Sorry it's been so long.

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That night, Morpheous snuck out of the hideaway. Hamtaro was sleeping outside it, even though hamsters are nocturnal; she smiled. "He must have wanted to give me space."

She shook Hamtaro awake, and with a tired yawn, he opened his eyes and looked up to her. "Oh, hi Morpheous." He yawned again.

"Yeah. Hi." she replied quickly. Glancing around nervously, hoping Laura wasn't awake, she finished her thought. "I'm going out for a walk. Don't worry about me."

Hamtaro though naturally began worrying then. "But Morpheous," His eyes narrowed worriedly. "There's all sorts of bad things outside at night." He sat off and waved his arms in concern, naming them off. "Foxes, cats, owls. and they might EAT you!"

"I'm a big girl, Hamtaro," Morpheous said, annoyed, and opened the door to his carrier and walked out. "I can watch out for myself."

She walked over to the hole leading out of the house, ticky-ticky-ticky- ticky. And Hamtaro watched her the whole way, at least as far as he could. He couldn't possibly let her go out there into the cold, dark outside all alone.

He followed her. Ticky-ticky-ticky..

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Earlier that day, Maria sat on her bed, looking over the big, heavy metal box. After long searching, she found an inscription on the side. "Animal Carrier," she read outloud. "If found, call.." There it listed a number.

Now Bijou was really worried, sitting there staring at her owner. "Oh no.. what if she calls zee number?" She frowned. "What if Morpheous. What if they want to take her back to that horrible place?"

Maria walked over to her telephone and picked up the receiver, and started to dial.

Bijou paniked. "Oh no. she's calling. she's calling.. I must stop her!"

With that, Bijou opened the carrier she was in and jumped the long distance from her cage to the floor without hestitation, and landed hard. It hurt so much and she squealed to make sure that if the jump didn't get her attention she'd be seen now.

A shocked Maria dropped the phone and rushed to her poor pet and picked her up. "Bijou! Are you okay?" Bijou meeped.

From the dropped phone a voice came. "Hello? Hello?"

Maria rushed over to the phone, holding her hamster, and picked it up. "I'm sorry, zhir, but my pet is in trouble! I will call back." She hung up and Bijou sighed. Though she hurt, she felt good. Morpheous was safe for now.

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Awww. Brave Bijou! n_n