Howdy and Dexter continued to hold onto Hamzar's shoulder tightly.
"What kinda joke is this?!" Howdy shouted angrily at Hamzar. "We've been
walking for over two hours, and there's nothing!" "Believe me! For the
sake of my life, he's north!" Hamzar cried. "I know where we're going!" he
added. "Are you sure?" Hamtaro asked. "I'm his closest henchman! Of
course I know, stupid!" Hamzar growled. Suddenly, something large and
black swooped down, knocking Hamtaro's sword out of his hand. It was like
a large black Raven, with teeth jutting out of it's beak. It screeched
loudly, and took hold of Penelope and Hamtaro's sword. "Oh-no! Penelope!"
Pashmina cried. "Hamtaro's sword was swiped too!" Kenji cried. The giant
bird flew off into the cloudy skies with Penelope and Hamtaro's sword in
hand. "We gotta go after it!" Hamtaro cried. He sprinted in the direction
where the bird was flying. "Hamtaro! Wait for us!" Oxnard cried. All the
hamhams followed.
You know, if you two let go of me, we'd be going much faster you know." Hamzar told Howdy and Dexter. "Nice try partner, but we're not letting go of you." Howdy replied. "We won't be tricked that easily!" Dexter added. The bird was flying fast, and Hamtaro was losing track of it. "This way! Hurry!" he cried, pointing in the direction of the bird. They just saw the last of it, when they came to another large canyon, that had a river down at the bottom. "This area has too many canyons in it!" Dexter complained. "Now what?!" cried Howdy. Maxwell looked around. "Let me think. Let me think." he mumbled to himself. He saw a large green vine wrapped around a tree that was growing on the side. "I've got it!" Maxwell cried.
"So, you want us to all go swinging on that vine, 5 feet across this canyon?! You're truely insane!" Stan cried. "But it's the only way!" Sandy argued. "We'll have to go one at a time though, otherwise it may snap under all of our weight. And this vine only goes so far, so we'll have to let go of it when we swing halfway across the canyon." Maxwell told the hamhams, as he finished tieing the vine on a branch growing off the tree. "What if we fall?" Oxnard gulped. "We don't know for sure, but this is the only way to save Penelope!" Hamtaro cried. He grabbed the vine tightly, ran with it, and sailed across the canyon. He let go of the vine halfway across the canyon, letting it drop into Sandy's paws. Hamtaro leapt safely on the other side. "Come on you guys!" Hamtaro called out. "Who knows what that crow will do to Penelope!" Sandy held tightly onto the vine in her paws. "Just think of it as doing a jump, and twirling my ribbon in the air in gymnastics." Sandy said to herself. She jumped across without much trouble. Stan decided to take his turn. "All I have to do is make a fun game out of this." Stan mumbled to himself quietly. Stan gripped the vine, trembling, and then jumped. He made a wailing sound. "OOOWAAAOOO!!!! LOOK AT ME! I'M TARZAN! AAAAHHHH!!!!" Stan screamed like he never screamed before. He let go of the vine, smashing to the ground. "So much for making it a game." Stan groaned. Sandy helped him to his feet. Oxnard swung across, screaming and wailing, but he landed safely. "That wasn't so bad, was it Oxy?" Hamtaro asked. Oxnard stared, wide-eyed, and fainted.
