Disclaimer: YEAH! CHAPTER 4!I have wrapped up the story, and I wrote it in one day! Also, I have taken the liberty of giving Cedric a last name; Barker. This is for the infamous Cedric the Entertainer, and the only word I could think of that reminded me of an entertainer was "barker", which is the word for the people outside the circus tents that go "HURRY! HURRY! STEP RIGHT UP!" and junk like that. HERE WE GO NOW!

"That's Lilly's anklet!" Cedric yelled.

"Thank you, Mister Obvious." Angela went to grab the anklet, which stood a few inches above her reach She stretched out her arm, and-

"OW!" Angela doubled over, clutching her stomach in pain. Do-Wah grabbed her as she fell.

"You're in no condition to be still walking around. Let's get out of here before someone else gets hurt." B-Bop hurried grabbed the anklet and stuffed it into his pocket. "Let's go, guys."

B-Bop pressed a button clearly labeled "OPEN" and walked inside of the huge chamber.

Inside, their were hundreds of enormous aliens! Some of them looked like dragons, some like bats, some like horses, some like white gorillas, dozens of them.

One of the aliens that looked like a dragon glowed silver, and its sleek fur seemed to wave in the breeze, even though the air was as still as the night. (Just for a hint, it looks like Haku in dragon form from "Spirited Away".) This caught the group's eyes for a few seconds; they stared for a while and then turned their minds to more important matters.

Atreyu sat right in the middle of the room, looking fit, healthy, and much bigger. He turned an amber eye towards them, whistling softly.

"Atreyu?" Einstien shook his head, and suddenly regained his senses. "Is it really you?"

"OF COURSE IT'S HIM!"

The group reacted in shock as Lilly jumped onto Atreyu's nose! She seemed to appear out of nowhere, vaporizing from thin air.

"He's a giant alien! He'd be in the Giant Alien Containment Center!" Lilly giggled. "Sometimes, you lower beings can be so oblivious."

"Lower beings?" 2-T asked.

"STOP RIGHT THERE!"

Angela yelled out of instinct, "HACKSAW!"

"Yes, it is, isn't it," Hacksaw gloated. Hacksaw brandished another ray gun. Muldoon stood behind him, holding his MATD with shaking and nervous hands.

"Wait a minute, it's that girl again!" Hacksaw noticed that Angela was still walking. "GUARDS!"

Two robo-guards came from behind Hacksaw. While the boys ran, Angela remained frozen in her place, scared and paralyzed in a sudden mixture of pain and fear.

A robo-guard quickly aimed and fired at the hapless girl. Angela screamed, ready to accept her final fate. The giant purple energy ball-

Stopped.

She opened her eyes, expecting to be dead. Instead, Angela was alive, albeit bathed in the purple glow from the laser blast. She looked in front of her, to see what had stopped the blast.

IT WAS LILLY! Lilly stood before Angela, facing the energy ball. Her arms were crossed, her face was stern, and her tail quickly flickered side to sise. It had stopped in midair, slowly undulating as it floated.

In fact, Angela took a closer look, she saw that Lilly wasn't standing; in fact, she was floating! Her feet hung lifelessly beneath her at least 5 inches above the ground.

"Angela, run," Lilly whispered under her breath.

"What?"

"Run. Run to the Martians. Run!"

Angela stumbled to the boys, who were hiding behind Atreyu's leg. Lilly dropped her arms to her side.

"Poor Doctor Brady Hacksaw," she calmy sympathized. The energy ball slowly disentegrated. "Still using these low-class Robo-Guards. The 2600x Units are available now at retail price in Nevada."

"Who are you?" Hacksaw yelled.

"A Higher Being. Lilliatai Aretha Cor Tiberius XVIII!"

Lilly took to the air, zooming past the aliens and towards a back wall!

"She's flying! Amazing!" Muldoon smiled in amazement before Hacksaw snatched his MATD.

"VAPORIZE THAT ALIEN!" Hacksaw double-fired his gun and stolen... MATD thing.

Lilly zipped through the forest of alien necks and bodies like she was born there. "ATREYU! GET READY TO GET OUT OF HERE!"

Atreyu shreeked and clutched our party in his left foot.

"What's going on?" Mike yelled.

"Don't ask me, I'm lost!" Do-Wah was scared, and he was squished right up against Einstien's quills.

"This was not part of my mission briefing!" Einstien roared.

