Chapter 4- Rock N' Roller skates
The maroon-clad chipmunk opened his eyes after the blinding flash fizzled out. He immediately stomped on the brakes when he spotted to construction workers carrying a steel beam in front of him. The workers jumped out of their skin as the car made a full stop about a foot from them. "Where the hell did these guys come from?" the chipmunk questioned, "they weren't here a second ago".
"Hey bub, we're walking here!" yelled one of the workers.
"Yeah, you shouldn't even be driving here! Don't you know this place is off limits?" interjected the other hard-hatted fellow.
"Sorry, sorry!" DJ apologized as he zoomed past the workers and down the road.
"How the hell did that chipmunk get in here with that car, anyway?" the first construction worker said, feeling quite puzzled.
"I have no idea, Chris" the second construction worker said exacerbated "All I know is that was one weird looking car. I didn't even recognize the logo on the front".
DJ continued to drive down the empty road when he looked at his side mirror. The gangsters were nowhere to be found. He then pulled over and took out his phone. "Good, I lost them" the chipmunk sighed as he relaxed in his seat "Wait, I need to call 911. My uncle's been shot!". He pulled out his phone, dialed the emergency number and put it by his ear. The phone wasn't ringing. The teen was confused, he then looked at the top corner of his screen. No Service. DJ scratched his head, his phone was pretty brand new, then why wasn't he getting any reception? He got out of the Tesla and waved his phone in the air to see if that fixed anything. He looked back at the screen, still no service. DJ groaned in frustration as he stuffed his phone back into his pocket. He got back in the car and tried to turn the engine back on, but just his luck everything in the car shut off. The chipmunk hit the steering wheel in more frustration. He then grabbed his back and got out of the vehicle. "Guess I'm heading to the police station on foot" DJ thought in annoyance. He turned to look at the Tesla and realized how attention grabbing it was in the middle of the road "I should probably hide this. Don't want it to be stolen". The teen then proceeded to push the unusual looking car into the nearby forest and covered it in leaves and branches. After that, DJ ran down the road with his backpack strapped around him.
The chipmunk ran for about 20 minutes until finally reaching town. He was quite out of breath but he kept sprinting down the street. But when he reached the corner he accidentally pumped into a guy who had a green-dyed mohawk and a leather jacket. "Hey, watch where you're going, punk!" the man spat as he shook a fist at the teen.
"Sorry, I'm in a hurry" DJ apologized.
"Stupid rat" the man muttered as he continued to walk in the opposite direction.
DJ was offended by the comment and decided to fire back "Screw you, man! By the way the 90's called, they want their fashion back!". The man looked at him confusingly before his head and continuing on. DJ sighed and decided to slow down, thinking that a police officer can't be far.
As he walked down the road, the teen started to notice that something was strange, the streets looked a bit off to him. He lived in this town all his life yet he kept seeing stores and structures that he didn't recognize. He studied his surroundings even further, the cars parked by the streets looked weird too, they were all simple looking and rectangular. He looked up at the sky and saw the sun was already coming out. "What?! That can't be right" the chipmunk thought. He took out his phone again and looked at the time, it still said it was late at night as it read 2:01. Finally, he started to see other humans appear on the streets but they were strange looking as well. They wore weird clothes and haircuts that reminded DJ of the character's of old sitcoms that were on late at night.
He finally reached the busy part of town where his school also was, and at that point it became obvious to him that the entire town was different. DJ looked searched around to figure out why the town has changed. A young kid in a baseball cap walked passed him playing on a Gameboy. An African American teen with an afro and parachute pants strutted down the street carrying a boombox as it was playing "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy. He spotted a window that had people doing aerobics while bopping synth music played. Then he saw a woman walk over to a public telephone, put some coins in, and started to speak into it. Lastly, DJ spotted a man threw a newspaper in the trash. He ran over and took it out. It was the Los Angeles Time. The young chipmunk then froze when he looked at the date.
