In the early hours of the morning Jake and Sixkiller hold a meeting, ever wondered why SXK captured the Andalite prisoners? Well, this chapter and the next one will definitely answer that question. I'm saying this because I knew that the first chapter wasn't up to standard, but what can I say? I'm not exactly free, but, hopefully, you'll find the next chapters more entertaining.

Chapter Thirty-two

The air was damp in the early hours of the morning, the sky was in shades of gray; the sun had a few minutes worth of rest left and then it has to wake this part of the world up.

Totally against the conventional people, where the convectional people would be asleep by now; Jake and Sixkiller stood facing each other, Sixkiller looked inappropriately calm against Jake's flushed face.

"The blue box and we gave it to you, what else could you possibly want?!" Jake shouted, "I thought that we had an agreement here."

"I did too." Sixkiller admitted, "And I carried it out; you gave me the blue box and I promised you that I would stop harming Elfangor and reveal to you who had been spying on your little group. I had not harmed Elfangor ever since you handed me the blue box and I executed the treasonous creature that was working against your interests."

Jake rubbed his nose, "I didn't ask you to kill Victor."

"I said I would reveal to you who was ratting out on you," Sixkiller snapped, loosing patience, "you did not specify how you wanted me to expose him. So I did it my way."

"I'm not liking this one bit." Jake said calmly, "What is it you want?"

"I assume that you are willing to help?"

"You may assume nothing," Jake spit out.

Sixkiller's eyelids fluttered and she dipped her head, "Then hear me out fairly, what I propose to you is not an easy task and the only reason I have come back here is because my goal cannot be reached by working alone, I need a team. Fast. And I need that team to successfully infiltrate and capture Visser Three's Blade ship."

Jake raised an eyebrow and spoke incredulously. "You what?"

Sixkiller sighed, "Do not attempt to dramatize this, you heard me correctly first time round, I have a plan at the ready and-"

Sixkiller stopped talking. She glared at Jake, it seemed that his concentration was split between pretending to listen to her and listening to something else.

Sixkiller could only guess that one of his hidden comrades was speaking his mind.

Jake said, "Why do you want the Blade ship?"

"I will not answer that question."

"You must understand," Jake said, his calm voice was edged with tension, "I cannot confirm an alliance without understand the mission and its goals."

Sixkiller thought about that, in what way would she profit if she lost this soon-to-be comprise? She knew that Jake would be willing to help if the final goal was aimed to harm the Yeerks.

"I will give you the details of the mission after you confirm the alliance," Sixkiller said, "As for my goals you must understand that I cannot talk free about them, all I can tell you is that my main goal is to harm the Yeerks."

"You could be planning to incinerate Earth." Jake said suspiciously, "That would hurt the Yeerks, but as you know, that would hurt us too."

"And me too." Sixkiller replied evenly.

"From what I heard about you I'll never be sure of that."

Sixkiller shook her head, "I must make this clear to you; my greatest foe is the Yeerk Empire. My loyalty is to Earth."

"And the people of Earth?"

"My loyalties are with the people of Earth." Sixkiller smiled slyly. A chipmunk dashed down a tree and a pair of birds squabbled over a fallen item.

"You're saying it but I don't believe it."

"So be it," Sixkiller said, "are you planning to help me or not?"

"And if I say no?"

Sixkiller touched Jake's arm attentively, she looked at him with her dark eyes and spoke with her husky voice, "what if you say yes?"

Jake took a step back. In a steely voice he repeated his question. "And what if I say no?"

"Then I leave." Sixkiller gave Jake her back. She regarded the rising sun with solemn eyes.

"And?"

"And from then on it is not your business what I do," Sixkiller gave him one of her cold smiles, "It would be my business entirely; how I lure the Visser and his ship down to Earth is my responsibility."

Jake felt a shiver run down his spine, he didn't want to try and guess how she would get the Visser to come closer to Earth. But what he knew –without guessing- was that it would include harming his team.

"So it's the lesser of two evils, huh?" Jake asked finally.

A wicked smile played across Sixkiller's lips, her eyes danced gleefully. She leaned forward, "you read me fine Jake, leader of the Animorphs."

"Only when I have to." Jake replied feeling repulsed.

"Good then." Sixkiller said briskly, "Tomorrow night, same place. Same time. Oh, and take care."

Jake said, "you just worry about yourself."

Sixkiller turned around, her eyebrows jumped, "I don't worry."

"So you say,"

"You are saying this because…?"

"Because on that ship there will be seven of mine and, well, you do the math, its one of you."

Sixkiller smiled, "You have absolutely no idea who you're dealing with."

Jake shook his head, "then I'll find out on this mission, wouldn't I?"

Eyeing the horizon, Sixkiller nodded grimly, she looked back at Jake, "Perhaps you will."

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She wants what? The blade ship? Where do I get all this stuff? You people sit here wondering how I'm going to get that to happen and I'll round around in circles panicking. Lol. I figured it out actually, but this is getting somewhere right?