galaxytree; thankyou! I'm glad you like it so much!

LittleMidgett; yeah, i did. Nasty, aren't i?

Ithiell

We were lead onto the bridge, that looked strangely like a larger version of the bridge on my ship. Inaad… or the Yeerk in her head… took a seat as the Bendis guards hustled us into the room, shutting the door. A tiger and a polar bear stood on either side of me, in front of the being that called herself my sister.

"So brother, long time no see" She smiled an evil grin as the Bendis guards surrounded us.

"Who are you?"

"I am Inaad of the…"

"No. Who are you, Yeerk"

"I am Istan three-five-nine. Does that make you feel better, Chanaiben mongrel? To know what I truly am?"

"I know what you are. And I know that no matter what, by the time I leave here you'll be dead. That slug body of yours crushed beneath my feet"

She laughed. It wasn't a nice sound, especially when it was coming from my sister's body. My sister never laughed like that.

"You think you're coming out of this alive?" She laughed again, and I felt her subtly probing my mind, trying to read my thoughts and secrets. I shut her out. Blocked with all my strength.

"I don't think, I know"

"What wild fantasies this little Chanaiben mongrel has thought up! How intuitive!"

"Istan, you will be dead before I let you use my sisters' body… and mind… any more. Don't doubt that" I kept my gaze levelled at my twins face, all the while knowing what evil was controlling her every movement. Where her eyes looked… what her hands touched… it was sickening.

She looked at me with those beautiful eyes of my sisters and I saw her mouth twitch. Good, she was worried. She knew what my sister knew about me.

When we were little, I used to go exploring a lot. I was curious about living things, as well as how this and that worked. I explored the inside of more than one ship on the home world. And if I wanted to go somewhere… and I told Inaad about it… she knew there was no stopping me. I guess you could say that was partly the reason I ended up on earth ten years ago.

Isten knew that now too… reading my sisters mind.

But then… she turned her eyes towards the polar bear standing beside me, smiling that sick smile of hers.

"Why don't the two of you earth animals become yourselves again?"

"Whatever she tells you, don't do it. No matter what" I told Jade and Robert, and I caught a dangerous look from Isten.

"Don't defy me little Chanaiben mongrel, or you will be the first to die"

"Kill me then. But by your own hand"

"WHAT?!!" She stood up, furious, and stepped towards me until she was no more than a foot from my face. I hardly flinched.

"Go on. I'd like to see you do it. Unless… you're scared of what that might do to your host… you could loose, say… complete control of her" I smiled, and she screamed at me.

"Shut up you insolent fool!"

"Not until I see you kill me"

"FINE!!" In seconds, her hands were on my throat, choking me.

"NO!! Unimm!!" The pressure was gone instantly, and as I watched, I saw Inaad fighting for control. And she was winning. The hands were removed from my neck, and her whole body was shaking.

"I'll kill him!!" Isten.

"I won't let you!" Inaad.

"You can't fight me Inaad!!"

"Watch me you calhea!!"

She fought with Isten, but I could tell… Isten was starting to win. I had to hold myself back from just grabbing my sisters' form and giving her my physical strength. But… no matter how much I wanted it… I knew I couldn't help her this time. This was her fight.

(Is she… what's going… can she win this?) Jade's voice was broken.

(She'll have to) Robert replied.

"My sister will die free, no matter what" I said loudly enough for all to hear.

(Ithiell…) Jade began, but by then Isten regained control of my sister, who smiled and turned away from me, then returned to her chair.

"Nice little trick Ithiell. But not good enough"

"My sister will never give in. And I'll never let her"

"Your sister's strength is gone now. She can't fight me anymore"

"She can, and she will"

"That's what you think"

I smiled at her, staring straight into the whitish-grey eyes that had once held so much joy and innocence. Just you see Yeerk, my sister is much stronger than you think she is…

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Jake

We ran through the hallways, with Ax and Asen leading us. Asen checked the thing in his hands.

"All right, we take this corridor, and then two lefts before we reach the dropshaft" He said.

"How do we know they're not already dead, and…"

"They're not Rachel. Not with Ithiell leading them"

(And not with Robert's aggressive nature) Ax added.

"Look out! Bendis!" Asen suddenly cried, and in an instant there were three in the hallway in front of us. Rachel, Ax and I fired and in seconds they were just more bodies on the floor.

"What about Amanda and the others? They're in trouble too" Rachel asked.

"They can handle it, now would you just hurry!" I yelled, yanking her forward. She gave me death looks, but I ignored her. We turned left, then left again…

"Back up!" Asen yelled, shoving me backward. In seconds there was what looked like Dracon fire shoot past us. We took cover at the corner.

(Hunter robots!) Ax cried as he joined us (I counted at least ten)

"Ten?! No way! How are we supposed to…"

"Rachel? I trained with you. I know you can do it" Asen said, giving her a smile of encouragement. She returned the smile and nodded.

"Let's do it"

"Now there's my crazy cousin" I said smiling wryly.

"Hey, who you calling crazy?"

"Three coming in for the kill!" Asen reported as he stuck his head out cautiously, then back behind the wall we were leaning on.

"Level your weapons, and as soon as you see them, fire" I instructed. We all did, and as soon as they turned the corner, looking for us… we turned them into debris. Someone's shot went wild and cut a neat gash in the wall across from us.

"Hunter robots, return!" Boomed the voice.

"What the…" I clamped a hand over her mouth, and put a finger to my own lips, telling her to be quiet.

"Come out little Chanaibens. We won't hurt you" the voice mocked.

(Prince Jake, I believe Asen and I might be…) I nodded, mouthing the words 'be careful' to them. They stepped out into view, guns levelled. Then I saw them look up. And I mean up. It looked like they were looking up at the roof.

(These Bendis are certainly not the ones from before) Ax said privately to me (Their heads are only inches from touching the ceiling above them. And they do seem smarter than…)

"Ah, so the Chanaiben brings his little Andalite pet with him"

"How do you know about Andalites?" Asen asked.

"We are lead by one who knows all. The great one"

We were all silent for a moment. I then realised they must be talking about Inaad. At that moment, Rachel had the same idea, and mouthed a single word to me. I nodded, looking at Asen and Ax. I looked at Ax, searching for the answer in his eyes. Good thing he knew what I wanted to know.

(I count seven Prince Jake)

"Okay then" I said softly "Set your guns on the highest setting, cause this is going to get ugly"

A/N; This is a question you must answer. I'm also giving you a chance to choose which way this story goes. Should Inaad be saved, or die when they try to save her? You choose…