RACHEL
Cassie jumped behind Jake and Ax and started to morph fly. Meanwhile, Marco glided up to the two Iskoort guarding our cell and started to try to distract them. Which was good, because if he was distracting them, then it meant that he wasn't distracting us. So he could stay by them as long as he liked. Although there was one thing...
I walked up to Marco, and grabbed his arm and pulled him aside, so the Iskoort couldn't hear us.
"Rachel! I didn't know you felt that way about me! Are you sure Tobias won't get jealous?"
My face turned the usual color of pink from a mix of anger and embarrassment when he mentioned Tobias and my relationship. Okay, so maybe we have a little thing going on between us. But is it really that big of a deal?
"Shut up," I hissed. I tightened my grip on his arm until his face changed from an annoying little smirk to an expression of pain. "And if you mention ONE THING about my hair to the Iskoort, I will twist your arm off and shove it up your-"
"I get it!" Marco cried, twisting out of my grasp. He glared at me, rubbing the red spot on his arm, but I think he got the point. Actually, I was pretty sure he got the point.
{I would like to know where you were planning to place Marco's arm once you had twisted it off, Rachel,} Ax inquired.
Jake sighed and rubbed his forehead. "Just let it go, Ax."
{Okay, I'm demorphing,} Cassie's voice sounded in our heads.
About time, I thought to myself. Maybe we would finally be able to get out of this stupid cage.
Okay, so maybe I was a little cranky. But you couldn't really blame me. I was hungry. Just because I didn't complain about it every two minutes like Marco didn't mean that I wasn't still feeling it.
{Remorphing...} Cassie told us.
I waited impatiently for her to finish. Personally, I was sick of the Iskoort. I wanted nothing more than to just get back home and let the Iskoort go solve their problems on their own.
As in, without us.
{Done,} Cassie announced triumphantly.
We were all surprised at the speed that Cassie had morphed. I guess it was a good thing that Cassie had gone instead of Tobias.
The next thing we knew, a wolf had trotted out, knocked out the Iskoort, and gnawed off the lock on the cell.
{Easy as pie,} Cassie said calmly.
I strode out of the cage. Tobias flew out after me. Maybe it was just me, but it seemed like Cassie was watching me and Tobias. Strange.
I shook it off, reveling in being free from the cell. As dumb as it sounds, I felt liberated. And angry. I mean, NO ONE cages me up.
"Look's like we're doing this the hard way. Battle morphs, everyone." Jake said.
Good. I was ready to cause some major damage. I closed my eyes and felt the grizzly fur sprout out all over my body.
{Morph quickly,} Cassie warned. {Rafe's coming back in...I mean, I think that he'll be coming in soon.}
As if on cue, Rafe strode calmly into the room with about ten Iskoort behind him.
{Are you psychic, Cassie?} Marco asked, now a gorilla.
{Heh, heh. Maybe a little,} She said, almost sheepishly.
{Okay,} Jake said to all of us in private thought-speak. {Marco, you go in that room and get Guide. Rachel, go with him and back him up. Everyone else, stay here and let's keep Rafe occupied and away from Marco and Rachel.}
He paused, than went on. {But try not to kill the Iskoort. They may be against us for the moment, but we don't have to kill them.}
I grinned. A scary, grizzly bear grin. This was my thing.
I charged straight into the other room with Marco right behind me.
{Uh-oh.} We both stopped when we caught sight of our surroundings.
Iskoort. Lots of Warrior Iskoort. These ones were bigger than the other ones, and looked harder to fight.
{Let's do it.} I said.
I jumped on the closest Iskoort I saw, claws outstretched. I slashed out a huge part of his arm. He recoiled on reflex, but whipped out and tried to hit me. I dodged, and plowed straight through him.
THUD. He landed, not very gracefully, on top of a few other Iskoort.
{Hah hah!} I crowed. And lunged for the next one. More Iskoort came over and tried to get swipes at me.
{Jake, we need some back-up!} Marco yelled, surrounded by his own group of Iskoort.
