LAST TIME ON THE IMGIANTION WAR!
I KILLED OFF HOBBES D:… OR DID I?!
Read this chapter to find out if your favorite Tiger Lives….or dies.
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Hobbes was carried into a Hospital room, on the bed he saw Magine laying on the bed, bloodied and bandaged.
He was set down next to Magine, who lay stiller than a board, in the background, he heard the Doctor talk to his parents.
"he has…little time to live….I'm sorry his injuries were just too much."
Hobbes looked at his best friend and he felt tears come to his eyes.
"Hobbes." A soft voice said.
Hobbes looked up to see Margine opening his eyes. "Do not grieve my friend, I know where I am going, my time may be ending, but you have a long life ahead of you." He gripped the tiger's paw, and smiled. "In the moments before my wagon crashed I saw you, and another boy riding down a hill with a wagon, you were happy… and terrified… actually more terrified than happy, but still happy nonetheless."
Hobbes only sat there, listening.
Magine gave a blank stare before continuing. "I was happy to see you happy, I know that my time on earth is done, but no matter what happens, find that boy, find him and treat him like a brother- not a son, not prey, not a best friend… treat him like you would treat your own brother. I only have one regret that I will never be able to meet this boy."
Hobbes sniffled. "I'm going to miss you, Magine…"
"I Love you like a brother Hobbes, don't ever forget that, no matter where life takes you."
William then ran in and threw Hobbes off the bed. "MAGINE! MOM, DAD! HE'S WAKING UP! HE'S TALKING!"
Everything became a blur after that but Hobbes heard one sound that shattered his world…
* Beep,…Beep….Beep…Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eee…*
*Beep…..Beep….Beep…Beep…Beep….Beep…..Beep…..Beep*
Hobbes opened his eyes slightly, and he looked down. He was laying on a steel table, next to it was another table, this one with some tools on it, as well as a bullet with blood on it. He looked down and saw that he was hooked up to a brain monitor, the spot where the bullet hit was now covered in stitches and bandages.
He then realized that he was still alive. He tired to speak, to call out, but he found himself unable to do anything. He was weak.
The sound of foot steps caught his attention. He turned his head too see William, a scientist on one side and a robot on the other side of him.
"Well doctor, how long until your little serum wears off of him?" William asked the scientist.
"Two Days sir, until then he is weak, and when he is no longer weak he will be disoriented, he can think but his entire body feels numb to even move."
"Excellent, you have done well Doctor; carry on with your work. " The Scientist next to William left, the robot and William both stayed behind, William grinned at Hobbes inert form.
"Tell me Hobbes, how does it feel to know that you have lost him? To know that victory was JUST IN YOUR GRASP, and then to lose it all… that is how I felt when Magine died."
Hobbes eyes glared at William as he breathed deeply. Hobbes clenched his fist, he couldn't feel his muscles move but he could see, the scientist said his body would FEEL numb…not BE numb., but he didn't want William to know that.
William walked over and held up the bullet that had gone into Hobbes. He held in front of him.
"DO you see this Hobbes, this thing almost killed you? I almost killed you, and I was happy, and sad at the same time." He wiped it clean and then he tossed it into the air, letting it land the floor, and then he crushed it. "You see Hobbes I wanted you captured, I want to see you suffer. Like I had to do, do you know how it feels to have a brother die, or a best friend? Oh wait, you do know how that feels, well how about a friend/Brother die before your VERY EYES!"
Hobbes looked at William with shock. William sneered.
"Oh That's right you were there, instead of giving his last words to Mom, Dad, or me.. HE GAVE THEM TO YOU, ALL HE SAID TO US WAS I LOVE YOU! HE SPOKE OF GREATNESS FOR YOU, NOTHING FOR US EXCEPT I LOVE YOU! NOTHING!"
William growled and then grinned evilly at Hobbes. "I will make you know what it's like only Calvin will not say anything to you, and you will not say anything too him. And I will keep you alive just so you can live with such suffering- you'll never die… you'll never be with them in the afterlife!"
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Inside a group of Cells sat the rest of Hobbes's group. In one cell sat Mom and Dad- Mom was weeping in Dad's shoulder as Dad comforted her; in the next cell, Burnt Out Star and Derek sat, both of them playing cards like nothing was wrong.
