Chapter 17
Later that night, Jake, Rachel, Cassie, and Marco all were meant to meet up at Melissa's house. Tobias was to keep watch. Somehow this felt right, more right than anything before it. It was as if a little voice was telling me this, but I quickly shook it off and morphed to peregrine falcon.
In the air, I felt like the world was mine, but you know that. The never-ending free feeling of flying was inevitable, but I was going to stay on topic and try to forget about it. But it was sooooo hard.
After trying my best to find Melissa's house in the darkly lit subdivision, I eventually caught sight of a group of four misshapen figures walking around the ground. As much as people say that a falcon's eyes are better than the best telescopes in the world, they are pretty much useless in the dark. In fact, they aren't much better than human's eyes in the dark, so I was pretty scared of hitting power lines.
But I pretty much kept a good thought of that, and steered clear of where there may be power lines.
I was flying around in a circle for a while, deciding where to land. I had to take many options into consideration. Where was Tobias? Where was the house? And what was a safe distance? Stuff like that, so I kept flying until they stopped moving.
Eventually, after a long time trying to locate Tobias, I found a spot to sit. It was in a tree across the street from where they were. It would be safe there and I could hear the conversation.
"Okay guys, I think this is it. We are going in." I heard Jake say. "Ready Rachel?"
"Let's do it!" She said. I couldn't see them, so I can only guess on what they were doing.
"Be careful, Rachel" I heard Cassie say.
"Don't eat any yellow cat litter." Marco said. I could understand Rachel giving Marco a look, it would just be normal.
The three of them backed away while Rachel morphed. It really bothered me that the streetlights were out. Oh, wait. That was why it was darker than usual. The streetlight were out! That was odd. It was plenty dark, and only this section of the street was dark. I thought about talking to Tobias, but I decided against it. He could tell Jake I was here without my knowing.
I could see Rachel's tall, slim body shrink into an equally graceful, furry uniform. I couldn't make out the actual details, but I could see that she was shrinking, and her clothes were falling around her. You'd figure she would have remembered to take her outer clothing off. None of us can morph anything more than skintight clothes. Kind of a bummer, but I guess the andalites weren't worried about clothes, they don't wear any.
Eventually, I saw a little furry cat crawl out of the heap of clothes. It was Rachel in cat morph. Pretty cool, actually. I was kind of wondering what the cat instincts were like. Probably pretty cocky. But no time for that, I had to pay attention.
Rachel the cat jumped up to the nearby fence. It was a wooden fence, and she hopped right up onto it without any problems. But I guess that is a cat.
She walked along the fence for a while, while Jake came and picked up her clothes. Rachel turned around and hissed.
"Okay, I guess I will say away. I am assuming she hasn't got control of the cat's instincts yet." I heard Jake say. I guess it was true, because immediately after Jake left, Rachel leapt off the fence and went over and sniffed a pole for a minute, then peed on it. I guess the cat has strong instincts.
Once again, I debated whether or not I would talk to her to maybe bring her back to her human self. I decided against it when Tobias butted in. {Okay Rachel, get a grip you are Rachel, a human girl. Once again, Rachel you are a human.}
{What?} I heard Rachel say. {I know, I was just... you know, getting into the groove or whatever.} she replied.
{If you say so. If that is the case, then let's get in character in the house now, okay, the two hour clock is ticking. TickTock, TickTock.}
{Okay, Fine, I was just enjoying the agility of the cat. I is a graceful animal.} she said. She walked up to the house and went in the kitty door. A few seconds later, I heard her say, {okay, I'm in. Nothing out of the ordinary right now.}
Her 'voice' was getting weaker, so I decided to fly on top of the house. It was kind of a bold move, but I went the long way, around Tobias and crew. I approached the house from behind and landed on the roof. I could see in what seemed to be Melissa's room. It was an odd design for a suburb house, but it worked just fine.
{Okay, doesn't seem to be anything wrong. Ms chapman is here, doing dishes and stuff. And our favourite vice principal is here in front of the TV. Normal, I guess.} she said.
"Ask how they are acting." Jake asked Tobias.
{How are they acting? Anything at all out of the ordinary?} Tobias asked.
{Umm, nope. Nothing in particular. The Ms is just sitting there, doing dishes, and chapman is rather zoned out in front of the TV. Seems normal.} she informed us. {oh, wait. Maybe. Would you consider it weird if the volume was almost at mute on the TV and Ms Chapman was just there like a Zombie?} she asked.
{I guess. Sounds like my uncle and aunt to me, so I guess it would be weird.} Tobias laughed.
"Nothing so far. Do some listening in, then report if you see anything odd." Jake said.
{Okay, just watch for a while. Tell us of anything that is of interest.} Tobias relayed the message.
{Alright. Melissa just came down the stairs, so just a minute. Okay, she asked for some help.... the parents shrugged her off.... Melissa's got sad look on face... Going back upstairs, almost in tears.} Rachel said. {Okay, I'm following her.}
Sat down in front of the fence. As did Cassie and Marco.
It was beginning to bother me. Why was I included in Rachel and Tobias's telepathic conversation? They didn't know I was here. Or did they? No, they couldn't know I was here. I left no hints, and they were talking before they could have saw me. Maybe they just saw me as a team member and when it came to talking to the group, I was included no matter what? Who knows. Either way, I felt I was safe for the while. Not like I was getting involved or anything. I was doing no harm here, so Jake wouldn't get mad.
