Title: Animorphs: The Soul

Author: RogueHawk

Disclaimer: I do not own this story – I am simply messing around with other people's characters, except Tamitha, she's mine as is the story line. The rest belongs to KA Applegate and Stan Lee.

Spoilers: ummmm, right, none really this is an AU book 23

A/N: Exceedingly sorry about the wait. I have not abandoned this fic, I've just hit a mountain sized writer's block on everything I'm writing.

Thanks to Tomgirl for beta-ing for me.

Chapter 6 should be up within the next few weeks.

Chapter 5

"Well," Logan said, "I can see why you don't like him."

"How is it that he ever assists you?" Storm asked.

We all shrugged our shoulders, "We're not even sure of that yet," Jake replied.

"So why did y'all have to get this lollipop-thingy?" Rogue asked, still playing with the bob-stic.

"The bob-stic," Cassie said, indicating to the 'lollipop thing' that Rogue was holding, "is the key to a morph x-ray machine, which would allow the Yeerks to see us as we really are under our morphs."

"That is definitely not a good thing," Kitty commented.

"Yeah, really not good," Rachel confirmed, a bit dryly, "and that is the reason that we'd like it destroyed."

"Okay," Rogue said and handed it to Logan, who threw it up in the air and gestured to Scott, who in turn blew the bob-stic up with a shot from his visor.

Ax cocked his head to one side in question, a trait he'd picked up from being around us too often. How is it that you are able to do this? he asked, clearly confused.

"We are mutants," Professor Xavier said. "Through our genetics we have developed different abilities."

What type of abilities? Ax asked.

"As you may have seen, Jean Grey has telekinetic and some telepathic abilities, Scott Summers, also known as Cyclops can shoot highly concentrated beams of light through his eyes. Ororo Munroe, also called Storm, can control the weather; Logan has enhanced senses as well as a healing ability. Kitty, or Shadowcat, has the ability to pass through solid objects-phasing, she calls it-and whenever Rogue touches someone she absorbs their memories, life force, and in the case of mutants, their gifts, for a short while."

"Almost like what we do when we acquire animals," Cassie pointed out.

"Not quite," Rogue said, frowning, "Y'all can control it, ah can't."

"Oh," Cassie said.

And yourself, Ax prompted, Professor?

"I am a telepath," he responded simply.

"Does that mean you can tell us where Tamitha is right now?" Rachel asked, sending a few of us into a panic.

Where did she go?" I asked, "And how did she get away with out anyone noticing her?"

"She headed that way," Logan said, jerking his thumb to the area behind him. "I thought you knew."

"Tobias," Jake said. "See if you can find her, the rest of us, wolf-now."

"What can we do to help?" Jean asked.

I think it best if you all were to stay behind in case she comes back before we do, Cassie said.

"I'm comin' with you," Logan said gruffly, and we all agreed.

Ax, Jake said, stay here with them.

Yes, Prince Jake.

Ax?

Yes?

Don't call me prince.

Yes, Prince Jake.