I forgot the disclaimer at the top of Jake's chapter. Oh well. Theyre not mine. I assume you know that. Not making any money here. Enjoy the story.
-Lynn
My name is Marco. Thought you'd heard that for that last time? Well, yeah, I thought I'd said it for the last time, as well. Yet here we all were, well almost all, in Cassie's barn. All of us, being me, Jake, Cassie, Tobias, and Ax. Oh and Tom. Not really a replacement, then again, after the Nora incident, I should realize you can't replace people.
I had been ramming the Blade Ship, what rush that was, I mean, better than a fly morph even. And then I had been back within the Hork-Bajir valley, when my mom and dad were together. I had been whittling. Not too difficult a pastime, honestly. Then Jake had been inside my head. He had said something about Rachel and "Visiting". I shrugged it off. Figured, might as well enjoy a little bit of heaven while I could. Then the Valley had faded away, and Cassie, and her barn had sort of flickered in, in its place. And then, Tobias had flown in, followed by Tom, a rather stricken looking Jake, and Ax.
"So, whose war are we fighting this time?" I asked. Praying that it would be a joke. At the same time, a part of me...hoping.
"Ours. All. The war of the One against the Other."
"Tom, what's wrong with your voice, its all floaty and misty-like. I thought you'd gotten rid of your yeerk."
"He speaks for the One." Jake's glare informed me in no uncertain terms that perhaps my joke was a tad tasteless. I concurred.
"So, I assume, Jake-man, you've already decided to join this blasted thing, and were all here in a rahter stunning imitation of Cassie's barn, in order to decide whether or not were going with you?"
"Pretty much." Jake was still glaring at me. Maybe he just needed someone to glare at. He wouldn't even look in Cassie's direction. Or Tobias's for that matter. I leaned back on a bale of hay, it seemed to me that everything would come full circle in a minute. Or at least we'd get some more information.
"The Other has decimated our planet. The One, is a collective link, like your internet, one step further, of our minds. We are telepathic to a degree, and manipulate the energy in our planet. We are peaceful group, we wish no harm, only to be left alone. The Other, is a group of us who have disbanded from the One, and who are decimating the energy fields which we need to survive. We need you, to Visit those who are part of the Other, and help us to reclaim our energy fields. Our young one starve, while their's prosper. We have learned from the Andalite what you did on Earth, and we beg for your help."
Why can't you Visit yourself? Tobias asked the question we were all thinking. Or at least that's what I was thinking.
"They can shield against us, they know our energy signatures, they don't know those of aliens. You can help us. The Visiting power, along with your ability to morph, you can help us."
I looked around, Jake had already decided. And unfortunately, where Jake went, I went. That point he made about me being bored at home, had /absolutely/ nothing to do with this decision. Tobias was glaring. Fiercly as ever. Maybe because that was all he could do as a hawk. Cassie looked....torn.
"Well, another day, another war. Sound like fun, guys?" The glances I got didn't seem to appreciate me trying to make light of things. "I'm in." I muttered, silently cursing myself. I mean, at home, there was Fame, Fortune, Pretty Girls...and morphing into lobsters out of boredom.
"I.....I'm in," Cassie said softly, tears in her eyes.
"What? No...Cassie...you...you belong, back, at home..." Jake spoke to her, looking studiously at the floor.
"No. I need to be here," the conviction in her voice was pretty strong. I was surprised.
"Why aren't you trying to talk me out of this, huh? I mean, I could die too, wouldn't you care?" Okay, okay, my jokes were definitely losing there touch. But they didn't all have to glare at me in unison.
Count me in. Tobias flew down from the rafters and landed on a different bale of hay.
I will go, if Prince Jake wishes it. Ax said quietly.
"I do, I wish it," Jake said with a strange look in his eyes.
Ax nodded. And Tom looked pleased. And yet I could swear some part of Tom did not look happy at all.
