NOTE: I am good, but not as good as K.A Applegate! I don't own any of these characters, they are copyright, and you know the usual drill. Now onto the story! I am sorry if this is depressing; I just decided to give Marco a bit more depth and thinking. Is it OOC? You tell me.

Marco

Yes, it is finally my turn to speak! You know, Marco the Magnificent, the popular sexy one, with all of the adoring girls over in the door. Yes, be honoured. I have the beautiful Rachel grovelling at my feet. I wish. I only wish life was like that. I used to have friends, used to have a life, people used to think I was cute. Then the Yeerks came. They destroyed our lives.

I failed all my subjects. My friends hate me. At first they were worried, then sympathetic and then ignored me altogether. They are probably all dead now anyway. When the Yeerk pool was destroyed, the town was destroyed, killing many. If they aren't dead, they will be infested or fighting for their lives. I don't care anymore. But sometimes I sit, and I think and worry about them. What would my life be like if there were no Yeerks????

We would not have the morphing power. We would have nothing to do with Ax. He would be happily living with his brother and parents on the home world. Or fighting bravely. Rachel would be acceptable. She would be her smart ass self, but at least not the ruthless killer she currently is. Cassie would be sitting in her barn, helping animals, like she always has. Jake would be by her side. Or playing basketball with his brother. He would be fun and easygoing, not making the decisions of an adult. Tobias would be a human. He would be happy with his mum, Loren.

As for me, I would be considering universities. Playing video games. Having fun. Making jokes. I would have multitudes of friends, maybe even a girlfriend. My mom would be back by my side. Giving me one of her radiant smiles. A kiss at night. One of her top meals. Just having fun at my home. Life would be perfect.

Although I wish for it to be so, it is too late for it now. Maybe I will wake up and it will all be a dream. Not knowing Rachel or Cassie. No Ax. My true friends are worth this war. I almost do not want the war to finish. My friends would fall apart. What would Jake do with his life? What could Rachel do to fight back? After all of the death Cassie had caused, how could she go back to just looking after animals. What could Tobias do? Stay as a hawk and lose Rachel, or become human and lose his freedom forever. And life without Ax.....

So when Jake approached me and asked the question, I had no trouble answering

"Alright"

For my friends, for the future. I cannot face what I have become, I cannot do it. As much as I wish I could, I would not. What would I do? Make a movie? Have a mansion? All of these things would be great, but only possessions. I would give it all up for my heart to return. So I will do it, with hope that my sacrifice would not be in vain.

It would be hard to die. But I know I will do it. I will. How could I give this job over to one of the others? I could not live with myself after that. I know. What would the others say.

Rachel would want to do it with me

"Let's do it"

Cassie would turn on Jake

"How could you"

Ax would accept my decision

"For honour"

Tobias would sadly accept

"Thank you"

If it was Rachel, what would happen to Tobias? If it was Cassie, what would happen to Jake? If it was Ax, Tobias would crack. If it was Rachel, Tobias would kill Jake. Jake could not die; it would ruin the whole point of the mission.

Who cares about me? Rachel hates me, she always has. Tobias does not care about me, his life revolves around Rachel. Ax does not care for me; he cares only for his shorm and cousin, Tobias. Even Jake has given up on me. Cassie ignores us all. The Auxiliary Animorphs work for themselves, and only interact with Jake. My mum and dad, they only care about each other now. So who does that leave me with? Memories and pain, that's what! I'm not just a funny face. No one can see, no one guesses. All they do now is hate.

*****

"Hey Rachel"

"Go away"

How are you?"

"Go away"

I'm just trying to help"

"Just die alright! Get out of my life! Go away! No one cares! Just go away and die! And don't come back"

*****

"Hey Ax"

Hello

"What are you doing?"

Meditating

"Are you OK?"

Fine

"Bye"

*****

"Hey Bird- boy"

Marco, not a good time

"What's wrong?"

Don't worry. See you

"Do you need any help?"

Can't you take a hint? Just go away

"Look at you. You used to be......."

Leave! Now!

*****

"Cass, what are you doing?"

"Oh, just thinking"

"What about?"

"Everything"

"Things will only get better"

"Thanks for the advice. Bye"

"Are you sure you don't want an extra brain"

"No. Bye"

*****

All of this is going through my head, as I sit here in the Blade Ship, hidden. Where will I go from here? Nowhere, just an empty void. That will be better than this, I suppose. Anything would be. As I am half listening to the convection, I am only getting bits of the conversation. I need to focus!

