Well! This is my first story and chapter, so reviews with useful info would be nice. Thanks!
I do not own Alvin and the chipmunks but I do own any OC characters and the story.
Short, crisp breathes filled the small space. Fur bristled up with anticipation, waiting for the predator's next move. The heavy breathes outside the wooden door, gave away his position, leaving no room for misconception. Grabbing tightly onto his warm, dry cover, he waited for the predator's next move. Slowly the door began to drag open, forcing the small creature to peer ever so slightly over the small towel he was using for cover. In front of him stood a taller creature, walking slowly into the heated room searching for his prey. Closer and closer he came, while the little creature backed further and further into his towel, hoping and praying that he would not be found, until his small paws touched something cold, hard and completely solid. With no light to see except the dim glow coming from where the two layers of towels overlapped, the creature could only guess what the object was, though his other senses told him it could only be one thing: a wall. With nowhere to go, he turned to face his tracker, watching as his predator began to tug and pull on the protective fortress of his towel. The nervous breath of the prey became quicker and quicker, matching the tugs of the creature searching for the prey lurking under the towel. Eyes widening, the smaller creature waited for the final pull on the towel that would unearth his position, leaving him defenceless against the larger being. Then, the tugging stopped and silence invaded the room, leaving the animal wondering why the sudden stop? With the shadow of his tracker disappearing, he assumed he was safe and began to crawl to the front of the opening in the towel. Before he reached it though, the towel that sheltered him was ripped off, leaving him completely exposed, and at the mercy of the chipmunk above him.
"I got you Theo," said the confident, somewhat cocky voice of the "predator" above him.
"Alvin, I thought it was Hide and Seek and then, you have to catch me," the young chipmunk replied watching as his older brother jumped down from above onto the towel in front of him.
"I know Theo, that's why I'm waiting for you to run," and with that said the great chase was on. Sprinting from the hot press the boys ran around the house, Alvin gradually gaining on Theodore, all the while other small chipmunks egged the young Theodore on, to run faster and succeed in escaping Alvin where the others had failed. Passing by the table where their friends stood they ran until Theodore began to falter and waver leaving Alvin with his window of opportunity. Knowing he should strike now, Alvin pounced on his younger brother leaving both of them rolling together in a mixture of red and green sweaters and Alvin coming out on top-literally.
"Got you Theo-again!" Alvin joked as he extended his hand to help Theodore up while the others jumped down off the table to the boys near the couch.
"Ha! None of you guys could outrun the A man. I knew I would beat you guys," he gloated as the others began to make their way over to him.
A scoffing noise was made as a young female chipmunk made her way over to him."Puh-lease , Alvin. You peeked while counting, therefore making you a cheater. So, Theo wins!" A cheer went up between the three other chipmunks and a few chants of "Theo, Theo" before a shout of "Could you keep it down" came from the basement where the final brother of the Seville trio worked tirelessly to perfect his latest gadget: a simple reincarnation object, disguised as a card: an ace card. Marvelling at what he had achieved so far, he placed the card down on his desk ready to finish the invention with a final chemical. For you see, the gadget really wasn't so much a gadget as a chemical mixture containing some of the rarest elements and chemicals on the planet, acquired only by his status as not only a singer but as a future innovator in the world of science. Preparing to add the final substance required deep concentration-something scarce in his house. Nonetheless, he decided to proceed and began to drip, a drop at a time, the liquid onto the card which absorbed into the mechanical parts and changed the card from colour to colour starting with the brightest violet and ending with the darkest red, at which point Simon was about to perfect his work when he was met by a large bang from the door, causing him to spill the substance on the floor and sink under the floor boards.
"Simon, Alvin would like to speak with you…..and Brittany…and everyone," said his "father" Dave as he quickly sends Simon's brothers and the chipettes, as they know them, down the stairs. Simon had nothing against any of his friends and relatives, in fact he loved them all equally-except one of course but that was for another time. His only problem was that his elder brother was a bit, how to put it, irrational, over-energetic, big-headed, and silly and a tad bit psychotic. Well, psychotic may be slightly over the top but Simon thought it was a fair enough comment after the shipwrecked fiasco.
Knowing that Alvin and Brittany were usually at wit's end with each other, on a daily basis, Simon was prepared for the worst-and he was heading for it.
"Alvin there is no such thing as super heroes and your 'ability' to cheat at Hide and Seek is not a super power!"
"Well Brittany, I know that super powers exist and I'm sure Simon will back me up. Right bro!" the ever so right and humble Alvin called to his brother. Simon only had to look at his brother Theodore and his friends Jeanette and Eleanor to know that a)this will last for at least 15 minutes and b)his head will probably explode from the oncoming rant from Alvin and Brittany.
