Chapter 7
We arrived back at Cassie's barn to find Professor Arturo waiting for us there. "I thought you were at the Hotel Professor?" I asked, "I was," he said "But I was continuously distracted by the hourly activities of the maintenance staff. It seems that on this Earth people haven't discovered manners yet." He laughed weakly. "So what happened? Have the Kromaggs united with the Yeerks?" He asked hesitantly. "Yes they have and we just nearly survived that encounter. I don't know how we're going to beat them next time." Rachel said. "Well don't keep me in suspense. What happened?" The Professor asked. I told Professor Arturo what happened about how we escaped, about how Tobias morphed a Kromagg and used its psychic abilities to hide us behind an illusion allowing us time to retreat. "So what did it feel like being a Kromagg?" Remmy asked Tobias. (To be honest it made me feel dirty, like I needed to take a shower.) "Shower? Don't you mean a birdbath?" Marco said. We laughed, even Ax joined in; it felt good to be able to laugh after what we had been through.
Elsewhere
(Report! Ulisic521 what is our status.) "Visser Three, we have nearly finished completion of the Transdimensional Communication system using the plans originally used by that traitor Eslin 359" (Good.) "We only need the coordinates in order to make the initial call." (And how do you plan on acquiring them?) The Visser asked.
"Simple" Ulisic521 said, "I have recently come into possession of a room number at the Chandler Hotel belonging to a Mr. Quinn Mallory." The Visser's body stiffened as he recognized Quinn's name. (You mean the human who fought alongside those accursed Andalite Bandits at the Yeerk Pool.) "Yes, I plan on capturing him and interrogating him personally. (Very good, proceed. But you best not fail me. Your position as SubVisser not to mention your life depends on it.) "Yes Visser Three."