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Chapter 5 – Rebirth
As he reached out to search for Simon's presence he couldn't help but wonder. What had changed in the years he had been gone? How had Simon and Alvin developed in the time he had been gone? What would life be like now that he was complete? Now that Shade was gone what differences would he discover in himself. A massive cyclone of black lunarium began to cycle around him.
A smile broke out across his face, and Aaron began to disappear. Only to suddenly let out a pain-filled scream and drop to the ground unconscious...
The next morning when everyone had woken up, Toby had a hard time believing he was in the same house. Alvin and Simon were snapping at each other for the smallest thing when they thought Theodore wasn't looking, though whenever Theodore came into the room both of them would stop and try to act normal. Which was difficult when they refused to speak or look at each other.
Simon had woken up hoping he could convince Alvin what an idiot he was being but Alvin didn't seem to think that he was doing anything wrong. The more Simon talked, the more Alvin just brushed everything aside, and by the time the conversation was over Simon was practically glowing with energy. It took him a half-hour of deep breathing to calm down enough to join the breakfast table.
After a quiet breakfast, everyone made their way to the bedroom to grab their backpacks before heading out to the car. Toby had gotten better with all the driving he had been doing so the drive to school was nice and calm but once they got to school Simon and Alvin broke off and rushed in opposite directions leaving Theodore alone. During classes they refused to sit beside each other or help each other in any way.
When lunch time came around, Alvin caught sight of Brittany in the lunch line. She was standing on her tray and being slid along the counter. Deciding that now was a good time to try and talk her out of associating with Ian he scurried over to the counter.
"Hmm, let's see, what else am I in the mood for?" questioned Brittany quietly to herself.
Jumping through the air, Alvin landed lightly on Brittany's lunch tray. She took a step back in surprise and shock as he smiled and waved gently.
"Hi. I was wondering if I could talk to you?" asked Alvin.
Brittany's eyes narrowed and she whipped her head to the side. A quick "No" was all the response Alvin got as she asked one of the servers for the grapes, but when she took a step back as the server put them down in front of her, she failed to adjust for the fact Alvin was on her tray and walked backwards right into him.
She mumbled an apology, blushed and turned away as quickly as she could. Alvin frowned at her strange behavior but just pushed it aside as a girl thing. As the tray slid down the counter Alvin wondered what he could say to convince her.
"It will only take a minute. I just want to warn you about Ian," said Alvin calmly.
Brittany whirled around and faced him with a glare. "You should be grateful to Ian! Instead you just tossed him aside," snarled Brittany.
Alvin's eyes widened and he wondered what in the world she was talking about. Just as he was about to ask her though he suddenly heard her continue talking... muttering things about how rude he had been and how he had even attacked Ian... how he only cared about himself and a number of other things. There was only one problem with what he was hearing. Brittany's mouth had failed to move the entire time.
It took him only two seconds to figure out what was going on. His specialty had come to the front and he was reading her thoughts. Shrugging this sudden new found ability of his power to the side, he opened his mouth to tell Brittany exactly what Ian was.
"How do I put this gently? He's a heartless, uncaring devil and one of the things he did for us, was to lock us in a cage," snapped Alvin, unable to control his temper.
Alvin frowned mentally as he saw the shift in Brittany's face. She was obviously annoyed about him snapping at her, and the things he had said about Ian. It was too bad his temper had been so horrible lately. If he had tried to explain calmly maybe she would have been more inclined to listen to him.
He suddenly snapped back into the conversation as his senses flared. He immediately noticed two things. First, Brittany was glaring at him and going on about how Ian would never do something like that. Second, the tray was approaching the end and Brittany had failed to notice.
"Umm, Brittany..." interrupted Alvin pointing behind her.
"No, I won't listen to this anymore Alvin," snarled Brittany ignoring him and titlting her head up into the air.
"But..." started Alvin as the tray started to tip over the edge.
"But nothing, Ian is taking us straight to the to....ahh," Brittany trailed off and started to yell as the tray started falling.
Alvin reacted before Brittany could fall more than a few inches. He jumped to the counter and his paw snapped out and wrapped around one of her paws, stopping her in mind air. Straining slightly, Alvin flooded lunarium through his veins and lifted her up onto the counter. Brittany blinked a few times and breathed in and out deeply. Then she looked at him with a contemplative expression on her face.
Alvin nodded at her before turning to leave. It was obvious to him that convincing Brittany was a lost cause but as he started to walk away he felt a paw grab his shoulder. It was only the knowledge that it was a paw he felt that stopped him from whipping around and attacking. Breathing to relax he turned and looked at Brittany with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes?" he questioned.
