Chatper Two: A Slight Problem
Check for the disclaimer in the review I wrote myself!
After a rough jolt, which made Hobbes's stomach lurch, the box stood still.
"Wow!" Calvin commented. "That was quick!"
"You can say that again..." Hobbes said, holding his stomach.
"Come on! Let's go and see what's out there!" Calvin said, standing up, and he pushed the lid open. Looking around, Calvin said, "Wow! This looks like someplace Spaceman Spiff would go!"
The landscape certainly was strange. It was rocky, but the rocks weren't any normal colors. They were sickening shades of green and yellow. And the sky, which was the srangest part of all, was a dull red color.
"Let's explore!" Calvin said, taking all of the landscape in.
"Alright... but wouldn't it be best if we added a hover feature to the Dimensional Time Warper?" Hobbes commented.
"I already thought of it!" Calvin indicated, showing Hobbes the paper plate and toilet paper cone he had glued inside of the box. Then, lifting the box over, he showed to large circles. Getting back into the box, Calvin pushed a button that said, 'Go.'
The box hummed for a moment, before lifting off the ground. Pushing the forward button, the box flew by the country side.
"I wonder where we are!" Hobbes asked Calvin as the wind whipped his face.
"Well, hard to say! I'd think we were traveling in the Dimensional Time Warper for about five seconds, so we must be five dimensions away from our own!" Calvin replied.
"How are you sure?" Hobbes asked.
"Well... um... I can't be, but that's how it works, so there!" Calvin retorted.
Hobbes rolled his eyes at this as the box kept on flying.
Back on Earth, Calvin's mother was wandering around the house looking for him.
"Calvin!" she called down the basement stairs. "Calvin!" she called up the stairs to the upstairs. "Calvin!" she called outside.
She wasn't really worried. Calvin had gone off on his own lots of times. She just needed him to explain why all of the toilet paper in the bathroom was on the floor.
She looked out the window and saw Susie Derkins outside, playing with her rabbit, Mr. Bun. She treated Mr. Bun like Calvin treated Hobbes.
"Susie!" she called out to her. "Have you seen Calvin?"
"Not recently. Why?" Susie called back.
"Oh, no reason. I'm just looking for him!" Calvin's mom called back, before going back into the house to resume her search.
"Strange, Calvin usually is running around in the woods or some place," Susie commented.
Back where ever Calvin and Hobbes were, Hobbes was starting to get sick. "Ugh..." he moaned, "I'm getting car sick...."
"You dummy, we aren't even in a car!" Calvin yelled at him.
"Well, I can still get sick!" Hobbes yelled back.
Calvin chose to ignore him as he turned left. He turned right. He went right for about an hour, then turned left. After a while, Calvin noticed something.
"Hey, Hobbes," he said, "notice how there isn't any life here?"
"Yeah, why?" Hobbes asked.
"Put your vortex goggles on, Hobbes, 'cause we are going back in time!" Calvin said, stopping the Dimensional Time Warper, then pulled out a pair of goggles.
"Oh no..." Hobbes complained. Hobbes had never really liked Calvin's Time Machine, considering what kind of trouble it had gotten them into.
"Well, c'mon! Get your goggles on!" Calvin yelled.
"Do I have to wear goggles?" Hobbes asked.
"I've told you before, we need to wear goggles while traveling in time!" Calvin said, handing Hobbes a pair of goggles.
"Alright...." Hobbes said, putting the goggles on.
Pressing a button, the Dimensional Time Warper lifted off of the ground slowly, and then sped off into the air.
"Light speed, here we come!" Calvin cried as the approached light speed.
"Oh no!" Hobbes cried out as the went into hyperspace.
Hyperspace always looks different, Hobbes thought. He wasn't sure why, but it always did. The Dimensional Time Warper sped along as Calvin spoke out Hobbes's thoughts.
"What time should we go to?" Calvin asked.
"Just pull off here and see where we are," Hobbes replied. Calvin pushed the button that said, 'Land' when a slight problem arose.
Three things happened at once. The Dimensional Time Warper Lurched. Hobbes fell out of the box. Calvin landed without Hobbes.
Hobbes awoke with a groan. Rubbing his head, he felt a large bump that hurt when he touched it. "Ow...." he moaned. He didn't bother to open his eyes. "Calvin, I know this is one of your tricks! Apoligize for knocking me out of the Dimensional Time Warper!" When he opend his eyes, it wasn't Calvin he saw.
Calvin was in panic. He had landed in a different time than Hobbes. He knew he had landed further in the future than Hobbes had, because Hobbes was blown backwards when he fell out. Maybe he could find somebody who knew something about Hobbes. He looked around as he landed the Dimensional Time Warper. It was different than it was in the future, that was for sure. There were these things that all wore orange clothing with black stripes. They were all celebrating something. Calvin prayed that they spoke english as he walked up to one of them.
