A decision and an ending
Disclaimer: I own what I own and Applegate owns the rest, as I've said in the previous chapters, I hate disclaimers and they're a waste of time. Also, the poem at the end is actually a spell from charmed. I just think it made a lot of sense with the story. So don't sue me for that either.
Ok, this is going to be the last chapter and I hope you plz like it. It's a pretty weird and strange though.
And it's LONG!!!!!
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Cassie POV
*~*
I heard the screams, the screams of terrified slaves, the very first slaves of the Yoorts, the beginning of the invasion, the invasion that would begin again. And even though I may not have remembered the end of our first battle, the battle against the Yeerks, I had heard how it ended. Rachel died, Tobias in depression and me? I ended up breaking up with Jake. It wasn't an ending I wanted to see happen, not for me. I wanted a time where we could celebrate, where our parents would have been safe, we could wander out of hiding and maybe...just maybe, Jake and I........
What had happened? The...Mirage....she had ruined everything. To spare Rachel's life for the burden of battle, of bloodshed. Was it worth the pain?...Rachel's life....?
She didn't know this would happen, that the other...the other universe....we turned out to be evil. Did we become Yoorts voluntarily or were we captured, held prisoners in our own minds.
All I knew then was that the fate awaiting us wasn't a good one.
'Hey Cassie...' Marco whispered. 'Do you think we can morph out of here? Like morph something small and crawl our way out?'
I shook my head and looked up, Marco eyes followed my gaze and it landed on a small metallic camera in the corner, no doubt used for watching and listening to our every move.
'And even if we could,' I kept my voice low, 'there would be no where for us to go.'
He lay back down and sighed, 'So what do we do? Wait until they make us slaves?'
'What else can we do?' I knew I sounded negative and it wasn't they way I should have sounded, but I didn't really care. I wondered if the others made it out safe. Maybe they were sitting in the barn plotting some way to save us or maybe they were being dragged down to the pool at this very minute.
It was just then that I realized how close I was to becoming a controller.
*~*
Marco's POV
*~*
Great, we were going to become controllers. At least now I would finally get to see how it feels like to be completely taken over, freedom gone. Now you know why I'm not in such a great mood.
And it just got better.
One of the cage's walls swung open, this time it was Ryan…and a couple of human controllers. I didn't even bother struggling this time, I let them drag me. Until we reached the Yoort pool, then I came to my senses and joined the crying and screaming Cassie next to me. I even tried morphing to gorilla, before I was stunned by a low power Dracon beam. Forcing me to morph back to human, I was pushed onto the pier.
Fighting and shouting, but to no avail, I felt the first of the Yoort slide into my ear. It was all over. They knew where I lived, they knew my friends, and they knew everything. Sooner of later…Jake and Ax and Rachel and Tobias…they would all get caught too. Maybe Tobias would escape this…maybe….
*~*
I stood up straight, and looked around. I was in the Yoort pool, it was somewhat similar to the Yeerk but looked larger, way larger. It could have been the whole city it covered, who knew.
'Iscra 9865, have you taken full control?' The young female in front of me spoke… It was Cassie….
I nodded, but it wasn't me. It was the Yoort. He was there, I could feel him, I could sense him, and I could do nothing about it. I felt him search through my memory, not making a sound. And while he did so, I searched through his.
One of the first Yoorts to be freed from the Isk, his first host was a female, an old lady who died only weeks ago, of natural causes. Might even have called her lucky. Now I was his second host and I knew he was enjoying every minute of it.
The morphing power…there…
He was chosen from hundreds, thousands. He was chosen to receive the morphing power, the power to change to whatever animal form you acquire.
Yes, genius…I have the morphing power…..but can you use it?….
I own you human, of course I can use it. I can use your body to do whatever, you have no freedom.
Then go, morph.
Ignorant fool, it is against my orders. Orders from the Leader.
*~*
Rachel's POV
*~*
How?
It would take only time before the Yoorts made Cassie and Marco slaves, then they would come after us…….Time……
Cassie, my best friend since forever. And Marco, maybe it wasn't known to anyone, but I guess I'd taken a liking to him, him and his pathetic jokes. Our plan to attack and find them was hopeless, we knew nothing of their place or position.
Maybe they were already….dead? It was over…if only I could do something about it….anything….
And then it hit me.
There was a way. To sacrifice all for freedom and for the war to finish.
