**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 9:
Cassie's father of course reported the body he saw to the police. And if things weren't going bad enough all ready, Cassie's father's screams drew attention to Rachel's father who had been dropping Rachel off at Cassie's house. It didn't help that Rachel's father was a reporter. So instead of the nice little murder we planned, if there is such a thing as that, the whole nation knew within a matter of hours, the grisly death of Jessica.
"Great, this is just wonderful!" Jake exclaimed as he threw a newspaper at my feet. "You know what I saw on TV this morning? 'Teenage girl's life brought to the end by an attack of raging wolves,' I nearly choked to death when I was eating my cereal."
"Wow, I was on TV! Not the way I had hoped or imagined I would be, but TV all the same!" I said, trying to lighten the situation because you see, at that point, Jake looked like he was going to kill me, for real this time.
"I knew we shouldn't have done this," Marco said.
"So, you would've rather killed me...for REAL?!"
"Jake, calm down!" said Cassie.
"Yeah, we didn't go through all this work, to kill her anyway," said Marco.
"Well, if they all ready think she's dead.."said Rachel.
"I don't like where this is going," I said, while slowly backing away from Rachel, and behind Ax, since he was in his Andalite form. At this point I was sure Ax wouldn't try anything without Jake's command, right? At least that's what I hoped. Really hoped.
"You really don't want to get Xena mad," said Marco.
"Yeah, I kind-of figured that out, Marco."
"Rachel, we don't want to kill Jessica, again, right?"
"But look what she did!"
"It's not my fault Cassie's father found me, well sort-of me anyway. I mean I was dead, laying in a pool of my own blood, with my insides strewn around me. But look at it this way, at least the Yeerks know I'm dead know right? And they probably think you guys did it because I was a threat, after seeing Ax and all."
"She does have a point there," said Rachel. "So I guess we can't kill her...yet."
"Good Rachel, now that were not fixated on killing Jessica, lets move onto a different topic..." said Jake, trying to change the subject, it didn't work.
"But now the whole United States knows! We can't cover that up!" said Marco.
"Who says we need to? The Yeerks now know I'm dead, what's to worry about? Do you see any problem with this Ax?"
No, it seems that you have fooled the Yeerks, at least for now.
"Oh no!" I muttered to myself. "Um...guys? I just realized something."
"What?" asked Jake, curiously.
"You know how Cassie knows a lot about animals and everyone knows that, right?"
"Yeah, what's your point?" said Marco.
"Well, I'm kind of like Cassie, I know a lot about animals."
"So?" asked Rachel.
"So does my sister. She knows that wolves don't hunt close to civilization. And that they almost never hunt humans." And that piece of information left them staring at me wide eyed for five minutes. No one said anything. Then, I added, "If I know my sister, she'll be suspicious, and if the Yeerk feeds off that suspicion, then we might have a problem."
"Great, just great!" said Marco. "Now we have to hope that your sister doesn't realize this immediately and go blabbing to Visser Three about her suspicions."
"What if she does? One of two things could happen, Visser Three could take her seriously and then think that the "Andalite bandits" are in the forest or..." I began.
"Or what," Jake asked, knowing what the answer would be.
"Or...he'll kill her for wasting his time." At this point I put my head down and started to cry. I did not want my sister dead, even if she was now the enemy, I didn't care. I knew Jake could relate to this because his brother was a Controller. I felt a hand on my shoulder, I knew it was Jake's. I looked up and saw him looking down an me. I could see it in his eyes that he knew how I felt. He knew what I was going through.
"Don't worry Jessica," he said. "We'll save your sister."
Chapter 9:
Cassie's father of course reported the body he saw to the police. And if things weren't going bad enough all ready, Cassie's father's screams drew attention to Rachel's father who had been dropping Rachel off at Cassie's house. It didn't help that Rachel's father was a reporter. So instead of the nice little murder we planned, if there is such a thing as that, the whole nation knew within a matter of hours, the grisly death of Jessica.
"Great, this is just wonderful!" Jake exclaimed as he threw a newspaper at my feet. "You know what I saw on TV this morning? 'Teenage girl's life brought to the end by an attack of raging wolves,' I nearly choked to death when I was eating my cereal."
"Wow, I was on TV! Not the way I had hoped or imagined I would be, but TV all the same!" I said, trying to lighten the situation because you see, at that point, Jake looked like he was going to kill me, for real this time.
"I knew we shouldn't have done this," Marco said.
"So, you would've rather killed me...for REAL?!"
"Jake, calm down!" said Cassie.
"Yeah, we didn't go through all this work, to kill her anyway," said Marco.
"Well, if they all ready think she's dead.."said Rachel.
"I don't like where this is going," I said, while slowly backing away from Rachel, and behind Ax, since he was in his Andalite form. At this point I was sure Ax wouldn't try anything without Jake's command, right? At least that's what I hoped. Really hoped.
"You really don't want to get Xena mad," said Marco.
"Yeah, I kind-of figured that out, Marco."
"Rachel, we don't want to kill Jessica, again, right?"
"But look what she did!"
"It's not my fault Cassie's father found me, well sort-of me anyway. I mean I was dead, laying in a pool of my own blood, with my insides strewn around me. But look at it this way, at least the Yeerks know I'm dead know right? And they probably think you guys did it because I was a threat, after seeing Ax and all."
"She does have a point there," said Rachel. "So I guess we can't kill her...yet."
"Good Rachel, now that were not fixated on killing Jessica, lets move onto a different topic..." said Jake, trying to change the subject, it didn't work.
"But now the whole United States knows! We can't cover that up!" said Marco.
"Who says we need to? The Yeerks now know I'm dead, what's to worry about? Do you see any problem with this Ax?"
No, it seems that you have fooled the Yeerks, at least for now.
"Oh no!" I muttered to myself. "Um...guys? I just realized something."
"What?" asked Jake, curiously.
"You know how Cassie knows a lot about animals and everyone knows that, right?"
"Yeah, what's your point?" said Marco.
"Well, I'm kind of like Cassie, I know a lot about animals."
"So?" asked Rachel.
"So does my sister. She knows that wolves don't hunt close to civilization. And that they almost never hunt humans." And that piece of information left them staring at me wide eyed for five minutes. No one said anything. Then, I added, "If I know my sister, she'll be suspicious, and if the Yeerk feeds off that suspicion, then we might have a problem."
"Great, just great!" said Marco. "Now we have to hope that your sister doesn't realize this immediately and go blabbing to Visser Three about her suspicions."
"What if she does? One of two things could happen, Visser Three could take her seriously and then think that the "Andalite bandits" are in the forest or..." I began.
"Or what," Jake asked, knowing what the answer would be.
"Or...he'll kill her for wasting his time." At this point I put my head down and started to cry. I did not want my sister dead, even if she was now the enemy, I didn't care. I knew Jake could relate to this because his brother was a Controller. I felt a hand on my shoulder, I knew it was Jake's. I looked up and saw him looking down an me. I could see it in his eyes that he knew how I felt. He knew what I was going through.
"Don't worry Jessica," he said. "We'll save your sister."