Caitlin
I found myself walking closer to the alien being, pushing some girl that went to my school up to him with me. It's not like I couldn't stop but there was just something that drew me to him.
Do not be afraid my children. He warned us as he took a long stride towards us. He seemed so scared and helpless, as though he was dying... I'm not here to harm... He grasped his side and fell, stumbling down the rest of the ramp and landing on the ground in front of us.
"Are you alright?" I broke out of my trance and ran to the fallen Andalite's side. .
"You're bleeding!" Helen cried as she looked around to try to find something to help stop the bleeding.
"Alberto! Give us your sweatshirt!" Alberto looked at Elli shocked.
"I JUST got this!! Look at it! It has Britney on it!!!" but before he could finish his point, James and Joey had puled off his sweatshirt and thrown it to us.
"Thanks." I replied as I grabbed the shirt. "Well, what do we do?" I looked at Helen for an answer.
"Why are you looking at me?! I'm not Ca..." She lost her trail of thought and looked at us blankly. "Uh think we have to tie it around him, put some pressure on the wound."
It's no use... The andalite gestured and looked at us, looked at all of us with all four of his eyes. They're coming...
Joey
'Who are they?' I wondered.
They are Yeerks, parasites. They have invaded your planet, enslaving humans by the thousands
Alberto looked thoughtful. 'Erm, excuse me, Mr. Alien, sir. But wouldn't we have like, SEEN these Yeerks?'
You do not understand
'That makes two of us' I mumbled, a couple of us giggled nervously.
They are just like worms, really. They enter the ear and take control of the creature's brain. You cannot tell who is a host, or controller.
Suddenly, a projection came into my mind. It wasn't words, it was a picture! It showed slugs, Yeerks presumably, swimming in a...Yeerk Pool! The information flowed into my head. I saw the Andalite, Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul, I saw Visser 3, the evil Andalite-controller, I saw Taxxons and Hork-Bajir. Vile looking worms, and walking razor blades. Then the images stopped.
The Andalite's eyes gleamed brightly. Eager to show us this help he would provide.
He looked as if he were concentrating, and, suddenly. A small compartment slid out of his ship, on the stand was a small blue box. Very plain, very simple.
Touch it...
'What? What is it?'
It is a technology the Andalite's alone possess. I would normally not allow you to use it, but the situation is too desperate.
What technology?'
The power to morph, to change into any animal. You need only to touch an animal, to absorb it's DNA.
Then, just think about becoming it, and you will morph into that animal.
It wasn't real, it couldn't be real!
There is one danger, never remain in morph for more than 2 Earth hours!
'Why' Alberto smirked, then said in a horror-movie voice. 'do you get trapped forever, never to become human again...'
Precisely
All the laughter drained from our faces, We shuddered at the thought of being trapped as a fly, or a cockroach. Or worse...
It is your only hope, but of course, you must keep it a secret, if the Yeerks found it... He let the idea hang in the air.
I considered, for a brief moment, we were the very last hope of the human race...
"I'm in," I said.
We all said it simultaneously. We all agreed, we had to, for our planet.
Then touch the box
One by one, we pressed our human hands against the box. A blue hand brushed against mine, as it went to touch the box.
It is done
A tingle ran through me, pleasurable, I suppose. But after that brief moment of happiness, I suddenly felt Fear and dread.
Yeerks, The Andalite said with hatred. I glanced up at the sky, and saw four small red dots, and one larger, lance across the sky. I was terrified.
But our terror was just beginning.
Lauren
The red dots in the sky came closer.
RUN! THE YEERKS ARE HERE!!! The Andalite shouted.
"Wait, what's going to happen to you?" I said, panicked. The Andalite seemed to smile. I will die. The Yeerks will leave nothing behind except this morphing cube. Now run! Joey seemed to snap out of it. "He's right! Let's go!"
They all ran except for me. The Andalite 'smiled' at me again. No matter what happens young girl, keep the faith in your friends, and yourself. Then he closed his eyes, and images came into my head, too many to sort out. Shocked I started running toward where the others were hiding behind an unfinished wall just as the ships started landing.
