**Disclamier: I don't own Animorphs *sighs* K.A. Applegate does. But that
doesn't mean I can't right this! :) He he he. But anyway...Enjoy the
fanfic. This is the first fanfic I've ever written and I hope you enjoy it.
Ja ne!**
Chapter 5:
Later that day, we all met up in Cassie's barn, which doubles as a wildlife rehabilitation center. Sure, I had been in there before, helping Cassie bandage a raccoon's leg that had gotten caught in a trap, or giving a pill to a really vicious porcupine, but I had never been in there for a meeting of the Animorphs.
Before I entered, I waited for Ax to complete his human morph, and then we walked into Cassie's barn together. When Cassie looked up from feeding a wounded wolf and saw me sitting down on a bale of hay between Ax and Jake, you could tell she was a little surprised to see me.
"Jessica, what in the world are you doing here?" she asked, and then she looked at Jake.
"Um...well guys, we have a bit of a situation," said Jake.
"Oh, this cannot be good," added Marco, who must have entered with Rachel when I wasn't paying any attention.
"Jessica was a Controller and she got enough strength to run into the woods, and cause the Yeerks in her head to become lost. The Yeerk died and now the Yeerks are probably looking for her as we speak."
"So what are we supposed to do?" said Marco. "There's no way the Yeerks will give up on finding her, unless they find her-"
"Dead," said Jake. "She needs to fake her own death."
"And how are we going to this oh mighty and fearless leader?"
"I'm sure our friends the androids wouldn't mind lending us a hand, and with a little help from us, together we could probably-"
"You've got to be kidding. We're going to risk all of our lives once again just to save Ax's new girlfriend?"
"Hey, watch it Marco! Unless you want to take my place at being the dead one here!"
"Ooh, I'm so scared!"
"Guys, just stop it. Marco, give Jessica a break, we all know it isn't the easiest thing in the world to be infested." Rachel said, breaking up my fight. I saw them all shudder, just at the mention of being infested. I almost started crying, realizing that my sister was still under their control, and I was lucky and was now free. I think Jake realized this, so he moved the conversation onward.
"Anyway, Marco, Jessica, we need to-"
Hi, guys sorry I'm late, but I thought I saw-Jessica?
"Hey, wasn't that-"
"Yes, that's Tobis," said Rachel.
"But where is he?"
"Well, um, Jessica, you see, if you stay in morph for more than two hours, you're stuck in that morph forever," said Jake.
"What?" But as I said that, I saw this magnificent red tailed hawk fly down form the rafters of the barn and land a few feet away from me on a bale of hay next to Rachel.
"Whoa, is that-"
Hi, Jessica.
"Hi Tobis, I was wondering why I hadn't seen you around school any more."
Yeah, well this is what happens when you stay in morph for too long.
"Wow."
"Guys, back to business here?"
Oh, well, I was just going to say I saw someone wandering through the woods, but I lost them. I guess that was you then Jess.
"Yeah, I'm basically dead right now, or soon to be."
What do you mean?
"Tobis, Jessica was infested. Her Yeerk died because they were lost in the woods for four days, and now the Yeerks are looking for her. Which brings me back to what I was going to say before. I think it would be a good idea if we made Jessica an Animorph, that way, she could live in the woods with Ax, since everyone else will think she is dead."
"Let's do it!" said Rachel.
"Well, if Xena's going to do it, and I probably don't have any other choice (he said looking at Jake), sure why not! Just another near death experience to add to my all ready long list," said Marco.
"Oh, shut up," mumbled Rachel.
"Okay, so everyone agrees that we make Jessica an official Animorph and perform the mission that involves faking her death, right?"said Jake.
"Definitely," said Rachel
"Absolutely,"said Tobias
"Of course," said Cassie, looking at me and smiling.
"Precisely," said Ax, also sending me a smile.
"Sure, why not?" said Marco.
"Okay, now that we know we are going to do this, we need to contact the Chee," added Jake
"The who? You mean the androids?"
"Precisely," said Ax."They are an ancient and peacefully race that are working with us to defeat the Yeerks."
"Oh, okay. So how do we contact them?"
"What do you mean, haven't you ever heard of a phone? Infact, I think they live a couple houses down from you,"said Marco, with a smile, laughing.
"What are you taking about?"
"Oh, you'll see," Jake and Marco said, smiling at one another.
"But meanwhile, we have to make you like us. I brought this just in case," Jake said pulling a blue cube out of his pocket, no more than four inches in height and length.
