Rescuing an Orca
Los Angeles, California. My name is Brittany, and Alvin just recently proposed to marry me. And when he did, I didn't know how to react or what to say. He caught me by surprise. He really did. I did not expect him to do that. But there was only one thing I could say, yes. Which I did. I told him yes. Honestly, that was the greatest moment I've ever had in a long time. And after Alvin, Megan, Mira and myself returned from New York with the help of a new friend we made while in New York, we told the rest of the family about Alvin's proposal to me, and boy, did that take them by surprise. They definitely were not expecting that. But how could they? I didn't even expect that. But they are happy for us. And they said that they'll support us all the way. We haven't picked out the special day yet, but I'm sure we'll have one soon enough. Anyway, that's just a little info for you. Brittany out.
It was an early Monday morning, and Brittany and Alvin were at the beach. Just the two of them, alone. They got there when it was still little dark out and eventually watched the sunrise together.
"Such a beautiful morning." said Brittany.
"Yes, just as beautiful as you, Britt." said Alvin.
"Oh, Alvin." said Brittany.
"I mean it. You're just as beautiful. If not more." said Alvin.
"And that's one reason why I love you. You constantly make me feel beautiful." said Brittany.
Brittany gave Alvin a little kiss on the lips and Alvin, in turn, kissed Brittany on the lips.
"So, Britt, I've been wondering about something." said Alvin.
"What's that?" asked Brittany.
"When do you think we should get married?" asked Alvin.
"You know, I've been wondering that myself. But we can't do it right away. We need time to plan and put everything into order." said Brittany.
"So it's going to take a lot of time then." said Alvin.
"I know you're excited, and so am I, but I'm afraid now is not the best time. Not with our enemy, JETT, still out there." said Brittany.
"No, I understand." said Alvin, with a little disappointed tone in his voice.
Brittany got in front of Alvin and hugged him.
"I know exactly how you feel, baby. Believe me, I feel the same way. But, you would want our wedding to be perfect, don't you?" asked Alvin.
"Yeah, I do." replied Alvin, as he hugged Brittany back.
"Then in order to make our wedding perfect, we need lots of time to plan. That way, when the day comes, everything will be perfect. We only get one first wedding. And we want that to be as perfect as it can be. Okay, baby?" asked Brittany.
"Okay. I get it now." replied Alvin.
"Good." said Brittany.
She looked at Alvin and Alvin looked at her. Blue eyes met brown eyes, then they kissed a few times.
"I love you, Britt." said Alvin.
"I love you too, Alvin." said Brittany.
Just then their romantic moment was interrupted by someone crying loudly. But it wasn't a human cry. Instead it was an animal cry.
"What was that?" asked Alvin.
"I don't know." replied Brittany.
Then they heard the cry again.
"Sounds like someone is in trouble not far from us. Come on, follow me. Let's go see who needs help." said Brittany.
"Alright." said Alvin.
As Brittany and Alvin ran closer and closer to the cry, it got louder and louder. Then Brittany spotted who was crying.
"Alvin, look!" Brittany said while pointing.
Alvin looked in the direction Brittany was pointing and there, not too far from them, was an orca whale.
"My god! It's an orca! And she's beached!" said Brittany.
"What's wrong with her?" asked Alvin.
"I don't know." replied Brittany.
Brittany took her phone out of her pocket and set it on the ground. Then she ran into the water and swam up to the orca.
"Britt, what are you doing?" asked Alvin.
"I'm going to see if we can help her!" replied Brittany.
"Wait. Her? How do you know it's a girl?" asked Alvin.
"The dorsal fin!" replied Brittany.
"Dorsal fin?" asked Alvin.
"Never mind, Alvin. Just leave your phone by mine and come in the water." said Brittany.
Alvin sighed and took out his phone and put it right next to Brittany's. But right when he got into the water and was about to swim to Brittany, the sound of the orca's blowhole scared him, since it was loud. He looked at Brittany and was surprised to see that the sound didn't scare her.
"How did that not scare her? I couldn't even see it coming." Alvin thought.
Alvin then resumed on getting to Brittany.
