Hostfanatic here with the second chapter of "Among the Gems." I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Alvin and the Chipmunks, nor do I own the Chipettes, nor do I own Dave or Zoe.
I do, however, own Adam. So back off.
Enjoy!
"It's been a long day today," Jeanette said, finally closing her textbook and clearly aiming the statement at Simon. It meant, you've stalled long enough. It's time to go to bed. She stretched and yawned.
"Is your mattress still being cleaned?" Simon asked, clearly upset. That meant, are you still sleeping downstairs, which meant, are you still spending almost twelve hours in a completely separate part of the house from me? They had found mold and a stuffing leak on the bottom of Jeanette's mattress, so they had to remove it so that they could clean it. Jeanette was sleeping on the big chair downstairs for now, but when Simon had tried to go down to sleep with her, Dave had told him no. No matter how many times Simon insisted that they wouldn't do anything bad and that he was just trying to protect her, Dave remained firm—Simon had to stay in his own bed. So the two were separated at nights.
"I think tonight is the last night," Jeanette assured him, which meant yes, the mattress is still being cleaned, which meant yes, I am still sleeping downstairs and yes, you are still sleeping upstairs. "We should be getting it back tomorrow." That meant, don't have a panic attack, there's only one more night to go.
"I don't like it when you're down here by yourself," Simon insisted, not bothering anymore to not say what he really meant. "Dave isn't even here tonight. What if something bad happens?"
"Hey," Jeanette said calmly. "I'll be fine. Dave is just out with Claire. He said he'd be back by eleven."
"All right," Simon said reluctantly. He kissed her quickly before scampering upstairs as everyone shouted, "GET A ROOM!"
Jeanette giggled softly and said goodnight to her sisters as she curled up under her blanket. She had harbored feelings for the bespectacled chipmunk ever since they had first met, but had been too shy to tell him about it. Then, after he rescued her from the island, they officially became a couple.
Jeanette shivered, just remembering it.
The six chipmunks, Dave, and Ian had all gotten shipwrecked on a deserted island. They met a girl there named Zoe, who claimed that she had crash-landed on the island eight years ago. She had a tennis ball, a football, a basketball, and a golf ball for company.
On the island, Simon had been bitten by a spider. The spider had special venom in it that made your personality change and made you forget about it. Simon had been changed into a French chipmunk named Simone. He constantly flirted with Jeanette, and they had been dancing one day when she had destroyed Zoe's tennis ball in a freak accident. Zoe was furious and despised Jeanette ever since.
Later, they found out that there was a volcano on the island and it was about to erupt! Everyone tried to find a way to get off the island, and they had built a raft. However, Simone and Jeanette had been in the jungle by themselves, finding food to put on the raft. Then, Zoe had knocked out Simone and kidnapped Jeanette.
Zoe had really come to the island to find the treasure that she had heard about. It was in a cave behind the waterfall, though, with an opening so small that only a chipmunk could fit. She forced Jeanette to bring up all the treasure, and then stole the raft from the other chipmunks and chipettes and made it back to land. They had beached several weeks later in Florida, where Zoe had found her old house.
Zoe had secretly brought back some of the spiders, and she let one bite Jeanette. When a female was bitten, their appearance changed as well as their personality. Jeanette turned into Calissa the chipmunk, and everyone called her Callie. Callie had become an international superstar just as famous at the chipmunks/chipettes. She had met another singing chipmunk named Adam, and the two quickly fell in love.
The chipmunks and chipettes found Simone back on the island, but he had been hit so hard by Zoe that he turned back into Simon. They managed to find a log and get off the island before the volcano erupted, and they had been picked up by a cruise ship called the S.S. Tipton. It took an entire year to get back to the United States.
Then they had taken a plane to Zoe's house and had captured Callie. Simon had made a cure to the venom and he had injected Callie with it, turning her back into Jeanette. Adam and Zoe had followed them there, though.
Adam tried to take Jeanette back, but Simon managed to stop him. Jeanette had gotten hurt though. Her arm and her leg had both been broken, and she had internal bleeding in her head that had caused her to go into a month-long coma. Zoe had been arrested, but Adam had escaped. Simon had tried to follow him, but Adam had sworn revenge on Simon and Jeanette before leaving. They hadn't seen him since.
Simon hadn't told anyone what Adam had told him, but he became watchful and protective of Jeanette. He didn't want her to get hurt.
Jeanette curled up on the chair and snuggled down under her blanket. Her eyes drifted shut.
Little did she know that someone was lurking outside. A dangerous predator was waiting to spring.
Adam had come back for his revenge at last.
Adam had brought six chipmunks with him. Two to deal with Jeanette, and one each to deal with Theodore, Eleanor, Alvin, and Brittany.
If Simon gave them problems, Adam would deal with Simon. He smiled slightly at the thought, and then motioned to the chipmunks dressed in black with ski masks over their heads. Three of them stood on top of each other and the top one picked the lock.
