DISCLAIMER: I'm starting to think owning the Animorphs is a hopeless cause. I'm gonna start saving up for the Egyptian pyramids! **does the Egyptia walk dance thing**

NOTE: Well, it's a week til Halloween so I think I'll be bustin out chapters every other day or so. Like rapid-fire Animorphs. thanks all for the reviews. Again, I don't think I can respond to each one. But hey, I think you are all very pretty.

Tobias -

"Canadian!" I blurted out way to loudly. Rachel stared at me, but Ax smiled.

"Yes I am Canadian. Nuh."

The grumpy man shook his head and glared at us like we were scum in his bathroom tiles. "So what do you kids want?"

"Trick or treat." Ax enunciated.

"Yeah. Trick or treat." Rachel echoed.

The man looked murderous and I almost dragged Ax and Rachel down back to the street, but man turned around and went into his kitchen. He came out with a box of Special K cereal. He plunged his hand in the box and came out with a handful of flakes. He poured it into Ax's bag. Ax stared in awe and confusion. Then he did the same to Rachel, who looked angry.

"Now get out of here."

"Listen, punk. It's Halloween. What the hell is the big idea? You give CANDY on Halloween, not some old people CEREAL! This is their first time trick or treating." Rachel fumed. "Come on , seriously, who stuck the bitch stick up YOUR ass and twisted??"

"Ookay, time to go!" I yelped cheerfully and I grabbed Rachel's shoulder. "Have fun watching - " I glanced at the TV " - Star Trek. Cool, is the Enterprise?"

Ax snorted. "Clearly it is a Hawjbran fighter." He muttered.

I nudged Ax in the ribs. "Well, we oughta get going."

But the man grabbed Ax's bun. "What did you say?"

Ax looked frightened. "I said nothing."

I wanted to run. Run far far away. But the man still had an iron grip on Ax.

"You're not one of us." The man stated.

"What are you talking about." Rachel said dismissively. Then she grabbed Ax too. "Let's go. Now."

"Andalites!" the man hissed. The controller looked at the street behind us, littered with kids and their parents.

"I'm sorry, what?" I tried to play it off.

"Andalites!!"

"Run!" Rachel hissed. She performed a very impressive high kick on the man's wrist. I could've sworn I heard something crack. The controller howled. We both grabbed either of Ax's arms and half dragged-half rolled him down the steps. Ax yelped each time he hit a bump.

When I looked back, the controller was gone from the door, but I guessed he was calling for backup or something. He was going to tell his fellow yeerks that a cinnabon, a chalky vampire, and Xena with a leather mask were really a bunch of Andalites trick-or-treating.

"They're going to find us. Every controller in the state will be on a lookout now." I said erratically. My heart was pounding in my chest. We were fugitives.

"I'm sorry." Ax said sadly. "It is my fault."

"Wait, they don't know it's us." Rachel breathed.

"What?"

"You're whiter than a sheet, Ax's face is all brown and gross, and I'm still wearing this mask I got from the kid." Rachel pointed. "We just need to take off our costumes."

"Where? they'll see us!"

"There." Rachel pointed at a patch of woods by the road. It stretched all the way to Cassie's neighborhood.

"Let's go." We dragged Ax along until we were out of view from the street.

"Okay, I think Ax you and Tobias morph owl or something." Rachel said.

"What about you?"

"Someone needs to stay human and carry these costumes out. We can't just leave them here with our prints all over them!"

"Okay." We helped Ax wrestle out from his bun. He was able to morph Andalite with the brown leotard as a morphing suit. I stripped to my own morphing outfit and returned to red tailed hawk form.

Rachel looked down at her Xena costume. "I need to change, this is pretty obvious."

Then change. Fast.

"I'm not wearing anything under."

What!?

Rachel rolled her eyes in the dark. "It's a leather skirt, duh. What was I gonna wear under, long johns? Turn around, I'm putting on your vampire pants, Tobias."

Like a gentleman I turned away on the tree. I made Ax turn too. A few minutes later, Rachel said "Done!". We turned around and saw Rachel wearing my baggy black pants and her jacket zipped all the way up. She had all of our costumes wrapped up in my vampire cape.

You cannot go out carrying those, the controllers will see. Ax said.

