Chapter 14
Jeanette and Simone swam about in this lovely little pool of water he had found; he suggested that they get up early to avoid any mad villagers. When Jeanette saw him staring at her she started to blush like crazy, it was so strange. When Simon stared at her it didn't bother her because she had special feelings for him but now that he has transformed it didn't feel the same.
She missed Simon, sure she liked Simone but he was too… Alvin-ish for her liking. Simone climbed out of the 'pool' and disappeared, Jeanette didn't mind too much since she knew he would be back. Suddenly Eleanor, Brittany and Theodore burst out of the trees, they were panting heavily.
"There you are! We thought you were lost!" Eleanor shrieked, Jeanette giggled nervously.
"Sorry, guys! It's just me and Simone didn't want to face the villagers after what happened, who knows what they would do?" she said apologetically.
"It's all Alvin's fault! If he would have just sung the stupid song none of this would have happened! I can't believe he chose the villagers that he hardly knows over his own family!" Brittany huffed, everyone just rolled their eyes.
Brittany decided to walk off to the other side of the pool where the sun rays were shining down, everyone else sighed again. They really did hope that they too got together but after what happened last night they weren't so sure if they would. That thought quickly shot out of their minds when they heard a big rumbling sound, they looked about but there was nothing. Little did they know that just over the trees there was a volcano ready to erupt and Alvin was dangling just above it.
The guards had tied Alvin to the wooden bridge that went over the top of the volcano, some of the wooden planks had fallen off and the rope was very thin and could snap at any moment! Alvin gulped as he felt the heat soaring up from the lava below him, it wasn't too close but soon enough it would cover him in lava and he would burn to death. Since he was tied to the bridge he couldn't move, not that he would want to anyway; the rope would probably snap if he made the slightest movement.
He sighed once again; he knew this was the end. He began to think of all the times he did bad or disappointed someone. He knew his parents were extremely disappointed in him, so was Dave. The others were somewhere out there escaping, he hoped. He wanted them to escape at least, he didn't want to see them dying because of him!
A loud scream rumbled through the jungle, it was a very familiar scream. Alvin's eyes widened "Oh no!"
Meanwhile with the others, Simone had leaped into the water at a very high height, everyone except Brittany held up leafs that had numbers on them. Theodore held his upside down but Eleanor quickly fixed that, Theodore kissed her cheek.
Extreme guilt washed over Brittany, she began to think maybe she shouldn't have exploded at Alvin. Maybe if she hadn't he would still be here, according to his brothers he didn't come back last night. No one has seen him since and Brittany began to get bad feelings, she looked across the pool and saw her siblings splashing about in the water with their boyfriends.
She wished Alvin was here to share the moment with them. Suddenly someone grabbed her from behind and pulled her into the trees, she managed to scream but whoever was dragging her away covered her mouth with a paw.
Back with the others they heard Brittany scream; they looked out across the pool and noticed she was gone. Simone looked under the water but couldn't find her, where was she? They all looked around frantically before being grabbed and dragged out of the water, Simone managed to escape and Jeanette thought he would come back to rescue them.
He looked back at her with sad eyes before saying "I'm sorry, my love! I cannot stay and be captured, I can't save you! I'm sorry but please remember… I love you!" he said before running away into the jungle. Jeanette had tears streaming down her face; he wouldn't even try to save her! This hurt her deeply to know that Simone didn't love her enough to come and save her and her family!
Simone sprinted through the jungle; he came to a clearing and rubbed the back of his neck. He didn't like what he did but there was nothing he could do, well at least that's what he thought! He heard some shouts coming from behind him so he took off running again, he looked behind himself to check if anyone was coming but as he did so he crashed right into a tree and was knocked out cold.
(the little page break thing didn't really work in other chapters as I've noticed but I want to check if this one's going to work, if it is there then please ignore this and continue!)
