Thank you for the review…I would like to mention before I go any further that I made the ending different than KA Applegate had it, so please bear with me!

A/N I do not own Animorphs. 3 new characters will be joining later.

Chapter 1 (Marco)

I marched lazily into the kitchen and brought out some muffins. That's what I've been eating the past two years.

Then I walked outside, and muttered like every year before, "I'm sorry, Jake."

I went to get ready to talk to Ax to see if I could get a job. You don't want to know, really. That's when the phone rang. I ignored it. "Hey, this is Marco, please leave a message after the beep."

It was a doctor from the nearest hospital. "Hey Marco. This is Dr. Jackson. If you could please call me back at…" I walked out the door before he had a chance to finish. I got in the car, revved the engine, and turned the music on. I went to Ax's office, and he went grazing somewhere so I went home. The doctor from the hospital had called five times saying it was urgent. I sighed. It better be, I thought.

The phone rang again and I answered. It was Dr. Jackson.

"Hello?" I said.

"Hi. Is Mr. Marco there?"

"You're speaking with him."

"Marco, I must inform you that there is someone in the hospital that would like to see you. I have not learned his name. He is in intensive care."

I was silent. "Sir? You ok?"

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine. Thank you. I'll try to be in as soon as possible. Bye."

I sat down. There were only three other possibilities. Ax, Tobias and Cassie.

I called Cassie first.

"Hello?" a male voice said.

"Hi, is Cassie there?" I asked urgently.

"Yeah, but she's busy at the moment."

I breathed a sigh of relief. "Ok, thanks." Tobias next. He was fine. Ax was fine. So who in the world would it be? The phone rang again.

"Hello. This is Marco speaking."

"Marco? This is Dr. Jackson speaking. This patient has been asleep and been saying your name as if he were worried about you."

"So he knows me?"

"Well, he should. We also know who he is, but we can hardly believe it."

I froze in my seat. Hardly believe it? "Who is it, doctor?"

"Well, maybe it would be best if you came to see if it's actually him or not. I shouldn't speak over the phone. He's asleep right now, but having some problems. He keeps saying, 'No, Marco! Don't go to that one!'"

Ok, now I got officially confused. Then something in my mind flashed. Ax was carrying me and I fluttered my eyes open. We were headed to one of the escape pods. (This might not be a very fine idea. We should head the other direction.) Ax said.

"Go to the furthest one," I muttered. Thankfully we did, because the one that we were almost on had been attacked. The one that was in full view of Jake.

Back to reality here. That couldn't be who's in the hospital. He's dead! I shrugged that out of my mind. "I'll be there in five minutes." I hung up, and jumped in the car.

And as I drove, I wondered who it could be.