Sorry if there were supposed to be any "greater than" or "less than" signs in the last chapter that weren't there. I've only just learned that they don't upload with the rest of the document. I'm not sure if they'll stick around now. On to the story
Chapter two: Cassie
We went to the Chee. I carried Aftran while leading Karen.
It was slow by foot, but Karen couldn't morph and we needed her present.
When we got there I knocked.
Erik opened the door.
"Hello Cassie," he said.
"Hey Erik. You have the ability to read a Yeerk's memories, right?"
"Yes."
"Well, I've got a Yeerk here who we need you to read," I said, holding out Aftran 942.
"Okay. Come on."
We went down to Chee world.
"Hey Laura, you don't have a Yeerk, right?" said Erik.
"That's correct. Why?" said another Chee.
"We need you to read this one," he said, indicating Aftran.
The other Chee flickered on her hologram. "You may put the Yeerk to my ear now." she said.
I put Aftran up to what appeared to be the ear. She slithered in.
A few minutes later Laura said "She wants to join the side of the humans. Is that what you wanted to know?"
"Yes," I said. "That's all I wanted to know."
The Yeerk slithered out of the Chee's "ear."
I caught her and put her up to my own ear.
"So what do we do with this Yeerk?" asked Marco. "Where is it anyway?" he asked.
Aftran waved, saying "Right here."
"Oh." he said. "How do we make it inconspicuous?"
"Erik, can you make it seem that Cassie has been a member of the Sharing for weeks?"
"Yes," said Erik.
"Good." said Aftran out loud. To me she said, Cassie, when everyone says that they haven't seen you, say you've been there for weeks. They just haven't noticed you.>
Okay,">I said.
"She's slated to become a full member in just three days. Make sure she's the only one slated for that day." To Karen she said, "Karen, I'm going to have to infest you one last time. After that, you'll be free. You're going to have to come by this place whenever you'd go to the Sharing."
"Oh, all right," she said.
"Erik, a Chee will have to pretend to be Karen each day. Your current Yeerk will be the one supposedly infesting Karen. Which means it will go into a new Chee, while you get a new Yeerk."
"Gotcha. We'll have this worked out in no time."
"Ready Karen?"
"As ready as I'll ever be."
Aftran pressed her ear to Karen's. Then she left my brain and took control of Karen.
Sorry to those of you who didn't want to see Karen ever infested again, but I couldn't see any way around it. Hope you liked this chapter. I'm not sure about the decency of it even during this chapter.