Brittany didn't know where this stranger was taking her but she didn't like it, she was basically being dragged across the muddy ground. She heard the gate of the kingdom open up so she now knew where she was, the stranger dragged her up to the royal hut where a dark figure was.
Once she was in the room the stranger who had brought her here disappeared out the door, the dark figure at the other side of the room began to walk towards her. She backed up against the wall but she was now cornered, the tiny bit of light coming from the door lit up the mysterious figures face. Brittany's eyes widened when she realised who it was, it was her ex-boyfriend Dale.
"Well, well, well! Look who it is" Dale snickered evilly "Just the girl I've been waiting to get my hands on!"
Brittany began to tremble; she still remembered humiliating him on live TV but this time Alvin wasn't there to help her. Dale just smiled creepily at her, this made her feel uncomfortable. Her ribcage felt like it was crushing her lungs because she was finding it difficult to breath.
As Dale got closer and closer she ran for the door, she didn't get very far before Dale grabbed her tail and yanked her back towards him. This made her yelp in pain; Dale grabbed her shoulders and shook her.
"You ain't going anywhere! We have some… unfinished business to take care of" he smiled evilly, Brittany was trying so hard to stay strong but in the inside she was screaming like a little girl who was watching a horror film.
The others were tied up and tooken to the top of the volcano, instead of being tied to the bridge they were tied together at the edge of the volcano. They had tears in their eyes because they knew they were going to die, they haven't even seen Dave in like a week!
"Look, guys. This is all my fault, if it wasn't for me we wouldn't even be on this island, if it wasn't for me we wouldn't have met those guards who had a death threat for me and if it wasn't for me you guys would have been saved by Dave already!" Alvin sighed.
Everyone gasped and stared at him in shock, it wasn't his entire fault! It was all of their faults! They all had a part in this and they weren't about to blame it all on Alvin.
"That's so not true, Alvin! It was all of our faults, not just yours! We had the choice not to go to the casino but we did it anyway, we had a choice not to run away from Dave but we still did it and we had a choice to run away from that village but… we didn't do it, if it wasn't for you none of us would be worldwide rock stars!" Theodore said looking at his brother tied to the flimsy bridge.
Alvin sighed "thanks, Theo! You really do know how to cheer me up even if I am dangling above lava!" Alvin said. Just as Alvin finished his sentence a huge flaming rock launched right out of the lava, it merely missed him. Suddenly something stuck to Alvin's mind, he looked over at his family and noticed there were only three of them!
"Um… guys?" They all looked over at him. "Where is, Brittany and Simon?" they all shrugged and Alvin suddenly got a horrible feeling in his gut, they heard a loud scream that again echoed through the jungle. Alvin's ears pricked up in alarm as he realised who it was.
"BRITTANY!" he yelled and then with all his might he tried cutting the rope with his claws as best he could, lucky for him it worked. He slowly sat up making sure not to make any sudden movements.
As he tiptoed towards the end of the bridge the wood would creak under him, this made his ears go flat on his head as he thought that the next step could be his last! As he crossed the rather dangerous bridge loads of flaming rocks flew out from the lava, lucky for Alvin they all dodged the bridge.
Alvin let out a huge sigh of relief as he felt the stone under his feet; he scurried over to the others and cut the ropes that tied them together.
"Ok, guys! I want you all to run to the beach, on your way try and collect as many things that you will all need to make a raft! I'll go save Brittany but if we're not back by the time the volcano is about to erupt I want you all to leave! I know it's hard but I can't let you all die!" Alvin said as they climbed down the giant volcano, they could already feel the rocks getting hotter.
Everyone had tears in their eyes as Alvin said this, how could they just leave them here to die! Something inside of them told them that Alvin would save Brittany and they would make it back in time but another part of them told them to prepare for the worst. With a small group hug Alvin sprinted out of sight, they all sighed before running in the direction of the beach.
As Jeanette ran alongside Eleanor and Theodore she noticed something blue through the trees, she told the youngest chipmunks to just keep running and she would catch up, they obeyed her and scurried off. Jeanette ran through the trees, she just prayed it was who she thought it was.
