ITS HAMTARO TIME
The Festival part II
People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down
When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down
When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
"Ready men our quarry draws closer" spoke Li as he looked through a pair of tiny binoculars as he watched the group get closer to their position,
"Arm the cannon" he spoke giving a few military hand signals, the group obliged and armed the tiny cannon wit a few water balloons
"Cannon armed sir" Said Germ,
"Excellent, now all we have to do is wait for our quarry and our cause will be complete" It had been a few hours since our heroes had been banned from the clubhouse by Boss and they had not been very pleased about it. so in retaliation they had loaded a few water balloons into a cannon and had readied it to fire on the oncoming, peace loving hamsters.
"Now we will see how the final struggle between human and rodent in this epic showdown." Said Trin as he peered through the binoculars once more,
"Here they come man the gun" he whispered as the ham-hams drew came into view.
"On my mark…FIRE!" and with that the unsuspecting hamsters felt the sting of cold water and rubber exploding upon them.
"Yes a complete success now let us engage the enemy," and they charged down the hill on which they were perched.
"YOU JERKS!" yelled an angry Dexter as tried to dry himself off,
"What was that for?" cried Hamtaro tears welling in his eyes,
"Grrr. That's it" yelled Boss and threw a weak punch at Li unfortunately Li didn't see it coming and was knocked to the ground,
"OW" said Li as he rubbed his cheek,
"Can we come back to the club house now?" asked Trin but all he got in return were angry glares from the drenched hamsters,
"You think that we will let back in just because you soaked" asked Boss
"Uh huh" smiled Trin, and at this everyone fell down on their faces,
"It doesn't matter Trin," said Li bitterly as he continued to rub his jaw "we'll build our own club house, with a Ferris wheel and, and other cool stuff and you people can't come"
"Yeah right" scoffed,
"Fine" said Li "but you do realize this means war," and with that he pulled out a cameo bandana out of his sweater pocket and tied it Rambo style around his forehead.
"Let's go people" and his friends followed him with a look of dedication on their faces,
SOME DAYS LATER,
Li stared in determination through the tiny binoculars, the sun blistered down upon them, the groups had each constructed large trenches WWI style. With razor wire and every thing, Our heroes had now donned special war hats, Germ wore a WWI style rim helmet, Trin wore a Roman Centurion helm, Charlie with a Civil war cap, and along with a few gerbils they had recruited the four young hams stood ready waiting for their enemy to make a move.
"Look at them over there so smug with that clubhouse" hissed Li,
"Captain" said a Gerbil " the troops are ready"
"Excellent prepare to attack"
"Yes sir" and the gerbil ran of to ready the troops,
"Li do you think that we're kinda making a big deal over this I'm sure if we just go home Washu will turn us back" spoke Germ as he cleaned a ham sized paintball gun,
"Hmm. Good point leftennet but I do not remember where we live so oh well" he said as he peered through the binoculars.
"Hey Boss" said Hamtaro,
"Yes Hamtaro" said boss as he stared through some binoculars
"Why are we doing this I mean they are our friends"
"Not any more Hamtaro so forget it"
Mean while in side of the clubhouse the girls were talking while doing some girly stuff.
"Why are we even fighting" sighed Pashmina
"Because Boss and Li both went insane" stated Sandy
"Ookwee" sighed Penelope
"well I think that this is to foolish" said Bijou, suddenly the door burst open and Panda, Dexter, Howdy, Hamtaro and Boss came in carrying an armful of blueprints and stragic maps,
"Sorry girls you'll have to vamoose we need to do some straigizing" said boss as he unfurled the maps and stuff,
"But where should we go" asked Sandy,
"Just hang in the trenches they're safe" said Panda as he studied the maps, the girls grumbled and groaned as the walked into the trenches luckily they were not alone Maxwell and Oxnard had been made sentries and were patrolling the area when it happened the explosion rocked the tunnels of the clubhouse. Dirt and debris fell from the ceiling, Boss and the others rushed outside to see what was going on.
"What the heck is happening" shouted Boss as another explosion rocked the area,
"We're taking fire sir" stuttered Maxwell.
"Well return fire," yelled Boss,
"It'll take a while for the guns to get ready," stated Panda
"Well hurry up!"
AT LI'S BASE
"Excellent men keep up that artillary fire," said Li as the Gerbils loaded a firecracker into a small artillary gun and lit the fuse,
"Sir should we charge" quered a Gerbil
"Not yet fluffy" stated Li as he watched the explosion hit the front of a trench,
"They're totally off their guard Li I would suggest the first wave rush" said Charlie,
"Very well FIRST BATTILION CHARGE!" he yelled as a group of 4 gerbils charged the other hamsters,
"Boss they're charging" yelled a worried Dexter,
"Fire the guns" calmly said Boss, with that Maxwell lit the fuse of a cannon and the proceeding explosion hit two of the gerbils flinging them into the air. The other two hit the dirt and started firing with their paintballs,
"Dexter Howdy open fire" yelled boss as the two rivals opened fire on the gerbils, one fell a paint mark right between the eyes.
