Unfortunately, they reached the driveway too late. The van and the moving truck were already driving away. Hobbes and Mario just managed to reach the truck when Scud barreled out, and chomped down on Mario. Hobbes watched in horror as the dog headed off with his best friend. "Take care of Calvin for me!" called Mario.

Hobbes wouldn't let it end for Mario! The tiger jumped onto the dog and scratched him, which didn't do much, as Hobbes was stuffed. Scud shook Hobbes off and ran away, still holding Mario.

However, Hobbes managed to catch onto the moving truck and climb inside. Thinking fast, he opened a box marked "Calvin's Toys" to find Cojammer smacking Eddy with his own arm. "Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!"

Ed looked up to see Hobbes. "Eye of the tiger!"

"Hobbes!" cried Edd.

"How did you get here?" asked Snoopy.

Hobbes ignored them and grabbed RC, the remote control car. He tossed him out onto the road and steered him towards Mario. The others were horrified, not realizing what he was doing.

"He's doing it again!" yelled Sally. "Stop him!"

Ed rushed for Hobbes. "Pink belly!" Ed picks up the tiger and smashed him onto the ground.

Hobbes sprang back up and continued controlling RC. "No, I have to..."

"Take this, blockhead!" Lucy threw a stream of blocks at Hobbes.

Hobbes struggled to continue controlling the car. "Ow! Wait a second, guys!"

Linus snuck up behind him. "Speak softly and carry a blanket!" Linus whipped Hobbes with his blanket, sending the tiger flying onto the road.

"Victory!" cheered Hobbes.

As they disappeared down the road, Hobbes heard Cojammer say, "Give me a high-five!"

"I can't!" argued Eddy. "You have my arms!"

"Oh yeah. Gotta improvise." The sound a slap followed, implying that the monkey had hit Eddy yet again.

Hobbes lay on the road in defeat. However, the remote control had done some good, for Mario and RC were zooming straight for him...being followed by a vicious Scud.

"Well, at least I did something right," said Hobbes as the car picked him up. Scud continued chasing. Hobbes made a sharp turn, throwing the dog off. Scud ended up landing in a large intersection, causing a buildup and four-way traffic jam.

"Great job, Hobbes!" congratulated Mario.

"Just be sure to tell the others that we're friends when we get back to them."

Hobbes switched the control to "turbo" and speed up. Back in the truck, everyone was cheering, thinking they had gotten rid of a villain.

Johnny suddenly held Plank to his ear. "What's that, Plank? ... Hey, guys! Plank says that Hobbes was trying to save Mario with RC!"

Nazz looked up hopefully. "What?"

"Yeah, and he sees them coming down the road!"

"He's right!" squinted Nazz. "Here they come!"

"Oh, what have we done?" cried Edd in guilt.

"Ed, get the ramp!" ordered Nazz.

"A ramp I shall get!" Instead of lowering the ramp like Nazz meant, Ed ripped the ramp off and happily handed it to her. "Do you want me to frame it?"

Snoopy sighed. "Don't worry, this author will handle things. Grab onto my tail!"

"I would if I had ARMS!" shouted Eddy.

Cojammer reluctantly tossed Eddy his missing parts. "In times of great struggle, I shall donate these limbs."

With his arms back, Eddy, Kevin, and Charlie Brown grabbed Snoopy's tail. Reaching the toy, Hobbes grabbed his paws. "Speed it up, Mario!"

"I can't! The batteries are dying!" RC came to a halt, sending Snoopy painfully flying back into the truck. "They're dead," said the plumber.

Hobbes looked up in anguish. "Great."

Suddenly, Mario had an idea. "What about that match tied to your tail? We can light the rocket!"

Hobbes struck the match, blasting them off. "Great idea!"

"I owe you!" said Mario as they soared through the air.

"No, I owe you," argued Hobbes playfully.

"No, I owe YOU."

"No, I owe...wait a second. I just lit a rocket. ROCKETS EXPLODE!"

"Not today!" Mario used his small slightly sharp fingers to cut and shake off the tape just in time. The rocket exploded as they fell downwards.

"Well, maybe a splattering death will be better," sighed Hobbes as they fell closer to the road.

Mario saw a fluttering leaf. While grabbing it, he bounced off of some telephone wires. "We're flying!" cheered Hobbes. "Was it the leaf?"

"No, we're just a pair of lost toys about to be found!" grinned Mario. They continued flying through the air until they reached the moving truck. Hobbes let go of RC, dropping him inside. It hit Eddy, scatting his pieces.

"Hey, we missed the truck!" exclaimed Hobbes.

"We're not aiming for that!" They fell towards Calvin's van's roof window. "Thank you so a-much for a-playing my game!" said Mario's pre-recorded voice as they landed in a box next to Calvin.

The boy looked inside happily. "Hobbes! Mario!" The toys smiled at each other.

Since people are wondering, Cojammer is an implike monkey ghost who appeared in the video game "Ghostmaster" and my fic with the same name. Someone suggested I leave him around camp in the later stories. I don't think he'll ever become a regular, but it's fun to throw him and the other ghosts in occasionally. I never realized he and Eddy would make such a funny duo!