As she got closer she realised it was who she thought it was, it was Simone. All the anger and hate towards him slowly disappeared as she saw him lying limp on the floor. She didn't know if he was alive or dead but either way she knelt down and hugged his limp body. She softly cried to herself and prayed that he was still alive.
Jeanette felt movement and quickly wiped her eyes, as she looked down she saw Simon's big beautiful blue eyes staring at her. She knew it wasn't Simone anymore, he had a slight gleam in his eye that only the true Simon had. She hugged him close and kissed him passionately, Simon's eyes widened as he realised what she was doing. Without hesitation he returned the kiss, the two geeky but sweet chipmunks were finally together and that's all anyone could ever ask for!
Alvin rushed through the trees and the vines; he was so determined to get there in time. If anyone got in his way he wasn't scared to throw a couple of punches at them, he just wanted Brittany to be safe.
He saw the gate to the kingdom and noticed it was open, there were no guards. He just assumed that they had run away because of the volcano, he rushed in and looked around the deserted village. Alvin heard some shouting and whimpering coming from the royal hut, he ran straight in there without any hesitation.
Alvin couldn't believe his eyes; he couldn't believe Dale could be so low! Dale had pressed Brittany up against a wall and had his hand on her neck so she could hardly breathe; he was shouting things about how she was useless and a waste of space. Alvin's blood boiled as Dale said these things, how dare he! Alvin ran at Dale and shoved him to the ground; Brittany looked a little surprised to see him.
Alvin kicked Dale in the stomach to keep him down for a while before picking Brittany up bridal style and running out of thee hut, they didn't talk they just focused on the thing at hand. As they got further away from the village they could hear Dale's grunting and panting coming through the trees, Alvin hoisted Brittany up onto a branch and motioned her to climb up. She did what he had said and climbed up to a higher position.
Just as she did so Dale burst through the trees, he was growling and panting like a dog.
"Ok, let's get one thing straight here!" Alvin said "You may be bigger and stronger than me but I have speed and the element of surprise on my side! You're so slow I can see you're hits coming from a mile away!" Alvin mocked. This made Dale angry so he charged at Alvin; Alvin dodged him and tripped him up.
"Thanks for making my point for me!" Alvin chuckled. As Dale tried to get up Alvin motioned Brittany to run away towards the beach, she nodded at him before hopping away on the branches.
As Alvin watched her go Dale stood up and grabbed him from behind, he flipped him over and Alvin landed on his back. As Alvin squirmed about in pain Dale put a foot down on his chest so that Alvin couldn't get up.
"You love her, don't you!" Dale said "You've always wanted her but since she had me you wanted me out of the picture!" Alvin tried to say something but Dale pressed harder on his chest and bellowed "WHO TOLD YOU TO TALK!" this shut Alvin right up.
Dale picked Alvin up like he was some kind of rag doll and then threw him at a tree. Alvin let out a yelp of pain before Dale came up and pressed him against the tree, sort of like what he was doing to Brittany.
"Well maybe I want YOU out of the picture now!" Dale screamed in Alvin's face "If I have to I'll drag you right up to that volcano and throw you in myself!" before he could say anymore they both heard a voice coming from behind them.
"You won't be doing ANYTHING with my son!" Dale turned round and was shocked to see Jack. "Jack!" Dale said surprised "I thought you would be long gone!"
Jack smirked "what kind of father would I be if I just left my boys and the villagers on this island that is about to explode?" Dale grunted "Well maybe I'll give you the pleasure of only having two sons!" with that Dale began to press on Alvin's throat even harder. Alvin's face was now a dark red colour, it would soon be purple if he didn't stop!
Jack punched Dale right across the face before saying "You leave my boy alone!" he watched as Dale tried to recover from the hit "he may be a troublemaker, a rule breaker, annoying, not the brightest-" he was cut off by Alvin who said "Yeah, Dad. I think he gets the point!"