"Damn" yelled Li as he threw the binoculars on the ground "Battilions 2 and 3 charge!" this time eight gerbils charged out of the trench another explosion hit three of the rodents the other five kept pace and met up with their bogged down companion. They got him to his feet and 3 took shelter behind a rock the other three hid in an artillery hole firing on their attackers,
The clubhouse door burst open and Panda and Hamtaro rushed in carrying an injured Maxwell , he had been pegged in the throat by a paintball and was gasping for breath,
"Oh no Maxwell!" cried Sandy as she rushed to his side
"Will he be okay?" she asked
"I don't know Sandy I don't know" Panda said as he unrapped a role of gauz
"I don't want to die…Mom!…Mommy!" yelled the Hysterical Maxwell,
"Hamtaro Put pressure on that welt I need to get some balm" Hurried Panda as he went to another room.
"Li the Artillery fire ceased!" shouted Germ
"Good tell the men to hold their position" he yelled back
"Kay" Germ said and spoke into a walkie-talkie,
The battle field was quiet the gerbils peered out of their hiding places and waited for the orders when suddenly a few shots rang out and a gerbil screamed and fell as the paintball smashed against his larynx.
"Get a grenade" yelled one gerbil to another the other one obliged and launched inside the trench.
"GRENADE!" yelled Dexter the hamsters ducked and fell as the mini firecracker went off sending dirt everywhere,
"Howdy, Hamtaro get out there" yelled Boss as Hamtaro and Howdy hurled themselves out of the trench and ran out firing every where. They didn't get very far before Howdy fell shot in the knee, Hamtaro ignoring his urge to help his friend ran for cover as paintballs whizzed passed him.
"Crud" thought Boss as he watched Howdy squirm for cover while being shot at by gerbils,
"OXNARD MAN THAT GUN" he yelled and Oxnard scurried as fast as he could to the gun.
The earth shuddered as the firecracker hit the rock that the three gerbils where hiding behind, the flew into the sky and landed near the hole that the other group was hiding in they dragged the conscious ones inside the other laid there with spirals for eyes,
"Germ take out that gunner" Yelled Li
"Roger that," said Germ as he looked through the scope of his sniper paintball gun and fired,
Oxnard hit the dirt with a paint mark on his forehead
"Panda we need you here now!" yelled Boss as Dexter dragged him toward the door to the clubhouse.
Meanwhile Hamtaro could not move where he was, he was to shocked to move seeing Howdy get shot like that, he wasn't supposed to be here he was a peaceful ham he just wanted to be at home eating a hamster treat this wasn't fair. Suddenly the bushes rustled and a Gerbil came into view,
"Corporal tell the Captain we have a prisoner," said the Gerbil. They then blindfolded the young ham, and he felt himself hit hard wood and the bump as a motor car drove off. (Actually it was a R.C. jeep that they hollowed the cab and controlled from a mini controller from the inside) the sounds of war were dimming as Hamtaro felt himself get flinged into a wall and the slam of a door.
"Damn they got Hamtaro" cursed Boss, he turned and went into the clubhouse.
"Boss what's up?" asked Panda as he taped a Band-Aid to Oxnard's face and went to help Maxwell who was just clinging to consciousness.
"They got Hamtaro Panda we need to rethink our attack plan" suddenly Cappy burst into the clubhouse,
"Hey we got a problem," he said
"And what's that" asked Boss,
"Just us" suddenly the room filled with Gerbils as Li and Germ entered the clubhouse,
"Everybody out" yelled one of the Gerbils
"Except you boss we have some business to attend to" stated Li.
The rest of the hamsters found themselves blindfolded and gagged and bound, they could make out Germ giving orders and what not.
"C'mon you idiots I said gentle with the prisoners not beaten" yelled Germ
"Now Boss about our business to attend" said Li as he removed his paintball pistol took out a magazine, and put it on the table and sat down,
"What's this about Li" said Boss with much contempt,
"I just want to discuss us being back in the clubhouse" stated Li
"No"
"Please"
"No Li, listen I don't like you and you don't like me"
"I like you"
"Well maybe you like me but I don't like you"
"Maybe if you got to know me better you'd like me"
"Listen you insulted us then drenched us its going to take you a lot more to re-earn our respect."
"I'll give you twenty bucks and a basket of sunflower seeds"
"Done"
as the two hams emerged they found the rest of the hams enjoying a game of charades as Li and Boss spread the news.
End
A/N: I had a lot fun writing this episode and which goes with two basic lessons One: war is hell and anything can be attained by bribery, any way sorry for not updating since may but oh well what the hell are you going to about it? Any one TTFN