Summary: After Dr Brainstorm discovers an 'EVIL' on / off switch on Jack, he flips it, and turns Jack into a viscous predator.

And now back to Calvin and Hobbes: The Series
Written by Garfieldodie and Swing123

62 Percent More Evil

It was a day of doing absolutely nothing at Yellowstone National Park.

While on the surface, people were communicating and enjoying themselves, about mile below the ground, Jack T Robot was just sitting around ignoring the world and enjoying himself.

So far, he had ignored everything that Dr Brainstorm had told him to do.

Right now, he was sitting in a comfy chair and watching television.

Dr Brainstorm entered from behind and glared down at him from behind the chair.

"And just what are you doing?" he demanded, clearly annoyed.

"Eh, just watching Colin take another bald joke," Jack replied in a bored tone. "And what of yourself?"

"I've nearly completed work on my latest invention," Brainstorm snorted, holding up a compact metallic device with a blue button on it. "I'll bet you're wondering what it does!"

"You wanna place a wager?" Jack asked.

Brainstorm paused.

"Uh, sure. How much?"

"Ten bucks."

"Deal!"

There was a pause.

"Are you wondering what my invention does?" Brainstorm asked at last.

"No. I win."

Dr Brainstorm growled and handed Jack the money.

Jack took it and resumed watching the show.

"Anyway, I'm currently testing out my new heat-seeker! It focuses on carbon-based life forms and destroys them! It's GENIUS!" he said, punching the air with his fist.

"So…wouldn't it destroy you?" Jack asked.

Brainstorm put his arm down and stared at him.

"Huh?" he asked.

"Well, aren't you a carbon-based life form?"

"Um…yes."

There was a pause.

"Oh, right. WELL, THANKS A TON, JACK!! YOU'VE RUINED AN OTHERWISE GENIUS PLAN! I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY!!" Brainstorm shouted.

"Actually, I'm not," Jack said.

"OH?!WHY NOT?!"

"Because you're talking through my show!"

"OH, AM I?! OH, WELL PARDON ME!! I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT AROUND HERE! You know why? Because I PAY THE BILLS AROUND HERE!!"

Jack sighed, rubbing his temple.

"What bills?" he demanded. "We don't have to pay bills because we're not living off the government! The lab provides anything we'd ever need!"

"Oh,DETAILS! I STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT SODA YOU'RE DRINKING!!"

Jack responded by turning the volume up on the show.

"Ah-ha!" Brainstorm crowed. "Can't think of a comeback to that one! I'd showed you! I'll be in my trailer!"

And with that, Brainstorm stormed away.

"You don't have a trailer, Frank," Jack replied.

"DOCTOR BRAINSTORM!!!"

Later that day, Calvin and Hobbes were sitting in the tree house.

"This annual meeting of the greatest club in the universe, GROSS, (GET RID OF SLIMY GIRLS) is now called to order, Dictator-for-Life Calvin and President and First Tiger Hobbes presiding!" Calvin announced, putting his newspaper hat on.

"Hear, hear!" Hobbes said, putting his own hat on.

"Thank you! To kick off the meeting, Secretary Hobbes shall review the minutes from the previous meeting."

"Thank you," said Hobbes, taking out a notepad. "10:00 AM: Meeting called to order. 10:01 AM: Minutes of previous meeting read. 10:02 AM: Plans are made to ambush the enemy, Susie Derkins. 10:04 AM: President Hobbes makes innocent comment about the enemy's good looks. 10:05 AM: Dictator-for-Life Calvin presents President with possible demotion and demerits. 10:09 AM: Following Dictator-for-Life's rantings, President calls Dictator-for-Life's loyalties into question. 10:10 AM: Dictator-for-Life blows President a raspberry. 10:11 AM: President offers a more dignified approach to the situation. 10:12 AM: President makes 'kissy' noises. 10:13 AM: Private debate is held. 3:23 PM: Bandages administered. Promotions and medals are awarded to all parties. Meeting is adjourned. End of minutes."

"Excellent," said Calvin. "Now then, on to Dictator-for-Life Calvin with our game plan for the day."

Hobbes saluted, and then sat down.

"Gentlemen, today's mission is of the utmost importance," Calvin said, looking dead serious. "Today, the enemy has been seen performing an unthinkable and intolerable ceremony known as a tea party. She is holding some chocolate chip cookies captive, and they are in danger of being eaten. It is our mission to rescue these cookies and take them for our own! Do we all agree?"

"Aye!" said Hobbes, saluting.

"Very good, gentlemen," Calvin said, grinning. "We shall now initiate the mission! Let's move out!"

Calvin and Hobbes shook hands and removed their hats, quickly climbing down.

Jack had finally finished his show and was now at the fridge pulling out another can of soda.

Dr Brainstorm was in the next room, trying his hardest to perfect the compact heat-seeker.

"Stupid robot…," he was muttering as he worked, "…he thinks I can't do anything, does he?"

"Correct," Jack said, not looking up.

"He thinks he knows everything, does he?" Brainstorm continued to mutter, not noticing.

"Well, I contain a great deal of knowledge that exceeds most people I know."

"Well,I'll show him!"

"I can't wait to see it."

"I'll teach him what a true genius is!"

"You've already taught me, and I know its not you."

Dr Brainstorm whipped around in shock.

"HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING, YOU EVESDROPPER?!" he demanded.

Jack rolled his eyes.

"I don't have time for this," he muttered.

