The Cybertronian Chipmunks
Animals and Decepticons
The next day Simon, Jeanette, Theodore, and Eleanor woke up in Wheeljack and noticed he was slowing down. He stopped and opened his door and the chipmunks unbuckled themselves and hopped out of him. They looked ahead to see the abandoned gas station that Sam and the others were at.
Text walked around the corner and saw them; then he went to Alvin, Brittany, and the others and said, "They're here."
Alvin and Brittany knew what he meant and they hurried around the corner to see Simon, Jeanette, Theodore, and Eleanor.
They started running toward them as Alvin yelled, "Guys!"
The others saw them and their eyes widened (Wheeljack and the others didn't tell them they were going to regroup with them) and they ran to them as Simon yelled, "Alvin, Brittany, you're okay!"
They hugged each other; Alvin hugged Simon and Theodore first and Brittany hugged Jeanette and Eleanor first, then they switched.
Simon didn't know they were with Autobots so he said, "Guys, you won't believe what's going on right now!"
Suddenly everyone else (including Bumblebee and the other Autobots) stood behind Alvin and Brittany and Wheelie said, "What's going on? A family reunion?"
Simon, Jeanette, Theodore, and Eleanor saw Bumblebee, Mudflap, Skids, Brains, Wheelie, Text, and Tune and Simon said, "Never mind."
Alvin turned back to see everyone else and smiled as he turned to Simon and said, "And you said they weren't real!"
Simon then admitted, "Okay you were right and I was wrong."
Theodore walked up to Bumblebee and said, "High, I'm Theodore."
Mudflap looked at Skids and said, "Yo Skids check out this munk! He's acting like he's meeting a new kid at school."
Skids looked down at Theodore and said, "I think this kid was dropped on his head when he was a baby!"
Simon grabbed Theodore and said, "Hey, leave him alone! He fell out of the tree at birth, it's not his fault! We shouldn't even be here!"
Skids looked at Mudflap and said, "Yo Mudflap, can you believe this mega shrimp taco?"
Mudflap replied, "Yeah what's this kid's problem? Why he so uptight?"
Simon was slightly angry as he said, "I'm not uptight! I'm just…"
He was interrupted when Brains picked him up and his hand and examined him while saying, "You're pretty tall for a chipmunk."
Tune stood next to Eleanor; he and Text were as tall as Theodore and Eleanor but they had smaller heads.
Tune looked at Eleanor and said, "You and your boyfriend are kinda cute."
Eleanor was confused and said, "What boyfriend?"
Tune pointed to Theodore and Eleanor said, "No, no, we're just friends."
Tune laughed and said, "I've heard that one before. In fact, Brittany said that about Alvin a few days ago."
Theodore looked up at Bumblebee's face and asked, "What's your name?"
Bumblebee used the radio to say, "I… am… Bumblebee."
Theodore understood what he said but asked, "Why are you talking like that?"
Bumblebee played a recording saying, "XM Satellite Radio."
Theodore was confused and asked, "What?"
Simon overheard what was going on, when Sam stepped in front of Bumblebee and said, "His voice processor was damaged a long time ago so he talks using the car radio."
Theodore replied, "Oh."
Brains dropped Simon and went to Wheeljack, Bolt, and the Wreckers while Simon said, "I'm assuming that you're Sam Witwicky."
Sam said, "Yeah, how'd you know?"
Simon answered, "We met Optimus Prime and he told us about you."
Sam nodded with a smile and said, "Yeah, that's me."
Then he began to point at Ben, Leo, Carly, and Mikayla as he said, "That's Ben, my cousin; that's Leo, my roommate from college; that's Mikayla, my ex-girlfriend; and that's Carly, my new ex-girlfriend."
Carly held Theodore in her hand and said, "You're so adorable!"
Theodore smiled and said, "Thank you."
Ben looked at Theodore, Eleanor, Simon, and Jeanette and said, "Hi, we're big fans of you guys."
Jeanette was standing next to Wheelie's right left foot and politely said, "Thank you."
