Chapter Eighteen/Armageddon:
First Reality
It was a regular Saturday for our furry friends, but one of them wasn't feeling right. Noah's fur was standing straight up and his celtic senses were going nuts. Jeanette took notice of this and was incredibly worried.
"Noah, are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah Jean, I'm fine. I'll be right back." Noah said.
He quickly walked upstairs to his room. He shared a room with David and he noticed he was sleeping. Noah decided not to bother him, and continue with his priorities. Noah sat in a meditation position and started humming. This began to wake David, but Noah didn't notice given that his back was turned to David. As he woke up, David heard Noah speaking specific words.
"Omnipotent... Preeminent... Stars of one system... torn by greed... enough bickering... stop this war before it starts..."
David wasn't sure what to make of what Noah was saying, it kind of gave him chills. He continued to listen.
"...No, destruction of all life? This can't be."
David got too scared to listen for any longer.
"Noah?!" David said.
Noah quickly snapped out of his meditation.
"David, you're awake. What all did you hear?" Noah asked.
"Everything. What's wrong Noah?" David asked.
"Nothing, you don't need to worry about it." Noah said.
David could tell Noah was hiding something, he was too scared to let it go.
"Noah you're scaring me." David said.
"Trust me, it's nothing to be scared of."
Noah didn't even believe himself, and he knew he was telling the truth.
...
Didn't he? True, celtic sorcerers can't lie, but exaggerate?
Second Reality
Noah and Austin were in the basement of their house talking in private.
"You felt it too right?" Austin asked.
"Yeah, and it didn't feel good." Noah said.
"I hadn't got a trip in my senses since a few months back." Austin said.
"We need to do something about this." Noah said.
"Agreed, but what do we do? Tell the others that two sentient beings are at war with each other and if we don't stop them they'll tear the space time continuum apart?" Austin asked.
"Something like that, yeah." Noah said.
Austin placed his hand on Noah's shoulder.
"Noah, we can't just tell them that. It's too extreme of a subject." Austin said.
"Well it's nothing we can really ease them into either." Noah said.
"Then our only option is to not tell them." Austin said.
They heard the phone ring. Austin picked it up.
"Hello?... Simon, calm down... What's wrong?... Oh... Oh god no... I'm on my way right now." Austin quickly hung up.
"What's wrong Austin?" Noah asked.
Turns out, Simon was panicking because his brother Alvin was just rushed to the hospital due to a sudden stroke he had. Austin, Noah and the others rushed their way to the hospital to check on Alvin. He was laying in a hospital bed with doctors all around him. No one could get a good look at him until one of the doctors broke away from the crowd. Austin looked worried as the doctor came closer.
"I'm sorry. There's nothing more we could've done. He's gone." He said.
Their hearts sank, they couldn't believe what they were hearing. Alvin was dead.
David took it the hardest, knowing his father would no longer be there to give him advice or help with anything in life. He spent the next few nights alone in his room crying the tears away. Noah took notice to this and decided to try to calm him down a little.
"I'm so sorry David. It doesn't feel good to lose a parent, believe me I know I lost both of mine. I just want to let you know I'm here for you." Noah said.
"What am I gonna do without him?" David asked in tears.
Noah couldn't find the answer to that question.
David sat in his room, thinking about his recently deceased father when suddenly he felt something. His eyes turned pitch black and his hair stood up on it's own. That's when Noah walked in.
"Hey David I..."
He saw David in his current state, he knew what was happening.
"Oh God no. AUSTIN!" Noah panicked.
David extended his arm, and Noah froze in his tracks. He couldn't move.
"NO! LET ME GO! LET MY FRIEND GO YOU BASTARD!" Noah screamed.
The voice coming from David's throat sounded different, very horrifying.
"Noah Roan, it's you. I must say I never thought I'd see you again." The voice said.
"DROP ME YOU PREEMINENT SON OF A BITCH!" Noah screamed.
David's hand released and Noah fell.
"Attack me if you wish, but know that you'll be attacking the body, not the mind. You'll be thrashing your friend." The voice said.
Noah didn't know what to do. He couldn't attack him physically nor mentally, but David was... unconscious. He could get in his head and get him to fight back. He placed his hands on David's head, and he could see David.
DAVID, WAKE UP! YOUR MIND IS IN DANGER! YOU HAVE TO FIGHT BACK! WAKE UP DAVID!
David did not answer, the Preeminent brother had taken complete control of him.
"He's mine Roan." The voice said.
Noah fell to his knees, he had no way of helping his friend.
"I'll release him if..."
"If what?" Noah asked.
"...If you tell me how to find my brother." The voice said.
