Authors Note: Hello again, Chapter 4 of Ultimate War coming at you straight from...the floor? Whatever, point is I'm going to try and make this chapter not so much an action packed splash page like the last three were, rather I'm going to make this more of a relaxed, somewhat explanatory chapter, with some comic relief intermingled in the works. Not to say that there will be no action at all, just gonna try and give a brief respite from it for the most part. That being said, there will be blood in this chapter, but only for a brief scene.
Disclaimer: Alvin and the chipmunks belong to Ross B. and Fox Studios, the majority of the Ultimate Series belongs to MetalMunk, and all guest OC's belong to the following people:
Ivy, Izzy, Copper and Cream: MetalMunk
Cal: OceanPacifica
Centurion: HFMunkMadness
Tessa: Shoot the Moon
Vixen: PheonixWolf-77
Max: xxxx Team Jacob xxxx (formerly AATCROCKS02)
Stripes: AllisonTheArceus (formerly alvinchipmunkfan)
Zac: Blackwolf00
Nash: Chipmunkgirl234
The morning sun rose over the jungle forest surrounding Anthrax's base, Alvin once again having to cut through it with his wrist blade, all while Sid simply walked through the brush, keeping a constant bubble of electricity around himself to make the plants actually pull aside and let the monster pass, "You know, you could bring that static over here Sid," Alvin said in an annoyed tone, causing Sid to shake his head, "No, though your limbs are lightning resistant, the voltage I'm putting out right now is well over enough to kill you," Sid replied, as Alvin finally broke through the brush and found Anthrax's lair, only things were...different. There were still Beastlings milling about, but there was just as many dead monsters here as there were live ones, the stench o death strong in the air, and causing Alvin to look to Sid, whom for his part was shaking in contained rage, "Let's keep moving Sid, Anthrax is inside," Alvin explained, getting a nod as the two stepped through the open door.
Inside wasn't much better, there was blood everywhere, a few body parts, and judging by the red glowing flecks in the pool, Anthrax suffered some damages too, "What the fuck?" Alvin asked himself, a loud clanging sound being heard as Anthrax opened the door of his office to address the mutant rodent, growling before simply leaping down and ramming Alvin into a piece of machinery, "What kind of alliance are we in Ultimate? Last I checked we shared information for a mutual benefit!" Anthrax roared, causing Alvin to cough and get his breath back, "What do you mean? I came here to share info with you just now!" Alvin shouted, before Sid fazed into sight and pushed Anthrax away from Alvin, in turn gaining the full attention of the monstrous leader, but only for a few moments before returning his gaze to Alvin, "Well, to answer your question, I was about to send a Flyer out to recon some of the other Beastling splinter cells, when something from my past came and attacked me!" Anthrax replied, gaining a confused look from Alvin, "What do you mean? "something from my past"?" Alvin asked, causing Anthrax to chuckle, "To put it bluntly, Vesuvius," Anthrax replied, causing Alvin to growl, "That's impossible, Vesuvius's body was completely destroyed back in 2012 by a roller coaster," Alvin growled, as Sid looked to his left and sighed, slamming his hand onto a button and causing a large door to open in the back wall, revealing a room that Alvin had never seen before, it had a look similar to a genetics lab, and what looked like sample tubes along the walls, two large ones missing it seemed judging by the empty spaces for them, and the remnants of a large hole having been dug rather recently, "I had their remains here, both Fenrir and Vesuvius's, while I may have despised them, their bodies held a couple benefits for me, as you can tell yourself," Anthrax explained, causing Alvin to growl and extend his wrist blade, "You mean to tell me that you had Vesuvius's body this entire time, and only now I know of it!" Alvin roared, leaping toward Anthrax only to be stopped in mid air, "No, violence doesn't solve anything, it just spreads more pain," Sid explained, as Alvin thrashed about and struggled against his invisible bonds, only to slump down and sigh, "Fine, but seriously Anthrax what were you thinking!" Alvin shouted, as the monstrous leader sighed and rubbed his eyes, "At the time it seemed like a good idea, the two were effective in their own right, I simply wanted their skills and abilities, never thought I'd get robbed," Anthrax replied, as Sid glanced to the ground and growled himself, "I know how this Vesuvius creature was able to attack, and you're not going to like it either Ultimate," Sid explained, as he knelt down and picked up a piece of black exoskeleton, causing Alvin to gasp, "He was-" "Assimilated, correct, Nautilus's serum doesn't need the subject to be alive to be assimilated," Sid explained, causing Alvin's eyes to go wide with realization. "We need to get back to Area 51, if Vesuvius comes back try and capture him, okay Anthrax?" Alvin asked, not even waiting for an answer before he bolted out the door, Sid following close behind.