Simon climbed onto an old garbage can and said, "I'm assuming you know about what has been happening to us."
Leo said, "Yeah, we do, and now we're practically fugitives again!"
Simon was surprised and asked, "Again?"
Mikayla replied, "We'll tell you later."
Wheeljack and the other Autobots joined in the conversation and Bolt said, "Bad news guys; the Decepticons stole the activation key."
Ben then said, "Oh well this is just great! The activation key is gone, we're clueless, and the entire planet is practically crawling with Decepticons!"
Theodore smiled as he said, "Come on guys! Look at the bright side!"
Skids looked down at Theodore and said, "Boy, there is no bright side!"
Theodore frowned and said, "Oh."
Sam and the others began to tell Simon, Jeanette, Theodore, and Eleanor how they met the Autobots and what they've gone through together.
Meanwhile at the Pentagon
The Secretary of Defense arrived and was walking through the halls with Maggie and Glen.
He approached the door of a room where Lennox and General Morshower were sitting at a table; he turned to Glen and Maggie and said, "You two wait out here while I see what's going on."
Maggie and Glen sat down on a bench in the hallway and The Secretary of Defense walked in the room.
The Secretary of Defense sat down and asked, "So, what's our status?"
Lennox reported, "Yesterday the Decepticons attacked NEST and managed to steal the activation key."
General Morshower asked, "And what about the four chipmunks that were under your protection."
Lennox answered, "Some of the Autobots managed to escape with them. We don't know where they are but we suspect they have regrouped with the Autobots protecting Alvin and Brittany, the other two."
The Secretary of Defense asked, "And do we know why the enemy wants them yet?"
General Morshower replied, "We don't know, but yesterday a huge fleet of Decepticons invaded the Earth and they are now hiding across the globe. Energon detectors have been triggered in every continent, even Antarctica. They have been quiet lately but they can attack at any moment."
The Secretary of Defense then stated, "I have news that we may now be able to eliminate the virus they uploaded into our network. The hacker who said he may be able to do it says it may take a while, so in the meantime we have to be ready for the enemy's next move. Tell the military commanders not to engage in any Decepticons unless it is confirmed that they have found one."
He left and Glen and Maggie began to work on eliminating the virus; Glen was having some difficulty but he was having more luck than Maggie did.
Later that night
It was dark and Sam and the others were sitting behind the abandoned gas station around an oil drum that had a fire burning in it. They all had sad faces because they felt like there was nothing they could do to help stop the Decepticons. Bumblebee was sitting on he ground with his knees bent; Mudflap and Skids were standing against the back wall of the gas station. Wheeljack was standing to the left of Sam, who was sitting across from Bumblebee, on the hood of an old car. Bolt, Leadfoot, Roadbuster, and Topspin were standing next to Wheeljack. Ben was sitting on an old crate next to one that Brains, Wheelie, Text, and Tune were standing on. Ben had his elbows resting on his knees; Carly was leaning against the back of the car that Sam was sitting on and Mikayla was standing next to it. Leo was leaning against the back wall between Mudflap and Skids. Alvin, Brittany, Simon, Jeanette, Theodore, and Eleanor were sitting on a stack of crates to right (your right) of the car Sam was sitting on. It was late at night and they were all tired, but they were too upset to sleep. Mikayla leaned on the car and accidentally put her hand over Sam's and Carly watched. Carly didn't mind but Mikayla noticed it and liked it.
Bumblebee made a mechanical sound (like he does when he doesn't use the radio) and Ben said, "What do we do now?"
Sam said, "I don't know. Whenever we beat the Decepticons it's because we know something that could help us, but I'm at a dead end."
Alvin then asked, "Isn't there anything that could help us?"
Leo said, "I'm thinking it's over for us. The Decepticons will find us and then we're all dead."
Ben remembered something and sadly said, "Well… this isn't as bad as the time Sam found out about Mikayla's record."
Ben quickly put his hands over his mouth and said, "Oops!"
Simon's facial expression changed as he asked, "What's he talking about?"
Mikayla and Sam looked at them and Mikayla said, "It's nothing."
