Disclaimer: I do not own Calvin and Hobbes….*SOB*
The finale folk's it's been a wild ride but it's almost over….*SOB AGAIN!* But we still had fun with it, so YAYZ!
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Everyone looked around, the robots were gone, all of them, all of the robots in the base had been shut down and/or disintegrated in that blinding light, almost no one had any injuries.
This especially shocked Lobo as he looked at himself with a gasp. "I'm normal..and real….I'M BACK!" He cheered happily. He ran over and hugged Derrick in a tight hug.
"LOBO, YOUR ALIVE!" Derrick screamed and returned his friends embrace.
"Aw, how touching… I'll go throw up now." BOS deadpanned.
Across the former field of battle, Beth screamed as she was tossed into the remains of Williams' robotic suit, as an emergency canopy slammed down. "HEY LET ME OUT, LET ME OUT SO I CAN KILL YOU!" The little psychopath who makes Calvin look like an angel roared.
Sally and Susie looked at each other. "Do you think that she'll realize that the thing is sound proof?' Susie asked Sally with a smirk. Althea walked up, and then tapped the glass, which caused Beth to scream even more, but it couldn't be heard.
"Inside sound proofing…nice!" She exclaimed.
"What does that mean?' Sally asked.
"It means that she can hear what se say, but we can't hear her, so sound is amplified on her side." Althea said. "For example…"
The tigress said reaching off-screen, "HEY PUT ME DOWN!" *SMASH* and slammed Moe into the glass causing a loud noise to go into the canopy which then vibrated, causing Beth to scream in agony at the noise.
Susie smirked evilly. "This is going to be fun." She said and then began pounding the glass with a steel pipe, which Sally and Althea joined her in doing in less than a millisecond, laughing as they did so.
Meanwhile, across the field of battle, Calvin and Hobbes were staring up into the sky in awe. "So that was Magine huh?" Calvin asked Hobbes.
"Yep." Hobbes replied.
"WELL HE'S AWSOME!" Calvin exclaimed, "Did you know he had those kinds of powers!?"
Hobbes smirked, as he hugged Calvin. "It's good to have ya back Calvin." Calvin was surprised, but he returned the hug, and then they saw a bright blue light floating down.
They saw Magine float down, William in his hands, unconscious, he let his brother drop to the floor, with a *THUMP* William struck the ground. Magine floated down, and then he walked over to Hobbes.
"Hey Hobbes, long time no see huh?" Magine said casually, turning back into a little boy. "I pray that your keeping out of trouble."
"Are you kidding me? He's getting ME into trouble!" Calvin retorted, to which everyone rolled their eyes.
Hobbes smiled as Magine let out a laugh. "Ah, you never change do you Hobbes- you never have and ya never will."
Hobbes slowly got up and then walked over to Magine. "You know I don't." Hobbes replied.
Like a little kid Hobbes opened up his arms and Magine floated up and then hugged him. Mom wiped her eyes as Dad put an arm around her, Althea held Sally close, Susie smiled, Derek and Lobo looked at each other smiling, BOS didn't care, Moe was still unconscious, Beth was still screaming trapped in the pod, and the authors were chasing after Chester A. Bum after he took their wallets.
"I miss you Magine." Hobbes said as they broke apart.
"I know." Magine said, and then he smirked, "But you've got family, and I've got the get back to heaven, but remember I'll be watching… oh and you're real now so watch out for Animal Control."
And with that final grace of wisdom, Magine flew off into the sky, and then he dispersed. Hobbes wiped a tear from his eye and he looked at Calvin, who as still staring up at where Magine had gone.
"Did I ever tell you that your pal Magine is AWESOME!" Calvin exclaimed. "THAT WAS SOO COOL ABOUT HOW HE DEFATED WILLIAM LIKE THAT AND HE BLEW THE TOP OFF AND THEN HE-"
Suddenly, they heard a rumbling. Everyone looked up, to see that the base, with no roof and a large hole now in the mountain, was beginning to collapse. The walls, began to buckle as rock and dirt began pouring in.
