Episode 10 ~ The Tragic End ~ Rated PG

[Author's summery] Beast-ham and Andre are outside the keep of Zack aka War-Ham. Can Beast-ham build enough strength to put his own brother behind bars, or is something worse going to happen? Nighttime is not quite yet there, so Beast-ham cant transform yet... therefor he and Andre cant get spotted, or its game over...

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Chapters [IN ORDER]

CP1 - Toughen Up, Beasty!
CP2 - Double Trouble
CP3 - The Final Fight
CP4 - 10 Days Later
CP5 - Closure

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.:|Chapter 1 - Toughen Up, Beasty!|:. 

	"Beasty, you gotta get a hold of yourself!" Andre demanded.
	"You don't understand... this is my brother were talking about... my own blood!" Beast-ham cried.
	"I do understand, but a mission is a mission and you HAVE to do this!"
	"I KNOW I DO!" Beast-ham screamed and started to cry. Andre stepped back, allowing Beast-ham some air.
	"*Sigh* I know what I must do... lets just go inside already..."
	"We can't, it isn't nightfall yet."
	"Then I'll just use the tail band."
	"NO! Remember what I told you? The band gives you powers, you can't control them!"
	"Yea, but I'll be ten times stronger then I normally am."
	"Even so, you CANNOT USE the band!" Andre yelled, and one of the patrolling guards heard him.
	"HEY! STOP!!" The guard said, rushing towards the voices. Two other guards appeared and took aim on the two unsuspecting hamsters.
	"Great... thanks Andre..." Beast-ham sighed.
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	Bijou, who stole the secondary boat in the helicopter’s docking bay, now appeared over at the island.
	"Oh my, this is getting kind of spooky..." Bijou said and kept rowing. She soon reached the island and glanced awestruck at the tall keep which rested on it.
	“Oh dear… I hope Beast-ham is ok…”

Chapter 1 - END|:.

Chapter 2 – Double Trouble|:.

	Beast-ham and Andre are now standing in front of Zack, who was wearing a mask that was made to look like a happy hamster face. Guards surrounded Beast-ham and Andre, making sure they didn’t move.
	“Well, look who we’ve got here! I can’t believe my eyes.” Zack said jokingly.
	“That’s enough, brother!” Beast-ham commanded.
	“Brother? Oh… yes… you must be my arrogant brother, Beasty.”
	“Its BEAST-HAM now! Get it memorized.”
	“Oh my, you seem tense. Why don’t you sit down…” Zack pushed Andre and Beast-ham back, who both landed against the wall with a hard clunk.
	“AHH… What the hell was that for?” Beast-ham said, and then looked at his partner. He noticed that Andre’s head bashed against the wall and knocked him out.
	“Look at your little friend, Beasty! Looks like he will be the first to die today.” Zack laughed.
	“You’ve changed brother…… you’ve changed dramatically.”
	“I’M NOT THE ONE WHO CHANGED! IT IS YOU WHO CHANGED!”
	Beast-ham stood up with an aggressive look on his face. “What is wrong with you…”
	“All hamsters deserve to die… If nobody likes me, then all shall parish.”
	“What are you talking about?” Beast-ham wondered.
	“LOOK AT MY FACE!” Zack yelled as he pulled up his mask. It revealed a hamster’s face which has been torn apart on its right side. The other half looked normal.
	“Oh my god… what happened to you!?” Beast-ham screamed.
	“Two dreadful year ago, I joined the army… they wanted us to fight against a team called the “Heroic Ham-Ham Team.” Beast-ham’s eyes nearly popped out of there sockets, it was the same war he was in. “And so, I left with my comrades to fight them. We shot down their helicopter, which nearly killed all of the hamsters… except for one. The one grabbed a gun and shot wildly, and one of the bullets hit me in my face.” Zack paused.
	“No… NO… IT CAN’T BE….” Beast-ham said to himself. Zack started talking again afterwards.
	“When I returned from the war, the doctors tried to fix my face… but it was too late.” Zack started to cry.
	“Brother… I had… no idea.” Beast-ham also began crying.
	“Ever since I’ve been looked upon… and have been called ugly… no one loved me…”
	Beast-ham knew now who ruined Zack’s life… and to his disappointment… it was himself!
	“Even so brother… that isn’t a good reason to try to kill all hamsters!”
	“SINELCE! I WILL NOT BE TOLD WHAT I CAN AND CAN’T DO!” Zack yelled, as he picked up a vial filled with a green substance and drank it all. It began to cause him to transform into a beast of a hamster.
	“Oh no…” Beast-ham said to himself worried. It wasn’t midnight yet, and he had no other option… he had to transform into his wolf-form by using the band…
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	Bijou walked slowly up the slopes and reached the top, where the front of Zack’s keep was. The door was slightly nudged open.
	“Well, I guess I must go in…” She thought, as she walked in slowly. The room she walked into looked like a laboratory; filled with gadgets and gizmos, with some test tubes and vats everywhere. No sign of Beast-ham or Andre she saw, though.
	“Where could they be?” She worried, than noticed a staircase leading upwards. She took it upon herself to check upstairs for Beast-ham, not caring about her own safety.
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	“Oh my god, what do I do!?” Beast-ham said nervously, as an uncontrollable Zack approached him slowly. With no other option, he put his paw on his tail band. “STAY BACK! I’m warning you! I’ll have the strength of over 10 wolves!” He yelled at Zack, though the angry hamster-beast continued closing in.
	As Beast-ham started to spin the band around his tail, Bijou reached the final step. She saw what Beast-ham was about to do, and shouted “Beast-ham!! NOOOO!!!”… but it was too late… Beast-ham began to transform…

