Chapter 15 (Whitney)
Wow. That was all I could say. I honestly didn't know what the hell to say. That trip shocked me.
But there was one good thing about it all, it really made Sam begin to spill his guts.
"You know I would never do that." He was saying.
"I know that, but I am not the one you have to convince." I said back.
He just sulked. "Well, you know Jake, he will try and mess with me again." He complained. Man, that was getting old quick.
"Since when do you care what Jake says?"
He straightened out. "I don't, and never will, but I don't need enemies. What I am trying to say is that I don't need him trying to kill me, getting in the way of me kicking ass." He smiled, so did I .
"I guess, but still, if you were to get rid of that yeerk...." He cut me off.
"I can't do that, not yet. We have a plan, I don't need anyone ruining that for us."
I sighed, I didn't know what to say. He was stubborn as a mule. "Well, I think if you got rid of the yeerk, then Jake would trust you." I said simply.
"Nobody but you knows I have it." He said. "Remember, only you."
Right, he hasn't told anyone. But there was still the matter of the future that the Ellimist showed us. According to that, sam was going to go ballistic. On the rest of the Animorphs, I could see that, but not me. And why was Will there?
But then a question occurred to me. "Sam, what is the name of the yeerk in your head?" I asked.
"Illnith 182." He answered immediately. "Why?"
I shook my head, I figured as much. "In the future world, they kept calling you Illnith." I said. Sam's face went blank. I could tell he was having some sort of discussion with the yeerk. It was weird.
"Well, all I can say is that Illnith does not control me, and that is that." back to the stubborn Sam. I shook my head.
"Prove it."
His face went blank, he was talking to the yeerk again. After a short pause, he said "fine." He tipped his head to the side and I saw the wet, slimy beginnings of a yeerk come out. It was weird, but after a few seconds, he had the yeerk in his hand, and he held it out to me. "See?" He said, then put it back in.
"I don't think that is proof." I said. "When you first let the yeerk 'die', how did you do it? I mean, we saw you let the yeerk out, so where did it come from?" I asked. It was a question that had been tickling the back of my mind since he told me he was still harbouring a yeerk.
He shrugged. "I dunno. Ask the yeerk." He laughed.
"How?"
"Never-mind. Anyway, it was pretty weird, and I am surprised it worked. Before you guys got there, I had let Illnith refresh, and when he came back in, I asked him if we could make this work. He said my body would hold two, or maybe even three yeerks, but only one could control at a time. So we let another one come in, but not control me. I let Illnith have a hold of some of my brain to control the telekinesis so the yeerk wouldn't come out. Actually, I was surprised to see it worked, even in unconsciousness."
I just sat there, somewhat openmouthed. I was surprised, impressed, and appalled that Sam would do that much to help a yeerk, and it worked!! "You really do want to keep him around, but why? What do you get out of it?"
"A chance at killing Visser three." He said simply.
"But why can't you just get the advice from him now and leave him?"
"I plan on making it work for both of us. If he tells me what I need as I need it, then he sticks around. If he tells me it all now, he runs the risk of being out of a host, and he doesn't want that. And I won't let him go back to the other yeerks, there is still a trust thing here."
I shook my head slowly. He was right, he needed him, and he didn't want to lose him. He only kept him around for info, nothing else. I had to keep telling myself that.
"But is there no other way?" I asked meekly.
"Probably, but I can't find it. Tell me if you do. And don't even consider offering to take him, I fear you won't have the same control I do. Whether his inability to control is because of my abilities, or because he was fried, it doesn't matter. I will not risk it." he said.
"I wasn't going to even make mention of that. I can't even kiss you without feeling bad. It is too odd for me. There has to be another way." Now I was sulking.
And we left it at that. Neither of us had much to say. I had reason to want that thing gone, but I still believed sam knew what he was doing. As I said, I trusted Sam, always have and always will, but considering the whole future thing, I just didn't know anymore.
So we each had some time to ourselves. I had no clue what to do, so I tried to remember as much of the future as I could. The world. It was weird, not so different from our own, but not the same, either. The sky was a different colour, and the buildings were all clean. That really stuck out for me.
Why would the buildings be clean. The future Sam said it was his home, then why didn't he leave? He could have. He may have had people trying to kill him, but he had yeerk technology. Damn yeerk.
Wait a minute, I see why I wasn't there and Will was. The yeerk in Sam must have gotten rid of me. I would have been in the way, so he got rid of me. But that didn't make sense, I could see Sam let the yeerk out. Was it another trick, or was it an act. Was the yeerk simply trying to pretend sam didn't have control to lure sam into letting him use him?
But then why would he not try to go back to his fellow yeerks? It would seem he would do better with an army...unless he was trying to kill the Visser and gain ranks!
