INTERROGATION
ABOARD THE HUMAN MOTHER SHIP PLANET
EARTH
STANDARD HMS TIME: 10:31
DATE: 01/06/2020
LOCATION: INTERROGATION ROOM 008
MAJOR GENERAL ASI
I walked round him in a circle, I glanced at one of the highest ranking,
most respected Masi in the human military, Admiral Roger Coopers,
otherwise just called Admiral.
"You demand answers to questions you want answered, but before we do
that we need answers to the questions we asked."
We were in an interrogation room, not a big one, I was interrogating the
Andalite, the one they call Ax.
I refuse to cooperate.
"On what grounds?" Admiral asked.
You have not provided me with the information I have asked for.
"You asked for a lot of things," I said airily, "Repeat which of
those you want."
Behind an observation window, I knew that at least three high ranking
members of the Sasi were watching us, one of those were Mac. I was sure of it. I
also knew that they were recording this cross-examination.
The Andalite glared at me with his main eyes, What have you done with
my friends?
"You mean the humans that have befriended you?" I asked. Both Coopers
and I were speaking in Galard, "Surely you must have known that no Andalite
would befriend a human at that time, why were you so different?"
The admiral and I had an objective to reach, we wanted to reveal
information we could hold against the Andalite government, evidence that humans
have treated the Andalites with respect and in return, we have got nothing from
then. We also wanted to confirm some of the things that happened on Earth.
Little was known about the past conflicts of the animorphs.
He started at me, there was no way that he could have known why I needed
answers to these question, the reason he was not told was because we wanted the
'right' answers, not the truth, just the right answers.
His eyestalks dropped slightly, They rescued me from the bottom of
the Earth ocean.
"Is that all they did?"
He hesitated, looked slightly, ever so slightly puzzled, No they did
many great things to me; hiding me and keeping me alive were only two.
"I see." Coopers said, "Is it true that you have come in direct
contact with your people?"
Yes.
"They were on a mission I take it, what did they say? Their mission was
to assassinate Visser Three?"
He looked surprised, How did you know that?
"So it was true." I arched my eyebrow at the admiral; it's this
easy to get this guy to confess? I thought it would have been harder to get the
truth out of an Andalite…
I've been told that the information I've been given was all rooted
from the animorphs' brains as they were in the deep-freeze, the Sasi
had used all the twenty years to go through the animorphs' life's and each
animorph had a…well you could call them profilers.
That's what we call them anyway, their job is to analyze personalities
and determine the characters of human beings or aliens. By knowing this, the
profilers could outline a rough reaction of that person to a certain situation. They
also give us the short cut to 'cracking' a person under interrogation or
panic an enemy into rushing things…they are quite useful in another way as
well, the profilers could more or less read or interpret Andalite behavior and
expressions. That too is useful.
Especially
for determining the truthfulness of an Andalite communication.
They
have been known to throw a white lie here and there.
Admiral
said, "And why haven't they succeeded?"
This
was the crucial part, we wanted it coming from an Andalite. Not from a human.
This way it was more believable for the arrogant Andalites.
Because…
He paused, hesitated, and went on, Because this wasn't what they had in
mind.
"What?"
I said, "An Andalite lying to an Andalite? Surely that is unheard of."
He
hesitated again, They wanted to unleash a virus that would kill the Yeerks…
"But?"
Admiral pushed.
But
it would have proven fatal to humans as well.
"And
you reasoned with them? They listened to you?"
No,
he scuffled a hoof, We stopped them.
"We?"
The
ainmorphs and I.
"You
consider them as part of you?"
They
considered me as part of them.
"And
you were grateful?"
Yes.
"You
fought for the humans? Or did you just fight because you were fighting the
Yeerks?"
Both.
"You
considered the humans as your people?" Coopers asked gently.
Any
people that fight and resist the Yeerks are my people.
Admiral
raised an eyebrow at me, I said, "Really? I don't suppose your people taught
you that, did they?"
He
looked at me, and at Admiral, I learnt that from humans.
"We've
got what we need Major General, Admiral. You can inform him that his
friends are fine."
I
glanced at the admiral, "Your friends are fine Andalite, and they are waiting
for you."
They
are?
"Yes.
I will send someone to escort you." Admiral said.
I
got up and left the room, my work here was done. I had other business to attend
to. One was Lynn and the other; Prince Noroa.
I
left the room offering no explanation to Coopers, nor to the Sasi, the Sasi
knew some of it I supposed.
I shook my head, this was not going to be an easy
year. Especially with the things I have been told. No, not easy at all.
