Alberto

The past 2 weeks were NOT fun for me at all. I had approximately 6 hours of sleep! I need at least 25! But no...... I have to wake up at 5 O' clock in the morning to watch over Daniel.

He lived in the shack now that Me and James found one day. It's actually kinda ice inside. We found a decent matress and some covers, i donated a pillow. Somehow we also managed to get some kind of carpet to spread across the mud filled shack. It wasn't the place to live. But at least it WAS a place to live.

Well anyway, the reason we were watching over Daniel was to make sure that the Yeerks don't get to him or he doesn't get alll wigged out and run away.

Frankly i don't trust him. I don't like him either. And he smells too.

I don't think we need more members even if my friend Lauren is now a cat. Caitlin took that pretty hard. Lauren got trapped in the Yeerk Pool and someho Joey and her managed to escape. She lives in the woods now trying not to be seen because she defitely does not belong there. She has fierce claws now and with her bad temper....

Remind me to buy her some kitty litter.

Most of the others trust him but i can see on the looks of Joey and James that the'e having suspiscions as well. But i don't blame them when i see the greedy looks when we have meetings at somebody's house or tell him we're going to school.

GETTING JEALOUS OF SCHOOL???!!! That's just plain Whack.

I don't find it comforting either that we're powering up a guy with morphs who we barely know but we did need him, because yet after all the stupid danger we still have missions. The last mission was not fun either.

We had to stop these presentations that encouraged people to join a group called The Sharing who is in reality a Front organization for Yeerks, but spreading out peace, love and Joy. Even if they weren't a Yeerk organization i would go after them anyway. Peace? Love? Joy? From people who smile creepily at you half the time?

As if.

"Alberto! Go to school already!" My mom called.

Crap.

I took my stuff and ran towards James' hopefully getting a carpool to school.

Lynne

I am a controller.

A alien slug who crawled into my brain and is now controlling me. The term seems weird huh? But that's what i'm called now. It's the worst thing imaginable that could happen to you. Not being able to even blink when you want to!

But No matter what terrible things i have suffered, I still had to go to school. And that just..sucked.

I watched my Yeerk bid my parents goodbye. MY parents. She made me get out of the house and into the school bus.

The yeerk didnt talk to me much, it ignored me for the most part. But it was a careless yeerk. Or did the yeerk WANT me to know its thoughts? For the yeerks thoughts were clearly 'seen' by me, and I couldnt believe what the yeerk in her head was thinking....it was a smart yeerk, that was for sure.

It had been going over in her head that the bandits that had fought the yeerks the nightat Daniel's house and the ones who were attacking the Yeerks' mission, weren't Andalites. It had seen and followed two of the animals out of theBoy Daniel's house, had seen them DEmorph into young humans! How the yeerk squealed with glee. It now knew something the other yeerks did not know. It was the yeerk's ticket to a promotion.

I wish i could know more about the yeerk, the yeerk never bothered to introduce itself. I didnt even know its rank or position...

It seemed like forever since that day when she first became a controller. ButI knew it had only been barely a month.

Suddenly the bus stopped and I knew they were in school.

I got up, or rather, the yeerk madeMy body get up, but whatever.

As the Yeerk went through the routine of blanking out and just watching the 'scenes' enfold before her eyes, a thought suddenly came to me.

The yeerk knew about James and Alberto. The same ones who were hanging out with Kyle. It wasnt going to tell anyone..yet. But she hasn't made move yet. But what WAS this yeerk planning on doing?

Kyle was her best friend. Before. Certainly not lately, but she staunchly still believed that kyle still considered her as a good friend, if not best. She did NOT want Kyle getting hurt!

Suddenly, The yeerk turned my body near a corner and she started hearing small whispers but i could still hear pretty well. It sounded like...Kyle's voice.

"We have a meeting at my Joey's house after school," he said.

A girl sighed.

"Are you alright Caitlin?," asked Kyle to the girl named Caitlin

"Yeah...I mean...NO! I'm not all right. My friend's a cat. For life. It wouldn't have happened if we didn't escape and left her alone with Joey." she said.

"We can't change the past. what's done is done," said kyle softly. "We have something important to discuss, about Daniel."

