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I kicked my legs as hard as I could, feeling myself getting no where. The dead weight on my arm felt like it was pulling me further and further down. I could feel my chest felt like it was about to burst, and it wasnt helping that I was starting to panic from the lack of air.
I kicked again, struggling to fight down the panic as well as propel myself upwards, knowing there was a small sliver of light coming from somewhere, knowing that even if I shifted it would do me no good now. He could wake up any minute...
The weight above me seemed to lift, and my face exploded out of the water. I threw my head back, gasping for air before managing to pull my human cargo up out of the water. Unfortunately unlike me he wasnt breathing. I coughed, spluttered, slowly managing to get a feel for my surroundings. We'd managed to find a small cavern in the madness....
I saw what looked like a beach area, and struggled with what strength I had left to pull myself and this bigger boy over, feeling my limbs shaking. I was exhausted..
Coughing up water, I managed to pull us up onto the shoreline, dragging him up and dumping him when I knew hed be okay, then collapsing beside him.
My whole body was telling me to sleep, and my eyes drooped before I realised I needed to make sure my follower was all right. I struggled up, managing to get one leg on either side of his waist before pushing down on his chest and starting CPR.
It was all meant to be a routine mission. One that went horribly wrong.
We thought the Yeerks were building another underground base, much like the ones they experimented on sharks with. It was all meant to be recon. I was on the beach, Tobias, Ithiell and Jake were the lookouts, while Rachel and Cassie took the dive. The others were scattered among the dunes, all looking like bored kids. Things were going well, until....
Well until the new kid at school found me. He started talking to me... he was looking for me for some reason... I was distracted...
I opened his mouth, breathing what was left of my air into his deprived lungs, then pushing down on his chest again... hoping...hoping...
All at once water exploded from his mouth, and I rolled him on his side, letting the water dribble out. Damn, that was close...
We'd ended up running, me dragging him along to the jagged rocks, where we'd both fallen into the waves and gotten swept under the rockface. Now... we were somewhere underneath it all.
He coughed, once, twice... then gasped for air. I sighed, collapsing beside him once again.
"What... was all that?" Came the croaky voice.
"W-what was what?"
"Those guys...chasing us..."
Uh-oh. I knew this wasnt going to end good.
"I-I-I don't know" I stuttered.
"You're.... lying" came the gasp, and I managed to slow my heartrate down enough to start taking normal breaths. I had no idea how long we were under water for, and I wasnt the best swimmer...
I opened my mouth to try and protest again, instead hacking up another mouthful of water, before sinking back into the sand.
We were both silent for a long time, before finally I saw him sit up, turning to look down at me. In the near darkness I could barely see his face, but I knew...
"Why were they after you?" Came his voice, strong and clear. And demanding.
I sighed, sitting up and looking around our surroundings. From what I could see there were a couple of small-
"Well??"
"Donnie, youre right, they are after me" I managed to get into a squat position, before slowly standing up, my arms above my head. surprisingly I could fully stretch upwards, my fingertips barely grazing the roof.
"Why are they after you?" He stood up beside me, and I knew he wasnt going to let this go easily.
"If I told you, you wouldnt believe me" I started to head towards the few openings I'd seen before, hoping they werent dead ends. I felt pressure around my upper arm, and suddenly I was facing him again. And we were...
"Try me"
Laughter burst from me, and I just stared back into those big puppy dog brown eyes, which were narrrowed at me.
"Well, if you really want to know" I began, turning and looking around "Earth is being invaded by aliens, and these aliens, which are called Yeerks-"
"What the-"
"-slither into your ear cannal and control your every movement. You cant even move your eyes, because-"
"Stop it!!"
"-they control your eyes. They control your hands and feet and-"
"NO!"
"-you become a slave in your own body. You cant call or cry out or warn anyone- "
"Stop lying and-"
"-and the worst part is they look into your memories. There is nothing you can hide from them"
By this time I had moved until he was up against one of the cave walls. He had his hands over his ears, and was looking at me in pure disbelief. But somehow...
Somehow he knew, it was true. Somehow-
"But...but..." He pulled his hands away, and I waited patiently.
"How do you get them out?"
"You dont" was my curt response. He just stared.
"So how do you kick their asses?"
I blinked.
Well, certainly hadn't been expecting that. Slowly, a smile spread across my face.