'Ellimist!' I shouted at the air.
No reply.
'Ellimist!' I yelled again, 'You better come down or this world is toast.'
He appeared, near the doorway or my bedroom. 'YES, RACHEL?'
'Ok, I want you to tell me, can you change time in this…game of yours…?'
'NO. IT IS ONE OF THE FEW RULES THAT GOVERN THIS GAME.'
'Crap. Fine. Then when I call for you again, can you appear on the first yell?'
He nodded then disappeared.
*~*
I flew, as an owl. Night had fallen hours ago. I flew to Jake's house, and watched him through the window, silent. He was eating dinner with his family, Tom wasn't a controller in this universe and nothing had changed. Except Jake didn't hold the burden of knowing that he could die every moment of the day. I sneaked one more glance before flying off.
Then to Cassie's, already her family were asleep. The house was dark but I could see perfectly well with owl's night vision. Cassie's parents were dying of grief, to them she was just lost or kidnapped. To us, she had become the enemy. I remembered every moment I spent with Cassie, both happy and sad. They would be times I would never forget.
At Marco's house, his family were out. The house was silent and nobody were home. I couldn't even imagine the pain his family was probably suffering at the time. It was sad I couldn't see him again. Just to hear one more joke or a laugh or even to punch him again….
I didn't go back to my house again. It would be too painful this time, but I did fly to the neighborhood. And remember my mum, sisters and even dad. I loved them and I would always.
Ax…he was in his scoop, it was a new one, in the meadow. He was asleep and I knew I probably would miss him a lot. He was kind of cute I guess and almost as ruthless as me.
There was just one more person…..Tobias.
Silently I flew near him, he was still and asleep. If he knew what I was going to do, he would have stopped me. I know. He would want to, at least. It tore at my heart to think of leaving Tobias…again. Careful not to make any sound, I demorphed. Why? Because birds don't cry, I've wanted to for a long time. I ignored the droplets of tears sliding down my cheeks and looked at Tobias again before re-morphing.
'I love you, Tobias, forever. Goodbye…'
Turning away, I was fully bird. Lifting off the ground and viewing once again the treetops, I flew. I just flew. I didn't know where I was headed. I was flying, flying and hoping the pain would leave, and knowing it never would.
*~*
Tobias's POV
*~*
I watched as Rachel flew away. I knew she had believed me to be asleep. I heard her words and I knew how much pain the gave her, how much pain they gave me. I knew what she was going to do. To sacrifice her own life for the rest of us. For the world. She had said so herself once ago – some sacrifices have to be made – it just happened to be herself. And I knew I could never stop her doing what she felt was right, I couldn't change her decision. I just let her go, because in my heart, as much as I loved her, I knew she was right. So all I said was.
Me too, Rachel. Forever.
*~*
Rachel's POV
*~*
My time was almost over. I demorphed and called out once again.
'Ellimist!'
This time he appeared instantly, with a questioning look of his face.
'WHAT YOU WANT IS IMPOSSIBLE. I HAVE SEEN YOUR ACTIONS AND UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE YOUR OWN LIFE FOR OTHERS. BUT AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, THE STRANDS OF SPACE TIME ARE NOT WITHIN MY GRASP ANYMORE.'
I nodded, then looked at him, straight in the eye.
'They are not within your grasp, but what about mine?'
He was mildly surprised, I guess he had seen it coming. 'IMPOSSIBLE.'
'Take me, Ellimist. You know how. Take me to the strands you so often talk about. The strands of space time. You know that it is within your power to do that.'
He gave me a look, indeciphable. 'VERY WELL.'
*~*
It happened so suddenly, a split second later we were no longer home, no longer on earth, maybe we weren't even in the universe anymore. All I could see were strings. Now I could understand why they were called the strands of space time. Here I could control everything, anything. But I knew what to do.
Pulling every string backwards, I twisted and changed everything, everything that had happened in the last months or so. I pulled at the strands of space resulting in a change in time. A reverse in time. And I spoke, just a couple of sentences, they made sense, very much so.
'Take us back to whence we came
To time and place that are the same
Let past be present
That time regain.
A time for everything
And everything in it's place
Return what has been moved
Through time and space'
As if was this simple, I didn't know to do this before. Everything would happen as it did. Maybe it was for good, maybe for bad. All I knew was that it was the end. Again.
