This is just a tribute to my insanity at the moment… plus, I'm bored… and I can't seem to get on with my other stories… even my Unseen story wigged me out…

I should really get a life…… :)

And this may include a whole lot of action, weepy bits, swearing and other what-nots that I have yet to create! Read on!

Hey, maybe I'll eventually make sense in this…

(grins cheekily) NAAAAAAA! JUST MADNESS!

And if you tell me what you think happened to them, I'll give you all a free COOKIE!

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Jade

I jumped back, slamming into the wall. Seeing an iron fist coming at me, I ducked, letting myself slide down the wall as far as I could go. I heard a horrendous crunch and managed to look up to seethe damage that hand had caused to the wall.

That could've been my head!

"Ready to die Jade?" asked the horrible creature that used to be my friend.

That creature… was Erek.

I tried to speak… tried to say something that would stop this evil creature that used to be peaceful, but nothing came out. The most I could get out was a strangled gasp.

"Not today!" came a cry, and a blue flash of light hit Erek, sending him into the wall on my right. My head shot around to see Marco and Ithiell there. Ithiell was the one holding the Jara gun.

"Are you ok?" Marco asked rushing over to me. I winced in pain as he helped me up.

"My leg… a near miss, but…"

He nodded, then crouched down, turning his back to me "Piggyback?"

I positioned myself behind him and he grabbed my legs, getting up with a grunt of effort.

"Hurry up you two! This moderated Jara gun won't hold him long!" Ithiell snapped firing at Erek again.

Marco ran out of the doors, and Ithiell slammed his hand on the control panel, shutting and locking the door.

"That'll hold him for a few more minutes" He sighed, then led us down the winding corridors of the Yeerk ship.

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Rtaia

"Have you got it?"

"I've got it! I've got it!"

"All right, now… pull!" I pulled back, and so did Tobias. Together, we managed to set up a temporary way for us to seal the door. The wire would, hopefully, hold until we reached suitable atmospheric conditions on the place called Earth.

Right now, the fighter was falling apart. And after the last hit, it was falling towards earths atmosphere, much faster than I had intended.

Our only hope... was my flying skills. If I could get us to water, we would be all right. If not… we were doomed, as humans say.

Tobias yanked his oxygen mask off when it was safe, gasping on the air that was in the fighter.

"Gah! What the heck is in this thing? Motor fuel?" He asked as I took my own off, returning to the controls as fast as I could. Tobias was soon beside me, taking the weapons station.

"As I have told you before, the oxygen masks are not equipped for human intake"

"Great. Ax's missing twin" he muttered, demorphing to his bird form, before remorphing to help me.

I believed it would not do much good. We had barely lost the Blade ship's little sister, and now we were heading for our doom.

All of a sudden, we hit the atmosphere! Both of us were thrown forward!

I sucked in a deep breath, taking the controls and trying my best to see out of the shaking window and guide the damaged fighter towards water. At these speeds, there was no way we could make it out without being excruciatingly burned or die of lack of oxygen. Or, perhaps, be ripped apart by the speed at which we were going.

None of it seemed a good option.

Slowly, the shaking of the damaged fighter began to cease, and my fingers flew across the control panel, adjusting the ship in the smallest ways.

At last, I saw the ocean looming in front of us. I pulled the fighter back, levelling it out as best as I could and knowing it was our only hope. Beside me, Tobias was screaming and using very inappropriate language in the human race.

I gritted my teeth as I saw the ocean looming faster… and faster…

"Oh holy mother of… fucking hell!"

"Impact in five-"

"Shit!"

"Four-"

"We're gonna die!"

"Three-"

"Ahhhhhh!"

"Two-"

"Oh…"

"One"

"…crap"

Then, blackness.

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(A/N; Oh I've wanted to do this for like… FOREVER! AHAHAHA! SOPPY BITS AHEAD! Hehehehehehehee!)

Robert

I looked at my mother. She looked at me.

"Robert, I really don't understand you. If you think this is funny then-"

"It's not funny! It was never meant to be funny!" I snapped, balling my hands into fists. Why didn't she believe me!

"Mum, you're in danger here. We need to leave now" I got up, going to stand in front of her "Now are you going to come with me, or am I gonna have to take you by force?"

She stood up, only a little shorter than I was, and glared at me.

