Chapter 12- Dragonland Showdown
Simon was far from athletic, that was more of Alvin's thing, so after a mere few minutes of running away from the crazed Sammy mascot, he had to catch his breath. Sweat fell down his head as he turned around to see if the Doctor was there, but thankfully he was nowhere in sight.
"Simon…" Jeanette panted beside him "What is going on?"
Simon looked over to his best friend, and realized the two of them were holding hands. Jeanette noticed as well, even blushing a bit. Simon quickly pulled his hand in embarrassment.
Jeanette heart stopped, once more her best friend was closing himself off. But this time the straw broke the camel's back, Jeanette's mind was filled with all kinds of emotions, all of them negative. "Why are you acting this way towards me?!" the purple chipette teared up in both sorrow and anger.
Simon was taken aback from the usually timid chipette's outburst. "A-acting like what?" he choked on his words.
"Like… like … you don't want to be around me anymore!" the brunette screamed, which caused the tall chipmunk to gasp. "I'm not an idiot, Simon" she continued "So don't worry, the message is loud and clear". The tall chipette then turned around and started to walk away.
Simon panicked, not only was his treasured friendship falling apart, but said friend would be in huge risk of getting kidnapped by the mad scientist. "Jeanette!" he cried as he ran over to her "Don't go, It's dangerous!"
"What's dangerous?" Jeanette spat as she turned around to face Simon for a bit.
The bispecticalled boy stopped in his tracks, he was supposed to keep the whole Frankenstein ordeal as secret, but Jeanette was demanding answers. And thanks to his flaws, he just stood there, unable to mutter a single word.
The chipette scrunched up her nose "Why can't you tell me?!"
"I-I just can't, Jeanette" Simon quickly answered.
Jeanette was filled with sadness and frustration, she could no longer take her best friend's rejections. "Why should I believe a word you say, anyway?" she began to tear up "All of you've been doing is lying and keeping secrets from me!". She then booked it, which took a couple of seconds for Simon to process.
Once he did though, he started to chase after her "Jeanette, wait wait!".
Meanwhile, the band leaders were still running. Being the one who had the worst experience with Dr. Frankenstein, Alvin had no inclination to stop. Brittney however, was done with aimlessly running around the park, especially since she didn't know why they were running in the first place.
"Alvin, stop!" she cried, and as commanded, the red capped teen stopped as well. "Why are we running?" the chipette asked in a sassy tone.
"Because a mad man is chasing us!" Alvin yelled in fear.
Brittney looked behind them, and saw couldn't see anything to suggest so "But there is no one chasing us".
Alvin looked behind him as well, and let out a sigh when he saw Brittney was right.
"Alvin…" Brittney pestered as she tapped her foot "I'm waiting for an explanation"
The red chipmunk sighed, and then he explained everything about what happened during the summer they performed at Majestic Movie Studios "And that man in the Sammy costume is Dr. Frankenstein!"
Brittney was silent for a bit before she burst out in laughter "Dr. Frankenstein! Come on, he isn't real. Even if he was, why would he be here out of all places? You're either a bad liar or gullible"
"Brittney, I'm serious!" Alvin cried "He turned me into an insane monster! It really happened!"
The pink chipette just rolled her eyes "Alvin, not every joke you make is funny, so just drop it. Where are the others anyway?"
Alvin looked around some more in horror "Oh no, he got the others! Britt, we're the only survivors! God, can this date get any worse?!"
Brittney thought her ears were tricking her, did Alvin said what she thought he said? "Excuse me Mr. Seville, did you call this is a date?"
Alvin insides sank, realizing that he let the word slip. "No, no" he tried to reflect "I-I said can this day get any worse…"
"That's not what I heard…" Brittney teased "Is that why you've been so nice all day?"
The red teen couldn't think of a way to get out of the situation, so he gave in "Sigh… Yeah, and I've been blowing it…". He then looked to the ground in shame.
"Oh Alvin…" Brittney said softly as she placed a hand on the chipmunk's shoulder "What are you talking about, this day has been great"
The red capped teen looked up at girl "But I have done nothing but tried to look cool, but I only made a fool out of myself"
Brittney shook her head, giving Alvin a warm smile. "Alvin, you're not cool" she began to say softly as she wrapped her arms around the brooding boy "You're amazing". She then pulled Alvin into another hug.
