Chapter Three - Changes
Once they arrived at the barn Marco started getting nervous. Despite their feelings for each other Marco wasn't sure how Jack would react to what he was about to be told. It was not every day you were told there was an alien invasion occurring on earth and four kids and an alien and a bird were the only line of defense. Hopefully this wouldn't ruin any chances of having a real relationship with him. Marco knew they'd both agreed to have a relationship, but what if after he found out he no longer wanted to be with him?
Before Marco could over analyze what would happen Jake started talking. "Hello Jack, we bought you here not just for you to meet our friends but also to tell you something important. All I ask is that you hear us out before you make any decisions regarding what we've told you. Cause believe me it will sound crazy but you have to believe us because it is all true" Jake stated looking hard at me.
"O…K, but before you tell me whatever you are going to tell me, could we have some introductions, as I don't really know anyone here beside you and Marco" I answer flashing them a sarcastic grin.
"Yeah sorry, This is Cassie our resident tree-hugger" Marco said pointing at a small black girl, who was wearing overalls covered in dirt and who knew what else, "And this is Rachel our little Mall-rat" Marco said ducking out of the way as she tried to punch him. She was a beautiful tall blonde girl, whose hair and clothes seemed to be immaculate. "And this is Ax" Marco said pointing to a pretty boy who looked to be a mix of Marco, Rachel, Cassie and Jake. Though Jack knew that was physically impossible.
"Pleased to meet you all, I'm Jack, your all round nice guy and pain in the ass" Jack said grinning broadly as Marco cracked up laughing. "Ok, so what was it you wanted to tell me?" He asked looking around at the serious faces of the people around him.
"About a year ago Jake, Cassie, Rachel, Tobias and I all took a short-cut through an old abandoned construction site, when we were about half-way across we saw an alien ship crash land. We approached the ship and we found a dying alien inside, his name was Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul he was of a race of Aliens called Andalites. He told us about another alien race that was already on earth, which was slowly enslaving our race. They are called Yeerks, in their natural form they are small slug-like creatures. To survive they must take human hosts, they crawl in through your ear-canal and completely take over control of your body. You are like a prisoner in your own body. However they do have one noticeable weakness, they must return to the Yeerk pool every three days to soak up Kandrona rays or they die. It is also near impossible to tell who is a controller and who isn't. We however do have a weapon that we use against them; Elfangor gave us the power to morph into any animal we can touch." Marco said looking at Jack waiting for any type of reaction from him.
"We want you to join us; we can give you the power to morph, if you are willing to help. Also The Sharing is a front-organization for the Yeerks to try and get hosts"
"Wow, I mean this is all true? You're not trying to pull my leg?" Jack asked uncertainly.
"It's all true."
"Yes, I'll help. How can I not? So what do I have to do?" Jack asked looking straight at Marco.
"Just place your hand on the side of this box" Marco explained holding out a blue box for Jack to touch.
Placing his hand on the side of the device Jack felt a tingling sensation move through his hand.
"What do I do now?" Jack asked.
"Nothing, that's it, But now you can acquire your first morph" Marco said grinning.
"Cool. What do I do?"
Cassie Moved over to one of the side cages Pulling out a beautiful Eagle, bringing it over to Jack so that he could acquire it. "Just place your hand on its back and think about the bird, what it is, what it represents, once its done he should fall into a trance-like state for a few minutes" Cassie said as Jack gently placed his hand on the birds back.
Closing his eyes Jack did what Cassie told him to, after just a few minutes Jack felt a subtle difference in the bird, Opening his eyes he realized the bird had fallen into a trance-like state.
"Ok, now you get to morph. Just concentrate on the bird, form a picture in your mind of it and hold it there until the morph is complete, believe me there Is nothing worse than being half-bird half-boy" Marco explained to him.
Closing his eyes Jack formed a picture of the bird in his mind, concentrating on it. The first thing he felt change was his height, he seemed to be shrinking at an exceptional rate. After that a feather pattern spread over his body, quickly forming 3D feathers. Next he felt his internal organs shifting and in some cases disappearing, as well as his bones hollowing out to allow for flight. Last to change was his mouth and eyes. His mouth hardened forming the hard beak of the bird, and lastly his eyes changed allowing him to see for miles. At last the morph was complete, he was a bird.
//Trapped. I'm trapped, Can't get out! Open. Light, can get out//
The bird suddenly started panicking, and flapping about.
