A new air fight with the Blade Ship, possibly, but who knows? Let's find out
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RACHEL
(Guys, it seems that we're getting pursed by the Blade Ship. It's coming for us)
"Oh great, that helps a lot," I said
(Hang on)
Then, something like a cannon went off
BOOM!
We were all thrown against the wall, as Ax sped away from the Blade Ship
"Ax," said Jake, after he untangled himself from us, "how long do you expect to keep this up for?"
(I'm not sure. Until we can lose Visser Three)
"That's gonna be a miracle," said Marco
Both he and Jake went into the turret room, before I heard the familiar sound of Dracon beams
"I hope that's us"
Ax weaved throughout the Dracon beams that were flying in our direction, while Jake and Marco were shooting at their direction
(Now I know)
"Know what?" asked Cassie
(The fifth piece is under a moving surface, off the coast of a large country with many wild animals)
(Explain what you are talking about)
"Africa," I said, "the fifth piece is off the coast of Africa"
"But we've already been there"
(Which is why the first piece was glowing. It sensed the fifth, but wasn't glowing brightly because it wasn't the second)
"That really does help. If we knew, we could have grabbed it"
(Who cares? We're heading in that direction anyway. We've just past over America)
Tobias was right. We had left Hawaii, past America and were now going to Africa. We already went there. Why didn't that first piece glow brighter?
BOOM
"Oh man, we got hit"
(How bad?)
"Well, we're still flying and I see no smoke, so we're fine"
Ax turned right and went down. We went into the wall
"Ouch"
Tobias flew out of the way, as we all got up. I checked Adam and Leah
"Ax, please be careful, we have children on board"
(I will try Rachel)
"Hey, if we put a 'children on board' sign on the back, you think the Visser will buy it?"
"No"
"Shame"
Ax flew up, spinning the fighter around, avoiding the beams. And what happened to us? We went into the wall again. This time, Cassie and I hit the wall first and the children came flying into us
(The energy boosters are running low)
"Oh man, are we going to get away or not?"
TSEEW! TSEEW!
Several beams flew past the fighter
"Nice shot, Jake, you could be a professional"
"It wasn't much"
(We are off the coast of Africa)
I looked out the window. We were hovering over the sea
"Ax, keep us flying, but circle about"
"I'm going down"
"Same here"
(I shall as well)
"Who's gonna fly the ship?"
(I will)
The fighter stopped and hovered, as Tobias morphed into Andalite. Ax entered the cargo and began morphing. He was morphing into a shark. I opened the cargo door and dived out, into the water, followed by Cassie and a half-morphed Ax. Cassie began to grow larger, as her skin start to turn grey. Ax completed his morph and dived under the sea. I focused on the dolphin morph and could feel the changes happening. I could hear Dracon beams striking the water, but stop. I dived under to avoid a Dracon beam, as the changes continued. Once I had morphed the dolphin, I joined Cassie, who was now a whale
(Do you think we'll find it here?)
(We'll try. We have Ax to protect us)
(Though he can't really help)
(I can see very well in the water)
We dived deeper into the water. I used echolocation to make out a picture of my surroundings
Do you know how fun it is to be a dolphin? To have no care in the world and just want to have fun? That's what it's like. To be free. But I had a mission to do. I was to find the final piece of the Lasterol Stone
(Hey, what was that?)
(Where are you, Cassie?)
(Same as I was before)
I fired an echo. It came back to me as something hard
(We only have one hour in morph left)
(We've used up an hour already?)
(Hey guys, I have something here)
There was something. And it wasn't an ordinary rock
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Well, the only idea I can think of is that it could be the final piece. Or not. We'll find out in the next chapter