Hey FanFic-ers! Here's what I promised. A brave new story fully written by my own paws.
Fortunately I got the requested amount of OCs (from two people) and the team is munktastic.
It's kinda the sequel of my previous story, the 'Shadows of the past.' But there are some differences.
Those who read the story will notice these differences and understand them. Thos who didn't read... I suggest you reading the story.
Well, let's see what I'm trying to publish this time!
Intro:
The Earth.
This planet is under the command of the human race.
The human race. It has been being on the Earth for about 600,000 years and it spread all over the world.
This race is building its empire on the Earth and destroys everything in its way. No matter what.
The nature was building this world for billion years for a race, which now is destroying it.
But a new age is coming. And a new leader force is rising.
The humans think they are the only intelligence race in the universe, but they aren't able to notice: they aren't alone on their own planet.
And the first inhabitants are going to make revenge and get the planet back.
14:22 05/20/2016 Los Angeles California United States
It was an ordinary day in the Seville house. As soon as the Chipmunks and the Chipettes arrived home from school, everybody went to do homework. Simon and Jeanette did it in half an hour as usual. Then they helped Theodore and Eleanor doing it. Seeing it Alvin and Brittany, the less smart ones, frowned and mumbled not nice things.
The two chipmunks had only luck; they weren't going to have school tomorrow. It was on Friday. That was one of the many reasons why the red and the pink clad chipmunk wanted to finish their homework as soon as possible.
Alvin's strategy would've been leaving as it is. But Simon would've checked it.
Brittany wanted to do it perfectly, but her head started aching.
Down, in the living room, the smart ones watched TV. The News was on and one of the Asian conflicts was the topic.
"What's new?" asked Dave, sitting next to the blue and the purple chipmunk. "Nothing. The same, silly things are the topic." answered Simon, sighing in disappointment.
The reporter on the TV was talking about plans on North-Korea.
"The North-Korean government negates the country is planning on developing intercontinental, nuclear rocket. But the South-Korean intelligence service says the satellite pictures clearly show a place where rocket-like devices are."
"Again" Said Jeanette quietly, shaking her head. "Spying and lying. Nobody does anything and everybody does everything."
Dave looked at the chipmunks next to him and worried.
"Guys, what's wrong?" Simon pointed to the screen. "That."
"It has been going on for months. Nothing is going to happen."
Simon and Jeanette didn't relieve. "What if you go to check Alvin and Brittany? I think they have already done their best." suggested Dave.
The two chipmunks stood up and walked up to their common room.
Stepping in, they saw Alvin and Brittany were still writing the homework, but their eyes were red because of concentrating.
"That's enough." Said Simon and Jeanette continued. "You have been doing it for hours. We're finishing the rest of it.
The tired chipmunks looked at the other two and the hope shone in their eyes. "Thanks!" They said and walking out they hugged the smart ones.
They walked down to the kitchen to get some energy by eating something.
The blue and the purple clad sat down and did their sibling's homework. After it, they were surprised, because there wasn't so much left. Alvin and Brittany had done almost the whole homework. Also almost all of the done parts were correct.
Simon looked at his counterpart. "Jean, I think they are changing." "I think it too. Brittany didn't come down and cried for my help. And this is 80% perfect."
"Do you think they found their minds?" Asked Simon and he had to laugh at him. But Jeanette answered seriously. "I do think. I'm not saying they aren't irresponsible and egoist anymore, but they are near to the right way."
"It was wise; Jean, but I can't imagine my brother as a mature, responsible 'munk." Jeanette stood up, walked behind Simon and wrapped her arms around his chest. "I can't imagine it about Brittany either. But wouldn't you be happy if Alvin changed in good way?"
Simon sighed, stood up and turned toward Jeanette. "I would and wouldn't. I love him as he is, but I know he has to change."
"People realize something was wrong after they had lost it." said Jeanette wisely. Simon bent closer and kissed her cheek. "You're right. But we aren't humans. We're chipmunks and we're completely different."
Jeanette smiled and blushed under the fur. "What do you mean?" "I mean I haven't lost you yet, but I know you're the best thing in my life."
Jeanette's cheek turned into more red. As Simon's, because he hadn't expected he would be able to say it.
"Thank you, Simon!" said Jeanette kissing Simon's cheek shyly. "We should go down if we don't want the other's to think something bad." said Simon.