"It's okay. We're not going to hurt you." Brittany said to the orca.
Alvin made his way up to Brittany.
"Do you know what's wrong with it?" asked Alvin.
"Hold on." replied Brittany.
She held her breath, then dove underwater. She looked around the orca and immediately saw something. Brittany then returned to the surface.
"Did you see anything?" asked Alvin.
"Yeah. She's injured. There's a cut in her skin. Right in her stomach area." replied Brittany.
"Again, how can you tell it's a girl?" asked Alvin.
"Her dorsal fin. Males have a tall triangular shaped dorsal while females have short curved dorsals." replied Brittany.
"How do you know that?" asked Alvin.
"I've...read about them one night while I was helping our pups with their school work." replied Brittany.
"Seriously?" asked Alvin.
"Yeah." replied Brittany.
Just then, Alvin exclaimed as the sound of the orca's blowhole scared him again.
"Alvin, relax. It's just her expelling air." said Brittany.
"Yeah? Okay. Well. What can we do? Is there anything we can do?" asked Alvin.
"I'll go call Jeanette. You stay here with her." said Brittany.
"Okay." said Alvin.
Brittany swam to the shore and grabbed her phone. She then dialed Jeanette's number and waited for her to answer. At the chipmunk's home, Jeanette was already up and dressed. Then, when she saw that Brittany was calling her, she was relieved.
"Britt, where are you and Alvin? It's Monday morning, and the pups need to get ready to go to school." said Jeanette.
"Yeah, well, the pups might not go today." said Brittany.
"Why? Where are you?" asked Jeanette.
"Alvin and I are at the beach." replied Brittany.
"The beach? What are you two doing there? Especially this early in the morning?" asked Jeanette.
"Jeanette, listen to me. We don't have much time. I need you to get your medical kit and groundbridge to my location. And hurry. There's no humans around, but I'm afraid there will be soon." said Brittany.
"Why? What's going on?" asked Jeanette.
"You'll see when you get here. Just bring stuff you can use to heal a cut wound. There's someone here who is hurt." said Brittany.
"Wait, If you two are there, but you said there are no humans around, then who is hurt? If I groundbridge right to you, then our secret will be discovered." said Jeanette.
"Trust me, the one who is hurt can keep a secret. Now please, get here, and hurry." said Brittany.
"Alright, I'll be right there." said Jeanette.
Jeanette hanged up and quickly grabbed her kit and ran to the groundbridge room. She entered Brittany's cell phone coordinates and then a groundbridge portal opened. Jeanette walked into the portal and a few seconds later, she arrived at the beach. When Jeanette walked out of the portal, it closed behind her. And Jeanette was shocked to see what she was seeing.
"Oh my god." she said to herself.
She saw the beached orca and Alvin splashing water on it to keep it from drying out. Brittany ran over to her.
"Oh, thank god you're here, Jeanette." she said.
"Britt, what is going on? What is this?" asked Jeanette.
"Well obviously, it's a beach female orca. Now, she has a small cut right by her stomach and I thought maybe-"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! You want me to get in the water and see if I can close the cut?" asked Jeanette.
"Well, I don't think you can close it. I don't know. I always thought the body itself closes the cut. You know, heal itself over time." said Brittany.
"In most cases, yes. But, Britt. I can't do it." said Jeanette.
"Why not? She won't hurt you. Orcas are very friendly. I promise, she won't hurt you." said Brittany.
"I know, Britt. But that's not what I'm worried about." said Jeanette.
"Then what is?" asked Brittany.
"Britt, I can cover the wound. Not with what I got. If I try to even put a bandage over the wound, it's going to immediately fall right off by the water." said Jeanette.
"Then let's get a waterproof bandage! We have those!" said Brittany.
"While that might work, we still can't do it." said Jeanette.
"Why not?" asked Brittany.
"Because, we would have to lift the whale out of the water. And there's no way the three of us can do that." said Jeanette.
"You're saying that we can't just dive underwater and put the bandage over the cut ourselves?" asked Brittany.
"How big is the cut?" asked Jeanette.
"It's very small." replied Brittany.
"Small in perspective." said Jeanette.
