Chapter 8:

The Flagship

The G.R.O.S.S. was looking around the old P.A. base, but now it was known as the new G.R.O.S.S. base.

There was a group of people repainting the walls (which were pink).

Then, there was a yell.

"HEY, I THINK I FOUND SOMETHING OVER HERE" said this boy named Ifoundsomething.

"What is it" asked Hobbes.

"I think it's a trapdoor" said Ifoundsomething.

"Well let's open it up" said Hobbes.

They pulled open the door and found a spiral staircase.

"Who wants to go down the creepy looking staircase" said Ifoundsomething.

"Me and Squad #9 will go down there" said Hobbes.

"SQUAD #9 GET OVER HERE" screamed Hobbes.

He explained what they were doing, and began their trip down the narrow staircase.

"Guns at the ready" said Hobbes.

Suddenly, there was a noise, it was glass shattering.

"What the heck was that" said one of the soldiers.

They shot over where the noise was, and there was a yelp.

Hobbes found a light switch and flicked it on.

It took a few seconds for the light bulbs to go on, that means no one has been down here for a while, or the person just used a flashlight,

They found a P.A. soldier on the ground, and a shattered light bulb on the ground.

She had been trying to replace the bulbs.

"Sir, why aren't those lights on?" asked one of the soldiers.

Hobbes went over to one of the other light switches, and no one could have guessed what they were about to see.

The lights went on, and at the same time, everyone's jaw dropped.

"OH MY GOSH" said Hobbes.

"What is it?" asked one of the soldiers.

"It's a huge flagship" said Hobbes.

Hobbes took his radio and hit the talk button.

"Calvin, you'll never believe what we just found" said Hobbes, but there was no answer.

"Calvin, come in" said Hobbes.

"Calvin is not here right now, he is about to undergo Russian Water Torture" said a voice on the other end.

"I thought it was Chinese Water Torture" said Hobbes.

"No, Russian Water Torture is when you put a glass of water in front of a person who is tied to a wall" said the voice.

"WE HAVE TO GO SAVE CALVIN" said Hobbes.

"But we'll never make it in time" said one of the soldiers.

"Not if we use the flagship" said Hobbes.

"We need to gather everyone up and get them on the flagship" said Hobbes.

"But we could come right back" said one of the soldiers.

"We're gonna head to Mars after we save him" said Hobbes.