Chapter 14
The next Friday we all met up in the barn at Cassie's. It was known as the wildlife rehabilitation clinic. Where Cassie's family took in injured or sick native wildlife and healed them. There were cages lining the walls, full of squirrels, raccoons, foxes, birds, etc. At the end was a bunch of stables, you know for their own horses.
Cassie was up and cleaning assorted cages and stuff. Marco was lolling on a hay bale, Rachel was on another hay-bale, but a bit more attention was paid by her. Meanwhile, Jake was pacing back and forth in front of us. Me, Sam and Tobias were up in the hayloft. There was a big hole in the roof, for throwing down hay, so we could see well. Whitney was also on a bale of hay. And that made up our crew.
"So, what do we do?" Jake asked, continually pacing.
"We go in." Rachel said simply. I will morph Fluffer and go in to see if there is anything weirs going on in there. To see if Melissa is a controller or not."
Marco put his hand up. "And does anyone see a problem with this?" He asked. "Because I do. What are we going to do if she is a controller? Hold her for the three days? Not gonna happen. The yeerks will find her, and then it will be all over. The risk is too big if you ask me."
"Oh, come on Marco, asking a hot girl out is too much of a risk for you." Rachel said, then made herself look all weak. "'Oh no, I can't do this, if I mess up, I will be the laughingstock of the whole class. The world's gonna end.' Too late Marco, you are already the laughingstock of the class." She commented.
"Yes, but they are laughing with me, not at me." He said in his defence.
"Sure that's what you think."
"Let's get back on topic, please." Cassie interrupted. "Marco made a good point, what if she is? What would we do? We can't hold her, too obvious. So what do we do?"
Whitney got up. "Simple, first, we do reconnaisance. If was find out any useful information, then we capitalise. If she is a controller, than we have Rachel. Her and Rachel are good friends, and Melissa growing apart from Rachel would be unnatural, so the yeerk wouldn't want that. We have a 'contact' if you understand what I mean. We would have another person to pay close attention to and maybe get info from."
"Exactly, thanks Whit." Rachel said. "Simple as that."
"So, what do we do? How do we do this?" Jake asked us all. "Rachel will go in as the damn cat, and scope it all out. She will tell us about anything that comes up. Then, next weekend, we will put any information we have to work, preferably in the form of some sort of further infiltration." He summarized.
I leaned over to Sam and whispered. "You know, we won't be able to do much about this. You can't morph, and I am not included. So we are put on the side. You seem to know how to get yourself in trouble, how do you suppose we help?"
"We can't. We need to stay on the sidelines. This is their operation, and therefore there is nothing we can do. Rachel has it under control."
I sighed. "I guess you are right. I still say we be there in case something happens. You know, just in case."
"I guess. But either way, for now we need to stay out of it."
{Good idea.} Tobias said. I had forgot he was there. He was so tired. I also forgot hawk hearing was surprisingly good. {This is Rachel's, and I will be the one to send for help if it is needed. But we are simply going in for recon, nothing else. So stay on the side for now, please.}
"I will, don't worry. Besides. It's not a big deal." I told him.
"Okay, we have decided, for all those in the rafters." Jake said to the both of us. I looked down. He was staring at us. "In case you haven't been listening, Rachel is going to go in on her own. Three of us and Tobias will stay on the sidelines, in case. The rest will stay a clear distance, to keep clutter from going too far. Attention is the last thing we need here. Are we clear."
"Yeah, sure." I answered.
"Yup." Sam added.
"Good, then that means this meeting is over. See you all tomorrow at six in front of Melissa's house." Jake said. Then we all got up and left. We all went our separate ways. Cassie stayed in the barn, Tobias flew off, Jake and Marco went off to play Playstation or something. Rachel went off with Tobias toward the city. Whitney caught us before we left.
"Hey, guys, this Saturday there is a volleyball tournament at the school. I can get us into the license bureau that day. I already have your account ready, I just need a picture and other stuff. I can get you in and out with ID in fifteen minutes. No problems."
"Okay. But we have that thing on Saturday, so we will be pretty tired." I turned and smiled, "No problem."
