Calvin, Hobbes, and Klein emerged from the theater.
"Wow, what a great movie." Calvin grinned.
"Yup." Klein yawned and stretched his arms.
He checked his watch.
"Huh. 5:34 PM. I'm guessing you better get back your parents before they sue me."
"Hmm, good point." Calvin considered. "Very well, are there any hotels around here?"
"No idea."
"I hope Dad doesn't expect us to car camp."
Calvin took Hobbes' paw, and lead him out.
He looked around.
"MOM! DAD!"
"Where are they?" he asked Hobbes.
"Didn't they go on some hike?" Hobbes asked.
"Hmm, yes." Calvin said. "But I'm sure Mom would have forced him back here by now."
Calvin and Hobbes stared at each other for a long time.
Hobbes sighed.
"Go ahead." he muttered.
Calvin reached into his pocket, and pulled out his hypercube.
He reached inside it, rustled through all the junk he had in there, and finally pulled out a red CD player.
He pushed the PLAY button.
A hologram shot out of the end of the CD player, and opened up in front of them.
A message appeared on the holographic screen.
Welcome to the MTM. How may I use up a chunk of my precious battery power for you?
Calvin started pushing buttons on the MTM.
We need you to find my parents, again.
There was a moment of silence. Then the MTM answered.
AGAIN?! Can't they go on one trip without getting lost?
Calvin pushed more buttons.
Nope.
There was another moment of silence.
OK, I'll look for them, but I want you to take that stupid self destruct chip out of me.
Hobbes stared at Calvin.
"You put a self destruct chip in your MTM?" He demanded.
"Safety reasons." Calvin sniffed. "You can never be too careful."
None the less Calvin agreed to take the chip out, under the influence of both the MTM and Hobbes.
Calvin and Hobbes stared at the holographic screen.
Searching...
Then, the screen went blank for a second.
Specified persons located
Then, the screen changed, showing a map of the United States.
It zoomed in on Arizona, then the Grand Canyon, then it zoomed in more.
Calvin and Hobbes stared at the map.
"Of course." Calvin said, completely unsurprised.
Meanwhile, back at the house, Socrates, Andy, and Sherman were still watching TV.
They all had bored expressions on their faces.
Just then, The Twilight Zone went to static.
"OHH!" Socrates moaned. "The guy on the airplane was about to shoot the gremlin on the wing!"
"What's going on, now?" Andy sighed, looking around.
He turned and looked out the window.
He stared at the window for a long time.
"Uh, Socrates?"
"Yalp?"
"Would you look out the window?"
"Sure. It's a lovely view."
Socrates turned, and stared at the window.
Sherman, wondering what all the fuss was climbed onto the arm rest on the couch, and stared out the window along with Andy and Socrates.
His mouth dropped open.
There, standing in front of the window was Retro.
Yep, Mr poofy hair himself.
He had a wide grin, and was holding the cable wire.
"Hey!" Socrates yelled. "We were watching that!"
"What are you doing here!" Andy demanded. "You're supposed to be trapped on Galixoid and Nebular's planet!"
"I am." Retro growled. "I have managed to find the technology I need, and made a holographic version of myself!"
There was a moment of silence.
Socrates, Andy, and Sherman stared at him.
"So... you're a hologram?" Socrates asked.
"Yes." Retro chuckled. "And since you can't stop a hologram! Nothing is stopping me from remodeling the Imaginator, escaping, and taking over the world! HA HA!"
There was another moment of silence.
Socrates began looking bored.
"How are you going to take over the world, if you're just light that passes through everything?" He asked.
Retro chuckled, and crossed his holographic arms.
He pulled his foot back, and kicked the TV.
It went flying into the wall, and the screen cracked.
"Thanks to the amazing technology I've gotten hold of, I've managed to make my holograms seem quite solid."
Socrates, Andy, and Sherman's eyes popped open.
Retro turned back to them.
"And technically, lasers are light, too, so..."
Retro pulled a ray gun out of his pocket, and aimed it at Andy, Socrates, and Sherman.
"You should run, now." He said.
ZOOM!
There was a high gust of wind, and Andy, Sherman, and Socrates vanished.