"I believe force" I suddenly felt something pressing into my stomach, and backed up enough to see…

A Dracon beam!

"Mum… no…"

"Oh yes…" She raised the weapon, pointing it at my forehead. I saw no fight in her…

Then again, after what my father had done to her, it was understandable that she'd given up inside her own mind…

(Robert, MOVE!) Came the yell, which jolted me out of my stupor.

I slammed the gun upwards, then knocked it out of her grasp. Before she could react, I slammed my elbow into her neck, leaving her gasping for air.

"I'm sorry mum…" I croaked, unable to take my eyes off the form of my mother…

(Robert GET OUT OF THERE!)

Again, that voice got me moving. I ran to the door, slammed it open, then really bolted down the street, pushing myself for all I had. I knew she'd have backup soon… I knew…

(Robert, I think you should… hey! What are you doing!) cried the voice as I dove into the treeline, heading straight for the only place I could think of then.

And that place was the small waterfall.

When I got there I collapsed onto the soft ground above it, balling my hands into fists and fighting back the tears that threatened to consume me.

But for some reason… for once… I couldn't stop them from falling. I just… I couldn't…

I sucked in a breath through my clenched teeth, tears just running down my cheeks like a river, my hair just covering my face and eyes making me just want to rip it out and scream and hit something or someone… I was all alone…

My father was an asshole, my… my older sister had killed herself after he'd… and… and now my mother was taken from me too?

IT WASN'T FUCKING FAIR!

I pounded the ground with my fists, screaming through clenched teeth, shaking uncontrollably.

I felt something touch my shoulder, and I threw a fist out and around, making someone jump back.

It was Rachel.

"What the fuck is wrong with you? I tried to get you to shift, and all you…"

"In case you haven't noticed" I snarled "My mother is a controller, and I'm all alone here"

"Well, surely you have-"

"THEY'RE IN IRELAND! GET A CLUE RACHEL! NOW FUCK OFF AND LEAVE ME ALONE!"

I glared at her. She glared right back.

"You don't have to be rude, I'm just-"

"Go away" I whispered "You can never understand what I'm going through"

With that I turned away from her, curling my legs up to my chest and just looking out over the waterfall. The cool spray that was reaching me was a little soothing, at least.

"We'll, I'm here for you. You're not alone" I felt her sit beside me, and I tried to ignore her. But I couldn't.

Especially when her arms went around my hunched shoulders, and her face buried into my back. And that's when I snapped like I'd never snapped before.

I openly cried. For the first time in god knows how many years, I just bawled.

Maybe it was recent evens, or maybe it was that somehow Rachel understood me more than I thought, but I couldn't stop myself from bawling.

After what seemed like forever, the tears seemed to evaporate, and I wiped my face dry. I had control now. I had to have control when I went back with her and the Animorphs!

It was the only way to go…

And I'd never live it down if Marco or Jade saw me like this. In fact, if any of them saw me like this… damn I'd never be able to face them then!

I slowly got up, with Rachel slipping off me as I did, looking down at the waterfall. I could just walk… and keep walking…

No! I had to have payback! Those jerks would pay!

I turned to face Rachel, who was standing up as well "Let's go back"

She nodded, stepping close to me "Are you… you know, okay?"

"Fine, for now" I managed a genuine smile "Thanks, for just being there for me"

She smiled back "You're welcome"

I don't know why I did what I did next, but suddenly I was touching her cheek, more tenderly than I had done so with anyone. Not even when my sister Anna had needed me… but she was gone…

She leaned into my touch, a very unlike Rachel thing to do.

Plus, she was already with someone-

I pulled my hand back, realising what I'd done and blushed "Uh, sorry, I… I didn't mean to…"

"It's ok. Tobias and I aren't really… together…"

I gave her a strange look as she stepped even closer to me. Now, we were just inches apart.

"You're… but I thought…"

My breath caught in my throat as I looked down at her. She was looking up at me like she wasn't sure. Just like I wasn't sure.

Our faces were suddenly so close, and then…

I pressed my lips against hers, hearing her let out a startled gasp, then return the kiss.

I wrapped my arms gently around her waist, and she put her arms securely around my neck.

So, this was what it felt like to be… to be cared about like this…

This was what it was like to let someone in.

I found myself not minding it much at all.

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