Wanted to get something straight…I goofed, Marco isn't 24, I thought he was older, but he wasn't. Marco is now officially 19, along with the rest of the Animorphs and Kristen's turning 18 next month. Hehe. K, now that's outta the way, enjoy!

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Chapter six

TOBAIS:



First class. That meant very nice treatment. People in 1912 paid thousands of dollars to get this treatment. And in our days, thousands back then meant…well, you do the math.

This was the first time since Rachel's death I had been truly happy. I mean, now the whole gang was back and most importantly, Rachel was alive. And we were both in the same class. That meant we could see each other. Jake and Cassie, who were on different floors, wouldn't be able to see each other without morphing because of the locked gates. On the night of the sinking, the third class gates would still be locked, simply because Captain Smith didn't give the order to unlock them.

I had gotten to my stateroom with ease. Rachel, it turned out, was only 4 doors down. I demorphed to hawk, and then remorphed to human. I was gonna have a lot of trouble, demorphing and remorphing. But right now, I was remorphing to see Rachel. I wanted to see her. I had missed her for 3 years, and suddenly I was going to get to see her.

I left my room and went over to Rachel's. I knocked on her door. She looked through the peephole and then let me in.

"Hey Rachel," I managed to say. She was really alive. I wasn't dreaming. I wasn't having another nightmare, where Rachel comes back alive and suddenly disappears.

"Hey Tobias!" Rachel said. "Aren't the rooms great?"

"Yeah, they are," I said.

"So, what happens on the TITIANIC?" she said, all serious now. "I mean, I know we're going to sink, but-"

"Alright. Details. Let's see…the TITIANIC has first class, second class, and third. . Third class had to share a room, like our Ax-man and Jake are. Second and first get their own rooms."

"What happens on sinking night?"

"When the iceberg hits us, the crew will try to keep it a secret, for fear of panic. Captain Smith and Ship designer Thomas Andrews will go over the plans for the ship. They will quickly discover the ship won't stay afloat, because too many watertight compartments were flooded. Also, not enough lifeboats for 2200 people."

"How many lifeboats?" she asked.

"I don't remember," I said. "However, only 706 people survived."

We were silent for a while. Then, she asked, "Tobias…how do we get out of this?"

"We could morph. No birds, though. Too cold for our morphs. Dolphins, maybe,"

"Where would we morph them?"

"In the water- oh," I muttered. I suddenly realized that even though dolphins belonged in the water, we couldn't possibly take the time to morph them. The water was just too cold that night.

"The water would be way to cold for us to concentrate, so how about-"

"Tobias," she said quietly, interrupting my train of thought. "This could possibly be the very last mission for us. I mean, I'm not even supposed to be on this mission because I died a long time ago. Three years, Tobias."

She looked up at me. I said, "Rachel, this isn't even our time. And I died too, so I'm not supposed to be here either. But I'm not thinking about it. I just want to enjoy our time that we have right now…"

"Whaddya mean you died?"

"I died killing yeerks, just like you…on bored the RACHEL." I said, realizing she didn't even know that Jake, Marco, and I had all died. It was a little unsettling, explaining how I died. I mean, that's not something you talk about a lot.

We talked a little longer, and suddenly she asked, "Tobias, when you said 'I love you', did you-"

"I meant it, Rachel. I really meant it."

And then we kissed, unaware of anything else.



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Sap, Sap, Sap! Lol, don't you love it? I know they were a little out of character, but hey, my story. ( Anywayz…