(Brittany's POV)

There was a loud crash in the other room and we heard men shouting. "What's going on?", I asked no one in particular. Chelsea was standing and had put herself between Sr., who was just starting to wake up, me and the door.

We heard the door into our room unlock and begin to open. Chelsea crouched down and was ready to attack.

When the door opened I couldn't believe my eyes. Standing in the door way was Ricko, "Chelsea!" The two kangaroos hopped to each other and embraced each other, well as best Chelsea could with her hurt arm.

My heart swelled with relief but that feeling left as soon as it came once I remembered Alvin. I limped towards the door only to be stopped by the last two people I expected to see. Eleanor and Jeanette grabbed onto me and held me so tight I was sure my head was going to pop off.

"Brittany, you're alright!", Jeanette shouted as she held me. "We missed you!", Eleanor was the one doing most of the squeezing. My entire body ached but I wouldn't brake this hug for the world.

"He's in here Alyson", Ricko called to the other room and Alyson walked in. "You all took off so quickly I barely caught up... Leonard!", she ran to her husband and untied him from the chair, ungaging him in the proses. "Leonard are you alright?" He nodded, "Mostly, though I got quite a hit on the head."

Once my sisters let go of me I realized something, if they were here then that meant, "Is Dave with you?"

They nodded at me, both of them smiling. "Where is he?" Their smile fell. Jeanette responded first, "He's in the other room with... Alvin."

"AJ!", Sr. was now fully awake and ran into the other room, paying no mind to anyone else. I have to go see him. I tried to run but only succeeded in tripping and falling face first onto the floor. "Brittany!", my sisters called out in unison. I stood up and walked as fast as I could only to be stopped by their paws on my shoulders.

"What are you doing, I have to see him!", they both gave me a frown. "Brittany you need to be ready before you see him. He's in really bad shape", Jeanette wouldn't make eye contact with me. My heart broke in two. I pulled away from their grip and dropped down onto all fours and ran, I ignored the pain that consumed my body and manged to keep my self from tripping as long as I thought about Alvin.

When I reached the table that everyone was gathered around and tried to jump up onto it. I made it part of the way up and got my paw on the side of the table but I couldn't hold on and began to fall, only to have my paw grabbed by two others. Simon and Theodore pulled me up and as soon as I was safe on the table they went back to Alvin's side.

Just when I thought I couldn't hurt anymore I was proven wrong. Lying in the middle of the table was Alvin. He wasn't moving and I couldn't even tell if he was breathing. I ran to him and took my place next to Sr. I wanted to touch him but just looking at him I could tell that most of his bones were broken.

He forced open one of his eyes and looked at me, "Britt... you're alright... good", he hacked a laugh out, "Looks like... I showed Ian!" How can he be laughing at a time like this.

"Don't talk Alvin you need to relax", I begged him, but he continued, "He kept taunting me, telling me that once I bit it he would come get you. So I told myself that I wasn't aloud to die no matter what he did", he laughed again and looked at Simon, "And you always said that my stubbornness was a bad thing."

My eye that wasn't swollen shut began to well up with tears. He had went though this to protect me? He held on just to keep me safe? "Alvin you have to hold on! You can't die I don't know what I would do without you!", I looked into his open brown eye and he manged a smile. "Don't worry Britt... I'm not going anywhere."

"We need to get him medical attention, now!", Sr. looked around the room with a pleading look at the police and Dave.

Chelsea hopped into the room followed by Ricko and hopped over to us. She took one look at Alvin and her face twisted with anger, "Where is he? Where is that bastard!"

For the first time I looked around the room and realized that there were four men hand cuffed in the corner but Ian was no where to be found.

"He ran out the back door as soon as I kicked the door in. I was just about to go after him but I had to check on you first", Ricko informed Chelsea.

She looked at Alvin, "Don't you worry Alvin, we're going to find him and bring him back."

Ricko shook his head, "Chelsea you're in no condition to go on a chase through the forest right now."

Chelsea shot him a glare, "Ricko, I'm going to find him and I'm going to make him pay for what he did now you can come with me or you can stay here. But either way I'm going after him."

Ricko shrugged, "Well then why are we just standing here?"

Chelsea nodded and they hopped to the back door. She stopped and turned to us, "You guys should all get to a hospital. Don't worry about Ian, we'll get him."

I turned back to Alvin as Chelsea and Ricko disappeared out the back door. He was lying motionless again and his eyes were closed. My heart sank. I put my ear next to his face and listened for his breathing. My heart started beating again when I heard him take a very shallow and short breath.

Dave went to one of the police officers, "We need to get everyone to a doctor, now!"

The man nodded, "We have an air transport in bound that will take you all to Darwin for treatment."

Dave went back to Alvin's side with the rest of us and Jeanette and Eleanor jumped onto the table and stood behind me. They wrapped their arms around me for comfort.

(Chelsea's POV)

Ricko and I bounded at our top speed. Even though Ian had gotten a head start on us we were in luck because first, he was stupid and left and obvious trail of broken branches in his wake. And second, the animals were more then happy to point us in his direction.

