Tobias's Legacy Part 3

Author's note- The main character, Anthony, is based on me, and my dreams of Animorphs. Meg, Tanya, Adam and Ziana (Obviously) are real, breathing people. Robbie is just someone I threw in to keep the story together, Kinda like the points on Whose Line is it Anyway. Well, enjoy the story. Oh, and this series idea is copyright by Jordi Sharpe1999-2000.

Chapter 1

My name is Anthony. I can't tell you my last name, or hometown. I would be killed in a matter of days. My friends have the same problem. We have a huge responsibility to protect Earth from the Yeerks. What's a Yeerk? You're probably asking. Well, they're parasitic alien slugs from another planet. If you don't believe me, well, then, it's your fault when they drag you down that long pier, to the pool. When they shove your head in that murky, leady water and you feel the pain of a hole being drilled into your head. When you can't control any part of your body. When you personally undersee the infestation or death of your family. Still don't believe me? Didn't think so.

Me and my friends, Adam, Meg, Robbie, Tanya and Ziana, along with an Andilite, a good species (we think) of the galaxy. We fight the Yeerks. But we can't win without our special powers. We can turn into any animal we touch. We used the Escafil device, as Kandi calls it, to give us the power.

Basically, Earth is being conquered. And ever since we found out, we've been fighting. Since about 3 weeks ago…

Chapter 2

I inspected the rift hound's body. I tore its heart out. I looked at Syruss.

"It isss edible, sssir." He told me.

I looked at it again. I closed my eyes and swallowed it. It actually tasted good. And right before my eyes, a green swirl appeared. I watched as it turned into two items. A Mana Cluster and a Spirit staff! I wanted both badly. I ate the Mana cluster and felt a charge of energy through my veins. I equipped the Spirit Staff. It was good, but not as good as the Boomstick or Great Sword Darkstorm. I placed it in my backpack and…

RIIIIIING!

I looked up from the monitor. The phone rang. I was playing Lands of Lore 3. It was by Westwood Studios. I was obsessed with any of the Lands of Lore games.

I picked up the receiver.

"Hello?"

"This is a collect call from... "Oh, Palomar, you are the hunk of my life!" Will you accept charges?"

"Shaddup Adam!" I chuckled. He was trying to impersonate Gabe, my girlfriend.

"Hey, I'm getting better!" he replied.

"Yeah, well, what do you want?"

"Well, just thought you and Robbie wanted to go for a ride. Maybe even Meg…"

"Sorry Romeo," I interrupted, "but she's working."

"Awww, nuts!" he exclaimed.

"Let's go anyway." I told him.

"Sure, meet you at the park."

"Pick up Robbie too."

"Sure, gotta work on your bike?"

"Yep, after yesterday's meet, I've gotta tighten my brakes and adjust my shocks. I might need some lube for my chain to. Could ya bring some over?"

"Sure, then I'll get Robbie."

"Kay, bye."

Chapter 3

I tightened my brakes, my fabulous, $400 each disc brakes, and adjusted my Bomber Z2 shocks. My frame, a Palomar, was dirty, so I cleaned it and waited for Adam.

I saw my garage door open.

By instinct, I grabbed a pipe. My dad, my biological dad, had been mugged when he was working on his van once. He told me to be careful.

I saw two figures standing in the entrance.

"Luke, I am your father!" Adam shouted.

I run up and swung the pipe at his head. He ducked, but I had stopped short. I looked down at him, cowering away, and I grinned.

"No you aren't." I said.

Robbie just gaped.

"You two are nuts!" he exclaimed.

Adam got up. Then, by coincidence, we both ran our fingers through our moppy hair. His was blond, actually, dirty blond, and mine was brown. He had green eyes and mine were brown. The only two things we had in common were our height, 5"5, and our skin shades. We were slightly tan.

Robbie looked totally differently compared to us. He had an elfish face, hair that looked bleached (But was natural), and ice-blue eyes that pierced my mind. I had been afraid of him before. I can tell about people through their eyes. He had a problem as a child, but only him and his parents knew about it. I was the only one to notice he had one.

"Well, you guys got your bikes?" I asked. Then, I saw their helmets.

"No, we plan on falling down." Adam said, sarcastically. I think.

Then, he tripped over my foot and landed on his butt.

