Simming

Key:

Dialogue: Human-with quotation marks "Hello"

Andalite/Morph-with greater-than/less-than signs

Action: Two colons on both sides ::walks over to Jane::

Out Of Character(OOC): Two parenthesizes on both sides

Main Character Key:

Jake: J

Rachel: R

Tobias: T

Cassie: C

Marco: M

Katrina: K

Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill: A

Quantana-Semitur-Jahar: Q, RQ

Jaina-Esgarrouth-Cassia: Ja

Leehara-Semitur-Cinnabon: L

Clovis-Corill-Wilks: Cl

Visser Three/Alloran: V3, Alloran

Ring: Ring

Yeerk: Y

Andalite: An

Hork-Bajir: HB

Kaia: Ka

Ellimist/Alf: Elli, Alf

Writer Key (in order of appearance)

Ali: OOCAl, ICAl

Jenni: OOCJe, ICJe

Emily: OOCEm, ICEm

Nicole: OOCNi, ICNi

Sean: OOCSe, ICSe

Megan: OOCMe

Daphne: OOCDa

Alexis: OOCLexi

Leah: OOCLe

Sarah: OOCSa

Rachel: OOCRa

Liz: OOCLi

Information of the Authors: Jenni, Ali, Emily, and Nicole

Authors’ Note:

To read the author's notes, go to the first chapter of our simming. Thank you!

Q: ::looks up at Ax, her eyes are shining for the first time since the twins were born.:: <He’s okay, Ax. My father ... he’s finally free ... and you helped. How can I ever repay you, Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill, my husband?>

A: <You don’t have to repay me, Quan.> ::kisses her tenderly:: <I love you.> ::back to the others.::

J,C: ::Jake and Cassie kiss.::

R,T: ::Rachel and Tobias kiss.::

M,K: ::Marco and Katrina kiss.::

OOCJe: ((I am so moved. I get to start page 200. I’d like to thank to Internet for showing me simming, Ali for always simming, Emily for making me turn into her and making all the funny parts, Nicole, because I HATE NICOLE, Megan, cuz I feel like it, Daphne for ... um, something, and myself because I’m like that.))

::Jenni’s favorite scene: The Pen’s Death.::

::Emily’s favorite scene: Everyone bursts into FLAMES!::

OOCEm: ((Thank you all.))

OOCJe: ((I’m placing bets ... how long will it take to get to p.300?))

OOCEm: ((A month ... maybe a month and a half.))

OOCNi: ((This is stupid, but, a couple of weeks.))

OOCAl: ((A couple of weeks. Please note: Changes on page 200.))

OOCEm: ((No!))

Ja,Cl,L: ::go to Ax and Quan who are making out.:: <Mother, Father, we’ve come to a decision. We all wish to be warriors and up hold the family pride.>

A: ::is touched.:: <I am very proud of you.>

Q: ::smiles outwardly::

A: <Now, if you’ll excuse your mother and I ...> ::Takes her hand:: <Some unfinished business to do.>

Ja,Cl,L: ::leave parents alone.:

An: ::goes to Ax:: <Aximili. The Captain wishes his congratulations to you, for you are to be awarded War-Prince of the Earth-base station.> ::leaves Ax and Quan ... ALONE::

Q: <And here I thought it was over.>

A: <It never is.> ::kisses Quan.::

OOCEm: ((And ... well, we know what they’re probably going right now ... so. Let’s move on.))

OOCJe: ((Oh! On to Alloran and Jahar.))

Alloran: ::gets up and walks unsteadily around the room.::

Jahar: <How long has it been since you’ve been able to walk on your own?>

Alloran: <Too long ...>

OOCRa: ((I’m one crazy mofo. I had to pop because he wouldn’t give me my props in O town.))

T: "Do you ever get that feeling that you found the person you were meant for?"

R: "Yeah, let’s make out."

T: "Do you remember when we used to talk all night?"

R: "Yeah, let’s make out." ::Rachel kisses Tobias.::

T: ::breaks away.:: "I have something to tell you."

R: "What?"

T: "I ... I love you ..."

R: ::smiles:: "I love you, too." ::They kiss again. Moving onto ... anyone but Tobias and Rachel! Let’s try Marco and Katrina!::

M: "Hair, hair, hair! I love hair!"

K: "Huh?"

