Chapter 10

Calvin and Hobbes VS. The Duplicate Of Evil!

"I was about to come looking for you," The duplicate said. He raised the PEZ 6,000,000 to Calvin's face, and curled his finger around the trigger.

Calvin kicked the duplicate in the chest before he had a chance to fire. Hobbes quickly leaped on the duplicate and held him down. The duplicate struggled to get Hobbes off, but it was no good. Hobbes was too heavy.

Calvin quickly got out the Transmogrifier Gun, and took aim the duplicate.

"This has gone on for far too long! I-" Calvin shouted, but the dupe cut him off.

"Oh, Caaa-ll," he sang, and pointed above his head. The PEZ 6,000,000 was hovering there; and suddenly it changed its power dial to…

"Halley's Comet"!

"You…you wouldn't dare!" Calvin stuttered. "That comet is so powerful; it'd destroy the planet! It would kill you too!"

"Heck, this is hardly the perfect planet, Calvin," the duplicate replied. "And I don't care, because at least I can say, "I was the one who DESTROYED CALVIN AND HOBBES! MY GOAL IS ACCOMPLISHED!"

The PEZ 6,000,000 made a 'click' sound, confirming the end of Planet Earth.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Calvin screamed.

The three of them clambered out of the base, and looked up in the sky. There, coming slowly but surely, was mankind's worst nightmare – Halley's Comet! A massive boulder consisting of tons upon tons of rock, ice, and steel!

"HA HA HA AHA AHA HA HA HAAAAAAH! MY WORK HERE IS DONE! GOODBYE, CALVIN AND HOBBES!" The duplicate bellowed. He took out his Transmogrifier Gun, transmogrified a rock into the Time Machine, hopped in, and flew off towards the asteroid.

"Oh, yeah?" Calvin replied, getting out his own Transmogrifier Gun. "I can do that too!"

So he did. He shot a rock, turned it into a Time Machine, jumped in with Hobbes (with no reluctance this time, for some reason), and flew off toward the comet.

Flying at 100 MPH, Evil Calvin nearly reached the asteroid. He turned around to see Calvin and Hobbes slowly gaining on him.

"GIVE UP; YOU'LL LIVE LONGER!" The dupe shouted.

Calvin and Hobbes didn't listen though, and continued to chase. The dupe got out the PEZ 6,000,000 again, and started firing pot-shots at Calvin and Hobbes.

With his great experience of flying, Calvin whirled, twirled, and barrel rolled the Time Machine to avoid all the gunfire. The cardboard box did graceful flips, rolls, loop-the-loops, and—

"I'm going to be sick," Hobbes leaned over the side of the Time Machine, and he looked pale.

"OK, I'll stop," Calvin said. "He stopped firing at us a minute ago anyway."

The dupe was now right next to the asteroid; which was plummeting fast for Earth. He got out of the Time Machine and hopped on top of the asteroid.

He passed Calvin and Hobbes on the way, waving at them.

"I don't think so!" Calvin said.

He jumped right off the side of the Time Machine!

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Hobbes screamed, from the Time Machine.

Calvin, freefalling through the air, replied, "SAVING THE WORLD!"

WHAM! He landed on the asteroid. He was lying down on his back.

The duplicate glared in anger. "You never give up, do you?" He pointed his Transmogrifier Gun at Calvin's head. "You're in the way." Just as he was about to shoot, though, he heard nearby screaming.

"MAYDAY! MAYDAY!" the voice screamed. It was Hobbes in the Time Machine; falling towards the—

CRASH!

--asteroid.

Meanwhile, down on the Earth's surface; in Andy's house…

Socrates walked downstairs, into the living room, where Andy and Sherman were watching TV. Socrates had a big plaster across his chest. He sat down next to Andy.

"What's on?" He asked.

"The—" Andy was about to answer, but the screen suddenly changed from Spongebob Squarepants to the local news.

The reporter said, "A massive meteorite has been sighted heading for town. People are advised to pack only the essentials and get AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE FOR GOD'S SAKE! AAAAAHHHHHHHH!" The reporter went crazy and ran out of the studio.

