Chapter 13
I began to morph peregrine falcon. "Where ya going?" Sam asked.
{I am going to see if I can find Tobias. Maybe something is wrong, and maybe I can help. Falcon eyes can see everything. If Tobias is anywhere near hear and takes off I will see him.} I told him. I could have talked half speech, but I thought it was pointless to try and do half and half.
I finished morphing and took off. {See you later at the barn. I will probably be gone long.} I caught a big updraft and flew as high as my little falcon wings would take me. I tried to ride the thermals and look around. Seeing as it was a forest, there weren't many thermals. I strained my falcon eyes to look everywhere, but saw nothing at first.
Then, out of nowhere, I saw a red-tail hawk float above the forest wall.
{NOOOOO!} Tobias said. I killed!
I followed him to town. He went to town, silently crying to himself. After about fifteen minutes of mindless wandering he decided to fly into the front door.
I would have cringed if I was human. If it wasn't for my hawk eyes, I would have thought he splatted himself on the window. But someone had opened the door.
I floated above the mall for a minute, looking through the skylight I could see him repeatedly flying from one end of the mall to the other.
I decided to land on the top of the mall and demorph. Sam was right. It was a good idea to keep a set of clothes on the roof. I searched the air conditioner and pulled out a bag of clothes. Just a pair of shorts, t- shirt and cheap shoes. I quickly put them on and climbed in the door that led to the mall.
Down the ladder I went, opening the door to the main area of the mall, I saw a crowd all staring and pointing at the spectacle that was put on by Tobias. I looked at him and tried to follow him.
Down the steps I went to catch up to him. On the way, I ran into Rachel and Whitney who were currently doing a performance. I tried to avoid them, because if they saw me, they would suspect something.
{NOOOOOOO!} I heard him shout again. Rachel looked up, eyes wide. Nobody else seemed to notice his screams.
I looked up and saw Tobias do a complete turnaround before coming back and flying right into Rachel's chest, she fell back, cradling him. I could see she was talking to him.
{No, you don't understand, I'm lost. I Killed, you understand? I Killed!} more talking from Rachel before he said... {I have to go, bye.} just then Rachel heaved him off her chest and into the air. This was all he needed to fly again.
Whitney went over to Rachel and helped her up, but I was already on my way back up the stairs to the roof. As I looked over , I could see Tobias fly right into the wall.
NO! I screamed to myself.
Oh, just let is end! I heard in my head, but it wasn't thought speech. I closed my eyes, trying to concentrate. When I opened them, I saw Tobias flying directly up, he must have flared and flew up.
Even so, he was about to hit the skylight, and that would be just as fatal to his weak bird body. But right before he hit the glass, the small section of the skylight shattered, raining shards of glass on the curious onlookers.
Tobias was out, but that didn't explain why the glass shattered. I went back to the door I entered in. Normally it would be locked, but I made sure to keep it open a crack. It was still open, so I went in it and climbed the ladder to the roof to see Marco half morphed into an osprey.
"What the hell? What are you doing here?" I asked.
{Got an anonymous tip that a bird was seen here.} he answered, too far in the morph to answer with spoken words.
"Well, I guess we better go and tell Jake." I said as I began to morph falcon. We both thought of going to jakes house, but we knew he would not be there so we both flew to the wildlife rehab clinic to wait for him. He was expected to be there any minute.
Only minutes after me and Marco made it there, Jake showed up with Cassie.
"What are you doing here so early?" Jake asked.
"We came here to tell you about the little incident today." Marco told him.
"What incident?" Cassie asked.
"Tobias almost killed himself in the mall today. Rachel saved him, but he was pretty shaken up."
"So he's alive." Jake said.
"Yes." I answered.
"Good, I am assuming that he is probably going to be here soon, so we all act as if he isn't, okay?"
We all waited until Rachel, Whitney, Marco and Sam all made it here until telling everyone about the Tobias issue and the plan.
Apparently we were going to attempt to attach that giant ship again. Of course, Marco was pissed, but oh well. Rachel was confident, but cautious. Everyone else agreed that it was a necessary blow that we had to do. We were planning on having Sam construct a bomb that we would plant a bomb in the ship through the water intake pipes. We would all morph fish to guide it. But to do this, we pretty much had to make a perfect bomb that could float and was dangerously powerful. On top of that, we had to camp out there all day to catch a fish.
Needless to say, Sam was very happy about the plan.
