A/N-sorry this took so long-hope you all enjoy-PLEASE r/r-I will put up the
chapters more quickly if you do-enjoy-this chapter takes place during the
time the other animorphs landed on the Andalite home world-this takes place
when the Blade ship lands on the Yeerk home world-they changed their route-
they decided to go with the empire instead of against it-so know that
Cassie was forced to demorph after she was attacked-she was unconscious for
one day-all she knows is that she is going to the Yeerk home world-she
thinks she is going to be enslaved
Sailor Hylia, thanks and I will, you were right about the 'family reunion', good guess-Early, he didn't propose yet, he is going to, don't worry, I will-Lara, thanks, I will-Angelofcloud9, yeah, I know it is, but it sounded so…sweet! LOL, yes, her last name is an element, but hey, I was stuck, your were right on it, she is, thanks a bunch-here is the next chapter
Chapter 9-Cassie and Brian
Cassie
I woke up just as the Blade ship was about to land on the Yeerk Home world. I was starving. I looked at my surroundings. I was lying on the floor of a hostage room. Tom was in there too. The room was metal with no decorations, just a metal room. There was a door about three feet from where I lay, but it couldn't be opened from the inside. I saw Tom sitting in the corner opposite of the door. He looked up at me, his face was tear stained. I knew why he was crying. I got up and walked over to him. I sat next to him and he scooted away. I scooted closer to him and took his hand in mine. He yanked his hand out of my grasp and wiped away his tears.
"You're just like your brother" I stated. "Never welcoming help, not even when you want it". He looked at me.
"Aren't you the least bit mad at me," he asked in a whisper.
"No, it was not your fault, Tom. You are… were controlled by a Yeerk. You could not have prevented it".
"I tried to stop him, he just… he overpowered me. I didn't want him to…" he couldn't continue. He began to cry silent tears. I put my arm around his shoulder, I felt like I wanted to cry too. I knew I was going to be enslaved. Tom leaned into me and I supported him. I began to cry when I thought about what was in store for me. Tom pulled away and brushed away his tears.
"I am so sorry", he said in barely a whisper.
"It wasn't your fault" I told him, making my tears come to a cease.
We sat there for a few minutes; neither of us said anything. I began to cry quiet tears when I thought of Jake, Rachel, and the others. I hoped they were all okay. My thoughts drifted to Jake and how much I loved him. I missed him so much. Half of me wanted him to come risk his life to try to save me and the other half dreaded the thought of it. I closed my eyes and let my thoughts drift to Rachel. Had she made it back okay? Did she demorph in time? I thought about the others. How did they all end up? What about Erek and Toby and her people? I opened my eyes again and shut them when the tears began to pour. Tom put his arm around me and drew me closer to him. I cried in his arms and after a minute, I pulled away. Tom looked at me.
"My brother has good taste". I looked at him questioningly.
"What do you mean"?
"I know you two like each other, I was just commenting that the midget has good taste in girls. Don't ever told him I said that, he might use it against me". Tom laughed tersely. We both knew that the likely hood of either of us seeing Jake again was almost impossible.
"So, we are heading to the Yeerk home world, right"?
"Yeah, my Yeerk contacted the Council of Thirteen. No one knows my Yeerk is a traitor. He's going to get away with his little scam. At least Visser One is dead now, or at least I hope so". We both fell quiet. I wondered what the others were doing at this very moment. Just then three Hork-Bajir entered. Tom stood up and I stood up with him. I gave his hand a squeeze and he motioned for me to sit back down. I didn't do as he wanted. Two Hork-Bajir grabbed him and one went for me. I dodged his grasp and he was now off balance. I gave him a slight push on the back and he fell. I dodged out the door and ran straight into another Hork-Bajir. He lifted his arm and I thought he was going to kill me.
"No" Tom shouted. He tried to come to my rescue, but the two Hork- Bajir holding him held a firm grasp. I tried to duck, but it was too late. The Hork-Bajir brought his arm down toward me and hit my temple, hard. I fell to the ground and blacked out.
