A/N: Glad everyone enjoyed the last chapter! I had one heck of a day at work and decided to cheer myself up by posting more to my story (don't ask me how that works…) Hope you all enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 17
Tobias
The Visser's eyes studied both Ax and me. I held my breath, hoping those eyes would not land on mine. I could see Ax tense up slightly under the stare but he did nothing. I watched him carefully in my peripheral vision. I was ready to back him up, whatever he decided to do.
All four of the Visser's eyes left mine and stayed on Ax. I felt my hearts beat faster and my breathe caught in my throat. I knew he was going to voice his decision and both Ax and I knew one of our fates would be determined.
((You.)) He said, his thought speak booming in my head. ((Will remain. If you survive, you will make a better host body.)) The Visser said and turned to me. I felt my blood run cold. ((Inject this one. He hides behind a bird of prey morph much weaker than his natural form.)) He studied me a second later, as if he might have missed something. He then seemed to mentally shake himself and left as silently as he came.
The doctors looked at each other and shrugged. They advanced towards me and I took a couple of steps back out of reflex. With a Fwapp! Ax knocked the one closest to him unconscious. The Hork Bajir turned to Ax, and fired their dracon weapons at him on low settings. Ax fell to the floor, stunned to silence. I stared at him a moment, unsure of what to do. The second doctor turned to me an icy smile on his face.
I twitched my tail slightly, trying to bury my own human mind into the andalite instincts. The andalite knew how to use the tailblade and how to defend himself, even if I wasn't too sure on it. Without a second though, I felt my tailblade move forward, faster than I could see. I missed the doctor by mere inches and lodged the blade into the wall. I pulled back on it, but it was stuck and I was trapped.
The doctor looked at me amused. "You just made my job easier, Andalite." He said. He tapped the chamber filled with amber liquid three times and pushed the plunger slightly to remove the air from the needle. Some of the liquid streamed from the needle and dripped onto the floor. "This should not hurt one bit." I distinctly remember another doctor in another time and place telling me the same thing before delivering much more than just a slight prick of a needle. Before I could say anything, the controller pushed the syringe into my weak Andalite arms and pushed down on the plunger, pouring the substance into my bloodstream.
He removed the syringe moments later and smiled once more before leaving. I tried pulling on my tail, but it did not budge.
((Ax?)) I called, working harder to remove the blade. Nothing happen and Ax was still silent. My vision blurred and my head felt foggy. After a moment, it passed like it never happened. Strange, I thought, and then it happened again only my ears began to ring slightly and the blurriness spread from the edge of my vision to cover my whole line of sight. I swayed slightly but was jerked back by my tail which still had not budged from the wall. My head began to swim and I felt myself falling to the side before I could stop myself. I heard my blade release itself with a slight pop as I fell onto my left side, loosing myself again in the darkness.
A/N: evil laughter Yes I know, that was terrible, horrible thing to do to you all, but…evil laughter I just had too. :D I hope you all enjoyed this chapter…I liked writing it; though I am slightly torturing my fav character in later chapters…sigh the work of a fanfic writer. gasps when I realized I just revealed more of my plot I know this was short, but review and I'll post another chapter soon (unless work kills me in the next few days…).
Thanks to: Quillian, LucreziaNoin86 (Yes, I know that was evil, but I like to leave people hanging slightly, plus show both sides of the story…), animorph19 (I had to add some J/C in there. Wouldn't have been right if I hadn't ;D), GenesisDragon(I laughed like a loon when you pointed that out to me, lol!), and rockergurl13 (yes, I did say that. I had to write Cassie's chapters a few times to get it right. Maybe I'm just underestimating the hidden Cassie within. ;D )