"Really?" Alvin asked in disbelief.
Brittney nodded "Yep, in fact this date has been amazing! I'm loving this new leaf you're turning"
Alvin then let out a big sigh "Oh thank god… now that alien won't melt my brain"
Brittney released herself from the red teen and looked up at him with confusion "Alien?"
Alvin covered his mouth, curing himself for letting another thing slip "Yeah, last night an alien came into my room and said I broke the space time continuum, and the only way to fix it was for you to go out with me"
"Wait a minute" Brittney gave Alvin a sudden glare, releasing herself from him "Are you telling me you've been trying to swoon me because you dreamt an alien was going to melt your brain?..."
"Hey I didn't dream it!" Alvin defended himself "An alien really did come into my room, he even used his advance technology on me, what was I supposed to do?"
"ALVIN!" Brittney yelled with rage "ALIENS ARE NOT REAL, FRANKENSTEIN IS NOT REAL! YOU'RE JUST DUMB!". The chipette then faced away from Alvin. "And here I thought you were being nice because you actually cared…" she muttered, running away while tears fell.
Alvin just stood there while he watched Brittney run away. Yet again he made her upset, and it was tearing him apart. Everyone around him saw the whole drama played out, and they all stared at him with disappointment. And from the bushes, there was a flash, which went unnoticed by the rockstar.
Sinister laughter could be heard from the bush as well, belonging to Gary the slimy paparazzo. "Fred, we just hit the jackpot" the short goon sang as he waved the photo, so it could cool down faster. The image finally appeared, and it showed Brittney running away from Alvin in tears "Wait 'til the boss sees this!"
Fred however, was feeling somber "Man, I hope that pink girl chipmunk will be alright".
Gary gave his partner another whack "Who cares?! We're paparazzi, we're don't give sympathy, we give scoops! Come on, let's find a telephone and give Ms. Cameron the good news!"
Finally, we are back to the hero of this story, who was currently the only one being chased by the Sammy Mascot. It felt DJ was running for an eternity. No matter how many sharp turns or shortcuts the chipmunk made, he couldn't seem to get the mad man off his tail. But something caught his eye, a humongous playhouse based off Talking Teddy (there's the one reference to the 2010s show). This seemed to be the perfect place to lose the crazy chaser, so DJ bolted to the crowded playhouse.
"You can't get away from me, chipmunk!" the evil scientist cried. He continued to chase DJ into the playhouse, which was currently filled with lots of little kids. DJ managed to dodge the children just fine, Dr. Frankenstein however, kept bumping into them. Eventually, the doctor accidentally tripped over a little boy, who started to cry loudly.
The mother was sitting on the bench nearby, and was furious to see that a grown adult had hurt her child "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HARMING MY KID!". She then stomped over, whacking the doctor with her purse, and picking up her crying boy.
"What is going on here?" the male supervisor of the playhouse asked as he approached them.
"One of your incompetent employees trampled my kid!" the mother spat.
The supervisor blew his top off, then he lifted Frankenstein by the collar of his costume. "Sorry ma'am, this Sammy needs a little talking to" the supervisor said as he turned to the doctor, "What are we paying you for, you dumb squirrel?! Learn how to walk!". This seemed to be the wrong thing to say, as all the children were listening. They instantly started crying, upset that their favorite character was being heavily scolded. DJ saw his opportunity, and zoomed out of the playhouse, leaving Dr. Frankenstein to sleep in his bed.
The headphone wearing teen kept running until he bumped into two other teens. He took a good look at them and saw it was his father and uncle Simon. "Alvin, Simon!" the maroon chipmunk cheered.
"DJ!" the two other teens simultaneously greeted back.
"Have you guys seen Jeanette?!" Simon asked desperately.
"I was going to ask if you guys seen Brittney!" Alvin added.
"What, you guys lost the girls?!" DJ exclaimed "They ran with you!"
The two brothers then tried to explain what happened, but did it at the same time, and to rapid.
DJ then motioned them to quiet down "Ok ok, so what I'm gathering from your sh-peel is that both of the girls are mad at you, and they ran away, correct?". The two teens nodded shamefully. The 21st century teen face palmed in frustration, "And I'm assuming you don't know where Theodore and Eleanor are either"
"No we don't" Alvin admitted "But we have to find all of them, or else Dr. Frankenstein will find them first!"
