User blog:InklingBear/Life of Pets - Super Hamster Bros.

Story #31 - Super Hamster Bros.
4:00pm

It was just another typical Friday afternoon down in the Loud House residence, surrounded by warm humidity. Just recently, the fashionista of the siblings was doing a rather surprisingly fine job at the mall for a few months. That was about to change on this very day. As the second oldest sister gazed upon her recent messages on her phone along with her roommate, she took in a big amount of air before she broke the silence.

"O. M. Gosh, Lori!" Leni said in exuberance. "Miguel's asking me to take care of a shift for him while he's packing up to go out of town for a couple of days."

"That's nice to hear, Leni." Lori responded. "I'm sure that you'll be literally raking in more of those earnings. I'm surprised that you've been able to keep this job you have for a while.

Leni nodded swiftly. "I know! Being manager sounds like a lot of fun! Ooh! You know what sounds even better? Being a fun-ager!"

Lori shook her head. "What?" she reacted.

"It's like being a manager... but with a pinch of fun!"

A baffled blink and a stare later, Lori responded with "I see…"

Leni's phone pinged. A recent notification reminded her to get to the mall soon. Upon landing her gaze on her screen, she gasped and let out a small yelp.

"I have to hurry and get ready!" Leni bolted out before heading into the only bathroom in the house. Miguel's expecting me to show up in an hour!"

A quirky, fashionable montage ensued for the teenage fashionista. Her magic worked in almost a snap. From stroking her blonde hair, to equipping her glasses on her forehead, nothing seemed to go wrong so far. Given how she can be a bit of a ditz at times, there's always going to be a little derp here and there from time to time. No matter who she was, the family would greatly appreciate her.

While the sink was on, wasting water down the drain, the second oldest of the siblings was now about to equip her thin pink earrings before she was ready to head out of the house. As she mistakenly poked her ear with the pointy part of the ring, it was enough to get her to yelp out, scattering her two rings into the air. If that wasn't concerning enough for the teen, one of her earrings landed in the sink in front of her. It circled around the hole in the center for a brief moment before it finally fell inside.

She gasped, witnessing one of her belongings become victim to the sink as it streamed down the pipes.

"No, no, no!" she yelled, looking into the sink. "This is terrible! My earring, eaten by this… funny looking funnel!"

She continued to stare inside the drain as if it was raucously laughing at her loss. A tear almost strolled out of her right eye. She had absolutely no idea what to do from this point foreward...

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Except call for help.

As she left the bathroom, she screamed out at the top of her lungs, "LORIIII!"

Five Minutes Later

Lori, Leni and Lana were part of the scene now. Looking into the sink, Lori squinted her eyes. There wasn't a single earring in sight down that drain. She sighed before she could even break the news to her ditzy sibling.

"I'm sorry," she said. "It's just not in there."

"It's probably washed away somewhere in the sewage by now." Lana added. "Though I really wanna check that out sometime. I could find tons of stuff down there!"

"I can't go anywhere looking like this!" Leni spat. "It just feels so unnatural for me to just walk around with only one ring!"

"Leni, calm down." Lori said, placing the palm of her hand on Leni's shoulder. "You're literally acting like your life really depends on it."

The tomboy scoffed. "That sounds ironic, considering that you can't take your eyes off your phone for more than two minutes."

As Lana smirked immediately after, Lori glared at the child. "You're not helping."

After a small shrug, the grade-school tomboy uttered "Oh well."

"Please, you guys!" Leni cried out. "You guys have to help me get my other earring back! It's not that my life depends on it, but rather dressing for success!"

Lana paused for a minute. A smart retaliation like that influenced the kid to lay her gaze on the oldest of the siblings. "You know, she does have a point. The work force pays a lot of attention to that detail."

"Well, can't you go to the mall without your earrings for once?" Lori suggested. "It's not like they'll-"

Interrupted by Leni's corrupted bawling, the social media teen had no choice but to side with the little plumber. A sigh later, she looked to her and said "Let's get to work."

"Wait, they're relocating us?!" Leni emotionally spat.

As Lori irritably rolled her eyes, Lana popped her knuckles with a determined smile painted on her face. She had ways to show what a huge family is for after all, never mind that some people do underestimate others.

"Looks like this is a little job for the hamster!" she said, blowing on her two fingers to omit a signaling whistle to call in the animal that fits all of the descriptions of the job.

Geo.

