The Truth
Chapter 1: Marco
By: Yukina-kun
This was insane. Insane. Insane.
Do you want me to say it again?
Ok, insane.
We were at Ax's scoop months after our terrible mission and yet, we still have a bit of a hard news.
Currently, Ax said telepathically or more commonly known as thought-speak which can't do far distances, The Council of Thirteen has approved of the actions of the newly appointed Visser Two.
Not that it was meant to be horrible, considering the fact that we eliminated Visser Three a few months ago. Alloran died in the process but hey, we're the Animorphs.
Animorphs. That's a word you need to know. No really.
Long time ago back when we were just 'little kids', we happened to walk by an abandoned construction site. There, we met our very first Andalite. Prince Elfangor. He gave us the morphing ability and died in the process.
Ax, or Aximili-Esgarouth-Isthill, joined us a little later.
I, on the other hand, dubbed us with the name 'Animorphs'. The truth is, it felt good to hear a Controller shout "Animorphs!" rather than "Andalites!"
Anyways, we were kids So we were kids back then with this morphing capabilities. The Yeerks know who we are. We abandoned our lives with our families in the Hork-Bajir valley.
Back to Ax's scoop...
"How sure are you about this?" Jake asked. He's our leader, the big, fat leader with a red cape, and a big word in the front that marked the letter S. As in Superman.
Ax said that he was just hypothesizing. That he may be wrong. I wanted to believe that he was wrong, I oh so wanted to know that the Yeerk troops would just leave Earth alone now that we killed Visser Three...
They waren't.
They wanted Earth more than ever.
In short they waren't leaving.
Then you say, "Why not call the Pentagon? Or arrange troops? Or call the Governess High Heels?"
We can't. Not because your thinking that just maybe, earth has turned 99% Controllers.
Not yet. But we were nearing it near fast.
Should I be happy?
No.
"So call the Governess, Marco! What's up with you?!" you shout.
Wouldn't. Mustn't. Can't.
"Huh?!" you say flabbergasted.
You read in the books about Visser Three was killed right? It's wrong. Yeah, we killed him in a Yeerk Pool Ship out in outer space but no authorities knew. High Heels didn't know.
Okay, so the Governess knew but before she could tell the whole world about it, the Yeerks dragged her to the nearest Yeerk Pool and made her into a Controller along with her faithful bodyguard.
Should I be happy?
No.
That day, no one saw us. No one saw the bear, the Hork-Bajir. True, we made a scene of ourselves and appeared in TV but we were just some really trained animals and guys in costumes.
The Governess-Controller saw to that.
I wanted to change that.
Were fifteen now. I didn't bother to ask Ax's age.
Our threat long ago was Visser Three.
Our threat now was Visser Two.
He wasn't much of an ego-maniac.
He also wasn't that dumb.
Want to know his name?
Jake would kill me for this but you all have to know.
His name is Tom. Yes, yes. Tom, Jake's brother. Tom, the Controller. He was just recently anointed Visser Two for his efforts even if he stole a Blade Ship. The Council of Thirteen didn't mind. They saw talent in Tom.
Jake's calmed down already. He's had to deal with all of this. Everything. I could just bow down low to him. No, really. He's my best bud. Cool, calm. I was his perfect opposite.
We tried to save Tom but couldn't. Jake learned to accept that. That was months and months ago. We had been fighting Tom... I mean, Visser Two.
"What's he up to?" Cassie asked, "Is he set out to destroy the human race?" she said.
We all looked at Jake since he might get hurt or something. "I'm cool." he said. We nodded.
"So what's up?" I asked. Jake was this kid who started thinking positively about his brother. He got to talk to his brother once. Tom tried to talk to Jake and he did manage to say one word.
"Sorry..."
I guess that was enough for Jake. Now he always wears a smile on his face. What leaders do, people do. So we were all kids that was smiling in Ax's scoop. Not really talking but smiling.
Was it a forced smile? I didn't know.
All I knew was that if Toby and the others came here and see us all smiling or grinning sarcastically or not, she might consider bringing us to the nearest hospital. Yeerk owned or not.
