Chapter 18(Gordon)
I did eventually catch up to the rest of them. They weren't moving all that fast.
{What ever happened to coming back to save me?} I yelled. Normally I would have just kept quiet and met them at home, but I was mad, and I knew it was them because there was a shark with them.
{What?} Rachel said. {You're alive?}
{I can't be killed, I'm invincible.} I joked. Then got mad again, {Some friends you are. I just about died at hand to Visser three. Actually, at the mouth of him, if it wasn't for Sam destroying the cruisers.}
We all kept quiet and swam as hard as we could to try and get home. We were just doing our best to get home safely with Ax. By the time the two hour limit was just about up, we had to stop to demorph and remorph in the middle of the sea.
{I do not understand, what happened to those sea creatures?} Ax asked. I was surprised to see that he was floating quite well as an andalite in the open sea.
You see, he was a shark and could not see above the water. "Those were not creatures. They were great human warships, and that was my friend, Sam, blowing them up to make a distraction. If It wasn't for him, I would be dead right now." I said as I waded water.
{Oh, I see. Will I meet this Sam?} Ax asked.
"Probably. He lives with me, so I can guarantee he will want to see you. In fact, you will probably end up living with the two of us."
{Oh, no. I do not believe that will be possible.} he said. {I have done some research, and I do not believe I could live in conditions that you humans call home. I also believe that my appearance would startle many of your kind.}
I smiled. "Don't worry Ax, we have just the place. It is perfect for both us and you."
We all remorphed to dolphin and shark. Ax once again had a little bit of difficulty controlling the instincts at first, but at least this time he didn't attack us. We continued to shore until we made it to the remote beach that Sam hid or clothes on. I told him to. Nobody was on it, so it wasn't a problem getting Ax to come to shore.
When we were all standing there, wearing almost nothing, Ax walked up to Jake and extended a hand to his forehead. {With your permission.} he said as he touched Jake.
Jake went a little limp and then Ax retracted his touch. I thought he would look weird in a Jake outfit, but then he also touched Rachel, Cassie, Whitney, Marco, and me. The feeling that I felt when he touched me was weird. It was like I was about ready to fall asleep. Like I was trying my best to stay awake.
So right as he let go of me, he began to morph. His hindquarters shrank and shrivelled into his butt. Then it occurred to me. What sex was he?
I looked away. Others soon followed. "What are you morphing, Ax?" Jake asked.
{I am morphing all of you.} he answered. That baffled me, so I just kept my look at one og the trees, swaying in the cool, ocean air.
"Yes, but what are you, Male or Female?" Marco asked.
"I choose to B-b-b-b-be mmmmmmmmmmmale le. I ch-cho oose to be male, because I am male." He answered in spoken words. That made me wonder, I guess that wouldn't be natural to an andalite, speaking with a mouth.
I still was looking at the tree, I decided to keep it that way. Jake and Marco can deal with it.
"I do not understand the meaning of this." Ax said. "Thhhhhhh- issssss. Sssssss. What are these?"
"These are clothes, Ax. They keep you warm." Jake said. "Whoa, no falling now."
"I am not cold." He answered. "Co-co-old. Cold."
"Stop it! Quit moving." Marco said.
"But I do not understand the need for this clothing. The Temperature is comfortable. Table. Comf-fffff-fort. Ble."
"Let's just say people would be embarrassed if you were to walk around naked." Jake explained. "And please stop playing with your words, it might draw attention."
"But this mouth, it is new to me. I will try to stop."
"Alright, I think he is done. You guys can look now." Marco said.
I turned around and there was Ax. A middle sized boy that looked like none and all of us. His hair, eyes, complexion, build, and everything was a mix of all of us. He didn't really look like he was black, white, tall, short, blonde, brunette, male, or even female. He looked like he could be a preppy boy or a somewhat masculine girl. Apparently he was a guy though. Not like it mattered.
He straightened himself and almost fell on his ass. It was kind of funny. Jake and Marco had to get him back to his feet.
"Sorry." He said. "Two feet are very unstable."
"No problem, we are a pretty unbalanced race." I said.
"Now that I have time to ask, who is your leader?" Ax asked.
We all kind of looked around. We all kind of did all the decisions together. Though we did kind of rely on Jake to make the final decision.
"We don't really have a leader." Cassie said.
"But I guess Jake does qualify." Rachel added. Both taking the words right out of my mouth. Jake just shook his head.
Ax leaned forward, an action that left him face-down on the ground. He pushed his way back up, Jake and Marco right there to help him again. "Your arms are very strong. Stronger than my own." He stood up and slightly nodded his head forward. "I offer my services to you, prince Jake. I am a slave to you and a slave to my people. If I must offer my life, I will gladly do just that, do you accept my services?"
