-Meanwhile, in California, near the coast ... (3RD person)-
A man was working late in a rehabilitation center for raptors and large birds. He was cleaning a cage of a red-tailed hawk with only one wing. The TV was on and the man was absent-mindedly listening to it while he worked. The coverage of the Rachel Berenson/Marco Bentle wedding was on.
A reporter came out and was showing clips of the wedding and talking about it. The one-winged hawk suddenly stared at the TV. A few seconds later, it fell off it's perch, unconscious . . .
-Tobias-
Rachel. . . Marco. . . those were names I almost recognized! I fell off my perch and memories came back to me:
Walking home from the mall with 4 other people – 2 girls and 2 guys.
Cutting through an abandoned construction yard and a space ship landing!
Meeting the andalite, Elfangor.
Getting the power to morph.
Becoming a cat.
Becoming a hawk and being trapped.
Falling in love with Rachel.
Getting my morphing power back from the Ellimist.
Proposing to Rachel just before the last battle.
The last battle, flying cover, shouting out directions in thought-speak.
Getting hit by a dracon beam and going down, missing a wing.
I woke up. I looked at myself and my missing wing and suddenly knew who I was. I was human! I could fix my wing by morphing and fly away! Then two things occurred to me:
1) I had no idea how long I'd been here.
2) No one knew I was alive.
Rachel had married Marco! Oh my God.
She and others needed to know I was still alive. Regardless. But how would I do that? The doors were locked at night and I couldn't morph in front of people, could I? Were the Yeerks still around? I knew controllers wouldn't be saving birds, but the Yeerks might still be around… I'd have to try to find out some more information before I tried to escape.