I couldn't take it.
"So here we are standing around this place just wearing smiles on our faces," I said, still smiling. Turning to Ax, still smiling while trying to contort my face to adjust to my sarcastic voice, "This was the threat?"
Ax was looking weirdly at us. He was an Andalite. Two stalk eyes, two normal eyes, a human torso, deer body, blue fur, and a deadly scorpion-like tail.
Why do you have weird looks in your faces? he asked. I smiled at him.
"Ax?" Cassie said.
Yes? he said.
"Say something sarcastic." Jake said. He was still smiling but you could see that there was some effort in his face that was trying to take out that smile. We were all like that.
Are you all ok? Ax asked. He looked extremely worried.
"We are." Cassie said still smiling.
Maybe we were just happy that the old Jake is back and maybe Jake was happy that his brother was alright. I didn't know. We were just smiling.
I will attempt to call the Andalite fleet now. Ax said. Then he shifted one of his hooves and looked at us in a strange look, However, Prince Jake, it would be better if you, um, look your best.
"We are looking our best." Rachel said. I could see that she was trying to be this tough girl but with that smile on he face, it was near to impossible.
It would be better if, ah, you try a more serious look Ax said.
"What's wrong with this style?" I asked sarcastically. I guess it was to no effect since I was smiling.
No offense but Marco, you all look like your stories of the angels. Faces glowing and some dimples. Ax said almost innocently, Andalites might believe that either you won the war or two, you just lost your minds.
I had the urge to say a very sarcastic thing but this smile just won't wear off. It gave me a very light feeling. My mouth was starting to ache.
I believe that you are al trying to say is that you will appear in that condition. Ax said. We all nodded.
Ax turned to the Z-space transponder and started calling the Andalites.
From Earth again. came the voice of an Andalite. He sounded bored, like we were wasting his time. We could see him. Yup, he looked impatient and ready to barbecue us if we were wasting his time.
We all smiled.
The Andalite Prince looked at all of us in surprise. I guess we looked weird.
"I really have to find a way to take this smile away." I whispered to Rachel. She hit me square in my stomach. I lost my air. I tried to grasp for it still smiling. The Andalite looked at me as if I was mental or something.
Report, he said to Ax. Ax nodded.
We have successfully eliminated Visser Three. Ax started out. It has been months since we made contact with the Andalite fleet. We were telling him the news.
The Andalite Prince looked surprise.
We have also eliminated in the galaxy more than seven hundred thousand Yeerks. Ax said, We believe that their bodies are still out there. Dead but frozen.
The Andalite couldn't talk. He seemed to be absorbing the information slowly.
Really slowly.
That was why Ax decided to continue.
Although the elimination of Visser Three has come, Visser Two has replaced the invasion of Earth. Ax said. I felt Jake twitch. We were not smiling now. This was serious stuff. We need the help of the Andalite fleet. We are tired and weary. Many of us has already died and we feel like we cannot carry it out any longer. Visser Two knows us more than Visser Three and has attacked us... differently. We feel like we cannot hold out much longer. We need the Andalite fleet.
Silence. The Andalite warrior talked to his some other Princes' at the back. We only heard murmurings, not understanding anything.
That was when I realized that it was an insane idea. Insane. We had shown the Andalites that we were weak. Helpless. They would not help us with our current position.
We killed Visser Three but HELLLLLOOOOOOOO! Visser Three, for your information is just a tiny slug. One that you could show to your mom and say, "Look mom! I found a telepathic worm!" And your mom will squeal, hit the "slug" away, tell you to wash your hands while she is busy walloping the Yeerk.
Why did I think that they would help? Why?
This was insane.
I wondered if we could take it out any longer. I knew I was tired. I felt it in my bones. I wanted to just sit down and watch the Andalite fleet incinirate the Yeerks.
Already, I was thinking of things to stop Visser Two. I was too tired and all I was thinking of was glory. I was tired of being pushed around by the Andalites, tired of seeing people die, tired of not having a normal life... I was too tired and a daydream seemed like the best thing to do.