M: "I just felt like saying hair. Hair, hair, hair, BIG HAIR!!!"

K: "All right ..." ::Samantha and Thomas pop in::

Samantha: "Why are you here?"

Thomas: "Well, this is KFC, right?"

Samantha: "Yeah, but ..."

Thomas: "But what? You ran outta chicken? Buck, buck, bajook!"

Samantha: "Shut up you retard!"

Thomas: "Make me, you little whore!"

M: "Anyway, back to hair!"

K: "Oh, shut up!"

M: "Make me!"

K: "I will!"

M: "Okay!"

K: "Um, what just happened?"

An: ::the Captain starts wondering where exactly his ship is or where it’s going.::

M: "What?!"

K: ::pauses:: "Nothing." ::they go back to making out.::

OOCJe: ((Kay. We. Need. A. PLOT! Ali, let’s do that thing with the Ellimist.))

An: ::Andalites decide humans are way too weird and put them back on Earth, along with Ax, Quan, Jaina, Leehara, Clovis, Alloran, and Jahar.::

OOCEm: ((What Ellimist thing?))

OOCJe: ((We aren’t telling you and Nicole. ;-) You have to improvise. By the way, I’d like to point out the ¾ of humans are now infested.))

1^st voice: "Cities near the shore or beach."

2^nd voice: "Oh! Why did you write it twice?"

1^st voice: "I don’t know."

OOCEm: ((I’m not going to ask.))

All: ::the Animorphs are standing in the scoop.::

OOCEm: ((I think we should build a new scoop for Alloran and Jahar, and where is Tobias going to live now that he is human?!))

OOCJe: ((Oh! We almost forgot! Kaia’s there too, living in a house with Katrina.))

All: ::everyone meets in the barn::

J: "Um, hello ... um, my name is Jake and I’m the unofficial leader."

Alloran: <It’s been a long time.>

Ka: "Yes. I see you’ve married. I thought you and ... your brother ... were dead."

Alloran: <When I lost him, I figured you were dead, as well. Jahar was there for me through it all, even when I released the epidemic.>

Ka: "I’m glad you found happiness."

OOCEm: ((Um ... I’d just like to point out that if he is talking in PRIVATE thought-speech, then no one should be able to hear him. But Tobias is magical, so ... Also, Nicole is a jackass.))

Alloran: <I did, for a time. Before I was turned into a Controller.> ::hangs head in shame:: <I can’t believe I killed Elfangor.> ::this time everyone hears him and the barn gets very quiet. Ax and Tobias look at Alloran. To Ax:: <I’m sorry.>

A: <I know it wasn’t you. It was the Yeerk. But I didn’t just lose a brother, Tobias lost his father when Elfangor died. And these human children lost their peaceful, ignorant lives.>

Alloran: ::looks around at all of them. To Tobias:: <I’m sorry. You know, I knew your mother.>

T: "What was she like?"

Alloran: ::thinking.:: <She was very stubborn, and strong for a human. Elfangor must have loved her a lot to come here and become human just to stay with her.>

T: ::looks sad for awhile, everyone remembers Elfangor.::

J: "You know our secret now. If the Yeerks find you ..."

Elli: THEY WILL NOT.

A: <Oh shit!>

All: <"Ax-imili!">

J: "We accept."

M: "Here we go again."

R: "Let’s do it."

OOCEm: ((No! Estrid is evil!))

OOCJe: ((Now she’s unevil.))

J: "You tricked me. I didn’t know this is what you meant!"

Elli: THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO GO HOME WOULD BE FOR ONE OF YOU TO DIE.

J: "Then take me. I will die for my mistake."

E: <No. I will die. It’s the only way to make up for my wrongs.>

Elli: VERY WELL. ::Estrid disappears and the Animorphs are on Earth.::

OOCEm: ((Well, that was abrupt ...))

T: ::looks around:: "Ya know, we could have at least tried that world out."

Elli: ::takes them back with everyone there.:: I CANNOT TAKE YOU BACK NOW. GOOD LUCK.

M: "I knew that seemed too easy.

Estrid: <What? I’m here?! Alive?!>

A’s M,D: <Aximili? What ... what are you doing here? What are we doing here?>

An. Elf.: <Wha – What am I doing here? Alive! Aximili! You’re alive!> ::rushes to him and hugs him.::

T: ::looks up at Elfangor (the human one):: "Father?"

