I woke up with a yawn. Nearly a week had I been in the camp, and Jake had notified me that he was going to leave soon. Yawning again I climbed out of the small bed on the floor and walked out, glancing around the camp.
Jake had told me that I wouldn't be able to leave the camp and go home or anything because the day after I left the Yeerk pool was the same day that the Yeerks took control of my parents. I had agreed dully at the time, but now, after sleeping for a week on the ground, I was having second thoughts.
Another thing that Jake had told me was that, like the other known Animorphs and escaped controllers, I would not be able to go to school. It was too easy to get caught. Alex still went to school, and it was boring without him around.
I walked out to the center of the camp, where a large group had formed around Jake. After listening in on part of the conversation, I found that this was his leaving speech and that he'd be leaving soon to lead an attack elsewhere. After the speech, the people began to walk away when suddenly Jake remembered something.
"Oh! That reminds me. Today we'll be getting a new Animorph. David, come up here please?" I nodded tiredly and climbed up onto a log near Jake. Jake nodded and held out the morphing cube to me. I touched it sleepily and received a slight shock that was numbed out slightly by my sleepiness. "Thank you, David." I nodded and climbed down. "Anyways, that is all. Bye everyone."
The humans nodded, some stayed human to say goodbye to Jake, and others morphed into animals to begin to work again. Myself, I was too tired to notice anything at all, especially the fact that I had just become an Animorph.
I walked off to the large rock on the edge of the camp and watched as Jake morphed inside of a crowd and wove through the legs and raced over to me. The small crowd saying goodbye to Jake dissipated.
Jake morphed back on the rock. "You okay, David?"
"Yeah." I answered. "Just tired."
"Morphing will be even more tiresome." Jake winked. "Alex'll show you the ropes."
"Mm...kay." I said, half asleep. Jake shook his head and morphed an eagle, soaring away from the camp.
I walked over to the rock on the far side of the camp, too tired to realize anything. I nodded off to sleep, sitting cross-legged on the rock.
A large crack and a loud yell was heard on the far side of the camp. Waking up with a jolt I looked towards the direction of the sound. A small group of humans and animals were trying to fix a house that had fallen apart. I awned sleepily, wondering what time it was. My question was soon answered as Alex walked across the field towards me. Must be after school.
As I stared, one of the humans came over and spoke to Alex, who looked at me and nodded. The human went back to work, helping to pull a rope, and Alex walked over to me with a grin.
"Hey." I said as he sat down. I watched as his brown hair strands were temporarily turned blond in the sunlight before settling back down into a light brown.
"Hi." he replied, looking at the camp. "I heard you got your powers today, yes?"
"Yeah." I answered boredly.
"And this doesn't excite you?" He asked confused.
"Um..." No, why would I be? I sat there for a few minutes before it hit me square in the jaw with an iron club. I could morph into any animal in the universe. "Holy fuck. I can morph." I said stupidly. Alex laughed. God, I loved that laugh.
"Yeah." He said grinning. "Wanna learn how to use them?"
"Sure do!" I answered. Alex smiled, opening his mouth to speak. Suddenly, a shout came from the forest edge. Alex and I turned and looked at the person on the edge, who was running as fast as possible from the woods. As we watched, a group of Taxxons, Hork-Bajir and humans with Dracon Beams flooded from the woods.
"Controller attack!" Someone yelled. Alex stood up, me right beside him. Alex grabbed my shirt, kissing me.
"Go, hide!" He shouted before morphing a Komodo dragon and slithering into the sudden fray. I watched for only a second before I ran as fast as possible towards the nearest trees. I panted, dodging bushes and trees alike as I ran headlong into the woods. I took a sudden left and ran back towards the houses. As I neared the camp I slowed down, couching and moving slowly behind the huts.
The breath was knocked out of me as a human jumped on me. He held down my arms with his hands, looking at my features, before breathing, "Got you" and moving upwards, locking my arms to the ground with his knees. He pulled out a bottle, opening it and dropping a slightly wet Yeerk on his palm. Some of the fluid dripped on my shirt. I shouted.
"NO! Not again!" I struggled, trying to get out of his hold, and I yelled, in hopes of getting someone's attention. No one came. My arms were never released out of my vice grip.
The guy slowly put the Yeerk near my ear, and I could feel the creature slowly crawling into my ear, I shouted, but it was soon cut off by the Yeerk taking control of my vocal chords. I didn't know who he was, but bit by bit I lost my control once again. The other controller released me, and my Yeerk stood me up. They two shook hands before the other guy ran off, a Dracon beam in hand, as he joined the battle.
I shouted at my new Yeerk. "Who the hell are you?"
"Why, David. I'd expect that you'd know by now what I feel like when I'm controlling you." My Yeerk said, and I could feel him grin.
Both fear and relief rushed through me at the same time. I knew this Yeerk, I remembered his feel.
Norgan had returned.
A/N: Sorry for the long update. x.x You know it's bad when you forget everything about your story, including the fact that you wrote it. XD Thank you reviews, otherwise I would have never updated. Sorry again for lateness.