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Ariadne POV
I sighed and began. "My sister and I are an experiment gone wrong. We were to become the first humans to be born with a mental connection with a Yeerk. But the experiment went wrong and we were born as two when we were to be born as one. We were taken away from my mother and they erased my mother's memory. Visser One never told me who my mother was. I only knew that I was born in this town. Anyway, when we were two years old, Visser Three sent one of his trusted officers to get Alyachies. The gutless creature, he couldn't even come himself." I felt my face contort with anger. Then I regained my figure. I couldn't risk finding my weakness. My anger. Visser One had tried to control it but failed. Her trying to help me just made me angrier. I continued, "He took her away and I never saw her again. Now, I want to find her. If she's dead I'm going to avenge her and make Visser Three pay for what he did. I'll squish him like a bug."
"That's kind of hard to do. We've been trying to do that for a long time and we've never succeeded. What makes you think you will?" Marco said questionably. I sighed. It would be difficult to explain to these Yeerks why I felt how I felt. I'm human after all and Yeerks probably don't think the same way humans do. But maybe having control of a human might help them understand better.
"Look, Yeerk. Do you have something that drives you? That gives you energy? That makes you angry enough to want to kill someone? That's what I feel. My sister and me shouldn't have been separated. But Visser Three did just that. And for that he going to pay." Oh shit! I did it again and exposed my anger. For years I had never had to do that. Now I would or else I would get noticed.
Then Marco's companion laughed. I had known he was a Yeerk. His lies hadn't tricked me. That's why I had let him come; he was obviously much more than a human friend to Marco. Or Marco's Yeerk for that matter. After a short pause he spoke at last "I think my friend here does feel that." He said no more, hinting nothing. But I needed nothing more. It me right then and there, so hard and nearly felt it.
"You're not a Controller, are you?" I asked quietly, still trying to get over my shock "I'm talking to a human. Or two I should I say" I looked at Marco's companion "that by some strange reason figured it all out. And you know who Visser One's host is." I laughed suddenly surprising myself "And plus, you probably don't give a shit about my story. You just want to know about your mother."
Marco glared at his companion "Tobias, couldn't you have kept your mouth shut?"
Tobias glared back "You're the one who lied to us about why you were going to talk to this girl."
I laughed again "Chill, guys. You're both partners in crime it seems. Marco here lied to Tobias and Tobias gave away Marco's secret. Now you're both even." Then suddenly a girl I had seen in some of my classes and another girl walked up.
"Hey, guys. I'm surprised to see you guys here." Said the blonde one. The other girl's name was Cassie and I knew she was kind and caring from the moment I saw her. But now I was suspicious. Tobias had said that Marco lied to `them'. That meant that Marco and Tobias weren't the only humans to know about Yeerks. These girls seemed genuinely surprised but you never know.
Then Cassie smiled at me and said "Hey. You're that new girl, right? I'm-"
"Cassie. Yeah I know that." I smiled friendly, changing from my angry, conscious of aliens self, to my normal girl self. "You're in some of my classes."
The blonde one spoke again. "I'm Rachel. You might know my cousin, Jake. He's best friends with this weirdo." She pointed to Marco and I laughed. It was so obvious that these guys knew each other better than they pretended to. But maybe Rachel liked Marco and was embarrassed because all her friends thought he was weird. I wouldn't doubt that might be a reason. But want about Cassie? And Tobias.
There was something about Tobias. Something that seemed so obvious but yet so hard to put my finger on. I sighed and decided to brush it off until later. I tuned back into their conversation.
"I'm taking Cassie shopping and Cassie wanted to stop here before getting there." Rachel was saying. She seemed to be talking to the whole group but kept looking at me. I felt like saying `Stop looking at me.' But I didn't if I did I would say it too coldly and seem too cold to fit my bouncy, nice girl attitude. It's so hard to be a nice, cheerleader type girl.
