Back on Earth, deep in an underground lab, two people had escaped Evil Calvin's reign of terror.
It was Dr Brainstorm and Jack. The stupid genius and the smart robot.
Jack had no problem staying under the ground, because he was there all the time, but Dr Brainstorm, of course, had to make everything complicated.
"YES!" Brainstorm screamed. "I have finally finished my device that will defeat Evil Calvin, and give me control all at the same time!"
"I'll bet you have," Jack said, turning the page to his magazine.
"Behold!" Brainstorm yelled, holding up a fancy pair of sunglasses that were a sleek chrome color. "My Defeat Current Dictator and Give User Control all at the Same Time device!"
"Uh huh."
"These glasses may look ordinary, but they have a special laser feature in it that will blow the current leader to kingdom come, and then I'll take control, by threatening everyone to blow them up!"
"I think that's what Evil Calvin did," Jack yawned.
"Yeah, well, originality isn't important, as far as I'm concerned!"
Brainstorm put the glasses on.
"I'm going to test them out now!" he said.
"I'll just go call the ambulance now," Jack said, standing up, and walking out of the room.
Dr Brainstorm gave Jack a pushed out lip, then pushed the button on the glasses.
BOOOM!
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK!"
Calvin, Hobbes, and the gang were approaching Earth.
They didn't know what Evil Calvin had done to Earth, and…come to think of it, they didn't want to know.
Calvin engaged the cloaking device so Evil Calvin's radar wouldn't pick him up, and he began to move in on the planet.
Meanwhile, Evil Calvin had forced everyone to build a giant monument in his name and he had turned Calvin's house into a castle.
Mom, Dad, Susie, Moe, Miss Wormwood, Rosalyn and Mr and Mrs. Derkins had been turned into Evil Calvin's personal slaves.
He was able to do all this in two weeks. Wow.
Evil Calvin had also made several dunderhead laws like, No watching TV unless it's the military channel, all money from the toy stores go to him, and you have to say "Long live Evil Calvin" every day. Dr Brainstorm hated that one.
So it seems as though they were more bowing down to him rather than Retro and Rupert.
Wow, he is evil.
Calvin landed the UFO behind Sneer Hill.
He dropped the escalator out, and he, Bob, Hobbes, Socrates, Andy, Sherman, Galaxoid and Nebular walked out.
Calvin blinked and looked around.
"Huh, it doesn't look like he's done much damage," he said.
"We're behind a deserted mountain," Hobbes said. "Nobody comes here."
"Shut up," Calvin spat.
Fifteen minutes went by as everyone rounded the mountain and looked out at the chaos that Evil Calvin had brought to Earth.
The town was nearly destroyed.
Tin barrels with fire burning in them were all down the sidewalk. There was nobody in sight. Several buildings had been destroyed and or broken down. Cars were wrecked into the only standing buildings, and water was spewing straight up into the air from fire hydrants.
"This place looks worse than when Retro had control over everyone," Hobbes said.
"Indeed," Socrates added, tapping his chin. "Not even Rupert's chaos beats this one."
Bob gulped.
"We're dealing with some bad things here," Andy muttered.
Calvin stood in front of his friends.
He examined the damage.
Then his eyes narrowed, and a wide sinister grin spread across his face.
"Hobbes?" he asked
"Mmmyes?"
"Do you still have my inventions?"
"I believe so, yes."
Calvin chuckled to himself, cracking his knuckles.
"Let's go have some fun," he grinned.
Hobbes turned to everyone behind him.
"We're all doomed," he said.
Calvin's rubbed his hands together, and took the hypercube.
They made their way through the deserted town.
Security cameras that were all over the streets were following their progress.
They then approached the large castle where Calvin's house used to be.
OK, maybe Calvin's house was still there, but there was a giant ugly castle behind it.
Calvin was the first to walk over to his door, and try the doorknob.
The door was opened.
Calvin peeked inside.
The entire place was empty.
Everything was gone.
Including the TV, which I know just killed Calvin.
He and the gang started up the creaking stairs, and peeked into Calvin's room.
That was the only room in the entire place that was untouched.
I'm not kidding!
The bed was still there, the room was messy, and there wasn't a thing out of place.
"That's odd," Calvin said, rubbing his chin. "Usually the most unlivable place in this house is this room."
"This should go into the record books," Hobbes said. "'Calvin's room the cleanest in the house!'"
Calvin rolled his eyes.
"Ha, ha, ha. How long did it take you to come up with that joke?"
Hobbes blinked.
"Never mind," Calvin said. "Let's just go save the world. Again."
And with that, Calvin, Hobbes, Bob, Socrates, Andy, Galaxoid, Sherman, and Nebular exited the house, and started around the back towards the giant castle.
They walked up to the door.
This was like any other door.
It had a sign on it that said PLEASE KNOCK.
Calvin and Hobbes exchanged glances, and then Calvin pushed the door open.
