So we've had Adam, so now we're going with Sam
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SAM
Speeding through the woods, jumping over logs and dodging trees, I was clocking up about 58mph. but I knew I couldn't do it for long. I could only run for about 300m, then I would have to stop, otherwise, the cheetah would overheat and possibly die. I slowly decreased my speed and came to a stop. As I rested, I began to demorph. The spots disappeared, fur turned to skin and hair, paws turned to hands and feet. I walked the 300m back towards the starting point, where I picked up my bag of clothes, put them on and then started walking back to where I had left my car. I would fly home, but I didn't feel like it. Besides, I had already got changed, so what was the point?
And by the way, my name is Sam Berenson, Jake and Cassie's son and older brother to Jonathan, who is fourteen year old
I reached my car, tossed the bag in, got in, and started it up, before driving home. I had got my license a month ago and now I was driving a nice car that my parents had got for an eighteenth birthday. When I first saw it, I was like 'whoa, nice car, but wow!' and been driving it since
When I reached home, I got out and went up the driveway, where I found John playing tennis with the house wall
"Has Mom said anything about that?" I asked
"Nah. She just sighed and went inside"
"Well, are you ready?"
"Yeah. I've been waiting for a while now"
After telling Mom that I had John with me, we got into my car, before driving over to Rachel and Tobias' place, where we picked up Adam, Leah and Tori
"So, where are we going today?" I asked
"There's a party on tonight," announced Tori
"That's the first I've heard of it," said Adam
"Let's go to the movies"
That was Leah. She loved going to the movies, but it depends on what type of movie it is. I guess she's very like her mother, always love action, since that's the type she watches
"Any good ones on tonight?" asked Adam
Adam's a cool guy. He's the oldest of us all and like Leah, loves action. You could see him mountain bike riding or soaring on the thermals. Yeah, he loves flying
"Let me think, let me think, yeah, there's one"
"Alright, movies it is," I said
"What's the time?"
Tori, the youngest of Rachel and Tobias' children. She's the same age as John, but is older by a couple of weeks. Funny thing is, Tori has red hair and her siblings don't. But as I recall now, she used to have blonde hair, just dyed it red
"About 6:00"
"There's a movie at 6:30, but its PG rated"
"So, when's the M rated movie on?"
"7:30"
"An hour and a half, you're kidding me," cried John
"So, what do we do for ninety minutes?" asked Adam
"There's a party on tonight"
"Where at?"
"I'll tell you"
So we decided to go to the party. Once we got there, we found out that it started in half an hour and that no-one over the age of fifteen was allowed until three hours later. John and Tori left the car and went inside, but Adam, Leah and I had nothing to do. Sort of
"Flying sounds good," said Leah
"Too bad Ax isn't here to help us with time," said Adam
"What about the clock in here?" I asked, "we could check it every now and then"
"Let's go"
We drove from the house and went into a street filled with people, before going into an alley and stripping down to our morphing outfits
"You know what, Marco was right about these outfits"
"That they need to look better?"
"They just don't look right. What if something saw us? It just wouldn't go down well"
"What if you just morphed and shut up"
Sigh, brotherly-sisterly love. They usually sit there, having a go at each other. But this time, they were fighting while covered in feathers
"We need to know how to morph clothing and shoes. Can't leavvvaa…"
His speech was cut off when his mouth formed into a beak
(Can't leave out shoes)
(Adam, don't you ever shut up?)
(What about you? You complain too much)
(Do not)
It could have kept on going, if I didn't step in
(Guys, we're birds now, so let's get to the air)
(There wouldn't be much lift now)
It was the afternoon, nearly the evening. There wouldn't be many thermals now
(Let's go)
With a flap of my falcon wings, I was in the air, followed by a red-tailed hawk and a bald eagle. I shifted my wings slightly, veering away from them
(Sam, what are you doing?)
(Keeping a distance. In case of bird-watchers)
(Are they gonna care? There are no Yeerks anymore. Our parents kicked their butts)
(Suppose)
I glided back over and together, we just flew about, constantly flapping our wings to stay airborne. The memories of when I was four came back to me. I remembered when I was on a strange ship, with Adam and Leah, getting shot at by another strange ship
I remembered a stone that glowed a brilliant white that could just about blind everyone
It was only about six years ago that my parents told me the full story about the Lasterol Stone and how they used it to defeat the Yeerks and save Earth. It was even used to give Tobias his human body back and have him still retain his morphing powers
After flying about for an hour and a half, we demorphed, picked up John and Tori, before heading out to the movies
After the movie finished, we all headed out to the park. Leah and John jumped onto the swings, while Adam decided to go down the slide and I sat on a whirly-thingy with Tori
"Why are we acting like kids?"
"Because its fun"
"Sam, you have to try the slide"
"Adam, it's for little kids"
Adam mocked looking hurt. Leah laughed, as John fell off and landed face first in the sand. Leah got off and helped him up
"Let's go," I said
"With you on that one"
We all headed towards the trees, where the shadows were
"Isn't this spooky?"
"Very funny Tori"
"I'm trying to lighten the moment"
I stopped. So did the others
"What?" asked Adam
"Don't you hear that?"
They began to listen. Sure enough, the deep raspy breathing came back
"What is that?" asked Tori
"Where is it?" asked Leah
I turned around, looking in all directions
"I see it," cried John
I swivelled around to him. A huge creature came out from behind the tree. It was massive, taller than a Hork-Bajir. It had red, scaly-looking skin, huge horns and claws and had large fangs
"What the hell is that thing?" asked Adam
The creature ran out towards us. John, Tori and I dived to one side, as Adam and Leah dived to the other side
"That was not cool"
The creature turned and came at us again
"Battle morphs," cried Adam
I began morphing into the cheetah. Sleek, fast and with good night-vision
"It's gone"
My nose formed into a cheetah's nose and I could see it
"It's near…"
My speech was cut off, as my mouth changed
(It's nearby)
I finished morphing. I could see that Leah and John were both owls
(Why are you owls?)
(Because he ran off, so we're going after him) said Leah
The two owls flew off, as I was joined by a large tiger and a cobra
(Alright lady and gent, let's go)
We ran into the darkness, in order to find this strange creature
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Makes you wonder what this creature is. We'll find out in the next chapter