Brainstorm glared.

"Why didn't I get the evil robot I wanted instead of this lazy bum?" he grumbled.

Jack didn't hear him.

Infuriated by this, Brainstorm punched his heat-seeker hard.

This was a mistake.

Suddenly, the settings changed on the small screen.

It switched from saying "carbon-based" to "metallic".

BRZAP!

Brainstorm jumped aside and watched as the blast nailed Jack in the back of the head.

DING!

Jack was slammed into the wall, spilling soda everywhere.

Brainstorm watched the robot stand there, almost flattened into the wall.

"Whoops," he said sheepishly. "I think I'll put this away."

As Brainstorm took the ray gun away and put it in the next room, Jack continued to stand there.

Then, finally, he pulled his face out of the wall.

"Oooh…," he moaned, rubbing the back of his head.

Then he noticed one of the screws on the top of his head was now at an angle. He couldn't see it, but that particular screw was actually a switch. It read ON at the top, and OFF at the bottom. It was now switched towards ON.

Suddenly, Jack felt a little strange. The features on his face switched from bored to angry. His fingers suddenly grew sharper. His eyes became red. A ray gun suddenly popped out of his arm.

Jack looked at himself in the mirror.

"Hmmm…," he pondered. "It's nice, but it needs a beret."

Just then, there was a surge of electricity that flew through his system, and he now felt a little different.

Dr Brainstorm, who had heard some noise, went outside to see what had happened.

"Jack…?" he asked, arching an eyebrow.

Jack didn't respond. Then, his head turned. It was kind of like the Exorcist.

Brainstorm looked nervous now.

"Jack T Robot…," Jack whispered, "…is reborn."

"Huh?"

Jack suddenly let out a loud noise.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHH!!" he shrieked.

Dr Brainstorm covered his ears and stared.

Jack suddenly looked excited.

"Ooh, new voice!" he cackled. "Hello!"

Dr Brainstorm backed away.

"Listen, you filthy robot!" he ordered. "Stop this madness and settle down!"

Jack glared at him.

"Use my name…," he growled.

Brainstorm looked surprised by the new tone.

"Jack…," he said slowly. "I'm sorry about zapping your noggin."

Jack grinned.

"TOUGH!" he yelled.

Jack quickly extended his legs and took long strides across the lab.

"Man, he only uses that feature to get stuff out of the attic!" Brainstorm said, watching Jack step over him.

Jack made it to the other end of the lab and ducked into the docking hangar.

"HEY! GET BACK HERE!" Brainstorm ordered, running after him.

Once he arrived, he saw that Jack was starting up one of Brainstorm's rockets.

"JACK, GET BACK IN HERE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" he yelled over the noise.

Jack grinned evilly at him.

He revved the engine up, and prepared for the take off.

VROOOM!!!

Brainstorm leaped to his feet, and began typing into his computer.

Numbers flashed across the monitor's screen.

Suddenly sparks flew from the rocket's console, and the engine began to die.

"Oooooh, no you don't!" Jack growled.

The robot grabbed several levers and pulled them forward. Then, he slammed his fist into a big red button.

The engine started back up, again.

He turned a sinister grin onto Brainstorm.

"I'll just be taking over the universe," He said, simply. "Bye, bye!"

And with that, Jack descended into an evil laugh as the rocket ascended into the air and out into the afternoon.

Brainstorm stared at the rocket as it shot away.

"Whoops again," he muttered.

Calvin and Hobbes were once again sitting in the treehouse again, once again wearing newspaper hats and now eating cookies.

"The mission was a complete success, President and First Tiger Hobbes!" Calvin said, with his mouth full of cookies.

"What do we do when Susie tells on us for stealing her cookies and almost yanking her doll's head off?" Hobbes asked, sipping some milk.

"Hopefully by then, we'll be in a sugar rush so powerful that we'll be able to outrun Mom and Dad."

"Good plan."

As they ate, they heard a low rumbling from the sky.

Calvin looked around.

"Hobbes, do you see any clouds?" he asked.

Hobbes looked up and searched the sky.

"Uh…no," he said.

"Mm-hmmm. So…did you hear thunder?"

"Uh…I think so. I'm not sure now"

"Huh."

The rumbling came again.

They both looked up.

"That's just weird," Calvin declared.

"Not a cloud in the sky," Hobbes agreed.

The rumbling got a little louder.

"I'm beginning to suspect it's not thunder," Hobbes said.

"Why's that?"

"Well, there's a little dot in the sky that's just getting bigger and bigger."

Calvin looked.

There was a small dot in the sky coming closer and closer.

"Oh," he said. "Good point."

Suddenly, the dot became a lot bigger, and it suddenly looked more like a hotdog as it flew over them.

SHOOOM!

Calvin and Hobbes almost flew out of the treehouse.

Oddly enough, though, something landed in crate they were sitting in.

Hobbes picked it up.

"It looks like a bottle of spray-on cologne," he commented.

Hobbes sprayed it at Calvin.

SSSSSSS!

There was a pause as Calvin sat in a misty cloud.

Then he passed out.

Hobbes looked surprised.

"Calvin?" he asked.

Calvin didn't wake up.

Hobbes then stared at the can.

"Huh," he said, squinting his eyes at it.

Then he sprayed it at himself.

SSSSSSS!

After a brief pause, Hobbes also passed out.

For a while, nothing happened, but then, they were enveloped with a green beam, and they were suddenly abducted…

Back at the lab, Brainstorm was trying to make contact with Jack.

