Chapter Twenty
[AAAAAAHH!] I yelled.
The Dracon beam had hit the ship's main engines and shredders. The Bug fighter was not a problem anymore, and I was thankful for that. For about a millisecond.
[MORPH YOU HALEERINS!!] bellowed Yarx.
I forgave Yarx for swearing so badly and focused on a kafit bird. All around me, the others were doing the same. All except Yarx.
Yarx was working furiously, trying to get some control on the ship. He was not doing very well. Finally, he gave up and began to morph. But before he could do anything...
WHAAAAM!!
The fighter was snapped in half. Yarx was separated from us morphed warriors.
But I did notice that instantly, I was a little busy trying to right myself so that I could fly and stay alive.
After what seemed and felt like an eternity, I landed in a heap. The others either landed clumsily or fell around me.
Placynth seemed to have had the easiest time of it. He had snatched his heavy equipment and spread his wings to use friction to slow him down.
(Author's Note: It means parachute effect)
And it was that fact that made me realize that neither Elfinorr nor I had our things.
After swearing a while, Elfinorr asked a warrior what we were supposed to do.
[I don't know anymore than you do,] said he, a little snappishly.
[I would suggest acquiring a few morphs to fit in here and then we could try to find Captain Yarx.] I suggested.
The Andalite who Elfinorr had questioned laughed. [Any reason why we should listen to you? You aren't even as old as —]
What he was going to say was cut off by me.
Now, perhaps I should mention that I have problems controlling my temper sometimes. Which is why I...
SAWWAAPP!!
... Tail-whipped and knocked down the smart estropix.
I coldly put a hoof on his chest and applied all my weight.
[Maybe you should listen to me because I am an ASSASSIN, and know how to adapt. So BE QUIET AND LISTEN HALEERIN!]
Everyone seemed taken aback, all but Elfinorr, who was twirling his tail in a circular fashion and making noise with it, which is the Andalite version of applause.
I removed my hoof and stepped back. The gollerstre (Andalite word for loudmouth) stood up shakily.
[You wouldn't have been able to that in a fair battle,] the Andalite said firmly.
[Assassins are not the ones to be worrying about fairness,] Placynth said with a smile on his face.
[I think we should take Ettex's suggestion,] said a warrior, looking rather stunned.
Another one suggested scooping out a common life form in kafit morph, but Placynth simply used his DNA Pinpointer and located several creatures; he picked the most numerous from them and led us to one of the specimen. I was glad that Placynth had had the sense to bring his things.
We all acquired the bird. It was quite large, about a big as my upper body. It looked remotely like a hawk of Earth, but was definitely larger and had wings placed on its back. It had furiously red feathers, a long tail, sharp talons, and a shelled proboscis instead of a beak. The bird constantly whipped the proboscis. I saw that the long tube had several hooks.
We waited for it to get a little darker. Then we morphed and set out.
[AAAAAAHH!] I yelled.
The Dracon beam had hit the ship's main engines and shredders. The Bug fighter was not a problem anymore, and I was thankful for that. For about a millisecond.
[MORPH YOU HALEERINS!!] bellowed Yarx.
I forgave Yarx for swearing so badly and focused on a kafit bird. All around me, the others were doing the same. All except Yarx.
Yarx was working furiously, trying to get some control on the ship. He was not doing very well. Finally, he gave up and began to morph. But before he could do anything...
WHAAAAM!!
The fighter was snapped in half. Yarx was separated from us morphed warriors.
But I did notice that instantly, I was a little busy trying to right myself so that I could fly and stay alive.
After what seemed and felt like an eternity, I landed in a heap. The others either landed clumsily or fell around me.
Placynth seemed to have had the easiest time of it. He had snatched his heavy equipment and spread his wings to use friction to slow him down.
(Author's Note: It means parachute effect)
And it was that fact that made me realize that neither Elfinorr nor I had our things.
After swearing a while, Elfinorr asked a warrior what we were supposed to do.
[I don't know anymore than you do,] said he, a little snappishly.
[I would suggest acquiring a few morphs to fit in here and then we could try to find Captain Yarx.] I suggested.
The Andalite who Elfinorr had questioned laughed. [Any reason why we should listen to you? You aren't even as old as —]
What he was going to say was cut off by me.
Now, perhaps I should mention that I have problems controlling my temper sometimes. Which is why I...
SAWWAAPP!!
... Tail-whipped and knocked down the smart estropix.
I coldly put a hoof on his chest and applied all my weight.
[Maybe you should listen to me because I am an ASSASSIN, and know how to adapt. So BE QUIET AND LISTEN HALEERIN!]
Everyone seemed taken aback, all but Elfinorr, who was twirling his tail in a circular fashion and making noise with it, which is the Andalite version of applause.
I removed my hoof and stepped back. The gollerstre (Andalite word for loudmouth) stood up shakily.
[You wouldn't have been able to that in a fair battle,] the Andalite said firmly.
[Assassins are not the ones to be worrying about fairness,] Placynth said with a smile on his face.
[I think we should take Ettex's suggestion,] said a warrior, looking rather stunned.
Another one suggested scooping out a common life form in kafit morph, but Placynth simply used his DNA Pinpointer and located several creatures; he picked the most numerous from them and led us to one of the specimen. I was glad that Placynth had had the sense to bring his things.
We all acquired the bird. It was quite large, about a big as my upper body. It looked remotely like a hawk of Earth, but was definitely larger and had wings placed on its back. It had furiously red feathers, a long tail, sharp talons, and a shelled proboscis instead of a beak. The bird constantly whipped the proboscis. I saw that the long tube had several hooks.
We waited for it to get a little darker. Then we morphed and set out.