Originally I wasn't going to post this for a while but I not only felt bad for leaving you with a cliffhanger but I felt like writing this chapter.

This is a pretty long chapter so enjoy!

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We stared at each other for several moments. I waiting for the attack and the controller waiting for only he knew what.

"Welcome Andalite, I knew that one of your kind must have created the software so I waited for one of you to come." The Controller said almost conversationally. "The people hear know me as Gary Kozlar; my designation is Eslin three-five-nine."

Panic gripped me until the Human-Controller did something odd: he knelt on the floor, set the Dracon Beam down before standing then kicked it across the room.

/Ax,/ Tobias's voice came to me, /did he just kick his weapon across the room?/ /Yes he did./

"It appears that we have something in common Andalite." Eslin said calmly. "You see when you and your friends destroyed the Kandrona the Visser decided that some less important Yeerks needed to be sacrificed for the rest of us to survive."

/What does this have to do with me?/ I asked.

Eslin smiled at me. "Your brother Elfangor is missing isn't he? He disappeared on a mission and was never heard from again. And you heard some time ago that he wasn't coming back."

I nodded to show that I understood. Visser Three had said that Elfangor wasn't coming back and the Visser had let some Yeerks die.

"One of the causalities was someone that was close to me. We trained together and had been on many of the same assignments. My position here was deemed more important than hers so she was one of the ones cast aside." He said anger thick in his voice.

/And I guess you want me to kill the Visser so we both can have revenge./ I said. He just nodded.

/How am I to do that seeing that Visser Three is either watchful or has guards?/ I asked, more curious then anything.

Eslin smiled in a way that made me nervous. "He needs to feed." He said simply.

For a few moments I didn't fully understand what he was talking about but then I thought of how I had eaten this morning. It was possible for Andalites to eat liquefied grass but in all honesty it tastes horrible. But to stay healthy an Andalite needed fresh grass which is the reason for the Dome on our ships or the grass on the shuttles and a few fighters' decks.

Eslin walked over to a table and quickly wrote something on a piece of paper and handed it to me. I looked at it and saw that it had a date, time and place written on it.

"There are only a few guards and even then they stay back unless he calls for them or they have news for him." Eslin told me before leaving.

I quickly memorized the note before morphing back into the Northern Harrier. I still took the note with me.

/Tobias, don't tell the others what happened at the Observatory. I will tell Anjinnl and Arbron if he gets back in time./ I told him /It's your call Ax-Man./ Tobias commented.

Tobias and I split after we returned to the area where he lived and I headed for the Scoop.

Anjinnl was already there doing her homework. She made no comment as I demorphed and headed into the Scoop.

I hid the note in one of the books that Tobias and Marco picked out for us to read. It was filled with quotes that famous humans said throughout their recorded history.

I decided then and there not to tell Anjinnl about what I learned; that there was a huge chance that Visser Three could be destroyed. She's a female and a computer technician at that. She wouldn't completely understand that I needed to do this myself.

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The next morning I performed the Ritual a good distance from Anjinnl so she couldn't see what I was doing. She most likely would demand to know what I was doing and either come along or tell the others.

After I was done I raced off for the place where the Visser fed his host body.

I arrived at the place and an hour early just so that I could check the place out.

At first I doubted that this was the right place because of how normal it looked but when I ventured out by the stream that ran through the meadow I noticed that the grass was shorter and that there were Andalite hoof prints there.

He had been here recently; three days or so.

I went through a mental list of all the morphs I had that would be of use but discarded them just as fast as I thought of them. Then I remembered something; I had acquired a rattlesnake a few days ago. It was poisonous, fast and he wouldn't see it coming either.

I morphed into the snake and slithered to what I felt was a good place to be: near the stream. And I waited.

I had been waiting for some time when I felt the vibrations of what could only be bug fighters landing.

I calmed myself as I heard him bark out orders to the guards he had brought with him.

More vibrations that were getting closer; galloping I guessed from the rhythm of them.