"Jack, will you just pick up?!" he shouted into the microphone. "You need to settle down and be lazy! Your joints haven't moved like this in over five years! The sudden movement could cause you to collapse into itty-bitty pieces!"

There was no reply.

Brainstorm rubbed his temples.

"That's right. I never fixed the radio in the rocket," he mumbled.

ZZAP!

Brainstorm looked over to the prison cell.

Calvin and Hobbes, who were both unconscious and wearing newspaper hats, were in it now.

"Boy, he moves fast," Brainstorm commented.

Jack flew the rocket all over the world, searching for a place to start his newfound evil life.

"The human race is so pointless," he muttered. "Everyone is screaming, fighting, taking lunch money… I think it's time for a change. World? How about a change of race?"

Jack then flew in low to a large building.

It was the UNIVERSITY OF ADVANCED ROBOTICS.

Landing the rocket on the roof, he jumped out, now wearing a trench coat, a giant hat and sunglasses. Once he had snuck inside, Jack began to search for some accomplices.

Then he spotted a small floating orb.

"Hmmm…," he said, pondering.

Back at home, Andy was playing a videogame in his living room when someone knocked on his door.

Pausing it, Andy got up and answered it.

Mom was there.

"Andy, have you seen Calvin?" she asked. "I need to yell at him."

Andy shook his head.

"I haven't seen him all day," he replied.

"Huh," said Mom. "I checked his treehouse, and all I found was the bottle of deodorant."

Mom showed him the bottle.

Andy stared at it.

"Oh, I'll take that," he said. "Thank you for stopping by. We must never have lunch together."

"Oh, well, I—"

Andy slammed the door in her face.

"Shermie?" he shouted. "I need you to look at something!"

Minutes later, Andy was waiting in Sherman's lab while Sherman ran the contents of the can through an analyzer.

"Hmmm…," Sherman said thoughtfully. "This is…interesting."

"What is it?"

"According the analyzer, this is knockout gas."

"I see."

"Yep."

"So that could mean that Calvin and Hobbes have been rendered unconscious and are currently being held in an undisclosed location?" Andy asked.

"It's a possibility, yes," Sherman replied.

"So, one would assume we should try and find out who did it."

"One second."

Sherman examined the can closer.

"Hmmmm…," he said, squinting his eyes. "It says Brainstorm Knock-Out Gas. Designed to render unconscious and keep you smelling like pine for at least two hours."

Andy thought for a bit.

"Well, I guess we'll have to go and see if we can help in any way," Andy decided.

"Either that, or we get to see a free show," Sherman replied.

"Right. I'll go get Socrates."

"Why?"

There was a pause.

"Eh, you're right. Let's go. Calvin's box is probably still in his room," Andy said.

Andy and Sherman quickly ran to Calvin's house, carefully snuck into his room, pulled the box out of the closet and quickly flew it out of the house towards Yellowstone.

Calvin's eyes drifted open.

He looked around his surroundings.

He was in Dr Brainstorm's lab.

His eyes fell on Dr Brainstorm, who was frantically typing things into his computer keyboard.

He sat up, moaned, and rubbed his head.

"Wh–where am I?" He muttered, looking around.

Brainstorm whirled around.

"MY LAB!! WHERE DO YOU THINK?!?!?!" He shouted.

Brainstorm's sudden outburst woke Hobbes with a start.

"AAAUGH!! Where are we?!" He demanded looking around.

There was a pause.

"Uh, Frank? Are you 5 seconds behind me or is that just me?" Hobbes asked.

"DR BRAINSTORM!!!" Brainstorm screeched, whipping back to his computer.

Calvin and Hobbes exchanged glances.

"Uh, OK, and what exactly are we doing here?" Calvin began.

"THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT!!! NOW SHUT UP!!!" Brainstorm shrieked, hysterically.

Calvin and Hobbes reeled back.

Brainstorm kept typing.

"Frank, what's going on?" Hobbes growled. "We're here, and you don't know why? And where's Jack?"

Brainstorm turned a glare onto Hobbes.

"If you don't mind, I'LL keep that information to myself!!!!!"

There was a pause.

Calvin reached into his pocket, and pulled out the MTM.

Brainstorm stared at it.

"OK, fine!" He growled. "I accidentally shot off one of my inventions at him."

Calvin and Hobbes gasped.

"Oh no!" Calvin yelled.

"Is he alright?" Hobbes demanded.

"He wasn't hurt was he?!?!" Calvin shouted, holding his head in terror.

Brainstorm glared at them.

"Thanks for showing that kind of emotion to me when I get injured." He growled.

Calvin shrugged.

"The point is that the explosion did something, and Jack's personality suddenly changed."

"How?" Calvin asked.

"He got... well, angry." Brainstorm said.

Calvin and Hobbes stared at him.

"Yeah, I think I'd be kind of angry too if you blasted me in the head with one of your inventions." Hobbes said.

"No, I mean... really angry." Brainstorm hissed. "EVIL angry!"

"Evil?" Calvin demanded. "What are you talking about?"

"Yeah, what happened?" Hobbes asked.

"I don't know!" Brainstorm declared, annoyed. "All I know is one moment Jack is bored, lazy and useless, and next he's blood thirsty, hostile and bent on taking over the world!"

Calvin and Hobbes exchanged glances.

"Uh, Frank..." Calvin started.

"DR BRAINSTORM!!!"

