Okay, this is a short and annoying fic, set in a… certain… book.
I won't tell you, cause you'll have to figure it out yourself!
Evil people you all are… (except Midgett)
My name is Jade. And that night, I had just come back from one of the worst missions possible. I was tired, I was angry…
I got grounded for slapping my brother across the head when he peeved me off. I didn't care. All I wanted was to sleep…
Too bad when I woke up, I wasn't exactly where I was supposed to be…
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I woke up to a sound of shrill beeping. I reached for my alarm clock…
Then I realised I'd never owned an alarm clock in my entire life. Hey, little brothers and sisters can do that for you.
I bolted up, finding I was far from being in my own room. For one thing, it made the small apartment room I shared with Phoebe look big. There was a triangular screen with the time, and the words TO DO under it. Under that, it said Report to work.
"Hey, what the-" then I saw my clothes. A blue jumpsuit. Hang on a second…
I patted the suit, then I realised my nails were different. Not the thin, always cracking nails I usually had, but… something more like from a magazine. White-tipped and healthy.
"Okayyyyy" I got up slowly, looking around and trying not to panic. I could just be in a different form. But… I didn't feel like I was. I felt like… me. Only… different.
Then I saw my reflection in the frame of the door. And yelped.
I ran over, seeing I wasn't imagining things. I still saw my eyes… my green, fiery green eyes, but… my hair! It was cut to just below my ears! And… my face…
It looked like I'd aged overnight!
Seconds later there was a computerised voice, and then I was shoved out into a strange corridor. I almost ran into other people… all women, strange as it was…
Then I caught sight of someone I'd never see again. She was like me… older… but…. but it was still her!
"Amanda!" I yelled out, making my way through the others around me to get to her. I took her by the arm as she entered a small shuttle like… thing… and…
"Amanda!"
"Watch the way you speak to me, Jelred-seven-two-eight! And learn to control your host better!" She snapped, those brown eyes of hers colder than I'd ever seen them.
"Whoa-" I dropped her arm, and then the door shut. I was in shock.
Had she called me… no! It couldn't!
Then I caught my first glimpse of the city… and I realised it could.
It was the future all right, but not one I'd ever wanted to see.
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I managed to get out of the shuttle I was in, making some kind of excuse as I blindly went along with being a controller. Something was wrong… I could feel it…
This was all just wrong. I mean, one minute I'm fifteen, then next… I'm in my twenties! Something just wasn't making sense.
Thankfully, I was managing to keep my cool, and was determined to keep it long enough to find out what had happened to me. Where were my friends? What about… what about the Animorphs?
I walked along the empty streets in a daze, barely aware of myself. I looked in awe at the now completely Yeerk controlled planet. I had no idea where it was, but I knew I was somewhere on earth. Hadn't I seen that building before…?
"What-are-you-doing-out-here!" The voice came from no-where, and I looked around to see two strange creatures I'd never seen before.
I practically saw straight through these things as they came towards me…
I braced myself, ready to fight. I thought of becoming the tigress…
But… nothing! I… I couldn't…
RUN!
"Hey!Comebackhere!" One of them yelled as I turned and bolted. Had to get away! Tried to concentrate… nothing was happening!
I turned a corner, nearly tripping over my own to feet as I continued to run. I stumbled, looking behind me as I…
Hands suddenly shot out of no-where, grabbing me and yanking me into what looked like an alleyway at first. One hand wrapped around my mouth, the other around my stomach. I tried to fight…. I panicked! Tried to…
Whatever had me pulled me further into the shadows, and I heard those things go past. When it was all silent, the hands let me go. I spun around, terrified that I didn't even have my dagger to protect myself with!
"Jade? Take it easy, it's me" the man stepped out of the shadows, and… at first I didn't recognise him, but then…
"Jake? Is that… oh thank god!" I cried, then ran and leaped into his arms, kissing him.
Don't ask me why, I think… I think I was just so relieved that I wasn't alone anymore!
I pulled back quickly, blushing.
"Sorry"
"That's ok"
We both took a moment, before I finally looked up at him, thinking of Amanda…
"Jake, what's the last thing you remember?"
"Being fifteen and going to sleep in my own bed"
"Same. Oh god…"
"You ok?"
"No. I… I saw Amanda… she was…a controller…"
"Oh no" He said, then I noticed him limping a little as he backed up to lean against a wall. Then I looked down…
"Jesus! What happened to you!"
He told me as I found a small dirty cloth, and ran the water of what I now realised was the back of an old restaurant, then went and wound the cloth around his leg the best way I could.
"That feel better?"
"Yeah. Thanks"
Then we heard a horrendous noise, and before we could investigate, thick smoke billowed into our hiding place. We choked on it, and I managed to find his hand and hold on as we made our way outside.
Then there was a cry, and Jake let go. I heard him running, but to where I couldn't tell…
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