"Excuse me!" he said. The thing he walked up to looked up.
"Yes?" the alien said in english, which surprised Calvin.
"Have you ever heard of a tiger named Hobbes?" Calvin asked.
The alien started laughing. "Heard of Hobbes? Hasn't everybody?"
"Um... well...." Calvin started to say.
"Hobbes was the best leader our people have ever had!" the alien said, throwing his arms up.
"Was?" Calvin asked, a note of shock in his voice.
"Yes, was," the alien said, slightly perturbed. "He's been been gone from us for thousands of years!"
Calvin gaped in shock. Hobbes had been gone for thosands of years?
"How... did he... die?" Calvin asked, almost afraid of the answer.
"Die? The Great Hobbes never died! He was taken away by a boy with blonde hair in a flying box!" the alien said, which made Calvin sigh in relief. He had rescued Hobbes from this strange dimension.
"Exactly how long ago was this?" Calvin questioned the alien further.
"Well, the Great One came precisly 4000 years ago today!" the alien said.
"Thanks!" Calvin called to him, running towards the Dimensional Time Warper. As soon as he got Hobbes, the two of them would go home!
Hobbes was being treated like a king! All of these strange little aliens around him seemed to worship him! They all bowed down to him, and started to repete what he said.
"Calvin, is that you!" all of the aliens chanted.
Hobbes was certainly enjoying himself! He was getting the best food, not to mention personal servants.
After about an hour, Hobbes was getting tired. He managed to find a comfortable spot away from all of the aliens, who insisted on following him everywhere.
Calvin landed the Dimensional Time Warper with a thud. He looked around for Hobbes. There, lying under some leaves, was the tiger, sound asleep! Calvin ran up to him and woke him up. "C'mon Hobbes, let's get out of here!"
"Mmm..." Hobbes said, still half asleep. Helping Hobbes up, Calvin led him to the Dimensional Time Warper. "I don't want to leave..." Hobbes mumbled.
Dragging him into the box, Calvin pushed the time travel button. After landing in the time the came from, Calvin pushed the Dimension Warp button.
"What's wrong?" Hobbes asked, now fully awake.
"The button! It won't work!" Calvin cried out.
"Oh, that's just great..." Hobbes complained.
"This could take weeks to fix!" Calvin moaned.
Check for the disclaimer in the review I wrote myself!
After a rough jolt, which made Hobbes's stomach lurch, the box stood still.
"Wow!" Calvin commented. "That was quick!"
"You can say that again..." Hobbes said, holding his stomach.
"Come on! Let's go and see what's out there!" Calvin said, standing up, and he pushed the lid open. Looking around, Calvin said, "Wow! This looks like someplace Spaceman Spiff would go!"
The landscape certainly was strange. It was rocky, but the rocks weren't any normal colors. They were sickening shades of green and yellow. And the sky, which was the srangest part of all, was a dull red color.
"Let's explore!" Calvin said, taking all of the landscape in.
"Alright... but wouldn't it be best if we added a hover feature to the Dimensional Time Warper?" Hobbes commented.
"I already thought of it!" Calvin indicated, showing Hobbes the paper plate and toilet paper cone he had glued inside of the box. Then, lifting the box over, he showed to large circles. Getting back into the box, Calvin pushed a button that said, 'Go.'
The box hummed for a moment, before lifting off the ground. Pushing the forward button, the box flew by the country side.
"I wonder where we are!" Hobbes asked Calvin as the wind whipped his face.
"Well, hard to say! I'd think we were traveling in the Dimensional Time Warper for about five seconds, so we must be five dimensions away from our own!" Calvin replied.
"How are you sure?" Hobbes asked.
"Well... um... I can't be, but that's how it works, so there!" Calvin retorted.
Hobbes rolled his eyes at this as the box kept on flying.
Back on Earth, Calvin's mother was wandering around the house looking for him.
"Calvin!" she called down the basement stairs. "Calvin!" she called up the stairs to the upstairs. "Calvin!" she called outside.
She wasn't really worried. Calvin had gone off on his own lots of times. She just needed him to explain why all of the toilet paper in the bathroom was on the floor.
She looked out the window and saw Susie Derkins outside, playing with her rabbit, Mr. Bun. She treated Mr. Bun like Calvin treated Hobbes.
"Susie!" she called out to her. "Have you seen Calvin?"
"Not recently. Why?" Susie called back.
"Oh, no reason. I'm just looking for him!" Calvin's mom called back, before going back into the house to resume her search.
"Strange, Calvin usually is running around in the woods or some place," Susie commented.