By the time the Andalite officer talked to us again, I was daydreaming that I was Marco the Powerful with beautiful girls all around me and Jake and the others with me but I was still at the top and I had just squashed a small slug in my hand.
Gross.
When the Andalite talked, I felt like I wanted to throw the transponder and never see it again.
We beg your pardon. he said.
"I knew it!" Rachel said as she threw her hands in the air. "I knew it! Bah! You Andalite All-powerful think that you are so powerful but I'm telling you one thing! When I get out of this war alive, which is a big IF, I will personally see that I will steal one of the Yeerk ships, find a way to get to Zero space, and hunt you down until not one of you is left!"
"Rachel..." said Jake, "Calm down..."
"I can't!" Rachel said, "Do you know what I'm feeling now Jake?! I have this crazy desire to throw the transponder never to see it again!"
Sooo, Rachel and I had the same thought.
Then she shouted out stuff that was not good for the ears.
Cassie? She was just there. Standing, her feet clenched. Nothing. She might as well be close to tears.
Ax? He looked embarrassed. Somehow, he was having a weird time trying to find out who was his people and who waren't.
I guess we were all having a hard time.
The Andalite Prince broke in again. We regret to tell you that we haven't been helping you for years. We... think, that it is time we come there.
Wha?
Did he just say something?
Something like the magic word?
Rachel was not easily fooled. "Do I believe you? Noooo! I do not. You did say that once and you shifted the fleet coming to Earth to the Anati system. Do I believe you? Do I? The answer is no."
We have a fleet near your solar system. the Andalite said, They were supposed to head to the Anati system for reinforcements however it was not needed. They are in a current base that we Andalites have conquered. As much as we would like to help you now, the fleet might take a few months to come.
"Are you serious about this?" I asked.
The Andalite nodded.
Was it a dream?
I pinched myself and saw the others do the same.
"Ow." we all said at the same time. Nope, not a dream.
If it was not a dream, what was it?
I took it.
Reality.
By: Yukina-kun
This was insane. Insane. Insane.
Do you want me to say it again?
Ok, insane.
We were at Ax's scoop months after our terrible mission and yet, we still have a bit of a hard news.
Currently, Ax said telepathically or more commonly known as thought-speak which can't do far distances, The Council of Thirteen has approved of the actions of the newly appointed Visser Two.
Not that it was meant to be horrible, considering the fact that we eliminated Visser Three a few months ago. Alloran died in the process but hey, we're the Animorphs.
Animorphs. That's a word you need to know. No really.
Long time ago back when we were just 'little kids', we happened to walk by an abandoned construction site. There, we met our very first Andalite. Prince Elfangor. He gave us the morphing ability and died in the process.
Ax, or Aximili-Esgarouth-Isthill, joined us a little later.
I, on the other hand, dubbed us with the name 'Animorphs'. The truth is, it felt good to hear a Controller shout "Animorphs!" rather than "Andalites!"
Anyways, we were kids So we were kids back then with this morphing capabilities. The Yeerks know who we are. We abandoned our lives with our families in the Hork-Bajir valley.
Back to Ax's scoop...
"How sure are you about this?" Jake asked. He's our leader, the big, fat leader with a red cape, and a big word in the front that marked the letter S. As in Superman.
Ax said that he was just hypothesizing. That he may be wrong. I wanted to believe that he was wrong, I oh so wanted to know that the Yeerk troops would just leave Earth alone now that we killed Visser Three...
They waren't.
They wanted Earth more than ever.
In short they waren't leaving.
Then you say, "Why not call the Pentagon? Or arrange troops? Or call the Governess High Heels?"
We can't. Not because your thinking that just maybe, earth has turned 99% Controllers.
Not yet. But we were nearing it near fast.
Should I be happy?
No.
"So call the Governess, Marco! What's up with you?!" you shout.
Wouldn't. Mustn't. Can't.
"Huh?!" you say flabbergasted.
