Chapter 18- Chipmunks Go to the Movies
The sun was at its peak when Alvin and Brittney were strolling downtown. The entire time Alvin had been trying to conjure up any plans to get him and her into the movie theater without being kicked out again. Each step they got closer to their destination, the more antsy the red teen felt. "So Alvin" Brittney began to say, "What movie are we seeing anyway? It better not be some mindless action flick."
"Don't worry Britt, I wouldn't take you to a movie you wouldn't want to see as your present" Alvin answered (which was a bit of a lie, as DJ had to convince him to not buy tickets to Gremlins 2), "That's why I bought tickets for a romance flick."
Brittney then tensed up in excitement, "You bought us tickets for Pretty Woman?!"
"What? God no!" Alvin denied in disgust. When he saw the pink chipette give him a nasty look, he realized his mistake, so he quickly tried to turn things around, "I mean even better, I bought tickets to see Ghost!"
"Ghost?!" Brittney snarled, "Alvin, you know I hate horror movies"
"But it's not a horror movie!" Alvin immediately argued, trying to keep the girl pleased, "It's also romance. Trust me, the poster has a man and a woman getting steamy"
"Uh huh" Brittney muttered sarcastically, "I'll give it a chance, but the moment it gets scary, I'm leaving." Alvin wasn't liking how this movie date was going so far. It had only been about 20 minutes, and they already had a little dispute. And unfortunately for him, that wasn't the end of it, as Brittney began to piece together where they were headed. "Alvin" she began to feel suspicious, "You wouldn't happen to buy the tickets at the new mall, right? The one you got banned from yesterday."
"Um…" Alvin stuttered, trying to avoid the question all together. But Brittney's question was soon answered once the mall came into view.
The auburn haired girl let out a huge groan in response, "You gotta be kidding me." She began to turn around and leave when Alvin quickly grabbed her shoulder.
"Wait, Britt!" Alvin exclaimed, "I got a plan!"
Brittney raised an eyebrow, "I'm sure it's as great and thought out as your other plans."
"I swear this one is foolproof" Alvin remarked. In reality, as per usual, the red teen didn't have a plan, as he was simply trying to stop Brittney from leaving. In desperation, and without thinking, he tried the most provocative way of proving his claim, "In fact, I swear on my red baseball cap!" He immediately covered his mouth, but it was too late. The words had already intrigued the pink chipette.
"Your red cap?!" Brittney gasped in disbelief. Alvin had been wearing that cap his whole life. His birth mother just put it on his head so he wouldn't freeze up in the cold winter she left him and his brothers by Dave's front door. And no matter how big he got, or wherever he went, he would always be wearing his cap. So it was a big surprise when he suddenly swore on it. Still, Brittney didn't want to waste this opportunity. "Alright then…" She began to smirk devilishly, "If you fail to get us into the theater to see the movie, than you have to give me your cap."
"What?!" Alvin gasped in horror, as he protected his cap, "You can't take my baby, it defines me!"
Brittney wagged her finger, "But you did swear on it, didn't you? I guess you're more of a scared little mouse than a chipmunk."
"I ain't no mouse!" Alvin snapped.
"Yeah you are" Brittney teased, "You got round ears, you wear red, and you got an annoying high pitch voice. All that's missing is a look alike girlfriend"
"Are you comparing me to who I think you are comparing me to? I'm nothing like that hack!" Alvin humphed.
"Then prove it" Brittney dared, "Take the bet."
"Fine!" Alvin glared, "You asked for it!" He started to march forward as Brittney followed behind. Neither of them were confident how things would end up, but once you get the two into the competitive spirit, there was no stopping.
On the other side of town, Simon was chasing after Jeanette, who was currently rushing over to the patent office to show Simon's new 'invention', which was really DJ's smartphone from the future. She was halfway there, when Simon grabbed her arm and stopped her.
"Jeanette, wait" he huffed from the exhaustion of running, "You can't show them this."
Jeanette gave him a curious look, "Why not? It's very well made."
"Yeah but…" Simon paused, he couldn't out right tell her why, and he promised that he would stop lying. He let out a sigh, "Trust me when I say that it would be a very bad thing if this device becomes publicly known at the moment."
Jeanette frowned, "More secrets, huh?"
"I'm really sorry Jeanette" Simon sighed, "But the world isn't ready yet."
