I'm baaaack! WHOOO! YEAH!
GO MEE! WHEE!
Aaaand, hopefully surprises in this one! AND SOMEONE I HOPE A CERTAIN SOMEONE DOESNT OBJECT TOOOO! AAAH! SORRRY!
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I looked around, sighing. Completely deserted.
"All right you butthead, where are you?" I muttered under my breath, my fists clenched as I walked along.
(You call him a butthead he's not gonna show)
(Shut up Rachel! I'm amazed I ever let you in on this!)
(You didn't have a choice)
I growled inwardly, knowing she was right. Jake sent these two idiots with me, in case something went wrong.
Everyone else was to just stay back and watch.
(Would you two just... shut it for now? I'm kinda on edge as it is!) I told her and Marco, the two fleas hanging around in my hair.
(Well, youve only got yourself to blame) Marco said calmly, and I just wanted to make him regret being on my head.
(ALL OF YOU JUST SHUT THE HELL UP!) Jake roared, making me flinch a little, then I quickly recovered by pretending I'd stepped on something. David couldn't know, or even suspect, they were around.
(Thanks Jake, almost blew it for all of us) I muttered, then lookedup into thesky, letting out a slow yawn.
(He is most definately hiding from us) Ax said, and I just wanted to roll my eyes at him, instead going over and looking through an old broken window, tapping the edges of it, then crying out as I cut my finger.
"I got an owwie" I mumbled, putting my bleeding finger in my mouth and sucking, hoping the pain would go away.
(DA-) I jumped, then heard a horrid sound, turning to see a large object flying at me.
BeforeI could even think of moving, I was down, my head hiding the gravel.
CRAAAAASSSHHH!
Everything seemed to explode around me, and for a second I'd honestly thought the thing had hit me.
Then I heard "MOVE!" And was being dragged along.
"What the-?" I barely got sight of black hair, before I looked up to see the building was collapsing.
"OOOHSHIIIII-" I got myself up, running as fast as I could, tripping and falling, covering my head as it felt like the sky itself was collapsing.
"Oh shit indeed" I heard suddenly, my ringing ears confusing me as to where the voice was coming from. I looked up to see David above me, a smirk on my face.
Had he saved me?
Wait...he couldn't... he was the one who set the trap for me, wasnt he?
"How you got out of that one I'll never know. I honestly thought it would hit you"
"You're a tricky sucker, aren't you?" I said as I got up, feeling like something had hit me.
(Jake? Did you-)
(We saw someone, but we don't know who it was) Cassie informed.
(It was too dark) Tobias complained.
I almost rolled my eyes at him, instead focusing on the boy in front of me.
"Well, you fell for it"
"All right you, let's get this over with" I held up my fists, and he just burst out laughing.
"How about we settle this the Animorph way?"
(WHY THAT-)
(RACHEL SHUT UP!) I yelled, almost loosing my 'confused' face.
"What way?"
He smiled "One on one, animal to animal"
"Sure thing"
He started to demorph, and I did too, keeping my eyes trained on him.
I felt the my wings forming, connecting my torso to my arms, as my ears moved to the sides of my head, seeing a tail shoot out of David's spine, eyes becoming tiny black dots as white fur sprouted on him.
It was gross to watch.
(You know how g-)
I never got to finish, because at that moment, David shot forward, grabbing my throat in his tiny little teeth.
(DAX!)
(DONT YOU DARE MOVE!) I yelled at them, stopping my demorph and starting to remorph straight away.
(Not the best move you butthead) I told David, growing, until his tiny teeth couldnt hold me anymore and I batted him off me with hands that were starting to grow enormous.
(You asked for it!) He started to morph as well, and I knew exactly what he was morphing.
It was kind of ironic, in a sense.
I was morphing a white tiger.
(This look familiar, Davo?) I mocked as I saw his mane sprouting.
(Puh-leese! You think you can beat me with that?)
I flicked my tail as I shot out, grinning a toothy grin.
