Different Path
Chapter 3
A New Life
*****
It was done. We finished the mission. We outsmarted Visser Three. Barely. But I could not help feeling I was some sort of danger to the others. That the Darkness would rise and swallow me up again. I needed to feel like I was making a true difference.
*****
"Well, after you trashed the place we found a disk. A disk telling of the next major country takeover." Said Erek.
I had a sudden flash. "Its in Australia, isn't it?"
Erek's hologram flickered. "Yes."
"Well then we'll need to build up a resistance." I said simply. "We'll need to have an Auxiliary Animorphs team."
"But who could we send?" asked Jake patiently. "The blue cube would have to be hidden pretty well. And we can't send you, David, because the Yeerks are looking out for you."
"Smells like a trap to me," said Rachel.
"That it may be, but I have solutions for all of them. Erek, I need you to make me a hologram/force-field generator. I need it to respond to thought." I said.
Erek nodded. "That is within my program Limits. Anything else?"
"Yes," I smiled. "I need you to recreate the blue cube, only that it responds to those that touch it and say a code at the same time. That way if the Yeerks get it, we won't be in danger. The code will be... Animorphs, of course."
And so it was settled. I had the hologram/force-field emitter attached to me. After a few test runs it worked fine. The blue cube that was cloned had to be done with some Earth parts, however, so that it now resembled a cylinder which glowed blue every now and then. We raided a Yeerk facility and stole Dracon Beams and even some of the old Shredders. Ax produced a practically unlimited credit card, which I used to pay for the plane ticket. I went on the plane as a girl that resembled Rachel slighlty, though not as tall nor fair. The emitter also changed voice waves, something I had failed to think of but put in by the ever-so-thoughtful Chee.
When the plane landed I went into the female bathroom and changed my hologram to that of a woman of maybe 25, black hair and average height. I headed out and hired a taxi, which took me to a mall. I headed towards the Computer shop and bought the most expensive laptop and a month-long Internet access. I then sent an email to Erek.
About a half hour later a man came up to me and said "You called?"
It was one of the Chee. I quickly handed him the laptop and told him to deliver it to Ax.
I went to the bathroom once more, though this time I used the handicapped restroom. I changed hologram to a Man of about 30, and headed for the nearest hotel. As soon as I said Credit they dashed and waited on me practically hand and foot. I slept the night there and the next morning was woken up by a rapping on the door. The Chee was back, with my Laptop tucked under his hologram. He gave it to me and I asked if Ax had secured everything. Ax should have given a safe chat system only accessible with this computer, made the laptop virtually untraceable and as much access to the internet as needed. I emailed Erek saying I needed a drivers license, just in case. 10 minutes later it was mailed back.
*****
I bought the most common car I could find, and started scouring for a place to take residence. I found an apartment in the suburbs and then sat down and started thinking of where I could find people the Yeerks wouldn't infest yet. I used the Ellimist's eternal knowledge. It would take many hours, maybe days, but Such is war.
We need to defend the Earth. No matter what it takes. No matter what it costs.
***** A/N: Be one of the Auxiliary Animorphs! Review the name you wish to use and you main battle morphs. Its that simple!
***** Ok, I know I don't usually do this, but I'm going to post some replies to the reviews I've had! If you don't want to read these, then skip to the next page. When I've done it that is.
Dark Ice Dragon; its cl but also kinda short. um, i havent read the book so i'm not that sure if they had told him about the Ellimist. upload soon!
Daxius X; Well they didn't tell him about the Ellimist but he absorbs the Ellimists knowledge and everything clicks!
Jinako-Chan; It's an interesting idea -- and I love David fics. But, this story's a bit confusing. David doesn't, well, seem like himself. I'd expect him to be more sarcastic or something -- hey, maybe you could use that for the plot! Go into some detail as to what made David so messed up he was to be the a**hole he was in the series. Also, what's this with Rachel attacking Jake in the first chapter? Are you making her the new David? Well...I wanna see where you'll go with this, so I'm gonna keep watching this fic.
Daxius X; Actually, it was quoted 'He saw Rachel hit an older looking Jake with a baseball bat', which is what happens in Megamorphs #4, when Rachel hits *TOM* with a baseball bat. David doesnt know he's tom, since he has to dig deeper into the memories to know anything. But he merely saw an older looking Jake (Tom) so he just assumed that it was Jake.
Football Babe; That was good. The books about david have always been my fav and i always wished it could have been dif. Good. Keep going
Daxius X; Thank you for that inspiring review. Have you seen chapter 3 yet?
