Cherry and Atticus Meet Frankenstein

chapter 4

There were police cars by the Seville house for some reason and it looked like Atticus's parents' car and Cherry's mother's work car was there as well. Looks like they had to get off there with the Chipmunks. Once the bus finally stopped, the Chipmunks happily ran to their front door. Atticus and Cherry joined them.

"DAVE!" the Chipmunks rushed to their human guardian.

"Fellas!" Dave hugged them instantly, rather too tightly.

"Atticus, there you are!" Jessica looked like she had been crying.

Cherry walked in like it was no big deal, even with her parents being worried about her.

"That's gotta hurt..." the policewoman said to her partner as he was squashed by the door and tried to take him to their squad car.

"Thanks, officers!" Dave told them happily.

Atticus, his parents, and Jessica were all now in a group hug.

"I need to talk with my boys in private." Dave said sharply after he let go of the Chipmunks. "Now..."

"We know, Dave, we know." Alvin said to him.

"Everybody on the couch." the Chipmunks said together, then went to sit at the opposite end, expecting to be scolded.

Patrick and Emily took Atticus to the back of their car to take him home with Jessica while Bud and Michelle did the same with Cherry. Patrick then got a call on his cell phone.

"Excuse me..." the father said to his family, he then opened up his phone. "Hello?"

The phone call was to tell him that his house was infested with bugs and that he and his family will have to stay out of their house for a day or two.

Patrick looked to his family. "Emily, I'm afraid we can't go home."

Emily looked horrified slightly. "What do you mean?"

"For some reason, there's bugs in the house," Patrick explained to her. "They're going to be fumigating." 

"I can't stay out of the house, my cell phone is in there!" Jessica cried like a typical teenager.

Emily showed her daughter's cell phone.

"There you are, Alexandra!" Jessica happily took her phone which made her brother roll his eyes.

"Where are we going to stay then?" Atticus asked his parents.

"Let's see if Dave can let us stay for a day or two." Patrick said.

"Oh, wait," Jessica spoke up. "Cherry's family has a spare house they rent to people with a bed and breakfast."

"Actually, it's being used." Emily said.

"It is?" Jessica asked.

"Yeah, some guy rented it last week and he won't leave until next month." Patrick said to them, getting back to the Seville house.

"Oh."

Dave was surprised to see them again, but once it was explained what happened, he let the family in and told Atticus that Alvin, Simon, and Theodore were sent straight to bed.

"Yes, sir." Atticus said, upset.

"We're not mad, Atticus... Just disappointed..." Emily said firmly, but softly.

Atticus went upstairs with the Chipmunks. Dave went to show the rest of the Fudo family their new rooms for the night.

The Chipmunks were sitting in their room, then saw Atticus, wondering why he was still there, but once it was explained, they let him stay in their room like usual sleepovers. 

"My teddy!" Theodore realized he was without his bear. "I-I must've dropped him!"

"Oh, no, he must still be at the amusement park." Atticus said.

"Well, we're not going back for him." Simon said.

"But if we did, that monster wouldn't stand a chance!" Alvin replied bravely.

"Oh, wow, I'm still scared..." Theodore huddled under the covers of his bed.

"Don't worry, Theodore, I'll protect you guys from that monster." Atticus said, sounding brave.

"If a monster came in our room, what would you do?" Theodore asked him. "What could you do?"

"I'd use my strength on him." Atticus said.

Alvin and Simon then mentioned they would shrink the monster or put spray him with a squirt gun or blow him up.

"KABOOM!" the Chipmunks then shouted.

"I thought I told you boys to go to sleep!" Dave yelled from downstairs, hearing that loud noise.

"Okay, we will." Atticus said before shutting the door.

Alvin got on his night shirt and pajama bottoms. "Night." he said as he got to bed.

"Night..." Simon said as he buttoned his pajamas and put his glasses on his nightstand.

"Night..." Theodore whimpered, zipping up his footy pajamas, then getting into his bed and staring out the window sadly. "Oh, I hope Teddy's okay out there..."

"I'll sleep with you tonight, Theodore, until we get Teddy back." Atticus offered to make the youngest chipmunk feel better.

"It won't be the same, but thank you..." Theodore smiled softly to him as he held his pillow tight while his brothers went to sleep without needing a teddy bear to keep them company.

Atticus slept with Theodore for the night to keep him company. Theodore enjoyed Atticus's company, but he just couldn't sleep without teddy. He felt cold with the window open and was about to close it, but saw something unusual. Before Atticus could wake up to see if Theodore was okay as it started to pour down rain outside tonight, the chipmunk was already back in and surprisingly had Teddy with him, along with someone else, it was the monster!

"Theodore, the monster, it's right next to you." Atticus whispered.

Theodore hushed him, then looked to see Alvin and Simon were still sleeping and he quickly looked back to his human friend. He took out his teddy bear. "Frankie came back just to give Teddy back to me," he whispered, explaining. "He's nice now..."

"Well, he does seem to be much calmer now, I guess he must not be that bad of a guy." Atticus whispered

"I think he only acts like a monster because everyone treats him like one." Theodore whispered as he took Alvin's old Frankenstein action figure and let his new monster friend sleep with it.

"I think you're right, Theodore." Atticus whispered.

Theofore smiled, it was time for bed, they would talk more about this in the morning.