Chapter 5 (Whitney)
After the many recent events, being in the mountains was pretty nice.
The peaceful serenity of everlasting freedom was all around us. Call me a nature nut, but there is little better than just sleeping under the stars and getting away from all the rude, superficial ignorant people.
And with Sam, no less. Despite his uncaring and power driven attitude, he was actually a pretty sensitive and gentle guy. To the right people.
Cooking was interesting, we had deli sandwiches and that was about it. But that was fine, it was all we needed.
Though after his big announcement, I was kinda feeling unnerved. It was disturbing to know that he would do such a thing. And it bothered me even more that he would lie about it. But looking at it from his point of view, I guess it was alright.
I trust his judgement, and he always has reasons, even if he won't admit it. And even though I was reluctant, I felt the need to believe his story. Especially when he actually let the yeerk out and put him back in.
That was the act that made me believe him. If the yeerk was willing to come out, and Sam was willing to put him back in, who was I to say what was right and wrong.
The enemy of the enemy is an ally, right. Sam believed so and was willing to give up freedom for little bursts long enough to achieve a common goal. And I guess he thought it would work. And like I said, I trust Sam's judgement.
And I kissed him knowing this.
Either way, we were doing what people vacationing do. We were relaxing. Not doing much more than laying down and staring at the clouds.
Call that corny, but I was tired. We had been fighting aliens for months now, and we needed a break, now was as good a time as any, we had no leads, and no immediate reason to get into a fight, not yet, anyway.
During one of our little sleep-daydreams, I noticed a cloud that looked like it was smiling at me. Then it winked.
I laughed a bit, realizing that my imagination got the better of me. It does that a lot. But then it did it again. I must really be sleepy.
"Man, this is nice. No people, and we are all alone." Sam said. With no hint of innuendo. He was a gentleman that way. I smiled at the thought of sam opening doors for me and kissing my hand. I laughed.
"I know." I said.
We both laid back down and stared at the clouds some more. There wasn't much else to do. Not much else I wanted to do.
"My imagination is going wild. I could have swore I just saw a cloud smile at me." Sam said. I sat up.
"Smile?" I asked, shocked. It was really weird. I was acting all paranoid, even though it was nothing.
Sam got up too. He grabbed my shoulders. "They are clouds, whit. They don't smile, and I am not insane." He assured. Then he laughed.
But I had seen a cloud wink. "Sam, I saw the same thing." I said. "You are not crazy."
He stared at me. "Are you sure?" He asked, but then I saw the sky open up. Like a ripple, but it was real.
Before we had time to make an assumptions, a figure appeared in front of us. The ripple in the sky stopped.
This figure was about five feet tall, had long, grey hair, and had eyes that looked like they had entire galaxies in them. He was small and weak looking, but at the same time had a feel about him that gave him power. Surrounding him was a cloud of blue smoke.
"Hello." It said. In plain and simple English.
I was completely dumbfounded, but I could see that it wasn't here to harm us. Here we were, enjoying a peaceful vacation, and yet another alien thing was chasing us. I was about to start throwing out accusations. Sam drew his blade.
"Calm down, I am not here to fight. I am here to show you the truth." It said. Then I was transported to a deep cavern with people all around. It took me a few seconds to realize it was the yeerk pool.
I turned around to see that Sam had put his coat over his head. Definitely the need to be careful here. But I noticed something was wrong as soon as I actually payed attention.
Everything around me was completely motionless. The people, the air even seemed like it was dead. Everything was frozen solid except one boy.
Sam and I both walked up to him. At first I didn't know who he was, but the closer I got the better Idea I had as to who he was. I hadn't seen him much before, but I was now sure. It was Tobias, in his original form, before becoming a hawk.
"Tobias?" I asked.
He shrugged his shoulders. "Yep, I guess." he didn't seem very optimistic.
But I showed his body off. "But look at you, isn't this great?" I marvelled.
He shrugged his shoulders and was about to make some sort of uncaring comment when six of the Animorphs came barrelling out of the nearest restaurant. They all looked at us and came over to see who we were.
