DISCLAIMER: **walks up to the scholastic president seductively and holds out a pretty apple. Seductively. Smiles. Seductivley. He calls security, who escorts the freak from the building.**

NOTE: Okay, I have 4 days til Halloween. Next chapter up tomorrow! Nothing more to say…Except to answer one question, in Ch.2 Rachel said Cassie was at home watching documentaries on the vampire bat and other misunderstood animals.

Marco -

I could already hear the controllers stomping through the dead leaves. I wanted to scream at sheer insanity of it all. Seriously, it was Halloween. We were supposed to have fun. How Tobias, Rachel, and Ax screwed that up was beyond me. I could be at a frat party right now! Drunk college chicks all over the place! It was a gold mine! Sure, you're supposed to have your share of fun thrills and scares, but you aren't supposed to be chased through the woods by body-snatching, laser gun-toting aliens with a hobo, two birds, and a girl in size 60 pants.

"Where the hell are we going." I gasped.

"Cassie's." Rachel said.

No way you'll be able to beat those guys. I count six of them coming from three different directions. You're heading straight for a pair of them! Tobias announced.

"We have to go to the party." I whispered.

"We're about to be caught by the yeerks and all you could think about are drunken hussies at a frat party?" Rachel demanded incredulously.

I almost stopped and giggled. "Hussies?"

"Shut up."

"No, Marco's right. We might be able to lose them at this party." Jake said. "Tobias, left, right?"

Yeah, veer left. Actually no, don't veer. Sharp left, NOW!

The three of us changed directions all at once, causing everyone to fall on top of each other.

Go go GO!

We bolted, leaving behind an obvious hole in the cluster of leaves.

"They were here! Look!" a deep voice bellowed.

"After them!"

You are almost at the party. Ax informed us. We already heard the loud thumping music up ahead. We also heard various happy shrieks and yells. Finally we burst into the clearing. There were two barbeque grills cooking burgers and paper lanterns in the shape of pumpkins hanging from lines strung from trees. A big sound system was on full power and there were lots of cars parked in a circle, surrounding it all. To the side was an entire wall of kegs filled with beer. A pirate was manning the kegs, looking to drunk to even turn the spigot. All around us were costumed college kids, bumping, grinding, making out, and leading each other away to the shadows.

"Can't believe I'm missing this." I complained.

"Like these people would ever give you the time of day." Rachel sneered.

You guys, the controllers are coming. Tobias called. Behind we saw two angry, tired guys in gas station uniforms. They each carried a Dracon beam openly. IT didn't matter though, none of these people wouldn't have noticed if they had been carrying chainsaws.

"Yeah, baby let's go!" a very, very, VERY good-looking brunette in a Cleopatra outfit rubbed up against Jake. He blushed and backed away.

"Uh, no thanks. We gotta go." He stammered.

"Who you here with, hottie?" she asked seductively. Then her eyes fell on Rachel. "Oh."

"NO!" Jake and Rachel yelled. Jake backed away from Rachel and fell into me.

Cleopatra looked at Jake and me. "Ohhhh." She winked and started to walk away.

"NO! WE'RE NOT - " It was too late. Jake had me branded. "Dammit, Jake."

"Forget about it. We have to get out of here without drawing attention to those guys." He pointed at four more tired-looking guys who were scanning the party. We ducked into the dancing mass of bodies.

Despite the hilarity of that scene, I think you guys should REALLY get a move on. Tobias warned.

We started to weave through the dancing people. They breathed at us, giving us a nice whiff of their gross beer breath.

Not that way! Ax yelled.

I smacked right into a guy holding a dracon beam.

"You. Kid. Have you seen a big cinnamon bun walking around? Or a girl in a leather skirt?" he asked me gruffly. I glanced discreetly and saw Jake standing in front of Rachel, keeping her out of view.

"Seen lots of people around. Lots of freaks up in here." I said.

He stared at me. I grinned stupidly back up at him. Then he pushed me aside and continued searching the crowd. I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lets go." Jake pulled me and Rachel along.

"Wait! I dropped the - " Rachel started.

"I FOUND SOMETHING!" a controller yelled. The others shoved their way over. I looked at what they were staring at. A white icing cap. Ax's icing cap.

"They're here."

