We are not Alone!
A/N: This Fic is based from book #16. You don't have to have read it, but it'll make a lot more sense if you do! Did you ever wonder what happened to Gump8293? Chazz? MegMum? Carlito? Time to find out!
One: NewKid on the block Marco
I signed in on one of my many fake Screen names. I wish I could tell you, but it's just not going to happen. If I could tell you then I would. Because then it would mean all I had to fear were the usual internet creepos.
I have much bigger enemies. So do all my friends. So does the entire planet. Imagine Dr Who vs. The Darleks. It's that kind of rivalry, only the Darleks are a lot less dangerous then the Yeerks.
And a whole lot cuter.
Anyway, I signed onto the net and I found myself thinking back. I hadn't been on any of my favourite sites in a long time. It was just another way for the Yeerks to find me.
You think I'm Paranoid? Well, you try being an Animorph. Let's see if you don't get a little eccentric.
Then I found myself thinking about one particular site. A while back, we found a site dedicated to Yeerks. We found a set of people who knew about the Yeerks. Only some of whom had wanted to destroy them.
We also discovered Visser Three's Twin.
But that's another story.
I was struck by a bizarre urge to go back on. I wanted to find out if our hidden allies were still alive. Or if they were still themselves.
This is insane, I told myself, as I began to take the necessary precautions. Not that they really were necessary any more. Ax had written a program into my PC that made it completely Hack-Proof. He had also written in a program so I won every online game I played.
Again, that's another story.
I called up the site and clicked on 'Chat about Yeerks'. A discussion was scheduled to start in five minutes. I twiddled my thumbs, waiting for the page to load. I didn't wait long.
"Come on, you cruddy thing!" I yelled at it. Perhaps it didn't like abuse. It didn't speed up. In fact, I swear it slowed down. I glared at it. "Fine. Be that way. I can wait."
Hey there, Marco. I spun round. Tobias was perched on my bedroom windowsill.
"Tobias! You scared me half to death!" I opened my window and let the Hawk in. "What are you doing here?!"
I came to see if you wanted to do some flying. He replied, sounding injured. There's some gorgeous thermals this morning.
"Are the others going?" I asked. He shifted uncomfortably.
Well...errm...no, not exactly. They were all busy.
"So I'm the last resort? Great." Then, at last, the page appeared. And something very interesting was going on.
Chazz: Is everyone here?
MegMum: I am. But I don't think Gump is. I think
Carlito: Hey, everybody!
MegMum: he must've told his dad.
Chazz: Hey Carlito
Carlito: I hope Gump's OK. Where's Fitey?
MegMum: They will have taken him and either killed him or
Chazz: Fitey hasn't come for a while. I think he's given
MegMum: Or infested him.
Chazz: up. Surely Gump won't have been so stupid as to
Carlito: But Fitey was one of the best Yeerk identifiers!
Chazz: have told his dad what he knew?
MegMum: I hope not, Chazz.
Carlito: Me to. But what're we going to do?
NewKid5: Please, you must listen to me. I have info on
Chazz: Who're you?
NewKid5: the Yeerks. This site is a trap. They use it
Carlito: A trap?
NewKid5: to find out who knows about them.
MegMum: WHO ARE YOU?
NewKid5: It's not important. I am a hunted person. Just listen
NewKid5: to what I have to tell you. I don't have
NewKid5: much time. For a while now, a group of
NewKid5: us have been actively fighting the Yeerks. But we're not
NewKid5: the only ones. There is another race, the Andalites, who
NewKid5: also stand against them.
Uh-Oh. Tobias said.
"This kid actually knows what he's talking about..." I muttered. Then I made a decision. "Go get the others." I told Tobias. "Tell them I'll meet them at Cassie's in half an hour. I'll see how this turns out..."
Oh man... Tobias groaned. Remember where this got us last time?
I remembered alright. It wasn't pretty. Tobias flew from the window, and I went back to the conversation that was scrolling down the screen.
The Chat Room was silent, if you know what I mean. No-one was talking, for once. They were all listening to NewKid. My head was spinning. There was another group of children who fought the Yeerks. It wasn't just us! We had known other people knew about the Yeerks, but someone out there was actually doing something about them? And worse yet, this kid knew about 'us'? Or at least the Andalite race? But then, NewKid could be a Yeerk, wanting the kids to find the 'Andalites' for them...
Chazz: Who're the Andalites?
Carlito: How many are in your group? How do you fight?
NewKid: The Andalites have the ability to change into any animal
NewKid5:they want.
MegMum: Please answer Carlito. I want to know how
NewKid5: We believe there are six such Andalites on
Earth. They
Oops. Busted. There went my hope to avoid certain death.
MegMum: I can help.
NewKid5: do a lot of damage. But not enough. We
Chazz: I agree with Meg.
NewKid5: must help.
Carlito: How? How can we find you?
NewKid5: We will find you.
Chazz: We? Who's we?
NewKid5: An underground resistance movement. 120 members at the last count.
120 members! This was incredible! The Animorphs had practically an army behind them. Or against them, if this was another trap. I groaned. While an army of allies would defiantly be a good thing, it would undoubtedly mean another suicide mission.
MegMum: 120!
NewKid5: The Yeerks are starting to take a grip on other
Chazz: That's a lot of members. How can we trust you?
NewKid5: countries. I must go, or I will be found. Just
The Yeerks? In other countries? No way! We thought they were just in the good old USA. That, we could delay. Slightly. But an invasion in more then one country? At once? We had thought they'd do it one at a time, gradually increasing in number, and move onto the next. It was less noticeable that way...
Carlito: What she's saying makes sense. Since we all know aliens
NewKid5: one thing. Never use this site again. They will find
Carlito: exist; it's logical to assume we're not the last ones standing.
NewKid5: you. Leave your homes, your families, your schools. Trust no-one.
Chazz: Leave?!
MegMum: Why?!
NewKid5:Everyone close to you is at risk as long as
NewKid5:you are with them.
Carlito: You mean they'll use them to get us?
MegMum: wouldn't put it past them. The Yeerks are ruthless.
Gump8293: Guys! What's going on? Are we going to listen to NewKid?
MegMum: Hey, Gump. Glad you're okay. Yes, I think we are.
NewKid5: Good. We will come for you shortly.
Chazz: When? Where?
Carlito: she's gone.
Gump8293: Um, Guys? I just checked who's signed in.
There's someone
Chazz: I don't believe it. Others like us?
MegMum: I know. For so long we've hoped for something like
Gump8239: else here. They aren't talking.
Carlito: What's their name, Gump?
MegMum: this...
Chazz: Gump? Are you trying to tell me there's a...
Spy, or something...?
Gump8239: Their name is BaldwinBoy5. Anyone know him?
"Ax, I'm going to kill you!" I screamed at the printer that was oh-so-slowly churning out the conversation. Lucky my dad wasn't home.
Chazz: Who's there?
I shut the page down as soon as I could, cursing all the way. Five minutes later, I left the house.
A/N: Ohhhh... What more can I say?
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