AN: Sorry for the long wait. I suffered a slight writer's block while writing this chapter, but I got over it! Yay! :D Here's chapter 10 I hope you like it. Sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes.
Chapter 10
Alvin, Brittany, Simon, Theodore, Eleanor, and Jeanette had just exited the school with Frank when 5 police cruisers flew by them on the street. "Woah! Where could they be going in such a hurry?" Frank exclaimed. The others sighed causing Frank to look at them confused. "Do you guys know what's going on?" Frank asked.
"You bet we do!" Simon said. "Yeah it's my fault." Alvin said. Frank gave him an expectant look. Alvin turned to him and said "I fought an ex-friend of mine after I ran out of Dr. Rubin's office. Frank's eyes widened "You fought with someone!" he exclaimed. "Did you use your powers?"
Alvin nodded "I did!" he said. "Really!" frank exclaimed. "He must've been beaten easily then!"
Alvin nodded once again. "During the fight I kinda rammed him through the wall of a building down the street. We'll probably pass it soon actually."
"Wow!" Frank exclaimed. There was a period of silence. "Did he have powers too?" Frank asked suddenly. Alvin nodded a third time surprising Frank. "Really! He had powers! Wow, to be honest I was kidding when I asked that." Alvin turned to him confused. "You were? Because it sure didn't sound like it."
Frank smirked. "I know! Aren't I a good actor!" he stated smugly. The others looked at him surprised. "You act?" Simon asked curiously.
"I sure do!" he said proudly. "I even joined the drama club at school." the others gasped in surprise. "Did you really?" Brittany exclaimed. Frank turned to her and said "I sure did."
"Wow! I didn't think you did that kind of thing Brittany replied. Frank gave her a confused look. "You didn't? Why not?" he asked. "Well considering the fact that you sent two teachers to the emergency room with serious injuries, I didn't think any of the school's clubs would let you join them." Simon said. Suddenly Frank began to laugh.
"Hey! What's so funny?" Simon asked.
"You actually believe I sent 2 teachers to the emergency room?" He laughed. Everyone looked at him surprised. "What do you mean by that?" Simon exclaimed. Frank stopped laughing and said "I made that rumor up myself! I've never sent anyteacher to the emergency room."
The others looked at him with surprise written all over their faces. "You-you did?" Alvin exclaimed. Frank turned to him and said "Of course I did! The worst thing I ever did at school was get into fights a lot..." he was cut off by Brittany who said "And almost kill Alvin!" She glared at Frank who rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah, that too, but I never sent any teachers to the hospital, a few students on the other hand..."
"Then how do you explain Dr. Rubin's broken arm.?" Jeanette said.
"And Mr. Brown's wheelchair!" Theodore piped in.
"Well I don't know about Mr. Brown's wheelchair, but the broken arm was from when I pushed her into the shallow end of her pool last year." Frank said.
"Oh yeah! I forgot she was your aunt." Simon stated. Frank turned to him and said "That's okay. A lot of people usually do."
After walking for about a minute they arrived at the building which was cordoned off with yellow caution tape. "Well...that's the building." Alvin said.
"It looks like we won't be able to get a closer look." Simon said. "It looks like it." Alvin said shrugging. He turned to frank. "Sorry about that." Frank looked to him and said "Nah, it's okay. I didn't think we'd be able to get too close anyway."
"Okay then!" Alvin said. He turned to the others. "Let's get going guys." They nodded and were about to walk away when Alvin suddenly remembered something. "Oh! Hold on guys! There's something I need to do." Alvin exclaimed. The other's turned to him confused. "What is it Alvin?" Brittany asked.
"I need to check and see if Chester's body is still there. If it isn't, he got away in time, however if it is, he's probably dead." Alvin said the last part sadly. The others nodded, turned around and began to walk away. They hadn't even taken two steps before they turned back around confused. "Wait how are you going to..." Simon stopped talking when he noticed that Alvin wasn't there. He face-palmed and said "Oh yeah! I forgot about his speed."
