Chapter Seven: Three More Deaths

"He knows we exist," Bijou blurted out as soon as she saw the first ghost hamster, "I tried to overtake him so he wouldn't kill Audrey but it didn't work and…"

"It's okay," Sandy told her, "Just know that if we were mortal you would get a pat on the back right now."

Bijou shuddered, "I know, but if we were still mortal, none of this would be happening."

"How could he be so incredibly evil?" Oxnard murmured, "I can't even pick up a sunflower seed."

"Or anything else," Stan added.

"He has to be stopped," Pashmina said determinedly, "We have to get Boss caught before he can poison Arthur."

"I agree with her," Maxwell said, "He can kill us-"

"He can!" exclaimed Howdy.

"Okay, well if he's going to kill us," Maxwell said, modifying his sentence, "We can't let him kill anyone else."

"Let's go save Arthur!" Cappy exclaimed enthusiastically.

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"Hurry!" Sandy ordered her brother, "We have to warn Twit and Arthur before it's too late!"

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Stan replied irritably, "I'm just… troubled."

"Why?"

"Well why weren't we ghosts until all the other hamsters died?"

"I don't know. It was just a horrible nightmare. It was like a nightmare as we went over everything that happened since our death."

"Yeah, I know… that's probably why the ghost hamsters that died earlier didn't come until the other ghost hamsters came… they had less to see."

"Anyways, Stan, we have to go save Arthur!"

"Sorry! Let's go!"

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"We know who poisoned him," Sandy murmured.

Twit looked around, "W-who said that?"

Stan and Sandy floated into the open, where Twit and Maggy could see them.

"He killed us and our friends," Stan confessed, "Our friends witnessed him kill Audrey. We tried to warn you to save the rest, but I guess we were too late."

"A ghost killed two of my kids!" Twit wailed mournfully.

"No," Sandy snapped, "Don't blame ghosts on all your problems. We can't even touch each other, it's too cold. The only thing we can feel is cold when we touch each other! We can't pick up poison or chainsaws or Uzis or knifes! Stop blaming us!" Sandy's eyes got wide, "I'm so sorry," she said quietly, "It's just tough. Our friend killed us… now we're ghosts. Our purpose is to save the other hamsters he wants to kill."

Twit couldn't talk, he just stared at Sandy.

"Um…" Stan said, "She's sorry, but it is hard on us. He's going to try to kill you with an Uzi. After that, he's going to slit Maggy's wrist."

Twit let out a squeak of surprise, "But… why!"

"Because he's sick and perverted," Stan replied, "Be careful. I would suggest that you move. And… all the other hamsters are in danger, too. Convince your-"

"Aaaah!" Twit squealed, falling over.

His foot twitched, then he was motionless. Maggy started to wail from the loud noise of the Uzi being fired.

"One to go," Sandy said, "Only one more left until the new victims are picked."

She shook her head sadly as Stan stared into the woods, "What has this world come to?"

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"Someone has to take care of Maggy," Cappy said, "We should… wait! I have an idea!"

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Boss looked around cautiously, but no one was there. He snickered and crept over to a hungry Maggy, "Sweet eternal dreams," he murmured, pulling out a knife. He took Maggy's right paw and held his knife up to it. He lowered his knife. When he was about to slit Maggy's wrist, twelve police hamsters jumped out from behind the bushes while a neighbor hamster stepped out, holding a video camera. "What!" Boss exclaimed.

The police handcuffed him and led him away while the ghost ham-hams watched from the tree tops.

Boss had been arrested; they could now go to heaven.

The ham-hams looked at the sky expectantly, waiting to go to heaven. Nothing happened.

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The next day, nothing had happened.

"What's going on!" Maxwell demanded.

Panda paced through the air, "I don't know. Unless…"

His eyes bulged and he took off, followed by the other hamsters. Hours later, at the police station, dead police hamsters were being dragged away. Panda flew behind a couple talking in front of a bush.

"It's horrible that killer got out," one said, "What was his name?"

"Boss," the guy replied.

Okay, stay tuned for the sequel! It may be a few weeks, or a month or something, but I will make one!