If you thought that LAST chapter was exciting, you are oh-so-very wrong. SO, SO, SO very wrong. I know I said that in the last chapter, but now this tops that! I'm flip-flopping serious here, people!

There is so much action in this chapter!

YOU MUST READ IT.

But first I must do what I must to hold you up.

Words to the reviewers time for all of you people reviewing who read this stuff!

RossLynchLUVR: You are so obsessed with Ross Lynch and 1D! Thanks for thinkin' the chap was sad...and awesome at the same time! WEIRD PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE UNITE! P.S. I can picture your wall. That's a lot. Here's the next chapter for you!

chipmunkfan1001: I wanna know what happens, too! Well...I already know as much as what's happened in this chapter. Anything else is beyond me! ...Until, ya know, I get to writing it. The key's power shall reveal on the (blank) side in this chapter. Yup, you must read it to find the answer. There is Simonette and a moment of Bralvin (Alvittany/Alvany) in this chapter as well! Thanks for wishing me luck and here's the next chapter, just as you hoped!

vote4coolige15: My definition of those who want to take over the world: whack-a-doos that can be just about any kind of antagonist/anti-hero (i.e. awkward, rough, etc.). And I see that you mentioned you asked about Rosemary, thank you for identifying yourself even though you didn't have to! I hope my answer helped. :)

The Chipette Protector: What's he doing? Hmm...he's trying to take over the world and get the key that the Artigos (his family) gave to the Millers all of those years ago, back in the 1500s I believe it was, because they ended up giving it the magical powers (without realizing it) and gave it to the Millers, who discovered the power of the key. As for controlling what he unleashed...if he ignores what he's unleashed for too long he no longer has control...so expect him to have zero control over what's happening. Thanks for reviewing! You couldn't wait to find out, and your wait is over!

MarioBoy10: You don't have to answer the questions! These are things I'm assuming you're wondering unless you can think of anything better. They're to leave you hanging. And thanks for telling me I have really good writing! Thanks for reviewing and here's chapter 9!

simonettefan: If you thought that was intense, you haven't seen this! ...Well, obviously you haven't yet! I just posted! Lots of Simonette here so prepare to "aww" some more! And I'm not in big trouble, I updated, YAY!

Guest 1: ...Not sure what the troll face has to do with any of this...so...uh...*bad poker face* Thanks for reviewing...? Ah, whatever! Here's the next chapter!

Water-Angel445: Aww, but if he left there would be no antagonist at all. Sorry to disappoint, but Hector is gonna be here for a while. And that gunman flippin' out on them was actually supposed to be funny...so yes! I have done something right! WOO-HOO! ...And cheese...controlling cheese...no. Dead wrong. XD Thank you for the loving of the chapter, and here's the next!

ChippettesRock00: It's okay to be a guest! Thank you so much! Here's the next chapter!

Okay, okay, we got through that boring stuff. So now, you can go read the chapter!

No, just kidding. You probably don't remember where we are!

Let us recap!

Simon and Jeanette were caught! Simon, Jeanette, and Brittany were taken to the "special interrogation" room. Brittany was tortured with water, her fear, Jeanette was whacked and her key got taken away, giving her agony, and Simon was tortured from watching Jeanette get hurt. Dave and Miss Miller turned out to be at work, the city is under attack by all forms of evil, and they know all about the key. Alvin, Eleanor, and Theodore escape to see Jeanette weakened by the loss of her key, Hector with the key, and all sorts of evils torturing Jeanette, Simon, and Brittany. And now Jeanette is mad.

Read on!

~Locked Up~
~by ChipetteGirl10~
~Chapter 9~

"Give me back that key," Jeanette demanded again. Hector smirked at her and shook his head, clutching the key in his fist. He waved his hands around, making tendrils spring up around Jeanette to try and trap her. Jeanette's usual quiet, calm, and shy temperament vanished. Wisps of purple began to swirl around her and her hands grew brighter, preventing the tendrils from grabbing her. The others, except for Eleanor and Alvin, who already knew about the powers of the key, looked on in astonishment. Hector's eyes widened as fiery balls of purple flames came hurling at him.

