"Ugh. Did someone get the number of the bus that hit me?" My head pounded and I sat up. I don't remember how I ended up hear but I wasn't in my wolf morph anymore so I must have demorphed in time. I surveyed my surroundings and realized I was in a cage. 'Well what happened to put me in here? Last thing I remember was going for a run." I looked for a way out and realized that I was in major trouble. "Ah man! Dad's going to kill me! I've probably been captured by a Controller." I morphed to a wolf and called out. Hello? Can anyone hear me? I waited only hearing a deafening silence. I morphed back and stared at the roof of the cage. "That was a stupid idea. I don't even know how long I've been here. Just then a dude walked in and in all honestly he looked like a penguin. I think the thing that ticked me off the most was the fact that he wasn't in a cage. Penguin guy walked over to me. "Hello, Elaina." Okay so he knows my name? That is so not cool creep. "I trust you are comfortable." I give him a look that says something along the lines of 'what the hell kind of drug are you smoking.' I'm in a metal cage that is about as comfy as a cactus. I figured I might as well have some fun with him. "I am probably the most comfortable prisoner in history. But I could use something to eat and maybe a glass of 7UP. Oh maybe a cell phone too. I would like to call my mom and tell her not to wait up because I was kidnapped by a freak who's dressed like a penguin. Penguin smirked. "I see you have an attitude. Don't worry. I'll break you of that soon enough. "I raised an eyebrow. "And what exactly do you want from me?"

"You are going to use your ability to morph into animals and help me destroy all the aliens."

It was my turn to smirk. "Aren't you from the government? You're not supposed to believe in aliens."

The penguin dude walks over there and smiles. "Mock all you want, Elaina. But you're going to be here a long time."

I sigh and shake my head. "Pity. I'm not even twenty, and I'm already living with a guy much too old for me. I guess it could be worse." He looked like he was studying me. He started writing down something on a note pad he grabbed from his jacket and then left.

#One month later#

I've been in this place for one month. One freaking MONTH! And no one's been around to save me. I would have thought my family would be worried but I guess not.

Bishop's been training me to use my animal morphs and making them more powerful. Since being here, I've gained a bunch more animals.

He said I only have one job. And apparently, I'm suddenly an assassin. Yay! Because he told me I have to KILL some turtle dudes. That is not what I was born to do. My mom would so totally kill me if she found out I was killing. That's a Yeerk thing to do, not an Animorphs thing.

"Again." I looked toward the sadistic penguin and shook my head.

"Nuh-uh. I've done about four morphs in the past half hour. I'm tired."

Bishop growled. "You will obey me!"

I stood up. "When did I become a pet? Let me answer that for you. I didn't. Now You're going to back off right now. Or I'm going to go all Grizzly bear on you and tear that door down."

He smirked. "Now, are you sure this time?"

I snarled. "Just try me, Penguin."

The fruit loop was about to respond, when one of his guards came in. "Excuse me sir. But the turtles are here."

Bishop turned around and smiled. As he did that, I started morphing into a fly. "Good, good. Send in the rat."

I briefly wondered why the crazy old guy cared about a rat, but then I realized, I didn't care nor did I want to try to comprehend his insanity. So I finished my morph and started flying around in a circle waiting for the turtles. They were going to be my ride out of here. When they came in, I silently landed on one of their shells, waiting for them to finish what they were doing.

Luckily, they did what they needed to do in less than two hours. If they had to go any longer, I was going to be stuck as a fly forever.

So once they managed to leave that lab, I flew off the turtle with a medium blue mask, at least I think it was blue. Fly eyes aren't exactly the best for seeing. I flew down to another roof. Once I landed. I quickly morphed back into human and then to a pigeon. Not an easy thing to do when you're tired. Trust me. I just wanted to find a safe alley away from that crackpot of a scientist so I can rest.

Well this majorly stunk. I misjudged how far I was to the ground before I landed. Now I have a broken arm in my human morph. Normally I would have morphed back to an animal and my arm would be okay. But I was currently too tired to do that. At least that freak that was dressed as a penguin wasn't anywhere near me now. "hey are you okay?" I looked up to see one of those turtle dudes that was in the lab and sighed. Sleeping was going to have to wait.