Saturday, July 14th, 1990
"HOLY SHIT!" DJ yelled at the top of his lungs. People on the street looked at him strangely as the teen covered his mouth. "Oh my god, I've been sent to the past!" DJ thought as he realized what had happened. July 14th, 1990 was the last date Simon typed in before loading the time machine with plutonium. And he remembered his uncle saying when the car hits 88 miles per hour, which he must've done during the chase, that it activates the time circuits.
DJ looked around, not sure what to do. He decided to continue walking as he still had a scared expression on his face. "What am I going to do? I'm stuck 30 years in the past! In a different century!" the chipmunk thought "There's no smartphones or internet! MC, Carol, and Franklin haven't even been born yet. I haven't even been born yet!". A million thoughts ran through his mind while walking down the late 20th century town until he spotted a building that got his attention. It was the old roller skating rink. The place shut down when he was little because of rent problems but he remembered loving the place. But the rink wasn't closed, in fact it was pretty packed. He walked up to the front doors and looked up at the taped on sign. It read "Radical Summer Deal! Drinks are half off, only $0.40! From June 3rd - September 1st" . DJ was surprised to see how low the price for a drink was, it wasn't even half a dollar. "I guess I could go for a soda" the chipmunk thought as he entered the building.
DJ looked around and saw the place was filled to the brim with kids and teens, all wearing bright colored clothes and old hairdos. There were plenty of people rolling on the rink while others just hung up by tables. "Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer was playing on the speakers. The young chipmunk spotted the snack bar on the other side of the rink and proceeded to make his way towards it.
He sat in one of the empty seats by the counter and placed his backpack on the floor. At that moment a teenage employee in uniform walked up to him. He had black spiky hair and his name tag read "Mike". "Sup, little dude!" Mike greeted DJ as he shot finger guns "Changing up the style, I see. Want the usse (short for usual)?".
DJ then coughed nervously "Can I have a cup of root beer?".
Mike then nodded his head with a grin on his face "The usse". The employee then walked over to the soda machine and filled a cup with root beer (It didn't have the solo jazz pattern as that wouldn't be introduced for another 2 years). He put a lid and straw on it and handed it to DJ "That'll be $0.40, amigo".
"Ah right," the chipmunk remembered as he took out 4 dimes and handed them to Mike
"Thank you," Mike gave him a thumb's up and walked away.
DJ started to drink his soda, he decided to read the newspaper he took so he could better familiarized with the current time period. Of course the headlines weren't pleasant, one even talking about a MetroRail tunnel catching fire. The chipmunk turned the page and saw ads for 1990 model cars. While he was looking at the cars, someone sat in the seat next to him "Wattup Mike, my man! The usual, please".
DJ then heard Mike say "Woah, what the..? Sure, little dude…". The person next to him paid upfront while he kept his eyes glued to the newspaper. Mike then returned with another cup of soda and handed it to figure "Here you go, dude. The usual root beer".
"Thank you my good sir". DJ still didn't look up from the newspaper but found the person next to him to be pretty lively. DJ could also swear his voice sounded familiar.
The young chipmunk then heard Mike talking to a fellow employee, who had blonde hair, "Hey Jake, look at that.''. DJ looked up and saw Mike point at his general direction.
"Woah, that's trippy" Jake responded. DJ looked around him to figure out what they were looking at until his eyes fell on the figure next to him.
It was young chipmunk who looked like his age. He wore a red cap and had a cool hair. He also wore a red hoodie with a big yellow A on it, blue jeans, and white Nike shoes with red slashes. But most striking of all was that the chipmunk looked exactly like DJ!
Said chipmunk then noticed DJ was staring at him and chuckled "I can see you're one of my adoring fans". He then took out a pen a wrote on his receipt. "Here" the other chipmunk finally was face to face with DJ as his eyes widen "Whoa, you look exactly like me!". DJ looked down at the piece of paper that the chipmunk was about to hand him and gasped. The chipmunk has written down "Alvin Seville". He was face to face with his dad!
"Yeah isn't it trippy, Alvin?" said Jake as he approached them.