"Whatever. Jack does not really strike me as the 'evil' kind. Are you sure he wasn't just angry at you?"

Brainstorm pushed a button on his keyboard.

Suddenly, the screen roared to life, and a picture of Jack appeared on it.

He was grinning, sinisterly, and reconnecting wires on the orb with his claws.

Suddenly, the orb began glowing, and then it opened up.

Several metal arms reached out of the underside.

Each arm had something sharp and or otherwise deadly at the end.

A razor blade, a knife, a laser, a giant pair of scissors, and so on.

Jack then burst out into an evil laugh.

Calvin and Hobbes stared at him.

"Pretty angry." Hobbes commented.

"What's... what's he doing?" Calvin stuttered.

"How am I supposed to know?" Brainstorm demanded. "But whatever it is, I don't like it! BECAUSE I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT!!! HOW DARE HE COME UP WITH AN EVIL PLOT BEFORE I DO!!!!"

Calvin and Hobbes rolled their eyes.

"We can help stop him!" Hobbes said. "If we..."

"Are you crazy!" Brainstorm shouted, whipping around. "I don't need help from my mortal enemy!!!! I'll do this on my own! I have a planet to take over, and I'm not letting him take the glory all to himself!!"

"But..." Calvin started.

Brainstorm pushed another button on his keyboard.

SHHHHHHHHHICK!!!

"HEY!!" Calvin and Hobbes jumped as a giant cage fell down on top of them.

"The world is mine to save!!!" Brainstorm announced. "SO I CAN TAKE OVER IT!!!"

And with that, he rushed out of the lab.

Calvin and Hobbes blinked, and looked at each other.

Jack let out a diabolical cackle as the orb floated above a small room, slicing and dicing away at nothing.

"Perfect," He growled, evilly. "If I can reproduce this invention to a high enough number, I can lure every person on the planet to it, where they would be cut up, and I could place their brains into robotic body suits. Then machine would rule!"

BRA-ZAAP!!

Jack whipped around, and hissed.

Dr Brainstorm stood in a small transporter, looking around in confusion.

"Huh, it actually worked, this time," He said, puzzled.

Jack rolled his eyes.

Just then, Brainstorm spotted the robot.

"Ah! Jack, I've found you!" He shouted.

"Excellent conclusion, genius." Jack replied.

"Some things never change." Brainstorm muttered.

"I suppose you want me to stop trying to take over the planet, right?" Jack asked, crossing his arms.

"Yes I do!" Brainstorm ordered. "It's totally not fair! I want to rule the world!!"

"Yes, I'm sure you do." Jack yawned. "But I'm afraid you can't stop me. Nobody can."

"Quite unoriginal, Jack!" Brainstorm said, advancing over the robot. "Are we starting to run out cute remarks?"

Jack stared at Brainstorm for a long moment.

Then, a wide grin spread across his face and his bloodshot eyes narrowed to slits.

"Frank, why don't we discus this in the next room?" He asked, silently.

He pointed at the door next to him.

"After you." He said, slyly.

Brainstorm glared at him.

"What, so you can use that fancy, shiny, glowy thing to cut me up and place my brain in a robot? ARE YOU TOTALLY INSANE?!?!"

"Yes," Jack replied.

"Well so am I!!" Brainstorm spat. "AND IT'S DOCTOR BRAINSTORM!!!!"

Jack rolled his eyes.

"OK, Brainstorm, so you've caught on to my plan. Do you still assume you're getting out of this building, alive?"

"Yes, because I have a transporter!" Brainstorm shouted. "Just watch me!!!"

Brainstorm hopped into the transporter, and pushed a button.

BRA-ZAAP!!

Jack yawned, and pushed a button on his arm.

BRA-ZAAP!!

The transporter reappeared.

Brainstorm stared at Jack for a moment.

Then, he pushed the button, again.

BRA-ZAAP!!

Jack pushed the button on his arm, again.

BRA-ZAAP!!!

Brainstorm glared at Jack, and pushed the button, again.

BRA-ZAAP!!

Jack pushed the button on his arm, again.

BRA-ZAAP!!

"WOULD YOU KNOCK THAT OFF!!!" Brainstorm shouted, storming out of the transporter and back over to Jack.

"Gladly, get in there." Jack ordered, pointing at the room.

Brainstorm glared at him.

"MAKE ME!!" He declared.

Jack sighed.

"Very well." He said.

Suddenly, a laser cannon burst out of Jack's arm, and he pointed it at Brainstorm.

Brainstorm stared at it.

"When did you get that?" He asked.

"You installed it, last Tuesday." Jack replied.

"I see..." Brainstorm considered, rubbing his chin.

Uh oh...

Meanwhile, Calvin was working on Brainstorm's cage, using the MTM.

"How's it going?" Hobbes asked.

"Almost got it." Calvin said. "I just have to cut through another three bars, and we're free."

The MTM sighed.

Suddenly, a sound reached Calvin and Hobbes' ears.

VROOOM!!

Then, a red light on the panel began flashing, and an automated voice rang out through the lab.

"Security breach. Security breach. Security breach. Security breach."

Calvin and Hobbes looked around.

Then, the main door slid open, and two familiar figures walked inside.

"Andy!!" Calvin and Hobbes shouted at once.

"Hi, Calvin. Hobbes." Andy said, holding a hand up.

Sherman glared at them.

"Don't bother to say hi to me or anything." He mumbled.

"What?" Hobbes asked, turning to the hamster. "Did you say something?"

