I liked the sound of that.
(She seems all right to me,) I said brightly, so Alanna couldn't hear. She was leaning against a tree, arms folded across her chest, glancing back at the flames. I guessed the fire department must have arrived, because they were already dying down.
(I don't trust her,) Ax said. (What is her connection with Visser Three? Why does she know so much about the Yeerks?)
(Ax-man's right,) Tobias interjected. (Who is she? What is she?)
Alanna cleared her throat loudly. "Well, as fun as it is watching you talk about me behind my back, so to say, it's late, and I have a curfew."
(Oh, so do we,) Cassie said, sounding abashed. (Jake's parents are probably wondering where we are, and besides- my car's at Jake's house.)
(Can we trust her at all, Cassie?) Jake asked.
(I believe she wants to kill Visser Three. And I think we can trust her to stick by the goal.)
(Alright then.) To Alanna he said, (Meet us here, at this spot, tomorrow at three o'clock your time.) Even though it was kind of pointless, I could tell Jake was still trying to make us sound like Andalites.
Alanna laughed at him. "I'll do my best, but I can't promise anything. I'm probably grounded." She bounded off into the night, back towards the dying flames.
(Jake…?) Tobias said.
(Yeah. Keep an eye an her, Tobias. But make sure she doesn't know you're there!)
(Be careful,) I added silently to him as I watched him take wing.
(Don't worry, I will.)
I tried not to worry, but I couldn't help it. What if Alanna did catch him? Would she do anything to him? I demorphed and sighed deeply as I reemerged completely human. That had to be close to the two-hour limit, and I was exhausted not only from morphing, but from the battle.
"We need to meet in the barn tomorrow before we meet with her, to discuss things," Jake said in human form. "Marco, can you contact Erek? I want him to be there too."
Marco gave him a mock salute. "Aye aye, captain."
Jake gave him a look and he and Cassie hurried off in the direction Alanna had gone, hoping to catch Jake's parents. Ax turned, after saying good-bye, and ran off in the opposite direction, to his scoop.
It was just me and Marco.
"So." he said with a sly grin. "Just the two of us, underneath the bright stars. Do I smell love in the air?"
"Maybe you farted," I said.
His grin faded. "I really liked her too."
"Alanna?"
"Yeah. Why is it that all the good looking girls are crazy?" he asked, giving me a obvious glance.
'Marco, just go away. I'm tired and I just learned that one of my closest friends isn't who I thought she was. I'm not in the mood to deal with your shit right now."
"How do you think I feel?" he demanded. "Man, this is just messed up."
"You can say that again." I elbowed him in the stomach as his mouth opened up.
"Ow! Hey!"
I laughed as I began to morph again, this time to an owl. Thank goodness it was Friday. My mom would have killed me if I had come home late another school night.
It was a perfect night. It really was romantic, and I was sad that Tobias was busy watching some other girl. It would've been nice to talk, or go flying even. Well, it wasn't like he was enjoying watching Alanna, I told myself. Not at all.
"Honey! It's about time you got home," Mom said as I entered the kitchen, fully clothed. I had finally gotten smart and stashed some out in the garage for days like these. "Sara's already in bed, and I'm trying to get Jordan to follow her lead."
"Working late again?" I asked. Mom made a face.
"It's just this big case…"
"Yeah," I said. "I'll try to get Jordan to go to bed." My mom had been much more lenient about letting me stay out late now that I was in high school, and I was relived. I knew it probably had nothing to with me, though. She was probably just too busy to worry anymore.
"Aren't you tired?" I asked Jordan, knocking on the door to her room. She was on the phone and she waved me away. I made a face at her. Ever since she had entered middle school she had suddenly become part of the 'in' crowd and now longer had time to deal with her older, stranger, sister.
I fell upon my bed, but sleep wouldn't come. Doubts crept into my mind, the way the always did only at night. I rolled over on my stomach. Could we really trust Alanna? Or were we still assuming she was like the old Alanna, my friend? She had never been so arrogant, so cold, so-
So much like me?
No, I wasn't like that. Was I?
I rolled over to my other side. She had to be a Controller. It was the only explanation, despite all the questions around it. Why deny it so much? How was she related to… what did she call him? Alexxen? I shuddered at the thought and closed my eyes. All that power, all that strength- trying to destroy me.
They were twins- at least, their hosts were. That had been easy to see. The resemblance had been strikingly so. But how had he been able to-
I hate wondering about things. I hate it. I hate thinking, debating, contemplating about the enemy. That was for Marco, for Cassie, for Jake to do. Me, I just wanted to find out how to kill the enemy. In the long run, that was really all you needed to know.
Wasn't it?
