Overture

Music plays as a school bus drives on the road from a helicopter's view. For a brief moment, Hobbes' tiger-eyes are visible in the clouds. The camera zooms into the bus window, where Calvin is talking to Susie. Although no words are audible, you can see Calvin holding out his hand in front of Susie, looking for money to "borrow," or something along those lines. Susie silently shouts at Calvin, which obviously means "NO!" Calvin sits back down in his seat, looking grumpy. Moe walks up to him, shoves him toward the window, and laughs. Finally, the bus stops at Calvin's house.

Chapter 1: Wolverine

"FREEDOMMMMMMMMMM!" yelled Calvin as he got out of the bus. He walked up to the door, and then stopped. "Oh, wait. I almost forgot something." He reached into his backpack and pulled out a camera. Then he opened the door.

"I'M HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!" Click!

Nothing.

"I'M HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!" Click!

Still nothing.

"I'M HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!" Click!

The room was as silent as the vacuum of space.

Angrily, Calvin stormed into his room upstairs, where Hobbes was reading Calvin's X-Men comic books. "Oh, my! Jean Grey is kissing Cyclops in a church! They're getting married!"

Calvin glared at Hobbes. "What's wrong with you, fuzz brain?" He shouted. "Why are you reading comic books when I'm about to open the door?"

Hobbes was confused. He tried to think of what Calvin meant by that question, when the doorbell rang. "Calvin!" shouted Calvin's mother, a few seconds later. "It's for you!"

Calvin came downstairs to meat a poorly dressed man with thick hair that came down his face as sideburns and formed a mustache and beard. "I'm sorry," Calvin said. "We were unable to come to the door. Please leave a message after the beep."

Calvin slammed the door, but he was too late. The man was inside.

"Sorry about him," said Calvin's mom. "What did you say your name was?"

"Logan. I work for a man named Charles Xavier."

Calvin knew those names from somewhere, but he couldn't remember where. Logan walked up the stairs. Calvin followed. "HEY! THAT'S MY ROOM! YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED!"

Logan looked at Calvin, raised his right arm, and three knives appeared in his knuckles. Calvin jumped backwards in surprise. Logan took advantage of this opportunity to walk into Calvin's room.

"What the &# is this?" he shouted, holding up Calvin's X-Men comic books. "We are a secret society! Has Henry McCoy been on the internet again?"

Calvin stared at Logan. "W-Wolverine? What the, uh, &# are you doing here?"

Logan/Wolverine buried his face in his hands, which no longer showed the knives. "I shouldn't have said that. Anyway, I came here to inform you that Professor Xavier has accepted you at his school. Welcome to the X-Men."

Before Logan could say any more, Calvin grabbed Hobbes (who, at the moment, was obviously a stuffed animal), and a cardboard box. He then bolted down the stairs. "BYE, MOM! HOBBES AND I ARE GOING TO HAVE A &# OF A TIME!"

"CALVIN! WHERE DID YOU HEAR THAT? GET BACK HERE! YOU'RE IN BIG TROUBLE, YOUNG MAN, BIG…"

Calvin's mother caught Logan's eye and glared at him. "My apologies, ma'am," he said. "Sometimes I lose control of my language."

"OUT! I HAVEN'T THE FAINTEST IDEA WHY I LET YOU IN HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE! LEAVE! NOW!"

She shoved Logan out of the house, where they both expected to see a small boy, a stuffed tiger, and a cardboard box. Instead, the front lawn was empty.

Logan walked over to his car, and got in. "OH NO YOU DON'T!" Calvin's mom shouted. "YOU'RE GOING TO HELP ME FIND CALVIN!"

"I think I already know where he is!" Logan shouted back, and he drove off. In truth, Logan was aware that he had never given Calvin the location of Xavier's mansion.

Fortunately, Calvin had a solution to that as well. He had written Autopilot – Xavier's Mansion on the cardboard box he was riding on, and he and Hobbes were zooming across the country.

"I have a question, Calvin." Said Hobbes. "How does writing on the box with a felt-tip marker change what it does?"

"Simple. I programmed it to recognize text written on it, parse through the words, and interpret the command," replied Calvin.

"How? By writing 'Word Recognition' on the box?" said Hobbes sarcastically.

Calvin glared at Hobbes. Just then, they pulled into Xavier's mansion.