Chapter 5

"Yes, I believe you're ready, Ms Raptor," Leo said.

I stared blankly and with our emotion. I has been going through emotional training the pas two and a half years.

"Tell, me Rip," he chuckled. "How do you feel?"

I looked at him. "I feel nothing."

He laughed. "Perfect! Great, now I know you are ready. Get ready Ms Raptor, tomorrow, your first battle and the last battle of this war will begin tomorrow. You and Jessi will be teamed up with other trainees and you shall be sent towards the Yeerk Mother ship, along with the Andalites to the planet Earth. There it will end."

"It's about time," I said.

"What, does it annoy you that it took so long?"

I looked at him with my cold, emotionless, blue eyes. "How can I be?" I questioned. "I am incapable of feeling any kind of emotion. That is what I was trained for after all."

He laughed. "Well, said," he replied. "Good, now go get you a good meal and a good night rest. It's the big day tomorrow."

"Yes sir."

I sat at the table, eating my meal. It was very satisfying.

"Rip!" It was Jessi. She came and sat next to me. "Wow, you're finally out that old chicken coop," she said. "So, how do you feel?"

"My training is complete," I replied.

"Gee, that means that we're going to have to start fighting now, uh?"

"We start tomorrow," I said. "We are to meet with the other trainees from the other bases."

"Amazing, a fight, finally," she sighed. "So you excited, scared?"

"I am incapable of emotions," I replied. "So, neither. I am completely capable of meeting all my training requirements."

"My, God, they really did brainwash you didn't they?"

"No," I replied. "I am no different that what I was before. I am just not effected by meaningless emotions that will get in my way."

"And what is that?"

"My mission."

"Your mission?"

"To assonate Visor Three."

"NANA?! Rip do you even know what they're asking you to do?!" she demanded. "First off Visor Three as an Andradite body! That means he an morph! He can morph into creatures that aren't native to any of our planets."

"I am no worried," I replied. "I am stronger than any monster he can morph."

"Do you honestly believe that?!"

"I know I am," I said. "Jessie, there's more to me than what you see. To what anyone sees, even my teachers, trainers, and brain washers."

"Nana?"

"I've felt it all my life. A nameless presence that lives in my soul," I said. "It beckons to be awaken. I hear its voice whisper in my ear. It fights with all it's might to try and free it self form me, and I fight it back. It is the only reason I agreed to all this training. It was so I could be strong enough to keep the nameless evil from being awakened. It laughs though, it laughs at me. It knows it will be released quite soon. It's excited for this war. It feels this will make me weak enough to let it awaken. I won't though, because if what is shows me is true...." I shook my head. "Never mind, I am babbling nonsense. I'm off to rest. I suggest you do the same" I got up and left her.

Why did I say that? What my soul told me wasn't her concern. Jessie has been the only friend I've had for a long time. I was a good actor. Leo believe I was emotionless. He wasn't completely wrong. My heart and soul were both blacked than a starless night, but it felt. It felt, hatred, love fear and pain. I almost wanted it to awaken with in me. No, I had to fight myself a little longer for my brother and sister's sake. If I finished this battle I would be able to go home, finally.

It was the next mourning.

"Good mourning to the both of you," Leo told us. Jessie and I stood in salute to our commander. I could kill him right now if I wanted to. I had the power, but I wasn't. I couldn't, it would draw bad attention.

"Your fellow comrade are meeting us at the Holy Savior Church?"

"I church?" I questioned. "By all means, is a house of Yaweh really appropriate to met before we go and kill people?"

"It is required that all squads go into prayer before they go into battle," Leo said. "We owe our existence to God."

"Yaweh?" Jessi questioned, looking at me. "Only the ancient peoples of Earth called him by that name."

"That his name," I said. "God is too commonly used. It can be misinterpreted into something else. When one says Yaweh you know who they speak of. However, General Leo, I have no true beliefs of Yaweh. My father never took my family to a church in our lives. I know from what I've read. I have no reason to believe in him."

They both stared at me blankly. It was a reaction I was used to. My entire race were believers of Yaweh. Some are old enough to even know how the race was created. Everstins can live for millions of years. Even longer if they remain a virgin. They believe it was Yaweh who split all the planets from the original one. That is why Everstins are capable of reproducing with many other races. Humans, Sanalites, Mendalites, Saiyajins, Noxes, and rumors have spread we capable with Andalites now. It is because Andalites are capable to reproduce with humans. No Everstin dares to have a mate outside our race though. That is the biggest crime every committed. That and opposing the military.

"By any means you we need to get going," Leo said. "Your team are also Freaks."

"Freaks?" Jessi questioned.

"It's the official name for your sub-species," he said.

"It's sounds like racism," she scolded.

"At any case it is what you are," he replied. "Now let's move out."

We arrived in front of the church.

"Sindel Rip Raptor, Jessi Felia Tora," Leo said. "This is your crew. First is Zane Basset, he's your scientist. At the age of five his IQ was higher than any normal standard."

I looked at Zane. A Basset? He must be canine.

"This is your pilot and mechanic, RatTrap. No last name, he was an orphan. He can build, fix, and invent just about anything.

Rodent.

"The is Sabra also an orphan she is one of your fighting supports, Rip," he said. "He is also the doctor of the group. She cure and heal anything."

Sabra? Prehistoric Feline.

"And last but not least, your other support, Silverbolt."

"Holy, Kami," Jessi said. "He's an actual Fuzer."

She was right. He didn't ever take one his humanoid form. I don't blame him though, I really hated staying in mine most of the time. He was canine (wolf) and eagle. Not to bad looking either. He stood with no expression on his face.

"Did you train him to be emotionless too?" I questioned.

"No, he is the exact opposite. He is the one with the emotion," he replied. "He is your basic hero type. Fighting for the sake of the people."

"It's great to meet all of you," Jessi said. "I'm Jessi and I'm the secondary pilot and minor support."

"I am Rip," I said. "I am whom you support."

"She is one bad ass chicha," RatTrap said.

"That she is," Zane replied.

"Watch your tongue," I said. "Or you may not have one left."

"I tell them that all the time," Sabra said. "Silvy is the only half decent one."

"Enough," Leo said. "Let us go pay our respects and get on our way. Rip, you are required to rather you believe or not."

I watch them enter the Church doors one by one. I followed second to last with Jessi behind me. It happened without warning. The second my presence was in the church it happened.

"Eh?!" The air was choking my body as if it was some force wanting to drive me out. My soul shuddered. I fell to my knees. It wanted to fight back! It wanted to fight it back. My force and this force, they were going to collide. I felt pain in my backside just beneath my shoulder blades. My eyes quivered opened. I saw the faces. Angels? The were angels. They were laughing, scourging and poking at me. Forcing me back. My soul was urging to fight back, but I fought it.

"Rip?!" I heard Jessi's voice. It was faint, but I heard her. I could feel her hands pull me back. Out of the walls of this church. Then it stopped it all stopped and I passed out.