"Is there a sale?" I asked pretending to be excited. Cheerleaders like shopping right? How wonderful. It so happened I hated shopping and find it extremely boring. But I'd do anything to keep my cover. Even go shopping.
Rachel nodded "Yeah, it's in Gap. They have sweaters 40% off. Cassie really needs to go shopping more, y'know."
I pretended to look Cassie over "Hmmmm...she could use a new sweater." I stood up. "How about we go right now?" I really wanted to get away from the stares of Marco and Tobias. They must have seen my change and have been surprised.
I smiled in spite of myself "So Rachel, do you accept my offer?" I looked from Cassie then to Rachel "What about it?"
Rachel nodded "Yeah, if we can get Cassie into Gap I'll be glad." Then she laughed.
I took a step towards the door and then turned to look at them. Then I almost started to laugh. Do you know those Superhero comic books where the superheroes stand side by side and kind of look at you? That's what these guys looked like.
I saw that Rachel and Tobias had a connection, yet I wasn't sure if it was a strong friendship or a strong relationship. They all seemed to care for each other but the connection with Tobias and Rachel was different than for example Tobias's connection with Cassie. Anyway, I only allowed myself to smile.
"Come on, guys." I tucked some of my hair behind my ear "I'm not gonna wait around all day." Tobias looked at me and in the eyes and I just froze. I couldn't move and I felt as if would never move again. My whole world was being turn upside down. Then I looked away. "I-I just remembered...I have something to do. At home. With my mother. Some kind of connection therapy or something." I hoped my voice didn't sound as fake as I thought it did.
I walked out of the McDonalds and felt the tears swell up in my eyes. They just came out and I could stop them. I ran all the way home (which isn't saying much because my home just a block away) and took out my keys. Oh shit! I could find them! Did I leave them in McDonalds? Yes, now I remembered. In my hurry to get away from Marco and Tobias I had left my keys on the table. Now I would have to go back and get them. I dried my eyes with my shirt.
I bet your wondering why the hell I was crying in the first place, huh? Well, right then and there I figures out who Tobias was. He was my brother. The Yeerks couldn't possibly have just erased everyone's memory of a baby. When they figured out the experiment didn't work they must have put something else in place of my sister and me. I bit my lip and turned around and found Tobias right behind me. I gasp and jump a little in surprise.
"Oh, god. You scared me, Tobias." I said hoping to sound normal.
He didn't show any recognition that he heard me. He tossed me my keys and simply said "I figured it out too."
I didn't even try to pretend I didn't know what he was talking about "Who-who are your parents?" I asked quietly.
Tobias sighed "My mother left me when I was very young."
"Why? With another man?" I asked curiously.
He shook his head "My father was already dead. Well, he was supposed to be my father."
"What do you mean by `he was supposed to be my father'. That makes no sense." Then he told me. Everything. About Elfangor meeting Loren. About him staying on Earth and having...me. After he finished there was a deep silence "Elfangor's my father. But Visser Three killed him. And if he killed Alyachies too then he just killed two members of my family. And he has tried to kill you. Lucky me." I said dryly. I knew my words might not make much sense but I didn't care. I finally remembered where I was and who I was with. I looked up to look at Tobias "Tobias. If you're, I mean, our mother ran off, and our father is dead. Who do you live with?"
He smiled, but in a way he didn't smile. I noticed for the first time that his face very expressionless. Then he answered, "I live in a meadow." He just let it hang there and turned around to walk away.
I wasn't done yet, though. "Tobias." I called quietly. He turned around and looked at me. "Do you want to come in?" I asked and looked pointedly at my home.
He shook his head "I have to go. We'll explain it all. Just not now. Soon." Then he turned again and walked away.
I stood there in silence for a while. Then I turned, unlocked the door to my house and walked inside. I went up to my room, which I shared with Peter, an 11-year old kid. I locked the door, even though Peter always said not to. I just laid on my bed and soon feel asleep.