"Ummmm…" Calvin said. "RUN!" No one needed to tell everyone twice, they all ran, except for Beth and William. Hobbes noticed that Beth was still in the robot's chest. "Althea." He said.
"Yes?' The tigress asked in an innocent voice.
"Get her out."
"WHAT!?" Everyone else screamed.
"We can't leave a little girl to die, even if she did betray us, plus she is Williams daughter so she ought to know the base's layout."
"Then why don't we just take William?" Lou asked. They got their answer in a loud scream. Everyone looked over, to see William standing up.
"RUINED. IT'S ALL RUINED, MY LIFE'S WORK GONE!" He snapped his head toward the group. "I'll make you pay, YOU ALL WILL DIE!" He jumped forward, only for a set of rocks to obscure the groups view of him as well as blocking him off.
William roared as he tore into the rocks trying to dig his way out. "YOU SHALL PAY!" He screeched. Then he heard an even louder rumbling noise. HE looked up, and then he saw Magine's statue beginning to fall.
William's eyes went wide as the statue fell, right toward him. "NO!" William cried, as the last thing he saw was the face of his brother smiling at him.
From the other side, as the group were dragging Beth out of the robot they heard a horrible sound.
*CRUNCH!*
Beth let out a gasp, Althea's eyes went wide, Sally and Susie grimaced, Moe turned green, Dad turned green, Mom vomited, Calvin screamed, "COOL!" and Hobbes winced and then sighed.
"Well he did want to be with his brother again" He mused.
"FATHER!" Beth screamed. "YOU MURDER"S I'LL KILL YOU ALL!" She struggled out of Mom's grip and then ran toward the rocks. "FATHER!" She yelled.
"BETH WAIT!" Sally cried, and then the whole base began to collapse, and Beth vanished in the rubble.
"No time." Althea said, as they all took off running.
The group ran through the base at top speed, running, trying to look for an exit. "Where are we supposed to go?" Lou asked.
"We need to find a way we can get off the mountain and fast!" Derrick replied.
"But how it's not like that dead guy had a garage full of cars and stuff." BOS said, right as they came to a sign pointing left that said, GARAGE FULL OF CARS AND STUFF.
"Did this guy just REALLY like coincidences?" Susie asked, right then, the ceiling behind them caved in and rocks and dirt poured in.
"RUN AGAIN!" Calvin yelled as they ran to the garage full of cars and stuff.
They ran into a large room with an SUV, a new 2013 Model van, a couple of sports cars, mountain bikes , and some snowmobiles and dune buggies. "Dibs on the mountain bikes!" Derek and BOS shouted, climbing onto the motorcycles and speeding up a ramp that lead out.
"I'll take the dune buggy!" Lou said as he climbed in. Sally, Althea, Susie, and Moe joined, and they sped off.
Dad looked at the vehicles. "Anyone object to the SUV?" he asked.
Climbing in, they sped off with the others, away from the crumbled lair, leaving the ransacked camp full of robots, creepy counselors, and gut-wrenching goody-goodiness behind as they got on the highway, heading home. "What do you suppose will happen to the camp now?" Mom asked as she looked back.
"Hard to say. The authorities will probably investigate, all the kids will be returned home, and the place will be closed off for good hopefully." Dad answered. "Lets just be thankful that we're all alright, our family is together again, and all our troubles are behind us."
"Yeah, plus I think we all learned a valuable lesson." Calvin added.
"Imagination is as powerful as you want to make it?" Hobbes asked.
"Those who try to use the ideas of others for their own gain will only fall?" Mom guessed.
"Childhood is more about building character and playing games, but more about building fond memories with those you love?" Dad suggested.
"Nope. Parents should NEVER force their kids to go to a summer camp and ALWAYS listen to them before an apocalypse strikes." Calvin answered.