"HA HA HA!" Hologram Retro yelled, firing his laser in all directions, frying everything in sight.
Calvin and Hobbes at the map.
"Distance measurement." Calvin said.
The screen went blank for a second.
Then a number came up.
9.8 miles
There was a moment of silence.
"They hiked ten miles in three hours?" Calvin demanded.
"I feel sorry for your mother." Hobbes said.
"There is no way we'll be able to get there, and save them on time."
Then his eyes blanked out.
"Time. Hmm, that gives me an idea.
Calvin reached into his pocket, again, and pulled out a yellow, round object with a red star shaped button on top.
Hobbes' eyes slammed shut.
"Can't we go through one episode without using one of your death trap creations?!"
"Sure. We went through Episode 1 without my inventions."
"That was the pilot episode. And it stunk too."
"It stunk because none of my inventions were in it. Now come on. We're wasting precious, halted, none moving time!"
Calvin grabbed Hobbes' arm, and pushed the button.
BOOM!
A white wave of energy emitted from Calvin and Hobbes and spread across the planet. Time had stopped.
Hobbes opened one eye.
"Are we dead?" He asked.
"You're hilarious." Calvin growled, digging through his hypercube.
He shoved a chrome disk to Hobbes' hands.
Hobbes looked down at it.
"A Time Disk?" He asked.
"Yes. That way we can begin and stop time without having to be right next to each other."
"Very well."
Hobbes put the Time disk into a little fur "pocket".
"This is going to be a long hike." Hobbes sighed.
Socrates, Andy and Sherman were hiding under Calvin's bed while Holographic Retro rampaged through the house, destroying things as he went.
"Well, any ideas?" Andy asked.
"Solid holograms. What will they think of next?" Socrates sighed.
Suddenly, the door burst open, and there stood Retro, holding a laser gun in each hand.
"AH HA!" He yelled staring down under Calvin's bed. "I have you now!"
"Nobody here but us dust bunnies." Socrates said.
Retro flung the bed away, and pointed a ray gun at Socrates, Andy, and Sherman.
"Say goodbye!" He yelled.
He fired.
The two heros... and Sherman all covered their heads.
A laser shot out of the gun, and went for...
Hmmm...
It didn't appear to be hitting them.
Socrates looked up, and saw that the laser beam had stopped in mid air, and was hovering in front of them.
He grinned.
"What the... What's going on!" Retro demanded.
Retro pulled the ray back, and put his holographic hand forward.
He came to an invisible wall, and his hand stopped.
"Say you could get a career as a mime." Andy said.
Retro took two steps back, then rammed his holographic self into the invisible barrier.
Then his eyes lit up.
"I know what's wrong! My projector doesn't work this far. I need to get it, and bring it closer."
Retro backed up towards the door.
"Don't go anywh..."
Just then Retro saw Socrates stand in away from the bed, in perfect reach of Retro.
He was grinning.
Holographic Retro made a dive for him.
Socrates stood back, and Retro crashed into the field.
He rubbed his head, and glared at Socrates.
"You're going to pay for that, cat!"
Retro whipped out his lasers, and began firing at Socrates.
Socrates stood there, with a wide grin on his face, and his arms crossed.
The lasers hit the barrier, and didn't do any damage to Socrates.
"I have my foot inside." Socrates said. "Hurry, and maybe you get it."
Retro looked down.
Socrates foot was right in front of him.
He lifted his foot, and brought it down hard.
Socrates jerked his foot back.
STOMP!
Retro growled angrily.
He punched the field several times, trying to get to Socrates.
By this time, Andy and Sherman had come out.
"What are you doing?!" Sherman yelled.
"Playing with the victim." Socrates said.
Andy looked around.
He knew Retro was distracted so he wouldn't notice him.
Andy put Sherman in his pocket, and picked up the Mega-Shrinker 5000, which Hobbes had purposely forgot to bring.
Andy picked the shrink ray up, and plugged the jack into a radio.
The neck shot out, and the end began glowing.
Andy had never used the Mega-Shrinker before so he was a little nervous.
Sherman noticed.
"Uh... Andy? What are you doing?"
Andy cocked the shrinker, and pointed it at Holographic Retro.
He pushed the button.
ZEEEEEAP!
