Disclaimer: I seriously don't own animorphs ok? Please have mercy.

Note: will be used as thought speak.

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Korean Pearl: thanks for your review. Since I'm a bit new at this I have lots of stuff to learn about fan fic writing, but your suggestions helped. Also, you won't have to worry, although Michael will become an Animorph, things will happen that will alter his motives. Thanks and enjoy the chapter.

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In the one and a half seconds it took me to decide to chase after them, somehow they disappeared. Upon further investigation, though, I saw them run down an old alleyway.

Hmm, maybe they're onto me. I thought, It's not like I'm stalking them right? (although come to think of it I sort of was)

Regardless, I picked up the pace and gained speed, I mean hey, they were running and I was walking, so what would you do?

After maybe five minutes or so, they made a break into a side alley. This left me panting in the middle of the sidewalk, wondering if I should follow.

This is stupid, why am I even bothering to chase them? I would have stopped except that something compelled me to step into that alleyway and confront them, as if this was an extremely significant event.

I stepped into the alleyway, only to fall back in surprise and disgust. It looked like Marco, Cassie, Rachel, and Jake were mutating.

I felt strangely out of place, so instead of flipping out I did the smart thing and slowly backed away from them.

As fate would have it, I wasn't paying attention and fell backwards on a trashcan, hitting my head on the pavement.

The last thing I remembered was a strange, yet familiar voice in my head. we have company

oh no, he was us morphing! Now what?

take him to Ax's scoop, we have to make sure he isn't one of them….

As I blacked out, I could make out the forms of Marco and Rachel as they leaned down and lifted me up off the ground.

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When I came to I sat up and looked around. I seemed to be in a small shack in the woods from the looks of the scenery outside the window.

Damn, now what? I thought as I remembered what I saw.

Suddenly a door opened, revealing the night sky and the silhouette of a boy I recognized as Marco. When I tried to get up I realized I was bound with ropes to a small wooden chair.

"What do you want with me?", I said as he approached me.

"Tell me something first, Michael. Why were you following us, huh?"

"You're the one to talk. What the hell were the four of you doing, turning into monsters or something like that!"

"Look man, if it were up to me, I wouldn't have bound you to this chair, but we have to make sure your not a controller."

"A what?"

"Three days is all I ask of you. Three days and we'll tell you everything, ok? In the meantime, you should get some sleep."

"Your kidding right? This is going a bit too far man, especially for you Marco. Quit kidding around and let me go, I'm already late as it is."

"Sorry, no can do man, and don't worry, we have you covered."

And with that he left. I had a suspicion that he was nearby, but I shook it off. I grew tired and drifted off to sleep. Before I did though, I thought to myself about the days occurances.

Great. What a super way to end a super day huh?

And then I slept.

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