The rest made it across okay, but when it came to Howdy and Dexter, they didn't know what to do with Hamzar. "How about you take him across, then i'll come afterwards." Dexter suggested. "Leave me with this evil guy?! You gotta be kiddin' me! Why don't you go across with him since it was your idea?!" Howdy yelled. "There's no way that i'm going with him!" Dexter argured. "How about you both go, then i'll go?" suggested Hamzar calmly. "Nice try partner! But we're not fallin' for that one!" Howdy replied. "Say, why doesn't Hamzar go first? Who says someone needs to swing across with him? He's blocked both ways if he tries to escape or hurt us." Dexter said. "hmm....not a bad idea partner!" Howdy agreed. "Okay Hamzar! You can go!" Howdy said, letting go of Hamzar's shoulder. He thought that maybe he could attack the two, now since they were unarmed and had let go of him, but Maxwell was on the bridge above, watching just incase something happened. Hamtaro and the others were watching across the canyon. Hamzar knew if he tried to pick a fight, he'd be done for. He couldn't run away either. Hamzar sighed. He knew he couldn't do anything but cross. Hamzar took hold of the vine that had swung back to him. He looked down at the rushing river in fear. "What am I thinking?! I shouldn't be afraid! I'm one of the most powerful fighters in this world, and i'm cowering at a river!" Hamzar thought to himself. He ran with the vine, jumped, swinging, but he didn't let go of the vine. Instead, he hung there. "Hey Hamzar! Better not look down!" Stan teased. Hamzar looked down at the steep canyon that led down to a rageing river below of and the enormous height made him scream. "Whoops! Made him look!" Stan chuckled. "Get me down! Get me down!" Hamzar cried. "Havin' a good time, hanging out?!" Howdy laughed. Dexter groaned. "Hamzar! Climb up that vine onto here!" Maxwell called down to Hamzar from the branch he was on. "What do you think I am, stupid?! I can't trust you, warrior!" Hamzar yelled angrily. "Well, I guess if you want to just hang there, and slip, and fall into the canyon, go ahead and be my guest." Maxwell said. Hamzar looked down into the river rushing through the canyon, then up at the branch where Maxwell was. Reluctantely, Hamzar started to clumsily climb up the vine, slipping, sliding back down, and moaning. Hamzar finally pulled himself upon the branch, groaning and panting. "Have fun?" Maxwell teased.
"What now? We can't retrieve the vine from where we are!" Dexter cried. "We'll have to jump across from this branch." Maxwell told them. "Are you crazy?!" screamed Howdy. "You're last idea may have been insane, but this one's suicide!" Stan called across. "Don't worry! I know what i'm doing." Maxwell replied. "I jumped that far over the machine in the dark castle! I'm sure you can do it!" Hamtaro called out. "Hamzar, you first." Maxwell said, pointing across the canyon. Hamzar gulped, but then leapt across, despite his fear of heights. He made it across, landing perfectly. "That wasn't so bad!" Hamzar said aloud. He stepped forward, but suddenly tripped on a tree root growing out of the ground, falling flat on his face. All the hamhams burst out laughing. "I'm really beginning to regret Lord Hamrigan reviving me!" Hamzar groaned. Howdy, Dexter, and Maxwell all leapt across one after another, landing safely. "Well, we're all across now." Kenji announced. "We've taken too long though. Penelope could be that bird's next meal by now!" Maxwell said. "Don't say such things!" cried Pashmina. "All thanks to our slow, so-called navigator pal who screams just because of a little jump across a small canyon!" Stan said, pointing to Hamzar. "You know, that wasn't a small canyon, and you were screaming just as loudly as he was." Sandy pointed out. "No one asked you!" Stan said angrily. "Guys, come on! We gotta keep looking for Penelope!" Hamtaro cried, running ahead. The rest followed.
The hamhams had only been searching for the bird for 10 minutes, when Panda found where the nest was. "It's up there in that high tree!" Panda said, pointing up to an old tall gnarly-looking tree. A large nest with twigs , moss, and feathers lay on the highest branch. "Just our luck! The nest happens to be on the highest branch!" Stan groaned. "Who said you were going up?!" Sandy replied. Something yellow popped out. "Ookwee!" "Oh Penelope! Thank goodness you're safe!" Pashmina cried. "Don't worry! I'm coming to get you!" she called up. "Wait!" Kenji cried. "That bird may be watching us!" Kenji looked around and listened, but Pashmi a didn't wait. She started to climb up. "I guess it's o-hey! Wait till I actually give you a status report!" Kenji cried. Pashmina didn't seem to hear him though. "I'll help too!" Panda said, starting up the tree. "Why did that bird take Penelope?" Cappy asked Kenji. "Those birds are attracted to bright or shiney objects. Penelope's wearing her bright blanket, and then there's Hamtaro's shining sword, so-" Kenji was cut off. "My sword! I completely forgot!" Hamtaro cried. "Leave that to me Hamtaro! I'll get it!" Panda called down. "Okay! Just be careful!" Hamtaro called back up. "Ha! Forgotten about your own weapon! Despite your power, you're really an idiot!" Hamzar sneered. "Hey! You just zip it! We've heard just about enough of you!" Stan shot angrily at Hamzar. Pashmina made her way up the tree slowly. She slipped at one point, but she held on. She eventualy reached the nest. Penelope ran towards Pashmina. "Oh Penelope! You're okay!" Pashmina cried, hugging her. Suddenly, the large black bird swooped over them, causing Pashmina to fall from the tree with Penelope.