H Elf. "Tobias? My son!" ::they hug::

Loren: ::walks up to the two of them.:: "Elfangor? I though you were dead. I haven’t seen you in eighteen years. And Tobias? I haven’t seen you for ... too many years." ::they all hug.::

Tom: ::sees Ax, Elfangor, Forlay, Quan, Noorlin, Alloran, Jahar, Estrid, and Lutmash. Gets pissed off and attacks them:: "Andalites!!!!!"

OOCJe: ((::pause:: Lot’s of hugging ...))

An: ::Andalites stare at him blankly as Tom "attempts" to kill them.::

An Elf: ::knocks Tom aside easily:: <Who are these people?>

T: "You know Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Ax, and Marco. Oh, and Quan. The rest are their families. The one who attacked you was Tom."

J: "He’s a Controller."

An Elf: ::looks surprised, everyone else looks confused.::

J: ::gesturing towards Katrina and Kaia:: "This is Katrina and her mom, Kaia."

An Elf: <I’m proud of you all. You are all still alive.> ::turns and sees Alloran, whips tail blade to his throat.:: <What is he doing here?!>

Q: <He is my father! And he is no longer a Controller.> ::EVERYONE, but the Animorphs look amazed.::

An Elf: <Who destroyed the Abomination?>

A,Q: <We did.>

An Elf: ::looks at Quan and his brother, smiles.::

Q: <He took my father, after all.>

A: <And killed my brother.>

An Elf: <I’m here now, aren’t I?>

J: "But for how long?"

M: ::Eyes are dark:: "Yeah. The Ellimist isn’t known for being truthful."

C: "What did he mean by, ‘now I can’t take you back?’"

T: "Are we supposed to stay here forever?"

Q: ::suddenly realizes the kids aren’t there.:: <Jaina! Leehara! Clovis! Where are you? Aximili, they’re not here!>

A: <Who are you talking about? I never heard those names, are you all right?>

Q: <Aximili, what are you talking about? Our children, where are our children?!> ::all Animorphs look generally confused.::

C: ::gently:: "Quan, you don’t have any children."

A: ::snorts:: <Like I’ll ever reproduce with you.>

Q: <But ... don’t you ... our children ...> ::realization dawns in her eyes:: <The Ellimist!>

T: ::Thinks for a moment:: "Ya know, these names do sound familiar."

A: ::pulls Quan off Tobias:: <Quantana, leave Tobias alone. Everything’s fine.> ::privately to his and her parents.:: <Can you help me lay her down? I think she’s hallucinating.>

OOCJe: ((Inhalants ...))

Q: <No, let me go! Tobias, remember! Jaina-Esgarrouth-Cassia, Leehara-Semitur-Cinnabon, Clovis-Corill-Wilks!>

T: "I know I’ve heard them before somewhere." ::pauses:: "I know, aren’t they the names of the new characters in the new comics, ‘Is Something Out There?’"

Jahar: <Quanta, listen to me, you just need to get some sleep, okay?> ::Ax and the other Andalites help Quan to slowly lay down:: <You’ll wake up, and it will all be a dream.> ::starts singing an ancient Andalite lullaby::

Q: <But ... my children ... all alone ...> ::falls asleep.::

Sara: "Mommy, those are aliens!"

An,H Elf: ::both Elfangors stare at each other in amazement::

An Elf: <Human ...>

A: ::steps up to Human Elfangor and puts his tail blade to throat:: <How dare you impostor War-Prince Elfangor! Now who are you really?>

H Elf: "I am Elfangor, Aximili."

An Elf: <He is my human morph, when I came to Earth I became human. This is who I was."

R: ::looks at human Elfangor and stands next to Tobias:: "He looks like you, Tobias."

An,H Elf: ::smiles::

Sara,Jor: ::(Jor being Jordan) are watching Quan curiously::

Naomi: ::(Rachel’s Mom):: "Girls, get away from it!"

R: "Mom, it’s okay! They’re friendly. They’re my friends." ::points to each one as naming them.:: "This one sleeping is Quan, Ax, Elfangor, Quan’s parents Alloran and Jahar, her siblings Lutmash and Estrid, and Ax and Elfangor’s parents Noorlin and Forlay. Elfangor gave me, Jake, Cassie, Tobias, and Marco the power to change into animals, to fight the Yeerks, which are evil slugs that crawl into your ear and control you body and you can’t escape." ::sighs:: "So that’s why my grades dropped."