"Yeah, it's like looking into a mirror" DJ's young father answered.
"Looks like you finally found your doppelganger" Mike interjected. Alvin, Jake, and Mike continued to stare at DJ with bewildered while he himself started to feel anxious. He was not liking the attention he was getting.
"Wow, my doppelganger!" Alvin said excitedly "So what's your name, Twinsy?".
Sweat ran down DJ's head, and without thinking he muttered "D...DJ…". He then realized what he had done and wish he had made up a name instead.
His father then grabbed his arm and started to shake it quite hard "Nice to meet you DJ! I'm Alvin, but you probably already knew that. I bet people ask you if your me all the time".
DJ nodded while wearing a crooked smile. "Yeah… but it's not too frequent" he lied as he scratched the back of his head.
"OH MY GOD! IT'S ALVIN!". Everyone then turned and saw a bunch of kids approached them. They yelled all sorts of things. "We love your music!" "Is it true that you traveled around the world in a hot air balloon?" "Please sign my underwear!". The fans surrounded Alvin as DJ was caught up in the swarm.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Alvin said as he motioned his hands "There's plenty of me to go around, just please give me and my double some space".
The fans backed away then turned towards DJ, he gulped pretty hard. "Woah, that guy looks exactly like Alvin!" one of them yelled.
The red-clad chipmunk then put his hand on DJ's shoulder "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like you to meet my doppelganger, DJ…? What is you last name anyway?".
Everyone leaned closer to the headphones wearing teen. There is no way he could tell them his last name! So DJ decided to make up one on my fly "Oh, well… my last name is…. Khaled! Yes, DJ Khaled". He then slapped himself for the name he gave, though it wasn't the best choice in this situation, at least he did say Seville.
"So, Mr. Khaled how long have you known Alvin?" asked one of the fans.
"Oh, we have only known each other for a couple of minutes" Alvin answered.
"Also what's with those weird clothes?" asked another fan.
"Yeah, why are you dressed up like a lumberjack?" added another.
DJ looked down, just realizing his clothes that were quite inappropriate for the time period. "Yeah, I've been wondering that too" Alvin said as he scratched his chin "I mean, your headphones don't even have a cord".
"Um, well…" before DJ had to answer, another fan through a question.
"What's new with band up, anyway?" she asked.
Alvin the gave a small smirk "Well if you must know, me and my brother's are actually recording our new album". The fans started to cheer and jump excitedly. DJ couldn't believe what he was seeing. Sure he knew his dad was a famous rockstar, but back in his own time the most fanfare Alvin gotten was the occasional recognition from one person. He never knew his dad was this popular once.
"Hey, everyone look!" some kid pointed at the rink. All of Alvin's fans then ran over to look, and they started to cheer, fixated on whatever was happening at the rink.
"Hey, what happened to my fans!" Alvin said, both confused and annoyed. He stood up and started to walk towards the rink. "Come on, DJ!" the red capped chipmunk gestured. DJ reluctantly followed suit, putting his backpack back on, as he and his "look-a-like" got a better view of what everyone else seemed to be focusing on.
In the rink was a chipette with auburn hair, who also looked to be about DJ's age. She wore a ponytail, a pink dress with a yellow B pin, yellow scarf, blue leggings, and yellow leg warmers. Everyone watched in awe as she performed various tricks in her roller skates, like spinning in a circle, doing a somersault, even grinding against the walls. "Check out the moves on Brittany Miller!" a person yelled.
"Brittany Miller?" DJ thought, he recognized who the skating chipette was "Mom?!".
"Ugh, typical" Alvin groaned as he rolled his eyes "Always stealing the spotlight".
DJ looked at his dad confused "Hey isn't that mo… I mean, your girlfriend, Brittany?". Alvin scrunched up his face "Ew, no! Like I ever date that brat". DJ couldn't believe what his dad was saying. Not only did his dad not seemed to like his mom, he seemed to hate her.
Brittany finally stopped her little show, and then a bunch of fans surrounded her. "Woo! Go Brittany!" "You have an amazing voice!" "You look so pretty!".
