Chapter 12- The Phantom-Hams
The 4 Ham-Hams were soon out of the temple and heading for the next one, again wondering what would await them inside.
"Hey there it is!" Boss yelled out.
"I see it!" Hale responded.
"OUI! Ve're almozt zhere!" Bijou cried out.
"Nothing can stop us now!' Hamtaro said.but he possibly said it too soon. For some reason, purple clouds were coming their way as they got closer to the temple.
"Hale." Hamtaro started. "Wh-what's going on?"
"I'm not so sure," Hale responded. "However my guess is that this area we're going through is a kind that we must do something so we can get to the temple."
"Well what's gonna happen then?" Boss asked. His question was then answered soon, for pairs of hands instantly came out of the ground, like zombie-hams coming out of a graveyard. Soon thirteen creatures came out of the ground. They were able to float and had blurry faces that could give even the bravest hamster nightmares.
"Vat are zhose zings?" Bijou asked in horror.
"They're phantom-hams." Hale answered in a calm way. "Normally they'd be the spirits of dead hamsters, but they would be white and have more plain faces. But these ones are purple and have evil faces, so they were created by Sheiug and Spat as a trap."
"Well I'm not letting some freaky ghosts kill us!" Boss yelled. He then got ready to attack by immediately pulling his right hand back with yellow and sparking energy forming: Ham-Shocker. Soon he pushed his hand forward, sending the Ham-Shocker beam straight to the phantom-ham he aimed for. But instead of hitting the target, it went right through it, making the phantom- ham laugh evilly in a deep, strange voice.
"Well it seems our attacks won't work against those creatures." Hale replied to Boss' mistake.
"Then what do we do?" Hamtaro asked, terrified.
Hale couldn't answer because one of the phantom-hams then opened its ugly mouth and fired out some oozy, purple acid. Hale just barely dodged the acid by moving his head out of the way. When it hit the ground, the sand that got hit started to sizzle and evaporate.
"If we get hit by that, we'll be done for!" Hale yelled out. Then he thought of something. "Unless."
Instantly, as soon as another phantom-ham shot out the purple substance, Hale brought out his Ham-Shield in time to block the attack. It did just that. When the acid hit the phantom-ham after being blocked by the Ham- Shield, The phantom-ham screamed like a monster, which terrified the Ham-Hams a little, and then it vanished.
"I knew it!" Hale discovered. "Its weakness is its own attacks! Ghost-hams were known for if touching each other, they'd vanish into nothingness, for that's how Ham-God created us. So with these ghosts, their own attacks would absolutely make them not have any existence!"
The Phantom-Hams then looked as if they got a bit worried. But soon they thought of an idea, for they started chattering in their weird language and it sounded at the end like they agreed on something.
"What's going on?" Hamtaro asked Hale.
""Mabve somezing bad iz about zu happen!" Bijou guessed.
"She might be right." Boss agreed.
"...and we're about to find out." Hale finished.
The Phantom-Hams then started glowing. Eleven of them formed a circle around the one in the middle. Then, slowly, the eleven glided to the middle one and their bodies started to combine. Soon a huge, purple glow formed, almost covering the big scene. Then soon, a huge, evolved-like version of a Phantom-Ham was growing. It kept growing until it was double the size of Hale's black ship! It looked like an average Phantom-Ham, though it had a new size, sharp claws, and the eyes of Sheiug.
"What...the...Devil-Ham...is...that?!" Boss asked, stunned as a rock.
"Okay, about the ghosts-dying-when-they-tough-each-other part... when at least 5 or more touch, then some reaction occurs and causes them to combine and form one. Apparently this is what happened to these ghosts. Still I have a plan. Okay, everyone get over here, quickly!"
The three Ham-Hams quickly ran to Hale since they were a few feet away. The big Phantom-ham just watched, growling. Hale then whispered to them in their ears.
"Okay here's the plan." he started." As soon as that thing fires, we all bring out our Ham-Shields, but at the same spot so the Ham-Shields will also combine and form an enormous barrier. It could be strong enough.
"Hope you're right." Hamtaro responded.
"I hope so too..." Hale said, unsure about his idea, but still believed in it. "Okay everyone in position!
The 4 Ham-Hams made a horizontal line, slightly bent, in front of the monster. He just chuckled for a response.
"Get ready..." Hale whispered to them.
They all slowly pulled their right hands toward their backs, but not much so the monster wouldn't notice. Then the Phantom-Ham opened its mouth and pulled its head back with a visible charge coming in its mouth. A shhrshh noise was heard in the mouth and then, instantly, it pushed its head forward with a huge purple ball coming out.
"NOW!!!" Hale yelled.
