Chapter 14: The beginning of the end
John
"Glad that's cleared up, because we need to tell you the best news of all. We know where their Yeerk pool is. In the shed at Streefland. We just didn't have the force to take it," I looked at the group, "Now, we do. Let's see what firepower we have. Battle morphs, ladies and gentlemen," I told my group.
"You too," Jake said.
Cassie's form melted away, leaving a wolf behind. An estreen... Jake was a tiger, Ax stayed Ax, Al stayed Al, Rachel morphed a grizzly, Tobias morphed into an Andalite, Marco morphed a Gorilla, Shelly morphed into her leopard morph, I morphed cobra, April morphed the bobcat, Jeff morphed a skunk, and Stephanie morphed Hork-Bajir.
(When did you get that?) Jeff asked.
(During one of our battles, I had to demorph, and there happened to be a KO-ed Hork-Bajir nearby, and I figured that it would come in handy.)
(Works for me, okay then...)
"WHAT THE CRAP AM I DOING IN A FRICKING UNDERGROUND CAVE?!?!?!?!?!?"
(Uh-oh, it's Nikkei!)
(DEMORPH! NOW!) Jake and I said. (AX, AL, TOBIAS, MORPH HUMAN!)
(Demorphing.)
"I'll try and slow her down," Al said, fully morphed to human. He left.
A moment later... "WHADD'JA THINK I'M SCREAMING ABOUT?!?"
A minute later, Nikkei came running in, with only Jake left demorphing. We quickly covered him.
(We're going to have to tell her sooner or later,) Jake said, finishing up.
"What are you covering up?" Nikkei asked forcefully.
(Should we tell her?) Tobias asked.
Jake, fully demorphed, nodded slightly.
"Well, Nikkei... you know the Animorphs books?" April asked.
"How could I not?" She said with the kindness of a bull facing the color red.
"What if I were to tell you they were real?"
"I'd think you were a psycho."
"Ax, Al?"
They began to demorph.
"Holy crap!" Nikkei was freaked out. I mean, two Andalites, that's kinda a shock.
"Tobias?" Jake asked.
He demorphed, too.
"Rachel?" Nikkei asked, pointing to Shelly.
"No, actually, I'm Shelly, this is Rachel."
"Hi. I got to go get Allison." Nikkei scuttled off.
"Quick question," April asked while Nikkei left. "What about Sarah? Could we bring her to safety?"