About 10 seconds later Alvin re-appeared with an unsettled expression. Brittany noticed that. "What's wrong Alvin?"
Alvin sighed and said "Well his body wasn't there, and I doubt any of the officers would have been able to remove it that quickly." Everyone nodded. "So doesn't that mean he got away in time?" Simon asked.
"Yes and no." Alvin replied. Brittany smiled "That's good isn't it? Doesn't it mean you didn't end up killing him?" she said failing to hear the "and no" part.
Alvin sighed once again and said "I'm not sure." everyone's eyes widened at that. "Why aren't you sure?" Jeanette asked.
Alvin looked at her and said "Well for one, if he did get away he probably would've left some sort of a trail of blood, but there wasn't one. And two he wouldn't of gotten far before losing consciousness due to lack of blood flow to his brain, and he wasn't anywhere nearby."
"Wait! You checked the surrounding area that fast?" Theodore exclaimed. Alvin turned to him and nodded.
"How?" Eleanor, who was standing next to Theodore, asked. "Since I have eyesight like a hawk I just took flight, hovered above the building for about 8 seconds and looked around. I didn't see him anywhere. That and the fact that I wasn't able to sense his energy tells me that he isn't anywhere nearby." Alvin said.
There was a short period of silence before Theodore spoke up again. "Wait...you can fly?"
"And you can sense energy?" Eleanor piped in.
"Yeah...didn't I tell you that already?" Alvin asked. Brittany rolled her eyes and said "No! Once again you forgot to tell us something."
"Really...wow!" Alvin exclaimed scratching the side of his head. Everyone rolled their eyes, even Frank. There was a pause.
Suddenly Brittany turned to everyone. "Okay, enough dawdling! Its time we got home. Let's go guys." she said. "Hey! I was gonna say that!" Alvin whined. Brittany turned to him and smirked. "Ya snooze you lose!" She said. Alvin glared at her. "Hahaha, very funny Brittany!" he said as he started walking again, along with the others.
They were about to pass the building when Alvin suddenly sensed something unusual heading their way. He stopped quickly and rapidly began to look around. The others noticed this and also stopped. "What is it Alvin? What are you looking for?" Frank asked.
Alvin looked at them with worriedly. "I sense something unusual heading our way." Everyone's eyes widened at that. "Wh-what is it Alvin?" Theodore asked in a slightly scared tone.
Alvin shook his head "I-I don't know, whatever it is, its energy is huge..." Alvin gulped causing everyone to let out frightened gasps. "...and it's evil." Everyone began looking around frantically, hopping to spot what Alvin was talking about. Suddenly, just as fast as the feeling came, it disappeared.
"That's wired?" Alvin mumbled aloud. The others stopped looking around and looked at Alvin. "Wh-what's weird A-Alvin?" Eleanor asked. "Whatever it was that was heading our way suddenly disappeared. I can't sense it anymore." He said as he ran across the street and into the park.
"Really, that's good isn't it?" Brittany said as she and the others followed him into the park. Once Alvin stopped running he turned to her and said "I'm not sure..."
"Wh-what do you mean you're not sure?" Jeanette asked as she and the others stopped running, just like Alvin. Alvin looked away and said "I just have this feeling that whatever it was will be back sometime soon."
Suddenly everyone heard, what seemed to be, a sonic boom above them. They quickly looked up into the sky and saw a black dot rapidly moving towards them.
"Crap! Everybody get down now!" Alvin exclaimed quickly. Everyone, including frank got onto the ground while Alvin braced himself for a possible fight.
As the dot got bigger and bigger Alvin realized it was a squirrel, but the squirrel looked familiar. "No way!" he exclaimed in his head. He had just figured out who it was when he was suddenly punched and sent flying backwards. "Alvin!" Brittany screamed as he plowed through a tree (which fell over not too soon afterwards) and into another before stopping and falling to the ground. He continued to lay there as the squirrel approached him.
"Don't hurt him!" Brittany exclaimed as she got up and started to run to Alvin. "Brittany, wait!" was all Frank was able to say before she reached him. She positioned herself between the squirrel and Alvin and raised her arms so she looked like a "T".