It creaked loudly as it revealed a long, dark corridor.
Calvin and Hobbes peeked inside.
Hobbes turned around and started walking away in the other direction.
Calvin grabbed his tail and motioned for everyone to follow him.
Everyone started to creep into the castle.
Every step caused by the seven heroes and Sherman caused echoes to go down it.
At the end of the hallway was a staircase.
Next to it was a sign that said, "Evil leader worship and workout center. This-a-way".
Socrates studied it.
"Yup," he said. "He's a clone of you, all right."
Calvin gave Socrates a long glare.
Then, Hobbes turned around and started back down the hallway towards the door.
Calvin grabbed Hobbes' tail.
"Get up there," he grumbled.
With much fear, everyone began to climb up the staircase.
It was a big staircase.
Very big.
Calvin started up it at a run.
"DON'T WORRY, EARTH!" he called. "WE'RE COMING TO SAVE YA! HERE WE COME!"
They continued running up the stairs.
"STILL COMING!"
They continued.
"ALMOST THERE!"
They continued.
"Pant…pant……we're nearly at the top……pant…pant…"
They continued.
Calvin started crawling up the stairs.
"DEAR GOD, HOW LONG ARE THESE STUPID THINGS!" he hollered.
He waited for Hobbes, Socrates, Andy, Sherman, Bob, Galaxoid, and Nebular to catch up.
Then, they continued climbing at a slower pace.
Half an hour went by.
Evil Calvin was dressed in red robes as he ate Calvin's Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs.
"Slaves!" he called, clapping his hands.
Mom and Dad came into the room; both of them were wearing old fashioned clothes.
"I feel needy," he announced. "Send in the evilly royal doofus."
"It's evilly royal fool," Dad said.
"Don't correct me. I'm your leader!" Evil Calvin spat. "Just for that, I'm going to make you watch that 8-hour magical pony movie again!"
Mom and Dad groaned.
"Now, do my evil biddings! Send in the evilly royal whatever. Chop, chop!"
Mom and Dad exited the room, and Moe entered.
He was wearing the most ridiculous outfit you can imagine.
A multi colored clown suit with big red shoes. He had a big red fake nose, and a multi-colored jack hat with bells on the end of all the points.
Evil Calvin grinned.
"OK, royal dunderhead. Do something stupid," he said, holding a finger over his head, and twirling it around in circles.
Moe clenched his fists, and grinded his teeth.
"Yes, Great Grand Potentate," he growled, through gritted teeth.
"And don't do that dumb dance with knees. I want something stupid today. Stupid, not dumb. Got it?"
Before Moe could respond, Calvin exploded through the door.
"HA, HA!" he screamed. "Don't worry Earth! We're here to save ya! Never fear because Calvin the bold is he……"
Calvin's eyes went to Moe.
There was a moment of silence, in which Hobbes, Socrates, Bob, Andy, Sherman, Galaxoid and Nebular entered, and began staring at Moe.
A wide grin spread across Calvin's face.
Then, he began laughing.
Then, Andy, Sherman, Socrates, and Hobbes joined in with the laughing.
Galaxoid, Nebular, and Bob exchanged glances, wondering what was so funny.
Calvin clutched his stomach, and began rolling around on the floor, still laughing his head off.
Socrates fell over backwards and began kicking his legs, he was laughing so hard.
Hobbes had to cover his eyes and tilt his head down, as he roared with laughter.
Andy was slapping his knees and laughing insanely, and Sherman had to hold on to Andy's ear so he didn't fall off his shoulder as he…
Well he didn't really laugh.
It was more of a squeak.
And with Calvin, Hobbes, Socrates, Andy and Sherman laughing their heads off, Evil Calvin couldn't resist the temptation to join in, pointing at Moe, and laughing insanely.
Moe's face turned a deep shade of red and his fists were trembling like mad.
Finally after twenty minutes of lunatic laughter, Calvin wiped a tear from his eye, and chuckled, "Oh man, that's rich."
Then he spun back to Evil Calvin.
"All right, FIEND! Prepare for your utter downfall!"
Evil Calvin stopped laughing and sat up straight in his throne.
He gave the eight heroes an evil grin.
Calvin stared at him.
"Holy cow!" he whispered. "YOU'RE GORGEOUS!"
Evil Calvin chuckled.
"Well now. If it isn't our little hero."
"Right," Calvin said. "And I'm here to say that you're going down!"
"I'll bet," Evil Calvin said. "Have you forgotten that I have a remote control here that will destroy the entire planet if you take one more step?"
He held up the remote.
Calvin's grin faded.
"Darn," he said. "Forgot about that."
"Indeed," Evil Calvin said. "And if you take one more step I'll—"
ZAP!
Suddenly, Hobbes whipped out the Transmogrifier Gun, turned it to laser, and blasted the remote out of Evil Calvin's hands.