Two hours later I found myself in a fairly nice bedroom chamber. I was lying on a comfortable bed. I was surprised. At first I thought I was dreaming, either I was dreaming that I had been captured by the Yeerks or I was dreaming that the Yeerks had given me this nice room. I looked around me. I was facing the door. My bed was against the wall on the opposite side. I saw to my left a dresser with a mirror. I got up and walked over to it. It was metal and a light blue color. The dresser had six drawers, three on each half of the front part of the dresser. I opened the drawers. There were clothes in it. I checked the sizes, they were my size. I looked around. On the opposite side of the room was another dresser, just like mine. I guessed it too had clothes in it. There was a light blue futon to the right of the dresser. There was another door five feet away from my bed. I walked over to the door and tried to open it. It was locked. The door that led out of the room opened. I had realized by now that this was no dream. Four Hork-Bajir entered. I was expecting them to come grab me so that they could invest me. They didn't, instead they separated, two and two. Two went to one side of the door and the other two went to the other side. A handsome human guy walked in with a bit of a swagger. He looked proud. Four Hork-Bajir entered after him. I thought that the guy was a Yeerk, but he wasn't.
"Your room, Prince Brian" one Hok-Bajir sneered.
The Hork-Bajir left me in the room with Prince Bryan. He walked toward me and looked me up and down. Prince Brian was a tall, handsome, brown-headed guy with brown-green eyes. His eyes locked on mine and he smiled. I smiled back.
"So, you're the new captive here" he asked.
"Captive" I asked in return.
"Don't tell me they haven't told you".
"They didn't tell me what"?
He sighed, "Come on, let's go sit down on my futon".
We walked over to his futon. I was guessing that this room was both of ours. I didn't like the fact that I would be sharing a room with a guy, but it was better than infestation.
"Okay" he began. "First, I'm not infested and I have never been infested so you are going to have to trust me. Second, if you don't, there is no point in going on, so, do you trust me"?
My initial response was no. But then I looked into his eyes. People say the eyes are the windows into the soul. I guess for him, it was different. I couldn't even begin to see into his soul. I looked away from his eyes. I changed my opinion; I did trust him. His eyes weren't cruel and mean, yet they weren't the eyes of the innocent. He seemed like the war had effected him, he seemed a lot like us, the animorphs.
"Yes" I answered after a moment's pause.
"Okay then, I need to let you in on a few things. My name is Prince Brian-Dalchal-Estevak. I am the prince of the Andalites. My sister is Princess Godiva-Adel-Lithium. We are twins. She is quite possible the reason both of us are alive and uninfested. She is the one person who has the emotional attachment of the emperor of the Yeerks. He claims he loves her, but I doubt he knows what love is". Brian paused a moment and I took that opportunity to tell him what was on my mind.
"Let me get this straight, the emperor supposedly loves Princess Godiva, who is your twin sister. That would explain why he is keeping you alive, but what about me"? I was really confused.
Brian smiled at me. "Because, you are a friend of Aximili. Aximili and Godiva are lovers. And because of your relationship with Aximili, you are also important. The emperor suspects that Godiva will come to save us both. But he isn't stupid, unfortunately, he knows Godiva is not so stupid as to rescue a Yeerk infested person, even if it is her brother and her love's friend. My sister and I have a special connection. We know what the other is thinking. And even this far apart we can sometimes feel what the other is feeling. It worries me that one day she might discover where I am and try to come rescue me. My sister was never the bravest one in our family, I was, but when she sets her mind to do something, she does it. She is very smart, she is fiercely brave when necessary, and she is beautiful. I have a picture of her if you want to see it". I nodded. Brian walked up and over to his dresser. He opened the second drawer on the right and pulled out a picture of his sister and himself. He had picked her up in that 'carry you over the threshold' look and they were both smiling and laughing. Brian put the picture back in the drawer and for a moment he had a distant look in his eyes. I thought he was going to cry, but not once did his eyes grow watery. He sat back down on his futon and he looked at me. I gave him a sympathetic look. I knew how he felt. Well, not exactly, but I too was away from the people that I loved.
"My father took that picture. My father is King Dralu and he is an Andalite. My mother, Queen Sarah, is a human. My sister and I are best friends, shorms; it is painful to be so far away from her and everyone I love. I have never told anyone but Godiva this, but I feel you should know as much as possible about me. You know, seeing that we are going to be living together for a while. I am in love with an Andalite female, her name is Amenak. I have told you most everything about me" he stopped talking and looked at me. I knew it was my turn.
I told him of the story of the animorphs. I told him everything from the colony of Hork-Bajir to the Chee to the bloody battles that had raged for three long years. I even told him of Elfangor and Tobias' relation to him.
