Authors note. This is just a short Chapter here. So I decided to write chapters 3 and 4 to make up for it. Hope you enjoy it!
Rachel
After Tobias left I paced my room for a while. Fuming. How could he do this?! How could he?! I wondered who I was really talking about, Jake? Or Tobias? Finally I calmed down a little bit and sat down on the edge of my bed. God, this was not what we needed right now. We'd found out from the Chee that the Yeerks were building another ground based Kandrona and everyone was a little on edge because of the news. But this...this was unbelievable.
I closed my eyes and rubbed my temples. I was mad at Jake, sure. He wasn't behaving like a leader. He wasn't acting like he was supposed to. We couldn't afford to lose him now, not when we needed him the most.
I growled and kicked my bedpost, forgetting that I was barefoot. I bit back a yelp and tried to ignore the pain in my foot. It just made me even more angry. But I knew who I was really angry with. Tobias. Sure, it was bad what Jake was doing. But I could at least understand. I mean, he was under more pressure than I could imagine. I thought back to the time I had been the "Leader." It had ended horribly, and I had come away with a new respect for Jake. My cousin was strong. Probably the strongest person I knew. But Tobias...why had he done it?
I sighed. Maybe I was overreacting. I mean, Tobias probably lead as hard a life as any of us. Except maybe for Jake. Tobias was a bird. A red tailed hawk to be specific. Except for two hours at a time. Then he could be normal. Or at least mostly normal. His world was cold and unforgiving. Kill or be killed. The law of the Jungle. Well, the law of the forest anyway. I felt a little guilty for exploding on him like that. How could I really blame him? If I was in his position, would I have done the same thing?
I groaned. Now I was angry, guilty, tired, and above all, confused. I turned off my light and layed down, trying to get back to sleep. But I kept turning over my feelings in my head. Finally though, I managed to drift off into fitful sleep.