THE INTRODUCTION
Chapter Six
Jake climbed the stairs directly behind me, making me nervous out of my mind. **Why does he have to be so close?** I thought nervously. **Why can't he hover a few feet back?**
When I reached the top of the stairs, he barked an order. "To the left, into that room there." I went without an audible complaint. But inside my head I was screaming them. **You jerk, you little.how dare you treat me this way! I can't believe my dignity is being hurt this way.I should have never come.** And on and on and on. I had so many complaints that I was beginning to annoy myself.
Once in the room, he told me to sit in a little chair at the desk. But first he pulled it to the center of the room. I felt like I was going to be interrogated. "Sit, now." Like a child being told what to do, I sat. I felt like it wouldn't be the smartest thing in the world to contradict Jake.
The moment I was seated, Jake said, "Alright Ax, show yourself." For a moment, I thought he had gone insane.was he talking to me? Then, out of seemingly nothing, a monstrous bug began to grow. It had huge tusk-looking things, and a tough armored shell, and I noticed the shell was changing to blue fur. I admired myself for not screaming, because that was certainly what I felt like doing.
When the.the.thing finished changing, the creature that stood in the place of what I presumed had been a flea, looked familiar. I gasped, "Visser Three!!" Next thing I knew, I had a tail blade pressed to my throat. Never call me that again the creature said, but didn't really say. I had heard the voice only in my head. I put my hands to my head, to see if I could block out the sound, but I could not.
From the look in Jake's eyes, and the way that the creature had his main eyes focused on him, I guessed that the.alien was speaking to him. When he snapped out of what looked like a daze, he looked at me. The expression in his eyes was unreadable, and he pointed at me. "Explain why you are here."
I swallowed, because, for some reason, I felt like there was more that just two people.living beings watching me. So, reluctantly, I explained how I had found the box, changed into my brother, gotten information on him and the others, and so forth. When I was finished, he looked thoughtful, then distracted. I figured out that the alien was speaking to him again.
"How do we know you are telling the truth?" Jake asked simply. I shrugged my shoulders. "Do whatever you need to do to prove to yourself that I am telling the truth." Jake and Ax looked thoughtful at that statement. Or from what I could tell, the blue furred, four-eyed, deer-like scorpion boy looked thoughtful. I couldn't really tell for sure. "Well, there is one thing we can do." I didn't like the tone in Jakes voice. It sounded like he was planning something that I wouldn't like at all.
"Come with me." He said to me. Then, turning to the Andalite (I don't know how I suddenly knew that this thing was an Andalite), he said "Go into your falcon morph Ax, do you remember the little shed out in the woods that you had to take me too when I became a controller?" Ax nodded his head, a gesture that looked alien to me, coming from him. Maybe it was because he was an alien. Yes Prince Jake. "Don't call me Prince." Yes Prince Jake. I nearly laughed, did the Andalite have a sense of humor? "Well, I need you to fly out there, make sure it is still empty. We'll be making sure that this girl is telling the truth." Ax nodded again and immediately began to change. I didn't like the tone with which Jake had said "this girl" but I dealt with it. Hey, I was in his house, and he felt threatened by me for some reason. Why wouldn't I shut up? "Come with me," he said again. Except this time he made a move towards the door. I stood up, under his watchful eye, and followed him out of the door. When we got out of his room, he told me to stay where I was, as he turned back to the room. "You guys heard me. Go where Ax is going, I'll meet you there with Nicole." Then he shut the door. Was this guy nuts? Who was he talking to? Then I remembered my feeling that I had earlier. Maybe the others were in the room in Morph.
As he walked down the stairs, behind me, he kept muttering things under his breath. I didn't even try to hear what he was saying, I didn't think that I wanted to. When we got downstairs to the main hall by the front door, he tapped me on my shoulder to stop me. "When we go outside, I want you to act like we are just going for a walk, Okay?" I was somewhat of a smart aleck in my reply. "Well that's what we're doing, Isn't it?" Jake noticed the tone with which I spoke, and he prodded me in the back, "Act like we're friends, and that we're going on a friendly walk to the woods." I nodded. "That shouldn't be too hard," I muttered under my breath. "What?" Jake asked, hearing part of it. "Nothing."
And so we went for a walk. All the while the thoughts rotating in my head like **I thought these people would be nice** and **I wonder where the hell we're going?** and **I hope they don't kill me. I'm so stupid!** But soon enough we got to where we were going, although I had no clue where exactly it was. There to greet me was a wolf, a bear, a fierce looking hawk, the Andalite, and a big gorilla. "Nice task force," I commented. The wolf growled, and the gorilla got up on it's knuckles. I decided that the smart ass comments should stop.
Jake pointed towards the little shed that was in front of me. "See that?" he asked. I nodded. "That is where I spent three days to get a yeerk out of my head. To prove that you aren't a yeerk, you've got to stay there three days." I looked at him incredulously. "What?" "Exactly what I said." "What'll I eat? How'll I use the bathroom?" The questions seemed to flow from my mouth. All Jake said was "We'll see to that." I sighed and resigned myself to getting tied up in the shed with my "guard", which at the moment were the gorilla and the bear. They seemed to be arguing with the way that they tilted their heads at each other. Then they both looked at me. Three days, and we'll see if you are telling the truth I just nodded. The things I'd do to get accepted.Jesus.
Good thing my parents didn't really notice me at all. Or else I'd be in some serious trouble.
