DISCLAIMER: Phew! Getting kinda tired! Been writin' fanfics all day. I
swear, I have like, no life. I need to go read the Great Gatsby and do a
study guide and collect bugs for my bug board project and all that stuff...
OH WELL. This is like, way better...
Here we goooo!
Oh, and this is dedicated to my bud Wraithlord42. And all you other people who like this. Though I've noticed my other, ahem, sillier fanfics, shall we say, seem to be much more popular. Ah, well. Sigh, pleasing the masses, I swear...
Enjoy.
(Doctor) L'Aini's POV.
I left my scoop that morning, my seven year old daughter Yani-Ashmit-Ulaak was waving me goodbye. She was having a school holiday.
(Mother!) She called out at the last minute.
(Yes my daughter?)
(May I go to Giugin's scoop today?)
I sighed. (Alright! Do not come home late again, do you hear me?! You need to work on your studies!)
(Wheee! Thank you mother!) She began to run in the direction of her friend's scoop.
(Be careful! Stay away from the cliffs! Don't let me catch you playing near there again!)
I smiled and ran to the Rachel. Yani, that little rascal, had been neglecting her work again. Of course, she had very good excuse too...
Breathing raggedly, I slowed down. Of course, so did I.
(No.) I said to myself. (Mother's wrong. I need my work.) It kept me from thinking about Kascherm. And my little Anukili.
I ran on, grief trying to overtake me. I forced back the sobs that threatened to surface, and my pounding aching hearts drove me onward.
I stood at the portal of the Rachel, on the ramp, trying to regain composure.
Don't think about them. Don't think about them. Stop it stop it stop it!!!
To my surprise the door opened. Marco the human stood there scowling. "Well if it isn't Dr Quin, medicine Andalite chic! Man, I wish you'd been right about the whole multiple personality thing!"
I felt a little stunned. What was he talking about?
"Come in Dr!" A more authoritative voice called out. Prince Jake, most likely.
I walked in. They were all seated having what humans call "breakfast" again. Menderash, that rude perverted nothlit, passed by me to go out and feed, cringing a little from me. His face was still swelling with the lump I'd given him. My eyes gave his a warning look as he passed and I shook my tail a little, so he'd know. He hurried by, whimpering a little.
Prince Jake was seated in a huge chair designed for Hork Bajir. He was leaned back relaxed. They were all there as the day before, but strangely silent this time. No bantering or joking. I saw Aximili nowhere. Tobias was in human form. He looked sadly at me and smiled and said
"Hey Doc."
I bobbed my eyestalks civilly to him. I looked around for Aximili. I saw a human I hadn't seen before sitting at the table...eating a cinnamon. He had a relaxed look to him. As though he had been freed from an incredible pain. He kept looking at a clock on the wall, nervously and with dread.
(Is that-) I asked Tobias.
"Yes. That's Ax in human morph." He definitely sounded sad. I looked closely at him.
(Did something happen?)
"Yeah. Something happened!" Marco the human yelled. I sighed. I had been expecting him to say something the past few minutes. My eyestalks had watched him as he paced around anxiously. "The One is back!"
I groaned in thoughtspeak. So they were all in on this now! I laughed. (You are not going to stand there and tell me that! I refuse to stay here and listen to this nonsense!)
"Fine then. Leave." Prince Jake said. I stared shocked for a few seconds. The human Santorelli smirked a little. The others, even Marco, struggeld not to smile.
(I...I...I will not! This andalite badly needs medical help! And I'm beginning to suspect that all of you do!) I said, looking around at all of them.
I felt pure annoyance as Prince Jake smiled and shook his head at me. "The Ellimist came and explained everything to us."
(Ahaa! Ha haa!) I laughed derisively. (Ellimists! And now it's Ellimists?! Oh this is sad! This is absolutely a ridiculous waste of my time!)
I walked over to Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill who was now demorphing.
(Aximili.) I began. (Despite what your friends have told you, or tried to convince you of, that voice in your head is not-)
FWAPP! The flat of his tailblade came out and struck the side of my face! It knocked me to the ground.
Marco burst into laughter.
Aximili, sounding completely different, said (You don't know anything about the "voice in my head".)
Tobias helped me stand. I burst into sobbing. This was more than I could take in one day!
Marco's laughter stopped as he saw the glare on Jean's face and realized I was sobbing. He looked down in shame at his feet. Tobias tried to comfort me. He placed human arms around my shoulders.
"Shh. I'm sorry ma'am! Shhh. It's okay." He gently inspected the new bruise on the side of my face.
Aximili seemed to be rocking a little. His eyes were closed tight. When he next opened them, he seemed to relax. Then he looked to me.