Evil Calvin's mouth dropped open as he watched the remote land fifteen feet away.
"Well, that stinks," he shrugged. "NO MATTER! I am still all powerful!"
Evil Calvin ripped his robes off, revealing Calvin's red, T-shirt black pants, and red sneakers.
He still had the Mohawk.
He grinned and crossed his arms.
"Bring it on," he growled.
Calvin blinked.
"Is that the best banter you can come up with?" he asked.
Evil Calvin shrugged.
"I'm working on short notice. Give me a break."
Calvin rolled his eyes.
Then, before anything else could happen, Calvin leaped right into the middle of Evil Calvin, and they began rolling around on the floor, punching, kicking, biting, and slobbering all over each other.
Hobbes, Socrates, Andy, Sherman, Bob, Galixoid and Nebular watched.
Hobbes cut his eyes from side to side.
Then, he turned to Socrates, Andy, and Sherman and…oh you know the rest.
"Sherman," he hissed. "Do you think your lab is still standing?"
Sherman grunted.
"Of course, it is," he scoffed. "It's underground."
Hobbes tapped his chin, in thought.
"OK," he said. "I have a plan. But we have to leave now."
"Is this another one of your escaping themes?" Socrates asked.
"No, and if you just shut up and follow me, I'll show you."
And with that, Hobbes, Andy, Sherman, Socrates, blah, blah, and blah went tearing back down the castle towards the exit.
Evil Calvin kicked Good Calvin in the stomach.
Good Calvin bit Evil Calvin on his evil arm.
Evil Calvin kicked Good Calvin off, and he landed in the wall.
CRASH!
Evil Calvin leaped to his feet, and went charging for Calvin, his fists flying in all directions.
Calvin screamed, and leaped from the way.
Evil Calvin landed his fist into the brick wall, and put a three inch hole into it.
Gulp.
Calvin backed into the wall as Evil Calvin turned slowly and started slouching for him, his hands held at his waists.
Calvin's eyes cut from side to side.
"Stop right there!" he spat. "I'm warning you! I'm dangerous!"
Evil Calvin continued coming.
"Evil counterpart, I suggest you don't take one more step, or I'll……I'll scream. I'll call in the entire masks forces of Calvin the Bold! Would you believe that the Rottweilers are waiting for the signal to attack?"
Evil Calvin's grin got larger, and his eyes widened.
"Uh-uh."
"OK," Calvin said. "Well, would you believe that I have a secret weapon that's even deadlier than my inventions?"
"Uh-uh."
"OK, well, in that case…"
ZOOM!
Calvin went tearing around the room towards the…
Evil Calvin pushed a button on his watch.
The doors slammed shut.
And Calvin went crashing into them.
BASH!
He sank to the floor, and then leaped to his feet.
"Very well, there's always the window."
ZOOM!
Calvin leaped into the air and dove through…
CRASH!
Calvin smashed head first into the brick wall only inches away from the window.
He had missed.
He sank to the floor, again, and leaped up.
He cut his eyes from side to side.
"Ooo-kay," he said. "Somebody moved the window. How am I supposed to make a daring escape out the window when people are moving it around! I can't keep track of every single window in this stupid castle! Therefore, following the simple logic, I am completely—OOF!"
Suddenly, Evil Calvin collided with Good Calvin sending him into the wall, again.
GISH!
Dust went everywhere.
Calvin fell to the ground, and just sat there.
"I have been insulted!" he declared. "How dare you ram into me while I'm in the middle of a speech. You ought to be ashamed of yourself, and the next time I—ACK!"
He did it again.
This time, Calvin went south, crashing into Moe, who had been watching the whole thing.
GLING!
Moe is a very muscular six-year-old. And the next time you get a chance to fly into him, don't.
Calvin felt like he had slammed into an anvil.
And Moe wasn't even knocked backwards two steps!
He just stood there, with that dumb look on his face, as Calvin sank to the floor at his feet.
Calvin glanced up at him.
"Why are you still here?" he demanded.
Moe shrugged.
Evil Calvin cracked his knuckles and moved forward again.
Calvin leaped to his feet and spun around.
"Come here, junior!" he called as if nothing had happened. "Come on! You're gonna love it! Come on!"
Suddenly, Evil Calvin turned ninety degrees to the left, and started for a desk in the corner.
Calvin's grin dropped.
"HEY! Get back here! I'm not finished with you, yet! Come back! Come back!"
"Oh, I am," Evil Calvin growled, grabbing something off his desk and pointing it at Calvin.
He fired the device and a green light shot at Calvin.
"HUH!" Calvin screamed as it struck him.
Calvin rose five feet into the air and a green orb surrounded him, trapping him in the air.
"Ya like it?" Evil Calvin asked, putting the device down. "It's my electro-orb. And as long as you're contained in there…well, you're trapped."
Evil Calvin's eyes then went for the remote control that lay five feet away from him.