"Tell me what you wanted to. The Alvin that Ian told me about would have just let me fall, so he must not be telling me something," said Brittany seriously.
Alvin smiled and led her over to his table. They climbed up and he stood beside his brothers as she walked over to stand beside her sisters. Smiling at each other he allowed the chipettes to ask questions while he and his brothers answered them. As the conversation went on and on, he watched as Brittany, Eleanor and Jeanette got more and more furious. When the lunch bell finally rang, they thanked them politely and scurried out of the lunchroom.
Ian was going to get a talking to...
Back in Ian's apartment, Ian was listening to the chipettes practice 'Single Ladies', the song he had chosen for them to perform for the sing-off. He had been surprised when the chipettes had gotten back from school and refused to talk to him. They were even giving him strange looks and as they sang he saw they weren't really paying attention.
Uh oh oh. Uh oh oh oh oh oh. Uh oh oh oh
Ian frowned as the girls sang the end of the chorus completely flat. Growling in his head he paused the music and turned to look down at the girls.
"If you aren't even going to try girls, I might as well package you and send you back to whatever tree you came from," said Ian seriously.
The chipettes eyes widened and they started to frown. It seemed Alvin had been right, Ian really was an asshole. But then again, he might just be in a bad mood. Brittany looked at her sisters and they nodded at each other. Earlier they had talked and said they would give Ian a chance to defend himself before they decided on what to do.
"We have a few questions for you Ian," said Brittany glaring at him.
Ian struggled to hold back a snarl as he nodded his head. He listened with growing horror as the chipettes pointed out every bad thing he had done to the chipmunks. He stuttered and tried to find a good answer but it was too late. Brittany had already taken her sisters by the arms and started to leave. She had obviously decided Alvin was right and that Ian was not to be trusted.
Glaring, Ian allowed the strange power he had been gifted to flood through his body. Running to the other side of the piano he looked down at the girls with his glowing yellow eyes. They all let out a scream and started to run away but Ian had suddenly become to fast for them. He grabbed them by their tails and held them up at face level. Staring into their eyes he smiled as they started to scream in pain.
He had discovered almost immediately after getting his power that he could make people do what he wanted. All he had to do was look them in the eyes and it was as if their minds were rewritten in his image. After a few seconds the girls stopped screaming and he placed them gently back down on the piano. The chipettes looked up at him and their eyes flashed yellow.
"We are so going to destroy those chipmunks," snarled Brittany.
Ian grinned and began to laugh. Soon the chipmunks would be nothing more than a bad memory...
Simon let the cool early-afternoon breeze flow through his fur as he stood on one of the many tables in the courtyard. West Eastman was blessed to have a courtyard in the middle of the school and it was where many enjoyed their lunch-hour. Simon liked to come outside and practice his chess skills by himself. Which incidentally was what he was doing at the moment. Moving his black pawn forward a space he hit the timer and moved around to the other side of the board.
His senses alerted him as a student started walking towards him. Pretending to be concentrating on his game, Simon looked up and recognized the student as a member of Ryan's gang. Not one of the jocks though, so he would be safe from being attacked or anything. The student stopped in front of the table and sat down on top of it. Simon stopped what he was doing and looked up raising an eyebrow.
"Can I help you?" questioned Simon.
"I was wondering if I could help you. Jeremy Smith, student body president," said Jeremy, introducing himself as he held out a finger for Simon to shake.
"Simon Seville, it's nice to meet you," responded Simon shaking Jeremy's finger.
"I saw you stand up to Ryan in the lunchroom. That takes guts, which is exactly what were looking for in a Litter Monitor," explained Jeremy.
Simon was so shocked that he failed to notice his senses screaming at him, or to think about the fact that Jeremy was one of Ryan's gang. He had been learning how to tell if people were lying using the instructions in Aaron's journal but without conscious thought on it he missed what his senses were telling him. Which of course were currently screaming at him that Jeremy was lying through his teeth.
He had never been asked to do something like that before. Normally people just tossed him aside when they saw he was a chipmunk. Or they noticed Alvin and he then meant nothing to them. Simon was so excited that he found himself immediately agreeing. Jeremy grinned and handed him a notepad. He explained that if he caught someone littering he could give them a citation and they would then have to work it off after school or at another lunch.
