1 Disclaimer: Yah Yah…Look at my other chapters for all this.
2 Alyachies's POV
I was really confused. But I let Rachel lead me to an old barn. I was tired and worn out by the walk. I mean, if you had been practically spoiled all you life, you wouldn't be able to stand a long walk either. Ok, I was a little chubby at the time. Can you blame me? As we entered, I saw two guys already there. One was kind of short and the other was kind of tall. He was cute, too. I didn't smile, just in case he was a Controller.
Then, from behind us two girls walked in. One was black and was a bit short, but not as short as the guy. The other one looked so amazingly like me I stood there, gaping.
She walked up to me, as if mocking me. I really hate when people do that. She smiled slightly and said right in my face, "Do you know who I am?"
I looked back at her and answered "No, should I?"
She looks slightly disappointed by my answer but continues as if my answer didn't matter much to her. "Well, don't you think it's obvious?"
I shook my head slowly "What's obvious?" I said innocently.
I could see her getting angry, and it was all I could do to stop from grinning. I love playing with people. It's easy once you read them, see how they respond to certain answers and questions. See how quickly they return to how they were, if they do at all. But of course, I was not stupid. I knew she was probably my twin, sum kind of clone or an Andalite. So I said what I was thinking.
"So, are you one of the Andalite bandits?" I said low enough so that none of the others would hear. But I was wasting my energy.
"You hear?" She says, turning to the others. "She thinks I'm an Andalite…well, close…kind of."
I looked at closely. No Andalite would talk like that. They wouldn't want to sink low enough to talk like humans. No matter how long they've been on Earth. So I answered, "Who do you think you are? Visser Three will probably make me a sub-visser and his adviser when I tell him his so-called Andalite bandits contain humans." Actually, for the moment I was only sure that it contained ONE human, this girl. My look alike. But by the looks on their faces, I could tell I was right. There was more than one human in this group. Maybe they were all human.
Finally the cute guy spoke up. "Ax. Go." I felt a slap on my face, and it all went dark.
~*~*~*~
Man, my head hurt by the time I woke up. Or should I say, felt as if it had been cracked open and glued back together. I touched my head lightly and felt the bump that was growing there. I moaned slightly, while I tried to sit up. As I did, I noticed there was that girl, sitting on a chair, waiting for something. That something most probably me.
She smiled when she saw me sit up "Oh, so you're awake. Finally." She walked over and kneeled down next to me.
At that moment my head hurt too much for me to think too much about where I was. I moaned again and leaned again the wall.
The girl sighed and I looked up at her. Her eyes were sad and her face looked far older than it had when she had last been talking to me. It looked like a face whose hope had been crush, desperately.
I took her hand, not knowing quite how much I gave away right then. My kindness can be my curse at times. She looked up at he and suddenly I realized what I had done. I let go of her hand quickly but the damage had already been done. She smiled sadly. "You lied, didn't you? You aren't a Controller at all. You're just a plain old human. But after what I heard from Cassie, maybe not so plain human at all."
I understood none of what she had said but I suspected that Cassie was one of the girls who had been with us before I had gotten hit on the head.
She continued, "I better tell you. You know…Elfangor?"
For a moment my sarcastic side got a hang of me. "No, duh. I did live with Visser Three for, I don't know, all my life?"
"Well, do you know who your parents are? But you shouldn't-"
But I interrupped her "Yeah. I know."
Her eyes grown wide "You KNOW? H-how?"
"Visser Three told me."
"But how can HE know? He doesn't know about Loren…"
"Loren? Who is she?"
"You mean…Visser Three told you…You don't know about Loren…." She closes her eyes in frustration. "He lied, Alyachies."
I frowned slightly "How do you know who I am?"
For the first time, she smiled "How? Visser One told me about you. She did it to motivate me to hate Visser Three."
"Wouldn't you have already?" a voice from a corner of the room said softly.
I jumped and looked over to where I had heard the voice. There was a guy with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. He looked he had never smiled in his entire life. He's face was flat and expressionless.