Andy, Sherman, and Socrates were unfazed. They all just said at once, "Calvin and Hobbes" in a dull voice, and continued watching Spongebob.

Back on the meteorite, the smoke from the wreckage of the Time Machine had only just cleared. When the view was clear, the duplicate looked at Calvin, but he had changed. He was wearing a colander on his head; which he had just Transmogrified from a pebble on the comet.

Then the duplicate looked back at Hobbes. Hobbes was holding a pen; and he had just finished scribbling "Cerebral Enhance-O-Tron" on the carboard box that used to be the Time Machine. Hobbes pushed the button on it, and there was flash of pure white light.

"Click." Hobbes said.

"Brzap." Calvin replied.

The bath of light subsided, revealing Calvin and Hobbes.

But…Calvin had changed.

His forehead was now MASSIVE.

"Oh, well done," the duplicate mocked. "Clever boy! He made himself look like an even BIGGER idiot! At least you can die with some humility! Goodbye!" He picked up the PEZ 6,000,000.

"You're gonna regret saying that!" Hobbes said, wagging his finger.

The duplicate replied with a "Whatever," and clutched the PEZ 6,000,000. He pulled the trigger.

Nothing happened.

He pulled the trigger again.

Nothing again.

He checked the ammo. There was still of plenty of candy in it. By this time, Calvin and Hobbes were snickering to themselves.

"Why are you laughing?" the duplicate snapped.

"Because," Calvin replied, "There is now nothing you can do to stop us!"

Suddenly, The PEZ 6,000,000 flew out of the duplicate's hands, and into Calvin's!

"The Cerebral-Enhance-O-Tron strengthened my brainwaves!" Calvin explained. He pointed the PEZ 6,000,000 at the duplicate, and got out his Transmogrifier Gun.

Calvin's brain assumed Tracer Bullet mode. "OK, bub, drop YOUR gun and put your hands where I can see them."

He dupe got out his Transmogrifier Gun, and JUST as he was about to put it down…HE FIRED A SHOT AT CALVIN!

A robotic voice suddenly said, "Defense Mode Activated."

The laser simply deflected off of Calvin.

"Nice try, buddy," Calvin said, "But I put the good ol' MTM on Automatic Mode. Kinda like an airbag."

Calvin shot the duplicate's Transmogrifier Gun with the PEZ 6,000,000, scattering it into tiny pieces of plastic; destroying the duplicate's only chance of coming back.

"Your turn," Calvin replied. Calvin grabbed Hobbes, and they jumped off the meteorite. As they fell, Calvin turned around, turned the power dial on the PEZ 6,000,000 to "Hiroshima Bomb," and aimed at the meteorite.

The duplicate's eyes widened in horror.

This was the end.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO—"

Hobbes waved, with a cheeky smile, at the duplicate.

"Peace out!" Calvin said. He pulled the trigger!

Click.

KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!

The sound was deafening, but the meteorite was still so high up the radius of the blast was nowhere near Earth. Small chunks of the meteorite fell to Earth, but they weren't big enough to cause any damage.

Calvin and Hobbes, though, were still falling. Calvin thought of a parachute on him, and aimed the Transmogrifier Gun at himself.

ZAP! He was wearing a parachute. He then turned to Hobbes, and aimed at him.

ZAP! Hobbes, too, now had a parachute. As they got close to the surface, they deployed the chutes.

"Well, Hobbes ol' buddy," Calvin said. "I'd say some new G.R.O.S.S medals are in order."

"Hear hear!" Hobbes cheered.

The duo landed on the ground, unscathed. Andy, Sherman, Socrates, and a whole slew of news reporters and journalists were waiting for them. They all pushed and fought to get to Calvin to ask him a question. The din was incredible. No-one could even hear themselves think.

Over the hubbub, one lady managed to get to Calvin and shoved a microphone in his face. It almost went up his nose! Hobbes giggled to himself.

The lady reporter asked, "What happened?"

Calvin simply looked at her, and said, "An ordinary day!"