"We knew that Elfangor was responsible for the act of Seerow's Kindness. It killed Godiva not to be able to clear Aximili's name, but she dealt with it. Of course, she swore that one day she would tell the people the truth".
I told Brian of my feelings for Jake, Rachel, and the others. I didn't leave anything out. By the time I had finished, I was at the verge of tears. He looked at me with a tender look. Not so tender as to break his bad-boy exterior, but enough to let me know he did not mind my crying. He gently touched my shoulder and I began to cry silent tears. I cried for over an hour. I was so exhausted by the time I had finished that I didn't have the energy to move. Brian picked me up and carried me to my bed. He undid the covers and held me with one arm. He acted as if I weighed only a few pounds. I looked at his arms and saw numerous muscles. I could tell why I felt so light in his arms. He laid me down in the bed and tucked me in. He smiled at me and walked over to his futon. He pulled of his shirt revealing a washboard stomach. He was dressed like a gangster. He had on baggy clothes and untied Timberlands. When he pulled off his shirt, I could see his three layers of pants. He pulled down one of the layers and I looked away. I began to blush profoundly and after a moment looked back. He was wearing a pair of long-shorts boxers and a pair of regular boxers under that, I guessed. I knew what Rachel would say. She would say that he was hot. I thought so too, but already, I had a brotherly impression of Brian. I quickly fell in to a deep slumber and I dreamed of Jake. About four hours later, in the middle of the night, around eight at night on earth, I awoke to a terrifying sight. The sight was the Drode and standing behind and to the right of him was a big, red eye.
Brian
I had just put Cassie to bed and fell asleep about twenty minutes later. Three hours and thirty five minutes later, I woke up. The Drode had awakened me. Crayak was 'floating' a few feet behind him.
BRIAN Crayak spoke. HAVE YOU THOUGHT OVER MY OFFER, I WILL NOT ALWAYS OFFER IT.
That was a lie. One thing I had not told Cassie was that there was another 'creature' that 'loved' my sister. Crayak was that creature. He had told me that since the rules forbid him to take Godiva away from her world without her consent, and since my sister wasn't crazy enough to ever say yes to the creep, he would offer me freedom from the Yeerks in trade of my sister. Of course, I would have to tell her the idea myself; she might go for it if I mentioned it. I called him an idiot for even mentioning the mad idea. I would never let my sister do that for me. I saw Cassie sit up in her bed. She looked like she was about to scream. I ran over to her and put my hand over her mouth. The last thing we needed was the Yeerks getting involved in this.
"Not know", I whispered. "I will explain everything later". She nodded and I released her mouth.
BRIAN, SINCE I AM SUCH A NICE BEING…
"Whatever" I murmured. Crayak glared at me and I felt my knees begin to wobble, but I would not show him he scared me.
I WILL MAKE THE TRADE EVEN BETTER. I WILLALLOW YOU AND THIS GIRL GOR FREE IN TRADE FOR YOUR SISTER. I began to fume.
"I will never allow my sister to come within ten feet of you! Go away, Crayak. Leave before I call on the Ellimist to get involved" I cried.
AS YOU WISH Crayak answered in a louder and more threatening tone. MY OFFER STILL REMAINS, BRIAN. Crayak and the Drode left our presence, both laughing. I turned to Cassie, she was shaking. I walked over to her and sat one her bed. I put one arm around her shoulder and let her cry. I had long ago realized how to make it so my sister could not feel my emotions. I had long ago put up a barrier for her protection. It tore me up inside, but I did it for her. I couldn't let her realize where I was. I also long ago had become a Christian. I needed something to believe in and God seemed to be the perfect person in whom to put my trust. I prayed a silent prayer for thirty seconds. For those thirty seconds I accidentally dropped the barrier.
My Abba, please help me. Help me escape from this Yeerk hellhole. I realized that I had let my barrier down and immediately put it back up. Then I felt Godiva's emotions jump in surprise. I figured out by then that she had not heard my prayer, but had felt my fear, love, and anger. My sister was a futurist and so had extraordinary powers. She was trying to master them, but one of them she had mastered. That was communicating with me. She sent me a short message. It contained two short sentences.