"Oh…" Jeanette peeped, she then covered her face, "I've caused you trouble once again! I'm an awful friend!"
"No Jeanette" Simon comforted the brunette, "It's not your fault, how were you supposed to know how dangerous the phone is?"
Jeanette then looked at the mysterious device in her hand curiously, "Phone?"
Simon shut his mouth, "You've heard too much. Please give it to me now!" But in the process of trying to snatch the phone out of Jeanette's hands, they both lost their grip and it flew into an open van window. It landed next to the driver, who was a scruffy man in overalls. The driver didn't notice the device, so once the traffic light turned green, he drove on forward. The two teens gasped in horror as they chased after the van, hoping to somehow get the phone back.
Meanwhile in the Miller residence, Theodore and Eleanor were completely frozen in front of DJ. The maroon teen was left in charge to keep an eye on them while Ms. Miller was out doing errands, but the problem was that the two small chipmunks still believed he was a shapeshifting alien. "Hello?" DJ waved his hand to try to get through his motionless uncle and aunt, "I asked what you guys want to do?"
Theodore was too scared to answer, but Eleanor suddenly thought up of an idea. "I know" she exclaimed nervously, "Me and Teddy have been working on a new recipe!"
"We have?" Theodore turned to his girlfriend confused, who immediately covered his mouth.
"We sure have!" Eleanor said as she put on a smile.
"Really?" DJ responded, none the wiser about his current situation.
"Yep" Eleanor nodded, "And since you're our guest, we were hoping you would like to be the first one to try it."
"Oh that sounds great!" DJ answered enthusiastically, knowing how much great cooks his uncle and aunt were.
"Fantastic!" Eleanor cheered, "Alright, how about you relax in the living room and watch TV, while we prepare the dish?"
"Alrighty then" DJ smiled, "Looking forward to it."
Eleanor then quickly dragged Theodore into the kitchen while DJ began to watch the television. "Ellie" Theodore began to say, "Why are we making DJ food, and since when were we working on a new recipe?"
The blonde let out a sigh, she found Theodore's cluelessness cute, but sometimes it even frustrated her. "We're not actually making DJ anything" she answered plainly, "We're going to capture him while he's distracted."
"Oh" Theodore nodded, finally understanding, "Wait, capture him?!"
"Yeah, before he can capture us" Eleanor explained, "Little does DJ know is that we rigged the entire house to be alien proof, so he won't be able to escape."
"You're right!" Theodore cheered, "But how are you going to capture him?"
"Well because you're more… honest, I'll pretend to cook so DJ doesn't get suspicious" the small chipette elaborated, "And you're going to capture him with this alien net we bought yesterday." She then went over to the broom closet and took out a neon purple net, with a tacky label saying 'alien net' on it.
Once she handed it to Theodore, he started to tense up. "I don't know about this, Ellie" he spoke nervously, "I'm scared, What if I mess up?"
"Teddy" Eleanor cooed as she wrapped the small chipmunk in loving hug, "You're the bravest munk I know. You can do it! Just throw it over him." Theodore didn't seem fully convinced, as he gave her sad puppy eyes. Eleanor decided to kiss him on the lips, which sent sweet electricity all over his body. "There, now there's no way you can lose" she smiled at him warmly.
"Uh huh" he nodded with a goofy grin, feeling light headed from the kiss. He marched right back into the living room, and as expected, DJ was sitting on the couch, too busy watching TV to notice him. Theodore gulped as he slowly inched towards the unsuspecting teen. He was about to throw the net, when suddenly DJ stood up. The chubby boy quickly knelt down behind the couch before DJ could see him.
"Hey guys" DJ yelled out towards the kitchen, "Where's the bathroom?"
"Um…" Eleanor stammered as she quickly checked to see how Theodore was doing. The green chipmunk gestured to her to stay quiet. Eleanor nodded, "The bathroom is upstairs, second door to the left."
"Thanks" DJ said as he began to go up the stairs. Eleanor gestured to Theodore to go after the supposed alien. He was still afraid, but Theodore still listened. He slowly snuck behind DJ, who began to set off the traps they set up. First was some anti-alien laser, which seemed to have no effect on the maroon teen. Theodore gasped in disbelief. Next DJ unknowing walked into some alien glue, and once again it didn't work. Theodore whimpered, wondering if any of the traps worked.