Meanwhile, Izzy was still examining the assimilated Hunter, and figured on trying to retrieve his mother's severed arm from it's mouth so that it could be properly disposed of. "Alright, you ugly bastard, time to give me back my mom's arm," Izzy said, not noticing as the right hand of the creature twitched slightly. As Izzy brought his cutting laser over, he heard a clunking sound, glancing up to see a plastic container on the ground and most importantly, the left leg of the monster had moved, causing Izzy to grip his laser tightly and start shivering, just as the creature's eyes shot open. At that point, Izzy knew it was suicide to try and fight it, so he simply ran and hid in a locker, grabbing a CO2 fire extinguisher and spraying himself completely until he was shivering from the cold, just in time for the Hunter to rip the locker door off, scanning through the contents and not even noticing the shivering chipmunk under his nose. The arm was still inside it's mouth, but not for very long as it reached up and ripped it out, pulling the knife with it. It then growled and yanked the knife out of the death-frozen hand, tossing the weapon away before simply eating the severed limb, a growl rumbling through the creature as it had tasted Brittany's blood, rushing off to finish it's task.
Brittany was currently in the training room with Blade and J-Rod, trying to learn how to use her new arm and what it had within it. "Okay, now we test the energy cannon," Blade said, causing the pink clad chipette to focus, her hand shifting into a cannon-like appendage, "Gosh, I swear, it's like you stuffed a Swiss army knife into my arm," Brittany replied, taking aim at a target and getting ready to try shooting, only to go stock still as a growl was heard, Blade drawing his sword as J-Rod pulled out some sort of pistol-looking thing, "Brittany, training's over for now," J-Rod said, just as the white Hunter burst into the room, it's eyes blazing with rage as it glared at Brittany, "RUN! NOW!" Blade shouted, as the hunter rushed toward the chipette, ducking under Blade's sword and dodging a blast from J-Rod's gun, then grabbing the both of them and bashing their heads together, stunning them both and growling at Brittany, whom was now running out of the room.
For Brittany, this was terrifying, she saw the monster dead, it was killed by her knife, how was it still trying to kill her. Strangely enough, the more she thought about it, angrier she felt, and the angrier she felt, the slower she ran, until she simply stopped and turned toward the monster behind her, growling as she lifted her right arm up, shifting her hand away inside her arm and extending what looked like a circular bone saw, "No, no more running Britt, it's time to use what you have to kill this fucker!" Brittany growled to herself, as the monster before her simply roared and like the first time, leaped at her, only this time Brittany stayed where she was, the blade of the saw on her arm starting to spin as she brought her right arm back, swinging it with all her might and sending black, oozing blood spraying onto the walls and onto her clothes and hair, a shriek being heard as Brittany managed to wound the monster, a large line of black going from the left shoulder, up the side of the neck, and over the face taking out an eye, in turn causing the Hunter to growl and run at her again, only this time Brittany shifted her hand back to normal, raising her arm up and shooting her hand out, using it like a grappling hook to pull her to the ceiling long enough to jump down and land behind the monster.