Jeanette nodded and they went down.
In the living room, lying on the couch, they saw Alvin. He was panting heavily.
"Was that so bad?" asked Dave with a wide smile. "Yes, Dave. My brain is burning."
Simon jumped up, next to his brother and fondled his forehead with a weird smile. "Anyway, great job, compared to you, Alvin." He complimented on his personal way.
Alvin raised his paw and tried to reach Simon's head, but his brother stepped back.
Alvin groaned. "Simon, I want the quarter of your brain." Simon blinked and looked at the lying chipmunk in front of him with wide eyes. "Why? " Alvin answered sadly with a sigh. "If I had only the quarter of your brain I wouldn't have any problem in school and I could get over it without suffering."
"But your personality would change and you wouldn't be yourself." Said Simon and felt in his mind he spoke against his wish. He wanted Alvin to be more mature. "I don't care." said Alvin. "I'm not able to handle these nonsense things in my mind. Body or mind. They can't stand each other. I'm sorry Jeanette!"
Jeanette waved signing she didn't get it wrong.
Simon looked out the window for a while, and then he spoke up again. "What about Rob and Chrystal? "
Everybody looked at the spectacled chipmunk hearing those names. "Speaking of them, has anybody talked to them since their last call?" asked Dave with curious tune. Nobody said yes.
They just sat and wondered. The Seville family hadn't met the two mentioned chipmunks since they moved to Hungary with Tracy and Jake several years ago.
"When did we talk to them?" Asked Jeanette but as she said the question, the answer popped up in her mind. "Whatever. I remember. It was-" And Brittany finished the sentence. "Two months ago. Yeah. They haven't called us for two months. "
Rob and Chrystal called the Sevilles on Skype in every month. But this time they hadn't called them for the mentioned two months. It was quiet strange.
Simon's thought were cut by the news on the TV. The woman said there had been an explosion in Santa-Fe possibly caused by a suicide bomber. The identity of the suicide wasn't cleared.
The blue clad chipmunk sighed, but didn't say anything. He knew the others, except for Jeanette, would call him insane.
The last what the news said was a European thing. They said the European Union had stopped giving money to Middle-Europe because they hadn't paid the given loans back yet.
"Most of the Middle-European countries started thinking about new taxes. The governments think this is the only way to get money to pay the loans back. Only the Croatian, Czech, Hungarian and Polish governments think in different way. They say the EU's conditions are impractical. If they tried to pay back the money (more than 350 billion Euros.) the people of the three countries would suffer from taxes and the lack of money. "
The woman read the last line of the text in front of her, said good-night to the spectators and the screen went to dark for a while. Then a commercial started.
Simon sat down and knuckled. He couldn't believe what he had just heard.
"It sucks for those countries." whispered Simon.
He went up to the common room and hit his head into his pillow.
"Humans are idiots, humans are idiots!" He repeated, almost yelling in the pillow. "How were they able to spread all over the world? We were the first, intelligent life forms in this damn planet."
Simon's ears twitched; he heard something.
"Simon, are you okay?" It was Jeanette's voice; the voice which always calmed the smart one's mind down. He turned back, toward his counterpart and smiled. "I'm okay, Jean. Just- I was thinking."
"You don't need to lie to me. I know what you're feeling." Jeanette sat behind Simon and began to massage his back. She wasn't sure what she was doing, but her counterpart needed to calm down. "Just calm down and relax." But Simon couldn't relax. "Jean, I haven't seen you acting like that. It's not you." "Come on, I just want to make you feel comforted. I've already done that with Brittany when she was upset."
Simon breathed in and emptied his mind.
As he was totally calm and he was enjoying Jeanette's massage, a rude, high voice broke the feeling.
Jeanette jumped back in surprise and started looking for where the noise could come from.
"My computer." pointed Simon to his laptop. "But it is turned off." said Jeanette worryingly.
"It doesn't mean anything for me." said a familiar voice. Then the Chipmunks and the Chipettes' own but common TV were turned on. Simon's laptop was turned on as well. A chipmunk showed up.
"What are these scared faces? Didn't you expect I could break up anything?" The chipmunk on the screen had auburn fur, bright blue eyes and a uniform.