The first things that came out were like huge black centipedes. 10 feet long, as wide as a tree around, and with 4 huge, red, jello like eyes. Those are Taxxon controllers. The Taxxons are the only species as a whole to submit willingly to the Yeerks. About 30 of those came out, before another started coming.
This species was about 7 feet tall with tough brown hide all over. They were looking all around, their heads supported by a snake like neck. The thing that really stood out though was that they were covered in blades. Head, arms, legs, tail, chest, they were all over. Hork-Bajir controllers. The Hork-Bajir were originally a good race before being infested. "Yeah good at being able to kill people. Look at them, they're walking Swiss Army knives." Alberto whispered to my right. Shhhh!!! Stay quiet. The Hork-Bajir can't see well at night, but they have very good hearing.
Then HE came out. He was like our Andalite, except he radiated pure evil. Visser Three, The Andalite informed us, with hatred. He's your enemy. The leader of the Yeerk Invasion on Earth. The only Andalite controller. Visser Three came close to the Andalite.So, here's the famous Prince Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul. Well I must admit you fought bravely. 8 ships down in the space battle. But you have lost. Your troops are gone, and by the time more get here, I will have control of this planet.
been, and another Andalite where James was. When I looked down at myself, I saw feathers covering me and instead of feet, talons. Kyle had almost a light surrounding him, and looked different, but familiar. But when I looked back up, my friends were back.
Then, Visser Three started to change. He grew taller, some of his legs and his tail disappeared, his arms strengthened until a monster was standing there. Then he picked up Elfangor. Elfangor tried to fight back, his tail striking wherever it could, but it was no use. Visser Three raised him over his head, opened his mouth, dropped him in, and ate him. Elfangor cried out right before he died. I will always remember that cry.
I put my head in my hands and started crying.
Joey
'Ghafrash Visser! Nodoni voices!'
Everyone went silent.
Find them! Kill them!
We all stared in disbelief, Elfangor, dead.
'H-he's...gone' Caitlin whispered. 'No...'
'Shh!' James hissed 'stay low, get over to that shack...'
He pointed to an old wooden building, if we could just get there, we'd be safe. I shuffled along on my knees, Alberto and Caitlin behind me. Maybe we could get away from this...no, it wasn't a nightmare. I pinched myself just to make sure, it stung. This was real...
Suddenly, the sound of flesh scraping across the ground! It was too loud, the Yeerks would hear!
Over there! By the shack! yelled the Visser, Find them!Hork-Bajir feet pounded across the ground. I looked round, they were heading right for us!
'Run!'
I always considered myself pretty fast. Unfortunately, Hork-Bajir are faster.
I knew they were gaining on us, the pounding got louder, we were tiring. Our pursuers weren't.
I cut in between two buildings, and jumped clear over a pile of boxes, the two Hork-Bajir following me ploughed right through them. Someone screamed, what had happened to the others!?
The Hork-Bajir were gaining, I snaked around the corners, but I couldn't shake them. Suddenly, a figure stepped out in front of me.
Alberto!
He saw the Hork-Bajir, and bolted left, I went right. The aliens hesitated.
'Farlit that way!'
One of the Hork-Bajir went after Alberto, the other followed me. Left, left, right, left. No matter where I went, he was always on my tail.
A fork! Up ahead, I turned right, and said a word I'd rather not repeat.
In front of me was a solid, brick, wall.
The creature smiled evilly....or at least I think it was a smile. Then he struck! His blade stopped centimeters from my neck.
There was no way to fight it, no way to get away...no solution...
Then I remembered what the Andalite had said...To acquire an Animal's DNA, you only need to touch it...
It was a weak thread to hang by, but I wasn't exactly going to have any other chance. The Hork-Bajir brought back his wrist, the blade was curved and sharp. My only chance... I grabbed his arm, narrowly avoiding yet another set of blades. The Hork-Bajir looked startled, and then...I felt something flow through me, flowing from the tips of my fingers. Through my body...and the Hork-Bajir just stopped. His eyelids drooped, and he slumped forward. Was he...dead? No matter what he'd done, I didn't want to kill him. No! He stirred, I breathed a sigh of relief, and bolted out of there. I was tired, but I sprinted as far as I could from that nightmare. Into my house, and slammed the door shut. I was safe...
For now.