"I got them! I got them!" Hamtaro cried, running underneath the two falling hams. Pashmina and Penelope fell ontop of Hamtaro safely. "Oh, thank you Hamtaro!" Pashmina cried. "Ookwee!" "Don't mention it...can you get off of me?" Hamtaro groaned. The large bird swooped down towards Hamtaro, Pashmina and Penelope. Panda was looking through all the items the bird had collected. Shiney mirrors, daggers, chunks of metal, and all sorts of stuff. Then he spotted a golden handle with a red jewel in it. "There it is!" Panda said as he pulled out Hamtaro's sword from the pile of junk. "Hamtaro! Catch this!" Panda cried, throwing the sword down to Hamtaro. "Wow! Thanks Panda!" Hamtaro cried, catching it. He shot a beam of light at the bird, just in time to stop it. The bird screeched angrily, as the attack hit it's right wing. It quickly recovered, and started to peck Hamtaro. "Let's help him!" Maxwell cried. He stopped the bird in mid air by raising his paws. Sandy and Stan then shot their lighting arrows at the bird, causing it to fall to the ground unconcious. Panda leapt from the nest down onto the bird. "You were really brave!" Cappy exclaimed. "Do you think that bird was working for Hamrigan? I mean, that bird stealing Hamtaro's sword in all?" Panda asked. "Master Hamrigan does not have henchmen as dimwitted as that bird! It was merely attracted to the shine in that sword!" Hamzar growled at Panda. Geez, no need to be so grumpy about it!" Panda mumbled. "Speaking of Hamrigan." Kenji said, pointing to an enormous dark cave. "I think we found his hide out."
"Are you sure?!" Sandy exclaimed. "This is where Lord Hamrigan is hiding to regain his strength. You will be no match for him!" Hamzar sneered. "Hey! We never asked if we would be a match for him or not!" Stan shot at Hamzar angrily. "Do you think this is such a good idea? Just charging in like this? What if it's a trap?" Oxnard gulped. "We've already decided that we were going to defeat him once and for all." Maxwell told him. "Well guys, I guess this is it." Hamtaro announced. "Let's go."
You know, if you two let go of me, we'd be going much faster you know." Hamzar told Howdy and Dexter. "Nice try partner, but we're not letting go of you." Howdy replied. "We won't be tricked that easily!" Dexter added. The bird was flying fast, and Hamtaro was losing track of it. "This way! Hurry!" he cried, pointing in the direction of the bird. They just saw the last of it, when they came to another large canyon, that had a river down at the bottom. "This area has too many canyons in it!" Dexter complained. "Now what?!" cried Howdy. Maxwell looked around. "Let me think. Let me think." he mumbled to himself. He saw a large green vine wrapped around a tree that was growing on the side. "I've got it!" Maxwell cried.
"So, you want us to all go swinging on that vine, 5 feet across this canyon?! You're truely insane!" Stan cried. "But it's the only way!" Sandy argued. "We'll have to go one at a time though, otherwise it may snap under all of our weight. And this vine only goes so far, so we'll have to let go of it when we swing halfway across the canyon." Maxwell told the hamhams, as he finished tieing the vine on a branch growing off the tree. "What if we fall?" Oxnard gulped. "We don't know for sure, but this is the only way to save Penelope!" Hamtaro cried. He grabbed the vine tightly, ran with it, and sailed across the canyon. He let go of the vine halfway across the canyon, letting it drop into Sandy's paws. Hamtaro leapt safely on the other side. "Come on you guys!" Hamtaro called out. "Who knows what that crow will do to Penelope!" Sandy held tightly onto the vine in her paws. "Just think of it as doing a jump, and twirling my ribbon in the air in gymnastics." Sandy said to herself. She jumped across without much trouble. Stan decided to take his turn. "All I have to do is make a fun game out of this." Stan mumbled to himself quietly. Stan gripped the vine, trembling, and then jumped. He made a wailing sound. "OOOWAAAOOO!!!! LOOK AT ME! I'M TARZAN! AAAAHHHH!!!!" Stan screamed like he never screamed before. He let go of the vine, smashing to the ground. "So much for making it a game." Stan groaned. Sandy helped him to his feet. Oxnard swung across, screaming and wailing, but he landed safely. "That wasn't so bad, was it Oxy?" Hamtaro asked. Oxnard stared, wide-eyed, and fainted.