"Alvin, I'm so sorry to tell you," in his most sarcastic voice Simon could muster "but I'm afraid the likelihood of superheroes on earth are in the region of a billion to one; or never to shorten the odds to your liking. The only way superheroes will ever exist on this rock, will be by science!"
Alvin wasn't happy with his smart brother's answer and decided to keep his argument going. "Simon, of course there are superheroes out there, I mean who saves all the little orphan children trapped in the fire or who stops the world from instantaneously exploding." It was at this point that Simon tuned out Alvin's rant about superheroes and looked down at the broken glass where the final part of his gadget had resided. Without it the formula was left incomplete because of that last drop being wasted and so, the strenuous and annoying journey of going through 50 scientists online just to receive four rare elements continues. What a joke!
Coming back to reality Simon realised Alvin was still going and decided to listen to the final part of Alvin's oh so compelling argument on the existence of superheroes. "And so superheroes have to be real, for the simple reason that we would all be dead by now if some great beings weren't watching our backs and attacking the evil forces in the universe." With that said all others in the room just stared at him with wide eyes and a look that spoke of their amazement at his 'brilliant' argument. After standing in silence for several minutes, Simon rolled his eyes and decided if he was ever going to get his brothers and friends out of his lab/basement he would have to finish this-now.
"Alvin, listen to me very carefully. There are no such things as superheroes, superpowers or any other imaginary abilities that make you play Hide and Seek better. I doubt that we will ever have superheroes on this planet and I pray that no one will ever grant you with the duty of protecting the planet," Simon said with as much sarcasm and annoyance he could fuel into the sentence.
Simon realised he had struck a chord with his outburst and was about to retract what he had said, knowing Alvin's belief in superheroes came from a long childhood of relying on his beliefs, but before he could Alvin beat him to it.
"Well, I see I have no supporters here, so I guess I'll take my theories somewhere else," Alvin spat out while beginning to make his way out of the shelved basement and hopping out the door. The others stood looking at each other, wondering if one of them should have stood up for Alvin and supported him but ultimately concluding that as teenagers it was time Alvin lived outside his fantasy.
"Come on guys, we all knew he had to face it. No one is born with a magical ability to heal or fly and the sooner he accepts it the better," Simon admitted, but even the admittance of what they were all thinking brought a droop to everyone's walk and they left the lab a little sadder than before. Simon was left to ponder his thoughts and after a while of deciding if crushing a belief was truly the right thing to do, he began his work once again. Though Simon believed that he knew how to explain everything, why everything happens and what will happen, no one under their roof could predict what they were to discover in the coming time.
Later in the day the family were gathered around the table for their usual daily meal, doing their usual talk about who did what and how the day faired for all while eating. It was one of the events of the day that reminded them that they were a family and they were here to watch out for each other-even Alvin and Brittany knew this. Everything was discussed from how the chipmunks and chipettes new songs were coming along to how many arguments Alvin and Brittany had in the last hour. They were all very happy, the two youngest being happiest surrounded by food, but Dave was beginning to notice a lack of speech from his eldest son.
"Alvin, are you feeling alright? You haven't said much and all you seem to be doing is sending Simon and the others angry looks."
The others hadn't really noticed this until now but Alvin's face said it all. Irritation was pasted all over his face like butter on bread. With a sigh Alvin gave Dave a look of simplicity.
"It's nothing Dave. I just thought that I might have a few friends in my own house and that my own brothers would support me!"
For the third time in one day silence enveloped the occupants of the house and once again all eyes were trained on Alvin.
"What happened today? You guys didn't fight again, did you?" Of course most of the chipmunks felt too awkward in telling Dave. Theodore and his green counterpart, a young also chubby chipette, Eleanor looked up from their dinners and simply stared at Dave, the two smart chipmunks Simon and Jeanette exchanged worried glances, while Brittany the eldest chipette looked up from her nails, rolled her eyes and waited for the oncoming shouting.
"What happened, what happened? Well the rest of our family have informed me that all of my previous theories on superheroes are untrue and apparently, some of my memories from childhood are stupid too."
Although the chipettes were adopted into the Seville family and had been there for a year, they still did not know much of the Chipmunks background due to their reluctance to speak about it but also, because of the fact that the chipmunks themselves barely knew anything about where they came from. All they knew was, that they were born minutes apart, lived in a wood for the first eleven years of their lives and that their real parents were never around when they were younger. To the chipettes the touchy topic of the chipmunk past was so very interesting and to know their history might get them a little closer to them.
"Ehm guys, we don't really know what you're talking about- at all, so, if you don't mind, could you maybe clear up a few things for us, like the superhero issue." It was odd hearing Jeanette speak up first, especially since she had been quite shy and restricted in her contact with others. She looked, with pleading eyes, over at Simon expecting her best friend to help her out and so, with a sigh, he began.