Chapter 3: The Blood of the Innocent?
Disclaimer: I am once again swallowing my pride in saying I don't own the Animorphs
Chapter 3 Start:
Rain had been living in Ax's scoop for two weeks. She had acquired Tobias's hawk, Ax's Andalite, a collection of various insects (which she HATED), and a battle morph. Besides her Andalite, she chose a black panther for her battle morph. They were fast agile creatures, plus, she liked the roar. ("Yes I know it sounds vain but man it;'s cool.") She was as pleasant as she seemed when Ax first saw her, but could see a terrible pain in her eyes. She missed home, she was made her peace with her parent's passing, but since she found out about the invasion she began to doubt that they had really left this world.
Ax woke to the sound of distant crying. It was cold out, and Tobias didn't cry in the woods in the dead of the night. At least not 15 feet from the scoop where he "hoped" no one would hear. He rose slowly, trying not to make any sounds. Rain's sleeping bag was empty, her jacket missing, (he and Jake went back for it since it was her favorite and a gift from her mother). He trotted silently towards the sound, not making any noise. He half expected it to not be her, to be part of a dream, but no. There she was. Her head in her arms, leveled by her knees. Her shoulders shook violently, as if she'd witnessed some horrendeous sight.
rain. He whispered to her mind.
"Please go away Aximili." She sobbed. Aximili, she was the only Animorph who called him by his "full" name.
Why are you crying?
"Because I want to go home. What about my aunt? I mean...I guess she wasn't SO....no yeah she was. But my cousin, Chris. He was like a brother to me. What if he's..."
If everything goes the way we planned....Prince Jake's brother....one day you're going to get him back. He tried.
"You're sweet. But I doubt it." The moonlight played tricks on Ax's eyes. Made her hair glow, made her eyes twinkle, outlined her shape into something ethereal that he had NEVER seen before. He wanted her to be Andalite then. She had controlled the manipulation perfectly. She was an estreen, not like Cassie, but she had a way of making it seem not unpleasant, even the roach morph. "Aximili....would you do something for me?"
What is it?
"Could you morph human? Please? I know you don't like it, but I really need a shoulder to lean on."
I have shoulders.
"No I mean...like someone to comfort me, physically." She laughed. Physically, that was the word, that's what it took. He didn't waste another moment. He morphed quickly, and sat down next to her. She leaned her head on his shoulder. "Tell me about your Planet."
"My planet?"
"Your home. Did you have a girlfriend?"
"Someone I wished to mate with?"
"Yeah."
"No. There were many attractive females, but there was nothing really special about them."
"I bet you were a ladies man." She chuckled.
"A what?"
"I bet you had all kinds of girls all over you all the time. I bet they all wanted to mate with you." She laughed again. It was nice, she wasn't crying anymore.
"No, they all wanted to mate with my brother."
"I'm sure he's very proud of you Aximili."
"............you think that?" He whispered.
"I know that." She whispered back. She was staring at him, he was scared to look. That look in her eyes, he'd seen it before on TV. It made him nervous, but he couldn't fight human hormones, he looked, and she kissed him. She taught him how. She lead, he followed. She parted her lips, he followed. She sent chills down his spine and tingles in places he was told to NEVER show in public, to even another person. It was easy to give in to the slightly abstract human mind then. It knew what to do. It knew to wrap his arms around her, to kiss her neck until she moaned and pulled away at his morphing suit, knew to reach, grab, and caress places Prince Jake had told him were private.
He even, somehow, knew what to do when she lead him inside. She'd never done it before, neither had he, how had they known? How could they have moved in such a perfect sync without speaking to one another?
"Ax..." She whispered into his ear. No..no, not now, not yet. Yes now, Ax opened his main eyes. In his scoop, the sun was barely coming over the horizon, Rain was still sleeping. She would sleep until it fully rose, she always did. He look at the floor, no, no one had walked in or out of the scoop at any time during the night, it was all a very beautiful dream.
"Hey hey kiddies." A cheerful voice pipped as Marco entered the scoop.
"Hey." Rain greeted looking away from the TV.
Hello Marco." Ax nodded.
