Cherry and Atticus Meet Frankenstein

chapter 3

The group kept walking, not seeming to realize that there were people leaving and it was longer than an hour passing, since it was dark and the Chipmunks' show was cancelled.

"Great shortcut, Alvin," Simon spoke sarcastically. "We've been walking for hours and we've yet to see a single dragon!"

"Yeah, and I'm still hungry." Theodore pouted.

"And worst of all, we've missed your show!" Atticus said loudly.

"What do we do now?" Cherry glanced at the red clad chipmunk.

"Okay, okay, I admit it," Alvin looked back to them. "We missed our show, the park is closed, we're probably locked in and it's all my fault! There, are you happy?"

"I'm just fuzzy all over." Simon scoffed.

"I can't stay here all night!" Theodore whimpered as he clutched his stuffed bear. "Teddy will get cold."

"Don't worry, all we have to do is call Dave or our parents and tell them that we're locked in." Atticus reassured Theodore.

"Luckily for us, I got a quarter left over." Simon showed the coin, deciding to go for a payphone.

"I pick Atticus's plan," Theodore spoke up, then saw he was alone. "Hey, wait for me! Guys... Can I be the one to use the phone?"

"Someone give him a boost." Cherry said, knowing the payphone booths would be bigger than Theodore.

"I'll do it." Atticus volunteered.

"Why don't I get to dial?" Alvin whined.

"Because it's my quarter and Theodore asked first." Simon glared at him.

Theodore was worried as he held the phone and was balancing on Atticus, dialing their home phone number.

"Please, Dave, answer please, please, please, I beg of you, please answer." Atticus began to beg, hoping Dave would answer the phone.

Theodore sadly sighed as he only got the answering machine and slowly hung up the phone. "He's not home..."

Alvin gasped dramatically, shaking Cherry suddenly. "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!"

"Chill out, Munk boy!" Cherry shoved him slightly.

"Hey, look!" Simon looked ahead, he saw a castle with a light on. "Somebody's still here!"

"I don't know, Simon, my detective instincts are telling me that this time it's not a good thing that someone is still here." Atticus said as he see's what the castle looked like.

"It's our only hope though," Simon looked to him. "You have a better option?"

"Okay, you got a good point, but if the person up there seems to be *coocoo bird noise*, then we bolt it." Atticus said.

"Couldn't agree more, let's get going before they decide to leave too." Cherry said, leaving with the boys.

The castle wasn't too far away and there was a hill to step up and the door was unlocked. Alvin was picking on Theodore by tapping his shoulder and acting like he wasn't doing anything to scare him.

"Alvin, stop scaring Theodore." Atticus said without looking.

Alvin chuckled, unable to resist.

Simon shushed them. "Do you hear that?"

Everyone listened closer and they heard a thick German accent singing and hid as they found a man with silver hair with a pointed nose, looking very aged, wearing a gray jacket, white shirt, black pants and black shoes. He was singing to himself as he seemed to be working on something very important and looked very intelligent.