The Last Warrior of the Last World
by:DeathGrip
AUTHOR'S NOTE:The music of Goo goo dolls,Third Eye
blind, and Eve 6 was added to this story for emphasis on certain points.You'll find it very befitting it's story.This is
a HEARTBREAKER.Brace yourselves.You'll be on the edge of your seat before your blown off.
And there's a demon in my head who starts to play
A nightmare tape loop of what went wrong yesterday
And I hold my breath 'till it's more than I can take
Then I close my eyes and dream that I'm awake
Amber raced through the woods,up the mountains and cliff
faces,through creeks and streams,effortlessly,gracefully.
Like someone who was a mix between a wolf,an eagle,and
a cat.But then,Amber was Merlizsh for agility and
endurance,her endearing qualities.Five miles,ten miles,
twenty.She'd keep running until she lost her persuers.
Her mind wandered somewhat over the past six months.
Rachel,Tobias,Jenni,Easha,and herself were all that was
left of the Animorphs,the rest were dead or controllers.
And Tobias was unconscious in a coma,he had been ever
since the battle...
The whole group was with her,young and nieve,believeing
whole heartedly in the possibility of winning.
Ax had gone first,backed into the Yeerk Pool,his dreams
of freedom crushed ten years after the Animorphs had
restored it.Amber had gotten slammed in the Yeerk Pool,
too,being pulled under by all the Yeerks,or they had
been climbing on her,desperately trying to infest her.
She'd literally had to dunk and hop out of there,her
hands never leaving her ears.There was no reason for
anonymity,there was nowhere that they could hide,except
in the forests,the mountains.Apparently the Yeerks were
awed by mountains,so they had left them.[NOTE:Don't
believe me?Read the Taxxon World chase in AC!]Jake,a
beautiful,deadly mix of tiger,the size of a rhino,with
the wings and firepower of any Merliz.He flew at Visser
three.She remembered that.Too high for Hork Bajir,she,a
jaguar,had slammed through the Hork-Bajir under him,
clearing their way to the great Abomination.It was a
great,quick battle,for Tiger and Merliz speed easily
match any Andalite's tail.Cassie went down again,thrown
into the Yeerk Pool.Jake fell in with her,and Merliz
feathers aren't waterproof.Marco's strong,gorilla
head was sliced from his shoulders.Hork-Bajir after
Hork-Bajir went down,some Controllers,some free.The
Yeerk Pool was covered with bodies,living and dead,every
one with a spark of life infested.The brown walls of
the Yeerk Pool were splattered with red,blue-black,green,
watery yellow,orange teal,and purple goo and blood.Hork-
Bajir and anything else that didn't watch their feet
fell,usually sliding down the sloping floor into the
Yeerk Pool.Easha and Visser Three were at it,tail blades
cracking the air deafeningly.Easha could have won over
Visser Three easy,but her method of tailfighting could
not be used without sliding,which they did all the way
to the banks of the Yeerk Pool, bowled over by dead,
dying,and unconscious bodies.Easha did not concern
herself with infestation,she had ear plugs.Amber ripped
through Controller after Controller,not even remaining
long enough to make sure they died,just injuring them
enough that they would finish themselves off,sliding
into the Yeerk pool.Red blood,for the small amount of
red blooded animals there were in Amber's vicinity,
dominated,coming from many cuts Amber had to blink morph
away every minute and a half.Rachel was an elephant,
going in a stampedeing rampage,crushing human and
Hork-Bajir alike.Jenni was in the air,out of the range
of Hork-Bajir blades and Taxxon teeth,diving in and out,
with every exit of the mob informed by a large number of
dying screams,like the way of fighting in White Fang or
Call of the Wild.Tobias was a Jarren,a huge eagle with
swept back horns,following Jenni's lead,while calling
out information.The Battle lasted six hours.During that
time,morphs were made back and forth,blink morphs,
lasting only a millisecond.Easha kept Visser Three on
his toes,so he couldn't morph,dodging dracon beams and
killing Hork-Bajir in the same swipes she used at the
Visser,not missing a beat.
