Chapter 37: Mike's Story Part 1

Meanwhile...

"So, WASSUP?" Caitlin shouted loudly as Mike entered the guest room.

"Um, well, I was wanting to tell you a few stories that are very vital...," Mike muttered. "Come on to my room, and I'll tell you them."

The three double agents followed Mike out into the hallway and down the front stairs in to the entrance room. They walked down the hallway to the right and to the end of the hallway to the door. Mike opened it and led them up the stairs inside the doorway. They followed until they came to the door at the top. Mike opened it slowly and walked inside his room. Natsu and Megan gasped as they walked in, but Caitlin did not since she had already seen the room.

Mike walked over to a section of the room with a leather chair and three beanbag chairs. He reclined in the leather chair as the three double agents each sat in a beanbag chair.

"So what kind of stories do you want to tell us?" Caitlin asked.

"I wanted to tell you exactly how I got into this mess," Mike whispered...

FLASHBACK

"This neighborhood has a lot of rich snobs here, you know, Mike?" Number 1 said as they rode down a large, rich neighborhood with lots of huge mansions in Mike's silver convertable Porche. Mike nodded as he parked next to one of the driveways.

"Where do you figure we should go to look for some hams to prey on?" Number 1 asked. "There's a lot here, you know. Lots of rich snobs. Rich snobs means more pay, and the further down this road you go, the richer they get."

Mike pointed toward the cul-de-sac. "Let's go check down there to see if anyone's caught unaware."

It was the middle of the afternoon. Mike and Number 1 got out of the silver Porche and started walking toward the cul-de-sac. It wasn't much of a walk. When they got to the end, there was a monstrous stone and stucco mansion with a beautiful, very green front yard. It had a large cobblestone driveway with a large fountain spurging with water.

Mike was focused on the beautiful mansion. He also watched as a dressed up hamster that looked rather angered walked in through the door in the front. Mike wondered what was going on at the place and why the hamster that had entered the mansion looked so angered. He smiled maliciously and whispered, "We gonna terrorize them?"

"MIKE!!! LOOK!!!" Number 1 shouted as he pointed to the attractive fountain. "LOOK AT HER!!!"

Mike looked over at the fountain. There he saw a purely beautiful silver and pure white girl hamster wearing a hot pink dress. She was one of the most beautiful hamster girls Mike had ever seen in his life. She had her face in her paws and she was on the ground.

Mike frowned when he saw that she was upset. "What's wrong?"

"Don't know." Number 1 shrugged. "You know, this would be a great opportunity to have me go back and get the Porche, and you can watch her until I get back, and then you can grab her and we'll drive off! We could get a FORTUNE by kidnapping HER... More than those really young kids that you find playing in the street."

"...I don't think so." Mike's chocolate brown eyes flashed. "She looks like she needs help. She also looks familiar... She's beautiful..."

"NO!!! DON'T!!! OUR FORTUNE!!!" Number 1 shouted as Mike walked toward the awe-inspiring girl hamster. "YOU CAN STILL TURN BACK!!! DON'T GO UP TO HER!!! DON'T!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! TURN BACK NOW!!! NOOO!!!!!"

"Oh, shut up!" Mike retorted as he walked up to the fountain. The girl hamster didn't acknowledge him she saw him. Mike sat down on his knees beside her, sighed, and put his arm around her shoulders. The girl hamster jumped up and screamed, "GET AWAY FROM ME!!! LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" He jumped up but fell back.

The girl hamster gasped and sat down beside him. "Oh! I'm so sorry, sir. Did I surprise you?" she inquired in the cutest voice.

Mike blushed as he sat upward. "Oh, me? I'm fine. What's wrong with you? You were crying, and I wanted to see what I could do."

The girl hamster blushed as she whispered, "Oh... Yeah... It's horrible! My father has told me I have to marry a man that I don't want to marry!" She looked up into Mike's daring, chocolate brown eyes. "You... You're... You're...!!!"

Mike quickly slid one of his arms around her waist, pulled her toward him, and put his paw on her mouth. "Shhh...," he whispered. "Yes. I'm Mike of the Bad Hams." He removed his paw from her mouth. "Don't be so loud. I can't get caught. Otherwise, well, don't know what would happen otherwise. Just be quiet."

