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NOTE: Here it is, the anti-climactic final chapter of THE HIP-HAPPENIN HALLOWEEN. Later, guys!
Ax -
Damn. Rachel muttered.
"My parents are around someplace." Cassie lied. Tobias and I were perched in the high branches of a nearby tree. We had seen Jake fly into Cassie's face by mistake, which instantly set off the controllers' alarm. "But our barn is a Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic. We get lots of flies."
"That's what's in that barn? Sick animals?" a controller said, leering at Cassie.
"Yes sir."
Tobias, I do not think the controllers will stop their interrogation unless they find their Andalites. I told him.
What are you saying?
We must distract them. Lead them away from Cassie.
Tobias's hawk eye glinted. Alright. I go first, since it's the red-tailed hawk that's on all their wanted posters.
They want a poster?
They know I'm a red-tailed hawk.
I thought about it for a moment. You cannot just go. It would be too much of a coincidence. . .unless you were chased here. . .
That's it. I'll go get the attention of the other controllers and get them to chase me here. Be right back!. Tobias took off quickly into the forest. I stayed on the branch and hoped that Cassie would hold the controllers off long enough.
Cassie, we will lead them away shortly. Please be careful until then. I informed her.
"Listen, you guys must be tired. You guys want a quick drink or something before you go?" Cassie asked hospitably.
The controllers looked at each other. "Sure."
Cassie, what the hell are you doing? Rachel demanded. Cassie formed her lips into a tight line.
I suspect she does not want the controllers to be suspicious, so she is showing that she has nothing to hide. I said. Cassie showed no indication that she'd heard.
Ohh. Good one Cass. One problem though, we're still here! If we go flying for cover, they'll know it's us! Marco exclaimed.
Everyone just relax. Don't move. Just act like a fly. Move if they try to swat you. Prince Jake said.
Jake, where are you, by the way? Rachel asked.
Awkward silence.
Umm. . .well, after I hit Cassie in the cheek I kind of slid down her shirt. . .
Cassie looked alarmed.
"What happened?" a controller asked. They were now standing in her living room. The TV was still on, showing scenes of a white-faced human knifing young people to death while they engaged in their relations.
"I just remembered, I don't know if we have ice. Is warm-ish Coke okay?"
"That's fine."
SLAP! One of the controllers slapped at the TV with his hand. A fly zipped away, unharmed. Cassie started to have difficulty breathing.
Cassie, calm down. I told her.
That guy nearly removed my ass parts. Marco whined.
Your whole body is made of ass, Marco, don't worry sbout it. Rachel said hotly. Now quit flying around and land on something, for God's sake!
TSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!
"GET HIM!" Behind me Tobias swept from the trees, followed by a small band of controllers holding Dracon beams.
Ax, need a little help here! he cried and he zoomed past.
I launched from the branch and neared Cassie's house, making sure to emit as much noise as possible.
TSEEEEEEEEEEEEERR!!
"There's another one! Hurry up!" someone yelled.
The controllers in Cassie's house swiveled around unsteadily on their two human legs. "What's going on?"
Cassie peered out the door. "Hey, why are those guys chasing birds?"
The controllers stormed out of Cassie's house. "Thanks for the drinks, kid. But we've got to go!" I banked a sharp left, in the opposite direction of Tobias, and they ran after me.
Ax, where are you? Tobias yelled faintly.
I'm flying from these yeerks. I responded hastily. I flapped as fast as I could, everything below me blending into one long blur. My wings were tiring.
TSSSSSSSSSSEEEWWWWW!
They were firing at me! The yeerks could not catch up, so they were hoping to disable me and make me fall from the sky. I knew they would do their best not to kill me. I was a potential yeerk host.
TSSSSSEWWWW! TSSSSSEEEEEEWWW!
Ahh! I cried. The tip of my wing began to smoke.
"We got him!"
No. Up ahead I saw lights. That meant that there would be several humans there and the yeerks wouldn't fire in front of them.. I had to make it there before they got a lucky shot at me.
TSEEEEWW!
Arrrggghh! my talon sizzled. I was so close. . .
RRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAARRRR!
The noise alone almost knocked me out of the sky. Prince Jake!
"Andalite!"
Prince Jake pounced at them, knocking all of them to the ground. The controllers cried out in pain and several Dracon beams were thrown away. Fortunately, Cassie's house was in a rural area and her neighbors lived far enough away to miss what was going on.
Prince Jake! Where are the others?
Cassie and Marco are helping Tobias. Rachel is -
Right here. A grizzly bear came thumping out of the woods. Together with Jake, she easily succeeded in knocking all of them unconscious. They deposited the limp bodies at the edge of the forest, where they would no doubt be discovered quickly.
Are you okay? Jake asked as I spiraled down, finally landing on a tree branch. I had to lean on the trunk, since m right leg was gone.
I am fine. What about Tobias?
I'm sure they're okay. We're going to regroup at your scoop. Jake stalked among the trees. This way, right?
Yes.
We arrived at my scoop and waited for about twenty long, painstaking minutes. Then Tobias, Marco and Cassie showed up, all with their own slight injuries.
"Halloween is the crappiest holiday ever." Marco muttered once he'd become human again.
I morphed human and accompanied my friends to back Cassie's house, since we were all too tired to morph birds. We told Cassie the entire story on the way. Our story ended just as we reached her doorstep.
"You WHAT!?" she demanded. She had punctuated all of our sentences with the same exclamation.
"Whatever. It's over. I can finally just sit down. And I will never go trick or treating ever again. Ever." Rachel collapsed on the couch. I eyed a bowl with a few chocolates in it. I looked pleadingly at Cassie.
"Take it."
I ripped open a candy and let the wondrous taste of chocolate fill my mouth. I shut my eyes to receive the full impact.
"Yo, he looks like he was just enlightened or something." Marco laughed at my expression.
"He was." Tobias sat down next to Rachel. "He realized that Halloween sucks."
"Hey, Cassie?" Rachel asked.
"What?" Cassie looked at Rachel curiously.
"You told me you would be watching documentaries on the vampire bat and other misunderstood animals the whole entire night."
We all turned to the TV, which was still on from earlier. The white-faced man with the knife was chasing another group of young humans. Cassie looked embarrassed.
"Um, well. . ."
"You're such a liar."
They all laughed and I enjoyed my next piece of chocolate. For the next hour my friends watched the TV. They told me that people found the show scary and suspenseful and frightening. I found it rather pointless, but then again I still don't understand much of human culture. Violent movies, beer, frat parties, Star Trek . . .
. . .and Halloween.
- - -And that's a wrap. Now I can start writing for THE UNTITLED again. I miss that story. . .HAPPY HALLOWEEN FOLKS!