"Give me the key," Jeanette hissed out, "or I'll be forced to take you down and get it myself." Hector shook his head and laughed at her, throwing black balls of energy at her.

"Silly girl, you can't just make me give up this key. And you won't be able to get it back if you tried! You're nothing but a weakling! You're a weak, stupid, fifteen-year-old girl who thinks this key can magically help her do anything!" he said. Jeanette glared at him, and the wisps began to form a full-on mystical zone as Jeanette felt her feet lift off of the ground.

"Just like Ginny," Simon whispered, putting one hand over his mouth.

"I'll give you one more chance. Give me the key, and nobody will get hurt," Jeanette said. Hector laughed at her.

"Young Jeanette Miller. So naïve. You may not be hurting anyone, but I will," he said, taking the other five by surprise. They all looked around at one another. Jeanette tensed up.

"You can't hurt me. I have the power of the light side in me," she said through grit teeth.

"Oh, it's not you I'm talking about," Hector said, gathering energy, "IT'S HIM!" Hector launched a black ball and hit Simon square in the chest. He fell on the floor. Before the others could get to him, tendrils wrapped around them and kept them confined in a tendril cage. Hector continued to launch more balls at Simon. The chipmunk couldn't take all of the blows and was rapidly weakening.

"Stop hurting him," Jeanette commanded, gathering another large beam of energy and hitting Hector with it, knocking him to the floor. He looked up at her, and a dangerous glint was in his eye. Jeanette took it as a red flag. She looked to Simon to see his clothes slowly fading to black.

"Simon!" she shouted, kneeling down beside him. He put her hand on him as he groaned, pain taking him over. Jeanette concentrated, closing her eyes and pushing her energy into Simon. Alvin gasped as his sweatshirt color started going back to it's original state. Hector glared and threw another ball of energy at Simon. Jeanette jumped in front of it, deflecting it back at Hector.

"I knew you would jump in to save him," Hector snarled.

Jeanette glared at him and began launching purple fireballs at Hector, who began to deflect them, aiming more and more accurately toward the other chipmunks in the room.

"Stop trying to hit us you freak!" Brittany cried, ducking behind Alvin and using him as a shield.

"Brittany!" Alvin exclaimed.

Hector finally got a hit on Jeanette and knocked her to the floor, giving him time to grab Simon by the neck.

"Make a move on me and I'll kill him…or even better, I'll turn him against you," he hissed at Jeanette. Simon looked at her, crestfallen. He looked down at the ground. Jeanette slowly felt her feet go back on the ground, the purple aura still there. She looked at Simon and then at Hector. Her purple aura slowly dissipated on her command. Hector grinned devilishly at her and began to throw dark magic balls at Simon.

"You said if I made a move on you then you would do that!" Jeanette shouted.

"No offense Jean…NEVER LISTEN TO WHAT A VILLAIN SAYS!" Eleanor shouted from the side.

Anger coursed through Jeanette's veins. The aura returned, brighter than it was before. Hector sighed and smirked at her.

"You're too late now. In one minute Simon here will be against you. And the two of us can easily overtake a scrawny weak girl like you," he said, pointing to the blue-clad chipmunk in the corner of the room. His clothes were nearly black and an aura began to build around him from black wisps.

"Simon!" Jeanette called over to him. She bolted over to him. He looked up at her, breathing hard.

"Simon, come on, please keep with me here," Jeanette said, squeezing his hand. Simon squeezed back. Hector took Jeanette's distraction as his opportunity. He tackled the chipette to the ground, ignoring Simon. Simon gasped as Hector put Jeanette in a headlock. Brittany, Eleanor, Alvin, and Theodore all looked at each other. Jeanette struggled to breathe as Hector squeezed around her neck tighter and tighter.