But when DJ entered the bathroom and opened up the toilet seat, a spring lock alien toy shot out. DJ screamed as he fell backwards and knocked his head against a metal waste bin. Once Theodore saw what happened, he winced when he saw that DJ was knocked out cold. He looked around to see if anyone was looking before he threw the net on top of the unconscious chipmunk. "Yes" Theodore congratulated himself as he began to drag DJ's body away.
At the Bagdasarian Mall, a muscley woman was carrying a rather peculiar looking duffle bag while wearing neon aerobic clothes. She looked down and noticed her shoe was untied. "Excuse me, sir" she asked a passing by employee, "Do you mind holding my duffle bag for me while I tie my shoe?"
"You got it, babe" the employee answered in a pompous tone. She handed him the bag as she bent over. The guy was hoping to swoon her by being a gentleman, but to his surprise the duffle bag was extremely heavy. He tried to keep it off the ground as he watched desperately for the woman to finish. He was wondering what was even in the bag, 3 bowling balls?
"Done" the woman announced, "Thank you!" She took the bag back, and the employee was dumbfounded when he saw that she was carrying it over her shoulder effortlessly. The woman continued to walk through the mall until she entered the gym. "Hey girls!" she waved to the other muscular women, who were lifting weights.
"Hey girl" they all greeted.
She placed the duffle bag onto the floor and unzipped it. And she shrieked once she saw two teenage chipmunks were inside.
"Thanks for the lift" Alvin blurted as he grabbed Brittney and ran out of the gym.
"No wonder my bag seemed lighter," the woman remarked.
Alvin and Brittney ran for a bit until they reached a column, which they hid behind. "That bag smelled awful," Brittney sneered.
"Hey, were in, aren't we?" Alvin argued. He looked at his watch, it was currently 1 o'clock. "Looks like we got an hour before the movie starts," he stated.
"Great" Brittney rolled her eyes, "What are we supposed to do for an hour?"
Alvin sweated, worried that the date was going to fall apart, so he quickly searched around the mall to find anything to do. He then spotted the perfect place. "Brittney come with me!" He whispered as he grabbed her.
"What, where are we going?" the pink teen asked. Alvin covered her eyes until they snuck into their next destination.
"Ta-da" Alvin said as he pulled his hands away, "It's your most favorite place in the world!"
Brittney gasped in excitement once she saw where she was, a clothes store. But not just any clothes store, but also a really expensive one. Everywhere was designer clothes, made with the most rare of materials, and Brittney couldn't be more giddy. "It's so beautiful," Brittany wept with happiness. But her face quickly turned to a frown, "Too bad I can't afford any of it…"
Alvin jerked as he saw the chipette upset again, so he tried to look for upside. "Hey, who says we have to buy anything?" Alvin asked.
"Alvin" Brittney scolded, "You're not implying we steal."
"Of course not" Alvin shook his head, "I know another way we can have a good time."
He then pointed towards a well dressed saleswoman, who was dragging out two fairly normal dressed women. "Sorry, but I can't have you two peasents scaring off the wealthy customers" the saleswoman stated rudely as she threw them out. This put a sour taste in the chipette's mouth.
Alvin then began to whisper his plan into Brittney's ear, and she liked what she was hearing. But she did hesitate.
"But, Alvin" Brittney began to ask, "We could get into serious trouble."
The teenage boy then began to chuckle, "Getting into trouble is what I do, because it's fun. I get it if you're too scared to do it."
And somehow, this both intrigued and infuriated Brittney. As a result, she gave Alvin a rather mischievous grin, "Count me in!"
Moments later, a well dressed saleswoman was strolling about in the store when a rather strange figure approached her. "Oh, good afternoon miss.." the saleswoman paused once she got a good look at the figure. It appeared to be a rather strange, 6 foot tall woman in a fancy pink designer trench coat. She was quite skinny, had a big pink feathered hat, auburn hair, pink nose, and red shades to top it all off. In reality, it was really Brittney sitting on Alvin's shoulders.
"Miss Glamour, if you please" Brittney answered in a posh British accent. The saleswoman seemed to have bought it.
"Oh, I've seen you have visited us before, Miss Glamour" the saleswoman noted as she looked at the disguised teens' clothes.
