Swing123: garfieldodie; You know I hadn't thought about Rupert being the king, but it IS clever. Hmmmm

Chapter 3

The next day, everybody in the Calvin household were running around like crazy attempting to get dressed for big event.

Calvin turned on the TV, but his Mom told him shut it up, so he just left it there, running.

Everybody was to busy to notice a news reporter on the TV reporting a news report.

"Rupert Chill, Dangerous Criminal and mastermind; ESCAPES! next, on CNN news."

Everybody scrambled out the door, as Dad screamed at Calvin to turn the TV off.

Naturally, he left it on, as he, Mom, Dad, and Hobbes dove into the car.

"If we miss our plane, Calvin, I'm blaming YOU!"

"Dear!" Mom spat.

Calvin ignored both of them.

Calvin turned to Hobbes.

"What do you know about the Atlantic Ocean?" he asked.

Hobbes thought for a Moment. "It's full of salt, and seaweed, and jellyfish."

"Jellyfish, huh?" said Calvin, thinking for a Moment.

He imagined himself grabbing a jellyfish out of the ocean, and throwing it at Dad.

But this lovely thought was shattered, when Dad pulled into the air port, and led Calvin outside.

"Can I wait in the car? " Asked Calvin, as they approached the building.

Dad didn't answer.

Calvin was flung into the plane, along with Hobbes.

"Hey, lady?" Calvin called to the employee. "Do you allow tigers on the plane?"

The lady stared at Calvin in confusion as Mom grabbed his arm, and led him to his seat.

Calvin sat down in the plane.

He was seat away from Mom and Dad.

Some person tried to sit down next to Calvin, but he yelled, "HEY, MISTER! CAN'T YOU SEE THE VICIOUS TIGER IN THIS SEAT READY TO RIP YOU'RE LUNGS OUT!"

So he decided to sit next to someone less insane.

Calvin stared off into space, off in his little world.

"The Amazing SPACEMAN SPIFF sits trapped in an alien spaceship." he thought.

He spotted a button above the seat.

He jumped up, and started jabbing at it.

"Our hero secretly calls upon his fellow SPACEMEN ready to whisk him away to FREEDOM!"

The stewardess rolled the food trolley over to Dad.

"What would like?" she asked.

Dad stare at her.

"Nothing" he asked.

"Didn't you buzz me? " Asked the stewardess.

"No." said Dad.

The stewardess, looking embarrassed, left.

Calvin stared in horror as the stewardess left.

"Great Moons of Neptune! The Spacemen are retreating! Spiff springs into action!"

Calvin started slamming his finger into the button, again.

The stewardess came back, looked around the room, then spotted Calvin.

She walked over to him.

"And, what would you..."

Before she could finish, Calvin pushed out of the way, and jumped onto the trolley.

"OUT OF MY WAY! OUT OF MY WAY!" Screamed Calvin zooming down the plane on the trolley at 5 mph.

"I'M ESCAPING, HERE! OUT OF MY WAY! BEEP, BEEP!"

The passengers were to shocked to do anything, as Calvin slammed into the back of the plane.

This caused the plane to vibrate, violently, and to go into dive for a second.

"This is your captain squeaking... I mean... I'm sorry... speaking." Said the plane captain. "We have just hit some unexpected turbulence. I'm sorry for the Moment of confusion."

Calvin opened his eyes.

He was laying on the ground. The trolley was laying on the ground, one wheel still turning.

And... uh-oh... Dad was towering over Calvin with a big ferocious look on his face... Oops... The next thing Calvin knew he was strapped to his seat.

Hobbes had a big grin on his face.

"If you say one word..." Calvin threatened.

Hobbes just snickered, and shook his head.

The rest of the trip remained quiet.

Finally, the plane landed, and everyone stepped off the plane.

Mom, Dad, Calvin, and Hobbes were last off.

"Well," said Dad, cheerfully. "Let's go check into our motel, shall we?"

Nobody answered.

Dad cleared his throat.

"Mmmm. Well, I've got a good room over at the C'mon Inn!"

"The what inn? " Asked Calvin, staring at him.

"The C'mon Inn! Don't you get it?"

Two pairs of blank eyes stared at Dad.

Hobbes didn't for obvious reasons.

Dad sighed.

"Let's go." he muttered.

Later, the family had checked into the Inn.

Calvin walked into their room, first.

"Hey, look! TV! " Calvin screamed, running over to a TV in the room.

Calvin switched it on.

"What's this! " Calvin yelled.

The CNN news network was on.

"Nobody in their right minds would ever want to watch this! " Complained Calvin, grabbing the remote.

Calvin changed the channel just as the news reporter said, "In other news Rupert Chill has esca..."

It instantly switched over to Tom and Jerry.

"Hey wait!" yelled Hobbes. "They said something!"

"Of corse they said something, fuzz brain! It's the national news!" shouted Calvin.

"THEY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT RUPERT CHILL!" screamed Hobbes.

"Yeah, yeah, we've heard all that!" spat Calvin. "'Rupert Chill finally captured!'"

"gimme that remote!" yelled Hobbes making a dive for the remote.

"IT'S MINE!" Calvin yelled, holding above his head.

Hobbes made several grabs for the remote, before finally jumping Calvin, and rolling him to the ground.

Calvin and Hobbes fought for five minutes, before Hobbes won, grabbed the remote, and hit the button.

"...And that's the latest on what know about it." Finished the news reporter.

It then switched over to news about a bank robbery south of some place.

Hobbes' mouth dropped open.

"We missed all of that news about his escape!" he shouted.

"Yeah, and meanwhile, I'M missing Tom and Jerry!" screamed Calvin.

Just then Mom and Dad came in holding some of the duffle bags.

"Calvin, there's a pool, down there." said Mom.

"A POOL!" screamed Calvin. "Pull out the inter tubes! I'm off!"

Calvin grabbed his swimming trunks, and started for the door.

Just then, Dad stopped him.

"Now, now!" he said. "Here we are, far from home, and ready go on an adventure! We can't spend our time in pools filled with chlorine! Can we?"

"We could if you let us!" spat Calvin.

Dad shook his finger in front of Calvin's face.

"Calvin," he said. "Missing out on something you enjoy will build character!"

"Well then," said Calvin. "Why don't YOU miss out on your dumb fishing trip, and go spend your time in pools filled with chlorine!"

"Yes, lets." said Mom.

"Now don't YOU start!" said Dad turning a glare on Mom. "This trip will build even more character then our camping trips!"

"Which means we'll have died by the end on the day." Complained Calvin.

Dad ignored him.

"Let's go!" he said, cheerfully. "Let's go rent a boat, gang!"

Everyone groaned and trudged after the skipping Dad.

Calvin left the motel room, thinking to himself, "This is gonna be a long trip."