TSEEEEEEEERR!!!
I banked to the right. That dracon beam missed me by inches. I was getting distracted. Everyone seemed to need my help. Everything was getting so messed up. I was getting disoriented.
Jake was fighting off taxxons. At least a dozen of them. The worm-like yellow slimed creatures who were eternally hungry. He slashed and roared and bit, desperately trying to cut a hole in their barricade. The ones he tore into half turned around and ate themselves. It was disgusting.
Cassie was a wolf, fighting the Hork-Bajir. She wasn't faring any better. Cassie was always the one who cared most for the creatures we had to fight, had to kill. She could rip their throats out and end that battle, but she was still trying to find a way not to harm them.
Marco was a gorilla, strong and powerful. He beat his chest in an effort to scare away the human controllers surrounding him. His back was to Charlotte. He was the one who was to carry her to safety. But his own safety was in danger. The controllers were firing pistols at him, and each shot weakened him. And Marco couldn't demorph, not in front of all these controllers.
Rachel was the elephant. She was a tanker, running over everything in her part, Taxxons or Hork Bajir. The dracon beams were aimed at her. A hole had burned right through her left ear. but Rachel didn't let it bother her. She never did. She was charging towards Marco, ready to take down anyone in her way.
Ax was a graceful fighter. His tail whipped around in a frenzy. He sliced Taxxons in two. He cut the blades off the Hork-Bajir in a blink. Human controllers were knocked unconscious with blows to the head. It was eeriely beautiful to watch him in battle. His stalk eyes whipped around in a frenzy, trying to access his situation, trying to see the enemies who were coming at him.
Here I come to save the day! I sang as I dived downwards, talons extended and raked the head of a human controller aiming his dracon beam directly at Ax's tail. If Ax lost his tail, it'd be a while before he could morph another one.
Thank you Tobias. Even in his thought-speak he was breathless. I felt bad, as though I wasn't pulling my weight in this battle. But Jake had told me to try and stay out of it. If they failed, I was their last resort.
He forgot someone.
Soaring up again, I scanned the ground. It wasn't hard to spot her. There were only two flashes of blue amid the chaotic landscape, one bigger than the other. Two Andalites were locked in battle, a wide ring around them. Visser Three and Erin.
Surrender now, Andalite! Visser Three boomed, his tail whipping fast. Erin just managed to block it in time. She was fast, agile. But Visser Three had the training of his host in his favour. And I knew female Andalites were rarely versed in battleskills.
Never! Erin cried. She hit at Visser Three, desperately trying to find a weak spot, an opening, any way to wound him. She seethed with anger and hate. She was going to kill him, or die trying.
It is no use fighting against us, Andalite! Visser Three said. We are far greater in number than you, with more arsenal and power! Surrender now and I will not torture you as violently as I would normally enjoy!
I do not wish for your leniency, Yeerk. Erin replied coldly. And I will have no use for it when you die at my tail!
Visser Three roared in a blinding rage. He hit at Erin with all that he had. Erin began to back away. She could not last out much longer. She knew as much, and renewed her assualt of Visser Three. She was going down, but she was going to take as much of her enemy as she could with her. I admired her determination. But Visser Three knew she was going to lose and laughed triumphantly.
You have no hope, Andalite! You will become the second Andalite slave! He crowed. Erin's body language was easy to read. It said 'Not if I can help it!'
Tobias! She cried. I swooped over her, ready to pitch in. No, do not stop this fight. It is futile. I am doomed.
I can't let you die, Erin! You're the closest thing to Elfangor I'm ever going to have!
Then do me one favour, Tobias. Erin said. Her voice was so final. She was ready to give up. I will never let them take me. I would rather die.
I knew what she wanted me to do.
But I didn't know if I could do it.
I banked to the right. That dracon beam missed me by inches. I was getting distracted. Everyone seemed to need my help. Everything was getting so messed up. I was getting disoriented.
Jake was fighting off taxxons. At least a dozen of them. The worm-like yellow slimed creatures who were eternally hungry. He slashed and roared and bit, desperately trying to cut a hole in their barricade. The ones he tore into half turned around and ate themselves. It was disgusting.
Cassie was a wolf, fighting the Hork-Bajir. She wasn't faring any better. Cassie was always the one who cared most for the creatures we had to fight, had to kill. She could rip their throats out and end that battle, but she was still trying to find a way not to harm them.
Marco was a gorilla, strong and powerful. He beat his chest in an effort to scare away the human controllers surrounding him. His back was to Charlotte. He was the one who was to carry her to safety. But his own safety was in danger. The controllers were firing pistols at him, and each shot weakened him. And Marco couldn't demorph, not in front of all these controllers.
Rachel was the elephant. She was a tanker, running over everything in her part, Taxxons or Hork Bajir. The dracon beams were aimed at her. A hole had burned right through her left ear. but Rachel didn't let it bother her. She never did. She was charging towards Marco, ready to take down anyone in her way.
Ax was a graceful fighter. His tail whipped around in a frenzy. He sliced Taxxons in two. He cut the blades off the Hork-Bajir in a blink. Human controllers were knocked unconscious with blows to the head. It was eeriely beautiful to watch him in battle. His stalk eyes whipped around in a frenzy, trying to access his situation, trying to see the enemies who were coming at him.
Here I come to save the day! I sang as I dived downwards, talons extended and raked the head of a human controller aiming his dracon beam directly at Ax's tail. If Ax lost his tail, it'd be a while before he could morph another one.
Thank you Tobias. Even in his thought-speak he was breathless. I felt bad, as though I wasn't pulling my weight in this battle. But Jake had told me to try and stay out of it. If they failed, I was their last resort.
He forgot someone.
Soaring up again, I scanned the ground. It wasn't hard to spot her. There were only two flashes of blue amid the chaotic landscape, one bigger than the other. Two Andalites were locked in battle, a wide ring around them. Visser Three and Erin.
Surrender now, Andalite! Visser Three boomed, his tail whipping fast. Erin just managed to block it in time. She was fast, agile. But Visser Three had the training of his host in his favour. And I knew female Andalites were rarely versed in battleskills.
Never! Erin cried. She hit at Visser Three, desperately trying to find a weak spot, an opening, any way to wound him. She seethed with anger and hate. She was going to kill him, or die trying.
It is no use fighting against us, Andalite! Visser Three said. We are far greater in number than you, with more arsenal and power! Surrender now and I will not torture you as violently as I would normally enjoy!
I do not wish for your leniency, Yeerk. Erin replied coldly. And I will have no use for it when you die at my tail!
Visser Three roared in a blinding rage. He hit at Erin with all that he had. Erin began to back away. She could not last out much longer. She knew as much, and renewed her assualt of Visser Three. She was going down, but she was going to take as much of her enemy as she could with her. I admired her determination. But Visser Three knew she was going to lose and laughed triumphantly.
You have no hope, Andalite! You will become the second Andalite slave! He crowed. Erin's body language was easy to read. It said 'Not if I can help it!'
Tobias! She cried. I swooped over her, ready to pitch in. No, do not stop this fight. It is futile. I am doomed.
I can't let you die, Erin! You're the closest thing to Elfangor I'm ever going to have!
Then do me one favour, Tobias. Erin said. Her voice was so final. She was ready to give up. I will never let them take me. I would rather die.
I knew what she wanted me to do.
But I didn't know if I could do it.