"Dr. Frankenstein?!" DJ exasperated (The Seville brothers would've continued to keep the Frankenstein ordeal a secret even beyond DJ's time) "You mean that Sammy mascot is the mad doctor himself?!"
"We'll explain later!" Simon proclaimed "The others are in danger, let's go!"
Meanwhile, over by a bench in front of the carousel, sat a sad purple chipette. Jeanette tried to hold back the tears, but some still fell out. She just had a fight with her best friend, someone who she held dear. Never in a million years would she think that there would be any arguments between her and Simon, they weren't like their hot headed siblings. But she was so mad at him, and even herself. What went wrong?
"Gasp, Jeanette!" said a familiar nearby voice.
The tall chipette looked up and saw it was her sister. "B-Brittney?..." she stammered, feeling quite embarrassed that her own sister caught her crying. But when she got a closer look, she saw that the pink teen had her mascara running.
"Jeanette, what happened!" Brittney asked as he went to sit next to her sister.
Jeanette wiped the tears out of her face "It's Simon, he's been ignoring me, and when he does talk to me, he just lies and keep secrets. It's like he doesn't want me around anymore!"
Brittney gasped, watching her sister tear up more. She took out a rag and passed it to Jeanette, who blew into it. "How awful!" she snarled "Guess what, I found out, Alvin was only being nice to me because he had a dream that an alien was going to melt his brain if I didn't fall for him. Can you believe that?!"
Jeanette then grunted, rolling her eyes "That wasn't a dream, it was DJ pretending to be an alien. Apparently him and Simon were trying to get you and Alvin together!"
"Typical boys!" Brittney spat, she was absolutely livid "Think they could whatever they want with us! On this day forward, we'll never interact with one again!"
"Yeah, they're all just trouble!" Jeanette answered in agreement "I even bet they did that Sammy mascot dirty too"
Brittney scoffed "You want to hear Alvin's excuse for that?"
"What?" Jeanette asked in annoyance.
Just then, a dark figure appeared behind them on the carousel, he stepped off and slowly approached the two chipettes.
"He said that the Sammy guy was Dr. Frankenstein" Brittney stated, oblivious to the person approaching her.
"You're joking" Jeanette said in disbelief. The figure drew closer.
"I wish I was" Brittney said all poised "Alvin said him and the boys met him when they performed here. He even made the insane claim that they became friends with Frankenstein the monster"
"Please, Alvin is so gullible" Jeanette responded, "Frankenstein is not real. Though I do have to say, I recall that creep back there saying something about our brains"
"Oh I said to say goodbye to your brains" said an unfamiliar voice behind them. The sisters turned around, it was the Sammy mascot. "Hallo Mädels!" he greeted ominously. He then grabbed Brittney and Jeanette. He covered their mouths to muffle their screaming. The man laughed evilly as he carried the two teenage girls away.
One Hour Later...
DJ, Alvin, and Simon frantically looked all over the park, while million thoughts ran through their heads of what terrible fate the other chipmunks faced. The brothers told DJ all about their encounter with the mad doctor (which blew his mind that his father and uncles met another monster besides the Wolfman), and the futuristic teen understood the magnitude of the situation.
Alvin let out a frustrated groan "God, we've done nothing but run circles! Maybe the girls just ditched us!"
"They couldn't have, Alvin" Simon objected "Home is too far away, and Dave won't pick us up for another few hours. They have to be here somewhere"
"Plus, there is still an evil scientist out to get us!" DJ proclaimed "We have to get the police!"
"We can't even do that!" Simon added "Or everyone will know about Frankie!"
"Yeah, Deej" said Alvin somberly "It doesn't matter how good hearted he is, people will still think he's a monster"
DJ snapped his fingers, feeling quite crossed "Out of all the dumbest things that could happen today, I swear to god. Where is this Frankie guy you're so chummy with anyway?". While he was talking, a green figure came running towards him behind his back.
Both Alvin and Simon noticed the figure approaching. "Right behind you" Simon answered in a surprised tone.