"Now then, where was I?" he asked, walking over to it with a sinister and evil grin.
Calvin and Moe watched helplessly as Evil Calvin reached down and prepared to lift the remote off the……
BOOOM!
Calvin, Moe, and Evil Calvin looked up.
Hobbes was riding in the flying wagon along with Andy, Sherman, Socrates and the rest.
Hobbes had the Imaginator in his right hand.
Calvin glared at Hobbes.
"Where were you this whole time!" he demanded.
"Sherman's lab," Bob said. "And let me tell ya, it is a beauty!"
"Yep," Socrates grinned, cracking his knuckles. "And we're ready to battle now."
"Not if I get the remote first!" Evil Calvin chuckled, snatching the remote up in his hands.
ZAP!
Socrates shot it out with the Transmogrifier gun again.
"I have to get tighter grip on that stupid thing," Evil Calvin muttered, before making a dive for it.
He was almost at it when a white paw lifted it off the ground.
Evil Calvin looked up.
"Looking for this?" Hobbes yawned, twirling the remote between his thumb and forefinger.
Evil Calvin drew his foot back, and kicked Hobbes in the leg.
"YEEEE-OUCH!" Hobbes yelped, throwing the remote through the air.
The remote flew clear across the room and landed in Andy's hands.
Evil Calvin's eyes shot at Andy like bullets.
He turned around and slouched towards him, his hands in the strangling position.
Andy threw the remote over his shoulder, and Socrates caught it.
Evil Calvin started after Socrates.
Socrates tossed the remote to Galaxoid, who threw it to Nebular, who tossed it to Bob.
Bob caught it and stared down at it.
Evil Calvin, now in a frantic rage, came roaring towards Bob, pumping his fists madly.
Bob screamed, and tossed the remote…uh…out the window.
Everyone ran over to the window and watched its progress to Earth.
But before it reached the ground, Evil Calvin went tearing down the stairs.
Everyone except Hobbes followed him.
Hobbes stood there and stared at Calvin.
Calvin glared back.
"Well? Are you just going to stand there! Get out my Hypercube!"
Hobbes reached into Calvin's hypercube, and pulled out a red electric guitar.
"Hey!" he exclaimed. "This is the guitar you used in the Camp Pine Mountain Range."
"Right. Hurry up."
Hobbes stared at him.
"What do you want me to do?" he asked.
"POINT THE END AT ME AND STRIKE A CORD!" Calvin bellowed.
"Oh."
Hobbes pointed the guitar at Calvin, and then brought his paw down onto the strings.
BONG!
There was an explosion of electricity, and the green orb around Calvin vanished.
Calvin fell to the floor.
"I'm guessing this is another one of your famous inventions?" Hobbes asked, studying the guitar.
"Uh huh," Calvin said, grabbing it away and shoving it into the hypercube. "You didn't complain about it, so I kept it. Let's go kick some evil butt, shall we?"
"Do, let's," Hobbes chuckled.
Calvin and Hobbes went rushing down the stairs.
Evil Calvin burst out the door of the castle, and his eyes fell upon the remote on the ground.
He made a dive for it.
He snatched it up from the ground, jut as Calvin, Hobbes, and so forth came to door.
"AH HA!" Evil Calvin screamed, holding the remote up. "The remote is mine, you morons! And so is Earth! Because now, I'm going to—"
BWASH!
Suddenly, dirt, rocks, and Evil Calvin exploded from the ground, and a giant drill emerged from it.
Evil Calvin landed face first in the dirt, and spun around.
Mom, Dad, Rosalyn, Moe, Susie, Miss Wormwood, and Mr Spittle were all watching from the side of the castle.
Suddenly, a hatch on the drill flew open, and a man with tall red hair, a lab coat, black pants, brown sneakers, and out of focus yellow eyes and a stupid grin plastered all over his face burst out.
Calvin and Hobbes' mouths dropped three inches.
"DR FRANK BRAINSTORM!" they both exclaimed in disbelief.
"CORRECT!" Brainstorm declared, pounding his chest. "IT IS I! DR BRAINSTORM! WITH HIS TRUSTY SIDEKICK, JACK THE ROBOT!"
There was a moment of silence.
"JACK! GET OUT HERE!" Brainstorm screamed hysterically.
At that very moment, a robot emerged along side with Brainstorm.
He had a tall, thin, silver body, long legs, a round head with bolts at the top, a long steel nose, and a bored expression on his face.
"What do you want, now, Frank?" he asked.
"IT'S DOCTOR BRAINSTORM!" Brainstorm hollered, throwing his fists into the air. "DO YOU HAVE THE DEFEAT CURRENT DICTATOR AND GIVE USER CONTROL ALL AT THE SAME TIME DEVICE?"
"I don't believe so, no," Jack said, sipping on his lemonade.
"WHY NOT!" Brainstorm screeched. "I TOLD YOU A HUNDRED TIMES TO BE SURE TO BRING IT!"
