Author's Note: This series was originally posted on my tumblr lookistoleabladeship and the story is continuing on there. The version on this site combines different chapters from that tumblr. Because of this I will list the chapters that I have combined to make each chapter on this site.

This story covers one arch of the series and a new story will be made when this arch ends.

Because of the odd way thought-speak is shown I will be italicizing it instead of using the greater and less than symbols.

This chapter combines "Fleeing" and "On the Bridge/Following the Comet".

My name is…I don't know if that's the most important thing at the moment.

I admit the recent events don't surprise me. I did what I could, after all. I delayed what was going to happen. There's only so much time you can spend fooling a whole society before their eyes (in this case: four eyes) are opened to the fact that you're not one of them.

My two stalk eyes made sure my son and one of my daughters weren't messing up on their duties. Quio-Vioupsrid-Uhois and Inior-Orcim-Kioyus were my two children that understood technology the best. Inior paid attention to his sister and made adjustments to what he was doing.

While Faniffoy-Huioio-Nnhirs and Enichonsho-Kiostock-Opturitskls, my wife and other daughter, were great in their own rights, right now the main concern had to be on finding a safe spot to rest and plan.

I turned my stalk eyes forward so that all my eyes were focused on where to go now and making sure the Shormlit hadn't taken too much damage.

My ship was noticeable as it was a modified Blade ship. The Shormlit was a trophy of mine and I had decided to make some changes. The size and living arrangements were improved since I knew I would be found out some day. It was better to prepare when all was well than to wait until all Hell broke loose.

I hadn't always been a male Andalite, as should've been evident previously. I was originally a human and a female at that. I had woken up with amnesia and met a man called Bruce Banner. Through my misadventures with him I found him to have another personality called the Hulk that came out when Bruce was angry. Came out in a nice, big shade of green. Shortly after meeting we had parted ways, though I don't think either of us had really wanted to, I found myself in yet another reality and having a male Andalite body thanks to an Andalite scientist.

Being too afraid of showing what I really was, I kept my true identity hidden.

I had fought the Yeerks but was now being repaid with a death sentence.

My name is Eoptis-Sscro-Jevirkcor and I will not be caught.

My name is Hope. Or at least if that was my name there'd be at least a little hope now.

One of the many updates I had made to the Shormlit was a holographic bridge. In battle this gave me a better understanding of what was happening. At least when I wasn't in my personal fighter.

There were instances, like my current one, that I used the hologram for comfort. On Earth, the planet of my birth, I had lived where there were beaches. Now the bridge looked like one of the beaches where I had grown up…at least for the first part of my life. The part of my life when I had been female and human.

Now the floor looked like white sand. Near the back of the bridge were palm trees and bushes. I didn't like the small bushes but I liked privacy in these moments. At the front of the bridge there were small waves lapping at the shore. The ceiling had a few white clouds going across and the sound of seagulls could be clearly heard.

The effect of this whole scene was relaxing. I watched space through the window and through the screens. I followed one single object that meant nothing to anyone but to me. The Shormlit was standing still along the object's route and the route the object took wasn't visited by many aliens.

One of my stalk eyes looked behind me as I noticed a familiar pair of hoofs walking towards me. Faniffoy stepped through the bushes and took her place behind me.

We've been in the same spot for two days, Eoptis. She said after waiting a minute to do so.

I've been thinking. I replied and continued to watch the object. When I was a human on MY Earth I loved learning about space. I dreamed of traveling. So when I could I followed a comet in an Andalite fighter for a few days.

The first time you were given time off. Faniffoy confirmed and I saw her looking at me with a concerned expression. So you're meditating now about a plan?

No, I'm meditating about doing the plan. I said and turned to face my wife with my two main eyes while my two stalk eyes kept paying attention to the screens. Shormlit, change to my plan.

With that the bridge returned to its normal appearance except for the Skrit Na that were now around Faniffoy and myself.

Are you certain that they'll help? Faniffoy asked when she was finally able to comprehend what I had planned for our future.

No, I replied truthfully. But we have to have an ally that won't turn us over to the Yeerks or Andalites first thing.