Jack smiled at Alvin "he may be all those things but I still love him like any father would" Jack was now talking to Alvin "Look, I know I'm rough on you but that's only because you were the strongest and the only one out of your brothers who could stand up for yourself! I knew that you would be able to take care of them but you never seemed to take it seriously!" Alvin shakily stood up; he coughed before talking in a choked voice. "Why did you hate my singing so much?" Alvin asked, Jack sighed "When I was younger I was left to take care of my two little brothers, they were only just born! I had heard a car go past while I was bringing some nuts home, it was playing a tune so I began to sing it. I sung it I our house and then the neighbouring owl heard me and woke up! He was so made that he stuck his head into my house and stole my baby brothers, I tried my best to get them back but the owl clawed me with one of his razor sharp talons!" Jack said before showing the deep scar on his back to his son.
"I ran away that day, I was too ashamed to face my parents! That's when I met your mother, she brought me to her home and her and her family took care of me. When her mum and dad left like they normally do, me and Vinny decided to start a life together! That's why I didn't want you singing because I was scared that another owl would come and eat you, Simon and Theodore!"
Once Jack had finished the story Dale launched himself at him, Alvin unleashed all of his anger and jumped onto Dale's back and threw him down, he punched Dale right in the face which knocked him out.
Alvin looked up at Jack and hugged him "I love you too, Dad!" Jack returned the hug and they both ran to the beach, dragging Dale behind them. When they got there they noticed two humans helping build the raft, Alvin got a lump in his throat when he realised who the man was, it was Dave.
Dave turned round and noticed him, Alvin looked at Jack and Jack smiled as his son "go on, I don't mind, I know he's your father too!" With that Alvin slowly made his way over to Dave, Jack hurried over to the other villagers who were making other rafts for themselves.
Alvin stood in front of Dave and shuffled his feet, he really didn't know what to say or do! Dave knelled down in front of him and Alvin looked away, Alvin sighed.
"What's wrong, Alvin?" Dave asked.
Alvin looked up at him with tear filled eyes "I thought you weren't looking for us!"
"Why wouldn't I be looking for you?"
"Cause I drive you crazy and I'm always causing trouble and making it hard on you!"
Dave smirked "You may do all those things but no matter what I'll always come looking you and the others, I wouldn't leave you!"
Alvin smiled up at Dave, Dave held out his hand and Alvin climbed onto it. Dave stood up and let Alvin climb onto his jacket; Alvin gripped onto Dave's jacket in a sort of hugging way. Dave placed his hand on Alvin's back and held him close; he was so relieved that Alvin didn't push him away.
Once they had their little hug Alvin joined the others and helped build the raft, Jack approached Dave.
"Hello, I'm Jack! I'm the boy's father!" he smiled warmly at Dave and Dave smiled back.
"Wow, it's such a pleasure to meet you!" Dave replied "I'm Dave, the boy's manager and adoptive father!"
Jack smiled "Look, here's the thing…" A part of Dave sunk with sadness; Jack probably wanted to take the boys away from him.
"I want you to keep the boys; they seem to be enjoying their rock star lives! What kind of father would I be if I took that away from them?" Jack said with a smile, Dave smiled too. Dave stuck out his finger and Jack shook it.
"Me and the others are probably going to move to another forest! Hopefully it will be close to your home!" Jack said as he walked away to help the others again.
Dave smiled and returned to the raft he was making with The Chipmunks and The Chipettes, Alvin seemed to be running around rather wildly like he was worried. Dave walked up to him and picked him up in his hand.
"What's wrong, Alvin?" Dave asked, Alvin looked at him with worried eyes.
"Where's Brittany?" Once he had said that they heard a loud high pitched scream, Dave and Alvin looked at each other with wide eyes.
"BRITTANY!" they both shouted.
Oh no! This isn't gonna be good!
Sorry I didn't update when I said I would, I had a very busy weekend! Anyway please read and review and look out for the next chapter!