I could smell flesh coming closer and closer.

Then the sun was blocked out. I glanced up and discovered that he was standing over me.

A hissing noise that I recognized as the noise the snake had made before it had tried to bite me. A warning the others had told me.

The Visser moved slightly so he could look at me. I could see the fear in his eyes as it dawned on him what was going to happen.

I struck.

I didn't care for the taste of Andalite flesh but at least I was poisoning him.

He shook me loose but I struck again.

After I let go that time I raced off just in time to miss his tail blade. Demorph! I told myself as I slithered towards safety.

/There's a snake!/ I heard the Visser shout. /Find it and kill it!/

Not long afterwards I found that I couldn't move anymore. Demorphing had made it impossible to move any further.

Movement and I saw a Hork-Bajir standing in front of me; ready to kill me. So, this is how it ends. I thought.

At that moment the Hork-Bajir staggered and then went flying. In It's place was a grizzly bear, roaring.

/Rachel?/ I asked. /No, it's Smoky the Bear./ She said sarcastically. /Of course it's me! Now finish demorphing idiot./

I demorphed had examined the meadow. Jake was dropping on a Hork-Bajir in his tiger morph, Tobias was in the air, and Anjinnl was baring the teeth as a Black Panther. Visser Three stood about where he had been when I bit him with two Hork-Bajir Controllers guarding him

/Two more by the Bug Fighters./ Tobias reported. /Never mind, Marco and Cassie got them./

/Tobias why is everyone here?/ I asked. /I told them that you were going after Visser Three on your own and it didn't help that Anjinnl found the note in one of her books./ He explained. /Besides if I didn't tell them then you would be dead./

I saw his logic so I didn't say anything.

/I say it's nearly time to talk to the Visser./ Rachel said. /No, this is something I need to do./ I told her. /As you wish./ she replied.

I saw the Visser stagger and I smiled grimly, the poison was working. A few moments later his body buckled and he collapsed on the ground.

The Hork-Bajir seemed to freeze as we approached. They saw Jake, Rachel, Marco, Tobias, Cassie, Anjinnl and me.

The Yeerks in their heads fear Andalites more than anything and now they saw me in my Andalite form and saw Anjinnl demorphing.

/Your Visser is finished! You can run or die with him!/ I told them. The two Controllers shared a quick look before racing away; Hork-Bajir can be very fast when motivated.

Tobias was the first one to reach Visser Three and quickly flapped his wings to get higher in the air.

Anjinnl trotted to my side and gave me a look that spoke volumes. She was worried, angry and nervous.

As we got closer to the incapacitated Visser we formed a circle and slowed down; just in case he still had enough strength to fight back.

/What?/ Tobias cried, sounding shocked.

I looked up and saw him dive towards the ground with his morph's talons extended. He pulled up before hitting the ground.

/NO! NO! NO!/ He yelled over and over.

/Tobias, what's wrong?/ Jake asked. /He bailed!/ Tobias cried out incredulously. /The Yeerk bailed!/

/Tobias you're not making any sense. Can you tell us what happened more slowly?/ Jake asked. /I saw the Yeerk crawl out of the Andalite's ear and then worm his way through the grass. He got into the stream and I can't see under the surface. I doesn't help that the current is fast./

/The Visser left his host?/ I asked, shocked.

For several moments we just stood there, stunned. At least I had a hard time wrapping my mind around the thought that the Visser would abandon his host. I had no idea what everyone else was thinking.

Suddenly Anjinnl moved to the side of the dying Andalite. I quickly hurried after her and stopped just short of him.

I watched as the Andalite looked at us with his main eyes; hope and despair warred in them.

My stomachs dropped. You could tell who the Visser was just by the darkness that seemed to come off him in waves. But with the Yeerk gone there was nothing.

/Kill me,/ he whispered desperately. /Kill me before he takes me again! Please, please kill me./

I felt my hearts stop. The thought that he still aware, still existed on any level was horrifying.