Brittney looked over to the mannequin which they took the clothes from, and luckily no one noticed. "Of course, this place is absolutely delightful" Brittney added, "That's why I have returned to buy more of your magnificent dresses."
The saleswoman was quite happy to hear this, "Perfect, how about I show you our latest stock." She then gestured to Brittany to follow her.
Alvin was peaking through the trench coat the entire time so he started to walk gently behind the saleswoman. Though he was being extra careful, and had a hard time keeping Brittney balanced.
"Here we are at the adult section" the saleswoman stopped by fancy dresses, which were way too big for a small chipette such as Brittney.
"Ah yes" Brittney said, "Now can you be a dear and buy me a coffee. I can't spend a dime without my daily coffee. I want soy milk with sugar."
"What?!" the saleswoman cried, "Get it yourself!"
"Oh" Brittney responded back, "I guess you don't want my large amount of money then." Alvin then began to walk away.
"Wait!" the saleswoman pleaded, "I'll get your coffee right away!" She then ran out of the store. Now the two chipmunks had the whole place to themselves.
"Alvin, it worked!" Brittney cheered as she unbuttoned the trench coat and hopped off the boy's shoulder, "I can't believe she actually fell for that."
Alvin let out a chuckle, "If I know anything about snooty jerks, it's that they do anything for money. Now let's have fun!"
And for the next 20 or so minutes, the two chipmunks went around and tried on all of the clothing. Brittney just so happened to have a camera on them, so the two of them posed with fancy get ups in lots of pictures. By the time the saleswoman did return with the coffee, the place was an absolute mess. Clothes were all over the place, the woman saw the two chipmunks without their disguise. She growled as she stomped over to them, face red with anger. "You dirty brats!" she spat.
Alvin and Brittney turned around, and immediately bolted out of the store once they saw who it was. They continued to run as fast as they can, giggling all the way. It felt good to put that saleswoman in her place, and the overall trouble they made was absolutely thrilling. But then they bumped into a large, familiar figure. It was the security guard.
"What are you doing here?!" the man shouted. He then grabbed both of them by the collar.
"Hey, come on man" Alvin tried to reason with the guard, "I just wanted to take my lady friend here to the movies."
"But you are banned!" the security guard stated boldly.
"Please sir" Brittney responded as well, "I promise he'll be good."
"No way, José" the man shook his head, "Banned means banned. I'm taking you two in for trespassing."
"What?!" Alvin exclaimed, "She didn't do anything!"
"I don't care" the security guard snapped as he began to carry them away, "It's my mall, I do what I want."
"Oh I'll make you care!" Alvin spat as he gave a man a hard kick in the stomach, which caused him to drop them. Then Alvin and Brittney ran away as fast as they can.
"Get back here, you hooligans!" the security guard cried as he chased after them. Afterwards it was a big chase around the mall. Alvin and Brittney were running through stores and dodging people as the guard ran behind. He was about to grab the two of them, when they dodged out of the way and jumped into a shopping cart and were riding it all over.
Once the cart lost its acceleration, Alvin and Brittney ran into a toy store and brought out toys to use against the security guard. Toy planes flew into his face, he tripped over balls, and got pelted with foam darts. He chased them some more until he lost sight of them in an electronic store. He looked around angrily as he tried to spot the mischievous pair. Just then, the screens of the TVs behind him turned on, showing Alvin and Brittney making faces at him. The man got even more angry, he stomped over to the film camera section and found the two chipmunks once more. He chased them out of the store, but they were still quicker.
Alvin looked down at his watch while they were running, "The movie starts in 10 minutes!"
"Over there!" Brittney pointed to the movie theater. Alvin knocked over some chairs to slow down the security, and then they ran inside. They rushed up to the ticket lady and gave her the tickets.
"Two tickets to Ghost" the woman repeated as she ripped the tags off, "Please enjoy the movie."
Once she handed the tickets back, Alvin and Brittney rushed over to the snack bar and quickly bought a bucket of popcorn and two sodas. Once they heard the security guard bursting in, they hid behind a trash can. "Have you seen two chipmunks?!" the man asked the ticket lady, "A boy in red and a girl in pink?"
"Yes sir" the ticket lady answered nervously, not liking the guard's aggressive tone, "They went to watch Ghost." The man simply nodded as he stomped over to the screening of Ghost.