He got up and brushed himself off.

"Told ya!"

I smiled. Adam could cheer just about anyone up.

"So, how far are you in Lands of Lore?" I asked him.

"Well, I just got to the room where Cabal is."

"You mean the room with the force-fields?"

He stared at me. "You mean, he's not in the room where the Boomstick is?"

"Nope. You know that door where you put the…"

"God, you guys love that game, don't you?"

"Well, you know mom's friend Jeff, right?"

"Oh geez, not another story…" he muttered.

Chapter 4

We left and rode around the block.

"So I said, 'Well, if you know what's good for you, you'll do it." Adam was explaining.

"So, he did it?"

"Yep, he asked Juliana out for Monday!" he laughed.

We all burst out laughing. Juliana was the strangest girl in our Science class. I still couldn't believe that Tyler, the captain of our school rugby team, actually did what Adam told him to.

"Man, that's a laugh." Robbie replied.

"Well, it's me!" Adam shrugged.

We rode down 31st Street, until we saw Gabe.

"Hey guys."

"Hey, I thought you were at Bike camp." I questioned.

"Well, my mom wanted me back soon. Gramps had another heart-attack."

"Wow," I said, "Is he alright?"

"Yeah, the docs are all over him about his eating fatty foods and all." She explained.

"So, you, uh, busy tonight?"

"Yeah," she responded, "Meeting tonight."

"Alright, see ya later babe." I called as we rode away.

Then, before I was too far away, I saw her rub her ear with her pinky. I made nothing of it.

"Man, she is h-o-t! " Adam remarked.

"Yeah, well don't get any ideas. Remember that time you asked her out?" I asked.

Adam smiled. He asked her out once, and she slapped him right in front of me. Then, she asked me out.

"So, now what?" Robbie asked impatiently. He was bored.

"I don't know. Maybe we could go with Gabe to the meeting." I replied. Anything to stay near Gabe.

"Okay. By the way," Adam started, "What's the club called again? I know Gabe's one of the important people. But I forgot what the place is called."

I searched my memory.

"I think it was the Sharing."

Chapter 5

We rode until we got to Fin Park. We rode around Central pond and then we saw Ziana and Meg. I waved to them.

"Hey, I thought you were working!" I demanded.

"Yeah, well Jesse let me off today."

We chatted for a few minutes, until I saw Tanya.

She was Meg's best friend, along with Zi. That's what we called Ziana.

Tanya was new in town, in three of my classes. Meg met her in PE and they became fast friends. She looked amazing everyday. Medium short brown hair, emerald eyes that shone in the rays of the sun. She was about two or three inches shorter than I was. She had always seemed to like me, like she had a crush on me.

Everyone knew about her rough life. She was a foster child, like Adam. Her parents

died a long time ago. She only knew that their names were Loren and Jeff. She hardly knew them.

"Hey Tanya! Over here!" Meg yelled.

She ran over to us.

"How are you? I haven't seen you in like a month!" Zi reminded her.

"Well, I went to Canada for a week. I met a lot of people there. It was fun in Vancouver mostly. I had a blast there."

She glanced and smiled at me quickly.

"Hey, that's great!" Robbie replied, unnoticingly.

We decided to let the girls get their bikes, and we rode into Kilmer Park. It was starting to get dark.

Chapter 6

"So, that's why you should date Jay." Ziana was telling Meg. See, she was big into dream interpretations. Everyone had told her a weird dream and she told them about it. Adam told about how he dreamt his crush was feeding him brussel sprouts (His most hated of foods) and he kept saying he wanted more. The interpretation: He has no Love life. Everyone, including Adam laughed.

I was feeling uneasy though. I had one dream that was really weird. I didn't know if I should tell it or not.

"Anthony!"

"Huh?" I wondered. I looked at Zi. She had a puzzled look on her face.

"Well, tell us about a dream you had!"

I squirmed.

"Well, okay. It was really strange."

We all dismounted our bikes and sat down to rest.

"Last night," I started.

*** *** ***

"I dreamt that I was turning into a Jaguar, then, everyone was talking in my head. Then, this guy, you know, the famous Dr Jakob Richmond, took out this flashlight thing, and shot me. I blacked out and then, I was in space.

