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Chapter 11
Here the Ham-Hams come!
Last chapter:
The ham-hams started to climb Mt. Freely and Boss and Sandy took the harder side to help the others with a steep climb. But something happened…
Sandy heard little squeaks and yelled, "Hey, Boss? Do you hear that?"
Boss listened and heard the squeaks too. Then he heard a rrrrrrrrrrr.
"I hear the squeaks and this machine sound," he called back.
Sandy listened carefully and shrieked, "ROCKSLIDE!"
Chapter 11:
Boss and Sandy listened in horror to the sound coming closer to them. Boss looked around for anything and saw a little piece of flat land and tied a rope around one of the tree's branches. He made sure it hooked on properly and yelled, "Sandy! Tie your rope on that tree!"
Sandy looked wildly where Boss was talking about and in a swift twirl of the rope like her ribbon, she hooked on to the tree branch and Boss and Sandy swung to safety. They saw a blur of rocks coming forth and sliding down. Sandy saw her red ribbon that Stan had gotten her whirl down to the bottom. Boss looked down and suddenly it hit him.
"THE OTHERS!" Boss yelled. He turned to Sandy who was trying to yell at the ham-hams down below. She was bent down on her knees and yelling, "GUYS! LOOK UP! C'MON, I'M NOT KIDDING!"
Boss started to yell too and both started screaming a warning to the ham-hams below.
Back with the ham-hams:
"So, what's going to happen to Boss and Sandy?" Oxnard asked.
Maxwell sighed, "We have to hope that there won't be any rockslides created."
Hamtaro's ears perked up and said, "Hey, do you hear that sound?"
The others listened and Howdy said, "Heck, I just hear all of these machine sounds."
Panda argued, "I hear that and some other squeaks. Like yelling."
Oxnard nodded and said, "Me too. Maybe we're just hearing stuff. Must have been today's lunch."
Stan was surprisingly quiet and-
"EVERYONE OUT OF THE WAY!" Stan yelled. He pushed every ham-ham to a different safe zone and every ham-ham watched in horror as the rocks came tumbling down on where they were standing before. They all couldn't move and blabbed a thanks to Stan, but he didn't pay any attention to them. He saw something red come out of the sky, but didn't know what it was-
Stan saw the red ribbon land at his feet and he knew. Sandy was de-, gone. Stan knew the ribbon was his birthday present to Sandy and she carried it wherever it she went. The shock stung him and the ham-hams walked over to him. Hamtaro asked, "Stan, what are you-oh."
The rest saw the red ribbon lay lifeless on the ground and Maxwell murmured, "I'm sorry, Stan."
Stan picked it up in his trembling hands and suddenly the ribbon gave a flick of life and gasped. Then it hit him and a little candlelight of hope flicked on in his heart. He started to go to the climbing gear and grabbed a rope. He started to climb. Oxnard ran up to him and said, "What are you doing? Sandy and Boss are- Well, don't climb up, please."
Stan ignored him and climbed and climbed while Hamtaro knew what Stan knew and yelled, "Make sure you find her and Boss, okay Stan?"
Stan looked back down and yelled, "Thanks, Red! I'll bring her back! And I won't forget Boss!"
Hamtaro led the others to the other side of the mountain for a climb, watching Stan climb up to find his twin…
Back with Boss and Sandy:
"Wow, thanks for that, Boss," Sandy said. Boss was pacing around and thinking about a plan. He finally made up his mind and said, "We have to keep climbing. The rockslide was nothing. I just hope the ham-hams are okay."
Sandy joked, "All that pacing for that?"
Boss went red and said, "Can you think of a better plan?"
Sandy started to think and leaned back, but fell down. She looked at a deep, dark cave and grinned. She pointed at the cave and Boss gave a shudder of fear. He muttered, "Fine."
They both walked into the cave, wondering what horror would come upon them.
With the ham-hams:
Hamtaro and the gang were approaching the sheer cliff that lay ahead and no one felt like going. If Boss, Sandy, or Stan were here, they would push the others beyond the limit. But they're not here, Hamtaro thought as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Can we take a break, please?" Oxnard panted even if Hamtaro had to carry him most of the way. Hamtaro smiled and definitely needed a break. The others sat down for a snack.
With Stan:
Stan was choking trying to find air. He had already passed the rockslide sight and was the almost finished climbing the vertical cliff. He looked up and found about 50 feet more to go. He sighed and tried to climb more. For a moment he just hung there with his harness. Then, he heard a ripping sound. Stan looked up in horror to see the rope letting him go. Stan immediately grabbed the rocks and started to climb. He unattached the harness and rope and slung them over his shoulder. He'd have to climb without the harness the whole way now.
