Chapter 6: The Beginning Of Jake's Story

With Jake...

FLASHBACK

Jake, fair-minded and normal, walked through a crowded room of a small shop one cold, winter afternoon. He was peering through the crowd and trying to see who all was there. Jake knew he was supposed to meet one of his friends in this crowded shop.

The fresh smell of air blew in through the door when it cracked open, along with a sharp, cold wind. Jake glanced toward the door, expecting it to be his friend. He glanced toward the door and only saw a gray hamster with a fancy suit on with a monocle on his left eye. Jake sighed and looked back up. His eyes widened as he looked again...

Behind this obviously rich, gray hamster was a beautiful, slim girl hamster. She had four silver spots that shined when the light of the small shop hit them. The awe-inspiring girl hamster was wearing a long, hot pink dress with a necklace of jewels dangling from her neck. This must have been the daughter of the rich, gray hamster.

Jake's eyes continued to widen until he couldn't widen them anymore. He absorbed the beautiful image of the girl hamster in his mind, being careful not to forget every detail. She was the most beautiful girl hamster he had ever seen in his life...

Before Jake knew it, he was standing before the father of this alluring girl hamster. The gray hamster glanced down at him and remarked, "Hello, young sir. Who are you?"

Jake could barely mutter, "Jake."

The rich hamster smiled with faint satisfaction. "Grand, ...Jake? Ah, yes, my name is Simon, Jake. They call me one of the richest hamsters in the world! Ha ha..."

"Father..." The girl hamster frowned with an adorable voice.

Simon blushed mildly. "Ha, I'm just telling our dear Jake what everyone says. But they aren't lying! I am one of the richest hamsters in the world!"

Jake gulped, and it accidentally slipped out, even though it wasn't true. "I'm rich, too."

Simon looked up interestingly. "Hmm?" he remarked. "Maybe you would enjoy doing business with me?"

"Yes, I would. I would love to meet your family," Jake remarked as he blushed mildly.

Simon blushed slightly and whispered, "I'm sorry, our dear Jake, but I'm divorced, and I only have my daughter, you see?"

Jake nodded, even though he really wasn't interested in him. He was only interested in this girl hamster.

"How about we have dinner sometime?" Simon inquired. "I'm sure we could talk business."

"Yes, we could, but I'm a bit behind on some things...," Jake lied.

The beautiful girl hamster glanced at Jake with a slight connotation of unsatisfaction. She looked him over, and Jake continued to look at her with his widened eyes. Her bright, silver eyes just captivated his mind and made his eyes seem that they just had a slight sliver of green in them. He was still in awe as Simon remarked, "How about we have dinner tomorrow night?"

Jake shook his head and remarked, "Yes, of course! Six o'clock would be perfect, if it is good for you, of course. I'll be there no sooner or later!"

Simon smiled with more satisfaction and replied, "Of course! I'll give you my address, and you can meet us there!"

END OF FLASHBACK

Jake, now reckless and with his mind occupied with thoughts of Stella, sighed as he laid back on his couch in a dark living room. The windows also had some sort of canvas covering them that made the room murky. The room had few pieces of furniture, but the furniture it had in it had a lot of grandeur. The couch was fluffy and pure white, the two chairs in the room were carefully covered with pale green slipcovers, and the coffee table was made out of polished cherry wood.

Jake got up off of the couch and walked out of the room. He walked down a hallway to a door that looked like it might have led outside. Jake opened it and slipped outside into the brisk, summer day. It was a bit blustery, but it felt grand outside in the lively day.

He walked down a sidewalk from the door he just exited. Jake turned around to face the small house he lived in. It was a joyful looking house, with its morning glories climbing the outside walls. The lawn was kept clean, neat, and very green, and it had not a weed in it or a blade of grass out of place. You would have thought it was fake grass at first glance, but it was truly not an artificial lawn. The windows from the inside were covered with thick canvas, and you would probably wonder why Jake liked the rooms dark. He was just afraid that since his house was so nice from the outside that hamsters might try to look inside it.

Jake walked to the sidewalk beside the road and paced down it. Clamorous and irking cars sped down the small street as he walked past small houses of different looks. When Jake finally reached the end of the street where the street sign read "Brach Street", he stopped in front of a payphone to use it since he didn't have his own phone in his house because he didn't have much money to pay for electricity. He put enough change into the phone and dialed a number, and he waited until a small voice answered, "Hello?"

"Hi, Chad, this is Jake," Jake said into the phone.

"Oh, hi, Jake," the hamster named Chad spoke. "How are you?"

"I'm fine, and I've got a secret."

"Oh?"

"It's about Stella."

"What about her? Isn't she that girl that you like a lot? Ha ha, so what's up about her?"

"Well, uh, I'm on the payphone again, so I'm not gonna tell you a lot..."

"Just tell me. Whisper it if you have to."

"Alright. Well..."

"C'mon! Lemme hear!"

"Well, Chad, uh... Gah, I can't believe I'm gonna let this get out, but don't tell anybody..."

"Okay."

"Chad, I...uh...I kidnapped her."

"...You did?"

"Yes, Chad, I did."

"Jake...that's awesomely awesome!"

"...Really?"

"Yeah!"

"...Ha."

"Who helped you?"

"Uh, our big friend."

"Whoa, so how did you do it?"

"I don't know... I was with our big friend in our rental car, and then suddenly, there she is in the dark of the night. So, in other words, she was just there."

"Whoa, that's awesome, Jake!"

"I don't know what to do now. That's the problem. That...guy is probably after me..."

"Who's he?"

"Well, uh, I just don't know... He was with her one afternoon, and he may be her boyfriend... God, he must've been that one Mike guy... He's the Bad Ham leader hamster, and she's his assistant."

"Whoa, Jake, looks like you're also stuck in a pot of crack. Hasn't he killed hamsters before?"

"Yes."

"And isn't he the guy who's trying to take over the world?"

"Yes..."

"And isn't he head-over-heels in love with that Stella girl?"

"...YES..."

Jake was about to explode. Chad was asking way too many questions that made him uncomfortable answering. He didn't want it to get out that he abducted Stella, because he knew Chad had a big mouth and usually bragged about being his best friend.

"Jake?" Chad's voice once again flowed into Jake's ears.

"I'm here."

"Do you need any help?"

"Yes, I just need help thinking of what to do next."

"Hmm... I know what you should do."

"What?"