Chapter 4
I failed the Hive, I failed my brethren, and most of all, I failed myself. I could never forgive that Yeerk for what he did to me. He spoke to me as we headed back towards to Hive.
{You'll forgive me very soon,} He said reading my mind, {For if we do good, Visser Five will reward you with all the wonderful bodies of your brethren and other tasty bodies. Wow, this need for food is almost overpowering, I don't understand how you cope with it.}
I didn't respond to him, I just watched as he stepped to the speaking mound, where we can speak to the Living Hive directly.
{SCRRSAREEZT! YOU HAVE RETURNED! TELL ME, WHAT HAVE THE YEERKS SHOWN YOU?}
I watched as he searched my brain for the words in my language. He made up a quick sentence. He simply said that the Yeerks wished for me to travel with them in orbit. Which probably wasn't an entire lie,
and the fact that I wished to join them as well, which was an entire lie.
{I SEE. YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO LEAVE THE HIVE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR PLANET.} The Hive fell silent after that.
He bowed in ritual and scuttled away on my legs for me and headed back to the camp. I saw other Taxxons crawling along. I figured they would be controlled too.
{Yes, those are also controlled by the Yeerks.} He said, reading my mind again. {Soon your entire race will be enslaved, willingly or not.}
{There's no way you can enslave our entire race. The Hive will not appreciate that.} I said to him.
{I don't care what your Hive thinks. I am the first Yeerk to enslave a Taxxon! I will surely be promoted for this! And yes we will enslave your entire race, I promise you.} With that, we headed to the ship for briefing.
I failed the Hive, I failed my brethren, and most of all, I failed myself. I could never forgive that Yeerk for what he did to me. He spoke to me as we headed back towards to Hive.
{You'll forgive me very soon,} He said reading my mind, {For if we do good, Visser Five will reward you with all the wonderful bodies of your brethren and other tasty bodies. Wow, this need for food is almost overpowering, I don't understand how you cope with it.}
I didn't respond to him, I just watched as he stepped to the speaking mound, where we can speak to the Living Hive directly.
{SCRRSAREEZT! YOU HAVE RETURNED! TELL ME, WHAT HAVE THE YEERKS SHOWN YOU?}
I watched as he searched my brain for the words in my language. He made up a quick sentence. He simply said that the Yeerks wished for me to travel with them in orbit. Which probably wasn't an entire lie,
and the fact that I wished to join them as well, which was an entire lie.
{I SEE. YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO LEAVE THE HIVE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR PLANET.} The Hive fell silent after that.
He bowed in ritual and scuttled away on my legs for me and headed back to the camp. I saw other Taxxons crawling along. I figured they would be controlled too.
{Yes, those are also controlled by the Yeerks.} He said, reading my mind again. {Soon your entire race will be enslaved, willingly or not.}
{There's no way you can enslave our entire race. The Hive will not appreciate that.} I said to him.
{I don't care what your Hive thinks. I am the first Yeerk to enslave a Taxxon! I will surely be promoted for this! And yes we will enslave your entire race, I promise you.} With that, we headed to the ship for briefing.