I've been in a lot of spaceships, some I've made with my friends, though none of them had been like this one.

Due to the fact he stood on four legs, there were no chairs, though there were some places where he could comfortably stand. The consoles blinked, and using my observations I guessed that this wasn't exactly a spaceship, but was instead, an escape pod. Due to everything being creamed color, it was easy to find the box, since it stuck out like a sore thumb thanks to its blue color.

I picked the box up, and looked at the picture that was next to it. Guess aliens aren't that different if they grab a picture in their escape from, whatever he was escaping from. In it was the alien, and who must've been the friend he had talked about. I picked up the picture as well, and headed out.

I handed the alien the box, and the picture.

"I figured you would've wanted to have this." I told him.

The alien smiled at me with his eyes.

((Thank you.)) He said. ((Now, this box contains the power to turn into any animal you touch. To do this you touch the animal, and concentrate on its features. Normally the animal will go into a trance that means that its DNA is going into you. Once that happens you can turn into the animal whenever you wish. Though, there's a catch.))

"There's always a catch." Buford muttered.

((You can only stay in morph for two hours, if you go over this you'll be trapped in the animal form. Forever. I'm going to offer you the choice to take this power, but you must choose quickly. The Yeerks will be here to kill me. So, will you take this responsibility?))

There was a pause, as we all considered accepting the alien's gift.

"I will." Baljeet spoke up softly.

We all turned to look at Baljeet, mostly because we didn't expect for him to be the first to take the offer.

"Well," Buford said. "If the nerd's doin' it, I'm doin' it."

"I'm not going to let some aliens enslave the Earth, I'm in." Isabella said.

"I can roll with it." Ferb added, and then they all looked at me. I looked back, turning the offer over in my head as I stared at their determined, and yet frightened faces. (And Ferb's expressionless one.) I smiled at them.

"Guys, I know what we're going to do today."

With that we all looked at the alien, who was smiling, almost sadly, at us.

((Touch the cube.))

We all did as we were told, our hands resting on the sides, there was a pause before a shock went through our arms. We instantly pulled back, and stared at the alien.

((You now have the power.)) He told us, and then his stalk eyes faced the sky. ((Now you must go and hide! The Yeerks are here!))

We followed his eyes, to see some ships that were coming. Most of them looked like cockroaches, but there was one that stood out. It was large, and looked, well, like a medieval weapon.

((Visser 4's blade ship!)) The alien exclaimed. ((Hurry, you must hide!))

"Wait!" Isabella said. "Before we go, what's your name?"

((Gafinilan-Estrif-Valad.)) He told us, handing the picture to Isabella. ((Now run!))

We all did as he told us, standing up and sprinting over to an old couch. Not the best hiding space, but it was the best we had. We watched as the ships landed, and the doors opened for some creatures to come out.

These creatures looked like giant lizards, and stood on their hind legs. They had a tail for balance, and a beak for a mouth, but the most distinguishing feature was the blades. All over their body were blades, on their arms, legs, head, and tail. They were terrifying.

((They are the Hork-Bajir.)) The alien told us. ((Before they were enslaved by the Yeerks they were a peaceful species, who used their blades to strip trees of their bark for food. They are to be pitied.))

The next species came out; these were, well, giant centipedes to say the most. They stood on hundreds of tiny legs. Their wide gaping mouths were full of hundreds of teeth, and their jelly eyes were soulless.

((Taxxons.)) The alien said. ((They are a disgusting cannibalistic species that willingly joined the Yeerks with the promise of food.))

Humans poured out of the ships too, due to how dark it was though, we couldn't see if we recognized someone.

Then the door of the blade ship opened, and out popped humans, Hork-Bajir, and Taxxons, then another figure stepped out.

"It can't be." I looked over at Ferb, who looked shocked, looking back at the figure, I instantly knew why.

Since the person was standing in the door of the blade ship, the light made it so we could see her. She wore a simple black outfit, equipped with guns. It looked a lot like something Black Widow would wear. The woman's green eyes glared around menacing, but the strangest thing about her, was the hair. It wasn't a normal shade, but instead, it was green.

"Ferb," Isabella said. "Is that…?"

Ferb nodded. "It's my mother."

Ferb's mom walked gracefully down the ramp of her ship, smirking as she nodded towards the Hork-Bajir, who instantly ganged up on Gafinilan, holding him close, with their blades held at his neck.