< RETREAT, >Amber called eventually.Her voice was ragged.
< IF ANYONE CAN HEAR ME,RETREAT.WE'VE LOST THIS FIGHT. >
She cringed at the thought,that last statement.They'd
had to switch bases,to a smaller one that the remaining
had found haphazardly that night.Cassie,Jake,and Ax were
controllers,Tobias was in a coma from continuous blood
loss.They had a serious morale problem too.Amber was not
the fool to say they would win.They'd already lost.
Visser Three was still at large,one of their best
fighters was dead,one was a casualty,another three were
now,not by their own will,traitors.'What Cassie,Jake,and
Ax knew,Visser Three probably knows,'had been Easha's
words.'So we must make those statements false.'Quite
true.Amber had lost the Controllers,she headed toward
the base.None of the free Hork-Bajir had survived,except
Toby.She could be placed as a casuality,she had come back,
but she had disappeared.But that was two months ago.
Today,right now,in four hours,when there was no more sun,
there would be a last battle.If they survived,or they
could die honorably,and their friend's pain could end,
Amber figured her mission complete.Yourself first,your
friends second.She'd waited long enough for her friends
to be second.Tobias was conscious,the tension showed
around camp.This was going to be over with,she didn't
like having huge arguements with her closest friends
and only allies.With that thought in mind,she headed
into camp for a nap and some food before her energy
level was wiped negative five million and a week's doing
nothing from six hours of quick thinking,quick reactions,
and quicker morphing.
I wanna bullet proof your soul
Would you like to lose control
I won't let you fall until you tell me so
You're a bullet through my soul
But I'll never let you know
I won't let you fall until you let it go
Amber took her Shern BioFilter glasses off as she passed
into the Yeerk Pool,human morph.The others followed
behind her,all like she was,dead human morphs.Their DNA
was human DNA that was supposed to be in there.If they
had passed as other humans,even with Yeerk morphs,the
entire group would disentigrate.
"Okay,Jarktom.We'll have five minutes after I call the
retreat for you to get up there and kill the filters.I'm
relying on your Yeerk form for this,since the only
access is in the Pool.Can you do it?"
"Yes,"the Controller replied through the minute,almost
invisible communication system.
"Let's go,people,"she said.They gathered up nearer her.
"We have exactly five minutes before the Visser gets
here.Now,in that much time,Rachel,I want you somewhere
that you can go morph what human morphs you need.You
have the access cards,find our missing personnel.Don't
let the blood I shed for those cards become worthless.
Easha,Jenni,east and west wings of the south
side.Go as far in as you can,then charge out.Tobias,we
need you in the air,killing those hounds.If any shots are
ground fired,drop dead.Try to hold up until we get there,
or get Jarren.It can take more than you can.Easha,Jenni,
you absolutely must be the first out.Jenni in particular,
her air strikes are particularly devistating.Rachel,you
have the Dracon Beam.Once,and if,you find them,take them
out,get them in our discussed position if at all
possible,be it in the heat of battle,and join us
a-s-a-p.If they're with the Visser,well,you all know
what to do.If you can't trust 'em,don't let them live.
That was Seerow's mistake,Ax's mistake,Elfangor's,and
my mistake.If you can't get out,well,I don't believe
even unaccepted surrender acceptable.If you do,in fact,
get out,you know where our Chee are now,we got them
evacuated.I want a zero infestation count.You all have
the gear,Easha,feel free not to worry about sliding,if
you fall in the Pool,no worries,that's what earplugs are
for.They can't pull them out unless they've grown hands,
but keep a hand free as extra protection anyway.They
pile on ya,so watch out.Remember,if we can get a Dracon
into the Pool after we get Visser Three in it,well,a
single dracon will kill everything in there.Setting ten.
Rachel,that's your job.I'm counting on all of you.Make
it fast and sweet,and a blink morph may be exhausting,
but Yeerks don't look and accept,they have to look again.
Don't give them that chance.Remember,anything with an
earhole larger than a wolf's,pray those earplugs are in.
Two minutes.Go."
