Chapter 11 One Man, One Monster

Everyone watched as the men slowly moved out over the farm, entering every building looking for Sarah. Suddenly, slow heavy foot steps echoed over head, as a man slowly walked through the barn. Everyone held their breath, not wanting to make a sound to attract attention.

The foot steps seemed to stop over top of them, and didn't move. Everyone remained a still as possible, every sound that they made seemed to echoe in their ears, making them think they would be found. After about 10 minutes, the foot steps moved away, as they heard the barn door slam.

Sarah and the chipmunks let out a quiet sigh of relief as they slowly got up and looked back out the window. All the men gathered around the trucks as Jordan just stood there, waiting for news. "Anything?" he growled as he looked at his men.

"Sorry sir" said one, "we found no sign of her". "She's here you fools" he growled, "keep looing". "Yes sir" they all yelled as they all moved away. Sarah and the chipmunks watched as a small group of men walked over to one truck to discuss a plan.

Just as they went up to the truck, it exploded into a huge fire ball. Half of the men in Jordan's group fell to the ground, getting hit by pieces of hot flying metal. The remaining men instantly raised their guns, looking all around, not knowing what was happening.

The second truck then exploded, flying several feet into the air, taking out several more men. Sarah and the chipmunks looked around, also trying to find the source of the explotions. Suddenly, Tyler jumped out from behind a small shed and began to start shoting with his hand gun.

He took out two men before everyone spotted him. "Take him out" yelled Jordan to the final turret gunner. The gunner on the last truck instantly trained his gun at Tyler and open fired. Tyler instantly ran as a hail storm of bullets buzzed past him.

He then dived foreward, taking cover behind a wooden shed. Tyler took several deep breaths as he quickly reloaded his gun. He then heard foot steps slowly approach from the otherside of the shed. Tyler quietly moved to the corner and pulled out a small knife.

He watched the ground, and saw a foot step into his view. Tyler instantly stood up threw his fist around the corner. He heard a quick gasp as the blade penatrated the mans chest. The man remained still for a moment, then fell to the ground dead as Tyler quickly grabed the mans rifle.

As he checked the rifle, he looked up and saw on the otherside of the shed a man aiming a bazooka right at the shed. Tyler eyes widened as he instantly stood up and ran as fast as he could away from the shed. Just as he reached 10 feet distance, he heard the weapon fire, followed by the shed exploding.

The explotion caused Tyler to dive forward as wood splinted flew past him. The next thing Tyler knew, he was looking up at the sky as debris continued to rain down. His ears rang as the world seemed to spin. He remained still. trying to regain his senses as the world slowly return to normal.

He could hear foot steps approaching as he slowly pulled his gun out of his holster. He could see the man walking up to him out of the corner of his eye. Tyler then sat up and fired one shot, striking the man in his chest.

The man took a steep back as he fell to the ground. Tyler was about to get up when he felt a sharp pain in his left side just above his hip. He slowly sat up as he looked down, going white at what he saw.

A splinter of wood about half a foot long was impaled through his side, just below the skin. Tyler knew he couldn't continue fighting with the shard in his side. He looked around and saw a tree stick about a inche thick sitting infront of him.

He slowly reached out and grabed it and placed it in his mouth. He clamped his teeth around the stick as he reached for the shard stuck in his side. He took a deep breath as he closed his eyes and pulled as hard as he could.

He screamed in agony as he pulled with all his might, the jaged edges of the shard grabbing his skin, tearing out bits of flesh with it. By the time he had pulled it out, he almost bit through the stick. He held his side in pain as reached for a dirty rag on the ground and wrapped it around his wound.

In the barn, everyone one heard the distant gun fire, all fearing what may happen to Tyler. "We have to get out of here" whispered Sarah. "Are you crazy?" replied Brittany, "we could get killed". "If we stay here, they may find us, we have to try and get to one of my neighbours and get help. If we sneek around the back of the barn, we should be fine. The longer we sit here, the more chance there is of Tyler getting killed".

Everyone remained silent as Sarah waited for a reply, when she didn't get it, she got up and slowly opened the hatch. She peered out, making sure no one was in the barn, and then jumped out. Sarah then looked back in and extended her hand.

