I walked into the living room where I saw Jake standing with Mr. King.
"Hey, Tobias. We've got sort of a spur-of-the-moment meeting now, you up for it?"
I nodded. "Yeah sure."
Jake smiled. "Okay, great. Well, talk to you later Mr. King." Mr. King waved good-bye.
I followed Jake outside and prepared to morph but he stopped me. "Actually, do you mind if we walk? I thought it would give us a chance to talk."
"No problem." We walked. Awkward.
After a few moments of awkward silence, Jake spoke up. "So, how are things going?"
"All right, I guess. Kind of weird."
"Yeah, I understand that." Silence. "Look, Tobias, I don't want to sound corny or anything, but I just want you to know that I understand that this is all pretty new for you, and that you can always talk to me or any of us; we all want to help, I guess."
Once again I admired Jake for keeping up to his job description of being a leader. However sincere he was or not, I did respect that he came and talked to me anyway. "Thanks, Jake."
"Yeah. So, anyway, I know that this is a lot to take in at once, but we were wondering what you thought about getting back in school."
School? Wow. School. I hadn't really thought much about that. School used to be such a nightmare. But then again, now I have much worse nightmares.
"I guess I should, shouldn't I?"
"It's up to you. But I think the sooner the better. You could enroll next week, once you're used to things better. I'll let you shadow me the first day to help you get settled."
"Works for me."
"Great," said Jake as we entered the barn. Everyone was there waiting for us. Ax was in his andalite form trying to explain to Marco and Rachel who knows what, while Cassie was tending to various animals. To my surprise, Toby was standing there too.
Jake spoke up. "Okay everyone, Toby has some information for us, so listen up!" He looked at Toby.
"Thank you Jake. There is a Yeerk scientist working on a device that detects morphed creatures. If the device works, they will be able to know at any time when you are in morph, which means morphing will be utterly useless for spy missions. The project is very top secret, and it is all the work of one man. If you can eliminate him, there is no chance of the device succeeding."
"Who is he?" Cassie asked.
"His human name is Phillip Binkley."
"Hey that's our biology teacher!" Rachel stated proudly.
"Yes, he works at your school," Toby restated. "However, he is out of town now on a family vacation for a couple of weeks. He is scheduled to introduce his prototype of the device to Visser 3 on the night of his return, the 23rd of this month. Visser 3, or anybody else, doesn't know what the device is supposed to do yet. You will have to find Binkley on that day and stop him from showing the device to Visser 3."
"23rd.....23rd.....something's on the 23rd.....can't think of it....." muttered Rachel.
"Okay, so how are we going to find Mr. Binkley on the 23rd?" pondered Jake.
"We could just follow him after school," suggested Marco.
"Nuh uh. It's a Saturday," said Cassie, shaking her head and pointing to the calendar.
"I GOT IT!" yelled Rachel. Everyone stared at her. "The 23rd! That's the day of our semi-formal!" Everyone stared again.
"So...?" asked Marco.
"Helloooo, doesn't anyone pay attention to these things?" Rachel grumbled. "Mr. Binkley ALWAYS organizes the dances. If he's supposed to show the prototype to the Visser that night, he'll be at the dance first. We'll just keep an eye out for him there and follow him when he leaves!"
Jake nodded and looked pleased, but then suddenly looked as though he swallowed school macaroni-and-glue. "But that means......"
"Yep! We get to go to the dance! HA! And we'll have to stay the whole time too!" Rachel chirped. "Cassie, you can go with Jaaaaaaaaake, and I'll go with Tobias!" she said, in a "you better do what I say or I'll tap dance on your face" kind of voice. "Oh, and Marco can go with Ax."
"Hey who says I can't get a date?" Marco whined.
"God," Rachel joked.
"Okay, so I guess we're going to the dance," settled Jake. Everyone headed home. I morphed and got back into the sky.
A dance, hmm? Might not be so bad.
Wow, it's been what a YEAR since I've updated? IM sorry, it's just that school started and I had crazy hard classes. Been busy. But tonight I was bored and I checked my e-mail and hey! I had a review! So I was like, what the heck, and here I am. I wasn't planning on continuing because I didn't see where the story was going but I sat down and twisted up the plot a little and switched things around and there you have it! Okay I'll shut up now. Happy reviewing, and expect more soon!
