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Toni

Well, back it was. Back out into the madness of the ship.

But the plan had changed. It had to.

Now, there were four Hork-Bajir guarding me. Or… the me that was supposed to be Visser Two. I was kicking and screaming and carrying on, and a lot of people and aliens who passed us gave us a wide birth.

"YOU INSOLENT LITTLE… VISSER ONE CANNOT KEEP ME THERE FOR LONG! I AM VISSER TWO! I AM LOYAL… I'M INNOCENT!" I screamed as two of my 'guards' had my arms.

Of course, every now and then I'd need to take a breath.

(Jeez! I almost believe you are a Yeerk) Seth said. I gave him… what I knew was him… a death glare.

Which worked out pretty well for our 'audience'.

(Aerionna, where did they say the lower decks were?) Nicole asked from somewhere on my body.

She was a roach.

In fact, the rest of our friends were.

Aerionna, Seth, Zack and Lily were my 'guards'. Everyone else was on me, under my clothes.

Do you know how absolutely revolting that is?

No, really.

I felt someone move, and I almost had the impulse to kick them out. But I fought it, a shiver going through me.

Sure, I was a tomboy.

Didn't mean I had to like roaches on my skin.

Even roaches who were, in fact, my friends.

Oh, plus one boyfriend.

I kind of like thinking about…

"YOU HORRIBLE FILTH! I WILL REPORT THIS TO THE COUNCIL! NO-ONE TOUCHES ME THIS WAY!"

(Nice work Toni) Cody said. I fought the urge to smile for him.

(Um… I believe I do know. This way) Aerionna took up the lead, and Seth and Zack, who were holding my arms, followed suit, with Lily taking up the rear.

I still had doubts about that girl.

So I kicked and screamed and carried on… like the nut I was… and Aerionna led us down a dropshaft… then, we reached a set of doors.

They weren't like the doors we'd seen around the higher parts of the ship.

For one thing, they were old metal, and rusted.

Second, they seemed securely bolted. And I don't mean, just an itty bitty lock in the centre of the doors. I mean a network of bolt locks, covering the entire two massive doors, each lock being about as twice big as a gorilla fist.

This did not make me happy.

Neither did the four guards standing at the door. They were all built like pro-wrestlers. Muscles everywhere…

"What do you want?" One of them asked, eyeing the blue bands on my friends Hork-Bajir arms.

"LET ME GO! I WILL KILL YOU ALL!"

"Another traitor" Lily spoke in the guttural voice, managing to pull it off quite well "Visser Two, this time. Visser One's orders… have her sent down with the other… scum…"

Then she started laughing.

(Join in you idiots!) she yelled at the others privately.

They did.

Then the guards smiled, chuckling a little themselves.

"All right then. Open the doors"

We stepped back as one of them pressed a button, then pulled a lever…

SCKCKCKCERREERREEEEECSCREEE!

Oh the noise! It was awful!

If the guys hadn't been holding my arms, I would have been covering my ears. But all I could do was cringe, still hoping I was playing the part well enough.

Then I saw what was inside… and almost gasped in horror.

The room… large as it was… was dimly lit, and all around I could see humans, Chanaibens, Andalites and even Hork-Bajir and Taxxons, all being forced to work on many different large metal things. Three of them. All almost as big as a fighter. Wondered what they were for…

I watched in horror as a human fell, and then a guard… or whatever… shot it with a dracon beam. He… or she… sizzled into nothingness…

I guess a guard saw me watching.

He smiled at me like it was the funniest thing in the world.

God what I wouldn't give to hit him right then and there.

"Traitors must pay, even one so high as you, Visser" he sneered. He was enjoying this! Little punk-assed… I'd show him a reason why he shouldn't…

(Toni, keep your focus, ok?) Seth warned, and I quickly regained my composure.

"Filth" I snarled, but making it sound like I was scared. Who knew I was such a good actor?

I sure didn't.

He chuckled again "Jus throw her in. The other guards will deal with her"

"Visser One has also asked for another prisoner" Lily said. Nicole's dad had briefed her on what to say…

"Who?"

"Julyn-seven-seven-four"

"Julyn huh? Her and her host have been nothing but trouble. Sure, go ahead"

We moved forwards, and when we were all in the door shut behind us. Again… such ear cringing…

When it was shut, the boys dropped me.

It. Hurt.

"OW! For crying out loud! You could've been a little gentler!" I hissed, gritting my teeth.

(Uh… sorry) Seth said.

"Sorry my fuckin ass you are! You think-"

(Ok, enough you two! Everyone split up and look for my mom, ok?)

I felt the roaches scuttle off my legs, and knew they'd probably find somewhere in this cluttered place to demorph or shift back. My other friends… and the two new recruits… split up, and left me.

I still wasn't sure about them.

But I shook it off and walked away, shifting to Hork-Bajir in the shadows so I could move around more easily in this place. A few people passed me, but other than that no-one really noticed I was there. Good. Just how I liked it…

Then, like she'd popped up out of no-where. I saw her.

Cassie.

She looked exhausted, fixing some kind of metal component to one of the big things… wiped sweat off her brow, only managing to mix it with whatever was on her hands…

"Sub-Visser Ten?" I hissed in the Hork-Bajir voice. She jerked, then spun around to face me.

"And who might you be?"

"A… friend. I have come to help you"

She gave me a strange look, then glanced over at the guard that was coming up the isle.

"What kind of help?"

"A way out" Man, it was so hard to talk like this… how could I ever tell her what I wanted to tell her…

She finally nodded. Of course, I knew what she was… Jake had told us… and Rtaia…

She was a member of a Peace Movement. A new one.

Ironic, how she and the real Cassie just happened to be put together.

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