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Chapter 3
Rachel
I searched the galaxy for Ax, searching every corner of space for the hulk, but there was nothing. Ax, and the ship were gone. The Ellimist let me go, with my promise not to interfere with anything. After checking every conceivable place, and a few inconceivable places, I gave up. Crayak had Ax somewhere, but I couldn't find him.
Crayak led us on a merry dance around the galaxy, threatening hundreds of worlds, all the usual disasters: plagues, asteroids, competition for food, the list went on. But he never kept to one place for too long, if it seemed like we had solved the problem he moved on, never focusing on any world in particular. A lightning tour of the galaxy, if you will. It was really a change, the Ellimist had shown me many things, but he seemed to lack imagination, when we had played he created many things, but they all seemed to be altered off a standard base, the galaxy was a lot weirder. I saw things that hypnotised me with their beauty and strangeness, things that puzzled me, and surprisingly a planet that had exactly the same landmasses as Earth. I seemed to inherit Ax's ability to be able to know the time exactly, as each planet had a different day length, but I was still counting Earth days, it was even worse as I realised it had been years since I had slept, it was strange, the long periods of time just spend watching. The Ellimist was good, but he seemed to lack too much imagination, the galaxy threw up more wonders and oddities than anyone could possibly imagine. For six months I watched and learned more, I was just The Ellimists lapdog, which was infuriating, but I knew, that still I would make a mistake and cost more lives.
The Ellimist didn't seem to really notice the random jumping around and one day, as we watched a planted asteroid fly past a beautiful planet that we had saved, I asked him so.
"Why is he doing this? Crayak, he is randomly jumping from planet to planet, not trying to destroy any of them?" I asked.
'He, is weaving a plan. Each of his moves, it costs us more to prevent it than he used to cause it. He is building up his moves until he can plan something big. And I believe it involves your old friends, the Animorphs.' He said.
"What? Well, I've got to warn them!" I exclaimed. Crayak had pulled some things before but we had always had some sort of warning about it.
'And tell them what? You think Crayak will try something? What will that achieve?' He asked.
I bowed my head slightly in realisation, "Nothing."
'This is important. You must learn to recognise the difference between what you want to do, and what you need to do. The simplest action can have the greatest results.' The Ellimist said to me, smiling slightly.
It was after six Earth months that Crayak made his final move. We emerged in a normal two-sun system (yes, it surprised me too that on average, that is normal), there was a life-sustaining planet but we were drawn towards two ships, floating in the void. Perhaps an important figure was going to be destroyed. No, it wasn't. I could feel my friends on board one of the vessels: Jake, Marco, Tobias and others. They were tense, something was going down. Then I saw the Blade Ship, I nearly laughed, that my friends had searched and tracked down my killers. It was a sweet sentiment. But I could sense the foul taint of Crayak on both ships. The Blade ship was full of it, each mind trapped in an illusion that I couldn't fathom. And my friend's ship, their minds were fogged, ideas of caution blocked, at least in Jake's mind. And then I saw it. The plan, a powerful ship filled with demented, psychotic Yeerks and my friends, their leader seeming perfectly in control, except he's now crazier than I am. I was. Jake was going to ram the Blade ship, destroying both and eliminating every random element. I had to stop them. "We have to do something!" I said to The Ellimist.
'No, we cannot. You may want it but we do not need to. They have saved the Earth; they have finished their mission. They are no longer needed. Their loss of life is sad, but don't you see? Their loss will destroy the great evil of the Blade Ship and its crew. They will achieve one last task, and we have affected nothing. It is a perfect situation.' He said. He had a sad smile on his face, but a demeanour of stoic inaction.
"What!? You are just going to let them die, 'for the greater good'? NO! I am going to save them!" I yelled. I tried to go down there, it stop it but I could feel The Ellimist stopping me, so I dived down through the real world, down to human size to watch and prevent this event from occurring. As I crossed the void the action started, the Animorph ship powered it engines and headed for the Blade Ship. The Ellimist appeared next to me.
'I can't let you do this Rachel.' He said.
"Do what? Save my friends? Act like a human? Do the right thing?" I yelled back, bypassing him.
'You are no longer human! You must think past that!' He yelled as I flew past, 'You must listen to your head not your heart!'
Dracon beams shot out of the Blade Ship straight at the other ship. I tried to deflect them away but The Ellimist stopped my efforts. The beams penetrated the shield and struck the ship. Huge lines were scored into the front of the craft and bits began to fly off but the ship still continued towards the blade ship. More beams struck the ship, it seemed that it was being held together by momentum. I was so close I could see the various joints on each ship. The doomed ships collided; the front of the Animorph ship began to curl around the Blade Ship that was also threatening to break in half.
"Damn!" I yelled. I curled my energy into one ball and released it. It broke through The Ellimist's power, and time froze. Individual sheet metal was flying in all directions. I breathed out, I had done it. Now for the hard part. I walked through the ship into the bridge. Jake had just shrugged to Marco when I walked through the wall. Jake's arms dropped straight down to his side in shock, his eyes and mouth opened wide. Marco looked over his shoulder slowly and his eyes opened in shock as well. Tobias just stood there, his sharp eyes glaring at me, as if I wasn't really there. Suddenly he took off, his wings flapping hard, but he morphed as well. He began to lose feathers all over his body, his head swelled; his wings began to spilt into fingers. It was the fastest morph I'd ever seen and as he reached me he was nearly human. He wrapped his molten arms around my body in a massive hug.
And I felt nothing for him.
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Oh, well that might annoy at least one reader.
Just a little cliff hanger for you but I might have another chapter tomorrow.
See ya around.
