I had made a deal with the creature they call the Ellimist. I, Crayak would be
allowed to possess the Animorphs for a week. Seven days. One day for each
Animorph. And that was including Rachel, the dead one, and the traitor David.
If by the end of that period I could have turned their souls to me then I would be allowed to directly destroy Earth, if not, the Animorphs would survive the collision, and both Rachel and David would be free. Yes, Earth was still safe as the Animorphs had saved it, but at a high price since none of them survived that final collision. And the Ellimist, the emotional, caring Ellimist, wanted to save them, even at the cost of perhaps losing Earth, hence our deal. Time would be rewound to before Visser Two arrived on Earth and the war was made public, but after that disastrous attempt by the Andalites to create a virus to kill the Yeerks & their human hosts. Rachel would not have had to choose whether to kill David or not, but Tobias would have still been tortured. We had decided that this was the best time for both of us, for any earlier and they would resist too hard to give me a fair chance, but any later and they would be so steeped in darkness that the Ellimist would object to me pulling them any further in.
I could not interfere with them directly. I could however
aggravate their dark sides. I could take control of their body and let them
believe that they themselves were acting as I ordered them to on their own
voliation. The real question was......which one to control first?
Jake? Sanctimonious, tiresomely moral Jake? He has changed a lot since the
start of the war. He is the one I hate the most for destroying my Howler army.
No, I think I shall force one of his own team-mates to kill him so his death
will be all the sweeter.
Cassie? Kind, caring Cassie? She has so much pity and understanding in her that
she is really quite sickening. No, I think I will let her see her boyfriend to
give her a taste of insanity. Or better yet, I could make her kill him! To do
that I will have to wait though… so no, not yet.
Rachel? Filled with the desire to kill and fight? The darkness grows inside
every day. She is already so close to me that I might be able to win her over
without even needing to possess her! No, I will see if I can take her over
without even stealing her mind and body.
Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill? An Andalite, so prone to interfere in things that
don't concern him. First I will make his team-mates turn on him so he will see
how different Andalites and humans really are.
Tobias? No! He has become so strong after Taylor tortured him. I will need time
to break his spirit by robbing him of all he holds dear.
Marco, ah yes Marco! Cold, ruthless, 'the ends justify the means' Marco will be
the perfect to start the Animorphs on the road to destruction. Yes, Marco shall
be my first tool.
Author's Note: I revamped after finally finishing the Animorphs series so that you'd have a definite time-scale to think about.