It was getting dark, the moon was already out as they all walked themselves home.

"I feel so sorry for Nathan," Jeanette frowned as she walked with the others. "He must come from a very unloving family."

"Most bullies can be like that." Cherry said.

Brittany scoffed. "You know, I don't care if he comes from a pack of angry wolves?"

Alvin stopped then, making Brittany bump against him. "Wolves?"

Brittany shoved him to keep walking.

"Alvin, are you scared of wolves?" Atticus asked.

"He's been watching werewolf movies for the past week lately." Simon explained, looking back to him.

"Now, now, I'm sure it's okay," Darla said to the others as they kept walking. "There's no such thing as monsters."

"Yeah, except for when we met Frankie." Atticus said.

The forest seemed spooky this late at night as they kept going and there was growling then heard with a twig snapping.

"W-What's out there?" Alvin was scared, which scared the others.

"Alvin, there's nothing." Simon scolded.

"It's just a..." Cherry added, until there was suddenly growling heard.

"MONSTER!" Alvin yelled.

Alvin, Simon, and Theodore screamed with the Chipettes and they both went to their respective homes while Cherry went to her own home, Atticus grabbed Darla's hand and ran to take her home. But then they heard it again and ran towards the boys' direction and where Patch seemed to appear out of nowhere and follow them.


"Hey, guys," Dave smiled as the Chipmunks came in. "Just in time for-"

Alvin shut the door as soon as Patch came in after Atticus and Darla. "Quiet! It's out there!"

"What's out there?" Dave looked concerned.

"Something scary, like a monster." Atticus said.

Patch was now whimpering being scared of the monster.

"Big and hairy and hungry," Alvin added on. "Like that scene in Invasion of the Pet People."

The door knocked, making everyone scream then.

"Don't answer it!" Alvin cried, Simon and Theodore decided to hold him back to calm him down a little.

Dave answered the door and the strange neighbor Lawrence Talbot answered the door.

"Mr. Seville, my name is Talbot, Lawrence Talbot," the man introduced himself. "I'm your new neighbor."

"Mr. Talbot, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Dave smiled. "Won't you come in?"

"No, thank you." Talbot declined.

Atticus could sense there was something about this guy that was still strange and mysterious and Patch just simply began to growl and bark.

"Patch, stop it..." Darla said to the puppy.

"Your 'kids' just trampled all over my irreplaceable specimen of aconitum planted in my flower bed." Talbot growled.

Atticus, Darla, Patch, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore left the room as the two men talked, Talbot seemed very suspicious as he collected bones and he could smell that Dave's lasagna was burning.

"Just like a dog... Even I could smell that Dave's lasagna was burning." Patch said.

"Yeah, that was so weird how he knew that." Atticus said.

"Do humans have strong senses of smell?" Theodore asked.

"Not as much as dogs, but some smell better than others." Darla explained the best she could.

"I'm tellin' ya, that guy creeps me out." Alvin shuddered.

"Ditto." Atticus and Patch said.

Dave was on his way to join the boys for dinner, but then the phone rang. "Hello?"

"DAAAAAVID!" a sharp female voice was heard, followed by shouting to the poor fatherly man.

"Calm down, Ms. Miller, what's wrong with the girls?" Dave tried to relax her.

"Oh, boy, I bet she's calling because of the girls screaming." Atticus guessed.

"I guess we're staying here..." Darla said. "On a school night..."

"You'll be fine." Alvin said, he then saw the TV was on and saw the remote on the couch.


Simon saw it too and the two were now fighting over it, but he won it and it was turned to Alvin's favorite show, but it disgusted him.

"What is this channel?" Atticus asked.

"Madame Raya." Alvin explained with a smile.

They only had the TV on for a few moments, but Simon was very annoyed.

"Aren't you afraid this'll rot your brain?" he asked.

"Too late." Alvin replied.

Madame Raya mentioned how monsters could be anywhere and someone could buy her book for $13.95 to do research.

"Something about that woman looks familiar." Darla murmured to herself.

"She seems like she's a real psychic or something." Patch said as he looked at the channel.

"She is." Alvin said to him.

Madame Raya included an amulet which did nothing and someone had to be 18 or older to call, but not to worry since no one asked, which made Alvin excited, but the TV clicked off because of Simon.

"Hey!" Darla and Alvin snapped. "Simon!"

