Author's Notes: Sorry this part is so late, school. The song "Sugar High" Isn't mine, It's from the movie "Empire Records" so go buy the soundtrack or.... rent the movie. The other diclaimers are in the first part.


Chapter Ten: Epyon
"Damn it! You got blood on my brand new jeans! THAT'S IT! YOU ALL DIE!" - Epyon


I saw Shenlong and Deathscythe coming towards myself and the Animorphs, who were too busy grumbling about Zero's frigid personality to notice.

"Now I know why they call him Zero." Rachel scowled. I looked at her, so she was my mom at my age. Now I know where I get my looks from. Rachel was tall and slim, not to fat but not super skinny, with shoulder length blonde hair and blue eyes that currently held a gleam that promised death. I liked her already.

"He should be Sub-Zero. The guy talks to you and you get a chill." Marco muttered.

"Hi Shenlong." I greeted him, smiling the same thousand-watt smile that my mom gave my dad everyday from before I could remember, and everyday after until they died.

"From Deathscythe's report, the mission went well?"

"Affirmative."

"Good job." He smiled his ever-so-rare smile and grabbed my hand, he was passing me a note! "I'm glad no one was hurt." Sandrock ran in from the kitchen, flipping over the heads of Deathscythe and Shenlong and sticking the landing. He grinned at me and winked, damn! He saw the note!

"Hey Shen. We're out of the favorite ham that you like."

Shenlong scowled at him, "You mean someone's using the package of ham that has MY NAME on it that says 'PROPERTY OF SHENLONG, DO NOT TOUCH!' That package of ham?" Sandrock nodded, "Did you eat it?" Sandrock shook his head, "Then who did?"

"It was me, sorry Shen. It was the perfect ingredient for dinner last night. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before." Wing said walking in, Heavy Arms behind her.
I turned away and opened the note.

Delilah,
Meet me in the Training Room at midnight.
I have to talk to you.
Damian

I sighed inwardly and folded the note, placing it in my pocket. I looked around, making a mental check list of everyone. Shenlong, Deathscythe, Wing, Heavy Arms, Sandrock and myself all present and accounted for. The only two that were missing were Zero and Altolong. Zero walked in, a turkey sandwich in hand.


"My name is Shenlong. I hope the girls didn't hurt you, much."

"We had a wonderful meeting." Marco said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. I held back the urge to laugh.

"Ignore him. My name is Jake."

"I know who you all are." Shenlong said.

"SHEN!" Shenlong was promptly knocked on his back by a flying mass of brown hair, light brown sugar skin and excited brown eyes.

"Altolong, there you are. I was wondering where you went."

"I went to talk to Boss. He's sending Aunt Neko instead, so she should be here soon." She said, sitting on his stomach, beaming.

Deathscythe kneeled down to Altolong's level, "What did I say about glomping people?"

"Not to do it."

"And what did you do to your brother?"


"I glomped him."

Deathscythe smiled, "Do you ever listen to your superiors?"

"Only on a mission."

Deathscythe grinned and stood up.

"What did Boss say anyway?"

"Oh yeah! He said to let Aunt Neko question them until he can meet them. " Altolong got off him and held out her hand to help him up. He grabbed it and pulled himself to his feet, he could have gotten up by himself, but he didn't want to be cold to her.

"Okay then, Aunt Neko's not here yet, so I'll split you all into groups. I want You to all be questioned one at a time by Aunt Neko, so you'll be occompanied by one of us. Jake, you're with me. Rachel, go with Eypon. Sandrock, you're with Cassie. Wing and Heavy Arms take Ax. Altolong, you get Tobias. When the questioning is over, you'll show them to their quarters."

Altolong grabbed Tobias' hand, "Come on! I'll show you the training room!" Altolong said, almost bouncing.

"Hold it. Not yet, Altolong. Deathscythe and Zero get Marco."

"Joy." Deathscythe said, scowling. What was up with her? I would have gladly taken Marco for her, besides the fact that he was not so bad to look at.

"A smart ass for a smart ass."

"Fuck you." Deathscythe retorted. Well, Deathscythe, Zero and Shenlong have all been friends since diapers, so they all kinda fight like this all the time, but there was something different in Deathscythe's eyes. I ignored it.

"Blow me."

"I'll leave that to Epyon."

I coughed, "Pardon?! I don't do shit like that."

"Excuse me, it was an honest mistake." Deathscythe looked so close to spitting, I wouldn't have been surprised if she grew claws as well.

"I'm not you, don't confused us." I retorted. She was starting to piss me off.

Deathscythe launched herself at me with a scream of rage. Lucky for me, Zero caught her in mid-leap. Had she gotten her hands on me, as mad as she was, I would have been dead in seconds.

"Hey! Knock it off you two. Epyon." Shen gave me a fair imitation of Aunt Neko's "look".

"But Shenlong..."

"Epyon, drop it. You know how upset Deathscythe can get."

I can't believe that I had forgotten that Marco was Deathscythe's father! How could I have been so stupid?! "Right, whatever." I shrugged, trying to not let my embarrassment show.