|Reviewer's Corner|
Jinako-chan: Erm, I'm not sure if that's a good thing, if I can picture it well enough to describe it like that. X_x Oh well. And really, you did? Oooh, cool! I might or might not get a chance to read it, because I'm going to my cousin's for Easter and they don't have internet. T_T
Farrah: Aw, thank you. I think they're a cute couple, too. (Duh)
Lady Atheilen: You order me? Alright, I guess that leaves me no choice, then. *points dramatically* On with the fic!
Lauren: For God's sake, people, is the gory scene really THAT bad? X_x I didn't think it was, but... ok. I guess it is. _ Whoops. *sihgs* This chapter ain't much happier, but no one dies. At least, I don't think so... *checks* Nope!
Alikat: It's a good plot! WHOOPEE! I ACTUALLY WROTE A STORY WITH A GOOD PLOT! *victory dance* *huggles Alikat* Thank you!
Animan: Um... I put up the slash warning 'cause it's not-really-kinda- completely-TOTALLY obvious that Erek's in love with Marco. And it's been gore because it's for they story plot. And I will have, as you so eloquently put it, "some sort of freaky defying nature sort of thing going on". But not so you can yell at it. And if you're going to just yell at me and my story, why did you read and review it? _ Besides, there isn't much 'wonderful, happy romance' shit going on yet because they're not just going to jump into each other's arms with the whole "I'll love you forever" bit. I want this to be realistic.
Metallic Emotions: Chapter Four (*chanting* I WILL rename these chapters, I WILL rename these chapters...)
Andrea does not appear to be inside this facility, Prince Jake, Ax said, stalk eyes watching behind us. Perhaps she has left.
I hope not. Jake answered grimly. Because if she has, I don't even want to know what she's going to do.
The six of us walked through the silent building, Tobias riding on Rachel's back, Cassie pressed up against Jake's side, Ax walking cautiously alone, and me loping along in the middle. It's times like these that I really wish I had someone that I could press up against for comfort.
Erek... I mumbled, saying his name without even meaning to.
What about him? Rachel asked.
Nothing. I said quickly. She didn't answer. We continued our walk.
It was unnaturally quiet, but there was little blood, to our relief. The main horror had been in the entranceway. Obviously, the workers had tried to escape. To our knowledge, no one had.
"Hello, Animorphs." A female voice said. We all jumped about ten feet in the air. Tobias flapped his wings in surprise.
A woman, no older than thirty, jumped down from a five foot high shelf. But we knew this was no true woman.
Andrea. Rachel said quietly, anger seeping into her voice.
Andrea smiled cruelly. "Yes." She flipped long brown hair behind her back. I could see that she was fairly tall, about 5'11, with icy blue eyes, long blonde hair, and an admittably nice body, if a tad bit plump. She wasn't someone that would turn heads.
Andrea. What happened to your programming? Jake asked, his voice very, very steady. Very, very calm.
Sometimes my best friend amazes me.
Andrea laughed. The sound was high and cold. It did not suit her. "It was overidden. I was set free. Free! I can fight now! I can fight!" She laughed maniacally.
Calling the Michael's Happy Farm. We've got a live one for ya. I said automatically. The joke just sprang out, I didn't even think about it. Everyone glared at me.
"You must be Marco." She said with a grin. "Yes... I'm a friend of Erek's, you know. He told me all about you. I don't think he's figured it out yet. Pity."
Figured out what? Tobias asked. His voice wasn't steady or calm.
Andrea waved her hand in a dismissing motion. "Nothing important to you."
Andrea. Ax asked suddenly. Are you controlling this... aggression that you have?
A pause. Then...
"Sometimes." She said, looking down. She lifted her head, the insane smile back on her face. "But sometimes I don't. And those are the best times." Her arm swung forward, and connected with Jake's head.
Jake! Cassie cried out, running to where he had landed, by a closed metal door.
No, Cassie. He mumbled, barely hanging onto conciousness. He began to demorph, the gash in his head healing over.
I felt like crying. We were beaten before we'd even begun.
Jake, human again, was already morphing to tiger. "Go with the plan." He snapped. He fell forward onto his hands and knees, bones crunching and rearranging. Tiger teeth grew from his own human teeth. Go with the plan!
