WHERE CAN YOU SEE LIONS? PRRRPRRPRRPRR!" Marco sang. "ONLY IN KENYA! COME TO KENYA, WE'VE GOT LIONS!

(Marco?) Rachel said.

(Yes Rachel?)

(Shut up. Now.) She said simply.

(You know Weebl and Bob?) I said, surprised that anybody else knew of it.

(Uh, yeah. Best web site ever made, right?)

(They rock. I like Jibjab too though.)

(This land is my land, this land is your land, I'm an intellectual, you're a stupid dumb-)

(Marco, shut UP!) Rachel snapped.

She was edgy. We all were.

We were on the roof of a Mac Donalds, in our seagull morphs. I had acquired an injured seagull at Cassie's barn. You acquire by touching the animal and concentrating on it for a few seconds. Then you have that DNA in you forever and you can morph it whenever you want. Of course, you have to be in your natural form to be able to morph anything. You can't morph while already in an animal morph. You can't go through morphs, you've got to demorph to your normal human (or Andalite) self, and then morph.

Seagulls were the most unconspicous choice, as they go around in groups all the time. I mean, let's face it, how many times do you see a great big group of birds of prey flying in formation? So two hawks, a harrier, a falcon, an eagle, and two ospreys would have been a bit weird.

(Okay.) Jake said. (Are we all ready?)

(Man!) Marco moaned. (I've got a test tomorrow! Are you sure she's got to acquire it now?)

(She might as well before something weird comes up and we have a mission and we don't have time to stop by the Gardens!) Tobias snapped. He was especially grumpy. I could tell he probably badly wanted to be in his normal hawk body. Or what for him was normal.

Cassie was fairly quiet as usual. I remained quiet too. I wanted to just get this over with.

(Alright.) Jake said. (I'll take that as a yes.)

There was a silence.

(Uh, Rachel?) Tobias said. (Your cue.)

(Hmm? Oh!) She had been overtaken by the seagull's incredible drive for eating whatever junk it found and had been staring down at the dumpster behind the Mac Donalds.

(Let's do it!)

(Brava.) I said, as if encoreing an actress.

We flew off in the direction of the gardens.

When we got there, it was fully dark, and when we landed, we immediately demorphed.

It was still drizzling and very crappy weathered. I stood with the others in my embarrassing morph suit- an excercise tank and the shorts that cheerleaders wear under their cheer skirt.

"We are so X-Men with the tackyness." Marco said.

"Oh stop whining." I replied.

"Easy for you to say now." Marco retorted. "But I bet you won't be so cocky when you have to pet Mufasa in there."

Rachel smirked. I tried not to gulp.

"Let's go." Cassie said. "I think I hear someone coming."

It was the late night guard, strolling along with a flashlight.

"Quick! Behind the bushes!" Jake ordered.

We hurried. It was kind of akward to fit a furry blue centaur, and five kids behind the three large bushes, but we managed somehow.

"Oh boy." I whispered.

"Shhh!" Paranoid expertise Marco hissed.

The guard slowly passed. When he rounded the corner, down the row of animal habitats, and disappeared from sight, we got out from behind the bushes.

"Where's Tobias?" Jake asked, looking a little worried.

"He took off." Rachel said.

Tobias landed a few seconds later. Here I am, Fearless Leader.

"Good. Now that we're all here-"

"Let me guess, this is where you hand out the chores? Right?" Marco broke in with a grin.

"Yep. Absolutely." Jake then continued. "Rachel, Ax, and I will go in with Stephanie, in case things get crazy."

"Which they will." Marco predicted.

He was probably right.

"Tobias, Marco, and Cassie will fly cover. Everyone cool?"

There was a chorus of 'yes' from everyone.

We went in.