"What?" asked Brittany.
"The cut could be bigger. It may not be small. It could be longer. But we don't know. More likely because the whale's stomach is on the ground." said Jeanette.
"Alright, here's another idea. What if we can push the orca back. You know, push her back into the ocean. Or at least far enough so we can see the wound." said Brittany.
"We can't do that. No way! Orcas are not light. No whale is. There is no way the three of us can push it back into the water." said Jeanette.
"Well, what if I use my jetpack? It's got a lot of force. I could get in front of the orca, put my paws on her head, and push her while my jetpack is going." said Brittany.
"Britt, be reasonable. That whale could easily weigh six thousand pounds. If not more. There's no way we can do it. Even if we were able to push it back, we might cause more damage to the orca's wound. Or if something were to happen during you pushing the orca back, you, the orca or even both of you could seriously get hurt. I'm sorry. Britt. But we can't do anything. Only trained marine rescuers can help that orca. We, alone, cannot." said Jeanette.
Brittany sighed disappointedly.
"Just thought we could do it. Just thought we could help her. But apparently not." said Brittany.
She was quite disappointed.
"I know. I know, Britt. Your heart is in the right place. But we can't do anything. The only thing we can do right now is what Alvin is doing right now. Being there and keeping her from drying out." said Jeanette.
"Man, I wish Optimus Prime was here right now. He could easily lift that orca right out of the water. It would be so easy. He'd lift her, we could clean the wound, the patch it up and then Optimus could set the orca back into the water and she would be on her way. But, I guess not. You know, I haven't heard from him in several months. The last time I heard from him was earlier last year, when we were at the museum, trying to get the energon that was stored there. Remember that?" asked Brittany.
"Yeah, I do." replied Jeanette.
"That was the last I heard from him. Never heard or saw him since." said Brittany.
"You sure? Cause I thought I heard you talking to him the other night." said Jeanette.
"I was trying to. I was trying to get in touch with him, but no luck. It's like he doesn't want to see me anymore. Like he doesn't even care about me anymore." said Brittany.
"Now you know that's not true." said Jeanette.
"I'd like to think that. Believe me. I'd like to think, or believe that he still likes and cares about me. But now, with each passing day with no contact from him, it gets harder and harder to believe." said Brittany.
Alvin then walked up to the two girls.
"I'm sorry to interrupt." he said.
"No, it's okay. I'm finished." said Brittany.
"What is it, Alvin? Something wrong?" asked Jeanette.
"Well, it's just that I was wondering what we should do now." said Alvin.
"Well, there's nothing us three can do. We alone can't help the orca." said Jeanette.
"I heard. So what now?" asked Alvin.
"We need to call a rescue team. I will look one up and call them. While I'm doing that, you two keep the orca wet." replied Jeanette.
"Alright. But you better call Dave and tell him where we are." said Alvin.
"I will." said Jeanette.
Brittany and Alvin went back to the orca and began splashing water on her. After a few minutes, Alvin noticed something wrong with Brittany.
"You've been pretty quiet, Britt. Like something's bothering you." said Alvin.
"You know me very well." said Brittany.
"Well yeah. We've known each other for many years. What's wrong?" asked Alvin.
"It's just that...I was hoping that just the three of us could help this orca ourselves. Because now if anyone sees us with her, word will get around that there's a beached orca, and before you know, there will be many people on this beach and news team. The whole area will be crowded. And I don't want that." said Brittany.
"I know. I feel the same way. But sometimes it's not always bad to have news teams. Maybe their reports will have people begin to look for answers. Like maybe they can find out what caused this orca to get hurt. That is if it was hurt by something man made." said Alvin.
"Yeah, I guess." said Brittany.
"But that's not the only thing bothering you, is it?" asked Alvin.
"No. It's Optimus." replied Brittany.
"I heard. He hasn't contacted you in several months." said Alvin.
"Yeah. He hasn't." said Brittany.
"I'm sure that he's just busy." said Alvin.
"Busy doing what? I'm mean, besides being in the Realm of the Primes. He should check in on me at least every once in awhile." said Brittany.
"Maybe this is his once in awhile." said Alvin.