(I...I...I'm so sorry!-)
I probably shouldn't have reacted the way I did next, but I shoved Tobias away and ran to the door. I turned back and screamed at him.
(No! I have seen it with my own eyes! I'm going to tell my superiors all about this! He's dangerous! He needs to be restrained!)
I turned and ran, without looking. And ran into and bounced off of someone. I landed, winded, on my side. I glared up at the person. Then I screamed.
IT...IT...it was...some...thing...it was small and wrinkled, and-
"Drode!" Marco said it like a curse. "I should have known if the Ellimist would show up, Crayak would!"
"Yeah." Prince Jake said. He was sitting down calmly still. He didn't even look at the creature Marco had called the Drode.
The creature named the Drode glared down at me.
"Stupid Andalite! Don't you ever watch where you're going?! You've got four silly eyes and you can't even see someone standing right in front of you. Honestly, you're all a waste of oxygen. It's a pity the Yeerks didn't win!"
"Yeah, I know." Marco snapped back at him. "She didn't even manage to see the small, prune, version of Barney the dinosaur."
I felt confused. Whose side was Marco on anyway?! And who was this creature? I slowly got up, cringing from it. I moved back and jumped as I encountered Tobias. He gently pulled me out of the way of the Drode, who now strolled imperiously past Marco. He said back over his shoulder to Marco.
"She didn't even manage to see the small, prune version of Barney the dinosaur." He said, mocking Marco, perfectly imitating his voice. Marco looked shocked. So was I. Then the Drode said. "You know, what's really funny is you have millions of dollars now, your own show, and you can't even manage to get a decent girlfriend." He cackled. Marco's face reddened and he picked up a metal box, as if about to throw it. He held back though.
The Drode cackled again. "That's right Marco. Throw something at me. See how much it hurts me!" The Drode strolled over to Prince Jake.
"Tell your friend to put that down." He snapped.
Prince Jake looked calmly at him. He blinked. "Marco. Put it down, please."
Marco slammed it down on a control console angrily, and sat down, still tense, his eyes watching the Drode's every move.
The Drode smiled, as he stood in front of Prince Jake. "Thank you, Jake. You're such a good leader. Ah, silence. You know, now that Rachel's gone, you're a much more pleasant group to be around."
Prince Jake stood, his eyes dangerous suddenly. He advanced toward the Drode, slowly, menacingly. The Drode smiled, pleased with himself, until he looked up at Prince Jake's face. Then he almost seemed frightened.
He quickly moved away from Prince Jake, and over to Aximili, whose eyes were now wary, frightened, watching the Drode's every move as well.
"Aximili!" He said, and grinned. "Hello once again! How are you?! Just lovely I see! Having a good time with your new friend?" The Drode laughed.
"What do you want, Drode?" Jake snapped.
"I just came to tell Aximili that my master is very pleased of the choice he made!"
(Choice? What choice?) Tobias said, moving forward. He had demorphed to hawk, then morphed to andalite. I felt a trill of fear. Was this creature dangerous enough for him to feel like he need a tail blade, or was he just doing so to comfort himself.
I hoped desparately that it was the latter.
"Oh yeeeeesss! That's right! You don't know!" He said, and grinned. He turned to Aximili. "That's right! You haven't told them yet have you?!"
Aximili closed his eyes and looked away.
"What. Choice.?" Prince Jake said, sounding oddly, eerily calm. His arms were crossed over his chest.
The Drode smiled. "Tell them Aximili." He mocked."Tell your friends about your 'noble' choice!" He snickered, and turned and walked behind a metal column.
And didn't walk out from behind the other side.
I felt shivers going down my back.
(What's going on?! Who was that?!) I said to Tobias.
(Shut up!) He hissed back. (Ax. Tell us.)
Aximili stood silently. His torso bended forward. His eyestalks were drooping.
I felt anger. How dare he tell me to shut up!
If Kascherm were here, why, he would...
I felt sorrow. He wasn't here.
No! Stop thinking that L'Aini! You'll drive yourself insane!
No. I felt angry at myself suddenly. If Kascherm were here, I would not depend on him to defend me! I would defend myself!
I glared at Tobias. (Don't you dare! Ever! Tell me to shut up again!) I snapped viciously at him.
He glared at me for a second, then turned back to Aximili and ignored me.
(Tell us Ax.) He said softer this time.
Aximili's eyes looked sorrowfully up at us all. Those eyes...they...they were so full of anguish!
(I...I wanted to live...) He wept. ( I wanted you all to live...so much...)
"What?" Marco said softly. "What is it Ax man?"
Aximili straightened up, sighed, and began to tell everyone, including me, a story that I would never forget. That would change the way I looked at everything.