Back where ever Calvin and Hobbes were, Hobbes was starting to get sick. "Ugh..." he moaned, "I'm getting car sick...."
"You dummy, we aren't even in a car!" Calvin yelled at him.
"Well, I can still get sick!" Hobbes yelled back.
Calvin chose to ignore him as he turned left. He turned right. He went right for about an hour, then turned left. After a while, Calvin noticed something.
"Hey, Hobbes," he said, "notice how there isn't any life here?"
"Yeah, why?" Hobbes asked.
"Put your vortex goggles on, Hobbes, 'cause we are going back in time!" Calvin said, stopping the Dimensional Time Warper, then pulled out a pair of goggles.
"Oh no..." Hobbes complained. Hobbes had never really liked Calvin's Time Machine, considering what kind of trouble it had gotten them into.
"Well, c'mon! Get your goggles on!" Calvin yelled.
"Do I have to wear goggles?" Hobbes asked.
"I've told you before, we need to wear goggles while traveling in time!" Calvin said, handing Hobbes a pair of goggles.
"Alright...." Hobbes said, putting the goggles on.
Pressing a button, the Dimensional Time Warper lifted off of the ground slowly, and then sped off into the air.
"Light speed, here we come!" Calvin cried as the approached light speed.
"Oh no!" Hobbes cried out as the went into hyperspace.
Hyperspace always looks different, Hobbes thought. He wasn't sure why, but it always did. The Dimensional Time Warper sped along as Calvin spoke out Hobbes's thoughts.
"What time should we go to?" Calvin asked.
"Just pull off here and see where we are," Hobbes replied. Calvin pushed the button that said, 'Land' when a slight problem arose.
Three things happened at once. The Dimensional Time Warper Lurched. Hobbes fell out of the box. Calvin landed without Hobbes.
Hobbes awoke with a groan. Rubbing his head, he felt a large bump that hurt when he touched it. "Ow...." he moaned. He didn't bother to open his eyes. "Calvin, I know this is one of your tricks! Apoligize for knocking me out of the Dimensional Time Warper!" When he opend his eyes, it wasn't Calvin he saw.
Calvin was in panic. He had landed in a different time than Hobbes. He knew he had landed further in the future than Hobbes had, because Hobbes was blown backwards when he fell out. Maybe he could find somebody who knew something about Hobbes. He looked around as he landed the Dimensional Time Warper. It was different than it was in the future, that was for sure. There were these things that all wore orange clothing with black stripes. They were all celebrating something. Calvin prayed that they spoke english as he walked up to one of them.
"Excuse me!" he said. The thing he walked up to looked up.
"Yes?" the alien said in english, which surprised Calvin.
"Have you ever heard of a tiger named Hobbes?" Calvin asked.
The alien started laughing. "Heard of Hobbes? Hasn't everybody?"
"Um... well...." Calvin started to say.
"Hobbes was the best leader our people have ever had!" the alien said, throwing his arms up.
"Was?" Calvin asked, a note of shock in his voice.
"Yes, was," the alien said, slightly perturbed. "He's been been gone from us for thousands of years!"
Calvin gaped in shock. Hobbes had been gone for thosands of years?
"How... did he... die?" Calvin asked, almost afraid of the answer.
"Die? The Great Hobbes never died! He was taken away by a boy with blonde hair in a flying box!" the alien said, which made Calvin sigh in relief. He had rescued Hobbes from this strange dimension.
"Exactly how long ago was this?" Calvin questioned the alien further.
"Well, the Great One came precisly 4000 years ago today!" the alien said.
"Thanks!" Calvin called to him, running towards the Dimensional Time Warper. As soon as he got Hobbes, the two of them would go home!
Hobbes was being treated like a king! All of these strange little aliens around him seemed to worship him! They all bowed down to him, and started to repete what he said.
"Calvin, is that you!" all of the aliens chanted.
Hobbes was certainly enjoying himself! He was getting the best food, not to mention personal servants.
After about an hour, Hobbes was getting tired. He managed to find a comfortable spot away from all of the aliens, who insisted on following him everywhere.
Calvin landed the Dimensional Time Warper with a thud. He looked around for Hobbes. There, lying under some leaves, was the tiger, sound asleep! Calvin ran up to him and woke him up. "C'mon Hobbes, let's get out of here!"
"Mmm..." Hobbes said, still half asleep. Helping Hobbes up, Calvin led him to the Dimensional Time Warper. "I don't want to leave..." Hobbes mumbled.
Dragging him into the box, Calvin pushed the time travel button. After landing in the time the came from, Calvin pushed the Dimension Warp button.
"What's wrong?" Hobbes asked, now fully awake.
"The button! It won't work!" Calvin cried out.
"Oh, that's just great..." Hobbes complained.
"This could take weeks to fix!" Calvin moaned.