Sherman growled, and hopped onto Brainstorm's panel.

He hopped onto a few buttons, and suddenly the red light died, and the voice stopped.

Then Sherman leaped onto another button.

ZZZZZZIIIP!

Suddenly, the cage encasing Calvin and Hobbes lifted up, and disappeared into a trap door in the ceiling.

Calvin and Hobbes watched it go.

"Well, good to know all that battery power went to waste." MTM sighed.

Calvin turned to Andy.

"But... How did you know to get here?" He asked, rubbing his head.

"We found the knock out gas with Brainstorm's logo on it." Sherman replied. "Now what's going on?"

"Yes, please. Fill us in." Andy nodded.

Calvin and Hobbes launched into the unbelievable story about the accident and Jack.

When they were done, Andy and Sherman stared at them with wide eyes.

"An... evil... Jack?!" Andy demanded.

"Is that possible?" Sherman asked, scratching his head.

"Apparently." Calvin shrugged. "We offered to help Frank with the situation, but he... well, trapped us in here."

"What are we going to do?" Andy asked.

"Save Brainstorm, beat Jack, and turn him back to normal." Hobbes replied.

"We don't even know where Jack is." Sherman said.

"The University of Advanced Robotics." MTM suddenly cut in.

Calvin, Hobbes, Andy and Sherman turned and stared at the machine.

"Huh?" Andy asked.

"He's at the University of Advanced Robotics." MTM repeated. "And if I'm not mistaken, a blast from my 5,000 volt electric blast may be enough to rupture his 'evil' circuit and put him back to normal, without any more danger of turning back."

"5,000 volts would kill him!" Calvin shouted.

"Not if we aimed exactly at the circuit." MTM explained. "You see, this particular circuit has been cut off from the rest of Jack since he was made. It's only now been activated. He's only been evil for, what fours hours, now? He's still within his five hour upgrade activation cycle."

Sherman's eyes popped open with realization.

"That means the circuit hasn't been fully connected, yet?" He said.

"Yes," MTM yawned. "Therefore, blasting this particular part of him before he passes his five hour period would only destroy that particular part."

"What happens if he does pass it?" Hobbes asked.

There was a pause.

"Well, then it can't be reversed." MTM said, finally.

Calvin, Hobbes, Andy and Sherman exchanged glances of terror.

"We have to get over to the University, right now!" Calvin yelled. "Andy, Sherman, how did you get here?"

"The box." Andy said.

"Great! Perfect! Come on, let's move out!"

And with that, Calvin, Hobbes, Andy and Sherman ran out of the main lab, to where the box was parked nearby.

Meanwhile, Jack was still at the University, typing some things into a computer keyboard.

Dr Brainstorm and his transporter were no where in sight.

"Now," Jack said, flipping a switch. "If I can send out a brain scanner, I may be able to control everyone on the planet's brain waves."

He typed a few things into the computer.

Numbers flashed across the screen, as Jack broke code after code, breaking into the system.

A wide, evil grin spread across his face.

"Beginning with this state." He growled, striking the ENTER key on the keyboard.

Calvin's box rocketed across the sky, bolting towards the University of Advanced Robotics.

"We've got incoming." MTM warned. "A brain control signal. That robot wants everyone to come to the building."

"Can you block it?" Hobbes asked.

"Processing." MTM replied.

There was a pause.

"Uh, MTM?" Calvin asked.

Suddenly, there was a blast of light.

Calvin, Hobbes, Andy and Sherman all looked up.

There was a blast of green light flying towards them.

"AAAAAAAUGH!!!" They all screamed.

There was a loud explosion as the box and the wave collided.

"Yes, turns out I can block it." MTM replied, as the three heroes, and Sherman slowly opened their eyes. "We have a fully functional force field."

Calvin, Hobbes, Andy and Sherman all glared at the CD player.

Jack rewired some circuits into the computer, then examined his work.

Then, in a slow, creepy exorcist-like manner, he turned around, and crept to the window, hissing under his breath.

He grinned, sinisterly, as he watched several people exit the buildings around, him, and start marching towards the University.

"Perfect." He growled. "Everything is in place. Now all that's left to do is..."

Suddenly, Jack looked upwards.

He saw a brown dot in the middle of the blue sky.

The robot squinted at it.

"What the heck is that?" He wondered.

The dot got bigger.

Jack stared at it, intently.

Suddenly, it started coming into view.

Jack's eyes popped open.

"The box." He growled, evilly. "Those two brats are coming after me."

Jack grinned, evilly, and looked back towards the room with the rotating slicer and dicer.

"No matter, I can settle this quite easily." He said.

He walked over to the control panel, and began pushing some buttons.

Then, he turned around, and leaned against the panel, grinning, sinisterly.

CRASH!!!!

Suddenly, the glass in the window exploded outward, and a small cardboard box, flew inside.

Calvin jabbed a finger at Jack.

"STOP IT RIGHT THERE, YOU EVIL, DIABOLICAL, DEVIANT, INSANE, LUNATIC..." He paused. "uh... Robot..."

"Yeah!" Hobbes added, a little unsurely.

Jack rolled his eyes.

He flipped a switch on the panel.

Suddenly, the door on the left swung wide open.

Calvin, Hobbes, Andy and Sherman all turned around.

There was a floating orb behind it.

There were saws, and razors, and knifes slicing away at nothing inside.

Suddenly, the wall behind it, opened up, revealing a large fan.

