Chapter Seven: Evworth

disclaimer: do not own the animorphs, do own the four disgraced andalites

"Did we have to leave the WarriorBlade at midnight?" Marco complained.

((To quote most likely Rachel, "Shut up.")) I replied. ((And yes, we did. Otherwise we would be the last two to get there.))

Marco muttered about Andalites picking a bad time to learn a sense of humor.

Right now it was about three a.m. according to human standards. We were in a pod and, since the WarriorBlade didn't think that I was all right with flying even the simplest of ships, we had a pilot along with us. I had estimated that Jernall and Jake would get to the home-world first since the EarthBlade was only a few miles away from one of the home-world's moons. It would take Marco and me longer than five hours to get there- maybe eight, ten hours at the most- since we were in another solar system. All around the pod was whiteness since we were in Z-space. I wasn't really sure when Margtheo and Prince Aximili would be able to get there since I had no idea if he was teaching on a ship or on the home-world.

((Incoming message from ship GalaxyTree. Would you wish to accept?)) A thoughtspeak voice wondered. The pilot turned to me to ask whether or not to accept. I nodded and the pilot told the voice to accept.

"GalaxyTree..." Marco repeated. "Isn't that the ship that Elfangor was in before he crashed into Earth? And isn't that ship destroyed?"

I slowly nodded, just realizing. There was no way that we could have a call from the GalaxyTree if it was destroyed... We turned to the screen in the pod to see who was the caller but it remained blank.

((Marco, Medic Evworth, Pilot Jeranko.)) The voice said.

Marco's eyes opened wide. "Elfangor!"

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((War-Prince Elfangor has been dead for years.)) Jeranko stated.

((True...)) Elfangor replied. ((But, either way, it's nice to see you two again, Marco and Evworth.))

Marco turned to me, confused. "You two met?"

I shook my head. I knew Jernall had, but I haven't. ((I never, in my entire life, met Elfangor. I only left the home-world after his death.))


With a confused expression on his face, he stared at the blank screen. "How have you met Evworth if he never met you?" Marco wondered.

Elfangor laughed.

"Humor. Never thought Andalites would learn that." Marco muttered.

We waited for a while, wondering what Elfangor would say. But there was no answer- not even a sound.

TSEWWW! TSEWWW!

It was the sound of dracons on a Bug Fighter. Marco tensed and looked out the view. There was no Bugs outside.

((We lost connection.)) Jeranko stated.

We were silent.

"Do you think he made it?" Marco wondered.

I shook my head. ((No, I don't.)) I tried to sound sad, but really, why should I care? I didn't even think that it was him.

-pov change-?

I staggered. What else could I do? My ship was hit by the Yeerks. I landed on the blue grass of the Andalite home-world. I was badly hurt.

No... I thought. No...

It was happening to me again. But this time on my own planet and as a different person.

I fell, my vision blurring. My knees had buckled. Why? Why bring me back if only to hurt me? To make me die again?

No matter. I was going to die anyway and in a way I was dead. I had been a Controller. My father in this life was a Controller also and had helped make something that was going to kill all of the Andalites anyway...

Turning on my back, staring at the stars, I waited for someone to find me, though I knew that wasn't going to be this time. I closed my eyes.


Please, Tobias... Find Lanritra... I hoped. Find her. She is your only hope.

-pov change-Evworth

"Hey, Bird-boy!" Marco shouted as we landed at Dock 3 next to another pod belonging to Jernall.

"Marco!" A human male replied as we walked down, Jeranko staying at the ship. Tobias. "I just morphed again so don't think we can't just fly back. Let's get back to the others. Ax and Margtheo haven't came yet."

Tobias demorphed while Marco concentrated on an Earth bird called an Osprey. I closed my eyes and concentrated on my own Kafit morph.

Two pairs of wings sprouted from my sides as my fingers melted into feathers. My bones crunched as they rearranged and hollowed. My stalk eyes slurped into my head as a thin line appeared where my mouth would be. I lost my front hooves and balance but what I had left of an Andalite tail helped balance me. The line pushed forward, becoming a sharp beak. My tail shortened and took the form of the Kafit Bird's tail. I was almost finished- a blue furred Kafit. My fur flattened and the feather design appeared, soon becoming three dimensional.

I looked at the two humans and saw that they were just finishing also.

((Let's get going. I haven't flown in a while.)) Marco said. He and I spread our wings but Tobias hadn't moved since he finished morphing. ((Hey, Bird-boy, mind moving so we know you haven't died on us?))

Tobias suddenly shook his head. ((Elfangor.)) He took off. Marco did what would have been a shrug if he was human then we followed him.

-pov change-Tobias

((Did you get a call from War-Prince Elfangor also?)) Evworth asked me.

I didn't answer him. ((We're close. I see Kai,))

Evworth and Marco looked down. Evworth looked back, probably not wanting to see Kai yet.

((What happened between them?)) Marco asked me.

((They all got disgraced because of her. She became a Vecol because of the Electorate so that's why she has no tail blade. Then they swore never to talk to her again but they have to in order to save all of the Andalites.)) I answered. And me, I added silently but Marco knew that.


We landed in the small field near the river. Marco and Evworth demorphed while I morphed human.

Kaianaria nodded, showing that she noticed our arrival. Then she suddenly fell to her knees and shifted to human. She turned so she could see the sky of the planet. "He injected me with it!" She gasped. "My father!" She stopped moving, her mouth open, her eyes wide with fear.

I remembered what I had heard earlier. "Lanritra." I quickly demorphed and flew off to the military base where Lanritra was training in and where Margtheo and Ax were earlier.

I hope you know what you're telling me, Elfangor. If she doesn't know how to save us, I'll be joining you and Rachel soon.