A blast of electricity shot out, and collided with Hologram Retro.
"HEY!" Retro yelled.
The hologram began; to flicker and get faint.
"NOOOOO!" Retro yelled. "My hologram! Look what you've done! Do you know how long it took me to make this thing!!"
"Five minutes?" Socrates.
"Yes." Retro said.
The hologram started to go out, as electricity flew all around it.
"You'll pay for this!" He yelled. "I WILL HAVE MY VENGEANCE!"
And with that, Retro disappeared.
Socrates grinned.
"That's better. Now let's go rehook the TV up. Maybe we can catch the ending."
And so, Socrates, Andy, and Sherman went downstairs to the TV, again.
Meanwhile, Calvin and Hobbes still hadn't taken off.
Calvin was still rooting through his hypercube.
"One last thing..." he said to himself.
He pulled put a cardboard box.
Hobbes' eyes crossed.
Calvin noticed.
"What's wrong with you?" He asked.
"I've seen three different inventions in the same minute." Hobbes said.
"Har har. Just get in, and go reeeeeaaaaaal slow."
Hobbes reluctantly got in.
Calvin pushed the Full Blast button, and turned a dial up as far as it would go.
ZOOM!
Calvin and Hobbes rocketed down the Grand Canyon.
"I hate it when you get sarcastic." Hobbes growled.
Calvin ignored him.
For a while, Calvin and Hobbes just rode along the edge of the Grand Canyon.
That was OK, for a while, but then, Calvin began to get bored.
His eyes drifted downward, into the canyon.
His eyes then went to Hobbes who was holding his stomach, and trying not to barf.
That was good enough for him.
VRROOOM!
Calvin jerked the wheel to the left, and made a nose dive into the canyon.
Hobbes began screaming.
Calvin jerked the wheel up just in time, and then began skimming the bottom of the canyon at 85 mph, dodging rocks, bushes, and boulders as he went.
Hobbes covered his eyes.
Then Calvin jerked the wheel upward, and began flying sideways, along the wall of the canyon.
"Calvin, are you trying to make me sick?!"
"Not really. Just doing it for the fun of it."
Hobbes groaned.
Calvin continued flying.
"How do you think Andy, Sherman and Socrates are doing?" Calvin asked.
"WOULD YOU PLEASE SLOW DOWN!" Hobbes shouted.
Calvin slammed on the brakes.
Hobbes went flying out of the machine.
"AAAAAAA!" He yelled, before crashing into the red dust.
Calvin grinned.
"Thank goodness for seatbelts." He said.
Hobbes stood up, and was about to strangle Calvin when suddenly, little pebbles fell on his head.
He looked up.
THERE THEY WERE! Mom and Dad were hanging on for dear life onto a cliff.
Hobbes stared upward.
"uh, Calvin?" He asked. "I just found your parents." Calvin's eyes drifted upward.
He landed the box.
"Well, what do you know? There they are! I found them!"
Hobbes' brow furrowed.
He looked up at them.
"But how are we going to get them down?" He asked.
Calvin's eyes blanked out.
"Uhhh…. Let me think about that."
Meanwhile, Socrates, Andy, and Sherman were watching TV, again.
This time they had found a Jimmy Neutron marathon and they were watching that.
They would have been content to just sit there for the rest of the episode.
But that wouldn't be actiony, now would it? Suddenly, there was a loud humming sound coming from outside, and a bunch of yellow lights shown through the window, casting shadows everywhere.
Socrates sighed.
"It's those three doofuses, again." He sighed. "I'll be right back." Socrates stood up, and walked outside.
An escalator came down, and Socrates saw the silhouettes of two aliens coming out.
"I already told you guys that Earth isn't for sale!" Socrates said, standing at the base of the escalator, now go home, and tell Rupert to go stick his head in a lawn mower!"
Andy and Sherman remained seated, watching the television.
Just then the door opened.
"Andy? Sherman?" Socrates asked. "Would you come here a second?"
"Sure." Andy said.
"Whatever." Sherman muttered.
Andy picked Sherman up, and carried him over to the front door.
He opened it up.
Immediately, two humming rays guns were pointed at their heads.
Rupert and Earl stood in the doorway.
