Chapter 2: Truth Be Told!
There was an awkward silence as Simon drove up and parked the car in the driveway. Rob sat in the back seat with Tom, Mary and Vince.
Rob could feel three pairs of eyes looking at him. Slowly he turned to look down to three infant chipmunks. None of them could keep their eyes off of the strange human, but Mary-Anne was the only one that smiled at him. Rob, who was feeling very uncomfortable with the stares, found contentment in Mary's. He slowly returned a smile back.
When the car stopped Simon and Jeanette got out. She pulls her seat forward so that Rob could get out. She tried not to show her uneasy with his presents. Once Rob was out of the way, Jeanette reached in the back seat and grabbed Vince and Mary, while Simon grabbed Tom from his side of the car.
"I still want to say that I really am sorry for scaring you earlier!" Rob said apologetically.
"That's alright," Jeanette said in a tensed tone. She turned around to face him, with two children in her arms. "I mean you didn't know what to expect!" She added quickly.
"Still Mrs. Seville, I feel so guilty!"
"Oh, please call me Jeanette!" She smiled politely as she tried to avoid another awkward confrontation.
Rob helped by grabbing their purchases as Simon and Jeanette carried their tired children inside. When they were inside, Simon turned to take the bags of baby clothes from Rob.
"Thanks, Rob. I'll take these upstairs. Why don't you wait in the living room while Jeanette and I take our children to their bed." Simon said.
"Ah, alright." Rob said. At first he just stood there. He dared not to move from his spot. All of this just seemed so awkward. Barely a year ago he didn't even know his own name, and now he is in the home of one of his 'pupils' from the Island.
Rob started to turn his head and look around the room with his eyes. How clean and tidy it looked while giving a warm homely feeling at the same time. There were some pictures that are placed on the mantle of the fireplace got his attention. Rob walked over to get a closer look. He noticed quite a few pictures of Simon and his brothers as children. They wore their traditional outfits of long turtleneck sweaters in each of their favourite colors, which reached down to their feet.
He smiled at one of the pictures that had Simon at age eight holding a 'Chemist of the Year' award. 'How young and innocent he looked!' Rob thought.
Next to it had a picture with Simon and Jeanette with their children. He noticed that Tom looked just like his dad, only having his mom's eyes. Rob frowned and shock his head, 'Simon is so lucky to be able to come home to a family.'
Just then both Simon and Jeanette had just come back downstairs. For one moment all three of them stood there with an awkward silence once more. They looked at each other and instantly felt as if a cat had just taken their tongues.
"You must be hungry! Why don't I make some sandwiches, while you two, ah.catch up, or something?" Jeanette finally spoke up. She quickly turned and walked off to the kitchen.
For the second time both Simon and Rob just stood there and looked at each other unsure on what to say to each other.
"Well.ah.W-W-Why don't you have a seat." Simon nervously said as he politely addressed the couch.
"Thanks." Rob answered while taking a seat.
Rob sat on the couch and Simon sat on the chair beside the couch. Slowly they started a conversation.
"I suppose you have a lot of questions on why I'm here?" Rob finally asked looking down at the floor.
"As a matter of fact, I do!"
Then, please! Ask me!" He said look up at his chipmunk friend.
Simon thought about the one question that bugged him for years. "W.well, um.w-what did happen during the last mission you guys went on?" He asked.
Rob thought silently about that horrible event for a moment, and then looked up at Simon.
"Well, lets just say that it started out as planed, but something went horribly wrong. I don't know if Mary sensed it or not, but she was determined to succeed with the plan.We first did what the Founders wanted then Mary gave Jeff the signal to go ahead with it and from there it was devastating. Jeff, Mark and I distracted the Founders while Mary escaped. She pretend to kidnap a child in order to get the attention to the proper authorities, A.K.A. the cops."
******** FIVE YEARS AGO!
.Mary-Anne took the child victim in a stole a car and drove it down the street. They were chased by most of the cops of Seattle, Washington and the child's mother. Finally she stopped with the kid at a waterfront. Both Mary and the child stepped out of the car. She turned and faced their chasers and played the part of a crazy person.
"Back off, or I'll shoot the kid!" She screeched while holding a blank gun and pointing it to the kid's head.
A crowd of witnesses gasped in astonishment. They feared for the child's life.
"Ma'am, you don't want to do this. Just let go of the child before you do something that you might regret." A cop called out.
"I already do regret." Mary whispered to no one in particular. She viewed the scene and calculated her situation. Mary knew she was in a lot of trouble no matter what she would try to do to make this all better. She can feel the Founders closing in on her. They are seeking vengeance.
