"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Calvin leaped from the way, as the green goo splattered all over the bottom of Calvin's comic book.

"SCREEEEEEEECH!"

The spider twirled around, and spotted Calvin climbing over the mess, frantically.

"SCREEEEEECH!"

The spider raced after Calvin.

It was very creepy watching it chase Calvin.

Its eyes were locked on the boy, and it's sticky legs stuck to any surface, so he was able to get over the mess easily.

And when the spider was on it's side, crossing a comic book or whatever, it tilted its head so its gaze remained stuck on its prey.

Calvin leaped over comic books and papers, and continued to try and get away.

Where was Hobbes?

He was still missing. And at his size, he could've been anywhere in that room.

Calvin grabbed a piece of paper, heaved it up, and pushed it over the top of the spider.

"SCREEECH!" The spider shrieked, halting abruptly, as the paper fell over its head.

While it was blinded, Calvin dove into the crack between his toy truck and his Moby Dick book Mom had got him.

He fell for three inches, and fell onto a small stretch of floor.

The spider screeched, and ripped the paper apart.

Calvin stood under the crack.

Light poured in from it.

Calvin watched as the spider crossed the crack without noticing him.

Then, he let the air hiss out of his lungs.

He looked down.

Hobbes was staring at him.

Calvin's eyes bulged.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING DOWN HERE!" He screamed. "Two minutes ago you were over on the other side of room! How long have you been here!"

"One minute fifty two seconds." Hobbes said.

"How do you do that!" Calvin demanded, throwing his arms into the air.

"Well, if I told you, you wouldn't not know it anymore. And if you don't not not know it, then I can't know how to know to do it properly."

Calvin stared at him.

"What?"

"There you have it."

Seconds past as Calvin stared into Hobbes' eyes.

He couldn't find words to describe how he felt at that moment.

Nor could he find words to express to Hobbes.

So, he just decided to say nothing.

He sat down on the floor and sighed.

"This is hopeless!" He yelled. "How are we going to get out of this one."

"Perhaps the same way we got out of all these other death trips." Hobbes suggested.

"What was that?"

"Panic, and scream for our mommies." Hobbes said.

"Better then nothing."

Calvin and Hobbes threw their heads back, and screamed, "MOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMY!"


Rupert, Earl, and the crew flew down the stairs, and into the kitchen.

There, they found the door closed, and the hole in the door covered up.

No problem there.

Rupert whipped his ray gun out, and burned a hole through the weak cardboard, and he, Earl, and the other aliens zoomed outside.

Mom was looking for Calvin, so she didn't notice it.

Rupert and Earl started to round the house, to go up to Calvin's bedroom room window.

However, something stopped them.

All at once, Rupert, Earl, and the crew began picking up a high pitched whining sound.

The aliens all looked around.

Whoops.

Have we ever discussed mosquitos?

I'm sure that anyone in their right mind hates mosquitos. The high pitched sound they make, the way they spiral around in circles so you can never kill them, and as an added bonus, THEY SUCK BLOOD!

I mean for crying out loud, I'd rather face off with a black widow spider than a mosquito!

Plus, this was the middle of summer when the mosquitos population was at its worse so...

A giant, ugly blood filled mosquito began flying towards the shrunk aliens.

"HEY!" Rupert screamed. "GET OUT OF HERE! GO GET TRAPPED IN SOME AMBER!"

The mosquito kept coming.

Earl pulled his ray gun out, and started blasting it at the vampire bug.

Do you know what the mosquito did then?

It dodged every last blast!

How annoying is that?

By this time, the crew had noticed that there was a giant vampire insect coming towards them.

They panicked.

And then lost control of their rockets.

The mosquito flew straight towards Rupert.

Rupert rose out of the way, and pulled his ray gun out.

ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP!

The mosquito dodged each blast, and came forthe king again, with its proboscis pointed straight at him.

Rupert dodged it, and started screaming.

"WHEN WILL THIS CHAOS STOP!"

At that very moment, a bluebird swooped down from the sky, and grabbed the mosquito in its beak.

Rupert and Earl watched it fly away.

"Gee, that was easy." Rupert said.

Earl blinked.

He turned to the lunatic crew before him, who had magically regained control of their jets.

"Why are you just floating there?" He demanded.

"We don't know."

"THEN GET UP TO CALVIN'S WINDOW!"

The aliens started flying upward again.

Rupert and Earl leading them.


Meanwhile Socrates had just exited the attic, carrying the Mega-Shrinker 5000.

"Calvin! Ho-o-o-o-o-o-obbes! Where are yo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ou?"

He checked Mom and Dad's room.

"WHOA!" He hollered. "LOOK AT EVERYTHING IN THIS ROOM!"

There was a giant queen sized bed, a dresser, a mirror, a desk with dolls on it, a chair, a TV, and so on.

Socrates' eyes shot to the Mega-Shrinker 5000.

"Hmmmm." he said. "I'll do the TV."

He rushed into the room, and pulled the shrink ray out.

ZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

ZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

ZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

ZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

Socrates began shrinking and unshrinking everything in sight.

He was obviously having a wonderful time.

"Wow!" He yelled, unshrinking the bed for the twentieth time. "Calvin has actually come up with a good idea here!"

ZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

After another two minutes, he began to get bored, again.

He decided to resume his search for the shrunk Calvin and Hobbes.

He exited the room, and continued looking.

With no luck.

Which was bad news for Calvin and Hobbes, because Rupert and Earl were getting closer to their goal of taking over the world.

Now that's a scary thought.