Later that night, Jake, Rachel, Cassie, and Marco all were meant to meet up at Melissa's house. Tobias was to keep watch. Somehow this felt right, more right than anything before it. It was as if a little voice was telling me this, but I quickly shook it off and morphed to peregrine falcon.
In the air, I felt like the world was mine, but you know that. The never-ending free feeling of flying was inevitable, but I was going to stay on topic and try to forget about it. But it was sooooo hard.
After trying my best to find Melissa's house in the darkly lit subdivision, I eventually caught sight of a group of four misshapen figures walking around the ground. As much as people say that a falcon's eyes are better than the best telescopes in the world, they are pretty much useless in the dark. In fact, they aren't much better than human's eyes in the dark, so I was pretty scared of hitting power lines.
But I pretty much kept a good thought of that, and steered clear of where there may be power lines.
I was flying around in a circle for a while, deciding where to land. I had to take many options into consideration. Where was Tobias? Where was the house? And what was a safe distance? Stuff like that, so I kept flying until they stopped moving.
Eventually, after a long time trying to locate Tobias, I found a spot to sit. It was in a tree across the street from where they were. It would be safe there and I could hear the conversation.
"Okay guys, I think this is it. We are going in." I heard Jake say. "Ready Rachel?"
"Let's do it!" She said. I couldn't see them, so I can only guess on what they were doing.
"Be careful, Rachel" I heard Cassie say.
"Don't eat any yellow cat litter." Marco said. I could understand Rachel giving Marco a look, it would just be normal.
The three of them backed away while Rachel morphed. It really bothered me that the streetlights were out. Oh, wait. That was why it was darker than usual. The streetlight were out! That was odd. It was plenty dark, and only this section of the street was dark. I thought about talking to Tobias, but I decided against it. He could tell Jake I was here without my knowing.
I could see Rachel's tall, slim body shrink into an equally graceful, furry uniform. I couldn't make out the actual details, but I could see that she was shrinking, and her clothes were falling around her. You'd figure she would have remembered to take her outer clothing off. None of us can morph anything more than skintight clothes. Kind of a bummer, but I guess the andalites weren't worried about clothes, they don't wear any.
Eventually, I saw a little furry cat crawl out of the heap of clothes. It was Rachel in cat morph. Pretty cool, actually. I was kind of wondering what the cat instincts were like. Probably pretty cocky. But no time for that, I had to pay attention.
Rachel the cat jumped up to the nearby fence. It was a wooden fence, and she hopped right up onto it without any problems. But I guess that is a cat.
She walked along the fence for a while, while Jake came and picked up her clothes. Rachel turned around and hissed.
"Okay, I guess I will say away. I am assuming she hasn't got control of the cat's instincts yet." I heard Jake say. I guess it was true, because immediately after Jake left, Rachel leapt off the fence and went over and sniffed a pole for a minute, then peed on it. I guess the cat has strong instincts.
Once again, I debated whether or not I would talk to her to maybe bring her back to her human self. I decided against it when Tobias butted in. {Okay Rachel, get a grip you are Rachel, a human girl. Once again, Rachel you are a human.}
{What?} I heard Rachel say. {I know, I was just... you know, getting into the groove or whatever.} she replied.
{If you say so. If that is the case, then let's get in character in the house now, okay, the two hour clock is ticking. TickTock, TickTock.}
{Okay, Fine, I was just enjoying the agility of the cat. I is a graceful animal.} she said. She walked up to the house and went in the kitty door. A few seconds later, I heard her say, {okay, I'm in. Nothing out of the ordinary right now.}
Her 'voice' was getting weaker, so I decided to fly on top of the house. It was kind of a bold move, but I went the long way, around Tobias and crew. I approached the house from behind and landed on the roof. I could see in what seemed to be Melissa's room. It was an odd design for a suburb house, but it worked just fine.
{Okay, doesn't seem to be anything wrong. Ms chapman is here, doing dishes and stuff. And our favourite vice principal is here in front of the TV. Normal, I guess.} she said.
"Ask how they are acting." Jake asked Tobias.
{How are they acting? Anything at all out of the ordinary?} Tobias asked.
{Umm, nope. Nothing in particular. The Ms is just sitting there, doing dishes, and chapman is rather zoned out in front of the TV. Seems normal.} she informed us. {oh, wait. Maybe. Would you consider it weird if the volume was almost at mute on the TV and Ms Chapman was just there like a Zombie?} she asked.
{I guess. Sounds like my uncle and aunt to me, so I guess it would be weird.} Tobias laughed.
"Nothing so far. Do some listening in, then report if you see anything odd." Jake said.
{Okay, just watch for a while. Tell us of anything that is of interest.} Tobias relayed the message.
{Alright. Melissa just came down the stairs, so just a minute. Okay, she asked for some help.... the parents shrugged her off.... Melissa's got sad look on face... Going back upstairs, almost in tears.} Rachel said. {Okay, I'm following her.}
Sat down in front of the fence. As did Cassie and Marco.
It was beginning to bother me. Why was I included in Rachel and Tobias's telepathic conversation? They didn't know I was here. Or did they? No, they couldn't know I was here. I left no hints, and they were talking before they could have saw me. Maybe they just saw me as a team member and when it came to talking to the group, I was included no matter what? Who knows. Either way, I felt I was safe for the while. Not like I was getting involved or anything. I was doing no harm here, so Jake wouldn't get mad.