"If you want him, you have to go through me!" Brittany exclaimed. The squirrel looked at her confused for a second. "What are you talking about?" the squirrel asked. Immediately Brittany realized the squirrel was a male because of his voice.
Brittany was about to say something when she heard chuckling behind her. Curious she turned around, gasped and let her arms fall when she saw Alvin getting up from the ground. Once he was on his feet he brushed the dirt off of his hoodie and looked at her with a grin plastered on his face. She had a confused look on hers.
"Relax Britt I'm fine." Alvin said as he placed a paw on her shoulder and moved so he was next to her. He looked at the squirrel in front of him. "Was that really necessary Jake?" Alvin asked. "Jake?" Brittany thought. The squirrel smirked slightly and said "Maybe, besides I knew it wouldn't hurt you. There isn't a single scratch on you." The squirrel said.
Alvin smiled and looked up and down the squirrels body, he was fairly well built...well for a squirrel. He had red fur and was about as tall as Brittany. "You sure have grown since I last saw you, and you've gotten much stronger, and faster." Alvin said. By now the others had gotten up off the ground and were now approaching them.
"I could say the same to you. Look how tall you are. Your voice is deeper, and you're much more muscular than I remember, heck you even have a 6-pack, I want one of those!" Jake exclaimed. Alvin laughed. "Don't worry. At the rate you're going you'll have one too by the time you turn 13." Jake blushed slightly at that "You-you think so?"He asked. "I know so!" Alvin stated.
"Wow that means a lot coming from you master!" Jake said. When Brittany heard that she gasped slightly in surprise. "M-master!" she thought. By now the others were standing behind Jake and were listening in on the conversation with wide eyes.
Alvin chuckled slightly. "Please Jake; you're too old to be calling me master. Just call me Alvin." He said. Jake's eyes widened at that. "R-really, you mean it!" he asked. Alvin smiled "Of course I mean it!"
Jake smiled "Wow, thank you so much mast...I mean Alvin!" Alvin chuckled again "No problem."
Brittany looked from Alvin to the squirrel named Jake, and back to Alvin again.
"Wait!" she exclaimed causing Alvin to look at her. "How do you know this squirrel?" she asked. Alvin gave her a disappointed look. "Haven't you been listening? I'm, or should I say I was, his martial arts master." He said.
"Martial arts master!" The others exclaimed all at once causing Alvin, Brittany and Jake to flinch.
After regaining his composure Alvin looked at the others and said "Yeah, I'm his martial arts master."
"B-but how...you're only 16 years old! How could you be his master if he's only...um how old are you again?" Frank asked. Jake turned to him and said "In human years I'm 11 but I'll be turning 12 soon!"
"Really? When's your birthday?" Alvin asked suddenly. Jake smiled and said "3 days from now!" Alvin smiled back "That's great! Hard to believe it's been 5 years since I last saw you."
"Hey, are you going to answer my question or not?" Frank asked slightly annoyed. "Yeah Alvin, we all would like to know the answer!" Simon said. Alvin looked at them and said "Sure...um, what was the question again?"
Simon and Frank both face-palmed, everyone else rolled their eyes. "I asked how you could possibly be his master if you're only 16, and he's only 11." Frank said annoyed.
"Oh yeah um...I began teaching him when I was 11 and he was only 6 years old." Alvin started.
"Is that 6 human years or chipmunk/squirrel years?" Frank asked. Alvin looked at him and said "Chipmunk years are the same as squirrel years!" Frank nodded. "Okay I got that, but could you explain to me how this chipmunk to human years conversion thing works?" he asked.
Alvin nodded and said "Basically a chipmunk year is two human years." AN: I made that up.Frank nodded once again, but then his eyes widened in surprise. "Wait, so you're telling me that as a chipmunk you're 32 years old!" He exclaimed. "Basically, yes." Alvin replied.
Frank turned to Simon. "You're 32 to?" Simon shook his head. "Actually I'm 30 and Theodore is 28. Our counterparts are the same age as us." Simon said.
