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SAM

I had seen my brother get eaten alive in one go by Crayak. And the anger building up inside was unimaginable. First Adam and Leah had to suffer when Tori was struck down and now I had to suffer, watching John slide down his throat

(CRAYAK, YOU ARE SO GONNA PAY)

"It's a game, isn't it? You have to beat me and I'm beating you"

(DON'T GIVE US THAT GAME SHIT) cried Adam (NOW IT'S PERSONAL)

He shrugged his shoulders and lashed out with his tail. Adam ducked, but I grabbed it and hung on, before climbing up and getting onto his back

(Get him)

I wanted to cause him pain and I was surprised to see that my wrist spikes had grown longer, ready to cause that pain. I drove the spikes deep into his back, my fist going into the flesh, before I drew back, ripping flesh out at the same time

He roared and shook me up, just as I fired several spikes into his underside

"You will not defeat me"
BAM

He tottered to the side, struck by an unseen force. I followed it and saw that it was Tori who had fired the force. She was now fully healed, having demorphed and morph again

(You're alive?)

(Obviously)

(Look out)

I turned around and only saw his pincer for a second. He lifted me up to his face

"You're gonna join your brother. May be hard to digest, but I'll manage"
I punched his pincer, but it did no good. Until a gob of acid struck the pincer. He let go, but I was way too high

(This is gonna hurt)

I felt a pull on my tail and stopped in mid-air. I looked up to see Leah holding me

(Gotcha)

(Thank you, now lower-Behind you)

CRASH

(Oh ow)

Leah picked herself up and spread her wings. I got up shakily and saw Adam and Tori battling Crayak on their own

(Come on)

She flew forward, as I charged. And as I ran, I could feel speed gathering on my body. I was a speeding force of spikes and muscle. Anything in my way was gonna get pulverized. This meant Crayak

I leapt; my force driving my spikes deep into his body and making him stumbled on his needle legs

(Ha, take that) I crowed as I fell back down

"Nice trick"

WHACK
(Ouch)

Crayak was bearing down on me, until Leah and Tori came to the rescue, attacking him about the head, slashing and burning. Adam flew up and spat acid at his throat, burning him some more

(Come on bro, let's get him for John)

I got up and charged again. This time, I ploughed into one of his legs, snapping it off at the joint and making him stumble again

We were beating him

He knocked the girls away, before smacking Adam down with the tail and knocking me away

Okay, maybe not

"You shall all pay for this, you know that"

He looked funny with all this lacerations and 3rd-degree burns all over his face while he was getting angry. But this was no laughing matter. The fate of the world was in our hands. I got up

(What shall we pay with? Money?) asked Adam

"How does your life sound?"

(Not really, no) said Leah

(I wasn't betting on that)

He slammed his pincers into the ground again, creating more shockwaves, knocking us off our feet, upsetting the ground and everything else

(Hey Ellimist, is there a chance you can help us?)

"I can't intervene"

(Oh you're really helpful)

He came at us and stopped. He looked down at his stomach

(What's going on?)

Crayak clutched his stomach and stuttered around

(He's gonna be sick)

(Move out of the way)

Crayak threw up. The stench was revolting. And in that river of vomit was a giant snake that was slipping and sliding in the mess

(John?)

(You have no idea what it's like to be in a stomach)

(You're alive!)

(Yeah)

(What did you do to him?)

(I bit him inside his stomach. Of course it's made him sick and poisoned)

(Alright)

Crayak was stumbling around, still throwing up

(Let me take him) said Adam

He flew towards Crayak and held out his hand to Leah. She shot a fireball at him

Crayak turned and reached out to Adam

He caught the fireball and swung it at his throat

His claws penetrated, throwing the fireball inside, spilling blood everywhere. Rivers poured down from the wounds. Adam was knocked away, but Crayak collapsed, falling down onto his back

(Yeah)

(We win)

(Take that)

"No you haven't," muttered Crayak

(You're lying there, bleeding to death)

"I will not be beaten like this. I will still continue"

(Good luck)

Crayak suddenly glowed. It shot up into the air and hovered

(What does this mean?)

"Prepare yourselves, Animorphs"

(This is not good)

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