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*Chapter 4*
When Tamitha finally woke up, around ten, the three of us went over to Cassie's place to find Tamitha some food and clothing. Cassie was able to sneak some food out but she didn't think Tamitha would be interested in poop covered clothing; though I had a feeling that Tamitha wouldn't have cared either way - but I didn't say anything. Tamitha didn't really mind, she was too caught up with all of the animals in Cassie's barn to even take notice of the Pringles and peanut butter and jelly sandwich that Cassie had made for her.
Cassie came outside as Tamitha was walking around the barn, checking out all of the animals. "You like animals don't you?" Cassie surmised. "Being with them, I mean."
"Yeah, they make me feel as if all is right in the world, comfort or something."
"Any animal you want to try on for size? You've got what five, under belt, right?"
"Six, I acquired Delia, my ferret, the night I received the power to morph- " a tear fell. "She's probably dead now, isn't he?" Tamitha really started to cry then.
I flew down from my favorite perch in the rafters onto a pile of hay not too far from where Tamitha was standing, //I understand what you're feeling, I miss my cat, Dude, terribly, but there's nothing that can be done to save either of them.\\
"Tamitha, though I do not fully understand why this ferret's death has hurt you so," Ax put in, he was in his human morph, which was a compilation of Cassie, Jake, Marco and Rachel. "I am sure that Cassie would allow you to assist her in caring fore all of the animals that you see here, especially since you seem to have a bond with animals that I cannot explain, rationally."
"Thanks, Ax, I was just about to suggest that, myself," Cassie added. "You can work in here as often as you like. I'll think up a lie to tell my parents, I guess. We'll also have to figure out more about this connection that you seem to have, because it is making me very envious."
"Thank you all so much" Tamitha shouted with glee. "Aren't we supposed to have a meeting today?"
"Yeah, they're on their way to the place, they asked us to meet up with them." Cassie told us. "I just got off the phone with Rachel," she explained as she, Tamitha and Ax began to morph. "Rachel said that she and Marco came to some sort of agreement and," they finished morphing and we took to the sky, //Rachel is going to go first so that she can go with Tamitha to get her some new clothes and anything else you might need.\\
//But I don't have any money,\\ Tamitha exclaimed.
//We've pooled our money, you are very important to all of us and we want to make you feel more comfortable after all that has happened to you,\\ Cassie replied
//Thanks so much!\\ Tamitha said gleefully, //I don't know how to repay you all.\\
//I think your input so far might be payment enough, although Marco might not agree with me.\\
//That's understandable, it is Marco we're talking about,\\ Tamitha concluded as we arrived at the digging site, where Jake, Marco, and Rachel were already waiting for us.
"It took you guys long enough; we've already dug half-way to China while waiting for you to show up." Marco told us.
//No you haven't,\\ I retorted, //You three got here only a couple of minutes ago, I watched you demorph.\\
"How about we start digging so we can get this over with?" Jake snapped, "Rachel, once you morph I'll tie a piece of string to your tail so that we can figure out how far we've gotten."
She nodded her head and began to morph as Jake pulled out a ball of multi- colored yarn.
//Should I ask him where he got that?\\ Tamitha asked me with a smile.
//No, I responded very surprised, how are you able to use telepathy without being in morph?\\
//What, you mean everyone else can't?\\
//They've never tried.\\
//I read somewhere that all humans have the potential for telepathy or something similar so perhaps the transfer of the morphing technology awakened that ability or something.\\
//Or it could just be you,\\ I replied teasingly, she just stared at me with her mouth open. //Hey, Ax, Tamitha and I have a question for you.\\
//Yes, how may I help you?\\ he said.
//How is that I can use telepathy with out being in a morph?\\
//Umm,\\ He replied, completely speechless.
//That is a very interesting answer, Ax\\ I said, unfortunately his response was only the beginning. And he began to mumble about technology and frontal lobes, and - it just went way over my head, so I didn't even bother asking. //Other than clothes, what are you thinking about getting, Tamitha?\\
//I'm not really sure, some books, a couple comics, a journal maybe - did you want anything?\\
//No not really, just wondering,\\ I looked over at Ax and he continued to mumble to himself for quite some time.
"What's going on over here?" Marco asked as he sauntered over, "I hope I'm not interrupting the silence."
//No, you're not,\\ Tamitha said, //I was just asking Ax a question, but I think I'll save it for later.\\
"How did - What did -" Marco stuttered and stood their stunned for a couple of minutes as Tamitha and I laughed and I noticed Ax stopped muttering to himself.
"Marco," a sing-song voice said, "it's your turn in the dirt. C'mon Tamitha, let's go shopping."
"Her favorite past-time, sport hob-" Marco whispered loudly, finally waking up from his shock.
Rachel glared at him and he began to quickly morph to mole as Rachel and Tamitha morphed bird and took off to go shopping.
//We'll have to figure this out later, Ax-man.\\
//Yes, you are right Tobias.\\
//So how far did we get, Jake?\\
"About 30 feet in and I'm thinking about 4 feet down, hopefully we only have to go a few more feet down and then all we have to do is go much further over, and we're done."
With that knowledge we kept digging for a while, until about 5 in the evening when the others decided that they should head home so their parents wouldn't get worried. We decided to meet up after school on Monday to finish the job and hopefully steal the bob-stic.
A/N: I am still working on the next couple of chapters. I have finally killed my slight writer's block and I am slowly but surely writing more. I am trying to figure out the ending and am having trouble. If anyone has any input, please e-mail me at Green_Dragon@ev1.net
Thanks - Heather
PS - I am curious, what do you all think about a crossover for the third part of the trilogy? It seems the only way for the Animorphs to get out of this story alive and it just might work. Please respond and tell me what you think.