"Sorry to be the bringer of bad news on such an awesome Saturday but Jake has BIG news, it can't wait. You'd better morph Ax." His stalk eyes darted to Rain, she must have gotten some kind of hint because she then walked out of the scoop. He could still feel her hands burning on his fur. He morphed and dressed, she was leaning against a nearby tree, Tobias perched on her shoulder.
"Why did you leave?" He asked.
"Sorry, it just seemed like you wanted a little privacy or something." What could he say to that? They all waked to Cassie's barn, Marco doing to Rain what Rachel called "flirting". She teased him, but never "flirted", so Ax hoped.
"Hey Jake, what's up?" Rain asked. His face was grim.
"Rain, the Controllers got your aunt. I saw her talking to Chapman today. They're gonna announce that you've gone missing at the Sharing meeting tonight, like, you know, to the normal community. We have to crash it, I'm sorry."
"Don't apologize, I mean, you've had to face off against Tom right? I'll be okay, gotta do what I gotta do. I wanted to ask, could I head down to the Gardens sometime? I wanna get a wolf morph and a dolphin, they must rock."
"Yeah no problem. But the meeting is tonight, so there's no time. Go panther, it's agile." Jake instructed.
"No prob." She grinned. But her torment, her fear, her sadness. She had to work on her eyes, they told too much.
You sure you're okay Rain? Cassie asked.
Yeah I'm cool. It's just so weird, you know? I used to surf this beach.
Marco, Rachel, and Ax where in the air. Tobias and Rachel were "stray dogs" and Cassie and Rain back-up. This was very out of the ordinary, but Jake wanted to test her. Rain had to work with everyone as a team. So everyone's roles were switched, she had to be able to handle a suprise attack. No one could tell her what was going on, no one. As a result, not even Ax was told.
Um guys....this is really weird. Tobias reported.
What? Jake asked.
Four guys are leaving, in a white van. I can't really see where though. Damn dog eyes.
They're heading your way Cassie. Duck and cover. Marco reported.
We're good. Cassie responded.
Cassie.....please tell me it's perfectly normal for Hork Bajir to be at Sharing meetings. Rain said wearily.
What?!
"SSSSSCCCCRRRREEEEEYYYAAAAAAA!"
AHHHHH! What the hell is that?!
JAKE! TAXXONS! Cassie yelled. Cassie and Rain had been hiding in some dunes in their battle morphs. Rain's panther conceled her to the faraway naked eye. But somehow they'd been found, and were now being attacked.
JAKE! THERE ARE HORK BAJIR PATROLLING THE ENDS OF THE BEACH! Tobias yelled.
EVERYONE BATTLE MORPH NOW! Bail out Cassie and Rain and retreat!
There were five Taxxons, drool dribbled from their fangs as those jelly eyes went wild. Rain wanted to scream. To scream and run far far away. She had a red tail morph, she could become a nothlit of sorts and be away. Maybe just run and acquire various humans and morph them, like Ax. Ax, what would Ax do now? Ax would help Cassie, because like Ax, the Animorphs saved her. They didn't have to, she'd given her word to Jake, she would fight, she would fight. Her mind slipped back into the panther's a little, yes fight these things. These evil creatures that endager my home. I am the king of this domain!
She leapt foward and landed on a Taxxon, opening her death trap she let our a furious roar in his face as she dug her claws into his disgusting skin. Cassie was frozen for a moment, only a moment, since the Taxxons all moved to leap on Rain, pull them off their brother, they could eat them both. She bit on in his middle, causing his skin to pop and send putrid ooze all over her. Even the wolf wanted to vomit. Rain tore out the Taxxons throat, and moved on. She and Cassie ran, ran like a pack and viscous killers. It was okay, they were evil. Taxxons were evil, never kill a human, never kill a human, never kill a human....
She chanted it over and over like a montra. She wasn't a panther, she was Rain, in a panther's body.
Okay everyone, we're good here. Those Controllers are gonna know something's up, we gotta move! It was Rachel. She was right, they had to go.
Wait! Where's Jake?! Rain cried.
We must demorph. Cassie and Rain have been in that morph for 105 of your minutes. Ax reported, morphing into his harrier.
No wait, I don't see him! Cassie cried, but she'd already morphed owl. She was in the air. Only Rain was left on the ground, searching. Panther eyes were great in the dark, she searched, prowling for the faintest hint of a tiger.