"No, you didn't. You were too busy building your drill, that has to be steered through the brakes, and stopped with the steering wheel," Jack said.
Brainstorm blinked.
"WELL, WHO ASKED YOU ANYWAY!"
He spun back to the crowd in front of him.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!" he screeched. "I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE! I AM NOW OVERTHROWING EVIL CALVIN, SO I CAN TAKE CONTROL! DO NOT BOTHER TO RESIST!"
Back to Jack.
"Jack, I'm afraid this will have to go into my report."
Back to Evil Calvin.
"GIVE ME THAT, FIEND!" he shrieked, grabbing the remote control away from Evil Calvin.
"HEY!" Evil Calvin screamed. "GIVE ME THAT! DON'T MAKE ME HURT YOU!"
Dr Brainstorm stuck his tongue out at Evil Calvin.
"Won't work, FIEND! I will now blow you up with this amazing blow people up device!"
He pointed the antenna at Evil Calvin and proceeded to push the button.
"That won't blow me up," Evil Calvin said smugly. "It will blow the entire planet up."
Brainstorm stopped.
"Oops," he said. "Well, we certainly don't want that. I can't take over a blown up planet."
He stared at the remote.
"Now, how am I supposed to defeat you?" he whined.
It was then that Hobbes made his move.
He leaped through the air, over Evil Calvin's head, and snatched the remote out of Dr Brainstorm's hand.
"HEY!" Brainstorm screeched.
Hobbes held the remote, wondering if he had actually done that, then, with a gust of wind and a blur of orange, he vanished.
Evil Calvin screamed in frustration, and ran after Hobbes, who went back into the castle.
Jack climbed out of the drill and shook hands with Calvin and Socrates.
"Calvin, Socrates. Pleasure to see you, again," he said.
"Same here," Calvin said.
"Yep," Socrates said.
Jack then greeted Andy and Sherman, ignoring Brainstorm's screams of, "JACK! STOP INTERACTING WITH THE ENEMY!" and then went to meet Galaxoid, Nebular, and Bob.
He shook hands with Bob.
"Hello," he said. "I've heard of you. You're the sidekick to that guy with theThree Stoogeshaircut."
"Well, I was," Bob said. "I'm not anymore."
"Ah. Yes, I know what it's like to be a sidekick."
"JACK! MY SHOE IS CAUGHT IN MY LAB COAT! HELP!"
Jack ignored him.
"And I also notice we were both sidekicks for a mad scientist, and both had bad hair," Bob added.
"Ya don't say."
Jack and Bob then continued discussing several things of no particular interest, considering how much they had in common.
So, Calvin, Andy, Sherman, Galaxoid, Nebular, and Socrates left them alone to discuss whatever they were discussing and went after Hobbes and Evil Calvin.
"WAIT UP!" Brainstorm screamed. "I WANT TO DESTROY EVIL CALVIN, TOO! WAIT! HEY!"
Hobbes and Evil Calvin went roaring up the stairs towards the top floor, Hobbes in the lead, carrying the remote that would destroy the Earth.
When he came to the room, he slammed the door in Evil Calvin's face.
Evil Calvin tried the door.
Hobbes had locked it.
Evil Calvin then drew a fist back, and pounded it into the door.
BASH!
Then, he slugged it with the other hand.
BASH!
BASH!
BASH!
BASH!
Hobbes stood on the other side of the door, watching helplessly as Evil Calvin's fists burst out the wood in the door.
Then, with a terrible crack, Evil Calvin clawed his way into the room.
"Give me that remote!" he screeched, making a grab for the remote.
Hobbes held the remote over his head and out of Evil Calvin's reach.
Evil Calvin drew a foot back and threw it.
Hobbes lifted his leg, and the kick missed.
Hobbes put the remote on the desk and before Evil Calvin could respond, he pounced him.
POW!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Evil Calvin screamed, as Hobbes jumped away at the last second, and Evil Calvin crashed into the wall.
CRASH!
Dust went everywhere.
Hobbes waited, poised and ready to attack again.
Evil Calvin did not emerge from the dust cloud.
Hobbes sighed.
He turned around and started walking for the remote.
Evil Calvin's head burst out of the cloud.
His eyes were aflame, as he marched out of the dust cloud and grabbed Hobbes by the tail.
"YAAAH!" Hobbes yelled, as Evil Calvin lifted him into the air, and flung him at the wall.
BASH!
But before Evil Calvin could finish Hobbes off, a blast of hot electricity nailed him in the side, sending him into the wall.
Socrates blew the smoke off of the tip of the Transmogrifier Gun.
"Man, I love this thing," he said.
Hobbes stood up and rubbed his sore tail.
"SOMEONE GET THE IMAGINATOR!" he screamed.
Brainstorm then appeared next to Andy and Sherman.
