Sorry that I took my sweet time.
I have anxiety and depression and treat them with medication which is in the middle of being changed for something better and then my Grandmother died. Between all of this I was debating a few things which worked out
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Hi, Marco here.
I'd give you the full run down again but I find that boring when I read a series and in every single book the author gives a full rundown of what's going on.
Alien parasites called Yeerks are invading Earth. They want to enslave by taking over our bodies and making them our own.
Aliens called Andalites are fighting the Yeerks and got their butts handed to them during the battle over Earth.
Right now only eight of us, five humans and three Andalites, are fighting them.
Prince Arbron is the leader of our group. Jake is Arbron's second. Rachel is gung-ho about saving the planet. Anjinnl is our computer expert with Aximili as her helper; they are quite the team since she stopped hitting Ax on the head with books. Cassie is a nature lover which makes her our animal expert. Tobias is a little odd but he is observant. I am the joker of the group.
Crap, I think I just gave you a really big rundown.
Anyway, I was minding my own business at the Mall with my fellow Animorphs. Ax was eyeing Anji's bag of Doritos, Rachel was looking at some fliers for some of the clothing stores, Cassie was looking, and most likely, bored, Bromley was just looking around and Tobias, Jake and I were discussing the upcoming release of the newest video games.
I glanced around and saw our informant Erek King standing near a stand that had a map of the locations of all the stores in the mall.
I gently nudged Jake who tapped Bromley.
The three of us looked at Erek and he jerked his head slightly to the side. He needed to speak to us.
"Tobias, keep an eye on Max." Bromley whispered.
Ax loves sugary foods so you have to keep an eye on him because he gets hyper. It's funny since Anji can't stand food that has too much sugar.
Rachel grabbed Cassie's arm and dragged her off with Anji following on their heels. Rachel was saying something about a sale at such and such store. Tobias snagged Ax and directed him towards one of the arcades.
With that Jake, Bromley and I walked nonchalantly towards Erek.
This had to be big if Erek wanted to speak to us.
One thing I should tell you is that Erek is an android that is so old that he and his fellow androids watched as the Egyptians built the pyramids. Actually he's older than that, much older. The Chee were created by an alien race that was destroyed. Since the Chee are peaceful they can't fight with us but they can and will inform us of Yeerk activity they think we should know about.
This had to be one of those times.
Once we were close the air shimmered slightly around us and Erek was showing his true form: an anamorphic dog.
"As far as anyone is concerned we are talking about a science test." Erek stated.
The three of us nodded.
"The Yeerks are planning something big and it has something to do with Leerans." Erek stated.
"Leerans at physic and most of their planet is covered by water; how do they plan on doing this?" Bromley asked.
"All I know is that whatever they are planning is taking place in the waters around Royan Island and that Visser One is coming to look into the operation." Erek said.
I felt my gut twist. Could I do something that could get my mother killed? I honestly didn't want to know but we had to at least look into this. Maybe she would leave before we found and destroyed whatever the Yeerks were doing.
I saw Erek look at me for a second before I nodded.
With that Bromley, Jake and I rejoined the throng of people in the Mall.
Jake looked at me with concern but didn't say anything. He didn't need to. I knew that he wanted to know how I felt about this.
I could do this.
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"Leerans are amphibious and sentient beings native to Leera. I have never personally met one since they are not allowed on our home world or any of our ships or military bases. The reason for this is that they are physic and can read minds at close range. It would be very dangerous for others to know our strategies, how to work our technology and where all of our bases are." Arbron told us in the woods behind Cassie's place.
"So if we get too close to them they will know that we aren't Andalites in morph but humans and they could learn our names and where we live?" Tobias asked.
I understood Tobias's worry. His father and mother work with computers. According to my dad Alan, Tobias's dad, has turned down many opportunities; government project opportunities. Alan has claimed that they either don't interest him or that someone else should take them.
Heck, I was worried about my dad. I had already lost my mom to them and I would rather be shredded by a Hork-Bajir then lose my father.
"Because Leerans are physic they would also know the true intentions of the Yeerks and know who are Controllers." Arbron continued. "What the Yeerks are planning can't be good.