Simon stepped to his laptop and stared the screen. "Rob? Is that really you?" Rob smiled and crossed his arms on his chest. "Who else has so handsome face and works for the HNSA?" The HNSA meant the Hungarian National Secret Agency; Rob worked for them.
"Okay, this is really you. Only you can say you have handsome face." said Simon rolling his eyes. "Where've you been for two months? Why haven't you called us? What have you been doing?"
Jeanette knocked Simon away and bent close to the camera. "We were worrying about you."
Rob raised his paws. "Hey, we were busy. As you probably heard in the News, my country isn't in the better situation. The HNSA had to fight for the existence."
"And?" asked Simon, getting up and groaning softly. Rob answered. "The whole agency was shut down yesterday. The government said our running was too expensive." Simon and Jeanette looked at each other. They told each other everything with a sigh. They were sorry for Rob. "And now? What are you and Chrystal planning on?"
Rob sighed and looked around him. "Well, she is quiet happy. We were working too long and we couldn't be enough with Shannon. Now we have more time."
"But what about money?"
Rob laughed at Simon's question. "Si, do you know me as somebody who cares money?"
Simon didn't answer. He knew his question had been silly. "Okay. But still, do you have any plan for the future? "
Rob did something on his computer and smiled at his friends. "Well, we don't have anything. Also I'm sure Chrystal has special plans." Simon turned away, waving with his paws. "Don't tell. It's enough." Rob laughed. "Si, it's not what you think. She has been begging me to go to you for months. So this time I'm going to let us go."
Jeanette knocked Simon away again. "When are you arriving?" "Hey, hey! Chill, Jean. We haven't even bought the plane tickets."
Simon got up again. "How long are you planning on staying?" Rob took his chin and thought. "Well if we don't disturb, we'll stay 'till the country don't get over this thing with the EU. Can we?"
Simon and Jeanette answered together. "Of course!"
The auburn furred 'munk spread his arms. "Then, get ready. We're goin'."
The smart 'munks smiled. "We're waiting for you."
The screens went dark and everything was normal again.
The blue and the purple clad chipmunks looked at each other and laughed. "The others are going to be happy." Said Simon. "I'm sure they are."
They were right. The others were happy when they told them; Rob and Chrystal were going to come.
However nobody knew when they would arrive. Knowing the economic situation in Europe the next month wasn't sure either.
Meanwhile the News was about the usual, bad things all over the world. There was some good news, but not so much.
Simon and Jeanette knew they had been right from the beginning. But they didn't talk about it, because they knew the consequences.
They didn't talk about it, but they had a plan; a smart, perfect and wise plan.
Two weeks after Rob had called them, they started working on the first part of the plan.
It was the easiest one. – Making chemicals and doing tests. –
When they were working in the lab for more than ten hours, nobody worried. It was usual, that the geniuses weren't able to stop working.
Only one thing was a bit strange.
Once, Simon had come out of the lab with blonde fur. Of course Alvin laughed out of his lungs. Dave asked him what happened, and Simon said there had been an accident and nothing serious had happened. He could change his fur color back.
But the strange, this kind of accidents began to happen day to day.
Sometimes, both of the scientist chipmunks' eyes were healed. Then on the next day, they were blind.
Sometimes the color of their eyes changed, or they came out of the lab completely bald, without fur.
But when the others asked about the experiments, they just answered: "It's a secret."
Alvin, Theodore, the girls and Dave couldn't do anything. It was the usual behaving of the blue and the purple clad, spectacled chipmunks. They always did experiments and they almost died.
Once Alvin had tried to sneak into the lab, but when he did, he saw Simon shining.
He thought he was hallucinating and went to relax. Of course he didn't tell it anyone.
Some weeks later, when Rob and Chrystal still didn't come, Simon and Jeanette were very close to finish the chemical what they wanted.
Bottles, test tubes, Bunsen burners, poor elements, spatulas and flasks were everywhere in the lab.
The whole place was dark and only one ray of light didn't come in either.
Jeanette carried a big bag to the table where Simon was working and placed it next to the busy chipmunk.
"Si, do we really need it?" asked Jeanette with her calm, shy and soft voice. Simon whipped the sweat drops off of his forehead with his paw. "We do need it, Jean. We don't have another choice." He continued working.
"Give me the green fluid in the 12 ml bottle please?"
Jeanette gave the bottle to Simon who leaked the fluid into an empty flask.