//blah\\ = indicates telepathy
*Chapter 4*
When Tamitha finally woke up, around ten, the three of us went over to Cassie's place to find Tamitha some food and clothing. Cassie was able to sneak some food out but she didn't think Tamitha would be interested in poop covered clothing; though I had a feeling that Tamitha wouldn't have cared either way - but I didn't say anything. Tamitha didn't really mind, she was too caught up with all of the animals in Cassie's barn to even take notice of the Pringles and peanut butter and jelly sandwich that Cassie had made for her.
Cassie came outside as Tamitha was walking around the barn, checking out all of the animals. "You like animals don't you?" Cassie surmised. "Being with them, I mean."
"Yeah, they make me feel as if all is right in the world, comfort or something."
"Any animal you want to try on for size? You've got what five, under belt, right?"
"Six, I acquired Delia, my ferret, the night I received the power to morph- " a tear fell. "She's probably dead now, isn't he?" Tamitha really started to cry then.
I flew down from my favorite perch in the rafters onto a pile of hay not too far from where Tamitha was standing, //I understand what you're feeling, I miss my cat, Dude, terribly, but there's nothing that can be done to save either of them.\\
"Tamitha, though I do not fully understand why this ferret's death has hurt you so," Ax put in, he was in his human morph, which was a compilation of Cassie, Jake, Marco and Rachel. "I am sure that Cassie would allow you to assist her in caring fore all of the animals that you see here, especially since you seem to have a bond with animals that I cannot explain, rationally."
"Thanks, Ax, I was just about to suggest that, myself," Cassie added. "You can work in here as often as you like. I'll think up a lie to tell my parents, I guess. We'll also have to figure out more about this connection that you seem to have, because it is making me very envious."
"Thank you all so much" Tamitha shouted with glee. "Aren't we supposed to have a meeting today?"
"Yeah, they're on their way to the place, they asked us to meet up with them." Cassie told us. "I just got off the phone with Rachel," she explained as she, Tamitha and Ax began to morph. "Rachel said that she and Marco came to some sort of agreement and," they finished morphing and we took to the sky, //Rachel is going to go first so that she can go with Tamitha to get her some new clothes and anything else you might need.\\
//But I don't have any money,\\ Tamitha exclaimed.
//We've pooled our money, you are very important to all of us and we want to make you feel more comfortable after all that has happened to you,\\ Cassie replied
//Thanks so much!\\ Tamitha said gleefully, //I don't know how to repay you all.\\
//I think your input so far might be payment enough, although Marco might not agree with me.\\
//That's understandable, it is Marco we're talking about,\\ Tamitha concluded as we arrived at the digging site, where Jake, Marco, and Rachel were already waiting for us.
"It took you guys long enough; we've already dug half-way to China while waiting for you to show up." Marco told us.
//No you haven't,\\ I retorted, //You three got here only a couple of minutes ago, I watched you demorph.\\
"How about we start digging so we can get this over with?" Jake snapped, "Rachel, once you morph I'll tie a piece of string to your tail so that we can figure out how far we've gotten."
She nodded her head and began to morph as Jake pulled out a ball of multi- colored yarn.
//Should I ask him where he got that?\\ Tamitha asked me with a smile.
//No, I responded very surprised, how are you able to use telepathy without being in morph?\\
//What, you mean everyone else can't?\\
//They've never tried.\\
//I read somewhere that all humans have the potential for telepathy or something similar so perhaps the transfer of the morphing technology awakened that ability or something.\\
//Or it could just be you,\\ I replied teasingly, she just stared at me with her mouth open. //Hey, Ax, Tamitha and I have a question for you.\\
//Yes, how may I help you?\\ he said.
//How is that I can use telepathy with out being in a morph?\\
//Umm,\\ He replied, completely speechless.
//That is a very interesting answer, Ax\\ I said, unfortunately his response was only the beginning. And he began to mumble about technology and frontal lobes, and - it just went way over my head, so I didn't even bother asking. //Other than clothes, what are you thinking about getting, Tamitha?\\
//I'm not really sure, some books, a couple comics, a journal maybe - did you want anything?\\
//No not really, just wondering,\\ I looked over at Ax and he continued to mumble to himself for quite some time.
"What's going on over here?" Marco asked as he sauntered over, "I hope I'm not interrupting the silence."
//No, you're not,\\ Tamitha said, //I was just asking Ax a question, but I think I'll save it for later.\\
"How did - What did -" Marco stuttered and stood their stunned for a couple of minutes as Tamitha and I laughed and I noticed Ax stopped muttering to himself.
"Marco," a sing-song voice said, "it's your turn in the dirt. C'mon Tamitha, let's go shopping."
"Her favorite past-time, sport hob-" Marco whispered loudly, finally waking up from his shock.
Rachel glared at him and he began to quickly morph to mole as Rachel and Tamitha morphed bird and took off to go shopping.
//We'll have to figure this out later, Ax-man.\\
//Yes, you are right Tobias.\\
//So how far did we get, Jake?\\
"About 30 feet in and I'm thinking about 4 feet down, hopefully we only have to go a few more feet down and then all we have to do is go much further over, and we're done."
With that knowledge we kept digging for a while, until about 5 in the evening when the others decided that they should head home so their parents wouldn't get worried. We decided to meet up after school on Monday to finish the job and hopefully steal the bob-stic.
A/N: I am still working on the next couple of chapters. I have finally killed my slight writer's block and I am slowly but surely writing more. I am trying to figure out the ending and am having trouble. If anyone has any input, please e-mail me at Green_Dragon@ev1.net
Thanks - Heather
PS - I am curious, what do you all think about a crossover for the third part of the trilogy? It seems the only way for the Animorphs to get out of this story alive and it just might work. Please respond and tell me what you think.