Animorphs Season 2 - The Creators

Disclaimer: No, I don't own Animorphs, I do own the characters you don't recognise.

Chapter 6 - Yes, after six months I've written chapter 6!

I was stupid to not turn around and then morph. We were in some sort of triangle, and all watching each other. I wanted to puke, but I couldn't, I must've had a falcon's throat.

I was shrinking! Shrinking! The ground was eating me up. These were some of the wild insane thoughts that clouded my mind.

The fact I was watching Ruthi and James was even more disturbing, both of them were human size, in fact I think I was the most bird. There was a massive piece of cloth smothering me, I struggled to get it off me. I waved my tiny arms that had not yet fully changed into wings.

Focussing on the Peregrine falcon was automatically hard, when you're in front of, well, a girl with a beak face with sharp talons emerging from her feet, and feather-boy it doesn't make things a lot easier.

I could feel my bones changing, making a horrible crunching sound, I noticed I still hadn't got feathers. I was like a deformed, pink baby bird with arms slowly developing into wings.

But soon enough I did have wings, and hovered over the large clothes I recognised as my own. I opened my mouth to speak, but I just made some weird bird noise. I looked at my friends, James had finished morphing completely and Ruthi was still waiting to shrink. She looked a bit like big-bird at the moment.

Anytime now, I should shrink, Her voice said in my head. I looked at her, and then I realised I was fully morphed.

Ruthi, be quick, I can hear a door opening, James said, directly to Ruthi, but he hadn't bothered to cut me out of the conversation.

I'm trying! I'm trying -ahhhhh! I'm falling! Ruthi's panicked reply.

Instinct kicked in, a bit late but the instinct of a Peregrine Falcon was in my mind, and I knew I had to get into the outside. It was too stuffy in here. James saw me begin to take flight, then her flew infront of me.

Control yourself, Tina, I know it's hard, Then I remembered who I was. Tina, the human girl. Not Tina the falcon, well maybe physically but never mentally. I hovered above Ruthi, who was just finishing her morph.

There was an echoing sound of a door being slammed, Ruthi rose from the ground. I could tell she was feeling uncertain.

Ruthi, in a minute the instinct's gonna- But I was cut off by Ruthi's sudden flight forward towards the glass windows. Then, she stopped herself and flapped her wings endlessly to get back down without falling.

I know how you feel, James, I really want to get outside into the open," Ruthi said, she did a loopdeloop in the air before joining us again.

Without warning the door burst open, I don't know if it was me or the bird in me that made my talons grab onto the next wall I saw. I think it was me, I doubt a bird would be that stupid.

James did the same thing, whilst Ruthi hovered above the person who'd just entered the room silently.

"What the?" The woman bent down and picked up my clothes. I would've blushed, it was Sharon.

"They're nowhere in here, even if their clothes are," She looked puzzled, not the usual puzzled smile I was used to. But a different expression I had never seem before.

"What does this mean?" For a moment I thought she was going to look above her and see us. Leaving our clothes where they were, she left the room.

That was a close one-huh? James said, he was landing on the floor now pecking around.

Um, James, I know this is a weird question but how come your clothes aren't lying on the floor with ours? Ruthi asked, I noticed she was right, none of James' clothing was on the floor where he had been standing.

I dunno, it morphed with me, I guess, He replied, having not thought of that question himself.

It's not supposed to, I said suddenly, I was told it took years of practise.

Well maybe I'm just smarter than you two, If he wasn't a bird, James would've shrugged.

So you chose to morph a kestrel? I asked Ruthi, seeing her American Kestrel body, it had taken me a while to realise what she was.

Yeah, Ruthi said simply.

Cool - I'm a hawk, Tina's a falcon, and you're a kestrel, wonder what Lee's chosen, Pondered James.

We should try and get out of here, I said harshly.

Yeah, I hate to think of morphing back and…you know… said Ruthi.

What getting stuck as Birds? James suggested, he cocked his head to one side.

No - well when we turn back, we won't have any, well, clothes on, Ruthi said, sounding as embarrassed as you can sound in thought speak.

I don't know about you guys - well just Tina if James can morph clothes - but I don't want to demorph until I'm back home really, so we should get going quickly. Ruthi continued.

We need to find your brother first, I informed her.

He's smart enough to get out of this joint, c'mon, maybe he's outside. Ruthi said, anxious to be out. She began to flap her wings in takeoff.

Ok, we'll look outside, but we'll have to be careful, if Sharon finds us we'll have to spend the rest of our days being watched by people visiting the gardens, I said.

Together we flew out of the door Sharon had left open and made our way to the entrance hall. I could see her, she was packing her things and leaving. The Gardens of course had closed long ago, and I wouldn't have been surprised if our parents were dead with worry.

If we don't get out of the Gardens before or while she does we'll be locked in! James said, he seemed cool about it.

Locked in?! Cried Ruthi, forgetting to send her thought speak privately. Sharon heard, she began looking around for the source of the voice.

"What is it now? I'll be there in a minute, I won't get locked in k?" she said quite plainly. As though she was talking to someone invisible.

Then she picked up her bags and swung open the door, preparing to step out.

She was in and out quickly and carelessly, I was shocked when she didn't even bother to lock the door. And afterwards she didn't even glance back to see if it was ok.

Sharon was just straight to her dark blue Toyota car and inserted the keys, she just drove off.

Uh? You guys? James had seized his opportunity to save the door from closing, and with all his might his talons gripped the door handle. All while Ruthi and me had been watching Sharon.

Ruthi immediately, without any thought, helped him, and they managed to hold the door open and pull it back. The door was one of them doors that took forever to close again. So I realised what they were doing.

Ready? Let's get out of here! The three of us soared out of the door and into the midst of the cold night.

Man! I forgot no thermals at night! James moaned, flapping his wings to stay in the air.

Look on the bright side; at least we're out of there, Ruthi said happily.

But we're already missing one of our members and the fight hasn't even started yet, I reminded the two.

Why don't we do what we were going to do before Sharon entered the room earlier? James asked, I'd forgotten about sending thought speak to Lee.

Ok, guys, on the count of three each of us send thought speak out directly to Lee, I told them calmly.

I'll count - 1…2…3 Ruthi began the countdown.

LEE! We all cried in thoughtspeak.

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Hi guys!! No Lee in that chapter, oh well, he'll be in the next one, that's for sure. Thanks all the people who have reviewed, it lead up to me updating again! AFTER 6 WHOLE MONTHS!!!!