Author's Note: The last chapter happens in Washington. I messed up big-time. It actually happens like this: All the schoolkids are still at the Mall in Washington when Cassie gets this big vision of herself, Marco, Jake, older than they are now, and some Andalite (obviously Ax but she doesn't know who he is) standing there in front of some big ship (the Pool ship or whatever), talking to the press, and a red-tailed hawk flying away. She says, "I'm going insane" to herself, and gets the flashes of Marco saying stuff about insanity all in a row. So it's just a little different than what I have in chapter 5. I'm real sorry about that, review if you are confused and tell me what I can do to help, and I'll answer questions in the next chapter or e-mail ya!
Chapter 6
Rachel
"What?" I gaped.
Cassie looked frightened. "Well I didn't think you'd react like that. Nothing scares you, Rachel. I'm sorry to load this all on you, it's just I don't know who else to tell—you won't say anything, will you?"
"No, I mean, it's okay. It's just . . . well . . . the same thing has been happening to me. Well, not exactly, but kind of. Words or pictures just pop into my head, and I get the weirdest sense of deja vu all the time now."
"Really?" Cassie looked relieved.
"That's not to say we're not crazy. But if we are, then we can at least be in the same mental institution togeth—" I stopped short. "There it goes again. We visited a mental institution once. We talked to a man there who told us something. Demorphing in a bathroom . . ."
Cassie looked thoughtful. "That sounds so familiar. But what were we doing with morphing technology? Only really powerful, rich people and aliens have it."
"Yeah," I said.
"Mr. Edelman!" she cried out suddenly. "That's the man's name!"
"Your, I don't know, your things are so much clearer than mine. What's happening to us?" Suddenly, I began to cry, something I don't do very often.
Tears rolled down Cassie's cheeks and we hugged each other, in the middle of the Mall, as we whispered softly and tried to be inconspicuous.