Jack pushed a button.

Slowly, the fan began spinning backwards, pulling air into it.

Then, it roared to life, sucking in everything in range.

Calvin, Hobbes, Andy and Sherman stared at it.

"Well, that stinks." Calvin said.

Suddenly, the box started shutting down, as the fan began sucking them towards it.

"AAAAAAUGH!!!" Calvin, Hobbes, Andy and Sherman all screamed at the top of their lungs as the box suddenly died, and went hurling into the room.

SLAM!!!

The door slammed shut behind them.

Jack grinned, wickedly.

"That was so intensely easy, it was sad." He said, shaking his head. "Now where was I?"

He turned, and faced the broken window.

More and people were lining up in front of the University, a blank expression on their each of their faces.

Jack chuckled.

"Ah, that's right. They're waiting for my order."

The robot suddenly bolted at a high rate of speed back at the computer, and began typing into the keyboard.

"The human race is mine." Jack said, evilly. "Mine to alter. And the only person who could have stopped me has been destroyed."

He began laughing, insanely.

"Man I love life!" He cackled.

He turned back to the panel.

"GET AWAY FROM THAT PANEL, ROBOT!!!" Shouted a loud voice.

Jack froze.

Slowly, he turned his head, and faced the doorway to the slicer.

His mouth dropped open.

The door was wide open, and the box was floating in the doorway, totally unharmed, containing Calvin, Hobbes, Andy and Sherman.

Jack stared at them.

"How did you..." He started.

"Force field." Calvin grinned. "Totally impenetrable. Too bad for you!"

Jack glared at them, and pushed a button on his arm.

The laser cannon shot out, and he pointed at it at Calvin.

"Oooooh," Andy said, shaking his head. "Now we don't want Jack to be able to do that, now do we?"

"Why, Andy, don't you dare." Hobbes said, calmly. "After all he is armed!"

There was a pause.

"We should fix that." Calvin grinned, holding the MTM up.

ZZZAAAP!!!

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning burst from the CD player, the collided with Jack's laser gun.

"AAAAUGH!!!" Jack shouted, covering his head as the weapon exploded on contact.

"Okay, Jack," Calvin said, stepping out of the box along with Hobbes, Andy and Sherman. "We don't want to hurt you. We just want you to knock it off, you moron!"

Hobbes slapped his forehead, and Andy and Sherman groaned.

Jack glared murderously at Calvin.

"I am not Jack." He growled, dangerously. "And in ten minutes, Jack will no longer exist. And neither will the human race."

"Okay, Jack, just stop it." Hobbes said. "This new self of yours clearly lacks far behind the Jack I know."

"What are you talking about?" Jack demanded. "Jack T. Robot has beenreborn! I am advanced in all ways beyond that other lazy self I used to be!"

"So what?" Andy demanded. "You keep stealing your snappy come backs from movies and different TV shows."

"Yeah, you have 'The Exorcist' written all over you!" Calvin yelled.

Hobbes, Andy, Sherman and Jack rolled their eyes.

Suddenly, the sound of a door swinging open downstairs emitted through the building, and the sound of marching feet followed.

Jack sneered.

"Do you hear that?" He grinned. "That is the future of man kind!"

"There he goes, again." Sherman commented.

Jack ignored him and continued.

"Soon every single man, woman and child will be reborn as cyborgs! And we will rule supreme!"

"And again." Andy nodded.

"I am creating heaven on Earth." Jack growled.

"And yet again!" Hobbes declared.

Jack glared at them.

"This will be our paradise!" He announced, his eyes narrowing.

"Gee whiz, Jack, can't you say one original sentence, any more?" Calvin demanded.

"That's it." Jack growled through gritted teeth.

He held his hand up, which began glowing bright yellow with electricity.

"I don't think I'll be able to work with you four as cyborgs!"

"Well, there's one original comeback." Hobbes shrugged.

Calvin calmly held the MTM up.

BLAAAAST!!!

"AAAAUGH!!!"

Suddenly, electricity poured from the MTM's tip, and hit Jack in the right hand corner of Jack's head.

The robot went hurling backwards into the wall, and crashed into it.

He sank to the floor, and lay there for a moment, his eyes squeezed shut.

"I blasted the circuit." MTM said. "Let's see what that gives us."

Calvin and Hobbes exchanged unsure glances.

"Uh, Jack?" Andy started moving forward. "Jack are you back to normal?"

There was a pause.

Then, suddenly, the robot's eyes burst back open.

Andy reeled back.

They were still bulged and bloodshot.

He turned a wicked grin onto the four.

"You're too late!" He cackled, leaping to his feet. "You're TOO late!!! BWA HA HA HA HA!!!"

"And that was lifted from The Little Mermaid." Calvin said.

"Only steal from the best!" Sherman nodded.

Jack cut his eyes from Calvin, to Hobbes, to Andy, to Sherman then back to Calvin.

"Didn't you hear me?" He demanded. "I've passed the five hour period! I can't turn back into lazy and useless anymore!"

"Oh, we heard you." Andy grinned. "But we're not paying much attention."

Jack looked around.

"What are you..."

"SERVANT RAY!!! DEFEAT THAT STUPID HUNK OF RUSTY METAL!!!" Shouted a loud voice from behind Jack.

The robot spun around.

Dr Brainstorm was standing in front of him, staring at this metal gun.

"Uh... alright." He said. "DO NOT do what it was that I just told you to do!!"