Once there, she shifted her hand into something resembling a harpoon gun, firing the weapon and hitting the monster in the right ankle and immediately slamming her hand into the floor, a large spike left behind as her hand shifted back to normal, even as she counted off to herself, "Three, two, one, trip," Brittany said to herself, just as her end of the cable drew taut and a pained yelp was heard, a grin on her face as Brittany made her way calmly to the other end of the cable, where the creature was whimpering in pain from the sudden jolt of the cord, it's remaining eye going wide as she calmly stepped into it's field of vision, still keeping herself at just the proper distance in case it tried to attack her, "You know, I used to fear you creatures," Brittany said, as the hunter tried to stand, whining as it fell back to the floor and glanced back up at Brittany, a pleading look in it's eye as the pink clad chipette shifted her hand into the cannon again, aiming it straight at the Hunter's head, "You may have survived death once, but I don't plan on taking you prisoner again," Brittany explained, as the barrel of the cannon made a whirring sound, the Hunter now trying desperately to free itself, but having no such luck, then letting out one last yelp as a blast from Brittany's cannon struck it in the head, blowing it clean off and sending blood gushing from the stump that once was a neck. The body then flopped down, a couple twitches in the arms being all that remained of life left in said body, but just for her own security, Brittany shifted her hand back to normal, then into something resembling a mini-gun, aiming for where the heart would be, and unleashing a barrage of bullets into the monster until she practically drilled through it. By the time she had finished, she was panting, a bit sweaty, shaking from the adrenalin rush and covered in black monster blood, smoke rising from the barrels of her mini-gun hand, which she shifted back into her normal hand and sighed.
It was at that moment Alvin finally arrived back, finding Brittany standing over the now definitely dead Hunter, Alvin giving the chipette a confused look before he approached her, "Damn, you really took this guy to town didn't you Britt," Alvin said, placing a hand on her shoulder, causing Brittany to reflexively twist away from his hand and extend her wrist blade from her arm, pointing it right under Alvin's chin, gasping softly as she realized who she nearly killed, retracting her weapon and giggling nervously, "Sorry, I guess I was still a bit tense there," Brittany said, as Alvin took in the sight before him, his mate covered in monster blood, "Um...you may want to take a shower, just saying," Alvin said, causing Brittany to raise an eyebrow and look down at herself, then gasp and shudder at what she saw, "Aw gross, I'm a total mess, um...can I still wear the arm while in the shower?" Brittany asked, Alvin shaking his head, "Nope, that's why I have to wear the plastic leg when I go clean up, not that the limbs will short circuit or anything, but it's best to be safe." Alvin replied, gaining a groan from Brittany, "That means I'll have to learn how to wash myself with one hand...or get one of my sisters to help me," Brittany said, sighing as she set off for the showers.
A few moments later, Brittany was in one of the showers, Jeanette with her as she attempted to remove her arm, "Ouch, how does Alvin do this...oh, there's a button here-GAHH!" Brittany yelped, as her mechanical arm detached from the port on her arm stump, the actual limb itself now in her left hand, Jeanette covering her mouth in surprise at how Brittany just took her own arm off, even though it was metal didn't make the act any less strange to witness. "Um...I'll take that Britt, you just get in the water, I'll join you shortly," Jeanette said, as Brittany stripped herself of her clothed and stepped into the water, shivering as some hit her stump and sent odd sensations to her brain, due to how Blade integrated the nerve endings into the port on her arm stump it felt like her actual hand was being soaked in warm water, only looking made her realize the better of it. Soon, Jeanette entered the shower with Brittany, having swapped her glasses for a set of contact lenses and also stripping out of her clothing, this not being the first time the two sisters having seen each other nude, "Okay, so you killed that thing...again," Jeanette said, trying to make small talk to distract Brittany from her own empty right limb, gaining a sigh and a nod from Brittany as Jeanette started scrubbing her sister's hair free of the apparently rather sticky blood of the monster, "Yeah, wasn't too hard though to be honest, what with all the gadgets in my arm now," Brittany replied, raising her right arm stump up as if she still had the metal limb attached, grumbling when she remembered it was out where it couldn't get wet, "It's going to take some getting used to Britt, you know that," Jeanette said, patting her sister's shoulder and offering a smile, gaining a small smile in return, "I know Jean, but it doesn't mean I have to like being