Great Disney Caper Pt 1

Chapter 1: (to Sodor)

That day, at "The Daily Chronicle", the paper with the same picture Johnny 5 took read "Unlikely Friends Join Chronicle Staff" was being read. The man groaned, placing down the paper. He was a balding blond-haired man in his 50s, wearing a white business suit with brown shoes, and a plaid tie. He was their boss, Burne Thompson.

Burne: How could you miss a story like that?!

He slammed his fist down, making a pencil jump while the eight jumped.

Burne: It was right under your noses, practically bit you in the seat of the pants. There's just no excuse.

The eight looked stunned a bit.

Alvin: (chuckling nervously) I, uh, I guess this would be a wrong time to ask for a raise?

Burne: Raise? (angrily) A raise?! Ho-ho-ho-ho, I'll give ya a raise!

He then slammed his hand down, making the eight jump while Burne stood up and snatched a newspaper.

Burne: Have you read these headlines? Huh?

He then tossed a paper labeled "Jewel Heist on Main Street".

Burne: (reading) "Jewel Heist on Main Street". (points to the picture) And it's nice bold print, isn't it?

Sora: (nods) Yeah, it's very easy to read.

The Chipmunks, the Chipettes and Johnny 5 nodded in agreement. Their boss glared at them.

Burne: Shut up now.

Sora: Yes, sir.

Sora then brought his right hand to his mouth and pretended to zip his lips while Burne took another newspaper as he read it.

Burne: "Lady Fleming's Jewels Stolen," that's what it says in the "Times". (placed the paper down) And here's the "Herald". (takes it and reads it) "Fashion Queen of Sodor Robbed." (puts the paper down) And last, but not least.... (chuckled evilly as he picked up the last paper, reading it) ...Here's our cute little banner story.

They looked at him as he spoke.

Burne: "Unlikely Friends Join Chronicle Staff". (puts the paper down) Now, I ask ya, what paper would you buy?

Brittany: (pause) Well, to be perfectly honest, I usually read the one that has "Dear Abby".

Burne growled in anger, slamming his desk and making Johnny 5 jump with fright up to the ceiling.

Johnny 5: Gah!

He grabbed the lamp that was on the ceiling as he looked at his friends below, chuckling nervously.

Sora: (nervously) Well, uh, y'see, Mr. Thompson, we thought unlikely friends working on a newspaper would make an interesting story.

Alvin: Yeah.

Burne: (frowns) Well, it doesn't. I asked you kids to find me a story that makes me care, and whaddaya give me? Huh?! Nothing! Nada! Zip! Zero! Zilch! (picks up the "Daily Chronicle" paper) This stuff is garbage!

He then threw it in the blue recycling bin as he sat back down.

Burne: Rrr, as if having to lose Channel 6 because of those Ninja Turtles was bad enough.

Alvin: (to Brittany) Man, he just loves blaming everything that happens to him on the Turtles, huh?

Brittany: (to Alvin) If you ask me, he's as bad as that J. Jonah Jameson guy.

Burne: (very angry) I HEARD THAT!!

Jeanette: (pleadingly) Oh, we'll do better next time.

Burne: Next time? Next time?!

He slammed his fist down on the desk again, scaring the seven.

Seven: Ahhh!

Burne: What makes you think there's gonna be a next time?

Sora: Well, if there isn't it's gonna be a real short movie.

Burne then grabbed a portrait.

Sora: (to Sora) Look, kid, the only reason why I hired you and your weirdo friends was cause their "father" was an old friend of yours and mine.

He then pointed to a picture of himself, and a man named David "Dave" Seville. He grinned as he looked at the picture.

Theodore: Dave spoke well of you too.

Burne: (nods) Yeah. Well, I'm as sentimental as the next guy. That's why I don't want him to hear this. (placed the picture in the drawer, then looked back at the seven once more) You're fired!

They gasped as Burne pointed to Johnny 5.

Burne: And take that thing down off the ceiling with ya.

Johnny 5: (offended, imitates Curly Howard) Hmm. I resemble that remark.

As Burne began to walk away, Sora pleaded.

Sora: Yeah, but-but-but Mr. Thompson!

All while the Chipmunks and Chipettes looked at Johnny 5.

Jeanette: Um, Johnny, ya might wanna come down now.

Simon: Yeah, I don't think that lamp can take your weight much longer.

Johnny 5: Right. (imitates Rich Fields as he lets go) C'mon down!

He then fell to the ground with a big thud. All while Sora looked at Burne, who was working with two other workers.

Sora: Won't ya listen to reason, sir?

Burne: (covers his ears) I'm not listening to anything and I'm not giving you your job back.

He then marched away as Sora with the Chipmunks, the Chipettes, and Johnny 5 followed. There, Burne worked on some files.

Sora: Oh, you don't have to give us anything. We just wanna go to Sodor and talk to Lady Fleming - the woman who was robbed? - and we'll catch those jewel thieves for ya. All you have to do is pay our way to Sodor.

Burne: (sarcastically) Oh! Is that all I have to do?

Johnny 5 then took his picture, nearly blinding him.

Burne: Hey!

Johnny 5: (teasingly) Ha-ha!

Brittany: But we could use some new luggage for the trip.

Burne: Luggage?!

He slammed his fist down, making the eight yelp and jump. He then looked at his watch as he spoke.

Burne: Fine, fine. Just go. I got a deadline to meet.

He began walking away as Sora spoke.

Sora: Yeah, but how're we gonna get to Sodor?

Burne: I'll tell ya what, Sora, since you're such an investigative reporter, you figure it out! Good day!

Eleanor: But sir--

Burne: (shouts) I SAID "GOOD DAY"!

He then went into the room marked "Private". Then, Johnny 5 looked around as he shouted.