RAIN PULL OUT NOW! Marco yelled. She ignored him, and took off running. 7 minutes, she could find him in seven minutes.....6 minutes.....
"Do you know how fast I'll rise?! I'll be a Visser by the time all of this is over, human! HA AHA HAAHAHAHAH! This whole time! The Andalite Bandits! A human child!" Jake was bleeding on the floor. A Dracon burn in his left leg, no, he didn't even have a left leg anymore. 4 minutes, the risk of exposure. Jake had warned her, damn near threatened her, you tell, you die. NO time to think, no time to realize that the voice was horribly familiar. She leapt, her fangs sinking into the Controllers neck, he would die soon. He twisted, somehow, her fangs still clamped tight as blood gushed all over her fur. She landed on his chest.
CHRIS! OH GOD! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! NO NO NO! PLEASE NO!!!!! CHRIS!!! She kept screaming it over and over. As if somehow that would bring him back. A terrible blow struck across the panther's eyes, it burned, so bad.
"DEMORPH NOW RAIN!" Jake screamed.
NOOO! Chris! I can't! She howled.
"I SAID NOW!" He screamed again, he'd shot her with the Dracon beam. They both morphed at the same time. She back to human, he to his falcon. She immediatly morphed to red tail, don't think. Chris isn't dead.....I didn't kill him. She didn't talk, no one talked to her. There was nothing they could possibly say that would make her feel anything but more anger, and more sorrow. She'd killed a human, they had never done that. EVER. Yes they'd left human Controllers to die, but they'd never killed them firsthand. Even worse, her family, her only family that she cared about. That she was fighting for. Rachel thought about how she would feel if she'd killed Jake, if Jake killed Jordan. No it was too much to bear. They let her walk into the woods alone, she could take care of herself, she'd proved that.
Okay yeah, now I'm serious. Let the suggestions pour in, send them directly to my e-mail (not in reviews please) I would really like to hear what you guys wanna read. Thanks SOOOOOOOOO much for ALL of your reviews, it means SOOO much to me.
Disclaimer: I am once again swallowing my pride in saying I don't own the Animorphs
Chapter 3 Start:
Rain had been living in Ax's scoop for two weeks. She had acquired Tobias's hawk, Ax's Andalite, a collection of various insects (which she HATED), and a battle morph. Besides her Andalite, she chose a black panther for her battle morph. They were fast agile creatures, plus, she liked the roar. ("Yes I know it sounds vain but man it;'s cool.") She was as pleasant as she seemed when Ax first saw her, but could see a terrible pain in her eyes. She missed home, she was made her peace with her parent's passing, but since she found out about the invasion she began to doubt that they had really left this world.
Ax woke to the sound of distant crying. It was cold out, and Tobias didn't cry in the woods in the dead of the night. At least not 15 feet from the scoop where he "hoped" no one would hear. He rose slowly, trying not to make any sounds. Rain's sleeping bag was empty, her jacket missing, (he and Jake went back for it since it was her favorite and a gift from her mother). He trotted silently towards the sound, not making any noise. He half expected it to not be her, to be part of a dream, but no. There she was. Her head in her arms, leveled by her knees. Her shoulders shook violently, as if she'd witnessed some horrendeous sight.
rain. He whispered to her mind.
"Please go away Aximili." She sobbed. Aximili, she was the only Animorph who called him by his "full" name.
Why are you crying?
"Because I want to go home. What about my aunt? I mean...I guess she wasn't SO....no yeah she was. But my cousin, Chris. He was like a brother to me. What if he's..."
If everything goes the way we planned....Prince Jake's brother....one day you're going to get him back. He tried.
"You're sweet. But I doubt it." The moonlight played tricks on Ax's eyes. Made her hair glow, made her eyes twinkle, outlined her shape into something ethereal that he had NEVER seen before. He wanted her to be Andalite then. She had controlled the manipulation perfectly. She was an estreen, not like Cassie, but she had a way of making it seem not unpleasant, even the roach morph. "Aximili....would you do something for me?"
What is it?
"Could you morph human? Please? I know you don't like it, but I really need a shoulder to lean on."