Lilly finally reached the wall at the end of the enormous room. A volley of laser beams followed her. She hit the wall, the lasers hit the wall, and

BOOOM!

The wall crumbled, letting the desert air fill the room. B-Bop squinted when the sunlight hit his face.

"TREEEEEAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!" Atreyu, with a powerful push of his wings, was soon out in the California sky.

"ZAAARAAAAAAAOOOOOOOO!" The silver dragon alien ran out into the desert, followed by the other creatures. The giant creatures rushed out of the room, stampeding, galloping, howling and brawing in excitement, and following Atreyu.

The seven heroes, however, were still clutched inside of Atreyu's talons.

"THIS IS SO COOL!" Mike laughed. "WE'RE FLYING! WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"

"I hate flying!" 2-T squeaked. "I hate heights!"

Lilly apparated in between Atreyu's legs. She held out her tail to the group, and they disappeared. They reappeared on Atreyu's back.

"Well, this is better," Einstien shook himself, rattling his quills.

"Atreyu!" Lilly zoomed into view next to Atreyu's head. "Is everyone out?"

"Every last, still living captive alien."

Einstien shook in fear, while B-Bop covered his... ears, trying to figure out where the voice came from.

Atreyu beat his wings in the wind. "Sorry for not speaking to you sooner, my voice was weak. I am Atreyu, the Spirit Eagle, as you know me."

"The eagle can talk! Neato!" Cedric tentatively crawled to Atreyu's neck. "I'm -"

"Cedric, Cedric Barker, I know," Atreyu ruffled his tailfeathers for a split second. "I saw you on the television along with your Martian friends."

"Cool!" Cedric turned to the Martians. B-Bop sat calmy on his knees; Do-Wah was holding onto Angela's arm for support; 2-T was fearfully trying to get a grip on Atreyu's feathers. "Guys! We're an interplanetary hit!"

"Intergalactic, Cedric," Lilly corrected. "Planet Yaxier is over in Andromeda."

Cedric was overcome with joy.

B-Bop took a passive look over the side of Atreyu, and saw the variable army of aliens, all stampeding under Atreyu's watchful eyes. The noise was a roar, like the crashing of waves on the shore, as a mixture of hooves, paws, and feet all stamped the ground in sychronicity. A few aliens took to the sky, beating their wings, or some simply floating (like Lilly). The unipeg (Dracora) quickly rose above the Spirit Eagle's head. Its gigantic wings effortlessly carried its weight.

"It's beautiful," Mike whispered, very quietly, to himself.

"Lilly, you woke up the Dracora?" Atreyu screamed.

"It was alive!" Lilly debated. "If barely."

"That's not 'barely alive'!" Do-Wah happily pointed out. Angela laughed as a flock of small, butterfly-human mixed aliens brazed her shoulder, saying something in their language of chirps and squeals.

"The Dos are saying thank you!" Lilly happily explained. She slowed her pace, letting herself fall back to 2-T's level on Atreyu's back. "They're very a gracious species of alien!"

"Lilly, I think we're ready to head back to Yaxier," Atreyu spoke to the tailed wonder. "I suggest you start rounding up everyone. Get everyone who can fly into the air. Everyone who can't fly, get them onto a flying one's back. Hurry!" Cedric saw that Atreyu did not open his beak when he talked; he seemed to be speaking telepathically, although the group heard his voice in their ears and not their heads.

"Yes, sir! Atreyu, sir!" Lilly zoomed down to the ground.

"Where are we going?" B-Bop asked.

"To Yaxier, of course," Atreyu said bluntly. "We must fight off the Martian Fleet."

"What? You have a space ship?" B-Bop asked.

"Not quite."

Lilly materialized, along with a few smaller aliens. One of a strange mix of human and bat with a hint of kitten, instead of arms and hands, this obviously female alien had large bat wings (A person with white fur, cat ears, and a bat body). Another was a centaur-like blue creature with no mouth, stalk eyes, and a tail with a sharp-looking tail blade (Animorph's Andalite). And, also, there was the goat-woman that Angela had seen earlier.

"Wacka!" she squealed, seeing Angela. "Eeo noa keenee mkata!"

Angela looked at Do-Wah, expecting a translation. He shrugged.

A few more aliens popped up alongside them in time. Other aliens were tranferred to the other dragon fliers.

"Hang on, everyone!" Atreyu finally warned. "This is going to be a bit of a jolt!"