Disclaimer: Look, if I owned Animorphs I'd be a lot happier.
Chapter 3
Rachel
I searched the galaxy for Ax, searching every corner of space for the hulk, but there was nothing. Ax, and the ship were gone. The Ellimist let me go, with my promise not to interfere with anything. After checking every conceivable place, and a few inconceivable places, I gave up. Crayak had Ax somewhere, but I couldn't find him.
Crayak led us on a merry dance around the galaxy, threatening hundreds of worlds, all the usual disasters: plagues, asteroids, competition for food, the list went on. But he never kept to one place for too long, if it seemed like we had solved the problem he moved on, never focusing on any world in particular. A lightning tour of the galaxy, if you will. It was really a change, the Ellimist had shown me many things, but he seemed to lack imagination, when we had played he created many things, but they all seemed to be altered off a standard base, the galaxy was a lot weirder. I saw things that hypnotised me with their beauty and strangeness, things that puzzled me, and surprisingly a planet that had exactly the same landmasses as Earth. I seemed to inherit Ax's ability to be able to know the time exactly, as each planet had a different day length, but I was still counting Earth days, it was even worse as I realised it had been years since I had slept, it was strange, the long periods of time just spend watching. The Ellimist was good, but he seemed to lack too much imagination, the galaxy threw up more wonders and oddities than anyone could possibly imagine. For six months I watched and learned more, I was just The Ellimists lapdog, which was infuriating, but I knew, that still I would make a mistake and cost more lives.
The Ellimist didn't seem to really notice the random jumping around and one day, as we watched a planted asteroid fly past a beautiful planet that we had saved, I asked him so.
"Why is he doing this? Crayak, he is randomly jumping from planet to planet, not trying to destroy any of them?" I asked.
'He, is weaving a plan. Each of his moves, it costs us more to prevent it than he used to cause it. He is building up his moves until he can plan something big. And I believe it involves your old friends, the Animorphs.' He said.
"What? Well, I've got to warn them!" I exclaimed. Crayak had pulled some things before but we had always had some sort of warning about it.
'And tell them what? You think Crayak will try something? What will that achieve?' He asked.
I bowed my head slightly in realisation, "Nothing."
'This is important. You must learn to recognise the difference between what you want to do, and what you need to do. The simplest action can have the greatest results.' The Ellimist said to me, smiling slightly.
It was after six Earth months that Crayak made his final move. We emerged in a normal two-sun system (yes, it surprised me too that on average, that is normal), there was a life-sustaining planet but we were drawn towards two ships, floating in the void. Perhaps an important figure was going to be destroyed. No, it wasn't. I could feel my friends on board one of the vessels: Jake, Marco, Tobias and others. They were tense, something was going down. Then I saw the Blade Ship, I nearly laughed, that my friends had searched and tracked down my killers. It was a sweet sentiment. But I could sense the foul taint of Crayak on both ships. The Blade ship was full of it, each mind trapped in an illusion that I couldn't fathom. And my friend's ship, their minds were fogged, ideas of caution blocked, at least in Jake's mind. And then I saw it. The plan, a powerful ship filled with demented, psychotic Yeerks and my friends, their leader seeming perfectly in control, except he's now crazier than I am. I was. Jake was going to ram the Blade ship, destroying both and eliminating every random element. I had to stop them. "We have to do something!" I said to The Ellimist.
'No, we cannot. You may want it but we do not need to. They have saved the Earth; they have finished their mission. They are no longer needed. Their loss of life is sad, but don't you see? Their loss will destroy the great evil of the Blade Ship and its crew. They will achieve one last task, and we have affected nothing. It is a perfect situation.' He said. He had a sad smile on his face, but a demeanour of stoic inaction.
"What!? You are just going to let them die, 'for the greater good'? NO! I am going to save them!" I yelled. I tried to go down there, it stop it but I could feel The Ellimist stopping me, so I dived down through the real world, down to human size to watch and prevent this event from occurring. As I crossed the void the action started, the Animorph ship powered it engines and headed for the Blade Ship. The Ellimist appeared next to me.
'I can't let you do this Rachel.' He said.
"Do what? Save my friends? Act like a human? Do the right thing?" I yelled back, bypassing him.
'You are no longer human! You must think past that!' He yelled as I flew past, 'You must listen to your head not your heart!'
Dracon beams shot out of the Blade Ship straight at the other ship. I tried to deflect them away but The Ellimist stopped my efforts. The beams penetrated the shield and struck the ship. Huge lines were scored into the front of the craft and bits began to fly off but the ship still continued towards the blade ship. More beams struck the ship, it seemed that it was being held together by momentum. I was so close I could see the various joints on each ship. The doomed ships collided; the front of the Animorph ship began to curl around the Blade Ship that was also threatening to break in half.
"Damn!" I yelled. I curled my energy into one ball and released it. It broke through The Ellimist's power, and time froze. Individual sheet metal was flying in all directions. I breathed out, I had done it. Now for the hard part. I walked through the ship into the bridge. Jake had just shrugged to Marco when I walked through the wall. Jake's arms dropped straight down to his side in shock, his eyes and mouth opened wide. Marco looked over his shoulder slowly and his eyes opened in shock as well. Tobias just stood there, his sharp eyes glaring at me, as if I wasn't really there. Suddenly he took off, his wings flapping hard, but he morphed as well. He began to lose feathers all over his body, his head swelled; his wings began to spilt into fingers. It was the fastest morph I'd ever seen and as he reached me he was nearly human. He wrapped his molten arms around my body in a massive hug.
And I felt nothing for him.
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Oh, well that might annoy at least one reader.
Just a little cliff hanger for you but I might have another chapter tomorrow.
See ya around.