Another car pulls up and a man comes out. By looking at him Mary can tell that he is the negotiator. He has come to make a convincing argument in order to save the child's life. Mary played this game for ten minutes before pretending to 'see' the man's point of view.
Mary-Anne smiled, she dropped her gun and let the child go, but not before whispering to him. "You did good, kid. Now go to your Mum."
The police hand cuffed Mary-Anne and took her to the patty wagon. Before stepping in the vehicle, she turned and saw the Founder, Dean watching her from the outer circle of the crowd. She gave sarcastic grin before taking a seat in the back end of the police wagon.
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20 MINUTES LATER, AT THE SEATTLE PRECINCT!
As Mary-Anne sat in the interrogation room, she could feel the presents of the Founders getting closer. She could hear their thoughts in her mind, needless to say she was getting nervous. The door opened and a female chipmunk detective came in along with a tall human male detective.
"So you're the one who's behind these kidnappings?" The chipmunk detective asked.
"I'm one of them!" Mary-Anne calmly answered.
"What ever made you want to kidnap children?" Costar snapped.
"I never wanted to, I was forced to." Mary frowned.
"Who forced you into this?" McCormick asked.
"Not who. What." Mary said with a glare.
"Excuse me?" Costar questioned. He didn't quit understand the meaning of Mary's comment.
"May I speak with just her.alone, please." Mary asked as she lifted her chin in McCormick's direction.
Both detectives looked at each other for a brief moment. McCormick finally nodded. "It'll be alright, Costar."
Reluctantly, Costar left the room and the two females are now alone.
Mary-Anne took this opportunity to slip out of her handcuff. For her it had been too easy to do, but didn't want to tip off to anyone that she had done so right away. She started to take off her jacket and unbuttoned her top.
"Miss, what are you doing?" McCormick asked baffled. She had become a bit nervous when she realized how easy it had been to pick the lock of her handcuff.
Mary did not speak, but continued to pull out two envelopes that were taped to her body. She then handed them to the detective. As McCormick looked at the envelopes, Mary re-buttoned her top.
"Please, do me a favour." Mary finally spoke. "The information you need in order to find all the kidnapped victims are in the envelope in your right hand. It also contains the instructions for a cure on the condition the children will be in. As soon as you are able to rescue the children from the Island, you must make sure they receive treatment for the chemical enhancer in their brain.
"In your left hand is information for the survivors' eyes only. No offence, but these children must know the truth and only they would understand what to do with the information." Mary explained emotionally. "Please do this for me, it's my final wish to have these children are returned home. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" The detective responded. She pondered on what she meant by 'her final wish' and was about to ask her when she spoke again.
"You must go now! They are coming!" Mary spoke with a worried _expression.
"Who?"
"The Founders! They will *kill* you if they find out you carry this information, now go!"
McCormick did as she was told; she hid the two envelopes in her bag and wished Mary-Anne luck then left the interrogation room. Again, Mary is alone in the room. She can feel the shadow of evil closing in on her.
The door suddenly opens slowly, and a dark figure of a man walks in. Mary- Anne recognizes him immediately. He turned towards her and gave her a disappointed look.
"You shouldn't have done what you did!" The Dean said.
"I did it, because the people of Earth deserve to know the truth. And the children deserve to go back home!" Mary said aggressively.
"The people of Earth are just pones in our society, the children were to be our solders and we trusted you to see out our demands!"
"That was a big mistake!"
"Yes it was, but as we speak the mistake is being corrected. Soon everyone on the Island will no longer exist. Every information, years of hard work.will be destroyed. The project is over and it'll all be thanks to you and your friends. Your little mission seemed like a good idea, but you under estimated us and that, my dear, is your big mistake. Your wishes to have any survivors are but a dream. The chance to expose us will soon be over. Everyone you knew from the Island will be dead soon, just like your comrades."
"NOO! You monster! I know what you are!" She screamed as she stood up and backed herself against the wall.
"I know you do! You knew for a long time, didn't you.?" As he spoke, his eyes began to take a reptilian form and his voice seemed to have a hint of a growling tone. ".And that's why you have to die now!"
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A loud scream was heard down the hall and McCormick and Costar ran back to the interrogation room. When they got there the room was a mess. No one was there excepted Mary's dead body.
"Oh, Jesus!" Costar cried when he saw all the blood.
McCormick stood over the body of Mary-Anne with her hand over her mouth. It took her a bit to analyze on what has just happened and it only created more questions. The scars on her body looked like an animal attacked her. The same marks that were on a child that was found a few years back when they investigated a murder that was supposedly connected to the wrong suspect. "What is going on?" She finally said looking at her partner.
