I charged forwards with all my might. Vissir Three's eyes saw me, his tail moved fast but at around 75-80 mph I was slightly faster. His tail pinged off one of my horns leaving a notch and pissed both the bull and me off. I lowered my head and lunged. He grabbed me by the horns and I laughed mentally as I threw my head upwards, leaving a large gash in his stomach. His tail went in for another attack and I shook him off in time to jump to the side, I felt the tip of my tail get cut. ^GRRR. Foolish Andolite! I'll torture you for this! ^ He said. I focused for another attack when a new voice found its way in my mind, Ax's, ^Can you keep him busy a bit longer? ^ I got back. The only bad part about a bull was the fact that we really only have two attacks, throwing our horns up and charging; then again I really wouldn't be me if I didn't charge in head first without thinking sometimes.

I guess that's why I'm a Taurus. I pawed the ground. ^Be quick. I can't tell you how much I can keep him occupied. ^ I called back hoping that it reached him. No answer. For now I was on my own, which meant I was a sitting duck if I didn't do something. I moved around to try and find an opening. ^Come now Andilite. We will be at this all day if you don't get a move on. ^ I looked around as controllers started to come closer. A plan sparked in my mind. The Bull liked it.

I took a few steps back and stood my ground. ^If you want me so badly Vissir then come and attack me! ^ I goaded. He charged after me tail ready. I took in a deep breath and told the Bull to wait. It had the urge, it wanted to move. But I held it firm. Finally the Vissir came with another strike. The bull whirled and turned as the tail came back the other way. His stalk eyes were focused on me as his tail and body tried to keep up. When I got directly beside him I jumped on the bull, grabbed by the horns, let go of the steering wheel and held on for my life. The bull got picky and reared again goring Vissir Three with a horn on his side and ran out again into the crowd. A Controller grabbed me around my neck and jumped on. I whirled and bucked not much differently than what you see in a rodeo, only I'm not much of a ridding bull. But it wasn't long before he was off and another tried to get on. I was too busy keeping my eyes on the controllers, hork-bijr, Vissir three, and the taxxons to realize that Marco had said "Ole'" a few times. I didn't have time to laugh anyway.

I felt a warm sensation trickle down my back as I dodged another of the Vissir's attacks. He had gotten me. The group trying to round me up had a good handle on keeping me corralled quite easily.

And they were easily ticking off the bull part of my mind. I felt what could only be described as a roar, if it is possible for a bull to roar in the first place. I tried to clamp down on the bull's instincts but it was useless. It gave me a look, so to speak, that told me to hold on, don't yell and I won't get hurt. Not that it could hurt me but I wasn't about to let go. I felt my stomach flip flop and my heart beat faster as the Bull gave a Moo and leaned forwards. I saw a flash of blue and silver as the tail of the Vissir came towards me. My hind legs met the tail and the Vissir's chin, knocking him backwards. The bull moved its head and looked at other controllers then charged again, knocking a few into the pool.

I don't know if you have ever seen a bull at its maddest, and I know you've never morphed one. Be glad. I was barely hanging on as it was. I felt like I was riding on its back, metaphorically of course, and if I got knocked off I wouldn't be able to get back on. I grabbed the horns one last time and reared the bull's head upwards; amazingly it obeyed me and impaled a taxxon, throwing it over the side of the pool.

^FOOLISH ANDILITE! DID YOU EXPECT YOUR PATHETIC FORM TO BE ABLE TO BEAT ME? ^ The Vissir shouted in my mind. I turned.

I was so glad that I had faced down that T-rex. If not I would have gone into shock.

The Vissir was morphed into something about ten feet in height. Its skin, if you could call it that, was leathery and black. Its silver blades chinked as he grew, two stalk eyes about as big as a grown mans fist, unblinking and yellow stared down at me. I could see the others looking up at it. ^Man, this is not good. ^ Cassie whimpered. I looked at them for the first time since I started this. I wondered how much time they had. Not much. If they got to the auditorium at least fifteen minutes before I did that would give them another hour, and that was being generous. I had to get them out of there. And where was Ax?

I focused back on Vissir Three; his eyes looked at me with the glee of a hunter who knows his prey is doomed. I wasn't about to give up though. I was new yes, but not stupid. The blades on him would rip me to shreds if I attacked him and he could rip me to shreds with one of those razor wing arm tentacle things that he was flaying about.

