The journey continues. Wow, ten chapters gone and we still haven't found the first piece yet. Maybe this chapter might be it. And one thing. I know that South American money is different from North American money, but it gives you a basic idea of whats happening. Cheers
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CASSIE
The first thing I noticed when I entered the reception was Jake talking to the manager. Sam was by his side, looking around, until he saw me and ran over. Jake finished talking and turned around, before smiling
"Good news. I was able to buy some clothes and equipment"
"Well, that good. When do we get our stuff and leave?"
"In about an hour, perhaps"
I felt glad. We had left home with nothing except our clothes and wallets. It was too hard to get our belongings and go, so we weren't prepared. So thank god that Jake had his credit card. I think he used his card. But I wasn't worried. As long as we had equipment and other useful things, we were fine
In the hour that passed, Rachel and Tobias came down with Adam and Leah, Marco came down after them and finally Ax arrived, in human morph of course
"Guys, we have provisions and I believe they've arrived now," said Jake
We went outside and were met by a man who was driving a cart. In the back, were provisions, bags, tents and sleeping bags
"Wow," I whispered
Jake heard me and smiled. We spent the next hour gathering all our stuff and putting them together, before checking the map Jake had taken from the Bug fighter
"Prince Jake, I'm guessing the first piece is here," pointed Ax
He was pointing at a jungle area near the river, in the direction we had come from. Marco came up and saw where Ax was pointing
"Back into the jungle. Oh that's great," he moaned
"Are we ready?" asked Jake turning around
We all nodded
"Alright, let's go"
We trekked back into the jungle. I knew I had seen a river that we crossed and told Jake. He nodded, acknowledging it. We came to the river and stopped. Tobias and Ax demorphed, before remorphing. Jake, Marco and I took a closer look at the river
"There, there's a turn off," pointed out Marco
I looked and saw that the river ran into the jungle. I had a feeling this was the way to go
"We found a way," called Jake
We all gathered our bags and set off, following the river. And sure enough, the river led to a cave. We sighed and dropped our packs, before sitting down
"We have to make sure that this is the place," said Jake
"Well, I'll go and you can come with me," said Marco, looking at Jake
"Doesn't worry me. I can work with that"
Getting up, they both went into the cave
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MARCO
The cave was dark. That's the first thing I noticed. But it's the perfect place for a bat. And that was the morph we were using. That is, me and Jake, were becoming bats
(This idea seems real batty)
(Oh very funny, Marco)
(What do you think we'll find down here, apart from Batman?)
(The first piece of the Lasterol Stone, perhaps)
This cave was bat territory. It knew how to fly through the crevices and use echolocation to move about, making a picture of the area
I fired an echo. Bugs and stalagmites filled the place
(Face it Jake, this place is vast. We need the others)
(Uh-huh)
We flew in silence, until…
(Hey Marco, I think I got something)
I fired an echo. Apart from rocks and bugs, I 'saw' something else
(Is that it?)
(I'm not sure. The area is big enough to demorph)
I landed near the strange object and began to demorph. My human eyes (when they returned) weren't much better than bat's eyes. Unless there was a shiny object, standing on a stone pedestal, glowing its little heart out
"Wow"
"I know"
The piece was small and glowed a light pink
"Why did it have to be pink? Couldn't it have been blue?"
"Nope. Besides, it looks good as pink"
I picked it up. Surprisingly, it was light in my hand. I looked at Jake
"How do we take it out of here?"
"We could carry it as bats"
Jake and I morphed to bat, before picking up the stone and flying out of the cave. As soon as I left the cave, bright light struck my eyes and the bat brain wanted to go back. We landed and demorphed, as the others crowded around the piece
"It's so pretty," said Leah
(Oh yeah it's pretty, but not nice to mess with) I said, my mouth haven't yet formed
Rachel picked it up and weighed it
"It's light," she exclaimed
"Did you expect it to be heavy?" I asked
"Stone, rock, yah"
"Well, we've found the first piece, now we need to find number two," smiled Jake
(Very good. Now, hand that over and no one might get hurt)
We all spun around and saw something we didn't want to. Visser Three was standing there, with several Hork-Bajirs and Taxxons behind him
"This is perfect"
(Hand it over, now!)
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Oooo, how interesting. Visser Three has found the Animorphs, who've found the first piece of the stone. What is the outcome?