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After what seemed like eternity, we finally reached Ax's place. My heart felt heavy with guilt. I had just left him there. Now what would I do? Sure, I wouldn't have to go to school anymore, but why did my father have to betaken. Why, why WHY?

"Michael, are you okay? Michael? Hello?" said George after we demorphed. I snapped out of my depression and turned to him.

"No George. No. I'm not okay. And I don't wan't to hear it right now. Got it!" I snapped at him.

"Sorrrry! I was just trying to help."

"Well I don't want your fucking help!" I screamed as I fell in a heap on the ground. I eyes welled up until they would hold back no more. The tears I tried so long to ignore ran down my face. My throat hurt. My heart felt empty and cold. They would pay for this. They would pay.

I stood up and knocked on the door. Ax opened it and let us in.

((Is there a problem?))

"Your damn right there's a problem. My father is a Controller, I have no home, and I fill like utter shit. Other than that, life is peachy."

((Oh. Best get Prince Jake to handle this. I will return when the other are assembled.)) said Ax as he morphed peregrine falcon and flew off.

"I wonder if this gets Playboy."

"George?"

"Yes?"

"Shut up."

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At Cassies barn everything got out. The others were asking George what happened while Cassie was trying to comfort me. I had burst into hysterics moments after we made it into the barn. I was laying in the hay weeping and trying to stop the pain. But the pain couldn't leave. It was the pain in my heart. This was worse than torture, death, maybe even infestation. I had no family.

"It's okay," Cassie cooed, "you can stay with Ax and George. It will be all right. I promise."

"Th-thanks Cassie." I wiped the tears from my eyes. My sadness was replaced by hatred.

"Now what do we do?" asked George. "We have no homes and can't be seen in public anymore. My social life is officially zero."

"It's always been zero. Let's face it, George, you're not exactly a prize to look at."

"Oh, ha ha. I almost forgot to laugh." he said. "At least you're feeling better."

"Well," Jake began, "we will have to get some extention work done at the scoop. The four of you will have to make do with the tools we can swipe and the materials you can find."

"Shop class all over again." I mumbled. Something other than my father was getting to me. Her.

"Jake, before we all go, I need to adress something. Meghan, my sort-of friend and Ultra-Mega Crush is still a Controller. Do you guys mind if I free her too?"

The first response was "You have a crush on Meghan! No way!" Rachel.

"Look," interjected Jake, "We can't just free controllers left and right. It may have bad consequences."

"Then what the hell is our job! To just let the Yeerks have whomever they wan't? If I have the power to help my friends, I don't see a reason why not!"

"You can't! That's an order!"

"I've had it with your orders. And I've had it with you, too! You wanna save the world? Do it on your time. I have a girl to save." I walked out of the barn. Marco, Cassie and George followed.

"Michael, as your friends, we think you're going through some things and need to calm down." Cassie explained. "You should lie down."

"Cassie, I am so not in the mood for your compassion right now. Back off."

I pulled the dracon out of the pocket. I aimed it at all three of them simultaneously. I stopped at George.

"How would you feel if you were still a controller? That they didn't let me save you? I didn't think so." I turned back to Marco.

"And you. I thought you were the guy who would understand the most. But no. You don't even care do you? No wonder your mom is still a controller and my dad became one. None of you care.None of you are orphans. I wasn't an Animorph for more than a fucking week and my life has been destroyed!" I screamed.

"Michael, I realize that-" Marco started.

"No. You don't realize. And you never will. I have a job to do! I have a mission to complete! And you or anyone else can just-" That's when someone knocked me out.

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I woke up at Ax's scoop. Ax, Tobias, and George were there. They were busy watching the T.V. so they didn't notice me wake up.

"W-What happened? Why am I tied up. Again?"

"You need to calm down. I know it's hard, but you need to get out of wallowing in self-pity. You couldn't do anything about your father or Meghan. Acting on impulse at this point is pretty not the smartest thing you can be doing."

I didn't answer back. I stared at the cieling and sat back down. I wondered where my father was now. I hope the Yeerk wasn't treating him poorly. It was at this point that the anger surfaced again. That slug would pay. They all would. I'll be counting the days until I finally get payback. Of course, I knew that blaming the Yeerks was just a self defence mechanism, but at least it kept the pain away.

Dad, I'm sorry. And I wish I could tell you myself...

I closed my eyes and kept my mind blank. Trying to tune out the world around me.

It was a world I didn't want to be apart of right now.

Little did I know that the revenge I sought would come easier than I thought.

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