Chapter three

Marco

After tailing Taylor through seven-eleven, we reported back.

"Yeah, Taylor's still around, it's not like she died," I said over the phone. "She was just at the seven-eleven."

"Cool, we should hook up and see if she wants to hang," Jake replied in the code we'd learned so well.

"Yeah, let's see if Cassie and Rachel want to, too."

"That'd be great," Jake agreed. "Same place as we usually do, but I've got, like, 5 homework assignments to do."

5 minutes. "Okay, see you then," I hung up.

I dialed Cassie, relayed the same message, and she went and called Rachel. I looked at the clock to see how much longer I had to tell my dad and stepmom that I was leaving, and fly to Cassie's. The flight took about five minutes, so I had to go soon.

I yelled at my dad that I was leaving, and morphed.

Five minutes later, I landed at Cassie's barn, ready to tell the others what we'd seen before leaving for them to see themselves.

"She was covered in charred skin, her hair was a mess. Yet somehow she could pull off that look. There was a melt on her face that made it look like she was crying," I described.

"Anything suspicious?" Jake asked.

"Unless you count having an $8.54 cost on pretzels, milk, and cereal unusual, no."

{Not that unusual Marco, it was a two-pack of milk, and a big box of cereal,} Tobias commented.

"Whatever," I said, looking outside. Unlike this morning, the sky was covered in clouds. The air was heavy, and there was a slight wind blowing. I don't know if you have seen this type of weather before, but it's a little creepy.

This is coming from the kid who fights brain-stealing aliens on an almost daily basis.

"Not good flying weather," Cassie noted.

{No, only a bird with about ten brain cells would fly in this weather,} Tobias said.

"But we're going to. Unfortunately," Rachel muttered. "The joy of being an Animorph."

"Would seagulls be able to fly in... What am I saying, we've been seagulls in hurricane weather," Jake smacked himself in the head.

{Seagulls do have only ten brain cells...}

Ax put forth a great suggestion. Prince Jake, might I suggest that we do this another night? Perhaps one that isn't about to rain?

"Remember, Ax, we only have one more day to figure out what she's up to."

{I understand, Prince Jake.}

"So, we basically morph and go? Being very careful, of course, to make sure she doesn't find out we're humans?" Cassie asked.

"Yeah, that's about it," Jake answered.

"Incidentally, Fearless Leader," I asked, "What are we going to do when we get there?"

"We'll figure that out, I guess," Jake said after a pause. "Seagull morphs. Tobias, you stay in your regular form."

We morphed.

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