There was an awkward silence as Simon drove up and parked the car in the driveway. Rob sat in the back seat with Tom, Mary and Vince.
Rob could feel three pairs of eyes looking at him. Slowly he turned to look down to three infant chipmunks. None of them could keep their eyes off of the strange human, but Mary-Anne was the only one that smiled at him. Rob, who was feeling very uncomfortable with the stares, found contentment in Mary's. He slowly returned a smile back.
When the car stopped Simon and Jeanette got out. She pulls her seat forward so that Rob could get out. She tried not to show her uneasy with his presents. Once Rob was out of the way, Jeanette reached in the back seat and grabbed Vince and Mary, while Simon grabbed Tom from his side of the car.
"I still want to say that I really am sorry for scaring you earlier!" Rob said apologetically.
"That's alright," Jeanette said in a tensed tone. She turned around to face him, with two children in her arms. "I mean you didn't know what to expect!" She added quickly.
"Still Mrs. Seville, I feel so guilty!"
"Oh, please call me Jeanette!" She smiled politely as she tried to avoid another awkward confrontation.
Rob helped by grabbing their purchases as Simon and Jeanette carried their tired children inside. When they were inside, Simon turned to take the bags of baby clothes from Rob.
"Thanks, Rob. I'll take these upstairs. Why don't you wait in the living room while Jeanette and I take our children to their bed." Simon said.
"Ah, alright." Rob said. At first he just stood there. He dared not to move from his spot. All of this just seemed so awkward. Barely a year ago he didn't even know his own name, and now he is in the home of one of his 'pupils' from the Island.
Rob started to turn his head and look around the room with his eyes. How clean and tidy it looked while giving a warm homely feeling at the same time. There were some pictures that are placed on the mantle of the fireplace got his attention. Rob walked over to get a closer look. He noticed quite a few pictures of Simon and his brothers as children. They wore their traditional outfits of long turtleneck sweaters in each of their favourite colors, which reached down to their feet.
He smiled at one of the pictures that had Simon at age eight holding a 'Chemist of the Year' award. 'How young and innocent he looked!' Rob thought.
Next to it had a picture with Simon and Jeanette with their children. He noticed that Tom looked just like his dad, only having his mom's eyes. Rob frowned and shock his head, 'Simon is so lucky to be able to come home to a family.'
Just then both Simon and Jeanette had just come back downstairs. For one moment all three of them stood there with an awkward silence once more. They looked at each other and instantly felt as if a cat had just taken their tongues.
"You must be hungry! Why don't I make some sandwiches, while you two, ah.catch up, or something?" Jeanette finally spoke up. She quickly turned and walked off to the kitchen.
For the second time both Simon and Rob just stood there and looked at each other unsure on what to say to each other.
"Well.ah.W-W-Why don't you have a seat." Simon nervously said as he politely addressed the couch.
"Thanks." Rob answered while taking a seat.
Rob sat on the couch and Simon sat on the chair beside the couch. Slowly they started a conversation.
"I suppose you have a lot of questions on why I'm here?" Rob finally asked looking down at the floor.
"As a matter of fact, I do!"
Then, please! Ask me!" He said look up at his chipmunk friend.
Simon thought about the one question that bugged him for years. "W.well, um.w-what did happen during the last mission you guys went on?" He asked.
Rob thought silently about that horrible event for a moment, and then looked up at Simon.
"Well, lets just say that it started out as planed, but something went horribly wrong. I don't know if Mary sensed it or not, but she was determined to succeed with the plan.We first did what the Founders wanted then Mary gave Jeff the signal to go ahead with it and from there it was devastating. Jeff, Mark and I distracted the Founders while Mary escaped. She pretend to kidnap a child in order to get the attention to the proper authorities, A.K.A. the cops."
******** FIVE YEARS AGO!
.Mary-Anne took the child victim in a stole a car and drove it down the street. They were chased by most of the cops of Seattle, Washington and the child's mother. Finally she stopped with the kid at a waterfront. Both Mary and the child stepped out of the car. She turned and faced their chasers and played the part of a crazy person.
"Back off, or I'll shoot the kid!" She screeched while holding a blank gun and pointing it to the kid's head.
A crowd of witnesses gasped in astonishment. They feared for the child's life.
"Ma'am, you don't want to do this. Just let go of the child before you do something that you might regret." A cop called out.
"I already do regret." Mary whispered to no one in particular. She viewed the scene and calculated her situation. Mary knew she was in a lot of trouble no matter what she would try to do to make this all better. She can feel the Founders closing in on her. They are seeking vengeance.