They all looked at her with expressions indicating they knew she was lying and Wheelie said, "Warrior goddess, I think the jig's up."
Everyone except the chipmunks felt sad as Mikayla said, "You know how I said my dad taught me to fix some cars he had? Well, most of them weren't his."
The Chipmunks and the Chipettes' eyes widened and Alvin said, "You stole people's cars?"
Mikayla answered, "Yeah, and when we couldn't get a babysitter he had to bring me along to help."
Simon felt betrayed as he said, "I should have known there was something you all were hiding from us! I'll bet you also have a criminal record for it!"
Mikayla looked at Simon and said, "Yes, I have a record because I turned my dad into the police. You guys are world famous rock stars; when have you ever had to sacrifice anything in your lives?"
Simon said, "Never, and I never plan to."
Sam turned to him and said, "My dad always says no sacrifice no victory."
They turned to Brains and Wheelie as Wheelie said, "I hear you Sam."
Brains nodded and said, "Yeah, no sacrifice better than your own."
The Chipmunks and the Chipettes thought about what they said and sad expressions reappeared on their faces.
Suddenly Simon conveniently remembered Hugh and said, "Guys! I just remembered, the night we met Optimus, an adult chipmunk came to us and started talking about Area 51 and after he left the Deceptions killed him."
Leo took a few steps forward and asked, "Why would they want to kill animals? And how would he know about Area 51?"
Suddenly Ben got an idea and said, "Guys, I think I know someone who can help us."
Carly looked at him and asked, "Who?"
Ben answered, "Musical Animal Lord."
Leadfoot looked at him and said, "That ass hole you mentioned on your blog?"
Ben answered, "Yeah, I tracked him once and I know he lives somewhere in Colorado."
Simon asked, "How can he help us?"
Ben replied, "I'll tell you later; right now get some sleep. We leave tomorrow at the crack of dawn."
The next day at 8:00 A.M.
Everyone was wide awake and the Autobots were standing in the road to get ready to leave.
Everyone was standing in front of Ben when Simon asked, "Alright, so what makes you think this guy can help us?"
Ben replied, "This guy Musical Animal Lord hates you guys but he posts images and stuff about other animals that can talk and act like you guys. And maybe, just maybe, he might know something about this guy you mentioned."
Alvin then became anxious and said, "Well what are we waiting for! Let's go!"
Bumblebee, the Twins, Wheeljack, Bolt, and the Wreckers transformed and everyone climbed inside Bumblebee. Carly sat in the back left seat (your left) with Simon and Eleanor on her shoulders. Leo sat in the middle with Alvin and Theodore on his shoulders and Ben sat in the back right seat with Brittany and Jeanette on his shoulders. Sam and Mikayla were in the front seats (Sam in the driver's seat) and Brains, Wheelie, Text and Tune were standing between their seats.
Before they started to drive Alvin yelled, "Bumblebee, hit it!"
Bumblebee started to drive while using the radio to play a song that started with the sound of guitars and other instruments. (Now imagine travel montage with Bumblebee and the other Autobots driving along a highway and everyone in Bumblebee having serious faces.)
Get your motor running,
Head out on the highway!
Looking for adventure,
In whatever comes our way!
Yeah, darling
Gonna make it happen!
Take the world in a love embrace!
Fire all of your guns at once and,
Explode into space!
I like smoking lightning
Heavy metal thunder!
Racing with the wind,
And the feeling that I'm under!
Yeah, darling
Gonna make it happen!
Take the world in a love embrace!
Fire all of your guns at once and,
Explode into space!
And like a true nature child
We were born, born to be wild!
We can climb so high!
I never wanna die!
Born to be wiiiild!
Instrument break
Born to be wiiiild!
Longer instrument break
Get your motor running,
Head out on the highway!
Looking for adventure,
In whatever comes our way!
Yeah, darling
Gonna make it happen!
Take the world in a love embrace!
Fire all of your guns at once and,
Explode into space!
And like a true nature child
We were born, born to be wild!
We can climb so high!
I never wanna die!
