Chapter 6
"oooooh." said Calvin rubbing his head the next day. "What happened?"
Hobbes looked up. "What? Oh, you fainted 'cause you were looking at bunch of papers or something like that."
Calvin's eyes came into focus. "HOBBES!" he yelled. "Those bug-eyed aliens are after me! They've captured Galixoid and Nebluar and taken them hostage! THEY THINK THAT I'M THE SUPREME EARTH POTANTE!"
Hobbes rolled his eyes. "Well, if you hadn't have told those two you were the Supreme Earth Potante, this wouldn't be happening."
Calvin paced back and forth in front of Hobbes. "We gotta get going, Hobbes." he said. "Those aliens are sure to find us if we stay here."
"I'll pack the comic books." said Hobbes reaching for a pile of comic books next to the tent.
A few minutes later Calvin and Hobbes were back to walking. Through the uncharted wilderness.
Meanwhile, A search and rescue team member walks up to Calvin's parents at Camp Pine.
"We have been searching the area, Mr. And Mrs... um... I forgot your names. Anyway, I am very sorry to say, that the chances of a child surviving in the wilderness for this long... well it's very slim. We are now, actually looking for a body, now. I'm sorry."
there was a moment of silence, then, mom began to break down crying, while dad patted her on the back.
Susie's mouth dropped open. "Calvin's dead?" she exclaimed. "That can't be!"
Moe looked absolutely terrified. (Remember, he sent Calvin running into the forest in the first place)
Candice was very surprised at this news.
But Chill... Chill showed neither sadness, nor happiness. He didn't even show shock. He just stood there. His arms crossed. And then he said, and I mean with straight face, he said; "too bad."
Calvin and Hobbes continued down the mountain.
Hobbes looked out over the fantastic view over the cliff side.
Then Hobbes saw something. A lizard was crawling across a rock. A devilish smile curled over Hobbes' lips.
He shot a glace at Calvin. He was huffing and puffing over the weight of the pack. He wasn't going very fast.
Hobbes' eyes slid back over to the lizard. By now it had spotted Hobbes, and was scurrying away.
Hobbes crouched down, and pounced at the lizard. Dust went everywhere, as Hobbes slammed his paws into different areas.
At last, the dust settled. Hobbes lifted his right paw. No lizard. He lifted his left paw. No lizard.
Hobbes sighed, and stood up.
He looked over the mountains again.
His eyes bulged. Something grey was emerging from the undergrowth.
Something grey... WITH TENTACLES! A pair of yellow compound eyes fixed on Hobbes.
Hobbes stared at the monster for a second, and then, he just vanished. ZOOM! Hobbes was gone.
Calvin was in the process of climbing over a rock when Hobbes suddenly appeared in a cloud of dust.
Calvin's head shot up. "HOW DO YOU DO THAT!" he demanded.
Hobbes began to jab his fingers behind him and babbling. "Daa, daa, dee, dee, faa, faa, eee, eee..."
Calvin stared at him. "Hobbes, if I wanted you talk like that, I'd put a football in your mouth and tell you to start talking about the weather."
Hobbes' eyes rolled into the back of his head. When they came back into focus, he stared behind Calvin.
A strip of hair rose along his back, he bared his fangs, and started to growl.
"Now what are you doing?" Calvin yelled.
Hobbes hit the switch blade in his paws, and his claws shot out.
"oh for..." Calvin turned around. "Hobbes I see noth..."
just then a laser bolt hit the tip of Calvin's hair.
Calvin's eyes bulged as the little piece of hair burned to a crisp, and floated to the ground.
"RUN!" Calvin screamed, and he ran off. Hobbes close behind.
Just then a terrible hacksaw laugh cut through the silence.
Calvin and Hobbes stopped, and slowly turned their heads to... YIKES! It was terrible! A huge grey tentacled thing crawled down from a tree. It had over twenty tentacles at the bottom. And two tentacles in the middle that acted as hands. Oh, and it had huge yellow compound eyes. A large grin crossed the alien's face. Revealing... hmmm. Where had Calvin seen those sharp teeth before?
The alien laughed again.
Calvin and Hobbes back away from the alien only to bump into something big, slimy, and full of tentacles.
Calvin and Hobbes screamed, and ran toward the south. Jumping over fallen trees, and leaping over rocks.
They didn't get far.
All at once, the two skidded to a stop. Just in time to prevent falling off a cliff.
Calvin looked down. There, over seventeen miles straight down, was a bunch of jagged rocks and a small stream.
Calvin's eyes came up. He gulped. He turned around. over a million of crazed, insane, bug-eyed, and slobbering aliens were slouching toward him.
Calvin whimpered, and hugged Hobbes in fear.
Hobbes growled at the aliens. Who laughed, and continued toward them. "This is going to be easier than I thought." Snarled one of the aliens. "All we have to do is push you off this cliff."
"You'll have to do me first." Hobbes hissed.
"Very well." said another alien. "Which death do you prefer?"
Hobbes growled again, and held his claws up.
The aliens laughed.
"Watch this." said one of the aliens. He raised a ray gun and pointed at Hobbes.
Before Hobbes could get out of the way, a red light shot out of the gun, and struck Hobbes.
Hobbes stared in horror as an energy force field began to cover Hobbes up.
Hobbes turned his head to Calvin. A look of terror covered his face.
Calvin would never forget that expression.
Calvin stared at Hobbes in panic.
Then before his eyes, Hobbes began to change.
His mouth seemed to have been stitched into a frown. Those shiny eyes began to look more and more like a pair of glass marbles. His feet and paws turned into tiny, white, stubs. Then he began to shrink.
Then he hit the ground.
An eerie silence moved over the area. Everything seemed dark.
Calvin stared down at Hobbes. He was no longer the tall, big cat he had always known. He was now just a small stuffed animal laying motionless on the ground.
"NO!" Calvin screamed. he raced over to Hobbes and gave him a big hug.
He began to cry. "You said you'd always be here for me." he whispered.
Just then a loud hacksaw laugh cut through Calvin's sobs. "Awww. Poor wittle Calvin doesn't have a tiger buddy anymore! Poor Cally."
Calvin's head shot up. He felt a rage that he never felt before. his teeth gritted. His eyes crossed, his hands shook and clenched into shaking fists. And all at once life came down to three words: DEATH TO ALIENS!
Yes maybe he would get amputated from the face of the earth, too. But not before he took a few aliens with him.
Swing: yes, don't worry. Hobbes will come back. It wouldn't be Calvin and Hobbes if he didn't.