Sorry again for the delay. This chap is mainly here just to get Marco out of the way.

Luna~ Yah if you haven't noticed she can not write Marco.

Yah. So sorry if it's kind of OOC. I can't help it. Oh well I hope you are satisfied for now. The story should start picking up pace soon.

Luna~ Or whenever she decides to write the next chapter.

Or that.

Disclaimer- Don't own the Animorphs and if you think I did then I think you should get help.

Chapter 6-Marco

Tobias, Rachel, Elfangor, and I all arrived at Tobias's meadow in no time. All of us started to demorph except Tobias who just rested on his branch.

"How long do you think it will take Jake and Cassie to find Ax and get back here?" I asked to relieve the silence that fell over a group.

Not that long. Tobias stated. Their coming now they should be here in several minutes.

"How do you know?" I turned toward him before looking around at the surroundings to see if I could see the other half of our team.

I saw them before we landed.

"Are you sure it was them?" Rachel asked.

Two wolves and an Andalite, Yep it was them. It was that moment when I caught sight of them.

Moments later they were demorphed and we were all standing around Bird-boys tree like some kind of ritual that involved two blue-centaurs without mouths and a vicious tail.

"So everyone is here finally." Jake spoke first. "Now we can decide what we're going to do about our trip."

"Hold it. I think Tobias should come down here first." Cassie interjected noticing the tension in the air.

But… I have to keep lookout. He protested weakly. We all shot him a nasty look.

"Cassie's right." Jake rubbed the bridge of his nose in irritation. "Let's get this solved first. Elfangor, Ax can you morph human so that Tobias won't need to keep lookout."

Ummm... Ok fine. He took one look around before floating down and resting outside the circle.

"Oh no you don't." I exclaimed. "I'm not going to chase you all around again if you decide to bolt. Morph inside the circle."

He gave me a nasty glare and that says a lot since hawks don't have the friendliest looks to begin with. Still he waddled over to the center of our group and started to change.

Ax and Al. Hey AA.Hehe… now where was I? Oh yah. Ax and Al rejoined the circle and watched as Tobias finished changing.

"So who's got the cauldron and the sacrificial animal?" I asked jokingly. Another attempt to lighten the mood. It worked just about as well as my other attempts.

For about the tenth time today everyone just stared at each other. I looked at everyone in the group. "So what exactly are we doing?"

"Well first thing's first. We have to find a place for Elfangor to stay."

"He can stay. Ay. Sta. With me Prince Jake." Ax said sensibly.

"Is there enough room?" Cassie reasoned. "Why don't we go to the Erek's house? We can figure everything out there."

"Good idea." So we all morphed for what seemed like the fifth time that day. Landing in an secluded ally several block from the King's house we all de-morphed, Tobias being the exception as he stayed up as the look out with Rachel guarding him.

Walking up to the house Jake rang the doorbell. After a tense moment Mr. King opened the door. As soon as he saw us he let us inside.

"So what may I owe the pleasure off having you here twice in one day?" He asked us looking at each of us curiously. "An who's this?" His eyes finally landing on Elfangor.

"He's why we're here." Jake explained. "Mr. King I'd like you to meet Prince Elfangor."

"Elfangor?" He looked at us confusion clear on his holographic features. "As in the one who gave you you're morphing powers?"

We all just nodded in response. Suddenly Erek poked his head into the room.

"Hey Dad who was at the door?" Now let me clear this up for you right now. Mr. King is not in any way shape or form actually Erek's father. In fact there is a slight possibility that Erek is older that the chee that plays Mr. King. Yes, you heard that right plays. That's all they are. Extremely advanced robots with great holographs and even better acting skills. But if you've been around a culture for several thousand tears you will tend to pick up on a few things. Or at least from what I can gather.

Anyway that was all the chee are. Actors who really love dogs because when they first came to our lovely planet it was because their own was attacked and their creators were slowly dieing out. So what do the chee do? They mix the premilites with the wolves because they have surprisingly similar characteristics and the result is man's beast friend.

Well anyway all of us knew the 'dad' thing was just for show if the visitors didn't know about them. "Oh hey, back so soon?"

"Yah we were getting borde and I have a big geometry test coming up so we were wondering if you could give us our newest 'way for us to get killed' early so I might not have to take it." I said in all on breath. Not an easy task I'll tell you.

"Marco stop complaining." Jake shot at me. "Erek, let me introduce you to Prince Elfangor."

"Ummm…." He looked at Elfangor skeptically. "Just on thing… Isn't Elfangor dead?"

"We thought so…" I began but was cut off as the doorbell rang. Mr. King opened it to reveal Xena and Bird-boy.

"We got tired of waiting for you slow pokes." Rachel said as she walked in.

"Why don't we take this discussion downstairs because I'm slightly confused." Mr. King closed the front door and started to lead us to the back of the house.

"You're not the only one." Erek muttered as he followed behind us. When we finally reached the underground park several floors under the King house we all settled underneath a tree with at least one dog on each of our laps.

Jake quickly explained out predicament and once they understood everything they were more than glad to help us out.

"How long do you think you'll be staying with us Prince Elfangor?" Mr. King addressed the Andalite.

I have no idea.

"Well how about if you bring the mechanism that Ax built and we can see what went wrong."

"Good idea. But what are we going to do if Elfangor's still around when we leave on our trip." I asked.

"We can take him with us." Rachel announced.

"Yes," Cassie mused "II was wondering how we would get on the ship without an adult."

"Well then we still have to get the modified blue box to work." Jake said standing. "Marco, Cassie, if you can go get it, Rachel can take Elfangor, Ax, and Tobias shopping." At those words you could see Rachel's eyes light up.

"He shouldn't have said that." I shook my head at Cassie. She giggled covering her mouth.

Wait. Tobias called out in though speak as we all got up to go our separate ways.

"What?"

We need money for an extra ticket then.

Well I believe that the Ellimist left me some money in the bank. We could go and check to see if I can use it. Then I could pay for our shopping trip as well as another room aboard the vessel.

"Perfect. We might actually be able to go on our trip now that all the family dilemmas are over."

"Shut up Marco." Rachel called over her shoulder as she left with the two Andalites and a Red-Tailed hawk on her shoulder.

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Done. I hope you like it. Please review and I'll try to get the next chapter out soon. Since I have a lot more free time.

Luna- Yah since you were cut from the softball team.

Yah that. Oh well. Review please.