"Tssseeeeeer!" Tobis screamed his hawk scream, and dived at Andrea's head. He pulled up at the last secong, talons grazing her force-field hair.
She dropped her hologram. "Yes, fight me!" She jeered, walking towards us.
Jake leaped out at her, a flash of orange and black. She jumped aside, a blur, her paw-like foot swinging around, missing his throat by millimetres. For one terrible second, I thought she had hit him.
Rachel trumpeted loudly, wrapping her trunk around the Chee's waist. Ax swung his tail around, flat of the blade aimed at Andrea's weak spot.
"No!" She gasped, wrenching free of Rachels grip. Ax twisted his tail around, missing Rachel's trunk and rebounding, aiming again for Andrea's head. But in his quick recovery, he had misjudged the angle, tail blade coming in contact with a hard steel shoulder.
Ahhhhh! Ax yelled in pain.
I swung one cinder-block fist. She caught it with ease, twisting my arm around.
*SNAP*
I screamed, my arm broken. Not, not just broken. I stared numbly at the stump where my arm used to be.
And Andrea laughed.
She laughed while she took and broken piece of test tube and slammed it into my chest.
NO! Cassie screamed, her leap cut short by her scream and her surprise. MARCO!
Andrea kicked me through a wall of wood. I landed in a heap in a pile of cardboard boxes, blood pooling from my chest and stomach, where she kicked a hole straight through me. I was falling, falling into a deep, black bed. A soft, black bed...
And all the while, a familiar voice that I hadn't even known until now that I loved to hear yelled desperately at me, "Demorph, Marco! Demorph!"
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BWAHA. Shortness. Ugh. _
Um, I think I said Erek would be in this chapter. He was supposed to be. And he is. X_x Sort of. I don't think, no, I KNOW I won't be able to get out any more chapters until after Easter, because I have to go up to my cousin's tonight and they don't have internet. Oh well. Sorry.
This chapter totally went in a different direction than it was supposed to. O_o Ah well. I know what's going to happen it the next chapter, though. And Marco won't die, don't worry.
Review please, and Happy Easter to you all!
Jinako-chan: Erm, I'm not sure if that's a good thing, if I can picture it well enough to describe it like that. X_x Oh well. And really, you did? Oooh, cool! I might or might not get a chance to read it, because I'm going to my cousin's for Easter and they don't have internet. T_T
Farrah: Aw, thank you. I think they're a cute couple, too. (Duh)
Lady Atheilen: You order me? Alright, I guess that leaves me no choice, then. *points dramatically* On with the fic!
Lauren: For God's sake, people, is the gory scene really THAT bad? X_x I didn't think it was, but... ok. I guess it is. _ Whoops. *sihgs* This chapter ain't much happier, but no one dies. At least, I don't think so... *checks* Nope!
Alikat: It's a good plot! WHOOPEE! I ACTUALLY WROTE A STORY WITH A GOOD PLOT! *victory dance* *huggles Alikat* Thank you!
Animan: Um... I put up the slash warning 'cause it's not-really-kinda- completely-TOTALLY obvious that Erek's in love with Marco. And it's been gore because it's for they story plot. And I will have, as you so eloquently put it, "some sort of freaky defying nature sort of thing going on". But not so you can yell at it. And if you're going to just yell at me and my story, why did you read and review it? _ Besides, there isn't much 'wonderful, happy romance' shit going on yet because they're not just going to jump into each other's arms with the whole "I'll love you forever" bit. I want this to be realistic.
Metallic Emotions: Chapter Four (*chanting* I WILL rename these chapters, I WILL rename these chapters...)
Andrea does not appear to be inside this facility, Prince Jake, Ax said, stalk eyes watching behind us. Perhaps she has left.
I hope not. Jake answered grimly. Because if she has, I don't even want to know what she's going to do.
The six of us walked through the silent building, Tobias riding on Rachel's back, Cassie pressed up against Jake's side, Ax walking cautiously alone, and me loping along in the middle. It's times like these that I really wish I had someone that I could press up against for comfort.
Erek... I mumbled, saying his name without even meaning to.
What about him? Rachel asked.
Nothing. I said quickly. She didn't answer. We continued our walk.