I have shoulders.
"No I mean...like someone to comfort me, physically." She laughed. Physically, that was the word, that's what it took. He didn't waste another moment. He morphed quickly, and sat down next to her. She leaned her head on his shoulder. "Tell me about your Planet."
"My planet?"
"Your home. Did you have a girlfriend?"
"Someone I wished to mate with?"
"Yeah."
"No. There were many attractive females, but there was nothing really special about them."
"I bet you were a ladies man." She chuckled.
"A what?"
"I bet you had all kinds of girls all over you all the time. I bet they all wanted to mate with you." She laughed again. It was nice, she wasn't crying anymore.
"No, they all wanted to mate with my brother."
"I'm sure he's very proud of you Aximili."
"............you think that?" He whispered.
"I know that." She whispered back. She was staring at him, he was scared to look. That look in her eyes, he'd seen it before on TV. It made him nervous, but he couldn't fight human hormones, he looked, and she kissed him. She taught him how. She lead, he followed. She parted her lips, he followed. She sent chills down his spine and tingles in places he was told to NEVER show in public, to even another person. It was easy to give in to the slightly abstract human mind then. It knew what to do. It knew to wrap his arms around her, to kiss her neck until she moaned and pulled away at his morphing suit, knew to reach, grab, and caress places Prince Jake had told him were private.
He even, somehow, knew what to do when she lead him inside. She'd never done it before, neither had he, how had they known? How could they have moved in such a perfect sync without speaking to one another?
"Ax..." She whispered into his ear. No..no, not now, not yet. Yes now, Ax opened his main eyes. In his scoop, the sun was barely coming over the horizon, Rain was still sleeping. She would sleep until it fully rose, she always did. He look at the floor, no, no one had walked in or out of the scoop at any time during the night, it was all a very beautiful dream.
"Hey hey kiddies." A cheerful voice pipped as Marco entered the scoop.
"Hey." Rain greeted looking away from the TV.
Hello Marco." Ax nodded.
"Sorry to be the bringer of bad news on such an awesome Saturday but Jake has BIG news, it can't wait. You'd better morph Ax." His stalk eyes darted to Rain, she must have gotten some kind of hint because she then walked out of the scoop. He could still feel her hands burning on his fur. He morphed and dressed, she was leaning against a nearby tree, Tobias perched on her shoulder.
"Why did you leave?" He asked.
"Sorry, it just seemed like you wanted a little privacy or something." What could he say to that? They all waked to Cassie's barn, Marco doing to Rain what Rachel called "flirting". She teased him, but never "flirted", so Ax hoped.
"Hey Jake, what's up?" Rain asked. His face was grim.
"Rain, the Controllers got your aunt. I saw her talking to Chapman today. They're gonna announce that you've gone missing at the Sharing meeting tonight, like, you know, to the normal community. We have to crash it, I'm sorry."
"Don't apologize, I mean, you've had to face off against Tom right? I'll be okay, gotta do what I gotta do. I wanted to ask, could I head down to the Gardens sometime? I wanna get a wolf morph and a dolphin, they must rock."
"Yeah no problem. But the meeting is tonight, so there's no time. Go panther, it's agile." Jake instructed.
"No prob." She grinned. But her torment, her fear, her sadness. She had to work on her eyes, they told too much.
You sure you're okay Rain? Cassie asked.
Yeah I'm cool. It's just so weird, you know? I used to surf this beach.
Marco, Rachel, and Ax where in the air. Tobias and Rachel were "stray dogs" and Cassie and Rain back-up. This was very out of the ordinary, but Jake wanted to test her. Rain had to work with everyone as a team. So everyone's roles were switched, she had to be able to handle a suprise attack. No one could tell her what was going on, no one. As a result, not even Ax was told.
Um guys....this is really weird. Tobias reported.
What? Jake asked.
Four guys are leaving, in a white van. I can't really see where though. Damn dog eyes.
They're heading your way Cassie. Duck and cover. Marco reported.
We're good. Cassie responded.
Cassie.....please tell me it's perfectly normal for Hork Bajir to be at Sharing meetings. Rain said wearily.
What?!
"SSSSSCCCCRRRREEEEEYYYAAAAAAA!"