DJ turned around as told, and he jumped out of his skin when he saw the real Frankenstein's monster stop right in front of them. He looked up quite frightened by Frankie's appearance, and then the heads of his smaller uncle and aunt popped behind the monster's back.
"Alvin, Simon!" Theodore cried as he and Eleanor jumped down.
"Friends!" Frankie sang as he hugged Alvin and Simon, giving them a tight squeeze.
"Long time no see, Frankie" Alvin muttered in pain.
Frankie then sniffed in air curiously and glared at DJ. The maroon teen started to sweat a bit, but he reminded himself that the monster wasn't so bad. "Hello, Frankie" DJ waved nervously "I'm Alvin, Simon, and Theodore's cousin DJ". Frankie's face lit up when he heard this, and went over to give DJ a big hug as well, which choked him as well.
Eleanor glared at the maroon chipmunk, still under the impression that DJ was a threat. "Um, Ellie" Theodore whispered, "What should we do about the alien?"
The small chipette let out a sigh "As much as I hate to say this, but right now we should worry about the doc. DJ doesn't look like he will strike soon, anyway". Just then the blonde came to a scary realization. "Where are my sister?!" she cried.
"We were hoping you would know!" Alvin responded frantically.
Everyone panic for a moment, not sure what to do next. But just then, the PA system turned on across the park. "Attention rodents!" boomed the evil European voice "I've got your girlfriends here in Dragonland (evil laughter). If you don't want me to hurt them, then you better hurry!". Everyone in the park were shaken by the announcement. Most of them didn't know what it even meant, but the thought that there was someone dangerous present, scared them.
"Dragonland?!" Simon cried "The fastest roller coaster in the state?!"
"W-why would Dr. Frankenstein bring them there?" Theodore stuttered.
"Well I'm not going to stand here to find out!" Alvin proclaimed.
"Yeah" joined Eleanor "I'm going to make that squirrel face pay for even laying a finger on my sisters". She then punched her palm fiercely.
"But Dragonland is on the other side of the park!" Simon cried. At this point, Everyone around them were watching the chipmunks squabbled "It would be be late by the time we get there!"
Just then Frankie let out a loud roar, his muscles flexed, even ripping his clothes. He scooped up all of the chipmunks like they were nothing, and ran like the wind. All of the teen yelped, as they went zooming across the park, catching the entire place's attention. Brittney and Jeanette were in danger!
Meanwhile, Gary and Fred managed to find a phone booth. The short goon was speaking into the telephone. "Hey boss" he snickered "I got the scoop you wanted. Those rats won't know what hit'em". But he was soon interrupted by a speeding Frankie, whose strength in speed caused the booth to fall over, cancelling the call. "The hell was that!" Gary spat.
"It's those chipmunks, Gary" answered Fred. The two of them saw a crowd of people running behind, following the speed demon.
"Come on, you idiot!" Gary commanded as he got back on his feet "We have to catch those furballs!"
Over at Dragonland, Brittney and Jeanette were tied up, sitting in the front car of the roller coaster. The evil Dr. Frankenstein was tampering with the operator as he laughed maniacally.
"Why are you doing this!" cried Jeanette, struggling to break free.
The doctor snickered "Nothing personal, girlie. I'm just anticipating the boy rodents to show up, so I can annihilate all of you!"
"Why should the boys be scared of you?!" Brittney spat angrily "You're just a dumb squirell!"
The mad doctor slammed his fist in anger "I'm the brilliant Dr. Victor Frankenstein! I'm going to make you regret saying those words, you brat!"
The two chipettes looked at each other in shock, the boys were telling the truth! The girls struggled some more, but they failed to break free.
But in the distance, a loud roar could be heard. Frankie came bursting through the door, with the rest of the chipmunks in his arms. He then placed them down.
"Brittney!" Alvin cried.
"Alvin!" Brittney cried back.
"Jeanette!" Simon yelled out as well.
"Simon!" Jeanette yelled as well.
"Dr. Frankenstein!" Theodore shouted.
"Rodents!" Dr. Frankenstein cursed.
"AND MY FIST!" Eleanor screamed as she ran towards the mad scientist, and punching him right in the kisser. Frankenstein fell to the floor as the small chipette kept swinging "Don't hurt my sisters, you son of a… AHH!".
