A/N: Hey! I would first like to say I'm sorry for not updating "The Story Of Us" within the past week, I've just been extremely busy but I will be updating that story within the next few days. Now on with this story.
Set in the year 2012, the very same company that created the great ship Titanic has built another Titanic, twice the size and way more luxurious, its name…. Titanic 2, scheduled to set sail on the hundredth anniversary of the first Titanic's start on its tragic maiden voyage… April 10, 2012
This story is dedicated to all those who perished in the tragedy, and all those who lost a loved one or a family member distant or near in the tragedy that should never have happened.
July, 18, 2022
A young chipmunk boy of the age of 8 laid in his bed thoughtfully thinking about something he had saw earlier that day. "Goodnight Charles" the boy's father said entering the room to tuck in his son. "Daddy…. I was reading a book earlier and it had a picture of a huge ship and had the caption 'Titanic 2'… what's Titanic 2?"
Simon nodded as the memory flooded back into his brain at the mere mention of it, as he sat down on his son's bed taking off his glasses he started to formulate what he wanted to say, "Titanic 2 was a large cruise ship… it still is the largest ship ever built…" the chipmunk said letting his voice trail off.
"Why did I see your name in the book?" the boy asked curiously
"Because I was on Titanic 2" Simon replied "me and your mother both were"
"What happened?" the boy persisted curiously
"Well it all started in the year 2012, before you were born…"
And the story begins!
March 28, 2012
Two well-dressed wealthy business type men walked into a very plush café and took a seat, "Titanic 2 will set sail April 10th on the hundredth year anniversary of the original Titanic" the first said, a well-rounded somewhat short man with a receding hair line. The other nodded "and with the advanced safety precautions and features there's no possible way for it to sink like the last one" the second man said, a tall thinner man with short greying hair.
"Oh….Aarons I almost forgot, I was talking to Scotty and he said we already had over half the ship filled" the first man said starting to get a little excited. "Jolly good" the second man said "here's a toast… to Titanic 2 and its glory", both men raised their tea cups and tapped them together in an informal toast.
Later that evening in a huge auditorium in London six chipmunks all took one final bow before running off stage breathing hard. The six chipmunks stood back stage listening to the crowd roar, Alvin grinned seeing that the curtain was still up, without saying a word he darted back out on stage and gave another bow causing them to cheer louder.
Back stage Brittany saw him run out and was furious when she heard the crowd get louder, "he's stealing my applause!" she exclaimed then dashed out onto the stage causing the thousands of fans to scream louder still.
Alvin turned briefly to glare at the chipette, she gave him a quick victorious smirk then turned back towards the audience. Alvin darted off the stage and quickly returned, as he got to center stage he sprung into the air taking the electric guitar off his back as he came down. Giving Brittany 'now look who's better' look he began strumming out various tunes on his guitar.
Simon looked from the sidelines shaking his head sadly "will they ever change?"
Jeanette shook her head as she walked up beside him "I doubt it… it's just who they are"
Brittany listened for a second as the crowd got louder as Alvin strummed, she was clearly hurt and it showed as she slowly walked off the stage her head hanging and her tail dragging, 'why does he have to steel every spot light?' she asked herself 'I just wanted to share it with him, not take it over'.
Alvin watched, his heart ached as Brittany walked off, he continued to play but the tone slowly slowed down. She walked off the opposite side of the stage from her siblings and friends and sat down against the wall just out of sight.
Alvin felt horrible as he just stopped playing; quickly, he slipped out of his guitar strap and with a mighty heave he tossed the little red guitar into the crowd causing them to cheer and scream even louder as someone caught it.
The chipmunk then without bowing or even giving the audience a second glance bounded off the stage and off to the right where Brittany sat with her head hung low crying. Alvin knelt down beside her as he removed his microphone headset, "Brittany what's wrong?" he asked gently sitting down beside her.
The chipette only shook her head as she sniffled back tears; Alvin wasn't satisfied with that answer though; he slowly reached over and removed her microphone. After a few more moments Brittany sniffled back some more tears then looked into his eyes, "you want to know what's wrong… you are!".
"Why… what did I do?" he asked having a pretty good idea he just wanted to hear her say it,
"Every time we go on stage you always have to outdo me no matter what… you and your brothers are already famous, can't you let me and my sisters have the spot light once in a while, give me a chance to make me and my sisters famous" she said wiping tears from her eyes.