Football Babe; I liked it. Keep it up.
Daxius X; Once again, thank you.
dark-munkee; Nice but you kind of skip around alot.
Daxius X; Lol, yeah I have a tendency to do that.
dark-munkee; I couldn't review the 3rd chapter again so I'll be an auxillary animorph here.
Name:Madison
Gender:Male
Age:12
Battle Morphs: Tiger, Bald Eagle, Hammer Head Shark, Ocelot.
Personality: Tells stupid jokes alot, Stands up to authority, But never commits crime, Is slightly rebellious, Sometimes twists orders around. In battle stays calm and gives it all hes got.
Daxius X; Yeah you're in dude but could I possibly have you a bit older? Its just that The Animorphs are all like 15-16 or something.
dark-munkee; Sorry for reviewing agian but I had to put this on my favorite story list.
Daxius X; No worries, and thank you for doing that.
stephen; great story! well written. it was a shock though to see a nice side to david we had always known him as mean traitorous and cruel, but now he gets a second chance. hooray! about the offer...
duck(aerial),elephant(land), dolphin(water), and dingo(well they are in australia!)
Daxius X; Well he's got the Ellimist memories so he's bound to have changed. And you get to be in the new Auxiliary Animorphs team!
Bird1111; Good story! Interesting to have David nice instead of evil.
I will be one of hte Auxilary Animorphs
Name: Richie
Battle morphs: Wolf, Cougar, and Shark (water combat)
Bird morph: Red-Tailed Hawk
Daxius X; Your Offer is accepted, thanks for reviewing! (Great choice by the way. I reckon Cougars rule!)
Casey (angel_baby834@hotmail.com); Name: Casey
Battle morphs: leopard. tiger. elephant. cheetah
hey, i think this is a great idea for a story. i always thought david should be nicer!
Daxius X; Me too. Those are some pretty powerful morphs, can I add a little drama while you acquire them?
Prue Halliwell; Name: Erin
Battle Morphs: Panther, Black Bear, Eagle amd Shark.
Interesting concept, David nice.
Daxius X; Yeah, I thought about it and remembered his main complaints about no family, no home, and I wondered what if he got past the selfishness? By the way you're on the team!
Jinako-chan();Huh -- seems to me you've got a plot going pretty well. I like the idea of David making a team of Auxiliary Animorphs, that's pretty cool. Maybe you could have some of the Yeerks try and, say, infest David--or the woman David's posing as, anyways? I think that'd be kind of cool. And also, does David have, like, Ellimist-powers now? Since he's going to try and figure out the non-infested people, it sure seems like it, but... And, now, for my one nitpick on this story: I don't mind this so much with the description, but something about the dialogue doesn't feel...well, natural. Say it out loud to yourself and see if it sounds right to you -- something I've found, while writing, is try and be as true to life as I can, which often means bucking the whole grammar thing (I suspect you're probably trying to keep your story grammatically correct). Everybody's speech is way too formal sounding, at least in this chapter--it's been a while since I read the last one. But that's just my one piece of advice--David and the others are just normal kids. They'll sound like it, too. Sorry if I hurt your feelings or anything, I just felt I should address it. I mean, isn't a reader's job to help the writer out or something like that? All that aside, I'm really excited to see where you go with this story! It's different than any other David-turns-good stories I've seen, and I like that. You've got some really good idea I'd love to see played out. And for the character thingie -- um, the name is Georgia, and the battle morphs are a lionness and a polar bear. You don't have to put me in the story, though.
Daxius X; Wow, its nice lengthy reviews like this that I like best. Your Idea is pretty good, nice to have a bad point on the hologram,; If you change appearance the Yeerks will try to infest you again! Sorry, David doesn't have Ellimist-powers, just the Ellimist's memories. Yeah, I read it over and said to myself, that doesn't sound anything like the books. I tried to figure it out but I eventually just uploaded it; I'm a bit of a lazy git, eh? No hurt feelings, In fact when I saw that sorry I thought 'what did I miss?' and when I realized I thought 'Well I've seen plenty worse.' Thanks for helping, I'll make the next chapter I bit more bookish. Don't be silly, I've got like 4 people so far, and that's less than the original Animorphs! You're Accepted into the Auxiliary Animorphs Team, and may you never get stabbed to death by a stampede of raging Hork-Bajir! ^__^;
Daxius X; And a note to all, please, Don't hesitate to join us to fight an entire race of Parasitic Beings that control billions of bladed/hungry aliens which outnumber us a billion to one and which would kill/eat/control you if you're caught. ^__^
Chapter 3
A New Life
*****
It was done. We finished the mission. We outsmarted Visser Three. Barely. But I could not help feeling I was some sort of danger to the others. That the Darkness would rise and swallow me up again. I needed to feel like I was making a true difference.