Disclaimer: I own what I own and Applegate owns the rest, as I've said in the previous chapters, I hate disclaimers and they're a waste of time. Also, the poem at the end is actually a spell from charmed. I just think it made a lot of sense with the story. So don't sue me for that either.
Ok, this is going to be the last chapter and I hope you plz like it. It's a pretty weird and strange though.
And it's LONG!!!!!
*~*
Cassie POV
*~*
I heard the screams, the screams of terrified slaves, the very first slaves of the Yoorts, the beginning of the invasion, the invasion that would begin again. And even though I may not have remembered the end of our first battle, the battle against the Yeerks, I had heard how it ended. Rachel died, Tobias in depression and me? I ended up breaking up with Jake. It wasn't an ending I wanted to see happen, not for me. I wanted a time where we could celebrate, where our parents would have been safe, we could wander out of hiding and maybe...just maybe, Jake and I........
What had happened? The...Mirage....she had ruined everything. To spare Rachel's life for the burden of battle, of bloodshed. Was it worth the pain?...Rachel's life....?
She didn't know this would happen, that the other...the other universe....we turned out to be evil. Did we become Yoorts voluntarily or were we captured, held prisoners in our own minds.
All I knew then was that the fate awaiting us wasn't a good one.
'Hey Cassie...' Marco whispered. 'Do you think we can morph out of here? Like morph something small and crawl our way out?'
I shook my head and looked up, Marco eyes followed my gaze and it landed on a small metallic camera in the corner, no doubt used for watching and listening to our every move.
'And even if we could,' I kept my voice low, 'there would be no where for us to go.'
He lay back down and sighed, 'So what do we do? Wait until they make us slaves?'
'What else can we do?' I knew I sounded negative and it wasn't they way I should have sounded, but I didn't really care. I wondered if the others made it out safe. Maybe they were sitting in the barn plotting some way to save us or maybe they were being dragged down to the pool at this very minute.
It was just then that I realized how close I was to becoming a controller.
*~*
Marco's POV
*~*
Great, we were going to become controllers. At least now I would finally get to see how it feels like to be completely taken over, freedom gone. Now you know why I'm not in such a great mood.
And it just got better.
One of the cage's walls swung open, this time it was Ryan…and a couple of human controllers. I didn't even bother struggling this time, I let them drag me. Until we reached the Yoort pool, then I came to my senses and joined the crying and screaming Cassie next to me. I even tried morphing to gorilla, before I was stunned by a low power Dracon beam. Forcing me to morph back to human, I was pushed onto the pier.
Fighting and shouting, but to no avail, I felt the first of the Yoort slide into my ear. It was all over. They knew where I lived, they knew my friends, and they knew everything. Sooner of later…Jake and Ax and Rachel and Tobias…they would all get caught too. Maybe Tobias would escape this…maybe….
*~*
I stood up straight, and looked around. I was in the Yoort pool, it was somewhat similar to the Yeerk but looked larger, way larger. It could have been the whole city it covered, who knew.
'Iscra 9865, have you taken full control?' The young female in front of me spoke… It was Cassie….
I nodded, but it wasn't me. It was the Yoort. He was there, I could feel him, I could sense him, and I could do nothing about it. I felt him search through my memory, not making a sound. And while he did so, I searched through his.
One of the first Yoorts to be freed from the Isk, his first host was a female, an old lady who died only weeks ago, of natural causes. Might even have called her lucky. Now I was his second host and I knew he was enjoying every minute of it.
The morphing power…there…
He was chosen from hundreds, thousands. He was chosen to receive the morphing power, the power to change to whatever animal form you acquire.
Yes, genius…I have the morphing power…..but can you use it?….
I own you human, of course I can use it. I can use your body to do whatever, you have no freedom.
Then go, morph.
Ignorant fool, it is against my orders. Orders from the Leader.
*~*
Rachel's POV
*~*
How?
It would take only time before the Yoorts made Cassie and Marco slaves, then they would come after us…….Time……
Cassie, my best friend since forever. And Marco, maybe it wasn't known to anyone, but I guess I'd taken a liking to him, him and his pathetic jokes. Our plan to attack and find them was hopeless, we knew nothing of their place or position.
Maybe they were already….dead? It was over…if only I could do something about it….anything….
And then it hit me.
There was a way. To sacrifice all for freedom and for the war to finish.