Brittany glared at Alvin in response.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say that." said Alvin.
Brittany shook her head.
"No. No, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to look at you the way I did. Maybe you're right. But the best thing for me right now is to move on with my life. With you, of course." said Brittany.
Alvin went over to her and kissed her. After the kiss, Brittany smiled.
"Thanks." she said.
"You're welcome." said Alvin.
A little later on, Jeanette called a marine rescue center and they sent out a rescue team. Jeanette also called Dave and shortly after that Dave and the other chipmunks, including Brittany and Alvin's pups, arrived at the beach where Brittany, Alvin and Jeanette were at. Dave and the other chipmunks got out of Dave's car and saw Brittany, Alvin and Jeanette splashing water on the female orca to keep it from drying out. Dave and the other chipmunks then walked to the shoreline. Brittany turned and walked towards them.
"Hi, Dave." said Brittany.
"First of all, Britt, what were you and Alvin doing here this early in the morning?" asked Dave.
Brittany hesitated to respond.
"Britt..." Dave said sternly.
Brittany sighed.
"Alvin and I have been up since five this morning. And well, we thought it would be a good idea to sneak in a little romantic alone time before we start the day." Brittany replied.
"Well, we'll talk later. Look's like you have your paws full." said Dave.
"Indeed. Alvin and I came across this injured killer whale. Unfortunately we can't do anything to help. Except wait for rescuers. And keep it from drying out." said Brittany.
"Well, I'd better let you get back to it. We'll stay here." said Dave.
"'Kay." said Brittany.
She ran back into the water. Just as she reached the orca, she saw a white pick up truck stop not far from them. Then four people got out of the truck.
"Alright, they're here." said Brittany.
She, Jeanette and Alvin got out of the water and walked over to Dave and the other chipmunks. Then they all watched the four people run to the orca.
"Okay, we have a female orca that has a small wound right by her stomach. Check her breathing and vitals." said one person.
"You got it." said another.
Brittany and the others watched the rescue workers help the orca. After an hour later, they were able to heal the wound on the orca and push off the beach and into the ocean. After that, one of the rescuers walked over to Dave.
"Thank you for your call." said the rescuer.
"It wasn't me who called. It was her." said Dave.
He pointed to Jeanette. Jeanette smiled.
"Well, thank you." said the rescuer.
"You're welcome. But really the credit for discovering the orca goes to Brittany and Alvin. My older sister and brother." said Jeanette.
"Well, actually, it was all Brittany here. She was the one who spotted the helpless orca." said Alvin.
"Well. Thank you so much, Brittany. You and Alvin did a great job by keeping the orca from drying out and therefore, you have saved her life. Thank you." said the rescuer.
"You're very welcome. I'm...I'm glad I was able to help." said Brittany.
The rescuer got into the white truck and then the truck drove away.
"See, Britt? You did do a great job." said Alvin.
"Yeah. But we did a great job." said Brittany.
"True. But it was mostly you, Britt. You're a hero. You're my hero." Alvin said while shyly smiling.
Brittany smiled and looked at Alvin.
"Really, Alvin?" she asked.
"Yeah." replied Alvin.
Then Brittany and Alvin's three pups, Megan, Julia and Mira walked up to them.
"So that was an orca? Wow." said Megan.
"Looked bigger than I imagined." said Julia.
"Oh, yeah. They can get pretty big." said Brittany.
"Come on everyone. Let's go home." said Dave.
"So, Mom, are you going to let us pups stay home today. Jeanette told us you would." said Megan.
"I said you might. And well, I think I'll let you three stay home. Just for today." said Brittany.
"Thanks, Mom." said Julia.
"You're welcome." said Brittany.
As the three pups raced each other to Dave's car, Alvin walked alongside Brittany. He handed Brittany her phone.
"Thanks." she said.
"You're welcome. So, you sure you don't want to stay here for a little bit longer?" he asked.
"I would love to. But I think it would be best if we went home. We haven't detected any activity from JETT in quite awhile. But I know that they're planning something. We must be ready for them. For I have a feeling that they'll make a move very soon." said Brittany.