Science Rejections

By Alice Merridew, AKA Omega

This Hamtaro fic is by me, but Hamtaro is not mine. Don't steal, I'll hurt you.

Okie- I'm having a special little something for the one seventy-fifth review I get. YES, there is something. I'm not going to divulge what it is yet, but feel free to guess! Review away! And of course, enjoy the story.

Sorry for not updating recently. I've been trying to get a novel of mine published and have had numerous rejections.... *sigh* And I recently got two new pets- a teddybear hamster and a rat, and I've been getting them adjusted to my home.

__________________________________________________________________________________

Bijou frowned. "I do not know about zhis idea, Boss..." She glanced around the laboratory timidly. "Zhere are soooo many scary machines.... and zhere are sooo many people..."

"Oh, come on." Boss said, putting an arm around Bijou's shoulder and hoping that she couldn't see his blushing.

Bijou nodded a little. "Well... if YOU are not scared, zhen I will not be scared."

"That's the spirit!" said Hamtaro with a smile.

They slowly started creeping through the lab, staying at the side wall so that the humans hopefully wouldn't notice.

"Keep your ears open for any hamsters, okay?" said Boss as they walked. He glanced back at the other ham-hams.

Oxnard had strayed aside to pick up a small piece of dropped jelly doughnut; Boss gave him a nasty glare, and he caught up.

They ran quickly past a bunch of scientists- most of what they said were scientific terms so they couldn't understand them anyway. They had no clue where they were running, but Hamtaro suddenly stopped. "Wait, ham-hams!" He lifted up his head and sniffed hard. "Hif hif, hif hif..."

He blinked and pointed to a door at the right. "THAT WAY!"

Following Hamtaro's lead, the ham-hams ran quickly across the floor, hoping not to get caught (which they didn't) and squeezed quickly under the door... and they gasped.

Jingle blinked. "Oh my god."

Oxnard's bottom lip quivered. "There's so many."

Boss's eyes darted all over the room. "There's at least twenty of them!"

Bijou frowned. "Zhey all look so sad..." She looked as about to go into tears.

Maxwell flipped through his book. "There's nothing like this in anything I've read!" His voice was very desperate and distressed.

Hamtaro frowned. "They're all so sad- we've gotta help them now!" He smiled. "We've gotta save them- for Morpheous!"

Dexter nodded. "And for them!"

A hamster peeked his nose out from between the bars of his cage, a long wire in his neck. "Who's there?"

Hamtaro waved. "Hamha!"

The caged hamster frowned. "You guys better get out of here!"

"Who're you?" asked Oxnard.

"Squiggly." replied the caged hamster.

Sandy's eyes lit up. "Like, wasn't that one of Morpheous's friends' name?"

"Sure was!" cried Boss with newfound vigour. He smiled and called up to the hamsters. "HEY! Squiggly, and all the rest of you! We'll break you all out! Just hold on."

_______

Laura frowned. "PLEASE let us in!"

"No, I'm sorry, but you can't." The doorman of the lab said, trying to shoo her and Kana away. "This is an important lab, and you can't come in."

Kana frowned. "Laura, maybe we should come back later."

Laura frowned. "Okay..." The doorman shut the door. Laura unfolded the note and read over it.

"Dear Animal Lover:

There is a certain lab I want you to find out information about. All of my favourite animals are in there as experiments and I have heard nasty rumours. I hope none are hurt. Please, I implore you, find out for me!

-A friend

PS...

The address is..."

Then it proceeded to name the address.

"Kana, I have a bad feeling. What if they're doing nasty things to those poor animals?" Laura said.

Kana frowned. "I don't know.... I know if that ever happened to my Oxnard... I'd... I'd..." She balled up her hands into fists. "I'd never forgive who did it!" She was yelling, starting to cry.

Laura put a hand on Kana's shoulder. "Kana, calm down!" She frowned. "I've never seen you this angry!"

Kana stuck her bottom lip out. "Well, I've never been this angry! I mean, wouldn't you be mad if somebody did that to... to Hamtaro? And how would Kylie and June feel if Pashmina and Penelope were hurt? How would Maria feel if poor little Bijou was experimented on with sharp needles and drugs?"

Laura nodded, a determined look on her face. She grabbed Kana's hand. "You're right!" She started running off, Kana following.

"Where're we going?" asked Kana, slightly worried.

Laura stopped and smiled. "There's gotta be more than one way into this junky building!"

________

Oooh! What's gonna happened next? MOOSE!