David>
I was in my chamber reading some books when Visser One came in.
"The council was impressed with you. So impressed they named you Visser
Four," she said.
"I can live with that. You still planning to rebuild the pool?" I asked.
"It'll only be used to infest new hosts. Once I have done that it will
be destroyed since there won't be any need for regeneration."
"You should fan out over the country in order to cover more ground
and speed things up. There's a prison in Virginia you can use to lock up
hosts. Have your men dig a small pool there."
"Not a bad idea. You have a twisted mind David. Assign one hundred
Hork-Bajir, Tyrants, and Iguadons to the area."
One of the Iguadon soldiers stepped through the door. "Visser, the
Andalites have arrived."
"Visser Four here has your new assignment, he will tell you all the
details. Take two of our Andalite friends with you."
We were flown to Virginia where the old state penitentiary was. I sent
the two Andalites to a nearby construction site to get some shovels and
jackhammers to dig the pool area with. I checked the controls for the cell
doors to see if they were still functional. They were. The Iguadons were
using the equipment to cut through the concrete floor in a room called
"The Sugar Shack" while the rest of the crew used their blades. I stared
in awe at all the graffiti on the walls. From what I heard this place was
haunted by the lost souls of tortured prisoners. I didn't care though.
I lived as a rat until recently, a few ghosts were nothing compared to
that kind of horror.
Six hours later the pit was finished and ready to be filled. Visser
One sent us back to the Yeerk homeworld to retrieve eighty more shipment
tanks before we started on our project. They were all dumped into the pool.
Now all we needed were some humans to infest. I decided to start with the
police and armed forces. My crew was armed with Dracon beams and ordered
to barge into a nearby police station and capture all of the officers present.
They then would be brought back to the prison and enslaved. I stood watch
over the entire operation as their heads were forced below the surface
of the sludge. They would struggle and cry out for someone to help them,
but eventually they would stand up and calmly walk away as if everything
was normal. But it wasn't. The Yeerks have returned and are rapidly spreading
throughout the universe enslaving anyone in their path. After the police
were taken I went on to the armed forces. Visser One wanted humans of important
stature, so I captured the state governor and city mayor. That was enough
for now. I left about twenty Tyrants to guard the pool then went to report
to the visser.
"Astounding!" she cheered. "There may be a promotion for you in the
future. Two full ranks if you bring me the Animorphs."
"Consider it done."