Chapter 8
I heard Cassie's thoughtspeak.
I answered her, and then jumped off of Tom's head. I had been a flea in his hair. I kept jumping, until I sensed it was dark, and hoped it was safe. I demorphed, and crouched low. Outlined against the sky, I could see an owl, Cassie in morph. I looked at my surroundings, and saw that I was under a table. Luckily, it was getting dark, and people could not see me very well. Cassie went into a steep dive and flared her wings just feet from the ground, and came in under the table with me. She demorphed.
"Ready?" She whispered.
"You bet," I answered, and laughed, trying to keep from being heard. "Let's morph."
I started to change into grizzly bear. I watched her change into a chimpanzee. We needed strong hands for this job. It would have been Marco in his gorilla morph, but he was not here. He getting ready to go on the Pool Ship. By now, they would have realized I was gone. I wanted to cry, thinking of what Tobias was going to go through for the next three years. I wished I could help him through it. I knew I could not, however, because that would change the timeline, and that could not happen. We already were changing it by saving me, I knew, but no one but the Chee, Cassie, Toby, General Doubleday, and Yahal would know for three years. Even then, it would still be kept quiet. I looked out. The coast was clear. Only Tom stood in the area, doing something.
It was quite cramped under the table, so slowly, quietly, I crept out. Cassie slunk out behind me. We both moved toward Tom as silently as we could, but it just is not easy for a bear and a chimp to stay inaudible. At the last moment, Cassie leaped forward, hooting quietly, but powerfully. Before he could react, I came up behind him and gave him a love tap that knocked him unconscious. I started shifting his position so he would be easier to pick up.
I heard Cassie say. Suddenly, another Tom appeared in front of us, and started to walk to the car where Erek's hologram of Cassie lay. I whispered. The new Tom, really a hologram projected by Lourdes and Mr. King, turned back, and saluted us. Then, he turned forward again, and faded into the darkness.
I looked at Cassie. Tom moaned. Cassie and I moved together to pick him up, and we quickly lumbered away from the destruction of our city. It was difficult, because we had to stay out of the sight of the Bug Fighters. We were just reaching the outskirts when Tom opened his eyes.
I said, as I hit him over the head again. The next time he woke up, he was tied up in a sealed compartment in the Jahar II.
I heard Cassie's thoughtspeak.
I answered her, and then jumped off of Tom's head. I had been a flea in his hair. I kept jumping, until I sensed it was dark, and hoped it was safe. I demorphed, and crouched low. Outlined against the sky, I could see an owl, Cassie in morph. I looked at my surroundings, and saw that I was under a table. Luckily, it was getting dark, and people could not see me very well. Cassie went into a steep dive and flared her wings just feet from the ground, and came in under the table with me. She demorphed.
"Ready?" She whispered.
"You bet," I answered, and laughed, trying to keep from being heard. "Let's morph."
I started to change into grizzly bear. I watched her change into a chimpanzee. We needed strong hands for this job. It would have been Marco in his gorilla morph, but he was not here. He getting ready to go on the Pool Ship. By now, they would have realized I was gone. I wanted to cry, thinking of what Tobias was going to go through for the next three years. I wished I could help him through it. I knew I could not, however, because that would change the timeline, and that could not happen. We already were changing it by saving me, I knew, but no one but the Chee, Cassie, Toby, General Doubleday, and Yahal would know for three years. Even then, it would still be kept quiet. I looked out. The coast was clear. Only Tom stood in the area, doing something.
It was quite cramped under the table, so slowly, quietly, I crept out. Cassie slunk out behind me. We both moved toward Tom as silently as we could, but it just is not easy for a bear and a chimp to stay inaudible. At the last moment, Cassie leaped forward, hooting quietly, but powerfully. Before he could react, I came up behind him and gave him a love tap that knocked him unconscious. I started shifting his position so he would be easier to pick up.
I heard Cassie say. Suddenly, another Tom appeared in front of us, and started to walk to the car where Erek's hologram of Cassie lay. I whispered. The new Tom, really a hologram projected by Lourdes and Mr. King, turned back, and saluted us. Then, he turned forward again, and faded into the darkness.
I looked at Cassie. Tom moaned. Cassie and I moved together to pick him up, and we quickly lumbered away from the destruction of our city. It was difficult, because we had to stay out of the sight of the Bug Fighters. We were just reaching the outskirts when Tom opened his eyes.
I said, as I hit him over the head again. The next time he woke up, he was tied up in a sealed compartment in the Jahar II.