'Ellimist!' I shouted at the air.
No reply.
'Ellimist!' I yelled again, 'You better come down or this world is toast.'
He appeared, near the doorway or my bedroom. 'YES, RACHEL?'
'Ok, I want you to tell me, can you change time in this…game of yours…?'
'NO. IT IS ONE OF THE FEW RULES THAT GOVERN THIS GAME.'
'Crap. Fine. Then when I call for you again, can you appear on the first yell?'
He nodded then disappeared.
*~*
I flew, as an owl. Night had fallen hours ago. I flew to Jake's house, and watched him through the window, silent. He was eating dinner with his family, Tom wasn't a controller in this universe and nothing had changed. Except Jake didn't hold the burden of knowing that he could die every moment of the day. I sneaked one more glance before flying off.
Then to Cassie's, already her family were asleep. The house was dark but I could see perfectly well with owl's night vision. Cassie's parents were dying of grief, to them she was just lost or kidnapped. To us, she had become the enemy. I remembered every moment I spent with Cassie, both happy and sad. They would be times I would never forget.
At Marco's house, his family were out. The house was silent and nobody were home. I couldn't even imagine the pain his family was probably suffering at the time. It was sad I couldn't see him again. Just to hear one more joke or a laugh or even to punch him again….
I didn't go back to my house again. It would be too painful this time, but I did fly to the neighborhood. And remember my mum, sisters and even dad. I loved them and I would always.
Ax…he was in his scoop, it was a new one, in the meadow. He was asleep and I knew I probably would miss him a lot. He was kind of cute I guess and almost as ruthless as me.
There was just one more person…..Tobias.
Silently I flew near him, he was still and asleep. If he knew what I was going to do, he would have stopped me. I know. He would want to, at least. It tore at my heart to think of leaving Tobias…again. Careful not to make any sound, I demorphed. Why? Because birds don't cry, I've wanted to for a long time. I ignored the droplets of tears sliding down my cheeks and looked at Tobias again before re-morphing.
'I love you, Tobias, forever. Goodbye…'
Turning away, I was fully bird. Lifting off the ground and viewing once again the treetops, I flew. I just flew. I didn't know where I was headed. I was flying, flying and hoping the pain would leave, and knowing it never would.
*~*
Tobias's POV
*~*
I watched as Rachel flew away. I knew she had believed me to be asleep. I heard her words and I knew how much pain the gave her, how much pain they gave me. I knew what she was going to do. To sacrifice her own life for the rest of us. For the world. She had said so herself once ago – some sacrifices have to be made – it just happened to be herself. And I knew I could never stop her doing what she felt was right, I couldn't change her decision. I just let her go, because in my heart, as much as I loved her, I knew she was right. So all I said was.
Me too, Rachel. Forever.
*~*
Rachel's POV
*~*
My time was almost over. I demorphed and called out once again.
'Ellimist!'
This time he appeared instantly, with a questioning look of his face.
'WHAT YOU WANT IS IMPOSSIBLE. I HAVE SEEN YOUR ACTIONS AND UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE YOUR OWN LIFE FOR OTHERS. BUT AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, THE STRANDS OF SPACE TIME ARE NOT WITHIN MY GRASP ANYMORE.'
I nodded, then looked at him, straight in the eye.
'They are not within your grasp, but what about mine?'
He was mildly surprised, I guess he had seen it coming. 'IMPOSSIBLE.'
'Take me, Ellimist. You know how. Take me to the strands you so often talk about. The strands of space time. You know that it is within your power to do that.'
He gave me a look, indeciphable. 'VERY WELL.'
*~*
It happened so suddenly, a split second later we were no longer home, no longer on earth, maybe we weren't even in the universe anymore. All I could see were strings. Now I could understand why they were called the strands of space time. Here I could control everything, anything. But I knew what to do.
Pulling every string backwards, I twisted and changed everything, everything that had happened in the last months or so. I pulled at the strands of space resulting in a change in time. A reverse in time. And I spoke, just a couple of sentences, they made sense, very much so.
'Take us back to whence we came
To time and place that are the same
Let past be present
That time regain.
A time for everything
And everything in it's place
Return what has been moved
Through time and space'
As if was this simple, I didn't know to do this before. Everything would happen as it did. Maybe it was for good, maybe for bad. All I knew was that it was the end. Again.