Mew: This is a very short chapter. But at least it's more like a book now. –shrug- What I mean by that is that the chapters can be whatever length I want them to be. You don't have to read this stuff if you don't want to, of course. –cheesy grin-
Draiku: -passing out pins that say "Mew is an idiot"-
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Chapter 2
A day passed by and Marik went to the pool to rejuvenate. Malik was thrown into a cage and locked up until, only a few hours later, he was dragged to the pool and his head was thrust into it once more. Marik reentered him and took control again. Suddenly, there was a loud roar. Everyone looked to the west entrance and there, standing bravely, was a large, Bengal tiger. Around it was a wolf, a bear, a gorilla, a hawk, and a creature that looked almost like a blue centaur.
"Andalite filth!" Marik spat. Malik blinked.
/Isn't that the Visser/ he asked, confused.
/Of course not, you fool! They/re Andalites in morph/ Marik growled back, then he added, out loud, "Damn!"
The tiger leapt and smacked a Taxxon with his huge claw. Immediately, other Taxxons ran towards the wounded one and began feasting on it, to Malik's horror. The gorilla thumped his chest and smacked away a few humans with such ease it was grinning. The bear was ramming into Hork-Bajir and tossing them into the pool.
Marik heard a screech, the screech of a hawk, and looked up. He let out a scream when its talon came in contact with his face. The gorilla was about to hit Malik on the head when it suddenly stopped and stared at him.
/Malik…/ said a voice. It wasn't Marik's, but it did sound familiar, but he didn't know from where.
"Andalite filth!" Marik spat at the gorilla. He grabbed a large gun-like weapon from a controller and aimed it at the gorilla.
/STOP/ Malik cried. /Don't hurt him! Gorillas are almost extinct! You can't kill him/
"Fool! This is only a copy of a real gorilla! I'll do what I want with it!" Marik roared out loud.
/You can't because I won't let you/ Malik snarled. He fought, with all of his will and strength, and got control of the arm which was holding the deadly weapon. He aimed it at his own head and managed to get control of his mouth.
"I'm not…going to kill you…" he said, forcing each word out. "Get…away! I'm…losing control!"
"Fool! Don't you dare harm our body! Don't you dare pull that trigger, you'll kill both of us!" Marik spat, regaining control.
"I'd…rather die…than be…your…slave," Malik replied angrily. The gorilla ran off.
/Thank you/ said a voice. /Keep fighting him. Don't ever give up./ Malik knew that it was the Andalite speaking to him.
/You…you bastard! We could have destroyed an Andalite bandit! We could have been promoted to Visser! Or at least sub-Visser/ Marik screamed in rage at him.
/You mean you. You could have destroyed an Andalite bandit. You would have been promoted to Visser. I'd still be your slave/ Malik replied. Marik stalked out of the Yeerk pool to safety. He knew that the Andalites wouldn't attack someone in public.
/I don't want to hear your voice for the rest of the day/ Marik spat. /So shut up./
/What are you going to do to me if I don't shut up? You wouldn't kill your slave, and you won't hurt yourself. And you'd better bandage up my eye, before I bleed to death/ Malik said. He heard Marik growl and he watched Marik stalk back to his home.
Marik made sure that no one was inside before entering, he didn't want to arouse suspicion. Rishid, Isis, and Malik's mother were all at work. Marik found the medicine and bandages. He bandaged Malik's eye, then made his way to bed. It was already nine, and if he had his light off no one would see the bandage.
Malik sighed sadly, exhaustedly, and fell asleep too.
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Malik woke up the next morning, discovering that Marik had told his family that he had been mugged on the way home. His "attacker" had a knife, and when Marik dodged a blow it cut the skin above and under his eye. He told them not to worry, but they did, nevertheless.
/Well, now you've officially ruined my face. I'd better be able to see out of that eye when the bandages come off/ Malik growled.