Born to be wiiiild!
Instrument break
Born to be wiiiild!
Finishing instrument break
The next day at nine-o-clock A.M. they stopped at a neighborhood in some city in Colorado. Bumblebee and the others stayed in their car forms while Sam and the others climbed out and stood in front of a two story house.
Ben stood next to Sam, who asked, "Is this the place?"
Ben looked at an address he wrote down and said, "Yep, this is it."
Ben walked to Bumblebee's trunk and pulled out a box that had tazers in it wile saying, "Just in case this guy doesn't want to talk…"
He pushed the button and the tazer made a sound as the electricity moved through the end.
Simon looked up at him and held Theodore while saying, "You're out of your mind!"
Ben moved his hand holding the tazer to his chest to refer to himself as he said, "Chill out, I'm a perfectly…"
He stopped as he accidentally tazed himself and he started shaking; when he stopped he looked down at the chipmunks.
They all chuckled gently and Ben pointed the tazer to them while saying, "Don't say a word!"
Ben began to walk to the front door as he said, "You guys wait here I'll let you know when you're good to go."
Brains, Wheelie, Text, and Tune watched him as they stood in front of the chipmunks. Suddenly Wheelie farted; when he farted a large gust of fire came out of the tailpipe near his butt (as seen in the second movie). The gust barely missed Simon; a small hair on his head was on fire.
Wheelie turned around and put out the fire with his fingers while saying, "Sorry Simon."
Alvin laughed and Simon glared at him while saying, "It's not funny Alvin!"
Alvin replied, "I'm just happy that someone accidentally set something on fire and it wasn't me."
Ben opened the door and walked in the house, holding the tazer behind his back; he looked around to see the living room and the kitchen on the other side of the house. He saw an old man and an old woman in the kitchen.
The man asked, "What are you doing here?"
Ben looked at them and said, "Is one of you Musical Animal Lord?"
They both asked, "What are you talking about?"
Ben replied, "I'll take that as a no."
Both the man and the woman walked to him and the man said, "We don't like strange kids in our…"
When they were close enough Ben grabbed the man and tazed him in the chest until he fell to the ground and was shaking his body; then he quickly did the same thing to the woman. Ben heard something and he walked upstairs and looked in a room to see a man in a robe looking at something on his computer. The man was none other than Ian Hawke.
Ben looked at him and said, "Hey."
Ian turned to see him and said, "What do you want?"
Ben gave him an angry look and decided to play a game (meaning do something to get something out of Ian) and he said, "What do you know about a talking chipmunk at Area 51?"
Ian got up and walked past him and out of the room and down the stairs while saying, "I don't know what you're talking about."
Ben followed him while saying, "Well have you heard of the Chipmunks and the Chipettes?"
Ian stopped and turned around while saying, "You mean those dirty rats who sing like a monkey with a sour throat?"
Ben smiled and pointed at Ian while saying, "Musical Animal Lord."
Ian looked at him angrily and started to walk away; he looked down and was surprised to see the man and woman lying on the ground, having just been tazed.
Suddenly everyone else walked in and Ben pointed to Ian while saying, "That's him. That's the guy."
Ian looked at everyone but he got an angry look on his face when he looked near Sam and Mikayla's feet to see the chipmunks.
Then Ian said, "Great."
Theodore and Eleanor had shocked expressions on their faces while the rest of them had shocked and angry expressions on their faces.
Alvin then said, "Well that figures."
Ian then said, "Great! You brought them!"
Everyone else's eyes widened and Leo took a step forward and asked, "You know this guy?"
Simon answered, "Yes, he's an old 'friend' of ours."
Ian turned around angrily and said, "'Friend?' You rats left me and cost me my job in Jett Records!"
They walked into the dinning room and the Chipmunks and the Chipettes yelled, "You put us in cages!"
Everyone's eyes widened and Ben said, "You did what?"
Ian angrily said, "Yeah I put you in cages but when we were shipwrecked on that island I saved Dave's life and you didn't even help me get my life back!"
Alvin pointed at Ian while yelling, "You also said you were cool either way!"