Earl was holding Socrates by the scruff of the neck.
Earl's crew was behind them being they're usual simple selves.
"When Dave, Lenny and Biff got back to Zok, they told us that you gave them peanut butter milkshakes, and told them Earth wasn't up for sale." Rupert growled.
"Thanks a lot for ruining our day off!" Earl added.
Rupert and Earl began firing the ray guns.
Andy and Sherman screamed, and rushed away.
Rupert and Earl stepped into the house, firing their ray guns at Andy and Sherman.
Socrates hit the switch blade in his claws, and swiped at Earl.
He screeched with pain, and dropped Socrates on the ground.
Socrates then leaped up, and faced Rupert and Earl.
They glared at him, and lifted their ray guns.
Socrates maneuvered past Rupert and Earl's blasts, and finally pounced on Earl.
Earl went flying outside, and landed on the grass.
Socrates and did a back flip, and landed in front of Earl.
Dave, Erne, and Alex all held up white cards.
They all had a red 10 on them.
Socrates began bowing left and right.
Rupert spun around, and began firing at Socrates.
"NO!" Earl yelled. "I'll take care of kitty kitty, here. You get the boy!"
Rupert lowered his ray gun, then rushed into the house.
Earl stood up, and pulled a black sphere out of his pocket.
He tossed it at Socrates.
It landed next to him.
Socrates stared at it.
BOOM!
Grey smoke went up, Socrates began coughing.
Earl aimed his ray gun, and fired it.
ZAP!
Socrates went roaring backward into the wall.
"This might take some time." He muttered to himself.
Meanwhile, Calvin was still thinking about what he was going to do about Mom and Dad.
They hadn't seen him yet, so they didn't know he was there, thinking about what to do next.
Then he snapped his fingers.
"I've got it!" he said.
Hobbes woke with a start.
"What do you got?!" he shouted, still half asleep.
"I know how we're going to save Mom and Dad." Calvin said.
Hobbes' eyes came into focus, and he stared at Calvin.
"What?"
"Just listen." Calvin said. "we're going to go back to the visitor's center, get Klein and come back, and get my parents."
Hobbes stared at Calvin.
"You really had to do a lot of thinking to get that one." he said.
"Yeah, just get into the box."
Calvin and Hobbes climbed into the box.
Calvin pushed a button, and they began to rise into the air.
The dust began to fly as Calvin began setting gears, and then blasted off towards the visitor's center.
Rupert crept through the house, ray gun in his tentacle, ready to fire.
He tore the door off the hall closet, and looked inside.
They weren't there.
Rupert then tore the door off Mom and Dad's room.
He slithered in, and kicked the bed over.
Andy and Sherman were laying there, staring up at Rupert.
"'bout time you found us." Andy muttered.
Rupert aimed his ray gun, and began firing.
Andy and Sherman leaped up, dodging each blast as it made black burns on the floor and wall.
Hoo boy.
Andy rushed out of the room with Sherman.
Rupert stood in the doorway firing like mad.
Andy and Sherman dove into Calvin's room.
Rupert growled, dangerously.
"And to think I could be at the Lava Spa right now." He muttered, slithering towards the door.
Earl continued firing blasts of fire at Socrates, who was able to dodge each one.
"HOLD STILL!" Earl screamed.
Earl's crew watched the action unfold.
"Do you think we should help?" Dave asked.
"What?" Erne asked.
Dave's eyes blanked out.
"I can't remember what I said."
"Darn."
And so they continued to just watch.
Earl attacked Socrates again.
Socrates ducked, and the blast hit the side of the house, leaving a charred mark.
Socrates stood back up.
"I've seen blind people with better aim than you, bud!"
Earl continued firing.
Socrates ducked and dodged each one.
"Is that the best you can do?!" Socrates laughed. "Calvin is more careful in his aiming than you…. OOOF!"
Suddenly one of the blasts hit Socrates in the chest, sending him crashing into the door.
His eyes popped.
He stood up, and brushed himself off.
"Even a blind mouse finds a piece of cheese once in a while, pal!" "
You just never stop, do you?" Earl growled, continuing to send blast after blast at Socrates.
"Nope. Never do."