"I WILL SAVE THE DAY!" he screamed. "AND THEN, I'LL DESTROY IT!"
Brainstorm made a grab for the Imaginator.
He snatched it up and studied it.
"Huh. This is a weird device. I wonder what it does."
Suddenly Evil Calvin appeared, and swatted Brainstorm into the wall.
"OUCH!" he screamed, slamming into it. "REVENGE! REVENGE!"
Dr Brainstorm leaped up, and pulled out his Servant Ray.
"DEVICE!" he screamed. "CARRY OUT MY REVENGE ON EVIL CALVIN!"
The gun like device didn't do anything.
Brainstorm blinked.
"DEVICE!" he screamed. "DO NOT carry out my revenge on Evil Calvin."
Suddenly, electricity exploded from the tip of the gun, and blasted Evil Calvin into the wall.
"Good old Servant Ray," Brainstorm chuckled.
Calvin and Hobbes exchanged glances.
"Why is he fighting with us?" Andy asked.
"Who cares?" Calvin replied. "He's fighting."
Hobbes ran over to Evil Calvin, and slugged him as he was standing up.
"ACK!" he yelled, tumbling backwards into Brainstorm.
Brainstorm grabbed him by the shoulders, and flung him at the wall, again.
"People sure do get slammed into a wall a lot in this scene," Hobbes said.
"Well, what else are we supposed to do?" Calvin asked, blasting Evil Calvin over with his MTM.
Andy then made a dive for the Imaginator with Sherman running after him.
Evil Calvin swatted him away and held the device over his head.
Then, Brainstorm snatched it up, and went running off in the other direction with it.
Hobbes grabbed it away from Brainstorm and just stood there, trying to figure out what to do next.
Evil Calvin growled, and then went roaring towards Hobbes like a freight train.
Hobbes tossed the Imaginator through the air, and it landed in front of Calvin.
Calvin cut his eyes from side to side and then made a dive for the Imaginator.
His hands were five inches away when Evil Calvin grabbed his arm.
"THAT'S IT!" he screamed. "I'M THROUGH PLAYING! GOODBYE, CALVIN!"
Calvin struggled against Evil Calvin's grasp, but he was too strong.
Evil Calvin drew his fist back, and prepared to…
Huh.
That was odd.
All at once, this large gust of wind blew past Evil Calvin.
He turned around and…
HUH!
Socrates was holding the Imaginator!
"Hello," he said.
He flipped it on.
"Goodbye," he said.
All at once, the nozzle that everything came out of turned around and started sucking.
"WHAT!" Evil Calvin screeched. "NO!"
Evil Calvin threw Good Calvin away, and grabbed hold of the edge of the window.
"NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!"
Socrates turned the energy on higher, and Evil Calvin lost his grip.
First his legs got sucked into the Imaginator.
Then his body.
He held on to the nozzle and tried to stay out.
"DON'T DO THIS!" Evil Calvin screeched. "LET'S DISCUSS THIS, CAT! I MEAN, SOCRATES! NO! NO! NO! DON'T DO IT!"
Then, Evil Calvin was sucked inside.
Socrates closed the nozzle.
"And for my final trick…," Socrates marched over to the window and dropped the Imaginator out.
"Oops," he said.
Everyone ran over to the window and watched.
It landed on the ground.
And burst into flames.
Jack and Bob stared at it.
"What was that?" Bob asked.
"I guess they just defeated Evil Calvin," Jack said, with no change in tone. "Now then, what was it that you saw?"
"HEY!" Brainstorm cried. "I could have used that to take over the Earth!"
Calvin, Hobbes, Andy, Sherman, Galixoid, Nebular, and Socrates all stared at Dr Brainstorm.
Dr Brainstorm cut his eyes from side to side.
"Very well," he said. "You've won this round! You just got lucky, though!"
"You were fighting on our side," said Nebular.
"I SHALL RETURN!"
And with that, Dr Brainstorm rushed out of the castle.
Calvin turned to Socrates.
"Socrates?"
"Yes?"
"You saved my live."
"Yes, I guess I did."
"And that, will of course, cause me to have to use manners with you."
"It sure might."
"And I think I owe you some information."
"Yes?"
"About your fainting spells?"
Sherman's head came up.
"What? NO! CALVIN! DON'T!"
Calvin ignored him.
He took a deep breath in, and blurted, "There's a computer chip in your head."
There was a long moment of silence.
Socrates stared at Calvin.
"There's a what in my head?" he asked calmly.
"It's a computer chip," Calvin said. "Sherman put it inside you. It's designed to be like a telephone. It transmits messages back and forth between Galaxoid and Nebular and me. Whenever a call is coming in, you do something stupid and transmit it."
There was a moment of silence.
"It's Sherman's fault, though," Calvin added, quickly.
Socrates cut his eyes from side to side.
Then, his eyes fell on Sherman.
Sherman blinked.
Socrates marched up to him and snatched him up.