I will help you, Brian. I will save you from the Yeerk hellhole, my brother. I knew at that moment that the Ellimist had allowed her to hear the last two words of my prayer. Part of me despised him and the other part of me was joyous. But mostly, I was angry, now, because of my foolishness, my sister would come to save me. Because of my carelessness, my only sister and my shorm might die. I looked at Cassie who had stopped crying. She was looking at me. I knew she wanted to know what Crayak was talking about. As much as I didn't want to tell her, I decided I would tell her. I would tell her the darkest secret both Godiva and I had. I wanted to tell her in the morning, but I knew neither of us could go back to sleep. So I sighed and told her my secret, a secret I wanted to keep buried, but knew I no longer could.
"Crayak claims he is in love with my sister" I stated bluntly. She gave a curt laugh.
"Are all of the evil beings in the universe in love with your sister"?
"Seems like it".
"Okay. That's a little far fetched, but since Crayak was just here talking to you, I can believe it. My only question is why"?
"I don't know. It can't be her beauty or her brains. I have no clue what it is, unless he was hit by cupid's arrows" I joked.
"I guess we will never know. But I wonder, does Godiva know"?
I shrugged. Cassie went back to sleep and I walked back over to my futon. I guess I would never know, but it bothered me. What was it about Godiva that intrigued Crayak? I feared for her safety many times, yet Crayak had sworn he would never hurt her. I didn't believe him. I went to sleep worrying about my sister and having nightmares about what might happen one day, if Crayak falls out of love with her or gets tired of waiting.
A/N-okay, this next part I just decided to add. I don't know why, but I feel like doing it. I need to explain why Crayak loves Godiva. I will do this in the eyes of Crayak.
Crayak
I watched Brian fall asleep. He was an imbecile for thinking he could ever understand why I love Godiva. I looked over to Godiva's part of the galaxy. I saw she was in love with that pathetic Andalite. Nothing within these pathetic rules allowed me to force her to love me. I wanted to, though. No one will ever understand why I love her. Every person's heart has a core. The outer core is what usually shines through, what the person feels most of the time. Most being 99.9% of the time. Godiva's outer core was mostly good. It made me sick, but her inner core was not. The inner core is what most people never see, but occasionally it will shine through. Godiva's inner core was evil. Not pure evil, no, only my inner core was pure evil. But it was mostly evil. Rarely does that side ever show itself, but one day it would. One day her inner core would shine through and hopefully it would become the dominating core. Hopefully one day, Godiva would love me too.
A/N-I know, creepy to be in the mind of Crayak-but now you know-please r/r
Sailor Hylia, thanks and I will, you were right about the 'family reunion', good guess-Early, he didn't propose yet, he is going to, don't worry, I will-Lara, thanks, I will-Angelofcloud9, yeah, I know it is, but it sounded so…sweet! LOL, yes, her last name is an element, but hey, I was stuck, your were right on it, she is, thanks a bunch-here is the next chapter
Chapter 9-Cassie and Brian
Cassie
I woke up just as the Blade ship was about to land on the Yeerk Home world. I was starving. I looked at my surroundings. I was lying on the floor of a hostage room. Tom was in there too. The room was metal with no decorations, just a metal room. There was a door about three feet from where I lay, but it couldn't be opened from the inside. I saw Tom sitting in the corner opposite of the door. He looked up at me, his face was tear stained. I knew why he was crying. I got up and walked over to him. I sat next to him and he scooted away. I scooted closer to him and took his hand in mine. He yanked his hand out of my grasp and wiped away his tears.
"You're just like your brother" I stated. "Never welcoming help, not even when you want it". He looked at me.
"Aren't you the least bit mad at me," he asked in a whisper.
"No, it was not your fault, Tom. You are… were controlled by a Yeerk. You could not have prevented it".
"I tried to stop him, he just… he overpowered me. I didn't want him to…" he couldn't continue. He began to cry silent tears. I put my arm around his shoulder, I felt like I wanted to cry too. I knew I was going to be enslaved. Tom leaned into me and I supported him. I began to cry when I thought about what was in store for me. Tom pulled away and brushed away his tears.
"I am so sorry", he said in barely a whisper.
"It wasn't your fault" I told him, making my tears come to a cease.