A story that would forever change everything I knew to be true and to exist...
OH WELL. This is like, way better...
Here we goooo!
Oh, and this is dedicated to my bud Wraithlord42. And all you other people who like this. Though I've noticed my other, ahem, sillier fanfics, shall we say, seem to be much more popular. Ah, well. Sigh, pleasing the masses, I swear...
Enjoy.
(Doctor) L'Aini's POV.
I left my scoop that morning, my seven year old daughter Yani-Ashmit-Ulaak was waving me goodbye. She was having a school holiday.
(Mother!) She called out at the last minute.
(Yes my daughter?)
(May I go to Giugin's scoop today?)
I sighed. (Alright! Do not come home late again, do you hear me?! You need to work on your studies!)
(Wheee! Thank you mother!) She began to run in the direction of her friend's scoop.
(Be careful! Stay away from the cliffs! Don't let me catch you playing near there again!)
I smiled and ran to the Rachel. Yani, that little rascal, had been neglecting her work again. Of course, she had very good excuse too...
Breathing raggedly, I slowed down. Of course, so did I.
(No.) I said to myself. (Mother's wrong. I need my work.) It kept me from thinking about Kascherm. And my little Anukili.
I ran on, grief trying to overtake me. I forced back the sobs that threatened to surface, and my pounding aching hearts drove me onward.
I stood at the portal of the Rachel, on the ramp, trying to regain composure.
Don't think about them. Don't think about them. Stop it stop it stop it!!!
To my surprise the door opened. Marco the human stood there scowling. "Well if it isn't Dr Quin, medicine Andalite chic! Man, I wish you'd been right about the whole multiple personality thing!"
I felt a little stunned. What was he talking about?
"Come in Dr!" A more authoritative voice called out. Prince Jake, most likely.
I walked in. They were all seated having what humans call "breakfast" again. Menderash, that rude perverted nothlit, passed by me to go out and feed, cringing a little from me. His face was still swelling with the lump I'd given him. My eyes gave his a warning look as he passed and I shook my tail a little, so he'd know. He hurried by, whimpering a little.
Prince Jake was seated in a huge chair designed for Hork Bajir. He was leaned back relaxed. They were all there as the day before, but strangely silent this time. No bantering or joking. I saw Aximili nowhere. Tobias was in human form. He looked sadly at me and smiled and said
"Hey Doc."
I bobbed my eyestalks civilly to him. I looked around for Aximili. I saw a human I hadn't seen before sitting at the table...eating a cinnamon. He had a relaxed look to him. As though he had been freed from an incredible pain. He kept looking at a clock on the wall, nervously and with dread.
(Is that-) I asked Tobias.
"Yes. That's Ax in human morph." He definitely sounded sad. I looked closely at him.
(Did something happen?)
"Yeah. Something happened!" Marco the human yelled. I sighed. I had been expecting him to say something the past few minutes. My eyestalks had watched him as he paced around anxiously. "The One is back!"
I groaned in thoughtspeak. So they were all in on this now! I laughed. (You are not going to stand there and tell me that! I refuse to stay here and listen to this nonsense!)
"Fine then. Leave." Prince Jake said. I stared shocked for a few seconds. The human Santorelli smirked a little. The others, even Marco, struggeld not to smile.
(I...I...I will not! This andalite badly needs medical help! And I'm beginning to suspect that all of you do!) I said, looking around at all of them.
I felt pure annoyance as Prince Jake smiled and shook his head at me. "The Ellimist came and explained everything to us."
(Ahaa! Ha haa!) I laughed derisively. (Ellimists! And now it's Ellimists?! Oh this is sad! This is absolutely a ridiculous waste of my time!)
I walked over to Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill who was now demorphing.
(Aximili.) I began. (Despite what your friends have told you, or tried to convince you of, that voice in your head is not-)
FWAPP! The flat of his tailblade came out and struck the side of my face! It knocked me to the ground.
Marco burst into laughter.
Aximili, sounding completely different, said (You don't know anything about the "voice in my head".)
Tobias helped me stand. I burst into sobbing. This was more than I could take in one day!
Marco's laughter stopped as he saw the glare on Jean's face and realized I was sobbing. He looked down in shame at his feet. Tobias tried to comfort me. He placed human arms around my shoulders.
"Shh. I'm sorry ma'am! Shhh. It's okay." He gently inspected the new bruise on the side of my face.
Aximili seemed to be rocking a little. His eyes were closed tight. When he next opened them, he seemed to relax. Then he looked to me.
(I...I...I'm so sorry!-)
I probably shouldn't have reacted the way I did next, but I shoved Tobias away and ran to the door. I turned back and screamed at him.
