Chapter 12 A Knight in Shining Armour
Alvin was running to the Brittany's room as fast as he could, as fast as his feet would allow him. Just a while ago, the hospital phoned saying Brittany was beginning to wake up.
He ran through the maze of feet belonging to hospital staff as he neared Brittany's room.
His heart was racing. Finally he could hold Brittany in his arms again and never let he go. Hear her voice again, look into her eyes, and kiss her. Not to mention, finally pop the question to her after so long a wait.
Two weeks had passed since the accident, and now the ordeal was over. He could finally be with her.
Alvin burst into the room and saw a man standing next to Brittany's bed with a white lab coat.
"How is she doctor?" said Alvin as he approached the doctor, his breathing heavy.
The doctor slowly turned, and to Alvin's horror, saw Ryan standing there holding a empty syringe.
Alvin's heart almost stopped when he heard Brittany's heart monitor beeping like crazy.
"BRITTANY!" screamed Alvin as he jumped towards Brittany's bed. But before he even landed on the sheets, Ryan's hand swung out hitting Alvin with almost super human speed and strength.
Alvin went flying across the room, crashing though a wall. The debris landed on top on him. In one hard push, he quickly shoved himself up, getting out of the pile.
As the dust slowly settled around him, he went flying back into the room. His heart sank when he heard Brittany's heart monitor go dead. He didn't have time to grieve, not with her killer in his reach.
Alvin stared at Ryan with murder in his eyes, as Ryan looked back with a evil smile. "YOUR DEAD" yelled Alvin with venom in his voice. He then flew straight at Ryan, but Ryan suddenly jumped into the air and kicked Alvin out the window.
He tumbled through the air several times before he finally was able to regain control.
He looked down at the streets down below and back at the hospital in time to see Ryan jump out the window with his hands extended out words to his sides.
"What are you Ryan?" Alvin growled, unable to believe what he was seeing.
Ryan's eyes suddenly went blood red as his size increased and bright light enveloped his body. Within five second, Alvin saw in horror at the figure of Jordan before him.
"You would've made a fine addition to my army if you weren't sicken with these primitive emotions. How human of you. But you are nothing but a disgusting and weak insect. I am all power" Jordan said, his voice dripping with evil.
Jordan then swung around, his giant, treaded foot, heading straight for Alvin.
He screamed in terror as the huge foot came closer, then everything went black.
Alvin suddenly opened his eyes again and found himself lying in his bed, his body dripping in cold sweat. Realizing that it was just a dream, he looked to his clock and saw that it was 5:39 in the morning. He rubbed his paws over his face, his heart still racing.
Knowing he wasn't going to get back to sleep, he hopped out of bed and went for the kitchen to get something to drink.
Alvin rubbed his eyes slowly, digging out the bits of crud that formed as he entered the kitchen, and to his surprise, saw Tyler sitting at the counter, looking down at a something on the counter.
He looked up at Alvin, and gave a small smile.
"Nightmares?" Alvin nodded as he hopped up onto the counter and saw Tyler looking down at a photograph.
"Who's that?" said Alvin moving next to him.
"My family" Tyler said quietly, as he stared at the photo.
Alvin looked at the photo and saw 3 people in a group photo with Tyler.
Tyler then pointed to each person, identifying who they were, with a hint of pain in his voice.
"My dad, my mom, and my brother" he said as he took a drink of water.
Alvin looked up at Tyler with a sympathetic look. "The parent who caused you great pain in your life."
Tyler just remained silent, still staring at the photo.
Alvin went up to Tyler and put his paw on his arm. "You don't deserve any of this. You are the kindest and most considerate man I have ever met. You are always there for me, Brittany and our family. If your parent can't see the person that you are, then forget them."
Tyler slowly looked up from his photo and looked down at Alvin.
He looked into Tyler's eyes and could see he was holding back all his emotions, it was just below the surface, he could see it in his eyes. Alvin knew Tyler was not one for showing emotions, but he never knew that he held them back this much.
"Your right, what they think is irrelevant, but they are still my family. I still care about them, no matter what they did to me."
Tyler fell silent, his mind going over his family, which made his stomach twist. "How are you dealing with everything so far?" he asked, wanting to change the subject.
Alvin rubbed the back at his neck as he slowly sat down.
