Part four written by garfieldodie

Dr Thunderstorm leaned back and admired his handiwork. He had worked for approximately five hours to get this going. Everything had been fixed from the charred mess it was a few days ago.

"Yes!!" he cried. "Success! Now we have absolute threat! Excellent! The place can actually do some evil-like damage now! Every glitch is finally repaired! The gamma-rays are fully-loaded, the laser-cannons are set, the navicomp is functional, and the cappuccino machine has bendy straws! I'M IN THE GROOVE AGAIN!"

Then Thunderstorm ran over to the computer and began typing things in. Numbers and graphics flashed across the screen as he read all the info. He began to grin a wide grin as he got the information he needed.

"Yes, this is good…," he grinned. "Very good."

Finally, he clicked the mouse and activated the printer.

ZZZT! ZOOT! ZZZT! ZOOT! ZZZT! ZOOT!

A piece of paper exited the printer, and Thunderstorm promptly picked it up and read it over.

"According to this, the Shadow duplicate will require a full hour to duplicate enough Shadow clones for the taking over of Earth," he said. "Well then, an hour it is! An hour! A full hour of waiting! Yes!"

There was a pause.

"What do I do for an hour?"

Calvin was now consulting the MTM.

"Okay, MTM, we're trapped in this force fielded prison with a maniac trying to open the universe next door and it could mean that both our worlds would collapse. We need options fast."

"What do you want, the long or the short version?" MTM asked.

Calvin paused. He decided he should play it safe.

"Ooh, long," he said.

"You're finished."

There was a pause.

"What's the short version?" asked Socrates.

"Bye."

Hobbes groaned.

"How about an escape plan that could delay our being finished?" Sherman suggested.

MTM paused.

"Well, I'll need a scan of this force field," he said at last.

Calvin nodded and aimed the MTM upwards. A green ray flashed from the tip of the CD player briefly, going around the force field. Then it zipped back into it.

"Processing…," MTM said.

Hobbes groaned again.

"Do you have to do that every time we need something from you?" he snapped.

"It takes time, this," MTM said indignantly. "If I didn't process these things, who knows where we'd end up?"

"I do! We'd be getting things done a lot quicker!"

"No, we'd be lying dead in ditch, broken and bleeding. I'll have you know that I have to operate carefully, or we'll all be dead!"

Hobbes shook his head.

"Fine, fine, whatever," he grumbled.

There was a pause.

"Processing…," MTM said again.

Hobbes rolled his eyes while the others snickered at him.

"Processing… Processing… Done."

"Well?" Calvin asked.

"The force field prevents any teleportation," MTM said. "It's too thick for the particles to get through it."

"Option 2?"

"Well, the lasers won't be able to penetrate either because, again, it's too thick."

"Anything else?"

"Well, we could try using shockwaves to break it down. You got anything like that?"

Calvin groaned.

"I don't think so. All the other inventions are trapped in the hypercube. All we have is the Transmogrifier gun, and I don't think it could make shockwaves."

Andy's eyes lit up.

"Wait, I still have the Scream Horn!" he said, pulling it out of his pocket.

"Will it work, MTM?" asked Sherman.

"Eh, we can give it a go," MTM replied.

Calvin pointed to Andy, who nodded. Andy activated it.

SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

Everyone covered their ears.

The shockwaves emitted from the Scream Horn and struck the force field.

Electricity crackled and the field flashed green light.

After a few seconds, the force field began to crack. Then after a while, it shattered.

CRASH! ZZAP! BAM!

Everyone was knocked over as the force field finally gave out.

MTM watched it fly.

"Got it," he said. "It's down."

Calvin looked up.

"Wow," he said. "Nice work, Andy."

"Uh-huh," Andy replied, getting off the floor.

Calvin ran over and gathered away all his inventions.

"Got 'em!" he cheered triumphantly. "MTM, you put them in your hypercube."

"Check."

MTM opened up a little door on his edge, and all the inventions were swiped back inside.

