Chapter 4: Meeting the Rest of the Family!
Later in the evening, Dave and Alvin arrive home.
"Hey, we're ho..." Alvin cut himself off when he noticed a strange human male sitting in the living room watching the triplets playing on the floor.
The stranger looked up and saw Alvin and Dave looking back at him in a questioningly manner. Nervously, he stands up to greet them. "Uh, h-h- hi." He barely says.
"Hi?" Dave says with a raised eyebrow.
"You must be Dave and Alvin.Simon's father and brother?" The stranger asks.
"Yeeessss." Dave slowly replies. ".. And you would be??" He then questions the young man.
"Oh, Rob.I think Simon must have mentioned me before?" He said while taking Dave's hand and shaking it.
"Wait a sec.Rob? As in, Rob, one of Simon's friends from the Island?" Alvin could hardly believe that the two names could be connected, since the 'Rob' from the Island is suppose to be dead.
"Ah, yea. One and the same." Rob answered.
"Dave, Alvin?" a voice cried from the top of the stairs.
All three men looked up to see Simon coming down.
"Hey, Simon." Alvin cried back. "You didn't tell us that one of your friends are still, alive?"
"That's because I didn't find out until today."
"What were you doing, Simon?" Dave asked when he realized that he left a stranger to look after his babies.
"Jeanette and I are cleaning out the baby's crib. Apparently, Vincent has discovered how to take off his diaper." Simon growls as he piers into the living room to see his young ones playing innocently.
"Eeew." Alvin comments as he suddenly got a visual of the disaster the infant must have created.
"Yea, needless to say I'm not to pleased with the little..."
"Ah, Simon..." Dave said, cutting off his son. "Can I have a word with you in the kitchen for a moment, please."
"Sure Dave."
After Simon and Dave left for the kitchen, Alvin is left alone with Rob.
"So... Ah... What brings you to, um...?" Alvin said trying to find the right words.
"Being alive and here in L.A.?" Rob said, filling in the question that Alvin was trying to say.
"Ah, yea..."
"I was shot and left for dead. Then after I regained consciousness, I found myself in a sanatorium. It's been a month since my escape from there." Rob answered plainly.
"Oh..." All of a sudden, something that Rob said made Alvin a tad uncomfortable.
"Hee, hee. Will you excuse me for just a moment...?" Alvin said as he started to back up into the kitchen.
Rob could feel that he just said something wrong and that caused Alvin to feel nervous.
"Ah, Alvin..." He started to say, but realized that the young chipmunk already disappeared into the kitchen.
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MEANWHILE, IN THE KITCHEN...
"Simon, how come you never told us that your friend was coming over?" Dave asked.
"I actually didn't know he was alive until today, Dave."
"Well, how long is he going to be staying?"
"I was hoping that he could stay until he could get back on his feet." Simon said with a hopeful look on his face.
"Oh Simon...Did you know that your friend just recently escaped from a sanatorium?" Asked Alvin as he came in to join his dad and brother in the kitchen.
"What?" Dave said with shock in his voice.
"Now before you two start over reacting, please let me explain." Simon says.
Both Dave and Alvin start crossing their arms as they waited impatiently for an explanation.
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BACK IN THE LIVING ROOM...
The doorbell rings and Miss. Miller and Brittany start walking in through the front door.
"Hello...?" Miss. Miller cries out.
"Ah, hello." Rob calls back from the living room.
"Oh my." Miss. Miller says in a surprised _expression. "Who might you be?"
"Well, I'm Rob.Simon's friend."
"Ok." Brittany says with a look of uncertainty.
"Um, I'm the same Rob from Founder's Island."
"Oooh." Both Brittany and Miss. Miller chimed at once. Then it really hit them. "Oooh?"
"But, aren't you suppose to be dead?" Brittany bluntly asked.
"Yea, well. Lets just say I've been kind of out of it for a while." Rob says shyly with one hand holding the back of his head.
"Oh. So, where are the guys?" Brittany asks eagerly.
"Um. In the kitchen." Rob answers as he jerked his thumb in that direction.
"Thanks. I'll be right back." Brittany says as she backs away into the kitchen.
Worried that he had said something wrong again, Rob turns to Miss. Miller. "Did I say something wrong?" He asks her.
"Oh, no dear." Miss. Miller responds. "Come into the living room and you can tell me more about yourself."
"Oh, thanks. You're so kind."
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"Look, I owe my life to Rob and the others that risked their lives to save me and my friends back on the Island." Simon pointed out.
As Simon finished speaking, Brittany walks in and joins the conversation by standing beside Alvin.
"I don't mean to sound negative or anything, but how can you be sure he is the same person as he was before?" Dave pointed out.
Simon let a sigh and looked out toward living room. "I can't really explain it, I just know Rob can be trusted."
Inside Simon mind, he could hear some of Rob's thoughts. As his friend kept talking with Miss. Miller, Simon heard his comments on how beautiful the triplets were, and how lucky he was to find another survivor from the Island. Although Simon was out of practice in telepathy, he managed to send a brief message to Rob that he too is glad that he found another survivor from the Island.