The rest made it across okay, but when it came to Howdy and Dexter, they didn't know what to do with Hamzar. "How about you take him across, then i'll come afterwards." Dexter suggested. "Leave me with this evil guy?! You gotta be kiddin' me! Why don't you go across with him since it was your idea?!" Howdy yelled. "There's no way that i'm going with him!" Dexter argured. "How about you both go, then i'll go?" suggested Hamzar calmly. "Nice try partner! But we're not fallin' for that one!" Howdy replied. "Say, why doesn't Hamzar go first? Who says someone needs to swing across with him? He's blocked both ways if he tries to escape or hurt us." Dexter said. "hmm....not a bad idea partner!" Howdy agreed. "Okay Hamzar! You can go!" Howdy said, letting go of Hamzar's shoulder. He thought that maybe he could attack the two, now since they were unarmed and had let go of him, but Maxwell was on the bridge above, watching just incase something happened. Hamtaro and the others were watching across the canyon. Hamzar knew if he tried to pick a fight, he'd be done for. He couldn't run away either. Hamzar sighed. He knew he couldn't do anything but cross. Hamzar took hold of the vine that had swung back to him. He looked down at the rushing river in fear. "What am I thinking?! I shouldn't be afraid! I'm one of the most powerful fighters in this world, and i'm cowering at a river!" Hamzar thought to himself. He ran with the vine, jumped, swinging, but he didn't let go of the vine. Instead, he hung there. "Hey Hamzar! Better not look down!" Stan teased. Hamzar looked down at the steep canyon that led down to a rageing river below of and the enormous height made him scream. "Whoops! Made him look!" Stan chuckled. "Get me down! Get me down!" Hamzar cried. "Havin' a good time, hanging out?!" Howdy laughed. Dexter groaned. "Hamzar! Climb up that vine onto here!" Maxwell called down to Hamzar from the branch he was on. "What do you think I am, stupid?! I can't trust you, warrior!" Hamzar yelled angrily. "Well, I guess if you want to just hang there, and slip, and fall into the canyon, go ahead and be my guest." Maxwell said. Hamzar looked down into the river rushing through the canyon, then up at the branch where Maxwell was. Reluctantely, Hamzar started to clumsily climb up the vine, slipping, sliding back down, and moaning. Hamzar finally pulled himself upon the branch, groaning and panting. "Have fun?" Maxwell teased.
"What now? We can't retrieve the vine from where we are!" Dexter cried. "We'll have to jump across from this branch." Maxwell told them. "Are you crazy?!" screamed Howdy. "You're last idea may have been insane, but this one's suicide!" Stan called across. "Don't worry! I know what i'm doing." Maxwell replied. "I jumped that far over the machine in the dark castle! I'm sure you can do it!" Hamtaro called out. "Hamzar, you first." Maxwell said, pointing across the canyon. Hamzar gulped, but then leapt across, despite his fear of heights. He made it across, landing perfectly. "That wasn't so bad!" Hamzar said aloud. He stepped forward, but suddenly tripped on a tree root growing out of the ground, falling flat on his face. All the hamhams burst out laughing. "I'm really beginning to regret Lord Hamrigan reviving me!" Hamzar groaned. Howdy, Dexter, and Maxwell all leapt across one after another, landing safely. "Well, we're all across now." Kenji announced. "We've taken too long though. Penelope could be that bird's next meal by now!" Maxwell said. "Don't say such things!" cried Pashmina. "All thanks to our slow, so-called navigator pal who screams just because of a little jump across a small canyon!" Stan said, pointing to Hamzar. "You know, that wasn't a small canyon, and you were screaming just as loudly as he was." Sandy pointed out. "No one asked you!" Stan said angrily. "Guys, come on! We gotta keep looking for Penelope!" Hamtaro cried, running ahead. The rest followed.