Simon nodded at Jeremy and watched him walk away before returning to his game. Simon never noticed Jeremy speaking to Ryan as they walked out of the courtyard together. Moving his king forward Simon knocked over the other side's king and grinned.
Today was looking up...
At lunch, Simon walked into the cafeteria with a big grin on his face. He scurried to the center of the cafeteria and spoke in a soft tone that never-the-less seemed to project to every corner of the room.
"I'm Simon and I'm the Litter Monitor," he announced.
He then carefully explained everything Jeremy had told him to everyone in the cafeteria, never once noticing how Ryan and his friends were laughing at him. He began walking around the cafeteria, stopping at tables and telling people to pick the things he spotted up, and everything was going really well until he saw Alvin enter the room. Though he continued walking around the room, he listened as Ryan told the entire room that Alvin was now a full member of the football team.
He was walking over to congratulate Alvin when Ryan hurled an empty milk carton through the air. Simon's eyebrow twitched as the carton landed on the ground beside him, the little bit of milk left in it spraying in all directions. As he looked up towards Ryan and glared, his eyes flashed slightly.
"You are going to pick that up...right?" he questioned.
"No," answered Ryan with a shrug.
Simon's eyes flashed brightly and Ryan and his friends who were watching jumped slightly in shock. Alvin, who was also watching, swore in his head. Simon must be really upset about something for his patience and temper to be so short. As Alvin watched, Simon was suddenly walking across the table towards Ryan and he couldn't help but wonder what had pissed Simon off so much that he looked to be just barely restraining his powers.
Simon flipped open the notebook and handed a citation to Ryan. Considering the matter closed he turned around and started walking away... but was forced to stop suddenly as a crumpled up ball of paper flew over his head and onto the ground. Simon looked behind him towards Ryan and immediately figured out what had happened. Ryan had crumpled the citation and thrown it away.
"You want to play that game? Then fine, I can play that game all day," snarled Simon taking a step towards Ryan.
"It's a joke, we..." laughed Ryan loudly.
"Litter is no joking mater," interrupted Simon taking another step forward.
"No dude, we're messing with you. There's no such thing as Litter Monitor," laughed Ryan as Jeremy sat down at the table beside him.
Simon's eyes widened and he struggled to remain calm. What was he thinking? Of course no one would want him for anything. He was just a nobody... he should have known right from the start.
"Haha, pretty funny right," chuckled Alvin nervously.
Simon spun around and faced Alvin, his face showing the hurt he was feeling.
"You knew about this?" he asked shocked.
Alvin nodded to signify he had found out before Simon and Simon felt a few tears fill his eyes as his world went crashing down around him. Even Alvin had betrayed him. Of all the people he had expected it from, Alvin was the last. Maybe... maybe that was why now it felt like his heart had been ripped out.
"Does... does the word 'brother' mean anything to you?" questioned Simon as he turned away from Alvin and faced Ryan. "And you, still need to pick up that litter."
Ryan smirked and looked down at Simon, "You want me to get rid of litter?" he asked.
Simon nodded and had no time to react as he was suddenly lifted up into the air. His eyes flashed brightly as he flooded lunarium through his veins but it was too late. Ryan whipped his arm forward and sent Simon flying across the room. He let out a small yelp as he crashed into the garbage can on the other side of the room.
The lunch bell rang and people started to leave. Alvin ignored Ryan completely and jumped off the table, hurrying towards the garbage can, and when he reached it the last of the students had already left. He prepared to jump onto the edge of the plastic can when he caught sight of something that scared him. Flicking across the top of the garbage in the can were thin streams of blue energy.
Suddenly Alvin felt a massive build up of energy and he jumped back just in time to see thin blue cracks appear all over the can before it exploded outwards. Simon stood breathing heavily on the ground as burning and smoking trash rained down all around him. The fire sprinklers turned on and started to shower the room with water as Alvin took a step forward. He stopped though as Simon's head snapped up and his eyes pierced into him.
Simon's eyes were glowing brightly but what really shocked Alvin was the faint flickers of yellow he caught in them. Before Alvin could move again, Simon had suddenly closed the distance between them. Alvin's breath caught in his throat as he stared into his eyes. Never had he seen such anger etched into Simon's eyes. He quickly took a step back and raised his hands in surrender.
"Okay, I am a total jerk, I admit it," said Alvin trying to calm Simon down.
Simon looked at him closely and closed his eyes, trying to calm down. Alvin took this as Simon forgiving him and quickly questioned, "So are we cool now?"