"The nightmares are a pain, and the emotions are tough, but I'm hanging in."
Tyler brought his hand behind Alvin and gently pat his back. "Thing will get better Alvin. I'm doing everything in my power to locate Ryan and bring him to justice. I have eyes all over the city, if he appears, I will arrest him."
Alvin gave a small sigh as he ran his paws through his hair. "I know Tyler. I grateful for everything your doing for me. Especially after how I have been acting the last while, and the tough decisions I almost put you through."
Tyler stood up and went over to the fridge, grabbing himself some milk, pouring a glass. "Well, maybe we should move into the living room and just watch TV until everyone is awake. I'm getting tried of this mushy talk" he said with a chuckle.
Alvin nodded as he jumped off the counter and walked with Tyler into the living room.
Tyler turned on the TV and sat there watching for a few hours before everyone started to get up. The morning was like any other.
Before lunch, everyone was in the living room either reading or watching Tv.
Tyler had his face in another history book, he face completely fixed on what he was reading, when a small country song began to play somewhere in the room.
"What's that?" said Theodore as everyone looked around the room, trying to find the source.
Tyler then placed his book and the table and stood up, reaching into his back pocket. "Sorry, it is my cellphone" he said as he pulled it out and looked at the the screen.
"LAPD" he said as he pressed talk.
"Hello" he said as he sat back down.
Everyone looked at Tyler as he listened to his phone. "Yes, this is Constable Pauwel."
Tyler listened for a moment when is eyes suddenly widen in horror.
"How long ago was this?"
Tyler then looked straight at Alvin, with a look that said something bad was happening.
"Thank You" Tyler said as he quickly stood up as the clothes he was wearing turned to his RCMP uniform.
"Ryan has been spotted" he said as he quickly checked his gun.
"Where?" said Alvin with intense fear in his voice.
Tyler looked at Alvin with a look that made Alvin's blood run cold with the realization where it was he was at.
"He's at the hospital. LAPD are on the way, but they will be to late. I think it is time do our duty again as guardians, and as a cop."
Alvin then looked towards his family, who were shaking with fear for Brittany.
"Get to the hospital as soon as you can" he said as he went up next to Tyler. "Me and Tyler have a date with Ryan."
Everyone nodded as Alvin and Tyler disappeared into a flash of light.
At the hospital, the door to Brittany's room slowly opened with a creak, as Ryan slowly walked in, wearing a white coat he stole. He closed the door behind him and locked it, slowly turning to look at Brittany, who was still lying there in her coma state.
Ryan slowly pulled out a syringe filled with clear liquid as he slowly walked up to Brittany's bed.
"You rat boyfriend cost me a lot in my life. Stole my light, made my life hell. Now I will make his life hell." He then began to slowly bring the needle down to Brittany, with the deadly poison inside dripping out.
Suddenly Ryan heard a crashing sound from the door, he quickly turned around and saw a cop standing there with his gun drawn right at him.
Before Ryan could react, to his surprise, he saw a blur of red, yellow, and brown jump up from behind the cop screaming.
It almost seemed to be flying towards him. The blur hit Ryan square on the chest, sending him tumbling over the bed and landing on his face. Before Ryan could get up, he felt his arms pulled to his back and the sound of handcuffs clicking.
Ryan was instantly pulled to his feet as a voice behind him spoke out. "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you."
The person then turned Ryan around and pushed him onto a arm chair that was in the room. Ryan gave a small yelp of pain as he landed on his hands, unable to pull them apart.
He looked up towards the cop standing before him, ready to yell when his face went white at the face he saw.
"You!" exclaimed Ryan with a hint of fear when he saw Tyler's face.
"That's right. Me" said Tyler as he put his gun back in his holster.
"Why do you treat me so rough?" said Ryan with a evil grin. "I thought cops were supposed to do no harm."
Tyler just crossed his arm, looking down at him with cold eyes. "I don't think you should be worry about me right now. I think you need to worry about him" he said, as he pointed to the chair's arm.
Ryan looked down and almost jumped out of his seat when he saw Alvin standing there, his eyes burning with anger and hate.
"Why did you do this Ryan?" Alvin growled, trying to restrain himself. "Why did you hurt Brittany? She never did anything to you."
