Chapter 25
Shinji
Paralyzed!
The Megami scouts apparently were sick of giving us warnings.
Now they meant business.
What to do?? From what I could see, the Megami were dragging us, and not very nicely either, deeper and deeper into the woods.
I craned my neck as far as I could from the ground to look at Amara, but I saw nothing in her frozen face. But her eyes did show me something.
Amara was pissed.
And she was struggling, working like a madwoman to say something. But she lost that battle. Whatever advanced the technology the Megami had used on us, it had worked. We weren't goin nowhere.
There was nothing to do but be dragged.
And concentrate. Could I morph?
The truth is, I'd been trying. Just to see if I could. But the Megami would notice, and mid-morph, I'd be helpless.
Besides, I couldn't do it anyway.
The situation did not look good.
But you see, at this point in my life I've pretty much figured out how the world works. And at times like these-especially when the Ellimist is involved-either you figure out someway to save yourself, or someone saves you.
"RRRRRROOOAAAAAAAAR!!"
Whelp. There ya go.
The tiger leaped! He knocked the Megami dragging me off her feet!
A gorilla grabbed another and held him tightly with strong arms.
A cheetah growled and barred it's teeth at the leader, extracting and retracting it's claws.
A pair of Andalites freed the rest of our comrades, dragging us out of the way.
The situation now under control, the panther calmly came out and sat on the leader.
Now, we talk.
What have you done to our friends? Jake demanded of the leader-that Kai was sitting on.
She made a growling sound and dug her knife into earth as if she was imagining digging it into *him*. "The Megami never reveal their secrets."
You speak English now. Why? Jake brought his face very close to hers.
She spat in his face.
The tiger showed no reaction.
Look. Let me just lay this out for you. We want now trouble with you. In fact, we're here to help you. And right now, I don't want to hurt you. All I want is for you to unfreeze my friends so we can get down to business.
Then he open his big old tiger mouth reaaaaal wide in front of her face. Or I could bite your head off, if you like.
She glared at him angrily, but looking defeated she gave the order to free us. Pointing a hand-held weapon at us, a Megami guy pushed the button.
This time there was no flash, or even any sound. But all of a sudden I could move again. We got up, and looked at each other.
Jake turned his head back to the leader. Now. Let's get to this, shall we?
"What is this? An interrogation?" She growled. "I have done nothing wrong."
You've taken my friends prisoner when they were doing nothing to harm you. Isn't that wrong?
Her anger grew with each word she spoke. "They ARE harming us! They harm us by even BEING here! And you, you…shape shifter! You are endangering us as well, so why don't you all just go?! Go back to your happy planet and let the Megami take care of the Megami?!"
We've been sent here to save you. To fight your war. We're very far from our homes and our families, and when we get here, what do you do? Send us away? No. We're staying right here.
"We didn't ask for you to come!" She screamed in his face. "We ask no one for help! The Megami can fight this war themselves!" She tossed an evil glare Ax and Fi's way. "And you, mighty Andalites. You come in the company of these puny shape shifters? Surely you know how the Megami learned their lesson in trusting another race. From you! That's how we learned!"
"The Andalites came. They said they were to help us. They said they wanted to save us, and defeat the Yeerks. But what did they do? They stayed in orbit in their mighty ships! Watching, watching us DIE!" She looked to the ground again. "For four months their ships stayed, not firing a single weapon. They gathered the information they needed for their reports and left. They never came back."
Shinji
Paralyzed!
The Megami scouts apparently were sick of giving us warnings.
Now they meant business.
What to do?? From what I could see, the Megami were dragging us, and not very nicely either, deeper and deeper into the woods.
I craned my neck as far as I could from the ground to look at Amara, but I saw nothing in her frozen face. But her eyes did show me something.
Amara was pissed.
And she was struggling, working like a madwoman to say something. But she lost that battle. Whatever advanced the technology the Megami had used on us, it had worked. We weren't goin nowhere.
There was nothing to do but be dragged.
And concentrate. Could I morph?
The truth is, I'd been trying. Just to see if I could. But the Megami would notice, and mid-morph, I'd be helpless.
Besides, I couldn't do it anyway.
The situation did not look good.
But you see, at this point in my life I've pretty much figured out how the world works. And at times like these-especially when the Ellimist is involved-either you figure out someway to save yourself, or someone saves you.
"RRRRRROOOAAAAAAAAR!!"
Whelp. There ya go.
The tiger leaped! He knocked the Megami dragging me off her feet!
A gorilla grabbed another and held him tightly with strong arms.
A cheetah growled and barred it's teeth at the leader, extracting and retracting it's claws.
A pair of Andalites freed the rest of our comrades, dragging us out of the way.
The situation now under control, the panther calmly came out and sat on the leader.
Now, we talk.
What have you done to our friends? Jake demanded of the leader-that Kai was sitting on.
She made a growling sound and dug her knife into earth as if she was imagining digging it into *him*. "The Megami never reveal their secrets."
You speak English now. Why? Jake brought his face very close to hers.
She spat in his face.
The tiger showed no reaction.
Look. Let me just lay this out for you. We want now trouble with you. In fact, we're here to help you. And right now, I don't want to hurt you. All I want is for you to unfreeze my friends so we can get down to business.
Then he open his big old tiger mouth reaaaaal wide in front of her face. Or I could bite your head off, if you like.
She glared at him angrily, but looking defeated she gave the order to free us. Pointing a hand-held weapon at us, a Megami guy pushed the button.
This time there was no flash, or even any sound. But all of a sudden I could move again. We got up, and looked at each other.
Jake turned his head back to the leader. Now. Let's get to this, shall we?
"What is this? An interrogation?" She growled. "I have done nothing wrong."
You've taken my friends prisoner when they were doing nothing to harm you. Isn't that wrong?
Her anger grew with each word she spoke. "They ARE harming us! They harm us by even BEING here! And you, you…shape shifter! You are endangering us as well, so why don't you all just go?! Go back to your happy planet and let the Megami take care of the Megami?!"
We've been sent here to save you. To fight your war. We're very far from our homes and our families, and when we get here, what do you do? Send us away? No. We're staying right here.
"We didn't ask for you to come!" She screamed in his face. "We ask no one for help! The Megami can fight this war themselves!" She tossed an evil glare Ax and Fi's way. "And you, mighty Andalites. You come in the company of these puny shape shifters? Surely you know how the Megami learned their lesson in trusting another race. From you! That's how we learned!"
"The Andalites came. They said they were to help us. They said they wanted to save us, and defeat the Yeerks. But what did they do? They stayed in orbit in their mighty ships! Watching, watching us DIE!" She looked to the ground again. "For four months their ships stayed, not firing a single weapon. They gathered the information they needed for their reports and left. They never came back."
