Sorry for the lateness, Too much to do _; but my tablet broke and I have nothing to do so...I'll be uploading a bit more often until I get a tablet and can get back to drawing pics.

I know this doesn't seem like much of an Alvin and The Chipmunks story, but just wait it'll come.


Chapter 2

Deal?

"excuse me? Mr. Hawk?" Piper squeaked as she peaked from the door frame, she scanned the room and found a man staring at a poster. He turned around quickly seemingly in alarm. He looked around to find nothing and turned back to his poster. The three chipmunks stepped out from behind the door frame.

"Mr. Hawk, we'd like a word with you please." Again he turned around but this time looked down.

"EEEEK! Not more of you! When will you leave me alone!" He exclaimed, as he grabbed a nearby object and threw it at them. The three rodents squeaked and scampered out of the way avoiding it, however the man kept on throwing items at them persistently.

"MR. HAWK! WE MUST SPEAK WITH YOU! PLEASE, STOP!" Piper called but to no avail, she quickly thought of a plan and manoeuvred towards him. She climbed up his leg avoiding his flailing arms and onto his neck. She finally went and pinched the back of his ear. Within a moment the man stopped throwing things at the critters and seemed to entirely fazed out.

"Nice job, Piper!" Alexis praised as she gave her a thumbs up, May nodded silently.

"I try~" Piper replied. Slowly the man got down on his knees and Piper, released her little paws.

"Mr. Ian Hawk? A word, please?" Piper said.

"uh-huh..." he said, slowly coming from his trance.

Piper jumped down from Ian's shoulder next to her friends.

"allow us to introduce ourselves, we are The Gems" Piper said gesturing to the trio.

"I'm Alexis! The leader" She said proudly, one paw on her hip and with other paw she flicked some fur from her face. "mess with me and you're done"

"heh, well, I'm Piper, I'm the translator and choreographer" Piper said, giving a sweet smile.

Ian turned his head to May expectedly, she however turned her face away without a word.

"She's May, she doesn't talk much, but she's the gifted one of the group. She's got audio graphic memory." Alexis said patting May's little back.

Ian rubbed his head still a bit dazed but he was paying attention. He seemed to ponder this for a while. "Fine" he finally said. "I'll assume you're here for me to make you superstars, like the other two trios?"

"other two?" Alexis asked her ears folded back.

"yes, the Chipmunks and Chipettes? Surely you've heard of them." Ian said.

"Why does everyone compare us to them?" Alexis mumbled to herself, balling her hands into fists.

Piper went over to the steaming albino and turned to Ian "We have...issues, with them. We don't really take it as a compliment to be compared to them." She explained, May nodded in agreement.

At this, Ian smirked, "so...you dislike them." He asked.

"exactly!" Alexis said pounding her minute foot. "We've heard of how you treated them! Yes it wasn't kind, yes it wasn't considerate! But I think I speak for all three of us when I say, we don't care! We're willing to go through it if you help us become more famous than both of them!" Alexis exclaimed.

"Fame at any cost?" Ian asked.

"absolutely." She said.

"alright, show me whatcha got." He said as he sat back.

"mind if I burrow your computer for a moment" Piper asked

"be my guest"

Piper skipped to the computer and jumped around on the keyboard for a few minutes and finally came back.

"alright, 3...2...1"

The computer started to bring out the sound of a harp.

And the three tapped their feet

May: dadadamdada, dadadadamdada, dadadamdada, dadadadamdada

Alexis: Hurry up and wait
Piper: So close, but so far away, everything that you've always dreamed of close enough for you to taste, but you just can't touch

They started move with slow body motions.

Alexis: You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet, wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it, you know you can if you get the chance.
In your face as the door keeps slamming, now you're feeling more and more frustrated and you're getting all kind of impatient, waiting

May: We live and we learn to take,

At that moment their bodies began working like clockwork. Not a beat was missed.

All: One step at a time, There's no need to rush, It's like learning to fly
Or falling in love, It's gonna happen when it's supposed to happen and we find the reasons why.

May: One step at a time

May: dadadamdada, dadadadamdada, dadadamdada, dadadadamdada

Alexis: You believe and you doubt, you're confused, you got it all figured out

Piper: everything that you always wished for, could be yours, should be yours, would be yours
If they only knew

Alexis: You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet, wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it
May: You know you can if you get the chance, in your face as the door keeps slamming
Piper: Now you're feeling more and more frustrated and you're getting all kind of impatient waiting

May: We live and we learn to take,

All: One step at a time, There's no need to rush, It's like learning to fly
Or falling in love, It's gonna happen when it's supposed to happen and we find the reasons why.

May: One step at a

All: time

Alexis: When you can't wait any longer!

Piper and May: You can't wait
Piper: But there's no end in sight!

May and Alexis: oohoooh
Alexis: when you need to find the strength
Piper :It's your faith that makes you stronger

Piper and Alexis: The only way
May: The only way you get there, is one step at a

May: dadadamdada, dadadadamdada

All: One step at a time (May: at a time) , There's no need to rush (May: no need to rush), It's like learning to fly
Or falling in love (May: falling in love) , It's gonna happen (May: happen) when it's supposed to happen and we find the reasons why. (May: whhhy!)

May: One step at a time

All: One step at a time(May: at a time), There's no need to rush(May: no need to rush), It's like learning to fly
Or falling in love(May: falling in love), It's gonna happen(May: happen) when it's supposed to happen and we find the reasons why. (May: why!)

May: One step at a tiiiiiia-a-ahiiiiiiiiiiime!

The trio stopped singing with their back against Ian and giving him an over shoulder glance.

Ian clapped, "BRAVO, Ladies! This is a won race. We have a deal!" He said, giving Alexis his hand to shake.

"Nice!" She squeaked, giving his finger a shake.