Summary: Calvin tries to convince his dad to get Fireworks for the the fourth of July.

This might go a little fast, and its kind of late,but please no flames. I posted this on short notice.

And now back to Calvin and Hobbes: The Series

!Naughty Fireworks!

A small six year old boy held an alarm clock over the bed of his parents, a tall balding man and his brown haired wife.

The boy turned the alarm volume up at full blast, and put some earphones over his head as the seconds counted down.

5...4...3...2...1... BRI-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-NG!

Mom and Dad shot out of bed as the sound echoed throughout the house.

"Wakey, wakey!" Screamed Calvin. "Today's the Fourth of July!"

Calvin grabbed a hat decorated with the American flag, put on an Uncle Sam beard, and dancing across Mom and Dad's bed while singing The Star Sprinkled Banner.

Dad grabbed the alarm clock and shoved it in Calvin's face.

"IT'S ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING!" Screamed Dad.

Calvin grinned and quoted, "'Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.' If you didn't go to bed at six o'clock like I did, then that's your own problem!"

Calvin went skipping out of the room singing When Johnny Comes Marching Home.

Mom glared at Dad, then went back to sleep.

Later that day, Calvin and Hobbes were in the car and heading for town.

"I can't wait to get our fire works!" Said Calvin.

"Fire works?" Dad laughed. "We aren't getting any fireworks! They're dangerous. We're playing it safe, this year."

Calvin's grin dropped like a ton of bricks.

"WHAT?" He screamed.

"We can't have any dangers this year, now can we?" Said Dad.

"Of corse we can!"Protested Calvin. "That's what Independence Day is all about! Loud booms and bright lights! If we're not getting fireworks then why on Earth are we going to town!"

"That'll be four fifty." Said the lady at the checkout stand in the Super One grocery store.

"You sure you don't want a Fourth of July cupcake, Calvin?" Asked Mom.

"Drop Dead." Calvin muttered.

At home Calvin and Hobbes were holding a 4th of July meeting of G.R.O.S.S.

"This meeting of Get Rid Of Slimy girlS shall now be called to order." Calvin said, pushing his newspaper hat into place.

"Hear, hear." Hobbes said, clapping.

"As of now," Calvin said. "News report shall be held early. First Tiger Hobbes shall record the minutes."

Hobbes took out a notepad and a pencil, and started writing.

"Our new enemy of the club is called DAD." Calvin declared.

Hobbes quickly wrote that down. "Dad new enemy. Many yells of shock."

"He, as of now, has deprived us of Independence day!" Calvin announced.

Hobbes wrote furiously. "Doesn't give us fireworks. Many mutters of agreement."

"Now, we have a desperate mission: We must make our own fireworks, and soak Dad."

"Much roars of applause and pounding on the tables." Hobbes wrote.

"Our revenge shall be well planned and mapped out!" Calvin yelled, punching the air.

"Chants of 'G.R.O.S.S.' echo through compound. Many yell out the G.R.O.S.S. slogan. More pounds on the tables." Hobbes wrote.

"Now moving on to the next event." Calvin announced.

Hobbes wrote, "Dictator for life finish up news, many claps and whistles."

"How can we make the fireworks?" Calvin asked Hobbes.

"Well," Hobbes said. "What are other fireworks made of?"

"Metal, rockets, TNT, and fancy paint." Calvin replied, dully.

"MMMM!" Hobbes thought outloud. "Where can we get those?"

Calvin shrugged, and leaned against the wall of the tree house.

"We can borrow the rockets from the Time Machine, and use that paint set that grandma gave me last Christmas, but I don't know where we can get metal or TNT."

"We could use the tin on the tool shed." Hobbes suggested. "But that still leaves the problem about explosives."

"Yes." Calvin agreed. "Dad's such a safety freak, we wouldn't be able to find a stick of dynamite within fifty miles of our house!"

Hobbes nodded.

"Perhaps we can find a substitute?" He asked.

Calvin shook his head.

"Can you find anything that'll explode in a flash of color?" He asked.

"No." Hobbes replied.

"We need REAL TNT." Calvin said.

Just then, Mom called Calvin into the house for lunch.

Calvin and Hobbes climbed down the rope ladder, and walked into the house.

"Who are we fooling, Calvin?" Hobbes asked. "We can't make fireworks. They're too complicated."

"Plan B." Calvin whispered.

Calvin and Hobbes rushed into the livingroom where dad was reading a book.

Abandoning all their pride, Calvin and Hobbes bent down on their knees, and put their hands together into a prayer, and started pleading.

"PUH-LEEEEESE GET US FIREWORKS!" Calvin pleaded.

"No." Dad replied.

"Just some sparklers then!" Calvin yelled.

"No." Dad said, not looking up from his book.

"GET US SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH LIGHTS!" Calvin screamed, abandoning his Bambi eyes.

"We have flashlights that change colors." Dad said simply.

Calvin jumped up in anger.

"OH! You accept flashlights? What if the bulb explodes? What if we get shocked from electricity from it! What we poke our eyes out with the batteries while putting them into the flashlight?"

