Chapter 7: Tragic loss and a gift

Here's chapter 7 of Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chiplash!

Alvin, Simon, Theodore, Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor were being taken from their space freighter to the control room in handcuffs. They had surrendered to two

Darkmunk soldiers who were given orders to arrest them and throw them into a prison cell, after the Chipmunks and Chipettes had a talk with the Darkmunks and

the Darkettes. What the soldiers didn't know was that Alvin had the mission all planned out.

"I hope this works." said Alvin, inaudibly. The six captured chipmunks continued walking to the control room with the two soldiers.

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Lord Zened was still sitting in his prison cell feeling upset, depressed, and heartbroken. He had just lost his home planet, Aton. Melvin had used a new super-laser

weapon that he designed himself to show Zened how powerful his weapon was. Zened wanted to get out and kill the Darkmunks and Darkettes for destroying his

home. Just then, Melvin walked in with two soldiers. He wanted answers and he was going to get them one way or another.

"Zened, we will now discuss the location of your hidden base." said Melvin. "If you cooperate, I will let you go unharmed. If you don't cooperate, you won't be going

anywhere." continued Melvin. "Now, I have one simple request that will save you from pain and suffering. Tell me the location of your hidden base." said Melvin. "No

problem. But I need to ask you something first." said Zened. "Yes? I'm listening." said Melvin. "Who is in charge here? I need to speak to the leader." said Zened,

trying to change the subject. Melvin was not pleased.

"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! I make the decisions here! I AM IN CHARGE!" growled Melvin. He then turned to his soldiers. "We'll give him one hour to think of some

answers. He'd better be more cooperative when we get back." said Melvin. He and his soldiers left the prison cell. "Please Chipmunks and Chipettes! Save me!" Zened

said to himself.

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Meanwhile, the Chipmunks, Chipettes, and the two soldiers arrived at the control room. It was time for Alvin to put his plan into action. He turned around, pointed at

Simon, Simon gave him the nod and then Alvin made his move.

"Hey soldier! Look over there! Someone's escaping!" said Alvin. The soldier turned around and one second later, Alvin grabbed the soldier's weapon, set it to "stun",

and fired at the soldier, knocking him out cold. Simon did the same thing to the other soldiers, then he used the blaster to cut the chains off the handcuffs so the six

chipmunks could take the handcuffs off easier. Once they did that, they hid the soldiers in a spare closet and locked the door. Then they checked out their new

surroundings.

"We've found a computer that's still on, Simon!" said Eleanor. "Good. Log into the ship's network and database, and then you and Theodore will be able start looking

for Lord Zened." said Simon. Eleanor was able to successfully log in. "I'm in the network. Theodore, first thing we need to do is locate Lord Zened." said Eleanor. "I

found him! He's here!" said Theodore, excitedly. "Where? Where is he?" asked Alvin. "Level 23, Section 23, Detention Block 328." said Eleanor. "Jeanette, activate the

security cameras. See if we can get a view of him. And see if you can get the comlink online. We need to talk to him and find out what's going on here." said Alvin.

Jeanette activated the cameras and they were able to get a view of Lord Zened. "Camera is online." said Jeanette. "Jeanette, open a channel." said Alvin. "Yes, Alvin.

Channel open." replied Jeanette.

"Lord Zened, this is Alvin. Can you hear me? Hello? Lord Zened, do you copy?" said Alvin. "You're here. Thank goodness. I was wondering when you were going to

show up." said Zened. "Where are the controls to the tractor beam? We need to get to it and shut down the tractor beam so we can get out of here." said Alvin. "It's

on level 12, Section 14, room A114." replied Zened. "You got that Simon?" asked Alvin. "Got it." said Simon. "What are the Darkmunks and Darkettes planning to

do?" asked Alvin. "They plan to destroy my hidden base and the planet it's on. And the planet that my base is on is YOUR planet." said Zened. Alvin suddenly knew

what planet he was talking about. "Earth." said Alvin. "Earth is our home planet. We're on our way!" said Alvin. "Please hurry before- AAAAAH!" yelled Zened. Zened

fell to the floor and he was on his back, unconscious. "Zened? Zened! Can you hear me?" said Alvin, frantically. No response came. "Close the channel! We need to

get down there now and save him! Let's move!" said Alvin. "There are some open passageways! We can get to him through there!" said Simon, pointing to an open

ventilation shaft. "Perfect! I've got some breathing masks for us to wear so we don't inhale the bad air." said Alvin. All six chipmunks put on the masks and then it

was time to move. "Let's go!" said Alvin. And all six chipmunks went into the tunnel to get to Lord Zened's prison cell.

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20 minutes later, the six chipmunks were right above Lord Zened's cell. "I see him. Oh no. No! No! No!" yelled Alvin. Alvin used a blaster he had to cut a hole into the

cell's ceiling big enough for the six chipmunks to get through and then Alvin went through the hole, followed by Simon, Theodore, Brittany, Jeanette, and then

Eleanor was the last one to enter the cell. "Zened! Wake up! Wake up!" yelled Alvin. They were too late. Lord Zened had suffered a heart attack and died.

But then, Alvin noticed Zened had something in his hand: Energy swords for each chipmunk. They had silver handles and different colored blades. (A/N: They work

just like lightsabers.)One blade was red, one was blue, one was pink, one was purple, and two were green. The red sword was for Alvin, the blue sword was for

Simon, the pink sword was for Brittany, the purple sword was for Jeanette, and the green swords were for Theodore and Eleanor.

"What are they?" asked Simon. Alvin activated his sword. "They're energy swords!" said Alvin. "Wait a minute. There's a note written here."

said Simon.

It says "I leave these energy swords in the possession of the Chipmunks and the Chipettes. Please save your home. Lord Zened."

"We will save the galaxy in your honor. We will never forget you. Farewell, Lord Zened." said Alvin. And they beamed Lord Zened's body onto their space freighter.

R.I.P. Lord Zened. You will be missed. This is the saddest chapter I ever wrote. Those swords that the chipmunks have are not called "lightsabers". They are just called energy swords. Next chapters will be filled with lots of epic action. Read and review!

Until the next chapter, alvinnascar5 is off!