AN: I am so sorry for the long wait. Once again I suffered from a slight writers block for this story, but I'm back, and with chapter 14. I hope you like it.
Sorry for any spelling and grammar mistakes.
Chapter 14:
Normal POV:
Alvin and Richard were currently flying back to the hospital to check up on Joe. "How do you think he's doing?" Alvin asked as he turned to look at Richard. "I think he'll be just fine. The medical techniques the medics use are far superior to my healing palm technique."
Alvin gave Richard a confused look. "Techniques?" he asked. Richard nodded. "Yeah, unlike in human hospitals the hospital here uses the powers of medic chipmunks and squirrels to heal people, instead of chemicals and medicines." Richard said. Alvin nodded showing he understood.
A few seconds later they arrived back at the hospital. After entering the tree they walked up to the desk. "Hi, we're here to pick up Joe Johnson." The chipmunk that was behind the desk looked up at Richard and Alvin. Not surprisingly it was Nurse Greta. She smiled. "Oh hi guys, back already?" She asked. Richard nodded. "Is Joe ready to leave?" he asked.
"I believe so, just let me check." Nurse Greta said as she walked over to the mini computer. She scrolled through the pages. After a few seconds she turned back to Richard and Alvin. "Good news he's ready to go." She said. Alvin let out a sigh of relief. "Thank god he survived. I don't know if I'd be able to live with myself if he died." he thought.
"He should be on his way out now." Nurse Greta said. Then, as if on cue Joe walked through the set of double doors. Alvin Immediately walked up to him. "Mr. Johnson I'm so sorry for attacking you like that! I didn't mean it, honest!" Joe seemed surprised by Alvin's apology. He smiled and patted Alvin on the head. He chuckled lightly. "No problem Alvin, I knew what I was getting myself into."
"B-but I hit you with an attack that I didn't mean to use, a-and because of that I almost killed you!" Alvin said sadly, his ears flat against his furry head. Joe chuckled once again. "But I didn't die, did I? And it's all because of you." Joe said. Alvin looked up at him. "W-what do you mean?" He asked. "Well, after they finished healing me they told me I was lucky I got here when I did. If I had arrived any later, I might not have survived."
Alvin looked at him confused. "What does that have to do with me?" He asked. Joe chuckled a third time. "It has everything to do with you." Joe said. "How?" Alvin asked. "Well, aren't you the one that brought me here?" Alvin nodded. "Yeah, I carried you here on my back." He said. Joe smiled. "That means you saved my life, Alvin!" When Joe said that Alvin felt like a weight had been lifted off of his shoulders. "Yeah...I guess you're right." he said.
"Alright you two, break it up." Richard said. Both Alvin and Joe turned to him with confused looks on their faces. "Break what up?" Joe asked. Richard shrugged. "I don't know I've just always wanted to say that." he said. Both Joe and Alvin laughed at that. After they finished laughing Alvin turned to Joe. "Well..." Alvin started. Joe looked at him. "Well...what?" Joe asked.
"Well...can I enter that tournament?" Alvin asked. Joe put a finger on his chin. "Hmm...Well I don't know." he said. When he did Alvin began to worry. "Wh-what do you mean you don't know?" He asked with a clear expression of worry on his furry face. When Joe noticed the look he began to laugh. Alvin's look of worry turned into one of confusion. "Wh-why are you laughing?" he asked.
"I'm laughing at the expression on your face!" Joe stated once his laughing died down. "O-oh, well..." Alvin said. Joe placed a paw on his shoulder. "Don't fret; of course you can enter the tournament! You're plenty strong enough!" He said. Alvin's eyes widened at that. "Really! I can!" he exclaimed.
Joe nodded. "Oh thank you, thank you so much! You won't regret this!" Alvin exclaimed. He turned around to look at his dad. "Hey dad, guess what! Joe gave me permission to enter the tournament, now I can officially show off my skills!" Richard chuckled "I heard." he said. "That also means you can fight Viper!"
