"AAAHH! WHAT'S THAT?"

"It's the doorknob, Faye. Just calm down, will ya?"

"That's easy for you to say, Jet Black! Ever since those hamsters escaped their crygenic freeze capsules, there's no telling what the hell those agents of evil can do! I... I SEE A SHADOW MOVING!"

"That's YOUR shadow, Faye."

"... oh. I knew that."

Faye kept as close to Jet as possible, daring not to let Jet leave her all alone down the dim halls of the Bebop. Silence slithered down the steel halls, casting an evil eye on the footsteps of Jet and Faye.

Meanwhile, deep inside an unused airvent underneath the floor of the kitchen, 13 little hamsters were doing their best to comfort one another. Bijou, Maxwell, Sandy, Penelope, Cappy, Dexter and Panda scurried through the bedrooms, tore up some clothing and made it their own rags to get themselves warm from the cryogenic freeze. Hamtaro, Boss, Howdy, Oxnard, Stan and Pashmina stormed the refrigerator and got all the food they needed. The hardship was overbearing, but through Hamtaro there was still hope in survival.

"... how long has it been since we slept?" Hamtaro asked, feeling another chill surge through his body. Bijou snuggled up to Hamtaro, hoping that would help them feel a little warmer.

"I... I'm not really sure, but it definitely must have been a very long time, maybe longer than anticipated," Bijou said. After Maxwell gave out all the rags to his fellow ham-hams, he walked to Hamtaro and Bijou and gave them the biggest rag to cover them both.

"T-t-thank you, Maxwell. You guys sure picked the right rags to cover us up," Hamtaro said. Hamtaro knew that huddling together could help them get warmer, but Maxwell knew that thick fabric would do a much better job at getting their temperature back to normal. Maxwell sat next to Hamtaro and Bijou huddling together.

"... I took a good look at the calendar in one of their bedrooms. It seems that we've been in cryogenic freeze for over 70 years. It was very brave of Laura and Mrs. Haruna to put us into cryogenic sleep and keep us out of those evil scientists' hands. If it wasn't for your family, we'd definitely be used for further experiments," Maxwell said. Back in the year 2000, Laura Haruna's mother was a great scientist who discovered the true nature of Hamtaro and all his friends. Unfortunately, a dark organization captured the Clubhouse and did horrible experiments. Feeling that the evil organization could kill them, Mrs. Haruna put Hamtaro and the rest of the Ham-Ham Clubhouse into cryogenic freeze and kept them safe in a secret location.

But there was still so many questions left unanswered. Why in the world were they put into such a deep sleep in the first place? What was the real reason as to why they were separated from their human families? Who was responsible for taking them away from their homes and perform terrible experiments on them? What makes them so damn special?? Maxwell continued to ponder.

Maxwell's deep thinking was interrupted by a thumbnail filled with water. Maxwell took the water kindly from his fellow ham-ham.

"Thank you, Boss. I really appreciate it. Is there more for the others?" Maxwell asked.

"There oughta be, Maxwell. There's fruit punch for Cappy and Penelope while the others are having either soda or water. Man, I really miss the outdoors," Boss said. Boss and Maxwell heard someone sobbing really hard. When they turned their attention to the source, they saw Oxnard crying. Pashmina and Penelope tried to comfort him.

"... Conna. I... I miss her so much. Where is she when I need her the most? She... can't be gone. She CAN'T!" Oxnard lowered his head and cried on, feeling his very heart shatter into thousands of pieces. Many of the other ham-hams started to cry as well, knowing how painful it is to be ripped away from their human friends and knowing they could never see them again. As Bijou cried, Hamtaro held onto her and let her cry on his shoulder. Hamtaro felt his eyes begin to water, but he refused to cry.

(Laura was brave whenever she was in trouble, so I have to be brave, too!) Hamtaro said to himself. Boss, unlike the others, was a field-hamster. He never had a master, but it still ached his heart to see all his friends heartbroken and homesick.

"THAT DOES IT!!" Boss blasted, ramming the edge of his shovel and causing an enormous clang. All of the hamsters stopped their crying and focused on the biggest hamster in the group (12 cm is pretty big for a hamster.)

"What does it, Boss?" Hamtaro asked.

"We've been pushed around by those humans long enough! We've been ripped away from our homes, gone through many experiments and barely live to tell about it! Well, I think it's time for PAYBACK!!" Boss shouted. Feeling his anger fuel him up, his eyes of rage started to glow as red as shining rubies.

