A/N: Hey guys! Wow. I haven't updated in a while, have I? Well, this chapter isn't very eventful. I decided I needed a transitional chapter to introduce a new character and one of our old favorites. I needed a way to connect my idea for chapter four and a new idea for six, so chapter five was created as that connection. Chapter six will be done soon and uploaded as soon as I finish it. If anybody has any ideas or suggestions for where this fic should go, e-mail me at: earthsonlyhope2004@yahoo.com. All reviews are appreciated. I hope you all like this chapter, though it is a little boring.
"Jake," I began as we entered his house, "what did that Controller mean when he said that Visser One missed you? I don't get it."
He sighed and rubbed his forehead. "I don't know. It's not exactly a good time."
"Look, I'm sorry about the tiger. It's just…he looked at me, I looked at him, he came running, I changed, we fought, and nobody won. I acquired him and left."
"He needed stitches."
"I needed them too. Did you see the way he tore my arm off?"
He walked to the kitchen and pulled a soda from the refrigerator. "Yes. I believe that I was the one who had to pull the two of you apart."
"Sorry."
He laughed and handed me a soda. "It's okay. Do you want me to order a pizza or something?"
"Sure…what's a pizza?"
"Just trust me. You'll like it."
He ordered the pizza and the doorbell rang.
Jake went to get it. "I invited someone over to meet you."
He opened the door and let the man inside. He looked a lot like Jake, except a little shorter.
But something about him was different. I could feel it. Automatically, my body changed.
Jake saw me. "Hold on Serenity. Erek's a friend. An ally, so to speak."
"Jake," Erek began, "let me talk to her." He walked up to me and looked me in the eyes. "Do I look like I'm going to hurt you?"
There was a certain odor to him. Almost…metallic, it seemed.
I shook my head as I changed back. "No you don't."
Jake steered me to a couch and I sat down. He and Erek sat across from me.
"Serenity, this is Erek. He's a Chee."
"A what?"
"Serenity, I'm an android. A Chee," Erek said and told me the story of the Pemalites.
I had tears running down my face when he finished. "I'm so sorry."
He held up his hand. "I don't believe that's why I'm here. I believe that I am supposed to get to know you."
"My name's Serenity. Yours is Erek."
"Serenity," Jake warned, "don't be sarcastic."
"Yes, Prince Jake," I joked.
"Prince Jake my—" Jake began, but Erek clamped a hand over his mouth.
The doorbell rang. I jumped up, ready to fight.
"Whoa, calm down girl," Erek said and went to get the door.
I turned to Jake. "Why aren't you answering it?"
"There are Controllers who would love to turn me in to their Visser. Whoever that is at the moment. I have to keep a low profile. I answer the door in morph most of the time. Same thing with the phone. Voices are recognizable."
"Are you Jake?" I heard the voice ask Erek.
"You still use your name?" I asked Jake.
He laughed and turned the television on. "You don't know how many Jake Berensons there are on this planet. My name was so famous that children were named after me. Adults changed their names. It was kind of flattering, actually."
Erek returned with the pizza. The aroma met my nose, and…I don't know. I can't describe it.
He sat down next to Jake and me. Jake got up and put on a movie. Animorph.
"A movie about the Animorphs?" I asked. "That sounds very informational."
"Aww, Jake, it's an old movie," Erek whined through a mouthful of pizza.
I noticed a figure looking through the window. Their eyes widened and they disappeared from sight.
I ignored it and went back to my pizza, which was great. The movie wasn't half bad either. All I had to worry about was my first day at school.
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"Now remember, you're Serenity Berenson," Jake said as I got out of his car in front of the school. All around me, teenagers were talking to each other, or walking into the building, or just looking tired.
"Yes Jake, you've only said that forty million times on the way over here."
"I'm just making sure you know. Do you have all of your things?"
I sighed. "Yes, Jake. All I need to do is go to the office and pick up my schedule and locker assignment."
"Then you have to find your first class."
"I have a mouth. I'll ask."
"Fine. Just go."
I closed the door and he drove off.
Ten minutes later, I found my locker. A blonde girl was opening the one next to mine.
"Hi. Are you new? I haven't seen you around before," she said, putting a large book in her locker.
I nodded and opened my locker. "I'm Serenity Berenson."
"Any relation to Jake Berenson, the Animorph?"
"In a way."
She giggled. "That's good. Because I am totally in love with him!"
"He's in his forties. You're almost thirty years younger than he is."
She shrugged. "And your point is?"
"How do you know about the Animorphs?" I asked skeptically.
She took my schedule from my hand and looked at it. "You're in my class. Good. We can talk all the way there. Oh, and by the way, I'm Emily." She led me up the stairs. "How do I know about the Animorphs? Doesn't everybody?"
"I learned about them yesterday."
She put her hand on my shoulder and steered me into a classroom. "You poor thing. Where have you been living all your life? In a cave?"
"Something like that."
She sat down in her seat and I walked up to the teacher. "Hi. I'm Serenity Berenson. I'm new here."
"Any relation to Jake Berenson, the Animorph?"
I rubbed my forehead. It was going to be a long day.
A/N: Well, it was a little boring. And short. Sorry about that. I just needed to introduce a couple people into the story. Chapter six should be a lot better. We meet Marco's daughter, who is, shall we say, very different from Marco. I won't say any more. ¡Hasta luego!