Sorry I took so long. I thought about adding a scene before deciding against it, most of it was because I would have to rewrite more than have of what I had already written and I had already done that at least twice before that.
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I wasn't nervous as I trotted beside Tobias disguised in morph as Champ, the German Shephard owned by Tobias's family. I had done similar things on a dozen worlds and been through an untold number of training exercises. For the most part you allow the natural instincts of your morph to take over with a few exceptions of behavior. On one hand you don't want to seem abnormal but not unruly depending on what and where you are.
I knew that both Anjinnl and Aximili were afraid but they seemed to be controlling their fear well. They were even behaving themselves remarkably. /Keep it up you two./ I told them privately.
I suspected that Anjinnl was worried about the safety of her family back on Nyumbani but she hadn't voiced any of her concerns to me. I suspected that she didn't want to be pulled from the mission if she thought that I thought she was emotionally compromised.
I will admit that I was curious to know who had drawn those sketches. But some Andalites looked similar and those sketches could have been sitting in one of the Yeerks archives somewhere before someone decided to use them as bait for a trap.
I was grateful that I had asked the Chee to keep an eye on Jake and Marco's families until we could sort this all out.
Slowly we made our way through security and to the gate we would be boarding the plane through.
It was loud and there were many different sounds and smells that intrigued the mind of my morph. I allowed some of that curiosity through as I looked around and noticed several booths selling food and groups of different travelers; I even pulled a little bit at one point to further play the act of being a dog.
"Sit Champ," Tobias said calmly as he lowered his body into one of the connected chairs in the terminal. I sat like I had seen other dogs and kept close to Tobias.
Finally the boarding call went out and we boarded the plane.
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The plane ride had been interesting. Short and the wind seemed strong at times. Tobias had said it was because the flight was so short we hadn't gotten very high in the air because it was a 'puddle jump'.
At the moment we were all humans walking through the public areas of Web Across America's offices. There were paintings of the three founders of Web Across America along one wall. There were also several other paintings with surreal landscapes on the walls as well. According to the guide all the paintings had been done by the talented Rain Forester.
I had heard about her before, a talented woman with Asian and European blood with a brilliant imagination and unique ways of painting and combining colors.
I didn't know anything else about her though.
As I examined one painting I wished that I could view it with my Andalite eyes so I could see any hidden details. Some human artists liked to hide things in their work and I wanted to know if Rain Forester was one of them.
We had already devised a plan to learn the identity of 'WateryMoonArtist' and it was time to put it into action.
Anjinnl had already placed a device to disrupt their security cameras and placed it on the roof before we entered and all she had to do was activate it.
Jake checked the time on his watch and sighed; the prearranged signal. Anjinnl tipped her head to one side and smiled slightly to let us know that the device had been activated.
We continued to follow the tour group for a bit before Anjinnl, Aximili and Marco broke off to access the systems of Web Across America. When we were in a skywalk above and to the side of one of their main areas we started our distraction.
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As the afternoon wore on we gathered in the Scoop ready to go over the information that Anjinnl, Aximili and Marco had retrieved from Web Across America's system.
"Well we discovered who 'WateryMoonArtist' is." Marco began. "Drumroll, it is Rain Forester. I was surprised when I saw that too." Marco said.
There was silence for several moments as everyone took it in. "If she's responsible that would explain the quality of the sketches but now how did she do them is the question." Rachel commented
"Could someone just be using her name or someone with the same name as her?" Cassie asked.
"Could they be trying to find us or smoke out former Controllers?" Tobias asked.
"The site is meant for someone; that much is obvious." Anjinnl commented.
"But for who?" Jake asked.
"Are there other spies here Arbron?" Marco asked. "Maybe that's who they're looking for."
"I doubt that he would tell us if that's the case." Aximili commented.
I looked away from the young ones for a few minutes as I mentally went through my knowledge of the Yeerks and the theories put forth by everyone. All of them had merits but experience told me that the trap is meant for someone. Whether or not it's meant for us or others I didn't know.
Finally I turned to face them. "I don't know what the Yeerks are planning but my experience is that they are trying to trap someone. It might be us or someone else. For now return to your homes and do as much research on Rain Forester as you are comfortable doing. If you are going to say you're doing research then take notes and turn it into a teacher for extra credit or something of the like. It's important to not draw attention to yourselves." I told them.
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Since it would have alerted the Yeerks to their presence they didn't morph and 'mop' the floor. As to what they did . . . use your imagination. An improvised skit or something or the like or reciting poetry or Shakespeare.