Socrates lifted up, and balanced on one front paw while three blasts hit the door.
Then Socrates started spinning, continuing to dodge the ray blasts.
At last, Calvin and Hobbes reached the building where Klein was watching TV.
Calvin leaped out, and rushed towards the door. Hobbes jumped out, and followed.
Suddenly, Calvin screeched to a stop in front of the door.
And Hobbes ran into him.
CRASH!
Calvin picked himself off the ground, and glared at daggers at Hobbes.
"Why do you always do that!" he yelled.
"What?!" Hobbes asked, defensively.
"Every time I stop you run into me! It drives me nuts!"
"Sorry."
"So cut it out!"
"Sure."
Calvin turned around.
"Why did you stop?" Hobbes asked.
"I'm thinking." Calvin said.
His eyes went from the door, to Hobbes, to the Time Machine, then back to the door.
Then his eyes drifted over to something else on his right.
His eyes brightened, and a wide grin spread across his face.
Hobbes turned around to see what Calvin was looking at.
His shoulders drooped.
"Oh no." He sighed.
Calvin put the Time Machine back into his hypercube, and lead Hobbes over to a massive mobile crane, sitting a few feet from the parking lot.
Calvin and Hobbes climbed into it.
"Hot dog! They left the keys!" Calvin said, sitting down in front of the controls.
"Calvin do you have any idea how to work this thing?" Hobbes asked, climbing in.
Calvin's eyes blanked out.
"Not a clue. But that's the fun part!"
"Help me." Hobbes sighed, burying his face into his paws.
Calvin turned the key.
VROOOOOOOM!
"AAAAAAAHHHH!" Calvin and Hobbes screamed, as the machine lurched forward.
They were heading right towards the cabin where Klein was.
"We're going to destroy it!" Hobbes wailed.
Calvin wrestled with the controls, until it finally turned and headed towards the edge of the canyon.
Klein, who was inside watching a movie, ignored the earthquake, and the sudden screams emitting from outside.
"They can handle it." He said.
Calvin was now heading towards the edge of the cliff.
Hobbes had his paws over his eyes, and he was screaming.
Calvin jerked the wheel to the right, and the crane turned, and started towards Mom and Dad.
Calvin spent the first three miles trying to keep the crane going in straight line.
And several times he almost fell off the ledge.
It was a long ride for Hobbes, and afterward, he had found a new respect for Calvin's box.
Meanwhile, Socrates, Andy and Sherman were still battling Rupert and Earl.
Half the house was destroyed, and Rupert was now complaining that pieces of sawdust was falling on him.
He peeked around the corner, and saw Andy and Sherman.
Andy was prepared, though.
He was holding the Mega-Shrinker 5000.
As soon as Rupert's head appeared, Andy shouted, "FIRE!" and fired it at him.
Rupert gasped, and ducked, and the blast shot out the window, and shrunk a tree.
Rupert looked up, stared at the broken window, then stared at Andy.
Andy cocked the shrink ray, again.
"That was completely unexpected." He said.
There was a moment of silence.
"You should run now." Sherman said.
Rupert picked himself off the floor, then darted away.
Andy ran after him, firing blast after blast at Rupert.
Rupert burst out the door, and met up with Earl, who was still trying to get a fix on Socrates.
Rupert whispered into Earl's ear.
"He has that shrink ray."
Earl's eyes popped open.
"Oh, that wasn't expected."
"I know."
Socrates, who was standing on his head, stared at Rupert and Earl talking to each other.
"HEY!" He yelled, standing up. "Why'd you stop? I was just getting started! Give me your best shot, you freaks!"
Earl held up his ray gun, and fired it.
A green gel shot out, and warped itself around Socrates' mouth.
Suddenly, Andy appeared at the doorway, holding the Mega-Shrinker 5000.
Rupert and Earl stared at it, and then turned around.
"Ok, men." Earl said. "We have a slight change in plans. Get onto the ship, for free milkshakes."
There was a moment of silence.
"Are they peanut butter?" Asked Erne.
Earl sighed.
"Yes," He growled.
ZOOM!
Immediately the crew vanished onto the ship.
Rupert and Earl rushed on, too.
On the way in, Earl turned for his parting words to Earth.