{I am coming!} Ax said. He galloped in, and his tail zipped through the air, lashing out and slashing up Iskoort.
{Marco! Guide!} Ax said.
Marco made his way over to the cell that Guide was in. Using his gorilla strength, he bent back the bars on the cell and pulled Guide out. {Aagh!} Guide cried, obviously not too pleased to be picked up by a huge, hairy, gorilla.
{Oh, shut up, Mr. Guide. I'm saving your life,} Marco grumbled.
Suddenly I felt intense pain. I hadn't been paying attention, and an Iskoort had managed to jab a knife into me.
I roared and turned on him, knocking him viciously to the ground. More Iskoort were coming at me; but I didn't care.
{Rachel, come on! You're bleeding!} Someone yelled at me. I didn't know who, and I didn't care. I was gonna kill the stupid Iskoort who had sliced me up!
{Rachel!} Ax stood in front of me, blocking me from moving. {Rachel, we must go.}
{Get out of the way,} I growled, a red haze coming over my eyes. Marco shoved himself into my huge mass and pushed me back into the other room. Cassie saw me and gasped.
{Rachel! Demorph!}
{No,} I said, strength leaving me. {No, fighting...}
{Rachel. Demorph.} Jake was in my face now. {We don't have time for this.}
Somehow, that brought me back. I concentrated hard and focused on becoming me again.
{Everyone, go!} Jake roared. Ax sliced a hole in the door and Marco made it big enough for all of us. We stumbled out, me half demorphing and needing to be carried on Cassie.
Finally, we were away. All of us. In one piece.
I sank down onto the ground. Tobias flitted over beside me.
Everyone started demorphing. Everyone but Cassie.
"Cassie, why don't you-" I started, but she interrupted me with her actions.
She jumped over and pinned Tobias to the ground. {Aah!} he cried in surprise.
"Cassie, what are you doing?" I yelled. She ignored me.
{Who are you?} She growled at Tobias. {I don't know what you are or who you are, but you'd better leave Tobias alone.}
Cassie jumped behind Jake and Ax and started to morph fly. Meanwhile, Marco glided up to the two Iskoort guarding our cell and started to try to distract them. Which was good, because if he was distracting them, then it meant that he wasn't distracting us. So he could stay by them as long as he liked. Although there was one thing...
I walked up to Marco, and grabbed his arm and pulled him aside, so the Iskoort couldn't hear us.
"Rachel! I didn't know you felt that way about me! Are you sure Tobias won't get jealous?"
My face turned the usual color of pink from a mix of anger and embarrassment when he mentioned Tobias and my relationship. Okay, so maybe we have a little thing going on between us. But is it really that big of a deal?
"Shut up," I hissed. I tightened my grip on his arm until his face changed from an annoying little smirk to an expression of pain. "And if you mention ONE THING about my hair to the Iskoort, I will twist your arm off and shove it up your-"
"I get it!" Marco cried, twisting out of my grasp. He glared at me, rubbing the red spot on his arm, but I think he got the point. Actually, I was pretty sure he got the point.
{I would like to know where you were planning to place Marco's arm once you had twisted it off, Rachel,} Ax inquired.
Jake sighed and rubbed his forehead. "Just let it go, Ax."
{Okay, I'm demorphing,} Cassie's voice sounded in our heads.
About time, I thought to myself. Maybe we would finally be able to get out of this stupid cage.
Okay, so maybe I was a little cranky. But you couldn't really blame me. I was hungry. Just because I didn't complain about it every two minutes like Marco didn't mean that I wasn't still feeling it.
{Remorphing...} Cassie told us.
I waited impatiently for her to finish. Personally, I was sick of the Iskoort. I wanted nothing more than to just get back home and let the Iskoort go solve their problems on their own.
As in, without us.
{Done,} Cassie announced triumphantly.
We were all surprised at the speed that Cassie had morphed. I guess it was a good thing that Cassie had gone instead of Tobias.
The next thing we knew, a wolf had trotted out, knocked out the Iskoort, and gnawed off the lock on the cell.
