LittleMidgett: As soon as my ban is lifted, I will!

Karone-sakura; sadly, you're too right! And yes, I will!

Traycon3: I know… I just love playing with all these characters! Don't you:)

Ok, this takes place after the war, like when Ax and that go missing, k? Just so you all know…

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Rtaia

"RUN!" I screamed, bolting around the corner with my friends close behind. How did this thing get on the ship!

"We need to get to the engine room! The doors are stronger there!" Hapora cried, opening his wings and flying above us. Seconds later we heard a thud, and I looked back to see the creature had slammed into the corner wall, moaning in its strange language.

I, of course, knew what this foul creature was. It was a Veheem… a creature thought to have believed to live near the molten core of the Chanaiben planet.

How it got here was the mystery.

And why our Jara guns did not work against it was another.

Finding this abandoned Andalite ship floating in space had only been the start of our troubles. Since we did, my entire away crew had been slaughtered. Well, all but myself, Hapora and Elijin.

We had been looking for Ax and the rest of the Animorphs. The result of it was being stranded on a large dome ship with a creature from our home planet chasing us.

"I have… modified the Andalite shredder!" Elijin, my oldest and truest friend cried as we ran. I was amazed at her ability to work so fast.

"Good. Give it to me" I got up on two legs to run, feeling Elijin slam the shredder into my hands, then go onto all fours to run. It was the fastest way to run for us.

I made the final adjustments, seeing we were almost at another corner.

"All right, get ready!" I cried to them, turning to see the creature was beginning to gain on us again. They turned the corner. Just before I did the same, I pressed a button and threw the shredder behind me, ducking around the corner before…

BBBAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMM!

The explosion rocked us, sending us all tumbling. My nose hit the ground hard, perhaps even breaking it. I grabbed it painfully… then heard a scream.

Wait! A scream!

My head shot up to see another creature! And it was devouring Hapora!

"No!" I cried, seeing it ripping his wings off, then slowly limb from limb. This creature had numeral tentacles, but with a twist. At the base of each tentacle it opened up to reveal a circular mouth with razor teeth. The skin looked like cold lava, and the twelve eyes were dark and as dead as I had ever seen.

Finally, after devouring my former comrade, his blood still dripping to the floor, it turned to Elijin, who was frozen in fear, tears streaming down her face for her lover.

"Come on!" I snapped, grabbing her hand to get her moving. When she was moving on her own, we ran back the way we came, darting around the corner and over the smoking remains of the first creature.

"Scaaaaaiii-yaaaa!" the creature screamed, making my Chanaiben ears hurt. But I ran on, my fear fuelling my already exhausted body. We turned another corner, speeding into the ships storage bays, almost tripping all over the blood that had been spilt there.

We both slipped and slided, skidding around large storage boxes, trying to find either somewhere to hide or something to fight with.

We made it to the wall, sliding behind the boxes. We heard the creature scream, and ducked as low as we could, almost flattening ourselves against the floor as we crept from box to box. The fear in me was not subsiding one bit.

"SCAAAAIIII-YAAAAA!" It screeched, making me jump. It was close!

"There is a large opening between the boxes!" Elijin hissed, pointing in front of us to the wide space.

"Stay here then!" I hissed back, crawling to her behind the box in which we were hidden.

"We can make it Rtaia! Trust me!"

"Elijin, don't-" but it was too late! She had stupidly made a run for it!

The next thing I saw was a tentacle grab her and she screamed.

"Elijin!" I cried, bolting out just in time to watch the horror. This creature was devouring my friend! I heard her screaming, and the blood… then… then nothing…

I felt tears in my eyes, but wiped them away hastily, watching as the thing turned its dead eyes on me. Then, in a flash, I saw my doom.

"No!" I cried, grabbing the tentacle/mouth as it reached me, pushing me straight back into the wall behind me. I hit, pain shooting up my spine, but I was determined not to give my life to this creature.

The teeth inside the vicious tentacle gleamed, almost as if it were grinning at me. Drool rolled down the folds of the tentacle, hitting the floor with a hissing sound. It was acidic!

It moved to devour my stomach first, but I pushed it back with all the strength that I had. It was not doing much, but it was doing enough.

Sadly, what I forgot in that time of panic was that it had more of these tentacle/mouths.

I could not even defend myself…

"RAAAAAA!" came the scream and a flash, and suddenly the tentacle that I knew was heading for me fell, cut off from its owner. The creature screamed.

My head shot around to see a human Tobias, flanked by Jake and Marco, as well as Ithiell.

"We thought we heard something" Jake managed a weak smile before raising his own weapon. The others did the same.

"Aim for just under the eyes!" Ithiell snapped, and suddenly twin beams shot out towards the creature.

To my shock, the creature let out a final terrifying scream, then dropped to the ground.

Dead.

I let go of the creatures tentacle, dropping to the floor as they came to me. I was barely holding in a scream. My friends had been slaughtered!

"Rtaia?"

I looked up to see Ithiell standing over me, holding out a hand for me to take. I took it, collapsing into his arms and crying. Elijin… I could have saved her!

"Rtaia, I'm sorry. But… we have to get moving" Jake said softly, and I managed to weakly turn my head to look at him.

"Ithiell is pretty handy in a tight spot" Marco was saying "Modifying these weapons in record time…"

"Shut up Marco" Tobias snapped, looking at me. Embarrassed, I pulled away from Ithiell, trying to hold my emotions in. But I was so tired… and, my crew…

"Come on Rtaia" I felt arms, human arms, around my shoulders, and looked up to see Tobias was holding me. This was the first time I realised he was taller than I when he was human.

"All right" I whispered, letting him put his arms around me from the side, leading me out of the room. Ithiell soon took the lead, none of them saying anything.

I leaned into Tobias's touch, tears welling in my eyes again. I'd already lost my crew, and now… if I had to loose them…

But Tobias hushed my cries, just holding me. Why the human cared so much I did not know. But I was glad…

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Just a bit of sweetness there… just cause I wanted it… like:)

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Next chapter; Robert dodges falling spaceships! YYAAAAAAYYY!