Alvin's excitement died down when he heard that. "Oh yeah, I forgot I had to fight Viper." Alvin thought. A flashback of Viper's face began running through his head. "That face, its clear Viper doesn't want to fight, but his stupid father Jack is probably gonna make him. I don't think I want to fight him, not like this." Alvin sighed. "If I'm gonna fight him I want to fight him when he wants to fight me." He thought.
"Hey Alvin, snap out of it." Alvin heard his father's voice, which snapped him out of his daze. He looked at Richard. "Heh, s-sorry about that. What were you saying?" Alvin asked, rubbing the back of his neck. Richard sighed. "I was saying that since you have permission to enter the tournament, you can fight Viper." Richard said. Alvin's ears and face fell slightly at that. "O-oh yeah..." Alvin said.
Richard noticed the slightly sad face his son had. "Alvin...what's wrong?" He asked. Alvin looked at him but didn't say anything at first. Richard walked over to him and got down to eye level. "If there's something wrong, you know you can tell me." Richard said. Alvin looked away. "Well, t-to be honest I...um..." he trailed off.
Richard sighed. "Let me guess, you don't want to face Viper, do you?" Alvin shook his head. "And it's because of the look he had on his face before he left, isn't it."
Alvin's head whipped up when Richard said that. "Y-you saw it too?" He asked, surprised. Richard chuckled. "Of course I saw it, and you don't have to fight him if you don't want to." Richard said as he patted Alvin's head. "I-I don't?" Alvin asked in a slightly confused and relieved tone. Richard chuckled once again. "Of course you don't have to." He said.
Alvin breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good to know." Alvin stated causing Richard to let out yet another chuckle. "Don't sound so excited." He said earning a smile from Alvin.
After that little talk Richard stood back up and turned to Joe. "Hey man, you good to go, or do I need to carry ya back to your house." Richard joked. Joe laughed. "No, I'm good. I can make it home by myself." Joe said as he began to walk toward the hospital's exit.
"Well okay, whatever you say man!" Richard said. Joe gave him the thumbs up sign and turned to look at Alvin. "See ya later Alvin." He said. "Se ya Joe, and thanks again!" Alvin said as Joe left the hospital. After a couple of seconds Richard turned to Alvin and said "Alright, ready for the rest of the tour?"
Alvin nodded. They left the hospital and flew into the air. "Alright Alvin, follow me I have two more places place to show you before we head home to train for the tournament." Richard said. "Okay dad!" Alvin replied.
After flying for a couple of seconds they arrived at a theater of some sort. Richard began his decent towards the stage. Alvin followed. Once they landed Richard turned to Alvin and said "This is the stage where this community's musicians and singers perform."
Alvin's eyes widened slightly at that. "Wait, there are singing chipmunks and squirrels here?" Richard nodded. "Of course there are! Did you think this community didn't listen to music?" He said slightly disappointed. Alvin shook his head quickly. "N-no I didn't mean it like that!" He exclaimed. "I just..." he was cut off.
"Relax Alvin its fine." Richard said, chuckling. Alvin breathed a small sigh of relief. He looked around at the theater. It looked exactly like a human theater (and I mean exactly like one) but miniaturized. "Impressive, isn't it?" Richard said causing Alvin to turn to him. "It sure is!" he said. After a few seconds Richard began to hover once again.
"Alright, next stop." He said causing Alvin to look at him weirdly. "Next stop, but we just got here." Alvin said. Richard looked at him. "True, but there's one more place I want to show you before it closes." Richard said as he took off into the sky. Alvin followed.
"There are operating times at these places?" Alvin asked. Richard nodded. "Remember, this is just like a human community." He stated.
"Well what time does it close?" Alvin asked. "It closes at 9 on Sundays." Richard said. "Well how do you know it's almost closing time?" Alvin asked. "Because its already 8:30." He stated, showing Alvin his miniature watch.
"Wh-what? When did you...?"
"I've been wearing it the entire time." Richard said. Alvin gave him a confused look. "You have? How come I didn't notice?" Alvin asked. Richard looked at him and said "Probably because you were too occupied with other things."
Alvin nodded. "Good point." he stated as he turned his head back around. After flying for a couple of minutes they arrived at their destination. "Ah, here we are the fighter's hall of fame." Richard said. At that Alvin quickly turned to him with wide eyes. "The fighter's hall of fame?" He exclaimed.
