Can we back up?
I'm sorry to leave you gripping onto this cliffhanger for dear life, but we need to get a few facts straight.
If you want to skip it, go ahead, but this might help you understand the story more.
Ok, lets see, Lets back up to where Moe was confronting Calvin.
OK, HERE WE GO!
"Please don't kill me!" Calvin begged to Moe.
Moe and his gang turned to have a conference.
"What do you think?" Moe asked. "Should we let the static electricity king live?"
(He's referring to Calvin's hair)
"No."said one of the gang members. "He should have given you that money he had. Pound him."
Nobody noticed something grey moving toward Moe and his gang.
The alien spotted Calvin, and then, using advanced alien technology, the alien leaped into one of the gang members and took over his body.
"I say you take him with you to Camp Pine. You know, so you can beat him up on a regular basis." said the alien. Or gang member. Whatever you want to call him.
Moe agreed, and turned to give Calvin the news.
The alien leaped from the gang member leaving him dazed and confused.
Meanwhile, at Camp Pine, the king was slithering across the field to Instructor Chill's cabin.
His big compound eyes were fixed on the cabin.
He looked into the window.
Chill was there, filing through some paper.
"NOW!" The king yelled.
Three aliens burst into Chill's cabin, and grabbed him.
"HEY!" yelled Chill, but the alien's dragged him away.
The king waved a tentacle at them, pushed a button on a little remote control, and instantly took on Chill's shape.
He laughed insanely just as the bus dropped Calvin and the others off.
Many days later, while Calvin was reported dead, the fake Chill slipped into the forest.
He had just received a distress call from the ship, and he knew Calvin had something to do with it.
So, just as the other weenie aliens rushed off the ship, The fake Chill slipped in.
Swing: I do hope this helps you understand the story more. Now then, on to Chapter ten!
Chapter 10
Back in Calvin's head, the little Calvin workers were returning to their stations.
"Now calculating problem." said one of them typing "alien want earth" into the key board.
For a while the machine hummed, then a message flashed across the screen.
23.
The answer to life's riddle: tomato soup.
burp.
4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie.
All boots 10 percent off.
Get rid of all those ugly overages!
Peanut butter sandwiches are slightly higher west of Observatory Park.
SYSTEM FAILURE!
Blub, blub, bluuuuuuu
"THE COMPUTER CAN'T TAKE THIS KIND OF PRESSURE!" screamed one of the Calvins. "EARTH IS DOOMED!"
All the Calvins began to panic again.
Calvin's life flashed before his eyes.
Starting from where he first got Hobbes.
Hobbes?
All at once, Calvin became very interested in some of the memories that were flashing before his eyes.
A wide grin spread across Calvin's face, and his life came down to two words...
Calvin walked up to the king.
"Alright." Calvin said. "I'll give you Earth."
Hobbes, Spiff, Stupendous man, and Tracer stared at Calvin in disbelief.
"But..." Calvin continued. "There are TWO words you must say to get it."
"Two words huh?" asked the king. "Let's hear them."
Calvin whispered something into the king's ear.
"That?" asked the king.
"Yeah." said Calvin. "You know, it's kind of a 'proof of purchase' kind of thing."
"O-kay" said the king, uncertainly, then he screamed out with the two mighty words:
"I'M HOOOOOME!"
Hobbes' eyes bulged, and his claws shot out more or less on their own. His eyes shot at the king like bullets.
And before the king could finish 'home', Hobbes' claws ripped through the net, and slammed into the kings stomach.
POW!
Calvin cheered, as Hobbes and the king rolled around on the ground.
After a while, Hobbes added some teeth to the mixture. And began biting and scratching the king in every area he could reach.
"Quick!" yelled Tracer. "Through the escape hatch!"
"Wait!" yelled Calvin. "What about the REAL Mr Inspector Cold?"
"I know!" said Stupendous man. "I'll just hit the button that says 'free prisoner'!"
"NO!" yelled Chill. "That means to open the trap..."
Too late.
BEEP
"DOOOOOOOOOOOOOR!" screamed Chill falling from the spaceship right into the forest.
"STUPENDOUS MAN! YOU IDIOT!" Everyone screamed.
"oops." said Stupendous man.
At last, The king slammed his tentacle into Hobbes sending him flying backward into the wall.