Naomi: "That is the WORST excuse I have ever heard!"

R: ::sighs again and morphs bear.::

Dan: ::(Rachel’s Dad):: "OHMIGOD!"

R: ::laughs inside their heads:: <I told you, Jake, Cassie, Marco, Katrina, and Tobias can do it too.> ::everyone proceeds to morph and further shock their parents except for Tobias’s, of course.::

An Elf: <I knew I had chosen well when I chose my son and his friends.>

M: ::mutters privately to human Animorphs:: <We were the only one’s there to choose from.>

Elucid: ::(Marco’s stepmother’s dog) yips and barks and jumps at Marco’s morph::

Nora: ::(Marco’s stepmother):: "Elucid! Get down! Stop it! Elucid! Come here now!"

Aisha: ::(Cassie’s mom):: "Wow! Think about the information we can get on animals if we could know what it feels like to be one!"

Jeremy: ::(Marco’s dad):: "I’ve been watching way too much TV."

M: <Dad, this isn’t a dream.>

OOCNi: ((What to say. Um ... um ...>

OOCAl: ((Heehee.))

John: ::(Cassie’s dad):: "Hey, how many animals can you morph?"

Aisha,John: ::staring at her in amazement.::

C: "... Jaguar, monkey, crocodile, dinosaurs," ::pauses:: "Well, not really. And the list goes on ..." ::everyone but the Animorphs says:: "Wow!"

Sara: ::jumps up and down in tantrum:: "That’s unfair! I wanna turn into animals, too!!" ::everyone demorphs, Escalin device appears::

J: ::catches it as it falls from the sky:: "No! We’re not dragging anyone else into this! Remember David, people?" ::everyone looks down in guilt and the box disappears::

OOCJe: ((It burst into flames ...))

Greg: ::(Jake’s dad):: "So, how’d we get here?"

Nora: ::(Marco’s stepmom):: "And where is here, exactly?"

R: "We’re not sure."

A: "Well, you got here by the Ellimist."

Nikki: ::(Jake’s mom):: "What’s an Ellimist?"

Jahar: <A more-evolved being who seems to be all powerful.>

Q: ::wakes up::

T: "He’s not all powerful. He couldn’t make me human again unless I lost my morphing powers.

An Elf: <How did you get them back?>

T: "A faery named Emily told me I could stay in my human form and still be able to morph."

An Elf: <Alright ...>

M: "Trust me, that’s not the weirdest thing that’s happened."

R: "Yeah. The talking pen was."

Ring: "All hail the pen!" ::Jake and Cassie’s parents notice the ring::

Aisha: ::(Cassie’s mom):: "Cassie, what’s that really big rock?"

C: "Um ... well ..."

J: ::puts arm around Cassie:: "We’re planning to marry when we graduate."

A: ::turns to his and Quan’s parents:: <Quantana and I are already married.>

A,Q par.: ::gasp::

J,C par.: ::gasp::

Alloran: ::part of ritual:: <Aximili, do you promise to care for and protect Quantana?>

A: <Yes.>

Forlay: <And Quantana, do you promise to support and love your family?>

Q: <Yes.>

Jahar: <Aximili, will you support your family, and keep it strong?>

A: <Yes.>

Noorlin: <And Quantana, will you stay strong for your family and keep hope for the future?>

Q: <Yes.>

A: ::takes Quan’s hand and smiles at her.::

Q: ::smiles back::

Noorlin: <Then we send you hope and strength for the future.>

Alloran: <May you love and honor each other for ever.> ::the ritual is complete::

R: ::cries::

OOCAl: ((Yes, Rachel cries, don’t believe me? Read book #35. Rachel cries at weddings.))

M: "I hate to break the moment, but we need to build some shelter if we’re staying here, which, I might add, we are."

J: "We probably need a lot of shelters."

R: "Jake has always been our leader."

C: "A good one, too."

Alloran: <A human child?>

M: "No, he’s a squirrel."

Q: <Father, Jake is a strong leader. He’s->

Alloran: <Are you saying I’m not, daughter?>

Q: <No, I ...> ::trails off, stricken.::

M: "Well, it’s not going to be you!"

