Chapter 9- Complicated.

Cassie-

"Who the hell are you?" John asked Jake.

(Not the time, John... let's say you know us more than you think...)

(Are we going to tell them about us?) I asked Jake privately.

(Most likely. But we have other issues now,) Jake answered. Out loud, in a deeper version of his voice, he said, (So, sub-Visser, what are you going to do now?)

Of course, with our luck, the Visser happened to walk in at that particular moment and...

TSEWW! A Dracon beam flashed, and down went Jerry, the Bald Eagle.

(Go right ahead, Rach.)

"HWOOOORRR!" Rachel attacked the Visser. And, again, we were in another pickle that the ball players were not going to be able to get out of.

John began his morph, a morph that I had seen before.

A python.

Marco happened to have that same morph. Ax had a similar one, a rattler.

Shelly seemed to be holding off the Yeerks while John morphed. He seemed to have the same ability as I did. He was, as Ax so profoundly put it, an estreen. A person with a talent for morphing.

Then...

(Wait! I figured it out! They're using this place as a recruiting center for involuntary infesting! The Black Hole that takes so long for people to go through. The canoeing to a separate island. The nature hiking. The long and complicated process of getting ready to go on the high rope course. It all makes sense.) All the pieces were coming together.

(Yep, that's it,) John said. (We had noticed this on the first go at Streefland and we practically begged to go with the group from your school—)

(Well, about that...) Jake proceeded to tell him our story.

(What? You guys are Animorphs too?) John was appalled. No, he was more than appalled that we had been hidden so long. (Have you guys seen the Eli—)

(Been there, done that,) Rachel answered. (Ellimist come, ask for us to leave, then we say no, then he says bye-bye.)

(Yeah. That deal. The Ellimist was a very annoying being indeed.)

Hork-Bajir started attacking from the trees.

Ax continued, saying several words. (Sub-Visser! We will destroy you!)

(Not the time, Ax. Later. Marco, can you hear me?) Jake called.

(Yeah. April's going to wake up soon, so do you have any plans?)

(Go Hork-Bajir. Explain as little as possible, but get her out of here!)

(Fine. Good luck.)

John, hearing this said, (Another time, Sub-Visser!)

We wandered off into the forest.