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The man missed by an inch, and Calvin scrambled down the rope ladder as fast as he could, clutching Hobbes.  He fell to the ground and skinned his knee, but he ignored the pain and ran on.  When the tree house was out of sight, he sighed and wiped his sweat off.  "That was close, huh Hobbes?"

"I dunno," Hobbes said.  "The did revere me and give me the title I've wanted for years.  Sacred tiger!  Yow wow!"

"Stupid fleabag!  That's all you think about.  Would you be surprised if you heard that I was about to be assassinated by one of the members of MY club?  Those darn traitors!"

            Hobbes rolled his eyes.  "Oh, I thought you were Mr. Dictraitor to be!"

            "That's what you think, you rotten fuzzball!  Why would I betray my own club?  Heck, I detest girls!"

            "Ooh, an insult, eh?  Well, you deserved it!  HA!" Hobbes yelled and punched him in the stomach.

            "That's it!" Calvin screamed.  "I, as supreme dictator for life, declare you null and void!  You are expelled from G.R.O.S.S.!"

            "I have a higher rank than you!  I am 'the sacred tiger' while you're only a dictraitor for life.  So there!" Hobbes stuck his tongue out.

            Calvin jumped on Hobbes.  They struggled furiously.  Then, suddenly...

            "There he is!" The three men were standing right in front of them.  The man pointed the blaster at Calvin again.  "Don't move, sir.  I am only doing this for the sake of G.R.O.S.S."

            "Yikes!" Calvin jumped again and scurried away.

            "After him!"

            The men grabbed Hobbes.  They rushed out of the alley.

            Calvin flung open the door and darted into his house.  "MOMMMMMMM!"

            "Calvin, would you stop that infernal screaming?"

            "I'm going to die!   They'll kill me!"  Just then, he realized another thing.  "OH NO!!!  I left Hobbes!  Mom!  Make them give him back!"

            "Oh, great..." Calvin's mom sighed.  This was one of THOSE days.

            The next morning...

            "But Mom, I can't go to school!"

            "Why?"

            "The guys from the future will kill me!"

            "Listen Calvin, we've gone over this last night.  Time travel is impossible."

            "Oh yeah?  Then you come with me and see for yourself!"

            "Calvin, I'm very busy this morning.  Go by yourself."

            Soon, Calvin was standing by the bus stop..

            "I'll bet Mom hired those guys to finish me off.  Then she'd be spared the trouble.  Humph." Calvin grumbled.

            Suddenly, he heard a voice behind him.

            "Don't move!"

To be continued

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