I felt nothing.
Slave to the Yeerks.
I woke up. At first I didn't remember anything. Then…
Oh no! I was a controller! I had to warn the Animorphs! I…
Don't worry about warning your foolish little friends. They were in the closet, remember? They saw everything. An evil voice from inside my head!
Get out! Get out of my head! I screamed silently!
The Yeerk opened my eyes.
It wasn't me! It had used my eyes! It really controlled me!
It looked around.
I was in the woods, tied up hand and foot.
Marco and Cassie were standing over me.
"What's happening?" I heard a voice say. I realized it was my own.
"Jacqueline's a controller, you're a Yeerk. We know what happened last night, even though Jackie never told us about the new controllers. We had been tracking the new controllers for a long time, and tonight we found out exactly what has been happening."
"What do you mean I'm a controller?" my voice said. "I'm not a controller! Untie me! I have to get back before they miss me at the Center! I'm gonna be in big trouble!"
"We can't untie you, not for three days." Cassie said.
The Yeerk couldn't sit up, because my body was tied up. I was on my back, in the dirt. My hands were tied up with rope. It was a hopeless situation for the Yeerk.
I was thrilled.
You will not win, human. No Yeerk has ever been starved out of his host before.
"Don't worry, Jackie. Jake and I have both been controllers before, but we survived."
"But I'm not a controller! You have to believe me!"
"No we don't."
The Yeerk thought a moment, then said,
"I guess the only way to prove it is to wait three days. I won't try to escape. Please untie me, the ropes hurt!"
Cassie and Marco looked a little uneasy. But they didn't untie me.
Three days, Yeerk. You can't possibly escape them. Three days.
Jake walked into my view.
"Ok, Pick her up. We're going to tie her to the tree. It's a little more comfortable for her, and easier for us to guard her, and feed her."
The Yeerk ignored them. While they tied me to the tree, he searched through my memory. He looked at my memories of life before I knew about the Yeerks. He looked at all the stuff I had done since then. He concentrated on the memory of entering the Hork-Bajir Valley.
The rest of the day was boring, really. Rachel and Jake guarded me, and they read or did homework.
How could I have been so stupid as to lose track of the days! I should have known that it was the day they were coming to my room! I should have prevented it! Now I was a controller, and it was to late. I could never return to the Center now, even if I was ever free again.
You'll always be a slave, the Yeerk told me, and you will give your friends to the Yeerks, you'll give Earth to the Yeerks, and the Universe will be doomed, because of your mistake. We will be strong enough to take the Universe, because we took Earth. We took Earth because you gave us the Animorphs. Because of your mistake, the Universe will be ruled by the mighty and worthy Yeerks!
Shut up, slug.
Oho! crowed the Yeerk. The mighty, unbreakable Jackie is angry! Tureshna Silligar Esgarouth. Ha! Unbreakable and alone. Ha! You are a fool, Jacqueline. You think that if you become free, the Animorphs will accept you? They will protect you? You are a child to them. A child, who has become a great problem. You know their secret, and you are a controller. Do you think that if there was a way to keep me from knowing their secret, they'd still free you from my clutches? Ha! Jacqueline, you are stupider than your father, and you shame him.
I was silent.
The Animorphs stayed with me until nightfall. Then, they left me to Ax and Tobias.
The Yeerk didn't talk to them at all. He just sat there, tormenting me in my mind.
Then he said, You know, Jacqueline, the controllers at the Center aren't going to let you get away that easily. They probably have Hork-Bajir tracking you right now. They should be here anytime.
You're lying.
Ha ha ha. Believe that if you wish.
Then, Hork-Bajir came rushing out of the woods! Four of them, with two human controllers following close behind. They attacked. I heard Tobias call out for help. Jake and Rachel, who were in falcon and eagle form, dived down, and morphed for battle.
While the fighting was going on, the Yeerk in my head caused me to morph. I morphed a fly, and slipped through the ropes that had bound me to the tree. It flew a couple hundred yards away, then demorphed, and remorphed the owl. I flew above the treetops, the Yeerk rejoicing at it's easy victory. Then,
THUD!
A large object slammed against me. Then, talons raked my back!
The Yeerk whipped around, and saw the osprey attacking it The Yeerk tried to lunge at it, but it grabbed my back with it's talons and forced the Yeerk to land. After the battle was over, they tied me up again, far away from the original place.
Two more days. Two more days of moving from hiding place to hiding place. Two more days of being taunted by the yeerk in my brain, of it using my body to try and fight my friends. But, after three long, painful days, it finally crawled out of me and died. But I still didn't cry. I was ashamed that I had become such a problem to the Animorphs, but I didn't cry.