Though he may be a small, but furry little creature, he'll do whatever it took in order to satisfy his owners. The hamster rolled into the bathroom, saluting the child with determination and a wink, before he was assigned with a task by the young tomboy.

"Okay there, Geo. I think you know what to do." the plumber said, before the little brown rodent opened his ball, climbed the little plumber and dove right into the sink.

"Huh? But... you didn't tell him to do anything!" Leni added in confusion.

"I literally need to start teaching you about implications." Lori uttered, looking down at the tiled floorboard.

As Geo gave a quick thumbs up, he descended right into the pipes. Leni wanted to add something to the determined hamster before it was too late to reach him. She felt it was necessary to do so.

"Hurry Geo! There's three fours and an hour left!" she warned.

"Uh… you could've just said forty-five minutes…" Lori suggested, arms folded.

"Now what if he doesn't make it back in time?" Lana anxiously questioned.

Nervous, but acting confident, the eldest answered "I'm sure we can figure something out."

Down deep into the sewers, Geo exited the pipe with ease, landing on the concrete next to the flow of the stench-filled water. After his tough landing, the hamster collected himself. Putting his stubby paws on his head, he rubbed it vertically.

"Geez, the things I do for this chaotic family I live with." he said, his voice notably echoing all around him. He jumped upon hearing himself slowly fade out. "Whoa… who's there…? Is that… me? That can't be me, is it?"

Hearing himself echoing out once more, the rodent was convinced. That effect on his voice was definitely him.

Starting to walk, he concluded with, "Heh. Nice."

A subtle noise approached his way. The hamster's confidence slowly shifted to concern. What if it was something out to get him? With the way the world's being now, literally anything was bound to happen.

The ascending sounds of pitter-patter were getting louder as the rodent stood still like an old statue. It was almost as if someone or something was walking around aimlessly. What could be coming his way? He could barely tell due to the limited light underground. It was dark, and somewhat scary. Geo had to brace himself no matter what, and here came the one responsible for the source.

"W-who's there?" he uneasily murmured.

The answer to the hamster's question was rather simple. It was a snapping turtle.

Confused, the slow creature examined Geo, unaware of his species as if it's never seen one before. Just as baffled, the hamster glanced toward the reader, crossing his arms for a moment. Suspicions arose in the mind of the tiny animal.

"Okay, where have I seen this before?"

Before he could spit out some more sentences, the turtle charged at the hamster. Taking note of its aggressive behavior, giving away its element of surprise, the hamster yelped. Fear filled him immensely. He jumped, dodging the oncoming animal as he pounced on its head. Knocked down to the ground, the hamster performed a front flip as he dismounted the turtle.

"Hah. That'll show you, mister!" Landing soon after, he proceeded to browse the place some more. The quest for searching for a missing earring, never mind that it's not an important priority anyway, was still in progress. For the sake of goodness, the hamster had just started on his little adventure.

Time was ticking. That's already two minutes down the drain, no pun intended. Glancing at all the things the hamster seemed to encounter as he moved around, Geo paused to land his innocent gaze upon a single coin. It was a big one, half the size of himself, shimmering in its golden glory. It was worth the amount of a single dollar bill.

"Hm… This seems to be a rare find," Geo said to himself. "Why would anybody throw something like this down the drain? This is definitely worth keeping!"

The happy little gnawer stored the item someplace safe. He was thinking about what other questionable items would he be able to find down in the sewage, aside from all the stinky urine and fecal samples everybody flushes down the pipes twenty-four seven. He could see why Lana herself is into plumbing as well as animals and all the dirt and mud the world had to offer.

No matter, he had to progress on his little journey to find something for the sake of a teenage girl.

Fifteen minutes had Back in the Loud house, Leni paced herself back and forth in her bedroom. She quivered in fear, wondering if Geo will be able to pull things off for her in time. Anxiety levels arose inside of her. She never went anywhere outside of the house without her earrings on before. It felt like a single accessory was the only piece of her that was missing. It wasn't like her exposure was… indecent. As her usual self, she'll take anything seriously.

"Leni, you need to calm down about that earring." Lori said, shifting her eyes halfway shut.

"Lori, you don't understand!" Leni retorted, throwing her hands down. "The fashion game is not that simple. You know how many people out there that care about how they look?"

"You tell her, girl!" Lola added, walking past their room in the hallway.

"But we're talking about a trivial subject, over a dumb earring." Lori responded.