Eva: "Why not?"

M: "Because you are a Controller."

Jeremy: ::(Marco’s dad):: "What’s a Controller?"

J: "Someone controlled by a Yeerk."

Greg: ::(Jake’s dad):: "What exactly are Yeerks?"

M: "The bad guys. Slugs that control our brains."

Alloran: <This human of yours is a Controller. Her Yeerk is called Visser One. That is a very powerful rank.>

Q: ::while this is going on, privately:: <Tobias?>

Q: <Do you remember my children?>

Q: ::sighs:: <The Ellimist must have erased the others’ memory. The fact that we remember them may mean they’re not ... dead. But, I can’t know for sure.>

Elli: I DID NOT KILL THEM. ::suddenly, everyone but Tobias and Quan are frozen in time.::

OOCEm: ((I am no longer a bird everyone! What is with these: < >? I am human. Me as in Tobias. Thank you.))

Q: <Then why aren’t they here? And why are we?>

OOCEm: ((I’m going to hurt Mr. Snelling. Does anybody care? Stupid County Chorus!!))

T: "You brought back Elfangor, Estrid, and Lutmash. They were all dead. Why couldn’t you bring Quan’s kids?"

Elli: THEY ARE YOUR ONLY WAY HOME.

Q: <But you said you couldn’t take us home. How could my children be our key home? Where are they?>

Elli: THEY ARE BACK ON YOUR WORLD. THEY ARE SAFE.

T: "How are they our key home?"

Elli: YOU HAVE TO GET THE OTHERS TO REMEMBER.

Q: <Remember my children?>

Elli: YES.

Q: ::warily:: <And that’s all?>

Elli: PERHAPS.

T: ::sighs:: "What else do we have to do?"

Elli: QUANTANA-SEMITUR-JAHAR, YOU MUST GET AXIMILI TO SACRIFICE THE THING MOST IMPORTANT TO HIM.

Q: <And what does that mean?!>

Elli: ::silence::

OOCEm: ((He has to sacrifice Quan! Don’t you see! Thank you, Jenni!))

T: ::has a bad feeling about all this:: "The thing most important to him ... oh no."

Q: <What is it, Tobias?>

T: "Don’t you see it Quan? The thing most important to Ax is ... you."

Q: ::sighs:: <I don’t know, Tobias. It doesn’t seem that way. Aximili values his brother and his honor very highly. If-> ::suddenly, everyone is unfrozen.::

A: <Fortunately, we have nothing to fear. There are no Kandrona rays here. In three days, Visser One and the Yeerk controlling Tom will die.>

T: ::quietly to Quan:: "He loves you more than honor, we learned that when he wouldn’t give up your children, even as young as you both are. And he lived after Elfangor died, but if you died ..." ::Tobias trails off as he realizes that that is exactly what might happen::

OOCJe: ((Well, isn’t this a dilemma! ::pause:: I love that word. Dilemma. Hehe.))

Q: <Princess Cassie?>

C: "Yeah, Quan?"

Q: <Tobias and I know how to get out of here. The Ellimist told us.>

C: "How?"

T: "He said you all need to remember Quan’s children and-"

Q: ::privately:: <Don’t tell them the other thing!>

J: "But Quan doesn’t have any children."

T: "Guys, do you remember the pen?"

M: "The PEN!" ::starts crying on Katrina’s shoulder.::

T: "Yes, Marco, the pen. Do you remember how the pen died?" ::Everyone thinks (we can see the little light bulbs going off above their heads.)::

J: "It was saving someone ... a little girl."

R: "Named ... Jaina?"

C: ::mutters to Rachel:: "Cassia?"

Q: <Yes, Cassie. Remember? I named her after you.>

C: "Yeah ... yeah, I do!"

K: "And your other girl ..."

M: "Leehara!"

C: "Was kidnapped by the Yeerks ..."

R: "Jaina and ... someone else, went to go save her."

A: <The boy ... his name was ...>

J: "Clovis!"

Jeremy: ::(Marco’s dad):: "So ... if you remember these kids, why aren’t we back?"

A: <What is it?>

OOCEm: ((I don’t think we should tell them for three days.))

Q: <I don’t think we should tell you for three days.>

J: "Good point."

