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Chapter 2

Jake

We sat in silence. Waiting… waiting… none of us were even remotely hungry.

When Marco had left, the last minutes of class were total hell. Rachel and Cassie kept glancing my way, looking for me to give them something. Some kind of instruction. We were at a total loss of what to do. No, I was at a total loss of what to do. If Chapman having called for Marco to see him wasn't about the Animorphs… if we tried to save him… we'd be screwed. We'd have given our positions away for nothing. We'd then always be running for our lives. But if it was about us and we sat here on our fat asses doing nothing… well, also, game over.

I didn't like our choices, but I figured we'd been given, to an extent, some notice; as long as we remained calm and kept our eyes open, then everything should be fine. Marco's a smart guy.

I indicated to the two girls to stay put, while wondering myself if I was doing the correct thing.

It was hard to sit there though, with depressing thoughts going through my head of Marco being forced upon, and held down, while a Yeerk slithered into his head. I would've given anything for him to be back here; back to continuously flicking bits of paper at the back of my head.

Not a great way to end the period. I wouldn't recommend it to anybody.

After the bell went, we ignored the fact that we usually stay apart in school and we sat together in the cafeteria. We normally like to give people the idea that we don't know each other well. No one was even thinking about food.

"We should've gone after him!" Rachel stormed. I had figured that she'd disagree with me. Rachel is not one to sit down and wait.

"We had no choice. Think of the consequences if it had nothing to do with us," I pointed out.

"Sure! Oh! We might've given ourselves away, and we could've been on the run, but who cares, Jake? This is our lives we're talking about here! We still would've been free! Marco would've been free! But no! Instead you look at the alternative and have us sit there and wait for the inevitable to bloody happen! We can still at least morph fly right now and go spy!"

"Rachel, shhh!" Cassie hissed.

"Look, Cass, come on, tell me what you think! Did we just do the right thing?"

Cassie lowered her gaze as we both looked at her. "I don't know," she whispered.

"Coz we can still… "

"Rachel. Shut it!" I breathed. I had caught sight of someone walking towards us. Some lady. She looked a bit flustered.

"Are you Jake? Marco's friend?" she asked as she came near.

"Yeah…why?" I looked her over suspiciously.

"Oh, good. I've asked quite a few people around here looking for you." She breathed out heavily and pulled the bottom of her shirt. No doubt trying to straighten it. "I've been asked to take you to the office."

"Why? Is he in trouble?" Rachel rudely enquired.

"Oh no, nothing like that." She smiled. "It's just that his friend is having trouble to deal with something right now and could use some support."

"Support for what?" Cassie asked.

"Marco? Having trouble to deal? HA! Yeah, right. That'd be about as likely as him and me getting along like peas in a pod!" Rachel laughed. "Now come on, tell us what's really going on."

The girl frowned. "I'd rather not. Please Jake, it is rather important. He really needs you right now."

"I'd rather like to know what's going on myself first." I used my low, silky voice stating for her to tell me immediately or suffer the consequences. I have no idea how that voice always works on everyone, but it does.

The girl shot a purposeful eye over Rachel and Cassie.

"They're friends of Marco's as well. If I'm to know, then they'll know too. Tell us."

The girl sighed, and lowered her head where only the four of us could hear.

"I'm not sure completely, and I shouldn't even be the one telling you this, but..." she continued to whisper for a few seconds.

I was the first to stand, a look of total shock on my face. I glanced at the two girls with identical looks of complete horror. I turned and started to sprint towards the office, with Rachel and Cassie right behind me.