Alvin nodded, he had overdone it a bit tonight and every night they did a concert, "Brittany… why didn't you just say something to me before?" he asked.
"I've tried Alvin… after every show on this dumb world tour I've said something about sharing the spot light a bit but you never listen" she replied. Alvin knew it was true, all those times he thought she was just being whiny but she was right and he knew it, "I'm sorry Brittany… I didn't really know it bothered you".
The chipette shook her head "it's not just you Alvin it's… I guess I'm just exhausted"
Alvin nodded his agreement, the 1 year world tour had been a drag but it had its funner parts, in the meantime neither chipmunk had noticed that the crowd had quieted down and was slowly leaving the auditorium everyone except the couple hundred fans that had bought golden seat tickets, they were waiting for the autograph session with the six famous chipmunks.
Alvin gently pulled Brittany to her feet and wrapped his arm around her as they walked around behind the stage to the where the others were. As the two chipmunks walked over to their siblings Eleanor spotted that her sister was crying, "Brittany what's wrong?" she asked giving Alvin a quick warning look. Brittany shook her head "nothing… I'm just exhausted that's all".
"Thank goodness this is our last show" Simon said with a warm comforting smile, Jeanette put an arm around her sister and pulled her close "do you want to skip the autograph session tonight?"
The pink clad chipette shook her head as she wiped the remaining tears out of her eyes "no… I wouldn't want to disappoint the fans that have been waiting to meet me in person" she replied forcing a weak smile.
Dave quickly came out of the sound room and whisked them into a room next to the stage where several tables were set up. They all hopped up onto one of the tables and waited; Dave quickly went over and talked to the security officer then took his position with the chipmunks. The security guard let the fans in while the other guards filed them into a single file line.
Brittany sighed loudly as she looked at the hundreds of fans 'this is going to be a long night' she thought to herself.
4 hours later after the last of the fans had left the six chipmunks made their way over to Dave who was talking to two men one somewhat short and the other taller, the owners of Titanic 2. As the chipmunks approached, Dave shook hands with the men and they departed.
Dave had a quick discussion with his head of staff then departed with the chipmunks for their hotel, once they got to their room at the plush Royal Gem Hotel the six very tired chipmunks went to bed. Dave stretched and yawned as he looked at the clock hanging on the wall, '4:45AM… thank goodness that's over' he sighed walking into his own room. The man barely made it to his bed before collapsing and falling asleep.
The next day sometime in the late afternoon Dave slowly woke up and stretched his arms while he yawned, he sat up then stood and stretched again before heading out to the kitchen. He poured himself a cup of coffee and took a few sips before going over to his children's room. The man slowly opened the door and glanced in at the chipmunks lying at the top of the bed sleeping soundly. He nodded then shut the door taking a sip from his cup, but as quickly as the door was closed he opened it again.
"Alvin" he growled softly noticing not only his absence but Brittany's as well.
Alvin sat on the edge of the roof of the hotel with an arm around Brittany while she rested her head on his shoulder. "It's been a while since we've done anything like this" Brittany said softly letting her eyes close.
"It's only been about a year or so" Alvin said trying to sooth her, Brittany sighed "a year is a long time Alvin".
The red clad chipmunk nodded, "I know… but now we've got nothing going on for a good long while, Dave promised me that".
Brittany nodded as her ears perked up, "what do you think his surprise is?" she asked
"The one he mentioned in the car but wouldn't tell us?" Alvin asked as clarification
"Yeah has he said anything else about it?" Brittany asked curiously
Alvin shook his head "I haven't talked to him today"
"Let's go find out" Brittany replied getting to her feet, Alvin grinned as he stood up, both chipmunks bounded across the roof. Alvin opened the skylight and they went back inside and down to their room that was on the 34th floor.
"Where have you two been?" Dave asked the couple as they walked past the kitchen area, "around" Alvin replied after they both hopped up onto the counter.
"You remember last night when I said I had a surprise for all of you?" Dave asked with a wide smile, his mood mellowing out.
Alvin and Brittany nodded vigorously, "well I decided to make our trip home a little vacation after our successful tour… those two guys I was talking to last night were the owners of the ship company that built Titanic and Titanic 2. They liked your performance so much last night that they gave us 7 first class tickets on the Titanic 2 set to set sail on April 10."
