The Animorphs and Ax are KA Applegate's creations. Ganlor was created by Weird Blondy. Don't sue me for borrowing the characters, ok? thanks. (The new Andalites are my own characters, though!)

-3RD Person-

A very young Andalite went up to Ganlor - the same Andalite youth who carried Rachel and Marco's bags into their room. –Ganlor-falo, can I ask you a question?- he asked.

(A/N: adding 'falo' after an Andalite name is a term of endearment and respect reserved for Andalite grandfathers. This was not in the books anywhere, I just made it up)

-Just a millisecond Kyger.- Ganlor responded, attempting to make his voice kind. –I'm busy right now.-

Ganlor stood in front of a large computer, attempting to find the location of War-Prince Aximili. The sensors indicated he was not in his scoop, as expected. After a few minutes of poking buttons on the computer screen, he found what he was looking for and began muttering to himself. –So Aximili was sent out on a top-secret mission this morning. I will have to commandeer a ship for the subvissers to intercept his. This makes the plan much more tedious and complicated.- He completely forgot about the young Andalite standing beside him.

Kyger, after waiting close to 10 Andalite minutes, reminded Ganlor that he was there. –Ganlor-falo-

Ganlor looked at the young Andalite with an expression of contempt and Kyger shuddered. Ganlor-falo had never looked at him like that before and he was afraid. Ganlor tersely responded –I'm busy Kyger. Go away.- He returned to the computer and resumed muttering to himself, searching for a ship and any hints of what might have been Aximili's mission.

Kyger sadly walked away, wondering what could have possibly made Ganlor-falo act that way. It had been his parents' idea to allow him to work and learn more about the aliens. Ganlor-falo had seemed excited by the idea at the time, but most recently he seemed very distant, like Kyger was a burden. He was just curious to know what the slit in the bottom of the alien's faces was for and why they might be pressing those parts together. He was supposed to be learning about the aliens! Then he had a happy thought. Perhaps his shorm, Melea knew what the slit was for. She knew a lot of things about aliens... Kyger pranced off, looking forward to conversing with his friend.

Meanwhile, Ganlor found a ship that he thought he would be able to get for the two subvissers. He did not know where Aximili was sent, yet. He would have to speak with some other Andalites before sending the subvissers on their newest mission. He opened up a viewscreen communicator to contact the subvissers. They would have to wait until he got more information before moving on.

-Rachel-

"So we need a plan." I said, staring at the bedspread. Looking at Marco was too distracting. We were alone together – that in itself was distracting. Not to mention the fact that all I could think about was kissing him, his adorable smile, his muscular chest, all too visible through his morphing suit... How were we ever going to finish this mission? I couldn't even think straight.

"Yeah." Marco said. I glanced at him and then back at the bedspread. He was staring at the wall. I guess he couldn't focus while looking at me either. That was a happy thought. How could we come up with a plan like this? I got up and started pacing. It was easier than holding still.

I stopped pacing for a moment and looked over at Marco. He was watching me, so I started pacing again and thinking aloud.

"Well, we need to contact Ax and warn him about the Yeerks here and about Ganlor. He might have some idea about what to do about them. Obviously the yeerks can't just attack the Andalite homeworld – we took out most of their forces a few years ago and the Andalites are far more powerful than they ever were." I said, now focused on the project at hand. I looked over at Marco. He looked away. Yeah, that was probably the best thing for now. We needed to stay focused.

"Right," Marco said. "So if we expose the Yeerks to the Andalites, they would easily be able to stop them. But then, why are they even trying when they know they're doomed to fail? I don't get it." He shook his head staring at the floor, then looked up at me.

The communicator on the other side of the room beeped. We had a call coming in. I looked at Marco.

"I'll get it." He said, getting up and walking over to it. I followed him and watched as he pressed the button to accept the call.

Ganlor's face appeared on the screen -Have you prevented communications from being read by third parties?- he asked, obviously not wanting anyone to know about the transmission.

"Yes, Visser." Marco responded, sounding very convincing. "No one can be picking up this transmission."

'Except we're taping it.' I thought, 'so we'll have proof that Yeerks truly are attempting to infiltrate the Andalite homeworld.'

-Excellent.- he responded without emotion. –I have determined that Aximili is not on this planet. He has been sent on a mission. I will need more time to determine his location so that you may intercept his ship. Await orders in your room.-

The screen went blank.

Great. He didn't say anything that might suggest he was a Yeerk. We were going to have to get more proof than that. I looked over at Marco and sighed. "Well that wasn't very helpful, was it?"

"No." he replied shaking his head. "If he doesn't even know where Ax is, how are we supposed to find him? This is just getting more and more complicated."

I started pacing. I finally had gotten focused on the mission, but I had no idea what we were going to do about this new problem.

-3RD Person –

Kyger was heading to his shorm's scoop. He arrived there and asked Melea's parents where she was.

-Out in the meadow, feeding.- they said. So Kyger went out into the meadow to see his friend.

- Kyger!- Melea exclaimed when she saw him. –How are you?-

-I am well, thank you, but I have some questions, Melea.- Kyger said excitedly. –Do you know anything about the aliens called humans?-

Melea thought for a moment. –I know a little, but only what my brother Aximili has told me. What do you want to know?-

-What are the slits in the bottom's of their faces for?- Kyger asked, hopefully.

-They are called mouths. They use them for feeding!- Melea said proudly. –Aximili was always talking about the new sense they have in the mouth – taste! The humans send these things called Krispy Kremes and Cinnamon buns here for Andalites to experience.-

-Krispy Kremes? Cinnamon buns?- Kyger asked curiously. –What do you do with them?-

-You morph a human so you have a mouth, then you place the Krispy Kremes or cinnamon buns in the mouth!- Melea explained excitedly. –But my parents tell me it is too strong of a sense for me to try right now. I wanted to, especially after Aximili described it, but my parents don't think I could control the human morph. Maybe someday they will let me.- She sounded dejected about it.

-They do other things with their mouths too, but I am not sure why.- Kyger said. –I saw two of the humans pressing the mouths together. Why do they do that?-

-Aximili mentioned that before, but I forgot what he said.- Melea said.

–Maybe we can go ask him?- Kyger asked.

-No.- Melea said dejectedly. –He was just sent on a secret mission and my parent's wouldn't let me bother him. . . . But we could go ask the humans.- she tentatively suggested. –I bet they could tell us all kinds of stuff!-

-You don't think they'd be offended?- Kyger asked.

-Why would they?- answered Melea, looking Kyger in the eyes. –It's just a question.-

-OK.- Kyger said. –Let's go!-

The two excited Andalite youths ran back to the hotel where the humans were staying.

-Here is where I put their bags earlier,- Kyger said. –Lets call them to the door!-

-Greetings human aliens!- he said in open thoughtspeak. –We have come to ask you a question about your species. Will you open the door and converse with us?-

Then in private thoughtspeak to Melea, he said –How was that? Do you think they'll open the door?-

-It was fine.- She assured him.

-Marco-

I sat down on the bed and watched Rachel pacing for a minute, trying to come up with a suggestion when I heard thoughtspeak.

--Greetings human aliens! We have come to ask you a question about your species. Will you open the door and converse with us?-

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