They looked around confused for a while, but eventually saw we were the only ones not still.
"Tobias?" Rachel cried as she ran over. The others all kind of stayed back, coming in slowly.
But Tobias, instead, started to 'flap' his arms. It must have been a natural reaction to being scared in the wild, which I would have understood. He did seem embarrassed though.
"Jeez, bird boy. We aren't in wing-land anymore." Sam said jokingly. I couldn't help but to laugh. He said it like Dorothy. "Toto, I don't think we are in Kansas anymore."
Marco looked around. "What is going on here?" He asked.
"He will be here soon, I am sure of it." I said.
But Rachel was still adoring the fact that Tobias was here, in human form. "But you are here, and you are not in danger!" Rachel said.
"No, we are quite alright." I said. "Just wait."
And no less, a few seconds later the world opened up in front of us, like it did on the mountain. The world rippled, and out popped the man.
But Gordon. For some reason, muttered the word 'Toomin' and collapsed. I didn't know what to think of it, but nobody seemed scared. Actually, I am lying. The rest of the Animorphs were all scared out of their pants. They didn't seem like they were up to this creature, whatever it was.
"Don't worry, it's not here to hurt us." I assured. Sam let out a quiet laugh.
"Are you sure?" Jake asked.
"She is sure, and correct she is." The thing said.
{Ellimist.} Ax hissed. I think he knew what was going on, but I sue as hell didn't. I didn't want to show it, though. I was confused and scared, but I didn't let it show. I was more curious than anything else.
"Yes, I am what you may call Ellimist." He said. "I understand you do not know what I am or why I am here, but rest assured, I am not here to harm you. I am here to offer you an escape."
{Do not listen to him, prince Jake.} Ax advised. {The Ellimist is a conniving, lying intervening creature, and can not be trusted.} It wasn't like Ax to be that commanding.
But Jake raised a hand and silenced him. Not to be rude, just to try and get some info out of this 'Ellimist' creature. "What do you want?" Jake asked.
The Ellimist spread his weak, frail hands. "I want to offer you an easy way out." He said.
After the many recent events, being in the mountains was pretty nice.
The peaceful serenity of everlasting freedom was all around us. Call me a nature nut, but there is little better than just sleeping under the stars and getting away from all the rude, superficial ignorant people.
And with Sam, no less. Despite his uncaring and power driven attitude, he was actually a pretty sensitive and gentle guy. To the right people.
Cooking was interesting, we had deli sandwiches and that was about it. But that was fine, it was all we needed.
Though after his big announcement, I was kinda feeling unnerved. It was disturbing to know that he would do such a thing. And it bothered me even more that he would lie about it. But looking at it from his point of view, I guess it was alright.
I trust his judgement, and he always has reasons, even if he won't admit it. And even though I was reluctant, I felt the need to believe his story. Especially when he actually let the yeerk out and put him back in.
That was the act that made me believe him. If the yeerk was willing to come out, and Sam was willing to put him back in, who was I to say what was right and wrong.
The enemy of the enemy is an ally, right. Sam believed so and was willing to give up freedom for little bursts long enough to achieve a common goal. And I guess he thought it would work. And like I said, I trust Sam's judgement.
And I kissed him knowing this.
Either way, we were doing what people vacationing do. We were relaxing. Not doing much more than laying down and staring at the clouds.
Call that corny, but I was tired. We had been fighting aliens for months now, and we needed a break, now was as good a time as any, we had no leads, and no immediate reason to get into a fight, not yet, anyway.
During one of our little sleep-daydreams, I noticed a cloud that looked like it was smiling at me. Then it winked.
I laughed a bit, realizing that my imagination got the better of me. It does that a lot. But then it did it again. I must really be sleepy.
"Man, this is nice. No people, and we are all alone." Sam said. With no hint of innuendo. He was a gentleman that way. I smiled at the thought of sam opening doors for me and kissing my hand. I laughed.
"I know." I said.
We both laid back down and stared at the clouds some more. There wasn't much else to do. Not much else I wanted to do.
