Chapter 7:
A/N: Well I was going to wait till I got reviews and use those to decide what happens to Calvin but seeing as how I didn't get any I guess I probably should have spelled it out a little clearer. Oh well and btw I own no parts of this story
Susie had made up her mind as Calvin approached the solid oak wooden plank that was secured above the crashing waves. She hit the green button and the time machine started up again…..
"Spaceman Spiff has been captured by the evil Zortawarg Slugs of Jupiter 8. We join our hero as he is now being forced to become a sacrifice to their evil harvest goddess Limax", Calvin mumbled as he was marched along the pathway to the plank.
"Silence", Judge Brown shouted. "You will cast none of your spells upon us".
That was when Calvin smiled, that judge had just given him an idea.
'Here it goes', Calvin thought as they passed by a snowman.
"BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME BY THE EVIL SNOW DEMONS OF OHIO I COMMAND YOU TO LIVE", Calvin shouted as he shot his hands out towards the snowman. "LIVE, LIVE, LLLLIIIIVVVVEEEE"!
When nothing happened the judge and most of the adults let loose a loud laugh and Calvin started to cry.
"You think you could strike down our glorious city with one of your devil forging spells", Judge Brown asked as he looked down at Calvin.
'Why didn't that work', Calvin wondered.
From her perch Susie shook her head.
"Calvin is an idiot … but …alas he is my idiot, and I don't intend to share him", she whispered as they pushed Calvin out onto the plank.
"If you would care to beg for mercy we will now listen to your pleas", Bob said as he pushed Calvin out to the end of the board.
"You will get no such pleas from me chowder-head" Calvin shouted with a smile on his face.
"Push him in", Judge Brown ordered.
Calvin glanced down at the waves and smiled, there hovering halfway between the waves and the plank was a familiar brown cardboard box with Susie in the captain's seat.
"I die free", Calvin shouted as he jumped off of the plank.
"AAAEEEIIIOOOUUUUAAAAHHHHEEEEOOOOO", Calvin shouted as he fell through the air and landed in the cardboard box with a thud.
"Let's go Calvin", Susie shouted as Calvin landed behind her.
"Yes let's", Calvin said as she and Calvin blasted out over the ocean
"One question", Susie said as she pressed the hyperspace vortex button. "Why did you scream on the way down when you saw me hovering below"?
"That was my Tarzan yell", Calvin replied
"Whatever", Susie said as the ship blasted into the hyper vortex
"Next stop the American Revolution", Calvin asked.
"No Calvin", Susie replied "next stop is home".
"But we gotta go through it anyways so why not", Calvin asked
"I don't believe this", Susie said "You almost got killed and you still want to go through time".
"Susie, me and Hobbes have almost been eaten or squished every time we got back to the Paleozoic era", Calvin said. "Death doesn't really frighten me all that much".
"You've been to the Paleozoic era", Susie asked.
"Yep", Calvin replied with a smile on his face.
"Calvin I'm going to say this only once", Susie said in her sweetest voice. "YOU ARE A MORON"!
"What", Calvin asked. He was stunned Susie had called him lots of things over the years but never had she called him a moron.
"You could have seriously altered the entire fate of the universe with just one mishap of yours and humans could have never discovered fire, then we would all be dead".
"And I wouldn't have to listen to your infernal screeching", Calvin said with a smile on his face.
Susie just shot him a drop dead look and turned back to the vortex.
'Why did I rescue him', she wondered.
After a prolonged and somewhat eerie silence Calvin spoke
"Susie I'm sorry, it's just when I get nervous I make jokes. It's a coping mechanism that I have", Calvin said.
"Calvin it's okay", Susie said in a tone that said it wasn't.
'This wound might take a while to heal', Calvin thought.
"Hey Susie do you think we are far enough into the future that we can take a little break", Calvin asked.
"I'd prefer if we didn't but why", Susie asked.
"Because I really gotta use the bathroom", Calvin replied.
Susie sighed and pressed the red button on the control panel.
"Where is my son and where is Susie", Diane wondered as she watched the cops leave.