"Who have we here?" She asked, observing Gafinilan.

((This,)) he spoke to us. ((Is Visser Four.))

"Why, it's Gafinilan-Estrif-Valad. Such an honor to meet you at last, unfortunately, this will be our last meeting. Such a shame, really. You would've made a wonderful host, but we don't a Yeerk worthy enough for you. I would infest you, but due to being on Earth, I felt it would be easier to be human myself. You know? I had just got word from our California branch, and an Andalite by the name of Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul has just been killed. Just as you will be."

Visser Four walked away from him, and nodded to the Hork-Bajir, who instantly let go of Gafinilan and moved away.

((Look away.))

"Fire!" Visser Four cried and something atop her ship lite up, before firing at Gafinilan and his ship. There was an explosion of light, and when it died down, Gafinilan and his ship was gone.

"No!" Isabella cried, before realizing what she did, and covered her mouth. It was too late though.

"Who was that?" Visser Four asked, turning to look over.

"Run!" I shouted, and we all got up from our spot and started to run.

"Get them!" We heard the Visser scream.

"We have to split up!" I told the others.

"Okay!" Isabella said. "I'll go left!"

"Baljeet and I'll go right!" Buford said, picking up Baljeet.

"Guess that leaves Ferb and I straight." I said.

With that we all split up, going in different directions.

I don't really remember what happened after that. All I remember was running as fast as I could with shouts of others, and the sounds of their gun things firing.

"Phineas! Ferb! You're going to be late for the first day of school!"

At the sound of Mom's voice, Ferb and I shot up, looking at each other with wide eyes. The memories of last night were fresh in our mind, and I saw Ferb's usually expressionless face show signs of pain, and fear.

"We'll be right down!" I called to Mom, before getting out of bed. "C'mon Ferb, let's get ready."

Ferb nodded, and we got ready in silence.

Upon heading downstairs, Mom handed us some toast, and hurried us out the door.

With our bags in hand, we headed across the street and rang Isabella's doorbell.

It didn't take long for her to open it, looking exhausted. She bid her mom goodbye, and we started to head to school.

We walked to where we were meeting Buford and Baljeet in silence, not really in the mood to talk about what had happened last night.

We found Baljeet and Buford sitting outside of Baljeet's house. Buford was leaning against the door, his eyelids drooping in exhaustion; Baljeet on the other hand was hugging his bag close to his chest as he excitedly chatted to Buford who was obviously not paying attention.

"Hey guys." Isabella said once we reached them.

"Hey," Buford said.

"I morphed into Terry!" Baljeet exclaimed, not bothering to say hello.

"What?" I asked.

"I did was Gafinilan said, and turned into Terry!" He told us, standing up. "Come on, we are going to be late!"

Buford groaned, picking himself up off the ground.

"Do we have to? Our lives just turned upside down last night; can't that be an excuse for not going to school?"

The glare Baljeet gave Buford was enough to get the boy to shut up and join us in heading towards school.

"So, what was that about you turning into your pet turtle?" Isabella asked Baljeet.

"It is what I said." Baljeet said. "Instead of doing some equations this morning, I decided to test out the morphing, and it worked. Due to the fact that you gain the animal's instincts when you morph, I have concluded that he is a strange turtle."

"I thought you already knew that since he's, ya know, orange." Buford stated.

"We probably should not talk about this anymore." Baljeet said. "We have neared the school, and we do not want anyone to overhear our conversation."

"What conversation?"

We all jumped, and looked over at Irving who had popped out of nowhere.

"Oh, hey Irving." I said.

"Hello Phineas, so what were you talking about? Are you going to do something really cool after school today?"

"No," I told him.

"You know, if you're looking for something to do, you could join The Sharing!"

"The Sharing?" Buford asked. "Isn't that like, the Fireside Girls, only for all ages, and genders?"

"Yep, I'm a full member, you guys really should think about joining. We could use people like you!"

"Sounds nice, but I don't think so." I told him.

"You sure?"

"Yeah."

"Well, if you ever change your mind." Irving handed me a business card.

"Thanks, Irving."

"No problem!"

With that Irving trotted off to join some of his Sharing friends.

"Say what you will about him," Buford said. "But he sure did mellow out over these years. The Sharing sure is good for something."

"Yes. Yes it is." I agreed. "Candace has been trying to get me to join for years."

"Enough about The Sharing." Baljeet said. "It is time for us to return to school!"