Simon snarled and whipped his hand out. It wrapped around Alvin's throat and Alvin gasped and sputtered as he tried to break Simon's grip. Since when had Simon become so much stronger than him? Simon pulled back his fist and Alvin's eyes widened as it started to glow brightly. Alvin shut his eyes and let out a scream as he felt Simon's fist slam into his face. He winced as he slammed into the wall on the other side of the cafeteria.
Alvin look up as Simon slowly walked across the hallway towards him. Struggling to his feet, Alvin flowed lunarium through his veins but was immediately surprised to find it far more difficult than he remembered it being only a week ago. Suddenly Simon was in front of him again. He braced himself and shut his eyes as Simon pulled back his fist again.
"Ugh, Theodore...let go," growled Simon.
Alvin opened his eyes and was shocked to find Theodore holding Simon's arm and seemingly stopping it from moving. Looking up at Theodore he felt his eyes widen in shock. Why in the world were Theodore's eyes glowing and why did he look so serious? Blinking, Alvin found himself once again looking at the cheerful innocent Theodore and chalked it off to his mind playing tricks on him.
"What are you two doing?" questioned Theodore letting go of Simon's arm.
"Nothing. Just telling Alvin that I expect him to show up at the sing-off, football game or not," said Simon before spinning around and walking out of the room.
Alvin watched him go and breathed in deeply before letting out a long sigh. It was obvious he had done something really bad to piss off Simon. He would have to think carefully about what he had done the past week. He couldn't remember doing anything really bad. Today had just been a joke and he had nothing to do with it so it couldn't have anything to do with this. Sighing, Alvin walked off to his next class leaving Theodore behind him. He would think about it more after the football game and sing-off...
Theodore watched his brothers leave and frowned. He had felt taint flowing from Simon before he had arrived. The situation wasn't looking good. One more big shock of anger and Simon would likely snap. But at least it looked like they had both thrown off him being able to catch Simon's arm as luck. And Alvin seemed to think he had only imagined his eyes glowing.
Theodore walked off with a smile. It was good to be underestimated. It surprised people...
Alvin sat on the bench with the rest of the football team that was not currently on the field. Everyone except him and Ryan had rotated on and off the field. Ryan had been on the field the entire game and Alvin had been on the bench. It was the first game of the season and they were playing against the undefeated Warriors. The Warriors were widely regarded as the best team around and always seemed to achieve victory.
The last two times West Eastman had played against them they had lost. This time they wanted nothing more than to win. The team had even created new formations and plays just for this one game. Alvin had diligently memorized them all expecting to play. But it seemed Ryan just didn't want him to go on the field or something. Alvin watched painfully as the Warriors got another touchdown moving the score up to 14 to 9 for the Warriors.
Sighing, Alvin grabbed his helmet and waited for Ryan to call him. The game only had two minutes left and they needed to get a touchdown fast. But it was not to be. For the next minute and a half Alvin stared as they were blocked from moving further up the field. Then, as the timer hit 33 seconds, Ryan was slammed hard into the ground. Climbing to his feet Ryan motioned to the couch who told Alvin to head on out.
The team formed a circle and Alvin jumped up onto Ryan's shoulder. The plan was laid out and Alvin rushed excitedly to his position on the field. The ref blew the whistle and Alvin sneakily climbed up Ryan's leg and onto the football before Ryan pulled his arm back and threw it as hard as he could across the field. Twisting so he would hit the ground, Alvin slammed the football down beneath him and skidded through the grass. Jumping to his feet he held the football up high and looked at the ref.
The ref called it safe and the score went up. They had won the game. Alvin was immediately congratulated and lifted into the air by the team but as he was being carried off the field Alvin failed to notice the time. All he could think about was that they had won. Plus the party they were going to have would be awesome.
The sing-off never even entered his mind...
Toby pushed open the door to backstage and walked in. He had planned to just stay at home this evening but when Julie Ortega had called and spoke to him he had changed his mind. Julie was worried about the boys. Simon and Theodore had both been acting strange lately and she thought it was because Dave wasn't there. She had told him he should come and offer his support because without Dave around, he was the closest thing to a guardian the boys had.
So walking across the room, Toby stopped in front of Simon and Theodore and cleared his throat. Both of them spun around and when they spotted him, raised their eyebrows in surprise.
"Toby, what are you doing here?" asked Simon.
"I just thought I'd come for moral support... but also, I'm here if you need anything," said Toby.
Simon and Theodore smiled and thanked him but Simon's smile didn't last long as Toby asked where Alvin was. Toby was quickly informed about the football game, and how Alvin should have been here already. Toby immediately nodded and told them he would go try and find him. Simon and Theodore were surprised but thanked him immensely as he rushed from the room to go start looking.