"Great" Brittney remarked sarcastically, "How are we going to watch the movie now?"
An idea then popped into Alvin's head, "Wait, I know an even better movie we could watch!" He then led Brittney into a different screening, but it was not Ghost. They sat themselves in the middle rows. Brittney searched the room, and couldn't help but notice that it almost entirely consisted of men. The film then began to play.
"Alvin," she began to ask, "What movie is this?"
"Why the biggest movie of the year!" Alvin exclaimed.
"Now for your main presentation" the voice from the speakers announced, "Gremlins 2: The New Batch."
"Oh god damn it!" Brittney cried.
While Alvin and Brittney watch one of the most bizarre movies ever made, Simon and Jeanette were still chasing after the van which held the smartphone. Eventually the van stopped, and coincidentally in was in front of an office. When the van whiplashed a bit, it caused the phone to fall off the passenger's seat and into a tool box . Once the driver finished parking, he grabbed the tool box and began to enter the office.
"Look!" Jeanette pointed once she and Simon caught up. The phone was clearly hanging out of the tool box, but the man failed to notice. They also got a clear look at the man, who actually appeared to be a handyman. "Let's get your device!" Jeanette proclaimed as she began to pull Simon along.
"Wait a minute, Jeanette," Simon said as he pointed up. The sign of the building read 'L.A Patent Office'.
"Oh, just our luck" Jeanette whined.
Simon stated, "Come on, we got no time to waste." So the two chipmunks entered the office, and the first thing they saw was the handyman talking to the man at the front desk.
"I got a call to fix a shelf for a Mr. Perry" the handyman said.
"Ah yes, Mr. Perry's office is in room 6" the man at the desk remarked. The handyman lifted his helmet to bid farewell, and he made his way to the office. Simon and Jeanette were about to follow suit, when the man at the desk spoke to them, "Oh Mr. Seville, you're here. I'm sorry but your appointment will have to wait, Mr. Perry is getting a shelf fixed. He'll be with you in the moment."
Simon turned to the man and tried to put on his best smile, "I understand, sir."
"For the meantime, why don't you two have a seat?" the man recommended as he gestured to the waiting area. Simon let out a sigh as Jeanette patted him on the back to comfort him. They both decided to have a seat, Simon continued to feel gloom, while Jeanette felt quite guilty.
"I'm really sorry, Simon" Jeanette said, "I understand if you are mad at me."
"I'm more mad at myself" Simon answered somberly, "I have a huge responsibility, and I couldn't have messed it up more."
"Don't say that" the purple chipette remarked, "You're doing a great job at… doing whatever you're doing."
"I appreciate the comfort, but you have no idea how bad the situation is," Simon said, "And it's all my fault. I'm just like those scientists in that book, I've taken science too far."
"No you're not!" Jeanette boldly stated, "Simon, you are the most brilliant and persistent person I know. Those scientists ran away from their mistakes, but you keep going no matter how many times you mess up. I bet if you brought back the dinosaurs, you would make it so they wouldn't hurt a fly. I know you're going to change the world one day, so I doubt a little slip up like this could hold you down!"
Simon was awestrucked by his best friend's words. No one had ever said something like that to him before, and it came from the person he most admired. And so the bespectacled chipmunk got a huge boost in confidence, and he stood up head strong. "You're right, Jeanette. This is nothing!" Simon proclaimed, "Thanks for the pep talk."
"Oh, I was just stating the truth" Jeanette blushed.
"Come on, I could use another brilliant mind as well" Simon said as he reached out to the tall chipette. At first Jeanette wasn't sure who he was talking about, but when she saw that he was looking at her, she turned into an even deeper red. Simon pulled her along as they began to sneak their way after the handyman. Once they reached the number six room, they peeked inside.
Mr. Perry, who was a pretty old man sitting at his desk, watched the handyman screwing his shelf back on the wall. "Hey, you know that Simon kid from that chipmunk band?" Mr. Perry asked the handyman.
"The boy with glasses?" the handyman responded, "Sure, my 9 year old niece got a crush on him. Kinda strange though, considering he's not human."
"You should probably talk to her parents about that" Mr. Perry noted, "Like I was saying, Simon Seville is actually coming by later to patent a new invention. Apparently it's quite impressive."