Two minutes passed,and the Blade ship lowered over the
Pool.The Hatch opened.
"I've got a location,"Rachel said."Unlocked room,three
compartments.They said only Visser Three has access.I
didn't take out the guards."
"Smart,"Amber muttered."We'll get in there by Merliz
teeth.The only building I couldn't get the code for.Must
have decided to torture 'em into talking,then kill 'em
slowly.Visser Three's in guinness for holding grudges.
Get out of there,and,"she turned the com to all speak,
and demorphed.A thousand eyes saw the great Amber,the
menace,to them.She'd have to drop the com after this,
quick.It wouldn't hold in the morphing."CHAAAARRRRGE!!!"
she roared.A jaguar automatically lept to the throats
of the nearest controllers,and a nearby elephant took
to it's stomping spree.Twenty hunter robots dropped onto
the Visser's blade ship,and a Jarren raked the head of
the Visser before it started it's killing rampage.Jenni &
Easha ran ot of two adjoining wings,a large crest of
foaming blood behind them.It was sheer madness.Now,Amber
knew the code.
< ANIMORPHS!!!! >Visser Three screamed.< GUARD!!!7-3-9-1-4!!! >
She darted in the cell just as the door opened.
< Cassie?Jake?Ax? >she asked.
< Amber? >Ax replied weakly.
< Ax?Where ARE you? >
< Left,right,center of the back cells,Jake and Cassie are
with me.Are the others with you? >
< We lost Marco,but the rest of us are alive and kicking.The last free
beings in the galaxy,I hear. >
< Andalites... >
< Not gone,Ax,but they are.Disappeared.They'll never come. >
She found the lock.
"Amber?"Jake asked.
"Amber!"Cassie cried.
Ax was shaken by what Amber had said earlier.< Yes, >he
replied to her silent query.
Amber demorphed."OK,I have ear plugs for you,"she handed them
out,"they should stick through any morph.Get in the Pool,
under the blade ship,fish,bird,whatever you'd like,but
do not leave there until the blade ship has dispersed
and I've called Retreat Locale.Retreat is a signal to
get the filters down.Got it?"
"Yep."
"Maybe."
"Leave the killing to those trained for it.And another
thing:Those earplugs will amplify anything you say to
include me.Don't even think I'd give away anything,
Yeerks.Ax I trust,he's acting like Ax.But Jake doesn't
say 'maybe'.You will not leave that pool until I come
get you.Three splashes.If you do not come then,I will
have you killed.A Jarren's eye will be on you."
Cassie and Jake looked like they were about ready to
kill her,Ax looked smug.
"Now get out,"Amber said,
motioning with the Dracon Beam.As Ax went by,she grabbed
his shoulder.
"Ax,"she whispered,"keep an eye on them.
Tobias will be too busy."
< I promise,my friend.I will do it. >
"Thanks."
< Oh,Amber? >
"Yes?"
< Good thinking. >
"Thanks again."
Amber morphed the jaguar again and marched them into
the Yeerk Pool.She then raced back into the battle.
Cheap shot hocked straight to the ear drum
Is it some sick sign of affection?
Violated and singed with deceit
Disgust from my head to my hands to my feet
Amber had never been more exhausted in her life.Six
hours.Twelve.Eighteen.A day.She'd given in to sucking
the blood of her enemies,like a vampire,almost.That's
what she heard being called by the Hork-Bajir,who's
numbers were thin and thinner.Jake and Cassie were
silent,and Amber called the private retreat.Then she
counted off the minutes.
< RETREAT!!!!!!! >Amber screamed.
She backed into the Yeerk Pool,splashing with her back
foot three times.An Andalite and two fish showed up.
< Hang on, >she said,grabbing the two fish with her teeth.
She lurched up out of the water.
< Ax GO!!!!! >she screamed.And the Andalite galloped right
behind her.
And there's this burning
Like there's always been
I've never been so alone
And I've
Never been so alive
Amber's feet couldn't carry her back to camp fast
enough.In fact,Ax had to carry her and the two
cockroaches in the pepsi bottle she had found for the
last mile,after she gave him the directions.She woke up
the next morning to find her two ex-best friends tied,by
chain,to the thickest trees in the area,a red-tailed
hawk on the branches right above them.
