Disclaimer: I give up. Go ahead. Sue me for the five bucks in my pocket.
A/N: I apologise if my story's becoming a little disorganised... I never realised Loren existed until someone posted about her in my review. I was crushed. I now have to rewrite things. So give me a while, please!
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"Erin." Jake spoke finally, breaking the silence. "We need you to be strong now."
"Jake..." Cassie said softly, a pleading look in her eyes. Erin looked at Jake, her face pale. She looked so exhausted. I felt pity, yes. After all she obviously did love Elfangor a lot, and to have that love whipped out from under your feet to be declared dead had to hurt. But I refused to feel guilty. I couldn't put down a relationship that resulted in my very existance.
"I will be strong." Erin said. She wiped her tears away and swallowed hard. "I must be strong."
"Good. There is something you must know. Your adoptive father is a controller." Oh great, Jake. Very nice way to drop a bomb. Erin stared at him. She started shaking with anger. This Andalite had serious emotional extremes.
"You lie!" She hissed angrily, hands balling into fists.
"Prince Jake does not lie." Ax said.
"How can this be? I have been living with that... That filth!" Erin looked disgusted. She shuddered. "How could I have been so blind?"
"It's not your fault, Erin." Cassie soothed. "It's not easy to tell the difference between a controller and a normal person. Besides, you've managed to trick him pretty well all these years."
"It was not hard. He was perpetually at The Sharing with his friends." Erin shook her head. "I don't understand why the Yeerk would want to participate in an organisation that cares for youths."
"Big news, sister: The Sharing IS a Yeerk organisation. They use it to recruit controllers, voluntary or not." Marco said. Erin's jaw dropped. Again, I was amazed at how well she'd mastered the human body. Ax, on the other hand...
"Charlotte... Charlotte will attend The Sharing tonight!" She gasped. "We cannot let her become a controller! She knows everything about my true identity!"
"That's why we need you, Erin." Jake said. "The Sharing will start in about an hour. Tom seems to think it's a very important meeting. He's been talking of nothing else, trying to get me to go."
"If he only knew..." Rachel sighed. "That you'll be right there where he doesn't expect you."
"Can we trust you to help us?" Jake asked. Erin's eyes settled on me. She was accessing me, wondering how I would react in a battle. Possibly wondering how I measured up to Elfangor. "We think Visser Three might actually be there tonight."
Erin narrowed her eyes. She took a deep breath and looked down, pursing her lips. "Aximili. How did Prince Elfangor die?"
In battle. Ax replied.
He died fighting to the very end. He was a true warrior. I cut in. He saved us.
"I knew he would." Erin looked at me. "He had a penchant for caring too much about other weaker creatures." Again, the weak thing. I think I was beginning to understand that she thought I didn't measure up to Elfangor in terms of strength, of mind and of body. I wanted to prove her wrong.
"Who killed him?" She asked softly.
"Visser Three." Jake answered. Erin nodded and stood up.
"I will fight with you. I will avenge my prince."
"You'll follow my orders." Jake said.
"Only if they are worthy to be followed." Erin said coldly. "Ax may have taken you as his prince. But you will never replace Prince Elfangor in my heart."
"I assure you," Jake said just as coldly. "I don't intend to."
A/N: I apologise if my story's becoming a little disorganised... I never realised Loren existed until someone posted about her in my review. I was crushed. I now have to rewrite things. So give me a while, please!
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"Erin." Jake spoke finally, breaking the silence. "We need you to be strong now."
"Jake..." Cassie said softly, a pleading look in her eyes. Erin looked at Jake, her face pale. She looked so exhausted. I felt pity, yes. After all she obviously did love Elfangor a lot, and to have that love whipped out from under your feet to be declared dead had to hurt. But I refused to feel guilty. I couldn't put down a relationship that resulted in my very existance.
"I will be strong." Erin said. She wiped her tears away and swallowed hard. "I must be strong."
"Good. There is something you must know. Your adoptive father is a controller." Oh great, Jake. Very nice way to drop a bomb. Erin stared at him. She started shaking with anger. This Andalite had serious emotional extremes.
"You lie!" She hissed angrily, hands balling into fists.
"Prince Jake does not lie." Ax said.
"How can this be? I have been living with that... That filth!" Erin looked disgusted. She shuddered. "How could I have been so blind?"
"It's not your fault, Erin." Cassie soothed. "It's not easy to tell the difference between a controller and a normal person. Besides, you've managed to trick him pretty well all these years."
"It was not hard. He was perpetually at The Sharing with his friends." Erin shook her head. "I don't understand why the Yeerk would want to participate in an organisation that cares for youths."
"Big news, sister: The Sharing IS a Yeerk organisation. They use it to recruit controllers, voluntary or not." Marco said. Erin's jaw dropped. Again, I was amazed at how well she'd mastered the human body. Ax, on the other hand...
"Charlotte... Charlotte will attend The Sharing tonight!" She gasped. "We cannot let her become a controller! She knows everything about my true identity!"
"That's why we need you, Erin." Jake said. "The Sharing will start in about an hour. Tom seems to think it's a very important meeting. He's been talking of nothing else, trying to get me to go."
"If he only knew..." Rachel sighed. "That you'll be right there where he doesn't expect you."
"Can we trust you to help us?" Jake asked. Erin's eyes settled on me. She was accessing me, wondering how I would react in a battle. Possibly wondering how I measured up to Elfangor. "We think Visser Three might actually be there tonight."
Erin narrowed her eyes. She took a deep breath and looked down, pursing her lips. "Aximili. How did Prince Elfangor die?"
In battle. Ax replied.
He died fighting to the very end. He was a true warrior. I cut in. He saved us.
"I knew he would." Erin looked at me. "He had a penchant for caring too much about other weaker creatures." Again, the weak thing. I think I was beginning to understand that she thought I didn't measure up to Elfangor in terms of strength, of mind and of body. I wanted to prove her wrong.
"Who killed him?" She asked softly.
"Visser Three." Jake answered. Erin nodded and stood up.
"I will fight with you. I will avenge my prince."
"You'll follow my orders." Jake said.
"Only if they are worthy to be followed." Erin said coldly. "Ax may have taken you as his prince. But you will never replace Prince Elfangor in my heart."
"I assure you," Jake said just as coldly. "I don't intend to."