"Alright," Calvin said. "What now?"

"Get the box," Sherman said, rolling his eyes.

"Oh, right."

Calvin ran over to the box, which had remained untouched since their arrival.

"All aboard!" he said, climbing in.

The others climbed in with him.

"Now what do we do?" asked Andy.

"We've got to get to Yellowstone National Park and save Dr Brainstorm and Jack," Calvin said.

"Why?" Hobbes asked.

Everyone glared at him.

"Why do you guys always give me that look?" he demanded.

"You're sniveling cowardly little weasel, you know that?" Calvin snorted.

"Well, I like to try," Hobbes said proudly.

The others snorted.

Calvin revved the box up and flew towards the exit.

Back at Yellowstone, Dr Brainstorm was frantically running around the lab, setting things up and setting programs into the computers.

Jack was sipping a soda and leaning against the wall.

"WE'VE GOTTA HURRY, JACK!" he shouted. "WE MUST PREPARE! TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! HIDE THE CREAMED SPINACH!"

"What are you doing?" Jack sighed at last.

Brainstorm finally stopped running long enough to glare at him.

"DON'T YOU EVER PAY ATTENTION?! SHADOW IS COMING HERE! I AM IN NO MOOD TO PUT UP WITH HIS EVIL ROBOTIC WAYS!! WE MUST PREPARE FOR THE ATTACK!!"

And he resumed running.

Jack sighed.

"Well, I have an idea on how to fix that," he said.

"WHAT?!" Brainstorm demanded.

"How about…we leave Yellowstone?"

"Huh?"

"Shadow's orders were to come to Yellowstone and destroy us. If we go elsewhere, he's gonna get confused and will have to go back to Thunderstorm. That'll buy us a little more time at least."

"NEVER!!"

Jack shrugged. "Should've guessed," he sighed. "Might I ask why?"

"Yes, I suppose you might!"

There was a pause.

Jack groaned.

"Why?!" he demanded.

"This lab is my baby! I can't lose it without a fight! EVERY CAPTAIN GOES DOWN WITH HIS SHIP!"

"One small problem with that," Jack said.

"Huh? What's that?!"

"You're not a captain. You're an idiot scientist."

Brainstorm finally stopped moving. He seemed in a trance almost.

Jack didn't notice this for a minute, but then when he did, he got confused.

"Uh…Frank?" he asked.

But Dr Brainstorm didn't react this time. Instead, he began typing in more commands to the computer.

Jack stared in surprise at him.

Deciding it was time he did something useful, he walked over to the control panel. He pressed a button.

The lights dimmed for a brief moment, and distant whirring sound was heard.

Dr Brainstorm looked up in surprise.

"What'd you do?" he demanded.

"I initiated the force field around the lab," Jack responded. "I'm hoping it'll keep Shadow from entering."

Dr Brainstorm stared at him, and then cracked a small grin.

"Thanks, Jack," he said at last.

"Hey, I just did it so we wouldn't have to take chances with those inventions of yours. By the time you remembered how to work the Servant Ray, we'd probably be dead."

"OH, SHUT UP!" Brainstorm shouted, reverting back to his old self. "WHAT DO YOU KNOW OF INVENTING?!"

Jack rolled his eyes and resumed leaning.

Up above, people were walking around Yellowstone Park. They were enjoying their day and talking about nonsense.

Just then, up above, a giant ball came down out of the sky.

Everyone watched it come down.

Suddenly, it hit the ground with a crash.

WHAM!!

Everyone backed away from it.

Smoke billowed everywhere from the crater created.

People began to advance towards it.

Suddenly, a pair of blue lights appeared through the smoke.

Everyone gasped.

Shadow emerged from the smoke, glaring at them.

"Data required," he said. "The locations of Dr Franklin Brainstorm and Jack Robot must be made known to me."

There was a pause.

Then, seeing as how they finally noticed something happen, they immediately went into running and screaming.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" they screamed.