Brittany started to chuckle gleefully at the compliments she was getting "Thank you, thank you! I'm really flattered". DJ could she was displaying an ego similar to Alvin, and he felt pretty alienated seeing both of his parents acting so cocky. They were nothing like this in the future.
"Hey, Brittany" a fan greeted the pink clad chipette, getting her attention "Did you come here with Alvin?".
"Alvin's here too?!" yelled another fan "I can't believe there are two rockstars here!".
"Alvin's here?!" Brittany asked, looking shock. But she then reverted her face to a calm nonchalant look "Um I mean, Alvin who? I don't think I have ever heard of him".
This made the cap wearing chipmunk red in the face. He then jumped over the wall and roller skated over to his rival "Oh, you know exactly who I am, Brittany. What are you doing here?".
"I was about to ask you the same question" the chipette replied. The two rockstars then glared at each other as they touch noses.
DJ looked in horror seeing the hostility between the two chipmunks, "they are supposed to be in love!".
Alvin pulled away "Well I was here, showing my adoring group of fans a good time, when you showed up and started to make a fool of yourself with your flailing".
Everyone in the rink went "ooo". His comment seemed to have peeved the girl, but she then crossed her and grinned "It's not my fault I'm so amazing. Admit it Alvin, you're just jealous of how much cooler I am from you". Everyone in the rink then "ooo" louder.
"Pfft, Alvin is so much better than Brittany it's not even a contest" DJ heard a guy whispered to a girl.
"No way!" the girl responded "Brittany can run circles around Alvin, any day!". Everyone around the rink then started to argue which rockstar was better, as said rockstars continued to bicker.
"Oh please, what is there to be jealous of?" the boy responded "I'm the rockstar here, you're just a nobody". Alvin then gave Brittany a cheeky smirk.
"No I'm the rockstar, Seville" Brittney replied "the Chipettes are a nation wide phenomenon!".
Alvin then let out a laugh "Ha, but the Chipmunks are a worldwide phenomenon! Face it Britt, we're the boys of rock n' roll!".
Brittany was on her last straw as he stomped up to her rival "Alright, Mr. Popularity. How much you want to bet I can out rock n' roll you!". Everyone in the rink went crazy at the chipette's challenge.
She then rolled over to the jukebox, put in a quarter, and the music started to play. She then roller skated around the rink, doing a bunch of tricks. Alvin looked unimpressed, while DJ looked onward, not sure was happening. Then a bunch of other girls in roller skates joined Brittany and started to synchronized their dance movies with her, as they began to sing:
Sun goes down,
I'm just gettin' up,
I'm headed for the city of lights.
Radio blastin',
All the way to the club,
Gonna rock this town tonight.
Brittney then started to look at Alvin mockingly
You're living in a man's world,
They tell us.
She then rolled over and pulled Alvin's cap over his eyes, which annoyed him.
But we ain't gonna buy it.
The thing's they're tryin' to sell
Us, now.
Cause we're the girls of rock and roll
(Just Brittany) Oooo, hoo!
Yeah we're the girls of rock and roll.
(Just Brittany) Rock and roll-ol-ol-ol-la!
She then faced the cheering crowd behind her and stood tall. But then Alvin came speeding in with an electric guitar and zoomed pass her, causing her to spin out. He was then joined by a bunch of boys as they started singing:
(Just Alvin) Oh Yeah!
Curtain's up,
And I'm ready to go,
My guitar is in my hand.
He then promptly started to play his guitar.
There's nothin' more that I'd rather do,
Than play in a rock and roll band.
Brittany pretended to sigh and was unimpressed.
What we have is what we will be givin',
Headin' for the top!
(Just Alvin)Don't you know?
We'll never stop believein'
Now!
He then jumped on the boys' shoulders as everyone looked in awe, even Brittany.
Cause we're the boys of rock and roll,
(Just Alvin) You better believe it, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, we're the boys of rock and roll.
(Just Alvin) RRRRRRock and roll-oh!
