Ax

We told Prince Jake about the human girl we'd seen, Melissa Chapman, and also the rest of my human friends, the Animorphs at the meeting at Cassie's barn that night.

Of course, Prince Jake was mostly worried about security.

"She saw you Ax? Oh man!"

And Rachel was worried about her friend of many years.

"How did she look Ax? Was she a Yeerk?"

(I do not know Rachel.)

"Well did she say anything that sounded like a Yeerk?"

Marco smirked. "What would that be Rachel?"

"Shut up you idiot. I don't know. Something like...you Andalite filth. Or something like that..."

"Hey! Rachel knows what she would say. Maybe...maybe...RACHEL IS A YEERK!" Marco announced dramatically, then gasping.

"Shut up Marco."

I did not know whether to take Marco seriously or not...

"Marco's just kidding." Both Prince Jake and Cassie told me at the same time, looked at eachother, grinned, chuckled, and blushed and looked away. I do believe that Prince Jake and Cassie are very fond of eachother. As in more than just friends...!

Though I cannot be sure. I do not know much about human mating behavior...

(What will we do about this girl, Melissa?) I asked the others, nervously. After all, she had seen me.

"I don't know Ax." Prince Jake said. "Marco, what do you think?"

"Well, if she saw him it doesn't even really matter, because she didn't see Tobias, right?" He looked up momentarily at Tobias, perched up high in his hawk form, who nodded, which was an odd thing to see, a hawk nodding, but it satisfied Marco. "Fine. We'll be okay then, if she hasn't actually seen anybody in their human form. If she can't recognize anyone-"

"She can't tell on anyone." Rachel finished for him. "Right."

"So we're good then?" Cassie said.

"No, we're not good." Prince Jake replied, beginning to pace nervously. "Because she was following Ax and Tobias in the first place, remember? That means she wants something."

"Oh." Cassie blushed. "Right." But then she looked confused and sighed. "But what would Melissa Chapman be wanting from Ax and Tobias?"

Prince Jake shrugged. "I don't know. She could be a Controller, like we're suspecting. But there's just no way of telling..."

"Except..." Marco said, then looked at Jake questioningly.

"Except what?"

"You know." Marco gave Prince Jake a significant look.

Prince Jake and Rachel both groaned at the same time and Cassie Marco and Tobias and I laughed.

"Oh yeah. I know what you mean." Prince Jake said with another groan, and then a sigh, as he slumped against some barn shelves.

"Surveillance." Prince Jake said, finishing for himself.