Chapter 5-Hide and Seek

"Kids!" Dave said loudly, trying to get the chipmunks' attention, "Calm down!" The kids quieted down. Ms. Miller put the phone back on the receiver.

"Now that's weird," she said, "as soon as I start to order pizza, the power goes out."

"Why don't you use your cell?" Brittney suggested.

"Good idea, dear," Ms. Miller said as she pulled out her cell phone and began to dial Domino's number. Suddenly, the screen on her phone went blank. "Huh?" she said with a look of concern, she tried to turn it back on many times, but it shut off every time.

"Let me try it on my cell," Dave said as he pulled out his phone and began to dial the number, but his phone shut off as well. "What the?" Alvin gasped.

"What if mutant aliens from Mars are coming to capture us and take us to their evil lair in Southern Alaska, where they'll torture us for 237 years, then eat us all dead or alive?!" Alvin screamed. Everyone gave him a questioning stare. Then burst out laughing, but stopped after not too long.

"Alvin," Simon said with irritation clear in his voice, "Aliens? All we're trying to do is order a pizza! Why on earth would that concern aliens even if they existed?"

"For your information, Simon; Aliens do exist, and maybe these aliens just don't like pizza! Maybe…" Alvin said but got cut off by Simon.

"Alvin," he said under his breath, "What proof do you have of that theory?" Alvin looked confused. Simon realized Alvin didn't understand what he'd just said. He sighed. "I mean, how do you know any of that's true?" Alvin frowned.

"Um…" he thought, "…look…uh…hm…" Simon grinned because of his brother's loss for words. Alvin noticed this and knew immediately what he was thinking, "Shut up." He said glaring at Simon.

"I didn't say anything," Simon said looking at his brother with a clever smirk on his face.

"Yeah…well," Alvin said sternly, "you were going to."

"I wasn't going to say anything," Simon said with his clever smirk still painted across his face, "I was just going to laugh at your ignorance." Alvin looked puzzled again.

"How am I being ignorant? What did I do to you…or anyone? I'm not ignorant!" Alvin said misunderstanding the term. Simon rolled his eyes.

"No Alvin," he said with a sigh, "I don't mean 'ignorant' as in the slang term meaning rude or cruel, I mean the proper definition of 'ignorant' meaning lacking in knowledge." Alvin looked puzzled again. Simon sighed.

"Stupid, Alvin!" he cried, "I was going to laugh at your stupidity!" Alvin glared angrily.

"Hey!" he yelled, "I'm not stupid! You're stupid!"

"Boys," Dave said sternly, "that's enough." Alvin and Simon obeyed reluctantly.

"Why don't we just go out and eat, since we can't order pizza?" Eleanor suggested.

"Yeah," Dave said, "we should. Let's go out and see what we can find." All the kids moaned.

"Aw," Alvin whined, "Can we stay here? I don't even wanna think about being inside a car right now." The other five nodded in agreement.

"Uh," Dave hesitated, "alright, but you have to stay inside and keep the doors shut and locked since you have no way to reach me incase of an emergency."

"Okay," all six of them said at once. Dave and Ms. Miller left.

"S-Simon," Theodore said, "I-I'm kinda scared."

"Oh, there's nothing to be scared of," Simon said, "so the lights went out, they'll be back on before you know it."

"Well," Eleanor suggested, "instead of standing around in the darkness, let's take advantage of the moment."

"Yeah," Jeanette spoke up, it's a perfect time to play hide and seek…or…something of that sort."

"Hide and seek sounds fun," Alvin said.

"I'm in," Brittney said.

"Good idea," Eleanor said.

"Sure," Simon said.

"O-okay," Theodore said.

"Ooh! Ooh! Can I be the seeker?!" Alvin asked cheerfully as he raised his hand and hopped up and down.

"Uh…sure," Simon said.

"Sweet!" Alvin exclaimed as he ran to the corner behind the couch, hid his face in it, and began to count. "One…two…" The other five chipmunks went off to look for a hiding place. Jeanette hid under the one of the bunk beds in the room that had all their luggage in it. She was sure to leave the door open so Alvin couldn't easily guess that someone was hiding in there.

"…Twenty-eight…Twenty-nine…THIRTY! READY OR NOT, HERE I COME!" Alvin began looking for his brother and friends. He saw Brittney's feet sticking out from under the sofa. "Found you, Brittney!" he cried.

"No fair!" she yelled, "you peeked!"

"Nuh-uh!" he said in defense, "you're feet were sticking out!" Brittney growled.

"Fine," she reluctantly accepted the loss. After about two minutes, he'd found everyone except Jeanette. She was still hiding under one of the bunk beds. Suddenly, the bedroom door slammed shut. She gasped.

"U-uh," she said nervously, "g-guys?" The closet door swung open, then slammed shut, and did that repeatedly. Jeanette crawled out from under the bed frantically and ran for the door. She tried to pull it open, but it was stuck. "AAAHH!!" she screamed, "H-HELP ME!" The other five chipmunks heard her screaming and banging on the door. They ran for the door.

"Hold on, Jeanette!" Eleanor cried, as Alvin turned the knob and tried to push it open, but it didn't budge.

"It's stuck!" he cried.

"Move!" Simon cried as he shoved Alvin out of the way and tried to push it open as well, then the other four joined in and started pushing as well, but it still didn't budge. The lights flickered on and off continuously, Jeanette's screams began to stop, and she began to cry hysterically. Finally, the door swung open and the lights stayed on completely. Jeanette was sitting in a corner, hugging her knees, hiding her face in her hands, and crying hysterically.

There's chapter 5!! Yeap, it's getting spooookier!! Chapter 6 should be up tomorrow evening! I like reviews!