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Chapter 4

The Good, The Bad, And The Duplicate

Calvin brought Hobbes up to speed on everything that had happened so far.

"So," Calvin concluded, "Without it's ammo clip, it's obsolete. We're safe…for the time being. We need a plan before the Pez 6,000,000 gets an ammo refill. Any ideas?" Calvin started chewing on the end of his pencil.

"Well, I know two things: One: It doesn't need ammo to be deadly."

Calvin couldn't believe his ears. "WHAT?" He shouted in disbelief. "How?"

Hobbes went into more detail.

"Before I was frozen, I noticed two extra turrets on the Pez 6,000,000. One fired ice, the other fired flames. Those don't need ammo. But the worst part is that whoever's controlling it has fiddled with the power settings. The lowest setting now is 'rapid-fire machine gun and the highest…" Hobbes voice became a whisper. "…is 'Halley's Comet."

Calvin would've fainted if Hobbes hadn't quickly said, "But there is a bit of good news. I think I found a weak point."

Calvin listened carefully.

"There was also a microphone attached to the Pez 6,000,000, and it said, "Once you're done with the kid, report back to the back yard base. We'll take things from there." The person on the microphone also mentioned something about "Transmogrifier", but I got frozen before I could hear what he said.

Calvin's nimble mind realised what the other side's plan was.

"Transmogrifier!" Calvin almost shouted. "They must be after the Transmogrifier to use it for their evil plans! It's so simple now! They took the Pez 6,000, modified it, and are now using it to do their dirty work and put us out of the picture! C'mon, there isn't a second to lose!" Calvin darted up the stairs, but was stopped halfway by Hobbes.

"Don't you think we would be better off going to the back yard, finding their base, and stopping them before they have a chance to grab the Transmogrifier?" Hobbes suggested.

Calvin thought about this. Then he said, "Good call. Go to the garage and get a shovel. I'll get the Hypercube."

"Roger," Hobbes replied, and he ran out the front door.

Calvin ran upstairs and grabbed the Hypercube. But before he went outside to join Hobbes, he checked in the closet. Good. The Transmogrifier box was still there. Calvin jumped out of his bedroom window and met up with Hobbes.

Hobbes, who had seen him leap out the window, asked, "What was the point of that?"

"Two reasons," answered Calvin. "One, it's quicker to get to the backyard. Two, it adds drama and action, two vital things that movies like this need, so that cinema-goers are pleased."

Hobbes rolled his eyes. He handed Calvin a shovel. "Now let's go. We don't know how much time we have."

"Right behind ya, buddy," Calvin replied. They both started digging.

An hour an a half, and a lunch break later…

Calvin and Hobbes were exhausted. Calvin breathed, "I don't think I can dig much longer,"

"Same…here," Hobbes panted. He plunged his shovel into the ground, and suddenly, the entire hole they dug in the lawn collapsed!

Calvin and Hobbes were now underneath the back lawn, and they were half-buried in dirt and dry mud. They clambered out of it.

Hobbes took a look at their surroundings. They were in what looked like some kind of laboratory. There was kid at a desk, holding a screwdriver. But he had his back to Calvin and Hobbes, and they couldn't see his face.

"Excuse me," Calvin called. "we were wondering if you—"

The kid turned around to face Calvin and Hobbes

" …knew anything about…" Calvin's voice trailed off.

Hobbes was frozen in shock.

The kid had black trousers, a red and black striped T-shirt, tiny little red and white sneakers, black eyes, and very neatly combed blond hair.

"YOU!" Calvin and Hobbes shouted in unison.

The kid was the physical manifestation of Calvin's good side, created when Calvin added an Ethicator to his Duplicator. The Ethicator would give you the choice of making your duplicate good or evil. Calvin made his duplicate good so that it would tidy his room, do his homework, got to school, etc. But they had a fight over whether it was right to like Susie Derkins or not, and they got in a fight. But the duplicate had an evil thought of hurting Calvin. Because the duplicate was bound to be good and nothing but good, the Ethicator in the Duplicator destroyed him because he had an evil thought.

Calvin couldn't understand. "How are you here?" Calvin demanded. "The spectral release phantasmatron in the Ethicator destroyed you!"

Hobbes coughed, and said, "Translation: You're supposed to be dead!" Calvin nudged Hobbes.

"Oy."

"It DID destroy me!" The duplicate bellowed. "You remember that evil thought I had? That destroyed me! YOU bound me to be your personal slave! You bound me to do your homework! YOU DESTOYED ME, AND EVERYTHING I HAD!"

"But…how are you here?" Calvin breathed.

"Use your memory, Calvin." The duplicate said. "What do you always have in your pocket?"

Calvin rummaged through his left pocket. He pulled out his Transmogrifier Gun.

"It was easy to transmogrify myself back to normal;" The duplicate said.

"All I had to do was think. Since that day, all I've been thinking of, day and night, is a plan to make you pay; in the most gruelling, horrible, painful way possible. I had it – The PEZ 6000. But it was too weak to serve my purpose. Sure, I did make an attempt on your life with it, but it didn't have enough ammo. I took the remains and modified it into a weapon so powerful, I could wipe every sign of life off this crummy planet. I'm seriously considering that."

"But only I can control the PEZ 6000! How did you—"

The duplicate cut him off by laughing in the most sickeningly annoying way. "It's quite simple if you think about it! Then again, you fail every single quiz you get; so I'm not all that surprised! I AM YOU! I'm only your GOOD side; who got an evil thought; liked that evil thought; and acts on that evil thought. I can control because I'm smarter; I actually paid attention in class!"

The PEZ 6,000,000 flew up to the duplicate.

The duplicate pointed a finger at Calvin and Hobbes, and said, "Kill them. Whatever the cost."

"RUN!" Calvin shouted. Calvin and Hobbes darted out of the hole, with the sweet dispenser and dupe following close behind.

"We need a quick plan!" Calvin shouted as he and Hobbes dodged wave after wave of AR33 Assault Rifle fire.

"Get out one of your inventions!" shouted Hobbes, never thinking he would say those dreaded words.

Calvin didn't have any time to see what device he was getting, and looked at what he had gotten.

The Time Pauser.

Yes!

A split second later and a line of bullets was headed straight for Evil Calvin.

"Psych!" the duplicate shouted, and turned the bullets into foam pellets with his Transmogrifier Gun.

Calvin got an idea. "C'mon!" he told Hobbes. They headed for the road. But just as Calvin crossed the road—

TOOT! TOOT!TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

WHAM!

Calvin had been hit by a car.

The duplicate ran over and did a merry dance.

"I did it! I did it! I'm smarter than Calvin! I beat him! He's gone!" He sung.

But on the other side of the road, behind a massive mansion, there was a small six-year-old kid with spiky yellow hair, purple and white sneakers, a red and black striped shirt, and black trousers. He had a stuffed toy tiger with him.