When the six of them had all been called together again, this time at Cassie's family's barn, Tommy found himself in the odd position of wishing he could take back words that he hadn't actually said.
"It figures. The Yeerks would have to have some kind of cloaking technology," Marco said, folding his arms and narrowing his eyes thoughtfully. "Like stealth technology, only much better."
"We were always able to see Yeerk ships before," Rachel pointed out, leaning against a cage with some kind of bird in it; Tommy wondered idly if Tobias knew what kind it was. "We saw the Bug fighters, and the Blade Ship."
"True, but every Yeerk ship we've dealt with has been either on the ground, or about to land," Jake pointed out. "Maybe the cloaking technology doesn't work when they get close to landing. But, if you think about it, Marco is right: they would have to be able to avoid being picked up by Radar. Maybe they also have the ability to avoid being seen."
(It was a Yeerk ship,) Tobias said, and Tommy turned to look up at where he was perched, up high in the rafters of Cassie's parents' barn.
(How can you be sure of that?) he asked, blinking as he settled back down on the hay bale next to where Jake was sitting.
(I- I just got that feeling from it,) Tobias said, shifting slightly before settling back down on his perch on the crossbeam. (Also, it seemed huge; bigger than even the biggest jet. It seemed more like an ocean liner, or a cruise ship, really.)
In the end, after Marco – and, oddly enough, Cassie – had raised their share of objections, they made a decision to go into the mountains to track down the Yeerk ship that Tobias had discovered. However, Marco did, bring up a good point: having them all skip school on the same day would be suspicious, particularly if there was trouble for the Yeerks on the exact same day. In light of that, they all decided that it'd be best if they started after school.
Sure, it'd cut into their homework time, but there were some things more important than that.
