Chapter 14

Hey, I'm sorry for not updating in ages! My laptop broke so my mum sent it away to get fixed :/ but I've got it back now :D so it's all good!

I don't own any of the characters the Bagdasarians made; I only own the characters I make! :D

Brittany quietly made her way into the room behind her. She slowly pushed the door open waiting on something to jump out at her, nothing did. She poked her head around the door to see a small bedroom, it wasn't as messy as downstairs but there was still clothes lying around. There was a small bed in the middle of the room and there was a small bedside table next to it, on the bedside table there was a book.

Brittany was too curious so she decided to check the book; she avoided some of the clothes and climbed onto the bed. The book was labelled 'Diary'; Brittany looked at it for a while before picking it up and sitting down on the bed.

On the inside it just said:

Well this is my Journal… I guess (I hate when they call it diaries!) Blake got me it; I have to write in it every day until I get the Chipmunks. I've been working out on the treadmill that Blake got me; he's also training me how to fight. I'm really excited to get Alvin back; all the possibilities of crushing him are flooding my mind… I am tracking their location so I'm sure my plan will work when I locate them!

Brittany's eyes widened and she flipped a few pages; there were pictures of chipmunks and them getting killed… Brittany was in shock 'why would someone do this? They held a grudge for so long and then got a chipmunk to do their dirty work' Brittany shook her head and started rummaging around again.

She opened the cupboard and a photo album fell out of it and landed at her feet, she kneeled down next to it and flipped it open. There were pictures of them dancing and singing on stage, there were even ones of them going to school and into the house. Brittany dragged the photo album and the 'Diary' out of the room; she had to show her family this.

She dragged them into the hall and ran into the room Theodore and Eleanor went in, she saw them sitting on the desk in front of the laptop. She walked up slowly towards them and looked at the screen, she was shocked.

On the screen there was a picture of The Chipmunks and The Chipettes, there was a red 'X' across Alvin's face and it said under it 'one down, 5 more to go!' Brittany was speechless, this was going too far.

Just then Simon and Jeanette came into the room "guys would one of you like to explain the diary and the photo album outside?" Simon asked, Brittany looked over at them and pointed to the screen. Simon and Jeanette climbed onto the desk and looked at the screen, both of their eyes widened. Brittany had tears in her eyes "I think Alvin's…dead" She whispered.

She fell to her knees and buried her face into her hands as she cried, Theodore did the same. Simon had tears running down his cheek as he tried to comfort Theodore, Jeanette and Eleanor hugged Brittany to try to calm her down.

After about a minute of crying and hugging they all heard the door from downstairs open and close, all of their eyes widened. Brittany wiped her eyes and looked at the others; they were trying to calm themselves down so that they wouldn't be heard.

The thumping of footsteps was heard as they came up the stairs, no one knew what to do but they needed to think fast! Brittany jumped off the desk and motioned everyone to follow her; they all followed her out of the room and into the hall.

She looked around and saw a shadow appearing up the stairs, she had to think fast. She pointed to the room she was in; she guessed it was Dale's. They all ran into the room just before the strange figure saw them, they looked around the room.

Theodore and Eleanor made a mad dash to the bed, they jumped into a box that was under the bed and put the lid on it. Simon grabbed Jeanette's hand and they ran towards the small wardrobe, they climbed up it and hid behind some books. Brittany frantically looked around the room; she could hear the floorboards creaking in the hall. She spotted the cupboard she opened earlier and ran towards it, she quickly jumped in and closed the door behind her.

Brittany quickly scrambled over everything before hiding in a box at the very back; she stayed very still when she heard the door swing open. She could hear someone grumble to themselves as they got closer to the cupboard, she held her breath. The cupboard door swung open and the Diary and the photo album were flung in, then it was slammed shut.

Whoever was in the house didn't seem too happy; Brittany opened the box and climbed out. She peered through the crack in the door to see a large bulky man; he was stomping round the room trying to find something. The man had thick, greasy hair; he was wearing a sleeveless top that had sweat stains everywhere. He had large muscles that were shimmering with sweat, his face was bright red.