"Hey, Jack man. You're Human. You are not a bird. Come on. It's just the birds instincts just push them away. You're a human boy who goes to school" Marco suddenly yelled out at Him.
//that voice is familiar. I'm Jack, not a bird//
What the hell just happened Jack yelled out, before he realized he could no longer speak and you can't hear me anyway can you? I'm a bird for-crying-out-loud Jack yelled somewhat frustrated.
"It's ok Jack, and we can hear you it's called thought speak, you can only use it while you're in morph, and it was only the animal instincts coming out, it normal. Some animals have stronger instinct than others just don't let them over power you." Marco replied calmly.
"Now to de-morph just do the same thing but in reverse, think of your human self and you'll morph back" Marco explained "Ah, Girls perhaps you should turn around" Marco suggested.
Realizing what Marco was saying both girls turned their backs while Jack started de-morphing.
Jack started concentrating on changing back to his normal state, once that was done he noticed his distinct lack of clothing.
"Ah, guys what happened to my clothing?" Jack asked trying to cover his embarrassment, blushing bright red as he noticed Marco checking him out.
"Ah, here we'll … ah… just turn around" Marco stammered out, turning bright red.
Jack quickly put his clothing back on, trying to prevent any further embarrassment. "Please tell me this doesn't happen every time you morph? I don't think I could handle the embarrassment" Quipped Jack.
"Ah, no thankfully we are able to morph with clothing on, though it has to be skin tight" Cassie said as she turned around.
"Is there anything else I need to know" Jack asked sitting down on a hay bale next to Marco.
Rachel looked over at Jack crossing her arms over her chest "Yeah, you can't stay in morph longer than two hours, or you'll end up stuck in that morph for ever. That's what happened to Tobias" She said looking up at a beautiful red-tailed hawk.
"Tobias?" Jack asked looking at each of the other people in turn.
Yeah, that's me. I got trapped in morph on our first mission, though the Elimist gave me back my power to morph. It was a once off so if you get stuck you stay that way Tobias said ruffling his feathers.
"And there is also, Ax who is actually an Andalite. His real name is Aximili-Esgarouth-Isthill" Jake explained to Jack "Ax de-morph and show him your real form"
Yes Prince Jake Ax replied as he started to de-morph. Jack watched in fascination as Ax started changing from a boy about the same age as Jack into what appeared to be a blue centaur-like creature with no mouth, an extra set of eyes on top of his head and a tail like a scorpion with a scythe-like blade at the end. The result was some-what terrifying.
"Ok, tomorrow we'll take you to the gardens where you can acquire some other morph's including battle morphs" Jake said as Ax finished de-morphing.
"Cool, you're all welcome to come to my place anytime you want. I basically live by myself anyway" Jack explained standing up, getting ready to leave.
"I'll walk you back to your place" Marco said smiling slightly at Jack.
"We'll see you all tomorrow. Bye" Jack said as they exited the barn, and started to walk to Jack's place.
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Jack had hardly slept at all, the previous night he'd been too busy thinking about the day's event's to sleep. He'd Kissed Marco, and he was pretty sure that they were now an item. He didn't like the idea of hiding his relationship with Marco, but he understood the other boy's need to tell his friends in his own time. Next there was the whole Alien invasion of earth, only the Yeerk's had apparently succeeded where the Goa'uld and others had failed. It was hard to wrap his mind around. One day he had been a perfectly normal 16 year old boy, (well, clone really, but that was not the point) the next he'd been changing into a Bird. A BIRD for-cryin-out-loud.
//He must have really pissed somebody off in a previous life// Jack thought, getting out of bed and taking a shower.
After school today, he was meeting up with the other's to acquire new morphs, so he would be ready for any battles. He had been able to tell who the leader of their little group was, the moment he had been told. Jack had been able to tell that Jake was the leader. He had an air of leadership about him that just made people want to listen to him. It would take a bit of getting used to, having to /listen/ to orders instead of /giving/ them, but his tactical knowledge would come in handy.
There was another problem that needed to be addressed though, and that was the SCG and his old life. He wanted to tell his new friends about Loki and the whole clone thing, and tell the SG-1 about the Yeerk invasion, but he wasn't sure how to do it without compromising National Security. Then he realised there wasn't a way to do so without compromising National security.
Jack exited his apartment and started walking to school; he decided to cross that bridge if and when he came to it.
