Chapter 2 : Ax

Disclaimer: I do not own Animorphs or any related characters, and etc. All belong to K.A Applegate.

Spoilers: Book #54, and reference to Book #33 [The Illusion]

Author's Notes [ Please read!]: On the story, basically, every chapter is based on the thoughts and/or memories in their final moments, or after their death.

To an extent, every POV will start with a similar "My name is…", but only to an extent. Things differ with each character/role, because each reacts and talks differently. Not much though.

Though I'm starting off with only the Animorphs [Ax included], extra characters may be added. These might include The Ellimist, Erek and perhaps even some "bad guys". Any ideas? Though I can't say I promise anything, especially since I have nothing to base their emotions on.

Okay, that's enough from me.

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I am an Andalite War-Prince. What you may know as an alien. But I am also, part of me, human.

This is my hirac delest, before the moments of death. My story is already known throughout many, many worlds. The story of me, and six humans, who had fought, unknown, against the Yeerks for many years. The seven Animorphs who had deleted the Yeerk invasion from the galaxy.

They were wrong.

On my journey, on the Elfangor, we have discovered that a single band of Yeerks have survived. I, and my ship and crew, have been captured, taken aboard the last Yeerk inhabited Blade Ship. And I know now, I am dying, and this floating remainder of the Yeerks forces may live to strike again…

I feel the pain course through me again and again. I have been locked away in solitude for days. Weeks. Years. I do not know. And the faceless monstrosity that calls itself The One voices itself inside my head, though I am not a prisoner of freedom itself.

And still, the pain will not go away.

I have learnt to accept it, to a point. Over time. To learn that pain is not an enemy, but a slow, throbbing reminder that I am still alive.

Perhaps this is how it feels to be tortured. And yet, though I find myself at the door of such a fate, I still have hope that I will leave this hell alive. Optimism. It is a natural Andalite trait, and it helps. But death is not far. Not far at all…

And I hope that Elfangor could reach me too. Like my shorm, Tobias. To remind me that sometimes the impossibilities can become possible. How a simple theory produced by witch-doctors, an illusion, could come to bring safety and hope, even at the threshold of death. How a small, insignificant group of children, and I, an Andalite aristh, could stop, or at least hurt such an enemy.

And now, all the battles, the pain, the lives lost… could be in vain. I do not know what to do. I do not know what –

Jake!

The human child had been my prince since he, and his – my – friends had rescued me from the depths of Earth's waters. He was, perhaps, my last chance. My only chance.

Jake!

Though, I do not know if he can hear me. I do not know if anyone can hear me.

The pain subsides, and I find myself collapsing with relief. I am blind, though I sense the hatred around me. Pressing in. I am told I will see The One.

I will not be taken.

A friend once said, once knew, that Andalites are arrogant. I had disagreed then, but my answers have since changed. I guess I am, we are, to an extent. The Ellimist had once mocked me, surprised to see humility from an Andalite. So, perhaps I am one of few Andalites willing to express such a humility. Like I am one of few Andalites who finally understand humans. To an extent. I know because, I too, have become one of them. Like they have become a part of me. I trust my former prince with my life, and if any person could destroy this enemy, I would not hesitate to let him command me into battle once again.

But now, I can only hope, and have faith. Knowing, I end my life with the knowledge that I have saved, or at least, helped to save, two of my worlds.

The Andalite Homeworld. Earth.

My duty is done. I go, to join my brother, Elfangor.

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