(I almost got rid of Jake that way)
(Ah, but this guy is a bit heavier than the boy Jake morphed)
(Not by much)
(Probably by enough)
He just laughed at me, starting to pace. I did too, both of us starting to go around in a strange circle.
(I can't believe they even kept you on the team!)
(Well at least they know I'm a team player) I shot back, hating myself for sounding oh so lame right then.
He stopped, making me stop.
(Well, we gonna finish this or what?)
Before I could even think of answering, I lunged forward, giving his face a good smack with my paws. He reeled back a little, but then his attack was even more brutal.
Thats because he remembered to use his claws.
Lights exploded behind my eyelids as I felt the sting on my face, backing up and trying to shake it off.
(Had enough?)
(I aint no quitter) I hissed, then exploded forward again, feeling the tiger mind in me combine with my own.
Soon, I gave myself up to the tigers instinct, letting it lead me as things got heated, and I could barely keep up with what was going on. The speed of the tiger was nothing I'd ever experienced before.
And David knew a bit more about fighting as a big cat than I did.
Sadly.
David slammed me in the side, knocking me down and going for the killing bite, but I kicked him in the head, continuing to kick until he moved away, my claws fully extended as I fought him off me.
(Dax! Its...Jake! We have to get him out of there!)
(This is his fight, and... we said we would...)
(We would what? LET HIM DIE!)
(NO! LET HIM FIGHT!)
(GUYS! SHUT UP ALREADY! STOP MAKIN IT A DRAMA!) I roared at them in my head, grabbing Davids leg and yanking as hard as I could, let go as he kicked me in the head. I fought to see again, hearing David laughing.
(What, had enough?)
(Bull)
He laughed again, almost prancing away from me, around a corner.
(Then come and get it!)
(Fine!) I darted after him, feeling oh so woozy all of a sudden...
(DAX! NO! HES GOT ANOTHER-)
SNAP!
(AAAAAAAAAH!)
(-trap)
Pain exploded up my leg as I saw it was one of those hunters traps, seeing my leg was broken, and I was stuck.
(How the hell- DAVID!)
All of a sudden my neck was in his jaws.
(Had enough yet?)
(You think you've won?)
(We'll, you'll be dead in seconds if I snap your neck)
(JAKE!) Cassie cried.
(ALL RIGHT! MOVE!)
(It still doesn't mean you've won)
(Oh really now?)
(Well, if you get rid of me my friends wont be happy)
(Are you realllly sure they're your friends?) He asked mockingly.
(Well, yeah, duh)
His grip on my neck tightened, and I could feel the air being shut off.
(Now, for the-AAAHH!) He suddenly let go, making my head drop to the ground, my ears being overloaded with the pained roar of the lion.
And suddenly, something else.
A BEAR!
Suddenly David was down, andI could barely make out the dark form of the bear standing over him.
(Rachel, is that you?)
(No) came the voice as I saw the bear grab Davids neck. Something must have been said, because then- (ALL RIGHT! I WON'T I SWEAR! JUST DONT KILL ME!)
Silence, then (I WONT! JUST LET ME GO!)
The bear let go of David, and he slunk off into the night.
Then... it turned to me.
I watched, dazed, as it foughed to get my leg out of the trap, then seeing the other Animorphs there.
(Dax, can you hear me?) Jake asked, his tail flicking back and forth.
(Yeah,I can hear ya) I grumbled.
(I think it is wise to demorph in your condition)
(Tell me something I don't know) I grumbled, feeling myself shrinking. The others, all but the bear who had saved me, started to demorph. I began to morph human, feeling the strain on my already tired body, but doing it anyway. When I was done I just sat there stupidly, looking up at everyone.
(All right) Came a new voice, and I watched as the bear demorphed, and I thought I would be seeing blond hair emerge from that head, but instead dark, messy hair exploded from it, and the face began to resemble-
"Well" I blinked "Thats something I don't know"
"Or someone" He said.
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MUAHAHAHA! A CLIFFIE! WHOOOHOOO! YAAY! GO ME!
Now im gonna go fall over and pass out! BYYYYYE!