Chapter Twenty-Five
[Ettex?]
I turned my stalk eyes around to look at Placynth. He had been very quiet until now. Elfinorr was sleeping at the back of the craft.
[Yes?] I said.
[Well, haven't you been wondering how these Garatrons protect themselves?] he asked.
That question startled me. [Why do you ask?]
[I've been doing a little research on these Garatrons by hacking into the war fleet files,] he explained, indicating his Security Pinpointer. [You see, some highly trained Andalite warriors — and they were extremely fast, too — well, they were sent down to investigate the environment some time ago. You see, the Garatron home world is a land full off deadly predators who blend in perfectly with the surroundings. These warriors were killed running at top speed. Now, Garatron eyes are not better than Andalite eyes. So, I have a feeling that we are missing something about these Garatrons. Something that might prove fatal to us.]
I was silent. Placynth had a point there. What was it about these Garatrons? [I suppose they must be faster,] I said. [Nothing to worry about.]
How wrong I was.
We arrived at the Garatron home world. Luckily, we weren't shot out of the air or cornered by three Blade ships (Like the Atlantalix mission). The fighter deposited us there like it had deposited me on the Mleb world so long ago. We quickly found a hidden spot at a bunched up mass of boulders and I removed the holo log, which told us about our targets.
[Display,] I said to the cylinder; we had not had a chance to look at it before this.
A thin projection (Author's Note: Like paper) rose up and showed us six of our targets. Visser Thirteen, Visser Nine, Visser Eight, Visser Six, the new Visser Four, and Visser Three.
[Next,] said Elfinorr.
Sub-visser Twenty-six, Sub-visser Twenty and Sub-visser Sixteen.
[Nine targets? This is the largest amount of targets we've been asked to eliminate on a single mission.] Placynth said.
[Hurrah,] Elfinorr cheered meekly. [I'll bet you anything these slugs are top-security.]
[They must think we're capable enough or they wouldn't have sent us here,] I said, shutting the holo.
[We have to move three miles east to arrive at the Yeerk base where the some of the targets are. Kafit morphs?] Placynth asked.
[Yeah,] I said.
We morphed and flew as fast as we could. The wind was with us, and that made our job easier. We reached there within thirty-six minutes. We perched in the trees, trying not to be too conspicuous, and observed the edge of the base.
All the targets we were set to kill had Hork-Bajir hosts except for Sub-visser Sixteen, who had a Garatron host, and Visser Eight, who had a Taxxon host. He would be easy to spot if he was here; the files said he had a particularly big Taxxon host.
I suddenly spotted a Garatron in the distance. He seemed to be directing some Controllers with hosts called humans and Gedds. I recognized him from the holo; it was Sub-visser Sixteen.
As I watched, he retreated into a cabin. I told the others of the location of the Sub-visser.
After a while, we spotted Vissers Nine and Eight as well. Deciding that we couldn't gather much more without being trapped in morph, we fluttered to a secure spot and demorphed.
[All right,] Elfinorr began. [We have managed to spot three authority figures. One is a Hork-Bajir-Controller, one is a Taxxon-Controller and the last one is a Garatron-Controller inside a cabin. Now, what does this all mean? What's the plan?]
I began to speak but was interrupted by the arrival of a Dule Fansa.
Author's Note: Yes, it's THE Dule Fansa, the one that the Visser morphs.