Chapter 2 - END|:.

Chapter 3 – The Final Fight|:.

	Beast-ham and Zack began to attack each other ferociously, non-stop. Both had about the same strength and rage. Bijou ran to Andre’s knocked-out body, embracing him. She tried everything to wake him up.
	“Andre, you must get up! Beast-ham needs your help!” She shouted into his ear, but obtained no response.
	“Oh mercy me…” She said as she watched her beloved fight another uncontrollable hamster.
	Soon, Beast-ham began to get tired, and took massive amounts of blows. This didn’t stop him, but it did make him bleed continuously. He tried everything to stop his brother, but nothing seemed to work. His rage was what kept him going; if he hadn’t of used the band, he would have been killed by now.
	Bijou rushed over to the two fighting beasts with a long piece of metal, which was very sharp.
	“STOP FIGHTING YOU TWO OR I WILL BE FORCED TO USE THIS!!” Bijou shouted at the hamsters. They both ignored her and kept fighting. Bijou quickly slashed Zack in the gut, which cut deep. He then ignored Beast-ham, and started to go after Bijou. She quickly dropped the chunk of metal she had and ran towards Andre, but she soon was smacked into by Zack’s head, which propelled her into the wall. She too was then knocked unconscious, next to Andre.
	Beast-ham then rammed Zack into the front of the room, which caused Zack to become weak. Unaware of his actions, Beast-ham started to hack and slash away at Zack’s fallen body, causing large tare marks and massive bleeding. Eventually, he stopped, but Zack was still moving. Beast-ham turned his attention towards the unconscious hamsters against the wall, and started approaching them with much rage.
	Bijou woke up fast and quickly scanned the room trying to see where Beast-ham was. To her surprise, he was moving towards them.
	“Beast-ham!! You’re OK!” She said, as she moved closer to him. She noticed the look in his eyes; they were flaming red, with the intention of a killer. She remembered that he used the band to transform and realized he wasn’t himself.
	“Beast-ham, you have to snap out of it!” she said worriedly.
	Beast-ham was extremely close to both hamsters, growling. Bijou turned and cringed… when all of a sudden; Zack sprung up and stuck his claws deep into Beast-ham’s stomach. After that final attack, Zack fell to the floor, dead. Beast-ham began to regain his memory and actions… but it was too late. He fell to the floor, completely transformed back into his normal self. He was bleeding terribly, and he was turning white. His heart beat lowered to a near stop; he knew what was happening to him… he was dieing.
	Bijou quickly ran over to Beast-ham, who was on his side in a pool of blood.
	“Beast-ham! Beast-ham!! NOO! You can’t leave me! Please, don’t die…” 
	Beast-ham turned over to his back, breathing slowly.
	“Bijou!! … … I’m…. I’m sorry… I failed to keep my promise…” He said quietly.
	“Don’t speak, you need to reserve your strength.” She cried.
	Andre slowly came to, and noticed Beast-ham on the floor dieing. He quickly rushed over to his body.
	“Beasty… buddy…. What happened!? We… we need to get you to the nurse, STAT!” He shouted, worried for his childhood friend.
	“No… you mustn’t… its too late… for me…” Beast-ham started to close his eyes.
	“BEAST-HAM!! NO! DON’T LEAVE ME!!” Bijou shouted, crying continuously.
	Beast-ham slowly re-opened his eyes, and gestured Andre towards him. Andre put his head close to Beast-ham’s head.
	“Andre…. Look at me…” Beast-ham asked.
	“Y..Yes?” Andre said, starting to cry a bit.
	“…Take good care of Bijou… she needs you…. … more than…. You know…” He said softly. “and… Bijou?” He offered his paw to her.
	“Beast-ham?” She said with tears flowing.
	“…I love you… and Ill… always be with you…” He said, as he slowly passed away.
	“Beast-ham!? BEAST-HAM!? NOOOOOO!! PLEASE COME BACK!! BEAST-HAM!!” Bijou cried out loud, holding her loved one’s corpse in her paws, tightly embracing it.
	Andre sat there, mourning over his lost friend. He soon began to cry, as he held Bijou closely to him. “It’s alright, Bijou…” he said softly… “Everything will be fine…” 

