Jake>
I stood watching my son fight for his life. I should have talked to him more often, but when I tried to he would get so angry. I understood what he was going through, I've been there and back. Being the leader was very tough, especially when you have to decide to sacrifice a loved one in order to save millions, I had to make that decision once and now Jason was also. I headed back to the waiting room, and on the way I saw the one person I never expected to see... Visser One.
"Guys! We have company!" I shouted. I began morphing to Siberian tiger and was joined in the hall by the others.
Ketara had demorphed and was holding her tail blade to the visser's throat. "Whoa! It's me! Chill out!"
You have deceived us once Yeerk, we will not be fooled again.>
"I swear, it's me this time!"
"How do we know you're not lying?" Marco asked.
"I can tell," Darrax said and walked up to her. He looked deep into her eyes and turned to us. "It's her. Her eyes are warm and soft. When she was under Visser One's influence they were hard and cold."
Ketara relaxed her tail. I was about to demorph when I noticed David. I snarled and knocked him to the floor. I was going to kill him right there.
"No!" Stacey tackled me into the wall. "Leave him alone Dad."
Give me one good reason.>
"Because I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him."
It's true Jake.
Ellimist?>
Everything froze and a blue figure appeared before us.
"Oh great, it's Mr. I-don't-interfere," Rachel groaned. "What do you want?"
I've come to clarify that David has changed his ways for the better. He wishes to join the fight once more.
"We tried that once," Tobias said, "and he turned on us."
"I realize now that my actions were wrong and I truly am sorry for what I have done to all of you. I don't expect you to trust me, and to be quite frank, I don't care."
I demorphed. "No we don't trust you. But it is no longer my decision to make. You will of course have to prove yourself to us."
"I will."
After the Ellimist vanished Stacey came up and hugged me tightly. "How's Jason?"
I led her down the hall to his room. She gasped in shock when she saw him lying there hooked up to all the different machines. Tears ran down her cheeks as she shook her head in disbelief.
"How could he do this to himself?"
I put my arm around her shoulders. "I don't know sweetie, I guess it was too much for him to deal with."
"Are they letting him have visitors yet?"
"Not until he shows signs of improvement. So far there hasn't been any."
"When did this happen?"
"This morning. Nicole found him in the bathroom."
"I need to go outside for a minute, I don't feel so good."
"Need me to come with you?" I asked.
"No I'll be fine. I want to see him first if he wakes up," she said.
"Okay, I'll tell them."