For those that don't know the identity of Anjinnl's Father it will be revealed in this chapter.

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Late a few nights later when we knew that the Chapmans weren't home we met in the back yard of the empty house that was next to the Chapmans'.

Everyone was worried about the mission but this was important on different degrees. If we could get our hands on the transmitter then we could not only send Ax home but tick off Chapman.

We walked as close as we dared to the side of the house where Chapman's secret room was. I took a few deep breaths before concentrating on the ant. I could feel my body changing, shrinking.

Soon I was an ant.

/Is everyone ready?/ Arbron asked. Everyone answered that they were and off we went.

I was feeling pretty optimistic until ants started attack us. Somehow we escaped them and found an empty space that wasn't the outside.

One by one we demorphed just to be on the safe side.

Once we were done Anji and Ax went over to the desk with Arbron and started to search the desk. Out of boredom Tobias and I joined them.

Tobias and I found what seemed to be a bunch of computer flies and started to scroll through them. It was quite fun to select files in the air and move them around.

/Please go back to that last file./ Arbron said gently. I went back and Arbron, Ax and Anji leaned forward a bit. /So, Visser One is coming to Earth./ Arbron mused.

/Prince Arbron?/ Anji asked softly. /Does it say why she's coming?/ /I believe it has something to do with us./ Arbron answered.

Anji nodded and then retrieved something from one of the drawers. /I found it./ She said solemnly

I really wasn't looking forward to morphing back into an ant but that was the best way to get out without causing too much trouble.

Let's just say that the moment that we reentered the tunnels we were attacked. We barely got out fo there alive and that's only because we started to demorph after a certain point.

Cassie and Jake were a tangle of limbs and the rest of us weren't that much better off.

After we retrieved the transmitter Rachel did her best to stomp the ground flat that we disturbed with our sooner then expected return to our true forms.

We quickly returned home seeing that no doubt soon our parents were going to start missing us.

Once I got home I got into the shower and to my disgust found parts of several ants stuck to my body.

After I got out I went to my room and picked up the book I had gotten out of a library about ants. I learned why the ants had attacked us, we weren't part of their colony, and that in the author's opinion that ants could lay waste to the planet if they had nuclear weapons in a matter of weeks. I serious doubted that; it would take them a week at the most.

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The next day was Anji's day of school on Earth. Somehow she had managed to get her classes arranged in such a way that she was in the same classroom as at least one of us.

We all silently agreed to slowly drift over to the table that she was sitting at so that it wouldn't look too suspicious.

"Tomorrow it will be ready." She said about half way through lunch. We all knew what she was talking about. "That's good that you're going to be done your report." Cassie said in case someone was listening.

And the day after that was the second anniversary of my Mother's death. Any joy I had been feeling fled.

I loved my Mom and I know that she loved me. Why did she have to go sailing when a storm was coming?

"Did I say something?" Anji asked softly. "No," I nearly whispered, "it's just the day after tomorrow is the second anniversary of my Mom's death. She drowned during a storm at sea."

I closed my eyes and lowered my head so that no one could see my tears. After a few moments I felt a hand on one of mine.

I looked up to see Anji looking at me with sympathetic eyes. "My Father disappeared while on a mission with two cadets. They were supposed to just return a pair of abducted teenagers back to their home when they discovered that the enemy might have a dangerous weapon in their hands so they diverted and headed there instead."

"With two teenagers?" Cassie asked, worry was thick in her voice. "They had orders to never leave the transport. Besides, they didn't think they had time to drop them off before chasing after the weapon." Anji explained.

"All I know is that once they arrived my Father and the cadets got separated. That was the last time that one of the cadets was seen, never to be seen ever again. My Father . . . ." She trailed off, obviously upset. "Vanished as well. No one knows what happened to the two teenagers that I know of." At that point tears began to run down her face.

"What was he like?" I asked. Pain filled her eyes. "He disappeared before I was born and my brother barely remembers him except that at times he was distant but that he would play with him." She said softly.

Cassie slid close to her and hugged her which Anji returned.

"If it will help you feel better we can show you the Gardens later." Cassie told her. "Do you have black panthers?" Anji asked. "We have one." Cassie answered brightly

It wasn't until we left for our other classes that it occurred to me that Arbron had told us about his friend that had disappeared with two human teenagers. I wondered as I sat down in my seat if there was a connection but I quickly shook my head. If Arbron had been one of the cadets wouldn't he know what happened to Anji's Father, or at least have an idea?

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The next day we met in an abandoned rock quarry far from everything. Anji said that she would stay up on the top to make sure that no stupid teenagers came by.

Ax set up the transmitter and everyone expect Ax morphed and slid into the shadows.

After a few minutes later a Bug Fighter flew over head and slowly landed in the quarry. A moment later the hatch opened and a Hork-Bajir stepped out; we charged.

/Ahhh!/ Anji suddenly screamed. We nearly froze at hearing her scream.

Then Dracon Beams were fired on us above. /Hork-Bajir on the top!/ Ax called. We were surrounded with no way to escape. In a nutshell we were trapped.

Then he appeared. He had what passed as a smug expression on his face.

/Foolish Andalites, do you really think that we don't change our codes every so ofter?/ Visser Three asked with hints of curiosity, smugness and derision.

Arbron seemed to tense and the Visser noticed whatever Arbron was doing. /Do you really think that you can get away with attacking me? You would either be fried by Dracon Beams or die by my hand./ The Vissor said as he flicked his Tail Blade.

Arbron shifted slightly, as if he was unsure what to do. At that moment two Hork-Bajir appeared dragging Anji as a black panther to our little gathering.

They threw Anji at the Visser's feet and he seemed to smile.

His Tail Blad moved. /No!/ Arbron cried out.

The Tail Blade stopped at her throat. /Try anything and this one dies./ He said coldly. Arbron backed down.

At that moment the Blade Ship appeared and landed. A hatched opened and Arbron lead us inside. Two Hork-Bajir picked Anji up and threw her inside. With that the hatch closed.

We felt the Blade Ship lift off.

There was silence until Anji regained conscience. "I was stunned my Prince." Anji said softly, shame was evident in her tone.

/I don't blame you./ he said gently.

Suddenly a portal opened, showing us the Earth. If I had been human I would have cried. It was so beautiful.

/He's trying to break us./ Arbron said gently. /He wants us to feel despair that we have failed to protect it./

Then the view changed to a ship. /A Pool Ship./ Anji whispered in fear. After that the portal disappeared.

The Blade Ship docked but the hatch didn't open.

We waited for several minutes before it opened and we slowly exited. On both sides of the hangar were humans, Hork-Bajir, some Taxxons and some other species that I didn't recognize. On one side the uniforms were gold and on the other the uniforms were red.

They then stood at attention and then Visser Three appeared with a human woman near the end of the back on the hangar.

/As you can see Visser One, the Andalites have been caught and now it will be much more easy to take over the human race./ He announced to all.

As the two Vissers came closer I noticed Anji stiffen, then laid down and bury her head under her paws. I was curious for only a few moments why she was reacting this before I recognized Visser One. It was a face that I knew all too well: my Mother's face.

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