BLAAAAAAAAAST!!!!

"RRRRRRRGH!!!" Jack screamed, throwing his head back as electricity engulfed him, electrocuting every part of him.

This went on for about three or four seconds, before the ray shut off.

There was a pause, in which Jack just stood there, then fell to the floor in a heap.

"Frank!" Calvin shouted. "You're alive!!"

"I'M DOCTOR BRAINSTORM!!!!!" Brainstorm shouted.

"And you're still you, too!" Andy added.

"How did you escape?" Hobbes asked.

"I have my Servant Ray, how do you think I escaped?" Brainstorm demanded.

"...Oh." Hobbes said.

Just then, Jack bolted upward.

Calvin, Hobbes, Andy, Sherman and Brainstorm all jumped back in alarm.

Jack cut his eyes back and forth from Brainstorm and then to Calvin and Hobbes, his head didn't move an inch.

Suddenly, the door burst open, and in walked several people, all staring straight ahead, blankly.

Jack grinned, evilly.

"It doesn't matter, now." He said, standing up. "I'm evil forever, and the human race is beginning to die. There is nothing you can do."

"Oh really?" MTM suddenly cut in, before Calvin, Hobbes, Andy, Sherman or Brainstorm could reply. "You believe you have won?"

Jack sneered at the CD player.

"Yes, I believe I have won." He said, mocking the MTM's accent.

"Hmmm, I see." MTM replied. "And what do you suppose is to become of the human race? Your slaves? Companions? ...Servants, perhaps?"

Brainstorm looked up.

Jack stared at him.

"How exactly do you care?" He demanded, crossing his arms.

"Oh, you don't think there's any way you could turn back to normal?" MTM asked, calmly.

"No." Jack replied, blandly without any hesitation. "I am permanent."

"Hmm, do tell." MTM said. "By the way, do you suppose there's a man called Ray in the crowd, somewhere?"

Jack looked up at the several people, standing before them, waiting for orders.

"No, I don't suppose there is!" He said, starting to get annoyed. "What's your point?"

"Point." MTM said. "Points. Lots of points. Particularly around the dome."

"What are you talking about?" Jack demanded, angrily.

"Oh, don't mind me." MTM said. "I'm merely a CD player. I wouldn't know how to command a servant."

There was a long moment of silence.

Calvin, Hobbes, Andy, Sherman, Brainstorm and Jack all stared at the MTM, totally puzzled

MTM sighed, heavily.

"I just have to spell it out for you, don't I?" He grumbled. "Brainstorm, would you just use that servant ray of yours to change Jack back to normal?"

Brainstorm stared at MTM with a confused expression.

Then, his eyes popped open.

Jack wheeled around to face Brainstorm.

"What the..." He began.

"SERVANT RAY!!!" Brainstorm commanded, holding the gun out in front of him. "DO NOT CHANGE JACK T. ROBOT BACK TO THE WAY HE USED TO BE!!!"

KA-ZAAP!!

There was an explosion from the tip of the Servant Ray, which sent Jack flying backwards.

Unfortunately, he landed on top of the keyboard.

BRAA-ZAAAAP!!!

Sparks flew everywhere, causing the machine to send out mixed signals.

"Oooohh..." Jack groaned, sitting up, and rubbing his head. "What hit me?"

His eyes were no longer bloodshot, but now white with black pupils, as they always had been. His sharp claws had dulled out to fingers, again, and the several weapons which had been positioned all over him sunk back inside. His voice had returned to normal, also.

"Jack," Andy began. "Is that... you?"

Jack turned and stared at him.

"Of course its me," He said. "Do I happen to look like something else, by chance?"

"Original comebacks!" Sherman yelled. "It IS Jack!"

"HURRAY!!!" Everyone cheered, throwing their arms to the sky.

Jack looked around.

"Exactly what have I missed?" He asked, standing up.

"Well, you turned evil, tried to take over the planet, and created a device that was designed to kill..."

Hobbes froze.

So did everyone else.

Very slowly, Calvin, Hobbes, Andy and Sherman turned, and faced the crowd behind them.

They were staring straight ahead, at nothing.

Then suddenly, they all turned towards the saw, which was still slicing and cutting at nothing.

Jack blinked.

Then, the people all started marching at once towards the saw in a single file line.

"STOP THEM!!!" Andy shouted.

"THEY'RE GONNA BE KILLED!!!" Sherman added, in horror.

Brainstorm leaped forward, and held his Servant Ray up.

"SERVANT RAY!! DON'T STOP THEM!!!" He shouted at the top of his lungs.

Nothing happened.

"Oh come on!" Brainstorm wailed. "How am I supposed to rule over them if they're dead?!? DON'T STOP THEM!!!"

Nothing happened.

Brainstorm paused.

"Darn it! It's out of batteries!" He growled, hitting it against his hand.

Hobbes, Andy and Sherman desperately stepped into the people's way, and began pushing them back.

They simply plowed them over, and continued walking.

Calvin tried to use the MTM to break out the signal, but it was too strong.

Jack watched silently, a bored look on his face.

The crowd walked straight up to the doorway...

...and stopped.

Yes, they all just halted, and stood perfectly still in front of the cutting blade.

Andy and Hobbes struggled out from under the group's feet, Andy grabbed Sherman, and they all stood up in front of them.

"They're... they've..." Calvin began looking around the crowd.

"They've stopped." Jack said, in a bored manner.