You read in the books about Visser Three was killed right? It's wrong. Yeah, we killed him in a Yeerk Pool Ship out in outer space but no authorities knew. High Heels didn't know.
Okay, so the Governess knew but before she could tell the whole world about it, the Yeerks dragged her to the nearest Yeerk Pool and made her into a Controller along with her faithful bodyguard.
Should I be happy?
No.
That day, no one saw us. No one saw the bear, the Hork-Bajir. True, we made a scene of ourselves and appeared in TV but we were just some really trained animals and guys in costumes.
The Governess-Controller saw to that.
I wanted to change that.
Were fifteen now. I didn't bother to ask Ax's age.
Our threat long ago was Visser Three.
Our threat now was Visser Two.
He wasn't much of an ego-maniac.
He also wasn't that dumb.
Want to know his name?
Jake would kill me for this but you all have to know.
His name is Tom. Yes, yes. Tom, Jake's brother. Tom, the Controller. He was just recently anointed Visser Two for his efforts even if he stole a Blade Ship. The Council of Thirteen didn't mind. They saw talent in Tom.
Jake's calmed down already. He's had to deal with all of this. Everything. I could just bow down low to him. No, really. He's my best bud. Cool, calm. I was his perfect opposite.
We tried to save Tom but couldn't. Jake learned to accept that. That was months and months ago. We had been fighting Tom... I mean, Visser Two.
"What's he up to?" Cassie asked, "Is he set out to destroy the human race?" she said.
We all looked at Jake since he might get hurt or something. "I'm cool." he said. We nodded.
"So what's up?" I asked. Jake was this kid who started thinking positively about his brother. He got to talk to his brother once. Tom tried to talk to Jake and he did manage to say one word.
"Sorry..."
I guess that was enough for Jake. Now he always wears a smile on his face. What leaders do, people do. So we were all kids that was smiling in Ax's scoop. Not really talking but smiling.
Was it a forced smile? I didn't know.
All I knew was that if Toby and the others came here and see us all smiling or grinning sarcastically or not, she might consider bringing us to the nearest hospital. Yeerk owned or not.
I couldn't take it.
"So here we are standing around this place just wearing smiles on our faces," I said, still smiling. Turning to Ax, still smiling while trying to contort my face to adjust to my sarcastic voice, "This was the threat?"
Ax was looking weirdly at us. He was an Andalite. Two stalk eyes, two normal eyes, a human torso, deer body, blue fur, and a deadly scorpion-like tail.
Why do you have weird looks in your faces? he asked. I smiled at him.
"Ax?" Cassie said.
Yes? he said.
"Say something sarcastic." Jake said. He was still smiling but you could see that there was some effort in his face that was trying to take out that smile. We were all like that.
Are you all ok? Ax asked. He looked extremely worried.
"We are." Cassie said still smiling.
Maybe we were just happy that the old Jake is back and maybe Jake was happy that his brother was alright. I didn't know. We were just smiling.
I will attempt to call the Andalite fleet now. Ax said. Then he shifted one of his hooves and looked at us in a strange look, However, Prince Jake, it would be better if you, um, look your best.
"We are looking our best." Rachel said. I could see that she was trying to be this tough girl but with that smile on he face, it was near to impossible.
It would be better if, ah, you try a more serious look Ax said.
"What's wrong with this style?" I asked sarcastically. I guess it was to no effect since I was smiling.
No offense but Marco, you all look like your stories of the angels. Faces glowing and some dimples. Ax said almost innocently, Andalites might believe that either you won the war or two, you just lost your minds.
I had the urge to say a very sarcastic thing but this smile just won't wear off. It gave me a very light feeling. My mouth was starting to ache.
I believe that you are al trying to say is that you will appear in that condition. Ax said. We all nodded.
Ax turned to the Z-space transponder and started calling the Andalites.
From Earth again. came the voice of an Andalite. He sounded bored, like we were wasting his time. We could see him. Yup, he looked impatient and ready to barbecue us if we were wasting his time.
We all smiled.
The Andalite Prince looked at all of us in surprise. I guess we looked weird.