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Once they arrived at the barn Marco started getting nervous. Despite their feelings for each other Marco wasn't sure how Jack would react to what he was about to be told. It was not every day you were told there was an alien invasion occurring on earth and four kids and an alien and a bird were the only line of defense. Hopefully this wouldn't ruin any chances of having a real relationship with him. Marco knew they'd both agreed to have a relationship, but what if after he found out he no longer wanted to be with him?
Before Marco could over analyze what would happen Jake started talking. "Hello Jack, we bought you here not just for you to meet our friends but also to tell you something important. All I ask is that you hear us out before you make any decisions regarding what we've told you. Cause believe me it will sound crazy but you have to believe us because it is all true" Jake stated looking hard at me.
"O…K, but before you tell me whatever you are going to tell me, could we have some introductions, as I don't really know anyone here beside you and Marco" I answer flashing them a sarcastic grin.
"Yeah sorry, This is Cassie our resident tree-hugger" Marco said pointing at a small black girl, who was wearing overalls covered in dirt and who knew what else, "And this is Rachel our little Mall-rat" Marco said ducking out of the way as she tried to punch him. She was a beautiful tall blonde girl, whose hair and clothes seemed to be immaculate. "And this is Ax" Marco said pointing to a pretty boy who looked to be a mix of Marco, Rachel, Cassie and Jake. Though Jack knew that was physically impossible.
"Pleased to meet you all, I'm Jack, your all round nice guy and pain in the ass" Jack said grinning broadly as Marco cracked up laughing. "Ok, so what was it you wanted to tell me?" He asked looking around at the serious faces of the people around him.
"About a year ago Jake, Cassie, Rachel, Tobias and I all took a short-cut through an old abandoned construction site, when we were about half-way across we saw an alien ship crash land. We approached the ship and we found a dying alien inside, his name was Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul he was of a race of Aliens called Andalites. He told us about another alien race that was already on earth, which was slowly enslaving our race. They are called Yeerks, in their natural form they are small slug-like creatures. To survive they must take human hosts, they crawl in through your ear-canal and completely take over control of your body. You are like a prisoner in your own body. However they do have one noticeable weakness, they must return to the Yeerk pool every three days to soak up Kandrona rays or they die. It is also near impossible to tell who is a controller and who isn't. We however do have a weapon that we use against them; Elfangor gave us the power to morph into any animal we can touch." Marco said looking at Jack waiting for any type of reaction from him.
"We want you to join us; we can give you the power to morph, if you are willing to help. Also The Sharing is a front-organization for the Yeerks to try and get hosts"
"Wow, I mean this is all true? You're not trying to pull my leg?" Jack asked uncertainly.
"It's all true."
"Yes, I'll help. How can I not? So what do I have to do?" Jack asked looking straight at Marco.
"Just place your hand on the side of this box" Marco explained holding out a blue box for Jack to touch.
Placing his hand on the side of the device Jack felt a tingling sensation move through his hand.
"What do I do now?" Jack asked.
"Nothing, that's it, But now you can acquire your first morph" Marco said grinning.
"Cool. What do I do?"
Cassie Moved over to one of the side cages Pulling out a beautiful Eagle, bringing it over to Jack so that he could acquire it. "Just place your hand on its back and think about the bird, what it is, what it represents, once its done he should fall into a trance-like state for a few minutes" Cassie said as Jack gently placed his hand on the birds back.
Closing his eyes Jack did what Cassie told him to, after just a few minutes Jack felt a subtle difference in the bird, Opening his eyes he realized the bird had fallen into a trance-like state.
"Ok, now you get to morph. Just concentrate on the bird, form a picture in your mind of it and hold it there until the morph is complete, believe me there Is nothing worse than being half-bird half-boy" Marco explained to him.
Closing his eyes Jack formed a picture of the bird in his mind, concentrating on it. The first thing he felt change was his height, he seemed to be shrinking at an exceptional rate. After that a feather pattern spread over his body, quickly forming 3D feathers. Next he felt his internal organs shifting and in some cases disappearing, as well as his bones hollowing out to allow for flight. Last to change was his mouth and eyes. His mouth hardened forming the hard beak of the bird, and lastly his eyes changed allowing him to see for miles. At last the morph was complete, he was a bird.
//Trapped. I'm trapped, Can't get out! Open. Light, can get out//
The bird suddenly started panicking, and flapping about.