Frankenstein managed to through the violent blonde right off of him, and then he pulled himself up onto the operator. He struggled pretty bad, after being beaten to a pulp by Eleanor. "How could something so small have so much strength?" the doctor sneered.
Once the blonde hit the ground, Theodore came running to her side "Ellie!"
Frankie was furious to see his new friend get hurt, so he tried to stomp over to his creator.
"Stand back!" the mad doctor threatened "Or I'll push this button, and the girl rodents will speed across this unstabled roller coaster!". Frankie took the threat seriously, not approaching any further.
"Leave the girls out of this!" Alvin cried "This is between you and me!"
Frankenstein then chuckled sinisterly "Listen annoying red one, you've taken everything from me, so it's time I took something dear from you!". He then pulled the lever, and the cars started to move forward as he laughed evilly. Alvin, Simon, Theodore, and Eleanor panicked. They all jumped into the cars as well, bringing them to the top.
"Guys!" DJ yelled to his family from the bottom "Dr. Frankenstein tampered with the ride!"
"Don't worry" Alvin yelled back "We'll free the girls! Stop the ride!".
Just then the roller coaster went speeding down the track as everyone on it screamed. The rest of the park watched in horror, seeing the famous rockstars at risk of falling off.
Dr. Frankenstein laughed even louder, feeling his revenge had been complete. Frankie tried to attack him, but he was zapped by a strange device, causing him to pass out. "Don't think I didn't prepare for you" the doctor belittled "I'm prepared for everything!"
"You aren't prepared for me!" DJ cried as he jumped onto the mad scientist.
Meanwhile, the other chipmunks were screaming as the coaster went through various loops and hoops. Brittney and Jeanette were still tied down in the front, while the others were in the back. When the coaster slowed down a bit, Alvin pulled himself up and started to climb down to the tied up girls.
"Alvin, it's too dangerous!" Simon cried.
"We can't just sit here, we have to save the girls!" Alvin argued "Come on, Si. Help me!"
Simon sighed nervously, knowing that his reckless brother was right. Him and Alvin made there way to the fronts as Eleanor and Theodore followed behind.
Back at groundlevel, DJ and Frankenstein wrestled on the ground. The doctor tried to pry him off, but the chipmunk held on like a tick. However, he did eventually manage to hold DJ down by his arms. The maroon teen tried to get up, but the scientist had him pinned down hard. Frankenstein snickered as he reached back to his zapper. Once DJ saw what the madman was doing, he tried to hold the zapper back with his free hand.
Dr. Frankenstein let out an annoyed grunt "Who are you anyway? I thought you were the red one, but you seem to be completely separate from the other rodents"
"I'm… just… their cousin" DJ struggled.
"You know" the doctor began to say "For some reason I have a hard time believing that"
Back at the roller coaster, Alvin and Simon finally reached the front car. "Boys!" the tied up chipettes said in a surprised tone.
"Don't worry" Alvin exclaimed as he began to untie Brittney "We're here to rescue you!"
"But what about you guys?" Brittney asked worriedly.
"Yeah, you could fall off!" Jeanette remarked.
"Hey" Simon proclaimed "It's the least we could do after acting like jerks". Simon began to untie Jeanette as well, and the purple chipette looked up with a smile.
Back at ground level, DJ struggled to hold back the zapper.
"What do you mean, you have a hard time believing that?" DJ asked.
"I just find it strange how much you look like the red boy" Frankenstein claimed. Little did he know that Frankie was returning to his senses. "Trust me, I'm a biologist!" the doctor continued, "How could cousins resemble each other so closely. The only two things that make sense is that either you're an identical twin… or an offspring!"
DJ gulped pretty hard, was Dr. Frankenstein catching on who he really is? But before things could escalate any further, Frankie picked up his creator. The scientist flailed his arms as the monster walked over to the edge. Once he reached it, he chucked Frankenstein off. The evil scientist's screams could be heard, until everything went quiet. The headphone wearing chipmunk saw his chance, and he pulled himself up and ran over to the operator. In a quick motion, DJ pushed the lever back into place.
