"Ready for the show, guys? It's gonna be great!"
"You know it, Si. Listen to those fans shouting my name! They want me!"
"Us, Alvin. They want us. Well, and the girls."
"Theo, you go ahead and walk out. Simon will follow, then me. Deal?"
"Deal. Let's head out!"
Theodore smiled as he walked onstage to the applause of the audience. The cheering increased as Simon took his place. Alvin ran out and started singing the second he got to his spot.
"Wow… they look really happy out there doing their thing." Commented Eleanor.
"Of course. They feel the same way we do when we perform. Excited and happy."
Dave exited the dressing room holding a radio. With the volume turned down low he waved for the chipettes to follow him back inside.
"What's wrong, Dave?"
"Jeanette, there is a storm heading this way. A big one, apparently. It could be so bad that we'll have to stop the show and take shelter."
"Oh no! We've never had to do that before." Brittney stated.
"I know. Let's just hope it doesn't get that bad."
The chipettes continued listening to the radio while the chipmunks were performing. The manager of the theater entered the dressing room and began talking with Dave a few minutes later.
"Mister Seville, your chipmunks are going to have to halt their performance."
"Is it really that bad out?"
Before the manager could answer, a news report came over the radio:
The national weather service has issued a tornado warning for the counties of San Diego and Orange. Any residents within these counties should take immediate shelter until the storm passes. Again, the counties of San Diego and Orange are under a tornado watch.
"I'll stop the show mister Seville and get your boys down to the shelter."
"I'm not leaving until Theodore is with me!" stated Eleanor.
"He'll be fine. I want you and the girls to head down the back hallway and underneath the stairs. I'll be right there."
Onstage, the chipmunks had just finished a song as the theater manager interrupted.
"Sorry for the interruption, but the storm that was over the pacific has moved inland. I ask that everyone make their way down to the basement of the theater at this time."
Alvin and Simon ran off the stage and toward the basement. Once they were all gathered together, Dave urged them all to sit still and keep listening to the radio for updates.
"I'm scared, Dave. I've never been in a tornado before."
"It's okay, Brittney. Everything will be okay. We're all here, and looking after each other, right?"
"Of course we are. That's what family is about, right? Being together during the good times and the bad. Right, Theo?"
No answer.
"Theo?" Alvin look around and noticed that not only Theodore was missing, but so was Eleanor...