/You might die, but don't worry! At least you'll be able to see out of that eye/ Marik replied sarcastically as he walked to the local Burger King. He ordered what Malik usually ordered and sat at a table by himself. Across the restaurant he saw six kids talking, quite softly, actually.
"I am enjoying the taste of this grease! Gree. Sssss. Greeeee-ssss. Greee is an interesting noise to make in your mouth. Muh, outh," one of them said. Marik raised one eyebrow and Marco looked over to him casually, as if looking through the window at the drive-thru. He whispered something to the others, then waved. Marik waved back and smiled.
"Come over here, Malik!" Marco called. Marik got up and hurried over. "I don't think that you know my friends, right?"
"No, I don't think that I do," Marik replied.
"Alright. Anyway, this is Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Tobias, and Ax," he said. "Guys, this is Malik. We knew each other from this group we went to in elementary school. After my mom died, we went there together."
"Hello, Malik," the other five greeted. Ax added, "Mal. Ik. Ikkkk. Your name is quite a pleasing sound to make. Mae-kuh."
"Uh, nice to meet you too, Ax," Marik said nervously. "Ah. Kexx. Kexxxx. Your name is quite pleasing too." Marco chuckled while Ax looked amazed. He pointed at Malik and looked at Marco, as if asking a question, and Marco shook his head in reply.
"Oh. Earthling humor. Hyoo-mer. Hyoo. I see," Ax said, nodding his head.
"Um, sorry, but Ax isn't quite right in the head. Poor guy got dropped when he was only a baby," Rachel said quickly.
"Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to tease," Marik replied quickly.
"What happened to your eye?" Tobias asked. "I can see some blood seeping through the bandages. What happened?"
"I got mugged last night. The guy had a knife, and he was about to take out my eye since I didn't have money on me, but I jerked back and he only scratched me," Marik said quickly. "Well, he didn't scratch me, but he missed my eye, thankfully."
"How did you get away?" Cassie asked worriedly.
"I have a switchblade in my pocket. He dropped the knife when I nicked him with it, then he ran off. I'm just glad I had it with me," Marik said and sighed with fake relief.
"That's good. At least you remembered to always fight back, no matter what," Marco said. The words reminded Malik of the voice he had heard back at the Yeerk pool.
"Yeah. Well, bye for now, I'd better head home. Mom might get worried," Marik said.
"See ya," Marco said and waved. Marik waved back, cleaned up his food from his table, and left.
/You'd better not hurt them/ Malik hissed.
/And why wouldn't I/ Marik sneered back.
/Bastard. I hope you rot in Hell/ Malik growled. They walked awhile, not actually going back to Malik's home.
/If you were human, what would you look like/ Malik asked suddenly.
/Feh. Why would I want to be human? And why are you asking this in the first place/ Marik demanded.
/Just making conversation. I'm bored/ Malik replied.
/I dunno what I'd look like. Maybe something like this./ Marik shot a picture of how he would want to look if he was ever a human. His human version was tall, tan, and had spiky blond hair. He had dark-blue eyes, too.
/That looks almost like me/ Malik said as Marik removed the mental image.
/So? I guess that tanned skin looks best on you humans. Now let's drop it/ Marik said, sounding slightly peeved.
/I don't want to drop it. Besides, you looked kinda handsome, almost like Bakura/ Malik said. Now he didn't care what Marik thought of him, so he could be open about his opinions.
/Don't you dare hit on me. I'm not like you/ Marik snapped. /Besides, I'm not even human/ he added, softer this time. /It would be absurd for you to even consider thinking that my fantastic human form is handsome./ Malik swore that he felt a wave of sadness come from Marik.
/You sound kinda sad/ Malik said.
/So? Why should you care/ Marik demanded, now angry.
/I dunno. I guess that…I dunno, I just feel like I need to comfort someone sad or something, no matter who or what they are/ Malik replied softly.
/Hmph. You humans disgust me with your need to help others/ Marik snarled. Malik didn't reply. They walked back to his home in silence.
TBC
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