All the chipmunks looked at each other and then climbed up her arm. Sarah then turned and went for the door, she slowly opened it and quickly looked around. As soon as she saw the coast was clear, she ran around the back of the barn.

Just as she reached the low one story section of the barn, she heard a deep voice yell out, "Stop right there". Sarah stopped in her tracks and slowly turned around and saw two men standing there, their guns trained right at her.

She slowly began to step backwards as the men slowly advanced towards her. She then felt something cold against her back and saw she was against the wall of the barn. Sarah could feel the chipmunks hug her tightly, as they all thought this was then end.

The men continued to come closer, just as they were about five feet away, something suddenly landed on them, causing them to drop their guns. Everyone looked and saw Tyler in the mix. He had jumped off the roof and landed right on top of them.

One of the men quickly got up and pulled out a knife and began to swing. Tyler managed to avoid the blade, but when the man swong at his stomach, Tyler wasn't able to pull far enough back, causing the tip of the blade to cut his stomach.

Tyler kept fighting, he quickly grabed the mans hand holding the knife and quickly twisted it, causing him to drop it.

Just as he did that, the second man came up from behind and punched Tyler' side, in the same spot where he was impaled. Tyler yelped in pain as the threw his free arm back, striking the man right in the face with his elbow.

He then turned back the other man he still held in his hand and then quickly jerked his arm. A loud crack echoed out as the man screamed in pain. Tyler then threw his fist into his face, knocking the man out cold. Tyler panted in pain as he looked back to the man he just elbowed, to make sure he was out.

Tyler slowly walked to everyone, their eyes wide from seeing all the injuries he was covered with. Then they gasped as they all saw the cloth wrapped around his side, drenched in blood. "My gosh Ty" said Sarah as he put her hands to her face, "Are you alright?".

"It's just a scratch" he said as he cheecked to make sure everyone was fine. "Listen" said Tyler, "We all need to run for the road. No matter what you might hear, you all keep running, is that clear?". Everyone nodded as Tyler gestured to the road.

"Then everyone run for the road". Sarah began to run, with the chipmunks hanging on. She ran as hard as she could with Tyler following close behind, his gun still clenched in his hand. The run seemed to take a eternity as the road seemed to get closer and closer.

After about five minutes of running, Sarah reached the road and took cover in a ditch as they quickly looked back to see Tyler coming up, running as fast as he could, stuggling with the wound in his side.

Several loud pops then filled the air. Time then seemed to slow as everyone screamed when several clouds of blood erupted from Tyler's chest. Before he even had a chance to fall, another shot rang out as a bullet went though Tyler's right leg.

He fell to the ground, tumbling several times before he came to a rest on his stomach. Everyone was still, their faces twisted with horror, thinking Tyler was dead, but then he began to move as he slowly tried and push himself off the ground.

Just as they were about to run over and help Tyler, and evil voice spoke out. "Well well well, what do we have here?". Everyone looked to the source and saw Jordan emerge from behind a tree, his gun still aiming at Tyler.

Sarah stood up, getting ready to charge at Jordan when he aimed his gun at her. "I wouldn't if I were you" he said coldly, "Magnesium tipped bullets. Burn at almost five thousand degrees. I can only imagine what the pain is like" he said as he looked back at Tyler, who was still struggling to get off the ground.

"This was something I didn't expect" he said as he slowly circled Tyler. "The three of us togeather again after so long, and it looks like we have a few more friends here as well" he said as he looked at the chipmunks.

A evil smile formed on Jordan's mouth as he looked at Sarah. "You know, I only came here to get you, so that I could take something precious away from Tyler, but now I am getting something better". He then looked down at Tyler, who was still struggling to get up. "Why, what happend to your powers Tyler?".

Tyler didn't say a thing, he was now on his hands and knees, slowly getting up. Jordan then threw his foot at Tyler, hitting him across the face, knocking him back to the ground.

"You always were fighter Tyler" he said as he aimed his gun back at Tyler. "You didn't fight back in public school, but you did with words. And you fought for Sarah and your friends". Tyler slowly raised his head, looking right at Sarah and the chipmunks, his face covered in blood.

