Rescue?
The man had his gun aimed directly at Simon. He smirked then fired. The bullet shot towards Simon, cutting through his shoulder like paper. Simon wailed and covered the gun wound. Brittany was shaking but she pulled Alvin into a defensive hug, shielding him from the man.
"You kids have caused a lot of trouble. Now where are the others?" the man said angrily once again aiming the gun at Simon, this time centering over his heart.
"Why should we tell you!" Simon growled.
"Wrong answer" the man said smirking. With two quick steps he stalked towards Simon and pistol whipped him with the butt of the gun. He fell to the ground unconscious. The man now turned to Brittany who was shaking even more violently, tears starting to form in her eyes.
"Little lady, where are the others" the man said before pointing the gun at her, "Don't make me hurt a girl" he sniggered.
Brittany wasn't sure what to do. The man was going to harm her if she said nothing, but she didn't want to place the others in danger. Then a thought crossed her mind. If she directed him to the tribe of natives, they might take care of the problem for her. She'd worry about getting away from them once the man was taken care of. Slowly she started to point in the direction of the village.
"They're… they're in a village… that way" she said nervously, hoping she could fool the man into going to the village. The man raised his free hand to his chin as if thinking for a moment, then returned his gaze to her.
"Alright, let's go. But I think I'm going to travel a little heavier this time" the man gave a sly smile. Brittany cocked her head confused when suddenly she heard a noise from behind her. Two more men stepped forward; both however were completely covered in weapons. The first man had an assault rifle of some kind in his hands with a handgun on his belt. The second man held a minigun with both his hands, with a trail of bullets linked from the gun to his back pack. Brittany gasped then turned toward the leading man.
"What, you expected we would come out here into one of the most dangerous jungles in Morocco with just a simple handgun" he started to laugh, then reached down and grabbed her from the scruff of her dress and lifted her until they were eye level.
"They had better be at this 'village' or you are going to regret lying to me" he growled then dropped her un-ceremoniously to the ground. The other two men sniggered as Brittany yelped. She picked herself up, stifling back some tears as the lead man moved towards Alvin.
"Leave him alone!" she demanded, watching as he attempted to grab him.
"Shut up!" he yelled then shoved her aside. He roughly grabbed the unconscious boy and slung him over his shoulder. Although unconscious, Alvin let out a moan of pain, but the man ignored it.
"You, grab the other one. And be careful, he's bleeding. You don't want to stain your shirt" he sneered before trudging forward. The man with the assault rifle laughed then scooped Simon up and slung him over his shoulder in much the same fashion as Alvin. Brittany wasn't sure what to do. Suddenly the man holding the minigun gave her a sharp kick to the back. She yelped then turned to face him. He growled at her, "Keep moving you little rat!"
Not wanting to get hurt again Brittany complied and followed the men as they progressed towards the village.
"Oh I hope this works" she thought to herself as tears started to flood from her eyes.
The Chieftain and the two natives slowly walked across the wooden bridge back towards the village. He was angry that the chipmunks had all escaped again. He would have to double the search parties in the morning, but right now he just wanted go to bed. As the men walked they heard a loud scream, followed by another and another. They all started to run back towards the village. They could hear a strange banging noise and screams of pain growing louder and louder with every step.
"What is happening now!" the Chieftain yelled picking up his pace, although in truth he was extremely worried. Even during the panther attack he hadn't heard this kind commotion, and he had never heard that strange banging noise before. As they rounded a corner, they stopped and stared. Three strange men in black clothes were using strange silver items to attack his villagers. The silver objects were firing little tiny silver things that would rip through the screaming villagers. The Chieftain screamed in rage at the murders that were taking place in front of him. The village was in utter chaos. Men and woman were screaming in fear, tents were on fire and amongst it all the Chieftain spotted someone he couldn't believe. He had been wrong; the chipmunk girl must have been the Princess of Paradise, because her threat to destroy the villagers and the forest was coming true. If only he had believed her.
"Stop!" the chieftain bellowed and he ran towards one of the nearest men wielding his knife. The man looked at him and laughed before firing his silver object at him. It was the smallest of the objects, but the Chieftain couldn't explain the pain that it brought. He had never experienced so much pain in his life. The bullets pinged off his bones. He was shot through the stomach, through the shoulder, through both legs. The chieftain fell to his knees and crawled towards the Princess of Paradise. She had covered her mouth with her hands and her eyes were filled with tears.