"Wouldn't surprise me" the handyman remarked, "I heard he was valedictorian in both his elementary and middle schools."
"I was only valedictorian in middle school" Simon whispered to Jeanette, "Our elementary school didn't have such a system, why is everyone so misinformed about this?"
"Hey, what's that weird black doohickey in your tool box?" Mr. Perry asked the handyman once more.
"What black doohickey?" the handyman scratched his head. He looked down at his tool box and saw the mysterious smartphone. "The heck is this?" the handyman questioned as he picked it up. Simon and Jeanette gasped in horror. If they didn't do something, then the consequences could be catastrophic. The handyman continued to fidget with the phone some more until it suddenly started to play loud techno music.
"What in the world?" Mr. Perry whispered.
Then at that moment, Simon came rushing in and grabbed the phone out of the handyman's hands.
"Well look who it is" Mr. Perry smiled, "Wait, is that your invention?"
"Well…" Simon stammered.
"Yes" Jeanette interjected. Simon was about to deny the fact, but Jeanette quickly whispered, "Just follow my lead." Simon simply nodded, as he full faith in her.
"Wow" Mr. Perry remarked, "You have invented a…. Sorry, but I don't really know what it is."
"It is a… electronic mirror," Jeanette answered.
"An electronic mirror?" Mr. Perry said, "Tell me more"
Simon decided to play along as well, "Well you know that loud noise you heard?"
"The one that sounded like a blender being blended?" Mr. Perry noted.
"Yep, it was scanning the room" Simon lied, "So it can do this!" He then presented the phone, and like a mirror, it showed Mr. Perry.
"I see" the patent distributor stated.
"And.." Simon then began to randomly tap the screen to see what happened, and he came across the color filter.
"Wow, I'm as green as a frog!" Mr. Perry chuckled.
"Yep, and that's all it can do" Simon concluded, knowing the opposite is true.
"Well, that's certainly interesting," the man answered.
"Wait, how did it end up in my tool box?" the handyman questioned.
"It teleported!" Jeanette blurted. She covered her mouth, realizing how ridiculous of a statement that was.
"Oh, Can I see?!" Mr. Perry begged.
"Sure" Simon reluctantly agreed, "Hey, nice pen!" He then pointed at Mr. Perry's pen.
"Oh thanks, my wife got it for me on my birthday" Mr. Perry remarked. While he was distracted, Simon quickly put the phone on top of Jeanette's head. Once Mr. Perry turned back, he was amazed, "It teleported! This is a fantastic device, I'll get the paperwork right away!" He then took out a blank patent and began to write on it, "Electric Mirror, invented by Simon Seville… July 18th, 1990… and just sign here." Simon stared at the patent for a moment, he honestly couldn't believe the situation he was put in. And so to not look suspicious, he signed the patent, giving him legal rights to the design of the smartphone. "Thank you, Mr. Seville. Have a nice day" Mr. Perry waved as he handed Simon the patent. Simon and Jeanette nodded their heads silently as they began to back away from the room.
"Oh, wait" the handyman called, "Could you sign this picture of my niece, she would really love it." Simon quickly signed the photo, and then he grabbed Jeanette and rushed out of there. "Nice kid" the handyman remarked.
Just then, another man entered the room, "Hey Mr. Perry"
"A good afternoon, Mr. Jobs." Mr. Perry greeted. You just missed Simon Seville. He presented to me with this strange little box. It looked like this." He then drew a picture of the smartphone, "I swear, it could do anything". To say the least, this Mr. Jobs was inspired.
Back to the hero of the story, DJ was slowly regaining consciousness. He saw many visions, like memories of playing with his sister and cousin, meeting MC for the first time, the night he came across the time machine, and lastly, he saw his entire life beginning to fade. The sight frightened him, left and right he saw the world erased of any trace of him. He saw both of his parents walking away from each as their shadows grew larger and larger. The darkness started to consume him. The last thing he saw was his cousin Franklin, trying to call out for him. "DJ...DJ…. DJ!"
He then shot awake, he saw he was in a dark room. He was lit with a single lamp pointed at him. He tried to move but he was tied up in a chair. "Hey, what the heck is going on here?!" he cried.