Brittany and all the girls looked peeved, but then looked cocky as they stomped forward.
We are the girls,
We are the girls,
We are the girls of rock and roll.
Alvin and the all the boys stomped forward as well and each boy faced a girl, including Alvin who was facing Brittany.
We are the boys,
We are the boys,
We are the boys of rock and roll.
Then everyone started to dance with the person they were facing during the instrumental, except for DJ, who was still awe struck. His mother and father sang and danced amazingly, was he seriously related to them?! Are these the same chipmunks that will grow up to be his boring parents?! The teen looked at his parents dancing with each other, and he could've sworn that they were actually having fun with each other. But at that moment, the lone chipmunk saw a bunch of tough looking guys enter through the front doors. They looked onward to the little dance party, they seemed displeased. But no one else else beside DJ seemed to notice them.
(Alvin and the boys) Cause we're the boys of rock and roll,
(Just Brittany) Ohhh-oh-oh-ooh!
(Brittany and the girls) Yeah, we're the girls of rock and roll,
(Just Brittany) Better believe it that we are…
(Alvin and the boys) Yeah, we're the boys of rock and roll
(Just Alvin) Rock and roll!
(Brittany and the girls) Yeah, we're the girls of rock and roll,
(Just Brittany) Gonna rock and roll and rock and roll!
(Alvin and the boys)Yeah, we're the boys of rock and roll
(Just Alvin) Rooooock and roll!
Then all of a sudden the music stopped playing. Everyone looked around disappointed and confused. They all looked over to the jukebox and saw it been smashed to pieces by the mean looking gang. Then the gang of the mean looking guys approached the two rockstars. "Look who we got here, boys" The leader said "A couple of singing rats have infested our turf".
Alvin then got up in the leader's face "Hey, this rink belongs to everyone, punk!".
Brittany also stepped forward "That's right! And we're not rats, either".
"Are you threatening us, you little pipsqueaks?" the leader spat "because that would be a big mistake!".
Alvin shot a death glare to the leader, but he accidentally showed a bit of reluctancy "Maybe I am". The leader didn't seem to be intimidated, only amused at the boy chipmunk's attempt at bravery. He then looked over to Brittany and he got an evil idea.
"How about this, rat?" he asked Alvin "We promise not to be the living crap out of you, we'll leave this rink forever, if we get to take your little girlfriend". He then pointed to Brittany with a conniving grin on his face. The chipette seemed terrified with the gang leader's offer. Everyone stood in silence as they waited Alvin to answer.
"Eh, sure" he answered looking pretty casual "she's not even my girlfriend anyway".
Everyone gasp, especially Brittany. She looked seriously hurt as her eyes started to water. The gang leader laugh maniacally as he grabbed Brittney's arm as he and his crew started to leave with her. "No, please!" Brittany yelled desperately "Get your hands off me!". DJ looked over to his father, shocked by his choice. But he then noticed Alvin's fist gripped as his face turned to anger.
The chipmunk then started to speed right towards the gang. DJ was scared for his existence "He's actually going to fight them! He's going to get himself killed!". And without thinking, he ran onto the rink yelling "DAD! STOP!".
He accidentally knocked into his father, causing both of them to trip the gang members and letting go of Brittany. She fell to the ground, completely unaware of what happened behind her. DJ was then hurled to the wall of the rink and hit his head hard. Everyone else ganged up on the gang and started to run them out of the rink. Brittany then got up and stormed out of the rink herself as tears fell from her face. DJ's vision started to blur as he looked over to his dad, who was just lying there on the rink. "Dad….." was the last thing the teen whispered before his eyes closed and he fell unconscious.
You know I just had to include The Girls of Rock N' Roll in this story somewhere. So yeah, the majority of the story will take place in 1990, which I'll admit will be a tad hard cause that was 12 years before I was born. But the guys who wrote the script for Back to the Future were only toddlers in the year 1955, so if they can do it, I can do it. Also, as I promised, no moms will fall for their sons so don't expect Brittney to act like a creep.