"You installed a computer chip in my head?" he asked.
Sherman blinked.
"Maybe."
"Do you know what I'm going to do now?" Socrates asked.
"Let me go and forget the whole thing?" Sherman asked.
Socrates laughed, slightly.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha…no."
Socrates went nose to nose with Sherman.
And then he…
…began laughing.
Sherman stared at Socrates, as he roared with laughter.
Then, Sherman started chuckling slightly.
Then, Calvin started laughing. Followed by Hobbes, Andy, Galaxoid and Nebular.
But suddenly, Socrates stopped laughing.
He acquired a lethal expression and hissed, "Take it out."
"Yes sir," Sherman said, leaping onto Andy's shoulder.
Galaxoid and Nebular looked at them.
"Well, it's been fun," said Galaxoid. "But we'd better head for home now."
"Okay," said Calvin, handing them a key. "Take Rupert's old ship. He won't be needing it anymore where he is."
Galaxoid took the key.
"Thank you."
And the two of them started to leave.
"Uh, hold on a second," said Calvin.
The two aliens stopped and looked back.
"Yes?" asked Nebular.
"Uh…you guys are clear that I'm not the Supreme Earth Potentate, right?" he asked.
"Correct," said Galaxoid.
"Good. I'm sorry I lied to you. I was desperate."
"It's okay. We're too lazy to hold a grudge," said Nebular. "We'll see you guys around."
Everyone waved as they left.
Calvin turned to the five beings that were still in the room.
"Okay, gang," he said. "Let's fix everything and put it back to the way it was, huh?"
"Okay," said Hobbes.
They decided to ride the new wagon down the side of the castle, seeing as how Calvin didn't feel like going down all those stairs.
A group of people from the town had gathered, including Mom, Dad, Susie, Moe, Rosalyn and Miss Wormwood.
Dr Brainstorm and Jack were just loading up to go home, and Bob was helping them.
Calvin landed the wagon, and Calvin, Hobbes, Andy, Sherman and Socrates got out.
Calvin stood before the world on a pile of rocks with Hobbes right behind him.
"HEY, AMERICA!" he shouted. "HOW'S IT GOING?"
Everyone just grunted.
"YEAH, I FEEL THE SAME WAY!"
Then he got tired of yelling.
"Hobbes, hand me a microphone."
Hobbes rooted through the hypercube and pulled out a wireless microphone.
"Much better," he said. "Now then, it would appear that for the millionth time in a row, I have saved the planet. And this is the third time you've actually noticed."
Mom and Dad sighed.
Susie and Moe glared at him.
"First of all, a big round of applause for Socrates, Andy and Sherman for cooperating and actually helping me," Calvin said.
Socrates, Andy and Sherman waved at the crowd.
Everyone clapped.
"And the ex-sidekick of Retro Griffin, Bob! He's made a big turnaround, and he's now fighting for the good side!"
Everyone clapped for Bob, who took a bow.
"And of course, a big thanks to Hobbes, my best friend in the whole world. In fact, I think if anyone's getting any rewards here, it should be him! In fact, he's been a big help all through the Rupert and Retro series, and he's been ignored for a lot of the fame. Let's give him the biggest round of applause ever, huh?"
Everyone immediately erupted into loud cheers as Hobbes stood up next to Calvin.
Hobbes stood there, watching everyone clap.
"Aw, shucks!" he said into the mike. "T'weren't nothin'! But if you wanna thank me properly, please send sixty thousand pounds of tuna fish to the house that's standing behind, and—"
"Thanks, Hobbes. That's enough," said Calvin, shoving Hobbes aside.
To the crowd.
"Okay, now I'm sure you're worried about what will happen next. Not to worry. Rupert, Retro and Earl are trapped in time stop on one of Zok's moons, and therefore, they will never come back!" Calvin said.
"Won't the aliens come back to avenge them?" asked Susie.
Calvin, Hobbes, Socrates, Bob, Andy and Sherman stared at them.
Then they keeled over laughing.
"AH, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA! WHOOO, DAH, HAH, HA, HA! HOO BOY! WOOO! Heh, heh, ha. Hoo-wee."
Once they got their serious faces back, Calvin said dully, "No."
Susie rolled her eyes.
"Now then, let's fix the town, huh?" Hobbes said.
Hobbes reached into the hypercube and pulled out a yellow gun that looked like an atomic soaker and handed it to Calvin.
It was that gun that was used at the end of TROUBLE ISLAND.
Calvin looked it over.
"Does it still work?" he asked.
He shot a blast of yellow electricity at the Dr Brainstorm's drill, which immediately changed caused it be destroyed.
"HEY!" shouted Dr Brainstorm.
"Yep. It works all right," said Andy.
Calvin got down on the sidewalk and laid on his back. Then he aimed and fired at the sky. Yellow energy flew out and went all over the world, enveloping the planet in a ball of yellow. Several bursts of energy and electricity crackled. All of Evil Calvin's destruction was removed from the Earth.