"Oh no......." 2-T scrambled and latched onto a tall, green, and skinny alien with bug eyes and antennae. "Ohno! I'm gonna fall off! I'm gonna fall off!......"

Lilly plopped herself down next to 2-T. "I suggest you let go of the Irken, 2-T."

2-T slowly let go of the Irken, who smiled and patted him comfortingly on the head. It spoke to him in Martian, "It is problem, no. I afraid heights of, too used to be."

"He's still learning," Lilly laughed.

Atreyu screeched, and with a few finally flaps of his wings he started to slowly lift into the air. Others followed gracefully.

"Prepare for a rough take-off!" Lilly yelled at the top of her lungs. Angela braced herself the best she could. Einstien sat with his back against hers for support. Mike inched his way back to the middle of Atreyu's back. Cedric wrapped his arms around the eagle's neck, smiling with joy.

There was a flash of light, and-

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B-Bop coughed as a foul smell filled his lungs. The air was a wispy brown with touches of gray; the ground below seemed to be bare dirt. Huge burn marks and craters pock-marked the landscape. A few Rover Pods patroled the area, but they seemed to ignore the large eagle and dragon aliens. Atreyu landed, and Einstien quickly jumped off and scanned the world.

"What happened.... my home...... it's been destroyed......." Einstien closed his eyes, amazed at how much had changed while he was gone.

"Oh my gosh," Angela marveled. "The Martians have torn this place apart! No offense, guys."

Do-Wah shook his head. "None taken." He couldn't take his eyes off of the planet, which was baren of all life. A few mountains dotted the horizon.

"I guess we know how Mars was really destroyed now, huh, 2-T?" Do-Wah asked his friend of 15 Martian years.

"And Emporer Bog said it was a volcano eruption," 2-T whispered.

"All is not lost," Atreyu calmy stated. "No lives have been lost. To the mountains!" Atreyu started to run towards the mountains, moving gracefully despite the fact that he was a bird.

"To the mountains, oh citizens!" Lilly started to follow, running all her hands and feet rather than just on her feet. Other aliens ran after the two, neatly avoiding the seven familiar faces who had no clue to what was going on.

"How do we keep up with them?" Cedric asked. "We're not at fast as them!"

2-T yelped, making the others turn their heads.

The Irken! He was riding on a large, two-legged dinosaur-like alien. It was green with purple stripes and speckles running down its back. Upon its head, a large bony crest resembling a shoehorn swept back towards its thick tail.(The type of dinosaur it looks like is called a Parasaurolophus. Look it up on Yahoo.com, it looks pretty neat.) It held 2-T in its mouth before tossing him onto his back.

The Irken spoke to them in Martian, again, so the humans did not understand. "I thank for saving I from death. I help Martians! Away, creature, away!"

The dinosaur creature rushed the six remaining on the ground, and effortlessly slipped them onto his back. He roared before finally following the rest of the herd.

They reached the mountains quickly, but not before being noticed by the Martian Fleet. The last few aliens barely made it into a nearby cave with their lives.

Einstien shook himself again, trying to rid himself of a patch of quills that had been singed by a photon beam blast. "That hurts!"

Aliens started complaining in their native language, making the cave sound like a convention center.

Hooves clacked the stony floor. Some creatures moaned in pain as others tried to treat there wounds. The Irken had received a photon beam to his leg, and was unable to walk.

"Neesho aiya ta naga no haho neeogei." He held his blackened leg. "Iko iko sheenoa."

"This is bad!" B-Bop sat down, overcome with fatigue. "Very bad!" The Irken's mount fell to his side, a large, gaping gash sliced into his back by a laser.

"Cadet!" A familair voice called from the back of the cave.

"Prime minister!" Einstien howled.

Rena raced to Einstien, her golden chestplate replaced by a non-decorative iron one.

"It's good to see you again!" Rena gasped. "You must be the only one of your kind left in the Militia!"

"What happened to the rest of them?"

"Captured by the Martian Fleet," Rena explained. Her movement was a bit stifled, repetative, and animatronic, like certain video game characters. "Some were killed, but most are being held in captivity on the main Martian airship, including General Martharius."

"Marthar? How do we get him back?"

"We need to destroy the engines on the airship, but there force fields block all of our technology. We can't get through the shields!"

"We could!"

Rena looked towards the Martian commander that had addressed her. He stumbled towards her, still tired, but looking hopeful. "We've got something that could take out the engines no problem!"

