We get to see the Animorphs leave on their journey. But how are they going to get to South America anyway?

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MARCO

I woke up to the light of the sun in my eyes. Then something stepped into my vision

"Marco man, get out of the bed"

I opened my eyes fully and saw it was Jake. I groaned and went to roll over, but rolled the wrong way and fell out of bed. Jake laughed

"Seriously not funny. I could have hurt myself you know"

"Yeah, whatever, now come on"

I resigned and followed him out of the tree house, yawning as I went. The others were already in the clearing, with Ax in his Andalite form and Estray nearby

"So, how are we going to get to South America?" asked Rachel

"Take either a Bug fighter or a Yeerk ship," answered Jake

"Dude, how did you come up with this suicidal idea?" I asked

"By speaking with Estray here"

Estray nodded. I collapsed on the grass and was about to fall asleep again, but Leah obviously thought I was playing, so she jumped on me

"OW!"

"Leah, come here. We don't jump on Marco unless I say," called Rachel

"Thank you very much," I groaned

"See what I have to put with in the morning sometimes," said Tobias

"You're a bird, what do you have to complain about?"

Tobias didn't say anything. I didn't respond to that and sat up

"Fearless leader, how do we steal a ship and survive?" I asked

"We morph to Hork-Bajirs, go aboard a ship and bring the kids on later," smiled Jake

I though about it

"What about the other ships?"

Jake's smile disappeared. I guess he hadn't though about that

"I guess we have to fight our way out," he said finally

"Oh great. First we steal a ship, next, we have fight our way out, third, we go to South America and get eaten by a leopard"

"Jaguars live in South America, not leopards," spoke Cassie

"Thanks, Dr Doolittle"

We were silent for a while

"So, when are we moving out?" asked Tobias

"Five minutes," answered Jake

"What? You could have told us that before," I exclaimed

Jake just nodded his head,

"Pack something that we need and get ready"

"Hello, we didn't bring anything"

"Oh yeah. Well, we're absorbing some Hork-Bajir DNA"

Estray stood ready. One by one, except for Rachel and Tobias (and the kids, of course), we absorbed Estray's DNA. By the time we were done, she was nearly asleep

"Alright, we move out. Ax will protect the children until we're aboard," said Jake

We left the sanctuary and waited until we reached the street, before morphing. Ax stayed behind with the children, as we headed towards a ship we had picked. It was a Bug fighter. Small and fast, plus, with Dracon beams as an added feature. The Yeerk ships and Hork-Bajirs ignored us

"Stupid idiots," I thought

We went on board the fighter. A Taxxon pilot was waiting to take off, just in case. But it wouldn't be taking off, since it was lying on the ground, its throat slit, curtesy of Tobias. Ax boarded the fight and closed the hatch, before placing the bag with our clothes in it down. He seemed to have ran fast and while carrying kids, it probably wasn't easy

(Anything wrong?) asked Jake

He had started to demorph

(No, I hope not)

(How do you fly this thing?) I asked

(Don't you remember?) asked Rachel

(Well, do you?)

(I never flew a Bug fighter)

Tobias was standing by the children. Cassie had demorphed and was holding Sam's hand. Rachel and I demorphed, as Ax entered the cockpit

(Who killed the Taxxon?)

We looked at Tobias. He had morphed to human, was trying to look innocent, but failed

"You should have got rid of it," said Rachel

"Yes dear"

Jake, Tobias and I dragged the corpse and tossed it outside. We hoped that no one saw the body. Ax started the fighter

(These things are made for Taxxon hands)

"So morph to Taxxon," reminded Tobias

(That's right)

He began to morph. We closed the hatch to the cockpit and moved back. We knew that he would have to fight to control the Taxxon's instincts to find meat and gorge itself

"Fighter H896I, you don't have permission to take off," came a voice over the intercom

We heard snorting and snarling and knew that Ax was communicating with the Yeerk ship

"We'll check with the Mother ship"

Ax didn't bother to wait for a check. He turned on the thrusters and flew away. Since we weren't ready for the sudden movement, we were all thrown against the wall

"Ok, that was fun," said Jake

"That hurt. Marco, get off me," cried Leah

I quickly got up, as everyone untangled himself or herself. Rachel and Tobias were checking their kids, as Jake and Cassie checked Sam. I looked out the window

"We're outta here," I laughed

Only then did I notice three Bug fighters flying after us. All I could think of was

"Shit"

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Cliffhanger, ha ha. The Animorphs are being chased by Bug fighters, and three of them too. What will be the outcome in the next chapter?