"She was the perfect way to get back at you" said Ryan, his voice dripping with anger. "You ruined my life. You stole all my light. All the girls never wanted to talk to me again. I had lost my image."
Ryan then slumped his head foreword.
"Are you really that shallow?" Alvin snapped back. "If your issues were with me, than deal with me. This has nothing to do with Brittany, nothing to do with my family."
Ryan then looked back at Alvin with despise. "Oh it does though. If you rats never came to that school, then I would be a lot better off, and so would you."
"A lot better off" said Alvin in disbelief. "I may have thought that when I first got to that school. But now, it was the best thing in my life. If I hadn't attended, I probably never would have met Brittany. She is the most beautiful, smartest, kindest and gentlest girl I have ever met. I lover her with all my heart and I will do anything for her, no matter what. So for me, for that reason, school was worth it."
Ryan just huffed and looked down at his lap.
Alvin looked back at Tyler with a pleading look on his face.
Tyler then gave a small nodded as Alvin turned back to Ryan with a cold smile. "Hey Ryan, ever wonder how Tyler was able to take you and all your friends down that day in school?"
Ryan looked back up and almost screamed when he saw Alvin floating in front of him. "He and I have special gifts, ones that go beyond your wildest nightmares."
Alvin then looked straight into Ryan's eyes, making Ryan almost seem to freeze.
Then Ryan began to scream in terror as Alvin's eyes seemed to glow like fire.
Ryan's eyes almost seemed to do the same as his screams echoed out before his head finally slumped down, almost unconscious.
Alvin remained hovering there, feeling like he finally did his duty and protected Brittany.
A tear came out of his eye from the relief as Tyler came up behind. "Like I said, there are better ways than killing."
Alvin looked down at the barely conscious Ryan. "Your right, nobody deserves death. They only deserve to be punished appropriately for their actions."
There was silence between the two of them, s they stared down at a unconscious Ryan. Just before either Tyler of Alvin could do anything, a quiet voice suddenly spoke out, "Alvin?"
Alvin's eyes widened as he jerked his head up. Both he and Tyler turned to Brittany's bed and to their amazement, saw her sitting up with tears rolling down her checks.
Almost instantly, Alvin flew toward Brittany, tears starting to run down his face. Before he ran into her, he stopped and gently landed on his feet a few inches from her, his face in absolute shock at the face he was staring at.
Brittany slowly stood up, being careful not to pull any of the cords attached to her, her icy blue eyes staring straight into Alvin's.
A small smile formed at Brittany's mouth as they continued their stare.
"Brittany?" Alvin said quietly.
Brittany nodded as she took a step towards Alvin. Then they instantly ran into each other and held each other in a tight hug.
"I thought I lost you" Alvin said, his voice a mix of relief and joy.
"You can't get rid of me so easily" she said hugging him tightly as she buried her face into his neck. "I heard everything you said to Ryan" she said as she pulled away slightly and looked back into his eyes.
"I love you so much too" she said.
Alvin and Brittany's heads then slowly moved closer, resting their heads against each other as the moved their lips closer. Both of them were crying for joy as remained in their tight embrace.
But their moment together was interrupted by a voice scoffing on the other end of the room. "Please."
Brittany and Alvin looked back to see Ryan looking at them, looking drained and pale, staring at them at disgust. They both stared back in anger as Tyler reached down, and pulled Ryan up by his cuffed hands, causing him to yelp in pain.
"Alright asshole" said Tyler as he shoved Ryan towards the door. "It's time for you to face the end of your life" as he left the room pushing Ryan ahead of him.
Alvin knew what Tyler was doing, he was giving him his time with Brittany before his family arrived as well as the doctors.
He looked back at Brittany and hugged her again. "I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you at the concert" he said looking down in guilt.
Brittany put her paw under Alvin's chin and lifted his head so that he was looking back into her eyes.
"It's not your fault. Ryan is to blame and no one else. You may be a powerful guardian, but you are still Alvin Seville, the chipmunk I love and always will."
Alvin smiled at Brittany as he kissed her again.
"Besides" she added when their kiss was done, "the way you came quickly to save me here. You are like my knight coming to save me and ride into the sunset. I am now fine. With not a scratch on me."