"You have all been given the ability to Visit. Jake is the only in control of where you may or may not Visit. He knows the rules. And the locations he needs to know. He is agreed as your leader, not only by you, but by him. Now it is time for Tom's and your physical bodies to rest. It will take some time to learn how to properly use your energetic forms.
I was in a bed. A nice, soft comfortable feather bed. I could only think of one thing to do. I slept.
"Rise and shine, sleeping ugly," I heard Jake's voice cut through a wonderful dream, involving Britney and Christina.
"Aww...it ws just getting good, too." I mock-glared at Jake.
"I'm going to show you what the Visiting power is like...I have to show everyone, my showing them something familiar. I know from experience, it's impossible to remember who you are the first time you enter an alien, a completely alien mind."
"So serious already? Tch, tch, tch. Jake, you should really have some fun before the war-planning starts."
"I....I....prepare yourself, I'm sending you on a Visit."
It was another beautiful morning. Another morning in which I could open my own eyes. Decide for myself whether or not to stay in bed. Not worry too much about Marco, Marco fighting against me, not knowing what to do. Another morning not wishing for my own son to kill me. Hoping he would tell his father. I remembered Jake talking to me in my head. And then realized where I was. Mom?
"Marco, honey, is that you? What have I told you about using morphs in the house? It still creeps your father out."
Uh...I'm kind of inside of you. It's a power the Kelbrid gave us...they had the blade ship...the stolen ship? They sort of want us to save their planet, kind of like we saved ours.
"Well, now the stolen ship and your disappearance make a little more sense. But Marco, are you kids really going to do this again?" Her voice sounded worried. Like a mother's. Go figure.
We haven't been kids for a long time, Mom. But yeah. We're going to do it again.
"Marco?"
Yes?
"Be careful."
Jake's face formed in front of mine. "Okay. That was even weirder than morphing a cockroach for the first time. It felt kind of like morphing too."
"You don't have to tell the person you Visit that you're there. It's the perfect tool for espionage. You think you understand?"
"Yeah...I guess so."
"Good, after I show the others, it will be time for a meeting. For now enjoy the Kelbrid technology."
A nintendo, tv and many, many video games flickered into existences. Hey? What else was I supposed to do?
-Lynn
My name is Marco. Thought you'd heard that for that last time? Well, yeah, I thought I'd said it for the last time, as well. Yet here we all were, well almost all, in Cassie's barn. All of us, being me, Jake, Cassie, Tobias, and Ax. Oh and Tom. Not really a replacement, then again, after the Nora incident, I should realize you can't replace people.
I had been ramming the Blade Ship, what rush that was, I mean, better than a fly morph even. And then I had been back within the Hork-Bajir valley, when my mom and dad were together. I had been whittling. Not too difficult a pastime, honestly. Then Jake had been inside my head. He had said something about Rachel and "Visiting". I shrugged it off. Figured, might as well enjoy a little bit of heaven while I could. Then the Valley had faded away, and Cassie, and her barn had sort of flickered in, in its place. And then, Tobias had flown in, followed by Tom, a rather stricken looking Jake, and Ax.
"So, whose war are we fighting this time?" I asked. Praying that it would be a joke. At the same time, a part of me...hoping.
"Ours. All. The war of the One against the Other."
"Tom, what's wrong with your voice, its all floaty and misty-like. I thought you'd gotten rid of your yeerk."
"He speaks for the One." Jake's glare informed me in no uncertain terms that perhaps my joke was a tad tasteless. I concurred.
"So, I assume, Jake-man, you've already decided to join this blasted thing, and were all here in a rahter stunning imitation of Cassie's barn, in order to decide whether or not were going with you?"
"Pretty much." Jake was still glaring at me. Maybe he just needed someone to glare at. He wouldn't even look in Cassie's direction. Or Tobias's for that matter. I leaned back on a bale of hay, it seemed to me that everything would come full circle in a minute. Or at least we'd get some more information.