"I looked around and hear this voice.

" 'Anthony, you must choose now.'

"I said 'Choose what?'

"Then, this strange thing walks into this place out of nowhere. He was blue, like a pale light, and his eyes were holes that glittered. He looked old, and wore a robe.

"He said 'You must choose to live in the life beyond, or experience the pain of life.' "

" Then, I don't know why, I go all 'City of Angels' on him, or it."

"I say, 'I saw you, in a dream long ago. And I chose.' "

" 'I would rather have... one touch of her hand... one touch of her hair... one... touch... of her lips... than a world of no pain, no love, without that.' "

"He nods and smiles. Then he says, 'You made the right decision.' Then, I'm in someone's arms. Back in the cavern..."

*** *** ***

Everyone look wide-eyed.

"But, whose arms were you in?" Adam asked.

I knew who's I was in. But, I was too embarrassed to tell.

"I don't know." was all I said.

We all looked at Ziana.

"What?" she asked.

"What does it mean?" I demanded.

She looked at the ground.

"I think it means... you die, then... come back to life."

Chapter 7

We all were quiet for a few minutes. Then, Tanya looked up. She suddenly looked bewildered.

"Look!" she whispered to me.

I looked to where she was pointing. A small speck of light, getting bigger and bigger. It was flashing. It was late at night, but still, people could probably see it.

"What is it?" Adam asked me.

I shrugged. We all looked now.

"It's coming this way!" Adam shouted.

He was right. I finally saw a good view of it. It had a pod on the front, and a triangular section in the back. I saw what looked like a tail and gun. There were two more "guns" mounted on the front.

"What the hell is that?" Robbie asked.

We all stood, frozen. I started to walk forwards.

Suddenly, I was in that cavern.

Anthony, over here! I heard in my head.

It was that dream!

Help!

Oh no! Tobias was hit!

Jake! Back off!

That last voice was mine.

Then, I was back in the woods, looking at an alien ship.

I shook my head. It was probably my imagination. I continued walking. Everyone ran up behind me.

"Antoine, dude, what are you doing?" Adam asked.

"I-I don't kn-know!" I stuttered.

The ship was suddenly above my head.

I jumped out of the way quickly. I ran past a grinning Adam. Then, I watched the ship land.

A few moments later, the ship was in front of me.

We all stood there, gaping. Then, lines appeared on the front. I was guessing it was a door. I wanted to run, but my legs felt like lead. I couldn't move.

"Ooookay, I'd give this 9.9 on the weird scale." I heard Adam mutter. I agreed with him.

"Hello?" I called, "Who are you?"

Do not be afraid.

Everyone jumped. We heard it in our heads.

"Make that 10!" Adam remarked.

"W-who are you?" I asked…it.

I am an Andilite. I shall reveal myself, the voice said.

Out of the "door" strode what I thought was a centaur. It had violet-blue fur that covered its body. I saw that it had two hands, each with seven fingers. Its head was shaped like a human's, except it had pointed ears, no mouth, and stalks with eyes on them. Its "nose" was three slits. It also had hooves. Probably due to the part horse thing.

I wasn't worried, until I saw the tail.

I was long, and curved. At the end was a mean looking scythe. It looked sharp. Not like a butter knife. More like a really sharp razor blade.

I froze up. Luckily, Tanya started talking.

"We won't hurt you."

Controllers! the Andilite spat.

"What? What's a Controller?" I asked.

Do not toy with me, Yeerk! the Andilite snapped.

Suddenly, it lunged forward. Then, like a flash, its tail blade was at my throat.

Chapter 8

Don't make me kill you. What is your designation? Is it Esplin 352?. Hantron 3677?

"Um…what the heck are you talking about?" I cried.

It didn't move for several moments, then, relaxed its tail.

I am sorry. That was very inappropriate for an Aristh like me. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Aristh Kandil-Morin-Panitar, the first Andilite female to join and be recruited into the Andilite Army. I have come to find Warrior Aximilli-Esgarrouth-Isthtil. Do you know of him?

We all just gaped.

"N-n-no, we d-don't…" Robbie stammered.

Only Tanya stood brave.

"I'm sorry, Kandil… uh… mind if I call you Kandi?" she asked.

If it is easier for you, then yes.

