Animorphs - The Unknown Hero
Summary: It was only for a second, if that. But it was enough.
Disclaimer: I do not own Animorphs.
He couldn't have known that the other saw his brief control. That his second of control would confirm that the club was for yeerks to gain hosts. He had just wanted to save the other from the pain and helplessness of having a yeerk inside them. Controlling them. Forcing them to watch as it tries to get loved ones into the club. To become a slave.
It was the desire to keep his younger brother safe that allowed him to gain control. It was only a second and not by much. But it was enough. He had no way of knowing that he just helped Earth's resistance. That he just gave away one major organisation under yeerk control. That he had helped to make a starting point for the Bandits. Enough to hold the invasion off. Enough to win. He didn't know the effect his brief control would have. He couldn't have.
He just wanted to keep his brother free. It hadn't seem like enough control. But it was, far more than Tom ever realised.