Aishi: ::(Cassie’s mom):: "Why? What happens in three days?"

C: ::looks guilty:: "The Yeerks will die of starvation."

Aishi: "That sounds horrible!"

J: "It is. Trust me. I’ve been through it." ::All the Animorphs look at Jake and remember book #6, all adults look at Jake with respect::

OOCEm: ((Jenni! Give me my buttons, Jackass!))

Alloran: <With all your support, on to victory!>

J: "And on the farm we don’t like Al ..."

Everyone: "E-I-E-I-O!"

OOCJe: ((My buttons! Mine!))

T: ::shakes his head:: "Psychos .. all of you ..."

J: ::glances at Alloran:: "Look, I never wanted to be the leader. And I know that you’re no longer a Controller, but it’s still hard to trust you."

R: "So, who are you thinking of, Jake?"

J: "The one who gave us our morphing powers." ::looks at Elfangor.:: "Elfangor, of course."

OOCJe: ((Oh, that is sooooo typical of you, Jake and Emily!))

All: ::everyone seems to agree::

OOCEm: ((Jenni, you are a psycho. And to Ali and Nicole who will be reading this tomorrow, HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME HERE WITH JENNI?!?! Damn!))

OOCJe: ((;-) ))

An Elf: <I could not assume the responsibility of->

T: "Father, everyone trusts you."

An Elf: ::sighs::

Loren: "But, which Elfangor should lead?"

A: <How about both?>

H Elf: "I guess I can help build things."

An Elf: <I can cut down these trees for houses for the humans and firewood.>

C: ::to Aisha and John:: "We can go check to the local plant and animal life. Quan and Jahar can help."

Forlay: ::(Ax’s mom):: <I am also a biologist.>

C: "Okay, Forlay can help, too."

H Elf: "We need to keep communications open."

M: "Who here has a cell phone?"

OOCEm: ((Ya know, nobody has even noticed that they are on a completely different planet with all these aliens: They’re just like, ‘Oh, this is NORMAL!’))

All: ::all the adults pull out various phones.::

H Elf: "Um ... okay. We should distribute the phones. Make sure every group has at least one."

All: ::Jake, Cassie, and all their parents go off. Rachel, Tobias, Ax, Quan, and all their parents. Marco and Katrina and their parents.::

OOCJe: ((Aww, come on, Emily! Describe what they’re doing!))

All: ::Cassie, Aishi, John, Nikki, Quan, Jahar, and Forlay are looking at wildlife, for food and such. Tobias, Rachel, and Ax have morphed bird and are scouting the terrain. Tom and Eva/Visser One are in heated conversation off to one side. Homer, Elucid, and Dude are ... sniffing things. Jordan and Sara are talking with Lutmash and Estrid out of curiosity, on both sides. Loren, Human Elfangor, Andalite Elfangor, Alloran, Noorlin, Jake, and Kaia are surveying, talking, and making decisions. Greg, Dan, and Jeremy are talking about what’s happened and coming up with various theories. Marco is explaining the correct information to them. Naomi, Nora, and Katrina are also discussing ways to get out of what’s happened::

OOCJe: ((I think that might have been the longest action I have ever described. Well, I’m bored! We’re having a review. So sue me.))

Sara: "Where ya from?"

Estrid: ::stares at the child:: <The Andalite homeworld.>

OOCNi: ((And so they’re morphing in front of the Yeerks. What’s up with that?))

All: ::three days passed and the Yeerks are dead.::

OOCJe: ((No! No more magically passing days!))

Q: ::suddenly, spots ...:: <Cinnamonanium! What are you doing here?>

OOCEm: ((What the HELL is Cinnamonanium, Jenni?!))

OOCNi: ((Yes, what the heck is that big word?))

OOCJe: ((Cinnamonanium is Quan’s pet bird, a black-capped chickadee.))

OOCEm: ((Alright ... ::backs away from Jenni s l o w- l y::))

Q: ::Quan’s bird flies over to her, Quan trots over to her siblings.::

Jordan: "Is our cousin Tom really being controlled by aliens?"

Q: <Yes. But don’t worry, in three days, he’ll be himself again.>

Sara: "How?"

OOCEm: ((Obviously, they weren’t paying attention earlier.))