When Stan thought of poor Boss and Sandy, it gave him a flicker of hope and started to climb with all his might. He looked better that Boss and Sandy doing it. Before he knew it, he reached the top of the cliff and ran over to help Hamtaro and the others with no sign of Boss and Sandy.
He looked down the cliff and yelled to the ham-hams, "Yo! Stan's here, ham-hams!"
He saw that Hamtaro looked up and told the others about Stan's arrival. Everyone got their climbing gear on and Stan threw down a rope down and nailed the other side down on the top of the cliff. He saw everyone start to climb and noticed that Hamtaro was carrying Oxnard up. Hamtaro looked as if he was about to die, but was steadily climbing and finally reached the top. The others slowly came up, panting. Stan inspected them and Howdy said, "How's this, General?"
Howdy saluted Stan and Stan grinned to see that Howdy had enough breath for his jokes. The rest sat down and Maxwell was reading his book about Mt. Freely and its summit.
Mt. Freely's summit is on top of Cave Crystal. Climbers must go to the cave entrance to the north and go through the pathways to reach the top. Cave Crystal is a habitat for many animals such as bats and fish. Alligators are also found in the cave. Not many tourists like to go to Cave Crystal because of the potential dangers of getting lost in one of the passages and chambers in the cave that many explorers have gotten died in. There is also proof that some caves in the mountain lead to Cave Crystal.
Maxwell closed his book as the others pursued on. They all hiked up a less steeper piece of land and finally landed at Cave Crystal. Oxnard peeked inside and found many sparkling crystals of sparkling colors. It was like a Northern Lights show in just one spot.
"Its beautiful! Like a little fireworks show!" Howdy laughed.
They ham-hams nodded in awe and Hamtaro said, "C'mon, ham-hams! Let's go find Penelope!"
And they all walked in.
With Boss and Sandy:
"So… tired…" Sandy gasped. They were in the cave and seemed like they had been walking for hours with only the light of the flashlights. She looked back to see nothing. She looked in front and saw nothing again. The cave was pitch black right now. Sandy clicked her flashlight on and saw crystals with the colors of the rainbow. Where am I? she thought. It was strangely silent now.
"Boss?" Sandy croaked.
Silence.
"BOSS?" Sandy yelled and turned around expecting to see Boss, but only got covered in bats that were angry at her. Sandy lost her flashlight in the process. She ducked down and yelled, "ITS NIGHTTIME! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HUNTING! GET OUT OF HERE!"
Sandy heard a rustling sound like something was moving. She quickly found her flashlight and turned it furiously on.
"Boss?"
Then she screamed. In front of her was a huge 10 ft long alligator. It snapped its jaws at her and Sandy flew back, losing her flashlight. She maneuvered in the darkness and tried to flee the giant reptile that was running after her. It was moving pretty fast, even if it was bumping into things and was hot on Sandy's trail. Sandy kept screaming, hoping that someone would find her.
With the ham-hams:
Hamtaro was leading the others and found a chamber that had four entrances. They had to choose which one to go through. He turned to the ham-hams to see them just as clueless. Maxwell tried turning his book to a page with a map, but didn't find anything. Hamtaro turned back around and asked, "Which one should we go through?"
Maxwell shook his head and said, "Well, this book says to follow the path with the most blue crystals. That's to the right."
Then, Boss appeared from one of the left caves. He looked gleefully at the ham-hams and they celebrated his return for a few minutes. Stan was in the back smiling and asked, "Where's my sister?"
Boss tried to remember and replied, "I think that me and her got separated in the cave. I don't know where she is. Sorry, Stan."
Stan went white in the face. Hamtaro's ears perked up once again and listened.
"Do you guys here that? It sounds like its getting closer," Hamtaro said.
Everyone's ears went up and Stan listened to the far left to hear screaming. He listened and yelled "That's Sandy! I know its her!"
Sandy reappeared from the far left cave. She looked at the ham-hams and looked like she was running a marathon. Stan laughed and said, "Hey, sis! We were looking for you! What's with all the screaming? We're not that ugly!"
Before Sandy could answer, the alligator ran up and everyone screamed.
"THAT'S WHY, BRO!" Sandy shrieked.
Maxwell led the others to the blue crystal path, only to find a dead end. Boss yelled, "WHAT KIND OF BOOK ARE YOU READING!?"
The alligator was getting closer and closer to them. Maxwell flipped to the cover page and read, "It's a book called Climbing Mt. Freely, by-"
Maxwell's face went white and whispered, "Its by Spat. It doesn't have a copyright."
Boss tried to take this in, but the wall of the cave flipped over and every ham-ham flipped over to another chamber. The alligator was gone.
"HEY, HAM-HAMS!"
