Acromorphs
By Ron Potter
Chapter 7: The Battle of Argon
I was on my way to Argon. I had just left behind a member of our group and let him die saving me. But I had to continue with my alpha group to Argon. Argon was a long way away. If they found out we have the power stones it could mean big trouble. We'll be fighting two battles: one with acrogorns and one with the yeerps.
Anyways, Argon was totally different from Alpha Prime. Instead of mountains and grassy plains and lots of seas, there were lots of forest, two seas and maybe one mountain. I knew the cities could mostly be found towards the top of the tall 75-foot-tall trees or in hidden pits on the surface. The atmosphere was a dark ocean blue color with silvery clouds. But there were only about 5 large thick clouds. The trees were really a light brown but since the atmosphere during the day was still a dark blue the trees looked as black as open space. There was very little space where no trees existed. The mountain was so high half of it could be seen from the top of the trees. Up in the trees were generally large web masses, which were guessed as "houses".
I had to be the most careful here. My acrogorn morph was a famous diplomat of acrogorns and I could easily ruin his life or career. The others acquired regular common acrogorns that we found on Alpha Prime. But none of them are famous.
We crawled along the surface looking for an entrance to the underground city of Argon. We needed a hotel place to stay in. As an acrogorn the argon was just like regular old oxygen. Then I heard a loud scream or a cry of distress or whatever it's called when an acrogorn is in trouble. It was like the roar of lion with the innocent cry of a baby.
I asked.
Manny-Falcon said.
I watched Manny-Falcon lean in awkwardly onto the place where he'd said to. Manny-Falcon was then walking gracefully down a stairwell. Then it was my turn. I did exactly as it was suppose to and went down the staircase into a city like New York City but with trees and large buildings made out of bricks. Everywhere was large spider webs. Children and mothers, business- acrogorn, even some leprechauns were there too. There were some infernochauns, which are reddish black leprechauns. The nefer kems are like six-foot-tell centaurs with a spiked tail and razor blades on his arms. The nefer kems were most likely part of these armies on Argon.
Red Hawk joked.
The nefer kems paid no attention to any civilian acrogorn. They didn't even pay attention to me, a diplomat of Alpha Prime of Argon. But I paid no attention to them. I just walked casually in acrogorn morph down the streets.
I reminded everyone in private thought- speak.
There was also another species on the planet. Course it was on the mountain. They looked like creatures called Yali. Yali are strong lions with the tusks of an elephant. It looked like those seven Yali were protecting something. But it couldn't be acrogorn because there's nowhere to settle up there.
Then I saw a dome ship land safely in the trees up on the surface. Then the andalites came but weren't in acrogorn morph.
Sofor asked.
I replied. I sent him back to the andalite world to his parents. Perhaps someone would want to know he's dead.
TSEEWWW! TSEEWWW! TSEEWWW!
Three dracon beams fired at the city hitting a brick building but not harming it. Acrogorn mothers ran for their lives carrying their children that are about 18 on her back. The business-acrogorn ran out too. No one even considered morphing. They were too worried about their families. It was like they never morphed before.
Yellow Sea Gull panicked.
I shouted in thought speak.
As fast as I can, I demorphed back to alpha. I concentrated hard on my alpha body. My gentle wings, my human-like body. Within a minute I was back and again morphing to my silver tiger. I didn't even wait to pounce till I was fully silver tiger. I pounced immediately on three taxxons that just came out of the Yeerp ship. Piece by piece I ripped the taxxon bodies apart.
Yellow Sea Gull warned.
I said.
I attacking and biting every taxxon that stepped out. No one wanted to be bitten by a silver tiger. Silver tigers' bite doesn't kill but brings back horrible memories to you that you always want to forget. Plus silver tigers are very strong. Also I barely had to attack half them because silver tigers can shine their fur so much it blinds enemies.
Across the city I saw a boa constrictor (Yellow Sea Gull) and two andalites (Gafinilan and Hareli) attacking and poisoning more taxxons. They only brought taxxons. But there were also 5 howlers. I saw Sofor and Galuit in Hulk Badger morph attack the howlers.
