Chapter 21
{What!?} I yelled. {How is that possible?}
{I don't know. I can see him hiding just beyond the sight of the hork bajir guards on the outer ring. He has a bag full of dracon beams or something. I would fly up and see if my prediction was right, but then these Taxxons would fry me three ways from Sunday.} He informed us.
I, on the other hand, was confused, and the others were probably looking at me funny, if they could see me. The interior of the ship was completely black.
"What is going on?" Rachel asked. Her voice echoed across the ceiling of the tank. You could feel the water was getting closer to the roof.
"Sam is here with some guns."
"I know that." Jake said. "What does he plan on doing?"
"I don't know, ask him."
{He also has swords, I just noticed that too. He is planning on fighting.} Tobias informed us.
{Well good, try talking to him. Get an answer out of him.} I suggested.
{And how do you suppose I do that?} Tobias asked sarcastically, I have bug fighters on one side, Taxxons crawling after me on the other. Both have dracon beams and could turn me into KFC any day. I have my own troubles to deal with.}
I tried to say something to Sam. {If you are planning anything, do it now. We are kind of facing a checkmate right now and you are our only chance to do anything. So DO SOMETHING SOON!} I yelled.
"Let's hope he could hear you." Rachel said.
"Well, whatever he's doing, it will be good." I told her. I knew sam well, he was smart. Then again, we all know this by now. "Do you feel that?" I asked. The water was getting continually warmer, almost o the point where it hurt.
"Yeah, what is it?" Jake asked, "It kind of hurts."
"Sam must be blasting a hole in the water tank. Let's hope the heat doesn't cook us alive." Marco said. "Too bad we weren't fishes, hen we could go down in style. Maybe with some tartar sauce and some french fries." We all nervously laughed as the water temperature slowly rose.
Suddenly, the water level began to fall and some light shone in through the hole. We were all sucked towards the hole. The water cooled the twisted metal, but it still hurt to touch it. "Everyone, morph raptor." I yelled right before we all started to fall. I tried to hold onto the metal. It wasn't as hot as you would have thought, but it was bearable.
I held on, looking at the ground below me it seemed so much farther away then I would have thought. That was because the ship was rising slowly. This giant truck ship was slowly gaining altitude.
I was struggling to hod on as the water pushed me down, but I could see my friends the Animorphs turn to bird and fly away.
{Whoa! That was close!} I heard Rachel yelled.
I looked down again and was hoping there would be enough room for me to morph. I let go. The water stopped at the same time and I was free to fall. I turned upside down and dived head first.
{Far too close, Tobias, you okay?} Cassie asked.
{I am fine.} Tobias answered. {Sam generated just enough of a distraction for me to get away from the ships. He is having a hard time.}
As I looked down, I morphed. I could see that Tobias was wrong.
As the feathers formed, I could seem Sam jump at a hork bajir and go right past him. At first, it seemed like nothing was wrong, but I was not mistaken when it looked like the top half fell off the bottom half and went limp. He cut it right in half.
My eyes were forming, so I could see better.
{YOU!} the Visser roared. {KILL HIM!} Sam smiled his little sadistic 'you're gonna die!' smile. Three bug fighters and about ten hork bajir all came at him at once, all armed with weapons. This didn't look good.
My body shrunk as the ground came ever so much closer. I was going to make it though. I looked back down at Sam. All three bug fighters shot at him. He jumped out of the way. Now, when I say this, you have to realize that three bug fighters have a pretty long range. Sam must have jumped a good fifty feet in the air in a backflip. He stopped at about the same height as the bug fighters and shot the outer two with the dracon beams.
They both fell to the ground and exploded, killing many hork bajir in the process. They were all trying to get in the helicopters and the blade ship.
I was complete and spread my wings and flew harmlessly over the trees. I turned back around to se what Sam was doing. He was in a pinch.
{NOOOO!} the Visser roared. {I will kill him myself, Back off!} I could see all the hork bajir back away from Sam. Sam turned a dial on the Dracon beam and calmly rose it to the sky. A giant red beam lanced upwards at the truck ship and burned its way through the truck ship and continued on towards the clouds. The Truck ship exploded in the air and began to slowly fall. You could see the thrusters trying to keep it up at least a bit.
I looked back down to see the Visser pointing a dracon beam weapon at Sam. Sam just shook his head as the weapon rose out of his hands and was thrown in the lake.
{Gordon, we need to back away. So does Sam!} I turned around and saw Rachel flying back to me. {We need to go, the rest have already went home!}
{Just a second.} I turned back to the action.
Sam was now face to face with Visser Three. The Visser was a good foot taller than Sam, but it didn't matter. I could tel he wasn't intimidated, he just smiled.
