Ch.2

Welcome to Sandstorm Canyon

Welcome to my latest chapter! Please R&R!

Hamtaro's eyes slowly began to open, giving them a rub as they began to focus on his surroundings. "What happened?" He looked out the window, his eyes becoming wide with shock. "Gaaaah! Where'd all the trees go?" All he could see was sand and rocks. His yelling was like an alarm clock, stirring the other hamsters out of their slumber.

Panda stifled a yawn. "Geez, how long were we out for?"

"Long enough!" Ty called back. "Check it out!" The ham hams crowded around the windows gazing at the area. Unlike the rest of the area, it was packed with hamsters, tents, and all sorts of vehicles. "Welcome to Sandstorm Canyon!"

"What are all these hamsters doing here?" asked Cappy. "This place is in the middle on nowhere!"

"Off road racing," answered Ty as he took a sharp left, causing some of the hamsters to fall over. "It's like the town sport. You pay the entry fee, you get in the race. You win, you get all the money."

"And Kai's brother races?" asked Pepper as Oxnard helped her up.

Kai nodded. "He's one of the best! We should be at his house in, um, now." The ham hams looked out the front window to see a small house sitting by a cliff next to a large steel garage.

The multi-colored hamster smiled. "I guess we should let 'im know we're here!" He slammed his paw on the horn, the annoyingly loud sound echoing throughout the area. A hamster opened the door and ran to the RV as it parked. Opening the door, he grabbed Kai and wrestled him to the ground.

"It's been forever bro!" said the hamster as he put Kai in a headlock. "What's up?" Ty launched himself at the bigger hamster, only to meet the same fate as Kai. "Good to see you too Ty, what's up?" The hamster was somewhere between Oxnard and Maxwell's height and seemed a bit older than most of the ham hams. His fur was a combination of sand and stone colors, along with and eyebrow piercing on his left eyebrow.

"Ham hams, meet Kai's brother Seth! Ty managed to choke out. "Dude, you can let go now!" Seth finally released the two, allowing oxygen to fill their lungs.

"So, these are the ham hams you've been tellin' me about?" asked Seth. "It's nice to meet you guys! Let's go inside, I don't want you guys getting roasted by the sun."

"Then we'd be roasted hams!" exclaimed Howdy. He began to laugh up a storm while the other hamsters sweat dropped.

"I'm guessing he's Howdy," noted Seth. Kai nodded.

Thankfully, Seth's home was air-conditioned and stocked with water to help ease the dry heat. The ham hams lounged about his house, talking amongst themselves. Seth, Ty, and Kai sat on his couch, watching over the other hamsters.

"So, I heard you to found yourselves some cute hamsters," said Seth. "Wanna point them out to me?"

Ty pointed at Sandy, who was talking with Stan and Maxwell. "That's Sandy and her amazingly hot body."

Seth nodded. "Not bad, have you two, you know, done anything yet?"

The multi-colored hamster frowned. "No, thanks to Maxwell. I think she's into smart hams."

Well in that case, you don't have a chance with her!" said the sand-colored hamster with a chuckle. "Is the other hamster there her brother?"

"Twin brother," corrected Ty. "He's a cool dude, you'd like him."

"So Kai," said Seth as her turned to his younger brother. "Who's your lucky ham?" Kai's face began to flush pink as he pointed to Pashmina, who was with Penelope and Bijou. "Kinda on the chubby side, ain't she?" asked Seth.

"I don't think she's chubby," said Kai as he continued to blush. "I think she great just the way she is."

"Awww, Kai wants to do naughty things to her!" said Seth as he tussled Kai's spiky red head fur, which caused his younger brother to blush even more.

"Yeah, Pashmina would totally go for Kai if it wasn't for Dexter and Howdy," said Ty as he pointed over at the two, who were arguing over something.

"Don't worry Kai, she probably likes you better than those two," Seth said consolingly to his younger brother. "Who are the other two with Pashmina?"

"The tiny one is Penelope, who's like a little sister to Pashmina," continued Kai. "And that's Bijou. She's from France. He pointed over at Boss, who was talking with Hamtaro. "That guy Boss has a huge crush on her."

Seth scowled as he turned to Ty. "The same ham who blamed you for wrecking his house and stealing his girl?"

"Both of which I didn't do!" added Ty. "To bad for Boss that Bijou has a crush on Hamtaro. He's kinda slow, but he's one of the cooler hamsters. Ty pointed over at Oxnard, who was munching on a sunflower seed, and Pepper. "The big one's Oxnard, who's Hamtaro's best friend. The chick's name is Pepper. We just met her, but I think she's going out with Oxnard.

"Who are the other two hamsters?" asked Seth as he pointed to Cappy and Panda.

"Panda's the one who, well, looks like a panda," answered Kai. "He like to build things, I even heard he built a hamster amusement park! The one in the hat is Cappy. He likes hats. All and all, they're pretty cool most of the time.

Seth smiled. "Well that's good to…" a ring came from Seth cell phone on the nightstand beside him. Picking up his phone, he flipped it open. "Hello?...What's up?...cool, I'll go check it out…I'll be there in a few minutes…see ya!" He flipped his cell phone shut before walking up to the ham hams. "Hey, my friend just called. There's a race going on at Rain God Mesa, you wanna go check it out?"

"Sounds good to me!" exclaimed Hamtaro. Although some of the ham hams weren't exactly thrilled to go back into the heat, they nodded in agreement.

"How far is the race?" asked Oxnard as he and the others exited the house.

"About a mile away from here," answered Seth.

"But we'll get fried out zere!" whined Bijou.

Seth smiled as he punched in a code on the large garage. "Don't worry about that, we'll ride there!" The door slowly opened, the ham hams eyes' going wide as it did. Inside was an array of vehicles. A motocross bike, an ATV, a buggy, a rally car, a race truck, a mudplugger, and a big rig sat inside, ready to race. "Um, you guys can drive, right?"

I hope you enjoyed the chapter! I think I said this already, but I'm basing this off of MotorStorm for the PS3. The vehicles I listed in Seth's garage are the different vehicles you can use to race in the game and Rain God Mesa is one of the tracks. Please R&R!