AHHHHH! What the hell is that?!
JAKE! TAXXONS! Cassie yelled. Cassie and Rain had been hiding in some dunes in their battle morphs. Rain's panther conceled her to the faraway naked eye. But somehow they'd been found, and were now being attacked.
JAKE! THERE ARE HORK BAJIR PATROLLING THE ENDS OF THE BEACH! Tobias yelled.
EVERYONE BATTLE MORPH NOW! Bail out Cassie and Rain and retreat!
There were five Taxxons, drool dribbled from their fangs as those jelly eyes went wild. Rain wanted to scream. To scream and run far far away. She had a red tail morph, she could become a nothlit of sorts and be away. Maybe just run and acquire various humans and morph them, like Ax. Ax, what would Ax do now? Ax would help Cassie, because like Ax, the Animorphs saved her. They didn't have to, she'd given her word to Jake, she would fight, she would fight. Her mind slipped back into the panther's a little, yes fight these things. These evil creatures that endager my home. I am the king of this domain!
She leapt foward and landed on a Taxxon, opening her death trap she let our a furious roar in his face as she dug her claws into his disgusting skin. Cassie was frozen for a moment, only a moment, since the Taxxons all moved to leap on Rain, pull them off their brother, they could eat them both. She bit on in his middle, causing his skin to pop and send putrid ooze all over her. Even the wolf wanted to vomit. Rain tore out the Taxxons throat, and moved on. She and Cassie ran, ran like a pack and viscous killers. It was okay, they were evil. Taxxons were evil, never kill a human, never kill a human, never kill a human....
She chanted it over and over like a montra. She wasn't a panther, she was Rain, in a panther's body.
Okay everyone, we're good here. Those Controllers are gonna know something's up, we gotta move! It was Rachel. She was right, they had to go.
Wait! Where's Jake?! Rain cried.
We must demorph. Cassie and Rain have been in that morph for 105 of your minutes. Ax reported, morphing into his harrier.
No wait, I don't see him! Cassie cried, but she'd already morphed owl. She was in the air. Only Rain was left on the ground, searching. Panther eyes were great in the dark, she searched, prowling for the faintest hint of a tiger.
RAIN PULL OUT NOW! Marco yelled. She ignored him, and took off running. 7 minutes, she could find him in seven minutes.....6 minutes.....
"Do you know how fast I'll rise?! I'll be a Visser by the time all of this is over, human! HA AHA HAAHAHAHAH! This whole time! The Andalite Bandits! A human child!" Jake was bleeding on the floor. A Dracon burn in his left leg, no, he didn't even have a left leg anymore. 4 minutes, the risk of exposure. Jake had warned her, damn near threatened her, you tell, you die. NO time to think, no time to realize that the voice was horribly familiar. She leapt, her fangs sinking into the Controllers neck, he would die soon. He twisted, somehow, her fangs still clamped tight as blood gushed all over her fur. She landed on his chest.
CHRIS! OH GOD! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! NO NO NO! PLEASE NO!!!!! CHRIS!!! She kept screaming it over and over. As if somehow that would bring him back. A terrible blow struck across the panther's eyes, it burned, so bad.
"DEMORPH NOW RAIN!" Jake screamed.
NOOO! Chris! I can't! She howled.
"I SAID NOW!" He screamed again, he'd shot her with the Dracon beam. They both morphed at the same time. She back to human, he to his falcon. She immediatly morphed to red tail, don't think. Chris isn't dead.....I didn't kill him. She didn't talk, no one talked to her. There was nothing they could possibly say that would make her feel anything but more anger, and more sorrow. She'd killed a human, they had never done that. EVER. Yes they'd left human Controllers to die, but they'd never killed them firsthand. Even worse, her family, her only family that she cared about. That she was fighting for. Rachel thought about how she would feel if she'd killed Jake, if Jake killed Jordan. No it was too much to bear. They let her walk into the woods alone, she could take care of herself, she'd proved that.
Okay yeah, now I'm serious. Let the suggestions pour in, send them directly to my e-mail (not in reviews please) I would really like to hear what you guys wanna read. Thanks SOOOOOOOOO much for ALL of your reviews, it means SOOO much to me.