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\chapauth{Part of Everything}
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\chapter{The Death Hamsters}
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Luke Bavarious strolled calmly through the mall, one hand
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absentmindedly stroking the cold metal of the trusty Baretta in his
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pocket. ``I need a pet,'' he thought, and he made a beeline for the
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pet store at the end of the strip.
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Suddenly a little boy sitting on a mall bench yelled out. ``Hey
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mister! I don't think you should go in there,'' he hollered.
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Luke squinted at the boy and drew closer. ``Why not?'' he
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inquired.
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The boy looked all around and then whispered in a hoarse voice, ``I
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saw a man go in there earlier. He looked insane. He had a bag full
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of something lumpy. I didn't trust him. He came out without the
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bag. Nobody has come out since.''
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Luke laughed. ``Balderdash,'' he chuckled, and strolled off towards
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the pet store. The boy slumped in his seat with a frown.
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Luke walked in through the door and the door chime beeped to signal
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that a person had entered. He looked around and there was no one
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but he didn't really care. He knew someone would come up when he
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needed to make a purchase.
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He tried to decide what kind of pet to get. There were dozens of
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animals. He looked at some fish and then sadly shook his head. ``Too
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watery,'' he muttered to himself, and moved on. There were some
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green lizards there. They stuck to the glass with their toes and he
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was fascinated at this miracle of God. But he decided against it
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because they might decide to stick to him and then what would he
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do.
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He saw puppies and kittens that were so cute that Luke choked back
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a sob of joy. He had had a puppy when he was a little boy but one
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day a burglar was running through his backyard where the puppy was
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playing. The burglar was evil and the puppy was in his way. He
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picked up the puppy and twisted it in half and then threw the
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bottom half against Luke's window while he was sleeping. Luke woke
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up screaming and barfed. He had never forgotten that day. He wiped
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away tears thinking about it.
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He decided he wanted a hamster. They were so cute. The clerk had
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not shown up yet and he began to wonder. He looked all around but
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couldn't find her. Then he saw the door at the back was open a bit.
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So he went there and when he looked he saw a sight that made him
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scream very loudly.
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The mangled corpse of the clerk was lying on the floor. There was
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guts everywhere. She was covered with bloody hamsters. They were
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evil hamsters and they were eating her like piranhas not in
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water.
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With shaking hands Luke drew his Baretta. He was ready to shoot but
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then something soft landed on him. ``What the'' he said and looked
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over his shoulder and he saw what he thought was a pom pom. But it
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wasn't. It was a hamster. Then another one landed on his other
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shoulder and 2 more on his head. Then they hissed and lunged.
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``Hhh,'' Luke screamed as they ate his face.
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A superhuman strength came over him then and he flung all of them
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off. He shot some but there were too many. He could hardly see
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because his eyes were full of blood. He tripped over a bag of dog
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food and then he got an idea. He pulled his lighter out of his
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pocket and lit the bag of food. It went up in flames and blocked
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the hamsters. The hamsters shrieked and burned. Luke took his
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chance and ran out.
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The boy was waiting there, still on his bench. ``I told you,'' he
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yelled at Luke. ``Something was weird. You should have
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listened!''
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Luke stumbled over to the boy. ``I'm so sorry,'' he choked. ``I should
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have respected you. Listened to you. I didn't because you're only
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10 years old. I was wrong.'' He pulled a chocolate bar out of his
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pocket and gave it to the boy. The boy looked at him with a big
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smile and shining eyes and was happy.
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By then the police were there. One of them pinned a medal on Luke's
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chest. ``You're a hero, son,'' he said in a deep voice with emotion.
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``There was an insane man who put evil hamsters in the store. He's
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in jail now. You stopped them from killing us all.''
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Luke was proud. That night he was in the paper.
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\begin{figure}[b]
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\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{art/Part_of_Everything-Death_Hamsters.png}
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\caption{Artwork by Part of Everything}
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\end{figure}
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