Noah's eyes widened. If he told him, the universe would be destroyed, but if he didn't he'd lose David forever.
"I won't do it." Noah said.
"Too bad. Looks like I'm taking your friend with me. Who knows, he could be useful." The voice said.
David's body was sky rocketed into space. Noah sat there with no clue what to do. Little did Noah realize that a similar situation was happening in an alternate universe.
First Reality
Only instead of David's body, The Omnipotent brother took control Gigi's body. He had put Austin in the same position as Noah.
"I won't tell you where your brother is, let my friend go you jackass!" Austin said.
"Worthless." The voice said.
Austin was tossed aside, and Gigi's body sky rocketed into space, much like David. But as she took off something happened.
*BUMP*
Another rift occurred and opened a portal between both dimensions.
"BROTHER!" They both said furiously.
David and Gigi woke up in a floating bubble in space. They were incredibly confused.
"David? What's going on? Also what happened to your hair?" Gigi asked.
"I got it cut." David said.
"Today?" Gigi asked.
"No, three weeks ago." David said.
Suddenly, the brothers exited the bodies and immediately started attacking each other. The blows were so strong it shook both dimensions.
Second Reality
"We have to save David." Austin said.
He and Noah shot up to the portal to rescue their friend.
First Reality
"Nobody kidnaps my sorellina!" Noah said.
"Let's go get her." Austin said.
They too shot up to the portal, and when they got there...
Space
...They saw themselves.
"Different dimension?" Austin asked.
"Yep." Austin replied.
First Reality
They didn't know it, but Cicely witnessed the whole thing.
The brothers were fighting, causing tremors all around them. They stopped fighting once they heard a small voice yell out.
"HEY ASSHOLES!"
They turned and saw four chipmunks glowing of Green and Orange. Suddenly an all out warfare ensued between them. Mystic and ancient powers and sorcery was flying across reaches of space. The universe itself was shaking. Both Noah's and Austin's mustered as much strength as they could to fight the brothers, but no matter how hard they tried the brothers were too strong. Their power overwhelmed Noah from the First reality, the other Noah and both Austin's rushed to his side. First reality Austin went to his friend.
"Come on my friend, we can do this." Austin said.
Noah hung his head.
"No we can't. Austin, these guys have the strength of two of us combined. We can't take them down with just four of us, we're evenly matched." Noah said.
Austin didn't know what else to say, Noah was right. Even with four sorcerers, it wouldn't be enough to defeat the brothers.
"It's over boys..."
The brothers built up their energy to destroy the four chipmunks.
"...you're finished." They both said.
It seemed as though it were the end. Our heroes vanquished by two beings older and stronger than the universe. They had failed...
"Hey!"
...Or maybe not. The brothers looked up to see who said that, and among the glowing green and orange emerged fuchsia pink.
"You forgot about me."
It was First Reality Cicely.
"Of course." Noah said.
"What? How is that possible?" Austin asked.
"Cicely is also gifted with the powers of sorcery." Noah said.
"You think she's enough to stop us?! FOOLISH!" The brothers said.
Cicely built up her energy, using everything she had. She finally unleashed her untapped potential and shot beams upon beams of unknown sorcery. The brothers were covered in it, and it seemed painful.
"NOAH, AUSTIN, ALL FOUR OF YOU, DO IT NOW!" Cicely said.
With that, all four chipmunks shot beams of energy at the brothers with every ounce of strength they each had. It seemed to be working, the brothers were overwhelmed.
"YOU FOOLS, DESTROYING ME WILL ALSO DESTROY THE UNIVERSE I HELPED CREATE!" The Omnipotent brother screamed.
Noah and Austin from the second reality looked at their parallel counterparts. Realizing they and their universe would be destroyed.
"What are you looking at us for?! Focus on them!" Austin of the first reality said.
"But you'll die." Austin of the second reality said.
"No, we'll live on through you." Austin of the first reality said.
So with that they continued to shoot beams of energy at the brothers, they were slowly being destroyed. Noah realized once they were destroyed, he and Austin had to bail out back to the second dimension with David. They finally blew to bits across space, and as fast as they could Austin and Noah grabbed David and shot through the portal. They watched as the First reality was eating itself into oblivion. When they crossed through the portal, all that remained was the second reality, which was now the only reality. Noah, Austin and David returned home safely. David felt a little dizzy.
"You okay David?" Austin asked.
"Yeah I'm okay. That was just a lot to take in. Who was that girl?" David asked.
"That was Cicely. In that reality she was your sister." Noah said.
"My sister? Does she exist in this reality?" David asked.
"I have no idea." Noah said.