"Wait! So the three of you aren't triplets, and you aren't the oldest?" Frank said referring to Simon. Simon shook his head again "Surprisingly, no." He said earning a glare from Alvin.
"Wow, I never knew that!" Frank stated. "So that also means Jake here is 22 years old!" Frank added. "That's right!" Jake said.
"Wow, that means, if we're going by official ages, I'm the youngest one here." Frank said. Everyone nodded. "Damn, now I feel lame." Frank stated playfully earning laughs from the others, including Jake.
There was a quick pause once everyone finished laughing. "Hey Alvin..." Jake started causing Alvin to look at him. "Yeah, what's up Jake?" Alvin asked slightly confused.
Jake looked down and kicked a small pebble "Is it okay if I...you know...tag along with you for a while?" He asked causing Alvin's eyes to widen slightly. "What, why?" Alvin asked. Jake looked at Alvin and smiled nervously "N-no reason. I just thought we could, Y'know catch up, and maybe you could teach me a new technique." he said.
"I-I don't know." Alvin started as he looked to the others. "What do you guys think?" Everyone shrugged unsurely. He looked to Jake again. "I-I don't see why not, but you're going to have to ask your parents fir..." Alvin stopped short when he noticed the tears in the corners of Jake's eyes. Immediately Alvin felt worried.
"Jake...what's wrong? Wh-why are you crying?" Alvin said. Jake wiped the tears from his eyes and shook his head. "I-I'm not crying! I just have something in my eye." Jake said as he wiped the tears again. Alvin put a comforting paw on his shoulder causing him to flinch slightly.
"Jake, I'm your master remember. I know when you're lying." Alvin said concerned. Jake sighed. "I know." he said. "Then tell us what's wrong!" Brittany, who was standing nearby suddenly said. She couldn't explain it, but she suddenly felt concerned for the squirrel.
Jake turned to her, then back to Alvin and sighed sadly. "I can't ask my parents..." He stopped suddenly to wipe more tears from his eyes. When Alvin noticed that he became more worried than before. "Why not?" Alvin asked.
"...because they're dead." Jake finished, letting his tears fall. Everyone, including Alvin let out surprised gasps. "D-dead? H-how? What happened?" Brittany asked. Jake turned to her and said "Th-they were killed in a fight, along with m-my two brothers, and my s-sister. The only reason I'm still here is b-because I got away before...before he g-got me!"
"Who got you? Who did this? Shawn and Brenda were some of the strongest warriors I knew! Who could possibly be strong enough to kill them?" Alvin asked. Jake turned to him, tears still streaming down his furry face and said "I-it was a black furred chipmunk with r-red eyes and a sc-scar on his right arm." Jake said.
Alvin suddenly felt anger wash over him. "No, it-it couldn't have been him, could it?"Alvin thought.
"Did-did you happen to c-catch his name?" Alvin asked through gritted teeth. When Brittany noticed this she began to get worried.
Jake looked Alvin in the eye and said "Yes, all thanks to a white furred chipmunk that was accompanying him." Alvin clenched his fists at that. "His name was V-Viper." Jake finished causing Brittany and the others (accept Alvin) to let out frightened gasps.
Alvin felt an intense hatred wash over him. "That's what I thought…" Alvin stated darkly as he clenched his fists harder. Brittany noticed this and backed away slightly. When the others noticed Brittany back away they immediately got scared and braced themselves for whatever may come next.
They didn't have to wait long. Soon the wind began to pick up. Immediately they realized Alvin was generating the wind because the grass around his feet was being blown away from him on every side. It looked like the ripples you would see if you were to throw a rock into a pond.
Not too soon after the wind picked up did Alvin's clenched fists start to spark madly with red electricity. At the same time his body was incased in what seemed to be red lightning bolts that were generating the familiar "BZT" sound electricity makes.
Jake and Brittany, who were standing nearby, found themselves shaking all over out of fear. The others were currently standing close together in a tight embrace. They were also shaking out of fear.