Out from the buildings came the nefer kems, brave and strong. We could use help right about now. Then Red Hawk and Silver Falcon helped me out by pushing the taxxons back on the ship and Manny-Falcon was with the nefer kems protecting what looked like a palace.
"The power stones!" the acrogorn king shouted. "Those creatures are the thieves that stole the power stones! Get them!"
I Manny-Falcon said in blue tiger morph to the acrogorn king.
"Get the thieves!" the acrogorn king shouted.
Manny-Falcon asked.
I said pinning down a taxxon.
Sofor said over a bleeding taxxon.
So we continued attacking the yeerps. The howlers put up the best fight. Red Hawk and Silver Falcon remained at the ship pushing back taxxons while I went to fight the howlers. Now everyone except Manny-Falcon, Red Hawk, and Silver falcon were here fighting the howlers.
TSEEWWW!
That one dracon beam burned a huge crater in Argon in front of us. We had no choice but to stay and fight now. Then something weird happened: three of the five howlers were lying dead on the ground. Then I sunk my teeth into the arm of another howler. Then Sofor and Galuit tail whipped the last standing howler. Unfortunately that howler wasn't being harmed.
"He's absorbing his friends' energy to him so he's more powerful," a nefer kem called out and running toward us. "You have to strike at the eyes."
Sofor and I bit/tail whipped the last howlers eyes. The howler's eyes turned brown then rotted to dust. Then so did the other howlers. After that the other taxxon stepped back and left Argon. The yeerps must be off to take over another place. We've won this battle for the acrogorn.
"There they are!" the acrogorn king shouted. "They stole our culture! They deserve to be locked up until they die! Then we'll throw their useless bodies into space!"
"Ever hear of innocent until proven guilty," the nefer kem that helped us said. "These people are innocent until proven guilty."
"Here on Argon it's what I say!" the acrogorn king shouted. "You nefer kems over there shall do what I say! Now throw them in jail! Throw them in jail!"
"No," the nefer kems said. "They helped and protected us from the taxxons and howlers. They may have brought them here but they fixed it. So we're not going to throw in jail the ones that protected us."
SLEEEE!
The king acrogorn sent one of his legs right at the nefer kem that had just defied him. The poor nefer kem was sent straight back into the unbreakable brick wall and was lying down bleeding. Blood dripped all around him. A few nefer kem women or known as neferia came to aid him. They took off their bonnets and hand made sweaters and covered the nefer kem's large wounds. Slowly the neferia children came and laid down their baby blankets so he can rest. It was amazing. If one nefer kem was down and fatally wounded the whole nefer kem community would aid it back to full strength. Then Hareli (in acrogorn) and Silver Falcon (in acrogorn) stepped up by the wounded nefer kem.
"Citizens of Argon," Hareli called out. "This wounded nefer kem is not the victim of this King Marrog. You are all his victims. You are all victims of a government that should have died with Argon war. A dictatorship is not the way to go."
Hareli knelt down to see the wounded nefer kem. Silver Falcon cleared his throat and started where Hareli left off.
"Did any of you really see what was happening with the nefer kem community?" Silver falcon continued. "I see why not. Because this King Marrog made acrogorn so blind that they don't see the wondrous culture of nefer kems. He blinded so much you don't even see that if one nefer kem falls the whole community falls and the remaining nefer kems have to aid and not let their community fall. For those you who think King Marrog is a great dictator, you have been severely brainwashed."
Hareli got up from the wounded nefer kem and stood next to Silver Falcon.
"We have a confession to make," Silver Falcon said. At that moment I knew what they were doing. "I am an alpha." Silver falcon demorphed to reveal his true alpha form.
Hareli said demorphing to reveal his true andalite form.
I asked.
Hareli said.
I pointed out.
"I know," Silver Falcon replied. "When I have given up the power it will go to its new owner by itself."
I said leading everyone still in morph back to the pods, which are now attached to the main andalite dome ship.
On the dome ship were three nefer kems waiting by the main controls.
Sofor raged.
the tallest and strongest nefer kem said. I am War Prince Zabeg-Hammily-Ganilton. We come to you to replace the ones of your team that you lost.
I the smallest nefer kem said.
I another nefer kem with a scar under his eye said.
I Sofor assumed.
The dome ship flew off hundreds of light-years into space to the space station of Alpha Prime.