"You can't run forever, Ian!", I called out trying to discourage him.

The search lasted for about an hour until we lost the trail, which meant either he had gotten smart and was moving more carefully or the more likely option, he was hiding like a cowered.

Ricko and I slowed down and began to search around for any sign of him.

I heard the sound of something moving and Ricko and I both looked in the direction of the noise, and sure enough it was Ian and he was running again.

We bounded after him and were quickly gaining on him, "We've got you now, slimeball."

As we got closer Ian stopped and grabbed a branch from one the trees near him. He planed on fighting us... good. I looked to Ricko who gave me a wink and a nod which meant we were on the same page on how to handle this.

We bounded towards him and at the last second separated and went to either side of him. He turned to face Ricko first and took a swing at him, Ricko ducked under it and I took my shot. I kicked Ian in the back and sent him flying forward but he managed to keep his balance.

Ricko gave me another wink while Ian was still regaining his stance. I nodded to him.

Before Ian had a chance to fully recover Ricko and I bounced at him at the same time and both kicked him, me from the back and Ricko from the front. Ian let out a scream and dropped down to one knee. He tried to stand up and take another swing at us but I gave him a swift kick in the back, which knocked him to the ground.

Partly wanting to make sure he didn't get away and mostly wanting to make him pay for what he did, I bounced into the air and came down on his right leg and felt it brake under me. Ricko winced at the scream Ian let out. I did feel a little bad for him until I remembered how Alvin had looked on the table and thought he deserved far worse then a broken leg.

"So what are you going to do with me now?", he tried to keep his face as calm as he could be he looked more like a scared puppy then a man right now.

"Simple we're going to take you back to the police so you can pay for your crimes", Ricko smiled while he spoke, "There's just one problem see, we can't carry you. Her shoulder's hurt and well my back is pretty sore from all this chasing so it looks like we're going to have to drag you back and it's quite a ways."

I couldn't help but smile knowing that his punishment wasn't over yet.

(Dave's POV)

I sat in the waiting room of the veterinary office with Simon,Theodore,Jeanette and Eleanor. Alvin, Alvin Sr. and Brittany were still being treated for their injures. The Fetchers were at the hospital right now and Mr. Fetcher was being treated for his head injuries.

What a month this had been. First Alvin was revealed to not be Simon and Theodore's blood brother. Next he and Brittany ran off and we had to chase them to Australia. And once we got here we went on a wild chase across most of the continent, even meeting a talking kangaroo or two along the way. And to top it all off Ian shows up and attacks my kids?

I knew Brittany and the older Alvin would be alright but our Alvin had been barely alive when we found him and he had just been getting worse. It seemed the only thing that had kept him alive was his love for Brittany. Oh ya and there's that, all of The Chipmunks and The Chipetts were now involved with each other.

I scooted in my chair so that my head was resting against the back. Once we all got home I was going to have to find a way to give the chipetts there own room, because there was no way I'm going to have six chipmunks, who are all dating staying in the same room. But I don't have enough room in my condo for that. Well I've been thinking about moving us into a larger house so no time like the present right?

The door into the back of the clinic opened and one of the doctors came walking out holding Brittany in her hands. Brittany had a bandage covering her right eye and a few other bandages placed around her body.

I sat up straight,"Here she is. She's ready to go home now but as for the other two their going to need to stay for a while. The older one can have visitors right now but the younger on is still being worked on. You got him here just in time."

I took Brittany into my hands and gently hugged her then placed her next to her sisters and Simon and Theodore, who all hugged her. I looked back to the doctor, "Give it to me straight doctor how bad is he?"

She took in a deep breath, never a good sign. "Well to be honest the fact that he's alive at all is a miracle. Almost every bone in his little body is broken. Many of his internal organs are bruised and he has quite a lot of internal bleeding. We think we can save him but there's just no way to be sure."

My heart sunk. Alvin had better make it out alright.

"He's going to be alright, right Dave?", Theodore looked up at me with teary eyes but he wasn't the only one with tears in his eyes, All of them had sadness written on their faces, save for Simon who was holding any emotion he was feeling on the inside. I nodded to them. "Of course he is this is Alvin we're talking about." They didn't seem to be sure but then again neither was I.

The door to the veterinary clinic opened and Chelsea and Ricko hopped in. She looked over at us and smiled, "Don't worry, we got him." It made me happy to know that Ian wasn't on the run anymore.

The doctor took one look at Chelsea and her jaw nearly dropped, "You're hurt!" Chelsea shrugged with her good shoulder, "A little."

"Come with me right now, we need to get that shoulder back into place and get your cuts treated", the doctor waved for Chelsea to follow her. "If you say so", Chelsea hopped along behind the doctor and disappeared into the back of the clinic.

Ricko chuckled at his sisters display and hopped over to us, "So how's everyone doing?"

I told him how the Alvins were doing and he frowned at the news of Alvin's condition, "Is he going to make it?"

My frown deepened, "We don't know yet, we're just going to have to wait and see."