"Bail!" Jake hissed. We continued to push our way through all the college kids, but it was like trying to breaking through a wall of Jell-O with a strand of thread. Not happening.

You guys, they found something. You really need to hurry. Tobias said.

"Gee, you think?" I muttered.

More controllers are coming. Ax said. A lot.

I heard a girl yell. "Hey, how come all of you have ray guns?"

We looked in front of us. There was a wall cars. We weren't going to get away on foot. There were way to many controllers. And we couldn't morph. It was our only chance. I poked Jake and pointed to the cars.

"Oh, no."

"You got a better idea?"

"What?" Rachel followed my line of sight. "Damn."

"I call driver's seat." I ran over to a red Ford Explorer.

"You call shotgun." Rachel said to Jake.

"Only if they have airbags."

"Come ON!"

Guys, if you're going to steal a car, do it NOW! Tobias said.

I found the key still in the car door. "Idiot frat guys."

Rachel and Jake piled into the car and made sure to fasten their seatbelts. I started the car.

VROOOOOM!

"Dude, that's my car!" a drunk guy with a haircut like 3 mohawks yelled.

"Careful, don't hit anyone." Jake warned me. "We could do without manslaughter right now."

I checked the mirror. All clear. "Relax. Enjoy the ride." I stomped the accelerator and we went shooting backwards. There was a huge CRUNCH and we stopped.

"DAMMIT MARCO!" Jake and Rachel screamed.

What the HELL? Tobias yelled.

Marco, are you aware that you just slammed into a tree backwards? Ax asked.

"Oops."

"There they are! The Andalites!" a controller roared.

"Dammit, Marco!"

I gunned the engine and swerved left onto the dirt road.

"Ow! That was my head, you idiot." Rachel whined, rubbing a red mark on her forehead from when she hit it against the window.

TSEEEEWWW! TSEEEEWWWW!

BAM! SCREEEEEEEEEEEcH!!!!

"Why the hell did we let Marco drive?" Rachel demanded.

"It's not me! They're shooting at our tires!" I cried.

There are two motorcycles pursuing you. Ax reported. They are going rather slow, but now that you do not have tires . . .

That was the screeching noises. Our metal rims were scraping against the rock and dirt.

"They can't see us right now. Marco, open the windows." Jake said.

I opened them. "Now what?"

"I'll take the wheel."

"What? Why?"

"I need you and Rachel to morph flies and fly out the windows while I drive full speed to the next telephone pole. The controllers might follow, and if they don't at least the costumes will be destroyed in the explosion. Nothing they could trace back to us."

"Are you insane!?" I demanded.

"You'll blow up too, genius!" Rachel said.

"No, if I go full speed I can let of the accelerator and morph too, before I hit the pole."

"Are you insane?!" I demanded again.

"Just do it!" A red beam shot past my cheek and made a small hole in the windshield.

"No. You morph. I'll drive." I said.

"Marco, stop - "

"Jake, I'm not moving. You better go - "

I swerved as a beam hit a front tire and the car tilted.

You guys, what are you doing? You're almost at the highway! You can't drive into the highway! Tobias yelled.

"GO!" Jake looked at Rachel.

"Morph."

Rachel's face began to turn dark and her eyes became faceted. The same changes were happening with Jake. Within a few minutes they were gone.

AHHHH! I heard Rachel yell. I almost had a heart attack.

Don't worry, Marco. It was just the air. You were going pretty fast and we were both blown like a billion miles. Jake said. Good luck.

I guess Jake and Rachel told Tobias and Ax what I was doing, because I heard Tobias go, Are you INSANE!?

Marco, you are almost at the highway, you must destroy the vehicle before you get there. Three more telephone poles ahead. Ax said.

I aimed and let go of the accelerator and started my morph. My head changed first, and soon my vision got blurry, but before it did, I saw glanced at the speedometer. 110 miles per hour.

Get out, Marco, get out! Tobias yelled.

But I wasn't morphed yet. If I jumped out now, I'd kill myself.

Marco, you've got like 2 seconds!

I put my hands on the window and prepared to launch my almost-fly body out.

Marco NOW!

I saw the telephone pole rush at me. I jumped out, and hoped to God I was a fly and I wouldn't get killed in the blast.