Disclaimer: Animorphs is not mine. Need I say more?
Authors Note: Glad you guys haven't forgot about me in my absense! Anyway, I think that if there was anything that I could have learned out of my little exile, so to speak, is that if you wait long enough, people will eventually review. But enough of that. I need to make up for two months of no updates, so here is the next chapter. (runs from Traycon3 and her badass author powers)
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Reviews:
Animorphgirl- Well, in all due respect, I'd have to say that when you're writing a chapter at 2:30 in the morning, it's a bit tough to think up good substance to a chapter that is a mere precursor to a new plotline I'm trying to follow. And yes, I know I really should cut down on the cursing, but if you think about it, teenagers do curse a lot. Plus I've seen a lot of PG-13 movies that have curses. So there. Hurray for loopholes. Thank you lots for the review.
Lilmaniac- Umm...o...k? Well here's the chapter! Hope you like it I'm trying to make a few more plot twists. Enjoy.
Krazi Little Aus- Glad to here it! I get a real kick out of fan reviews and I haven't gotten a flame yet! (except for The Horror, but then again I made that partly just to piss off jake fans) Enjoy the chapter.
Quillian- I'm as okay as ever. I'm glad I was able to start writinfg again, and i'm gonna try to update more frequently when I get the time. Enjoy this next chapter.
Traycon3- Was this fast enough? lol I love outplayed crappy catchfrases. Enjoy the chapter I guess.
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Mmmkay, well I've been looking forward to writing this chapter for a while, and I'm glad I was able to. Don't worry, the fic won't be over for a while! Enjoy.
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The cool night air was brisk on my feathers. I hadn't realized how long it was since we were back into battle. Oh, maybe one, two weeks? Regardless, some part of me needed this. To feel alive again. To fight. To win. To release the growing beast within me. Sometimes when i enjoyed it I would get scared, to imagine that I might just be making things worse. I was an outsider in all of this. I knew that and have come to terms with it but that didn't make it any less of a bad thing.
We soared above our suburban neighborhood silently. We decided to take a spread out V formation, so we could spread more ground and still not be to conspicuous. Yet again, Jake went through the battle plan in my mind.
((Okay, we need to get to the airport. The yeerks have closed it off and have stopped all flights for the next half hour. By the time they're in the air, no one will have expected a thing. Simple as that. But of couse we'll have to complicate that a little bit. There are three bug fighters. We have to split up in groups of three. Marco, Ax , and I will take the middle one. Michael, Meghan, and Tobias will take the left one, and Cassie, George, and Rachel will take the right. We'll have to board them before take off, so we need to hurry. Are we clear?))
((Yeah.))
((Yes Prince Jake.))
((Yup.))
((Mmm hmm.))
((Yes.))
((We're clear.))
((Got it.))
((Let's do it.))
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I'd have to say that the flight was pretty boring after the first ten minutes, and I eventually gave up control to Kinrath in mid-flight after my wings grew tired. Within the course of an hour, we arrived at the airport. And not a minute too soon either. We landed one by one close to the bug fightwers. The yeerks didn't bother to put up and hologram as it was the dead of night and the ground crew was already under yeerk control.
Cassie and Meghan demorphed the fastest to demorph and then remorph. They quickly subdued the armed yeerk forces surrounding the bug fighters while the rest of us were finishing our morphs. We boarded our designated fighters and demorphed. The yeerk task force hadn't been assembled yet and it would be some time before any more personel would arrive. Rachel was able to get rid of the lifeless bodies of the guards by tossing the corpses into the woods nearby on the edge of the airfield.
"Okay, we need to stay alert. Remember, during the flight the ships will be close enough to each other so that we can communicate with one another through thought speak. We can't be found out mid-flight, so make sure you find a good spot to hide in. One that was enough space for you to morph and safe enough so they won't discover you. Ax has informed me that our best bet is the emergency bunker underneath the bridge. Check it out for yourselves." said Jake in his forty year old tone.
I clambered onto the deck of the bug fighter. It was actually quite spacious. We entered through the side hatch and immediately found the small door on the floor. It was a square passage way. After opening the little door, I climbed down a short ladder. When my feet touched the ground I was surrounded by darkness. After me was Tobias, then Meghan.
Meghan shut the hatch, and now there was no light. I rwache into my pocket and took out a small flashlight. I turned it on and a thin bam of light was cast into the small compartment. We had to get on our knees and crawl towards a small cusioned area to our right. We sat down, and I switched off the light.
Almost immediately, I fell onto my back and stared at the low metal cieling. I needed rest in case things got hectic during the flight. I heard Tobias speak out amongst the darkness as we heard heavy footfall above us. They must have arrived and were about to take off.
"You know, I never really expected the yeerks to make such a big move you know? I mean sure, the yeerks don't exactly have what someone could call restraint, but I mean the president? That's a bit rash don't you think? Maybe we're putting a bigger damper on their plans than we thought." said Tobias.
"I try to nort think so hard in delicate situations like these. I just go with the flow. It makes it easier for you to handle it. We're in a war. There are no true friends in a war, after all. In the end, hopefully what we're doing will actually mean something." I responded. My voice was dry a hoarse. I hadn't had anything to drink for a while now.
"That was...deeper than I would've expected out of you."
((I agree.)) chimed Kinrath in my head.
((I was wondering when you would pipe up. You're usually talkative at times like this. Care to flip through some more memories while we wait? I wouldn't mind seeing Saw II again.)) I thought.
((No thank you. That was far too graphic for my taste. You humans have a sick sense of entertainment. And I have yet to learn the mechanics of human mating.))
((My god Kinrath, get over it. I can understand that it must be very interesting to you, but it's not exactly a subjecy someone can just talk about in public. Just think of it as you would with any other race.))
((Okay, but my objections to your singlemindedness remain as they were. Understand?))
((Hey, who's calling the shots here Sisqo?))
((Sisqo?))
((Forget it.))
((You know, you can be articulate one minut, and a complete brute the next.))
((God I hate airplanes...))
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Okay, that's all for now. I'm not going to have much time this week to update, but expect one shortly. Thank you for reading and please review. Also, two quick footnotes. First, I, for some reason, envision Kinrath the have a British/English/Welsh accent. Don't ask me why, because I don't know. Secondly, I'm not trying to give you guys (and girls) a spoiler, but I'm thinking to add a new character to The Saga. Anyone who has a good idea for an asian female name, please e-mail me, or leave it in a review. That would really help!
Ciao.