"Hey, Jack man. You're Human. You are not a bird. Come on. It's just the birds instincts just push them away. You're a human boy who goes to school" Marco suddenly yelled out at Him.
//that voice is familiar. I'm Jack, not a bird//
What the hell just happened Jack yelled out, before he realized he could no longer speak and you can't hear me anyway can you? I'm a bird for-crying-out-loud Jack yelled somewhat frustrated.
"It's ok Jack, and we can hear you it's called thought speak, you can only use it while you're in morph, and it was only the animal instincts coming out, it normal. Some animals have stronger instinct than others just don't let them over power you." Marco replied calmly.
"Now to de-morph just do the same thing but in reverse, think of your human self and you'll morph back" Marco explained "Ah, Girls perhaps you should turn around" Marco suggested.
Realizing what Marco was saying both girls turned their backs while Jack started de-morphing.
Jack started concentrating on changing back to his normal state, once that was done he noticed his distinct lack of clothing.
"Ah, guys what happened to my clothing?" Jack asked trying to cover his embarrassment, blushing bright red as he noticed Marco checking him out.
"Ah, here we'll … ah… just turn around" Marco stammered out, turning bright red.
Jack quickly put his clothing back on, trying to prevent any further embarrassment. "Please tell me this doesn't happen every time you morph? I don't think I could handle the embarrassment" Quipped Jack.
"Ah, no thankfully we are able to morph with clothing on, though it has to be skin tight" Cassie said as she turned around.
"Is there anything else I need to know" Jack asked sitting down on a hay bale next to Marco.
Rachel looked over at Jack crossing her arms over her chest "Yeah, you can't stay in morph longer than two hours, or you'll end up stuck in that morph for ever. That's what happened to Tobias" She said looking up at a beautiful red-tailed hawk.
"Tobias?" Jack asked looking at each of the other people in turn.
Yeah, that's me. I got trapped in morph on our first mission, though the Elimist gave me back my power to morph. It was a once off so if you get stuck you stay that way Tobias said ruffling his feathers.
"And there is also, Ax who is actually an Andalite. His real name is Aximili-Esgarouth-Isthill" Jake explained to Jack "Ax de-morph and show him your real form"
Yes Prince Jake Ax replied as he started to de-morph. Jack watched in fascination as Ax started changing from a boy about the same age as Jack into what appeared to be a blue centaur-like creature with no mouth, an extra set of eyes on top of his head and a tail like a scorpion with a scythe-like blade at the end. The result was some-what terrifying.
"Ok, tomorrow we'll take you to the gardens where you can acquire some other morph's including battle morphs" Jake said as Ax finished de-morphing.
"Cool, you're all welcome to come to my place anytime you want. I basically live by myself anyway" Jack explained standing up, getting ready to leave.
"I'll walk you back to your place" Marco said smiling slightly at Jack.
"We'll see you all tomorrow. Bye" Jack said as they exited the barn, and started to walk to Jack's place.
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Jack had hardly slept at all, the previous night he'd been too busy thinking about the day's event's to sleep. He'd Kissed Marco, and he was pretty sure that they were now an item. He didn't like the idea of hiding his relationship with Marco, but he understood the other boy's need to tell his friends in his own time. Next there was the whole Alien invasion of earth, only the Yeerk's had apparently succeeded where the Goa'uld and others had failed. It was hard to wrap his mind around. One day he had been a perfectly normal 16 year old boy, (well, clone really, but that was not the point) the next he'd been changing into a Bird. A BIRD for-cryin-out-loud.
//He must have really pissed somebody off in a previous life// Jack thought, getting out of bed and taking a shower.
After school today, he was meeting up with the other's to acquire new morphs, so he would be ready for any battles. He had been able to tell who the leader of their little group was, the moment he had been told. Jack had been able to tell that Jake was the leader. He had an air of leadership about him that just made people want to listen to him. It would take a bit of getting used to, having to /listen/ to orders instead of /giving/ them, but his tactical knowledge would come in handy.
There was another problem that needed to be addressed though, and that was the SCG and his old life. He wanted to tell his new friends about Loki and the whole clone thing, and tell the SG-1 about the Yeerk invasion, but he wasn't sure how to do it without compromising National Security. Then he realised there wasn't a way to do so without compromising National security.
Jack exited his apartment and started walking to school; he decided to cross that bridge if and when he came to it.
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TBC