I began to morph peregrine falcon. "Where ya going?" Sam asked.
{I am going to see if I can find Tobias. Maybe something is wrong, and maybe I can help. Falcon eyes can see everything. If Tobias is anywhere near hear and takes off I will see him.} I told him. I could have talked half speech, but I thought it was pointless to try and do half and half.
I finished morphing and took off. {See you later at the barn. I will probably be gone long.} I caught a big updraft and flew as high as my little falcon wings would take me. I tried to ride the thermals and look around. Seeing as it was a forest, there weren't many thermals. I strained my falcon eyes to look everywhere, but saw nothing at first.
Then, out of nowhere, I saw a red-tail hawk float above the forest wall.
{NOOOOO!} Tobias said. I killed!
I followed him to town. He went to town, silently crying to himself. After about fifteen minutes of mindless wandering he decided to fly into the front door.
I would have cringed if I was human. If it wasn't for my hawk eyes, I would have thought he splatted himself on the window. But someone had opened the door.
I floated above the mall for a minute, looking through the skylight I could see him repeatedly flying from one end of the mall to the other.
I decided to land on the top of the mall and demorph. Sam was right. It was a good idea to keep a set of clothes on the roof. I searched the air conditioner and pulled out a bag of clothes. Just a pair of shorts, t- shirt and cheap shoes. I quickly put them on and climbed in the door that led to the mall.
Down the ladder I went, opening the door to the main area of the mall, I saw a crowd all staring and pointing at the spectacle that was put on by Tobias. I looked at him and tried to follow him.
Down the steps I went to catch up to him. On the way, I ran into Rachel and Whitney who were currently doing a performance. I tried to avoid them, because if they saw me, they would suspect something.
{NOOOOOOO!} I heard him shout again. Rachel looked up, eyes wide. Nobody else seemed to notice his screams.
I looked up and saw Tobias do a complete turnaround before coming back and flying right into Rachel's chest, she fell back, cradling him. I could see she was talking to him.
{No, you don't understand, I'm lost. I Killed, you understand? I Killed!} more talking from Rachel before he said... {I have to go, bye.} just then Rachel heaved him off her chest and into the air. This was all he needed to fly again.
Whitney went over to Rachel and helped her up, but I was already on my way back up the stairs to the roof. As I looked over , I could see Tobias fly right into the wall.
NO! I screamed to myself.
Oh, just let is end! I heard in my head, but it wasn't thought speech. I closed my eyes, trying to concentrate. When I opened them, I saw Tobias flying directly up, he must have flared and flew up.
Even so, he was about to hit the skylight, and that would be just as fatal to his weak bird body. But right before he hit the glass, the small section of the skylight shattered, raining shards of glass on the curious onlookers.
Tobias was out, but that didn't explain why the glass shattered. I went back to the door I entered in. Normally it would be locked, but I made sure to keep it open a crack. It was still open, so I went in it and climbed the ladder to the roof to see Marco half morphed into an osprey.
"What the hell? What are you doing here?" I asked.
{Got an anonymous tip that a bird was seen here.} he answered, too far in the morph to answer with spoken words.
"Well, I guess we better go and tell Jake." I said as I began to morph falcon. We both thought of going to jakes house, but we knew he would not be there so we both flew to the wildlife rehab clinic to wait for him. He was expected to be there any minute.
Only minutes after me and Marco made it there, Jake showed up with Cassie.
"What are you doing here so early?" Jake asked.
"We came here to tell you about the little incident today." Marco told him.
"What incident?" Cassie asked.
"Tobias almost killed himself in the mall today. Rachel saved him, but he was pretty shaken up."
"So he's alive." Jake said.
"Yes." I answered.
"Good, I am assuming that he is probably going to be here soon, so we all act as if he isn't, okay?"
We all waited until Rachel, Whitney, Marco and Sam all made it here until telling everyone about the Tobias issue and the plan.
Apparently we were going to attempt to attach that giant ship again. Of course, Marco was pissed, but oh well. Rachel was confident, but cautious. Everyone else agreed that it was a necessary blow that we had to do. We were planning on having Sam construct a bomb that we would plant a bomb in the ship through the water intake pipes. We would all morph fish to guide it. But to do this, we pretty much had to make a perfect bomb that could float and was dangerously powerful. On top of that, we had to camp out there all day to catch a fish.
Needless to say, Sam was very happy about the plan.