"The Other has decimated our planet. The One, is a collective link, like your internet, one step further, of our minds. We are telepathic to a degree, and manipulate the energy in our planet. We are peaceful group, we wish no harm, only to be left alone. The Other, is a group of us who have disbanded from the One, and who are decimating the energy fields which we need to survive. We need you, to Visit those who are part of the Other, and help us to reclaim our energy fields. Our young one starve, while their's prosper. We have learned from the Andalite what you did on Earth, and we beg for your help."
Why can't you Visit yourself? Tobias asked the question we were all thinking. Or at least that's what I was thinking.
"They can shield against us, they know our energy signatures, they don't know those of aliens. You can help us. The Visiting power, along with your ability to morph, you can help us."
I looked around, Jake had already decided. And unfortunately, where Jake went, I went. That point he made about me being bored at home, had /absolutely/ nothing to do with this decision. Tobias was glaring. Fiercly as ever. Maybe because that was all he could do as a hawk. Cassie looked....torn.
"Well, another day, another war. Sound like fun, guys?" The glances I got didn't seem to appreciate me trying to make light of things. "I'm in." I muttered, silently cursing myself. I mean, at home, there was Fame, Fortune, Pretty Girls...and morphing into lobsters out of boredom.
"I.....I'm in," Cassie said softly, tears in her eyes.
"What? No...Cassie...you...you belong, back, at home..." Jake spoke to her, looking studiously at the floor.
"No. I need to be here," the conviction in her voice was pretty strong. I was surprised.
"Why aren't you trying to talk me out of this, huh? I mean, I could die too, wouldn't you care?" Okay, okay, my jokes were definitely losing there touch. But they didn't all have to glare at me in unison.
Count me in. Tobias flew down from the rafters and landed on a different bale of hay.
I will go, if Prince Jake wishes it. Ax said quietly.
"I do, I wish it," Jake said with a strange look in his eyes.
Ax nodded. And Tom looked pleased. And yet I could swear some part of Tom did not look happy at all.
"You have all been given the ability to Visit. Jake is the only in control of where you may or may not Visit. He knows the rules. And the locations he needs to know. He is agreed as your leader, not only by you, but by him. Now it is time for Tom's and your physical bodies to rest. It will take some time to learn how to properly use your energetic forms.
I was in a bed. A nice, soft comfortable feather bed. I could only think of one thing to do. I slept.
"Rise and shine, sleeping ugly," I heard Jake's voice cut through a wonderful dream, involving Britney and Christina.
"Aww...it ws just getting good, too." I mock-glared at Jake.
"I'm going to show you what the Visiting power is like...I have to show everyone, my showing them something familiar. I know from experience, it's impossible to remember who you are the first time you enter an alien, a completely alien mind."
"So serious already? Tch, tch, tch. Jake, you should really have some fun before the war-planning starts."
"I....I....prepare yourself, I'm sending you on a Visit."
It was another beautiful morning. Another morning in which I could open my own eyes. Decide for myself whether or not to stay in bed. Not worry too much about Marco, Marco fighting against me, not knowing what to do. Another morning not wishing for my own son to kill me. Hoping he would tell his father. I remembered Jake talking to me in my head. And then realized where I was. Mom?
"Marco, honey, is that you? What have I told you about using morphs in the house? It still creeps your father out."
Uh...I'm kind of inside of you. It's a power the Kelbrid gave us...they had the blade ship...the stolen ship? They sort of want us to save their planet, kind of like we saved ours.
"Well, now the stolen ship and your disappearance make a little more sense. But Marco, are you kids really going to do this again?" Her voice sounded worried. Like a mother's. Go figure.
We haven't been kids for a long time, Mom. But yeah. We're going to do it again.
"Marco?"
Yes?
"Be careful."
Jake's face formed in front of mine. "Okay. That was even weirder than morphing a cockroach for the first time. It felt kind of like morphing too."
"You don't have to tell the person you Visit that you're there. It's the perfect tool for espionage. You think you understand?"
"Yeah...I guess so."
"Good, after I show the others, it will be time for a meeting. For now enjoy the Kelbrid technology."
A nintendo, tv and many, many video games flickered into existences. Hey? What else was I supposed to do?