DISCLAIMER: Short and quick for now-I don't own this shizznit.
NOTE: Okay, this chapter may seem kinda rushed and stuff. That would be because it was. LoL. Anyway, next and last chapter up on FRIDAY!
Jake -
What happened? What's going on? I yelled. I was a fly. A fly who could only make out the speeding headlights in the highway nearby. Other than that, I couldn't see anything else. I couldn't see whether Marco had made it out of the car. And I couldn't see the explosion as the car hit the telephone pole.
But I definitely felt it. I don't know how far away I was, but I felt the heat. I heard the controllers scream..
"AHHHHHHHH!"
"Pull over! Pull over!"
HOLY CRAP! Tobias cried.
What? WHAT!?
Holy crap holy crap holy crap holy crap!
Tobias, what the hell happened? Rachel demanded.
The car has collided with the telephone pole. There was an explosion and the motorcycles driven by the controllers halted before crashed into the fire. Ax reported. And Marco -
Hey folks, what's shakin?
MARCO!
No duh. I told you I could drive. Marco snorted. His fly body was making figure eights in the sky gleefully.
I felt the weight being pulled off my chest. If he hadn't made it, if he hadn't gotten out of the car quick enough, it would've been my fault. I shouldn't have let him drive into the pole.
Shh, shut up. Rachel said. We listened to the controllers. Tobias and Ax had flown out of sight, but no doubt still in earshot.
"Go look inside." One controller said.
"No, you do it." The other replied.
"Coward."
"I don't see you hurrying over, Gremlak." The second one accused.
"Fine." The first controller cautiously approached the flaming car. "There's no sign of anything."
"Nothing? No one"
"No. They must have escaped." Gremlak looked uncomfortable.
They looked at each other nervously. "Do you think the Visser has been notified?"
"I don't think so. We should tell the others not to report anything until we actually have the Andalites in our custody."
"Sounds good to me. Now let's get out of here before the human ambulance. We'll tell the others in the forest to keep searching. You go to the Pool and tell everyone not to report anything." They started their motorcycles and sped off. I could already hear the sirens.
Okay, we still have to be careful. They're not stopping the search. I reminded them.
I guess we don't have to go to Cassie's. Rachel said.
Wait. Ax said suddenly. Over there.
Naturally, as a fly, I had no idea what he was talking about. Tobias filled us in.
There's a group of the controllers heading to the first house out of the forest!
Cassie! Rachel realized.
Let's go! Rachel, Marco, hang on to either Ax or Tobias. You guys, try not to be seen. Go! I clung to some feathers on Tobias's chest. Rachel and Marco did the same on Ax.
Hey Rachel. Didn't know you wanted to share a bird with me. Marco joked.
Rachel sighed. Wait, Jake. I have to switch to Tobias.
Oh, so you want to cling to the chest of your -
You GUYS. Shut up, and let's GO!
I was instantly pressed against Tobias's chest as he darted over the dirt road to Cassie's farm. Tobias told us that we would beat the controllers there by a couple minutes. We had to warn her, just in case she let something slip.
Okay, we're sitting in her roof gutter. What do we do? Tobias asked.
Go around back and tap at her window. I told him. Her parents aren't home, are they? There's no truck in the driveway.
Nope. Rachel confirmed.
TAP TAP TAP.
Cassie! It's us!
I heard several vibrations as Cassie came running to her back door. She swung the door open and Tobias and Ax blew in and landed on her table.
"What happened? Oh my God, something happened." Her eyes widened.
No, no, no. Well, not really. Rachel said.
We'll tell you later. First, we have to tell you that several controller are about to knock on your door. I informed her.
And they aren't dressed as little princesses or mummies. Marco added.
"What!?"
They're looking for Rachel, Tobias, and Ax. -
"WHAT!?"
They got caught, but they had their costumes on so they wouldn't recognize them. Still, you have to make sure to tell them you know NOTHING about a girl and two guys trick or treating as a cinnabon, Xena, and a vampire. Or about a bunch of kids crashing a frat party and stealing a car. I finished.
"WHAT!?!?" Cassie's voice rose from a whisper of bewilderment to a shriek of disbelief. "I can't believe - ".
DING-DONG.
She stared at us, wide-eyed. Then she pointed at her open backdoor. "You guys can't stay here! I'll tell them off, but they can't see a red-tailed hawk in my kitchen!" Tobias and Ax quickly fluttered out the door. Before Cassie shut the door, Rachel, Marco and I dislodged from their feather and joined Cassie in her house. She closed the door quietly.
DING-DONG.
"Coming!" she called in a voice that sounded like she just inhaled a tank of helium. She made it to the front door and opened it breathlessly, making sure to keep the chain lock in place. She smiled at the 3 controllers who had their Dracon beams cleverly concealed somewhere.
"Hello, little girl - " I sat on a nearby lampshade and saw Cassie almost snicker at this. " - this is very important. We're looking for three teenagers. A girl dressed in a leather skirt, a boy wearing a cinnamon bun, and another boy wearing a vampire costume. Have you seen them anywhere?"
Cassie looked at them blankly. "No, I'm sorry."
"Are you sure? They didn't trick or treat or something in this area?"
"Not that I know of, no."
One of the controllers looked sternly at her. "Well if you do, please contact The Sharing. These teenagers are troublemakers, and The Sharing wants to help these kids. Okay?"
Cassie nodded obediently. "Yes sir."
I suddenly began to feel the heat of the lamp on my legs. I was on fire! I stifled a mental cry of pain and launched instinctively off the blazingly hot lampshade. And directly into the side of Cassie's face.
I crashed into her cheek and fell on her shoulder, a little dazed.
Jake, please tell me that wasn't you and I was just dreaming a fly crashing into Cassie's face. Marco moaned. Cassie looked horrified for a split second, but immediately replaced that look with a smile.
"Well, see ya."
"Wait." The controller stuck a hand in the door. "You sure have a lot of flies in your house." He looked at Marco, seated on a painting of a mountain, and at Rachel, who was stationary and almost camoflaged on the TV.
If I had whatever body parts it took to gulp, I would have.
"Excuse me?" Cassie asked innocently.
The controllers looked at her strangely.
"Are your parents home?"