"Hmmmm, a Martian going against his people to help a planet he's trying to invade." Rena was skeptical, to say the least.

"Then it's (pant) settled. Come on, guys!" Do-Wah struggled to his feet. 2- T stood and walked to the cave, holding his wrist.

"You're going into a BKM fight?" Angela asked. "You're in no condition to go into BKM! B-Bop, you're barely awake! 2-T's got a sprained wrist or something, and Do-Wah can't survive in a battle by himself!" She got up to stop him, but her cracked ribs stopped her again. The Irken placed a skeletal hand on her shoulder.

"Let's go, guys." The Martians walked into the battlescarred waisteland.

Lilly smiled. "I respect that kind of bravery. I should help."

"It is against the our laws," Atreyu spoke back. "Interferring would result in dire consequences."

"I guess I have to respect the laws, no matter the circumstances. Couldn't you just regenerate the landscape a little? Clearer skies? Anything?"

"Not during a war. That is not in my jurisdiction. And calling in a superior at this time would land me a demotion."

"They're on there own?!" Lilly paniced. "But-but-but they're lower beings!"

"Be that as it may, lower beings are more capable than you might think." Atreyu smiled in his own, eagle way. "You shall learn, dear. After a few eons, you will understand."

"You ready?" B-Bop asked his friends.

"Roger that, Commander!" They were in strong military mood, and they were ready to fight with their lives.

"B!"

:"K!"

"M!"

Rena watched in amazement as the BKM sequence played before her. "Amazing!"

"WOAH!" Einstien smiled.

Mike looked around for something to occupy his mind other than the BKM transformation. He saw all of the fallen aliens, mowed down by the Martian Fleet. Some were hurt worse than others, but the point was that, even if the Martians survived, they wouldn't survive for long.

Mike noticed a large, red... something behind a rock. He politely tugged a tuft of Rena's fur. "Miss Rena? What's that?"

Rena turned to the red object. "An ancient weapon. Extremely primitive, no one is sure how to use it."

Mike tiptoed to the object, afraid that he might set it off. Under closer examination, he realized....

"CEDRIC! ANGELA! I THINK I KNOW A WAY TO HELP THE MARTIANS!"

"You do?" Cedric crawled on his knees over to Mike's location, being to close to just get up and walk. "What is it?"

"Cedric, it's a giant bottle rocket!" Mike teased the rocket out of its place. "WE CAN SAVE THE MARTIANS!"

B-Bop, 2-T, and Do-Wah flew towards the Martian Airship, which slightly resembled an old-fashioned Zord from the original Power Rangers. 2-T lead; B-Bop was lagging behind, having trouble keeping his eyes open.

"Let's fire a Shock Blast!" B-Bop commanded. The Martians put their left hands forward; energy started coursing among the three. Large photon beams blasted from the palm of the suit. It would have been a huge impact, but 2- T had forgottenly used his sprained wrist. The blast was enough to leave a dent in the shields, but the engines were barely effected.

"YAH!" he screamed as he pulled his arm back. His breathing became labored, if purely from shock if not pain. 2-T let a tear fall of off his cheek.

Do-Wah had his hands full at the moment. B-Bop had passed out during the battle; although he had started to wake up, he was still basically asleep. Do-Wah held onto his arm while manuevering around the Airship's photon beams.

On the ground, Mike was setting up the rocket while Cedric aimed.

"Great!" Mike breathed. "All we need is to light the fuuuUUSE! OH NO! HOW CAN WE LIGHT THE FUSE!?"

Angela patted her pockets, looking for something. She pulled out the pin that Lilly had dropped. It reflected brightly, even in the minimal sunlight. It shined in a flurry of light....

"I've got another idea!" Mike snatched the pin from Angela's hand.

"HEY!"

"Oop. Sorry." Mike shyly handed the pin back to her.

Angela held the pin above the fuse of the bottle rocket, concentrating a tiny beam of light on the fuse. It started to smolder, then-

"IT'S LIT!" Cedric lifted one of Angela's shoulders. "RUN!"

Mike lifted the other shoulder and lifted Angela to safety.

The rocket blasted into the air! It miraclously made it through the hole in the force field, and

BOOOM!

The airship crashed to the ground!

Do-Wah pried open a half-closed door, letting a few soldiers stumble out of the hold.