"I wondered about that" said Alvin as he step back, looking at Brittany closely. "Two weeks ago, you were covered in cuts and bad fractures. You didn't even look like you. Now it looks like you weren't even in a accident."
Brittany checked herself over, noticing there were no cuts of signs of injury.
Before she could say another word, a gentle voice came from the door. "I'm glade to see your better Brittany."
Alvin and Brittany turned to the door and saw Tyler standing at the door, still wearing his RCMP uniform, with a large smile on his face
"Thanks Tyler" said Brittany as he entered the room.
"I hate to interrupt you guys now, but I thought I should talk to you before your family came through these doors. I believe I know why you recovered so quickly."
Alvin and Brittany looked at each other, knowing they each wanted answers.
"How did she recover so quickly?" asked Alvin as he held Brittany's paw.
Tyler kneeled down, so that he was face to face.
"It was you, Alvin."
Alvin and Brittany stared at Tyler confused. "It couldn't have been" said Alvin, "I never once used my powers on her."
Tyler's smile grew as he leaned in closer. "Like I said, loves the strongest power there is. You may not have realized it, but you were subconsciously giving Brittany some of you powers. Enough for her to heal."
Alvin's eyes widened in shock, realizing that he was able to save and protect Brittany.
"Now the ordeal is over" said Tyler as he stood up. "The LAPD came and took Ryan into custody. You won't have to worry about him again. I'll make sure of it."
"Thank you again for everything you did Tyler" said Alvin as he wrapped his arm around Brittany. "I don't know how I could ever repay you."
Tyler smiled as he sat down on the bed next to them. "You guys are my friends. You don't ever have to repay me for anything."
In that moment, everyone bust into the room. Jeanette and Eleanor ran to their sister as tears flowed between them as they all hugged each other at their reunion.
Once Brittany's sisters were done, Dave and Claire had their turn with Brittany, as did Simon and Theodore.
Once again, Tyler remained out of the way, letting them all have their moment. Soon, they all left the hospital with Brittany and went back home to their life.
Two days later, Dave and Claire threw a huge party for Brittany's recovery. All of their family was there, as well as close family friends in the backyard. Tyler stood on a small stage playing dancing music with his "band" for the crowd.
Every so often, Tyler would play a few songs, then stop to join the party that was happening.
Brittany was being surrounded by so many people, Alvin had to leave her to get some space. He went to the snack table to get some food, letting out a sigh of relief as he hopped up onto the table.
Tyler soon joined up with Alvin as they each picked through the selection of food.
"Are you ready?" Tyler asked quietly to Alvin as he continued to casually pick food.
"As ready as I will ever be" said Alvin with a hint of nervousness in his voice.
"You'll be fine Alvin" he replied with a smile. "I'm sure that you will be able to find the right words. You always do."
Alvin looked up from his tray and looked at Tyler. "Thanks."
Tyler smiled and gave a nod as he turned to join the rest of the crowd. Alvin took a deep breath and double checked his pocket for the ring box.
Once he felt it, he turned towards Brittany and went walking towards her. In Alvin's eyes, she was breath taking. He was just wearing his simple black coat with red shirt underneath, but she was wearing a beautiful pink dress with glitter at the bottom of the skirt with thin straps.
Alvin walked right up behind her and waited until she was done talking. It took awhile, but when she was done, she turned around and jumped when she saw Alvin standing behind her.
"Gee Alvin, you startled me" she said with a smile.
"Is it alright if we talk alone?" he asked, grabbing her paw. Brittany, a bit confused, smiled and nodded. "Sure."
They then retreated into the house where Alvin took her to his room. With the wave of his hand, Alvin shut the bedroom door and then looked at Brittany with a big smile.
"Is this you way of trying to get me in bed with you?" Brittany said crossing her arms with a huge smile.
Alvin chuckled as he stepped closer to Brittany. "No, no, I wanted to ask something else."
He looked straight into Brittany's eyes and took a deep breath.
"Brittany, my life is quiet a wild one for a chipmunk. First I became a famous rock star, I went to school, met you, and received special powers" he said as he looked at his glowing left paw.
Alvin felt his paws start to shake as he reached into his pockets as she just stared at him, waiting for what he was trying to say.