Alvin and Brittany were overjoyed, "that's awesome!" Alvin shouted becoming extremely excited
"Yeah great" Brittany said in deep thought, "Dave… what's Titanic?"
"Seriously? You don't know what Titanic was?" Alvin asked surprised, although he could clearly see she was lost he persisted anyway, "everybody knows about Titanic….well almost everyone".
"Alvin" Dave warned as he gently picked Brittany up and brought her into the living room, Alvin followed and hopped up onto the couch where Dave had placed the chipette. "Titanic" Dave began as he sunk into a chair next to the couch "was a huge luxury steam ship they built in the early 1900s, it was similar to the cruise liners you see now a days but back then it was one of a kind… it was deemed unsinkable".
"Was it?" Brittany asked
"Unsinkable? Not in the least….it set sail on April 10 and on the night of April 14 it struck an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the ocean, over half the passengers died, about 1,500 lives were lost in that tragedy" Dave said sadly.
"How many passengers did it have at first?" Brittany asked curiously
"About 2,200… I don't remember the exact count right off the top of my head" he replied
"That's so sad" Brittany said her voice filled with sorrow
"They built Titanic 2 and plan to sail her on the hundredth anniversary" Dave said looking over at the chipmunks.
Brittany nodded "this is going to be fun" she said with a smile
Later that evening the whole family was gathered around the dinner and was enjoying a meal of Chinese takeout when Dave announced to the rest of the family about their voyage home. "I've never traveled across the ocean on a ship before" Jeanette exclaimed excitedly.
"To be honest neither have I" Dave replied pretty excited about the idea
Morning of April 10, 2012
A middle aged man dressed in a ship's officer uniform walked up to an older man dressed in a ship's captain's uniform and addressed him. "Captain… I feel we should postpone the voyage… our systems are brand new and they haven't been thoroughly tested yet… they could still have some glitches in them" the first mate said.
The Captain was unconvinced "have a little faith… this ship is unsinkable… nothing will stand in its way".
The six chipmunks and Dave arrived in Southampton where they found the ship at one of the major docks, "look at her… she's huge!" Alvin exclaimed as they approached the boarding ramp of the humongous ship.
"Mr. Seville" a man called out from the top of the ramp
"Aarons" Dave replied finally reaching the top
"Beautiful isn't she?" the man asked as they walked along the deck, Dave nodded "she definitely is" he replied looking around, Dave then handed Simon the room key "you fellas run along, stay out of trouble and stay in the room until I return".
Simon nodded, as Alvin replied for him "whatever you say Dave… let's go guys" and with that said the six chipmunks bounded off in search of the room they would be staying in.
Dave watched after them with a curious glance, "how about we retire to my private quarters for a sip of brandy".
Dave nodded, "sounds good… I would love to hear about this ship as well"
"You'll get to hear all about it" the man replied as they turned and began to walk down the deck towards the VIP first class section.
"Come on Simon come with me" Alvin pleaded his brother as the chipmunk cracked open a book, "For the last time Alvin, no, Dave told us to stay in the room".
"Ok since this is the last time you said no will say yes next time?" Alvin asked
"No Alvin" Simon replied in a growl as his brothers annoying pleading was getting on his nerves
"Fine… Theodore, where are you?" he called out hopping down off the bed, the small green clad chipmunk slowly walked out of the kitchen area with a small sandwich in his paws "yes Alvin?" he asked in between bites.
"You're a very adventurous kinda guy right?" Alvin asked placing an arm around his brother, but he shook his head, "not really" the small chipmunk replied.
"Come on it'll be fun… we're not going to do anything but look around and explore the ship" the taller red clad chipmunk said. "But Dave said to stay here" Theodore replied taking another bite from his sandwich.
Alvin rolled his eyes and began to walk back towards his bedroom when he saw the bathroom door swing open and Brittany walked out with a towel wrapped around her. The chipmunk walked up alongside of her and said "hey Brittany….how about we do something fun" he suggested.
"What did you have in mind?" she asked as they entered her bedroom
"I don't know… maybe explore the ship a bit nothing bad" he replied
"Didn't Dave tell us to stay in the room until he returned?" she asked as she began to get changed, Alvin shrugged "he did… but that doesn't mean anything" he replied as she slipped into a small pink skirt and a slightly lighter pink short sleeved polo shirt.
"Let's go" she said with a smile as she put her damp hair into a neat ponytail "just give me a second to finish my hair".
