A/N: Two Chappies!
Chapter 12- The Morph
April
I wasn't too shocked about the Hork-Bajir. I mean, I didn't faint or anything, but what I was shocked about was that I could understand them.
(Hork-Bajir! Get over here, guys!) Tobias called to the others.
(We already noticed,) Jake said coolly, leaping over the fence. The Animorphs lined up.
Hawk. Tiger. Andalite. Elephant. Wolf. Cheetah. Lioness. Rhino. Elephant. Chimp. Andalite.
And the elephant that was Rachel held, in her trunk, the legendary blue box.
The Escafil Device.
The elephant that was Stephanie held in her trunk a bobcat.
I could see where they were going.
"Toss it!" I called to Rachel, darting toward her.
The box flew... and landed about two feet from me. Next to John, who grabbed it and ran towards me.
The Hork-Bajir yelled something, which roughly translated "Get the box! The human is lower priority!"
That got me riled. I placed my hand on the box...
"Whoa!" Not that I hadn't been expecting it, but it shocked me.
Rachel, who had tromped over, used me as a battering ram to beat away the Hork-Bajir. I acquired one as I hit it. Thankfully, I didn't hit any blades.
Next, I was lifted by Rachel to grab onto the bobcat. I morphed.
The bobcat's instincts were pretty basic.
I dropped. And attacked...
Shelly
April was out-of-control. The instincts had her.
(April! Hello? It's me, Shelly. You're not a bobcat!!! Hello?)
She leaped at the Hork-Bajir, claws extended. She was flung away.
(OW! THAT was a MAJOR owchy!) She screamed in my head. She turned toward us. (WHAT in the name of ALL bobcats is that BIRD doing here? This is MY territory.) She leapt toward Tobias.
Rachel grabbed April in her trunk. (Settle. Down. Now. April.)
(Oh. You can drop me now.)
The bobcat dropped. (Block me,) she said. (I'm going Hork-Bajir.)
(Better idea.) Rachel grabbed April again.
The Hork-Bajir chose then to attack rather than be attacked. (Jake, John, everyone else, hold them off!)
As April made the transition to half Hork-Bajir, her blades started to erupt, and I had to set her down.
(Time to kick some butt! Let's—) April began before me and Rachel butted in.
(Let's do it!)