AN- sorry i took so long to upload. I was just very distracted. but now i am uploading most of my stories. Oh and i need to tell you that this is the end of there first adventure. My friend and i are going to write more. so what I'm going to do is add the other adventures, which will be like 7 chapters each, to this story. All i need to do is write them. But I'll give a quick idea of what is going to happen next.

There's a new boy at school and Kaycee has to show him around. what happens when she finds out he's a skreey? What happens when he hypnotizes Kaycee? Will her friends save her? Or will they be too late? And will all be lost?

so, I'll try to get the new adventure written ASAP. but i need some time to yet together with my co author. So, enjoy chapter 7


Chapter 7

Jack

I holler that the humans were arriving. I had glanced up from the Skreey I was totally demolishing-it was pretty sick-and saw them. They were marching in a single file line toward the ship. The hypnotized humans were out of it, completely unaware of what they were getting into. Kind of like my mom and dad when I come into their room on Christmas day and they're still asleep. Which isn't a pretty sight.

I finished off the Skreey that was under me, and bounded toward the Skreey guards that protected the humans. They were about ten of them, and I wondered if we would be able to fight them off. Everyone was pretty tired already, and it was hard to kill a Skreey. It took lots of energy, and we were running out.

But Kaycee sprinted to the guards at full speed, much faster than me, and immediately began to destroy every alien in sight. It was really gruesome to watch, actually. And I had just been doing it myself. Nothing like you would see on Animal Planet, even the shows where "Viewer Discretion is Advised." On my other side, David did the same. Was I seriously the only one who was tired? Zach flew down from about and grabbed a Skreey Holly had just bitten, because the alien was about to tear her little slim body to pieces. It was a really nice save.

"Thanks, Zach. I owe you one!" Holly exclaimed.

Zach replied, "No problem."

"The power of teamwork," David remarked.

"Guys, shut up, especially you David!" Kaycee said, exasperated. So I guess I wasn't the only one who was being worn down. No one said anything else, so we just kept fighting. The guard I had originally fought finally gave up. I tackled another one, and he quickly succumbed.

Kaycee was working through lots of Skreey at a time. She ripped them apart with her razor claws, and from the torn flesh, a yellow puss leaked out. It was all over Kaycee's fur. I gagged. But Kaycee didn't seem to mind, she just continued fighting. I could tell she was unleashing all her anger out on these beasts. I didn't blame her-if those things had taken my parents, I would be doing the same thing. Although when I looked into her eyes while she demolished the hideous creatures, she seemed almost gleeful. Like this was fun. It freaked me out.

All my friends fought hard. It seemed like Skreey kept coming through the doorways by the dozens. I quickly glanced at the humans, but luckily, the process was delayed. They were only halfway to the ship. We might be running out of time, but that was okay, because something had to give at one point or another.

Holly curled around another Skreey's foot, and sunk her fangs right in. Zach pecked at its head. Then Holly bounded in and finished it off. I turned and helped David battle another. I pinned it to the ground with one of my strong paws, while David did his monkey rage thing. In a way, I was really proud of us. We had a chance.

This whole situation was so crazy. In the back of my mind, I knew if I ever dared to tell a soul, everyone would think I was loopy, on drugs, or just insane. I would be shipped off to a padded room in an asylum. Not my ideal life plans. I wondered for a moment if Kaycee would deem a straight jacket as a good fashion statement. Probably not, but I could pull it off anyway, because I am just that cool.

There was a huge noise, and we all peer upward to see that the roof has blown off. Great. We needed to get those people out, and NOW. "Guys, they're loading the ship. Get the people out ASAP!" I order, but my friends didn't need me to tell them that. They're already heading in the direction to where the few remaining Skreey were herding people into their ship. Zach and Holly fall behind and morph back into their normal selves, and guide the people that we send in their direction back to the meeting place.

Kaycee, David, and I run up to the guards that managed to survive and knock them to the ground. We direct the human we save to Holly and Zach. They take care of them from there. I tried my best to rip them apart with my claws, that were so sharp, but I'm weak. I feel my hind legs start to give out.

All of a sudden, David roared in pain. I turn to him and I see a huge gash with blood pouring out from his side. He takes a deep breath and is really brave. He keeps fighting, even though I know he's in agony. Even Kaycee whimpered as she gets jabbed in the side hard.

I can tell my team is falling apart. We're all spent. We can't take any more. I look to Holly and Zach, hoping they'll give some signal that we're good to go, and we can leave. Everything hurts, and I pant as I try to ward off three more guards that come to join the battle. Perfect. That's just what I needed.

By this point we have most of the humans. One more quick look around tells me that Holly and Zach have left. This ship is closing its doors, and the Skreey manage to squeeze one last man onto the ship. I look to see who it is, and my heart sinks.

