Chapter 7
Deep inside Calvin's brain, those little Calvins wearing the goggles and helmets were working at full capacity.
"WARNING!" called one of them. "the anger meter is overloading!"
several Calvins turned their heads and stared at the main computer screen.
It was flashing a red light.
At this all the Calvins began to panic.
"HURRY!" yelled one of them. "GET SOME WATER! WE NEED TO COOL DOWN!"
the Calvins who weren't completely lost in panic, began to fill buckets of water and hand them down the control room.
Just then, an alarm went off.
The entire control room flashed in red lights.
"RUN!" They all screamed. "SHE'S GONNA BLOW!"
all the Calvins raced out of the control room in blind panic.
You think Calvin went screaming right into the middle of the aliens hitting as many as he could, right?
Go ahead and admit it.
well, you're wrong.
Calvin strongly considered this, but instead, his mind hatched up something even better.
something that blow their socks off.
Calvin's mind raced.
He thought of Chill, he thought of the startling discovery he made in the papers he stole, then he thought of Hobbes' dramatic change.
He decided to put his plan into action.
The aliens handcuffed him and Hobbes and led him across the wilderness.
After five hours of walking, they came to large grove of trees, weeds, and undergrowth.
The alien in front reached into his pocket, returning seconds later with a small device that looked like a remote control.
He... or she... hmm, it was hard to tell. IT pushed the red button in the middle, and all at once, the trees shot into the ground. The ground began to shake, and all at once, a huge spaceship emerged from the bushes and weeds.
The alien turned a grin on Calvin.
" pretty impressive, huh?"
Calvin ignored him.
The alien pushed Calvin onto the ship.
Then, they led Calvin down a dark hallway.
They pushed him into a small circular glass chamber.
"I WANT HOBBES!" screamed Calvin.
With a small splat, the small stuffed animal landed in Calvin's face.
"we're gonna send you to the planet you call Jupiter." said one of the aliens. "we'll let that gas planet take care you."
the alien slammed his tentacle onto a button on the control panel, and a cool robot voice sounded.
"ten minutes till launch." the aliens laughed, and left Calvin alone in the chamber.
Calvin turned to Hobbes.
"well, buddy, I guess this is the last chapter in Calvin and Hobbes history."
Hobbes gave Calvin a blank stuffed animal stare.
Calvin gave his friend a gentle hug.
Just then he heard a voice.
OH NO! was it the aliens planning to mock him even more!
then he heard it again. He turned around.
Through the glass Calvin saw two blurred shapes.
Calvin squinted at them. These were too small for those huge grey aliens. no, this was something smaller.
Calvin's eyes popped open. "YOU TWO!" he exclaimed.
"see, Nublar?" said one of the shapes. "it IS the SEP. Look at the hair."
"yes, Galixoid." replied the other. "apparently, I have lost the bet. I owe you ten geekoids."
Calvin's eyes cut from side to side. He was just sure his plan was going to work, now. He just wouldn't be the one to carry it out.
A hiker stomps up a hill. He has his head down, and he's panting.
Just then, he sees some footprints.
He stops.
He takes out his footprint guide, and began to flip through it.
"Hmmm." he observed. "too big for a bobcat. Too small for a Lynx. Not a Mountain Lion... hmmm."
he continues to flip through the book.
"This may be a... what? no. that's impossible. There are no tigers in North America! They are strictly Asia dwellers!"
he continues down the trail, till he came to more footprints.
Or TENTACLE-prints would be more accurate.
"I don't recognized these at all!" he exclaimed.
he began to run down the trail. Then he came to the cliff.
"this is most strange." he observed. he stared down at more tiger footprints.
He could tell that it was walking on two legs, and was walking... no stumbling backward.
The man's eyes grew wide as the tiger footprints changed into little stubs, then an
impression on the ground that signaled, that someone VERY small had fell over.
The Man got up, and brushed the dust off himself.
"very strange. I NEED TO TELL SOMEONE ABOUT THIS!" and with that, he ran off.
"hey guys!" Calvin yelled. "I'm sorry to interrupt this conversation, but I need help."
