TITLE: "Adventures in Clubbing"

AUTHOR: Doctor Strangelove (strangelove317@hotmail.com)
RATING: PG-13
SPOILERS: Um, I don't know. No particular spoilers. Visser Three is still Visser Three.
FEEDBACK: I'd love it.
DISCLAIMER: K. A. Applegate owns the Animorphs.
A/N: Okay, this chapter is Cassie's POV and I think I sucked writing from her. But I really like her and wanted to do a chapter with her. I apologize in advance if she seems OOC. I also apologize for this being mostly filler.

"Adventures in Clubbing"

Written by: Doctor Strangelove

My name is Cassie. And some pretty serious stuff is going on. Okay, you see a few weeks ago Jake, the leader of the Animorphs and my sorta-boyfriend, gets sick and leaves me in charge. Which was sweet. And stupid. Rachel would've been a much better choice.

Anyway, so the Sharing has a new gay club that we think is actual a plan to infest more hosts. And it is. So I send Marco, along with Ax. Now, I know you're going to think I'm crazy, but you see, Marco and Ax have some real sexual tension between them. I know, it's sounds insane, but they really do. Trust me, I'm intuitive like that. So I send them off together.

Well, to make a long story less long, the Yeerks have a scheme to make Controllers super-strong, we have warnings of a big bad monster guy coming to kill us, and Ax and Jake have been seeing some monster in visions and dreams. Actually, those last two are probably the same thing.

I'm worried about all those things, really, but mostly I'm worried about Jake. During our last meeting, a few hours ago, Erek basically said that the only way to stop the Yeerks would be to kill Jake's brother Tom. And Jake was fine with that. He agreed. He coolly said that we had to kill Tom.

To be honest, it really scared me. That was just unlike Jake. It was actually a lot like Rachel. And she was the one disagreeing with him. It was weird. And I'm wondering where I stand. I mean, Rachel and Jake both made good points. God, it's confusing.

And I'm worried about Ax. I mean, Jake just had a dream about this Balthazar guy, but Ax had a full-fledged vision. Complete with pain and blood. Poor guy.

Oh, but I'm pretty sure I was right about Marco and Ax. After the meeting, I saw them talking. Well, more accurately, I saw Marco bitching at Ax. But it was a loving kind of bitching. That makes no sense, does it?

While I was worrying about all of this, there was a knock on my door. I was home by myself so I went to answer it, and to my surprise Jake was standing there. "Cassie!" Jake smiled and wrapped his arms around me.

"Jake, what's going o-" I was interrupted when Jake released me from his hug and pulled me into a kiss.

"Thank God, you're okay."

I stepped back and Jake and I walked over to the couch. "Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"

Jake just stared at me. "No reason. I was just making sure. That was all."

"Oh. Okay. Well, I'm fine."

"Good. Well, I should probably go then."

Jake got up to leave but I put my hand on his arm. "You don't have to." I blushed and moved my arm. "I mean, if you don't want to."

Jake smiled at me and sat back down. "I don't. Want to go. I can stay."

"Good. Because I want to talk to you." The color drained out of his face at that.

"Oh."

"Yeah. About Tom. And about what Erek said. Jake, I know it didn't seem like there was any option besides killing Tom, but is that really what you want to do?"

"Of course not. It's just... there is no other way. I know that. I keep hoping that there is, but deep down, I know.

"And this whole thing with Balthazar and some guy coming to kill us. We can't worry about that and the super-Yeerks. We've got to get this problem out of the way before Balthazar gets here."

"I understand."

"Cassie, there's something else too."

"There is?"

"Yes, you see back when I was sick..." Jake trailed off and I saw his eyes wander over my shoulder. They widened in shock and then Jake shook his head slightly.

I quickly turned around. There was nothing. "Jake, are you okay?"

"Um, yeah, I'm fine. Look, Cassie, I gotta go. I'll talk to you later."

As Jake stood up, I offered one last attempt at comfort, "Jake, listen to me, whatever's coming, whatever's going to happen, we'll deal. We'll handle it. It will all work out okay. I promise."

"Thank, Cassie." And with that, Jake turned and ran out the front door.

I sighed, still worrying about everything. That's when the phone rang.

As I went to answer it, I thought about what I told Jake. About how everything would work out all right in the end. I was sure I was right.

Boy, I didn't know how wrong I was.

To reviewers: Jinako-chan: Well, they will be on better terms at the end of this fic, I promise. And they most likely will get together. Eventually. I need to hurry up and finish this fic (only six more chapter!) so that I can do "I Am Jake". It's gonna be good. And give us some reasons why Jake's acting so weird. Someone's dying before this is all over, not saying who though. The Balthazar Crew, eh? And who exactly would they be? Oh, I found out where I got the name. It was a Buffy villain from the episode "Bad Girls". You'd think I'd remember that, that's one of my favorite episodes. Yeah, Jake's a better person in this series. I need to write the Jake POV fic for why he morphed Ax anyway. It might make you hate him less. Or more. We'll see. Yeah, I'm pretty sure Big Bad Voice is just gonna stay a voice. For the most part. It gets a body briefly. Sort of. So, does that mean Rachel and Tobias are going to get their groove on? Will anyone else? *cough*MarcoandAx*cough* Heh, I was Spike for Halloween. Had the coat and everything. Even dyed my hair. LMAO! That is one of the funniest damn lines ever. These reviews are great for humor.

Lisa-Ann: I really like the song (the music video is cool too) but I don't think it's possible to play that song at the end. I've noticed a few other Marco/Ax songs, in my opinion anyway. You should try "What A Good Boy" by the Barenaked Ladies and "Head Over Feet" by Alanis Morissette.

Myself: I've never seen The Matrix either. That was mostly an inside joke, 'cause everyone I know has seen it, and keep telling me I should. Um, that was Marco talking in the last paragraph. Ax mostly didn't say anything. So, how was X2?

shiver: Yes, I'm a firm believer that slash fics can be good without sex. Which is weird, that this is my only slash fic that doesn't have sex in it. Ooh, and six stars! I love scales that only go to six!

Bri Yami-neko: God, I've converted so many people to Marco/Ax. Neat. Glad you liked it. Marco/Rachel is neat too. I've been thinking of doing fic with that.