Chapter 6
The scene before him was almost cute, Erek thought as he watched the Animorphs sleep. Jake was asleep with Cassie under one arm and Marco was using Jake's stomach for a pillow as Rachel used Ax's flank. He'd have to be some sort of monster to want to wake them up and ruin the moment. Oh well, the world needed saving.
Thank God for Star Trek reruns on the Sci Fi channel, Erek thought. "RED ALERT! KLINGONS HAVE BREACHED THE HULL!"
*AHHH! NO NO!* Tobias shouted, almost falling out of his tree. His hawk head looked around, then focused on a grinning Erek. *You are the spawn of Satan.*
"Yep. The others aren't up yet?"
*They sleep like the dead.*
"Hm." Erek glanced at the sleeping Animorphs. "DAMN IT SCOTTY! WHERE'S OUR POWER?!"
Marco shot awake, eyes wide open, yet he couldn't see a thing. As his eyes focused, he shot a glare at Erek. Jake slowly woke up, The weight on his stomach was gone. His eyes snapped open and Jake took in his surrounds. Erek's place. Marco's up, Tobias is up, Rachel and Ax are waking up..... Cassie? He turned his head to see Cassie looking at him.
"Good Morning, Jake."
"Hn." Jake sat up and rubbed his eyes.
"For the record, I'm so loathing you right now." Marco said.
"Ohhh, Marco's using a thesaurus now?" Erek shot back.
"Oh shut up." Jake muttered.
"Anyway. I had to wake you all up. My 'dad' taped the news for you guys this morning. It's around one thirty in the afternoon now."
*I missed my Saturday morning cartoons.* Ax moaned in thought speech. *Now I'll never know if Team Rocket really captured Pikachu!*
*I don't think they did, Ax.* Tobias said, trying to comfort his distressed uncle.
*That's not the point!* Ax whined. The others were quite pleased that Ax was "becoming more human". It made him easier to understand when he went into "rambling scientist" mode.
"Umm, the tape?" Erek said, cutting through the almost amusing display of a cranky Andalite.
"Yeah. Let's go." Jake stood and headed for the elevator to the upper level of Erek's house. "I wanna know what this is about. But first, I want food." The Animorphs followed him.
"Geez. You don't even ask. It's just, 'I want I want I want.' No 'please may I have' or 'may I have, please'." Erek griped as the lift took them to the basement of the house.
The scene before him was almost cute, Erek thought as he watched the Animorphs sleep. Jake was asleep with Cassie under one arm and Marco was using Jake's stomach for a pillow as Rachel used Ax's flank. He'd have to be some sort of monster to want to wake them up and ruin the moment. Oh well, the world needed saving.
Thank God for Star Trek reruns on the Sci Fi channel, Erek thought. "RED ALERT! KLINGONS HAVE BREACHED THE HULL!"
*AHHH! NO NO!* Tobias shouted, almost falling out of his tree. His hawk head looked around, then focused on a grinning Erek. *You are the spawn of Satan.*
"Yep. The others aren't up yet?"
*They sleep like the dead.*
"Hm." Erek glanced at the sleeping Animorphs. "DAMN IT SCOTTY! WHERE'S OUR POWER?!"
Marco shot awake, eyes wide open, yet he couldn't see a thing. As his eyes focused, he shot a glare at Erek. Jake slowly woke up, The weight on his stomach was gone. His eyes snapped open and Jake took in his surrounds. Erek's place. Marco's up, Tobias is up, Rachel and Ax are waking up..... Cassie? He turned his head to see Cassie looking at him.
"Good Morning, Jake."
"Hn." Jake sat up and rubbed his eyes.
"For the record, I'm so loathing you right now." Marco said.
"Ohhh, Marco's using a thesaurus now?" Erek shot back.
"Oh shut up." Jake muttered.
"Anyway. I had to wake you all up. My 'dad' taped the news for you guys this morning. It's around one thirty in the afternoon now."
*I missed my Saturday morning cartoons.* Ax moaned in thought speech. *Now I'll never know if Team Rocket really captured Pikachu!*
*I don't think they did, Ax.* Tobias said, trying to comfort his distressed uncle.
*That's not the point!* Ax whined. The others were quite pleased that Ax was "becoming more human". It made him easier to understand when he went into "rambling scientist" mode.
"Umm, the tape?" Erek said, cutting through the almost amusing display of a cranky Andalite.
"Yeah. Let's go." Jake stood and headed for the elevator to the upper level of Erek's house. "I wanna know what this is about. But first, I want food." The Animorphs followed him.
"Geez. You don't even ask. It's just, 'I want I want I want.' No 'please may I have' or 'may I have, please'." Erek griped as the lift took them to the basement of the house.