Leni gasped. Fury filled her to the point that lashing out felt necessary in her case. "That earring is not dumb! How could you?!"

Lori was understandably confused now. "But I..." After a moment of awkward silence, she had to let out a sigh. "You know, a lot of people out there, especially for us girls would kill to have earrings for a fashionable accessory. A good portion of them don't even have or wear them. I literally doubt that having no earrings on for once would make that much of a difference."

Leni thought to herself for a second as she glanced at the floor, her fingertips motioning back and forth in her mob of blonde hair strands. Although she had some good points, the fashionista herself was stumped. She didn't know what to think of it at first, despite the sound morality.

"I really don't know about this, Lori." Leni said, slowly rolling her eyes away from her sister.

"Come on, You really think people are going to judge you over one simple unimportant thing?"

As the eldest walked to Leni, she responded back to her uneasily. "Well… I guess I see where you're going with this. But I just really hope having to work without my precious earrings doesn't cause anything unfortunate…"

Lori put her hand on Leni's shoulder. "Believe me, you look fine the way you are now. I'm sure you'll pull through."

With a nervous little smile, Leni left the bedroom.

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The coast seemed to be clear now. It was time for Lori to put her plan B to work. She had an urgent feeling that she'll lose it the second she arrives at the mall. Confident enough that she'll be alone for the next few minutes, she whistled for the flying companion in the family.

Walt flew into her bedroom, giving off an annoyed look as usual. He looked at her as if there wasn't much time to waste. She had to break her details down as precise and clear as possible.

"Go find Geo somewhere in the sewage with Leni's earring, then look for her at the mall." She instructed. Although the bird might have been confused about her strange request as it was something he never heard before, he rolled his eyes before he swiftly flew out the open window of her room.

Back in the grody sewage, Geo continued walking aimlessly around the place. As he would've expected, he was unfortunately tired. He looked around several square feet worth the space of the underground sewers, but there was no luck. What if it was gone for good? Maybe something ate it up and it was sitting in their digestive system by now?

Whatever the reason, it was nowhere in plain sight for miles. If the little rodent wanted to give up at any point by now, who could honestly blame him for that decision? If anything, he's currently risking himself over an earring.

"Yes, thanks for that useful information," Geo said irritably. "Though in all honesty, what's stopping that lady from buying another pair of those things? It's not like those things are rare or anything…"

A hiss threw the hamster off his guard. Something else was coming towards him. Knowing that it was a snake, he started to tremble. As anxiety towered him, he had to put his best foot forward. He knows to show off his assertion, no matter what threatened the little guy.

That backbone of his built up with good results. As Geo squinted his eyes, Fierceness painted over his nerves. "Alright you sinister snake, show yourself!"

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Turns out, he was partially correct. As a snake emerged from the darkness, a raccoon showed themselves soon after. Yes, it was a two versus one standoff. Geo didn't seem that scared of them at first. Realizing that Lana owns a snake along with a racoon at some point in the family, he didn't doubt that this type of encounter would be any different.

"You're on our turf, kid," the raccoon spat. "No trespassin' around here!"

"Yessssss, now how 'bout you sssssskedaddle on outta here?" the snake added.

"I'm sorry, but I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon." Geo asserted.

Raising their eyebrows, their attitudes audibly grew. Surprised expressions shifted into mean spirits. Oh no. They didn't like the sound of that.

The snake was the first to assert its words. "What did you sssssay?!"

Arms crossed, the hamster retorted. "I said, I don't think that's going to happen. How else am I supposed to make that clear, you dumbies?"

Squinting its eyes in anger, the raccoon spat to the little rodent, "Wowza. That's pretty tough talk… for a tiny little wimp like yourself."

As it started popping its knuckles, Geo finally found something. It was the earring Leni had lost in the sink. He thought it was long lost to the point that it left him baffled. After all this time, he was surprised that he was able to even find it. But he had a bigger problem now. He had to deal with two relentless animals, blocking his path.

Taking note of the hamster's eye movement, the snake looked back at the earring as well. Thinking that it's what Geo wanted, it looked back at him menacingly.

"Ohhhh no. You're not gettin' your ssssstubby little paws on thisssss here ring! Findersssss... keepersssss!"

"Ssssscrew that!" Geo angrily spat, mocking the snake. "I'ma taking back what belongssss to me!"

