A/N- Sorry So Short, I'll try to update sooner next time. I wanted to show things from Bri's point of view again, before we get to a long chapter by Zak, so here goes…

But first, Review Responses

DH-Nope, Alanthi didn't just vanish, but you won't be seeing her for awhile now. I did think about having Zak and Bri at the construction site, but that's way too cliché for me. So I came up with something else- you should be able to guess it by the end of the chapter. No, Ax and Zak aren't related…but two other certain Andalites are. I'm not revealing that yet though. And- Cassie's brother or father? Where did you come up with that idea? Zak isn't related to the other Animorphs, and neither is Bri, just to let you know.

Chessrook44- They can catch human signals, and probably Yeerk signals, but Andalite technology? I'm doubting that, although maybe it was in the books somewhere. Anyway, in this fanfiction, that doesn't happen because I didn't think of it. Sorry.

Morph- glad you liked that I included that!

There is Hope- Wow, you read my mind. That's basically what happens in this chapter, about the fighters. Will I let earth be taken by the Yeerks? You'll just have to read and see.

Korean Pearl- I can't wait for Nadar 3, mainly because I want to see how I'm portrayed. But I also just love reading your fics- its almost the end of September. I'm waiting for another update! And thanks for your compliments!

Lilmaniac- Thanks for your review! Here is the next chapter…

Traycon3- Thanks!

Chapter 6- Bri

We hung up with Allie after talking to some cranky old Andalite, with the news that a Dome Ship was coming to the rescue. In comes the cavalry. Except it didn't happen that way.

Sam arrived at Zak's house in an alien bird morph, and morphed into Kelbrid. She had lost her human DNA when she had dispelled a human body into the river to fool the Yeerks. She ended up having to perform a Kacheet with DNA from Zak's parents, Mom's human morph, and me. She became a completely different person, and so did Mom and I. It took a few nights of sleeping at Zak's house before our new identities were established. One for me too, because I would be re-infested should a human Controller see me in my own body. A new human morph was no problem for Mom and Sam, who could stay in morph for an unlimited time. But I had Andalite morphing technology, not Kelbrid, and I had a two-hour limit. I did not want to become trapped in someone else's body.

I traded my black, Asian hair for brown with blond highlights. And I became Sandra Landen instead of Sabrina Johnson. I wanted to be Briana because then I could at least keep my nickname, but mom said the Yeerks would catch on. There isn't anything short and catchy you can do with Sandra. Sandy? Don't like it much, but it'll have to do.

I ended up going to a new school, and Zak came along. But I had to pretend I didn't know him during those first few weeks, which was hard. I ended up making friends with some girl named Rachel, who really knows how to shop, especially for clothes, and a girl named Kathy who is a huge science fiction fan. I thought about telling her about Zak, because she would be so excited, but if she's a Controller… I couldn't take the chance. Not with Rachel either. It was hard making new friends because I knew I'd never be able to confide in them as much as I'd like to. Still, I've got Zak.

So the summer ended, we went back to school, and life was normal. As normal as it could be using the restroom between periods to demorph to my original body. As normal as life could be knowing that anyone around me could be a Controller. And Zak and I did nothing. We figured the Andalites would take care of everything, so we did nothing. But the Dome Ship didn't come.

It was October when I finally looked through Zak's telescope and saw red and green flashes in the night sky. "Zak! Look at this!" And soon we could see the flashes with our bare eyes. It was definitely an outer-space battle, although the news-people reported it as a meteor shower later. We watched late into the night, until we had to go to bed because of school. And we had no idea who won.

The next day, I expected to see something about Andalites on the news. Or maybe about Yeerks. Something that said, "Hey, aliens invaded earth, there is life in outer-space!" But there was nothing.

In fact, there was nothing for the next few months. Zak and I were too afraid to actually go to the Yeerk pool and see if anyone was home. We wanted to let the Andalites take care of it. We had done our job, we had informed them. Now they were supposed to come through for us. But none came.

Sometimes I thought of my promise to Alloran. I had to free him. I had sworn to. I knew he was living his life in despair, knowing I was free, perhaps waiting for me to fulfill my promise. But I was afraid. Let the Andalites handle it.

We waited for four months, without any sign. It was February before we finally found out what happened, before we finally did something brave. It was February when Zak began having dreams of the ocean.