The Missed Adventure
About This Story: Takes place in "The Chipmunk Adventure", after the Chipettes rescued the Chipmunks from being sacrificed in Fiji. Alvin and Brittany get a chance to talk about the trip. Even though the movie came out in 1987, some references are made to technology, events, and other things that didn't exist until the 21st century. Just for consistency, I'm going to write it (and imagine it) as if "The Chipmunk Adventure" happened in my current favorite upgraded and present Chipmunk "universe" (which is the 2015 Nickelodeon cartoon) - "The Chipmunk Adventure 2.0", if you will. Age-wise, I'll say they are 8 years old. I don't own any part of the Chipmunk franchise, just borrowing them from Nickelodeon, Janice Karman, & Ross Bagdasarian, their family, & their company.
About This Chapter: Rated G-PG
Pairings: Alvin/Brittany
That Explains A Lot
It wasn't long before the six chipmunk friends had a nice campfire going just outside the stakes, which they had turned into a teepee-style tent. Eleanor had also found some canned veggies she was cooking for breakfast.
Simon spoke up, "First of all, thank you, girls, for saving our lives back there. I think I speak for all of my brothers in saying that you are now the rightful winners of this race. Since we lost our balloon, we're practically disqualified."
"What were you going to tell us?" Theodore asked around a mouthful of trail mix.
"Well," began Jeanette, "Basically this whole race is a hoax. We're honestly not winning anything any more than you guys are."
The guys all stared at her open-mouthed in disbelief.
Brittany brought back some of the dolls from the balloon, one of herself and the other of Alvin. "Take a look at this." She moved back the loose fabric on the doll of herself to expose the contraband diamonds underneath. She also held open the rip in the back of the Alvin doll to expose the cash.
The Chipmunks all continued to stare. Alvin's gaze fell to the ground, while Theodore cast a questioning look at Simon.
Simon looked back at Jeanette to say, "I had a feeling something was amiss about this whole race, and I wanted to tell you about it when we last saw each other back in Athens. But that was before our two diva siblings so rudely interrupted us." With the last point, he elbowed Alvin.
"Oww, Simon!" Alvin complained at first, but then corrected himself when he saw that Simon and Jeanette were still glaring at him. "I mean, I'm sorry for interrupting your conversation back in Athens. If I had just let the two of you talk, we could've teamed up sooner, and we would've been dressed a little differently by now."
"And I'm sorry, too." Brittany patted Jeanette on the shoulder. "I didn't mean to be such a diva while you were just trying to have an honest, grown-up conversation with Simon. I suppose I should've just let Alvin have that one stupid apple, while I helped myself to another apple in that box."
Alvin laughed, "If it makes you feel better, Britt, when I bit into that apple later that night, there was half a worm in it." He made a disgusted face.
"Gross!" Brittany laughed and mirrored Alvin's disgusted face.
Simon gave another fake cough to circle their attention back to the balloon race. "So, Jeanette, you are basically saying that this whole balloon race was really just a front for a diamond smuggling ring? And all of the suspicious and creepy guys we have seen here and there are either working for the Furschtiens, or trying to expose them?"
Jeanette thought for a moment, "Now that I think about it that way, it makes sense."
"How did you discover that the dolls were full of diamonds or cash, not just doll stuffing?" Simon asked.
"Well, funny story," Jeanette began, "We were almost jumped in Antarctica by some hitchhikers who tried to get on our balloon. That's when one of the 'creepy guys' tried to wrestle a doll away from Brittany, but accidentally tore the arm off the doll, and diamonds spilled all over the place. The guys left us alone after that, thankfully."
"I didn't know Antarctica was on your list of drop-offs." Simon looked surprised.
"It wasn't," Eleanor interrupted, "We took a detour because a baby penguin given to us in Egypt was getting sick. We decided we couldn't win the race while letting a baby penguin die, so we returned him back to his family."
"Awww, a baby penguin?" Theodore asked. "Any pictures of him?"
"Yeah! Of course!" Eleanor got out her phone and showed Theodore the pics of the baby penguin. "He kinda looked like you, a little, except he had a beak instead of a chipmunk nose. But I thought he had your puppy-dog brown eyes, so I almost wanted to call him 'Theodore, Junior'. But Jeanette talked to him, like she can talk to other animals, and she found out his real name was Pablo."