By Ron Potter
Chapter 7: The Battle of Argon
I was on my way to Argon. I had just left behind a member of our group and let him die saving me. But I had to continue with my alpha group to Argon. Argon was a long way away. If they found out we have the power stones it could mean big trouble. We'll be fighting two battles: one with acrogorns and one with the yeerps.
Anyways, Argon was totally different from Alpha Prime. Instead of mountains and grassy plains and lots of seas, there were lots of forest, two seas and maybe one mountain. I knew the cities could mostly be found towards the top of the tall 75-foot-tall trees or in hidden pits on the surface. The atmosphere was a dark ocean blue color with silvery clouds. But there were only about 5 large thick clouds. The trees were really a light brown but since the atmosphere during the day was still a dark blue the trees looked as black as open space. There was very little space where no trees existed. The mountain was so high half of it could be seen from the top of the trees. Up in the trees were generally large web masses, which were guessed as "houses".
I had to be the most careful here. My acrogorn morph was a famous diplomat of acrogorns and I could easily ruin his life or career. The others acquired regular common acrogorns that we found on Alpha Prime. But none of them are famous.
We crawled along the surface looking for an entrance to the underground city of Argon. We needed a hotel place to stay in. As an acrogorn the argon was just like regular old oxygen. Then I heard a loud scream or a cry of distress or whatever it's called when an acrogorn is in trouble. It was like the roar of lion with the innocent cry of a baby.
I asked.
Manny-Falcon said.
I watched Manny-Falcon lean in awkwardly onto the place where he'd said to. Manny-Falcon was then walking gracefully down a stairwell. Then it was my turn. I did exactly as it was suppose to and went down the staircase into a city like New York City but with trees and large buildings made out of bricks. Everywhere was large spider webs. Children and mothers, business- acrogorn, even some leprechauns were there too. There were some infernochauns, which are reddish black leprechauns. The nefer kems are like six-foot-tell centaurs with a spiked tail and razor blades on his arms. The nefer kems were most likely part of these armies on Argon.
Red Hawk joked.
The nefer kems paid no attention to any civilian acrogorn. They didn't even pay attention to me, a diplomat of Alpha Prime of Argon. But I paid no attention to them. I just walked casually in acrogorn morph down the streets.
I reminded everyone in private thought- speak.
There was also another species on the planet. Course it was on the mountain. They looked like creatures called Yali. Yali are strong lions with the tusks of an elephant. It looked like those seven Yali were protecting something. But it couldn't be acrogorn because there's nowhere to settle up there.
Then I saw a dome ship land safely in the trees up on the surface. Then the andalites came but weren't in acrogorn morph.
Sofor asked.
I replied. I sent him back to the andalite world to his parents. Perhaps someone would want to know he's dead.
TSEEWWW! TSEEWWW! TSEEWWW!
Three dracon beams fired at the city hitting a brick building but not harming it. Acrogorn mothers ran for their lives carrying their children that are about 18 on her back. The business-acrogorn ran out too. No one even considered morphing. They were too worried about their families. It was like they never morphed before.
Yellow Sea Gull panicked.
I shouted in thought speak.
As fast as I can, I demorphed back to alpha. I concentrated hard on my alpha body. My gentle wings, my human-like body. Within a minute I was back and again morphing to my silver tiger. I didn't even wait to pounce till I was fully silver tiger. I pounced immediately on three taxxons that just came out of the Yeerp ship. Piece by piece I ripped the taxxon bodies apart.
Yellow Sea Gull warned.
I said.
I attacking and biting every taxxon that stepped out. No one wanted to be bitten by a silver tiger. Silver tigers' bite doesn't kill but brings back horrible memories to you that you always want to forget. Plus silver tigers are very strong. Also I barely had to attack half them because silver tigers can shine their fur so much it blinds enemies.
Across the city I saw a boa constrictor (Yellow Sea Gull) and two andalites (Gafinilan and Hareli) attacking and poisoning more taxxons. They only brought taxxons. But there were also 5 howlers. I saw Sofor and Galuit in Hulk Badger morph attack the howlers.
Out from the buildings came the nefer kems, brave and strong. We could use help right about now. Then Red Hawk and Silver Falcon helped me out by pushing the taxxons back on the ship and Manny-Falcon was with the nefer kems protecting what looked like a palace.