Soon, everything was fixed. The fire hydrants were put back. The cars were removed from the buildings. The buildings magically were rebuilt. All of Calvin's possessions returned to their natural habitat.
The only thing that remained was that castle behind the house.
"Why's that still there?" asked Mom.
"Well, Mom, I've made a decision: the castle stays," said Calvin.
Mom rolled her eyes.
After everyone said thanks Calvin and the gang, they all went home to get their lives back in order.
Bob spoke to Calvin and Hobbes.
"Okay, I'm going to tell you two something, but I don't want you to get mad," he said. "I, er, decided to work for Dr Brainstorm."
Calvin stared.
"Wait, I thought you were joining the good side!"
"I am. Frank's not really a bad guy if you think about it. He's not vicious like Retro was. Besides, Jack's a pretty cool robot."
Calvin and Hobbes glanced at Brainstorm, who was climbing into the drill. Jack was watching.
"Yeah, you'll do better with Frank," said Hobbes.
"DR BRAINSTORM!"
"Well, I'll see you all next week when he tries to blow your house up. See ya."
Everyone waved good bye to Bob and Jack, and the drill disappeared into the earth.
Socrates turned to Andy and Sherman.
"Okay, Vermin," he said. "I want you to remove that chip and leave my brain exactly the way it was, understood?"
Sherman nodded.
"But before you do, I want you to do something."
"Yes?"
Socrates handed Andy a camcorder.
"I want to see what this stupid thing I do first."
Socrates got set.
"Okay, let's see… I believe the number was…98462?"
KA-TROING!
Suddenly, Socrates jumped up into the air, landed on his tail, spun around, closed his eyes and put his hands up.
Calvin pushed his nose and turned him off.
Socrates came out of it.
"Got it," said Andy.
"Good. Let's see it."
Socrates watched it.
He stared at the recording.
"Huh," he said. "That is funny. Now take it out."
"Right," said Sherman.
They said their goodbyes to Calvin and Hobbes and walked away.
"Well, I'm glad that's over," said Calvin.
"Me too," said Hobbes.
"Thanks for saving my life, Hobbes. I owe you one."
"Aw no ya… Yeah, you do!"
Calvin sighed.
They entered the house.
"Well, Mom and Dad, I'm in the mood for hamburgers," he said. "We're going out tonight."
Mom and Dad sighed.
"Fine, but we can't stay out too late," said Mom, grabbing her purse.
"Why not?"
"You need to be ready for school tomorrow."
Calvin's eyes bugged out.
"WHAT? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
The next morning, Calvin was standing on the curb, waiting for the bus.
"Second grade, huh?" Hobbes said, standing next to him.
"Yeah," said Calvin. "Makes me wish I didn't forget everything I learned last year."
Pause.
"2nd Grade! Wow! I never thought that I'd make it."
"Neither did anyone else," chuckled Hobbes.
Calvin ignored him. "It'll be so sweet! No Miss Wormwood, no Susie, no huge piles of homework and lunch is earlier than usual!"
"You're three fourths correct," said Hobbes.
"Huh? Whaddya mean?"
"There won't be any Miss Wormwood or Susie. Lunch will be earlier. However, the higher into school you get, the bigger the workload."
"Oh, puh-leeze," scoffed Calvin. "It'll be a snap! I'll admit, it will take awhile get into, but after October, I'll have that teacher right where I want her. She'll be putty in my hands."
"Yeah," replied Hobbes. "Really dry putty that's as hard as a rock!"
Calvin and Hobbes chuckled and thought back over the past summer.
"Been a crazy summer, huh?" Calvin said. "But now, things have changed for the better."
"Right. We got a free castle," agreed Hobbes.
Then Calvin saw the yellow bus coming down the road.
"Well," Calvin said. "Here comes the bus."
"Yeah," said Hobbes. "It's still yellow."
"Yep."
The bus pulled up.
"See ya this afternoon?" Calvin asked.
"Pounce ya when ya come in?" Hobbes replied.
"Sounds like a plan."
The bus doors opened.
Calvin lingered for a second.
Then he started up.
But at the first step, Hobbes put a paw on his shoulder.
"Hey, uh, Calvin?" he asked.
Calvin looked back.
"Yeah?"
He then saw that Hobbes had been joined by Socrates, Andy, Sherman, Galaxoid, Nebular, Bob and Jack.
"Best of luck. From all of us."
Calvin grinned and waved.
"See ya later, guys."
And he boarded the bus.
The door shut and the bus drove away.
Hobbes, Socrates, Andy, Sherman, Galaxoid, Nebular, Bob and Jack left.
And the camera zoomed out of the quaint little neighborhood and watched them leave, and then swung out over the planet and watched the bus drive into the rising sun. And then the screen went black and a pair of words rolled over the black screen.
THE END