The rollercoaster was about to go through a huge loop. Alvin and Simon managed to free Brittney and Jeanette. Theodore and Eleanor helped Simon pulled the tall chipette into the car behind the front. However there was a sudden break, and the roller coaster slowed down. Unfortunately, however, it had just enough acceleration to go half way across the loop. The teens were upside down, and the roller coaster stopped moving. Most of them had strapped themselves in, but Brittney was in the middle of moving back. She nearly fell, but luckily Alvin managed to grab her hand. Brittney made the mistake of looking down, and she shrieked once she saw how high up she was.
At this point, everyone in the bottom of the park screamed, fearing that the pink chipette was going to fall. Then she felt that she was losing her grip.
"Alvin" she yelled "I'm slipping!"
This whole time Alvin was using one hand to hold Brittney, and the other to keep his cap from slipping. When he saw the chipette was slipping, he knew what he had to do. Brittney whittnessed as the red chipmunk let his cap fall as he used both of his hands to pull her up.
The coaster then started to move backwards due to the physics, and this time it did it nice and slow. Once it was flat again, it came to a full stop. Brittney sat herself next to Alvin, she was still breathing heavily.
"Britt" Alvin said softly "Are you alright?".
The auburn haired teen looked in his eyes with watery eyes, she then smothered her face into his chest. Tears did fall, but she was hardly crying. She was just so happy and relieved. Alvin wrapped his arms around her back, rocking the chipette back and forward.
The other chipmunks saw the whole thing. Theodore and Eleanor embraced each other as well. All there was left was Simon and Jeanette, who noticed they were the only ones not hugging. The two looked at the other through each others lens. They stared at each other for a long time.
Simon was the first to break the silence "Jeanette, are you okay?". The purple teen simply nodded. "Look, I'm sorry to how I've been acting lately" Simon admitted "I didn't mean to ignore you"
"W-well how come you've been keeping secrets from me" Jeanette asked insecurly "Like what you're working on. How come DJ is allowed to know?"
Simon let out another sigh "Jeanette, I hate keeping secrets from you. But trust me when I say that I'm not you for your own safety"
Jeanette looked to the ground sadly, which caused a rip in the blue teens heart.
"Jeanette" he said softly as he placed his arms on her shoulders "It would kill me if something bad happened to you. I'm sorry I can't tell you more". Jeanette nodded her head lightly, then Simon pulled her into a hug as well, which surprised her. But it was a welcomed one.
Just then a bunch of emergency vehicles and news vans showed up. The fire truck extended its latter to the roller coaster, and a fireman helped the chipmunks down. A noisy crowd surrounded the vehicles and lots of flashes went off. Paramedics came with blankets and first aid kits to the teens.
DJ shuffled through the crowd and caught up with the rest of the chipmunks "Guys, are you all alright?"
They just nodded their heads silently, too exhausted to speak. The paramedic with the blankets began to say "Sorry, but we only have three blankets. Is it alright if you kids share?". They nodded their heads again, the boys took the blankets and shared it with their respective counterpart. When they sat down on the opening of the ambulance, the girls rested their heads on the boys' shoulders. The crowd went awol when this happened, and they tried to close in. Luckily the police came in to hold them back. Once Frankie showed up, he scared almost everyone off.
"Frankie!" Theodore cheered. Frankie grunted happily, glad to see his friends were alright. The monster then walked over to Alvin and Brittney and revealed that he found the red cap.
"Oh thanks, Frank!" Alvin cheered as he put the cap back on "See Britt, I told you I was friends with Frankenstein's monster"
Brittney rolled her eyes "You got me this time"
Just then, Dave and Ms. Miller came in as they yelled "Kids!"
The teens cheered as they ran to hug them.
"Oh thank heavens y'all alright" Ms. Miller wept.
"I knew I should've watched over you guys" Dave regretted.
"Don't blame yourself Dave" Theodore assured "It was all that mean doctor's fault"
"Hey, where is Dr. Frankenstein anyway?" Simon noticed.
"Don't trip" DJ responded "Frankie took care of him"
"Well I think that's enough excitement for one day" Dave noted as he got up.
"What?" Alvin complained "But it's only six!"
"Alvin" Brittney exclaimed as she put a hand on his shoulder "As my last command for your punishment, you must escort me home. I'm done with my treat, thank you"
"Oh alright" Alvin rolled his eyes.
Just then, Brittney hugged his arm. "By the way, even though you messed up a couple of times, you were a great servant" she sang "You're officially forgiven!".