Calvin, Hobbes, Andy, Sherman and Brainstorm all turned, and stared at the robot.

"Huh?" They all asked in unison.

"Brain control." Jack said, placing a finger to his head. "It's basically just hypnosis. It scares the heck out of you, but that's about it. Humans can't be ordered to march to their execution. The will to live is too strong."

There was a long moment of silence.

"You knew that, and you didn't tell us!" Andy demanded. "We could have been killed, with all those people walking over us!"

"Well, I have to have some fun around here, I've just finished being evil." Jack replied.

Everyone growled.

"OK, so the evil you was unoriginal and stupid." Hobbes said. "That's nice to know."

"Yeah, that's just fine and dandy, Jack, but what are we supposed to do, exactly?" Sherman demanded. "Everyone's still under brain trances and the machine you were using to control them is broken!"

Jack turned, and stared at the panel before him.

It had been smashed down under Jack's impact and still had electricity flowing around it.

Jack stared at it for a moment.

Then, he drew his foot back, slightly, and kicked it.

The people around Calvin and Hobbes suddenly snapped up.

They began marching backwards.

Everyone watched as the crowd began backing out of the building.

They all turned to the window, and looked outside.

Everyone was backing out, and returning to their previous buildings.

"There." Jack said. "The brain control will die off once they get back to whatever it was they were doing."

Brainstorm glared at Jack.

"You really think you're hot stuff, don't you?" He demanded.

"Well... yeah." Jack grinned, turning to Brainstorm.

"I can't believe you! Here you are, nearly killing everyone in this city off and..."

"And by the way, thanks for saving me." Jack said.

Brainstorm froze.

"Huh?" He asked.

"I said let's order a pizza when we get back to the lab." Jack said, crossing his arms. "I'm starving."

"Oh." Brainstorm said. "Sounds good! I'm going back, now, so HURRY UP!!!!!"

"I'll do that, Frank."

"DOCTOR BRAINSTORM!!!!!"

Brainstorm then turned to Calvin, Hobbes, Andy and Sherman.

"And as for you! YOU WILL PAY! I shall return!!! AND THEN I WILL HAVE MY VENGEANCE!!!"

"Uh, you were helping us, right?" Sherman asked.

"YOU WILL PAY, DEARLY!! I SHALL RETURN!!!!!"

And with that, Brainstorm stepped into the transporter, which had been parked in the far corner of the room, and pushed a button.

BRA-ZAAP!!!

Jack rolled his eyes, and turned to Calvin, Hobbes, Andy and Sherman.

"Alright, everything is back to normal. The owners of this broken window are the ones who are gonna have to deal with it. And the human race lives on, not as robots." He said. "Everything set?"

"Uh, no." Sherman said, his eyes going to the orb in the other room. "We still have that thing in there."

Jack looked up.

"Oh, yeah." He sighed.

He walked up to the doorway.

"HEY!" He shouted at it. "Shut up!"

Suddenly, the saws, knifes, razors, blades, lasers and scissors froze.

There was a low humming sound, and suddenly, the orb rotated over, and all the sharp objects retracted back inside it.

Then, it stopped glowing, and hung, silently in the air.

Jack turned back to the four.

"Command Orb." He said, blankly. "Voice commanded. A virtual team is inside that thing working away at whatever you want it to."

BOOOM!!!

Suddenly, the orb expanded outward in an explosion, then sank back down to its original size.

"Objects get destroyed when your done with them." Jack finished.

There was a pause.

"Oh, right..." Calvin said. "I knew that."

Jack checked his watch.

"Well, I'd better be getting back to Frank." He said. "I need to order that pizza, because Frank doesn't know how to dial the number right,"

"Ah, yes," Andy said.

Everyone nodded.

"So, Media Player, am I set?" Jack asked, glancing at the MTM.

"Yes," MTM replied. "The circuit has been ripped apart from the rest of you, completely. There's no way any of this can happen again."

"Good." Jack replied. "Well, then, Calvin, Hobbes, Andy... the small one."

"HEY!" Sherman yelled.

"I bid you farewell."

"See you later, Jack!" Calvin said.

"Until next time." Hobbes added.

"Uh huh." Jack yawned.

Everyone waved goodbye to Jack, as he pushed a button on his arm, and suddenly, a transporter inside him was activated.

BRA-ZAAP!!

Jack vanished.

There was a long moment of silence.

"Socrates is in his mansion up in his room." Hobbes said, suddenly. "He has absolutely no idea that this happened."

Calvin, Andy and Sherman nodded in agreement.

There was another pause.

"Well," Andy said, suddenly. "Who's up for a movie?"

"I am!" Calvin and Hobbes both said, in unison, their arms shooting to the air.

"Whatever." Sherman sighed, looking around the room.

"Great! I think FX is showing The Grudge!" Andy said.

"Cool!" Calvin grinned. "A terrible Japanese movie about squid ladies with scratchy throats!"

"Let the riffing begin!" Hobbes announced.

And with that, Calvin, Hobbes, Andy and Sherman rushed to the box, and started it up.

Slowly, it began rising off the floor, then bolted out the window.

It soared through the air, and flew off into the sunset.

The End

Voice work

Pamela Segell Adlon Calvin
Tom Hanks Hobbes
Andrew Lawrence Andy
Colin Mochrie Sherman
Norman Lovett MTM
Neil Crone Dr Brainstorm
Michael Brandon Jack
John Simm Evil Jack
Jennifer Love Hewitt Mom

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