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: Incredibly short chapter. There's just not a lot to say with this.

"Adventures in Clubbing"

Written by: Doctor Strangelove

My name is Tom Berenson. Um, things are about to get very bad.

You know how Esthrill had that whole plan to create an army of super-humans? Yeah, well, I don't know what the hell happened, but he's got some plan. I'm a little fuzzy on the details, but I'll try to explain it the best I can.

Esthrill was communicating with someone. I don't know who. It's like, someone was there that I couldn't see. But Esthrill did. This was right after the Andalite bandits attacked the club. And now, Esthrill has some sort of a vial thing. It's a poison. Tomorrow night at the club we're having a special deal. There's gonna be speakers and a whole party thing. Tomorrow night Esthrill's going to inject all of the food with the poison.

Every single person at the club, and believe me, that's a lot of people, will be knocked unconscious. And then they'll be infested by Yeerks, and made infused with the metal. Tomorrow night Esthrill's army is about to get a whole lot bigger.

With this many people, plus God knows how many more Yeerks that will volunteer, the Yeerks will be unstoppable. Six little Andalite bandits won't be able to stop them. The Yeerks will win. And they'll own Earth.

Oh, getting a little upset, are we? Esthrill taunted me. He does that a lot. You shouldn't be sad. I'll be promoted. And you right along with me.

I don't really give a fuck about being Visser One's bitch, thank you. I sneered right back.

Esthrill just laughed at me. Now who said anything about being Visser One. I'll have you know I've got much bigger plans.

Like what?

Esthrill laughed again. Oh, I'm not telling you. But you'll see soon enough. Within a few weeks, I should have an army big enough for my Master. And he'll arrive and I will be rewarded.

So, I was right. Esthrill does have bigger plans. I knew it. Planet Earth is screwed. But I can't let him know that. The Andalites will stop you.

He kept right on laughing. Is that a fact? The Andalites, you say? I remember single handedly beating two of them. A gorilla and a Hork-Bajir. I think I can take out a grizzly or a tiger or whatever they throw at me. You don't seem to realize who you're dealing with here, Tom. The Andalites don't even know of my plan. And if they find out, they won't be able to stop me.

They found the disk! I nearly shouted. Or, I thought it really hard.

Ha! The disk? Encrypted. And even if they decode it, the codes are all wrong. Within a week, the Andalite bandits will have been hunted down and slaughtered. Nothing can stop me now.

He was right. I knew he was right. I knew that by tomorrow night, this whole deal would be over.

As it turned out, I wouldn't have to wait that long after all.

To reviewers: Aqua Rhapsody: Secret plan is the next chapter. This one was just short little filler. I wanted it to be longer and then I realized that Tom just didn't have a lot to say.

Myself: I really wanted to have Marco and Ax's "talk" from Ax's POV. So, the entire thing will be in Chapter 22.

Lisa-Ann: *shoots Lisa-Ann* Anyway, I've heard guts for garters somewhere before. I think it's from Buffy.

Jinako-chan: You should really take some time away from your dancing to, oh say, update "Threads of Fate". Which I love, by the way. Kill them? Kill who? Who shouldn't I kill? Marco? Ax? Tom? Rachel? I'm confused. That's what I like about Marco and Cassie, they're not really friends but they just connect. Probably over their mutual love for Jake. I'm sorry for the confusion. This is Marco's plan. If Marco told Ax about the plan ahead of time, Ax most likely wouldn't do it. Does that help? I'm sure I could do something to change your happiness. You never got to see the whole conversation, you don't really know what happened. Or more precisely, what didn't. Yeah, the sad thing? I've started thinking of having a sequel to this series. What happens after it's done. Mostly 'cause I love writing Tom, and that's the only way I could do it. He and Jason aren't in too many more fics. Well, a few. Yes, yes, Tom, being straight, will get drunk and have sex with some guy as a one night stand. Gotcha. Either that or he's doing Cassie, which is just twisted. Yes, the Hulk-smash was a little nod to you, my favorite reviewer. Enjoy! And Jeffrey's not threatening you, he just wants to be loved!