Brittany made a disgusted face at him as he prowled round the room; she was determined to find out what was wrong with him. He walked over to the window and swung it open, he looked outside and grunted "where is that chipmunk? He should be back by now" he said in a rough voice. He grunted again before storming out of the room, Brittany let a sigh of relief escape her mouth as she pushed open the door. She jumped out and landed perfectly on her feet, she ran under the bed and opened the box that Theodore and Eleanor were in. They quickly climbed out of the box and crawled out from under the bed, Simon and Jeanette were already waiting for them.

"Well he wasn't happy!" Simon said keeping his eye on the door; the others nodded "he must be waiting for Dale to come home, probably to give him his next target…" Brittany said quietly. Everyone exchanged fearful glances; they all knew that one of them will be next. Brittany looked up at the cupboard "well, I'm not going to let my family die! Let's grab the photos and the diary, we could take it to the police and them get them locked up! No one messes with The Chipmunks and The Chipettes and gets away with it! Who's with me?" she stuck her arm out, the others nodded and put their hands on top of hers, they then threw their arms in the air and smiled at each other.

Jeanette and Simon picked up the photo album, Theodore and Eleanor picked up the Diary while Brittany led the way. She jumped onto the window ledge and helped everyone up, she looked out the window and sighed "it's going to be a long walk home but let's do it for our family!" she said, she was trying to keep everyone's spirits up. They pushed the window open a little more so they could get out; they looked down at the garden below them.

They could see a trampoline in the middle of the garden, there was also a wire connected to the house that went right over the trampoline. Brittany smiled to herself "I have an idea!" Brittany said cheerfully, Simon groaned "how come you always sound like Alvin when you say stuff like that!" Brittany giggled at him and shrugged her shoulders; she took a deep breath and began to climb out the window. Jeanette and Eleanor grabbed her arms "Britt, what are you doing?" Jeanette asked, Brittany turned to look at her "we need to get out of here, guys! This is the only way, unless you want to get caught!" She started to climb out again but was pulled back.

She groaned and looked back at her sisters "be careful, Britt! We already lost Alvin; we don't want to lose you!" Eleanor said in a sad tone, Brittany smiled at them and brought them into a hug "I'll be alright, girls, I promise!" With that she started to climb out the window, she pressed her body against the stone wall and sidestepped along the window sill. When the wire was directly above her she jumped up and grabbed hold of it, she then started to slide down it. She was approaching the trampoline fast so she held her breath and let go, she began to fall but then landed on the scratchy material of the trampoline. She bounced up onto her feet and looked up at the window, she saw the others smiling at her. She stuck up her thumbs signalling them to come down to her and it was safe, the others got the message and slowly climbed out the window.

They pushed the Diary and The Photo album out of the window and it landed at the back door, Brittany looked around before climbing off the trampoline and running to collect them. She grabbed the dairy and was about to return it to the trampoline where her family was but she ran into something, she looked up and saw Dale's dark purple eyes glaring at her.

She tried to run away but he grabbed her arm and pulled her close to him "where do you think you're going?" he hissed, Brittany hit his arm "let me go, Dale! Leave me and my family alone, you already got rid of…" Brittany bit her tongue, she didn't want to finish that sentence. Dale smiled evilly "Alvin, oh yes, I got rid of him!" Brittany fought back the tears that were threatening to fall from her eyes, how dare he do that to her boyfriend. She turned around and punched him in the gut, this caused him to let her go. She started to run back to the others but Dale grabbed her again, this time he started to drag her towards the house "you're going to pay for that!" he shouted.

Brittany started hitting his arm "let me go, Dale!" He didn't even look at her, he just kept dragging her. She looked back at her family who were climbing out of the trampoline, there was no way they would get to her in time. Just then Brittany began to scream, not that it would do anything but maybe it would make Dale stop dragging her. A couple seconds later a red flash rushed past Brittany and collided with Dale, this caused Dale to fall down with a thud, luckily he had let go of Brittany.

Brittany was in shock, she looked at the red thing and Dale rolling around on the ground fighting. 'It can't be!' she thought to herself 'Alvin?'.

Oh no, it's another cliff hanger :O Is it really Alvin or is it someone else… please read and review to find out ;D