I never cry.
Slave to the Yeerks.
I woke up. At first I didn't remember anything. Then…
Oh no! I was a controller! I had to warn the Animorphs! I…
Don't worry about warning your foolish little friends. They were in the closet, remember? They saw everything. An evil voice from inside my head!
Get out! Get out of my head! I screamed silently!
The Yeerk opened my eyes.
It wasn't me! It had used my eyes! It really controlled me!
It looked around.
I was in the woods, tied up hand and foot.
Marco and Cassie were standing over me.
"What's happening?" I heard a voice say. I realized it was my own.
"Jacqueline's a controller, you're a Yeerk. We know what happened last night, even though Jackie never told us about the new controllers. We had been tracking the new controllers for a long time, and tonight we found out exactly what has been happening."
"What do you mean I'm a controller?" my voice said. "I'm not a controller! Untie me! I have to get back before they miss me at the Center! I'm gonna be in big trouble!"
"We can't untie you, not for three days." Cassie said.
The Yeerk couldn't sit up, because my body was tied up. I was on my back, in the dirt. My hands were tied up with rope. It was a hopeless situation for the Yeerk.
I was thrilled.
You will not win, human. No Yeerk has ever been starved out of his host before.
"Don't worry, Jackie. Jake and I have both been controllers before, but we survived."
"But I'm not a controller! You have to believe me!"
"No we don't."
The Yeerk thought a moment, then said,
"I guess the only way to prove it is to wait three days. I won't try to escape. Please untie me, the ropes hurt!"
Cassie and Marco looked a little uneasy. But they didn't untie me.
Three days, Yeerk. You can't possibly escape them. Three days.
Jake walked into my view.
"Ok, Pick her up. We're going to tie her to the tree. It's a little more comfortable for her, and easier for us to guard her, and feed her."
The Yeerk ignored them. While they tied me to the tree, he searched through my memory. He looked at my memories of life before I knew about the Yeerks. He looked at all the stuff I had done since then. He concentrated on the memory of entering the Hork-Bajir Valley.
The rest of the day was boring, really. Rachel and Jake guarded me, and they read or did homework.
How could I have been so stupid as to lose track of the days! I should have known that it was the day they were coming to my room! I should have prevented it! Now I was a controller, and it was to late. I could never return to the Center now, even if I was ever free again.
You'll always be a slave, the Yeerk told me, and you will give your friends to the Yeerks, you'll give Earth to the Yeerks, and the Universe will be doomed, because of your mistake. We will be strong enough to take the Universe, because we took Earth. We took Earth because you gave us the Animorphs. Because of your mistake, the Universe will be ruled by the mighty and worthy Yeerks!
Shut up, slug.
Oho! crowed the Yeerk. The mighty, unbreakable Jackie is angry! Tureshna Silligar Esgarouth. Ha! Unbreakable and alone. Ha! You are a fool, Jacqueline. You think that if you become free, the Animorphs will accept you? They will protect you? You are a child to them. A child, who has become a great problem. You know their secret, and you are a controller. Do you think that if there was a way to keep me from knowing their secret, they'd still free you from my clutches? Ha! Jacqueline, you are stupider than your father, and you shame him.
I was silent.
The Animorphs stayed with me until nightfall. Then, they left me to Ax and Tobias.
The Yeerk didn't talk to them at all. He just sat there, tormenting me in my mind.
Then he said, You know, Jacqueline, the controllers at the Center aren't going to let you get away that easily. They probably have Hork-Bajir tracking you right now. They should be here anytime.
You're lying.
Ha ha ha. Believe that if you wish.
Then, Hork-Bajir came rushing out of the woods! Four of them, with two human controllers following close behind. They attacked. I heard Tobias call out for help. Jake and Rachel, who were in falcon and eagle form, dived down, and morphed for battle.
While the fighting was going on, the Yeerk in my head caused me to morph. I morphed a fly, and slipped through the ropes that had bound me to the tree. It flew a couple hundred yards away, then demorphed, and remorphed the owl. I flew above the treetops, the Yeerk rejoicing at it's easy victory. Then,
THUD!
A large object slammed against me. Then, talons raked my back!
The Yeerk whipped around, and saw the osprey attacking it The Yeerk tried to lunge at it, but it grabbed my back with it's talons and forced the Yeerk to land. After the battle was over, they tied me up again, far away from the original place.
Two more days. Two more days of moving from hiding place to hiding place. Two more days of being taunted by the yeerk in my brain, of it using my body to try and fight my friends. But, after three long, painful days, it finally crawled out of me and died. But I still didn't cry. I was ashamed that I had become such a problem to the Animorphs, but I didn't cry.
I never cry.