"What's that?"
"This is the morphing cube. The cube that will give you the power to morph. It's how all of us received our powers, even Ax."
"Wow, so what do I have to do?"
"Just place your hand against it, like this," and he pressed his hand, palm down on a bale of hay next to him.
"This isn't going to hurt or anything?" I said, reaching toward the blue box Jake was holding.
"No, not at all. It may feel weird, but trust me, you'll be fine."
And, since I did trust him, I reached out and placed my hand on the side of the cube, palm down, like Jake had showed me. I placed my hand right next to his, but on a different side of the cube. When my hand was completely on it, Jake sent me a smile, and a tingling sensation shot throughout my body from my hand, and then it went right back into the cube.
"Okay, you can let go now," Jake said. But somehow, I already knew.
"So, can I see how this works?"
"Sure," said Jake. "All you have to do is touch any animal that you want to morph. Just think about them as you touch them and you will absorb their DNA, it will become a part of you forever... And when you are touching them, they will go into a trance. The trance will last for about 10 seconds after you're done absorbing their DNA."
"Just enough time to run before you get eaten," added Marco.
"But watch out when you morph!" warned Cassie. "When you morph the animal, it's instincts come with it."
"Wow," was the only remark I could think of. "This is so cool."
"Not when it's our only weapon fighting the Yeerks. So, what are we now? The fantastic five and bird boy?" said Marco.
We all laughed. I was eager to try out my new ability. I looked around at the cages along the walls of Cassie's barn and spotted a Lynx next to the wolf I had seen Cassie working with earlier. When everyone else was still laughing, I opened the cage, not looking at its eyes so it wouldn't be frightened, and reached out and placed my hand on the top of its head. I concentrated on the Lynx and thought about absorbing its DNA. Within several seconds, I was done, and had closed the cage door while the Lynx was still in the trance. It was kind-of funny because it was purring through out the whole thing.
When I looked behind me, I noticed that all of them were looking at me, smiling, especially Cassie, because she knew I loved cats.
"Well, what are we waiting for? I want to try out my first morph. It sounds so cool."
So we headed into the woods, one red tailed hawk (an Animorph), one Andalite in human morph, and now, five, regular Animorphs, all fighting against the Yeerks. I started to wonder just how much hope our world, Earth, actually had.
Chapter 5:
Later that day, we all met up in Cassie's barn, which doubles as a wildlife rehabilitation center. Sure, I had been in there before, helping Cassie bandage a raccoon's leg that had gotten caught in a trap, or giving a pill to a really vicious porcupine, but I had never been in there for a meeting of the Animorphs.
Before I entered, I waited for Ax to complete his human morph, and then we walked into Cassie's barn together. When Cassie looked up from feeding a wounded wolf and saw me sitting down on a bale of hay between Ax and Jake, you could tell she was a little surprised to see me.
"Jessica, what in the world are you doing here?" she asked, and then she looked at Jake.
"Um...well guys, we have a bit of a situation," said Jake.
"Oh, this cannot be good," added Marco, who must have entered with Rachel when I wasn't paying any attention.
"Jessica was a Controller and she got enough strength to run into the woods, and cause the Yeerks in her head to become lost. The Yeerk died and now the Yeerks are probably looking for her as we speak."
"So what are we supposed to do?" said Marco. "There's no way the Yeerks will give up on finding her, unless they find her-"
"Dead," said Jake. "She needs to fake her own death."
"And how are we going to this oh mighty and fearless leader?"
"I'm sure our friends the androids wouldn't mind lending us a hand, and with a little help from us, together we could probably-"
"You've got to be kidding. We're going to risk all of our lives once again just to save Ax's new girlfriend?"
"Hey, watch it Marco! Unless you want to take my place at being the dead one here!"
"Ooh, I'm so scared!"
"Guys, just stop it. Marco, give Jessica a break, we all know it isn't the easiest thing in the world to be infested." Rachel said, breaking up my fight. I saw them all shudder, just at the mention of being infested. I almost started crying, realizing that my sister was still under their control, and I was lucky and was now free. I think Jake realized this, so he moved the conversation onward.
"Anyway, Marco, Jessica, we need to-"
Hi, guys sorry I'm late, but I thought I saw-Jessica?
"Hey, wasn't that-"
"Yes, that's Tobis," said Rachel.
"But where is he?"
