Disclaimer: I don't own Dave, The Chipmunks, The Chipettes, Stanley the Eagle or Vinny.
Chapter 21: Terrible Aaron and Good Timed Stanley
This was not good.
The next morning, Theodore and Eleanor were surprised by the unexpected arrivals who embraced them as they entered the kitchen. Theodore's heart stopped in horror at the sight of his biological father. Aaron had been horrible to him as a baby and the green clad still remembered the sound of his mother shrieking as she was beaten.
Aaron was as horrible as a chipmunk could go. He's mean, cruel, malicious, conniving, sexist, abusive and very, very clever. You don't cross with Aaron because he will cut you down quicker than a chainsaw. Many chipmunks have made that very mistake and many of them didn't survive to warn others of his strength and nastiness.
Fortunately for the Chipmunks, they had managed to get away from Aaron before he trained them to be just like him. Instead, they had been raised to be respectable and kind young men by Dave. Vinny wasn't so lucky and had suffered for 15 years of her unfortunate mateship. Aaron was determined to do everything he can to make her life a misery.
After breakfast, the three brothers were quick to have a meeting away from the others in Alvin and Brittany's room. They had to take immediate action. There was no way that the Chipettes were going to be in danger of that bastard. The Chipmunks hopped on the bed and formed a small huddle. All three wore very worried expressions.
"I can't believe this is actually happening!" Theodore exclaimed. Fear was spreading throughout his body as he spoke.
"What are we going to do?" Alvin yelped in panic, "I thought we were clear of that bastard when he abandoned us! There is no way that I'm letting him be around Brittany."
"And he is not getting anywhere near my Jeanie either," Simon added urgently, "We need to do something and fast."
"But what?" asked Theodore timidly, "None of us can take him down without getting seriously hurt!"
"I know. Dave could barely contain him last night," agreed Simon. He straightened up his glasses as he thought for a moment of two. "What we need," he started slowly," Is to slowly drive Aaron away with baby steps. And possibly get Mum away from him too. We can't be too abrupt about it or otherwise he'll catch on. We'd be in serious trouble if he did!"
"You're right Simon. But Aaron is as smart as he is strong, so we need to be very tactical about it," agreed Alvin, "The first step is obviously to warn Dave and the girls."
"We need to protect Ellie too," chimed in Theodore.
"Yes, as the only Chipette who hasn't been mated with yet, she is a main priority," said Simon. He turned to Theodore and gave him a firm look, "Theo, I know that you don't want to rush into anything, but if there was ever the perfect time to claim your girlfriend, now would be it. In the mean time, act as if she is your mate. If Aaron knew she was a virgin, he would definitely go after her."
"And the second step would be to-"
"What are you doing in here, fellas? Your parents are looking for you," Dave's head came poking around the door, making the three brothers jump in surprise.
"Oh Dave! Good timing! We really need to discuss something with you," Theodore said urgently. Concerned about the tone in Simon's voice, Dave walked into the room and closed the door firmly behind him. He hopped on to the bed and approached his boys.
Immediately, Dave shivered when he sensed the frightened vibes omitting from the Chipmunks. Confused, he asked, "What's going on?"
"We need to get rid of Aaron!" the boys said in union.
"But why?" asked Dave, "I thought you'd be excited to see your biological father again."
"We would if he wasn't such a jerk!" Alvin growled, his ears arching. He folded his arms and snarled, "Dave, Aaron can't be trusted for anything in the world. For the sake of the Chipettes, we can't let him stay here. "
"Why not though?" asked Dave curiously, "What's so bad about him?"
Hmm, oh well let's see...how about...EVERYTHING!" Simon cried, waving his arms around dramatically, "There's not one nice thing about his personality. When we were babies, he used to treat Theodore and I like we were garbage! He hated us, but in his eyes, Alvin could never do any wrong. I was born with perfectly good eyesight, but when I started to talk before Alvin, Aaron dragged me out to the river and kept rubbing dirty water and mud in my eyes until my vision became completely impaired."
"Theodore didn't just fall out of the tree at birth: Aaron threw him out," Alvin added sourly, "His excuse was that he only wanted two kids. When Mum retrieved Theo, Aaron went berserk and slashed across her eye."
"We don't know why Aaron is what he is," Finished Theodore, "But what we do know is that if we don't do something, Aaron will try and hurt the Chipettes."
It took a while for all of this to process itself in Dave's mind. He just stood there facing the boys with a completely blank look on the face. That didn't seem right to him. He was just talking to Aaron and he seemed like a very respectable person. But then again, those muscles and that horrible stench couldn't mean anything good, "Are you completely sure about this? You were very young at the time."
"How could we not be sure of the memory of Mum on the ground clutching her bleeding face?" asked Alvin quietly. There was silence as that comment chilled everyone to their core.
AATCAATCAATCAATC
A few minutes later, the chipmunks all wandered into the living room. The Chipettes seemed to be having a very pleasant conversation with Vinny and Aaron. They were laughing about something amusing as they boys jumped up on the couch. Brittany and Jeanette beamed at their mates. Simon sat down to have Jeanette lean into him and Brittany happily snuggled into Alvin for warmth. Theodore shyly cuddled up to Eleanor and Dave sat by himself next to them.
