Chapter 21: Cassie: The Tiger Speaks
I could not believe what I was seeing, the tiger that had just been attacking me for the past few minutes was standing before me and demorphing to human.
[Jake?] I called out weakly. [Is that you? Why… why did you attack me, what did I do?]
[You think that I am Jake?] The tiger spoke back, I could see as it demorphed further that it was not Jake. [Sorry to disappoint lady, but the name's Jorge, and I've been sent here to-] Without a sound a light blue and tan blur slammed into the demorphing tiger knocking him over.
[Ax!] I yelled, I would've been dead if he hadn't show up.
[Is that really you, Cassie?] He asked without taking his main eyes off the person in front of him.
[Of course I am, who else would I be?]
[I was suspecting that you were an imposter because of your strange behaviors but it seems that I was wrong. Do you know who this human is?]
The person laying on the ground looked to be in his twenties, he was very large and muscular. He was just laying there smiling at Ax.
"So, you're an Andalite," Jorge said. "I have to admit that I had a hard time believing that something like you existed."
[You know of Andalites and you obviously have the Andalite ability to morph, so who are you human?]
"Like I'd tell you anything, alien." Jorge said as he stood up and patted himself off.
In a flash Ax swung his tail at him and pressed his tail blade against his neck. Jorge didn't even flinch, he just stood there staring at Ax.
[You will tell me who you are human and why you have attacked Cassie and have been attacking us.]
"So you know that we've been attacking your little team huh? Well that's to be expected, you're supposed to be really smart."
[Who are you and why are you attacking us?] Ax said a little louder as he pressed his tail blade harder on his neck.
"You don't scare me alien, you're a race that believes in honor right? So there's no way you'd kill an unarmed opponent, I'm helpless as a human against you." Jorge said all of this with the utmost confidence, it was clear that whoever he was that he knew a lot about Andalites.
[How do you know of Andalites?] Ax was yelling now inside our heads. [Who are you?]
From behind me I heard something moving through the bushes. Ax must have heard it too because his left stalk eye looked in the direction the noise came from.
[Who is there?] Ax yelled. [Are they with you?] He asked Jorge. Jorge just smiled.
"Ax, calm down, it's just me." It was Jake. Jake stepped out of the bushes and walked towards me and placed his foot on my back.
[Prince Jake, what are you doing?] Ax demanded. [That is Cassie you are stepping on, this human here was attacking her and I stopped him.]
"Hold on, Ax, you don't know what is going on, you're confused. This," He said pointing to me as he pressed harder onto my back, "Is not Cassie, this is an enemy in disguise. And that man there is a friend of mine, he was helping me find her, so if you would please, let him go."
