The chipmunks were still in recovery from the fights that they were in. Dave had arrived home and was still getting answers from the police as to what happened as he also tried, in vain, to help figure out who and why someone did it. The chipettes hadn't left the boys bedside as they were recovering from the concussions, blunt force trauma and other varying injuries they had suffered from the night.
Eleanor was absolutely distraught, blaming herself for all the pain that the family was facing. But she kept it to herself. She didn't want to be cheered up. She wanted to cry.
Jeanette was absolutely numb. She couldn't believ what had happened. Once, when Simon was conscious, he saw that she seemed to be preparing for the date that had taken place.
Brittany only remembered what Alvin had said. No, it's not fair. But you have to be strong. So she was strong. For Eleanor, for Jeanette, for Simon and Theo. For Alvin.
The police were completely bamboozled. They didn't have a clear discription of the assailants save that they were wearing trench coats and big brimmed hats. They had to look like they were doing something. So the police posted guards at the chipmunks house. 24/7 all day and all night there would be someone to watch over them.
But it still happened.
Alvin and the chipmunks were nearly healed. They could walk and take care of themselves but they were still hurting and abashed. When they woke up in their respective beds, the chipmunks noticed something: the girls, who normally fell asleep at their bedside making sure they were ok, were gone.
So Alvin checked the living room. And Theodore checked the kitchen. Simon knocked on the bathroom door. The girls were gone.
"Maybe they went for a walk?" Theodore asked, not really believing himself.
"No, the guards wouldn't have let them out of the house," Simon answered.
"Then where on earth did they go?" Alvin asked. nobody could answer that question but the morning mail.
Dave nearly collapsed. He had awoken to the sounds of the boys searching the house. He felt panic when he heard that they were gone. When he went outside to tell the guards posted at the house, he found instead a letter addressed to him and the chipmunks.
It read: If yOu tHInk tHat You'rE GuNa C tHe chIpPeTTes again, u R wrOnG! TheY wiLl b SaFe aS lonG As the chIpmUnKs dOn'T eVer p3rForM agaIn. ThEy wOrK foR me Now! Hahahahahaha!
the message was written in pieces cut from a magazine. Alvin, Simon, Theodore and Dave all said "Ian…" after hearing the note.
"We should tell the police."
"We should go rescue them!"
"We should just quit now."
Alvin didn't respond. He was already running out the back door as fast as his limp would allow. When Dave looked around for him, Simon and Theo ran out the back door as well.
"Alvin?" Dave asked.
"Don't worry girls," Alvin muttered under his breath, a yard away now, "We're coming!"
"Alvin?" Dave looked out the back window, seeing their retreating forms.
"Get ready, Ian Hawke," said Simon with a growl, "Here we come."
"ALVIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNN!" Dave screamed after them.
"Just hold on!" Said Theodore.