"Yes!" Alvin cheered as he fist bumped the air. Everyone laughed, as they began to make their way back home.
3 hours later…
Crystal Cameron was sitting in her office in her office watching news on TV. It was reporting incident that happened at the Dragonland rollercoaster, and the part she found the most aggravating was that Alvin was being painted as the hero. Everyone saw him save Brittney from falling to death, and now the whole nation loved him. This was they exact opposite from what she wanted. She clutched the coffee mug in her hand hard as a vein popped on her head.
Just then, Gary and Fred entered the room. "Hey boss" Gary greeted nervously "We got a good photo"
"Does it have to do with the fight the two leads had before the roller coaster incident?" Crystal grunted "It meaningless, now that Alvin saved her freaking life!" she then turned to face then with fire in her eyes.
"Don't worry boss" Fred said as he took something out of his pocket "We got another great picture". It was the one he took back at the magic show, when Alvin and Brittney hugged, but he managed to tape it back together after Gary ripped it up.
Crystal then snatch the picture and ripped it up again. She then hit her two goons on the heads "You had one job! And not only did you not get incriminating news, you failed to stop those rats from rising in popularity! Mr. Hawke wants us to break them apart, but they only grew closer!"
"We're terribly sorry, boss" Gary cowered "We'll try harder next time"
Just then, the owner of the Bagdasarian Mall, William Bux, appeared on TV. "I have exciting news, LA!" Will began to say "Tomorrow, the Bagdasarian Mall is finally opening! And I formally invite the Chipmunks and Chipettes to join for the grand opening. Please contact us if you're interested". Then it quickly cut back to the news reporters.
"Oh come on!" Crystal cried "Is there anything wrong or sketchy with those chipmunks!"
"Well, I might have some interesting information" said a sinister voice from the door. There stood Dr. Frankenstein, whose costume was all dirty and lopsided.
"Who are you?" Crystal asked suspiciously "And why are you dressed like Sammy the Squirrel?"
"I'm just someone who wants to take down those rodents as much as you do," the doctor answered, "And there's something you need to know"
Gary and Fred stepped aside as Dr. Frankenstein walked closer to Crystal. "What is it, Mr. German Man" the reporter asked sarcastically.
"Look here" the scientist announced as he ran over to the TV. He then pointed directly at the a picture taken of the chipmunks today, and then directly to DJ "Who's this one?"
Crystal was about to answer, but then realized she didn't recognize him. "Wait, who is that?" she repeated as she got a closer look of the boy.
"Hey, he looks like Alvin" Fred chuckled.
"What's the big whoop?" Gary snarked "I eased dropped on them, he just their cousin"
"But why does he look exactly like the red one?" Frankenstein rhetorically asked "Cousins shouldn't look this identical"
Crystal hummed suspiciously "That is strange, we should keep an eye on this new guy. Thank you for pointing it out Mr…?"
"Dr. Frankenstein!" the evil scientist finished.
"Okay…?" she said, not believing he was the real leal at all, an evil idea then popped into here head "Goons, get me the phone! I need to call Mr. Hawke"
At Night…
Everyone had returned home safely. Theodore was too scared to sleep in his house, in fear that DJ would "shapeshift" again. So tonight, he was sleeping over with Eleanor. The family got the news about the grand opening tomorrow, and happily accepted their invitations. DJ got to sleep in Theodore's bed as it was empty for tonight. He was still oblivious to the fact that Theodore and Eleanor believed he was an alien, and would probably continue so.
He lied there comfortably, glad to be sleeping in a bed again. But before he could fall asleep, he needed to check one thing. He took out the photo from the future to check if he and his family were still fading. To his disappointment, they still were. Sure he knew he didn't exceed in getting his dad to ask his mom out, but he saved her life! What could be in the way? Was there something he kept missing? It felt something, or someone, was between him and existence, and he wasn't sure what. The 21st century chipmunk closed his eyes as he drifted asleep. Tomorrow he was going to try harder than ever, because time was running out.
That's the end of Magic Majestic Studios plotline. You'll see more of Dr, Frankenstein, but not that much. Happy one month anniversary, btw! Next time, the chipmunks will go to the grand opening of the Bagdasarian Mall. Will love finally blossom between DJ's parents? What are the bad guys planning? Find out, next time!