"Please princess. I'm sorry. Stop this. You won't be sacrificed. Please spare the…" he started to beg before the man turned towards him smirking and fired his gun. The silver object flew through his head and he fell to the ground dead.
Brittany screamed as the man fell down before her dead. She covered her eyes and started to cry hysterically at the horror she was seeing. Innocent men and women were dying all around her and it was completely her fault. She had thought that she could trick the men, but now they were killing everyone. The leader turned to her and laughed at her fear.
"Come on! Now where are the others!" he shouted over the sounds of the screams. Brittany simply shook her head, her whole body shaking uncontrollably. She continued to scream and cry. At first the man found it amusing to see her suffering, but now he was beginning to lose patience. He picked the terrified girl up and started to shake her, "Where are they!"
"I… I…" was all she managed to say coherently, the rest of the sounds she made were just uncontrollable sobs. The man growled then threw her to the ground. She just lay there crying. Pain flared up her but she ignored it. Screams of agony were all around her and it was all her fault. She continued to cry closing her stinging eyes and trying to cover her ears to try and block out the screams. The man looked at her for a moment then growled. He wasn't going to get any answers from her. He would have killed her himself, but he had been given strict orders, capture them alive. Grumbling he stalked towards the largest tent, listening to his men laugh maniacally as their guns tore innocent people apart. Flames were spreading everywhere, and now people were starting to burn as well. The screaming grew louder and louder. The man entered the tent and looked around, hoping for something, a clue, a map, or even just one of the kids cowering in a corner. Instead he found the tattered remains of the girl's Arabian outfits. He was about to dismiss it when he noticed that something was in the belt of the pink outfit. He reached down and pulled out one of the dolls his employers had mentioned. He turned it around to see if there were any diamonds or cash, but found nothing. The doll had already been opened when the Chipettes had first discovered the diamonds and Jeanette had inspected the dolls they had collected to find the money. The money however was no longer in the doll, it was completely empty.
"That little rat has done something with the diamonds and the cash!" he roared then raced back out. The screams were starting to die down now as most of the villagers lay dead or dying. Brittany was still on the ground trying to block out the sounds around her. The man angrily picked her up and waved the doll in her face.
"Where are the diamonds!" he screamed. Brittany realized the money must have floated down stream when the balloon landed, but she was still in complete shock from the atrocities being committed around her that she didn't respond. The man growled at her then slapped her across the face and dropped her and the doll. She continued to cry, covering the side of her now red cheek. She bent over and picked up the Alvin doll and started to hug it. It wasn't her Alvin, but she needed someone right now.
"Alright boys, I'm calling the chopper. We may not have found the kids, but these three know something about the money and the diamonds, and they ARE going to tell us what they know!" he shouted to his companions, glancing angrily at Brittany who was now rocking herself back and forth cradling the doll. He was about to grab the doll off her but thought why bother, she was already a wreck and they needed answers. Causing her more pain would probably just make it harder to get the information they required. He reached to his belt and grabbed a radio.
"Mac, we need airlift now. We're about 50 meters from our last recorded position" he said before receiving a static response. After a few minutes a black helicopter descended and landed in the center of the now burning village. The men tossed the three chipmunks inside before clambering in themselves.
"Klaus and Claudia are not going to be happy" the man grumbled as he climbed into the co pilot seat.
The sun's rays slowly broke through the leaves above Theodore.
"What happened?" he grumbled looking around. He was suspended on a branch in mid air. Slowly he recalled the night's events.
"Eleanor! Jeanette!" he called out realizing that he was alone. Suddenly he felt pain surge through his body. He remembered the crash landing from the night, but he must have blacked out. He looked over himself. He was covered in bruises and minor scratches, but nothing seemed to be broken.
"Well, at least I'm not that hurt" he sighed to himself. He spoke to soon. The instant he said that he heard a cracking sound. He slowly turned his head to see that the branch his was on was about to snap.
"Uh oh" he whispered as the branch broke. He screamed and fell, but he didn't fall far. He was only a few meters from the ground. He hit the ground and let out an oof noise, but was otherwise unharmed. Slowly he sat up and scanned the area. He had no idea where he was and he was completely alone.
"Eleanor! Jeanette!" he cried again, getting nervous. At first there was no response. Theodore sighed then began to walk when he heard a faint sound.
"Theodore…" a voice said from above. He looked up to see Eleanor suspended in the air by a group of vines. They were wrapped around her waist, arms and legs and she was struggling to free herself, although she seemed very weak. Suddenly Theodore realized why. There was a nasty bruise on her head, as though she had smacked into something after landing.
