The Rescue Rangers
Destiny's POV
When woke up, I once again found myself on a bed. Who would've seen that one coming, I thought very sarcastically. However this one was so much better then that stupid cot I was used to sleep in at the orphanage. It was soft, warm and extremely comfortable. It even had a nice fluffy pillow. Once my vision cleared, I soon realized that I wasn't in the orphanage or in Central Park for that matter. Instead it look more like a treehouse of some sort. The only thing that was different was that it felt like I was inside the tree itself.
There were also various pieces of furniture spread about the place and even a window that was in a carved out area of the tree. Among the furniture was a bedside table with a single lamp and a chair next to it. Man, what the heck kind of animal has that many IQ points? I thought to myself. That's when it hit me like a stack of bricks, I had shrunk. I realized that it must have been that device that I found earlier in the park. Well, at least I can finally rest assured that I will never have to deal with Mrs. Matthews anymore, I thought in relief. But at the same time, I was just in some random place that I had never seen before. I figured that I'd been saved by somebody but I had absolutely no idea who they were or what their true intentions were so I started feeling nervous.
I silently prayed that this was just a dream but no matter how many times I closed my eyes, or said "this isn't happening this isn't happening", everything was still the way it was. I was especially relieved that I was wearing a simple pink nightgown which made me wonder who took my old clothes off earlier but I brushed that thought aside. I was just about to get out of bed when all of a sudden the door opened and I immediately dove back under the covers.
"Oh good, your awake." came a high pitched voice coming from the entrance of the room. Why does this voice sound so unusual? I thought. But unlike Mrs. Matthews, it didn't sound mad or threatening, but rather sweet and kind. "My brother and I were so worried that you weren't going to make during that storm so we decided to bring you back to our place. Also I hope you don't mind the nightgown. Those clothes you had on before were ripped and soaked beyond belief." I still didn't trust whoever or whatever was talking to me. I remember Mrs. Matthews telling me not to trust anyone that I meet. But deep down I knew that it wasn't the case for everybody.
I was scared out of my wits, shaking in fear and tears started to form in my eyes. "No please don't hurt me. I've gone through enough already" I thought as the tears threatened to spill down my cheeks. Then that same cute sounding voice spoke and I felt a soft paw on my shoulder, which caused me to stop shaking. "Don't worry. I'm not gonna hurt you, I promise" it said reassuringly. Slowly but surly, I stuck me head up from under the covers and looked at who was talking to and my eyes went wider than ever.
It was a chipmunk. No not just any chipmunk, a TALKING chipmunk. He was about my height, had brown fur, a tan underbelly and muzzle, a cute little black nose and a small black, white and brown striped tail. But the weirdest part about him was that he was wearing clothes just like a normal human. He sported a brown sheepskin bomber jacket and a matching brown fedora on its head with holes on the sides so his ears could fit through.
I just looked at him in both shock and confusion. How was he talking to me? Why was he wearing clothes? Who is he? Was he going to chew me to splinters? Do chipmunks even eat meat? Many questions were filling my head until the chipmunk spoke up again. "Can you talk?" I nodded my head in response before asking him a simple question, "where am I?" "Oh your in the headquarters of the Rescue Rangers" he said with a little pride in his voice as he smiled at me. Rescue Rangers, that sounds pretty cool, I thought. "What's your name?" he asked me.
I gave him a questioning look before answering slowly "my name is Destiny Hamilton, what's yours?" The chipmunk looked at me with a kind smile and held out his paw towards me. "That's a lovely name, my names Chip, Chip Oakland. Nice to meet you Destiny Hamilton." I hesitated at first but slowly took his paw and shook it. It felt so nice and warm. "Nice to meet you too Chip." Than I felt a sharp pain and put my hand on my head. Chip noticed this and spoke up. "Are you ok? I mean you were hurt pretty bad. So we got an ice pack for your head and a glass of water for you." Oh, thanks Chip. That's very kind of you." I said while I gave him a small smile. "Y-your welcome Destiny" Chip said while trying to hide the obviously visible pink tint that dusted his cheeks. He was absolutely one of the most adorable things that I had ever seen. That cute little face of his would make anyone look at him and say 'awwwww'.
"Say, why don't you wait there, and I'll bring the rest of the rangers in so that they can introduce themselves. I mean we've never had a human in our house before." "Sure Chip, I'd like that" I tried to say in a positive tone while trying to hide my sadness. Chip was all sorts of excited. "Great! I'll let them know that your awake. Be right back." "Thanks Chip" I said. With that, Chip left the room to go get his friends. I still can't believe I'm talking to a chipmunk, I thought.
Chip's POV
As I left her room to go and tell my friends that she was awake, layers upon layers of questions started flooding my mind. Where did she come from? Where were her parents? Were they even looking for her? I decided to ask her these questions at a later time since I didn't want make her feel uncomfortable. For now my main goal was to get her aquatinted with my friends and our home. Dale, Gadget, Monty and Zipper were chilling on the couch watching the tv. The reporter on the screen was talking about how the worlds largest supply of tuna had gone missing and that the NYPD had opened an investigation. I let out a sigh. It felt like everyday there was a crime or two that was being committed and the police just couldn't keep up with all the rampant crime.