One alien that looked like a super-sized Einstien looked up at Do-Wah. "Thank you, soldier. Thank you."

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Rena beamed with pride before the large congregation. He golden breastplate had been polished to a fine shine. Along with that, she wore a few feathered anklets around her left paw. Atreyu had re-established the wildlife on the planet; it was a beautiful blend of pink trees, green bushes, purple clouds, yellow flowers.... B-Bop, 2-T, and Do-Wah stood before Rena, fully healed and looking fit. Cadet Einstien stood to Rena's right, his quills waxed to a healthy shine. Mike, Angela, and Cedric stood to her left; Angela wore a delicate white stomach brace which seemed to be a part of her outfit. She stood tall and proud, smiling with joy as the Martians focused on the Prime Minister. Atreyu stood behind Rena, scanning the crowd for something or someone. Lilly stood underneath Atreyu, smiling vacantly and staring into space.

"Citizens of the planet Yaxier!" She spoke to the large herd of mis-matched species. "We have been a refuge for outcasts and criminals alike for centuries. We have opened our homes and hearts to the kindred spirits that seek only an understanding home. And in doing so, we have opened our door to anger as well as love, being under attack by the Martian Fleet for generations! Until yesterday, when three Martian soldiers risked their lives to save our world from their own kind. They will be reveared as heroes on this planet for generations."

2-T blushed while B-Bop straightened himself. Do-Wah laughed and mumbled, "Aw, 'twas nothin'."

"In honor of their victory against the odds," Rena continued. "I, along with my superiors, have decided to make these elite three official members of the Yaxier Militia."

B-Bop suddenly frowned. "Uh, ma'am, isn't it...

"It's against the law or something, isn't it?" Do-Wah asked.

"I mean, to be an agent for two armies? Wouldn't that mean we're spies or something?" 2-T scratched his head.

"It is legal here," Rena bluntly stated.

"Works for me!" B-Bop grinned.

"So, I now name thee Martians Commander B. Bop-A-Luna, Lieutenant 2-T-Fru- T, and Corporal Do-Wah-Diddy of the Yaxier Militia, with any and all rights granted to military personel of that rank!"

A cheer went through the crowd, causing all of the Martians to blush. Rena handed a comemorative badge to each of the Martians.

"Also, in the event of a crisis, our own, brave Cadet Einstien Garoflo took to the cold vacuum of space to find Atreyu, who has graciously agreed to stay on our planet to protect us from further invasion."

Atreyu bowed, tapping Lilly on the shoulder with his beak.

"In honor of his bravery, I have decided to promote Einstien from a Cadet to a Major."

Einstien jumped, shock filling his eyes. He eventually regained composure, and bowed as Rena placed an insignia mark on Einstien's quills. The throng of people roared with joy, with a drone of stomping barely breaking the scream barrier.

"And, finally, I would like to honor the humans."

Mike, Cedric, and Angela jumped as well, asking eachother how they got involved in this ceremony.

"For helping to destroy the Martian airship, I grant these children the rank of Cadet in the Yaxier Militia!"

Legend goes that you could here the cheering from the next planet, it was so loud. Cedric shook with fear as his Cadet Marker was placed onto his chest. Mike mouthed a thank you, unable to squeeze a word from his tense lips. Angela swooned, breathing heavily and sweating at the palms, which made wearing her gloves a chore. They each took a turn in bowing to the Prime Minister.

"Thank you all! Now, please, return to your homes! We have a long way to go before the planet is back to its original state!"

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"We saved the planet! We saved the planet!" Cedric cheered from the borrowed Rover Pod. "Go Cedric! Go Cedric! It's your birthday! It's your birthday!"

"You were pretty awesome out there, Angie," Do-Wah congradulated.

"Thank you!" Angela grinned.

"VERY GOOD FOR LOWER BEINGS!"

Mike yelped as Lilly apparated before his eyes. "Very good! I wasn't expecting you to take down the Airship without killing at least one soldier!"

"Who are you!" 2-T screamed more than asked.

"I'm Lilly, the Higher Being," she introduced. "I was sent to Earth to find a lower being to look after, but they all seemed so boring! Until I met you! You have to be the most interesting lower beings on Earth! So, I've decided to watch after you from now on!"

"Why do I have a feeling I'm going to like this?" B-Bop swooned.

"Why do I have a feeling that it's going to be a long 'from now on'?" Do- Wah plopped his head onto his knees, sighing pitifully.

DONE!