"We'll be back, you obsolete jerks!"
And with that, he pulled the escalator up, and started the ship's engines up.
Socrates and Andy watched as Rupert and Earl's ship lifted off the ground, and blasted off into the sky.
The band on Socrates' mouth vanished.
He felt his mouth in several places, to make sure it was in tact
He grinned.
"Well, that was easy." He said, turning to Andy.
"Yeah..." Andy said, "but they did a lot of damage."
Socrates waved Andy's words off.
"Bah! Nonsense! The house looks great!"
Suddenly, one of the rafter's on the ceiling broke, and fell to the ground.
CRASH!
Dust went up, and engulfed Socrates, Andy, and Sherman.
When it cleared, Sherman was coughing and sputtering and fanning the air with his paw.
"Always good to have a positive person around." He said, glaring at Socrates.
Socrates was rubbing his chin.
"Hmm, maybe we should do a little cleaning up."
There was a moment of silence.
"I mean, after Spongebob is over." He added.
"Right." Andy said. "I mean, it doesn't need to be done, right away."
Andy, Sherman, and Socrates walked into the house.
"Would you close the door, Socrates?" Andy asked. "There's a bit of a draft."
"Can't." Socrates said, sitting down on the scorched couch. "Rupert and Earl burned it down."
Ho boy.
Mom and Dad hung, precariously, on the cliff.
"I can't believe you talked me into doing this." Mom growled. "Now look! You have me stranded on some rock sticking out of the Grand Canyon."
Dad blinked.
"Well, on the one side, think of all the character we're building." He said.
"Nice to know you're worried about our situation." Mom growled.
There was a moment of silence.
The ground started shaking.
"What is that!" Dad shouted over the noise.
"I don't know!" Mom yelled. "I hope it isn't an Earthquake!"
Rocks and dirt fell off the side of the canyon, as the noise grew louder and louder.
Then, just as suddenly as it began, the noise stopped, and the ground stopped shaking.
There was a moment of silence.
"Oo-kay." Mom said.
Suddenly, Calvin's head appeared over the ledge of the canyon.
"Hi mom, hi Dad." he said, casually.
Mom and Dad looked up.
"CALVIN!" They both yelled.
"Yes?"
"What are you doing here?!" Dad demanded.
Calvin stared at them.
"I'm rescuing you! Or were you enjoying the view?"
There was a moment of silence.
"Uh, no, go ahead, and save us." Mom said.
"Very well."
Calvin's head vanished.
There was another pause.
Then, the ground started shaking again, and the sound of an engine roared to life.
Mom and Dad exchanged glances.
Suddenly, a large crane appeared over the ledge.
Calvin stopped the crane, and began to lower it.
"Man I learned how to do this thing fast!" He chuckled.
"That's because you've pushed every single button on the panel." Hobbes sighed, holding his stomach.
Calvin stared at him for a moment, then continued to lower the crane.
Mom and Dad stared in amazement.
"CALVIN!" Mom shouted. "Where did you get this thing?!"
"Internet. Hold still." Calvin replied.
Calvin paused.
"Hmmm, what am I going to do to save them?" He asked himself.
He jumped out of the crane, and looked down.
The crane was hanging right above Mom and Dad's head.
Calvin rubbed his head in thought.
Then, he snapped his fingers.
"Hey, Hobbes! C'mere!"
Hobbes climbed off of the crane, and walked over to Calvin.
"What?" He sighed.
"I have a plan." Calvin said. "You stay here, and tell me where to put the crane, and I'll try and pick them up by the scruff of their shirts."
"Uh huh" Hobbes said.
Calvin rushed onto the crane, and began pulling the levers.
Hobbes stood on the edge, watching, silently.
Calvin waited for Hobbes to say something.
When he didn't, Calvin assumed he was in the clear, and pushed the CLOSE button.
The sound of rocks crumbling reached Calvin's ears, and Mom and Dad screamed, "CALVIN! YOU'RE TEARING OUR CLIFF UP!"
Calvin rushed over to the edge with Hobbes, and looked down.
The crane had hold of a chunk of rock, and was about to send Mom and Dad hurling into the depths of the canyon.
Calvin glared at Hobbes.
