Jake-Chapter 2
"Cassie" I cried. "Ax, can you get her back on the screen"?
Ax began to work vigorously with the communications system. He stamped his foot in irritation.
I'm sorry Prince Jake; I'm not getting a reply to my hail. Wait, the Blade Ship is leaving. It… it… it went into z-space Ax answered.
"This is not good," I said with a groan. Cassie wouldn't and couldn't have gone into z-space. She didn't know how. I knew the Yeerks had won. "Cassie" I whispered.
"Where is she" Rachel said entering the bridge.
"Rachel" Tobias cried. They ran to each other and embraced. Tobias kissed Rachel. I wished Cassie and I could do the same. I wish I could hold her. I wish…
"What happened? I was in bear morph one minute, then the next minute I'm in a bug fighter with this guy" she said pointing to the person behind her.
"What's your name" I asked the ex-Controller.
"Dave" he replied. "By the way, Cassie would like to know if you would take care of her family for her, Rachel".
"First of all, duh I will. Second of all, Cassie isn't still on the Blade Ship, is she"?
Rachel looked at me. I had to look away. I couldn't look her in the eye. How could I tell her that Cassie was most likely dead? I could barely admit it to myself.
"Oh no" Rachel said. "Did she stay on there in my place"?
I nodded as Tobias told her what had happened. Silent tears fell down her cheeks. Rachel wiped them away and anger was written all over her face.
"Why didn't you go after her?" she cried.
"She escaped into z-space" Marco said quietly. "We would never find her".
"But we could have… there must have been something we could have…" she couldn't finish her sentence. She began to cry again.
"Oh Rachel" Tobias said pulling her to him. She buried her head in his shoulder and cried.
I couldn't bear it anymore. All of this was my fault. It was all my fault. My fault. My fault. I sank down to the ground and sat. I couldn't cry, I had to be strong. But it was so hard. Why, why did she have to go? Why her?
A bloody Toby burst into the bridge. Jake, they're surrendering. We had to promise them liberation and a chance to be morph capable. She saw Tobias in human morph and knew something was up. What's wrong?
I thought of Cassie. How she was probably dead. I thought of the 17,000 Yeerks I flushed, Toby's people, General Doubleday's soldiers, and the auxiliary animorphs. So many dead at my command.
Jake, I need your okay. The Yeerks want you and your assurance Toby said.
A pack of traitors, A tired Visser One said.
Cassie, she had told me to let go. I at least had to honor her last request.
We lost Cassie, Toby Marco, still in his gorilla morph, said. He always was the first to regain his composure.
My father, Jara Hamee, died bravely in the fight today Toby answered.
Tell the Yeerks Jake will be right there. Tell them Visser One is our prisoner and we agree with your deal.
My people may not like that deal Ax said cautiously.
"Well you know what Ax, I don't care. My best friend is gone, I've lost three years of my life, and your people have done squat for us. So they don't get a say in this" Rachel answered angrily.
This is our planet, our prisoners, and our victory. If your people don't like what we do, they can bite me Marco replied testily.
Ax kept quiet. He knew it wasn't personal, just grief. I took a deep breath; I still had to finish my job.
"Okay Toby, I agree with what Marco said so go with that". Toby nodded and left.
I guess your going to kill me now, eh the visser began. Your welcome to, however you kill me will be painless compared to what the Council of Thirteen would do to me. I lost a pool ship, they don't like that.
"No, we're not going to kill you. But you are going to leave that stolen Andalite body. No more killing" I answered.
"What do you mean 'no more killing'" Rachel cried. "This is all his fault"!
"He is a prisoner of war and we don't kill prisoners I said quietly. Rachel folded her arms across her chest.
No you don't kill prisoners. Just the 17,000 helpless Yeerks on this ship and the others in the pool on the ground Visser One said mockingly.
"Marco, go get a container to put the visser in once he leaves Alloran's body. Rachel, go tell Erek to hide himself if he wants the Chee to be kept a secret. Ax, you know what to do" I said slightly pointing with my eyes at the visser. Ax nodded and hit the visser's temple with the flat side of his tail blade.
"Visser, I know you can hear me. So I want you to come on out of that body or Marco, Tobias, and Ax will get you out the hard way". I turned to Tobias, "If he doesn't come out in two minutes, get him out".
"You got it" Tobias said nodding.
"Ax, dial up the Andalite High Command. Tell them to stand by for a communication from me. And open up a connecting channel to the Andalite home world".
Prince Jake Ax said hesitating, I am forbidden to do that by certain laws. I am only an arsith. I must work through the chain of command, my prince. That was his way of telling me he would like to, but I have to order him to do it.
"Ax, as your prince, I'm ordering you to obey me and ignore those regulations".
I must obey.
I went to see Toby while they did that. I handled the negotiations and returned to the bridge.
When I returned, I saw the face of an angry Adalite and everyone else in the room.
"Where do we stand?" I asked. Marco was now demorphed.
"This genius thinks we're Controllers trying to set him up".
