A sign that said "iPod" hung over several hundred small black boxes. I had no idea what an 'iPod' was but I did know that the youths at the school one of the visser's vile yeerk comrades(and it's equally vile host Hedrick Chapman) had been assigned to monitor, seemed to be quite fond of them. In any case, I didn't need an 'iPod', I needed a computer. Most of the computers I saw were rather large, clunky looking beige or black boxes attached to large screens, I would not be able to take these with me. I demorphed to get a better look at the room with my andalite eyes(and also to 'disable' the security cameras by way of my tail.) My stalk-eyes scanned the room and eventually fell on a thing, black, esthetically pleasing device consisting of a type pad and a screen that hinged from the base.
(Perfect).
Several minutes went by and I finally managed to liberate the computer from the restraints holding it down.
CRASH!!!! The glass panes at the front of the large room shattered behind me, my stalk eyes spun to reveal 3 dark, 7 foot figures.
"Andalite!!!" One screamed. They leapt over the partitions at the front of the store and began charging at me with dracon beams drawn. Hork-Bajir controllers, the yeerks had been tracking me.
"Surrender!" The apparent leader shouted at me. I was outnumbered, a fight was not wise in my unarmed position. Without hesitation, I grabbed an 'iPod' from the display on my right, they raised their dracons and took aim...
(Not so fast!) I said, trying to sound as confident as I could. (I've got this whole place wired to blow!)
"You lie!"
(Do I? Take another step and find out! I was going to destroy this place anyway, to cover my tracks, now I planned to be far far away first, but I'd just as soon do it right here if the alternative is infestation by you disgusting slugs!) I stared down as they considered what I had just said. It was working! I stood bold, my thumb on the 'iPod', poised to disintegrate the entire store.
Hork-Bajir controllers are aware of only Hork-Bajir customs, had it been humans that attacked me, they likely would've called my bluff.
(Heres the deal, if you ever want to make it back to your filthy yeerk pool and feed on precious kadrona again, you'll put down those dracons.) They complied and bent their tall frames down to lower their weapons. I used my strong arm to throw the 'iPod' at the leader and in his moment of shock I galloped over and struck him with the blunt side of my tail.
SSSLLICCEE!! I slashed a second hork-bajir and a mix of blood and innards ran out from him, the third grabbed his dracon beam, his hand was still clutched onto it as he was left staring at a bloody stump of a wrist.
I grabbed my computer and fled the building as swiftly as my hooves would carry me, once outside I ran around the back where I had initially entered the building and slid the computer under a large, green container. I once again morphed into my arachnid, it was becoming more and more useful in a world in which it pays to for someone like me to be small and unnoticed. I would likely have to wait until daybreak before I could leave my cover and attempt to access the Internet.
If you're not familiar, the Internet is a phrase that humans use to describe the massive network of computers that interact with each other on a worldwide scale. It is quite the useful tool but unfortunately having a computer isn't enough, it seems several companies have restricted access to this network rather than making it publicly accessible, so finding a way to get my information may prove difficult.