a handicapped person who can't even wash themselves properly," Brittany replied, as Jeanette started scrubbing her sister's back, causing Brittany to relax and actually let out a purr, just as Cream walked past to take a shower of her own, coughing slightly to gain the two sister's attention, both looking to the white furred chipette, then to each other, and back again, a blush rising in both their faces, "Uhhhh...this isn't what it looks like Cream," Brittany explained, a grin forming on Cream's face as she sighed, "Pity, I'd have joined you if it was," she said, causing both Jeanette and Brittany's eyes to bug out, in turn causing Cream to laugh, "Just kidding, I understand what's going on, Alvin told me earlier, just couldn't pass up the opportunity to do a little teasing," Cream said, as the two sisters breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh, and if you want to get that blood out Brittany, try using a bit of my coal tar shampoo, it may not smell the best but I'll be damned if it isn't the toughest stuff I've ever put into my hair," Cream said, taking her own bit and working it into her hair before tossing the bottle to Jeanette, whom sniffed the dark golden fluid and shook her head at it. "Well Britt, gotta try something," Jeanette said, causing Brittany to pull away from Jeanette and shake her head, "Uh uh, that stuff stinks!" she said, causing Jeanette to sigh and pour a bit into her hands, "If it'll make you feel better, I'll use it too, now get over here before I have to call backup," Jeanette said, causing Brittany to sigh and walk over, letting Jeanette work the awful smelling soap into her hair and fur, the black blood dripping down and slipping into the drain.
By the time the two had finished cleaning up and drying themselves off, they both were rather clean, their fur was silky, and...they both smelled like tar, something Brittany wasn't a fan of but at the same time didn't mind too much, "You know, I might have to invest in some of this stuff," Brittany said, as walked over to where Cream was showering and handed her the bottle, "Thanks," Cream said, taking it as the currently one armed chipette made her way back over to Jeanette, retrieving her arm and looking to it and back to her stump, "Hmm, now how hard could it be to put this thing back on?" Brittany asked, as she pushed it against the port on her stump, flinching and letting out a hiss as the two pieces of metal joined with a clank and a pop, the fingers of the hand flexing as Brittany twisted her arm to make sure it was got and solid in place, "Ahhh...much better, now let's get dressed and get out of here," Brittany said, getting a nod from her sister as the two got into their clothes and made their way to the recreation room.
"So that bug is back, should've figured on that happening," Blade said, as Jeanette and Brittany entered the room, both taking seats next to their mates, Both Alvin and Simon sniffing the air and looking around, "Alvin, do you smell tar?" Simon asked, causing Jeanette to giggle slightly to herself, Alvin sniffing a bit more and nodding, "Yeah, may be some maintenance people doing some patching on the asphalt up top, it's not that far up all things considered," Alvin replied, causing Brittany to sigh and hold out her left arm to Alvin, "Or it could be me," she said, gaining a confused look from Alvin, before he sniffed her fur and pulled back from the strong scent, "Whoa! Britt I thought you said you were taking a shower," Alvin said, causing Brittany to roll her eyes, "I did, I had to borrow some of Cream's coal tar shampoo in order to get the blood out of my fur, and Jeanette used it too." Brittany explained, causing Simon to nod, "No wonder you smell like that, not that it's bad, I actually kind of like it to be honest," Simon said, gaining an odd look from nearly everyone in the room.
"Okay, in other news, you performed some major overkill on that Hunter today Britt, I mean not only did you blow it's head off but to tunnelled through it with a mini-gun," Copper said, causing Brittany to blush and giggle, "Well, I got pissed off that, even after I killed it once, it still wanted to kill me, I was simply ensuring that it wouldn't try for a third time," Brittany replied, grabbing a chipmunk sized tumbler glass and pouring herself some of the scotch Copper had brought with him, sipping it and hissing as it went down, then looking around as everyone was staring at her, "What? A girl can't have a drink every now and then, I figured I earned it after everything that happened lately." she said, causing Alvin to hold his hands up defensively, "No, not that, just you usually are the one to refuse alcohol, but go ahead and enjoy yourself," Alvin said, as Dave sighed, his children seeming more and more grown up as of late, but he couldn't blame them what with the life they now lead. He was just glad to know that they were all safe, "Okay, I think we've all had a pretty interesting day, and we all deserve some sleep, let's hit the sack guys," Dave said, as everyone followed his lead and went to bed, Blade about to follow, when he heard something.