"Perfect" I said dryly. "How do e get around this"?
Tell him you'll surrender the pool ship to them I realized that it must have been Alloran-Semitur-Corrass, the newly freed Andalite.
So the deception is over. I see the visser has revealed himself the officer answered.
Then the arrogant, ruthless, war-prince Alloran asked me an unexpected question, With your permission? I nodded.
Things went fast after that. We talked to a Captain Prince Asculan- Semitur-Langor, he found out he was on 'live Andalite TV', he got mad, we made a rendezvous with the Dome ship Elfangor, and Ax challenged the Captain in order to save the day. Now we all had to wait to see if the Captain would fight or not. It was interesting to see the 'mighty Alloran' say he was at my command. To see an Andalite or any person being freed for the first time in years in great. I only wished Cassie were there to enjoy the moment with me. A moment later, a junior officer came to tell us the decision. An insult, of course.
Captain Asculan issues the following orders: Four morphing cubes will be made available to aristh Aximili to use as he sees fit. Aristh Aximili is hereby elevated to the rank of prince. Prince Aximili is appointed liaison between the Andalite fleet and the people of earth.
Thank the captain for me. I will carry out my duties to the best of my ability. My challenge is hereby withdrawn Ax replied.
We expected the officer to leave. He didn't.
"Is there anything else" Rachel said rudely.
Yes the officer replied just as rudely. Princess Godiva-Adel- Lithium wishes to see you, Prince Aximili, your friends and Alloran.
What Ax asked apparently shocked. The princess is here?
Yes the officer replied curtly, Princess Godiva is aboard the Dome ship Elfangor. She wishes to see you as soon s possible so I suggest you come with me now.
"Look, we will come when we…" I began.
Of course. Tell the princess we shall be there in a few minutes Ax interrupted.
As soon as the officer left we all stared at Ax. Two things were strange. One, he had never interrupted me and two, there was a princess?
"Okay Ax, explain who the princess is to us" Rachel demanded.
But I don't think Ax heard her. He was staring off into space. The only words that came from him were My sweet Princess Godiva, you are here.
A/N-sorry for the cliffhanger-hope you liked it-please r/r-it is extremely helpful-any questions-I'm only going to say this once-I only own the characters you don't recognize-please don't sue me- if you tell me your name and story, if I can, I'll r/r- so please, r/r and tell your friends about my story-for those of you who were wondering, Cassie and Ax are my favorite characters-but this will mostly be an Ax romance-there will be J/C and some R/T as well though
"Cassie" I cried. "Ax, can you get her back on the screen"?
Ax began to work vigorously with the communications system. He stamped his foot in irritation.
I'm sorry Prince Jake; I'm not getting a reply to my hail. Wait, the Blade Ship is leaving. It… it… it went into z-space Ax answered.
"This is not good," I said with a groan. Cassie wouldn't and couldn't have gone into z-space. She didn't know how. I knew the Yeerks had won. "Cassie" I whispered.
"Where is she" Rachel said entering the bridge.
"Rachel" Tobias cried. They ran to each other and embraced. Tobias kissed Rachel. I wished Cassie and I could do the same. I wish I could hold her. I wish…
"What happened? I was in bear morph one minute, then the next minute I'm in a bug fighter with this guy" she said pointing to the person behind her.
"What's your name" I asked the ex-Controller.
"Dave" he replied. "By the way, Cassie would like to know if you would take care of her family for her, Rachel".
"First of all, duh I will. Second of all, Cassie isn't still on the Blade Ship, is she"?
Rachel looked at me. I had to look away. I couldn't look her in the eye. How could I tell her that Cassie was most likely dead? I could barely admit it to myself.
"Oh no" Rachel said. "Did she stay on there in my place"?
I nodded as Tobias told her what had happened. Silent tears fell down her cheeks. Rachel wiped them away and anger was written all over her face.
"Why didn't you go after her?" she cried.
"She escaped into z-space" Marco said quietly. "We would never find her".
"But we could have… there must have been something we could have…" she couldn't finish her sentence. She began to cry again.
"Oh Rachel" Tobias said pulling her to him. She buried her head in his shoulder and cried.
I couldn't bear it anymore. All of this was my fault. It was all my fault. My fault. My fault. I sank down to the ground and sat. I couldn't cry, I had to be strong. But it was so hard. Why, why did she have to go? Why her?
A bloody Toby burst into the bridge. Jake, they're surrendering. We had to promise them liberation and a chance to be morph capable. She saw Tobias in human morph and knew something was up. What's wrong?
I thought of Cassie. How she was probably dead. I thought of the 17,000 Yeerks I flushed, Toby's people, General Doubleday's soldiers, and the auxiliary animorphs. So many dead at my command.
Jake, I need your okay. The Yeerks want you and your assurance Toby said.
A pack of traitors, A tired Visser One said.
Cassie, she had told me to let go. I at least had to honor her last request.
We lost Cassie, Toby Marco, still in his gorilla morph, said. He always was the first to regain his composure.
