Umm, i have a favour to ask. Can anyone tell me what a Mary-Sue is? I accidently went off at Wraithlord42(sorry about that) because i didn't know. As i said, i'm fairly new at all this stuff...
Red Phoenix- thanks for the info at how to deal with a knife at the throat, i'll keep that in mind, ok? Thanks again.
And now, to the story (muahahaha!)
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My name is Amanda. But most people just call me Mandy or Mand.
And right now, I was watching my eldest brother try and hit on a young woman that I knew was no young woman. She was an alien.
Yeah, I know. You think I'm a crazy chick, right?
Well, I guess you're not far off on that one.
Look at me once, and you'd just see a girl. Curly blond hair, brown eyes... a healthy tan... average height, although I was about two or three inches taller than my best friend.
Look a little closer, and you'll know my story. A dad who's a cop, two older brothers, a mother who passed away when I was seven...
Well, that doesn't matter. You'll probably also notice that I do get a bit wound up about silly things. I'm a bit shop-crazy too...
But look even closer than that, and you'll know why I'm such a crazy person.
I have an alien for a boyfriend, my best friend is trying to be killed by an all-powerful being, a 'team-mate' that only thinks of us as dog-doo when we're not in a war (and yes, I have been in wars before), an alien friend who, when human, gets hit on by almost every male alive... even my brother...
Am I crazy? Oh yeah, you can bet on it. Give me a straight jacket right now please.
"Connor!" I snapped when he'd tried to put his arm around her. They were both sitting on the lounge, and my brother was getting unbelievably close to her. She was trying to scoot away, but it wasn't helping. And yet she was still calm and unwavering. How could she do it...
"What?"
"Leave her alone or get out of here!"
"Hey, I'm just trying to be..."
"Please, do not attempt to 'flirt' with me again" The young woman, Rtaia, spoke up,
"I am... how do you say it... seeking... another"
"Well, maybe you just..."
At that moment I yelled at my brother again, using a word I hardly ever use, and pointing to the stairs. He stared at me for a moment, then put his hands up and shook his head, muttering under his breath as he left.
"Are you ok?" I asked turning back to her.
"I am... fine"
Ohhh, how could she be so calm!
Ithiell had contacted us, and told us about everything that had happened. And I was not happy about hearing about this David guy. So now, me and Rtaia were about to take off. Robert was being Robert, as usual, and was taking his sweet time.
Ithiell had also told me to think about what he'd said, and asked me if I knew what it meant. It rung a bell, deep in my mind, but I couldn't place it. But I also had a funny feeling about this guy's strategy. I mean, if he was so intent on making the Animorphs pay, why didn't he go after them?
It was just way too confusing for six at night. My dad was at work, and my brother was supposed to be 'baby-sitting' me. Urgh!
And as if the whole Samurai sword thing wasn't bad enough! Now I've got to be treated like a baby! Hah!
"Stay calm Amanda. Getting worked up is not going to help us any" So, she had seen my facial expression. Good for her.
"How can you just sit there when we could be dead at any minute!" I snapped at her, catching even me off-guard. Then again, I had a really good reason to be so wound up...
"It is not that I am not worried, it is just that..."
BANG! BANG! BANG!
At that second, there were three hard raps on the door that nearly made me jump out of my skin. I ran, and when I opened it...
"About time. What took you so long?" Robert sneered a little as he stood glaring at me.
"I could ask you the same thing, but there's no time" I snapped right back, glaring at him until he had to turn away. I ran, grabbed Rtaia's arm and making her stand up, then grabbing my old camping bag (I wanted to be ready for whatever we faced) and ran out the door while shoving Robert forward, with Rtaia hot on our heels.
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Almost two hours later (one hour to get there, and one for Ithiell to fix his tracking thingy) we were off in the air, ready to find that stupid sword of the Runchak's. Ithiell had told me about his plan days before, and I had readily approved. Robert had scowled, and Rtaia had started an argument with him in their own language. I was pretty sure he won though, since she walked off almost straight after.
Anyway, since we knew the fighter was such a tight fit, we'd decided to take Anny's ship along as well. Hers was that big, it even had living space for two (that's how Rtaia had gotten back here). So Ax, Jake and Rachel went with Ithiell in the small fighter ahead of us, while the Runchak ship tagged along behind. Rtaia had managed to get an open com-link to the fighter for us, so we could hear them talking to one another.
Too bad the weather seemed to change from sunny day to thunder and rain in those two hours. And yeah, it was day in America. The time zone thing.
"Okay, scanning complete. Nothing that even comes close to the sword" Ithiell was saying, then picked up speed to move to the next area. And unlike the fighter and the Aerionna, the sharp movements of the Runchak ship were hardly felt by us inside. Something about gravity suspension... Rtaia said...
"Ithiell, widen your general area of search. This is taking too long" Rtaia said as she stood at the controls beside Anny, with the rest of us watching behind them.