"Right. So I was thinking we walk through these woods all the way to Cassie's barn and stash them there."

That's almost a mile away!

"You got a better idea?" Rachel dared. We didn't, so Ax and I flew overhead, watching for anything that might stop Rachel from running through the woods. It seemed the only thing stopping her was my pants, which kept tripping her because they were so big. I had gotten them out of a construction site, so they probably belonged to some big huge construction worker. But I didn't think Rachel needed to know that.

Suddenly we saw several lights up ahead.

Tobias what is that?

I don't know. But I hear noises and Rachel's running straight towards it. Rachel, stop!

Rachel skidded to a halt. She looked up at us curiously and mouthed "what?"

There's something going on up there, don't move. We'll check it out.

Rachel leaned on a tree impatiently.

Ax and I hovered over the source of the lights and noises. Below us were several lanterns, lots of college kids, and lots and lots of beer. Lots. A huge stereo was blaring loud rock music.

Oh crap, it's a frat party. I moaned.

What is a frat party? As asked.

When a bunch of older teenagers get drunk and do stupid things. I replied. We need to get Rachel away from here. I watched as half of the people started dancing drunkenly and chugging more beer. I bet even Rachel could hear the yells and music now. Around the perimeter or the party couple had paired off and prepared to do the unspeakable with each other in the woods. On the other side perpendicular to where Rachel waited, I saw two very familiar guys walking towards the source of the craziness.

"I'm telling you, Jake. College party? There is gonna be SO many chicks up in there!"

What the - Marco?

Prince Jake?

They both immediately shot their eyes up towards us. I landed on a nearby branch.

What are you doing here Prince Jake and Marco? Tobias tells me they are doing stupid things there. Ax said.

"I was - uh. . ." Jake looked sheepish. Marco rolled his eyes.

"Gee, MOM, we weren't doing anything."

Well you're about to. We messed up trick-or-treating -

"You WHAT?" Marco exclaimed.

And now we're pretty sure every controller in the city is on the lookout for a vampire, a cinnabon, and Xena in a leather mask. I continued.

"You WHAT!?!?!?" Jake yelled. "Where's Rachel?"

"Hold up, Rachel was XENA?" Marco interrupted.

Come on. We flew back to were we left Rachel, with Marco and Jake running behind us.

She's not there. Ax reported.

What?

Are you sure this is the tree?

Yeah, I know this tree! I knew every patch of forest in this area like the back of my, well, wing.

"Get away from me, you LOSER!"

Rachel!

We dodged the branches of the trees, since we couldn't see into the woods from above the leaves. Soon we came upon Rachel and a guy twice her size leering over her.

"Come on baby, why'd you come if you didn't want it?" the guy slurred his words. He had a beer in his left hand. He made a move to brush up against her. I prepared to scratch the guys face off.

"Screw you." Rachel brought her knee up and connected with his baby-makers.

"AHHHH!" the guy cried out and collapsed, spilling his beer on Rachel and clutching his groin. Rachel grabbed something shiny from the guys belt loop and threw it deep into the woods.

"No way are YOU driving, stupid jerk." She said. Then she scanned the trees for us.

We're here, Rachel. Nice job by the way. I said.

"Hey XENA." Marco stumbled into the clearing.

"Oh wonderful." She moaned.

"What happened?" Jake demanded.

Rachel, Ax and I told him what happened. Jake looked furious. "I knew this was a bad idea."

"Wait a sec, where the hell are my sisters?" Rachel asked.

"Sara got tired and I left Jordan with a group of her friends."

"You ditched your COUSIN for a FRAT PARTY!?" Rachel cried.

Jake's angry expression wavered for a second while he looked embarrassed. "She's fine. Anyway, we have more important things to deal with. Like say, an alien around every corner who wants to kill us."

We should keep going to Cassie's to hide our stuff. I indicated the bundle of costumes.

"I have got to see the leather skirt." Marco said unhelpfully.

Wait. Someone's coming. Ax said suddenly.

"You think the Andalites are hiding at that party?" I heard a voice say.

"Let's check these woods. I'll bet the entire Sulp Niar pool that they are here."

Jake looked at us. "No time to morph." He whispered.

"Then we do things the old fashioned way." Marco said. "RUN!"