Shadow growled in fury at the incompetence, and he promptly started terrorizing them even more.

"Insufficient data!" he shouted. "BRING ME THE SCIENTIST AND THE ROBOT!!"

People were too busy shouting and screaming to tell him they had no idea what he was talking about.

Shadow ran around like a mad gorilla, clawing at people and growling.

Finally, he stopped acting like an idiot and started using his sensors.

After a few seconds, his eyes flashed blue.

"Force field detected," he said. "Dr Brainstorm has been located."

Shadow ran as fast as he could over towards Old Faithful and the giant boulder. Immediately, he got down on his hands and knees and started digging away frantically through the dirt. It flew everywhere.

Tourists and tour guides ran away from the flying dirt.

Inside the lab, Dr Brainstorm was checking on a few things, until he saw a light flashing on the console.

"Uh…Jack?"

"Hmm?" Jack asked, not looking up from his magazine.

"What's the purple light mean?"

Jack managed to look up and study the flashing light.

"Uh-oh," he said, staring at it.

"What? What's it mean?! TELL ME!"

"It means someone is approaching us without using the elevator in the boulder," Jack said, getting up and walking over.

Dr Brainstorm gulped.

"Does that mean…?"

"Shadow's found us? Yes, it does."

There was a pause.

"Jack, prepare to fight," Dr Brainstorm finally said bravely.

"Check."

Jack walked back over to the chair and started reading his magazine again.

Dr Brainstorm squinted his eyes shut and waited for the hurricane that would hit. He hoped the force field would hold.

Shadow was now digging through a bunch of rocks. He was getting closer to his target. Then he dug his way over towards the metal part of the lab. He started to tear through it with his claws.

Finally, he broke through and saw the lab sitting inside. He dropped down towards it, only to land on top of the force field. Growling angrily, he managed to tear through it.

Inside, the yellow light started flashing.

"What's this one mean?!" Brainstorm cried.

"I think it means the force field has been destroyed," said Jack, getting up again. "I'll hide in my room, thank you."

Jack walked out of the main room and into a bedroom.

Dr Brainstorm shook his head.

"Very well," he muttered to himself. "Time to do battle."

But as he was reaching into the pocket of the lab coat…

CRASH!

…a hole appeared in the ceiling of the lab, through which Shadow arrived. He landed on the floor on his feet.

"Dr Brainstorm," he said darkly.

"Shadow," Dr Brainstorm replied.

"Prepare to die!"

Shadow immediately pounced at him.

Acting quickly, Dr Brainstorm ducked down out of the way. Shadow sailed over him and crashed hard into the control panel, causing it to dent and let sparks fly.

Brainstorm stared at it.

Shadow managed to get to his feet and bare his claws.

Brainstorm finished reaching into his lab coat pocket, and he pulled out the Servant Ray.

"Servant Ray!" he ordered. "Attack Shadow!"

There was a pause.

"Servant Ray! DO NOT attack Shadow!" he said, slightly louder.

BRZAP!

A shot of electricity flew from the tip of the gun and knocked down a charging Shadow.

Shadow was picked up and thrown into workbench where the bad inventions were made.

CRASH!

Shadow quickly got back to his feet, and he promptly charged towards Brainstorm again. Brainstorm quickly turned and ran from him.

"EAT LASER, ROBOT!" he shouted, aiming the Servant Ray back over his shoulder.

BRZAP! BRZAP!

Both blasts missed Shadow, and they destroyed the kitchen instead.

"Destroy!" Shadow shouted.

Dr Brainstorm growled.

"At least Jack can talk right!" he yelled.

Shadow growled and jumped up and attempted to land on Brainstorm.

Somehow expecting this, Dr Brainstorm was able to duck out of the way, and Shadow sailed right over him and landed in the bathroom, promptly landed in the closet. Several things fell down on him.

CRASH! BAP! SPLUT!

