Sorry, Anifan1. I didn't mean it as a cruel "get down on hand and knee and beg me for permission to upload your story." I meant it as a sympathetic "Let me know if you do something with my story." I don't have a problem with adding another link to my stories, but I do have a problem with something being done with my stories without my knowledge.
And sorry I haven't updated in so long, but I tend to lose energy after a while.
Chapter two: The Discovery
We got to the meeting. I dropped the mask on Cassie's face.
"What's up with you? You look as though you just got told summer vaction's been canceled."
"Oh, nothing much. Just a summit meeting here in town to talk about what to do about all the problems in the Middle East. The leaders of the U.S., Great Britain, France, Russia, Japan, and Germany," I said, practically shrieking.
"Well that's very nice. Who cares?" Three guesses who said that.
"It's the ultimate target!" said Rachel, practically copying what Cassie had been saying to me earlier. "The leaders of six powerful nations? All in one place at one place at one time? Right here where the Yeerk invasion is strongest?"
"You think the Yeerks are going after these guys?" Jake asked me.
"That's how I know about it. My commander let it slip."
"Okay. That's about as important as the reason that I called this meeting. No wait, it's more important! If the Yeerks get the blue box, they'll have an advantage. If they get these people, it's all over!" said Marco.
"The blue box?" I said. "It was destroyed."
"Yeah, well, some kid named David, who thinks I'm an idiot, has it."
"Well," said Rachel. "If he thinks Marco's an idiot, he can't be all bad." She then gave Marco a look that let him know she was kidding.
"Focus, people," said Jake.
"Okay," said Rachel. "One, we have to keep the blue box out of Yeerk hands. Two, we have to keep these leaders out of Yeerk hands. And three, we have to keep Marco from realizing that he actually is an idiot."
"Rachel," Cassie said.
"Okay, first things first. The blue box. Nevermind the leaders for now," said Jake, trying to keep us in order.
"All right," said Rachel. "How di that blue box manage to survive? The Yeerks Draconed Elfangor's fighter till it was dust. We were there. We watched it happen."
We all looked at Ax, who had yet to speak. The only one who hadn't spoken yet, apart from Tobias.
"What do you think happened, Ax?" asked Jake.
I do not know, The Andalite said. They don't have mouths, so they speak with thought speech, sort of like Yeerks do with their hosts, only more powerful.
"What do you mean you don't know?" said Rachel. "Is there something special about those blue boxes, like they can't be destroyed by Dracon beams?"
No. It could be destroyed by a Dracon beam. All I can think of is that maybe it was a simple incident of random chance.
"Is that Andalite-ese for a freak accident?" asked Marco.
Yes. The Dracon beam striking my brother's fight would have created explosive pressures. Perhaps this pressure simply hurled the Escafil Device away at high speeds.
The What? Tobias asked.
"One of the Andalite names for the Blue Box," I clarified.
I forgot to mention that the Animorphs have the ability to change into any animal they can touch. Tobias violated the number-one rule of this power. Stay in a morph longer than two hours, and become stuck.
"The point is," said Marco. "We need to get this box."
"Yep, we do," agreed Jake.
"Before he figures out what it is," Cassie said. "And more importantly, before the Yeerks discover he has it."
I noticed Marco taking a good, long look at us. I wasn't sure if he trusted us, in spite of what the android Laura had said.
"Okay, so we need information," said Jake. "We need to know where this kid lives, most of all. Then we go in and get the blue box."
"And we have to be careful not to let the kid even suspect what's going on," Tobias added.
"And obviously we have to be careful not to hurt David," said Jake. "He's an innocent bystander."
"No problem-o," Rachel said. "He's not a Hork-Bajir, he's not a Taxxon, and he's not Visser Three. Us versus some kid from school? Puh-leeze. It's a walk in the park."
"And don't forget," I said. "We also have to worry about the world leaders."
"Aftran, don't ever do that again," Marco said. "Don't ever spoil our feeling of triumph like that again."
Yes, most of this chapter was copied from Animorphs 20. You will find plenty of original work that belongs to me. I know I didn't have Marco's "It can cascade all over its Zero..." Ax not needing to explain what it was prevented him from talking about any of the science behind it.
So, for anyone, let me know if you do something with my story. I don't have much of a problem, unless you call it your work. I just want to know what's being done with my work.