"Who are you?" I asked, in a voice so low it was almost a whisper.
Ariadne smiled "This is Tobias. He's our brother."
I stared, open-eyed at Tobias. Suddenly I looked at the girl "Who are you? I never did ask you."
She nods "Yeah, my name's Ariadne. I better explain though-"
I shook my head. "Let me ask a few questions first. How can he be my brother? Is he my twin? Who are my real parents? Where does he live? Does he live with our parents? Are-"
"Stop!" Ariadne cried, "I can only answer some at a time. First question first, Our mother-"
"You're my sister?"
She rolls her eyes "I'm your twin. I look just like you. Anyway, our mother was put under an experiment. She was pregnant and they took the embryo, us, and tried to make us into already born Controllers. But it didn't work. They had to take us away and put another embryo. That embryo is right here." She looks over at Tobias smiling.
I stared at him, shocked. "A family", I murmured to myself. How much I wanted I family. I never felt as if I ever had one among the Yeerks. Now I hoped I would. But Ariadne's next answers stopped all my fantasies.
"He's not your twin. Only I am. He lives in a meadow in the woods behind this barn. And…our parents are dead. They've been dead for a few years."
I stood there afraid that if I moved, the whole world would get dizzy.I wanted it so much. But it was impossible. There's was not family left for me. Except these two strangers I never even knew anything about.
But I wouldn't know anything about my parents either. So why was this so different. I tried to think that it would have been different. But I knew it wouldn't have. I sighed. "Guys. I have some files that I took from Visser Three years ago. I think one of them is my birth certificate. I never looked at it really."
Ariadne shook her head "Before we start with that, there's one more thing I have to tell you."
"What?" I asked.
She took a deep breath. "Elfangor's your father." She said quickly.
I had thought nothing could possibly surprise me. But that news certainly did. "Wh-how?" I asked.
She shook her head. "First we got to go get those files. Now let's go now. Where is it?"
"It's in a safe. In the Yeerk Pool."
Tobias sighs and sits down on a pile of hay. "Here we go again."
2 Alyachies's POV
I was really confused. But I let Rachel lead me to an old barn. I was tired and worn out by the walk. I mean, if you had been practically spoiled all you life, you wouldn't be able to stand a long walk either. Ok, I was a little chubby at the time. Can you blame me? As we entered, I saw two guys already there. One was kind of short and the other was kind of tall. He was cute, too. I didn't smile, just in case he was a Controller.
Then, from behind us two girls walked in. One was black and was a bit short, but not as short as the guy. The other one looked so amazingly like me I stood there, gaping.
She walked up to me, as if mocking me. I really hate when people do that. She smiled slightly and said right in my face, "Do you know who I am?"
I looked back at her and answered "No, should I?"
She looks slightly disappointed by my answer but continues as if my answer didn't matter much to her. "Well, don't you think it's obvious?"
I shook my head slowly "What's obvious?" I said innocently.
I could see her getting angry, and it was all I could do to stop from grinning. I love playing with people. It's easy once you read them, see how they respond to certain answers and questions. See how quickly they return to how they were, if they do at all. But of course, I was not stupid. I knew she was probably my twin, sum kind of clone or an Andalite. So I said what I was thinking.
"So, are you one of the Andalite bandits?" I said low enough so that none of the others would hear. But I was wasting my energy.
"You hear?" She says, turning to the others. "She thinks I'm an Andalite…well, close…kind of."
I looked at closely. No Andalite would talk like that. They wouldn't want to sink low enough to talk like humans. No matter how long they've been on Earth. So I answered, "Who do you think you are? Visser Three will probably make me a sub-visser and his adviser when I tell him his so-called Andalite bandits contain humans." Actually, for the moment I was only sure that it contained ONE human, this girl. My look alike. But by the looks on their faces, I could tell I was right. There was more than one human in this group. Maybe they were all human.
Finally the cute guy spoke up. "Ax. Go." I felt a slap on my face, and it all went dark.
