Okay, I lied. I'm doing one more chappie, then that's all, ok? Here it is...

2 Years Forward...

"Geronimo!"

"Jerry-what?"

"Just come on, would you? We're gonna be late"

"We're already late"

"What?"

"Jerry's mole!" Phoebe yelled as she took a running leap on my back, and I caught her almost easily. Years of physical fitness and self defence classes had done me pretty well. She put her arms around my neck, and I supported her legs, beginning to piggyback her through the small marine base, with my two 'body-guards' trailing behind me.

The years had passed pretty quickly, and now terrorism had grown to become a big problem. Jake was the number one terrorist target, along with the rest of the Animorphs. Then us. I seriously hadn't wanted two people following me wherever I went, but Jake... and Ithiell to an extent... had insisted on it.

Actually, at the beginning of the day, it had been three. But when they made a joke about my six year old sister... well, let's just say I put my self defence training to good use. Now there were two, and neither wanted to make jokes anymore.

I was actually going to meet up with the old 'gang' again. Ithiell and Amanda had something to do before they came. Phoebe was here simply because she was spending the weekend with me. She'd grown, but like the girls in my family, she was still short. But... man... there are times when she can sound at least nine or so... she's a smart little cookie that girl...

Jake, Robert and Rachel all worked at the base. Jake to teach the anti-terrorism forces about morphing animals (since the Andalites gave us a blue box with very specific instructions for it), Robert to teach them tactics (as I said, he's good at stuff like that) and Rachel to give them tips on what you can do when your up against a wall and out of time (crazy and reckless). Tobias, believe it or not, had actually become a nothlit in his own body, and him and Rachel were planning on getting married as soon as the weather was cooler. Marco had his own show, and had outrageous parties that I sometimes went to. Other times I was just too busy with the Chanaiben/human trade market. I was also doing a course in psychology at Uni. Cassie and Amanda were working on expanding the land for the Hork-Bajir colony (they were growing at an amazing rate) so I rarely ever saw them. Amanda had sort of giving up the singing idea, although she still owned her own studio. Ithiell and I occasionally still worked together, but now he was planning on working with the Andaites on a more full time basis (he'd gotten over the 'I hate you all' stage, and was actually enjoying it) Ax and Rtaia took charge of an Andalite ship (they were married anyway, so no one could tell Ax they didn't want Rtaia on board) and, along with Lowri and the Aerionna, went searching for any Yeerk ships that might have gotten away, including looking for the Blade ship.

So now it was the day we all met up again. I carried Phoebe as my two goons walked behind me, towards the door. I grabbed the doorhandle and turned it.

"Someone's missing" Phoebe suddenly said, but before I could react, the door was opened for me and Tobias's smiling face greeted me.

"Hey, fancy meeting you here" I said, smiling at him. He gave Phoebe a funny look, but seemed to shake off whatever he was thinking and stepped aside so I could enter. I did, and Phoebe slipped from my shoulders voluntarily. The room was just big enough for a table and just enough space you could move around it. Cassie, Jake and Marco were sitting, and everyone else was standing. I left the two guards outside the door and Tobias shut it behind us.

"What's with the runt?" Marco asked, leaning back on his chair.

"The runt is my sister. And the runt can kick your sorry butt any time of the day"

"Oh really?" He raised an eyebrow.

"Phoebe?" I asked, turning to her. But she was smiling and nodding. With that, she ran at him, knocked him off his chair and started tickling him to death, with him crying out in surprise and then pleading with me to 'make her stop'.

"Well, I did warn you" I said batting my eyes at him as Phoebe came running back to me, a big smile on her face. He got up, looking a little dazed, and picked his chair up off the floor. By then, Rachel, Tobias and Amanda were all in hysterics, and Jake, Ithiell and Cassie weren't far behind.

"Way to go sis" I told her, leading her to a chair to sit in. They all greeted me and sat down. Rachel had her usual smile, and Jake had a little distant look, but that evaporated as Cassie put her hand over his, and he smiled at her.

"So, long time no see" Ithiell began, sitting on the other side of me.

"Yeah. But where's..."

"Not here yet" Robert answered "Guess they're late"

As if by instinct, I looked down at Phoebe. She looked up at me, her eyes showing only innocence. I noticed Jake gave me a slight glance, but then turned his attention back to the rest of the group.

We all began talking about our lives, and how Amanda and Cassie had found a way to extend the borders of Hork-Bajir territory a lot more than they'd ever thought, and how Jake's classes were going really well...

And then a knock on the door changed everything.

"Yes, what is it?" Jake called. A young man, only perhaps a few years older than us, came in, looking a little worried. He looked at each of us, before turning his attention onto Jake.

"Sir, I have a report from the Chanaiben government... they asked that it be given to Jade to inspect"

"Couldn't this have waited?" I asked, looking curiously at him.

"Uh... no ma'm, they specifically requested you look at this straight away, it's extremely important" he said coming over to me and handing me a manila folder, then saluted me, then the others, before he left.

"Ithiell..."

"Yeah, I'd better look at it too" he replied as I opened it to read. He read over my shoulder, and I moved each page when we were both done. The others watched us in silence.

"Something's wrong" Phoebe said, and for a second I thought she'd seen it on my face...

But I looked up at the others, all carefully watching and waiting. Ithiell was now full on cursing in his native tongue, getting up and pacing the small front part of the room, then hitting a wall and yelling at it.

"What, what is it?" Cassie asked, leaning close.

"Well..." I took a deep breath, then continued "The reports say they... Ax and Lowri's ships... were following an unknown object. Possibly another ship, they couldn't be sure. But... the last transmission received from Lowri... they sounded like they were in trouble. And now... apparently they're lost in... in an unknown part of space, where neither Andalite or Chanaiben ships are allowed to enter. They... they don't know if they're still alive or not"

"WHAT?!!" Marco cried, jumping up and knocking his chair over. Jake and the others didn't look much better.

"Well I'm not going to sit here and wait for them to find out. I'm gonna..." Rachel started raving, and Tobias wasn't far behind her. Robert turned to ice in his chair, then I saw him start to think hard about the situation.

"We... we can't just... Rachel's right..." Amanda's voice was tight, and Cassie put a hand on her shoulder.

"Jake?"

He had been staring down at the table, but now he turned his head to look up at me. And I saw his face was more determined than I'd ever seen it before. I also knew he'd found another purpose for living.

"Yeah, I heard. And I say we all go and save their sorry butts" With that, he smiled devilishly at me. I smiled back, understanding. We were going into certain death and unbelievable danger... but then again, there was nothing new with that scenario, now, was there?..................

Now, here's the part where you make up your own adventure for them! Byz! Hope you enjoyed it. And I'll be back...

(Mean, aren't I?) hehehehehehehehehe....