Johnny 5: Stop the presses!

Then, everyone stopped while Burne gasped, rushing out of the office.

Burne: Why? What happened?

Johnny 5: (shrugs) I dunno. I just always wanted to say that is all.

Burne: Look, you...

Then, Johnny 5 pressed the button and the camera flashed on Burne.

Burne: Gah!

Johnny 5: Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk!

Burne sighed exasperatedly as he ran back inside and slammed the door. Later, up in the sky, inside an airplane, many bugs were flying inside the luggage area while Johnny 5, the Chipmunks, the Chipettes, and Sora waited in the boxes they were in.

Sora: (tries warming up) Oh, boy. It must be 50 below in here.

Theodore: You're lucky, you have fur.

Sora: No, no, no. You're the ones with fur. Turn on your light and see for yourself.

Theodore then turned on the light in their box, revealing that the window had bars in it. He then looked at the mirror that they had.

Theodore: (realizes) Oh, yeah! I keep mixing us up.

Sora: Well, I think I'll read for a while.

He then turned on the light to his box cage. Then he picked up a book entitled "Thomas and His Friends" by Christopher Awdry and started reading it. In the Chipmunks and Chipettes' box, Brittany was looking at herself in mirror, doing her hair, while Theodore spoke.

Theodore: Hey, Alvin, Simon?

Alvin: What's up, Theo?

Theodore: Could any of ya reach the hostess call button? I'm hungry.

Simon: Sorry to disappoint, Theodore, but they don't serve food in ninth class.

Theodore: (shocked) What?! $12 and ya don't even get a meal?

All while in Johnny 5's big box, which was labeled "Crazy Robot" much to his dismay, he was watching his small TV in his cage.

Johnny 5: (looks at them) Hey, could you guys keep it down? I'm trying to watch this John Wayne movie.

He sighed, continuing to watch his movie. Then, the door to the cargo area opened as Eleanor noticed.

Eleanor: Hey, somebody's coming.

Theodore: Oh, maybe they're bringing some food.

Attendant: (coming to them) All out for Sodor!

Sora: (grins) Great, the plane's landing.

Attendant: Heh-heh. The plane?

Then, the cargo door's side opened as the attendant spoke.

Attendant: Sorry, but this plane lands in Italy.

Sora: Huh?

Attendant: You land on Sodor.

Brittany: Airplane attendant say wha?!

The attendant then picked up the Chipmunks and Chipettes' box, then tossed them out.

Six: HELLLLLLLLLLLP!

Johnny 5 looked confused as his box was moved.

Johnny 5: (imitates Taggart) Hey, what in the "Wild Wide World of Sports" is a-goin' on here?

Then, he was pushed out of the plane.

Johnny 5: (notices, does Tarzan yell)

The attendant then moved Sora's box as he gulped.

Sora: (to the "audience") You know where this is going, don't ya?

At the lake in Elephant Park, a man named Mr. Peter Roger Sam Percival was reading his newspaper as an old Boston Lodge 0-4-0ST+T narrow gauge engine colored brown puffed away with 3 green-and-yellow open-sided coaches - this engine was Duke, the Skarloey Railway's Number 8. On the opposite track, two red engines double heading a train came from the opposite direction. One of them was a 0-4-2 saddletank engine with a number "1" painted on his side - his name was Skarloey, twin brother of Talyllyn of the Talyllyn Railway at Tywyn in Wales, and he is the oldest working locomotive on the Skarloey Railway. The other engine had a number "2" - his name was Rheneas, and he is the twin brother of Dolgoch of the Talyllyn Railway. The train they were pulling were their favorite blue and cream coaches with a blue guard's van - Agnes, Ruth, Lucy, Jemima and Beatrice. All of a sudden, Mr. Percival heard voices shouting.

Alvin's Voice: Geronimooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Then, the Chipmunks and Chipettes inside the box splashed into the lake. Then the box with Johnny 5 splashed next to them.

Johnny 5: Ha-ha-ha-ha!

Then, Sora inside the box splashed last into the lake.

Sora: (spits out water) Ptooie!

Then, Mr. Percival reading the paper noticed them.

Mr. Percival: Well, for once the forecast was right. It said it was going to rain cats and dogs.

The cages opened as they looked at the man.

Sora: Oh, no, sir. We're humans and robots.

Six: And chipmunks.

Mr. Percival: (chuckles) Well, whatever you are, whoever you are, welcome to Great Waterton.

Jeanette: (grins) Great Waterton? (to her friends) We're actually in Great Waterton.

Theodore: (groans) Oh, no, we'll never get to Sodor now.

Mr. Percival: You are on Sodor, my furry little friend. This 'sceptered isle. This jewel of the North Atlantic.

Sora: Oh, good. Well, we're going to Knapford and we were wondering if you could recommend a nice hotel. Actually, a cheap hotel.

Mr. Percival: Well, now, that all depends. How cheap?

Eleanor: Free.

Mr. Percival then took out his address book as he spoke.

Mr. Percival: (chuckles) Well, then, that narrows the field a bit. (reads the guide) Let's see. "Places where you can park your carcasses." Bus terminals. Riverbanks. The Happiness Hotel.

Brittany: Happiness Hotel? That sounds great.

Alvin: Well, that settles that, I guess.

The eight managed to get themselves ashore and shook off some of the water from their clothes.

Sora: (to Johnny 5) Will you be okay, J5?

Johnny 5: (imitates Dawn, giggling) No need to worry, Sora.

Mr. Percival grinned as he got up and placed the paper down as Sora spoke.

Sora: (shaking Mr. Percival's hand) Well, thanks a lot for your help, sir.

Mr. Percival: My pleasure. Enjoy your stay.

With that, he was off while the eight went to dry off, hoping to reach the hotel.

(End of Chapter 1)