(No! I have seen it with my own eyes! I'm going to tell my superiors all about this! He's dangerous! He needs to be restrained!)
I turned and ran, without looking. And ran into and bounced off of someone. I landed, winded, on my side. I glared up at the person. Then I screamed.
IT...IT...it was...some...thing...it was small and wrinkled, and-
"Drode!" Marco said it like a curse. "I should have known if the Ellimist would show up, Crayak would!"
"Yeah." Prince Jake said. He was sitting down calmly still. He didn't even look at the creature Marco had called the Drode.
The creature named the Drode glared down at me.
"Stupid Andalite! Don't you ever watch where you're going?! You've got four silly eyes and you can't even see someone standing right in front of you. Honestly, you're all a waste of oxygen. It's a pity the Yeerks didn't win!"
"Yeah, I know." Marco snapped back at him. "She didn't even manage to see the small, prune, version of Barney the dinosaur."
I felt confused. Whose side was Marco on anyway?! And who was this creature? I slowly got up, cringing from it. I moved back and jumped as I encountered Tobias. He gently pulled me out of the way of the Drode, who now strolled imperiously past Marco. He said back over his shoulder to Marco.
"She didn't even manage to see the small, prune version of Barney the dinosaur." He said, mocking Marco, perfectly imitating his voice. Marco looked shocked. So was I. Then the Drode said. "You know, what's really funny is you have millions of dollars now, your own show, and you can't even manage to get a decent girlfriend." He cackled. Marco's face reddened and he picked up a metal box, as if about to throw it. He held back though.
The Drode cackled again. "That's right Marco. Throw something at me. See how much it hurts me!" The Drode strolled over to Prince Jake.
"Tell your friend to put that down." He snapped.
Prince Jake looked calmly at him. He blinked. "Marco. Put it down, please."
Marco slammed it down on a control console angrily, and sat down, still tense, his eyes watching the Drode's every move.
The Drode smiled, as he stood in front of Prince Jake. "Thank you, Jake. You're such a good leader. Ah, silence. You know, now that Rachel's gone, you're a much more pleasant group to be around."
Prince Jake stood, his eyes dangerous suddenly. He advanced toward the Drode, slowly, menacingly. The Drode smiled, pleased with himself, until he looked up at Prince Jake's face. Then he almost seemed frightened.
He quickly moved away from Prince Jake, and over to Aximili, whose eyes were now wary, frightened, watching the Drode's every move as well.
"Aximili!" He said, and grinned. "Hello once again! How are you?! Just lovely I see! Having a good time with your new friend?" The Drode laughed.
"What do you want, Drode?" Jake snapped.
"I just came to tell Aximili that my master is very pleased of the choice he made!"
(Choice? What choice?) Tobias said, moving forward. He had demorphed to hawk, then morphed to andalite. I felt a trill of fear. Was this creature dangerous enough for him to feel like he need a tail blade, or was he just doing so to comfort himself.
I hoped desparately that it was the latter.
"Oh yeeeeesss! That's right! You don't know!" He said, and grinned. He turned to Aximili. "That's right! You haven't told them yet have you?!"
Aximili closed his eyes and looked away.
"What. Choice.?" Prince Jake said, sounding oddly, eerily calm. His arms were crossed over his chest.
The Drode smiled. "Tell them Aximili." He mocked."Tell your friends about your 'noble' choice!" He snickered, and turned and walked behind a metal column.
And didn't walk out from behind the other side.
I felt shivers going down my back.
(What's going on?! Who was that?!) I said to Tobias.
(Shut up!) He hissed back. (Ax. Tell us.)
Aximili stood silently. His torso bended forward. His eyestalks were drooping.
I felt anger. How dare he tell me to shut up!
If Kascherm were here, why, he would...
I felt sorrow. He wasn't here.
No! Stop thinking that L'Aini! You'll drive yourself insane!
No. I felt angry at myself suddenly. If Kascherm were here, I would not depend on him to defend me! I would defend myself!
I glared at Tobias. (Don't you dare! Ever! Tell me to shut up again!) I snapped viciously at him.
He glared at me for a second, then turned back to Aximili and ignored me.
(Tell us Ax.) He said softer this time.
Aximili's eyes looked sorrowfully up at us all. Those eyes...they...they were so full of anguish!
(I...I wanted to live...) He wept. ( I wanted you all to live...so much...)
"What?" Marco said softly. "What is it Ax man?"
Aximili straightened up, sighed, and began to tell everyone, including me, a story that I would never forget. That would change the way I looked at everything.
A story that would forever change everything I knew to be true and to exist...