Disclaimer: K. A. Applegate is queen. I am not. Everyone except Erilase-
Petori-Winya and the Bloyd family belong to her.
A/N: Sorry for the bit of wait guys. My cat fell sick last night and I had to bring him to the vet. Anyone know a good, safe, non-scratchable way to get a cat to eat its medicine?
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We gathered at Cassie's barn to regroup. I rested on the rafters, preening a wing. The moment Jake demorphed, he started on Ax.
"What were you thinking?" He yelled, flinging his arms up. Ax cringed. Cassie put a restraining hand on Jake's shoulder. "Jake." She said softly. Jake took a deep breath. He patted her hand and then pushed it off.
"Ax, I want to know why you jeopardised the mission today." He asked, sounding a lot calmer. I ruffled my feathers. There goes Jake the leader again. One of these days he was going to burst an artery.
"Because he didn't know the question to Final Jeopardy." Marco cracked. "Come on, Jake. He freaked out. We all do once in a while. He's entitled."
"Sorry doesn't cut it, Ax." Jake said, a little out of point. Ax must have been using private thought-speak. I thought Jake was being just a tad insensitive. "If that had been a real Yeerk, you might have endangered all of us."
"If?" Rachel asked. "You're saying that Andalite isn't a Yeerk?"
She claims to have stolen a shredder to get here. I explained.
A thief! Ax sounded disgusted.
"She was searching for her prince." Jake snapped.
"What is it with you aliens and your monarchy?" Marco asked. "What happened to democracy and the freedom to vote complete losers into office?"
Her prince? Did she say who he was? Ax asked.
No. Jake looked at me curiously. I didn't know why I wanted to hide the fact that Erin knew Elfangor. I felt like she was my discovery, my Andalite, mine. I was crazy.
"What are we going to do now, Jake?" Cassie asked.
"I told her to meet us at the clearing. We have about two more hours to prepare." He got the look on his face that meant he was making plans in his head. The wheels were grinding, fast and furious.
"Tobias." Rachel called softly. I flew down from my perch to the ground. She sat down and drew her knees up under her chin. "What's wrong with Jake?" She whispered.
Charlotte and Erin. Their adoptive father's a Yeerk. Charlotte might be infested tonight. That was what worried me, so I guessed it must have been worrying Jake too. Charlotte obviously knew that Erin was an Andalite. She had seen Ax. Erin had confided too much in her. If the Yeerks got her. It was unthinkable.
"That's terrible!" Cassie has joined us on the floor. "Doesn't Erin even suspect he's a Yeerk?"
I got the feeling she hates Yeerks, but doesn't know much about them.
We all hate the Yeerks. Ax said angrily. Only a traitor would not.
"You want to explain why you jumped the gun, Ax?" Marco asked. "Why you jumped on her?"
I thought. Ax actually looked embarrassed. I thought she was a controller when she spoke about them. Perhaps I was too suspicious.
"Suspicion is my job, Ax-man." Marco patted him on the shoulder. "Next time, just leave it to me."
"Guys, we kind of have a mission here." Jake broke in. We all looked up at him. For a moment, I feel like I was human again, and this was just a little campfire. Then Ax moved and the spell was broken. We weren't the kids we used to be.
"Man, did everyone just experience that déjà vu?" Marco asked.
"Jake, plan?" Rachel asked. Jake explained. "Great! Let's do it!"
Now that we had Rachel's blessing, we could do it.
A/N: Sorry for the bit of wait guys. My cat fell sick last night and I had to bring him to the vet. Anyone know a good, safe, non-scratchable way to get a cat to eat its medicine?
~ * ~ * ~ * ~
We gathered at Cassie's barn to regroup. I rested on the rafters, preening a wing. The moment Jake demorphed, he started on Ax.
"What were you thinking?" He yelled, flinging his arms up. Ax cringed. Cassie put a restraining hand on Jake's shoulder. "Jake." She said softly. Jake took a deep breath. He patted her hand and then pushed it off.
"Ax, I want to know why you jeopardised the mission today." He asked, sounding a lot calmer. I ruffled my feathers. There goes Jake the leader again. One of these days he was going to burst an artery.
"Because he didn't know the question to Final Jeopardy." Marco cracked. "Come on, Jake. He freaked out. We all do once in a while. He's entitled."
"Sorry doesn't cut it, Ax." Jake said, a little out of point. Ax must have been using private thought-speak. I thought Jake was being just a tad insensitive. "If that had been a real Yeerk, you might have endangered all of us."
"If?" Rachel asked. "You're saying that Andalite isn't a Yeerk?"
She claims to have stolen a shredder to get here. I explained.
A thief! Ax sounded disgusted.
"She was searching for her prince." Jake snapped.
"What is it with you aliens and your monarchy?" Marco asked. "What happened to democracy and the freedom to vote complete losers into office?"
Her prince? Did she say who he was? Ax asked.
No. Jake looked at me curiously. I didn't know why I wanted to hide the fact that Erin knew Elfangor. I felt like she was my discovery, my Andalite, mine. I was crazy.
"What are we going to do now, Jake?" Cassie asked.
"I told her to meet us at the clearing. We have about two more hours to prepare." He got the look on his face that meant he was making plans in his head. The wheels were grinding, fast and furious.
"Tobias." Rachel called softly. I flew down from my perch to the ground. She sat down and drew her knees up under her chin. "What's wrong with Jake?" She whispered.
Charlotte and Erin. Their adoptive father's a Yeerk. Charlotte might be infested tonight. That was what worried me, so I guessed it must have been worrying Jake too. Charlotte obviously knew that Erin was an Andalite. She had seen Ax. Erin had confided too much in her. If the Yeerks got her. It was unthinkable.
"That's terrible!" Cassie has joined us on the floor. "Doesn't Erin even suspect he's a Yeerk?"
I got the feeling she hates Yeerks, but doesn't know much about them.
We all hate the Yeerks. Ax said angrily. Only a traitor would not.
"You want to explain why you jumped the gun, Ax?" Marco asked. "Why you jumped on her?"
I thought. Ax actually looked embarrassed. I thought she was a controller when she spoke about them. Perhaps I was too suspicious.
"Suspicion is my job, Ax-man." Marco patted him on the shoulder. "Next time, just leave it to me."
"Guys, we kind of have a mission here." Jake broke in. We all looked up at him. For a moment, I feel like I was human again, and this was just a little campfire. Then Ax moved and the spell was broken. We weren't the kids we used to be.
"Man, did everyone just experience that déjà vu?" Marco asked.
"Jake, plan?" Rachel asked. Jake explained. "Great! Let's do it!"
Now that we had Rachel's blessing, we could do it.