"Tomorrow we are going to go to Royan Island and look around." Arbron finished.
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The next day we flew in seagull morph towards the island that was off the mainland.
/So, who lives on Royan Island?/ Rachel asked as we headed to the dark splotch on the horizon. /The Royan Family?/
/According to the guidebook some guy named Royan was a bootlegger during the 1920s. It was a base of operations if you will. Some rich people live there now./ I said.
When we arrived I looked at the house and the stuff around it. These people were filthy rich and maybe then some.
/I bet these guys are so rich that they have politicians in their pockets./ I grumbled.
/I wonder if Yeerks have other Yeerks in their pockets./ Anji mused.
/I didn't know that the Yeerks have a monetary system./ I said.
/They don't./ Anji answered. /But pull some strings here and there. Make sure that certain Yeerks are assigned to this or that Host. My brother told me that he sees something like that in his work; minus the Host thing of course. This or that scientist or intern will be favored over another for different reasons./
/We need to focus on the matter at hand./ Arbron stated. /We can talk politics another time./
We landed on a beach away from the prying eyes of the guards around the house demorphed.
Then walking across sharp rocks we made our way into the ocean to morph. For the record I hate sharp things on my feet. It's unpleasant and you could break something and/or injure yourself if you fell down.
Besides, beaches should have sand on them with the occasional rock.
After we morphed Anjinnl and Aximili moved put some space between us and them. We hadn't thought to visit the Gardens in the middle of the night so Ax and Anji could acquire dolphins but since they had shark morphs everyone figured that it would be no big deal.
We swam through the waters just looking for anything that could be out of the ordinary.
/I see some hammerhead sharks up ahead./ Cassie reported. /They seem to be guarding something./
/Can the Yeerks infest sharks?/ Rachel asked; she sounded worried and truth be told I was worried with her.
/I doubt it./ Aximili said. /From what I read on them they are not intelligent and they are driven by instinct./
/They seem to be similar to Taxxons in the respect that if there is blood there is a feeding frenzy./ Anjinnl commented. /But the Yeerks in the past show that they want as sentient as possible Hosts. There are fewer instincts to feel that way./
As we swam closer to the area the sharks were they seemed to get agitated.
/That appears to be a hologram behind them./ Arbron stated.
/So there is something going on down here./ Rachel said.
As we swam closer the sharks started to swim towards us.
/Guys, I don't think the sharks are happy to see us./ I said nervously.
It was about then that the sharks attacked us.
It was weird; they ignored Aximili and Anjinnl when they came over to help and they completely ignored one of their buddies when he was injured. There was blood in the water!
Suddenly there was the sound of engines and the sharks almost scattered.
/Why are they running?/ Cassie asked.
It was then that we saw it: a nearly completely transparent submarine. The sharks seemed to have decided that they were to escort it.
We watched as it passed not too far from us.
I looked at the Bridge and noted that most of the aliens on the Bridge were familiar except for one. It looked frog like and looked slightly like a catfish as far as the whiskers at the mouth were concerned. It was also yellow.
/A Leeran,/ Arbron whispered to us.
I always wondered what it had to be like for people in sci-fi stuff to know that there was a mind reader in the room with them; knowing that their thoughts weren't private. Now I know how they felt knowing that some yards away was an alien that could read my mind the same way I read a book.
I then noticed the chair that the Leeran was standing next to. It reminded me of Captain Kirk's Chair. The occupant of said chair was facing away from us but I knew that it wasn't the esteemed Captain James T. Kirk in that chair.
The chair suddenly turned; revealing occupant to me my mother: Visser One.
Hi mom. I thought silently.
I still get angry at night just thinking how the Yeerks ruined the lives of everyone in my family.
/Visser One; the main creep is back./ Rachel whispered; angry.
/Actually the Council of the Thirteen and the Yeerk Emperor would be the "main creeps"./ Anjinnl commented.
/We will retreat for now and return when we have a better idea what to expect./ Arbron ordered.
I was all too happy to comply.
As we swam away I realized that I had never told Arbron about my mother being the Host of Visser One.
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The piece on politics just came out and I think it works great since near the end Vissers One and Three get in that argument and Marco guesses that politics must be the same everywhere.
