A/N: Sorry for the inconvienence, but FF.net doesn't allow me to upload the thought speak indicators, so I replaced them with :: ::.
CHAPTER 2
Cassie
"Hello? Yoo-hoo, anyone in there?"
::Or anything in there.::
"Tobias, it's Cassie for Pete's sake! Not a Yeerk."
::Yes, I do not believe Cassie would surrender herself to a Yeerk. Just one question: who's Pete?::
"Ax, it's an expression."
"Everybody back off and give her air."
I heard and recognized all these comments and voices as I regained consciousness. The voices, in order, were Marco, Tobias, Rachel, Ax, Rachel, and Jake.
I opened my eyes, and saw the sky. The normal, Earth sky. Then I realized I was laying down, and I sat up. I saw my friends, the Animorphs. I also saw green grass and large trees in the distance. Of course.
I knew that I should've expected it, because it was a parrelell universe and everything was the same, but I didn't. I don't know what I expected.
I studied my friends closer, and felt like hugging all of them and crying, but I didn't. How would you feel if all your friends had died long ago, and after all this time, you get to meet them again?
I didn't know what to say.
"So, Ms. Parallel-Universe-Cassie..." Marco said, reaching his hand out and shaking my hand. "Welcome to World War III." He said with a grin only Marco could wear.
I blinked. Just blinked.
::Maybe her vocal chords aren't functioning properly,:: Ax commented. Just how Ax would comment.
I laughed, a little. This was real! My friends!
"I'm beginning to think you're right, Ax," Jake joked. Unfortunately, Ax didn't get the joke, and thought Jake was serious.
::Yes. Does this disease occur often in humans?:: Ax carried on.
"Ax, he was joking. You know, humor?" Marco said.
::Ah.:: Ax said, almost dryly.
I finally piped up. "Hi," I said, lamely. I mean, these were my friends! Shouldn't I act normally?
::How do, Cassie?:: Tobias said, tipping a wing to it forehead as if he were tipping a hat. ::You know, in this timeline, you are...::
"Dead." I finished his sentence.
"She seems only to be able to speak one-word sentences," Rachel laughed.
I smiled a little, and said: "what's up?" I purposely spoke in two words.
"Well, Earth is under siege by the Yeerks, and they are fighting a war against us 5 who are Earth's only hope since the Andalites have been overtaken by the Yeerks, and over two-fifths of Earth's human population have been overtaken by Yeerks, but other than that, nothin' much." Marco said, and everyone laughed. Except for Ax, who just seemed puzzled.
"So..." I looked at my surroundings. "Where are we?"
"We are in a clearing in the woods near the Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic," Jake answered.
"In other words, near your barn." Marco interpreted helpfully.
"We're here because Tobias believes the barn has been infiltrated by the Andalites."
::No, I know so. I mean, please, we're talking Andalites here. The must have some way of discovering our plans. Hasn't anyone noticed that lately the Andalites seem to be ready for us?:: Tobias responded.
::Yeerks, not Andalites.:: Ax said. I looked at him. He seemed to be hurt in an Andalite-ish kind of way. I knew that I had a reputation of knowing how humans are feeling, and understanding them. Maybe my talents weren't limited to only humans, and maybe I could understand other sentient species.
And then I realized something. The rest were all my age. Around 17. Did that mean the war had been lasting for three years, or had it just started?
"Anyway," Rachel said, "before you and the Ellimist decided to show up, we were trying to figure out how to find and destroy the Andalite..."
::...Yeerk...:: Interrupted Ax.
"...Andalite-Controller spy-cams." Rachel said with a slight glare at Ax. But any glare from Rachel was enough to make a sensible human shrivel up into nothingness and weep for Rachel's forgiveness.
::HAHAHA!:: Ax said, with an odd laugh that made us al wince. ::Andalite cameras are nothing like your primitive human cameras. Andalite spy cameras could be the size of large pebbles and be extremely hard to find, if you didn't know where to look.::
"So," said Jake, neutrally, "do you know where to look?"
::No.::
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Marco get ready to break out into laughter, cough and make a sarcastic comment all at the same time. Believe me, it was almost as ugly as morphing. Miraculously, he held back on all of them. Except for the cough.
::Maybe we should find the cameras,:: Offered Tobias helpfully.
This time, Marco couldn't hold back. "Yeah, and then we can poop bomb them!"
Rachel ignored him. "But the question is, what animal would be good enough to see the cameras?"
"Maybe we can stake out the farm with birds," I said.
::No, too suspicious.:: Said Tobias, who was circling around overhead. All of a sudden he dove down to the ground, thought-speak yelling: ::Visser One is coming, along with five other Andalite-Controllers! Get outta here!::
Jake cursed.