Jake climbed the stairs directly behind me, making me nervous out of my mind. **Why does he have to be so close?** I thought nervously. **Why can't he hover a few feet back?**
When I reached the top of the stairs, he barked an order. "To the left, into that room there." I went without an audible complaint. But inside my head I was screaming them. **You jerk, you little.how dare you treat me this way! I can't believe my dignity is being hurt this way.I should have never come.** And on and on and on. I had so many complaints that I was beginning to annoy myself.
Once in the room, he told me to sit in a little chair at the desk. But first he pulled it to the center of the room. I felt like I was going to be interrogated. "Sit, now." Like a child being told what to do, I sat. I felt like it wouldn't be the smartest thing in the world to contradict Jake.
The moment I was seated, Jake said, "Alright Ax, show yourself." For a moment, I thought he had gone insane.was he talking to me? Then, out of seemingly nothing, a monstrous bug began to grow. It had huge tusk-looking things, and a tough armored shell, and I noticed the shell was changing to blue fur. I admired myself for not screaming, because that was certainly what I felt like doing.
When the.the.thing finished changing, the creature that stood in the place of what I presumed had been a flea, looked familiar. I gasped, "Visser Three!!" Next thing I knew, I had a tail blade pressed to my throat. Never call me that again the creature said, but didn't really say. I had heard the voice only in my head. I put my hands to my head, to see if I could block out the sound, but I could not.
From the look in Jake's eyes, and the way that the creature had his main eyes focused on him, I guessed that the.alien was speaking to him. When he snapped out of what looked like a daze, he looked at me. The expression in his eyes was unreadable, and he pointed at me. "Explain why you are here."
I swallowed, because, for some reason, I felt like there was more that just two people.living beings watching me. So, reluctantly, I explained how I had found the box, changed into my brother, gotten information on him and the others, and so forth. When I was finished, he looked thoughtful, then distracted. I figured out that the alien was speaking to him again.
"How do we know you are telling the truth?" Jake asked simply. I shrugged my shoulders. "Do whatever you need to do to prove to yourself that I am telling the truth." Jake and Ax looked thoughtful at that statement. Or from what I could tell, the blue furred, four-eyed, deer-like scorpion boy looked thoughtful. I couldn't really tell for sure. "Well, there is one thing we can do." I didn't like the tone in Jakes voice. It sounded like he was planning something that I wouldn't like at all.
"Come with me." He said to me. Then, turning to the Andalite (I don't know how I suddenly knew that this thing was an Andalite), he said "Go into your falcon morph Ax, do you remember the little shed out in the woods that you had to take me too when I became a controller?" Ax nodded his head, a gesture that looked alien to me, coming from him. Maybe it was because he was an alien. Yes Prince Jake. "Don't call me Prince." Yes Prince Jake. I nearly laughed, did the Andalite have a sense of humor? "Well, I need you to fly out there, make sure it is still empty. We'll be making sure that this girl is telling the truth." Ax nodded again and immediately began to change. I didn't like the tone with which Jake had said "this girl" but I dealt with it. Hey, I was in his house, and he felt threatened by me for some reason. Why wouldn't I shut up? "Come with me," he said again. Except this time he made a move towards the door. I stood up, under his watchful eye, and followed him out of the door. When we got out of his room, he told me to stay where I was, as he turned back to the room. "You guys heard me. Go where Ax is going, I'll meet you there with Nicole." Then he shut the door. Was this guy nuts? Who was he talking to? Then I remembered my feeling that I had earlier. Maybe the others were in the room in Morph.
As he walked down the stairs, behind me, he kept muttering things under his breath. I didn't even try to hear what he was saying, I didn't think that I wanted to. When we got downstairs to the main hall by the front door, he tapped me on my shoulder to stop me. "When we go outside, I want you to act like we are just going for a walk, Okay?" I was somewhat of a smart aleck in my reply. "Well that's what we're doing, Isn't it?" Jake noticed the tone with which I spoke, and he prodded me in the back, "Act like we're friends, and that we're going on a friendly walk to the woods." I nodded. "That shouldn't be too hard," I muttered under my breath. "What?" Jake asked, hearing part of it. "Nothing."
And so we went for a walk. All the while the thoughts rotating in my head like **I thought these people would be nice** and **I wonder where the hell we're going?** and **I hope they don't kill me. I'm so stupid!** But soon enough we got to where we were going, although I had no clue where exactly it was. There to greet me was a wolf, a bear, a fierce looking hawk, the Andalite, and a big gorilla. "Nice task force," I commented. The wolf growled, and the gorilla got up on it's knuckles. I decided that the smart ass comments should stop.
Jake pointed towards the little shed that was in front of me. "See that?" he asked. I nodded. "That is where I spent three days to get a yeerk out of my head. To prove that you aren't a yeerk, you've got to stay there three days." I looked at him incredulously. "What?" "Exactly what I said." "What'll I eat? How'll I use the bathroom?" The questions seemed to flow from my mouth. All Jake said was "We'll see to that." I sighed and resigned myself to getting tied up in the shed with my "guard", which at the moment were the gorilla and the bear. They seemed to be arguing with the way that they tilted their heads at each other. Then they both looked at me. Three days, and we'll see if you are telling the truth I just nodded. The things I'd do to get accepted.Jesus.
Good thing my parents didn't really notice me at all. Or else I'd be in some serious trouble.