"Well then, Kandi, no we don't."

Ah. I see that you are the only one who speaks without that strange sound in your voice. I also see that you use a mouth. Interesting.

"Uh," Meg finally said something, "W-we just want to know if you're going to kill us or what?"

No, I do not believe you are Yeerks. But, you have seen me. You may tell someone about me. Maybe a Yeerk. You are not the humans I am looking for. I am afraid I must erase your memories.

"Wait!" I piped up, "Can't you tell us what's going on?"

Kandi didn't say anything. Instead she looked up to the sky.

Then, she lifted her hand and made a "Come on over here" signal.

Come to my ship please. I shall explain there.

We walked cautiously towards the spacecraft.

When we were all secure inside, Kandi said, Computer, ascend to 2798 feet space level.

The ship shook, then I had a feeling of my stomach dropping. We were going up.

Chapter 9

We stopped suddenly. I fell on my butt, so did Adam. We got up and brushed our selves off. Kandi explained that we were in orbit around the Earth. She also spilled the story.

In the Earth year 1966, we Andalites had reached many planets. We had eventually reached the Yeerk homeworld, which held few lifeforms.

She pawed at the floor with her hoof.

Our most disgraced prince, Seerow, was in charge of an exploration there. He found the Yeerks, a parasitic race of slugs that crawled into the heads of the Gedds. The Gedds were like Chicht, or an Earth monkey. They seemed clumsy, so Seerow didn't know what else to do.

We all looked confused.

He gave them advanced technology. she told us.

"Uh, so?"

Adam of course.

The Yeerks betrayed us Andilites. They even took the body of one of our princes, Alloran-Semitur-Corass. Another disgraced prince.

"Man, your guys are bad!" Adam joked.

Kandi's tail blade was at his throat instantly.

Never say that again! she snapped.

"Okay! Jeez, I was joking!"

She took her blade away from his throat. She then continued to tell us about the technology that the Yeerks and Andalites used, the Yeerk pool, and everything else she could.

"So what happens now?" I asked.

She looked glum.

I should not of told you of this situation, she stated plainly, because it was breaking an Andalite law.

Meg said, "It's okay, I mean.."

No! You do not understand! The law of Seerow's Kindness is a very serious law. I could become disgraced as well.

We all nodded.

She looked up.

I believe I do not have to erase your memories. I can help you humans instead.

She clopped over to a console and pick up a box that shone a bluish-cyan color.

This cube gives a species the ability to transform into any creature they touch. It is a very special metamorphosis power. Touch the cube and wait.

We touched the cube, except for Meg, who touched it after us. There was a strange tingle. It felt like a small jolt of electricity. Then, Kandi smiled, except, with her eyes. It looked strange, but it made me feel safer.

Chapter 10

I ran home as quick as I could. Everyone agreed to meet at Kandi's fighter later in the morning. I ran in the door, Meg close behind. I ran to the kitchen, where I ran into Mom and Bill. I ran a lot that night.

"Hey kid! Where were you today?" Bill asked.

I grinned. It was his nickname for me.

"I was riding with Adam and Robbie, then with Zi, Meg and Tanya."

"Oh, honey, Gabe's mother called." My mom said.

"I already spoke with Gabe."

"Well, her grandfather is in the hospital. Apparently, he was having seizures. He was screaming about something, like Yeerks, or something."

"Y-Yeerks?"

"Yes. It was very odd. He started having the seizures, then…"

The phone started to ring again.

"He started to yell about Yeerks, aliens from another planet," she said as she went to the phone, "Hello?"

She listened for a minute. She looked shocked.

"Okay… I'm so sorry Marie…Yes, we can come… Okay, bye."

She hung up the phone.

"Gabe's grandfather died."

"He died?" Meg asked.

"Yes. A doctor went to check on him, and he came out and announced that he was dead."

Suddenly, everything was quiet.

I knew why her Grandfater died.

The Yeerks.

He knew.

Or he was one of them.

Chapter 11

"He was Yeerked?" Meg hissed.

"Yeah, how else could he know?" I whispered.

It was midnight. Meg had come to my room because she thought something was up to.

"Well, maybe he saw them."

"He would probably be dead before if that were true." I muttered.

"I'm going to bed." She said.

"Kay, night."

This is book three.