Calvin and Hobbes flew out of the time stream and landed in a place that looked a lot different than the usual places they'd been before.

For one thing, it looked a lot cleaner.

And there was a shortage of lizards, which Hobbes was thankful for.

"Okay, according to the Time Machine, Andy is located about half a mile from here," said Calvin.

"Uh-huh," said Hobbes.

Then Hobbes glanced over the side of the Time Machine.

He saw a gathering of people.

"Hey, maybe we can get directions from those people down there," he suggested.

Calvin looked down and saw them.

"Why don't we just use the Time Machine to guide us there?"

"Because I feel safer with something that actually gets things done," Hobbes replied.

Calvin glared at him.

But he steered downwards anyway.

They landed the box just in front of the group of men on horses.

They were all covered in metal.

I guess they were knights.

Calvin walked forward.

"Excuse me?" he said calmly.

One of the knights looked down.

"What doth thou want, young lad?" he asked.

Calvin stared.

Then he realized what had been asked.

"Huh? OH! I am Calvin, and I am on the lookout for my friend Andy. He's a kid a little taller than me, and he wears a red shirt with the number nineteen on it, and he has brown hair. Have ya seen him around these parts?"

"I hath not seen such a boy," replied the knight. "Perhaps thou might…"

Then the knight saw Hobbes.

Hobbes was sitting in the box, reclining and reading a comic book.

"That feline!" gasped the knight. "Look at him. He doth read multi-colored reading material, and he hath thumbs that can hold!"

Hobbes looked up.

He stared at the knights.

Then he looked around to see what the heck they were looking at.

Then he looked at them again.

"Oh, are you talking about me?" he asked.

The knights gasped.

"THE BEAST SPEAKS! WITCHERY, NO DOUBT!"

"Huh?" asked Hobbes.

"ATTACK, FELLOW KNIGHTS!" shouted the knight.

The horses charged at Hobbes.

"YIKES!" Hobbes shouted. "I DON'T WANNA MEET A KNIGHT ANYMORE!"

Calvin dove into the Time Machine and took to the sky with it.

"Phew!" said Calvin. "I think we're out of range for their swords!"

Suddenly, a sword stuck through the bottom of the Time Machine.

Calvin and Hobbes jumped aside.

Hobbes glared at Calvin.

"Well, I said 'I think'," Calvin said angrily.

Suddenly, the Time Machine sputtered and screamed and tumbled to the ground.

It crashed to the ground.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!" screamed Calvin and Hobbes.

CRASH!

The knights and their horses stood over them.

Calvin stared.

"Ummm…," said Calvin, "…anyone here ever heard of Captain Napalm?"

Apparently not.

Calvin and Hobbes hung in the dungeon by chains now.

"'Hey, Calvin! Let's go talk to da peoples down there! Maybe they know where Andy is!'" Calvin said bitterly. "Bah! You could've just trusted the Time Machine, and but no! You had to trust the natives! Typical."

Hobbes growled at Calvin.

"Are you through yelling yet?" he asked calmly.

Calvin thought for a moment.

"Well, if I knew any swear words, then I'd go on for about five more hours, but since I don't, then yes, I am done."

"Good. Now let's bust out of here."

Hobbes took out a single claw, and then poked the lock holding him into place until it opened, and then he was able to open all the other locks that held him and Calvin to the wall.

"All right," Calvin said. "First, we need to get the Time Machine working again."

The Time Machine had been tossed aside in the corner.

Calvin crawled into it, and then he pulled out the hypercube.

He pulled out a roll of duct tape, and then taped over the hole that the sword had put in it.

"There! All fixed."

Hobbes rolled his eyes.

Calvin started typing in the search for Andy.

As he was waiting, Hobbes spoke.

"Look, Calvin, I don't really blame you for this," he said. "I guess when I blamed you, it was just the heat of the moment."

"Ah, don't sweat it," said Calvin. "If there's one thing we can agree on, it's that Sherman is the smartest yet dumbest hamster we've ever met."

"Indeed."

Suddenly, the Time Machine started to beep.

Calvin looked at the screen.

"Okay, Andy is on the premises. We just need to get to him somehow."

"Where is he exactly?" asked Hobbes.

"Somewhere on the top floor of this castle," Calvin said, reading the description. "The place has no stairs, so it may be challenging."

"How? This box can fly."

Calvin looked at the box.

"Huh. Forgot about that. Okay, let's go."

Hobbes jumped into the Time Machine.

Then, Calvin hit a button, and the Time Machine shot towards the door and then hovered so that Calvin could see through the barred window.

There was a guard with a hood on standing there.

It was a good thing the Time Machine doesn't make any noise.

They'd have been toast.

Calvin pulled out his Time Pauser and pressed the button.

BOOM!

Time came to a sudden and unexpected stop.

Calvin, Hobbes and the Time Machine floated there.

Then Hobbes used his claw to unlock the dungeon door.

They opened the door, threw garbage at the guard, and then carried on.

Once they had passed all the knights in shining armor, they came do a door and ducked inside.

They saw that it was empty, but the room was huge.

It has round, and it went straight up.

And wouldn't you know it?

On the ceiling, there was a door.

Calvin decided this was a good time to unpause time.

BOOM!

Time started up again.

Calvin and Hobbes sailed up to the door on the ceiling and knocked on it.

"ANDY!" Calvin shouted. "YOU IN THERE?"

"Huh?" said a voice. "Oh, yeah, hang on a minute."

Andy opened the door and let Calvin and Hobbes in.

"Hey, Calvin. Hey, Hobbes," said Andy, acting as though nothing major had happened. "You guys gotta check out this view! It's a beauty!"

Calvin and Hobbes looked out the window for a second and admired it.

Then they realized why they had come here to begin with.

"Andy, how the heck did you get here?" Calvin demanded.

"The time vortex opened up at the window and spit me out here. I've been waiting for you to show up," said Andy. "Oh, and you found Hobbes, too! Good for you."

Hobbes sighed.

"What do you plan to do to Sherman when we get him back?" asked Hobbes.

"You actually plan to get him back?" Andy asked, looking shocked.

Now get this.

Calvin and Hobbes actually nodded.

You would've thought they'd think about this for a while, but no!

"In our own unique way, Sherman is our friend," said Calvin. "Besides, I don't like the idea of being the shortest in the group."

"We're not going to get him next, are we?" asked Hobbes.

"Nah, we're going to get Socrates back next," said Calvin, climbing into the Time Machine.

Hobbes and Andy got in with him.

They all put on their goggles.

"Okay," said Calvin. "Let's see… Where is Socrates?"

Calvin looked at the screen in the Time Machine.

"Ah!" he said. "He's in the Old West. An old dusty place called Tire Flats. It's nice and peaceful with no desperados or bandits, so it shouldn't be too bad, okay, Hobbes?"

"Fine," said Hobbes, breathing a sigh of relief.

"Good, now let's go save Socrates," said Calvin.

"You're actually willing to save Socrates too?" Andy asked. "You hate him."

"Yes, I do," said Calvin. "But I hate him less than I hate Sherman, so let's go."

And with that, Calvin, Hobbes and Andy took to the sky.

Unfortunately, they were spotted, and at that moment, spears were soon being thrown at them.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" they screamed.

Calvin decided maybe he should just skip being dramatic and lazy, and just opened up a time vortex.

Better safe than sorry.

"OFF TO THE OLD WEST!" he shouted.

The Time Machine flew into the vortex, and the vortex imploded just as a spear flew through the air at them.