Hey, here I am again. I'm giving this one a try and if this story has more positive hits then I'll continue this.
Animorphs: The Different
Chapter One: Starting Over
JAKE
I woke with a start, panting as if I had been running. But I haven't. Had it all been a dream? Tobias dead, Marco missing, me nearly killed. Yet here I was. With a shaky hand, I picked up my phone and dialed Marco's number.
My name's Jake. My last name and where I go to school is not important. You know that. You also know about the Yeerk invasion. See, I was able to pick who read this.
Who got this information, because this is important. It may not seem so in the end, but it is. The Ellimist is giving us another shot at fighting David. To hopefully do what's right. Did we think making David a nothlit was right at the time? Yes. But there are other ways. We just didn't know what yet.
You know the original story to David's demise too. But this time, it's different. We get a chance to retry this battle. To make it better. Maybe David doesn't end up as a rat. You'll have to read to find out.
It all started the same. Up until I was sitting in the cab of Cassie's dad's truck watching, waiting. My head jerked. I was falling asleep, but I caught movement. A golden eagle! David.
I quietly morphed to Peregrine Falcon when Ax and Tobias came in.
(Jake, good, you're awake! David is leaving. He is a traitor!)
I nodded, almost falcon. When fully falcon, I told Tobias to follow him. I waited for Ax to demorph and remorph.
Then we took to the air.
Ax flew a few miles behind me. (Prince Jake, if I may…) Ax started.
(Go ahead, Ax.)
(What if David joins the yeerks? What will we do?)
I pondered on that for a while. How do we fight against a fellow Animorph? Someone we thought was a friend. Okay, I knew him and Marco had times of fighting, but that was normal wasn't it?
(I don't know, Ax. Maybe he wanted to watch some television again, or maybe he was hungry. Maybe he did join the yeerks, and maybe we have to fight him, but maybe we're just misunderstanding the situation.)
(That is an unacceptable number of maybes.) Ax replied.
(Yep. Sure is. Look, we're going to David's old house. Maybe they haven't seen him arrive yet.)
(It would make sense.) We flew on in silence. Finally, we reached the house.
(Ax, I need you at your best. Go down three houses and demorph. Be ready to jump some fences.)
(But I should stay with you, Prince Jake!) Ax protested.
(No. You're my back up. I'm just going to talk to David. Then I'm out. But I think that van over there have some of the hork-bajir jammed in there.) I tucked my wings back and flew through the window.
I was unsure of what to expect, but it sure wasn't this.
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