Animorphs Chapter Two
Jake
{You're joking.}
"I'm not. She flew down by a building and got jerked into a window," I said. Marco sniggered. Tobias glared right at him.
"A-ha. . .ha. . .h--" Tobias fluttered down at him and he ducked. Tobias flew back to his branch.
"Let's go in the barn," I said, trying to get their minds off of the topic at hand. We'd have to come back to it eventually, though. We walked to the barn.
"Well. . ." I cleared my throat. "We don't know anything, but that she was captured. It might not even be the Yeerks. Of course, that's a bit much to expect. . ." My voice trailed off.
"Just because Rachel isn't here to say it, I say--let's go kick some Yeerk butt!" Marco, of course.
"Just this once, I agree with Marco," I said, "I would say battle morphs, charge into the Yeerk pool, grab Rachel, and charge right back out, but it could be a trap. Then again, we've been in many traps."
"We don't have much time!" said Cassie nervously. "They could be dunking her head in the Yeerk pool right now!" She shuddered.
{I agree with Prince Jake that it could be a trap, but I also agree with Cassie that if we do not act soon it could be too late.} Ax, obviously.
"Don't call me Prince, Ax," I said absently. "Come on! Let's go. Bird of prey morphs. We'll take the school entrance. Battle morphs when we get there. Go!" I know that was kind of a stupid decision, but what could I do? Rachel was about to be taken by the Yeerks. We morphed.
Halfway there, we suddenly found Rachel. She was in eagle morph.
{Guys, the Yeerks tried to take me! Then I morphed grizzly and ha! No chance!}
{You didn't kill anyone, did you? Like last time.} I said, remembering the time Rachel had caused an old guy to have a heart attack when she morphed grizzly. Rachel remained silent for a few seconds. I guess she felt kind of guilty.
{Well. . .one guy was bleeding pretty bad, but I didn't stay that long. I don't know what happened to him,} said Rachel. I sighed.
{Hey guys! I found this room and it's got secret files in it! What I can't figure out is why they don't have them on computer. But who cares? The guy went all white when I found it. That was before I morphed grizzly. He was the guy bleeding bad.}
{I am suspicious. There is no reason for the files to be stored anywhere but on a computer. Rachel may be a Yeerk. In three days we shall know,} said Ax.
{I don't think so,} I said. Of course, there was no way to tell.
{Come on!} said Rachel. She didn't know what we were talking about, because we were using private thought-speak. I did the thought-speak equivalent of looking at my companions and shrugging.
Out loud I simply said, {Let's go.} Rachel led the way, Ax voicing his doubts in private thought-speak the whole time.
When we arrived, Rachel gave the closed window a hard peck. It broke into pieces.
{I would think the Yeerks would have some sort of alarm system, not to mention bulletproof or harder glass,} said Ax in private thought-speak. I was getting tired of his doubts. I ignored him and we flew in. I saw some people jumping out from under the desk. They aimed some sort of weapon, not a Dracon beam, at us and pulled. Then, everything went black.
I woke up. I was demorphed. I tried to stand up, but I couldn't move. My eyes opened. Funny. I didn't open them. They opened by themselves.
{Figured it out yet?} asked a small voice in my head. I jerked. Or at least, I would've jerked if I hadn't been controlled by a Yeerk. Rachel had been taken already. This was a trap. I should've listened to Ax. But it was too late now. For only the second time in my life, I had a Yeerk in my head.
I was a Controller.
Jake
{You're joking.}
"I'm not. She flew down by a building and got jerked into a window," I said. Marco sniggered. Tobias glared right at him.
"A-ha. . .ha. . .h--" Tobias fluttered down at him and he ducked. Tobias flew back to his branch.
"Let's go in the barn," I said, trying to get their minds off of the topic at hand. We'd have to come back to it eventually, though. We walked to the barn.
"Well. . ." I cleared my throat. "We don't know anything, but that she was captured. It might not even be the Yeerks. Of course, that's a bit much to expect. . ." My voice trailed off.
"Just because Rachel isn't here to say it, I say--let's go kick some Yeerk butt!" Marco, of course.
"Just this once, I agree with Marco," I said, "I would say battle morphs, charge into the Yeerk pool, grab Rachel, and charge right back out, but it could be a trap. Then again, we've been in many traps."
"We don't have much time!" said Cassie nervously. "They could be dunking her head in the Yeerk pool right now!" She shuddered.
{I agree with Prince Jake that it could be a trap, but I also agree with Cassie that if we do not act soon it could be too late.} Ax, obviously.
"Don't call me Prince, Ax," I said absently. "Come on! Let's go. Bird of prey morphs. We'll take the school entrance. Battle morphs when we get there. Go!" I know that was kind of a stupid decision, but what could I do? Rachel was about to be taken by the Yeerks. We morphed.
Halfway there, we suddenly found Rachel. She was in eagle morph.
{Guys, the Yeerks tried to take me! Then I morphed grizzly and ha! No chance!}
{You didn't kill anyone, did you? Like last time.} I said, remembering the time Rachel had caused an old guy to have a heart attack when she morphed grizzly. Rachel remained silent for a few seconds. I guess she felt kind of guilty.
{Well. . .one guy was bleeding pretty bad, but I didn't stay that long. I don't know what happened to him,} said Rachel. I sighed.
{Hey guys! I found this room and it's got secret files in it! What I can't figure out is why they don't have them on computer. But who cares? The guy went all white when I found it. That was before I morphed grizzly. He was the guy bleeding bad.}
{I am suspicious. There is no reason for the files to be stored anywhere but on a computer. Rachel may be a Yeerk. In three days we shall know,} said Ax.
{I don't think so,} I said. Of course, there was no way to tell.
{Come on!} said Rachel. She didn't know what we were talking about, because we were using private thought-speak. I did the thought-speak equivalent of looking at my companions and shrugging.
Out loud I simply said, {Let's go.} Rachel led the way, Ax voicing his doubts in private thought-speak the whole time.
When we arrived, Rachel gave the closed window a hard peck. It broke into pieces.
{I would think the Yeerks would have some sort of alarm system, not to mention bulletproof or harder glass,} said Ax in private thought-speak. I was getting tired of his doubts. I ignored him and we flew in. I saw some people jumping out from under the desk. They aimed some sort of weapon, not a Dracon beam, at us and pulled. Then, everything went black.
I woke up. I was demorphed. I tried to stand up, but I couldn't move. My eyes opened. Funny. I didn't open them. They opened by themselves.
{Figured it out yet?} asked a small voice in my head. I jerked. Or at least, I would've jerked if I hadn't been controlled by a Yeerk. Rachel had been taken already. This was a trap. I should've listened to Ax. But it was too late now. For only the second time in my life, I had a Yeerk in my head.
I was a Controller.