Mom and Dad shook their heads, while Hobbes rolled his eyes.
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The sun was beginning to rise a couple hours later. Dad was still driving, while Mom and Hobbes had fallen asleep. Calvin, still hyped up from the adventure, couldn't sleep. Now that Hobbes was real, the summer was full of opportunities- and everyone could now see his best friend the way he saw him… Though, one thing had changed about the kid, which we say makes him OOC (though I doubt anyone really minds), and that's he was no longer a power-hungry lunatic like he was before. Oh, sure, he still had ideas of the school blowing up or being a T-Rex and stomping on everyone… but he planned on keeping his imagination in control.
After all, he didn't want to end up like William… no, he wanted to be more like Magine- super-cool powers and all- and wanted to use his imagination to have a new adventure every day, with Hobbes at his side… maybe even Sally and Althea could team up with them against Susie and Moe, and even find Derek again and see if he can teach him more swear words- even see if Mom and Dad would hire him as a new babysitter!
Yep. The summer was full of opportunities, and he leaned back sighing, smiling as he did. He then picked up his backpack- which was slightly torn and ragged from the battle- and looked through all the items he had: his transmogrifier gun, a spare water-balloon, a robot's disembodied claw, some cookies, and a friendship bracelet Lou must have snuck in there (Again, Calvin could never figure out what was up with that boy). Though one thing caught his eye- the journal Hobbes had given him.
Weird, I never got around to reading this thing… meh, no one probably cared what Hobbes wrote in it anyway. he thought, but opened to the last page anyway.
"Calvin," it began. "If you're reading this, it means we have been separated. These last few years have been quite a thrill- as my insurance payments prove- but I suppose it's come to the time where you've grown up a bit…"
On the highway, Lou, Susie, Moe, Sally, and Althea drove- Lou was trying to concentrate, Moe and Susie were arguing, and Althea and Sally just sat back, drawing pictures of their adventures. Derek, Lobo, and BOS pulled up next to them, and they waved- Derek nodded back as well as Lobo, while BOS only shrugged.
"You've made some new friends- maybe even more enemies to chuck water-balloons and snow-balls at, if you're still doing those things when we split. It's kind of hard to say… The last time I had a great friend like you was with a kid I lived with, Ian Magination (I always called him 'Magine'), who was always high-spirited and adventurous, but one day we got into an accident- sort of like the accidents we always get into- but he didn't survive, and that's when I moved on and met you…"
Back at the camp, authorities were sweeping out the area, kids were being returned home, and the site was being cleared off… though to everyone's confusion five Calvins were running around, chased by monsters, whom Stupendous Man and Spaceman Spiff were trying to fight, while Tracer Bullet was looking around the damage, giving his input to a couple cops. The Duplicates,Spiff, Stupendous Man, Bullet and the Monsters were the only ones who had made it out of the base out of Calvin's Imagination Army.
"Being with you was like re-living all those years with Magine again, even continuing where we left off. Sure, he wasn't as crazy as you (and didn't smell so bad), but you and him are quite alike in one way- your everlasting imaginations. Heck, I don't see why I'm writing this, your imagination is so strong you'll never lose it like how some people do as they get older. But, I know that someday we'll go our separate ways, but our friendship will last forever… Who knows? Maybe we'll still be together while you're reading this. No matter what, I'm glad I have a friend like you.
Sincerely, Hobbes- President of G.R.O.S.S, El Tigre Awesomio, and All-Time Ferocious King of the Beasts (no matter WHAT those lions say)
P.S., in case you haven't paid me back for all the bets we've made that you lost, just leave a check for $500,000 under the doormat out back."
Calvin smiled, then looked at his friend, stroking his head. Magine and I have another thing in common, he thought. The best friend anyone could ask for found his way into our lives.
With that, the six-year-old fell asleep.
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One last Chapter and it will all be over. I hope you all have enjoyed the ride..but as of right now it's on its last leg of the journey.