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(She seems all right to me,) I said brightly, so Alanna couldn't hear. She was leaning against a tree, arms folded across her chest, glancing back at the flames. I guessed the fire department must have arrived, because they were already dying down.
(I don't trust her,) Ax said. (What is her connection with Visser Three? Why does she know so much about the Yeerks?)
(Ax-man's right,) Tobias interjected. (Who is she? What is she?)
Alanna cleared her throat loudly. "Well, as fun as it is watching you talk about me behind my back, so to say, it's late, and I have a curfew."
(Oh, so do we,) Cassie said, sounding abashed. (Jake's parents are probably wondering where we are, and besides- my car's at Jake's house.)
(Can we trust her at all, Cassie?) Jake asked.
(I believe she wants to kill Visser Three. And I think we can trust her to stick by the goal.)
(Alright then.) To Alanna he said, (Meet us here, at this spot, tomorrow at three o'clock your time.) Even though it was kind of pointless, I could tell Jake was still trying to make us sound like Andalites.
Alanna laughed at him. "I'll do my best, but I can't promise anything. I'm probably grounded." She bounded off into the night, back towards the dying flames.
(Jake…?) Tobias said.
(Yeah. Keep an eye an her, Tobias. But make sure she doesn't know you're there!)
(Be careful,) I added silently to him as I watched him take wing.
(Don't worry, I will.)
I tried not to worry, but I couldn't help it. What if Alanna did catch him? Would she do anything to him? I demorphed and sighed deeply as I reemerged completely human. That had to be close to the two-hour limit, and I was exhausted not only from morphing, but from the battle.
"We need to meet in the barn tomorrow before we meet with her, to discuss things," Jake said in human form. "Marco, can you contact Erek? I want him to be there too."
Marco gave him a mock salute. "Aye aye, captain."
Jake gave him a look and he and Cassie hurried off in the direction Alanna had gone, hoping to catch Jake's parents. Ax turned, after saying good-bye, and ran off in the opposite direction, to his scoop.
It was just me and Marco.
"So." he said with a sly grin. "Just the two of us, underneath the bright stars. Do I smell love in the air?"
"Maybe you farted," I said.
His grin faded. "I really liked her too."
"Alanna?"
"Yeah. Why is it that all the good looking girls are crazy?" he asked, giving me a obvious glance.
'Marco, just go away. I'm tired and I just learned that one of my closest friends isn't who I thought she was. I'm not in the mood to deal with your shit right now."
"How do you think I feel?" he demanded. "Man, this is just messed up."
"You can say that again." I elbowed him in the stomach as his mouth opened up.
"Ow! Hey!"
I laughed as I began to morph again, this time to an owl. Thank goodness it was Friday. My mom would have killed me if I had come home late another school night.
It was a perfect night. It really was romantic, and I was sad that Tobias was busy watching some other girl. It would've been nice to talk, or go flying even. Well, it wasn't like he was enjoying watching Alanna, I told myself. Not at all.
"Honey! It's about time you got home," Mom said as I entered the kitchen, fully clothed. I had finally gotten smart and stashed some out in the garage for days like these. "Sara's already in bed, and I'm trying to get Jordan to follow her lead."
"Working late again?" I asked. Mom made a face.
"It's just this big case…"
"Yeah," I said. "I'll try to get Jordan to go to bed." My mom had been much more lenient about letting me stay out late now that I was in high school, and I was relived. I knew it probably had nothing to with me, though. She was probably just too busy to worry anymore.
"Aren't you tired?" I asked Jordan, knocking on the door to her room. She was on the phone and she waved me away. I made a face at her. Ever since she had entered middle school she had suddenly become part of the 'in' crowd and now longer had time to deal with her older, stranger, sister.
I fell upon my bed, but sleep wouldn't come. Doubts crept into my mind, the way the always did only at night. I rolled over on my stomach. Could we really trust Alanna? Or were we still assuming she was like the old Alanna, my friend? She had never been so arrogant, so cold, so-
So much like me?
No, I wasn't like that. Was I?
I rolled over to my other side. She had to be a Controller. It was the only explanation, despite all the questions around it. Why deny it so much? How was she related to… what did she call him? Alexxen? I shuddered at the thought and closed my eyes. All that power, all that strength- trying to destroy me.
They were twins- at least, their hosts were. That had been easy to see. The resemblance had been strikingly so. But how had he been able to-
I hate wondering about things. I hate it. I hate thinking, debating, contemplating about the enemy. That was for Marco, for Cassie, for Jake to do. Me, I just wanted to find out how to kill the enemy. In the long run, that was really all you needed to know.
Wasn't it?
I NEED MORE REVIEWS!! I really do! How is this chapter?