Daniel. The boy who had the box. Alive?! My Yeerk squealed with glee and made a noise.

Kyle and "Caitlin" seemed to hear it to and i heard their footsteps walk off.

I sighed as the yeerk walked into my first class of the day. She saw Kyle an Joey up front looking tired. And had bags under their eyes.

I knew none of them knew I was a controller. Suspected maybe. But..did they know?

The yeerk pasted a fake sweet smile on Lynne's face as she waved good morning to Kyle.

This was going to be a long day...

Daniel

It was 3:30 p.m. and i had just left Kyle's house with the rest of my friends over for a meeting. Well not really friends..... They 'rescued' me and told me about the Yeerks,they told me about Elfangor. I'm still not sure if this is a good thing. All i wanted to do is go home.

"Daniel,"Caitlin had said slowly,"you can't go back to your house again. It would be too dangerous."

"But what about my parents? I could get them and they could know it all."I said trying not to hear what they were about to say.

"Well,we can't get your parents,"Alberto said,"By now they've.......they're alreayd part of the Alien slug Slaves R' us corparation."

"No!" I said,still hoping that it all wasn't true,"They havfen't been taken! They got away! I know it,they......" I tried to say as i recalled that.

I was in the eagle morph that the others had got me for a bird of prey morph, along with other useful morphs.

I saw myself being betrayed and laughed at by the "animorphs". And Lynne.

Lynne was befriending me the day she saw me.....wait. Not because of me. She was always asking for the blue box, and wanted to have it. I didn't think much about it at the time, but she did use the phone before the alien beings called 'hork-dajeer' or something invaded my house and took my life away.

Lynne was to blame. She was the one who started to cause my pain and misery. If i ever saw her again....Well i'd be the last one to see her.

Alive anyway.

James

Daniel had left. He was feeling a little angry that we wouldn't let him anywhere near his parents. He hated that shack and probably hated us too for giving him this situation, but it was my call. I shouldn't have let him come with us but i thought the more the merrier, but now i have suspisons of him. Joey agrees with me, he sees the same things i do.

"I think some of us should watch over Daniel's house to see if Daniel will go anywhere near it, I don't want him letting his emotions take over him and giving away our major secret, but i can't go today i have tons of homework," I said.

Joey nodded in agreement. "I would, but i can't. I've gotta go to Baseball practice today."

"I can't either," said Caitlin. "I'm gonna check up on Lauren and talk to her. She needs a friend now more than ever."

I didn't even bother to look at Alberto, although i did get a glance of him dozing off. Only Kyle was left.

Kyle sighed. "I guess i'll do it if no one's left." He didn't look to happy about it.

"Well, this meeting is finished," Joey declared.

"Yeah, but someone help me cary Alberto off Kyle's sofa? Who knows? Maybe one of our hands will slip and he gets in touch with the nice hardwood flooring," I said.

Daniel

I still flew some more even if i knew my time limit was almost over, but i didn't care.

I wanted to see my parents so badly, but Joey and James didn't want me too.

Damn them.

Wait...when did i ever follow up on what people told me to do? Why should i let a couple of wanna-be Generals to command me? I was my own boss, and I could see my parents anytime i wanted.

Like now for instance.

I started flying in that direction to my hosue buy i first landed on a roof did a quick demorph and morph. And i was on my way.

I got there 10 mintues later. The window was opened in my room and already i could see my parents. They were sitting on my bed looking at my pictures. That was parents missing their only son. Not controllers.

My dad suddenly got up and went to my desk where my phone was. By now i was perched right on my room and i could here everything.

"Yes Visser," my Dad's voice said. "We believe the boy shall come home soon. But make no mistake, either we'll make him ours or....kill him."

I alsmot fell off the roof with surprise and grief.

They were controllers! Even my family had to suffer for Lynne's actions! This was the last straw! I was coming after Lynne, i would wait for her after school and kill her, at least it's not worse than being a slave.

Then i noticed Kyle walking up the street. With a girl.

Not just any girl.

The one person who i blame most for all that has happened for me.

LYNNE! With Kyle! They betrayed me! They set me up with Lynne so i would be one of them animorphs! They set me up! All of them! Those bastards!

I calmed myself down. But i knew that this wasn't over. I would have my revenge. On everything and everyone.