"Sodium-hydroxide, seven milligrams." instructed Simon. He got it and dropped the white porous material into the green fluid. The sodium-hydroxide dissolved. "Okay. Next: Sulfur-trioxide."
After ten minutes they had a gooey, stinky, black fluid in the flask.
Simon watched it for a while and shook the flash few times.
"Okay, the next part of the chemical is the lysergic-acid-diethylamide. Twenty milligrams. "
Without a word, Jeanette gave the required quantity of the material to Simon. He dropped it into the flask and shook it. The gooey thing wasn't gooey anymore, and its color changed into purple.
"Well Jean, it's your color." said Simon jokingly. "You're the first."
Jeanette shivered and stung a chipmunk sized needle into the disgusting thing. Then she injected the purple fluid into her vein. She hissed and pulled the metal out of her arm. "Isn't it like we're taking drugs?" Simon shook his head. "If you referred to the LSD what we used, it can't take affect." Said Simon and injected his load into his system.
After a while, when nothing happened, they repeated the loads.
Simon was the first, who started feeling something. His vision become murky and he felt dizzy. "It's started working."
"How do you know?" asked Jeanette. "I'm not feeling good." groaned Simon.
Jeanette connected wires to Simon and plug them into the EKG in the lab.
Simon's heart beat was normal, but his blood pressure was high. And it was getting higher and higher. "Jean, if we don't stop it, my arteries will blow up." "But we don't have any drug." Simon stroked his head with his paw. He has just got a heavy head ache.
"Why aren't you feeling anything?" Jeanette stepped to the mirror and looked into it. Her pupils weren't strange, her eyes' color was normal. Nothing strange happened.
Simon collapsed and fell onto the floor.
Jeanette ran to him and sat him up. "Si, what happened? What's happening?"
Simon shook his head and groaned in pain. "I have no idea. But you can do anything. Just don tell Dave anything. "
Jeanette disagreed. "But what if it gets worse?" Simon didn't say anything. He just tossed in Jeanette's arms.
Leave me alone! – Jeanette heard these words. But it wasn't Simon's voice. "Simon, did you say something?"
Simon couldn't answer. He just shook his head. Jeanette looked around the lab. "Then, who was it?"
Why do I have to take it? – She heard the same voice again. "Simon didn't you hear it?" The suffering chipmunk just shook his head.
Jeanette lifted Simon up and carried him to the chipmunk sized couch in the lab. She laid him down and caressed his forehead. Simon groaned. "Jean, how were you able to carry me here? Only Alvin can lift me up."
Jeanette stood up and looked over herself. She couldn't see anything new and didn't feel anything new.
"Simon, would you mind if I went away for a while?" asked Jeanette. "Nope. Just go. I'll be okay."
Jeanette stood up and climbed the stairs to the hall. There she saw Brittany, sitting on the kitchen table. She looked sad. When Jeanette walked closer and said her sister's name in her mind, something happened.
I hate this idiot. -It was clearly Brittany's voice.
The spectacled chipette jumped up, next to Brittany.
"Britt, what's wrong with you and Alvin?" The pink cad chipette looked at her sister with angry sight. "Same as usual. He is a jerk." Jeanette looked toward the living room where Alvin sat on the couch and watched the TV. "What did he do this time?" "Nothing." Answered Brittany.
This asshole stepped on my tail desperately and he didn't even apologize. Jeanette was sure, she had head Brittany's thoughts.
She jumped down on the floor and walked into the living room. Alvin noticed her and waved.
"Alvin, apologize to Brittany." said Jeanette with her usual, calm voice. "For what?" Jeanette sighed. "You stepped on her tail. Apologize, please?" Alvin turned away. "It was just an accident."
Every time I try to do something nice, this happens.
"Alvin, if you apologize, she will forgive you."
Alvin mumbled something. "Leave me alone. I didn't do anything."
Jeanette started getting angry but hurting other people wasn't her style. Although now she wanted to kick Alvin's butt to Brittany and shake him 'till he apologizes.
From Alvin she put her sight on Brittany, who was still sitting on the kitchen table with hanging feet.
It was just a thought.
All of the sudden, Alvin flew into the kitchen and bumped into the fridge door. The hen fell down on the floor with a thud and a groan.
"Oh my… Did I really do that?" Asked Jeanette herself and stared her paws.