Ariadne POV
I sighed and began. "My sister and I are an experiment gone wrong. We were to become the first humans to be born with a mental connection with a Yeerk. But the experiment went wrong and we were born as two when we were to be born as one. We were taken away from my mother and they erased my mother's memory. Visser One never told me who my mother was. I only knew that I was born in this town. Anyway, when we were two years old, Visser Three sent one of his trusted officers to get Alyachies. The gutless creature, he couldn't even come himself." I felt my face contort with anger. Then I regained my figure. I couldn't risk finding my weakness. My anger. Visser One had tried to control it but failed. Her trying to help me just made me angrier. I continued, "He took her away and I never saw her again. Now, I want to find her. If she's dead I'm going to avenge her and make Visser Three pay for what he did. I'll squish him like a bug."
"That's kind of hard to do. We've been trying to do that for a long time and we've never succeeded. What makes you think you will?" Marco said questionably. I sighed. It would be difficult to explain to these Yeerks why I felt how I felt. I'm human after all and Yeerks probably don't think the same way humans do. But maybe having control of a human might help them understand better.
"Look, Yeerk. Do you have something that drives you? That gives you energy? That makes you angry enough to want to kill someone? That's what I feel. My sister and me shouldn't have been separated. But Visser Three did just that. And for that he going to pay." Oh shit! I did it again and exposed my anger. For years I had never had to do that. Now I would or else I would get noticed.
Then Marco's companion laughed. I had known he was a Yeerk. His lies hadn't tricked me. That's why I had let him come; he was obviously much more than a human friend to Marco. Or Marco's Yeerk for that matter. After a short pause he spoke at last "I think my friend here does feel that." He said no more, hinting nothing. But I needed nothing more. It me right then and there, so hard and nearly felt it.
"You're not a Controller, are you?" I asked quietly, still trying to get over my shock "I'm talking to a human. Or two I should I say" I looked at Marco's companion "that by some strange reason figured it all out. And you know who Visser One's host is." I laughed suddenly surprising myself "And plus, you probably don't give a shit about my story. You just want to know about your mother."
Marco glared at his companion "Tobias, couldn't you have kept your mouth shut?"
Tobias glared back "You're the one who lied to us about why you were going to talk to this girl."
I laughed again "Chill, guys. You're both partners in crime it seems. Marco here lied to Tobias and Tobias gave away Marco's secret. Now you're both even." Then suddenly a girl I had seen in some of my classes and another girl walked up.
"Hey, guys. I'm surprised to see you guys here." Said the blonde one. The other girl's name was Cassie and I knew she was kind and caring from the moment I saw her. But now I was suspicious. Tobias had said that Marco lied to `them'. That meant that Marco and Tobias weren't the only humans to know about Yeerks. These girls seemed genuinely surprised but you never know.
Then Cassie smiled at me and said "Hey. You're that new girl, right? I'm-"
"Cassie. Yeah I know that." I smiled friendly, changing from my angry, conscious of aliens self, to my normal girl self. "You're in some of my classes."
The blonde one spoke again. "I'm Rachel. You might know my cousin, Jake. He's best friends with this weirdo." She pointed to Marco and I laughed. It was so obvious that these guys knew each other better than they pretended to. But maybe Rachel liked Marco and was embarrassed because all her friends thought he was weird. I wouldn't doubt that might be a reason. But want about Cassie? And Tobias.
There was something about Tobias. Something that seemed so obvious but yet so hard to put my finger on. I sighed and decided to brush it off until later. I tuned back into their conversation.
"I'm taking Cassie shopping and Cassie wanted to stop here before getting there." Rachel was saying. She seemed to be talking to the whole group but kept looking at me. I felt like saying `Stop looking at me.' But I didn't if I did I would say it too coldly and seem too cold to fit my bouncy, nice girl attitude. It's so hard to be a nice, cheerleader type girl.