The girl hamster's eyes shone. "Oh! I've been looking for you for SO long!!! I'm actually meeting you!!!" She snuggled against his chest. "I admire you more than anyone in this world... I'm Stella. I need to run away from this place quick. Can you help me?"

Mike blushed a bright red. He nodded confidently and whispered, "Of course! Anyone admiring me must be with me, and anyone who is with me is my friend!" He looked down into Stella's silver eyes. "I know what you would do perfectly. You can be my assistant. Like that?"

Stella's eyes grew stars in them. "REALLY?!" she shouted as she hugged him tightly. "OH!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!"

Mike blushed redder than a rose and then pushed her away. "You're about to leave the old world behind and enter a newer one. Are you sure you want to do this, Stella? You can never turn back."

Stella nodded. "More sure than I'll ever be. I want to leave the old world. I want to be in a newer world. I want to leave everyone in my life behind if I just get to be with you and the Bad Hams. I'm ready."

Mike glanced at the gargantuan mansion and then back at her. He took her delicate paw and whispered, "Well, Stella, let's go."

"Yes," Stella whispered back. Mike nodded and glanced toward the road. He led her down the cobblestone driveway onto the road. Mike saw Number 1 a few feet away looking at him with a rather frightened look. Number 1 walked up to Mike and Stella cautiously and asked, "Well, who are you, miss? I'm Number 1, one of the Numbers of the Bad Hams."

Mike looked into Stella's eyes and remarked, "This is Stella. She's my new assistant."

Number 1's look turned from rather frightened to complete terror. "A GIRL is YOUR assistant?! Mike! You and a GIRL?! That's uncalled for!"

"Yes," Stella retorted. "Do you have a problem with girls?"

"Yes," Number 1 returned sharply. "They're meant for...things...other things..."

Mike rolled his eyes. "C'mon, Number 1. Get over it. Let's just get back to the car before anyone sees us. They'll tell her father or whoever that she's with me if they see us..."

Number 1 nodded. "Whatever...," he muttered.

Mike led Stella down the road toward the convertible Porche. Number 1 followed closely behind. Once they got to the Porche, the three realized the Porche had only two seats.

Mike shrugged. "Number 1, you drive. I'll sit in the passenger's seat, and Stella, you can sit in my lap."

Number 1 muttered things under his breath as he sat in the driver's seat. Mike sat down in the passenger's seat and said, "Okay. C'mon, it's alright."

Stella looked back up at the cul-de-sac and then back at Mike. "Okay," she whispered as she sat in his lap. Once the door closed behind her, the Porche was speeding down the road, away from the cul-de-sac. It sped down toward the river that crossed into the outskirts, and the car crossed the river. They turned right and drove down a long time until they came to a large tree. Mike, Stella, and Number 1 got out of the Porche and walked up to what looked like a door in the front of the tree. Mike blushed as he whispered to Stella, "Welcome to the Bad Hams Place. No one knows about this place, so feel lucky right now. This is your new home from now on."

He then threw open the door. Stella's eyes coruscated. The front room was more beautiful than any room in her father's mansion. She, Mike, and Number 1 walked in through the front door. Mike led Stella up a set of stairs that was in the front room to a long hallway. Number 1 followed close behind.

While walking down the hallway, the trio walked past the game room. The rest of the Numbers were in there and were staring at Stella. Number 2 walked up to Mike and inquired, "Yo, Mike, who's dat?"

Mike blushed and announced, "This is Stella. She's going to be my new assistant."

Number 2's jaw dropped. "A GIRL?!"

Stella blushed violently and smacked him across the face. "Yes, do you have a problem with girls?"

The rest of the Numbers laughed at Number 2 as his cheek glowed with redness. He scowled as he walked away while murmuring something under his breath.

Mike shrugged and whispered, "Don't worry, Stella, Number 2 doesn't matter. Come along now." He continued walking down the hallway, and Stella followed close behind him.

Mike finally came to two double doors. He pushed one of them open, and told Stella, "Here. You can stay here if you like it."

Stella walked in behind Mike and gasped. "This is WAY bigger than my old room!" she gasped as she looked around. It wasn't decorated, but it had a large window covered with a curtain, a large bed with a canopy, a desk, a large flatscreen TV, a nightstand next to the bed, and miscellaneous items. "It just needs to be decorated."