"Hang on Eleanor, I'll get you down" Theodore said. He climbed up the tree supporting the vines. He started to pull the vines up, hoping that instead of falling and hitting the ground, he could simply carry Eleanor down. His plan almost worked, however he tugged too hard and the vine supporting her waist snapped. With no main support, Eleanor slipped out from the vines holding up her arms and legs and fell to the ground with a thud.
"Eleanor!" Theodore yelled and dived out of the tree and made his way to her side. The fall was even lower than his, but he was concerned none the less. Slowly she sat up and rubbed her head.
"Are you alright?' Theodore asked worriedly, rubbing her back gently.
"I'm… fine" she said weakly turning to face him.
"That was some pretty nasty fall last night huh?" she said in a light tone standing up.
"Yeah. But we had to do it. In fact if Jeanette hadn't… Jeanette!" he suddenly cried realizing that he hadn't spotted her yet.
"Theodore! Eleanor!" came a voice from behind them. They both turned to see Jeanette limping towards them. Suddenly she fell over. They both raced to her side and realized that her glasses were missing.
"I'm glad you two are alright" she said after they had helped her up.
"Are you?" Eleanor asked concerned about her limp.
"I'm alright. My leg is just sore. It smacked into a tree on landing last night" she said, noticing both of the younger chipmunks wince at the thought. Suddenly she caught sight of the bruise on Eleanor's head.
"Eleanor what happened? Are you okay?" Jeanette asked, gently stroking her fingers over the large bump on Eleanor's head.
"It's not that bad. I hit a tree last night and fell unconscious" she said. Theodore and Jeanette weren't convinced.
"Come on, let's worry about it later, I'll be fine. We need to find the others" she said annoyed, crossing her arms sternly. Theodore and Jeanette looked at each other for a moment then sighed and nodded.
"Hang on, I'm going to search around for a moment and see if my glasses landed nearby" Jeanette said turning around and stumbling along the ground. Theodore was about to help her when he felt something grab his arm. He turned to see that Eleanor was holding him and she had a strange look on her face.
"What is it Ellie?" Theodore asked confused.
"Last night Theodore you said you loved me" she said staring into his eyes. Theodore looked shocked for a moment then looked down blushing.
"I… I… thought we were going to… and I wanted to let you know before… I'm sorry Ellie" he said shyly backing away a little.
"Theodore. Why are you sorry?" Eleanor asked.
"I… I… I…" he began to stutter but Eleanor placed her finger over his mouth.
"Do you remember what I said?" she asked starting to blush a little herself. Theodore thought back and remembered.
"I love you Theodore!"
Theodore looked at her for a moment then moved closer and grabbed her hands.
"Ellie, you are the most beautiful girl I have ever met in my life" he said confidently. He wasn't sure why, but that feeling of confidence he had experienced last night had returned, and now he would use it. Eleanor smiled and started to blush even harder.
"You have always been there for me. I have loved you since the day I first laid eyes on you, and every day since then my feelings for you have grown. I have always wanted to tell you, but… I guess I was too nervous" he said, the confidence slowly starting to slip away, but he continued on, struggling to find the words he had to say.
"Then how did you tell me last night?" Eleanor asked quietly, still blushing.
"Because of you. You bring out the best in me. When I'm alone I'm a frightened little boy. But with you, I can be myself and not be afraid, you give me courage Eleanor. So now I will say it again. Eleanor, I love you" Theodore said, pouring his heart into every word.
"I love you to Theodore" Eleanor said kindly. One moment they were friends having a discussion. The next they were more than friends, their lips connecting together, experiencing love in all its glory. Theodore moved closer, placing his hands gently around Eleanor's waist. Eleanor placed her arms around Theodore's neck and the kiss became more passionate. Ever since they had first met, they had always loved one another. They were just too shy to admit it, but their friendship had always brought out the best in them. Now they were one in their hearts and minds and souls, and they couldn't have been happier. As they broke apart they both started blushing fiercely.
"You have no idea how long I have waited for that" Theodore said happily, stroking Eleanor's hair.
"Then why wait for another" Eleanor said seductively, and they began to kiss again. The feeling was magical. They had always known that someday, they would be together, but they had never known how much joy it would bring to their lives once it finally happened.
Though Jeanette was now blind as a bat, she could tell something was happening between the two of them. She had managed to find her glasses, although they were completely shattered and were useless now, but she didn't dare interrupt this moment. As the newly formed couple finished their kiss they gazed into one another's eyes and knew that this happiness would last for the rest of their lives. Slowly they remembered what was happening and they went in search of Jeanette, hand in hand. They found her sitting behind a tree, her broken glasses in her hands. She hadn't heard them approach and was still waiting for them to finish their moment together.