It was unnaturally quiet, but there was little blood, to our relief. The main horror had been in the entranceway. Obviously, the workers had tried to escape. To our knowledge, no one had.
"Hello, Animorphs." A female voice said. We all jumped about ten feet in the air. Tobias flapped his wings in surprise.
A woman, no older than thirty, jumped down from a five foot high shelf. But we knew this was no true woman.
Andrea. Rachel said quietly, anger seeping into her voice.
Andrea smiled cruelly. "Yes." She flipped long brown hair behind her back. I could see that she was fairly tall, about 5'11, with icy blue eyes, long blonde hair, and an admittably nice body, if a tad bit plump. She wasn't someone that would turn heads.
Andrea. What happened to your programming? Jake asked, his voice very, very steady. Very, very calm.
Sometimes my best friend amazes me.
Andrea laughed. The sound was high and cold. It did not suit her. "It was overidden. I was set free. Free! I can fight now! I can fight!" She laughed maniacally.
Calling the Michael's Happy Farm. We've got a live one for ya. I said automatically. The joke just sprang out, I didn't even think about it. Everyone glared at me.
"You must be Marco." She said with a grin. "Yes... I'm a friend of Erek's, you know. He told me all about you. I don't think he's figured it out yet. Pity."
Figured out what? Tobias asked. His voice wasn't steady or calm.
Andrea waved her hand in a dismissing motion. "Nothing important to you."
Andrea. Ax asked suddenly. Are you controlling this... aggression that you have?
A pause. Then...
"Sometimes." She said, looking down. She lifted her head, the insane smile back on her face. "But sometimes I don't. And those are the best times." Her arm swung forward, and connected with Jake's head.
Jake! Cassie cried out, running to where he had landed, by a closed metal door.
No, Cassie. He mumbled, barely hanging onto conciousness. He began to demorph, the gash in his head healing over.
I felt like crying. We were beaten before we'd even begun.
Jake, human again, was already morphing to tiger. "Go with the plan." He snapped. He fell forward onto his hands and knees, bones crunching and rearranging. Tiger teeth grew from his own human teeth. Go with the plan!
"Tssseeeeeer!" Tobis screamed his hawk scream, and dived at Andrea's head. He pulled up at the last secong, talons grazing her force-field hair.
She dropped her hologram. "Yes, fight me!" She jeered, walking towards us.
Jake leaped out at her, a flash of orange and black. She jumped aside, a blur, her paw-like foot swinging around, missing his throat by millimetres. For one terrible second, I thought she had hit him.
Rachel trumpeted loudly, wrapping her trunk around the Chee's waist. Ax swung his tail around, flat of the blade aimed at Andrea's weak spot.
"No!" She gasped, wrenching free of Rachels grip. Ax twisted his tail around, missing Rachel's trunk and rebounding, aiming again for Andrea's head. But in his quick recovery, he had misjudged the angle, tail blade coming in contact with a hard steel shoulder.
Ahhhhh! Ax yelled in pain.
I swung one cinder-block fist. She caught it with ease, twisting my arm around.
*SNAP*
I screamed, my arm broken. Not, not just broken. I stared numbly at the stump where my arm used to be.
And Andrea laughed.
She laughed while she took and broken piece of test tube and slammed it into my chest.
NO! Cassie screamed, her leap cut short by her scream and her surprise. MARCO!
Andrea kicked me through a wall of wood. I landed in a heap in a pile of cardboard boxes, blood pooling from my chest and stomach, where she kicked a hole straight through me. I was falling, falling into a deep, black bed. A soft, black bed...
And all the while, a familiar voice that I hadn't even known until now that I loved to hear yelled desperately at me, "Demorph, Marco! Demorph!"
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BWAHA. Shortness. Ugh. _
Um, I think I said Erek would be in this chapter. He was supposed to be. And he is. X_x Sort of. I don't think, no, I KNOW I won't be able to get out any more chapters until after Easter, because I have to go up to my cousin's tonight and they don't have internet. Oh well. Sorry.
This chapter totally went in a different direction than it was supposed to. O_o Ah well. I know what's going to happen it the next chapter, though. And Marco won't die, don't worry.
Review please, and Happy Easter to you all!