Chapter nine: This isn't a family
"Wake up," ordered a voice that made Chip jolt.
The young squirrel sat up and blinked. "Yeah, Shanks?"
The mongoose put his hands on his hips. "Do you want to meet your family or what?"
Now that Chip thought about it, he was less eutectic than yesterday. "Sure..."
"Follow me," he said.
Chip followed Shanks down the abandon mansion halls and into a room.
"Carla? Miles?" Shanks called.
Chip looked around. The room was beautiful compared to the outside!
Suddenly, two adult squirrels came out of no where. One was grey with blues eyes, or rather eye. He wore a eye patch on his left eyes. The other squirrel was a mixture of tan and different shades of brown. They didn't seem too interested in him.
Chip twitched his ears. They didn't seem happy to see him either. "Ah... Hi... I'm Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough... Chip for short."
"What kind of name is that?" a small girl squirrel asked, coming from another room. Four others followed.
The youngest was grey with small brown spots on her cheeks and shoulders. "Hello! I'm Amy. That's Miya, Laura, Mike and Reggy," she told Chip as she pointed to each one.
"Are you our brother?" Reggy asked. He seemed a few years younger than Chip, but older than Amy. He had poufy grey fur and green eyes.
"I remember when he was a baby!" Miya giggled. She was tan with brown eyes.
Laura and Mike, the two oldest, exchanged glances.
"Don't be rude," Carla said in a flat tone, "Say something to Chip."
Laura, who had red-brown fur and light, ice blue eyes, shook her head. "I have nothing to say to him."
"He may be our 'brother' but he's not part of our family," Mike snapped. He had purple eyes and ash-grey fur.
"Why'd you bring him here, Shanks?" Miles asked.
Chip's tail dropped. He should have known they all wouldn't accept him... but then again, he didn't want to be accepted. This wasn't his family...not anymore. "Look, I just came to see you and know your names. Now that I do, I have no reason to be here." Chip turned to walk out, but Shanks stopped him.
"What do you mean you have no reason to be here? You're part of Dr. Blowhole's team now! That was part of the agreement!"
Chip took a step back, but Carla and Miles pushed him forward.
"No! Don't hurt him! He's our brother!" Amy wailed.
Miya held Amy and pushed Reggy close, then shoot the others a glare.
Shanks picked up Chip by the scruff of the neck. "Stop struggling, ya lil twerp. Ya should have kept your end of the deal."
Chip kept struggling. "No! Lemme go! My parent, my true parents, will come!"
"Rune and Kowalski?" Shanks laughed. "Actually, I think they will too. When tye do come, I'll talk to them, or rather, just 'Rune', personally."
"What do you want with my mom?!" Chip demanded, but Shanks knocked him out.
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"Is...Is he...dead?" asked a voice.
"No, of course not! Don't be stupid!" snapped another.
"Sush! I think he's waking up!" the first voice said.
Chip groggily opened his eyes. Two girls were hovering over him. One was a pretty, yellowish mongoose. They other was a sassy looking mink. "H-Huh? Where am I? ...Who are you two?"
"Calm down," the female mongoose told him, "You're in the prison cambers. I'm Karri, that's Suzie."
"What am I doing here?" Chip asked.
"You're here until Dr. Blowhole has a way to blackmail you," a black bear said as he stepped out of the shadows, "Just like the rest of us."
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A/N: Hello, peoples! Guess what? I actually did research to finish this page! 8D Okay, Suzie is a European Mink which are endangered(oh noes!) and the Asiatic Black Bear who you will know the name in the next chap, is vulnerable(poor thing). Just thought you all should know.
Okay, well, turns out that Chip's real parents and his older siblings don't want him, but what of the three younger ones?(DUH DUH DU!) I'm thinkin' next shall be with Heart's group and yes, I'm planning to put a little Tart in it! ^w^
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