"Your just a tried soul now" continued Jordan, "there is no more fight left in you. You might as well accept the facts and stay down". He then took a step back from Tyler, still aiming his gun at him. "Good bye Tyler, you did make this word a better place. We shall all sorely miss you. But don't worry about them" he said as he looked towards Sarah and the chipmunks, "you will soon be seeing them again".

Before anyone could do anything, Jordan suddenly pressed the trigger, sending five bullets out of his gun. The bullets hit Tyler as he fell limp to the ground, absolutely still. Everyones hearts drop, they could feel the emotions rise as they stared at Tyler's lifeless body, smoke rising out of his wounds. But they held it back, knowing now was not the time to grieve.

Jordan then turned to everyone else and slowly began to walk towards them wit a face twisted with evil. "Jordan please" pleaded Sarah as she tried to hold back the tears. "We were good friends, you don't have to do this". "I agree" he said as he slowly made his way towards them, "but I figure it will be fun to do it anyway".

As soon as he neared, he raised his gun towards them. "Jordan, I was your friend, Tyler was your friend. We were always there for each other". "Friends" growled Jordan, "Nothing but a primative emotion that holds back true potential".

"I don't know if you a look at yourself" said Simon as he held Jeanette's paw tightly, "but you are human now. You no longer have your powers". "I may not have powers anymore, but the spirit of what I was still lives on within me".

He then smiled as his eyes burned with evil, "Give my regards to Tyler when you see him" he said as he raised his gun. Everyone then shut their eyes, bracing for what was coming next. They then heard several loud gun shots ring out.

They all screamed, think that they were now dead. They slowly opened their eyes, expecting to see a dark tunnel or something like that, but instead, they saw Jordan standing there, his eyes wide in horror as blood began to emerge through his shirt. He looked at Sarah, with intense fear in his eyes. His eyes then rolled to the back of his head as he fell to the ground.

They all looked past Jordan to see Tyler proped up on one elbow, holding his gun up. The ground around him was covered in blood. Everyone remained still, in shock about what they just saw. There was then a sudden rush of air as Alvin flew in and landed near Sarah and his family.

"Are you all alright?" said Alvin with intense fear as he looked at everyone, but they all looked straight ahead. Alvin then turned and saw Tyler, his heart almost stopping at what he saw. Tyler slowly pushed himself off the ground, but as soon as his hands left the ground, his injured leg gave out as he rolled over onto his back.

Everyone instantly ran over to Tyler and saw how bad he had been shot. They counted almost seven shot to his chest and stomach area. Blood gushed from his face as he gave quick gasps of pain. "My gosh" said Alvin as he quickly looked over Tyler, "Come on Tyler, stay with us, don't fall to sleep" he said as he tried to control the massive bleeding.

Everyone gathered around Tyler, trying to help as Sarah kneeled down next to him and put her hands on his blood soaked cheeks. Tears ran from her eyes and she looked straight into Tyler's. "Please Tyler, don't die, please". Tyler just looked at Sarah, unable to speak from the pain.

"You know why you can't die" she said as she slowly stroked his hair, "because your going to be a father". Everyone instantly froze when they heard that, almost not sure if they heard what they heard. "Your going to be a daddy" she said as she began to wail.

Tears of joy formed in Tyler's eyes as he smiled at Sarah. He slowly brought his shaking hand up to Sarah's face, but before he could touch her, his eyes rolled to the back of his head as globs of blood erupted from his mouth. "Tyler" screamed Sarah.

They could then hear sirens in the distance approaching. Alvin looked down the road and saw several cop cars and ambulances approaching. Alvin quickly looked back and waved his hand, causing a quick flash of light, "Now we look human to them" said Alvin as he went back to Tyler's side.

The cop cruisers and ambulances screeched to a halt as they all jumped out and ran to where Tyler was. As soon as the cops saw who it was lying on the ground, they froze. "It's Tyler, get the paramedics here now" yelled one of the cops as the rest swarmed around Tyler to administer first aid.