Tale of Cash
Part 51: What ever happened to Ian Hawke?
Another day passed. Finally, Jeanette felt like she was back to her old self. Everyone said they'd make it so she wouldn't have to do too much. She kindly refused, saying it would help get any strength she was still missing to do some work. So, today, they loaded up and made their way out to the country, to assist Grandma Seville. They, once again, took the giant RV. " Okay, what do we do to pass the time on the way?" Alvin said. " Well, this RV has a plug to use for game consoles and I did bring along that extra Xbox that Mr. Franklin gave us. So, want to play King of fighters?" Cash said. " Heck yes I do!" Alvin shouted. " How many controllers can you plug in at a time?" Brittany asked. " Four and I've got four plugged in." Cash said. " Well, we all seem to want to play, so how about this? We make teams of two, dividing down the couples line. Me and Alvin, Cash and Katie, Etc. We play doubles matches. Alvin and I versus Cash and Katie and then Ely and Teddy versus Sy and Jeanie. Then, we play winners against winners and losers against losers, to decide first and second place?" Brittany said. All thought it was a good idea. So they played all the way to the ranch. " Oh my, It's so good to see you boys!" Grandma Seville said." And it's good to meet Cash and the girls in person. You all exactly as I thought you would. And this young lady must be Vinny, the boys mom?" " Yes I am. And your Dave's mother?" " Sure am."" Well, we better get ready for our benefit." Simon said. " No dear, that's not for another two days. That'll give us time to catch up and talk. Come on in and eat with us. We were just about to have dinner." " We're starving!" Theodore cried. So, they sat down to eat. However, since there were so many of them, they ate outside, sitting on about three picnic tables. ' This is delicious!" Cash cried as he ate homemade fried chicken. " Say, Dave, did you ever have to deal with a man named Ian Hawke?" Grandpa Seville asked." Yes. Lord, don't remind me, he made the boys think I was against them and tried to use them just to satisfy his own selfish desires. We've lived five years without think about him. Why do you bring him up?" Dave asked. " Cause, he moved into town. Poor man, after losing the boys, he tried to get other singing animals, but went mad trying. He lives alone." " He got what deserved." Alvin said. " uh-huh!" The others said. Meanwhile, in town. A certain Mr. Hawke was making some phone calls and setting some villains that hate the chipmunks free. Now, he was having a three way phone call with them." Alright, they should be in town by now. We will get them back for what they did to us. All the humiliation and physical pain. So, what do you say, Harry, Ken?" " We're in." They both said. " alright, well, I've got an incoming call. That must be the man you said you met in prison, right Ken? The poacher you met there?" " Right, I'm sure Jack Franklin will help you." " Alright goodbye. Hello, Mr. Franklin." " I want in. Ken told me the story to this point and I want in. I will have that blasted chipmunk bitch's hide on my wall." " good, good, now we will destroy those freaks that ruined us." Ian called the others and told them to be at his house by twelve. Soon, the four of them would be coming after the chipmunks." Welcome Chipmunks, to your timely demise! MWA, HA, Ha-Ha hack, oh man, got to watch that evil laugh." Ian cackled." They are going to pay. But, I wonder if Jack really intends on killing them? O well. I guess he has had to deal with this cloud looming over his head longer than all of us."
Tale of Cash
Part 52: date with disaster
The chipmunks tooled about, making preparations for their benefit tomorrow. " I want to thank you all for doing this." The pastor of the church said. " Hey, God's given us a few dozen miracles in the past month or so, so we're just returning the favor. Besides, this church is part of our family." Theodore said. Theodore set his drums underneath the storm proof tarp on stage. He placed his box with his drumsticks from Christmas and Alvin's guitar picks under it as well. Something about today just didn't seem to sit right with the boys. Something felt wrong. The dark clouds seemed more ominous than just regular rain. " Something is going to happen." Cash said. " Yeah, I feel it too. But, let's ignore it and see what happens." Alvin said. They went about their day. Katrina was marveling at Grandma Seville's enormous rose bush. Then a hand crept over her mouth. " Try to bite me and you die. Though I should have killed you long ago." Katrina looked. It was the other poacher! HE dragged her way and threw her in a van. " Good, one down, now, seven more to go." Ian said. One by one, the villains kidnapped the girls. Cash noticed they didn't come to lunch. " Anyone seen the girls?" he asked. Everyone said they hadn't. That's when they heard it. "Chipmunks ,come out to play." Came Ian's voice from outside." What do you want Ian?" Dave called. " Oh, I just want to play a game with my boys. You can still call me uncle Ian, boys." " We'll pass, on both calling you uncle and the game." Simon said. " Oh, but I think you'll find the consequences for not playing are quite deadly." Ian said. " What do you mean?" Alvin said. " well, I rounded up some old playmates of yours and brought them out of prison. Do the names 'uncle' Harry, Ken ikebana and Jack Franklin ring a bell?" " Oh great! Three psycho's and a wolf in chipmunk clothing and all of them have a vendetta against us, how could our day get any better?' Cash said. " Well, You could worry about where your precious girlfriends are." Ian remarked. " What did you do with them?!" Theodore cried. " Nothing yet. Tell you what, you agree to play and I'll give you a head start." " Fine we'll play, but only to get the girls back." Cash said." That's the name of the game. Here you go!" Ian threw Jeanette out of the back of the van he was standing in front of. " Jeanette!" Simon cried. " I'm alright, but those other monsters have my sisters." Jeanette moaned. " Right, See, Harry has Eleanor, Brittany is with Ken and The new girl is with Jack. You've got two hours to get them all back. Here's a map of their locations. Better get moving." " Take our dune buggy!" Grandpa Seville cried. " Okay, Simon, Theodore, you handle 'uncle' Harry. Alvin and I will take Ken." "What about Katie?' Theodore asked. " There's a note on this map. ' Katrina and Jack will only be reveal after the other two have been rounded up." Cash said. " Let's just get this over with!' Simon said. " Right, Then we can kill those guys!" Alvin said. They dropped Theodore and Simon at the location of Harry and Eleanor. Alvin and Cash headed across town to where Brittany and Ken were." Get Ready, Teddy! We have no idea what Harry as up his sleeve." Simon said. Just then, a dart form a tranquilizer gun came shooting past. ' Darn, I missed. Better watch those dart's boys. There's enough tranquilizer in those darts to take out a really big elephant. Wonder what it'll do to something your size?" Harry cackled. Harry shot twice more. " THEODORE! HELP ME!" Eleanor cried. " WE'RE COMING ELY!" Theodore called. " You are going down so hard, 'Uncle' Harry!' Theodore barked confidently.