"Hey Tobias,"she said."You eaten?"
< No,and that bacon looks so goooood, >he whimpered.
"You only have but to ask,m'friend,"she laughed,reaching
over and handing him a large piece."It's not crunchy,
sorry."
< Couldn't care less, >he said,wolfing it down.
"Here,"she said."Let me morph eagle,and you can go
hunting."
< Alright, >he said,waiting until she had perched next to
him to take off.
"You know,Amber,"Jake started,"it's a real pity we'll
have to kill you."
"Yeah,it'd be easy,"Cassie added."Just morph bugs,and
get out of here,then slit your throat."
< Shut up,or I'll have you wrapped in fly paper,>Amber
muttered.
"Where would you get it?"Jake asked.
< Haven't you looked through Jake's brain,Yeerk?We
grabbed every single ounce of 'everything we could get'
when you took over. >
Jake was infuriated and silent.
< Strike one, >Amber muttered to herself.
I somehow doubt
We'll ever be the same
There's too much poison
And confusion on your face
Five hours later,Jenni,Easha,and Ax walked over,clicking
the combination lock on the other side of the tree open.
Rachel held a Dracon Beam aimed at the pair and motioned
for them to walk in her direction.The trio came up
behind them and herded them into a circle around camp.
"Well?"Jake asked.
"Where is the homing device?"Rachel asked stonily.
"Right here,"Cassie said,drawing a knife from Rachel's
belt and throwing it at Amber,who was hit right in the
gut,keeled over.
"The calvary's here!"Jake crowed,pointing at the blade
ship which had just appeared.Jenni swiped and diced Jake's
body into little ribbons,and Visser Three appeared right
next to Easha.Cassie had a Dracon Beam,and she killed Ax
then played crossfire with Rachel.Tobias had been
shot down with a Hork-Bajir's Dracon in the first round.
Amber pulled the knife out of her stomach,blood all over
her hands,face,legs and clothes,and under the dirt and
grime of years on the run,her skin was very pale.She
stood up.Visser Three and Easha sent their tailblades at
the other's heads at the exact same time from opposite
sides,Easha screaming something in Andalitese that ended
in 'Elfangor' as she beheaded Visser Three and was
beheaded herself.Jenni valantly fought off near five
hundred Hork-Bajir,Rachel disecentigrated from Cassie's
Dracon fire.Amber flicked her wrist in a football throw
that sent the same knife that had been in her gut into
Cassie's head,picked up a Dracon Beam,set it on ten,and
shot down all the Hork-Bajir with one shot,reeling.She
was on her knees and elbows,blood dripping out of her
mouth,the only living on a battleground of dead.
"Hang on guys,"she whispered,"I'm coming."
She crawled into the blade ship and turned on a two way
first priority message to the Andalite Homeworld and
military.
"Earth is lost if you don't get over here right now,"she
began.
< Hardly worth saving,Earth, >a young,arrogant warrior
began.
"Shut up,you piece of worthless trash,"she snarled.
"Easha,Jenni,are dead.Of the resistance force on Earth,I
am the only one alive,the Third.And I will not be alive
much longer.Now,if the Yeerk forces here are not subdued,
you're military will be overwhelmed."She felt her knees
buckle and leaned on the counsole."Visser Three's dead
at Easha's tail,but that will not stop some other Visser
from getting over here.You need to be here first,with
the Merliz."
< Let me-gari it all,LET ME ON! >a voice screamed.Galuit
appeared on the screen.
< Amber,please,tell Easha I love
her,I can't- >
"Easha's dead,Galuit."
< Amber,hang on!Morph!Amber?Amber!!!NOOOOO!!! >
Unseen by anyone,unheard except to the forest,the last
warrior of the last resistance fell,no longer able to
fufill her duties.
Inspire me,
Cause if you don't I think I'll dissapate to dust.
The liar in me,
Says somethin's gonna happen soon because it must.