Not wanting to be off guard, he pulled out a knife and swiftly turned, a pale skinned human male standing there before him, the blade of his knife just under his chin, causing the boy to gasp and go stock still, "You shouldn't be in here lad, how did you get inside?" Blade asked, the boy not answering, rather flicking his eyes somewhere behind Blade, causing the Reaper to narrow his eyes, then reach back and grab a jewelled dagger right out of the air, turning around to see a chipette in a white dress behind him, another dagger in her hand, "You realize that I'm mush more skilled with this sort of weapon, don't you lass?" he asked, turning to address the human, only to find him gone, "What the?"
Blade turned just in time to catch the second dagger, the blade just inches from taking out his eye, "You need to leard how to respect your superiors, girl!" Blade shouted, throwing both daggers back at the chipette, and though she tried to dodge, she couldn't avoid her dress's skirt being pinned to the wall by her own knives, sending herself to the floor, "Fuck! Centurion!" she shouted, as a ginger furred chipmunk jumped at Blade, shifting before his eyes into the human from before and tackling the Reaper to the ground, "Got him Tessa, think he's assimilated?" Centurion asked, as Tessa pulled her knives out of the wall, growling as she walked over to the Reaper, "Has to be Cent, no way a Reaper has fur like this," she replied, readying her daggers to stab into Blade's head, when a gunshot was heard, the two intruders looking to the doorway to find the Forensic, Dante, in his full tactical gear, a rather large pistol in his hand, causing Tessa to growl and prepare to throw one of her knives, only to have it shot from her hand, "DROP THE WEAPONS NOW, HANDS IN THE AIR, BOTH OF YOU!" Dante roared, Centurion immediately standing up and raising his hands to the sky, while Tessa glanced to Blade and then to Dante, throwing the knife at Dante as she pulled out a gun and pointed it at Blade, pulling the trigger and expecting to see the "assimilated" Beastling die, only for the bullet to stop in mid air and simply drop to the floor, Sid fazing into view and then ripping the gun from Tessa's hand, lifting her up and pinning her against the wall, "Release me! That Reaper has been assimilated!" Tessa screamed, only to watch as Blade got up and brushed himself off, "Relax Tessa, Blade here is not assimilated, he's merely albino," Sid explained, causing Centurion to chuckle, "See Tess, I told you he wasn't assimilated, he's just blanco." Centurion said, causing Tessa to growl and struggle against her unseen bonds, only to have a gun pointed to her head, "You have the right to remain silent-" "BITE ME!" Tessa shouted, cutting Dante off completely, in turn causing the formal monster to simply pull back his arm to pistol whip her, "NO!" Sid roared, Dante stopping his attack and putting his pistol away, "Alright, Sid take these two to lockup, I'll confiscate their weapons." Dante said, taking Tessa's knives and gun and putting them into his pocket, as blade put his one knife away and growled to Tessa, "Next time lass, be sure to think carefully before intruding on a military base," Blade said, causing the chipette to grumble something to herself. "Tessa, just cooperate with the men here, we've already hit bupkis with the Reaper, we ay as well stay here the night anyway," Centurion said, causing Tessa to sigh and nod, "Fine, but I blame you for this," Tessa replied, causing the two intruders to go into a small argument.
Here we go, chapter 4, and I realize that I kinda didn't have much in the way of relaxation, but hey, I got Tessa and Centurion into the story X3, so that's a bonus. Anyway hope you enjoyed this, and I'll see you in the next update...bye bye! Oh and leave your reviews/comments/OC submissions in the box below.