Chapter 5 - The Big Top (Part 2)
Two clowns dressed like doctors emerged from behind the operating tables. They wore white coats over scrubs and had orange hair that was styled to look like flower petals. Their make-up had an extra bit of orange that made it look like they were scowling, although they still wore a large toothy grin. One doctor-clown was holding a bloody bone saw while the other wielded a long drill with sharp teeth on the end.
"Hold them still! Ve need their brains!" Tökkentäkker ordered as the clowns charged.
"How about no!" Hamtaro shouted as he shot the first doctor clown dead before the second one approached and tried to impale him with the elongated drill. But he dodged and rolled as Pikachu shot the second clown doctor in the face until it was nothing but a gory mess. He, too, fell dead before Hamtaro went behind the tables to make sure there were no doctor clowns left.
"Thanks!" Hamtaro thanked him.
As they searched, the team saw a diagram showing a human and a gorilla side-by-side, as well as a picture of each of their brains next to their respective owners and various writing all around — most of it medical jargon.
"So that's his plan..." Kirby said as he took out a camera and took pictures of the diagram.
"So why would he want to put our brains inside those gorillas?" Squirtle asked.
"Maybe he thinks it'll make it smarter, but an operation like that would kill us both," Pikachu replied.
"Besides, how would giving it our brains making it smarter?" Hamtaro joked but, before Pikachu could reply, another doctor-clown jumped them.
The doctor-clown tried to stab Hamtaro with a giant syringe but barely missed him, only managing to graze him. Hamtaro grunted before he tried to aim one of his weapons at the doctor-clown, but he quickly knocked it out of his hand before trying to jab him with the needle again. Hamtaro ducked and tried to grab it while firing his other weapon. He missed as the doctor-clown tried to stab him in the side with the huge syringe, but Kirby jumped in and punched the clown doctor as Pikachu blasted him with his Thunderbolt.
"Thanks guys!" Hamtaro thanks them as Squirtle give Hamtaro his gun back to the ground before he managed to get up. However, as soon as he stood, a metal cage came down upon him and closed beneath him.
"Enough! There is no escape!" Tökkentäkker shouted as the cage began to ascend into the airship.
"What the hell?" Hamtaro cried out.
"We're trapped!" Squirtle cried.
A few of the bat people flew by the cage as it ascended and waved to the heroes, taunting them.
"Hasta la vista!" they said before the cage disappeared into the airship. Inside the airship was a small room with several monitors showing various parts of the park, along with a variety of levers and gauges — all of which were centered on a chair with red leather covers.
"Velcome aboard, from this study I have observed your every move. All I asked of all of you vas simply for you to have fun, but you do not obey! Prepare to die!" Tökkentäkker announced over an intercom before the cage rose further onto the airships deck and opened.
Immediately in front of Hamtaro and his team stood Tökkentäkker himself, laughing maniacally. Tökkentäkker wore a blue ringmaster's uniform with tan pants and skull-shaped shoulder pads.
"Ok then, time to end this," Hamtaro said as he shot Tökkentäkker in the shoulder, causing him to recoil. He and the others continued to shoot him as he felt more bullets coming at him.
"Ow! Umlaut, get him!" Tökkentäkker ordered before vanishing in a puff of smoke, the jester's skull taking his place.
"At last we meet, and it's a good thing too, I haven't had a bite all day!" Umlaut said as he flew towards the heroes, his mouth wide open.
"Ugh, I can't wait to shut you up," Hamtaro said as he shot at Umlaut, causing him to stifle but he persisted in flying towards him.
Hamtaro dodged Umlaut's attack as he kept pouring fire, causing him to let out "oof!" every now and again.
"Don't look down," Umlaut sneered as Kirby instinctively looked off the side of the airship and saw that it had taken flight.
Umlaut then attacked, flying up to Hamtaro and sinked his sharp teeth into his arm. Hamtaro screamed as he flailed his arm while shooting Umlaut in the face, the teeth starting to draw blood.
"Hamtaro!" Kirby cried his name.
"I'll save him." Squirtle said as he jumps in and attacks the jester with his Skull Bash attack.
Eventually, Hamtaro managed to fling him off before shoving his weapon into Umlaut's mouth and firing multiple times. Umlaut cried out as he shattered into pieces and faded away.
"Well at least that's over," Hamtaro rumbled before he heard a bullet hit the floor just next to his foot.
"Where did that come from?" Squirtle asking about that gunshot.
"I don't know," Hamtaro replied as he looked around before he saw Tökkentäkker standing on a catwalk to his right and aiming a trumpet-barreled musket it at him.
"Damn it, hold still!" Tökkentäkker shouted as he aimed the musket at Hamtaro and his friends and fired again.
