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Three days later we flew in the air observing the home of Rain Forester. Her house was far from major roads with a long driveway with trees surrounding the driveway and formed a half circle around a large house. It looked so peaceful.

However something was off. It was eluding me exactly why I that way.

/It looks so peaceful!/ Anjinnl commented wistfully.

/Reminds me of home./ Aximili said excitedly.

/I wouldn't mind camping in the woods here. If there wasn't a house here I am sure I could convince my parents to take the family here for a getaway./ Tobias added.

/I think I could talk my parents into joining your family Tobias./ Cassie commented.

/I bet you can't get Wi-Fi out here./ Marco commented drily.

/But you can get different, better connection./ Rachel said with some snark.

/It seems so peaceful here and – hey guys I see something shimmering in the grass!/ Jake said with excitement, not finishing what he had been saying.

/Where?/ I asked, searching the grass for the shimmer that Jake had spotted.

/It's about five yards from the house and seems to go in a circle around the back of it./ Jake reported.

That would explain why I couldn't see the shimmer since I was facing the front of the house and was a little closer to the ground.

/Everyone be careful; we don't know if she is in league with the Yeerks or someone else./ I reminded them.

One by one they agreed to be careful.

/I can see Ms. Forester in one of the rooms talking on the phone with someone./ Rachel reported. /I think she's talking with someone close to her like a friend or family member since she seems to be laughing and smiling./

/Maybe she has a boyfriend and they're making plans for later./ Jake suggested.

/That would explain some of her body language she cou-/ Rachel never finished what she was thinking since there was an abrupt flash of light and I saw her fall from where she had been flying as a Bald Eagle.

/PULL UP!/ I shouted to everyone else as I tried to think of what Rachel could have come in contact with. It could be as simple as some kind of electric fence or if Rain Forester was with the Yeerks and had a Gleet Bio-Filter but there was no alarm; at least on the outside.

/I don't think she's breathing!/ Cassie cried out.

/Get away from the shimmering air./ I ordered them evenly.

The sound of barking dogs comes from the house.

/Rachel's breathing./ Cassie reported; relief was evident in her Thought Speech.

Another light flashed and I saw Aximili fall limp to the ground.

/He's still breathing./ Tobias reported a few moments later.

The shimmering was a Stun Field with possible holographic purposes; Rain Forester was either a Controller or aiding the Yeerks in some fashion.

/Everyone regroup at the clump of rocks we saw when we first came here. We need different morphs. Rain Forester is in league with the Yeerks and we have to rescue both Rachel and Aximili before she can deliver them to Visser Three. Tobias, Cassie I need you two in the air and informing us of any and all vehicles you see and any changes you see going on outside. But change your morphs; Cassie you first while Tobias keeps an eye on things than you take his place while he changes his morph.

/Jake, I need you in your tiger morph. Anjinnl, morph into the Black Panther and Marco I need you as a gorilla. I will be morphing into something I acquired on another planet. Once everything is in place we are going to charge the house. Jake and Anjinnl both of you need to stay behind me to avoid being injured. Marco since I will be moving too fast I need you to ride on me until we get into the house then stay behind me until we have an estimate of how many people are inside the house. Depending on what we find and or how much damage my morph takes I will demorph. We need to be ready as soon as possible./ I told them.

Landing among the trees near the rocks I demorphed and prepared myself to morph into a Trepitjar Sòl; a large grazing animal from a planet the natives called Riciafi. Its hide was incredibly thick, able to take multiple shots from both Shredders and Dracon Beams before slowing and a plate on its face capable of helping it break into an Andalite research facility.

/Several humans have retrieved Rachel and Aximili./ Cassie reported as I brought my memories of the Trepitjar Sòl to the front of my mind and began to become one.

Out of habit I ignored the exact changes my body was going through as I morphed except that I was morphing into a Trepitjar Sòl. Finally the changes stopped and I opened my morph's eyes. The Trepitjar Sòl had great eyesight for grazing animals but I hadn't chosen it for its eyesight alone.

/Is everyone ready?/ I asked those that were with me. One by one they answered in the affirmative and I ordered Marco to get on my back.

/GO!/ I shouted to them as I charged forward with Jake and Anjinnl bounding just behind me. Marco yelped briefly in shock at the speed I had taken off but he quickly recovered and held on rather tightly.

/Jump!/ I ordered as I barreled over a cleverly disguised pole for the Stun Field. The Stun Field flickered and died for some distance in both directions. Seconds later I was heading for the front of the house and lowered my head just enough to smash through the door.