Jake seemed surprised. "Sure" he said. "Just don't act like that on the way, we don't need any attention."
"Yes prince Jake." He said.
"Don't call me prince."
"Yes prince Jake."
And with that we all walked to civilization and caught a bus to Cassie's house. Ax managed to keep his mouth shut the entire ride, until we made it to Cassie's barn.
"So many animals. Do you morph all of them?"
"No, not yet." Cassie said. "Probably one day."
"Where is this place where Gordon and Sam live?"
"Out in the woods. Follow me." I said. "Don't demorph until we are deep in the forest."
"You live in the forest? I thought humans live in buildings?"
"Most people do. We do too, but ours is hidden. You have to understand something right now. We can't be seen in public. The way the yeerks work leave us no other option. They know who we are and if they find us, it is all over. They think we are andalites, and therefore they don't think to look at humans, so as long as we stay covert, we can be safe." I explained.
"I understand, but how do they know who you are and yet they don't think you are the one's morphing and attacking them?"
"You were the one who said it, the andalites would be frowned upon if morphing power was given to humans. So they would not think that of us. Visser three knows better."
"I see. Do we leave now?" He asked.
So we all left, and met up with Sam at the shack half an hour later. Only me, Cassie, Ax, and Rachel went. Jake and Marco went home. Something about wanting supper.
"Hey, Sam!" I yelled as soon as I made it into our little meadow clearing. "We have a guest!"
{Cool, it is an andalite!} Tobias said as he flew down out of the clock tower.
"What? So it is true, there really was one." Sam said as he walked out the front door.
{Yes, I am Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthil. I am an andalite.} Ax said.
"We call him Ax for short." Cassie told them.
"Well, he can be called anything he wants, I am just glad he is on our side." Sam said.
We all showed him our little house, and everything in it. Which wasn't much. Not after long, Rachel and Cassie left and went home, leaving just the four of us. Ax indefinitely said he did not want to live inside. He much preferred it out in the open. He ended up living under the big oak. The one that Tobias usually sleeps in. I could see them getting along quite well. I could tell Sam wasn't too impressed with him and I never asked why. I guess I didn't want to hear it, so I could never jinx it.
Anyway, that was the way it was. Ax eventually made himself at home, and we were comfortable having another person helping us in our cause. I knew I was. I never did ask why Sam didn't feel at ease.
I did eventually catch up to the rest of them. They weren't moving all that fast.
{What ever happened to coming back to save me?} I yelled. Normally I would have just kept quiet and met them at home, but I was mad, and I knew it was them because there was a shark with them.
{What?} Rachel said. {You're alive?}
{I can't be killed, I'm invincible.} I joked. Then got mad again, {Some friends you are. I just about died at hand to Visser three. Actually, at the mouth of him, if it wasn't for Sam destroying the cruisers.}
We all kept quiet and swam as hard as we could to try and get home. We were just doing our best to get home safely with Ax. By the time the two hour limit was just about up, we had to stop to demorph and remorph in the middle of the sea.
{I do not understand, what happened to those sea creatures?} Ax asked. I was surprised to see that he was floating quite well as an andalite in the open sea.
You see, he was a shark and could not see above the water. "Those were not creatures. They were great human warships, and that was my friend, Sam, blowing them up to make a distraction. If It wasn't for him, I would be dead right now." I said as I waded water.
{Oh, I see. Will I meet this Sam?} Ax asked.
"Probably. He lives with me, so I can guarantee he will want to see you. In fact, you will probably end up living with the two of us."
{Oh, no. I do not believe that will be possible.} he said. {I have done some research, and I do not believe I could live in conditions that you humans call home. I also believe that my appearance would startle many of your kind.}
I smiled. "Don't worry Ax, we have just the place. It is perfect for both us and you."
We all remorphed to dolphin and shark. Ax once again had a little bit of difficulty controlling the instincts at first, but at least this time he didn't attack us. We continued to shore until we made it to the remote beach that Sam hid or clothes on. I told him to. Nobody was on it, so it wasn't a problem getting Ax to come to shore.
When we were all standing there, wearing almost nothing, Ax walked up to Jake and extended a hand to his forehead. {With your permission.} he said as he touched Jake.
Jake went a little limp and then Ax retracted his touch. I thought he would look weird in a Jake outfit, but then he also touched Rachel, Cassie, Whitney, Marco, and me. The feeling that I felt when he touched me was weird. It was like I was about ready to fall asleep. Like I was trying my best to stay awake.
So right as he let go of me, he began to morph. His hindquarters shrank and shrivelled into his butt. Then it occurred to me. What sex was he?
I looked away. Others soon followed. "What are you morphing, Ax?" Jake asked.