"I really have to find a way to take this smile away." I whispered to Rachel. She hit me square in my stomach. I lost my air. I tried to grasp for it still smiling. The Andalite looked at me as if I was mental or something.
Report, he said to Ax. Ax nodded.
We have successfully eliminated Visser Three. Ax started out. It has been months since we made contact with the Andalite fleet. We were telling him the news.
The Andalite Prince looked surprise.
We have also eliminated in the galaxy more than seven hundred thousand Yeerks. Ax said, We believe that their bodies are still out there. Dead but frozen.
The Andalite couldn't talk. He seemed to be absorbing the information slowly.
Really slowly.
That was why Ax decided to continue.
Although the elimination of Visser Three has come, Visser Two has replaced the invasion of Earth. Ax said. I felt Jake twitch. We were not smiling now. This was serious stuff. We need the help of the Andalite fleet. We are tired and weary. Many of us has already died and we feel like we cannot carry it out any longer. Visser Two knows us more than Visser Three and has attacked us... differently. We feel like we cannot hold out much longer. We need the Andalite fleet.
Silence. The Andalite warrior talked to his some other Princes' at the back. We only heard murmurings, not understanding anything.
That was when I realized that it was an insane idea. Insane. We had shown the Andalites that we were weak. Helpless. They would not help us with our current position.
We killed Visser Three but HELLLLLOOOOOOOO! Visser Three, for your information is just a tiny slug. One that you could show to your mom and say, "Look mom! I found a telepathic worm!" And your mom will squeal, hit the "slug" away, tell you to wash your hands while she is busy walloping the Yeerk.
Why did I think that they would help? Why?
This was insane.
I wondered if we could take it out any longer. I knew I was tired. I felt it in my bones. I wanted to just sit down and watch the Andalite fleet incinirate the Yeerks.
Already, I was thinking of things to stop Visser Two. I was too tired and all I was thinking of was glory. I was tired of being pushed around by the Andalites, tired of seeing people die, tired of not having a normal life... I was too tired and a daydream seemed like the best thing to do.
By the time the Andalite officer talked to us again, I was daydreaming that I was Marco the Powerful with beautiful girls all around me and Jake and the others with me but I was still at the top and I had just squashed a small slug in my hand.
Gross.
When the Andalite talked, I felt like I wanted to throw the transponder and never see it again.
We beg your pardon. he said.
"I knew it!" Rachel said as she threw her hands in the air. "I knew it! Bah! You Andalite All-powerful think that you are so powerful but I'm telling you one thing! When I get out of this war alive, which is a big IF, I will personally see that I will steal one of the Yeerk ships, find a way to get to Zero space, and hunt you down until not one of you is left!"
"Rachel..." said Jake, "Calm down..."
"I can't!" Rachel said, "Do you know what I'm feeling now Jake?! I have this crazy desire to throw the transponder never to see it again!"
Sooo, Rachel and I had the same thought.
Then she shouted out stuff that was not good for the ears.
Cassie? She was just there. Standing, her feet clenched. Nothing. She might as well be close to tears.
Ax? He looked embarrassed. Somehow, he was having a weird time trying to find out who was his people and who waren't.
I guess we were all having a hard time.
The Andalite Prince broke in again. We regret to tell you that we haven't been helping you for years. We... think, that it is time we come there.
Wha?
Did he just say something?
Something like the magic word?
Rachel was not easily fooled. "Do I believe you? Noooo! I do not. You did say that once and you shifted the fleet coming to Earth to the Anati system. Do I believe you? Do I? The answer is no."
We have a fleet near your solar system. the Andalite said, They were supposed to head to the Anati system for reinforcements however it was not needed. They are in a current base that we Andalites have conquered. As much as we would like to help you now, the fleet might take a few months to come.
"Are you serious about this?" I asked.
The Andalite nodded.
Was it a dream?
I pinched myself and saw the others do the same.
"Ow." we all said at the same time. Nope, not a dream.
If it was not a dream, what was it?
I took it.
Reality.