"Damn you Viper! You've gone too far this time!" Alvin exclaimed as he clenched his fists harder. The electricity that was currently surrounding his body suddenly got wilder and, for some reason, the sky turned dark and stormy. To everyone, including Jake the dark, stormy sky was a new feature.
"First you kill your entire family, just for some sick thrill, now you kill Jake's family as well! Why, Jake didn't deserve this, so WHY!" Alvin exclaimed aloud through gritted teeth. He clenched his fists even harder, digging his claws into the flesh on his paws causing them to bleed. When the others noticed this they all froze in their place. They have never seen, or thought Alvin could get that mad.
Suddenly the ground began to shake practically knocking them off their feet. Then, a split second later the familiar downward pressure began forcing everyone to the ground, the only problem this time was that there were no mats to cushion the blow to their bodies, that and the fact that the downward pressure seemed to be twice as strong, so the pain was incredible, especially for the 5 chipmunks.
Since Jake was already super strong he was able to keep himself standing when the others were forced to the ground, but it still hurt. If Alvin didn't calm down soon, he'd end up crushing everyone to death, including Jake.
"The next time I see you I'll kill you! I'LL KILL YOU!" Alvin exclaimed furiously. Suddenly the wind picked up. It was now at hurricane force. The ground also began to crack. The cracks seemed to be radiating outwards from Alvin's feet.
Jake, who was currently the closest to Alvin, could only stare in horror at what was happening.
"Wh-what's happening?" Jake exclaimed in his head. He was shaking violently all over out of pure terror. "I've...I've never felt s-so much power before! It's...it's horrifying! I-I've never seen him s-so mad! What could V-Viper possibly have d-done to make master A-Alvin hate him so much?"
Brittany, who was currently on the ground due to the downward pressure, couldn't help but stare, and shake in horror at Alvin. "N-no...this can't go on. If-if Alvin doesn't calm down soon...he'll kill everyone and break his promise to himself to never kill again! I have to do something!" She thought.
She was about to make her move, despite the immense downward pressure when suddenly the said pressure disappeared, along with the dark sky. When everyone realized the downward pressure disappeared they quickly got up from where they were currently laying. Somehow, despite the incredible pressure their bodies had been subject to, no serious damage had been done. But unbeknownst to the 5 chipmunks at the time, they did have a few cracked ribs. They would learn about that a little later.
The wind died down soon after, and the shaking stopped. However, Alvin was still incased in what seemed to be red lightning bolts. After a few seconds however, that too disappeared. Once that disappeared Alvin turned around and looked at everyone. He had an angry expression on his face; however that expression quickly changed to sympathy once he noticed how frightened everyone was.
He sighed. "I'm sorry you had to see that." Alvin said as he unclenched his bloody paws. "I just got so mad when Jake told me his family was killed by Viper…that I couldn't control my anger. I had to let it out."
"A-Alvin..." Brittany started after she regained her composure. "I-I don't understand. Sure Viper may have k-killed Jake's parents, but that doesn't explain why y-you got so mad. What else could he possibly h-have done to make you hate him so much?"
Alvin looked at her, then at everyone else and sighed. "You guys aren't going to leave me alone from now on until I tell you, are you?" Everyone shook their heads, including Jake who was now standing next to Brittany.
Alvin sighed once again. "Fine! It can't be helped. I guess I'll tell you the whole story and not just the Viper one either."
He was about to tell them everything when he realized his paws were hurting. He looked at them and sighed a third time. He looked back at everyone and said "Before I tell you guys the story, can we go back to the house? I need first aid, besides I want Dave to hear this story as well." The others nodded. They felt they were ready for anything Alvin might say after witnessing what just happened.
"Great!" He exclaimed. He looked at Jake and said "You're welcome to join us. You deserve to know too."
Jake simply nodded. He was still slightly in shock at what he just witnessed but he wanted to know, and just like everyone else, he felt he was prepared for anything Alvin might say.
Of course he, along with everybody else would soon learn how wrong they were.
To be continued
AN: So did you like it? I'll admit the ending was rushed, but I didn't want to make you guys wait any longer. :)
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