"Simon...?" Dave began to say.
"Please, Dave. Could we let Rob stay?" Simon pleaded. "Just until he could get back on his feet."
Dave looked deeply into Simon's eyes, and saw complete confidence in them.
"Oh, alright."
"Thanks Dave." Simon smiles.
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After Dave, Alvin, and Simon discussed Rob staying, with Brittany listening in, they re-joined Miss. Miller, Rob, and Jeanette, who just had finished cleaning up the crib, in the living room.
"Hey Simon. I finished the crib. It just needs you to put it back together." Jeanette said with a grin.
"Ok. I'll get to it later." Simon replies. He then turns to Rob and smiles. "Looks like you will be staying with us for while, Rob."
"I don't know how to thank you enough." Rob says gratefully.
"That's ok, Rob, don't worry about it." Simon assured him.
For a brief moment everyone drew their attention to the three infants as they started squealing at each other. Vincent began tugging at Tom's stuffed teddy and Tom did not like this one bit. He began to growl and made an expression that resembled his father.
Rob began to chuckle. "I just can't get over the fact that this little one looks so much like you, Simon."
"Yea, we like to call Tom Simon's little 'mini-me'." Jokes Alvin.
"Oh, brother." Sighed Simon.
Everyone else starts laughing at Alvin's comment.
"Alvin you're so immature." Simon growled.
"Hey, it's my job." Alvin retorted.
As the two brothers began their usual argument, the rest of the family decided to carry out the rest of their usual conversation or regular course of business around the home. Rob simply just sat there watching the two brothers arguing. He began to smile; this is the first time he has seen Simon in this manner. Rob had been use to seeing him sad and quiet on the Island. With his family, he is a totally different chipmunk.
From what has happened recently in Rob's life made him very nervous and suspicious of everyone and everything around him. But with Simon and his family, he can feel safe. He looks down to the triplets and notices little Mary-Anne crawling up to him. Again, Rob smiles, as he picks up the little baby Chipette. That is when he also noticed a certain little twinkle in her eyes. He could tell she 'knows' something, but is too young to fully explain it. Rob gave the little Chipette a warm smile, and then looked up to look around the room and see the rest of the family again.
He defiantly feels safe here. Everyone gets along in his or her own special way. But how long would this last? This is a great concern for Rob. He knows that Illuminati will find a way to make sure that there won't be any survivors from Founder's Island.
It would only be a matter of time before this sanctuary will lead into horror.
Later in the evening, Dave and Alvin arrive home.
"Hey, we're ho..." Alvin cut himself off when he noticed a strange human male sitting in the living room watching the triplets playing on the floor.
The stranger looked up and saw Alvin and Dave looking back at him in a questioningly manner. Nervously, he stands up to greet them. "Uh, h-h- hi." He barely says.
"Hi?" Dave says with a raised eyebrow.
"You must be Dave and Alvin.Simon's father and brother?" The stranger asks.
"Yeeessss." Dave slowly replies. ".. And you would be??" He then questions the young man.
"Oh, Rob.I think Simon must have mentioned me before?" He said while taking Dave's hand and shaking it.
"Wait a sec.Rob? As in, Rob, one of Simon's friends from the Island?" Alvin could hardly believe that the two names could be connected, since the 'Rob' from the Island is suppose to be dead.
"Ah, yea. One and the same." Rob answered.
"Dave, Alvin?" a voice cried from the top of the stairs.
All three men looked up to see Simon coming down.
"Hey, Simon." Alvin cried back. "You didn't tell us that one of your friends are still, alive?"
"That's because I didn't find out until today."
"What were you doing, Simon?" Dave asked when he realized that he left a stranger to look after his babies.
"Jeanette and I are cleaning out the baby's crib. Apparently, Vincent has discovered how to take off his diaper." Simon growls as he piers into the living room to see his young ones playing innocently.
"Eeew." Alvin comments as he suddenly got a visual of the disaster the infant must have created.
"Yea, needless to say I'm not to pleased with the little..."
"Ah, Simon..." Dave said, cutting off his son. "Can I have a word with you in the kitchen for a moment, please."
"Sure Dave."
After Simon and Dave left for the kitchen, Alvin is left alone with Rob.
"So... Ah... What brings you to, um...?" Alvin said trying to find the right words.
"Being alive and here in L.A.?" Rob said, filling in the question that Alvin was trying to say.
"Ah, yea..."
"I was shot and left for dead. Then after I regained consciousness, I found myself in a sanatorium. It's been a month since my escape from there." Rob answered plainly.
"Oh..." All of a sudden, something that Rob said made Alvin a tad uncomfortable.
"Hee, hee. Will you excuse me for just a moment...?" Alvin said as he started to back up into the kitchen.
Rob could feel that he just said something wrong and that caused Alvin to feel nervous.
"Ah, Alvin..." He started to say, but realized that the young chipmunk already disappeared into the kitchen.