Ian then said, "So I didn't change that much, big deal!"
The chipmunks climbed onto the dinning room table and Alvin saw the man and woman on the floor and chuckled as he said, "You live with your parents."
Ian glared at him and said, "Yeah, because you didn't help me get a job!"
Ben smiled and said, "Like you could get a job with their help! I can tell that you're a natural born loser!"
Ian turned to him and angrily said, "I am not a loser!"
Ben smiled while continuing to insult him as he said, "Yes you are! I can see it in your eyes. And that's not the only sign that you're a loser; that bald head of yours should come with a dimmer switch!"
Ian angrily said, "I'm not bald, I'm… thinning!"
Alvin smiled as Ben and Ian began to fight and he whispered to Simon, "This is better than cable!"
Ian then said, "I need have my breakfast! Where's the cereal?"
Ben smiled and said, "Cereal? I thought rats ate garbage."
Ian turned around and said, "I am not a rat!"
Ben smiled as he said, "That's a matter of opinion."
Simon then shouted, "Stop! Listen Ian, we need your help."
Ian turned and said, "Oh so you rats need my help again."
Jeanette then stated, "We need your help; there are evil alien robots that are after us."
Ian smiled and said, "Alien robots… after you! You expect me to believe that! Prove it!"
Ben stood next to Ian and said, "Brains, Wheelie, Text, Tune!"
Brains, Wheelie, Text, and Tune climbed onto the dinning room table and stood behind the chipmunks.
Ian's eyes widened in fear as he saw them and Wheelie said, "You wanna go a few rounds baldy!"
Ian then said, "I'm not bald! What do you want?"
Theodore stepped forward and said, "There are some bad robots that are after us and there was this chipmunk who told us about Area 51; we were hoping you could help us."
Ian showed a sign of shock (like Simmons' facial expression in the second movie when Sam mentioned the symbols in his mind) and he asked, "You said there are alien robots that have something to do with a talking chipmunk?"
Brittany stepped forward and said, "Yeah."
Ian looked at his parents and they started to get up, but Ben tazed them again and Ian said, "Follow me."
He led them to his room and around the walls they saw pictures of the Chipmunks and the Chipettes that had tears and drawings on them. He also had a picture of them taped to a dart board.
Sam looked at them and said, "I'm guessing you hold a grudge."
Ian said, "You try liking some kids that ruined your life and are spoiled brats."
Ben pointed at Ian from behind and said, "Takes one to know one."
He, Brains, Wheelie, Text, and Tune laughed and he gave them high-fives.
Ian pulled out a picture and said, "Any of these look like the robots you've seen."
The picture showed a squirrel that would be able to talk behind him was a Decepticon, it was far away but one could see it.
The chipmunks climbed on a desk he had and they and everyone else looked at it with shock and Leo asked, "Where the hell did you get this?"
Ian put the picture away and began to pull out more from a box while saying, "After I lost the Chipmunks and the Chipettes I wasted my life trying to find new animals that could sing and dance. I found pictures of some but I never knew where they were. And the thing is, animals like you dirty rats have been around a long time. And some of the pictures I found had some of those alien robots you see on TV in the background."
They looked at them and saw different species of animals (birds, reptiles, rodents, even fish) and there were Decepticons in the background.
Carly looked at them and said, "They must have something to do with the Decepticons and what happened in Roswell."
Mikayla then said, "Maybe they know something about why the Decepticons are after Alvin, Simon, Theodore, Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor."
Text and Tune climbed up onto the desk and stood next to the chipmunks.
Text's tail was moving while Tune said, "I say we pay one of these guys a visit."
Ian interrupted and said, "Well then you guys are in trouble because I have no idea where any of them are."
Brains climbed up and held onto the windowsill with his feet against the wall and he said, "How the hell did you get these pictures?"
Ian moved his hand to refer to his computer as he said, "This guy with some website gave them to me but he shut his website down. I know that now he's famous and wrote a book."
He reached into his desk drawer and pulled out a book and showed it to them.
