That was the last time I saw Ax and the renegade Controllers. Now I am a grown man with a wife and three kids, all who were well into their teenaged years. I finally got to go through high school and graduate from college before my mid-twenties. It was in college where I met my wife Shannon, we dated for a few years, then one Christmas I got up enough courage to propose. Six months after graduation we got married. Marco of course was my best man while Tobias watched from a tree outside. Cassie was there with her fiance' , and Marco's girlfriend was Shannon's maid-of-honor. The only thing missing that would have made that day perfect was Ax, Rachel, and Tom. But I knew they were there in some way, mostly in our hearts and memories.
I was happy though. I became even happier a few years later when I found out Shannon was pregnant with twins. Nine months later we had a girl and a boy: Stacey and Jason. They were the most wonderful thing a person could hope for. Four months after they were born we discovered they weren't going to be alone. Our daughter Nicole was brought into the world. After her birth Shannon had to have an emergency operation that would prevent us from having any more children. But we already had three wonderful and healthy kids, that was enough. Besides, there was always the option of adopting.
I have watched my kids grow with each passing year. When they were little I would sit them in my lap and tell them about my battles with the Yeerks. Shannon told me to quit filling their heads with horror stories. I can't count how many times they have told me that they wanted to be Animorphs when they grew up. It made me laugh when they pretended to be tigers or other types of animals and chased me around the house (I always ended up being the Controller). Now they are all young adults and getting on well with their lives. Stacey is just like her brother, but different in her own way. She still wants to be like me. Nicole reminded me of Rachel, petite and fashionable, but don't make her mad. And Jason makes stupid wisecracks about as bad as Marco used to.
I still see the others on occassion, but not too often. Cassie got divorced just recently and has a son named Travis and a daughter named Raegan that lives in South America with her dad. Marco is married to a Korean woman and has a stepdaughter named Cheyenne, they are expecting a baby in a few months. Tobias, who knows? He more than likely would have married Rachel and they would have had a kid with serious issues. All of our kids grew up together and were good friends in school, they came to be known as the "Animorph kids". They all knew about the war, being that it was in the history books.
Our fame has worn off quite a bit in the past. Reporters don't bother us as much and hot-shot directors no longer hound us for movies about us and the Yeerks. Things have been really peaceful to this day, our city has been rebuilt to even better standards and the Andalites still have their trade franchise with Earth. All was well... or so I thought.