Tetsuwan Chipmunks

An Alvin and the Chipmunks crossover with Astro Boy!

Please note that Alvin, Simon, Theodore, and David Seville are the creations of Ross Bagdasarian and
Ross Bagdasarian Jr., who hold the copyright to them.

Astro Boy is the creation of Osmau Tezuka.

Chapter Two

Outside of the Metro City Stadium

Dave had waited for about twenty minutes but Chikara Aritake never showed up. Dave tried calling the cellphone number that Aritake had called him from but got now answer. He got on the web from his Blackberry Q10 smart phone and found the number for the Metro City news. He asked for information about the reporter, but was told that there was no Chikare Aritake in the employ of the newspaper. Now Dave started to get worried. He called the hotel, but there was no answer at their rooms. Now he wished that he had gotten cell phones for the boys, but it never occurred to him that they would be separated on this trip. He next dialed the police to make a missing person's report. He was certain that the boys had been kidnapped.

Detective Tawashi pulled up in a patrol car and motioned to Dave to step over the the car.

"Are you the Mr. Seville that just called in a missing person's report on the phone?" Tawashi asked.

"Yes I am." Dave replied.

"Get in the car, we'll talk on the way to the station." Tawashi replied.

David described in detail the events that had taken place from the time they left the stadium, until the cab had left with the boys. Seville had a good memory, and when they got to the police station he was able to give the detective the license tag number of the cab, as well as the company registration markings on the vehicle. Tawashi got on the computer and confirmed that it was a real cab, and that it had not been reported stolen.

"Well it might have been an inside job by someone working for the cab company, or maybe the perp had a friend who loaned him the taxi," the detective figure. "Can you give me a description of the cab driver?" he added.

Dave sat down with a police sketch artist. They realized that the man was probably wearing a disguise, and the artist tried to substitute details that would have been hidden by obvious makeup and props. He then ran the images that he came up through the computer database and came up with a few likely suspects. Tawashi looked through the pictures and groaned.

"I'll be damned. It looks like my old friend Skunk Kusai has broken his parole, and in record time too."

"You know the man that kidnapped my boys, detective?" Dave asked.

"Here, take a look at this picture. Does he look familiar to you? This is what we think he looks like without the makeup."

Dave looked at the mug shot. It had been years ago, but the face was somewhat familiar.
"I think I've run into this man before, in L.A." Dave answered. "He tried to represent himself as an artist's agent. Almost swindled me out of a few thousand dollars."

"I'll put out an APB on the man. Hopefully, someone will spot him. You should get back to your hotel. He will probably try and contact you with a ransom demand. We'll monitor your phone at the hotel, and I'll get an order to have your cell phone monitored. Maybe we can put a trace on him when he calls, but this guy might have gotten a bit smarter as of late. He may have some other tricks up his sleeve." Tawashi answered.

David remembered the old newspaper article that Alvin had found lying in the dirt at the stadium. The story about Astro Boy mentioned how he had broke up a theft ring where the police had no clue. The robot was able to do some aerial surveillance that the police helicopters could not. Perhaps he could help.

"Maybe you should contact this Astro Boy robot, detective?" David asked.

Tawashi groaned and face palmed. It was no secret with the police department that he disliked robots in general, and had a small grudge against Astro in particular, because he had lost some face on more than one occasion when the robot had manged to break a case that he was stuck on. But Tawashi knew that he was dealing with an important visitor to the country, and if he didn't make use of Astro's help, the US embassy might be a worse entity to have to deal with later.

"OK, I'll contact him." Tawashi told Dave.

The O'Shay household

Dr. O'Shay answered the phone on the second ring. He heard Tawashi's voice asking for Astro. This didn't happen too often, but it was far from uncommon. If Tawashi was asking for Astro, something big was usually up.
"Astro! It's for you!" O'Shay yelled across the house.

Astro picked up the phone in his bedroom.
"Hello, Astro here," he said.

"Astro, this is Detective Tawashi down at police HQ. We need your help. I have Mr. David Seville here with me. It seems that our old friend Skunk has kidnapped the Chipmunks and might be holding them for ransom. We could use your help in locating them. If Skunk is true to his old tricks, and has called in favors owed to him, we figure he might be hiding in the warehouse districts near the docks. Thats a rough place to use a police helicopter, and your eyes and ears are better than the equipment we have on our aircraft. Can you do some scouting around there for us"

"Hai!" Astro replied "I'm off at once!"

Just before he hung up the line, Astro heard a distinct click, followed by frantic foot falls as Uran burst out of her room crying.
"THE CHIPMUNKS WERE KIDNAPPED! OH NO!"

"Oh fudge!" Astro sighed. "Now I have Uran to worry about too!"

Astro ran out the front door of the house and leaped into the sky. Thanks to Uran's outburst, Dr. O'Shay knew where Astro was headed, or at least why he just left in a big hurry. He ran over to Uran to try and comfort her. He knew she trusted her big brother to save the day.

A Warehouse somewhere in Metro City.

