PUT A LOT OF MONEY ON MOE TO WIN! THIS IS UNFAIR!"
"YOU GUYS CHEATED! HE WAS OUTNUMBERED!"
Calvin and Hobbes ignored all the boos, as they looked down at Moe, and then looked at each other.
"Is... is... is that it? I won? I beat Moe?" Calvin remarked, who was still trying to process what had just happened.
"I mean 'we' won and beat Moe, but yes... What's happened has happened." Hobbes remarked.
That's all Calvin needed to hear.
"YEEEAAAAHHHHH!" He screamed out as he jumped for joy, "IN YOUR FACE MOE! IN YOUR FACE YOU DUMMY DUPLICATES! I WON! I WON! NOBODY THOUGHT I COULD DO IT BUT I WON!" Calvin yelled out as he jumped for joy, did somersaults, and everything in between.
"Again, 'we' did it, but alright..." Hobbes said sighing, but he brushed it aside as he was glad to see his best bud finally get some payback on his bully.
As Calvin was busy celebrating and boasting about how great he was, Duplicates 3 and 5 were scrambling through the outskirts of the arena.
"We gotta get something and fast!" Duplicate 5 remarked in a panic, "Those two idiots have screwed up all our plans! We gotta stop them with something, and fast!"
As the two scurried around, looking for something that could help him, Duplicate 3 ran past a room, then turned around and went inside it.
Inside was a new invention with a large blaster on it, which was carted on four wheels. On it a sign read, "DO NOT TOUCH! Property of Dr. Murdoch Z. Scientist".
Duplicate 3 inspected it for a moment then quickly threw the sign to the side.
"Hey Five! I think I found something!" Duplicate 3 yelled out. Duplicate 5 came into the room quickly.
"What is it?" Duplicate 5 asked curiously.
"Beats me. I just found it in here unattended." Duplicate 3 responded.
"Eh, it works I guess. Anything that will get rid of that fool, or fools I should say... C'mon! Lets go out and zap him with it!" Duplicate 5 said as he grabbed onto it and began pushing along with Duplicate 3.
Back at the arena, to the shock of absolutely no one, Calvin was still going on about his triumph and how he was the greatest person to ever live on earth.
"I can't believe... That... I lost... to the twinky..." Moe muttered sadly, still recovering from the fight.
Duplicates 4 and 6 had bored expressions on their faces as they were forced to listen to Calvin brag about himself continuously.
Hobbes had laid down and began to take a nap while Calvin continued to go on and on.
Then, Duplicates 3 and 5 returned to the stands with the weapon.
"What's that?" Duplicate 6 asked.
"We found it! We're gonna use it to get rid of Calvin!" Duplicate 5 said quickly as he and Duplicate 3 set it up.
"Hey! I'm the one who found it idiot!" Duplicate 3 remarked.
"Nobody cares Three!" Duplicate 5 shot back.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Duplicate 4 asked.
"Trust me, this will work brilliantly..." Duplicate 5 said sinisterly as he pressed a button, and the weapon began to prepare for blasting.
Hobbes woke up and noticed the weapon that was being aimed at Calvin, who was completely oblivious as he was still going on and on about himself.
"...and then I'm gonna be honored as history's most highest, greatest-"
"CALVIN! LOOK OUT!"
Calvin turned and looked and saw the weapon commence blasting, and it blasted him hard.
The weapon then exploded, spewing smoke all over the arena.
When the smoke settled, Hobbes looked up, and saw a silhouette of Calvin.
"Oh Calvin! Thank goodness that thing didn't-"
"Zounds! A hideous tiger alien!"