Key: CRAYAK SPEAKING

ELLEMIST SPEAKING

There's no pov for this chapter. I find it easier to use the third person for Crayak and Ellemist

Chapter 7

The Crayak smiled at the threads of time. He watched the fabric of reality weave itself, revealing the destroyed andalite being reconstructed by the yeerks. Maybe this would be enough to win the game. Maybe, somehow this andalite's body could be used to spread the plague of yeerks. A thought occurred to him, and he quickly searched the strands of time for the aftermath of what he had done, praying that it hadn't altered anything else. As he did, he discovered something that had been hidden to him before.

He roared at his own ignorance, his voice echoing through the threads like strings on a harp.

ELLIMIST!

YES, CRAYAK? Came the smooth, ever-so innocent reply.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? I THOUGHT THAT YOU AGREED NOT TO TAMPER WITH MY EXPERIMENT!

I DIDN'T, he said simply

REALLY? THEN WHAT IS THIS? He grasped a collection of strands and thrust them at the Ellimist's mockingly innocent voice.

AH YES, YOU SEEM TO HAVE MADE A MISTAKE BY SAVING THAT ANDALITE BODY.

YOU HAVE MADE THE MISTAKE OF BREAKING OUR AGREEMENT. YOU WERE NOT TO TAMPER WITH MY DOINGS! SUDDENLY, THESE GIRLS HAVE THE ANDALITE TECHNOLOGY AND YOU ACT AS IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO ABOUT IT! YOUR FINGERPRINTS ARE ALL OVER THIS! Crayak snarled.

YOU SEEM TO BE MISTAKEN. MY 'FINGERPRINTS' AS YOU REFER TO THEM, ARE IN FACT ONLY ON THREE INDIVIDUALS. ONE OF THEM IS CONNECTED TO THE PEMALITES, SO THAT DOESN'T COUNT, AND THE OTHER TWO SIMPLY HAD AN IMPULSE TO MEET. I BELIEVE THAT MY 'FINGERPRINTS' HAVE LITTLE RELATION TO THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED.

Crayak seethed with hatred for the being called Ellimist. It seemed that no matter what he did, Ellimist seemed to come out on top. He examined the threads closer, searching for a fault in Ellimist's work. When he found it, he roared again in outrage.

YOU IDIOT! YOU DISGUSTING, HORRIBLE CREATURE! HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO BEND THE RULES AS SUCH!? HOW DID YOU LET THIS ESCAPE MY VIGILANCE?

WHATEVER DO YOU MEAN?

Crayak roared again. THE GIRL! THE BLOODY GIRL! YOU CREATED A HUMAN AND NEVER TOLD ME? YOU ARE DESPICABLE!

OH YES, IT SEEMS YOU HAVE FINALLY DISCOVERED HER. I WONDERED HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE YOU.

I DEMAND HER IMMEDIATE REMOVAL FROM THE GAME OR YOU FOREFIT!

NOW CRAYAK, NEITHER OF US CAN SIMPLY KILL OF ANY HUMAN! YOU KNOW THAT.

YOU CREATED ONE, AND THAT IS ALSO AGAINST THE RULES! YOU WILL GIVE ME MY CHANCE TO KILL HER EVENTUALLY, I DEMAND IT!

YES CRAYAK, I WILL GIVE YOU THAT CHANCE.

Toomin smiled to himself. He had chosen well.