In the dream world, sam was by himself, a god in the yeerk world. He was by himself and very, very powerful. The entire time, the human missiles were trying to blow the place up. The dracon cannons stopped some, the shields stopped some, and sam stopped some.
But there were a few problems with that whole situation. Why were the people opposing Sam's little town using cruise missiles? It didn't make sense to me. And how realistic was that? If you thought about it, there wouldn't be human weapons. And on top of that, why did that world seem so fake?
Come to think of it, time travel is tricky. The slightest change could drastically change the future. If Hitler's mom had the abortion she was planning on, there wouldn't have been a second world war.
But when you thought about it, what would make you think that seeing the future would change anything? I mean, I guess it had already happened, and you hae to take into consideration sam said he remembers being here, so he was there, watching us see him. If that was the truth, then it was all real.
And when the building fell on my Sam, he stopped it, like it mattered. Like he was trying to save himself......
But I was missing one completely relevant point. The being that sent us there was 'all powerful.' Who was to say he wasn't making it all up to make us realize something? By the sounds of it, he could just make up anything. It was kind of scary. But if he was trying to show us something, what was it? Was he trying to turn everyone on Sam?
I looked at him, he gave a little wave as he played with his guns. It was odd, like he was toying with me. I had decided there was noting wrong with Sam. He was honest. And I would do anything to prove that.
But then again, what was the Ellimist trying to do? Was he trying to show us something else? I doubted it. But then again, there was a lot of info given.
I couldn't help but try and figure out what was really going on. There must have been some key points here. The unrealistic city, the human missiles, and the fact that I wasn't there pretty much said that none of it was true. But Sam was honest, and he tried to sve himself, and the yeerk name was correct. That all made me think it was true.
But something was missing. Why was will there, what was the missiles targets, why couldn't Sam leave.
Wait a minute, the missiles were targeted on the tallest things in the city. The force field generators, and what appeared to be the power source for the yeerks.
Power source?
Could it be? All three of the tall towers were on the edge of the yeerk pool. Did it mean something? Was it the kandrona? Was that why Sam cared so much? Was it Illnith's only source for life?
You know what? I think I had a solution to every problem here. If these towers were, in fact, kandronas or such, then this was an awesome opportunity. I could test Sam's loyalty and hurt the yeerks at the same time. It was a golden opportunity!
I got up and walked over to Sam. "Get up, I have a task for you."
Wow. That was all I could say. I honestly didn't know what the hell to say. That trip shocked me.
But there was one good thing about it all, it really made Sam begin to spill his guts.
"You know I would never do that." He was saying.
"I know that, but I am not the one you have to convince." I said back.
He just sulked. "Well, you know Jake, he will try and mess with me again." He complained. Man, that was getting old quick.
"Since when do you care what Jake says?"
He straightened out. "I don't, and never will, but I don't need enemies. What I am trying to say is that I don't need him trying to kill me, getting in the way of me kicking ass." He smiled, so did I .
"I guess, but still, if you were to get rid of that yeerk...." He cut me off.
"I can't do that, not yet. We have a plan, I don't need anyone ruining that for us."
I sighed, I didn't know what to say. He was stubborn as a mule. "Well, I think if you got rid of the yeerk, then Jake would trust you." I said simply.
"Nobody but you knows I have it." He said. "Remember, only you."
Right, he hasn't told anyone. But there was still the matter of the future that the Ellimist showed us. According to that, sam was going to go ballistic. On the rest of the Animorphs, I could see that, but not me. And why was Will there?
But then a question occurred to me. "Sam, what is the name of the yeerk in your head?" I asked.
"Illnith 182." He answered immediately. "Why?"
I shook my head, I figured as much. "In the future world, they kept calling you Illnith." I said. Sam's face went blank. I could tell he was having some sort of discussion with the yeerk. It was weird.
"Well, all I can say is that Illnith does not control me, and that is that." back to the stubborn Sam. I shook my head.
"Prove it."
His face went blank, he was talking to the yeerk again. After a short pause, he said "fine." He tipped his head to the side and I saw the wet, slimy beginnings of a yeerk come out. It was weird, but after a few seconds, he had the yeerk in his hand, and he held it out to me. "See?" He said, then put it back in.
"I don't think that is proof." I said. "When you first let the yeerk 'die', how did you do it? I mean, we saw you let the yeerk out, so where did it come from?" I asked. It was a question that had been tickling the back of my mind since he told me he was still harbouring a yeerk.
He shrugged. "I dunno. Ask the yeerk." He laughed.
"How?"