The cab didn't take the boys to their hotel. While he didn't know the layout of Metro City, Simon did know that they had traveled west from the hotel to get to the Stadium, so they should have gone east to get back to there. The cab and gone west and then south. Simon didn't have a compass, but the sun was still out and he had a watch. So he knew their heading, it wasn't rocket science. When he told the driver that he was going the wrong way, the man just yelled for them to shut up, unless they wanted to get hurt.

They were taken to an old warehouse and marched up to the top floor attic. Skunk told them they'd find some food, water and cots to sleep on; and to be quiet. Theodore started moaning and crying, he was the youngest and was never very brave. Alvin was mad, but he didn't have any ideas on how to escape. Simon paced around the room quietly. Simon was the smart one, and you never knew when he'd suddenly get some crazy idea. Alvin thought that his older brother sometimes acted just like Macgyver on the famous TV show.

Alvin walked up to the closed door thought which Skunk had pushed them.
"You'll be sorry! Astro will save up!" he yelled.

"Where did you hear about Astro Boy!" Skunk yelled back.

"Read about him in the newspaper," Alvin said. "I know all about him!"

Skunk ignored him. Astro wasn't going to be able to help, he hadn't left a clue about their whereabouts for the damn robot to follow.

Simon looked out the window. It was starting to get dark outside. Theodore was still crying, but now he was rubbing his back against the wall, as if trying to scratch an itch. He bumped against a switch and Simon noticed a security light mounted against the building go on and off as his brother toggled the switch. The bulb threw a large pool of light against the ground and the building next door. There was a clear shot of the bulb skyward. Suddenly he got an idea.

Simon had been studying for a boyscout merit badge. He had just learned the Morse code, or more accurately, it was known as the International Radio Telegraph code. Mostly obsolete these days, but it was still used by some radio amateurs and in the military. Maybe Astro knew it. If he flew over head and saw the light flash on on off he might see his cry for help. Simon walked over to the switch and began to turn it on and off. He'd have to do this all night probably, but if it worked...

... | _ _ _ | ... / ._ | ... | _ | ._. | _ _ _

He repeated the phrase over and over. The light outside flashed his message. Would Astro see it?

In the skies over Metro City

Astro flew over the warehouse districts near the docks. The sun had set and he had to use his night vision to make out details in the shadows. He turned his hearing up to 1000 times and listened. Come on guys, give me a clue! Where are you? As he turned away from one district to head to the next he thought he noticed a security light flashing on and off. Bad wiring? Wait a minute, it was flashing in a regular pattern! Suddenly Astro's electro brain decoded the sequence. It was an old cypher once used to send messages over the radio. Morse code!

SOS ASTRO

They were calling for him by name!

Astro looked through the windows of the building that had the security light attached to it. Through one of the second floor windows he saw Simon, standing by the light switch, sending the distress signal. Astro used his radio to call for the police and gave them his location. Meanwhile he hovered nearby. When he saw Simon looking out the window he decided to give him a reply back. Astro flashed his searchlight eyes slowly on and off.

..| _ | ... / _ _ _ | _._ / ._ | ... | _ | ._. | _ _ _

Simon saw the flashes of light coming back through the window. He deciphered them slowly out loud, letter by letter.

ITS OK ASTRO

"Hey guys! Astro got my message! He's outside now!" Simon whispered.

A few minutes later, they heard the police sirens outside. It was all over. David Seville was in one of the police cars. He was reunited with the boys and gave each of them a big hug. Astro walked up to the group and introduced himself.

"Hi guys, I'm Astro. Which one of you figured out to send that message? That was real clever!"

"That was me" Simon replied. "I just got my boyscout merit badge in Morse code. I guess it came in handy! Of course if Theodore hadn't bumped into that light switch, I'd never have got the idea to send a message that way."

Theodore smiled "I guess I helped a little bit huh?"

"Just a very little bit," Alvin said.

"Well YOU didn't help at all!" Theodore yelled back at his older brother. It was probably the first time he had ever talked back to Alvin.

Astro just laughed. "You know my brother, my sister, and I, have our own little garage band. We've got tickets to see your show, and we can't wait"

Dave walked up to Astro.

"Forget those tickets. We'd like you on stage with us. And how would you like to jam with us during practice before the show tomorrow?"

"Holly cow!" Astro cried. "Would we! Uran and Cobalt will go nuts when I tell them!"

"Then it's settled. Bring your instruments! We are going to have a blast" Simon told him.

The O'Shay house

Astro flew home after the police had Skunk in custody and the Chipmunks were re-united with David Seville. Uran nearly knocked him over when he walked into the house.

"Are they safe! Is Alvin OK!" Uran babbled.

"Hey cool your jets Uran! Everything is fine. Simon's a genius, he and Theodore figured out how to send me a message that I could see flying over the warehouse they being held hostage in. I called the police and that was that. But guess what! We've been invited to jam with them on stage!"

Cobalt ran out of the bedroom. "What! Holly cow Astro that is like, crazy!"

Dr. O'Shay heard the news and asked, a bit sheepishly "Do you think I could join you in the garage band some time? I used to play drums in a heavy metal band in my youth. I even have my old drum set in storage."

"Wow! Hey that would be cool!" Uran said. "We could use a drummer in our band!"