My father, Jara Hamee, died bravely in the fight today Toby answered.
Tell the Yeerks Jake will be right there. Tell them Visser One is our prisoner and we agree with your deal.
My people may not like that deal Ax said cautiously.
"Well you know what Ax, I don't care. My best friend is gone, I've lost three years of my life, and your people have done squat for us. So they don't get a say in this" Rachel answered angrily.
This is our planet, our prisoners, and our victory. If your people don't like what we do, they can bite me Marco replied testily.
Ax kept quiet. He knew it wasn't personal, just grief. I took a deep breath; I still had to finish my job.
"Okay Toby, I agree with what Marco said so go with that". Toby nodded and left.
I guess your going to kill me now, eh the visser began. Your welcome to, however you kill me will be painless compared to what the Council of Thirteen would do to me. I lost a pool ship, they don't like that.
"No, we're not going to kill you. But you are going to leave that stolen Andalite body. No more killing" I answered.
"What do you mean 'no more killing'" Rachel cried. "This is all his fault"!
"He is a prisoner of war and we don't kill prisoners I said quietly. Rachel folded her arms across her chest.
No you don't kill prisoners. Just the 17,000 helpless Yeerks on this ship and the others in the pool on the ground Visser One said mockingly.
"Marco, go get a container to put the visser in once he leaves Alloran's body. Rachel, go tell Erek to hide himself if he wants the Chee to be kept a secret. Ax, you know what to do" I said slightly pointing with my eyes at the visser. Ax nodded and hit the visser's temple with the flat side of his tail blade.
"Visser, I know you can hear me. So I want you to come on out of that body or Marco, Tobias, and Ax will get you out the hard way". I turned to Tobias, "If he doesn't come out in two minutes, get him out".
"You got it" Tobias said nodding.
"Ax, dial up the Andalite High Command. Tell them to stand by for a communication from me. And open up a connecting channel to the Andalite home world".
Prince Jake Ax said hesitating, I am forbidden to do that by certain laws. I am only an arsith. I must work through the chain of command, my prince. That was his way of telling me he would like to, but I have to order him to do it.
"Ax, as your prince, I'm ordering you to obey me and ignore those regulations".
I must obey.
I went to see Toby while they did that. I handled the negotiations and returned to the bridge.
When I returned, I saw the face of an angry Adalite and everyone else in the room.
"Where do we stand?" I asked. Marco was now demorphed.
"This genius thinks we're Controllers trying to set him up".
"Perfect" I said dryly. "How do e get around this"?
Tell him you'll surrender the pool ship to them I realized that it must have been Alloran-Semitur-Corrass, the newly freed Andalite.
So the deception is over. I see the visser has revealed himself the officer answered.
Then the arrogant, ruthless, war-prince Alloran asked me an unexpected question, With your permission? I nodded.
Things went fast after that. We talked to a Captain Prince Asculan- Semitur-Langor, he found out he was on 'live Andalite TV', he got mad, we made a rendezvous with the Dome ship Elfangor, and Ax challenged the Captain in order to save the day. Now we all had to wait to see if the Captain would fight or not. It was interesting to see the 'mighty Alloran' say he was at my command. To see an Andalite or any person being freed for the first time in years in great. I only wished Cassie were there to enjoy the moment with me. A moment later, a junior officer came to tell us the decision. An insult, of course.
Captain Asculan issues the following orders: Four morphing cubes will be made available to aristh Aximili to use as he sees fit. Aristh Aximili is hereby elevated to the rank of prince. Prince Aximili is appointed liaison between the Andalite fleet and the people of earth.
Thank the captain for me. I will carry out my duties to the best of my ability. My challenge is hereby withdrawn Ax replied.
We expected the officer to leave. He didn't.
"Is there anything else" Rachel said rudely.
Yes the officer replied just as rudely. Princess Godiva-Adel- Lithium wishes to see you, Prince Aximili, your friends and Alloran.
What Ax asked apparently shocked. The princess is here?
Yes the officer replied curtly, Princess Godiva is aboard the Dome ship Elfangor. She wishes to see you as soon s possible so I suggest you come with me now.
"Look, we will come when we…" I began.
Of course. Tell the princess we shall be there in a few minutes Ax interrupted.
As soon as the officer left we all stared at Ax. Two things were strange. One, he had never interrupted me and two, there was a princess?
"Okay Ax, explain who the princess is to us" Rachel demanded.
But I don't think Ax heard her. He was staring off into space. The only words that came from him were My sweet Princess Godiva, you are here.
A/N-sorry for the cliffhanger-hope you liked it-please r/r-it is extremely helpful-any questions-I'm only going to say this once-I only own the characters you don't recognize-please don't sue me- if you tell me your name and story, if I can, I'll r/r- so please, r/r and tell your friends about my story-for those of you who were wondering, Cassie and Ax are my favorite characters-but this will mostly be an Ax romance-there will be J/C and some R/T as well though