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.

"Adventures in Clubbing"

Written by: Doctor Strangelove

My name is Marco. Sorry, no witty opening line for you this time. I'm a little busy.

Ax turned to look at me as we hurried down the sidewalk, on our way to the club. "So, are you going to fill me in on this plan of yours?"

I looked at him and smiled, Ax and I were currently on better terms than we had been. "Nope."

"Well, why not?"

I shook my head, "I told you, Ax, if I tell you about the plan you'll say no. I can't tell you until you have no other option, but to go through with it."

He nodded and ran a little to catch up with me. I'm a fast walker. "So, what are we going to do about the patrons of the club?"

I just kept on walking, "We shouldn't have to do anything. The club is closed tonight for preparations or something. There's a big party going on tomorrow. So, tonight, it should be empty."

"Well, if it's empty, won't the doors be locked?"

I nodded, "Yep, they probably will be."

"So, we'll be breaking and entering, then?"

"That's the plan."

"Well, I'm fine with breaking and entering."

I stopped my fast pace, "When I said, 'that's the plan', I didn't mean that that was the plan. It's an expression. The actual plan is much more detailed and sordid."

"Ah."

We continued to walk in silence. I most certainly did have a plan. A scary thought, I don't usually come up with plans. And when I do, they're usually like: Step One, run. Step Two, hide. But I had one. One that would only work with me and Ax. Mostly because all the others had reasons that would keep them from proceeding. Most of those reasons having to do with Tom.

He's related to Jake and Rachel, and then by association, he has a connection to Cassie and Tobias. So that leaves me and Ax. Now, I know all the stuff that went on with me and Tom. I do, sort of have a crush on the guy. Some of that is me probably projecting my feelings about Jake towards his sibling. I've been chock full of realizations and plans tonight. My brain's on overload.

Beneath this cool, funny, and shockingly handsome exterior though, I can be cold. I can be hard and rise to the occasion when I need to. Not like that, get your mind out of the gutter. Although, I could, I'm just saying that that's not what I meant when I said... you know what? Let's just move on. I can do what needs to be done without letting my feelings get in the way. Not really sure if that's a good thing or not.

And then we arrived. We were at the Sharing's club.

"You know," I said as Ax used his tailblade to slice the door in half, "over the past few weeks, this club had caused a hell of a lot of problems. Looking back on it all, I kinda wish Jake had left Rachel in charge."

Ax and I stepped inside and looked around. The club was indeed abandoned. And it was indeed prepared for a party. There were extra tables laying about. Plus some Chinese lanterns and various other party assortments.

"Oh!" I shouted/whispered, looking a poster on one of the walls. "Cibo Matto is playing tomorrow?" I turned to Ax with a huge grin on my face. "That is awesome. Oh, wait, that probably means that Cibo Matto are all Controllers, doesn't it."

Ax nodded, "Most likely."

"Damn. Now I need a new hobby."

"I was not aware that Cibo Matto was a hobby of yours, Marco."

"Oh, yeah. Cibo Matto, Barenaked Ladies, Daniel Bedingfield. I also enjoy television, sleeping in class, and X-Men fanfiction."

Ax smiled and nodded, "Good to know."

I searched around the club. "I wonder if they have an hot wings laying around. Those things are good."

"Yes, they are. But I doubt that they would leave them out if no one is around."

"Good point, Ax-man. I guess that means we should get to work, huh?"

"I guess so."

"All right then." Ax and I headed towards the backroom and stopped outside of it. I twisted the knob, unlocked. "Okay, Ax, you need to demorph now."

Ax complied and soon was looking at me with all four eyes. What should I morph now, Marco?

"You shouldn't."

What?

"Look, an alarm goes off if you morph, and we really need the element of surprise here. So, you're going in by yourself. I want you to check to see if it's clear, if it is, I'm coming in."

If it's not?

"Then turn around, and we're hauling ass out of here."

Okay.

Ax turned to open the door and I swallowed. I was pretty damn nervous. If the room was empty, we were fine. If not, that could mean that both Ax and I could be killed. Or worse.

But we weren't. The room was clear. So I hurried in and quickly morphed gorilla. No alarms went off. Cool, I said, I guess the alarms only on the door.

What now, Marco?

Now? Now, I'm gonna start smashing things. Hopefully, if Tom is here, this will attract him to us. When he gets here, attack. Hit him with your blade, or something. Incapacitate him. I'm hoping if we catch him by surprise, we can get him before he can get us.

What if we can't? What if we have to fight?

I reached out one over-sized hand and gently placed it on the side of Ax's face. Kill him. If we're fighting, kill him.

Ax brought up one of his hands to mine. And he did his weird eye-smile thing at me. Okay.

"Aw, how touching. But I don't really know if this is the place for that."

Ax and I snapped out of out little moment to see Tom standing right next to us. He smiled and gave a little wave. "Hi."

Oh, shit.

To reviewers: Aaren: Yes, backwards foreshadowing. The only downside is sometimes I forget I foreshadowed something and it's left unresolved. Hopefully that won't happen in this fic. Really? I love cliffhangers. Does it show? The "I love you" really did happen. It's just not clear who really said it. Or what the response was. Um, damn. See this is what I mean about forgetting things.

Jinako-chan: Yeah, Esthrill's an ass. The only character I've made up that I don't like. Hell, I even like Balthazar. I love the songs from OMWF. I was singing that "Where Do We Go From Here?" while writing this. I didn't even think about that about Visser One, but it is kinda funny. Yes, yes, they all love Jake. In different ways, of course. Well, sorta. One loves him more in a certain way and they each love him in similar ways and this started out as a coherent sentence. Not a lot of bad stuff left. Oh, wait, nevermind. I have updated. I think I can update daily as long I as I don't say I will. Oh Lord, I've jinxed myself haven't I? So, who will Tom do the nasty with? Hmm? Marco? Melissa? Rachel? You?

Animan: Three chapters in three days. Do you love me more? Oh, well, you see, she got me started on Ani-fiction, and I love her fics, and she always writes these nice, long, timely reviews. And, well, you know, I love all my reviewers. You're much better than the people that don't review.

Lisa-Ann: Yes, yes it does. ZOMBIE! Eat flesh. Like Subway. Only, that's fresh, isn't it? No, they will not. Although...