Cleaning himself off, Shadow managed to get back to his feet and glare angrily at Brainstorm.

"Attack!" he cried.

He started to charge again, his time baring his sharp teeth.

Dr Brainstorm fired another blast with the Servant Ray.

BRZAP!

The blast missed Shadow again, so Dr Brainstorm had to turn and run for a while.

Quickly, Shadow managed to jump up again, and this time, he managed to land on Brainstorm.

WHUMP!

"OW!" Brainstorm shouted. "GET OFF OF ME, YOU JERK OF A ROBOT!"

Shadow wrenched the Servant Ray out of his hand, and he threw it across the lab.

Brainstorm stared at it as it landed, and then he stared at Shadow, who rolled him over and pinned him.

Shadow grinned sinisterly and raised his claws up above him to finish him off.

"…That could've gone better," Brainstorm muttered.

"Affirmative," Shadow grinned.

But before he could bring his claws down, there was a rumbling sound.

It was enough to shake everything, including Shadow, who finally fell off of Brainstorm. Brainstorm tried to get up, but the vibrations were too much.

Suddenly, the hole that Shadow had arrived through opened up wider.

A cardboard box arrived through it, with Calvin steering at the front and Hobbes, Socrates, Andy and Sherman in the back.

"Take this, Robot Scum!" Calvin shouted. He pulled out the MTM. "FIRE AT SHADOW!"

"Right," MTM replied.

ZZAP!

A bolt of lightning struck Shadow, knocking him over.

"Ouch!" he shouted.

Immediately, he went into attack mode, but before he could, Andy pulled the Scream Horn out again.

"Take this as well!" he announced.

Everyone covered their ears.

Shadow had no way to protect himself, however.

SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

The shockwaves flew outwards, and Shadow was promptly knocked over.

This went on for a few moments before finally, Shadow felt himself short-circuiting.

Andy finally turned off the Scream Horn.

Shadow vibrated slightly, and a few sparks flew from his head.

"Intense shriek has corrupted files," Shadow announced. "Recommendation: return to lab and reroute circuits."

Shadow quickly ran up the wall and onto the ceiling, where he promptly disappeared through the hole.

Brainstorm looked around his lab.

"Great," he moaned. "It's a mess! JACK! GET OUT HERE AND CLEAN THIS UP!"

The door finally opened, and Jack came out.

"Ah, I see you needed help after all," he commented.

"I DID NOT!" Brainstorm bellowed. "I was doing just fine, and they showed up to watch. Nothing more!"

"Uh-huh," Jack said, rolling his eyes.

Everyone sighed.

"Well, that's done," said Socrates. "Now what?"

"WELL, ISN'T IT OBVIOUS?!" Brainstorm shouted. "I MUST DEFEAT THUNDERSTORM AND SHADOW! My first order of business is to find out what their plan is!"

"We know," said Calvin.

Brainstorm glared at him.

"OH, THAT'S TYPICAL! I NEVER GET A BREAK AROUND HERE!"

"Do you want us to help you?" Calvin asked.

"NO!"

There was a pause.

Hobbes suddenly clasped his hands together.

"Well, there you have it! He said no. Not our problem. Goodbye!" he said, walking away.

Socrates promptly grabbed him by the tail to keep him from leaving.

"Come on, Dr Brainstorm," Calvin sighed. "We all know how this goes. You have a problem, we offer help, you turn it down, you get into trouble, we have to come and bail you out, so on and so on."

"That's never happened!" Brainstorm snorted, looking away.

"What about when Jack turned evil?" Sherman asked.

"Jack was evil?" asked Socrates. "How come nobody told me?"

Jack stood behind Brainstorm.

"Come on, Frank, let 'em help. You're going to need any help you can get. Thunderstorm and Shadow won't be defeated so easily," he said.

There was a pause.

Dr Brainstorm seemed to be in deep thought.

Finally, he turned a faced Jack.

"DR BRAINSTORM!" he shouted furiously.