Alvin jumped up and grabbed it from him and when he landed he said, "Codename Hero!"
Sam took it from him and said, "Simmons!"
Simon looked at him with surprise and said, "You know him?"
Sam looked down at him and the others while saying, "Yeah, he's a friend; we've gone through every adventure with the Autobots with him."
Mikayla looked at the book and said, "We should have thought about going to him in the first place."
They walked out and Ian had changed clothes and they were standing near Bumblebee and the others.
Everyone except Ben, Ian, Leo, and Alvin were standing outside when Ben said, "Okay let's start driving and we'll meet up with Simmons in the next city."
Ian waved and said, "Yeah good luck with that."
Ben looked at him with an angry face and said, "Oh you're coming with us!"
Ian shouted, "No way! I'm not going on some journey that could get me killed!"
He then smiled as he continued, "Besides I'm not much of a fighter. I'd probably just slow you down or run away. I'm kind of a coward and…"
Ben interrupted him as he walked up to him and said, "Hey, listen you ass hole! You try to hurt those chipmunks. You are dead to me! Now get in an Autobot before I kick your ass! I know karate!"
Ian asked, "You're a black belt?"
Ben slightly looked away as he said, "No… I'm a green belt with black stripe. And I quit Karate."
His expression changed back to anger as he said, "But I want to go back one day; and I don't need a black belt to kick your ass!"
He shoved Ian into Que's front right seat and Que closed the door on him and then Ben and the others got in Bumblebee and they started driving.
A half hour later
Simmons was in his mansion in Washington and he was with his assistant Dutch.
Simmons walked into his office which had his desk and some paintings of him. He had Frenzy's head preserved on top of a cabinet.
Dutch was walking with Simmons when he said, "Sir, you have a call from Sam Witwicky."
The second Simmons heard his name he said, "The kid? Put him on."
Dutch gave Simmons the phone and Sam was using Text to talk to him as he said, "Listen, the Decepticons are back and we need your help."
Simmons replied, "I know they're back; what you need my help for?"
Sam was about to tell him but Simmons interrupted and said, "Wait, just in case… Dutch, is this line secure?"
Dutch began working with a machine as he said, "I'm already on it sir."
When the line was secure Simmons said, "Alright, what's up?"
Sam said, "Turns out the Decepticons were involved with what happened in Roswell. We'll tell you the rest when you get here; we can't come to see you in Washington. It's not safe and we don't have time. How soon can you get to Colorado?"
Simmons was putting on a black jacket and T-shirt as he and Dutch walked to the door and he said, "I'm on my way right now. We'll be on the next flight, what city ya in?"
Three hours later
Simmons and Dutch met Sam and the others in Colorado and Simmons was wearing sunglasses as he said, "Tell the Decepticons, 'Bring it on!'"
They drove to a secluded location directly outside the city where Sam and the others told Simmons and Dutch everything they knew about what happened in Roswell. They also told them about the Tetrahedral, the activation key, and how the Decepticons were after the Chipmunks and the Chipettes. They were standing behind an old abandoned restaurant and they were sitting at some old rusty tables. Simmons and Dutch came with some laptops and a metal briefcase. The chipmunks were standing on the table around the laptops; all the Autotbots were in their robot forms. The large ones like Bumblebee were kneeling down toward the others. Ben, Leo, and Carly brought one table close to the other one so they would have more space to do their work. Brains was in his laptop form as he surfed the internet to aid their cause. Wheelie was sitting on the table that Ben, Leo, and Carly were sitting at; Text and Tune were standing at his sides. Ian was standing up and Mikayla was standing next to Sam.
Simmons suddenly looked at the chipmunks and said, "For the record I'm a big fan of your music."
Ian angrily said, "Am I the only smart guy on this planet?"
Ben looked at him and remarked, "If by smart you mean dumb and good for nothing."
Ian angrily said, "I can sing ten times better than these rats!"
Ben smiled as he remarked, "You sang when we walked here! The sound of the dogs in my neighborhood barking at each other sounds better than you! If you look up the word torture on the internet you'll see a video of you singing!"