"The power stones!" the acrogorn king shouted. "Those creatures are the thieves that stole the power stones! Get them!"
I Manny-Falcon said in blue tiger morph to the acrogorn king.
"Get the thieves!" the acrogorn king shouted.
Manny-Falcon asked.
I said pinning down a taxxon.
Sofor said over a bleeding taxxon.
So we continued attacking the yeerps. The howlers put up the best fight. Red Hawk and Silver Falcon remained at the ship pushing back taxxons while I went to fight the howlers. Now everyone except Manny-Falcon, Red Hawk, and Silver falcon were here fighting the howlers.
TSEEWWW!
That one dracon beam burned a huge crater in Argon in front of us. We had no choice but to stay and fight now. Then something weird happened: three of the five howlers were lying dead on the ground. Then I sunk my teeth into the arm of another howler. Then Sofor and Galuit tail whipped the last standing howler. Unfortunately that howler wasn't being harmed.
"He's absorbing his friends' energy to him so he's more powerful," a nefer kem called out and running toward us. "You have to strike at the eyes."
Sofor and I bit/tail whipped the last howlers eyes. The howler's eyes turned brown then rotted to dust. Then so did the other howlers. After that the other taxxon stepped back and left Argon. The yeerps must be off to take over another place. We've won this battle for the acrogorn.
"There they are!" the acrogorn king shouted. "They stole our culture! They deserve to be locked up until they die! Then we'll throw their useless bodies into space!"
"Ever hear of innocent until proven guilty," the nefer kem that helped us said. "These people are innocent until proven guilty."
"Here on Argon it's what I say!" the acrogorn king shouted. "You nefer kems over there shall do what I say! Now throw them in jail! Throw them in jail!"
"No," the nefer kems said. "They helped and protected us from the taxxons and howlers. They may have brought them here but they fixed it. So we're not going to throw in jail the ones that protected us."
SLEEEE!
The king acrogorn sent one of his legs right at the nefer kem that had just defied him. The poor nefer kem was sent straight back into the unbreakable brick wall and was lying down bleeding. Blood dripped all around him. A few nefer kem women or known as neferia came to aid him. They took off their bonnets and hand made sweaters and covered the nefer kem's large wounds. Slowly the neferia children came and laid down their baby blankets so he can rest. It was amazing. If one nefer kem was down and fatally wounded the whole nefer kem community would aid it back to full strength. Then Hareli (in acrogorn) and Silver Falcon (in acrogorn) stepped up by the wounded nefer kem.
"Citizens of Argon," Hareli called out. "This wounded nefer kem is not the victim of this King Marrog. You are all his victims. You are all victims of a government that should have died with Argon war. A dictatorship is not the way to go."
Hareli knelt down to see the wounded nefer kem. Silver Falcon cleared his throat and started where Hareli left off.
"Did any of you really see what was happening with the nefer kem community?" Silver falcon continued. "I see why not. Because this King Marrog made acrogorn so blind that they don't see the wondrous culture of nefer kems. He blinded so much you don't even see that if one nefer kem falls the whole community falls and the remaining nefer kems have to aid and not let their community fall. For those you who think King Marrog is a great dictator, you have been severely brainwashed."
Hareli got up from the wounded nefer kem and stood next to Silver Falcon.
"We have a confession to make," Silver Falcon said. At that moment I knew what they were doing. "I am an alpha." Silver falcon demorphed to reveal his true alpha form.
Hareli said demorphing to reveal his true andalite form.
I asked.
Hareli said.
I pointed out.
"I know," Silver Falcon replied. "When I have given up the power it will go to its new owner by itself."
I said leading everyone still in morph back to the pods, which are now attached to the main andalite dome ship.
On the dome ship were three nefer kems waiting by the main controls.
Sofor raged.
the tallest and strongest nefer kem said. I am War Prince Zabeg-Hammily-Ganilton. We come to you to replace the ones of your team that you lost.
I the smallest nefer kem said.
I another nefer kem with a scar under his eye said.
I Sofor assumed.
The dome ship flew off hundreds of light-years into space to the space station of Alpha Prime.