"That's enough of that." Simon said, showing he had unplugged the TV.

"I hope that there isn't a monster in this neighborhood." Patch said.

"There could be!" Alvin said to the puppy.

"Oh, puh-leeze." Simon rolled his eyes.

"Clean those glasses, pal," Alvin scoffed. "Footsteps in the fog, howling at night... Oh, there's a monster here all right, and you know who I think it is? Mr. Talbot!"

"Oh, Alvin." Theodore sighed.

"Why won't you guys believe me?" Alvin was shocked at his brothers.

"Behold," Simon took out a notebook. "Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Haskell, the milkman, Father O'Malley, the lunch lady, the paper boy, the-"

"Who are these people?" Patch asked as he looked at the list.

"Just the few hundreds Alvin has accused of being a werewolf, mummy, vampire, or she-wolf," Simon explained. "Just about everyone town is in here. Except Dave."

"Dave, of course!" Alvin had an idea.

Simon and Theodore laughed at that.

"No, it can't, Dave!?" Simon asked him, then gasped.

"Alvin, that was Ms. Miller," Dave looked very angry. "She has a house full of screaming Chipettes. Would you like to tell me why?"

Alvin chuckled nervously. "Who's up for lasagna?"

"Um *gulps* I think they might be screaming because they heard someone scream out 'monster'." Atticus said.

Dave didn't like the sound of that. "Atticus, take Darla and Patch home, this is an important family matter." he said as he grabbed a cardboard box.

Darla clung to Atticus as she went outside with him and Patch to get to the Fudo house.

Atticus couldn't let Alvin get in trouble, even if he was the one that caused the Chipettes to scream. "Dave, it was my fault, I thought I saw a monster and overreacted and screamed out monster." he said.

This shocked Dave believing Atticus's story for Darla, Patch, and the Chipmunks they were also shocked, but only because he took the blame.

"Atticus, are you absolutely sure?" Dave asked.

Atticus only nodded.

Dave smiled softly. "I admire your honesty..."

"And I'll accept the punishment." Atticus said before bowing.

"Well, my punishment was going to have Alvin step down as both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for the play and take away his monster stuff," Dave explained. "I don't know what I could do for you."

"Oh, don't worry, Dave, we'll think of a punishment for Atticus." A male voice said from behind Atticus, Darla, and Patch. And where the voice was very familiar to them, because it was Atticus and Darla's father, Patrick, as they looked to see him and their mother and sister at the front porch.

Darla looked wide-eyed. "Hi, Daddy Patrick, hi, Mama Emily."

Patch whimpered and hid behind Darla and Atticus, his tail went between his legs which was a dog's way of showing visible shame.

"Inside now." Patrick said as he pointed towards the inside of Dave's house.

"We've had another infestation." Emily explained to Dave.

"Oh?" Dave wondered.

"This time, it's rats." Jessica said before shuddering.

"Rats?" Dave asked.

"Rats." Patrick and Emily nodded.

Darla remembered, then looked disgusted. "Rats are filthy vermin..."

"Yeah and they are also sneaky." Atticus said.

"Well, Atticus, Darla, you better get yourselves settled." Dave said sharply.

"Yeah, we can't go back home for a few days." Emily said.

"I'd let you all stay, but Alvin's grounded." Dave said to them.

"Where do we stay now?" Patrick asked.

"Christopher says we're welcome at his place anytime..." Jessica suggested a little sheepishly.

"Dave, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, could we stay here until our house is uninfested?" Emily asked Dave.

"I suppose... You boys just can't have too much fun now because Alvin is grounded," Dave warned Atticus, then looked back to Alvin, even if Atticus took the blame. "Your monster obsession has really gotten out of hand lately. You need time away from it for a little while."

"What?!" Alvin exclaimed.

"You can still help with the school play, but I'm going to ask Mr. Rochelle if you can be a stagehand." Dave added.

"Ooh, bummer." Darla smirked slightly, but not evilly, just teasing.

"Then who will play Hyde and Jekyll?" Alvin asked.

"Another student, I guess." Dave shrugged.

"Yeah, but who?" Alvin asked.

"Guess we'll find out before showtime." Darla shrugged.

"Yeah, I guess we will." Atticus said.

But when they find out who it was going to be, they were going to be surprised.

"NOOOOOO!" Alvin cried on his knees.