Mike shrugged. "Do whatever you want with it. Hmm... Oh, you look pretty in your dress, but it's a BIT too pretty for the Bad Hams... You're gonna have to take it off and do something else with your style."

Stella glanced down at herself and blushed. "You don't wear dresses here, do you?"

"Nope, none."

Stella blushed brighter and whispered, "Then what DO I wear? Just the fur on my back?"

"Yes."

Stella blushed a very bright pink and whispered, "Alright." She glared at Mike and muttered, "Turn around."

Mike shrugged and turned around. When she told him to turn around again, Stella was just wearing the fur on her back. Anyone could now see the four, dazzling silver spots on her pure white fur. She smiled and picked her dress up off of the ground. She reached into its pocket and pulled out a silver ribbon. Stella tied it around her tail, and then she whispered, "Well, yeah... I love ribbons... That's one of the only things I collect, so if you see any you don't want lying around, could you give them to me?"

Mike nodded. "Uh, yeah..."

Stella blushed as she hugged Mike. "Thank you... Thank you for bringing me here."

Mike blushed. He didn't know what to say at the moment. The two didn't know Number 1 and Number 2 were watching from the doorway. Number 1 nodded and smiled brightly. "I think Mike's found someone he needs and wants. So sweet for a guy like him, is it not?"

Number 2 nodded. "Let's leave them alone, shall we?"

Number 1 nodded, too. The two Numbers then walked away from the doorway...

END OF FLASHBACK

Mike nodded. "Yup."

Caitlin glanced around from her beanbag chair to the other two double agents. "Is that the end of the story?"

Mike flashed his brown eyes. "Of course not! That would be so lame. I'll tell you what happened next..."

FLASHBACK

"Yeah, I got the reservations," Number 1 muttered as he and Mike reclined in chairs in the living room. "I called back in and said to add one more to the reservation. They said they couldn't until I retold them who we were." He sighed. "I'm gonna miss the 'There's 16 members in the Bad Hams.' Now it's gonna be 'There's 16 guys and 1 girl in the Bad Hams.'"

Mike rolled his eyes. "Get over it."

"I can't, Mike. I mean...she's a GIRL."

"Nah?" Mike rolled his eyes again. "I don't see what's so bad about Stella. She's a nice girl-"

"See? She's NICE."

"To ME. She wasn't so nice to Number 2..."

"Yeah, considering he's never been beaten down by a girl." Number 1 laughed. "That was cool..."

FLASHBACK IN THE FLASHBACK

Mike walked into the living room with Stella. The Numbers were standing in a circle in the middle of the room. Mike and Stella walked over. Mike walked up to Number 1 and said, "You'll need to call to add one more to our reservation for tonight."

Number 1 nodded. "Alright..."

Number 2 rolled his eyes. "Why can't we just throw the little bitch in one of the cells and do her that way? It'd be better for our reputation."

Stella got flames in her eyes. She threw a punch at Number 2, but he grabbed her paw. Stella threw another punch with her other paw, but he grabbed it, too. He laughed as Stella's face turned red.

"Haha, you've never been around us very long, obviously," he whispered.

Mike turned pale as a sweatdrop rolled down the back of his head. "Stop it, you guys..."

Stella gritted her teeth as she shouted, "YOU BASTARD, NUMBER 2!" She then kicked him as hard as she could right in the crotch. Number 2's face turned pale as he let go of her paws and fell to the ground in pain. "DAMMIT, THAT HURTS!!!"

Mike and the rest of the Numbers' sides were splitting with laughter. Number 2 had been beaten down by a girl. Stella glared at Number 2 and whispered, "You need more anti oxidants."

"DAMMIT, YOU'RE THE SIXTEENTH HAM TO TELL ME THAT!" Number 2 gasped.

Stella rolled her eyes.

END OF FLASHBACK IN THE FLASHBACK

Mike and Number 1 laughed. "We always like to pick on Number 2 for some reason," Number 1 remarked.

"That's because you pick on him." Mike shrugged. "So..."

END OF FLASHBACK

"...Is THAT it?" Caitlin inquired.

Mike shook his head. "Nope. I got more..."

Megan laughed. "Poor Number 2!"

"That sounds like something I'd do to my brother!" Natsu giggled.

"...Riiight..." Mike shrugged. "Well... Let's go get some late lunch, shall we?"