"DJ!" shouted a familiar voice, it was Eleanor. Both she and Theodore revealed themselves as they came closer. Theodore looked pretty scared, while Eleanor looked angry. "We know who you really are!" Eleanor claimed.
"What?!" DJ shouted, believing for a second that they knew he was from the future, "How did you find out?!"
"Well if you really must know, I caught you eavesdropping on Dave and Ian on Sunday, when you said you were using the bathroom!" Eleanor explained.
"And I saw what you did to Alvin that night" Theodore muttered.
"We've been watching your every move" Eleanor spat and she leaned closer to DJ, "We even found the vehicle you arrived in."
"Oh no, they really do know!" DJ yelled in his head.
"You're not really DJ Khalad from Canada," Eleanor continued. DJ shut his eyes, as he felt like he knew what she was going to say next. "You're Thanos from outer space!"
"Wait, what?" DJ opened his eyes, feeling completely lost.
"Yeah" Theodore interjected, "I saw your true form. How dare you try to melt my brother's brain!"
DJ was at first relieved, but then he realized something else, "Wait, you saw the car in the garage."
"Yeah, we saw your spaceship!" Eleanor sneered, "And here's the deal. You go back to whatever planet you came from, or we'll spray you with alien spray!" She then took out a can that had an alien inside the no symbol. She pointed the nozzle directly at DJ face.
"Wait, I can't leave!" DJ argued.
"Why not?!" Eleanor snapped.
"Because…. My spaceship is broken!" DJ lied.
"And why should we believe you?" the blonde questioned.
"Why do you think I have Simon tampering with it? He offered to fix it." DJ stated, he decided to come up with more excuses, "Theo, I wasn't really going to melt your brother's brain. It's really true that the time space continuum needs to be fixed, and he's the only one who can fix it!"
"Sounds like a lot of bull poo to me!" the small chipette stated.
"Yeah, how is Alvin supposed to fix the space time continuum?" Theodore argued.
"Well you see…" DJ thought up more lies, "My species looks after the space time continuum, we make sure everything happens as they are supposed to. And to stay organized, we look after individual beings across the universe. I was put in charge of Alvin. I've been watching him all his life, I know everything about him."
"Prove it!" Theodore commanded, still not convinced, "Only someone who really knows Alvin can answer this… What's Alvin's favorite color?"
"Ah… red?" DJ answered.
Theodore gasped, "You really do know everything about him! Ellie, he's telling the truth!" DJ was once again surprised how easy it was to convince his uncle.
Eleanor simply glared at the maroon chipmunk some more, "So why does it matter if Alvin dates Brittney or not."
"Well… Because" DJ paused once again, "If Alvin doesn't do exactly what he is supposed to do, I'll die." It was pretty much the most trueful thing DJ had said this entire interrogation. And it was because of this honesty that was when he got the small chipmunks' sympathy.
"Really?" Theodore muttered, "We had no idea."
"Yep" DJ nodded, "I've been pretending to be your cousin so I don't change too much of Alvin's destiny, and to make my species' existence a secret. Sorry if my sudden visit startled you two."
At that moment, he suddenly got hugs from his uncle and aunt. "We're sorry, Mr. Thanos" Eleanor frowned, "We promise we won't tell anyone."
"Yeah, it will be our secret" Theodore added.
"Thanks, you two" DJ smiled, "Now you, Simon, and Jeanette know about my true identity. Make sure no one else finds out, especially Alvin and Brittany".
"You can count on us!" they said simultaneously.
Just then the lights flicked on. Turns out he was in the Chipette's room the entire time, and it seemed like Ms. Miller was the one who flipped the light. "What in the Sam hill is going on here?" the old lady asked.
"Oh hey, Ms. Miller" Eleanor greeted, "We were just playing." The blonde usually doesn't lie to her mother, so it was a little hard for her to do it this time.
"What are you playing?" Ms. Miller asked once more, finding the sight of DJ being tied to the chair strange.
"We're playing superhero" Theodore interjected, "I'm the hero, Cackler. And Eleanor is the villain, Goldie Goon."
"And, um…. I'm the damsel in distress" DJ added.
"Oh I get it" Ms. Miller nodded, "Well I'm sorry but your playtime has to be cut short. Dave just called and he wants me to drive y'all to the orphanage."
"That's alright, Ms. Miller" DJ muttered, "We were about done playing anyway."