Alvin stood up and looked around. He didn't know what had happened. Neither Brittany who was staring Alvin like he was insane.
"What the hell was that?" They asked.
Jeanette escaped as fast as she could. She ran down into the lab.
There she saw Simon sitting on the couch and he looked better than he had looked before.
"Simon, how are you?" Simon looked at Jeanette and smiled. "I'm fine. I feel myself stronger than I have ever been before."
"Well, I think the chemical is working." said Jeanette insecurely. Simon stood up and looked into his counterpart's eyes. "Really? What do you have?"
Jeanette played with her fingers and watched the ground. "It looks like I have telekinesis power and I hear the other's thoughts."
"It's awesome!" exclaimed Simon. "I have these too."
The purple clad chipette picked up her sight and put it on Simon. "Really? Show me!"
If you hear it, we both got telepathy. And Jeanette heard Simon's words in her head. She answered. Do you have telekinesis too? Simon smiled and lifted Jeanette up with a thought.
"Wow, put me down! Now!" "Okay, okay." In the next moment, Jeanette stood on her own feet again. "Now, how are we going to inject the thing into the others?" She asked and with this question she got Simon. "Good question and I don't have any idea. I'm not even sure we should inject it into the others." Jeanette was surprised. The original plan was injecting the chemical into everybody.
"Why?" She asked. "You know, as I know Alvin he won't be able to handle the powers. Theodore isn't even ready for having powers." Jeanette sighed. "Same in my case. Brittany hasn't been mature enough yet. And Eleanor is still my little sister."
They sat down and thought.
"But we need help. You and I won't be enough." said Jeanette. "Rob and Chrystal?" "It's still only four. Also they don't have any power. "
They decided to take a rest and continue thinking tomorrow.
The scientist (powered) couple went up to their room and both of them got a book to read.
In the living room, Alvin and Brittany sat on the couch next to each other.
Alvin had told Brittany what had happened, but Brittany still thought Alvin had lied.
"Um… Britt." The pretty one looked at the chipmunk next to her and frowned. "What?"
"Well, I just want to… apologize. I'm sorry! I didn't want to step on your tail."
Brittany still frowned but she calmed down a bit.
She hugged Alvin and gave a kiss on his cheek. "I forgive you." Alvin's face was covered be surprise and happiness. "Really?" Brittany slightly punched him on shoulder. "Yup. But just because there is no other jerk who I care about."
"Woah, Britt. You're changing your mood in every minute. " Brittany took Alvin's cheek with her fingers and bit it. "Don't make me angry, Alvin."
Simon and Jeanette arrived to the living room and tried to pretend they didn't hear everybody's thoughts.
But it wasn't as easy as it sounds. 'Cause some of these thoughts were really funny.
Don't touch her butt. Not even her belly! Alvin really tried to stop himself but the mind reader chipmunks almost laughed at that.
At the dinner they had to keep their mouth more heavily, because Dave had cooked and Brittany wasn't satisfied with it.
Next time I'll kick Dave out of the kitchen.
Simon couldn't take it and he burst out in laugh.
The others just watched him; nobody had idea why he laughed so loudly.
"Nothing, nothing. I'm okay, okay."
Alvin and Brittany rolled their eyes, Theo and Eleanor laughed softly after Simon, and Jeanette looked at her counterpart with motherly sight.
Simon, try to not laugh or show you hear them. Or it's gonna be suspicious. Simon nodded and calmed down.
After the dinner they went up to their room and had shower.
When the others went to bed the scientists had already slept.
Nobody noticed anything. The powers inside the two chipmunks' bodies weren't noticed. Yet.
A week later, Simon and Jeanette could use their powers quiet professional. Also Simon felt a bit uncomfortable, because Jeanette was as strong as him and she was a girl. – It's stereotype that boys must be stronger than girls, but it was awkward. –
An interesting fact was found out: Jeanette could use her telekinesis ability better than Simon.
Also the fact that she had powers changed her a bit. She became less sh and insecure. She was still Jeanette but she was changing.
She could block Simon's movements.
They trained on the back yard, when they knew the others couldn't see them.
After some other weeks, both of them handled the mental powers like they had had them always.
They were able to levitate themselves and control their mind reading ability. – The random thoughts from someone else's head were disturbing. –
And the best thing was that nobody even noticed their little secret.
They were so proud of themselves.