"Well, um, Jessica, you see, if you stay in morph for more than two hours, you're stuck in that morph forever," said Jake.
"What?" But as I said that, I saw this magnificent red tailed hawk fly down form the rafters of the barn and land a few feet away from me on a bale of hay next to Rachel.
"Whoa, is that-"
Hi, Jessica.
"Hi Tobis, I was wondering why I hadn't seen you around school any more."
Yeah, well this is what happens when you stay in morph for too long.
"Wow."
"Guys, back to business here?"
Oh, well, I was just going to say I saw someone wandering through the woods, but I lost them. I guess that was you then Jess.
"Yeah, I'm basically dead right now, or soon to be."
What do you mean?
"Tobis, Jessica was infested. Her Yeerk died because they were lost in the woods for four days, and now the Yeerks are looking for her. Which brings me back to what I was going to say before. I think it would be a good idea if we made Jessica an Animorph, that way, she could live in the woods with Ax, since everyone else will think she is dead."
"Let's do it!" said Rachel.
"Well, if Xena's going to do it, and I probably don't have any other choice (he said looking at Jake), sure why not! Just another near death experience to add to my all ready long list," said Marco.
"Oh, shut up," mumbled Rachel.
"Okay, so everyone agrees that we make Jessica an official Animorph and perform the mission that involves faking her death, right?"said Jake.
"Definitely," said Rachel
"Absolutely,"said Tobias
"Of course," said Cassie, looking at me and smiling.
"Precisely," said Ax, also sending me a smile.
"Sure, why not?" said Marco.
"Okay, now that we know we are going to do this, we need to contact the Chee," added Jake
"The who? You mean the androids?"
"Precisely," said Ax."They are an ancient and peacefully race that are working with us to defeat the Yeerks."
"Oh, okay. So how do we contact them?"
"What do you mean, haven't you ever heard of a phone? Infact, I think they live a couple houses down from you,"said Marco, with a smile, laughing.
"What are you taking about?"
"Oh, you'll see," Jake and Marco said, smiling at one another.
"But meanwhile, we have to make you like us. I brought this just in case," Jake said pulling a blue cube out of his pocket, no more than four inches in height and length.
"What's that?"
"This is the morphing cube. The cube that will give you the power to morph. It's how all of us received our powers, even Ax."
"Wow, so what do I have to do?"
"Just place your hand against it, like this," and he pressed his hand, palm down on a bale of hay next to him.
"This isn't going to hurt or anything?" I said, reaching toward the blue box Jake was holding.
"No, not at all. It may feel weird, but trust me, you'll be fine."
And, since I did trust him, I reached out and placed my hand on the side of the cube, palm down, like Jake had showed me. I placed my hand right next to his, but on a different side of the cube. When my hand was completely on it, Jake sent me a smile, and a tingling sensation shot throughout my body from my hand, and then it went right back into the cube.
"Okay, you can let go now," Jake said. But somehow, I already knew.
"So, can I see how this works?"
"Sure," said Jake. "All you have to do is touch any animal that you want to morph. Just think about them as you touch them and you will absorb their DNA, it will become a part of you forever... And when you are touching them, they will go into a trance. The trance will last for about 10 seconds after you're done absorbing their DNA."
"Just enough time to run before you get eaten," added Marco.
"But watch out when you morph!" warned Cassie. "When you morph the animal, it's instincts come with it."
"Wow," was the only remark I could think of. "This is so cool."
"Not when it's our only weapon fighting the Yeerks. So, what are we now? The fantastic five and bird boy?" said Marco.
We all laughed. I was eager to try out my new ability. I looked around at the cages along the walls of Cassie's barn and spotted a Lynx next to the wolf I had seen Cassie working with earlier. When everyone else was still laughing, I opened the cage, not looking at its eyes so it wouldn't be frightened, and reached out and placed my hand on the top of its head. I concentrated on the Lynx and thought about absorbing its DNA. Within several seconds, I was done, and had closed the cage door while the Lynx was still in the trance. It was kind-of funny because it was purring through out the whole thing.
When I looked behind me, I noticed that all of them were looking at me, smiling, especially Cassie, because she knew I loved cats.
"Well, what are we waiting for? I want to try out my first morph. It sounds so cool."
So we headed into the woods, one red tailed hawk (an Animorph), one Andalite in human morph, and now, five, regular Animorphs, all fighting against the Yeerks. I started to wonder just how much hope our world, Earth, actually had.