The Sharing
My Dad threw me the keys to our truck, dumb-founded, I asked, "What, are we going now?"
"Yes," my Dad replied, "I just need you to unlock the doors, while I go get something."
I nodded and headed towards the door. I slipped on my sneakers and opened the door, but not before glancing down at my watch. It read 11:26 AM.
I gaped down at it, I hadn't realized that so much time had passed since I fell asleep!
I opened the door and jogged to the truck door and unlocked it.
All the while, my gut was screaming at me not to go to The Sharing.
I closed the door as soon as I got in and buckled myself.
My Dad came walking up to the truck and opened his door and got in as well and buckled his seatbelt as well.
I looked out the window when my Dad began to drive. I watched the pictures outside our truck fly by as we rode past. In almost no time at all, we got to the place on the beach.
We got out of the truck and walked up the sand, and into a building. Some stairs led downward, which my Dad and I went down. We found ourselves in a huge place.
Much to my amazement, people were in cages. But what really caught my eye was -or were- the Hork-Bajir. I'm sure that my friends already told you about them, so I'm not even going to bother telling you what they are.
Suddenly, I realized why my gut was screaming at me not to go to The Sharing, because this was where the Yeerks infested hosts. And I already figured out what place this was before seeing the Yeerk pools.
I also realized that my Dad, was one of those people who willingly gave up their bodies to the Yeerks.
"Um, Dad, may I borrow you cell phone for a couple of minutes?" I asked quietly.
"Sure," he said and fished his phone out of his pocket and handed it to me.
"Thanks," I muttered and quickly dialled Jake's phone number. It rang three times before someone answered the phone.
"Hello?" asked a voice on the other line.
"Is Jake there?" I asked.
"No, sorry, he's not," replied the voice.
"Well, where is he?" I hurriedly asked.
"At Cassie's, I think," came the blunt reply.
"Thanks!" I managed to say before hanging up.
I quickly dialled Cassie's phone number. It rang only once before the phone was picked up.
"Hello? Who is this?" asked a voice. I quickly figured out that it was Cassie's mom.
"Uh, hi, it's Eliza." I replied, "Is Cassie there?"
"Yes, she is, just hang on a second - or a minute," replied Cassie's mom.
I looked around wildly, fearing that somebody, or something, would spot me making a phone call.
I heard Cassie's mom talking to Cassie, "Cassie, Eliza is on the phone. She needs to talk to you, it sounds very urgent."
I heard a shuffling sound as Cassie's mom handed her the phone.
"Hello? Eliza? Is something wrong?" Cassie's voice came onto the phone.
"Yes, something's wrong!" I stopped myself before I yelled into the phone.
"What's wrong?" Cassie asked.
"I've gotten myself into a deep hole, Cassie, a hole so deep that I need you and the others to come pull me out," I said, my tone didn't betray the fear I felt.
Suddenly, a Hork-Bajir made its grunting noise, rather close to the phone.
"What was that? Was that a Hork-Bajir?" Cassie nearly yelled into the phone.
"That depends. Do you want me to lie and make you happy? Or do you want me to tell you the truth and make your sad or angry or both?" I asked.
She let out a soft sigh before replying, "The truth please."
"Yes, that was," I spoke.
"Are you at The Sharing?" she asked, she didn't wait for a response because she already knew the answer, "We'll come right away!"
Then she hung up on me.
I hurriedly handed the phone to my Dad, who took it gladly.
My Dad, some other people, and I got into a line leading towards a Yeerk pool.
My heart pounded loudly as each human set their heads into the liquid that the Yeerks bathed in.
I was the fourth person in the line. I didn't know how many minutes had passed, but I guess about twenty, because the other Animorphs burst into the room.
Jake was in his tiger morph.
Marco was in his gorilla morph.
Tobias, was - well, in his hawk morph, also known as his nothlit morph.
Cassie was in her horse morph.
Rachel was in her elephant morph.
Ax was in his normal morph, which is an Andalite.
At the sight of Ax, my heart began pounding so loudly, I was sure that everybody in the room could hear it beating.
Everything was a blur, from that moment on, because everything was happening ever so quickly.
But suddenly some movements seemed to move at normal speed. The movements of a nearby Hork-Bajir.
I hadn't realized what it was planning to do, until I was cut by its blades while it pushed me. That was when I fell. The weird-coloured liquid washed over me, and I knew where I was before I was knocked out cold: in the Yeerk pool.