They had been able to keep the secret so far. It was a great thing.
But Rob and Chrytsal still didn't send a message about they were going to arrive.
It was the only bad thing. They needed them for the plan.
It was Summer Break so everybody could do anything. Simon and Jeanette talked in the attic about the plan very often.
It was clear than only they were mature enough to handle the powers in the right way. But they weren't enough. Only two chipmunks can't do anything against anything.
"Simon, I know it's an old speaking, but the more responsibility makes the people more responsible." Simon just shook his head and disagreed. "Do you think Alvin will more responsible if we give them powers? I'm sorry, Jeanette, but it's impossible." Jeanette frowned at Simon. "So you think Brittany isn't mature enough either?" Simon raised his paws. "Nope. I do think she is more mature than Alvin. She can get the powers, if it's necessary, but what about Eleanor and Theodore?"
Jeanette took her chin and thought. It was one of the hardest questions. The green clad chipmunk and chipette were young. They didn't even know what the next level of a serious relationship is. How could have they known what having powers means.
"Well I think Eleanor just pretends she is still young. I'm quite sure she has already been mature."
Simon kept a few seconds silence. "If you say so. She is your sister. "
The purple one chipette stood up and stepped to the blue one. "What if we simply give powers everybody?"
Simon laughed in surprise. "Jean, is that you? Alvin and the powers? It'd be the end of the civilization."
Jeanette took Simon's paw shyly with hers and said: "We can control him. I mean we kinda master our powers."
Jeanette was looking into Simon's eyes with her own seductive way. And Simon couldn't resist. – Fortunately they didn't hear each other's thought when they didn't want. Simon was thinking about the beauty of Jeanette and he didn't want her to know it. –
"Okay, okay, okay! We'll give them powers. Just stop looking at me this way." Jeanette giggled. "I knew you would say it."
Girls. why can't, we boys, control you, like you do it with us? Jeanette heard it, because Simon hadn't blocked her mind read. But she just smiled and pretended she hadn't noticed his thoughts.
In the next day Simon made plastic sheaths for the chemical and he loaded it into them.
They pills looked like ordinary drugs and nobody couldn't tell they weren't drugs.
The plan was they made the other's take one from the pills.
Simon knew how to make Alvin to take them.
He hid under his blanked with a book and waited 'till Alvin came into the room.
When Alvin arrived and he was on jumping up on his bed, Simon dropped the book on his brother's head.
The heavy book fell on Alvin's head and knocked him out for a moment.
When he woke up, Simon was standing next to him and tried to hide the smiling.
"Simon, it's my style." Groaned Alvin standing up. "What?" Alvin groaned again and held on his brother's shoulder. "Usually I'm the one who bullies you."
Simon laughed. "It was an accident, Alvin. It wasn't desperate."
Alvin tried to stand still but he felt dizzy and wasn't able to stay at one place. He kept his paw on his head.
"Damn, Simon! Your idiot book caused me head ache."
Simon climbed up on his bed, reached under the blanket and took out the prepared pill.
Then he gave it to Alvin.
"Here you are." Without a word and without a glass of water Alvin swallowed it. "Eww! That's disgusting."
"But it helps." Said Simon and walked out.
Jeanette was planning on doing a same thing. She 'accidentally' dropped a book onto Brittany's head and then gave her a drug against her head ache.
The harder missions were Eleanor and Theodore. They couldn't drop books on their little siblings' heads.
But Simon got an idea. He opened a pill and before lunch, he leaked the chemical into Eleanor and Theodore's food.
They noticed that something had strange taste in the meal, but it wasn't too bad.
Brittany and Alvin's load started taking affect during the lunch. Brittany felt dizzy and her head ached. Alvin felt his limbs numbed and he lost his sense of taste.
Neither of them knew what was going on.
Both of them went up to the room to have a rest.
Theodore and Eleanor didn't look like the chemical took effect on them.
But in the evening they had already been sick as Alvin and Brittany.
Simon and Jeanette felt sorry for them, but they were even happy. The experiment was successful.
So, here's the end of the first chapter. As you saw I tried to write with English quoting. In my personal opinion I messed it up.
Bad news: I've already written the next chapter and it's in the same style.
Oh, and scientist mates, don't blame me. My scientific explanations will be better, when I finish the university. - Seven years later, in 2020. -