Simon turned towards the stage just in time to see Brittany, Eleanor and Jeanette walk out. It was strange. He had thought they had gotten through to the girls but they had come back to school and become incredibly short with them. They glared and spat at them and refused to speak to them at all. Music started playing in the background as the girls started to dance and sing.
All the single ladies (all the single ladies)
All the single ladies (all the single ladies)
All the single ladies (all the single ladies)
All the single ladies,now put your hands up.
Up in the club (club), just broke up (up)
I'm doing my own little thing.
You decided to dip (dip) and
Now you're gonna trip (trip).
Cause another brother noticed me.
Cause if you liked it then,
You should have put a ring on it.
If you liked it then you should put a ring on it.
Don't be mad once you see that he want it.
If you liked it then you should-a put a ring on it.
Uh oh oh. Uh oh oh oh oh oh. Uh oh oh oh.
Uh oh oh. Uh oh oh oh oh oh. Uh oh oh oh.
Cause if you liked it then,
You should have put a ring on it.
If you liked it then you should put a ring on it.
Don't be mad once you see that he want it.
If you liked it then you should-a put a ring on it.
Uh oh oh. Uh oh oh oh oh oh. Uh oh oh oh.
Uh oh oh.
Uh oh oh oh oh oh.
Uh oh oh oh.
Oh oh Yah...
The girls finished and the crowd went wild. Simon looked over at the door and winced painfully as he felt Toby rushing towards it with Alvin nowhere to be found. When Toby entered the room, Simon didn't listen as he talked. Closing his eyes, Simon began searching for Alvin but he couldn't find him anywhere near them. Maybe the football game had gone into overtime or something.
As Dr. Rubin called them onto the stage Simon looked over at Theodore. Theodore looked as upset and frustrated almost as much as Simon felt. Theodore didn't know what was happening, why was Alvin not here. Was football really more important than them? Of all the people he thought he could count on, Alvin had always been at the top of the list.
"What do we do Simon?" questioned Theodore sadly.
"I know what to do," whispered Simon heading out onto the stage.
Toby watched from behind the curtain as Simon explained that Alvin couldn't be there. He couldn't believe Alvin had just blown off his brothers and as Simon finished talking and the crowd started to boo, Toby knew it was time to go home. Simon and Theodore walked back behind the curtain looking weak and crushed. Neither of them could understand why Alvin had not shown up.
"I'll take you guys home," said Toby.
"Toby, take Theodore home. Alvin will be here and when he gets here... we're going to talk," said Simon quietly, his eyes flashing brightly.
Toby was surprised by the venom in Simon's quiet voice but nodded. As they left the room Simon sat on top of the piano and watched as the chipettes made their victory lap. None of them looked remotely sorry for having won how they did. Wondering what could have changed them so badly, Simon opened his senses and was surprised to find the girls all under some form of mind control. As they left the room past him he reached out and ripped the mind control apart.
Hopefully that would help the girls escape Ian's grasp...
Alvin rushed into the auditorium two hours after everyone had left. Running to a stop on the stage he panted heavily and looked around. He had missed it, he had completely missed it. Sighing, Alvin ran his paw through his headfur and wondered what to do.
"They're never going to forgive me," he muttered to himself.
"No Alvin, you've lost all chance of forgiveness," said Simon stepping out from behind one of the speakers.
Alvin took one look at Simon and knew he had screwed up badly. Simon's eyes were glowing brightly with a great deal of tainted yellow mixed into them. His fur was spiked up and crackling with excess energy that seemed to be rippling around the entire room. Simon's crystal was also glowing and whipping around his neck as if being blown in a strong wind.
"Simon I," began Alvin.
"Save it!Tell me Alvin, is football really more important than us... more important than me," whispered Simon painfully.
"No, of course not!" shouted Alvin
"Then why did you miss the sing-off?" questioned Simon angrily.
"I was at the...the...the football...football party," answered Alvin wincing as he felt energy ripple around the room.
Simon's eyes glowed brightly and lunarium cycled into view around him. A massive blue aura began to grow larger and larger as lines and spikes of yellow began to appear in it. Alvin took a step back as Simon let out a terrifying howl of rage and anguish.
"AAAAALLLLLVVVVVIIIIINNNNN!" screamed Simon, his aura exploding outwards.
The whole school began to shake and Alvin gulped. He had really screwed up this time...