"I see you found your glasses" Eleanor giggled. Jeanette jumped when she heard her voice and turned towards them both blushing.
"Sorry, I didn't want to interrupt" she said shyly. Theodore and Eleanor smiled at her.
"Come on, let's go find the others" Theodore said. Eleanor and Theodore each took one of Jeanette's hands and guided her as they began their search.
The helicopter blades spun round as Dave looked out the window. They had been searching for hours now but there was still no sign of the kids. He sighed and turned to Miss Miller. She two was starting to feel like it was hopeless, but she knew that if she admitted that to David, it would break his heart.
"Don't worry David. We will find them. Don't worry" she said kindly placing her hand on his shoulder. He let out another sigh and returned his gaze to the window. Suddenly something caught his eyes.
"Pilot can you double back for a second, I think I saw something!" Dave called and obediently the pilot turned around and flew back over the area. Dave looked back down and his eyes widened. He rubbed them to confirm that he wasn't imagining things. Down below he saw Theodore, Eleanor and Jeanette. They were walking along side the river hand in hand.
"Oh my god, I see them!" he shouted, "Quick take us down now!"
"Right away!" the pilot said and he started to lower the helicopter down to the ground.
At first Theodore wasn't sure what the noise was. Then it began to get louder and louder. He looked up and almost jumped for joy. A helicopter was coming down to them. They were saved.
"Look!" He screamed and pointed towards the vehicle. Although Jeanette couldn't see anything, Eleanor looked up and screamed with joy as well.
"We're saved!" She screamed. She and Theodore grabbed hands and started to dance, pulling a confused but happy Jeanette with them. Slowly the helicopter landed, and then Theodore saw the one person he had been praying to see again. Dave jumped out of the helicopter and sprinted to the kids tears in his eyes.
"Kids your alright!" he yelled and pulled all of them into a big hug.
"Dave!" the three of them shouted and returned the hug, tears dripping from their eyes as well. The four of them just stood there hugging for what felt like hours. Miss Miller and Inspector Jamal raced over to them as well. Miss Miller wanted to hug them all too, but she knew that David had to be with them first. Theodore was his child, and Eleanor and Jeanette were like daughters to him.
"You guys scared me so much. Don't ever do anything like this again" Dave said tears still streaking from his face.
"We're sorry Dave" they all said in unison looking down.
"I'm just glad you're alright" Dave said and he continued to hold them, embracing them, never wanting to let them go.
"Wait" Miss Miller said, "Where are Alvin, Simon and Brittany?"
Dave looked up at her then back down at the kids and realized she was right, three of them were missing.
"They were at the native village somewhere it that direction" Theodore said pointing.
"We were separated last night. We were just looking for them when you found us" Eleanor said.
"Quick hop into the helicopter and we'll fly to the village and look for them" Jamal said. Everyone nodded then raced to the helicopter. It wasn't a long flight to the village, but what they found shocked them. Smoke and rubble was everywhere. Bodies were strewn in all directions.
"Oh my god!" Dave shouted looking at the carnage in front of him. The three kids began to cry looking at all the deaths. They had expected to find the village in some panic from what happened last night, but nothing like this. Jamal surveyed the village while Miss Miller and Dave comforted the children.
"Luckily there are no signs of the boys and Brittany" he said once he had returned. Dave sighed in relief but his face remained grim from the surroundings.
"Come on. Let's get out of here. The children must still be somewhere out there" Jamal said pointing them all in the direction of the chopper. As they approached it, Jamal stopped. He bent down and picked something up. It was a bullet, Dave looked at it for a moment before he turned to the Inspector.
"Bullets. Someone else was here last night" he said.
"Let's hope your children are still simply lost in the jungle. I don't want to think about what would happen if whoever did this had them" Jamal said sternly. Dave looked at him worried.
"Come on. Let's keep searching and hope for the best. Right now that's all we can do" the inspector said and he hopped into the co pilot seat. Dave nodded then hopped inside as well, bringing the children into a tight hug.
"Please be safe!" he said as the helicopter rose from the ground and continued its fruitless search for the children.
God this is probably the saddest thing I have ever written in my life. What will become of Alvin, Simon and Brittany now? And how will Klaus and Claudia react when they find that their diamonds and money are lost somewhere in a river. All will be revealed next update.