Wheelie smiled and they punched each other's knuckles.
Then Simmons said, "Cut it out! We've got work to do!"
Ben smiled and said, "Sorry."
Ian pulled out the pictures he showed them earlier and while Simmons and Dutch looked at them Sam said, "Ian showed us these pictures of talking animals and Decepticons and said he got them from you."
Simon had his hands together as he said, "Do you think you can tell us why they killed that guy who told us about Roswell?"
Simmons looked at the pictures and he had a screen in his briefcase and it showed more pictures of animals and Decepticons as he said, "The government knew about animals like you before any of you were even born. I got these pictures when I looked through Sector Seven's research about aliens throughout history. Some of these animals were actually citizens and we had records on them."
Theodore smiled and asked, "So you can tell us about Hugh?"
Simmons looked down at him and said, "Maybe."
He looked through some files they had and found one on Hugh that had a picture of him.
Simmons showed the picture to the chipmunks and asked, "Is this him?"
They looked at it, Alvin and Brittany did not recognize him, but Simon said, "Yeah that's him."
Simmons looked through the files on him and said, "Records say that he was born in Roswell and that his father was actually stationed at Area 51."
Alvin's eyes widened as he said, "No way!"
Simmons replied, "Yep; come to think of it, pretty much all of the animals we have records on were connected to Roswell."
Simon put his finger on his chin and said, "Interesting."
Dutch stated, "If they were connected to Roswell they must have known about the Invader."
Sam then said, "So then animals must be working with the Decepticons."
Mikayla then asked, "But why would the Decepticons want to work with animals from Earth?"
Leo then said, "Maybe because they could get them something they wanted."
Wheelie stood up and said, "So that Hugh guy must have warned you guys to betray them, so they killed him."
Brains transformed into his robot form and said, "This is jank! I got nothing. We gotta find one of those guys working with them."
Tune said, "You got that right boy. It's the only way we can find out what they're up to."
Carly asked, "But how will we find them?"
Simmons put his hand up and said, "There are four talking chipmunks that I know the location of."
He moved the screen in the briefcase and showed two fuzzy pictures of four chipmunks. There were two in each and it was so hard to see you couldn't see what they looked like.
Ian looked at it and said, "Not a very good picture."
Simmons stated, "It wasn't a good camera but I know that they were with some big one. I recently tracked them and know that they live in some forest near Seattle California."
Ben got up and said, "Then that's where we need to go! Let's get this party started!"
Bumblebee and the others transformed; most of them rode in Bumblebee but Ian, Simmons, and Dutch rode in Wheeljack. Later the Autobots were driving in a straight line on the interstate. After an hour they knew it would be another overnight trip so everyone in Bumblebee tried to pass the time.
Ben looked at the Chipmunks and the Chipettes, who were sitting on the box between Sam and Mikayla's seats (I don't know what it's called).
Suddenly he said, "So… do you guys have any relatives?"
Simon turned around and said, "We have cousins, uncles, and aunts; but that's it."
Theodore turned around and said, "Mostly our family is our friend Dave; he's kind of like a dad."
Ben was confused and asked, "You guys don't live with your parents?"
They turned around and Simon said, "When you're a chipmunk, your parents take care of you for a week, then they take off."
Everyone's eyes widened and Ben said, "A week! How can you survive, I would think you wouldn't even be able to talk by then!"
Jeanette then said, "That's for regular chipmunks. When you're a chipmunk like us your parents take care of you for three years before they leave."
Alvin said, "Our parents were hippies, they left early to join a commune."
Brittany then said, "Same thing with us, except for the part about being hippies."
Ben was still surprised and said, "Three years! When you're a human your parents take care of you until you're old enough to move out and get a job."
Simon then said, "Some chipmunks do that too; mostly ones who live in houses in cities like we do."
Sam suddenly changed topic as he said, "We've got to get these chipmunks to tell us why they need you guys."
Ben pounded his fists and said, "We can take em!"
Alvin smiled and said, "Yeah, we're going to open up a can of but whoop on them!"