Alvin nodded and watched as she quickly touched up her hair, "ok let's go" she replied
Alvin smiled and bounded out of the bedroom with her on his heels, "Alvin… where are you two going?" Simon asked seeing the two chipmunks heading for the door. "We're just stepping out for a breath of fresh air" Brittany replied for both of them. Simon knew better but there was nothing he could do, so he just shook his head and left them alone.
Alvin hopped up and opened the door then hopped down and closed the door after themselves, the two chipmunks walked along the wall to avoid being stepped on by the numerous people making their way to their rooms. A loud deep air horn made the chipmunks jump; they pressed themselves against the wall and looked out through the railing.
"We're moving!" Brittany cheered as she saw the dock begin to pass by, she then ran across the deck to the railing dodging the many feet that could easily crush her. Alvin shook his head then followed her lead; he came up beside her and looked out at the dock they were leaving.
"Come here" Alvin said then began to run off along the railing; Brittany followed him at a distance because she kept stopping to look out over the ocean. Alvin reached the bow of the ship and took a deep breath; the chipmunk climbed up the railing and looked out at the ocean and the setting sun that they were heading into, "I'm the king of the world! Woo hoo!" he cheered spreading his arms out.
Brittany stood on the deck just behind him smiling happily as she watched the chipmunk. After a moment or so he hopped down and landed right in front of her, "having fun Alvin?" she asked.
"You bet… let's go look around some more" he said grabbing her hand and taking off at a fast paced walk.
After the other two had left Simon returned to his book, "Simon… have you seen my sister?" Jeanette asked hopping up onto the bed. Simon nodded as he pushed his glasses up a bit "if you mean Brittany then yes" he replied "I saw her heading out the front door with Alvin".
"Didn't Dave tell us to stay here?" Jeanette asked already knowing that he had, Simon nodded again "he did… but you know those two as well as I do… they either don't listen or they just don't care" he replied.
"Hey fellas…I'm back" Dave announced as he entered the 4 room cabin suite, Simon and Jeanette quickly ran out of the bedroom to greet their guardian as did Theodore and Eleanor. "What's for dinner Dave?" Theodore asked hopefully.
"I don't know… we'll have to go down to the main dining room to find out" he replied with a chuckle, but his cheerful mood quickly vanished "where's Alvin and Brittany?"
"Alvin I don't know about this" Brittany said very unsurely as Alvin pulled her into the casino, "come on Brittany… I've got a few dollars in my pocket we could double our money and walk away rich" he said hoping that it would work on her.
Brittany thought about it, "I guess it wouldn't hurt if we just went in for a little bit" she replied with a smile, she then began to walk into the casino but Alvin caught her arm, "where do you think you're going?" he asked.
"I thought we were going in?" she asked confused by his actions
"Dressed like this? I don't think so" he replied "we'll run back to the room and change"
The two chipmunks ran back to their room and found it empty, "the others must have went to dinner" Brittany guessed as she entered her room. Alvin quickly ran into his bedroom and changed, he emerged from his room in a white tux just seconds before Brittany came out of her room wearing a one strap red sparkly dinner dress.
"You look… gorgeous" Alvin said after he found his lost words
Brittany giggled, very rarely has she ever heard Alvin speechless "you look pretty cute yourself"
"I think that about does it" he said "we're ready to go"
Alvin looked up at the casino sign and took a deep breath then looped his arm; Brittany nodded then laced her arm through his. The two then walked into the grand room, the room had thick lush red carpet, the walls were painted in a dark green color with paintings and mirrors hanging from them. "How about we play some blackjack or something" Alvin suggested heading for the card tables, Brittany shrugged "it's your money, you waste it anyway you like" she replied with a smile. Alvin rolled his eyes before he pulled her over to the blackjack table.
Brittany watched in amazement as he won hand after hand, after a while he had quadrupled his money and was about to buy into another hand when Brittany stopped him, "Alvin at this point I think it would be better if you walked away with what you have, before you start losing". Alvin thought about this logic then nodded "you're right… lets hit the craps table", Brittany sighed but let herself be dragged over to the next table.
After the person running the game explained it to Alvin he nodded and bought into the game, he tossed the dice and got an eleven. "Seville wins" the man announced, "see not hard" the chipmunk said to Brittany who was just waiting for him to start losing. Craps came and went for Alvin he won more than he lost and practically doubled his money again.