"Is there a sale?" I asked pretending to be excited. Cheerleaders like shopping right? How wonderful. It so happened I hated shopping and find it extremely boring. But I'd do anything to keep my cover. Even go shopping.
Rachel nodded "Yeah, it's in Gap. They have sweaters 40% off. Cassie really needs to go shopping more, y'know."
I pretended to look Cassie over "Hmmmm...she could use a new sweater." I stood up. "How about we go right now?" I really wanted to get away from the stares of Marco and Tobias. They must have seen my change and have been surprised.
I smiled in spite of myself "So Rachel, do you accept my offer?" I looked from Cassie then to Rachel "What about it?"
Rachel nodded "Yeah, if we can get Cassie into Gap I'll be glad." Then she laughed.
I took a step towards the door and then turned to look at them. Then I almost started to laugh. Do you know those Superhero comic books where the superheroes stand side by side and kind of look at you? That's what these guys looked like.
I saw that Rachel and Tobias had a connection, yet I wasn't sure if it was a strong friendship or a strong relationship. They all seemed to care for each other but the connection with Tobias and Rachel was different than for example Tobias's connection with Cassie. Anyway, I only allowed myself to smile.
"Come on, guys." I tucked some of my hair behind my ear "I'm not gonna wait around all day." Tobias looked at me and in the eyes and I just froze. I couldn't move and I felt as if would never move again. My whole world was being turn upside down. Then I looked away. "I-I just remembered...I have something to do. At home. With my mother. Some kind of connection therapy or something." I hoped my voice didn't sound as fake as I thought it did.
I walked out of the McDonalds and felt the tears swell up in my eyes. They just came out and I could stop them. I ran all the way home (which isn't saying much because my home just a block away) and took out my keys. Oh shit! I could find them! Did I leave them in McDonalds? Yes, now I remembered. In my hurry to get away from Marco and Tobias I had left my keys on the table. Now I would have to go back and get them. I dried my eyes with my shirt.
I bet your wondering why the hell I was crying in the first place, huh? Well, right then and there I figures out who Tobias was. He was my brother. The Yeerks couldn't possibly have just erased everyone's memory of a baby. When they figured out the experiment didn't work they must have put something else in place of my sister and me. I bit my lip and turned around and found Tobias right behind me. I gasp and jump a little in surprise.
"Oh, god. You scared me, Tobias." I said hoping to sound normal.
He didn't show any recognition that he heard me. He tossed me my keys and simply said "I figured it out too."
I didn't even try to pretend I didn't know what he was talking about "Who-who are your parents?" I asked quietly.
Tobias sighed "My mother left me when I was very young."
"Why? With another man?" I asked curiously.
He shook his head "My father was already dead. Well, he was supposed to be my father."
"What do you mean by `he was supposed to be my father'. That makes no sense." Then he told me. Everything. About Elfangor meeting Loren. About him staying on Earth and having...me. After he finished there was a deep silence "Elfangor's my father. But Visser Three killed him. And if he killed Alyachies too then he just killed two members of my family. And he has tried to kill you. Lucky me." I said dryly. I knew my words might not make much sense but I didn't care. I finally remembered where I was and who I was with. I looked up to look at Tobias "Tobias. If you're, I mean, our mother ran off, and our father is dead. Who do you live with?"
He smiled, but in a way he didn't smile. I noticed for the first time that his face very expressionless. Then he answered, "I live in a meadow." He just let it hang there and turned around to walk away.
I wasn't done yet, though. "Tobias." I called quietly. He turned around and looked at me. "Do you want to come in?" I asked and looked pointedly at my home.
He shook his head "I have to go. We'll explain it all. Just not now. Soon." Then he turned again and walked away.
I stood there in silence for a while. Then I turned, unlocked the door to my house and walked inside. I went up to my room, which I shared with Peter, an 11-year old kid. I locked the door, even though Peter always said not to. I just laid on my bed and soon feel asleep.