Chapter 3 - END|:.

Chapter 4 - Back at the clubhouse|:.

	The helicopter landed near the clubhouse tree.  All hamsters soon after exited.
	“Alright… I guess this is goodbye for now…” Beast-ham directed to Bijou.
	“Really? Are you sure you can’t stay for a little while?”
	“Well… really it’s up to Andre.” Beast-ham looked in Andre’s direction.
	“What? Oh… um… sure, we can stay for a little… it isn’t close to nighttime yet.”
	“Sweet!” Beast-ham said as he grabbed Bijou’s hand and ran into the clubhouse. Andre was left outside, thinking to himself.
	“This isn’t going to work… Beasty and Bijou just seem so… happy together. Who am I to separate such a romantic relationship? *sigh* I don’t know what to do…” Andre kicked a rock below him into a puddle, then headed into the clubhouse.
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	“Hey Ham-Hams!” Bijou said as she rushed into the door.
	“Bijou!? Where have you been, Boss has been worried about you?” Hamtaro said.
	“Boss is still in love with me?”
	“Well, yea! He thought Beast-ham left you here for that mission of his.”
	“On the contrary, I was going to the mission to complete it, then come back for her.” Beast-ham corrected.
	“Oh… still, where were you, Bijou?” Hamtaro wondered.
	“I snuck aboard Andre’s helicopter and followed Beast-ham.
	“Wow…… what is a helicopter?” Maxwell came over as soon as Hamtaro asked that question.
	“A helicopter is a vehicle that can fly. It’s used for transportation.” Maxwell said. 
	“Wow! I want to ride in a helichopper!” Hamtaro said, mispronouncing the word ‘Helicopter’. Everyone laughed.
	“So Beast-ham, what brings you back?” Maxwell asked.
	“I had to return Bijou home, this mission I’m on is way to dangerous for her to come with me.” Returned Beast-ham
	“Oh… so what exactly is your mission?” Maxwell wondered. Beast-ham followed his question with detail on what he had to do. When he brought up the name “War-Ham” he opened his book and searched through it.
	“Oh look! I have info on this hamster.” Maxwell said, causing Beast-ham’s and Andre’s eyes to open wide with wonderment.
	“It says his real name is Zack, and his home is…” Beast-ham cut him off…
	“Did you say… Zack?” Beast-ham asked with an upsetting look on his face.
	“Yea… here, look… it even has a picture of him.” Maxwell handed the book to him. The picture showed a white and grey striped hamster, almost completely the same as Beast-ham. He was wearing a green army vest and helmet.
	“Oh… my… god……… War ham… is… is…”
	“What!? Speak up, man!” Andre said as he slapped Beast-ham on the back. With the surprise attack, Beast-ham jolted forward and said…
	“He’s… my… brother…” Beast-ham said, fainting to the ground. Everyone gasped. Andre picked up Beast-ham, slapping him a couple times in attempt to wake him up… with no avail.
	“Oh dear… what are we going to do? Beast-ham isn’t going to want to fight his own brother?” asked Bijou with a worried look.
	“I don’t know, but it’s his mission, and he’s got to do what he’s been ordered.” Andre replied. Beast-ham began to regain consciousness.
	“Oh… my head… what happened? OH YEA… duh…” Beast-ham mentioned to himself as he lifted himself back up. “What am I going to do…?”
	“You have to fight him, Beasty. You can’t go against your word to the king.” Andre answered.
	“I know, but I never thought my brother would have been the cause of this…” Beast-ham flashed back, back to when he last met his brother.
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	Beast-ham was outside his house, talking to his brother. They both were teenagers [In human years], and Zack was mentioning that he was going to the army.
	“Why brother? What good will this bring? You could possibly die…” Beasty cried to his brother.
	“I know you don’t want me to go, but I must. I have to get away from this house… this town… this city! I don’t fit in…”
	“But… But… you do, especially at home.” Beast-ham finished, as a green armored van approached the tree.
	“Enough, I must go…” Zack said, as he hugged his brother. “Goodbye.”
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	“He used to be so considerate and helpful. Now, he’s a wanted maniac? This just doesn’t add up…” Beast-ham tried to convince himself.
	“I don’t understand either, Beasty… but a mission is a mission. We must arrest him.” Andre proclaimed.
	“Yea… I understand that… Its just not going to be easy for me…”
Andre glanced outside, the light was starting to fade… it was becoming night time.
	“Time is of the essence… we must leave now!” Andre demanded.
	“Oh… ok… let’s go.” Beast-ham agreed in an upset tone.