"Thanks for telling me what to do, Hobbes. I really appreciate the help."
Hobbes blinked.
Calvin rushed back onto the crane.
"This time I want some directions, Hobbes!" He called.
He pushed the OPEN button, and the cran released the chunk of rocks, sending them flying to the ground.
Hobbes continued to watch.
Calvin pushed the crane backward, and waited for Hobbes to say something.
"Well!" He called. "Do I have them?"
Hobbes waved him off.
Calvin grunted, and pushed the CLOSE button.
The crane shut.
Calvin pushed the lift button.
VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Slowly, the crane lifted upward.
When it was in sight, he saw that Mom and Dad were both hanging onto the crane for dear life.
Calvin pulled a lever back, and the mobile crane backed up.
He then pulled the emergency brake, and pushed the OPEN button.
Mom and Dad fell to the ground.
Calvin leaped out of the crane, and rushed over.
"So, how's tricks?" He asked.
Mom and Dad glared at him.
It wasn't long before Mom and Dad were ready to go.
Uhhh...
Check that.
MOM was ready to go. Dad was complaining about not being able to walk the whole canyon in one day.
Uh huh.
Anyways after that, Calvin gave Klein his goodbye.
"Well, see ya later, Klein." He said.
"See ya." Klein said, waving.
It was a nice little goodbye.
Um..
Well it was little.
After that, Calvin got into the car, and Dad started the car up.
It was about a day later when Mom and Dad got back to familiar territory.
But when they pulled up into they're drive, they noticed that something was amiss.
Uh oh.
Calvin and Hobbes got out of the car, and stared at it in horror.
Andy, Socrates, and Sherman were standing in the doorway.
"What have you done!" Calvin yelled.
He rushed over to the side out the house, and jabbed at the wall.
Andy, Socrates, and Sherman looked over.
"You scratched some paint off of the house!" he hollered. "Do you have any idea how long it took Dad to paint this place?!"
Andy, Sherman, and Socrates shook their heads.
"Well, neither do I." Calvin said.
He and Hobbes stood back, and examined the house.
It was no longer in it's horrid broken down shape.
In the day that they had, Socrates, Andy, and Sherman had replaced all the windows, put the door back up, put duplicates of the furniture up, had some electrician come over and fix the wiring, fixed the TV, nailed up all the holes in the floor, walls, and ceiling, and found the remote control sitting on the desk the whole time.
Calvin tapped his chin.
"Well, I guess the house is in pretty good shape." He said. "Don't you agree, Hobbes?"
"I suppose so." Hobbes said, his attention wandering.
Calvin turned to Andy, Sherman, and Socrates.
"Well, overall you did a great job keeping the house in it's wonderful shape.
Andy, Sherman, and Socrates exchanged glances.
"Uhhh... yeah, sure." Socrates said.
"Yeah, we worked hard." Andy added.
"Yeeeeaaaaaah." Sherman said.
Calvin eyed the three suspiciously, as Mom and Dad walked into the house with some luggage.
"Are there some parts of this story I haven't heard yet?" He asked.
"Yep." Socrates nodded.
"But you won't find out about it, today." Andy said.
"Or tomorrow." Socrates said.
"And probably not this month." Sherman grumbled.
Calvin stared at Socrates, Andy and Sherman for a second, shrugged, gathered up his hypercube, and he and Hobbes walked into the house.
Andy, Sherman and Socrates sighed, said they're goodbyes, and walked home.
They all sincerely hoped that Calvin wasn't going on another trip any time soon.
The End
Voice work:
Pamela Segal Aldon: Calvin
Tom Hanks: Hobbes / Erne the Alien
Jennifer Love Hewitt: Mom
Bill Murray: Dad / Biff the Alien
Robert Klein: Klein
Ryan Stiles: Socrates
Eric Roberts: Rupert Chill
Tom Kenny: Earl / Lenny the alien
Jim Carrey: Dave the Alien
Andrew Lawrence: Andy
Colin Mochrie: Sherman
Kurtwood Smith: Holographic Retro
Neil Crone: Dr Brainstorm
Michael Brandon: Jack
Dee Bradley Baker: Miscellaneous voice work
Coming up next: Super Calvin