We sat there for a few minutes; neither of us said anything. I began to cry quiet tears when I thought of Jake, Rachel, and the others. I hoped they were all okay. My thoughts drifted to Jake and how much I loved him. I missed him so much. Half of me wanted him to come risk his life to try to save me and the other half dreaded the thought of it. I closed my eyes and let my thoughts drift to Rachel. Had she made it back okay? Did she demorph in time? I thought about the others. How did they all end up? What about Erek and Toby and her people? I opened my eyes again and shut them when the tears began to pour. Tom put his arm around me and drew me closer to him. I cried in his arms and after a minute, I pulled away. Tom looked at me.
"My brother has good taste". I looked at him questioningly.
"What do you mean"?
"I know you two like each other, I was just commenting that the midget has good taste in girls. Don't ever told him I said that, he might use it against me". Tom laughed tersely. We both knew that the likely hood of either of us seeing Jake again was almost impossible.
"So, we are heading to the Yeerk home world, right"?
"Yeah, my Yeerk contacted the Council of Thirteen. No one knows my Yeerk is a traitor. He's going to get away with his little scam. At least Visser One is dead now, or at least I hope so". We both fell quiet. I wondered what the others were doing at this very moment. Just then three Hork-Bajir entered. Tom stood up and I stood up with him. I gave his hand a squeeze and he motioned for me to sit back down. I didn't do as he wanted. Two Hork-Bajir grabbed him and one went for me. I dodged his grasp and he was now off balance. I gave him a slight push on the back and he fell. I dodged out the door and ran straight into another Hork-Bajir. He lifted his arm and I thought he was going to kill me.
"No" Tom shouted. He tried to come to my rescue, but the two Hork- Bajir holding him held a firm grasp. I tried to duck, but it was too late. The Hork-Bajir brought his arm down toward me and hit my temple, hard. I fell to the ground and blacked out.
Two hours later I found myself in a fairly nice bedroom chamber. I was lying on a comfortable bed. I was surprised. At first I thought I was dreaming, either I was dreaming that I had been captured by the Yeerks or I was dreaming that the Yeerks had given me this nice room. I looked around me. I was facing the door. My bed was against the wall on the opposite side. I saw to my left a dresser with a mirror. I got up and walked over to it. It was metal and a light blue color. The dresser had six drawers, three on each half of the front part of the dresser. I opened the drawers. There were clothes in it. I checked the sizes, they were my size. I looked around. On the opposite side of the room was another dresser, just like mine. I guessed it too had clothes in it. There was a light blue futon to the right of the dresser. There was another door five feet away from my bed. I walked over to the door and tried to open it. It was locked. The door that led out of the room opened. I had realized by now that this was no dream. Four Hork-Bajir entered. I was expecting them to come grab me so that they could invest me. They didn't, instead they separated, two and two. Two went to one side of the door and the other two went to the other side. A handsome human guy walked in with a bit of a swagger. He looked proud. Four Hork-Bajir entered after him. I thought that the guy was a Yeerk, but he wasn't.
"Your room, Prince Brian" one Hok-Bajir sneered.
The Hork-Bajir left me in the room with Prince Bryan. He walked toward me and looked me up and down. Prince Brian was a tall, handsome, brown-headed guy with brown-green eyes. His eyes locked on mine and he smiled. I smiled back.
"So, you're the new captive here" he asked.
"Captive" I asked in return.
"Don't tell me they haven't told you".
"They didn't tell me what"?
He sighed, "Come on, let's go sit down on my futon".
We walked over to his futon. I was guessing that this room was both of ours. I didn't like the fact that I would be sharing a room with a guy, but it was better than infestation.
"Okay" he began. "First, I'm not infested and I have never been infested so you are going to have to trust me. Second, if you don't, there is no point in going on, so, do you trust me"?
My initial response was no. But then I looked into his eyes. People say the eyes are the windows into the soul. I guess for him, it was different. I couldn't even begin to see into his soul. I looked away from his eyes. I changed my opinion; I did trust him. His eyes weren't cruel and mean, yet they weren't the eyes of the innocent. He seemed like the war had effected him, he seemed a lot like us, the animorphs.
"Yes" I answered after a moment's pause.
"Okay then, I need to let you in on a few things. My name is Prince Brian-Dalchal-Estevak. I am the prince of the Andalites. My sister is Princess Godiva-Adel-Lithium. We are twins. She is quite possible the reason both of us are alive and uninfested. She is the one person who has the emotional attachment of the emperor of the Yeerks. He claims he loves her, but I doubt he knows what love is". Brian paused a moment and I took that opportunity to tell him what was on my mind.