In the next cell sat Moe and Susie, Susie sat on the bed while Moe punched the wall.
"What on earth are you doing Moe?" Susie scoffed.
"What does it look like, I'm trying to bust us out of here!" The bully yelled, then gave a good hard punch at the wall…
CRACK!
"OWIE! MY FAVORITE KNUCKLE!"
Susie only groaned and shook her head.
In a cell all her own, Althea sat, thinking about all that had happened in a single day. She watched Lobo meet his fate, while Hobbes had been shot and was possibly dead. Never had she realized the seriousness of the situation- the fact that this wasn't an adventure she used to drag Sally into, where they'd pretend to be fighting off pirates, only to wind up brawling with each other, having only a few scrapes and bruises… not actual sword-slices in their sides or broken bones.
Not only that, but several kid's imaginations were being used against them, she noticed that right away back in the truck, having to fight off Calvin's Ego's with Mom, Dad, Susie, Moe, BOS, Derek, Beth…
Althea paused just then. "Holy CRAP! We left Beth in the truck!" she shouted.
"So?" Moe asked.
"So, she got blown to bits! No one even thought about letting her out!"
"So?"
Althea sneered. "SO, think about her imagination! She claimed she could see the ghost of her dead dog! What if her dog is actually an imaginary friend who can help us?"
"What, you want us to call a dead dog?"
"It can't hurt to try," Susie figured, walking up to the door. "Sparky! Sparky, here boy!"
"This is ridiculous! A dog that doesn't exist isn't going to come-" Dad began to say.
"Arf!" came a bark, and a ghost dog entered the cell!
"You were saying?" BOS scoffed.
"Good boy, Sparky! You found 'em!" Beth exclaimed, suddenly popping up in the cell-door window.
"AUGH! THAT CRAZY GIRL IS A GHOST TOO!" Moe shrieked, then dove behind Susie, pushing her forward. "HERE! EAT HER SOUL FIRST! I DON'T HAVE ONE!"
Susie gave a glare, then punched Moe in the face. "Idiot. She's not a ghost- she's ALIVE!" She snapped, then looked at Beth. "Uh… are you?"
"Sure am! Sparky here ghosted me out of that box- good thing too, because that truck exploded." Beth answered.
"Wait, what about all those robots?" Mom asked.
Beth opened the doors… where everyone saw a massacre of busted robots, oil splattered on the walls. "I wanted to eat their souls… but it turns out robots don't have any. Oh well."
They ran over, grabbing their weapons that were placed on a table (why bad guys do that, we have no idea). "C'mon, lets find Sally, Calvin and Hobbes and blow this popsicle joint," Althea said. "And this time- no mercy!"
"JOY!" Beth and Moe both exclaimed.
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Meanwhile, William had wheeled Hobbes into a lab. "Before we get to killing your friend, lets use his imagination to take over the world, shall we? He has a vast source of it, enough to power my machine for years!" the villain bragged, then pushed a button.
Out of the machine came seven Calvin duplicates- only one of them having combed hair. "Wow, look at this place/check that out/ooh, what do those buttons do?/hey, robots!/is that Hobbes?/where's the vending machine?" they all talked at once.
"Hold it, weren't you six turned into worms back in Scientific Progress Goes Boink?" the duplicate with the combed hair asked.
"Didn't you vanish into oblivion?" Duplicate 1 questioned.
"I have reverted you all back to your original states," William announced. "Now, you will serve me in taking over the world!"
"Serve you?" Duplicate 2 scoffed.
"No way, dude." Duplicate 3 sneered.
"If we're going to take over the world, we'll do it ourselves," Duplicate 4 added.
"I'm going to go see what those switches do!" Duplicate 5 exclaimed, running over to the machine.
"I wanna push the buttons!" Two exclaimed.
"I'm going to mess around with the robots!" One exclaimed.
"I'm gonna go raid the kitchen!" Four shouted.
"I wonder what's on TV?" Three said to himself.
"COME BACK HERE!" William shouted, but the duplicates didn't listen to him and ran around the lab, causing havoc.
"I suppose it would be too late to mention that they're the EXACT copy of Calvin, in which they won't heed anyone's demands except their own." the Good duplicate said.
