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::Thought::

"Speech"

Thought speech

*Emphasis*

"…And the score is 5-0, Vanessa's team is in the lead!" the commentator was saying. "Our players deserve a break, so we'll come back in about 15 minutes. I'm Danny Rogers, come back soon!"

We were losing, bad. And Danny Rogers wasn't helping any, since he kept acting like an anchorman. There was practically no hope whatsoever for us, or Vanessa, for that matter. What's worse is that their team was a lot bigger. Okay, so it was 1 more person. But it was our school quarterback, all-state volleyball champion (Vanessa), school-wide famous basketball star, head cheerleader (those girls are *buff*!), another cheerleader, and a guy who had been held back twice. He was *huge*! We just had Jake, Marco, Cassie, Ax, and me. Tobias said he would just ruin everything. Well, at least that was what it was like for the first half…

"You guys look down in the dumps," said a voice behind us. "In spirit and points."

"Erek," I said. "How good are you in volleyball?"

He rolled his eyes.

"That's cold, Rachel. That's just plain harsh. I was one of the most famous volley ball players of all time."

"Really? Who?" asked Cassie curiously.

"I forget. I had so many lives, I can't keep track of them all." replied Erek, blushing.

"I'll be right back," Jake said, and hurried off to talk to the commentator.

~5 minutes later~

"Okay," Jake informed. "Denny-- or Danny. Whatever. -- Said we can have Erek on the team since they have one more player than we do."

We all breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

~10 minutes later (by the way, Jordan is still spying on the meeting)~

"…Ready… set… serve!" said Danny.

THUMP… THUMP… THUMP…

This was going good! Finally…

THUMP… THUMP… piff!

"And that's a score for Jake's team!" announced Danny.

Piff…piff…piff…piff…piff… It was score after score after score. (Sorry. I know I'm getting monotonous.) We were scoring until we eventually won. But guess who got the $15.

"I have no use for human money," Ax insisted.

I was *so* tempted to mention Cinnabon, but then I wouldn't even have a chance at my favorite type of paper.

"I have an idea, Ax," Cassie said. "Why don't you divide it amongst us humans?"

But there are only 4 of you, the newly demorphed Andalite pointed out.
She had to think about that.
"I know! Even though she's not with us, Jordan can have $3 since she's doing all the dirty work," I said.
Cassie was happy about it, but everybody Jake and Marco mumbled an "I guess so." and a "Whatever." ::It's nice to know how much you love my sister,:: I thought.

"Hey Ax, ask Jordan how everything is going, okay?" I said.
Moments later, he said,
"She has received information. There is a new Yeerk pool at the mall. The entrance is at Belk's and the exit is a completely different place; the doorway by the dumpster outside of the bicycle shop," he reported. Suddenly…
Rachel! They have Katy's, my best friend, mom! We have to do something about it! Jordi screeched.
Thinking fast, I had an idea.

"Guys, just play along. Ax, morph back to human," I ordered then started running around the beach asking people if they had seen my sister. Eventually, I even asked Vanessa.

"Vanessa, I need your help!" I said.

"No," she replied smugly. "You don't. You need the hospital's help."

"That's not funny!" I said angrily. "I can't find my sister, Jordan. She's gone! I've been looking for her ever since the tournament. Have you seen her?"

That got her attention. She thought Jordan was the cutest thing in the world.

"No, I haven't seen her, but I'll help you look," she replied worriedly.

So Vanessa and I looked and asked people where Jordan was, got them looking, and soon had the entire beach looking.

Soon there were people shouting "Jordan! Jordan!" everywhere and eventually, my plan worked. There was so much disruption, that the "members" had to come out f their meeting, along with Jordan's best friend's mom.

Tseeeeeeeeeeeer!

A red-tailed hawk came out of nowhere and raked his talons across the face of the human-controller that was holding Katy's mother.

"Aargh!!" he screamed and put his hands up to his now bloody-fied face.

Run! Tobias said to Katy's mother.
She stared at him.
"Wha-?"
Just run! he shouted at her.
Tseeeeeew! Tseeeeeew! The controllers started shooting at Tobias with the Dracon beams.
Tobias started flying away, and I started running away along the woods. While I was running, I saw a cute little squirrel near all the commotion.
It's me, Rachel. Pick me up. I can't run as fast as you! Jordan said, so I did.
When we got near where we last saw the others, I told Jordan to tell the others where we were and to morph birds and to go to Cassie's barn.
"But Rachel," Jordan whispered after she demorphed. "I don't have a bird of prey morph."
"Not a bird of prey, but you do have a bird morph. Remember? Your sparrow," I replied, and then started to morph bald eagle.
~20 minutes later in Cassie's barn~
"Well, that was fun," said Marco. And he was actually serious.
"Hey, me and Jordan have to get home. Mom doesn't know we went to The Sharing and she'll be back soon," I told everybody. "Later!"
"Bye!" said Jordan.
"Hey Jordan," Cassie cried. "Good job."

I just grinned at her, morphed, and flew home with my sister.