I hear the faithful words. It is not too late. I could back down. I could morph and hide. Let my friends die. The friends who all hate me. Yeerks. Visser Three. But I keep to promises, and I will go through to the end.

I start the morph to gorilla. Hair grows all over my body. I grow. Get a muzzle. Big feet. The same old repetitive thing. I rush out of my hiding place. All of the other people on the ship just stared. I walked up to Tom, and crushed him in my fist. Still, they were all motionless. I realized what was wrong. They were surprised. I walked, didn't run. Didn't kill any of them. Just stood there. The other Animorphs just looked confused.

I started to reverse the morph. One of the Controllers realized and took a gun into its hand. I flicked him away with my big hands as the demorph continued. As I stood there in human form, I stared at the other Animorphs, anger and hate deep in my eyes. I realized that they never were my friends. All they did was argue, fight and use me. I realized that even when they were not heartless, cruel and cold, they were still the same.

They reeled back. They didn't understand why I hated them. They would. But they knew that I hated them. I hope that they will die in pain. I showed all of that in my eyes. Cassie was ashamed at herself, and had a look of horror on her face. Tobias was standing, in human form over Rachel. He did not understand my look. Why would he? Ax was expressionless, he knew why. He accepted that I hated them. Rachel was crying. I didn't understand.

She threw herself away from Tobias and flew at the glass. Sobbing and screaming, she grasped the screen, screaming

"No, no, no"

She suddenly stopped and stared at Jake. Cassie wondered what was going on and stared at him. Soon, everyone was staring at Jake. He had a smirk on his face, and his eyes were happy. Rachel got a murderous look on her face, and threw his face straight into the screen. It cracked and broke on their side.

Only then did I notice a pain in my side. One of the Hork-Bajir had cut into me with their blade. I put my hand to it. Blood was spurting out of it like a fountain. Another slice into the other side brought me to my knees. The Hork Bajir stared at me, surprised I was not putting up a resistance.

" Thank you" I breathed

And closed my eyes for the last time

*****

Rachel killed Jake in the Dome Ship. Jake tried to morph, but she morphed first and sliced his half morphed body. After that, she got out of morph and sat on the floor. The others tried to move her and tried to talk her into moving. She refused to move. She sat for three days, without eating or drinking. Then, she walked away. She was not seen again. They found a leotard a few years later, deep in a forest. But they refused to believe that she was dead.

Cassie led the search for Rachel. She hated herself for the way she treated Marco, and refused to morph ever again. She felt she had to repent by bringing her friends together. Jake had died, Marco had died. Once she found Rachel, she thought that she could bring the group together. She searched for two years. One by one, her helpers moved to other things or left her. She was deep in a forest when she found the leotard. She decided to ignore the ban and morphed into an osprey. As she searched, she saw a flash of blonde hair. She flew towards it, and went straight into a tree. Fatally injured, she began to demorph. But time had gone faster than she thought, and she was a nothlit, half morphed. She died soon after.

Tobias was devastated when Rachel went up to the screen. He felt betrayed, and thought that Rachel loved another. While Rachel was sitting, he morphed into small insects and sent thoughts of horror into her head. When she ran away with his prodding, he was happy. He hated the group, ever since Marco's death. His death had fuelled something dangerous in him, and he was determined to kill them all. After Rachel left, he set out to kill Ax. Ax had gone into space on a mission, and Tobias could not find his ship among all of the many planets. He began to mingle with various alien races, and learnt where he might be. He heard that he might be back on Earth. He set a course back, but could not find it. He got a guide and started back. The guide wanted the ship though, and threw him into space. He suffocated and died.

Ax accepted Marco's death. When Jake died, he felt free. When Cassie started the search, he felt free. And then he left. He didn't bother to go to the home world. His parents had not seen him for a while; they could wait a few more years. He then decided to go and fight other alien races for land. The Andalites had given up on honour and perfection, they wanted the planets. They destroyed the Hork-Bajir and Taxxons. They killed the Lerra, and the Gedds. And many others. Eventually people started to fight back. On a enemy world, he was taken hostage into a Blade Ship. There sat a beautiful woman. Golden locks to her feet, blue eyes, perfect in every way. She called herself the One. She then took his powers and absorbed him. This was a painful process, and he will always be in pain inside her.

His death caused pain

Sorry about the ending deaths. I just felt like twisting some characters. And I was making it ironic when Marco said that he wished them all to have a painful death. Thanks for reading. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!! Next is

If Tobias Died

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