.:|Chapter 4 - END|:.

.:|Chapter 5 - Bon Voyage, Bijou|:.

	Bijou, Beast-ham, and Andre were outside the helicopter, saying their final goodbyes.
	“Well… looks like its time…” Beast-ham said, crying a little.
	“Oui… remember our promise, Beast-ham! Don’t forget to come home.” Bijou sadly said.
	“I won’t forget… I will return.” He said, unable to hold himself back anymore… so he rushed over and embraced Bijou tightly, and burst into tears. Bijou, who began to cry also, hugged back. Both hamsters looked into each other’s eyes with affection.
	“I know you will, Beast-ham.” Bijou smiled with tears trickling down her white furry cheeks.
	Beast-ham and Andre slowly backed into the helicopter, and shut the latch entrance. Beast-ham never stopped looking into Bijou’s eyes in the process until the door was completely shut.
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	“Ok, time for my turn.” Bijou said, as she ran around to the side of the helicopter, where a loose latch was located. She knocked quietly on the latch 5 times in a rhythmic motion. Suddenly, the latch was opened, and Bijou slipped inside. When inside, she thanked the one person that understood her feelings completely that let her in… Angel.

 .:|Chapter 5 - END|:.

.:|Chapter 6 -Secret Friendship|:.

	“Anytime, sugar!” Angel giggled.
	“Why did you let me follow them even when you know you could get in trouble?” Bijou wondered.
	“’Cuz, like you I loved someone once… but because I didn’t listen to what my heart said… I never saw him again…” Angel answered, beginning to cry a bit.
	“Oh… I’m sorry I asked.”
	“No no, everything is alright.” Angel smiled at Bijou. The two headed into the infirmary.
	“Wait, won’t they check here often?” Bijou asked.
	“Yes, but I’ve got the perfect hiding place for you.” Angel pointed to a column on the side of the copter, that had a line straight down the middle of it.
	“What is it?” Bijou wondered.
	“It’s a medical sleep machine, where injured soldiers go into hyper sleep whilst healing up for battle. You can hide inside.”
	“But… how will we know when Beast-ham or Andre are coming?”
	After Bijou finished that sentence, loud banging was echoing throughout the halls.
	“That is how! Quickly, get inside.” Angel demanded. Bijou pressed a button on one of the doors and they shot open quickly. She scooted inside and closed the doors. Andre came into the room.
	“Stand fast, Nurse Angel.” Andre said in a commanding voice. Angel put her hand to her forehead and said “Yes sir!”
	“At ease…” He said and began to giggle.
	“Good one, sir.” She laughed.
	“So, have everything set up for the next mission?” Andre asked.
	“Yes, the boat is in the docking bay below the copter, and is ready to be deployed when the command is given. You guys can then take the zip cords down to the boat when it is lowered.”
	“Good! You’re doing a fine job.” Andre finished, as he walked back out.
	“The coast is clear, Bijou.” Angel whispered into the machine Bijou was in. No response.
	“Bijou?” She said a bit louder. Still no response. Angel pressed the button and the doors opened… only to reveal a white hamster in hyper sleep.
	“Oh dear…” Angel sighed and giggled at the same time.

.:|Chapter 6 - END|:.