But the good news was that the NYPD was about to recruit some more officers to help strengthen the police force. And of course me and my fellow rangers would be there to help with cases that they couldn't solve. Anyways, once the report was finished, Gadget glanced in my direction and turned off the tv, prompting others to turn their heads towards me. Gadget smiled at me and asked "is she up yet?" I nodded and smiled back. That's when Dale sped towards the door but I quickly stopped him. "Just what do you think your doing?" I asked while raising an eyebrow. He smiled sheepishly and said "oh uh n-nothing." "Yeah, that's what I thought" I said with a smirk. I could tell that he's been thinking about Destiny since he found him, but I knew that we had to take this one step at a time. With that we made our way to where Destiny was.
Destiny's POV
I had absolutely no idea what the others looked like, but I decided to remain optimistic. Would they even take a liking to me or just ignore me. My thoughts were interrupted by the sound of door opening again. I turned my head and looked towards the doorway. I saw Chip as well as another male chipmunk and two mice, one male and the other female. I felt my eyes scanning each one of them.
The male mouse was the oldest. He had a round body, a maroon mustache and had a pair of flight goggles on his head. He also wore an aqua colored sweater and a light brown trench coat. I also noticed there was a tiny little fly next to him. He had cyan skin and wore a red shirt.
The female mouse was shorter than the male mouse and had a more thinner body than him. She had on a pair of light purple pants as well as a matching belt and shirt. She also had a more round sized head and had long blonde hair although hers was longer than mine. She too had a pair of goggles on her head.
Than my eyes glanced towards the other chipmunk. He was about the same height as Chip but he looked different. He only wore a simple red button-down short-sleeved shirt with a yellow flower pattern on it. His facial features were also different. He had a tuff of brown fur on his head and a cute little red nose that I wished I could just go and boop with my finger. He was just as adorable as Chip. "Alright everyone. This is Destiny Hamilton. She's the small human that Dale found in the park yesterday during that storm. Now she's still recovering from her injuries so don't jump all over her ok." They all nodded. Then Chip walked over to me.
"Are you felling okay enough that you stand up?" he asked quietly. "I think so" I said. That seemed to bring a smile to Chip's face. With that, one by one the rangers introduced themselves. First was the older mouse. " Pleasure to meet ya Destiny, Monterey Jack is my name and huntin' cheese, and adventure is my game. Welcome to our humble abode Ms. Hamilton." He grabbed my hand and kissed it which made me smile. I than glanced over at the fly. He let out a slight shriek and few behind Monterey. "Ah don't worry Zippa, she ain't gonna bite ya".
The fly who was called Zipper slowly peaked his head from behind Monty and flew over to me. He then said something that could have only sounded like a hello but soon found his way back over to Monty. He poked his head out from behind his shoulder again. I gave him a small wave which caused Zipper's entire body to turn as red as a stop sign. We all laughed in unison as he tried to hide his blush. Then the female mouse stepped forward and I could instantly see a sparkle of excitement in her eyes.
"Golly, I don't think I've ever seen a pint sized human before in our home before in my life. Anyways, nice to meet you Destiny. Names Gadget, and honestly, I wish I had a name as pretty as yours." I was taken by surprise at her comment but a small smile formed on my face as I shook her hand. "Thank you Gadget, I really appreciate that." Gadget beamed as she shook my hand. "No problem. Also just so you know, I'm also an inventor too so if you ever wanna stop by my workshop, please don't hesitate to stop on by if you have any questions." "I'll take that into consideration. Thanks Gadget." Last but not least, the chipmunk with the red shirt walked up to me however something was a little off about him.
His eyes were frozen in place and his mouth hung open a bit, as if he was in some sort of trance. I tried waving my hand in his face but he just wasn't responding. He just stood there and stared at me. Chip, noticing this, started to get irritated and with that went over to Dale and with one swift stroke, banged his fist fist on Dale's head. I winced at the sight. "OW, HEY WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?" he shouted while rubbing his head in pain.
"Your making a scene in front of our guest Dale." Chip stated, clearly annoyed. "Go on introduce yourself." Dale shot a glare at him before making his way to me and sticking out his shaky paw. "Uh hi there, I'm Dale, Chip's y-y-y-younger brother n-n-nice ta m-m-meet ya, uh what was you name again" he stuttered. I reached out and shook his paw all while avoiding the fact that both he and I had a little bit of rose on our cheeks. "It's Destiny. Nice to meet you too Dale" I told him. Chip than intervened and got in between me and Dale.
"Okay, now that we've got the formalities out of the way, what do say I give a tour of our headquarters. Would you like that Destiny?" Chip asked me while holding out his paw. I glanced over at Dale and saw that he was getting mad but I simply just put my hand on his shoulder and that was somehow able to calm him down. Wow, that was easy, I thought. "Alright Destiny, let's go" Chip said. With that I bid the others farewell, took Chip's paw and walked out the door.
Chip's POV
As Destiny and I made our way out of the room, I couldn't help but feel that something off about her. I felt like she wasn't telling me everything but I didn't mind. I'm sure she'll tell us her backstory at some point. But right now I was focused on making sure that she was treated as if she was a member of our household. However I just couldn't stop glancing at her. She was just so beautiful. But I couldn't let her pretty face or flowing blonde hair distract me.
I had to make sure she had everything she needed. I led her down the hall to the various rooms. I showed her me and Dale's room, Gadgets room and Monterey's room so that way she knew where we were if she needed us. I was about to show her Gadget's workshop but remembered that she doesn't let anyone in without her permission but Destiny told me she understood and that was good enough for me. With that I led her to the living room.