"My imagination is going wild. I could have swore I just saw a cloud smile at me." Sam said. I sat up.
"Smile?" I asked, shocked. It was really weird. I was acting all paranoid, even though it was nothing.
Sam got up too. He grabbed my shoulders. "They are clouds, whit. They don't smile, and I am not insane." He assured. Then he laughed.
But I had seen a cloud wink. "Sam, I saw the same thing." I said. "You are not crazy."
He stared at me. "Are you sure?" He asked, but then I saw the sky open up. Like a ripple, but it was real.
Before we had time to make an assumptions, a figure appeared in front of us. The ripple in the sky stopped.
This figure was about five feet tall, had long, grey hair, and had eyes that looked like they had entire galaxies in them. He was small and weak looking, but at the same time had a feel about him that gave him power. Surrounding him was a cloud of blue smoke.
"Hello." It said. In plain and simple English.
I was completely dumbfounded, but I could see that it wasn't here to harm us. Here we were, enjoying a peaceful vacation, and yet another alien thing was chasing us. I was about to start throwing out accusations. Sam drew his blade.
"Calm down, I am not here to fight. I am here to show you the truth." It said. Then I was transported to a deep cavern with people all around. It took me a few seconds to realize it was the yeerk pool.
I turned around to see that Sam had put his coat over his head. Definitely the need to be careful here. But I noticed something was wrong as soon as I actually payed attention.
Everything around me was completely motionless. The people, the air even seemed like it was dead. Everything was frozen solid except one boy.
Sam and I both walked up to him. At first I didn't know who he was, but the closer I got the better Idea I had as to who he was. I hadn't seen him much before, but I was now sure. It was Tobias, in his original form, before becoming a hawk.
"Tobias?" I asked.
He shrugged his shoulders. "Yep, I guess." he didn't seem very optimistic.
But I showed his body off. "But look at you, isn't this great?" I marvelled.
He shrugged his shoulders and was about to make some sort of uncaring comment when six of the Animorphs came barrelling out of the nearest restaurant. They all looked at us and came over to see who we were.
They looked around confused for a while, but eventually saw we were the only ones not still.
"Tobias?" Rachel cried as she ran over. The others all kind of stayed back, coming in slowly.
But Tobias, instead, started to 'flap' his arms. It must have been a natural reaction to being scared in the wild, which I would have understood. He did seem embarrassed though.
"Jeez, bird boy. We aren't in wing-land anymore." Sam said jokingly. I couldn't help but to laugh. He said it like Dorothy. "Toto, I don't think we are in Kansas anymore."
Marco looked around. "What is going on here?" He asked.
"He will be here soon, I am sure of it." I said.
But Rachel was still adoring the fact that Tobias was here, in human form. "But you are here, and you are not in danger!" Rachel said.
"No, we are quite alright." I said. "Just wait."
And no less, a few seconds later the world opened up in front of us, like it did on the mountain. The world rippled, and out popped the man.
But Gordon. For some reason, muttered the word 'Toomin' and collapsed. I didn't know what to think of it, but nobody seemed scared. Actually, I am lying. The rest of the Animorphs were all scared out of their pants. They didn't seem like they were up to this creature, whatever it was.
"Don't worry, it's not here to hurt us." I assured. Sam let out a quiet laugh.
"Are you sure?" Jake asked.
"She is sure, and correct she is." The thing said.
{Ellimist.} Ax hissed. I think he knew what was going on, but I sue as hell didn't. I didn't want to show it, though. I was confused and scared, but I didn't let it show. I was more curious than anything else.
"Yes, I am what you may call Ellimist." He said. "I understand you do not know what I am or why I am here, but rest assured, I am not here to harm you. I am here to offer you an escape."
{Do not listen to him, prince Jake.} Ax advised. {The Ellimist is a conniving, lying intervening creature, and can not be trusted.} It wasn't like Ax to be that commanding.
But Jake raised a hand and silenced him. Not to be rude, just to try and get some info out of this 'Ellimist' creature. "What do you want?" Jake asked.
The Ellimist spread his weak, frail hands. "I want to offer you an easy way out." He said.