"Go to your room." Dad said.

"REVENGE! RE-VEEEEEEEEEENGE!" Calvin screamed, dragging his stuffed tiger up the stairs.

A few minutes later, Calvin had tied all his bed sheets together, and threw it out the window.

They crawled out of the window, and rushed into town.

"Ok, Hobbes." Calvin said. "All we have to do is buy a couple of fireworks, and then, set them off tonight. We'll say to Mom and Dad we didn't do it, and Kabaam! A wonderful 4th of July."

"Sorry Kid, you have to be 18 or older to make a purchase." The man at the stand said.

"WHAT?" Calvin screamed. "I'll have you know that I am 18 or older! I'm actually 52, and haven't started puberty yet!"

"Sorry kid." The man said.

"Ok here!" Calvin grabbed his magic marker, and poked red dots all over his face. "Here ya go! Pimples! Now gimme!"

"Get out of here." The man spat. Calvin grumbled, and walked away.

"Perhaps you should've hidden the magic marker." Hobbes said.

"Shut up!" Calvin spat, wiping the magic marker off his face. "Two can play at His little game!"

A tall man wearing a suit walked up to the fireworks display.

"Hello." He said in a deep voice. "I'd like to buy some fireworks."

"Nice try." The man said.

"What are you talking about?" The man asked.

"I know its you, kid." said the man. He ripped the hat off. Revealing a very angry man's face."

"Whoop!" The guy said. "Sorry, dude. Here's your works."

Seconds after that man left, another one came up.

"Hello!" He said in a deep voice. "Gimme some works."

The man took the hat off, revealing a stuffed tiger's head.

"Get out of here." He muttered.

Calvin took the suit off, and walked away, grumbling.

"That's a sharp guy." Hobbes observed, a little later. "He destroyed our clone of Dad, ignored us when we came up and demanded them, and threw us in a garbage can when we started bombarding him with water balloons."

"That guy's tough!" Calvin spat. "It might be weeks before we get something!"

"Perhaps we should try reasoning with him." Hobbes suggested.

"That's a terrible idea!" Calvin spat. "But wait! If we tried reasoning with him... that's it!" Calvin jumped up in victory. "Gad! How do I do it?"

"I don't know." Hobbes, sighed, shaking his head.

Minutes later, Calvin and Hobbes had their fireworks.

"That was great!" Calvin yelled. "We simply reasoned with the guy, and we got our works! We should try that more often."

"Yes." Hobbes agreed.

That night, "Hey Calvin, lets go out and watch the fireworks." Dad said.

"Oh you'll see some fireworks all right." Calvin chuckled.

Outside, the fireworks were amazing.

But Calvin ignored the light show, and set up his own fireworks behind Dad's back.

"You sure this is gonna work?" Hobbes whispered.

"Watch and learn, buddy." Calvin whispered.

Hobbes lit the rocket with his claw and... BOOM!

It was amazing.

It was worth Dad whirling around and catching Calvin in the act.

It was the most beautiful display ever.

Bright lights, red colors and a big boom.

Oh, yes, Calvin had to endure a bunch of screaming and cussing from his dad, but considering that he had just seen the most stupendous Intedependence day ever, It was worth it.

That night, in bed, Calvin and Hobbes were reliving the magnificence of their earlier experience.

"It was great!" Hobbes sighed.

"Too bad it only happens once a year." Calvin said.

"Say, Calvin, didn't you buy two fireworks?" Hobbes said, suddenly.

"There were two, and I lit em too!" Calvin said.

"But I only saw one explosion! Where'd the other one go?" Hobbes asked.

"Who cares?" Calvin asked. "Maybe it went to the land of Oz, and blew up a witch."

Calvin and Hobbes laughed, and fell asleep to a wonderful dreams of their experience.

Outside, High above the clouds in an alien spaceship...

"Well, once again our plan to destroy Earth has failed."The Alien captain said.

"Yes, chief." Another said. "It seems that as long as thereare people on Earth, we will never get the upper hand."

Just then, a loud CLUNK sounded outside.

"What was that?" The King asked.

An alien looked onto the radar screen.

"It appears to be... TNT."

"WHAT!" The King screamed. Just then the Firework exploded.

BOOM!

"Whoops!" An Alien said. "There goes our force field."

The sparks from the explosion then got into the engine.

"Whoops!" He said, again. "There go our thrusters."

The king handed another alien a baseball bat.

"Here. Please hit me has hard as you can. With this." He took his crown off, and leaned forward. "Don't hold back."

The alien, grinned stupidly, an raised the bat.

WHACK!

"NOT THAT HARD!"

The End

Swing123: I'm sorry if this story seemed to go too fast or ended lamely. Independence Day came so quickly, and I hadn't anything ready yet. So yes, this is my fault for not starting sooner, but please no flames. NSU Will be here soon.

VOICE WORK:

Pamela Segal: Calvin

Tom Hanks: Hobbes

Bill Murray: Dad

Jennifer Love Hewitt: Mom

Tom Kenny: Fireworks guy

Dee Bradley Baker: Miscellaneous voice work

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