Another car pulls up and a man comes out. By looking at him Mary can tell that he is the negotiator. He has come to make a convincing argument in order to save the child's life. Mary played this game for ten minutes before pretending to 'see' the man's point of view.
Mary-Anne smiled, she dropped her gun and let the child go, but not before whispering to him. "You did good, kid. Now go to your Mum."
The police hand cuffed Mary-Anne and took her to the patty wagon. Before stepping in the vehicle, she turned and saw the Founder, Dean watching her from the outer circle of the crowd. She gave sarcastic grin before taking a seat in the back end of the police wagon.
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20 MINUTES LATER, AT THE SEATTLE PRECINCT!
As Mary-Anne sat in the interrogation room, she could feel the presents of the Founders getting closer. She could hear their thoughts in her mind, needless to say she was getting nervous. The door opened and a female chipmunk detective came in along with a tall human male detective.
"So you're the one who's behind these kidnappings?" The chipmunk detective asked.
"I'm one of them!" Mary-Anne calmly answered.
"What ever made you want to kidnap children?" Costar snapped.
"I never wanted to, I was forced to." Mary frowned.
"Who forced you into this?" McCormick asked.
"Not who. What." Mary said with a glare.
"Excuse me?" Costar questioned. He didn't quit understand the meaning of Mary's comment.
"May I speak with just her.alone, please." Mary asked as she lifted her chin in McCormick's direction.
Both detectives looked at each other for a brief moment. McCormick finally nodded. "It'll be alright, Costar."
Reluctantly, Costar left the room and the two females are now alone.
Mary-Anne took this opportunity to slip out of her handcuff. For her it had been too easy to do, but didn't want to tip off to anyone that she had done so right away. She started to take off her jacket and unbuttoned her top.
"Miss, what are you doing?" McCormick asked baffled. She had become a bit nervous when she realized how easy it had been to pick the lock of her handcuff.
Mary did not speak, but continued to pull out two envelopes that were taped to her body. She then handed them to the detective. As McCormick looked at the envelopes, Mary re-buttoned her top.
"Please, do me a favour." Mary finally spoke. "The information you need in order to find all the kidnapped victims are in the envelope in your right hand. It also contains the instructions for a cure on the condition the children will be in. As soon as you are able to rescue the children from the Island, you must make sure they receive treatment for the chemical enhancer in their brain.
"In your left hand is information for the survivors' eyes only. No offence, but these children must know the truth and only they would understand what to do with the information." Mary explained emotionally. "Please do this for me, it's my final wish to have these children are returned home. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" The detective responded. She pondered on what she meant by 'her final wish' and was about to ask her when she spoke again.
"You must go now! They are coming!" Mary spoke with a worried _expression.
"Who?"
"The Founders! They will *kill* you if they find out you carry this information, now go!"
McCormick did as she was told; she hid the two envelopes in her bag and wished Mary-Anne luck then left the interrogation room. Again, Mary is alone in the room. She can feel the shadow of evil closing in on her.
The door suddenly opens slowly, and a dark figure of a man walks in. Mary- Anne recognizes him immediately. He turned towards her and gave her a disappointed look.
"You shouldn't have done what you did!" The Dean said.
"I did it, because the people of Earth deserve to know the truth. And the children deserve to go back home!" Mary said aggressively.
"The people of Earth are just pones in our society, the children were to be our solders and we trusted you to see out our demands!"
"That was a big mistake!"
"Yes it was, but as we speak the mistake is being corrected. Soon everyone on the Island will no longer exist. Every information, years of hard work.will be destroyed. The project is over and it'll all be thanks to you and your friends. Your little mission seemed like a good idea, but you under estimated us and that, my dear, is your big mistake. Your wishes to have any survivors are but a dream. The chance to expose us will soon be over. Everyone you knew from the Island will be dead soon, just like your comrades."
"NOO! You monster! I know what you are!" She screamed as she stood up and backed herself against the wall.
"I know you do! You knew for a long time, didn't you.?" As he spoke, his eyes began to take a reptilian form and his voice seemed to have a hint of a growling tone. ".And that's why you have to die now!"
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A loud scream was heard down the hall and McCormick and Costar ran back to the interrogation room. When they got there the room was a mess. No one was there excepted Mary's dead body.
"Oh, Jesus!" Costar cried when he saw all the blood.
McCormick stood over the body of Mary-Anne with her hand over her mouth. It took her a bit to analyze on what has just happened and it only created more questions. The scars on her body looked like an animal attacked her. The same marks that were on a child that was found a few years back when they investigated a murder that was supposedly connected to the wrong suspect. "What is going on?" She finally said looking at her partner.