Rosalie's pov:
I never lost control of a morph. I mean, I never forgot who I was, or what I was. This time however, I wasn't dealing with a dangerous animal I've acquired.
The hunger of the mosquito was overwhelming, powerful. I slowly felt myself accepting it, flying toward where my food was.
Ax! Rose! Talk to me, Jake called. All of that didn't matter, all I wanted was a meal.
Blood! Yes! Yes! I heard Ax yell.
I snapped out of my daze. I'm fine. I said, slightly embarrassed.
I am fine as well now, Ax said. We have morphed to mosquito.
Just incase you couldn't tell already. Marco joked.
Follow the smell, Cassie said. That's carbon dioxide your pals are smelling. It comes off animals, including humans. Go for it.
I rose to the window, following Ax. There were many carbon dioxide-emitting humans and or creatures.
The one we should be focusing on was laying down.
Focus Ax, I reminded.
I have the hang of this creature now Rosalie, He said.
We flew toward the target, who was huge. Hundreds of times my length, millions of times my weight, Hewlett Alderson the Third.
I fluttered on gossamer wings and landed, Ax landing beside me. Let Ax do this. We only need a little bit of blood for acquiring. I thought to myself.
Ax was preparing to bite…
POP!
There was a distinct popping noise and suddenly, instantly I was no longer a mosquito. I was in space? No, it couldn't be. It was white and empty… Zero space! I heard of Zero space when I was a controller. Could it be?
What…? What? Zero space! Ax cried. I was right.
Instinctively I kicked my now humans legs, but there was nothing to kick against. No movement, no air, and no oxygen. Already the lack of oxygen was beginning to cloud my mind. My limbs becoming numb.
My friends! What about my friends! My mind called out. I looked around for them. I saw my own body, inside and out. An n-dimensional jigsaw puzzle, twisted so that I could see inside my own body. There! I saw four other human bodies, a bird and an andalite, all writhing in agony.
Rosalie! Prince Jake! Tobias! I heard Ax cry. I couldn't answer. I would try to morph, but I couldn't concentrate. I needed air. My vision started to blacken. But suddenly I caught a glimpse of something. What is that….
Everything went black.
Aximili's pov:
I happened to catch sight if a silvery, graceful creation, perhaps half a mile away. A ship! As with the bodies. I saw the inside and outside of the ship, all in one picture. I could see distorted individuals inside, going about their duties.
But even mind-numb and gasping at a confused nightmare vision, I knew what sort of creatures they were.
Andalites! it was an Andalite ship!
Its Zero-space engines burned brightly, but it was not moving away. It hit me in s flash. I knew what had happened. As any Andilite knows, when you morph something much smaller than your own body, the excess mass is extruded into Zero-space. It hangs there, a wad of randomly arranged matter. Or at least that was the theory. There was nothing random here. Because we were outside of normal three-dimensional space, I could see the insides of everything and everyone. But the bodies were still human and Andalite. They were not just random globs.
The Andalite ship had come too close and had pulled us into its magnetic field. It was now dragging us into its wake as it blasted through Zero-space.
Aboard the Andalite ship! I cried with all the power I could muster. Andalite ship! Andalite ship! We're trapped in your wake and dying. Help! Andalite ship, help!
The energy it took to cry out sapped my remaining strength. There was no air. I could literally see my own lungs collapsing inside of me. I could see my hearts frantically beating, trying to keep me alive.
But now my hearts were slowing… slowing.
Andalite ship! Help! Help! I cried. Help…
I can't describe the pain of seeing my own fellow Andantes so close. The first Andalites I'd seen in so long.
But of course they couldn't see me, Inside the ship, they preserved normal three-dimensional space.
And then I literally saw, as though I were standing outside myself, the last beats of my heart. I saw the blood flow in my brain slow and stop.
knew I was going to die. I was going to die within sight of my own people.
Die…
My consciousness went dark.
And suddenly, I wasn't dead. I wasn't spread out in multiple dimensions. I was in one piece, alive, and lying on my side a shaped table that adjusted gently to hold my tail and legs comfortably.
What? I said for no particular reason.
I don't think what, is the question, An Andalite said. I think why and how and especially who are the questions.
I turned my stalk eyes and there, standing beside me, were three Andalite warriors.