"Hey, Tobias. We've got sort of a spur-of-the-moment meeting now, you up for it?"
I nodded. "Yeah sure."
Jake smiled. "Okay, great. Well, talk to you later Mr. King." Mr. King waved good-bye.
I followed Jake outside and prepared to morph but he stopped me. "Actually, do you mind if we walk? I thought it would give us a chance to talk."
"No problem." We walked. Awkward.
After a few moments of awkward silence, Jake spoke up. "So, how are things going?"
"All right, I guess. Kind of weird."
"Yeah, I understand that." Silence. "Look, Tobias, I don't want to sound corny or anything, but I just want you to know that I understand that this is all pretty new for you, and that you can always talk to me or any of us; we all want to help, I guess."
Once again I admired Jake for keeping up to his job description of being a leader. However sincere he was or not, I did respect that he came and talked to me anyway. "Thanks, Jake."
"Yeah. So, anyway, I know that this is a lot to take in at once, but we were wondering what you thought about getting back in school."
School? Wow. School. I hadn't really thought much about that. School used to be such a nightmare. But then again, now I have much worse nightmares.
"I guess I should, shouldn't I?"
"It's up to you. But I think the sooner the better. You could enroll next week, once you're used to things better. I'll let you shadow me the first day to help you get settled."
"Works for me."
"Great," said Jake as we entered the barn. Everyone was there waiting for us. Ax was in his andalite form trying to explain to Marco and Rachel who knows what, while Cassie was tending to various animals. To my surprise, Toby was standing there too.
Jake spoke up. "Okay everyone, Toby has some information for us, so listen up!" He looked at Toby.
"Thank you Jake. There is a Yeerk scientist working on a device that detects morphed creatures. If the device works, they will be able to know at any time when you are in morph, which means morphing will be utterly useless for spy missions. The project is very top secret, and it is all the work of one man. If you can eliminate him, there is no chance of the device succeeding."
"Who is he?" Cassie asked.
"His human name is Phillip Binkley."
"Hey that's our biology teacher!" Rachel stated proudly.
"Yes, he works at your school," Toby restated. "However, he is out of town now on a family vacation for a couple of weeks. He is scheduled to introduce his prototype of the device to Visser 3 on the night of his return, the 23rd of this month. Visser 3, or anybody else, doesn't know what the device is supposed to do yet. You will have to find Binkley on that day and stop him from showing the device to Visser 3."
"23rd.....23rd.....something's on the 23rd.....can't think of it....." muttered Rachel.
"Okay, so how are we going to find Mr. Binkley on the 23rd?" pondered Jake.
"We could just follow him after school," suggested Marco.
"Nuh uh. It's a Saturday," said Cassie, shaking her head and pointing to the calendar.
"I GOT IT!" yelled Rachel. Everyone stared at her. "The 23rd! That's the day of our semi-formal!" Everyone stared again.
"So...?" asked Marco.
"Helloooo, doesn't anyone pay attention to these things?" Rachel grumbled. "Mr. Binkley ALWAYS organizes the dances. If he's supposed to show the prototype to the Visser that night, he'll be at the dance first. We'll just keep an eye out for him there and follow him when he leaves!"
Jake nodded and looked pleased, but then suddenly looked as though he swallowed school macaroni-and-glue. "But that means......"
"Yep! We get to go to the dance! HA! And we'll have to stay the whole time too!" Rachel chirped. "Cassie, you can go with Jaaaaaaaaake, and I'll go with Tobias!" she said, in a "you better do what I say or I'll tap dance on your face" kind of voice. "Oh, and Marco can go with Ax."
"Hey who says I can't get a date?" Marco whined.
"God," Rachel joked.
"Okay, so I guess we're going to the dance," settled Jake. Everyone headed home. I morphed and got back into the sky.
A dance, hmm? Might not be so bad.
Wow, it's been what a YEAR since I've updated? IM sorry, it's just that school started and I had crazy hard classes. Been busy. But tonight I was bored and I checked my e-mail and hey! I had a review! So I was like, what the heck, and here I am. I wasn't planning on continuing because I didn't see where the story was going but I sat down and twisted up the plot a little and switched things around and there you have it! Okay I'll shut up now. Happy reviewing, and expect more soon!