Calvin and Hobbes and the Cardboard Adventures
Part Three: Visiting Some Old Friends
"Why won't the Dimensional Time Warper work?" Hobbes shouted.
Calvin kicked the box hard. It flew five feet. "It should work now," Calvin said, walking over to the box, now slightly beaten up.
"Oh, great work, Calvin!" Hobbes yelled, still angry. Calvin's solutions with his machines weren't exactly the best.
The two of them jumped in the box. Closing the lid, Calvin pressed the button that said warp. There was a slight thud, and they landed. They opened the box, and they found themselves in some strange dimension. Calvin looked around a gasped. There were aliens walking around that looked like the aliens who 'owned' Earth, Glaxoid and Nebular.
"Hey, Calvin, don't they look just like-"
"Glaxoid and Nebular...." Calvin said, remembering the day he met them. It was just a normal autumn day when he had a leaf collection, that he was supposed to have been working on for two weeks, due the next day. He and Hobbes were frantically trying to get fifty leaves, when they heard a wumming sound above them. To make a long story short, Calvin sold Earth for fifty leaves, but he still failed the project.
"Look! It's the Supream Earth Potanate!" a voice said from behind Calvin.
Calvin gasped. "GLAXOID AND NEBULAR?!?" He turned around and saw Glaxoid and Nebular
"Yes, Earth Potanate! We thank you for your toasty socks once again!" Glaxoid, the leader of the two, said.
The other one, Nebular, spoke up. "They kept us warm and toasty during the time when your planet's faulty axis made the planet cold!"
"Don't mention it...." Calvin grumbled.
"Do you guys know how far it is from Earth where we are?" Hobbes asked Nebular, who was the navigator.
"Long way. Very long way. We know a fast way, but if you sell us the moon, we'll give you our space ship!" Nebular replied, looking up at the sky in a forlorn sort of way.
"Why the moon? Our's is boring. Why don't you go to Saturn or something?" Calvin asked, with a quizzical look on his face.
"Supream Earth Potanate, you forget! Earth is a prime realestate location! The moon would be a perfect hotel spot!" Glaxoid responded, his face in a huge grin.
"Yes... how can we forget that hole in the ozone, the melting polar ice caps, neuclear waste, and all of the rest that makes Earth such a great spot for the family to come for a weekend," Hobbes said sarcastically. The aliens, however, didn't notice.
"Is it a deal? Or does your moon have a faulty axis like your planet, Earth Potanate?" Glaxoid asked, trying to close the bargin.
"Sure, why not. We're not losing anything!" Calvin said, and he and Hobbes followed Glaxoid and Nebular to a docking port, and Nebular showed them a spaceship, the same one they had flown to Earth.
"So, how do we fly this thing?" Calvin asked.
"You'll have to figure that out for yourself! Good bye!" Glaxoid said, closing the metal door quickly behind him.
"Well," Hobbes said, rolling his eyes. "THAT sure went well!"
"Oh, shut up, Hobbes," Calvin said angrily. "Now, help me figure out how to work this thing!"
"Well, here's an insturction manual-" Hobbes started to say.
"Let's just press this button and see what it does!" Calvin inturrupted, and he pressed a button that said something in some alien language on it.
The spaceship started humming. It gradually got louder and louder, and then, with a rough jolt, it flew out of the port.
Calvin opened a window. From space, the planet which Glaxoid and Nebular lived on looked like a huge, metal hunk of rock, with what looked liked flyes swarming all over it.
"Well," Calvin said, "we'd better press another button!"
"NO!" Hobbes yelled, and jumped in front of the button that Calvin was about to push.
Calvin hit Hobbes, and they both fell back onto the control pannel, hitting about nineteen buttons at once.
"Oh no!" Hobbes moaned, and with a big woosh, they warped dimensions, yet again.
Calvin woke up with a groan, and looked around. The space ship was a mess! It had crash landed on some planet, and it had caused the ship massive amounts of damage. At least the DTW is still intact, thought Calvin. Boy, had he gotten them into a bad situation this time!