"Oh, thanks for telling me that NOW- wait, how come you're not causing havoc?"
"I represent only Calvin's good side."
"If that were true, wouldn't you be smaller?"
"Boy, that joke hasn't died, has it?"
"Alright, 'good' duplicate, what would you suggest we do to unleash mayhem?"
"Well, we could-"
*Poof!*
"(whoops, I had another evil thought!)
William face-palmed. "Oh for the love of… lets just drag the tiger to watch Calvin die-" he froze just then.
Hobbes was gone!
"GAH! WHERE'D THE TIGER GO?!"
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"WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Three, Five, and One exclaimed, riding on the wheely-table Hobbes was on, while Two, and Four pushed, jumping onto the bottom once they were going fast enough.
"How do you steer this thing?" Five asked.
"Beats me! I'm just enjoying the ride!" One answered.
"GAH! BIG MACHINE SURROUNDED BY FROZEN JELL-O DEAD AHEAD!" Three cried out.
"ABANDON SHIP- or, TABLE, whatever!" Four shouted.
The duplicates dove off, sending Hobbes flying toward the machine. "…mother…" the tiger whimpered.
*CRASH! BOOM! BANG!*
Upon crashing into the machine, Hobbes had been electrocuted, and now had some new bruises, and felt numb. "Owie…"
On the bright side, with the machine broken, the Jell-O began to melt, freeing the kids inside. "What happened?" Lou asked, dazed. "I-I had this weird dream and… wait a minute… my imagination… it's BACK!"
"So's mine!/Mine too!/Yippee!" Several kids exclaimed. Apparently, busting the machine reversed the imagination-drain. They all ran out.
Except for Calvin and Sally. "S-Sally?" Calvin asked.
"Who are you? And where am I? Where's Althea?" Sally stammered.
"Oh, that's right, you were replaced by a robot. C'mon, we've got to find my friend and get out of here!" Calvin said, looking around. He heard a groan and saw Hobbes, lying there in bad shape. "HOBBES! Good grief… what happened to you?"
"Long story…" Hobbes groaned. "Calvin, find the others… your Mom, Dad, Susie, Moe and a bunch of others are here. Imagination has been brought to life… William is using it to take over the world."
"WHAT?! I don't believe it!"
"Yeah, it's bad…"
"Not only that, but it was MY idea first! But… look at you… you've been shot and… *hurk* is that actual blood?"
"You have to get out of here, Calvin."
"I'm not leaving you!" Calvin picked up Hobbes, grunting. "Oof! What did you eat, cement?"
"Here, I'll help," Sally said, pulling one of Hobbes' arms around her.
"Me too," Lou added, grabbing his legs, and together they carried him off.
"Hey, Calvin! Long time no see!" The duplicates said, running up.
"Dupes! You're… not worms anymore?" Calvin questioned.
"Yeah, we changed back. I think you'd better listen to the tiger and scram, Cal. The guy who runs this place is on the war-path!" One said.
"Yeah, what are we going to do?" Five asked.
"Well… you did a good job of destroying the machine. See if you can destroy the whole place," Calvin answered.
"ALRIGHT!" The duplicates exclaimed, then ran off.
"C'mon, we gotta find a way out of here," Sally said, and- carrying Hobbes- took off with the others.
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Meanwhile with the others, they came across the lab, where they saw the machine. "That's the machine that's caused Imagination to come to life," Derek figured. "If we shut it down, we can stop this war."
"Lets go then." BOS said, and they ran over to the machine. "How do you shut this thing down?"
*click*
"You don't." came a voice, and everyone turned to see Beth standing there… holding a gun. She held up the tag on her collar, which turned out to be a communication device. "Bots, assemble to main lab."
"You… you traitor!" Susie gasped.
"I'm so sorry, guys… I loved being part of your team, somewhat, but I figured you'd all have given up. Nothing is more powerful than imagination, especially when it's being used against you." Beth aimed her gun. "Now, step away from my daddy's machine."
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SUSPENSE! CLIFFHANGERS! DRAMA! OH MY! What will happen in the next chapter? WHO KNOWS?! WAIT AND FIND OUT!
Review, but if you flame, we shall unleash Calvin's duplicates upon you!