Alvin and Simon glanced over their shoulders to see the pictures of the penguin.
"Awww, how cute!" Alvin squeaked in a baby voice. "He does look like Teddy-Boy. Or, if Teddy-Boy and Ellie had a kid someday, he would probably look something like that."
"Alvin!" Simon muttered while elbowing his impetuous brother.
At this, Eleanor and Theodore gave each other a puzzled look, then averted their eye contact. They were both slightly blushing at the thought of being life-mates and having a family someday. Even though they were best friends now, and had been since Kindergarten, they still didn't quite think of each other as a romantic couple. But they laughed anyway at Alvin's joke in order to ease the mutual awkwardness.
"Anyways..." Simon sighed, taking the attention off the relationship status of the "Theo-nor" couple. "Why would someone in Egypt give a baby penguin as a gift? That seems like an unusual custom."
Jeanette explained, "While in Cairo, we were captured, and held captive in the pharaoh's would-be harem. That is, if he weren't also eight years old. He wanted to start his harem with Brittany, and possibly Eleanor and myself, but said he could wait ten years for the wedding. And we were given Egyptian makeovers, and the live baby penguin as an engagement present."
"Huh?" Simon shrugged. "And I thought you girls were just dressed like genies, since you saved our lives and made our wishes come true." He winked at Jeanette with a smirk.
Jeanette covered her mouth and giggled, "Oh, Simon, you're so cute when you're being witty."
Theodore patted his belly. "Well, you girls have certainly made my wishes come true since saving our lives. I mean, I've gone this whole trip without having a decent meal. When that tribe kidnapped me, I was scared at first, but then they started feeding me great food and treating me like a prince."
Simon interjected, "Yeah, it's a humbling experience to be told that the only way you can continue to live is as a slave for your baby brother." He patted Theodore on the shoulder to show that there were no hard feelings about it.
Theodore smiled at Simon before continuing, "But who knew they were just fattening me up to sacrifice me to the crocodiles? But I just wanna say, girls, thanks for saving our lives, and Eleanor, thanks for the delicious food. How'd you know I was gonna be hungry?"
"Lucky guess." Eleanor smiled and patted Theodore's hand. "And I kinda missed having you around, you know, someone else who appreciates good food like I do."
Theodore smiled back at her before yawning. "I didn't realize just how sleepy I am."
Simon gave Theodore another pat on the back, "Why don't you go take a nap in the tent for a while?" He stifled a yawn of his own. "I actually might join you in there."
"We're coming, too." Jeanette and Eleanor yawned in unison while following Simon and Theodore into the tent.
Simon poked his head out of the tent. "Alvin, Brittany, are you guys coming?"
Alvin looked over at Brittany, but shrugged and shook his head. "I'll keep watch while you guys sleep." He poked the fire with a stick.
Brittany shrugged, "I feel too wide-awake after the adrenaline rush. But maybe later."
"Suit yourselves." Simon waved before heading back inside the tent.
A/N: I was going out on a limb with the part about them knowing each other since Kindergarten, I realize that may deviate from the AATC Canon. My expertise is more in "NinjaTurtle-ology" rather than "Chipmunk-ology". My hypothesized relative age-order may also be off, since I've seen much debate on whether Simon or Alvin is older, or whether Brittany or Jeanette is older. I've come to my own conclusion that the relative age-order for the 6 of them is depicted as the numbers on their soccer jerseys in the Nick cartoon episode "Mutiny" (1. Simon, 2. Jeanette, 3. Brittany, 4. Alvin, 5. Theodore, 6. Eleanor). That seemed to be the logical explanation as to why Alvin was #4 and not #1 (since he's practically the lead for everything else in the group). Also, Simon just seems like the responsible, serious, and level-headed big brother of the group (reminds me of Leonardo of the TMNT), who is usually cleaning up Alvin's rash mistakes (Raphael of the TMNT comes to mind). And I've usually seen Brittany running to Jeanette when she feels threatened (not necessarily just in "The Chipmunk Adventure", but in other episodes) like many people run to their mommy. Jeanette just seems like the patient, understanding, and comforting big sister (like Donatello of the TMNT), even though Brittany is more "the boss" of the Chipettes.