"Ok I'm done" Alvin replied after he collected his winnings, they went back and dropped off Alvin's winnings at the room. "So what do you want to do?" Alvin asked after they had changed back into their other clothes. Brittany shook her head "you know that's the first time you've asked me that all day?" she replied her voice heavy from sadness.
The red clad chipmunk was confused "what do you mean?"
"Never mind… it's not important" she replied
Alvin shrugged "well then… what do you want to do?"
She didn't really want to do anything, "nothing I guess…" was her reply
"Come on you have to want to do something" he said
"How about some dinner" she suggested, Alvin nodded "I could go for that… let's just avoid Dave for a while".
After eating dinner in the posh dining room the two chipmunks started walking back to the room when Alvin stopped her, "we did everything I wanted to do this afternoon… now this evening is yours, what do you want to do?"
Brittany smiled warmly "come on" she said taking his hand, Alvin grinned and let Brittany pull him along until they reached the stern where they came to a stop. Letting go of his hand she walked over and leaned against the bottom bar of the railing and sighed as she watched the beautiful silvery white full moon as it slowly rose into the sky.
Alvin stayed still for a moment before he walked up beside her, "doesn't a full moon look so romantic?" she asked staring up at it with her ice blue eyes. Alvin nodded his eyes fixed on her rather than the moon, "it looks so beautiful" she said softly. Alvin nodded barely giving the moon a glance "I'm looking at something way more beautiful than the moon".
Brittany turned and found him looking at her with loving eyes, caught off guard by the random compliment she tried to speak but no words came out. Alvin smiled at this causing her to blush and turn back towards the moon. A cold steady ocean breeze blew past making her shiver, she hadn't realized how cold it was until now; she pulled her light jacket around herself. Alvin noticed her shivering and moved a little closer wrapping an arm around her, "how about we head back now". Brittany took another glance at the moon then nodded the red clad chipmunk then led the way back to their room.
The two chipmunks walked into the room and found themselves looking at two feet, one of them tapping unhappily. Both chipmunks followed the legs up to the owner, "hi Dave" Alvin said somewhat sheepishly.
"Alvin, Brittany… where have you two been?" Dave asked angrily
"Oh… around" Alvin replied then tried to walk past but Dave quickly reached down and picked him up by his hood, "that's not good enough Alvin" the man replied putting him back on the floor next to Brittany.
"We were just walking around" Brittany answered, Dave nodded "I thought I told you to stay in the room until I returned?"
"You did" Brittany replied hanging her head
Dave shook his head "I really don't want to but… you two are grounded for the next week, that means no TV, and no leaving the room" the man said sternly, "you understand?"
Brittany nodded sadly; Alvin reluctantly nodded as he casted Brittany a glance, he then looked back up to his father who was walking away, "Dave…" he said getting the man's attention.
"Yes Alvin" he said turning back around
"I feel the punishment is unfair" he said
"Oh you do… would you like to explain?" Dave asked curious for a reason.
"I don't feel Brittany should be punished, it was my idea to disobey you… she just followed along" Alvin replied gaining a questioning look from Brittany.
Dave thought about this a moment, 'Alvin, take the blame for something… there's got to be a motive' he thought. Casting his eyes upon Brittany he asked "this true?"
The chipette glanced at Alvin who gave a little nod, she then reluctantly nodded her head, and Dave nodded in return, "ok Brittany you're off the hook".
Brittany breathed a sigh of relief and headed off to bed, leaving Dave and Alvin standing in the living area of the room. "Good night Dave" Alvin said then slowly began to walk towards his room, 'he didn't even try to get out of it' Dave thought, "Alvin" Dave said causing the chipmunk to spin around, "Alvin… I'm proud of you for owning up to what you did and especially taking the blame for someone else that's got to be a first… so I'll forget the punishment this time but try to do as I say for now on please."
Alvin nodded then happily and ran off into his bedroom and got changed then hopped into bed with his two brothers who were already asleep. He took a deep breath as he laid there staring up at the ceiling, he felt good, he had done the right thing and he knew it and it pleased him.
A/N: I hope you like it so far, now the way this is set up, this story will be updated everyday because it is a day to day play of events, between the dates of 4/10 - 4/14, each day will be one chapter so it will have 4 chapters in total. Thanks for reading and please leave a review!