Hamtaro dodged and returned fire, managing to hit Tökkentäkker several times in the chest, causing the ringmaster to shout in rage before disappearing in a puff of smoke. Hamtaro climbed a nearby ladder onto the catwalk and searched for any sign of him along with his friends.
"Seems like the ringmaster is a bit of a coward," Kirby commented.
"Maybe he's scared of us?" Squirtle said with a chuckled.
"He might just be toying with us," Hamtaro said as he found another ladder, this one longer than the last, and climbed up it to the next platform along with the other heroes.
Then they met with Tökkentäkker aiming his musket at him as soon as they reached the top. Tökkentäkker fired and managed to graze Kid's hand. Hamtaro grunted as he jumped up onto the platform and quickly draw one of his weapons, managing to fire off two shots at Tökkentäkker. He then disappeared once more before spotting and climbing another long ladder, this one arched forward a little.
Near the top, Hamtaro could see Tökkentäkker once more, waiting for him and taking aim with his musket. Hamtaro took out his weapon and fired three shots, two of which hit Tökkentäkker and caused him to disappear again as Hamtaro and his teammates made his way to the top.
"This is getting very annoying," Hamtaro said as he winced, his wounds were throbbing from all the stress but he managed to endure.
Tökkentäkker was standing at the stern of the airship, aiming and firing his musket at them but managing to miss due to their dodging and evading accident. Eventually Pikachu got into close enough range to where he pulled out his gun and repeatedly shot Tökkentäkker until he vanished again.
Hamtaro and the others made his way to the edge of the stern, which was protected by a railing, and looked over to see the carnival and the town far below.
"At least we have a nice view," Squirtle said.
"Yeah but no sign of that creep," Pikachu rebutted.
"And now you must die!" Tökkentäkker shouted. Hamtaro, turning around, saw the ringmaster standing behind him before he fired his musket.
"You first," Hamtaro retorted as he shot Tökkentäkker at least eight times in the chest, while he managed to get off a shot that hit Hamtaro in the hip.
This caused to stifle a little and allow Tökkentäkker to charge and tackle not Hamtaro, but also his teammates.
"Auf wiedersehen!" He said as he rush over to the side of them, but they soon jumped out of the way by that attack, luckily they managed to land on an engine attached to one of the propellers.
They managed to stand up only to be faced with Tökkentäkker once more. Tökkentäkker was preparing to strike them, but Hamtaro was just able to react in time and punch him in the face, causing him to disappear again.
"Not sure how much longer I can take this," Hamtaro said as jumped to another catwalk before getting back on the boat.
"Come on, guys we have to beat him! Let's kick his ass!" Squirtle cheered as Hamtaro saw Tökkentäkker standing on the opposite end of the boat.
"How about some firevorks?" Tökkentäkker shorted as he directed two firework missiles at him while he threw two large firecrackers at Kid.
Hamtaro shot down the flying fireworks and dodged the firecrackers as he continued to pour fire on Tökkentäkker, who by now was almost a bloody mess. As they fought, a lightning strike flashed out of nowhere, causing the opponents to shield their eyes as for a moment. Once it had faded, it was revealed that the rear railing near Tökkentäkker was standing was destroyed and the propeller behind him was exposed.
"Time to finish this," Hamtaro said as he looks at his friends, "Are you ready guys!"
"You bet!" Pikachu agreed.
"Okay!" Kirby cheered.
"I couldn't agree more!" Squirtle said, begins to help out.
Hamtaro then charges his red fiery aura along with the other aura of Pikachu, Kirby and Squirtle. As they begin to charge up, Tökkentäkker was getting stunned by their power ups. "Vhat is this strange power?"
With that, Hamtaro (who changes into his Hamha Man costume), Pikachu (with the energy he need to create static charge), Kirby (changing into Plasma Kirby), and Squirtle (using his Aura Overdrive and with the combination his ability Torrent) prepared themselves for their next attack.
"Vhat is this? Stop it! Stop it right now! I am the ringmaster! You will obey me! Obey! Me!" Tökkentäkker shouted furiously and impotently as he threw more fireworks that continually missed.
"Sorry Tökkentäkker but you're CarnEvil has been cancel." Hamtaro shouted.
"Final Dynamic Special!" They all shouted as they used Hamtaro's Fire Buster, Pikachu's Thunderbolt, Kirby's Plasma Cannon and Squirtle's Super powered Water Gun to create a huge beam of energy, combining them both with a super powered attack which hit Tökkentäkker with a massive amount of force. Tökkentäkker screamed in agony as the force of the blast knocked him back into the propeller, slicing him into bloody pieces. Mere seconds after the ringmaster died, the balloon of the airship exploded in spectacular display. The force of the explosion sent Hamtaro and the others flying over the edge and knocked them unconscious as he fell to Earth.