Elfangor tried to ignore the pain in his side, where he had been thrown against the wall of his fighter, as the Yeerks had hit it. He knew that he had to land on Earth before they caught up to him, if he wanted a chance to rescue Aximili, his younger brother, from wherever the dome had gone down after it had been separated from the ship. He dodged another Dracon beam from the Blade ship and slowly approached the only open area he could see. A few minutes after he had landed, he saw them for the first time:
Five human children, two girls and three boys were standing there with open mouths, watching him land. They stared at his fighter as if they could not believe what they just saw. He sent out a thought-speech message to them, telling them not to be afraid, before he opened the door and walked outside. They looked even more like they hoped it was just a dream. Knowing that the Yeerks would be here any moment and that he had not much time left, he informed them of the enemy and the races they used as hosts.
Then the Yeerk ships landed not far away from his own. Visser Three came out first. Over the years since Elfangor had last seen him, he had apparently become more and more evil, it was almost like he could taste it. The Visser held a long speech, which Elfangor tried to ignore. Then at the end, he morphed into a creature from a planet near the Andalite homeworld. He felt himself picked up and lifted into the air. The Visser opened his mouth, that was full of very sharp teeth, ready to swallow Elfangor whole.
Just before he could do that, time stopped, the Ellimist appeared and suddenly he was back at the house where he had lived with Loren. A little boy stood in the middle of the living room, making his first steps, while Loren stood behind him and urged him on. The Ellimist was next to him and he said: "I must apologize to you, I have made a mistake by separating you from your family. Now I am giving you two choices: You can either decide to die right here or you can fight along the children and your brother. If you decide to live and fight, I will return Loren´s memories to her and you will have another chance to be happy with her."
A second after he agreed to fight, Elfangor found himself in human morph, a safe distance away from the controllers. His pain was gone and as he looked back to the Visser, he saw a piece of an Andalite fall out of his mouth. He heard the Ellimist´s voice in his head: "I have created a copy of you to let Visser Three believe he killed you. You can safely train the children and reveal yourself to him when the time has come."
Silently, Elfangor thanked the Ellimist before he turned around and walked away, promising himself to look for the children and give them the power to morph.