Everyone groaned.

Dr Brainstorm paused briefly.

"…And I accept your offer," he said at last, turning to Calvin.

Calvin grinned.

"Nice," he said. "It takes a big idiot to admit his idiocy."

"Don't push it."

Jack handed Dr Brainstorm his Servant Ray, who put it in his pocket.

"What's Thunderstorm's plan?" Jack asked.

Calvin motioned for Sherman to speak.

Sherman crawled onto Andy's head.

"Dr Thunderstorm has combined Calvin's hypercube and another machine to open a dimension up that has duplicating abilities. He has placed a duplicate of Shadow inside of it, and he plans to make enough Shadows to take over the world. Unfortunately, he has made the portal far too large, and he's going to destroy everything in both dimensions unless we can destroy the place he's making everything from."

"Where's that?" asked Jack.

"The space station."

Dr Brainstorm's eyes bugged open.

"WHAT?!" he shouted. "WHY THAT FILTHY MOOCHER! HE'S TAKING MY STATION! I WANT HIM ELIMINATED!"

"Right," said Sherman. "There's only one way to do that. We have to destroy the space station."

"WHAT, AGAIN?!" Brainstorm shouted. "NO! I WON'T ALLOW IT! I SPENT FIVE YEARS ON THAT THING!"

"Look, Thunderstorm is planning everything in your space station. It's the only place to stop him. If you want to be rid of him, destroying your space station is the best place to do it."

Dr Brainstorm looked angrier than ever.

"…Fine," he muttered angrily, crossing his arms.

"How can we destroy it?" Andy asked.

"We could blast it from here, I suppose," said Jack. "We have that laser that you've been meaning to use. We could destroy it with that."

Dr Brainstorm thought for a moment.

"It could work, I suppose," he said.

"Let's see it," said Calvin.

Dr Brainstorm and Jack led them to the giant laser.

"Could it do it?" asked Sherman.

"You bet," said Jack. "It has just enough power to destroy it."

"Good," said Calvin. "Let's get it going."

Dr Brainstorm, Jack and Sherman promptly began to work on the giant ray gun. Jack pressed the ON button, and it whirred into life. Dr Brainstorm started typing commands into a keyboard, allowing a door to open, revealing the night sky. The tip of the gun extended to through the opening.

Sherman began working at a special screen.

"I need the coordinates of the space station," he said.

Calvin promptly aimed the MTM at the sky.

"Processing," MTM said.

Hobbes groaned.

"Well?" Calvin asked.

"823AA by 325JJ," MTM announced.

Sherman immediately started typing into the computer. Numbers flashed across the screen as he worked hard.

"Coordinates set," he announced. "Target locked."

"FIRE AT WILL!" Dr Brainstorm shouted.

Jack went to press the button, but before he could…

FOOM!

Everyone stopped moving.

"What happened?" asked Hobbes.

"Power failure!" Calvin cried.

"JACK, WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Dr Brainstorm shouted. "ACTIVATE THE BACKUP POWER!"

"Uh-huh."

There was a pause.

CLICK!

FWOOM!

The lights came back on.

"How'd that happen?" Andy asked.

"It must've been Thunderstorm," said Brainstorm grimly. "He must've known what we were doing and caused another world wide blackout."

"Bad news," said Jack, looking the laser over. "The backup power isn't enough to power up the laser. We can't get it from here."

"Figures," Socrates sighed. "Now what?"

Sherman looked up at the sky.

"Dr Thunderstorm could open the portal at any minute," he said nervously. "We need to get up there and stop him."

"How do we do that?" asked Andy.

Calvin immediately pulled out MTM.

"MTM, warm up the Teleporter," he ordered. "We've got a big delivery to make."

"You know, you should really start recharging my batteries once in a while," MTM replied.

"If you don't get up there now, there won't be a once in a while!"

"Fine, fine."

Everyone gathered around Calvin.

BRZAP!

They were all teleported up to the space station.