Part Three: Visiting Some Old Friends
"Why won't the Dimensional Time Warper work?" Hobbes shouted.
Calvin kicked the box hard. It flew five feet. "It should work now," Calvin said, walking over to the box, now slightly beaten up.
"Oh, great work, Calvin!" Hobbes yelled, still angry. Calvin's solutions with his machines weren't exactly the best.
The two of them jumped in the box. Closing the lid, Calvin pressed the button that said warp. There was a slight thud, and they landed. They opened the box, and they found themselves in some strange dimension. Calvin looked around a gasped. There were aliens walking around that looked like the aliens who 'owned' Earth, Glaxoid and Nebular.
"Hey, Calvin, don't they look just like-"
"Glaxoid and Nebular...." Calvin said, remembering the day he met them. It was just a normal autumn day when he had a leaf collection, that he was supposed to have been working on for two weeks, due the next day. He and Hobbes were frantically trying to get fifty leaves, when they heard a wumming sound above them. To make a long story short, Calvin sold Earth for fifty leaves, but he still failed the project.
"Look! It's the Supream Earth Potanate!" a voice said from behind Calvin.
Calvin gasped. "GLAXOID AND NEBULAR?!?" He turned around and saw Glaxoid and Nebular
"Yes, Earth Potanate! We thank you for your toasty socks once again!" Glaxoid, the leader of the two, said.
The other one, Nebular, spoke up. "They kept us warm and toasty during the time when your planet's faulty axis made the planet cold!"
"Don't mention it...." Calvin grumbled.
"Do you guys know how far it is from Earth where we are?" Hobbes asked Nebular, who was the navigator.
"Long way. Very long way. We know a fast way, but if you sell us the moon, we'll give you our space ship!" Nebular replied, looking up at the sky in a forlorn sort of way.
"Why the moon? Our's is boring. Why don't you go to Saturn or something?" Calvin asked, with a quizzical look on his face.
"Supream Earth Potanate, you forget! Earth is a prime realestate location! The moon would be a perfect hotel spot!" Glaxoid responded, his face in a huge grin.
"Yes... how can we forget that hole in the ozone, the melting polar ice caps, neuclear waste, and all of the rest that makes Earth such a great spot for the family to come for a weekend," Hobbes said sarcastically. The aliens, however, didn't notice.
"Is it a deal? Or does your moon have a faulty axis like your planet, Earth Potanate?" Glaxoid asked, trying to close the bargin.
"Sure, why not. We're not losing anything!" Calvin said, and he and Hobbes followed Glaxoid and Nebular to a docking port, and Nebular showed them a spaceship, the same one they had flown to Earth.
"So, how do we fly this thing?" Calvin asked.
"You'll have to figure that out for yourself! Good bye!" Glaxoid said, closing the metal door quickly behind him.
"Well," Hobbes said, rolling his eyes. "THAT sure went well!"
"Oh, shut up, Hobbes," Calvin said angrily. "Now, help me figure out how to work this thing!"
"Well, here's an insturction manual-" Hobbes started to say.
"Let's just press this button and see what it does!" Calvin inturrupted, and he pressed a button that said something in some alien language on it.
The spaceship started humming. It gradually got louder and louder, and then, with a rough jolt, it flew out of the port.
Calvin opened a window. From space, the planet which Glaxoid and Nebular lived on looked like a huge, metal hunk of rock, with what looked liked flyes swarming all over it.
"Well," Calvin said, "we'd better press another button!"
"NO!" Hobbes yelled, and jumped in front of the button that Calvin was about to push.
Calvin hit Hobbes, and they both fell back onto the control pannel, hitting about nineteen buttons at once.
"Oh no!" Hobbes moaned, and with a big woosh, they warped dimensions, yet again.
Calvin woke up with a groan, and looked around. The space ship was a mess! It had crash landed on some planet, and it had caused the ship massive amounts of damage. At least the DTW is still intact, thought Calvin. Boy, had he gotten them into a bad situation this time!