In the end, he learned that there had only been one other person to make it up and out of the Yeerk Pool, only the lady who'd been riding on Cassie's back when the six of them had escaped from the Yeerks' underground stronghold; Jake's brother had turned to confront Visser Three – even though the Yeerks' leader had still been in that fire-breathing alien monster form of his – running at him faster than any of them could react.
At least, those of them who'd been in a position to act, anyway.
Flopping back down on his bed, still feeling more than a little terrified after everything that he and his fellow Animorphs had gone through, both before and after they'd made their escape from the Yeerk's underground stronghold, Tommy closed his eyes. He didn't know just when or where he and his fellow Animorphs were going to have to go next, but he made a promise to himself that he'd be prepared for it.
It was all he really could do.