The next Friday we all met up in the barn at Cassie's. It was known as the wildlife rehabilitation clinic. Where Cassie's family took in injured or sick native wildlife and healed them. There were cages lining the walls, full of squirrels, raccoons, foxes, birds, etc. At the end was a bunch of stables, you know for their own horses.
Cassie was up and cleaning assorted cages and stuff. Marco was lolling on a hay bale, Rachel was on another hay-bale, but a bit more attention was paid by her. Meanwhile, Jake was pacing back and forth in front of us. Me, Sam and Tobias were up in the hayloft. There was a big hole in the roof, for throwing down hay, so we could see well. Whitney was also on a bale of hay. And that made up our crew.
"So, what do we do?" Jake asked, continually pacing.
"We go in." Rachel said simply. I will morph Fluffer and go in to see if there is anything weirs going on in there. To see if Melissa is a controller or not."
Marco put his hand up. "And does anyone see a problem with this?" He asked. "Because I do. What are we going to do if she is a controller? Hold her for the three days? Not gonna happen. The yeerks will find her, and then it will be all over. The risk is too big if you ask me."
"Oh, come on Marco, asking a hot girl out is too much of a risk for you." Rachel said, then made herself look all weak. "'Oh no, I can't do this, if I mess up, I will be the laughingstock of the whole class. The world's gonna end.' Too late Marco, you are already the laughingstock of the class." She commented.
"Yes, but they are laughing with me, not at me." He said in his defence.
"Sure that's what you think."
"Let's get back on topic, please." Cassie interrupted. "Marco made a good point, what if she is? What would we do? We can't hold her, too obvious. So what do we do?"
Whitney got up. "Simple, first, we do reconnaisance. If was find out any useful information, then we capitalise. If she is a controller, than we have Rachel. Her and Rachel are good friends, and Melissa growing apart from Rachel would be unnatural, so the yeerk wouldn't want that. We have a 'contact' if you understand what I mean. We would have another person to pay close attention to and maybe get info from."
"Exactly, thanks Whit." Rachel said. "Simple as that."
"So, what do we do? How do we do this?" Jake asked us all. "Rachel will go in as the damn cat, and scope it all out. She will tell us about anything that comes up. Then, next weekend, we will put any information we have to work, preferably in the form of some sort of further infiltration." He summarized.
I leaned over to Sam and whispered. "You know, we won't be able to do much about this. You can't morph, and I am not included. So we are put on the side. You seem to know how to get yourself in trouble, how do you suppose we help?"
"We can't. We need to stay on the sidelines. This is their operation, and therefore there is nothing we can do. Rachel has it under control."
I sighed. "I guess you are right. I still say we be there in case something happens. You know, just in case."
"I guess. But either way, for now we need to stay out of it."
{Good idea.} Tobias said. I had forgot he was there. He was so tired. I also forgot hawk hearing was surprisingly good. {This is Rachel's, and I will be the one to send for help if it is needed. But we are simply going in for recon, nothing else. So stay on the side for now, please.}
"I will, don't worry. Besides. It's not a big deal." I told him.
"Okay, we have decided, for all those in the rafters." Jake said to the both of us. I looked down. He was staring at us. "In case you haven't been listening, Rachel is going to go in on her own. Three of us and Tobias will stay on the sidelines, in case. The rest will stay a clear distance, to keep clutter from going too far. Attention is the last thing we need here. Are we clear."
"Yeah, sure." I answered.
"Yup." Sam added.
"Good, then that means this meeting is over. See you all tomorrow at six in front of Melissa's house." Jake said. Then we all got up and left. We all went our separate ways. Cassie stayed in the barn, Tobias flew off, Jake and Marco went off to play Playstation or something. Rachel went off with Tobias toward the city. Whitney caught us before we left.
"Hey, guys, this Saturday there is a volleyball tournament at the school. I can get us into the license bureau that day. I already have your account ready, I just need a picture and other stuff. I can get you in and out with ID in fifteen minutes. No problems."
"Okay. But we have that thing on Saturday, so we will be pretty tired." I turned and smiled, "No problem."