*****
"Well, after you trashed the place we found a disk. A disk telling of the next major country takeover." Said Erek.
I had a sudden flash. "Its in Australia, isn't it?"
Erek's hologram flickered. "Yes."
"Well then we'll need to build up a resistance." I said simply. "We'll need to have an Auxiliary Animorphs team."
"But who could we send?" asked Jake patiently. "The blue cube would have to be hidden pretty well. And we can't send you, David, because the Yeerks are looking out for you."
"Smells like a trap to me," said Rachel.
"That it may be, but I have solutions for all of them. Erek, I need you to make me a hologram/force-field generator. I need it to respond to thought." I said.
Erek nodded. "That is within my program Limits. Anything else?"
"Yes," I smiled. "I need you to recreate the blue cube, only that it responds to those that touch it and say a code at the same time. That way if the Yeerks get it, we won't be in danger. The code will be... Animorphs, of course."
And so it was settled. I had the hologram/force-field emitter attached to me. After a few test runs it worked fine. The blue cube that was cloned had to be done with some Earth parts, however, so that it now resembled a cylinder which glowed blue every now and then. We raided a Yeerk facility and stole Dracon Beams and even some of the old Shredders. Ax produced a practically unlimited credit card, which I used to pay for the plane ticket. I went on the plane as a girl that resembled Rachel slighlty, though not as tall nor fair. The emitter also changed voice waves, something I had failed to think of but put in by the ever-so-thoughtful Chee.
When the plane landed I went into the female bathroom and changed my hologram to that of a woman of maybe 25, black hair and average height. I headed out and hired a taxi, which took me to a mall. I headed towards the Computer shop and bought the most expensive laptop and a month-long Internet access. I then sent an email to Erek.
About a half hour later a man came up to me and said "You called?"
It was one of the Chee. I quickly handed him the laptop and told him to deliver it to Ax.
I went to the bathroom once more, though this time I used the handicapped restroom. I changed hologram to a Man of about 30, and headed for the nearest hotel. As soon as I said Credit they dashed and waited on me practically hand and foot. I slept the night there and the next morning was woken up by a rapping on the door. The Chee was back, with my Laptop tucked under his hologram. He gave it to me and I asked if Ax had secured everything. Ax should have given a safe chat system only accessible with this computer, made the laptop virtually untraceable and as much access to the internet as needed. I emailed Erek saying I needed a drivers license, just in case. 10 minutes later it was mailed back.
*****
I bought the most common car I could find, and started scouring for a place to take residence. I found an apartment in the suburbs and then sat down and started thinking of where I could find people the Yeerks wouldn't infest yet. I used the Ellimist's eternal knowledge. It would take many hours, maybe days, but Such is war.
We need to defend the Earth. No matter what it takes. No matter what it costs.
***** A/N: Be one of the Auxiliary Animorphs! Review the name you wish to use and you main battle morphs. Its that simple!
***** Ok, I know I don't usually do this, but I'm going to post some replies to the reviews I've had! If you don't want to read these, then skip to the next page. When I've done it that is.
Dark Ice Dragon; its cl but also kinda short. um, i havent read the book so i'm not that sure if they had told him about the Ellimist. upload soon!
Daxius X; Well they didn't tell him about the Ellimist but he absorbs the Ellimists knowledge and everything clicks!
Jinako-Chan; It's an interesting idea -- and I love David fics. But, this story's a bit confusing. David doesn't, well, seem like himself. I'd expect him to be more sarcastic or something -- hey, maybe you could use that for the plot! Go into some detail as to what made David so messed up he was to be the a**hole he was in the series. Also, what's this with Rachel attacking Jake in the first chapter? Are you making her the new David? Well...I wanna see where you'll go with this, so I'm gonna keep watching this fic.
Daxius X; Actually, it was quoted 'He saw Rachel hit an older looking Jake with a baseball bat', which is what happens in Megamorphs #4, when Rachel hits *TOM* with a baseball bat. David doesnt know he's tom, since he has to dig deeper into the memories to know anything. But he merely saw an older looking Jake (Tom) so he just assumed that it was Jake.
Football Babe; That was good. The books about david have always been my fav and i always wished it could have been dif. Good. Keep going
Daxius X; Thank you for that inspiring review. Have you seen chapter 3 yet?