Tired and annoyed from the hamster's brave attitude, the raccoon charged at him, preparing to deliver a sucker punch. As it screamed out, Geo had to retaliate and defend for himself. Much to his own luck, there just happened to be a hammer sitting right off to the side of him. He struggled to lift it off the floor before he was able to obtain a good grip on it. When the raging raccoon was in range, with his delivery somehow off, Geo slammed the hammer down on the procyon's foot.

"YOW!" the coon yelled, as Geo was able to slide past with ease. Before the luck-ridden hamster could even get a chance to snag the earring and get the heck out of dodge, the snake on the other hand made an attempt to catch him by surprise.

"Why you little…", it spat as it lassoed Geo up, disabling his ability to even walk or move. Geo was in shock. He never saw this coming at all. "How dare you disssssrespect our kingdom like that?!"

As the hamster struggled to free himself from the snake's grasp, he glanced at the mean serpent. "Mind you, that kingdom belongs to the cats!" he corrected.

Gradually squeezing Geo as tight as he possibly could, the snake's eyes squinted tightly. "Who caresssss? I'm certainly not gonna let a sssssmall little punk like you push ussss around!"

"Mwahahaha!" the coon laughed hysterically. "Now how 'bout you hold still for us so we can get this over 'n done with, huh?"

Still angry, Geo was to the point of gritting his own chompers. Could this really be it for him? Helpless and overpowered by two different species that lived underground in the sewers? It seemed to be it for Geo…

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That is… until some bit of hope had stepped in to intervene.

Hearing someone in the distance build up their anger, the raccoon suspiciously looked around its surroundings. It sounded like nobody but the rodent himself to him. Unbeknownst to the two species that lived under the ground, one of them was in for a little surprise.

From a fast poke into the coon's tush, it was enough to get him to yell and send him airborne for a quick second. It threw everyone involved off their guard, especially Geo. This was his chance to whip up a diversion that'll help him out. Noticing the distraction in the snake's eyes, the little rodent himself took his chompers to his tail. Biting down as hard as he can, it caused the snake to spaz out from startlement. His swift movement threw Geo into a wall, before sliding down it not long after.

Stars swirled around his head as if he was dizzy. After a moment to collect himself and regain his consciousness, the next thing his eyes landed his leering on a bird standing in front of him. With a definite, but fierce and determined expression in his face, Geo was definitely in delight to see the one and only bird he knows and cares about.

Walt. He even snagged the earring they need to return to Leni.

"Hooray!" Geo uttered in a cheerful delight. "Thanks so much for rescuing me!"

"I'm pretty sure I've heard this somewhere before." Walt responded, flying over the sewer water. "But there's no time to decipher references. There's less than fifteen minutes to spare, and we need to get to the-"

SPLASH!

As they least expected to happen, the spread of flailing water startled the yellow bird, causing him to lose his grip on the earring. An alligator popped up out of the blue, chomping down on the earring before it descended back into the water.

"Oh come on!" Geo angrily spat.

Walt was just as mortified as the hamster. He turned to him and engaged in a quick discussion. "You know, instead of those cruddy girls sending us out here over a stupid earring, whatever happened to just… oh I don't know… spending money on another pair?"

Geo extended his paws out. "That's exactly what I said!"

Walt glanced down at the water. "After we're through with this, they better reward us for doing this risky business."

Folding his arms, Geo responded with fierce. "For once, I have to agree with you on that."

Walt sighed for a moment. "Now, as much as I really don't want to do this, let's track down that son of a cayman!"

Geo was immensely stumped. "...I'm sorry, what?"

"It's another word for gator. You're not the only one who's been a victim to science experiments against their will in this family."

Looking back for a second in realization, Geo concluded with "Oh, yeah. Now come on, let's ride!"

Landing in front of the hamster, the bird retorted. "Whoa whoa whoa, you my friend are sorely mistaken if you think I'm gonna carry you around this dump. What do you think I am? Some mumbling companion that shoots eggs out of my butt, has a sticky frog tongue, eat anything I desire and get betrayed at any chance possible over their skewed priorities?"

Geo was speechless for a second. He had no idea what to respond to that sentence, other that "Then… let's roll… I guess?"

Walt sinisterly squinted his eyes halfway closed. He was onto something. It might actually even work. Who knows? "Actually, I've got an interesting idea." he spat. "Hear me out."