"Let me get this straight, the emperor supposedly loves Princess Godiva, who is your twin sister. That would explain why he is keeping you alive, but what about me"? I was really confused.
Brian smiled at me. "Because, you are a friend of Aximili. Aximili and Godiva are lovers. And because of your relationship with Aximili, you are also important. The emperor suspects that Godiva will come to save us both. But he isn't stupid, unfortunately, he knows Godiva is not so stupid as to rescue a Yeerk infested person, even if it is her brother and her love's friend. My sister and I have a special connection. We know what the other is thinking. And even this far apart we can sometimes feel what the other is feeling. It worries me that one day she might discover where I am and try to come rescue me. My sister was never the bravest one in our family, I was, but when she sets her mind to do something, she does it. She is very smart, she is fiercely brave when necessary, and she is beautiful. I have a picture of her if you want to see it". I nodded. Brian walked up and over to his dresser. He opened the second drawer on the right and pulled out a picture of his sister and himself. He had picked her up in that 'carry you over the threshold' look and they were both smiling and laughing. Brian put the picture back in the drawer and for a moment he had a distant look in his eyes. I thought he was going to cry, but not once did his eyes grow watery. He sat back down on his futon and he looked at me. I gave him a sympathetic look. I knew how he felt. Well, not exactly, but I too was away from the people that I loved.
"My father took that picture. My father is King Dralu and he is an Andalite. My mother, Queen Sarah, is a human. My sister and I are best friends, shorms; it is painful to be so far away from her and everyone I love. I have never told anyone but Godiva this, but I feel you should know as much as possible about me. You know, seeing that we are going to be living together for a while. I am in love with an Andalite female, her name is Amenak. I have told you most everything about me" he stopped talking and looked at me. I knew it was my turn.
I told him of the story of the animorphs. I told him everything from the colony of Hork-Bajir to the Chee to the bloody battles that had raged for three long years. I even told him of Elfangor and Tobias' relation to him.
"We knew that Elfangor was responsible for the act of Seerow's Kindness. It killed Godiva not to be able to clear Aximili's name, but she dealt with it. Of course, she swore that one day she would tell the people the truth".
I told Brian of my feelings for Jake, Rachel, and the others. I didn't leave anything out. By the time I had finished, I was at the verge of tears. He looked at me with a tender look. Not so tender as to break his bad-boy exterior, but enough to let me know he did not mind my crying. He gently touched my shoulder and I began to cry silent tears. I cried for over an hour. I was so exhausted by the time I had finished that I didn't have the energy to move. Brian picked me up and carried me to my bed. He undid the covers and held me with one arm. He acted as if I weighed only a few pounds. I looked at his arms and saw numerous muscles. I could tell why I felt so light in his arms. He laid me down in the bed and tucked me in. He smiled at me and walked over to his futon. He pulled of his shirt revealing a washboard stomach. He was dressed like a gangster. He had on baggy clothes and untied Timberlands. When he pulled off his shirt, I could see his three layers of pants. He pulled down one of the layers and I looked away. I began to blush profoundly and after a moment looked back. He was wearing a pair of long-shorts boxers and a pair of regular boxers under that, I guessed. I knew what Rachel would say. She would say that he was hot. I thought so too, but already, I had a brotherly impression of Brian. I quickly fell in to a deep slumber and I dreamed of Jake. About four hours later, in the middle of the night, around eight at night on earth, I awoke to a terrifying sight. The sight was the Drode and standing behind and to the right of him was a big, red eye.
Brian
I had just put Cassie to bed and fell asleep about twenty minutes later. Three hours and thirty five minutes later, I woke up. The Drode had awakened me. Crayak was 'floating' a few feet behind him.
BRIAN Crayak spoke. HAVE YOU THOUGHT OVER MY OFFER, I WILL NOT ALWAYS OFFER IT.
That was a lie. One thing I had not told Cassie was that there was another 'creature' that 'loved' my sister. Crayak was that creature. He had told me that since the rules forbid him to take Godiva away from her world without her consent, and since my sister wasn't crazy enough to ever say yes to the creep, he would offer me freedom from the Yeerks in trade of my sister. Of course, I would have to tell her the idea myself; she might go for it if I mentioned it. I called him an idiot for even mentioning the mad idea. I would never let my sister do that for me. I saw Cassie sit up in her bed. She looked like she was about to scream. I ran over to her and put my hand over her mouth. The last thing we needed was the Yeerks getting involved in this.