Galixoid and Nublar turned at stared at him. "yes, of corse, we can do anything for you."
said Galixoid. "we can get you a ham sandwich, we can get you a computer, we could get you an internet modem, we get you a link to Calvin exclaimed. "I need one of those ray guns those aliens use. could you escape from this dudgeon of doom and get one?"
"of corse!" yelled Nublar. "but we don't have to escape. we have joined up with the alien's crew!"
Calvin stared at them. "what? you're not prisoners?"
they shook their heads.
"then what is the meaning of this stuff about you being trapped?"
"well, I don't know." said Nublar. "All we know is that we talked the alien's into trusting us."
"How'd ya do that?" Calvin asked.
"We have no idea." said Galixoid.
just then the computer announced that only nine minutes remained, before Calvin was sent to Jupiter.
"never mind that!" Calvin yelled. "you need to get me one of those ray guns! YOU HAVE TO!"
"righto" the two said cheerfully, and they left.
"NO WAIT!" Calvin exclaimed. "YOU MORONS! PUSH THE BUTTON TO GET ME OUT OF HERE! DON'T LEAVE ME!"
they didn't hear him.
The two raced down the hallway pausing for nothing.
Just then, a huge alien stepped into their way.
Galixoid stopped, and Nublar ran into him.
"what are you two doing?" he asked.
"hi, bob." said Nublar. "we were just on our way to the weaponry mph, murp snirk skittle."
Galixoid slapped a tentacle over Nublar's mouth.
"he means the cafeteria." said Galixoid. "he feels that getting enough to eat is like arming yourself with weapons! Isn't that hilarious?"
Bob stared at the two, who gave him big innocent grins.
Bob blinked twice then said.
"you two do nothing BUT eat." and with that, he slithered away.
The two aliens sighed with relief, then continued on the race against time.
"FIVE MINUTES UNTIL LAUNCH." said the cool robot voice.
Calvin was nearly at panic. what would Hobbes do at a time like this?
Galixoid and Nublar burst into the weaponry room.
They looked all around, then their eyes fell on a ray gun on the wall.
Nublar grabbed it, and they raced out.
"THREE MINUTES UNTIL LAUNCH."
Calvin's eyes bulged.
"HURRY!" Calvin screamed in panic.
Galixoid and Nublar stopped. they were right in front of the alien meeting room.
The door was open, and the aliens were having a meeting.
As quick as a flash, Galixoid zipped across.
One of the aliens looked up, but then returned to his paperwork.
Nublar hesitated, Then, he race across.
Several aliens looked up. "NUBLAR! GET HERE!" one screamed.
Nublar's eyes bulged.
"I'll go." said Galixoid.
he went into the meeting room.
Moments later shouts of "GET HIM!" and "TIE HIM UP!"
filled the room and echoed down the hallway.
Nublar raced down the hallway.
Aware that the aliens no longer trusted them.
"ONE MINUTE UNTIL LAUNCH"
Nublar dove into the dudgeon.
Calvin screamed and banged his fists on the glass chamber.
Nublar raced across the room.
the control panel looked like it was all the way across the horizon.
"30 SECONDS UNTIL LAUNCH"
sweat poured of Nublar's face.
He heard the aliens behind him, screaming and yelling.
"TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN..."
Nublar jumped into the air.
"FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE..."
Nublar hit the button just in time.
Calvin's glass chamber opened up.
just then, a pair of tentacles wrapped around Nublar.
Nublar squealed and threw the gun at Calvin.
Calvin grabbed it.
The aliens ignored Calvin, and drug Nublar out of the room.
Calvin turned to Hobbes. "get ready for a shock ol buddy."
he pulled the trigger.
Hobbes' eyes came back to focus. his stubs grew into full fledged paws. so did his feet. the stitched frown un-did itself.
Hobbes stood up, and looked around.
"where are we?" he asked. "the cliff... the... wait a minute."
he looked down at himself.
"I'M ME AGAIN! WOO HOO!"
Calvin grinned.
"Hobbes." he said. "why did you turn into a stuffed animal when they shot you?"
Hobbes stared at Calvin as if wondering if he should answer or not.
He didn't get the chance to, because at that very moment... something very bad happened.