They all brought out their Ham-Shield shields in the same spot and in a flash, they were all holding an enormous barrier. The purple attack hit the shield, which caused the Hams to try to push the attack out of their way. They struggled and struggled as the Phantom-Ham shocked, worried and backing away a little.
They kept trying to keep the attack away from them. Their sweat came down and they begged for the attack to just go away. It seemed that they would soon give in and die, but soon there was hope. The Ham-Hams didn't notice it, but white clouds started to come in. They came on top of the struggling hamsters and the face of Ham-God appeared. She was shocked that the only heroes who could save the hamster universe were about to die. She then raised her left hand, facing the hams, and out came light, which headed for the Ham-Hams. It gave them strength, not much, but enough for them to just entirely cool them down. The white clouds and Ham-God then disappeared. The Ham-Hams' sweat stopped dropping and the Phantom-Ham noticed that the purple acid ball it shot was staring to come closer. It then got scared and backed away a little more. But it was no use for him, for the hamsters finally pushed the enormous ball away, making it head straight for the Phantom-Ham. It got completely shocked and tried to float away, but the size of it made it too slow and when its own attack hit it, it roared and screamed, making the hamsters cover their ears and closed their eyes. Soon the large monster evaporated, and the screaming faded away. Hale slowly opened his eyes and looked straight ahead. The monster was finally gone. He put his hands away from his ears and was exited to see such a peaceful sight
"Ham-Hams, look!" Hale yelled at them. "The monster is gone! It's finally gone!"
The three took their hand off their ears and opened their eyes: nothing but desert, the 2nd Temple, and grayish-white clouds.
"Oui! It iz finally over!" Bijou cheered.
"The monster is go-one! The monster is go-one!" Boss and Hamtaro yelled in singing voices.
"That was magnificent, Ham-Hams!" Hale told them. "I knew I could on you! Still....
"Still what?" Hamtaro asked.
"We still have the 2nd Temple right in front of us, 2 more, and then probably Sheiug and Spat." "Dang I can't imagine though they'll be if that Phantom-Ham was this hard."
"Vat if ve can't vin?!" Bijou became very worried, "Ve could all zie!" She then started crying.
"Don't talk like that, Bijou!" Hamtaro calmed her. "Remember no Ham-Ham should give up or they'll only be a quitter!"
"You're vight, Hamtaro." Bijou said, blushing a little. "Zank you."
"Anytime." Hamtaro smiled at her.
[End of Chapter]
The 4 Ham-Hams were soon out of the temple and heading for the next one, again wondering what would await them inside.
"Hey there it is!" Boss yelled out.
"I see it!" Hale responded.
"OUI! Ve're almozt zhere!" Bijou cried out.
"Nothing can stop us now!' Hamtaro said.but he possibly said it too soon. For some reason, purple clouds were coming their way as they got closer to the temple.
"Hale." Hamtaro started. "Wh-what's going on?"
"I'm not so sure," Hale responded. "However my guess is that this area we're going through is a kind that we must do something so we can get to the temple."
"Well what's gonna happen then?" Boss asked. His question was then answered soon, for pairs of hands instantly came out of the ground, like zombie-hams coming out of a graveyard. Soon thirteen creatures came out of the ground. They were able to float and had blurry faces that could give even the bravest hamster nightmares.
"Vat are zhose zings?" Bijou asked in horror.
"They're phantom-hams." Hale answered in a calm way. "Normally they'd be the spirits of dead hamsters, but they would be white and have more plain faces. But these ones are purple and have evil faces, so they were created by Sheiug and Spat as a trap."
"Well I'm not letting some freaky ghosts kill us!" Boss yelled. He then got ready to attack by immediately pulling his right hand back with yellow and sparking energy forming: Ham-Shocker. Soon he pushed his hand forward, sending the Ham-Shocker beam straight to the phantom-ham he aimed for. But instead of hitting the target, it went right through it, making the phantom- ham laugh evilly in a deep, strange voice.
"Well it seems our attacks won't work against those creatures." Hale replied to Boss' mistake.
"Then what do we do?" Hamtaro asked, terrified.
Hale couldn't answer because one of the phantom-hams then opened its ugly mouth and fired out some oozy, purple acid. Hale just barely dodged the acid by moving his head out of the way. When it hit the ground, the sand that got hit started to sizzle and evaporate.
"If we get hit by that, we'll be done for!" Hale yelled out. Then he thought of something. "Unless."
Instantly, as soon as another phantom-ham shot out the purple substance, Hale brought out his Ham-Shield in time to block the attack. It did just that. When the acid hit the phantom-ham after being blocked by the Ham- Shield, The phantom-ham screamed like a monster, which terrified the Ham-Hams a little, and then it vanished.