Still not entirely sure of the Chipmunks story, Dave took a couple of moments to gaze over in Vinny's direction. She was quietly sitting a few feet away from her mate, staring down at her paws. When put into contrast to Simon and Jeanette who were practically melded together, this didn't seem like normal mateship behaviour.
Vinny seemed to have sensed someone watching her and looked up to meet Dave's gaze. He gave her a warm smile, which she timidly returned before staring down at her paws again. Just before her strawberry blond bangs fell back over her glistening eyes, Dave caught sight of a large scar over her left eye that was badly hidden. 'Well, that confirms what Alvin said.'
"Well there you are! We'd wondered where you had snuck off to!" exclaimed Aaron, giving a grin that looked unnatural on that rough and creased old face of his, "The Chipettes here were just telling us that you lot are all singers."
'Exactly what you never wanted us to be, 'Alvin thought snidely, but kept the happy expression on his face, "Oh yes. We've performed all around the world. Dave writes most of our songs and taught us everything we know."
"Oh really?" said Aaron in mock interest. He looked over to Dave with what he obviously thought was a appreciative smile, "Well, isn't that nice of him. Just how long have you been living with our boys David?"
"About five years," answered Dave shortly. He was carefully observing Aaron's body language to see if there was any sign of something else that could validate the Chipmunks claims. So far, there wasn't anything to confirm it. "I'm quite happy to say that your sons are very talented and I've loved every moment of raising them. You have a lot to be proud of."
Aaron was about to agree with Dave when suddenly the sound of an eagle screeching caused all nine chipmunks to turn and look out the window. Perched on the windowsill was a gorgeous Bald Eagle staring in at them with his sharp eyes. His feathers were the deepest of forest brown and the purest of white. His talons were sharp and lethal. Theodore jumped up, terrified and hid behind Simon, "E-Eagle!"
"Way to state the obvious, bro," said Alvin. He let go of his mate and leapt over to the window to take a closer look at the unexpected guest. The eagle considered the chipmunk for a moment, twisting his head from side to side in an elegant manner. Alvin considered him too, confused, until he spotted a small green tag around the eagles leg. He had seen that somewhere before...Suddenly, it hit him.
"Hey! I know who this is!" Alvin called out excitedly. He looked over his shoulder at his brothers with a wide grin, "It's Stanley! We taught him how to fly, remember? Hey, buddy! How are you?"
"Oh yeah!" Simon and Theodore cried out in unison. Theodore came out from behind Simon and stopped shaking. Stanley gave a small chirp in response to the greeting and gently tapped on the window to indicate he wanted to come in.
Dave, recognising the bird too, didn't seem so pleased to see him. "I ended up in jail because of that stupid bird," he mumbled to himself.
A few months after Dave had adopted the Chipmunks, the boys decided to build a bird house after Dave had kicked them out for distracting him when he was trying to finish up a song. Stanley just happened to be the first bird to try it out. When they learned that Stanley was afraid of flying, the Chipmunks decided to do everything they could to help him get over his fear. One tactic was strapping rollerblades to his feet and rolling him down a hill!
(If you haven't seen the episode of the Alvin Show when they teach Stanley how to fly, then get your sorry ass onto Youtube and watch it!)
Alvin unlatched the lock on the window and pulled it open.
"What are you doing? Are you crazy?" yelled Aaron. Vinny squeaked and tried to hide behind him, "You can't let an eagle into the house! It'll have us for dinner!"
"Oh relax. Stanley wouldn't harm a single hair on any of us," reassured Brittany. Stanley had a strange habit of turning up at the most conventional times (such as when an author with a massive writers block needs a scapegoat). The Chipettes met Stanley a few months after they moved in. He saved Jeanette's life during a game of Hide and Seek when she accidently slipped out of the tree she was hiding in by catching her with his talons.
By the time Aaron had finished complaining, Stanley had already swooped in and perched himself on a lampshade. Aaron seemed to just notice Vinny squirming behind his back and grumpily shoved her back to her spot away from him, earning an unnoticed disapproving glare from Dave.
"Hi Stanley!" chirped Eleanor.
"Hello Stanley, it's good to see you again," Simon greeted warmly. Stanley sang a soft note in return.
"Simon, why don't you and Theodore get Stan some water? He's probably had a long trip," requested Dave.
Simon nodded. There was a gentle flutter of wings as the two brothers and their feathered friend hurried off to the kitchen. Once out of earshot of Aaron, Simon looked up at Stanley with a small smile and said, "Stanley, old pal, as usual, you could not have come at a more appropriate time."
Author's Note: Confused? Bewildered? Thinking this is a little abrupt? Well, so do I!
At this point, I really just want to get this story over and done with, but I'm still lacking ideas. I have snippets already typed up, but I can't work out a way to keep this evenly paced or how to fill in the gaps.
I'm asking you again that if you have an idea to please REVIEW IT! I don't care how ridiculous it is because it's usually those kinds of ideas that inspire me more than the rational and logical ones.