It's Kaycee's dad. I try to hold back tears. I hadn't noticed who we actually rescued. I had hoped we'd somehow gotten Kaycee's parents, but as I watch her dad walk right onto the ship, the last person to go, I feel despair and defeat wash over my mind. I can't believe we didn't save him . . . I want to throw in the towel. How could we have ever even fathomed that we could have beat the Skreey. An entire alien empire? Get real, Jack.

"Kaycee, David, Jack, GET OUT! I repeat, LEAVE. Markcoto is heading your way, and by the looks of it, he's got a bomb. So unless you're not in the particular mood to DIE, you better get your butts OUTTA THERE!" Zach thought-screams. He sounds pretty urgent, so I decide to obey without further ado.

The remaining Morphimals in the warehouse hightailed the heck out of there, because, it just so happens, we did not feel like getting blown to pieces today. We had worked too hard to stay alive, we couldn't just give up now. That would be a failure, to say the least. So, I summoned up every last morsel of strength in my body, and booked it.

The humans, Holly, and Zach had all made it back to our spot too. "I'm so glad you guys are okay!" Holly gushed on when we returned. "I thought for sure you were goners." Well, that was definitely going to cheer me up. I unmorphed, and thanked the lord for becoming human again. Kaycee and David did the same. Then we all sat back and looked on as an enormous spaceship, made its grand exit, and blasted off into space. I felt horrible we couldn't have saved everyone.

Then, there was a loud beep, beep, beep and an explosion roared in my ears. Zach had been right about the bomb, and I had to thank the good lord again that Zach had the decency to warn us. I owed him my life. The warehouse went up in flames. It was a good thing our spot in the bushes was far enough away so we weren't hit by flying, flaming rubble. My friends and I had already suffered enough today. I was so sleepy, I could have dozed off right there, but we still had work to do. Like, what would we do with these people.

Kaycee suggested, "Let's bring them to my house."

We all agreed that was a smart thing to do, so we led the still hypnotized humans all the way back to Kaycee's house. I thought I might collapse in the middle of the road, but luckily, that didn't happen. Everyone made it there safely, and somewhat unscathed. We figured out that wounds you get as an animal won't affect your human body.

Everyone gathered in Kaycee's backyard. The Morphimals tried to figure out a way to cure the hypnotism, but for a few minutes, nothing came to mind. There had to be a way though, I was sure of it.

"We could dump cold water on them," David suggested, somewhat as a joke.

I was about to say, "No way, man," but Kaycee said, "It's worth a shot" before I could get the words out. We looked at her surprised. Yet another rare time when David and Kaycee actually agreed on something.

Kaycee disappeared inside her house for a moment and returned with a blue bucket filled to the brim with icy water. She poured a little of the chilling water over each person, and they slowly became completely conscious.

At first, everyone was just standing there, confused. The people we had saved had no memories of what they had just gone through whatsoever. Which was probably for the best. If they knew the truth, they probably couldn't have handled it. Kaycee, using her amazing improv skills, exclaimed, "Great water balloon fight, guys! See you all later! Bye-bye now!"

Everyone pretended like they had some idea of what was going on, and most of the random people left after we gave them a towel to dry off. To Kaycee's great joy, we had gotten her mom back. "Kaycee, did I give you permission to have this water balloon fight?" Mrs. Chester asked, eyebrows raised. Usually, she would never allow that kind of commotion at her house.

"Oh yes, Mom," Kaycee replied, nodding.

"Well, okay then. I guess I'll go inside and take a nice hot shower. It's freezing out. Where's your father?" Mrs. Chester said.

Kaycee paused, her eyes filling with tears. She realized that we hadn't gotten her father. But she swallowed her sorrow for the moment and said, with her voice wavering, "On that business trip, remember? You're so silly sometimes."

Mrs. Chester's brow furrowed. "Oh yes, of course. Well okay, have fun dears," she answered, the turned on her heel and left, muttering to herself, "Business trip? What in the world?"

As soon as her mother was gone, Kaycee fell to the ground and started to sob. Her shoulders shook, and I uncomfortably reassured her everything would be okay, someday, that she'll see. But I could tell she wasn't buying any of it.

Holly leaned down beside her friend, and hugged her tight. "There will always be more chances," she said, and brushed the stray hairs out of Kaycee's face. Kaycee stood, and wiped her eyes. She sighed, and nodded.

"Let's go eat popsicles!" David suggested brightly. We all followed him inside and lounged on Kaycee's couch, sucking on them. It felt like the old days. But I knew those days of being normal were long gone. I wasn't a normal kid anymore. This path me and my friends traveled might be difficult, and slightly scary, but I wasn't going to regret anything. After all, we were in this together. We were Morphimals.