"I knew it!" Hale discovered. "Its weakness is its own attacks! Ghost-hams were known for if touching each other, they'd vanish into nothingness, for that's how Ham-God created us. So with these ghosts, their own attacks would absolutely make them not have any existence!"
The Phantom-Hams then looked as if they got a bit worried. But soon they thought of an idea, for they started chattering in their weird language and it sounded at the end like they agreed on something.
"What's going on?" Hamtaro asked Hale.
""Mabve somezing bad iz about zu happen!" Bijou guessed.
"She might be right." Boss agreed.
"...and we're about to find out." Hale finished.
The Phantom-Hams then started glowing. Eleven of them formed a circle around the one in the middle. Then, slowly, the eleven glided to the middle one and their bodies started to combine. Soon a huge, purple glow formed, almost covering the big scene. Then soon, a huge, evolved-like version of a Phantom-Ham was growing. It kept growing until it was double the size of Hale's black ship! It looked like an average Phantom-Ham, though it had a new size, sharp claws, and the eyes of Sheiug.
"What...the...Devil-Ham...is...that?!" Boss asked, stunned as a rock.
"Okay, about the ghosts-dying-when-they-tough-each-other part... when at least 5 or more touch, then some reaction occurs and causes them to combine and form one. Apparently this is what happened to these ghosts. Still I have a plan. Okay, everyone get over here, quickly!"
The three Ham-Hams quickly ran to Hale since they were a few feet away. The big Phantom-ham just watched, growling. Hale then whispered to them in their ears.
"Okay here's the plan." he started." As soon as that thing fires, we all bring out our Ham-Shields, but at the same spot so the Ham-Shields will also combine and form an enormous barrier. It could be strong enough.
"Hope you're right." Hamtaro responded.
"I hope so too..." Hale said, unsure about his idea, but still believed in it. "Okay everyone in position!
The 4 Ham-Hams made a horizontal line, slightly bent, in front of the monster. He just chuckled for a response.
"Get ready..." Hale whispered to them.
They all slowly pulled their right hands toward their backs, but not much so the monster wouldn't notice. Then the Phantom-Ham opened its mouth and pulled its head back with a visible charge coming in its mouth. A shhrshh noise was heard in the mouth and then, instantly, it pushed its head forward with a huge purple ball coming out.
"NOW!!!" Hale yelled.
They all brought out their Ham-Shield shields in the same spot and in a flash, they were all holding an enormous barrier. The purple attack hit the shield, which caused the Hams to try to push the attack out of their way. They struggled and struggled as the Phantom-Ham shocked, worried and backing away a little.
They kept trying to keep the attack away from them. Their sweat came down and they begged for the attack to just go away. It seemed that they would soon give in and die, but soon there was hope. The Ham-Hams didn't notice it, but white clouds started to come in. They came on top of the struggling hamsters and the face of Ham-God appeared. She was shocked that the only heroes who could save the hamster universe were about to die. She then raised her left hand, facing the hams, and out came light, which headed for the Ham-Hams. It gave them strength, not much, but enough for them to just entirely cool them down. The white clouds and Ham-God then disappeared. The Ham-Hams' sweat stopped dropping and the Phantom-Ham noticed that the purple acid ball it shot was staring to come closer. It then got scared and backed away a little more. But it was no use for him, for the hamsters finally pushed the enormous ball away, making it head straight for the Phantom-Ham. It got completely shocked and tried to float away, but the size of it made it too slow and when its own attack hit it, it roared and screamed, making the hamsters cover their ears and closed their eyes. Soon the large monster evaporated, and the screaming faded away. Hale slowly opened his eyes and looked straight ahead. The monster was finally gone. He put his hands away from his ears and was exited to see such a peaceful sight
"Ham-Hams, look!" Hale yelled at them. "The monster is gone! It's finally gone!"
The three took their hand off their ears and opened their eyes: nothing but desert, the 2nd Temple, and grayish-white clouds.
"Oui! It iz finally over!" Bijou cheered.
"The monster is go-one! The monster is go-one!" Boss and Hamtaro yelled in singing voices.
"That was magnificent, Ham-Hams!" Hale told them. "I knew I could on you! Still....
"Still what?" Hamtaro asked.
"We still have the 2nd Temple right in front of us, 2 more, and then probably Sheiug and Spat." "Dang I can't imagine though they'll be if that Phantom-Ham was this hard."
"Vat if ve can't vin?!" Bijou became very worried, "Ve could all zie!" She then started crying.
"Don't talk like that, Bijou!" Hamtaro calmed her. "Remember no Ham-Ham should give up or they'll only be a quitter!"
"You're vight, Hamtaro." Bijou said, blushing a little. "Zank you."
"Anytime." Hamtaro smiled at her.
[End of Chapter]