A/N: Better chapt, I hope. Just for Visser Three and Tobias fans!

Disclaimer: Yep. I'm K.A. Applegate in disguise!

Chapter Two:

Tobias

My name is Tobias. You could call me an animal. Well, only partially. Most of the time, I'm a red tail hawk. But I wasn't born that way. I'm an Animorph. It means I can turn into any animal I touch. My favorite morph was the hawk, back when my home form was human. But there are rules to morphing. One of the most important is not to stay in morph too long or you'll be trapped in that form. Too long is two hours. Yeah, you guessed it. I stayed in hawk morph too long. But if I hadn't, I would be a Controller by now, maybe even killed.

I don't really hate being a hawk, though. But a friend of ours, the Ellimist, gave me my morphing power back. More like, gave me what I wanted most back. But I can morph into my human form now, too. But I have the same rule with that as any other animal morph. Like I said, I don't hate being a hawk, but it is nice to be human every now and then. It even saved my neck, once.

I was sound asleep when the top of the sun just barely shone. I was exhausted, so almost nothing could wake me up. Not even Controllers.

I thought I heard the door creak. I just ignored. When you're that tired, you don't really care much about what happens or what's going on. It was the biggest mistake of my life. Only when I heard Ax thought-screaming my name did I bolt awake. Controllers! How could I have been such an idiot? I could've scratched their eyes out before they could've got to him! I looked over. Yeah. Ax was fighting off about five controllers, Visser Three in human morph among them. Ax was tough as an Andalite, but against five Controllers? By himself?

I immediately flew over and began scratching and tearing at the nearest one's face with my razor-sharp talons. His screaming made me smile within myself. But his screaming also caused the others to shoot Dracon beams at me! Oops. Ax I cried. Run! Get to the other Animorphs! I'll keep 'em offa you.

But--

You're the Andalite, not me. You're life is more important. Now, go!

I flew out the open door. "Catch him, you idiots!" I heard Visser Three order. "He may be an Andalite, too!" Good. At least that kept them off Ax's back. But it didn't really leave me in a good position.

I flew into town, the Controllers not far behind. More Dracon beams flew at me. I flapped my wings harder, but the last shot had grazed my left just enough to take a small chunk out. It didn't hit bone or anything, but it hurt like hell. I had to morph. But I couldn't let them see me do it. Too risky. I had to find a hiding place; an alleyway, or something. That's it! An alleyway. More determined, I flew as fast as my hawk agility would allow. But it still wasn't fast enough.

I flew higher. When I was so far away that I was sure they couldn't see me, I headed to the alley which was not much further. I could've stayed up there until they'd gone, but my wing throbbed badly. I swooped to the ground. They probably saw that so I had to be quick. Maybe if I turned human, they'll think they lost me. So, I concentrated.

I was done just in the knick of time. The Controllers ran passed the gap looking out into the street. I breathed. Adjusting the black leather jacket and the kind of loose pair of blue jeans I found in a box by garbage can, I walked out as casually as I could. But as I stepped out onto the sidewalk, the voice I dreaded hearing said to my left, "Hello, Andalite."

I looked up. Visser Three stood over me and grinning! "Oh, shit!" I immediately took off the other way, running at top speed. Without calling to his bandits, Visser Three chased. Great. I was already getting tired.

I ran down into a subway. A mother holding a carrier with a baby inside sat asleep on the bench. But what I really noticed was a pink-and-lime-green cell phone. I dashed for it, not caring if I woke her up. Visser Three was gaining and I couldn't run for much longer. Running up the second set of stairs, I dialed Jake's number. I hoped Ax made it there.

It rang once. Twice. Three times. Dammit, why won't he pick up? But then a miracle happened. It rang for a fourth time and then, "Hello?"

"Jake, it's me!"

"Tobias?"

"No, it's the Tooth Fairy. Who the hell do you think it is?!" I yelled in desperation.

"Sorry! What's wrong? Why do you sound like you're outta breath?"

I looked behind me. Visser Three was hot on my tail. Didn't this guy ever get tired? "Because I'm on the run and Visser Three's right behind me."

"What?"

"Please don't make me say it again. Did Ax make it there? Is he okay?"

"Yeah, he's fine. I called everybody over when he told me what happened in the barn."

"Alright, good. Now, I'm running out of choices, so help me out, here."

"Can you morph?"

"No," I panted. I didn't know how much longer I could last "He'd see me. And I've been in human morph for about ten minutes. If I don't do something soon, I'm gonna get in a situation where I'm gonna be forced to stay in morph. I don't want that happening again." I turned a corner behind a store.

Marco's voice came on the phone, "Alright, man. Where exactly are you?" I stopped and stared in front of me. About a dozen Controllers stood in a semicircle a few feet ahead and stared mischievously at me. I gaped in surprise and fear. "Hey, man. You there? Where are you?"

"I'm dead," I breathed

A/N: Oh, you gotta hate me for this, huh? I forgot to mention that also have a knack for leaving cliffies. Sorry! I'll update as soon as I get a review, -k-? Until then, C ya l8er!