"It's as wide as I can... wait a minute, maybe I can..." he trailed off, and I think Ax said something to that.
"Wait a minute what?" Jade asked beside me and Cassie. I liked Cassie, she was nice...
"I think I might have found a way to... there! Thankyou, Aximilli"
(You are welcome) came his soft but confident reply.
"What? What? Come on, tell us!"
"I have just found another way to track it. We can be drawn to it like a magnet... or one of those compasses you humans use when lost..."
"Cut the chatter Ithiell. Can you find it or not?" Robert said, folding his arms across his chest.
"Short answer; yes" Was Ithiell's response, ignoring Robert's smug attitude.
"Follow the leader" I heard Rachel laugh, and the fighter picked up speed. We followed easily, keeping pace with the smaller ship.
Soon, we left the woods, and were soon flying out over the ocean.
"Oh, no way..." Someone said.
"Just because we're going this way, doesn't mean we'll have to go into the ocean" Cassie pointed out, and I nodded.
"Yeah, it could be in a whole other continent for we know" Robert mocked.
"Are you always this negative?" Tobias asked, glaring at him. He was probably used to that facial expression, after all, he was a hawk...
"No, he's worse" Jade answered for him before he could. He scowled at her, then turned away to go into one of the 'living quarters' of the Runchak's ship. I shook my head, then turned my attention back to the view screen.
"Okay, we're closing in..."
"Closing in on what?"
At that moment the fighter slowed to a stop, and our ship followed. We were in the middle of the ocean.
"Oh great" I rolled my eyes, knowing where this was going.
"Okay, scanning the area.... no luck. Shields up Rtaia, we're going to have to go underwater" Ithiell said. I saw a shimmer, then the fighter dove into the water.
(Shields are operational) Anny said (We are following you)
"Going under. Hold onto something"
"Whoa-" but before anyone could answer, we were all on a pile on the floor.
"Not this again" Marco muttered as we all fought to untangle ourselves.
"As I said, Runchak technology is superior to our own, yet it cannot compensate for everything" I heard Rtaia say as Tobias kicked my shin before he got out, then dragged Cassie out, then me. I tugged Jade up, then we both helped Marco up.
"Next time, give us a lot more fore warning please" Cassie asked nicely as I rubbed my shin, and Jade pulled the hair out of her eyes and face.
"Sorry" Tobias apologised, and I just hummed an ok. My attention was on the view screen, where I saw the water currents flowing by the ship. There was a large dark shape ahead of us, and I could only guess it was the fighter.
"You still back there?" Came Jake's voice.
"Yes, we are" Rtaia said, and I watched as Anny's eyes opened wide.
(Why, how interesting! This liquid called 'water', and all these little... what was it again? Fish? Yes yes, what a wonderful array of 'fish') She exclaimed, and I saw her smiling in wonder. I would have smiled if I didn't know her race had created such a deadly weapon.
"Yeah, fascinating" Tobias muttered.
"Actually, there are some mammals that can live underwater. They're not all fish" Cassie explained, going over and talking to her.
Brave. Very brave.
They had a short discussion before Ithiell's voice jolted all of us back to the present.
"We're close... I think I see..." Suddenly, an even darker and larger shape loomed up above us, and for a second I thought it was a creature from the deep.
"Oh man! For a second I thought we were toast!" Marco laughed, but then his laughter died down when we all realised what it was.
"Is that..."
"It's solid rock!"
"Wait a minute, don't tell me it's in the rock!"
"Maybe"
"No, I think I see an opening" Jake said.
"A cave or something?" Cassie asked.
"Yeah, I guess"
"Not the same one we found those creepy Nartec people in, is it?" Marco sounded worried.
(No no, I believe it is a.... different cave entrance) Ax responded, sounding just as worried.
I saw the smaller dark figure stop, and our ship pulled up alongside them, to look at an even darker spot in the rock. Great, a dark cave. Just what I didn't like...
"Okay, scanning the perimeter of this thing" Ithiell's voice came out concerned. I did not like when he sounded concerned. It usually meant something was wrong. A few seconds later I found out what.
"No go. The fighter can't fit into it. It's too small"
"Ithiell, what about the sword? Is it in there?" Robert's voice came from behind me, and I nearly yelped as I turned and saw he was almost right behind me.
"Oh it's in there all right. We just don't have any way to get to it"
"Can you blast away some of the rock? You know, make it big enough for the fighter to fit in?" Rachel asked him.
"No. The chances of us actually making it worse are very high. In doing that, I might actually collapse the cave" Ithiell explained with a slight sigh.
"So, what? There's no way to get to it? Well that's just great" Robert grumbled, although I knew he knew there was another way.
"Looks like it's time to morph" Jake said, then added "Or shape-shift. Sorry"
"No hard feelings" I smiled a little. I knew it was coming, I knew it.
"Oh man. I am not loosing another pair of shoes" Marco complained.
What did I tell you? Straight jacket, please.