I planted my hooves on the ground, lowered my head and hit the surprised officer with a lunge, throwing him up and back over me and off the stage. A taxxon looked at me almost visciously, probably wondering in its mind how an ox would taste. I charged again, splatting through it like a water balloon. My stomach lurched more as I turned and a hork-bijir swiped at me. Jake jumped on top of it, ripping it's throat out. and looked at me. Who are you?- he asked in thought speak. I looked at him. I didn't answer. He looked at Marco. Grab the Senators He ordered. He turned back at me almost looking like he would love a sirloin steak right about now. Marco flipped both of them over his shoulder and Rachel banged the door but couldn't get it open. There was no way we could go back the way we came. She continued while I walked down the ramp and lined up with the door. Get out of the way. I called in a monotone to disguise my voice. She looked up at me and backed up as I lowered my head and ran full force to the door. It buckled under the weight.

The bull was getting mad, it wanted out of this room and I was telling it that there was only one way out. That door. Rachel gave it a few more punches while I backed up. Turning she got out of the way as I ran full force. The door busted off the weld and I went out. Marco followed as did the others. They moved to the cars and I moved back inside. YES I was aware that Tobias followed me. But then again hawks can't see well in the dark and the downstairs was dark where I proceded to morph out. My eyesight was only slightly better than the bulls and I looked up at Tobias as he morphed human and flipped on the lights. The others, also human save Ax, ran back in but I was gone from sight. I knew Tobias' predatory gaze was looking everywhere. That's what hawks did. I also knew that he wouldn't see me. Amazingly roaches have surprising grip on cloth and I was up on the rod and over their heads. It would be best to assume that they morphed some sort of insect. Ax commented. Rachel nodded. "Yea. But I'd like to kknow who "THEY" is." I smiled to myself as I climbed down the curtain, their voices were rabble to me now and I slipped out the bottom of the open door and morphed out.

I saw the police taking care of the Senators as I flew off, no one really pays attention to a raven; there weren't even any controllers who looked up or around for an animal to make an escape. I saw the others flying off in various bird morphs. They would be fine for now. I also knew that the Senators were still in danger, that's why I didn't talk to the Animorphs. I had a weird feeling in the back of my mind; you know when you are out for a walk and it is sundown and you get this urdge to start running home and the more you walk the stronger it gets until you're involuntarily running and taking every side road you know? It was like that, and it had to do with what happened. Not with the Senators but with the Ellimist and his dealings with me in the past.

Alright, here is a bit of a summary of what happened the 'first time.''

Two years ago I moved to a new city, my dad is in the army and he PCS'd to another base. Everything was new for me, new room (and I adorned it a bit differently than I did last time, more adult than middle school student), new school, new everything. After my second day there I walked through a construction site and practiced my aim at a concrete slab (if you want to lose money play me at darts) it collapsed and I found the blue box I mentioned earlier. Now, I did the most stupidest thing I could have thought of at the time. I sold it on E-Bay.

There I got an offer and I sent an e-mail to the guy. You can see where this is going. Third day of school I came home to find Vissir Three in my living room. About five seconds later Jake and the gang came in to save my ass. After that they told me about the Yeerks and gave me the ability to morph. I chose to fight. After that I met the Ellimist for the first time. He was in a raccoon form that time. However he wasn't happy to see me, becoming an Animorph had caused time to change so I was put through a test. It was simple. Pick the red or blue button. I picked one and ended up in the age of Dinosaurs. It was really fun in retrospect if I don't remember the scary parts. I ended up riding on a pterodactyl and almost got eaten by a t-rex if Jake hadn't aquired a brachosaur and morphed that while in the T-rex' throat. I never got to ask him how he got close to one, oh well. I don't think I'd want to know the answer. In anycase we came to an area that looked almost futuristic (comparing to our time not back then) and I ended up in the back seat of my parents care the day we moved; I remembered everything.

At that time I stood at a crossroad. I could forget everything I knew and ignore it. Or, I could chose to find the box again and figth the Yeerks. You can guess what my choice was. The Ellimist caught me grabbing the box again and told me to stay out of the picute. I wasn't needed in the fight and I would make time irripearable. So I agreed to stay on the sidelines untilhe told me I could get into the fight.

And like I said, that was two years ago. Something about that bugged me. Why did he wait all this time. It didn't make sense, when we first talked I figured that I would never get back into the game wth the others. Why would he wait two years for me to get in and help out. Was it the senators? Were the Yeerks throwing their sneaky invasion out the window and just saying take or kill them all? I wasn't sure. The Ellimist was certain they would need more firepower but I doubt it was for that. The diversion I created was just well timed, at least Tobias would have gotten to the stage in time had I not been there.

I didn't go back to my cave, instead I flew to the beach and morphed out, sitting on the bluffs hidden from public eye. For some reason the sound of waves and smell of the water and just plain being at the beach calmed me down and helped me think. I pulled my knees to my chest and hugged them, sticking my chin on my legs and stared out into the water. There was something there pulling at the back of my mind, jumping up and down and I was trying to figure out what it was.

The sun glistened on the water and neared the horizon, probably around dinner time. I looked out into the distance and wondered what that jerk Ellimist pulled me into this for. I closed my eyes, the animorphs could handle it. They were a team, they did everything together and Visser Three knew that he….

I snapped my eyes open and started morphing, I was somewhat in the air as my morph into a raven was finished. I was so stupid. I should have realized it before. I flapped hard hitting any thermal I could find to go faster.

Note to self: get bird of prey morph, they are faster than normal birds in certain circumstances.

I had to think, the senators would be done at the auditoruiom by now and heading back to the airport. The yeerks wouldn't have taken them to the same spot. They would have gone underground probably, dragging them kicking and screaming. and now I knew the truth.

The Senators were never the mark, they were the bait and I had to hope that I wasn't too late to cut the fishing line.