~*~*~*~
Man, my head hurt by the time I woke up. Or should I say, felt as if it had been cracked open and glued back together. I touched my head lightly and felt the bump that was growing there. I moaned slightly, while I tried to sit up. As I did, I noticed there was that girl, sitting on a chair, waiting for something. That something most probably me.
She smiled when she saw me sit up "Oh, so you're awake. Finally." She walked over and kneeled down next to me.
At that moment my head hurt too much for me to think too much about where I was. I moaned again and leaned again the wall.
The girl sighed and I looked up at her. Her eyes were sad and her face looked far older than it had when she had last been talking to me. It looked like a face whose hope had been crush, desperately.
I took her hand, not knowing quite how much I gave away right then. My kindness can be my curse at times. She looked up at he and suddenly I realized what I had done. I let go of her hand quickly but the damage had already been done. She smiled sadly. "You lied, didn't you? You aren't a Controller at all. You're just a plain old human. But after what I heard from Cassie, maybe not so plain human at all."
I understood none of what she had said but I suspected that Cassie was one of the girls who had been with us before I had gotten hit on the head.
She continued, "I better tell you. You know…Elfangor?"
For a moment my sarcastic side got a hang of me. "No, duh. I did live with Visser Three for, I don't know, all my life?"
"Well, do you know who your parents are? But you shouldn't-"
But I interrupped her "Yeah. I know."
Her eyes grown wide "You KNOW? H-how?"
"Visser Three told me."
"But how can HE know? He doesn't know about Loren…"
"Loren? Who is she?"
"You mean…Visser Three told you…You don't know about Loren…." She closes her eyes in frustration. "He lied, Alyachies."
I frowned slightly "How do you know who I am?"
For the first time, she smiled "How? Visser One told me about you. She did it to motivate me to hate Visser Three."
"Wouldn't you have already?" a voice from a corner of the room said softly.
I jumped and looked over to where I had heard the voice. There was a guy with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. He looked he had never smiled in his entire life. He's face was flat and expressionless.
"Who are you?" I asked, in a voice so low it was almost a whisper.
Ariadne smiled "This is Tobias. He's our brother."
I stared, open-eyed at Tobias. Suddenly I looked at the girl "Who are you? I never did ask you."
She nods "Yeah, my name's Ariadne. I better explain though-"
I shook my head. "Let me ask a few questions first. How can he be my brother? Is he my twin? Who are my real parents? Where does he live? Does he live with our parents? Are-"
"Stop!" Ariadne cried, "I can only answer some at a time. First question first, Our mother-"
"You're my sister?"
She rolls her eyes "I'm your twin. I look just like you. Anyway, our mother was put under an experiment. She was pregnant and they took the embryo, us, and tried to make us into already born Controllers. But it didn't work. They had to take us away and put another embryo. That embryo is right here." She looks over at Tobias smiling.
I stared at him, shocked. "A family", I murmured to myself. How much I wanted I family. I never felt as if I ever had one among the Yeerks. Now I hoped I would. But Ariadne's next answers stopped all my fantasies.
"He's not your twin. Only I am. He lives in a meadow in the woods behind this barn. And…our parents are dead. They've been dead for a few years."
I stood there afraid that if I moved, the whole world would get dizzy.I wanted it so much. But it was impossible. There's was not family left for me. Except these two strangers I never even knew anything about.
But I wouldn't know anything about my parents either. So why was this so different. I tried to think that it would have been different. But I knew it wouldn't have. I sighed. "Guys. I have some files that I took from Visser Three years ago. I think one of them is my birth certificate. I never looked at it really."
Ariadne shook her head "Before we start with that, there's one more thing I have to tell you."
"What?" I asked.
She took a deep breath. "Elfangor's your father." She said quickly.
I had thought nothing could possibly surprise me. But that news certainly did. "Wh-how?" I asked.
She shook her head. "First we got to go get those files. Now let's go now. Where is it?"
"It's in a safe. In the Yeerk Pool."
Tobias sighs and sits down on a pile of hay. "Here we go again."