Once we were inside I noticed almost immediately that we were alone and that all the doors except for one were completely closed. The door that wasn't completely shut was opened enough that it was noticeable but closed just enough that we couldn't see what might be in the room besides sunlight.

/Careful, there might be traps everywhere./ I told Jake and Anjinnl as we slowly headed to slightly open door.

We reached the door with an ease that I didn't like at all. If I hadn't suspected Rain Forester of being a Yeerk I would think that we were invited here.

/Get off./ I whispered to Marco and quickly demorphed. Once I was myself I nodded to Marco who pushed the door open all the way. The room was made of windows in steel frames allowing sunlight to fill the room. Plants and easels with canvases were in different places and two cages held the unconscious forms of both Rachel and Aximili. At a small desk just off to the side sat Rain Forester looking neither frightened nor angry to see us. Without warning she smiled; a caricature of a friendly smile and one that made my stomachs twist in dread.

"Welcome to my home Prince Arbron-Bantec-Deromar. I must say that I wasn't expecting you and your fellow spies to pay me a visit but at least we now know that the site worked in catching the attention of Andalites." Rain Forester spoke with a peculiar accent leading me to suspect that if she was a Yeerk then it was used to speaking Galard instead of English but then wouldn't the Yeerk have Rain Forester's knowledge on how to speak?

/What do you want Yeerk?/ I demanded.

"Another Andalite," she answered simply.

/Who?/ I pressed; we needed to know what the Yeerks were planning and a little surprised, I wasn't aware that there were other Andalites on Earth.

Rain just smiled.

"I haven't reported this incident to Visser Three yet so why don't you take the two I have here and leave." She said in an almost bored tone and started to read some of the papers on her desk.

I gestured to Marco to go over to the cages and open them. Carefully he removed both Aximili and Rachel's unconscious forms.

"Maybe I will tell you some more information." Rain said allowed as Marco gently dragged Rachel and Aximili to where Jake, Anjinnl and I were standing.

/What changed your mind?/ I queried.

"Maybe you will unintentionally help us find who we are looking for." She answered flatly.

/If you think I would help you Yeerks find one of my people you are mistaken./ I told her curtly.

Rain made a gesture of indifference.

"Almost a year ago certain gadgets disappeared from some of our strongholds on this planet. A lengthy search for the gadgets have us still perplexed since only a dozen or so individuals knew that we had those gadgets stored there and a few months after that a heavily damaged Bug Fighter had been pillaged before it could be traced and taken care of. Whoever found the Bug Fighter was careful not to leave any traces of themselves but knew enough to disable security and tracking features on certain parts. The gadgets and other parts lead us to believe that there is an Andalite somewhere in the area no doubt listening in on our transmissions since that is the only way they could have learned certain details. I am just one of many hoping to lure him out and possibly capture him." She answered.

/Prince Arbron, I think Rain Forester is a morph!/ Anjinnl informed me suddenly.

I couldn't hide my surprise as I jerked to face Anjinnl.

/Are you sure?/ I nearly demanded.

/No, but how she speaks like she's careful about every word she pronounces and her body language is that of an Andalite./ Anjinnl responded.

I thought back on it and looked at the complete and incomplete paintings and thought back on the ones we had seen on display. Rain Forester was a morph.

/There is no need to alert the Visser because you are the Visser./ I announced loudly; causing everyone to tense in fear.

Rain Forester suddenly burst into laughter.

"What makes you think I am the Visser?" she asked looking truly amused. "Didn't your spies in training report back to you what Alloran revealed to them in their misguided and failed assassination attempt?"

/They told me that he told them that you were infiltrating the home world or at least attempting to./ I informed her.

"We are slowly invading Nyumbani and my host was captured on a silent raid." Rain told me with a smile. "And one day we will invade outright."

I felt fear.

/Arbron, there's a large car heading towards Ms. Forester's house!/ Tobias called out in warning.

/Prince Arbron?/ Aximili asked softly as he began to wake up.

/Demorph!/ I snapped at him as I snatched Rachel's still unconscious eagle morph from the floor. /Retreat!/ I ordered everyone else.

Slowly I backed away from the Rain or whatever her name is making sure that everyone else was behind me.

/Run for the woods!/ I ordered them as we retraced our steps.

We hurried away from the house as I absorbed what Rain had said. That there was another Andalite on Earth; most likely not far from here and that the Yeerks were looking for them.

For the first time since the Pool Ship I felt hope that Elfangor was alive.

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I will be skipping several books again but like I have in the past I will give a brief overview of what happened.