Chapter 2: Charlie Returns
Charlie flew over to the Seville house, and up to the front door. Charlie sighed. It had been years since he had lived at the house, and being back just seemed like arriving a old friend's house. Besides, Charlie knew that living with the Seville family could be crazy, but what could go wrong? They had Nathan and Cleo, plus Charlie's God Kids Amani and Julian. Thing couldn't be any more worse than when he left. Could they?
CRASH! came the sound of a vase as it fell on the ground. Charlie jumped at the sound, and covered his ears with his thumbs, bracing himself for Dave's famous yell. However, the yell never came. Charlie took his thumbs off of his ears in surprise.
"Okay... either Alvin didn't break whatever it was, or Dave is too furious to yell. Hmmm," Charlie told himself before knocking the door.
Dave walked up and answered the door. He stood shocked as he saw Charlie. He had not seen Charlie since he had met Amani and Julian.
"Charlie! What are you doing here?" Dave asked curiously.
"With this collar, I got permission from the Zookeeper to come here and back to the zoo as much as I want. Dave, I can live here again!" Charlie explained. Dave smiled, and carefully hugged the bat.
"It's so good to see you again Charlie. The kids will be glad to see you!" Dave commented, separating from the hug. Charlie hoped onto Dave's arm, and saw everyone on the couch, next to the broken vase, and surrounding Amani. Charlie smiled at Dave, winked and then cleared his throat.
"ALVINNN! Did you break my vase again!?" Charlie exclaimed in his best Dave-like voice. Everyone jumped and looked at Dave and Charlie. Alvin especially looked scared.
"I'm sorry Dave! I..." Alvin began saying until he saw Charlie.
"You better have a good reason for breaking that vase young man!" Charlie said again in his Dave-like voice, making the real Dave chuckle. Charlie then glided down and landed on the floor as Alvin, Simon, Theodore, Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor stared at their bat friend in disbelief. Charlie smiled back.
"Well? What a you waiting for? May I get a hug?" Charlie said, spreading out his wings. Tears fell from all of the Chipmunks and Chipettes eyes as they ran over to Charlie and hugged him.
"Charlie!" The Chipmunks and Chipettes exclaimed as they hugged Charlie. Charlie hugged back. After a minute or two of hugging, they separated from the hug, and Charlie went over to Nathan and Cleo.
"Hi Nathan. Hi Cleo. It's nice to see you two again!" Charlie said before hugging the two bat friends.
"Good to see you too Charlie," Nathan greeted. Charlie nodded, then looked at Amani and Julian. He smiled and walked over to them.
"Hi Amani and Julian. How are my God Kids doing?" Charlie asked.
"Well, Amani here was learning how to fly, but she has been having trouble with the landing and flight turns," Nathan explained. Charlie nodded.
"Would it be okay if I teach them? Or would you rather teach them?" Charlie asked.
"You can. Cleo and I have been training them, but perhaps they could learn a little more from you. You know, being an Alpha male and all!" Nathan replied.
"'Alpha male?'" The Chipmunks and Chipettes repeated in surprise.
"Yes. And believe me, it isn't as cool as it looks on TV! It's a lot of hard work!" Charlie responded. Suddenly, Charlie saw something on Nathan, Cleo, Julian, and Amani's wings that he didn't notice as much before; their wings only had three fingers on their wings, plus the thumb. Not five fingers like Charlie's wing.
'Now that is weird! Never seen a bat with only three fingers on their wings!' Charlie thought to himself. He then turned to Nathan.
"May I talk with you for a minute?" Charlie asked. Nathan smiled with a sly look on his face.
"If it's about mine, Cleo, Julian, and Amani's wings, I can explain. We have only three fingers and a thumb because that is a common trait for feral bats," Nathan explained.
Charlie then turned to Amani and Julian, then looked at everyone else.
"Is there a place I can train Amani and Julian? Safely? While their parents watch?" Charlie asked everyone.
"Hmmm. Well, the only open place we got is the the third spare bedroom, or the basement!" Dave said.
"Third? I thought you only had one spare bedroom?" Charlie asked confused.
"We've had to make room for Nathan's family," Dave told Charlie. Charlie then looked at Simon and Jeanette.
"Ummm. We might be able to do the basement, but... We would have to move all of the equipment that Jeanette and I are using. Plus, we would need to make it safe for the kids," Simon commented.
"Then let's get started!" Charlie said before he jumped off the couch and followed the two bespectacled chipmunks down to the basement. Once they got to the bottom however, they were greeted by two friends.
"Hey!" a voice said behind them. The three friends turned around to see Nathan and Cleo.
"Make sure no chemicals or explosions happen while OUR KIDS are learning to fly!" Cleo snapped.
"And if anything bad happens to them... You'll have to mess with the fury of two protective bat parents! Regardless of WHO caused the problem; bat or chipmunk, alpha or no alpha. Got it?!" Nathan added in an aggressive voice. Simon, Jeanette, and Charlie all nodded nervously.
"Got it Nathan," the three replied before the bat parents flew away.
"Okay... That was scary!" Jeanette commented.
"They only want to make sure their kids are safe. Anyways, let's make sure everything is safe..." Charlie replied. The three friends then got started cleaning up.