{What!?} I yelled. {How is that possible?}
{I don't know. I can see him hiding just beyond the sight of the hork bajir guards on the outer ring. He has a bag full of dracon beams or something. I would fly up and see if my prediction was right, but then these Taxxons would fry me three ways from Sunday.} He informed us.
I, on the other hand, was confused, and the others were probably looking at me funny, if they could see me. The interior of the ship was completely black.
"What is going on?" Rachel asked. Her voice echoed across the ceiling of the tank. You could feel the water was getting closer to the roof.
"Sam is here with some guns."
"I know that." Jake said. "What does he plan on doing?"
"I don't know, ask him."
{He also has swords, I just noticed that too. He is planning on fighting.} Tobias informed us.
{Well good, try talking to him. Get an answer out of him.} I suggested.
{And how do you suppose I do that?} Tobias asked sarcastically, I have bug fighters on one side, Taxxons crawling after me on the other. Both have dracon beams and could turn me into KFC any day. I have my own troubles to deal with.}
I tried to say something to Sam. {If you are planning anything, do it now. We are kind of facing a checkmate right now and you are our only chance to do anything. So DO SOMETHING SOON!} I yelled.
"Let's hope he could hear you." Rachel said.
"Well, whatever he's doing, it will be good." I told her. I knew sam well, he was smart. Then again, we all know this by now. "Do you feel that?" I asked. The water was getting continually warmer, almost o the point where it hurt.
"Yeah, what is it?" Jake asked, "It kind of hurts."
"Sam must be blasting a hole in the water tank. Let's hope the heat doesn't cook us alive." Marco said. "Too bad we weren't fishes, hen we could go down in style. Maybe with some tartar sauce and some french fries." We all nervously laughed as the water temperature slowly rose.
Suddenly, the water level began to fall and some light shone in through the hole. We were all sucked towards the hole. The water cooled the twisted metal, but it still hurt to touch it. "Everyone, morph raptor." I yelled right before we all started to fall. I tried to hold onto the metal. It wasn't as hot as you would have thought, but it was bearable.
I held on, looking at the ground below me it seemed so much farther away then I would have thought. That was because the ship was rising slowly. This giant truck ship was slowly gaining altitude.
I was struggling to hod on as the water pushed me down, but I could see my friends the Animorphs turn to bird and fly away.
{Whoa! That was close!} I heard Rachel yelled.
I looked down again and was hoping there would be enough room for me to morph. I let go. The water stopped at the same time and I was free to fall. I turned upside down and dived head first.
{Far too close, Tobias, you okay?} Cassie asked.
{I am fine.} Tobias answered. {Sam generated just enough of a distraction for me to get away from the ships. He is having a hard time.}
As I looked down, I morphed. I could see that Tobias was wrong.
As the feathers formed, I could seem Sam jump at a hork bajir and go right past him. At first, it seemed like nothing was wrong, but I was not mistaken when it looked like the top half fell off the bottom half and went limp. He cut it right in half.
My eyes were forming, so I could see better.
{YOU!} the Visser roared. {KILL HIM!} Sam smiled his little sadistic 'you're gonna die!' smile. Three bug fighters and about ten hork bajir all came at him at once, all armed with weapons. This didn't look good.
My body shrunk as the ground came ever so much closer. I was going to make it though. I looked back down at Sam. All three bug fighters shot at him. He jumped out of the way. Now, when I say this, you have to realize that three bug fighters have a pretty long range. Sam must have jumped a good fifty feet in the air in a backflip. He stopped at about the same height as the bug fighters and shot the outer two with the dracon beams.
They both fell to the ground and exploded, killing many hork bajir in the process. They were all trying to get in the helicopters and the blade ship.
I was complete and spread my wings and flew harmlessly over the trees. I turned back around to se what Sam was doing. He was in a pinch.
{NOOOO!} the Visser roared. {I will kill him myself, Back off!} I could see all the hork bajir back away from Sam. Sam turned a dial on the Dracon beam and calmly rose it to the sky. A giant red beam lanced upwards at the truck ship and burned its way through the truck ship and continued on towards the clouds. The Truck ship exploded in the air and began to slowly fall. You could see the thrusters trying to keep it up at least a bit.
I looked back down to see the Visser pointing a dracon beam weapon at Sam. Sam just shook his head as the weapon rose out of his hands and was thrown in the lake.
{Gordon, we need to back away. So does Sam!} I turned around and saw Rachel flying back to me. {We need to go, the rest have already went home!}
{Just a second.} I turned back to the action.
Sam was now face to face with Visser Three. The Visser was a good foot taller than Sam, but it didn't matter. I could tel he wasn't intimidated, he just smiled.