His head shot around to Calvin.
"you are so dead!" he hissed.
Calvin gulped, and inched his way to the escape hatch.
The king made a dive for Calvin.
Calvin grabbed Hobbes, and leaped out the escape hatch.
LEAVING SPIFF, TRACER, AND STUPENDOUS MAN BEHIND!
Calvin and Hobbes screamed all the way downward.
Luckily, the landed in some moss. A deer ran away as Calvin slammed into the ground.
Calvin looked up.
They were back in the wilderness.
"No, no, no, no, NO!" Calvin said walking three steps to the north. "NOOO!"
Hobbes looked around.
Yup.
They were really lost now.
"Luckily though," Calvin said. "I have a compass in my back..."
Calvin reached behind his back.
There was nothing there.
He had left his backpack up on the ship.
Calvin staggered three steps backward, and collapsed.
Hobbes looked around. "ok." he said.
"we're doomed." muttered Calvin.
Hobbes looked down at Calvin.
"Calvin," he said. "We are NOT doomed."
"OH, OPEN YOUR EYES, HOBBES!" Calvin screamed. "WE'RE LOST IN THE WILDERNESS WITH NO FOOD, WATER, OR EQUIPMENT, THERE ARE ALIENS OUT THERE TRYING TO KILL US, AND KNOW NOTHING ABOUT MOUNTAIN SURVIVAL! WE'RE DEAD!"
"But... but..." said Hobbes tears, beginning to show in his little black eyes. "Someone HAS to have sent someone out to find us!"
"No." Calvin sniffed. "Why would anyone want to save ME? All I do is prank my parents, prank other people's parents, and throw water balloons at anyone I see. I wouldn't be shocked if everyone was celebrating back at my house!"
Calvin slumped and began to cry.
"You can go though." he said. "the aliens won't follow you."
Hobbes stared down at Calvin.
"No." he said.
Calvin looked up through tear shimmered eyes.
"What?" he asked.
"I'm not going to leave you."
There was a moment of silence.
Every now and then, cut by Calvin's sniffles.
Hobbes knelt down, and gave Calvin a hug.
"Friends to the end." he said. "the bitter end."
Calvin smiled softly, and gave Hobbes a hug.
Their reunion was cut short by a deep, thunderous laugh.
"HA! HA! HA! HA!"
Calvin and Hobbes spun around.
There stood the king, holding a bag with Tracer, Spiff and Stupendous man in it.
"Last chance to give me the Earth, kid!" the king hissed.
Hobbes growled.
Calvin looked shocked. But not at the alien's sudden appearance.
"You're holding a bag with Stupendous man in it?" Calvin asked.
"yeah." said the king. "I did it before."
"There was a massive tiger in there before! He couldn't move around!" said Calvin.
"So what?" asked you-know-who.
"SO..." said Calvin. "Stupendous man can..."
just then, Stupendous man ripped through the net, and began beating the king up.
"Do that." finished Calvin.
When the king was completely out cold, Stupendous man dared to scratch an itch behind his ear.
"Now then," said Spiff, crawling out from under the net. "We can give you a proper goodbye."
Calvin stared at Spiff in shock.
"Goodbye? You're leaving?"
"Yup." said Tracer. "We're going back to you're head."
"But... you can't do that! I'm lost! I need your help!"
"No you don't." said Spiff. "I said I'd take you to Camp Pine, and I did. It's just 300 feet from here."
"WHAT!" yelled Calvin.
"You mean to tell me that I wasted a perfectly good drama scene while Camp Pine wasn't even a mile from here!"
"Yup, guess so." said Tracer, trying not to burst out laughing.
Calvin growled in frustration just as Tracer, Stupendous man, and Spiff handed out their goodbyes, and then disappeared.
Hobbes rolled his eyes around, snickering.
Calvin turned around.
Hmmm.
The king was gone.
"Where'd he go?" asked Calvin.
"No idea." said Hobbes. "Lets just get out of here."
"Ok." said Calvin. "But first, can you help me get all scratched up, so I look pathetic?"
Hobbes rolled his eyes. "No." he said.
"oh, darn." said Calvin.
And with that, they raced off. Right toward Camp Pine.
Swing: The last chapter's coming up, so hang on!