"... yeah, I know what you're sayin', Boss. I'll never forgive what they did to Jingle! He was an artist, and for that, those evil human scientists tore him apart! They were nowhere close to being as kind as Laura's family!" Stan said, feeling his eyes of rage glow hot red. One by one, almost every ham-ham let their rage get the best of them and let their red eyes glow the night away. Only one word escaped through their lips:

"... Vengeance... vengeance..."

"... Guys, what's got into you? You're starting to scare us," Bijou said. Hamtaro and Bijou started to shiver, but it wasn't from the cryogenic sleep. It was from the the rage that engulfed everyone else. Cappy and Penelope quaked with fear from the sudden change of the Ham-hams and sat close to Hamtaro and Bijou. Leaving Hamtaro, Bijou, Cappy and Penelope behind, the other 9 formed a line and marched out of their hiding spot. Boss, the last to leave, turned his attention to the remaining four.

"We're not gonna blame you for not coming with us. You guys can just stay here and guard our new home. As for us, we're going to war, and we're not gonna take any prisoners..." Boss scuttered away and caught up with the others.

"Awright, ham-hams. Let's unleash hell...."

Hamtaro, Bijou, Penelope and Cappy were left to hold the fort.

"... oh, Laura. If only we knew why those scientists took us away from our homes. It was really brave of your mom and dad to rescue us and keep us out of their grubby hands," Hamtaro said to himself. A question suddenly hit Hamtaro out of nowhere, a very big question.

"I FORGOT! WHERE'S SNOOZER?!?"


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"Geez, it's about time Faye got into her own room. I thought I needed to use a crowbar to pry her off me. Talk about being a major scardy-cat," Jet said to himself. Feeling that it's bedtime, Jet headed down the halls to his own quarters. As he walked on, he noticed a bunch of magazines on the way down. The iron-armed bounty hunter got a better look at it as he looked down on the pile, and the cover put a really mean grin on his face.

"Playboy. September 2071. Time to check out the playmate...hehehehe...." When Jet picked up the magazine and flipped through pages, he saw a shadow underneath him growing bigger and bigger. Then a wheezing sound started to ring louder from above. Jet saw what was about to come down on him and let out a scream, but he was too late. A huge, black piano fell right on Jet, causing splinters to scatter throughout the halls and making a real skin-crawling tune to echo throughout the halls. Eventually, everyone including Ein rushed to where the accident occurred.

"... a piano?? Okay, this is getting really weird," Spike said. The Bebop gang heard someone mumbling underneath what's left of the piano.

"Oh shit. It's JET! Let's get him out of there!" Faye and Spike opened the piano, finding Jet inside with stars spinning around his head and 10 ivory keys in his mouth. After reaching full consciousness, Jet spit the keys out.

"WOW! Your head must be as tough as steel! It's almost as though we're in a cartoon!" Edward said with energy.

"Hey, you all right, Jet?" Spike asked.

"... yeah, I'll be fine." Jet stepped out of the piano and shook off all the splinters.

"OKAY, WHO THE #*@%'IN HELL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?! WHOEVER SET ME UP IS GONNA PAY BIG TIME, AND I DON'T MEAN WITH WOOLONGS!!!" Jet blasted.

"Hey, there's a note on the piano," Faye said. Faye snatched the note off the piano and read it to herself. After reading the note in crude Japanese, Faye suddenly turned as pale as a ghost and froze. Not liking Faye's reaction, Spike took the note from Faye and read it to himself. Suddenly, Spike's eyes widened.

"What does it say, Spike?" Edward asked. Without saying a word, Spike showed the note to Jet, Edward and Ein. It said:



TO ALL YOU PATHETIC HUMANS:

YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD PLAY WITH OUR LIVES. YOU THOUGHT THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE HAMSTERS YOU CAN DO AS YOU PLEASE. THE BALL'S IN OUR COURT NOW, YA WORTHLESS PIECES OF GARBAGE. WE GOT THE BRAINS, THE ENGINEERING, AND THE WILL TO SURVIVE! WE'RE GONNA LET OUT ALL OUR ANGER, AND ALL OF YOU ARE OUR PRIME TARGETS.

TIME FOR ALL OF YA TO DIE....


Sincerely yours,

The Ham-Ham Clubhouse.




With a grin on his face, Spike crumpled the paper up and tossed it away. Keeping that smirk on his face, Spike drew out his .45 caliber handgun and loaded it with a fresh magazine.

"Let 'em all come. Those little rodents are goin' down."



... to be continued.