/The snake-/ /No, you don't understand!/ The Andalite said, cutting me off. /The Visser - he has backup forces ready. Half a dozen Bug Fighters! They'll keep me alive. The poison is too slow./ The despair in his voice cut me to my hearts.

/I – but you're an Andalite. I can't./ I whispered.

I turned my stalk eyes to Anjinnl and observed that she was distraught; as if this was hurting her more than it should.

/He'll take me again./ The Andalite said, begging now. /Once they find him they'll bring me to him. You don't understand: the things I've seen . . . horrible./

I watched as he lifted his tail; trying to his blade to his own throat. But the poison had weakened him too much and his tail fell.

/I understand./ He said with sorrow that twisted my stomachs. /Listen, my name is . . . ./ He trailed off clearly searching his memories for his name.

Finally he nodded and gave a weak smile of triumph. /That's it, my name is Alloran-Semitur-Corrass. I was once a War Prince. If you survive . . . my wife and two children . . . tell them that . . . I love them./

/They will hear your message./ Anjinnl said with conviction that surprised me

/Is there more that you would have us do, Prince Alloran?/ I asked.

He reached up with a weak, shaking hand that I took. /Fight them . . . stronger than you think. They . . . infiltrated . . . the home world . . . ./ He trailed off, unable to finish his message.

/The Yeerks are on the Home World?/ Anjinnl asked, fear evident in her voice.

Prince Alloran tried to nod but went limp before he could finish.

I gently laid his hand down and tried to not to think of when we would meet again.

/Come Ax, Anji, there will another chance/ Jake said gently.

We turned and hurried away before the Bug Fighters could arrive.

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When we arrived at the Scoop we noticed immediately saw that Prince Arbron was waiting for us. He didn't say anything to us but I could tell that we were in for what humans call a dressing down.

He gestured at all of us to follow him into the Scoop which we did. Our human friends sat down on the chairs that we had there for them.

I noticed that Anjinnl was morphing into her human morph. When she was done she sank into a chair, she cried and wailed as if she had lost someone important.

Cassie moved to sit next to her and wrapped Anjinnl into a hug.

/What happened?/ Prince Arbron asked as he observed Anjinnl cry. /We tried to take Visser Three out; we failed./ I informed him.

He blinked in surprise.

/What led you to believe that you could destroy him?/ He asked. /I accidentally improved a human program that was for a human radio telescope. I contacted the home world to let them know what happened. I didn't tell them about what you did. A human controller came and told me of a way to kill Visser Three and I tried to do just that./

Prince Arbron looked ready to do what humans call a face palm.

/Why did the attempt fail?/ he asked point blank. /The Visser left his host and escaped before we knew what had happened. I couldn't bring myself to kill the Andalite./ I answered.

I expected him to reprimand me for not killing the Visser's host but he just nodded. /Greater warriors have hesitated to kill him./ Prince Arbron told us.

I felt just a little better at the thought that I wasn't the only one to fail at the task.

"My Prince, we were given some disturbing news." Anjinnl began. "The Yeerks are infiltrating the Home World."

The silence that followed was so deep I thought that I could hear the heartbeats of everyone's hearts.

Prince Arbron was silent for what felt like hours.

/Are you sure?/ He asked, worry evident in his voice. /That's what he told us and I don't think he'd have wasted time telling us something that wasn't important./ I said.

Prince Arbron looked worn.

/Aximili, I want you to go and destroy the program tomorrow. If you didn't tell them about our friends don't. If the Yeerks are in fact doing silent invasion on the Home World then we must protect them at all cost./ Prince Arbron said.

I nodded.

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The next day I stood in the Observatory ready to contact the Home World. I needed tell them that Prince Arbron wanted to know when more ships were coming and how many. I also needed to tell them to pass on Prince Alloran's message.

Once I was done I erased the program.

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That's the end of eighth book. I think that I'm going to do the thirteenth book next.

Good Night!