"Let her go!" Alvin finally shouted, breaking through the tendril cage and jumping onto Hector's back. Simon looked around and grabbed a baseball bat that was lying on the floor. He jabbed it harshly into Hector's side, making the kidnapper stumble and release his grip on Jeanette. Jeanette fell onto the floor, breathing heavily and gasping for air.

"Jean, breathe," Brittany said as she and Eleanor rushed to her aid. Theodore joined his brothers in attacking Hector. Hector called more tendrils over to him, a few of them wrapping around Alvin's ankles and preventing him from moving.

"Si! Theo! Bash his head in!" he shouted.

"I'm trying over here!" Simon called back. That was when Hector grabbed the bat and snapped it in two.

"Dude! That was signed!" Alvin yelled.

"Not important, Alvin! Theo and I are defenseless over here!" Simon snapped at his older brother, dodging punches from Hector. Hector scowled and raised his hands over his head. His black mystical zone grew bigger and darker and maniacal, banshee-like laughter filled the room. Spirits swirled around and attacked Simon and Theodore.

"No!" Alvin yelled.

Simon was knocked to the ground. Tendrils kept him down as Hector created a huge mass of black magic and threw it onto Simon. Jeanette's heart tore at Simon's agonized screams. Her aura began to glow again as she stood up and rose from the ground. Hector looked up to see her gathering a humongous ball of her purple energy and threw it at him. She hit him square in the chest and he fell backward. This gave Jeanette enough time to get beside Simon.

"Simon…stay with me here! Don't let him turn you against me!" she commanded him, laying her hand over his heart and concentrating her energy. Simon's sweatshirt faded back to it's normal blue color.

"Jean…"

"Simon. Listen to me. Get the others out of here. I need to handle this myself and I can't risk getting the rest of you guys hurt anymore," Jeanette said urgently.

"But Jean—"

"Do it!"

"A-A…Alright."

Jeanette looked him in the eye.

"I love you. If I don't make it out know that I always have," she said before kissing him. Simon kissed her back. She turned to Hector, just as he was getting up.

"Taking my loved ones, huh? That means that you're too chicken to directly fight me in a battle of power," Jeanette taunted him as Simon helped Alvin and Theodore up off of the floor. The three boys ran to Brittany and Eleanor and darted out of the room, shutting the door behind them. Jeanette was now alone with Hector. Her fear, masked by determination and anger, rose each passing second.

"You have no one to save you now," Hector said in a dark tone. He lunged for the small chipette. Jeanette rolled out of the way and stood back up on the other side of the room. She launched a few purple balls of energy at him before moving again. Hector missed his shots every time.

"Get back here, you little pest!" he said. Jeanette concentrated and rose into the air again. She flew across the room and kicked Hector in the back as he was hunched over.

"Why you little!"

He grabbed the chipette by the ankle and pulled her down to the floor. Jeanette tried desperately to escape his grasp, to no avail.

"Nobody can save you," he snarled at her. He threw her onto Brittany's slab and quickly activated the restraints, put the walls up around it, and activated the sprinkler, which was still set on high.

"Now you can drown!" he said. He laughed demonically and walked out of the room, locking it behind him. Jeanette groaned in pain from the blow that threw her onto the slab, which she had hit her back on. The water was coming down and it was beginning to pool up on the floor.

This is how I'm going to die.

This is how I'm going to die.

This is how I'm going to die.

The door creaked open. Jeanette couldn't see who it was, but she had a feeling.

"Jeanette!"

She was right. It was him.

He was absolutely horrified stepping into the room to see in the short time he was gone that his counterpart was near to her own death. He slammed his fist down on the restraint button and Jeanette was able to sit up. The water in the small glass encasing was rising. Simon looked around for the levers for the glass and sprinklers only to see that they were destroyed.

Destroyed.