"Never-mind. Anyway, it was pretty weird, and I am surprised it worked. Before you guys got there, I had let Illnith refresh, and when he came back in, I asked him if we could make this work. He said my body would hold two, or maybe even three yeerks, but only one could control at a time. So we let another one come in, but not control me. I let Illnith have a hold of some of my brain to control the telekinesis so the yeerk wouldn't come out. Actually, I was surprised to see it worked, even in unconsciousness."
I just sat there, somewhat openmouthed. I was surprised, impressed, and appalled that Sam would do that much to help a yeerk, and it worked!! "You really do want to keep him around, but why? What do you get out of it?"
"A chance at killing Visser three." He said simply.
"But why can't you just get the advice from him now and leave him?"
"I plan on making it work for both of us. If he tells me what I need as I need it, then he sticks around. If he tells me it all now, he runs the risk of being out of a host, and he doesn't want that. And I won't let him go back to the other yeerks, there is still a trust thing here."
I shook my head slowly. He was right, he needed him, and he didn't want to lose him. He only kept him around for info, nothing else. I had to keep telling myself that.
"But is there no other way?" I asked meekly.
"Probably, but I can't find it. Tell me if you do. And don't even consider offering to take him, I fear you won't have the same control I do. Whether his inability to control is because of my abilities, or because he was fried, it doesn't matter. I will not risk it." he said.
"I wasn't going to even make mention of that. I can't even kiss you without feeling bad. It is too odd for me. There has to be another way." Now I was sulking.
And we left it at that. Neither of us had much to say. I had reason to want that thing gone, but I still believed sam knew what he was doing. As I said, I trusted Sam, always have and always will, but considering the whole future thing, I just didn't know anymore.
So we each had some time to ourselves. I had no clue what to do, so I tried to remember as much of the future as I could. The world. It was weird, not so different from our own, but not the same, either. The sky was a different colour, and the buildings were all clean. That really stuck out for me.
Why would the buildings be clean. The future Sam said it was his home, then why didn't he leave? He could have. He may have had people trying to kill him, but he had yeerk technology. Damn yeerk.
Wait a minute, I see why I wasn't there and Will was. The yeerk in Sam must have gotten rid of me. I would have been in the way, so he got rid of me. But that didn't make sense, I could see Sam let the yeerk out. Was it another trick, or was it an act. Was the yeerk simply trying to pretend sam didn't have control to lure sam into letting him use him?
But then why would he not try to go back to his fellow yeerks? It would seem he would do better with an army...unless he was trying to kill the Visser and gain ranks!
In the dream world, sam was by himself, a god in the yeerk world. He was by himself and very, very powerful. The entire time, the human missiles were trying to blow the place up. The dracon cannons stopped some, the shields stopped some, and sam stopped some.
But there were a few problems with that whole situation. Why were the people opposing Sam's little town using cruise missiles? It didn't make sense to me. And how realistic was that? If you thought about it, there wouldn't be human weapons. And on top of that, why did that world seem so fake?
Come to think of it, time travel is tricky. The slightest change could drastically change the future. If Hitler's mom had the abortion she was planning on, there wouldn't have been a second world war.
But when you thought about it, what would make you think that seeing the future would change anything? I mean, I guess it had already happened, and you hae to take into consideration sam said he remembers being here, so he was there, watching us see him. If that was the truth, then it was all real.
And when the building fell on my Sam, he stopped it, like it mattered. Like he was trying to save himself......
But I was missing one completely relevant point. The being that sent us there was 'all powerful.' Who was to say he wasn't making it all up to make us realize something? By the sounds of it, he could just make up anything. It was kind of scary. But if he was trying to show us something, what was it? Was he trying to turn everyone on Sam?
I looked at him, he gave a little wave as he played with his guns. It was odd, like he was toying with me. I had decided there was noting wrong with Sam. He was honest. And I would do anything to prove that.
But then again, what was the Ellimist trying to do? Was he trying to show us something else? I doubted it. But then again, there was a lot of info given.
I couldn't help but try and figure out what was really going on. There must have been some key points here. The unrealistic city, the human missiles, and the fact that I wasn't there pretty much said that none of it was true. But Sam was honest, and he tried to sve himself, and the yeerk name was correct. That all made me think it was true.
But something was missing. Why was will there, what was the missiles targets, why couldn't Sam leave.
Wait a minute, the missiles were targeted on the tallest things in the city. The force field generators, and what appeared to be the power source for the yeerks.
Power source?
Could it be? All three of the tall towers were on the edge of the yeerk pool. Did it mean something? Was it the kandrona? Was that why Sam cared so much? Was it Illnith's only source for life?
You know what? I think I had a solution to every problem here. If these towers were, in fact, kandronas or such, then this was an awesome opportunity. I could test Sam's loyalty and hurt the yeerks at the same time. It was a golden opportunity!
I got up and walked over to Sam. "Get up, I have a task for you."