{I am morphing all of you.} he answered. That baffled me, so I just kept my look at one og the trees, swaying in the cool, ocean air.
"Yes, but what are you, Male or Female?" Marco asked.
"I choose to B-b-b-b-be mmmmmmmmmmmale le. I ch-cho oose to be male, because I am male." He answered in spoken words. That made me wonder, I guess that wouldn't be natural to an andalite, speaking with a mouth.
I still was looking at the tree, I decided to keep it that way. Jake and Marco can deal with it.
"I do not understand the meaning of this." Ax said. "Thhhhhhh- issssss. Sssssss. What are these?"
"These are clothes, Ax. They keep you warm." Jake said. "Whoa, no falling now."
"I am not cold." He answered. "Co-co-old. Cold."
"Stop it! Quit moving." Marco said.
"But I do not understand the need for this clothing. The Temperature is comfortable. Table. Comf-fffff-fort. Ble."
"Let's just say people would be embarrassed if you were to walk around naked." Jake explained. "And please stop playing with your words, it might draw attention."
"But this mouth, it is new to me. I will try to stop."
"Alright, I think he is done. You guys can look now." Marco said.
I turned around and there was Ax. A middle sized boy that looked like none and all of us. His hair, eyes, complexion, build, and everything was a mix of all of us. He didn't really look like he was black, white, tall, short, blonde, brunette, male, or even female. He looked like he could be a preppy boy or a somewhat masculine girl. Apparently he was a guy though. Not like it mattered.
He straightened himself and almost fell on his ass. It was kind of funny. Jake and Marco had to get him back to his feet.
"Sorry." He said. "Two feet are very unstable."
"No problem, we are a pretty unbalanced race." I said.
"Now that I have time to ask, who is your leader?" Ax asked.
We all kind of looked around. We all kind of did all the decisions together. Though we did kind of rely on Jake to make the final decision.
"We don't really have a leader." Cassie said.
"But I guess Jake does qualify." Rachel added. Both taking the words right out of my mouth. Jake just shook his head.
Ax leaned forward, an action that left him face-down on the ground. He pushed his way back up, Jake and Marco right there to help him again. "Your arms are very strong. Stronger than my own." He stood up and slightly nodded his head forward. "I offer my services to you, prince Jake. I am a slave to you and a slave to my people. If I must offer my life, I will gladly do just that, do you accept my services?"
Jake seemed surprised. "Sure" he said. "Just don't act like that on the way, we don't need any attention."
"Yes prince Jake." He said.
"Don't call me prince."
"Yes prince Jake."
And with that we all walked to civilization and caught a bus to Cassie's house. Ax managed to keep his mouth shut the entire ride, until we made it to Cassie's barn.
"So many animals. Do you morph all of them?"
"No, not yet." Cassie said. "Probably one day."
"Where is this place where Gordon and Sam live?"
"Out in the woods. Follow me." I said. "Don't demorph until we are deep in the forest."
"You live in the forest? I thought humans live in buildings?"
"Most people do. We do too, but ours is hidden. You have to understand something right now. We can't be seen in public. The way the yeerks work leave us no other option. They know who we are and if they find us, it is all over. They think we are andalites, and therefore they don't think to look at humans, so as long as we stay covert, we can be safe." I explained.
"I understand, but how do they know who you are and yet they don't think you are the one's morphing and attacking them?"
"You were the one who said it, the andalites would be frowned upon if morphing power was given to humans. So they would not think that of us. Visser three knows better."
"I see. Do we leave now?" He asked.
So we all left, and met up with Sam at the shack half an hour later. Only me, Cassie, Ax, and Rachel went. Jake and Marco went home. Something about wanting supper.
"Hey, Sam!" I yelled as soon as I made it into our little meadow clearing. "We have a guest!"
{Cool, it is an andalite!} Tobias said as he flew down out of the clock tower.
"What? So it is true, there really was one." Sam said as he walked out the front door.
{Yes, I am Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthil. I am an andalite.} Ax said.
"We call him Ax for short." Cassie told them.
"Well, he can be called anything he wants, I am just glad he is on our side." Sam said.
We all showed him our little house, and everything in it. Which wasn't much. Not after long, Rachel and Cassie left and went home, leaving just the four of us. Ax indefinitely said he did not want to live inside. He much preferred it out in the open. He ended up living under the big oak. The one that Tobias usually sleeps in. I could see them getting along quite well. I could tell Sam wasn't too impressed with him and I never asked why. I guess I didn't want to hear it, so I could never jinx it.
Anyway, that was the way it was. Ax eventually made himself at home, and we were comfortable having another person helping us in our cause. I knew I was. I never did ask why Sam didn't feel at ease.