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MEANWHILE, IN THE KITCHEN...
"Simon, how come you never told us that your friend was coming over?" Dave asked.
"I actually didn't know he was alive until today, Dave."
"Well, how long is he going to be staying?"
"I was hoping that he could stay until he could get back on his feet." Simon said with a hopeful look on his face.
"Oh Simon...Did you know that your friend just recently escaped from a sanatorium?" Asked Alvin as he came in to join his dad and brother in the kitchen.
"What?" Dave said with shock in his voice.
"Now before you two start over reacting, please let me explain." Simon says.
Both Dave and Alvin start crossing their arms as they waited impatiently for an explanation.
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BACK IN THE LIVING ROOM...
The doorbell rings and Miss. Miller and Brittany start walking in through the front door.
"Hello...?" Miss. Miller cries out.
"Ah, hello." Rob calls back from the living room.
"Oh my." Miss. Miller says in a surprised _expression. "Who might you be?"
"Well, I'm Rob.Simon's friend."
"Ok." Brittany says with a look of uncertainty.
"Um, I'm the same Rob from Founder's Island."
"Oooh." Both Brittany and Miss. Miller chimed at once. Then it really hit them. "Oooh?"
"But, aren't you suppose to be dead?" Brittany bluntly asked.
"Yea, well. Lets just say I've been kind of out of it for a while." Rob says shyly with one hand holding the back of his head.
"Oh. So, where are the guys?" Brittany asks eagerly.
"Um. In the kitchen." Rob answers as he jerked his thumb in that direction.
"Thanks. I'll be right back." Brittany says as she backs away into the kitchen.
Worried that he had said something wrong again, Rob turns to Miss. Miller. "Did I say something wrong?" He asks her.
"Oh, no dear." Miss. Miller responds. "Come into the living room and you can tell me more about yourself."
"Oh, thanks. You're so kind."
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"Look, I owe my life to Rob and the others that risked their lives to save me and my friends back on the Island." Simon pointed out.
As Simon finished speaking, Brittany walks in and joins the conversation by standing beside Alvin.
"I don't mean to sound negative or anything, but how can you be sure he is the same person as he was before?" Dave pointed out.
Simon let a sigh and looked out toward living room. "I can't really explain it, I just know Rob can be trusted."
Inside Simon mind, he could hear some of Rob's thoughts. As his friend kept talking with Miss. Miller, Simon heard his comments on how beautiful the triplets were, and how lucky he was to find another survivor from the Island. Although Simon was out of practice in telepathy, he managed to send a brief message to Rob that he too is glad that he found another survivor from the Island.
"Simon...?" Dave began to say.
"Please, Dave. Could we let Rob stay?" Simon pleaded. "Just until he could get back on his feet."
Dave looked deeply into Simon's eyes, and saw complete confidence in them.
"Oh, alright."
"Thanks Dave." Simon smiles.
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After Dave, Alvin, and Simon discussed Rob staying, with Brittany listening in, they re-joined Miss. Miller, Rob, and Jeanette, who just had finished cleaning up the crib, in the living room.
"Hey Simon. I finished the crib. It just needs you to put it back together." Jeanette said with a grin.
"Ok. I'll get to it later." Simon replies. He then turns to Rob and smiles. "Looks like you will be staying with us for while, Rob."
"I don't know how to thank you enough." Rob says gratefully.
"That's ok, Rob, don't worry about it." Simon assured him.
For a brief moment everyone drew their attention to the three infants as they started squealing at each other. Vincent began tugging at Tom's stuffed teddy and Tom did not like this one bit. He began to growl and made an expression that resembled his father.
Rob began to chuckle. "I just can't get over the fact that this little one looks so much like you, Simon."
"Yea, we like to call Tom Simon's little 'mini-me'." Jokes Alvin.
"Oh, brother." Sighed Simon.
Everyone else starts laughing at Alvin's comment.
"Alvin you're so immature." Simon growled.
"Hey, it's my job." Alvin retorted.
As the two brothers began their usual argument, the rest of the family decided to carry out the rest of their usual conversation or regular course of business around the home. Rob simply just sat there watching the two brothers arguing. He began to smile; this is the first time he has seen Simon in this manner. Rob had been use to seeing him sad and quiet on the Island. With his family, he is a totally different chipmunk.
From what has happened recently in Rob's life made him very nervous and suspicious of everyone and everything around him. But with Simon and his family, he can feel safe. He looks down to the triplets and notices little Mary-Anne crawling up to him. Again, Rob smiles, as he picks up the little baby Chipette. That is when he also noticed a certain little twinkle in her eyes. He could tell she 'knows' something, but is too young to fully explain it. Rob gave the little Chipette a warm smile, and then looked up to look around the room and see the rest of the family again.
He defiantly feels safe here. Everyone gets along in his or her own special way. But how long would this last? This is a great concern for Rob. He knows that Illuminati will find a way to make sure that there won't be any survivors from Founder's Island.
It would only be a matter of time before this sanctuary will lead into horror.