"That's right! This is where all the previous tournament winners are embedded in fame. And it's not just the tournament winners, this community's heroes are also embedded here." Richard explained. Alvin's ears perked up at that last part. "Wait, this community has heroes to?" Alvin asked. "Of course, why wouldn't it? This community is made up of super powered chipmunks and squirrels after all." Richard stated.
"That's true." Alvin said as he turned back around. Once they landed they proceeded to enter the tree. The Inside was practically a mirror image of the baseball hall of fame. It was the most amazing place Alvin had ever been in. He couldn't believe this community could create such a place meant solely to honor its fighters.
Alvin stared in awe at the beautiful building (tree) he was standing in. "Hey, Alvin, come over here." Richard said, snapping Alvin out of his daze. Alvin turned to look at Richard. "W-what? Oh!" He said as he made his way over to Richard, who was standing in front of one of the pictures on the far wall. The wall was labeled "Tournament Champions."
Once Alvin was standing next to him, Richard pointed to the picture on the wall. Alvin looked at it and gasped at what he saw. There on the wall was a picture of his uncle. He knew it was a picture of his uncle because it was labeled "Charley Price." He read the caption that was below the name. It read "Tournament Champion 1984" After Alvin read that he turned to look at his dad with a surprised expression on his face.
"Y-you mean uncle Charley was the tournament champion once?" he asked his dad. Richard nodded. Alvin looked back at the picture. "Awesome!" was all he could say.
After admiring the picture for a few seconds Alvin turned to look at his dad. "Hey, dad?"
Richard looked at him. "Yeah, what's up?" he asked. Alvin directed his attention towards the picture of his uncle. "Do...do you think I could possibly get my picture on the wall?" He asked. Richard chuckled but didn't say anything as he made his way down the line of pictures. Confused, Alvin followed him. "H-hey, dad, aren't you going to answer me?" he asked.
Again Richard didn't say anything. He simply stopped in front of the last picture on the wall. Curious, Alvin looked at the picture. Once he did he gasped. It was a gold plated picture of his father. Under it was labeled "Richard Price: Tournament champion and colony hero 1998"
When Alvin read that he turned to look at his father. "You won the tournament, and you're the colony's hero? Why didn't you tell me? He asked as he pulled Richard into a surprise hug. Richard chuckled and hugged back. "Why didn't you ask? You did notice how big my tree was, didn't you?"
Alvin nodded. "Yeah I did, but I thought that was because you're so smart, and you were considered the top scientist of this colony." Alvin said after he pulled out of their hug. Richard chuckled again. "I'm not that smart Alvin, besides I'm more of a fighter than a scientist. I don't think I could ever sit in front of a computer for long periods of time."
"Well that's understandable. I don't think I could either." Alvin said as he looked back at the gold plated picture of his father. "What did you do to become the colony's hero?" Alvin asked.
"Well, to make a long story short, when I arrived here with your mother the colony was being attacked by a group of super powered chipmunks. They were wreaking havoc and destroying everything in sight. Eventually they took the leader hostage. So naturally I stepped in and took care of the problem, earning me the title of colony hero." Richard said.
"That's awesome dad!" Alvin said as he looked back at his father and smiled. Richard smiled back. "Well thanks Alvin! Maybe once you win this tournament you will have a picture of yourself on the wall next to mine." he said. Alvin turned back to look at the picture of his dad on the wall. "Maybe..." He said.
After a few more minutes of looking at the pictures on the wall a security guard came and told them that it was closing time. "Alright, we'll be right out!" Richard told the security guard. He turned to Alvin. "Well, it's time to go Alvin."
Alvin nodded. He took one last look at the picture of his dad that on the wall before he followed his dad outside. Once outside Richard turned to Alvin and said "Alright, that's all of the places I wanted to show you so it's time we headed home. Your mother is probably worried sick about you." He said earning a confused look from Alvin. "Why would she be worried sick about me? She doesn't even know I'm here." Alvin said.
"Oh yeah, heh... right!" Richard exclaimed somewhat embarrassed. "Well she'll learn soon enough." Richard said earning a slight chuckle from Alvin. Richard took off into the air followed by Alvin. They flew for a few minutes before Richard's tree came into view.
