Tale of Cash
Part 71: Exploring
" Okay, so these let us breathe." Brittany explained. " You sound like you've done this before, honey." Alvin said. ' I have. Remember, back when we competed against each other to see who was best? We had that race around the world, which turned out to be a diamond smuggling operation?" Brittany asked. " How could I forget?" Alvin returned. " well, our first drop off, we went scuba diving to find the guy, since he wasn't on his boat." Brittany said. " Yeah, and you almost got eaten by a shark." Jeanette said. " Thank you for the insight, Jeanette." Brittany said. "So, I just pop this in my mouth and strap this tank to my back and put on these flippers?' Cash asked. He seemed to have the grasp of it already. " Exactly. There you go boys, follow Cash's lead." Eleanor said. Soon, they all had geared up. They waved to their parents before dropping into the water. Cash lead the way to the ship. They didn't know what happened the ship that made it sink. It looked though, from the scratches and holes in the front of the ship, that it had hit the cliff. The cliff did have remains of a light house on it. Maybe the light house was part of the old orphanage Ms. Grudge had there and was torn down with the orphanage? They swam through the largest hole and through the ship. They opened door after door. Cash noticed a room, which he believed to be the vault of the ship. The blow had pried the door of it's hinges, to an extent. It was opened enough that he could squeeze in and out of it. He checked. " Holy Crap!" He thought. There was still gold coins inside the vault. He swam back out and looked for his friends and siblings. He found them, rummaging through some dressers. He waved for them to follow him. They did. He lead them to the vault. Finding some sturdy metal poles, Cash and Alvin pried the door even more. The girls went in and picked up two chests, each one being carried by two girls.. Simon and Theodore took the remaining chest. Alvin and Cash dropped the bars and followed the others back to the surface. " Look what we found!" Katrina called as they swam the treasure ashore. " You found this in the sunken ship? Well, congrats, turn this into the police and you get a fat reward. They knew a ship crashed a few years back. No one died, but all the valuables were lost. No one was sure where the ship went. They thought it was lost at sea, because it was a very stormy night. But, the police are offering a reward that stands today. If anyone finds the treasures and brings them in, they get the reward." Olivia explained. " Keep these here. I know there was more in there." Cash said. The eight went back in. Before they went under, they held a conversation. " so, we're all agreed? When we get the reward, we give it to Olivia. You all saw the dinky apartment she lives in. All this loot will get her a nice place she can afford." Brittany said. All nodded. They headed under once more. They carried arm loads back to the surface. They headed down to the ship once more, to take the safety deposit boxes out of the ship. " URgh!" Cash and Alvin grunted. They came up in an air pocket inside the ship. " Stupid box! It's stuck." Alvin said. The girls came along side. " Let's make like a tug of war chain and pull on it. All of us together should be able to do it." Brittany said. After a count of two yanks, they pulled it out. They started towards the surface. However, this time, Cash felt like they were being followed. He turned to see a group of three sharks coming at them. The others turned around to see them too. All the girls, except Katrina and Brittany went to the surface. Cash and Alvin were the only boys under. " Here we go." They thought
Tale of Cash
Part 72: Underwater rumble
The sharks charged the chipmunks. Alvin dodged it and the shark slammed into the coast, beaching it self. He cam up with Brittany and they threw rope over it. They would push it over into the water later. The second shark attacked Katrina, but she kicked it's snout. It's teeth came dangerously close to her waist, but she bumped it back with her elbow. Seeing Katrina was handling herself, Cash turned to his shark. The beast came at him. He dodged it and grabbed onto it's fin. He repeatedly punched it, whenever it got close to Katrina. " She's got enough trouble right now. ' He thought. The shark flipped him onto it's snout. Katrina was trying to muscle the shark's jaws away from her. The lovers got pinned between the sharks. Fearing the worst, the other chipmunks ran into the water. They came just in time to see the sharks being rocketed away. They didn't understand what had happened, but noticed Cash didn't have his air tank anymore. He had to be exhausted now and didn't have much breath left in him. They drug him ashore. Katrina gave him cpr to revive him, as all the stress of the battle had knocked him out. ' Ah, the kiss of life." Brittany joked. " 'cough, cough'" Cash hacked up seawater." Thanks hon." Cash said. The others asked how they did it. " It was all Cash's idea." Katrina said. " Okay, Bro, you have to tell us this one." Alvin said. " Fine, first, let me say, I'll get you another scuba tank, Mr. Franklin. But, you got to understand, I basically had to use the tank like a torpedo." " Don't worry about it Cash. Tanks are easy to replace. People are not." Mr. Franklin said." Well, basically, we were pinned to the rock face under the water. Katrina was behind me. I thought we were going to be eaten. Then, I saw the knife in my hand and looked over my shoulder at the tank on my back. I took it off and showed Katie what I planned to do, by pretending to stab the tank. Once the sharks were lined up behind each other, I punctured a hole in the tank. The massive release of air rocketed the tank into one shark, which in tern, hit the other one. They went fling away like they had been hit by a torpedo." Cash explained. " We have to get your IQ checked Cash, because you have to be some kind of genius." Simon said. " Naw, just clever and very, very lucky." Cash said. " Well, praise God you have such luck." Olivia said. " Guess we better kick this guy into the ocean before he suffocates to death." She said. They rolled the shark into the water. Hey saw it swim fee and rip he net off of itself. It didn't come back though, it knew better. " Well, let's go to the police." Alvin said. " No need, I already called them. They are on their way with the reward." Mr. Franklin said. " What are you going to do with the reward?" Olivia asked. " Give it to you, so you can buy a better place to live and pay it off." Eleanor said. " Are you serious?" Olivia asked. " Dead serious." Cash said. " Just think of it as the chipettes way of thanking you for taking such good care of them and our way of thanking you for giving them such a start." Simon explained. Olivia hugged them all. " Thank you so much." The police arrived. " Give the money to the lady in the yellow bikini officer. She needs it a lot more than we do." Brittany said. The officers did just that. After this, the rest of the week went by smoothly. The chipmunks boarded their plane, bound for Ireland. " See you girls! DON"T FORGET TO WRITE!" Olivia called. Now, Olivia was living in a decent, two story house. Her boyfriend, Brad, moved in with her. They spruced the place up real nice." Next stop, Ireland. Who knows what's going to happen to us there?" Cash asked.