"Well, if we get back, ill-"
A sudden sound stopped me dead in my tracks. It was faint, but...
"What-"
"Shhh!" I placed a hand over his mouth, listening hard. Silence.
He started to pull my hand away, and was about to open his mouth but I gave him a death stare, hoping he would see it and get the hint. Thankfully, he did.
I felt his eyes on me as I slowly headed to where I thought I'd heard the sound, my feet sinking slightly into the soft-
I jumped back, startled by the shadowy figure that had suddenly appeared in front of me. I jumped again when that figure threw something at me. It landed in the sand just inches from my feet.
"Oh-"
"SCREEE!!"
"Donnie, run!"
"Where am I going to run to?!"
Oh. Yeah.
"Anywhere! Through another-ah!" I jumped back again as the Terinan shot forward, and suddenly I was in between him and the new guy.
"What the hell is- KICK ITS ASS!"
If the situation wasnt so tense, I would have laughed at him.
"Not that easy mister"
"KA!" He leapt forward again, making me scoot back and crash into Donnie, sending us both tumbling back into the wall. Before I knew it, there was something flying at us.
"Duck!" I yelled, awkwardly grabbing Donnie and throwing him to the ground. We both hit hard.
Before the Terinan could get a chance to attack again, I grabbed Donnie again, somehow finding the strength in me to drag him up with me and push him towards a cave opening.
"Just GO! Run for you life! I'll be fine"
I knew he wanted to protest, but I felt and heard him take off at full speed as I turned around just in time to avoid another blow from the Terinan. I stepped back....
And found myself back in the water. I smiled.
It came again...
Splloooosh!
My face and arms hit the water, and I think the sudden realisation that I was both gone and there was a large body of water in front of it made it scream out. But by then I had already begun my change. I felt it hit the water beside me...
I felt the power in my half formed body, exploding out of the water and watching as the Terinan flailed around in the water, waiting for it to realise-
"AAAAAH WRONG WAY!! WRONG WAY!!" Came the scream from behind me, deafening my newly formed ears. I turned to see Donnie burst back into the cavern, skidding to a stop as he saw me.
"Whoarts rhang?" Came my garbled words, before I realised he had never seen me shift before.
"What...what..." came the words at the same time I was forming my mouth, and switching from normal speak to thought speak.
(Don't panic, I'm the good guy)
"You better be, or I just wet myself for nothing"
(I'll just guess thats your attempt at making a joke) I felt the final change, shaking my wet fur and turning to the Terinan, who was now figuring out that they could get out of the few inches deep water. I sighed...
"Um... there is more"
(Say what?!)
"There is... uh..." He pointed, and I realised hed pressed himself up against a wall, pointing in the direction hed come.
(Ah crap. First this guy now.... how many?)
"I... like I know!!"
If I could, I would have rolled my eyes.
SCREEE!!
I turned just in time to knock the first Terinan aside, before I saw the swarm of Terinans coming down the little cave, all of them trying to be the first ones to us.
(Oh boy....) I growled, seeing the Terinans hesitate, and finding something interesting about the caverns.
FWUMP!
The other Terinan suddenly dissapeared from my sight, but I barely noticed as I kept my sights on the others. Thats when I felt it coming...
HHHRRR OOOAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAA WWWWWWWWWWWWRR!!!
It exploded out of my chest, the most powerful roar I could manage, the caverns echoing and intensifying the sound of it. The oncoming Terinans literally stopped in their tracks, seeming to quiver, and I was preparing to let anther loose when I saw them turn and practically run for their lives. Guess they werent prepared to face the creature at the end of the tunnel.
(HAHAHAHAHAHA I WIN! YOU CANNOT DEFEAT THE AWESOME POWER OF- oh...crap) I spun around, ready to fight the remaining Terinan, but finding it was uh... no longer a threat.
I looked up at Donnie, who had the sword that the Terinan had nearly decapitated me with, still tight in his hand.
"Hey, I might have wet myself, but I don't take crap from anyone, not even ugly aliens"
(Oh, so you really...)
"Uh...yep" He blushed, fiddling awkwardly with the handle of the sword.
After a minute...
"So...aliens, huh?"
(Yeeeeeeee-up)
"We're screwed"
(I tend to agree with that)
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