A/N- My first Animorphs fic. Read and Review please, I would like to know what you think.
Disclaimer- I don't own the Andalites, they were created by K.A. So were the Yeerks. But most of the characters, and the entire plot, came from my own imagination. Enjoy!
Jessica opened her eyes and groaned at the pain. For three and a half hours she had pushed and strained, and she was finally finished. She looked around wearily for the results of her effort, and he was laid in her arms. The baby boy she and her husband had named Zachary.
She smiled at him, and loved him instantly. She turned to look at her husband, who also smiled and squeezed her hand in excitement. Their baby had finally been born.
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Far out in the reaches of space, an Andalite scout ship roamed. The ship was on autopilot, however, for the two Andalites inside were preoccupied with something much more important.
Kylaron-Semityr-Dyron guided his wife to the supply room in the back of the ship. Aleera-Treminar-Dantil kneeled in position, wincing with the pain. Kylaron watched, excited, as the moment was finally here. As he waited for the baby, he thought again how strange it was that their baby should arrive in the middle of a scouting expedition.
He and his wife had been assigned to scout out planets in this sector of space, and look for signs of Yeerk activity. It was a small mission, and nothing was expected to be found in this region, still he and his wife had taken the job. And only three months after they had set out from the home world, they realized that Aleera was pregnant.
Of course they had called their relatives to inform them, but it had been too late to turn back. So they had continued the mission. And now, the baby was finally coming.
Kylaron reached out for the small head, the stalk-eyes still shut. Then the arms and torso came, and at last all four legs and hooves. The tail was there too, but without a blade. It would not grow in for a while.
Aleera gave herself a small injection to help with the pain, then reached over and wiped her baby off. In a few moments, he was reaching out to take his first step. The new parents watched proudly.
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A few days later, the scout ship was orbiting a small, water filled planet the charts identified as Earth. Kylaron walked back to check on Aleera and the young one. He smiled at her, and they embraced. Suddenly, an alarm interrupted them. The parents rushed to the front of the ship and saw the autopilot failing. They quickly tried to take the controls, but no mater how they steered the ship continued its downward plunge. The lakes and forests of the planet drew closer and closer. Kylaron desperately tried to right the ship, but it was no use. The Andalites clutched each other as the ship connected with the ground…
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Jessica stood on the porch of her cabin, her heart breaking. Only a day after he had been born, little Zachary had died. Heart failure, the nurses said. He was born too soon.
Mark seemed to be coping, but Jessica was barely getting by. In the little time she had known her baby, she had loved him, and now he was gone. His room, filled with baby supplies, was empty and unused.
Jessica stared out into the sunset, and tried not to cry. She had spent too much time doing that during the past week. As she watched the sun sink, she saw an object that looked like a plane fall from the sky. It came closer, and closer, and dropped into the woods a few miles from the house. Seconds after the supposed impact, a sound wave shook the air. Mark came out, startled by the sound.
"What was that? It sounded like a sonic boom."
"I don't know, but I'm going to find out," Jessica replied. Something in her heart told her to investigate, told her it was important. Without looking back, she started for the woods.
"Jess, wait!" Mark cried from behind.
But Jessica headed on.
So what do you think? Review, please?