The hamhams had only been searching for the bird for 10 minutes, when Panda found where the nest was. "It's up there in that high tree!" Panda said, pointing up to an old tall gnarly-looking tree. A large nest with twigs , moss, and feathers lay on the highest branch. "Just our luck! The nest happens to be on the highest branch!" Stan groaned. "Who said you were going up?!" Sandy replied. Something yellow popped out. "Ookwee!" "Oh Penelope! Thank goodness you're safe!" Pashmina cried. "Don't worry! I'm coming to get you!" she called up. "Wait!" Kenji cried. "That bird may be watching us!" Kenji looked around and listened, but Pashmi a didn't wait. She started to climb up. "I guess it's o-hey! Wait till I actually give you a status report!" Kenji cried. Pashmina didn't seem to hear him though. "I'll help too!" Panda said, starting up the tree. "Why did that bird take Penelope?" Cappy asked Kenji. "Those birds are attracted to bright or shiney objects. Penelope's wearing her bright blanket, and then there's Hamtaro's shining sword, so-" Kenji was cut off. "My sword! I completely forgot!" Hamtaro cried. "Leave that to me Hamtaro! I'll get it!" Panda called down. "Okay! Just be careful!" Hamtaro called back up. "Ha! Forgotten about your own weapon! Despite your power, you're really an idiot!" Hamzar sneered. "Hey! You just zip it! We've heard just about enough of you!" Stan shot angrily at Hamzar. Pashmina made her way up the tree slowly. She slipped at one point, but she held on. She eventualy reached the nest. Penelope ran towards Pashmina. "Oh Penelope! You're okay!" Pashmina cried, hugging her. Suddenly, the large black bird swooped over them, causing Pashmina to fall from the tree with Penelope.
"I got them! I got them!" Hamtaro cried, running underneath the two falling hams. Pashmina and Penelope fell ontop of Hamtaro safely. "Oh, thank you Hamtaro!" Pashmina cried. "Ookwee!" "Don't mention it...can you get off of me?" Hamtaro groaned. The large bird swooped down towards Hamtaro, Pashmina and Penelope. Panda was looking through all the items the bird had collected. Shiney mirrors, daggers, chunks of metal, and all sorts of stuff. Then he spotted a golden handle with a red jewel in it. "There it is!" Panda said as he pulled out Hamtaro's sword from the pile of junk. "Hamtaro! Catch this!" Panda cried, throwing the sword down to Hamtaro. "Wow! Thanks Panda!" Hamtaro cried, catching it. He shot a beam of light at the bird, just in time to stop it. The bird screeched angrily, as the attack hit it's right wing. It quickly recovered, and started to peck Hamtaro. "Let's help him!" Maxwell cried. He stopped the bird in mid air by raising his paws. Sandy and Stan then shot their lighting arrows at the bird, causing it to fall to the ground unconcious. Panda leapt from the nest down onto the bird. "You were really brave!" Cappy exclaimed. "Do you think that bird was working for Hamrigan? I mean, that bird stealing Hamtaro's sword in all?" Panda asked. "Master Hamrigan does not have henchmen as dimwitted as that bird! It was merely attracted to the shine in that sword!" Hamzar growled at Panda. Geez, no need to be so grumpy about it!" Panda mumbled. "Speaking of Hamrigan." Kenji said, pointing to an enormous dark cave. "I think we found his hide out."
"Are you sure?!" Sandy exclaimed. "This is where Lord Hamrigan is hiding to regain his strength. You will be no match for him!" Hamzar sneered. "Hey! We never asked if we would be a match for him or not!" Stan shot at Hamzar angrily. "Do you think this is such a good idea? Just charging in like this? What if it's a trap?" Oxnard gulped. "We've already decided that we were going to defeat him once and for all." Maxwell told him. "Well guys, I guess this is it." Hamtaro announced. "Let's go."
