Chapter One: Ellimist Again
John
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN LIVING UNDERGROUND?!?!?!?! WITHOUT MOM OR DAD?!?!?!?"
"How many times do I have to tell you, Allison? I'm now officially an Animorph, they know who I am, and they can't find out about the others. The ones where you want to live. I'm sure if you really want to go there, you could jump on their plane that's leaving in about 3 hours and live with the Hork-Bajir. I'm sure they'd enjoy it."
"AND ABOUT MOM AND DAD!?!?!?!?!?!?!"
"By now, they're most likely infested. We can't go home, especially me. And since you now know about me, you can't go either.
"WHY DO YOU GET ME INTO TROUBLE ALL THE TIME?!?!?!?!?!?!"
"Grr."
April walked out of the "kitchen" and into the more open living space. She collapsed on the couch next to me.
"You want to try to explain it?" She asked Shelly.
"She's worse than Nikkei. No."
"How 'bout you?"
"Not happening," I replied. "Get Jeff to do it. You pay him enough, he'll do anything."
"I guess so. When are we going to get me more serious firepower?"
"Right now, if you want. Of course, I don't see how you can get much more serious than Hork-Bajir morph," I said, walking into the "exit."
"I'm still getting over it. Chuck me into my fantasy world, it takes awhile." She stared off into space.
"I know the feeling," Shelly said, laying down on the "floor" and staring at the ceiling. "I just met RACHEL. You know how she's my idol."
"And I met Tobias... Well, let's go."
Allison had given up and was about to flop on the couch when...
She froze, inches from the seat.
"Crap, not this. Not now..." April muttered. "Dumb Ellimist..."
And she was right. Seconds later, the Ellimist burst out of that air-made-solid opening.
"What do you want now?" Jeff asked, appearing next to us with Al and Stephanie.
"I want to talk," He said. He had appeared in the form of what looked like April's dad, because April looked hurt.
"Oh, right. 'I want to talk.' If you want to talk, call us on the phone, would'ja?" Shelly said, already morphing eagle.
"I never said what I was going to talk about. By receiving April, Nikkei, and Allison, you have opened an opportunity. One that could help save all of your friends and family." He turned toward Allison, and a moment later...
"Oof." She was sitting on the couch, listening to her CD player. Nikkei walked in...
"HOLY CRAP, WHAT'S DAD DOIN' HERE?!?!?!?!?!? Not that I have a problem with that..."
Give you 3 guesses as to who said that...
"Nikkei, Allison, meet the Ellimist," April said.