Football Babe; I liked it. Keep it up.
Daxius X; Once again, thank you.
dark-munkee; Nice but you kind of skip around alot.
Daxius X; Lol, yeah I have a tendency to do that.
dark-munkee; I couldn't review the 3rd chapter again so I'll be an auxillary animorph here.
Name:Madison
Gender:Male
Age:12
Battle Morphs: Tiger, Bald Eagle, Hammer Head Shark, Ocelot.
Personality: Tells stupid jokes alot, Stands up to authority, But never commits crime, Is slightly rebellious, Sometimes twists orders around. In battle stays calm and gives it all hes got.
Daxius X; Yeah you're in dude but could I possibly have you a bit older? Its just that The Animorphs are all like 15-16 or something.
dark-munkee; Sorry for reviewing agian but I had to put this on my favorite story list.
Daxius X; No worries, and thank you for doing that.
stephen; great story! well written. it was a shock though to see a nice side to david we had always known him as mean traitorous and cruel, but now he gets a second chance. hooray! about the offer...
duck(aerial),elephant(land), dolphin(water), and dingo(well they are in australia!)
Daxius X; Well he's got the Ellimist memories so he's bound to have changed. And you get to be in the new Auxiliary Animorphs team!
Bird1111; Good story! Interesting to have David nice instead of evil.
I will be one of hte Auxilary Animorphs
Name: Richie
Battle morphs: Wolf, Cougar, and Shark (water combat)
Bird morph: Red-Tailed Hawk
Daxius X; Your Offer is accepted, thanks for reviewing! (Great choice by the way. I reckon Cougars rule!)
Casey (angel_baby834@hotmail.com); Name: Casey
Battle morphs: leopard. tiger. elephant. cheetah
hey, i think this is a great idea for a story. i always thought david should be nicer!
Daxius X; Me too. Those are some pretty powerful morphs, can I add a little drama while you acquire them?
Prue Halliwell; Name: Erin
Battle Morphs: Panther, Black Bear, Eagle amd Shark.
Interesting concept, David nice.
Daxius X; Yeah, I thought about it and remembered his main complaints about no family, no home, and I wondered what if he got past the selfishness? By the way you're on the team!
Jinako-chan();Huh -- seems to me you've got a plot going pretty well. I like the idea of David making a team of Auxiliary Animorphs, that's pretty cool. Maybe you could have some of the Yeerks try and, say, infest David--or the woman David's posing as, anyways? I think that'd be kind of cool. And also, does David have, like, Ellimist-powers now? Since he's going to try and figure out the non-infested people, it sure seems like it, but... And, now, for my one nitpick on this story: I don't mind this so much with the description, but something about the dialogue doesn't feel...well, natural. Say it out loud to yourself and see if it sounds right to you -- something I've found, while writing, is try and be as true to life as I can, which often means bucking the whole grammar thing (I suspect you're probably trying to keep your story grammatically correct). Everybody's speech is way too formal sounding, at least in this chapter--it's been a while since I read the last one. But that's just my one piece of advice--David and the others are just normal kids. They'll sound like it, too. Sorry if I hurt your feelings or anything, I just felt I should address it. I mean, isn't a reader's job to help the writer out or something like that? All that aside, I'm really excited to see where you go with this story! It's different than any other David-turns-good stories I've seen, and I like that. You've got some really good idea I'd love to see played out. And for the character thingie -- um, the name is Georgia, and the battle morphs are a lionness and a polar bear. You don't have to put me in the story, though.
Daxius X; Wow, its nice lengthy reviews like this that I like best. Your Idea is pretty good, nice to have a bad point on the hologram,; If you change appearance the Yeerks will try to infest you again! Sorry, David doesn't have Ellimist-powers, just the Ellimist's memories. Yeah, I read it over and said to myself, that doesn't sound anything like the books. I tried to figure it out but I eventually just uploaded it; I'm a bit of a lazy git, eh? No hurt feelings, In fact when I saw that sorry I thought 'what did I miss?' and when I realized I thought 'Well I've seen plenty worse.' Thanks for helping, I'll make the next chapter I bit more bookish. Don't be silly, I've got like 4 people so far, and that's less than the original Animorphs! You're Accepted into the Auxiliary Animorphs Team, and may you never get stabbed to death by a stampede of raging Hork-Bajir! ^__^;
Daxius X; And a note to all, please, Don't hesitate to join us to fight an entire race of Parasitic Beings that control billions of bladed/hungry aliens which outnumber us a billion to one and which would kill/eat/control you if you're caught. ^__^