I could at least distract him. I whirled from him and charged a few of the human controllers. I suddenly felt a burn in my shoulder. Dracon Beams, why the heck did it take them ten minutes to pull those out? I pushed the question out of my mind. I needed to run. I might be able to get them away from the others so Ax could save them.

Dracon beams fired around me, quite a few of them hit their mark burning my fir and sending the smell of roasting ox in the air.

I'm never eating steak again. I thought as I fell to the side. I almost toppled over, knocking into some taxxon who fell over themselves. I reared upwards quickly to dispose of them before they tried out how I tasted. Vissir Three looked at me. I knew he would capture me, I knew he would infest me.

I had to either do something now or die. Those were my only two options. I looked around me for something. I saw the bar that held up the cavern. They were all over the place but this one was new. I remembered learning about these when I was a kid. Miners would put up support systems in caves that they were excavating in to lessen the chances for cave-ins, or where the ceiling was particularly weak or too close to the surface. Considering the fact that there was an entire university campus on top of this I wasn't surprised. This was obviously recently made for those who lived on and near the university so they wouldn't have to travel far and risk Kandrona starvation. The bar wasn't fully set up yet, it hooked like a street light that you see on highways, only four ways instead of one. It looked about as thick as one too. If I hit it I could possibly bring it down on the Vissir. Then again I could get a gigantic headache.

Like I had a choice.

I pawed the ground and gave it my all. I had one last charge before I was out of energy. I should really do more research on bull riding. Bulls are fast and effective but they wear out easily if you let them. I lowered my head, gave a snort and pounded my way. I saw a flash of light from a dracon beam hit the pole. I didn't see who or what it was but I was most certain that it was Ax. I hit the beam square where the damage was and it started to tip over. I pushed harder until it gave, a creaking sound was heard and I saw Vissir three try to move but he didn't make it before the beam knocked him square into the pool. Hundreds of small slug-aliens squirmed about. I saw Jake in his tiger form next to me. How long had HE been free? His eyes were piercing and somewhat uncertain. The others were running towards us as Dracon fire pierced the air. I ran towards the small cove where I had Tobias. The others followed me.

As soon as we hit the dark I started morphing out, again stumbling as four slim hooves turned into two sturdy legs. I heard Marco say something but it was garbled by the morphing. I leaned down and grabbed Tobias. I felt him squirm. He was alive still. Thankfully.

I heard the sounds of animal feet turn to human feet slapping the ground then hoof beats as Ax joined us from wherever he was. I half think that he had been following me the entire time I was here now that I thought about it. We ran up another flight of stairs that had just been built. Mostly for the fact that it was steep and dark. I heard Jake's call as he fell and turned as I helped Rachel pull him back up. I saw their faces barely, and I'm certain they saw mine. They knew me.

Like I could keep it a secret after this stunt.

We appeared in some sort of shop, I could see the aisles. I grabbed Jake's hand and we pulled the others out, Rachel possessively grabbed Tobias from my arms. Not that I blame her, they kind of had a thing going. ^Where now? ^ Ax asked looking around. "FIRE ESCAPE!" Marco shouted. Ax and I made it there first and we both pushed it open. I hope they didn't have security cameras there.

I doubted it. I had seen the sign, it was broken and torn and the windows were boarded. I guessed they had the old merchandise there to put up the front that it was one of those small shops that poke up around colleges and universities. The stuff inside was probably for the front of the Yeerk pool entrance. They probably hadn't planned on opening this entrance yet. Besides, if they did all they'd get would be blurs and maybe Ax, the shelves were like the ones at Target, bout five and a half feet in height. The top of my head barely stood up over them.

We hit the back allies and I suddenly realized Ax was human as we climbed the fences and somersaulted over them. We ran behind the dumpsters, Ax and Marco pulled me over to them while Rachel (holding Tobias), Cassie, and Jake hid behind the other one. We gasped for air and looked at each other by the street light. They definitely saw me now. They knew who I was; at least the others did, I hadn't seen Ax since the time warp.

"You." Was all Jake said between the gasps. I gave a small smile and shrug, not sure what else to do; "Yea. Me."