Marco sighed. "Man, whaddaya expect? Welcome to a typical day in Animorph life."
CHAPTER 2
Cassie
"Hello? Yoo-hoo, anyone in there?"
::Or anything in there.::
"Tobias, it's Cassie for Pete's sake! Not a Yeerk."
::Yes, I do not believe Cassie would surrender herself to a Yeerk. Just one question: who's Pete?::
"Ax, it's an expression."
"Everybody back off and give her air."
I heard and recognized all these comments and voices as I regained consciousness. The voices, in order, were Marco, Tobias, Rachel, Ax, Rachel, and Jake.
I opened my eyes, and saw the sky. The normal, Earth sky. Then I realized I was laying down, and I sat up. I saw my friends, the Animorphs. I also saw green grass and large trees in the distance. Of course.
I knew that I should've expected it, because it was a parrelell universe and everything was the same, but I didn't. I don't know what I expected.
I studied my friends closer, and felt like hugging all of them and crying, but I didn't. How would you feel if all your friends had died long ago, and after all this time, you get to meet them again?
I didn't know what to say.
"So, Ms. Parallel-Universe-Cassie..." Marco said, reaching his hand out and shaking my hand. "Welcome to World War III." He said with a grin only Marco could wear.
I blinked. Just blinked.
::Maybe her vocal chords aren't functioning properly,:: Ax commented. Just how Ax would comment.
I laughed, a little. This was real! My friends!
"I'm beginning to think you're right, Ax," Jake joked. Unfortunately, Ax didn't get the joke, and thought Jake was serious.
::Yes. Does this disease occur often in humans?:: Ax carried on.
"Ax, he was joking. You know, humor?" Marco said.
::Ah.:: Ax said, almost dryly.
I finally piped up. "Hi," I said, lamely. I mean, these were my friends! Shouldn't I act normally?
::How do, Cassie?:: Tobias said, tipping a wing to it forehead as if he were tipping a hat. ::You know, in this timeline, you are...::
"Dead." I finished his sentence.
"She seems only to be able to speak one-word sentences," Rachel laughed.
I smiled a little, and said: "what's up?" I purposely spoke in two words.
"Well, Earth is under siege by the Yeerks, and they are fighting a war against us 5 who are Earth's only hope since the Andalites have been overtaken by the Yeerks, and over two-fifths of Earth's human population have been overtaken by Yeerks, but other than that, nothin' much." Marco said, and everyone laughed. Except for Ax, who just seemed puzzled.
"So..." I looked at my surroundings. "Where are we?"
"We are in a clearing in the woods near the Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic," Jake answered.
"In other words, near your barn." Marco interpreted helpfully.
"We're here because Tobias believes the barn has been infiltrated by the Andalites."
::No, I know so. I mean, please, we're talking Andalites here. The must have some way of discovering our plans. Hasn't anyone noticed that lately the Andalites seem to be ready for us?:: Tobias responded.
::Yeerks, not Andalites.:: Ax said. I looked at him. He seemed to be hurt in an Andalite-ish kind of way. I knew that I had a reputation of knowing how humans are feeling, and understanding them. Maybe my talents weren't limited to only humans, and maybe I could understand other sentient species.
And then I realized something. The rest were all my age. Around 17. Did that mean the war had been lasting for three years, or had it just started?
"Anyway," Rachel said, "before you and the Ellimist decided to show up, we were trying to figure out how to find and destroy the Andalite..."
::...Yeerk...:: Interrupted Ax.
"...Andalite-Controller spy-cams." Rachel said with a slight glare at Ax. But any glare from Rachel was enough to make a sensible human shrivel up into nothingness and weep for Rachel's forgiveness.
::HAHAHA!:: Ax said, with an odd laugh that made us al wince. ::Andalite cameras are nothing like your primitive human cameras. Andalite spy cameras could be the size of large pebbles and be extremely hard to find, if you didn't know where to look.::
"So," said Jake, neutrally, "do you know where to look?"
::No.::
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Marco get ready to break out into laughter, cough and make a sarcastic comment all at the same time. Believe me, it was almost as ugly as morphing. Miraculously, he held back on all of them. Except for the cough.
::Maybe we should find the cameras,:: Offered Tobias helpfully.
This time, Marco couldn't hold back. "Yeah, and then we can poop bomb them!"
Rachel ignored him. "But the question is, what animal would be good enough to see the cameras?"
"Maybe we can stake out the farm with birds," I said.
::No, too suspicious.:: Said Tobias, who was circling around overhead. All of a sudden he dove down to the ground, thought-speak yelling: ::Visser One is coming, along with five other Andalite-Controllers! Get outta here!::
Jake cursed.
Marco sighed. "Man, whaddaya expect? Welcome to a typical day in Animorph life."