"Brittany, I love you with all my heart. You are always there for me, you treat me like a normal person. I know my life is a wild one, but I can't think of anybody I would rather share it with."
He then pulled out the box, and got down on one knee, opening the box in front of her. Brittany instantly put her paws to her face in shock.
"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh" she repeated as Alvin held the box up.
"Brittany, will you marry me?" he said looking straight into her now teary eyes.
Brittany was speechless as she continued to stare at the pink and blue diamond ring in front of her. Finally, she moved her paws away from her face, tears of joy running down her face as she smiled at Alvin.
"I will Alvin" she said happily as she threw her arms around him and gave him a kiss.
Once she was done, Alvin pulled the ring out of the box and slipped it onto her finger.
"It's beautiful" she said as tears rolled down her face.
"One of the advantages to having these powers" said Alvin as he wrapped his arm around her waist. "You can make beautiful things with them".
Brittany gave Alvin a quick kiss on the check. "Lets go tell everyone else" she said.
Alvin nodded as he opened the door. They walked out of the hallway paw in paw as they went back out to the party.
As they went back into the yard, Dave spotted them and walked up to them.
"I've been looking for you two. Where did you go?" Alvin and Brittany looked at each other with a smile. Brittany then held up her paw revealing the ring to Dave.
"Nice ring" Dave said, the concept not yet grasping. "It almost looks like ahhhhhh" he suddenly yelled, grabbing everyone's attention.
Everyone soon gathered where Dave was, frozen, just looking down at Brittany's paw.
"What's wrong Dave?" said Claire as she came up with the rest of the chipmunks going over toward Brittany and Alvin.
Before Claire could get a response, Jeanette and Eleanor let out a loud scream. She turned to look and saw Jeanette and Eleanor hugging their sister while Theodore and Simon hugged Alvin.
"What's going on?" she said looking at the chipmunks confused.
Brittany held up her paw, where Claire's eyes widen in amazement. "Me and Alvin are getting married" she squealed.
Dave finally regained himself and looked straight at Alvin.
"Is it true son?" said Dave, his face turning to joy. Alvin smiled and nodded.
"It is Dave, I just proposed to her."
Dave's face lit up as he leaned down and gave Alvin and Brittany a hug. "I'm proud of you two" he said as he pulled away.
"Thanks Dave" said Alvin and Brittany in unison.
After a few minutes of everyone congratulating Alvin and Brittany.
The of the night was filled with fun and laughs as the party turned into a celebration about two things wonderful things.
That night, Alvin laid in his bed, his brothers were sound asleep, the only sound coming from them was their light breathing. He was finally happy he got to propose to Brittany. He just laid on his back staring at the ceiling.
His mind began wonder what a future with Brittany will be like. He smiled at the thoughts, just as he felt tugging on his sheets. He sat up and saw Brittany standing at the end of his bed, wearing her pink pyjama's with her ponytail undone, her hair resting at her shoulders.
Alvin was breath taken, he couldn't take his eyes off her as she slowly walked up to him.
Alvin opened his mouth to speak, but Brittany placed her finger on his lips to stop him from speaking. She then pulled her finger away and began to kiss Alvin, both of them falling back onto the bed.
Alvin then pulled away and looked into her eyes.
"Britt, are you sure we should be doing this here? My brothers are in here as well." Brittany looked towards Alvin's brothers and then back at him. She then grabbed his paw and helped him to his feet. She quickly lead Alvin outside into the back yard onto a soft patch of grass.
Brittany then slowly turned to face Alvin, her eyes sparkling under the moon light. Their heads then slowly moved together as they began to kiss again.
Later that night, Alvin and Brittany laid together on the grass. She rested her head on his chest listening to his breathing as Alvin had his arm wrapped around her stroking her hair. They wanted to lay there like that all night, but they both knew that if anyone woke up before they got back in, they would be in trouble, and their reaction wouldn't be pleasant, especially Dave if he found out.
Brittany sat up and gave Alvin a quick kiss on the lips.
"I'll see you tomorrow" she said as she began walk back into the house. "Because tomorrow, we have a wedding to plan."
Alvin smiled at Brittany as she went through the door and went back to her room. Alvin remained still for a moment as he looked up at the sky.
After a moment, he then ran back into the house and into his room before anyone noticed.