"Alright! We're almost there. I can already smell the wonderful dinner your mother has made." Richard said. Curious, Alvin sniffed at the air. Surprisingly he really could smell something. Almost immediately his mouth began to water. He couldn't wait until he got something into his stomach. Up until now he didn't realize how hungry he was.
They soon landed on the branch just outside Richard's front door. They then proceeded to walk through it and into the house. "I'm home Vinny!" Richard announced.
"It's about time you got back honey! Your food was getting cold." A feminine voice came from the room to the right. Alvin turned to his right. Standing in the doorway was a beautiful young female chipmunk dressed in a scarlet red shirt with a matching red dress that came down to her knees. Alvin's eyes widened when he noticed her. She looked exactly the same as he remembered.
Vinny looked at Richard and smiled. "How was your day honey?" she asked. Richard smiled. "It was great!" He exclaimed as he put his arm around Alvin's neck. Vinny eyes fell on the unknown young chipmunk. "And who might this handsome young chipmunk b..." she stopped mid sentence.
Her eyes widened once she realized who the chipmunk was. She gasped slightly. "A-Alvin...is th-that you?" she asked in a surprised tone. Alvin blushed slightly beneath his fur. "H-hi mom. How have you been?" he asked.
She didn't answer as she pulled Alvin into a huge hug. "Alvin, my baby I can't believe your here!" She exclaimed.
"Ugh...mom, you're crushing me! I c-can't breathe." Alvin gasped. Vinny broke the hug. "Oh...s-sorry Alvin." she said. "I'm just so happy to see your okay and well. Look how much you've grown."
Alvin blushed underneath his fur once again. "Th-thanks mom." he said as he hugged her...maybe a little too tight. "Gah, n-now your c-crushing me!" She gasped. Alvin immediately broke the hug. "S-sorry mom, heh." Alvin stated.
After catching her breath she chuckled slightly. "Well...I see you've gotten a lot stronger too." She said. Alvin blushed slightly a third time. "Y-yeah, I have." he said.
"He's not just stronger; amazingly he's actually around 2 times stronger than me." Richard spoke up. Vinny chuckled at that. "I'm sure he is." She said in a way that sounded like she was talking to a baby.
"Vinny, I'm dead serious. He's actually 2 times stronger than me." Richard exclaimed. Vinny turned to him. Her eyes widened once she noticed the truthful look in his eye. "Y-your serious...aren't you?" She asked, her voice full of surprise. Richard nodded.
Vinny turned her attention back to Alvin. "That's...that's incredible!" she exclaimed. Alvin blushed for a fourth time. Vinny turned her attention back to Richard. "H-how'd you find out?" she asked.
"Well when he arrived here he challenged me to a fight to show me what he learned this past year. When I powered up to my full power he did to. We didn't make it any farther than that because I actually called off the fight when I realized how strong he really was." Richard explained.
"You actually called off the fight? You've never done that before!" Vinny exclaimed.
"I've never needed to. All the opponents I've faced in the past were strong, but not nearly that strong. For one so young to have that much power is incredible." Richard stated. He turned to face Alvin. "We're so lucky to have a son like that." he said.
Alvin smirked slightly. "Yeah I am pretty incredible aren't I." he stated. Richard chuckled. "You sure are." he said. He turned back to Vinny who was still in awe at what he said.
"Vinny..." Richard started, breaking Vinny from her trance. "...Are you alright?" he asked. Vinny looked at him "Yeah...I'm fine. I'm just surprised that my three year old son is stronger than his father." she said. AN: Remember the ages are in human years. In chipmunk years Alvin is six.
"It is amazing, isn't it!" Richard said. "At this rate he may even become stronger than...my father."
Vinny's eyes widened once again. "A-are you serious? Do...do you really think that he could surpass the Sention king, the strongest being in the galaxy?" she asked.
Richard nodded. "Yes, I do. At the rate he's going, I believe it's only a matter of time before he does." he said.
To be Continued
Well there's chapter 14. Once again I'm sorry for the long wait, but I hope it was worth it.
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