Title: Remember us at our peak, in our prime
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Carol Ann Duffy
Warnings: takes place towards the end of the series
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 195
Point of view: third
Prompt: sunrise
Mom freaked about Rachel's grades again. And attendance. And attitude. So Rachel stormed out, found a good place to morph, and flew away.
She's so tired of being scared, of being exhausted, of being angry. She's furious all the time—at the Yeerks, and the Andalites, and the Controllers and the Sharing and Jake. He's doing his best; they are all. But it's not enough. Maybe nothing will be enough until all the Yeerks are dead, but Cassie freaked the last time Rachel suggested that. (Marco agreed, and Tobias. Ax said nothing. Jake looked sad. He always looks sad anymore.)
*Rachel?* Tobias calls. *That you?*
She ignores him and keeps flying. She'll visit later, when she's not such a mess. She'll hurt anyone she sees in this mood.
She flies and flies, morphs back to human, then eagle again, and flies some more. She's miles from home and it's dark out, and she can't sleep or she'll be stuck.
She doesn't want to be human right now. Doesn't want to be a girl caught up in someone else's war.
She morphs throughout the night, and then watches the dawn in her own body.
She doesn't feel better.