{Easy as pie,} Cassie said calmly.
I strode out of the cage. Tobias flew out after me. Maybe it was just me, but it seemed like Cassie was watching me and Tobias. Strange.
I shook it off, reveling in being free from the cell. As dumb as it sounds, I felt liberated. And angry. I mean, NO ONE cages me up.
"Look's like we're doing this the hard way. Battle morphs, everyone." Jake said.
Good. I was ready to cause some major damage. I closed my eyes and felt the grizzly fur sprout out all over my body.
{Morph quickly,} Cassie warned. {Rafe's coming back in...I mean, I think that he'll be coming in soon.}
As if on cue, Rafe strode calmly into the room with about ten Iskoort behind him.
{Are you psychic, Cassie?} Marco asked, now a gorilla.
{Heh, heh. Maybe a little,} She said, almost sheepishly.
{Okay,} Jake said to all of us in private thought-speak. {Marco, you go in that room and get Guide. Rachel, go with him and back him up. Everyone else, stay here and let's keep Rafe occupied and away from Marco and Rachel.}
He paused, than went on. {But try not to kill the Iskoort. They may be against us for the moment, but we don't have to kill them.}
I grinned. A scary, grizzly bear grin. This was my thing.
I charged straight into the other room with Marco right behind me.
{Uh-oh.} We both stopped when we caught sight of our surroundings.
Iskoort. Lots of Warrior Iskoort. These ones were bigger than the other ones, and looked harder to fight.
{Let's do it.} I said.
I jumped on the closest Iskoort I saw, claws outstretched. I slashed out a huge part of his arm. He recoiled on reflex, but whipped out and tried to hit me. I dodged, and plowed straight through him.
THUD. He landed, not very gracefully, on top of a few other Iskoort.
{Hah hah!} I crowed. And lunged for the next one. More Iskoort came over and tried to get swipes at me.
{Jake, we need some back-up!} Marco yelled, surrounded by his own group of Iskoort.
{I am coming!} Ax said. He galloped in, and his tail zipped through the air, lashing out and slashing up Iskoort.
{Marco! Guide!} Ax said.
Marco made his way over to the cell that Guide was in. Using his gorilla strength, he bent back the bars on the cell and pulled Guide out. {Aagh!} Guide cried, obviously not too pleased to be picked up by a huge, hairy, gorilla.
{Oh, shut up, Mr. Guide. I'm saving your life,} Marco grumbled.
Suddenly I felt intense pain. I hadn't been paying attention, and an Iskoort had managed to jab a knife into me.
I roared and turned on him, knocking him viciously to the ground. More Iskoort were coming at me; but I didn't care.
{Rachel, come on! You're bleeding!} Someone yelled at me. I didn't know who, and I didn't care. I was gonna kill the stupid Iskoort who had sliced me up!
{Rachel!} Ax stood in front of me, blocking me from moving. {Rachel, we must go.}
{Get out of the way,} I growled, a red haze coming over my eyes. Marco shoved himself into my huge mass and pushed me back into the other room. Cassie saw me and gasped.
{Rachel! Demorph!}
{No,} I said, strength leaving me. {No, fighting...}
{Rachel. Demorph.} Jake was in my face now. {We don't have time for this.}
Somehow, that brought me back. I concentrated hard and focused on becoming me again.
{Everyone, go!} Jake roared. Ax sliced a hole in the door and Marco made it big enough for all of us. We stumbled out, me half demorphing and needing to be carried on Cassie.
Finally, we were away. All of us. In one piece.
I sank down onto the ground. Tobias flitted over beside me.
Everyone started demorphing. Everyone but Cassie.
"Cassie, why don't you-" I started, but she interrupted me with her actions.
She jumped over and pinned Tobias to the ground. {Aah!} he cried in surprise.
"Cassie, what are you doing?" I yelled. She ignored me.
{Who are you?} She growled at Tobias. {I don't know what you are or who you are, but you'd better leave Tobias alone.}