"Ah good" the old woman responded, "I'll prepare food to bring to the orphanage while we wait for the others to return. How about y'all clean up in here?"
"Yes, Ms. Miller" the children answered. Once she closed the door, Theodore and Eleanor walked over to DJ to untie him.
"Thank you, for understanding," DJ said.
"You may be an alien, but any friend of my brother is a friend of mine" Theodore stated.
"Yeah, we'll help you in any way we can," Eleanor added. DJ smiled a bit, happy that now his other uncle and aunt were going to help him get his parents together as well. After all, even though they were younger, they were still his family.
After Alvin and Brittney watched Gremlins 2, they were about to leave entirely. But the security guard caught them once again. Luckily though, they managed to escape him once again by stealing a skateboard and riding it out of the mall. As they shove down the street, Brittney cheered, "Woo hoo!"
"I told DJ that Gremlins 2 would be awesome" Alvin stated.
"It was certainly an insane experience" Brittney mentioned, "Remember when the smart gremlin began to talk?"
"I still can't believe I saw gremlin boobies" Alvin said. They laughed joyfully down the street until they finally returned home.
"Well I had fun today, Alvin" Brittney smiled, "Too bad I lost that bet. I really wanted to take your cap."
Just then Alvin placed his cap onto Brittney's head. "How does it feel?" he smiled back at her.
Brittney couldn't believe it, Alvin was allowing someone else to wear his cap, and to her of all people. "Alvin, what is this?" Brittney asked, feeling perplexed.
"It's your reward for being a good partner in crime" Alvin stated, "You really showed those jerks at the mall. So I'm allowing you to wear it for the rest of the day."
For some reason, this made the pink chipette really happy. Maybe she was overthinking it, but it felt like Alvin was treating her special, like she was the only other person that could wear his cap. They smiled warmly at each other for a brief moment, until they were interrupted by the arrival of their taller siblings.
"What are you two doing?" asked Jeanette, not sure what was going on.
Alvin and Brittney were startled, and so they quickly acted nonchalant. "Oh, we were just chatting," Brittney lied.
Simon eyes then widen, "Are my eyes deceiving me, or is Brittney wearing your cap?"
Alvin blushed, not sure how he was going to explain, "Ah yeah. She ah… asked to try it on."
"But you never let anyone touch your cap!" Simon argued. Then a smirk spread across the bespectacled chipmunk's face, "Oh I see what's going on here."
"Hey don't give me that look!" Alvin flustered. Brittney felt pretty embarrassed too. Alvin continued, "It's not like that. And what were you two eggheads doing this entire time, making scrambled eggs?"
"Alvin!" Simon shouted, getting quite red as well. Jeanette felt like she was going to die of embarrassment.
"Two can play at that game, brother!" Alvin proclaimed.
Just then, Ms. Miller came out of the house, "What's this racket?!" She then saw who it was, "There's y'all are! Come on, Dave wants us to meet him at the orphanage."
Alvin looked at his watch and was quite surprised, "Jeez, 5 already?"
DJ, Theodore, and Eleanor then exited the house as well. Ms. Miller went to get her car. DJ walked over to Simon with a stern look, "And where were you this entire time? I had to lie to Theodore and Eleanor about being an alien."
"Oh" Simon began to sweat, hesitating to answer, "I've kinda… sorta… patented the smartphone."
"What?!" DJ screamed. Everyone else then looked at them all confused. "We'll talk about this later" DJ whispered sternly.
"Alright kids" Ms. Miller called out as she sloppily drove the car onto the road, "Get in!"
And so they all entered the car. Ms. Miller began to speed off to the orphanage. DJ began to think of the vision he had while he was regaining consciousness, he felt like there was something important about his parents he was forgetting, but he couldn't put his finger on it. He continued to ponder this as they got closer and closer to the orphanage. And let's say a certain producer was getting impatient about their arrival.
There's another long chapter. Those were some quite the shenanigans. We learned that Simon invented the smartphone, sort of. And everyone has grown closer. Next time, we'll be visiting the orphanage. And not to reveal too much, but something very important is going to happen there. BTW, I would like to mention that I fixed my previous fanfic a bit. I'm not sure if will be appealing to chipmunk fans, but if you like Nintendo, and especially Mother 3, please give it a read.