"Not know", I whispered. "I will explain everything later". She nodded and I released her mouth.
BRIAN, SINCE I AM SUCH A NICE BEING…
"Whatever" I murmured. Crayak glared at me and I felt my knees begin to wobble, but I would not show him he scared me.
I WILL MAKE THE TRADE EVEN BETTER. I WILLALLOW YOU AND THIS GIRL GOR FREE IN TRADE FOR YOUR SISTER. I began to fume.
"I will never allow my sister to come within ten feet of you! Go away, Crayak. Leave before I call on the Ellimist to get involved" I cried.
AS YOU WISH Crayak answered in a louder and more threatening tone. MY OFFER STILL REMAINS, BRIAN. Crayak and the Drode left our presence, both laughing. I turned to Cassie, she was shaking. I walked over to her and sat one her bed. I put one arm around her shoulder and let her cry. I had long ago realized how to make it so my sister could not feel my emotions. I had long ago put up a barrier for her protection. It tore me up inside, but I did it for her. I couldn't let her realize where I was. I also long ago had become a Christian. I needed something to believe in and God seemed to be the perfect person in whom to put my trust. I prayed a silent prayer for thirty seconds. For those thirty seconds I accidentally dropped the barrier.
My Abba, please help me. Help me escape from this Yeerk hellhole. I realized that I had let my barrier down and immediately put it back up. Then I felt Godiva's emotions jump in surprise. I figured out by then that she had not heard my prayer, but had felt my fear, love, and anger. My sister was a futurist and so had extraordinary powers. She was trying to master them, but one of them she had mastered. That was communicating with me. She sent me a short message. It contained two short sentences.
I will help you, Brian. I will save you from the Yeerk hellhole, my brother. I knew at that moment that the Ellimist had allowed her to hear the last two words of my prayer. Part of me despised him and the other part of me was joyous. But mostly, I was angry, now, because of my foolishness, my sister would come to save me. Because of my carelessness, my only sister and my shorm might die. I looked at Cassie who had stopped crying. She was looking at me. I knew she wanted to know what Crayak was talking about. As much as I didn't want to tell her, I decided I would tell her. I would tell her the darkest secret both Godiva and I had. I wanted to tell her in the morning, but I knew neither of us could go back to sleep. So I sighed and told her my secret, a secret I wanted to keep buried, but knew I no longer could.
"Crayak claims he is in love with my sister" I stated bluntly. She gave a curt laugh.
"Are all of the evil beings in the universe in love with your sister"?
"Seems like it".
"Okay. That's a little far fetched, but since Crayak was just here talking to you, I can believe it. My only question is why"?
"I don't know. It can't be her beauty or her brains. I have no clue what it is, unless he was hit by cupid's arrows" I joked.
"I guess we will never know. But I wonder, does Godiva know"?
I shrugged. Cassie went back to sleep and I walked back over to my futon. I guess I would never know, but it bothered me. What was it about Godiva that intrigued Crayak? I feared for her safety many times, yet Crayak had sworn he would never hurt her. I didn't believe him. I went to sleep worrying about my sister and having nightmares about what might happen one day, if Crayak falls out of love with her or gets tired of waiting.
A/N-okay, this next part I just decided to add. I don't know why, but I feel like doing it. I need to explain why Crayak loves Godiva. I will do this in the eyes of Crayak.
Crayak
I watched Brian fall asleep. He was an imbecile for thinking he could ever understand why I love Godiva. I looked over to Godiva's part of the galaxy. I saw she was in love with that pathetic Andalite. Nothing within these pathetic rules allowed me to force her to love me. I wanted to, though. No one will ever understand why I love her. Every person's heart has a core. The outer core is what usually shines through, what the person feels most of the time. Most being 99.9% of the time. Godiva's outer core was mostly good. It made me sick, but her inner core was not. The inner core is what most people never see, but occasionally it will shine through. Godiva's inner core was evil. Not pure evil, no, only my inner core was pure evil. But it was mostly evil. Rarely does that side ever show itself, but one day it would. One day her inner core would shine through and hopefully it would become the dominating core. Hopefully one day, Godiva would love me too.
A/N-I know, creepy to be in the mind of Crayak-but now you know-please r/r