The word rang a few times in his head. He looked at Jeanette. She looked horrified. And that was when he knew what he had to do. Simon grabbed half of the baseball bat and chucked it as hard as he could. It sailed through the glass and broke it. Jeanette grabbed the bat from inside and whacked out an opening big enough for her to fit through. Simon grabbed her hand and pulled her out.

"Where are the others?" Jeanette asked him urgently.

"The outside of the building wasn't far from here. I shooed them outside and I knew I needed to come back. I couldn't let you face this alone, Jeanette," he said.

"Did you see Hector?"

"He's looking for the others. He thinks his henchmen got them back already, but they didn't. They're safe. As for us, we need to find Hector, beat the fudge out of him, get your key back, and stop the city from being destroyed. Jean, there were all sorts of evil things out there. The sky was just about black," Simon explained to the chipette.

"Oh my gosh…," Jeanette whispered.

Simon nodded.

"We need to take him by surprise. At least, that's what I think," he explained to Jeanette. She nodded to him thoughtfully.

"I suppose we do."

~With Dave and Miss Miller~

"David! Do those teenagers over there look familiar to you?" Miss Miller asked as she recklessly sped down the road toward the Seville residence. Dave squinted and then his eyes widened.

"Those teenagers are Brittany, Eleanor, Theodore, and Alvin!" Dave said, before remembering, "Wait…what about Simon and Jeanette? They shouldn't be alone right now!"

"David," Miss Miller said, "I can feel something. Jeanette is trying to handle this. I know this has only happened because somebody evil has that key. I believe she is discovering that she has powers that have gone into her from wearing that key for fifteen years straight. And I believe that Simon stayed behind to help her recover the key. They should be okay, if we don't worry." Dave looked at her as if she had five heads.

"You're crazy. They're only fifteen! The person who has the key could have this strong build and could be like, ten years older than them with much better strength and stamina!" he said.

"David…trust me, trust my judgment, and have faith in them."

Dave sighed.

"Alright. Let's just get the four of them and get home as fast as we can," he said. Miss Miller's car jerked to a stop on the side of the road as Brittany, Eleanor, Alvin, and Theodore ran over to the car.

"Where are Simon and Jeanette?" Dave asked as the four of them climbed into the backseat.

"They're off getting Jeanette's key back from some guy named Hector. Alvin and I know the Miller history with Hector Artigo and his family. He actually explained it to us," Eleanor answered. Miss Miller's eyes narrowed.

"Hector. Do you know how to get to Simon and Jeanette?" she asked.

Alvin gave a half grin.

"I smell a plan."

Oh. My. GAWSH. That was totally crazy! Did you see that coming? I didn't! I just make up stuff as I go! …Well, that's pretty much how you're supposed to write…ish…unless you plan stuff ahead…OH, SORRY, I'M RAMBLING! Okay, that was very exciting in my opinion, we got some Simonette!

Let us recap, shall we, my dearest readers?

That sounded stupid, but seriously, it's recap time.

We all remember the purple aura from Jeanette's hands. It went full-out through her body and she began to fight Hector. Hector tries to hurt Simon and the others a few times, but mainly Simon. He tries to turn Simon against Jeanette, but fails because Jeanette steps in to help him every time. Hector had Jeanette in a headlock, which Simon and Alvin managed to break. Jeanette makes Simon get away with the others and tries to fight Hector herself, resulting in her being locked in Brittany's restraints before she nearly drowns. She would've if Simon didn't come back for her. They decide to go find Hector and get her key back. Then we see that Dave and Miss Miller are driving home when they see Alvin, Brittany, Eleanor, and Theodore on the side of the road. They then learn that Simon and Jeanette are off to fight Hector and get her key back. Miss Miller decides to follow their directions to find Jeanette and Simon.

This is where we stand, everyone!

Okay, two parts are references to some movies…

The headlock where Simon and Alvin save Jeanette and the parts where Hector tries to turn Simon to the dark side.

If you can guess one of the movies right you get five awesome points, ten awesome points for anyone who guesses both of them!

CG10 out, see you in chapter 10!