With just under ten minutes left to go before Leni's manager shift at the mall begins, game faces were painted on their faces. With a piece of string, a marrow bone, and swift speed, what more could that menacing alligator ask for? After Geo tied each ends of the string they conviently found after minutes of searching to the bone and Walt's talon foot, the bird gave an okay signal. Satisfied, Geo did the exact same thing.

It's time for them to take back what was once theirs to begin with.

Walt flew into the air as the bone dangled horizontally beneath him. Flying above the sewer water once more, the bird threw his taunts, in hopes to attract the attention of the gator that stole their earring.

"Hey gator breath!" Walt yelled out. "Come snag this! I haven't got all day here, you daring piece of-"

SPLASH!

Before the angry bird could finish his sentence, he had to gun it in a straight line. Dashing through the place, being chased down by the gator, tensions were clearly starting to rise. Coming up on the first turn, the bird made sure the proximity was tight before turning to his left. His unexpected move caused the gator to run right into a wall. The relentless reptile's snout was in pain, but it was able to brush it off as if it wasn't even a problem. Shaking his head, he continued to chase Walt down.

The lowlife animal had a priority of its own. It was after that bone, and he wasn't going to stop until it got a taste of that sweet marrow it obtained. Fixated, as if he was hypnotized somehow, it roared resoundingly. Approaching a second turn, Walt decided to take a right this time. After that move, he fell for the same mistake as the first time not long ago. Hitting his snout on the wall again, its pain started to develop more tremendously. Walt stopped moving, but still flying in the air. As much as he wanted to say he was surprised, he just couldn't.

"Are you kidding me?" Walt said to himself. "This is actually working?!"

The mean gator shook his head once more before charging at Walt with everything its got. The bird's heart pumped upon noticing the reptile heading his way again. He dashed as quickly as he could, trying to get away from that menacing animal.

"Bird! Hurry up!" Geo warned. "We don't have much time left!"

"I'm trying here!" Walt retorted distressfully.

The bird was unfortunately growing tired by the second. Speed downturned for the flying avian as the gator was able to catch up to him without a problem. If he ever got to that bone, it would be an indefinite game over for both of the pets.

Walt gulped looking back. "Come on…" he muttered. As his eyes came completely shut, not paying attention to anything surrounding him, he was lucky enough that Geo stepped in to take the gator out with his hammer.

BLAM!

That's a lot of damage. The hamster successfully put a blow on the alligator's noggin, influencing stars to circle around him and descend back into the water. Walt opened his eyes and turned around, approaching Geo. That was one heck of a close call for both parties. All that was left was the earring… if they'll ever get it back that is.

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Nothing floated to the surface yet… until some bubbles finally reached to the top, followed by the earring they lost. They've done it. The bird and the hamster can say that they've accomplished something big today. Risking their lives for a trivial item and collaborated together to take out a dangerous species that lived in the stench-filled water. As Walt snagged it out of the water, he flew around in circles in joy. Geo jumped around in the same mood as the bird as they cheered on and concluded with a simple high five.

"I can't believe that actually worked!" Geo said.

"Me neither," Walt replied. "Now let's get out of here, and head onward to the mall!"

After Geo gave a nod, they sprinted to a nearby pothole to finally ascend from the reeking depths.

4:59 pm

"Leni, are you coming in here or not?" Fiona impatiently asked.

"J-just a minute!" Leni responded.

"But you said that you needed a minute ten minutes ago! How much more time do you possibly need? We've got things to do and I need you to instruct me on what you want me to do first."

Nervous, Leni kept trying to come up with more excuses. "Sorry. It's just that… I'm a little… a-anxious! Yeah, that's right!"

Rolling her eyes, Fiona replied with, "Can't say that I blame you." She left her be to go stocking. "I'll be in the back unloading these clothes."

Leni turned away from her co-worker before she waved. "Okay! Take your time!" she concluded.

Her gaze landed upon the irritated bird and the hamster from the house, soaked up and exhausted from the sewers. As she noticed her missing earring, her fake anxiety was dashed away.

"Thanks so much you guys!" Leni uttered, getting Geo and Walt to elicit a smile. "Your quest is now officially over."

"Oh thank goodness." Geo thought to himself, throwing his head down.

"And now, I present to you a new quest!" The fashionista giggled. "I hope you're just as excited as I am right now, cause I need your assistance!"

Eyes widened, Geo and Walt's heart jumped. With no break warranted, their excitement and relaxation were quickly dashed.

Here we go again.

~End~