-( NO!!! No, I must get free!!!)- The Yeerk in my head screamed.
Hello, my name is Cady Roberts. My Yeerk is Tunrin 804. I was the first one to be made a Controller, so I was the first to start the starvation process. It was terrible.
-(Except it, Yeerk, you've lost.)- I said, trying to make it calm down.
-(No human, you do not understand... though you will in time... when it sees you, you will cower in fear, as will I.)- It's cockiness of the past two days was gone, and in it's place was insanity, fear, and just total chaos.
"You okay in there?" A sudden face appeared infront of me. It was the boy who had rescued/kidnapped me two days ago.
"Why should you care?" The Yeerk spat at him. The guy calmly wiped his cheek and continued.
"I wish I could have made it easier on you and your host. But, if this is the way it happens, so be it. Hang in there, Cady. It'll be over soon." He got up and walked away.
-(When what sees me, Yeerk?)- I asked, not sure of what it meant by it's earlier comment.
-( Not what, persay...)- It replied. -(More like an omni-potent being, but you humans do not believe in such things, do you?)-
-(Depends. Some people believe there's a greater force out there, other people don't. My friends and I believe that there is a God out there. What do you Yeerks believe in?)- I asked.
-(We believe in nothing except ourselves and the Kandrona. We do not have any 'gods' that you humans have. Though I wouldn't describe this being a god. I'd call him the exact opposite. He does appsolutely no good to anyone, unless they serve him. And not very many people enjoy being such a horrible creature's servant.)- It sighed.
I tried to understand, but I can't hide anything from the Yeerk. -(Do not even try to comprehend, human. You might understand sooner than you think.)-
-(What do you mean by that?)- I asked.
-(What I mean is this: Do not haste in finding out what the Crayak is. Do not even wish to understand.)- It's answer scared me, to be honest. It scared me to think that whether I liked it or not, I would have to see this creature.
Soon, the starvation began to take it's toll. I began seeing more of this Yeerks past life, and into the time it bagan to take aliens.
First I saw - or rather felt would be the word - the peace that came to the Yeerk when it swam in it's home pool.
I saw the excitement in the Yeerk the very first time it had been inside a Gedd. Seeing colors, dim colors but colors all the same. Being able to touch for the first time. Being able to smell. Oh, the senses!
Then I saw something I wish I hadn't. It had been listed as a Taxxon controller. The horror of not being able to control it's host with the incredible hunger washed over me. It was like a living nightmare.
Then I saw the Hork-Bajir host he had acquired. A young, strong, healthy male. Very rebellious, but all the more fun for the Yeerk to torment him with.
Then his very first human host. A young girl named Mazi. She had joined the Sharing thinking it would help her fit in. She screamed and pleaded and begged, but it made no difference to the Yeerk. He laughed at her screams.
A second human host. A man this time. A police officer by the name of Gibbs. He had also faught, begged, and cried in his corner, but it was useless.
And, finally, me. It was me. Me, the only host that he had only been infested in for 3 days. Me, the host that he was going to die in. Me, the one host that had bested him.
-(See what happens? Oh, no!!!)- I wondered what that meant, but then something worse than anything before caught my eye. It was a big, red, blood-shot eye. A giant big red eye.
Please don't look at me... Don't look at me!!! I begged in my head, but it did. It focused on me. I started to cry. I could barely notice that Josh, Alyssa, and the guy were crowded around me, talking to me in soothing tones.
"It'll be okay, Cade. You can make it."
"Come on Cady, just focus. It'll be over in a minute."
" Okay, Cady, just a few more minutes then it'll be done forever."
How can I wait a few more minutes when that... that... that THING is looking at ME!!! I wanted to scream.
"Cady? That was you, wasn't it?" Josh smiled his small grin.
I looked up. Wait a minute. I looked up. Me. I did it.
I looked beside me and saw a shrivled gray slug. But I payed it no mind. I just let the guy, Erek he said, untie me. Then I ran into Josh's and Aly's embrace.