The door drifted open. They crept quietly into the room.
Adam had planned this for a long time. How else would neat, tidy Jeanette have gotten mold and a leak in her mattress? He had made sure it was there so that she would be alone and downstairs when he came to capture her. He also made sure it was on a night that Dave wasn't there.
Two chipmunks snuck over to the chair where she was sleeping.
Adam motioned to them, and they quickly grabbed her arms.
Her eyes flew open and she blinked sleepily. "Wha…Simon?" she muttered groggily.
Adam couldn't resist. He leaned over the chair, and her violet eyes flew wide open in shock at the sight of him.
"I'm back," he sang.
"SIMON!" Jeanette shrieked instantly, jumping to her feet and climbing up so that she was perched on top of the chair.
Upstairs, Simon was awake in an instant. "Jeanette?" he called sleepily, groping around on the bedside table for his glasses.
"Hello again, Jeanette," Adam sneered, motioning to the chipmunks. They sprang at her and pinned her to the ground.
"HELP! SIMON, HE—," One of the chipmunks clamped a paw firmly over her mouth, and her words were cut off as she struggled.
"Jeanette? Jeanette!" Simon was getting worried now. He heard a thud from downstairs and heard Jeanette screaming, and then suddenly it was cut off.
"JEANETTE!" he yelled, springing out of bed. The others were awake now, too, watching sleepily as he bolted out of the room.
Then they heard Jeanette screaming downstairs.
In half an instant they were all wide awake, even Alvin, and were scrambling out of their beds and down the stairs.
Simon ran down three steps and jumped down the last six, landing hard on the floor and looking around.
Then he saw two chipmunks dressed in black, pinning a struggling Jeanette to the ground.
"Get off of her!" he roared, leaping forward, but something slammed into him from the side, and he flew through the air, crashing into the wall and sliding down to the floor in a crumpled heap.
"SIMON!" Jeanette shrieked, freeing her mouth. "SIMON, NO!"
Simon forced himself to focus and look up at his attacker.
There, standing over him and smirking, was his worst nightmare.
"Hello again, Seville," he sneered.
"Adam," Simon hissed, getting to his feet.
Just then, the others tumbled down the stairs and saw what was going on.
"JEAN!" Eleanor cried.
"Help me!" Jeanette cried back as the chipmunks yanked her to her feet and began dragging her toward the door.
Simon launched himself at Adam and managed to kick him hard in the gut. Adam fell to the floor, the breath knocked out of him, and Simon raced after the chipmunks. The others were quick to follow, but the other four chipmunks dressed in black blocked their way. Alvin tackled his to the ground, but the chipmunk sprang up again and drove Alvin into the counter. Alvin let out a yell and fell to the ground.
"Alvin!" Brittany ran to his side, but one of the black-clad chipmunks grabbed her arm, twisted it behind her, and yanked her away from Alvin. She let out a cry of pain.
Eleanor was knocked into the table. She let out a yelp, but before she could do anything, she felt the chipmunk grab her and pin her to the table leg. He grabbed both her arms and pulled them behind her, so that they were pressed together and wrapped backwards around the table leg. There was a rustle and she felt a pinching feeling on her wrists, and then the black-clad chipmunk wheeled and darted off again.
"Hey!" she cried when she realized that he had tied her hands together. She was stuck to the table leg.
Theodore was holding his own on the counter until he was kicked hard in the chest and knocked into the sink. Then the black-clad chipmunk kicked the pile of dirty dishes that was teetering over the sink, and they all went crashing down, burying Theodore.
"RETREAT, 'MUNKS!" came the shout from the door. The two that had battled Eleanor and Theodore wheeled and raced out the front door. The one pinning Alvin down delivered him another kick to the head, and he fell over. The one holding Brittany lifted her high above his head and threw her with all his might, and she went hurtling through the air before actually crashing through the window. She landed in the bushes on the other side of the house and blacked out.
Simon, the only one who could still move, ran after Adam as fast as he could. Jeanette was still screaming.
Adam wheeled and launched himself at Simon, knocking Simon to the ground and punching him in the gut. Simon saw the two chipmunks shoving Jeanette, his Jeanette, into some sort of rough sack. She was screaming his name.
"You'll never find her again," Adam whispered to Simon. "She's all mine now." He laughed evilly and smashed his foot into the side of Simon's head.
The chipmunk holding the sack held the top shut with his hand, slung the sack over his shoulder, and disappeared into the darkness with Jeanette still shouting inside. The other five chipmunks wearing black dashed after him.
Adam laughed at Simon. Simon heard an engine start in the distance, mingled with Jeanette's muffled screams.
The last thing he heard was Adam hissing, "I told you I'd get my revenge."
Then he saw Adam's booted foot heading straight for his head, and everything went black.