Q: ::hesitantly:: <The Yeerk in his head will die.>

Sara: "Will Tom die?"

Q: <No.>

Jordan: "Will he be in pain?"

Q: <A little. It really is a horrible experience.>

Sara: "Did you go through it, too?"

Q: ::pauses:: <I was a Controller ... That was horrible enough. But my Yeerk left me.>

Jordan: "Why?"

Q: <Because your cousin Jake and his friends scared him.>

OOCEm: ((And then Jake stepped on him. That’s really how this whole mess started.))

OOCJe: ((It’s all Jake’s fault ...))

OOCNi: ((Actually, it’s all Quan’s fault.))

All: ::everyone somehow ended up in the same spot and now they’re all together.::

M: "I’ve decided the only way out of this is to eat coconuts."

K: "And sing."

Kaia: "What a lovely idea!"

A: ::lands and demorphs and spots Lutmash, becomes angry.:: <Lutmash! What do you think you’re doing here? Probably scaring the children, no doubt.>

OOCJe: ((Of which there are, what, two?!))

Q: <Aximili, place don’t start this again ...>

R: "It’s okay." ::glares at Lutmash.:: "Stop scaring my sisters!"

OOCJe: ((I’d just like to point out, that, assuming Rachel was 14 in the series, Sara was 8, and Jordan was 12, Sara would be 12 and Jordan would be 16!!!!!))

Lutmash: ::head turns to Rachel::

A: ::as Lut’s head turns, Ax strikes, missing him. Lutmash, fighting back, sends Ax to roll, who grabs a shredder he left there and lets out a volley of shots.::

OOCJe: ((Can you just picture an Andalite rolling?))

Q: ::screams:: <STOP IT! BOTH OF YOU!> ::gets between them:: <You are brother-in-laws! You are related to me! Stop, now!>

A: ::hangs head in shame:: <Sorry, Quan.>

Lutmash: ::strikes at Ax while he’s not looking.::

A: ::deflects it:: <I’m not going to fight you, for the sake of my wife, your sister.>

Q: ::looks relieved::

Jeremy: "I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts."

Kaia: "Deedaly dee."

Dan: "There they are a-standing in a row."

All: "Bum, bum, bum."

A: <But ...> ::strikes at Lutmash:: <I must practice.> ::the two fight::

Alloran: <I’m betting on Lutmash, he’s small, but agile.>

Noorlin: <Nah. Aximili is strong. He’ll take down Lutmash any day.>

Q: ::deflects Ax’s blow:: <That doesn’t mean you have to practice on each other!> ::is attempting to ward off both of their attacks::

Loren: ::whispering to Human Elfangor:: "Do Andalites always do this?"

J,R: ::wondering if they should get involved::

Q: <Don’t you see? The cycle’s just repeating itself! You need to stop-> ::deflects another tail:: <-before someone dies!>

An Elf: <Aximili! Be careful! You’re going to kill Quan if you don’t stop, NOW!>

A: ::stops and goes to shake Lutmash’s hand.::

Lutmash: ::shakes hands with Ax:: <Good fighting.>

A: <Same to you.> ::sounds too good to be true. Flips Lutmash.::

All: <"AXIMILI!">

OOCJe: ((I hate Mrs. W!!!!!))

OOCEm: ((You are all psychos!))

Lutmash: ::cuts Ax on side, everyone gasps::

OOCEm: ((Hey if they’re just sparring and one of them is hurt, do the Animorphs consider that bad?))

OOCJe: ((NO, they give him a gold star.))

Q: ::pulls him back:: <STOP! Rachel, grab Ax!>

R: ::grabs Ax::

A: ::starts to swing at Rachel, then realizes what he is doing::

T: "Ax! Stop!" ::grabs him::

H Elf: "This has gone far enough!"

An Elf: <I agree. Stop fighting.>

A,Lutmash:::Ax and Lutmash start to ignore them, before they remember that Elfangor(s) have a higher rank than the both of them::

A: ::turns to his brother and Tobias and Rachel release him:: <I’m sorry.>

Lutmash: <I’m sure.>

A: ::glaring at Lutmash:: <I wasn’t talking to you.>

Q: <While we’re here, I think you two need to stay separated.>

T: "I agree."

J: "Me too." ::looks at Ax sternly:: "If there was ever a time for me to reprimand you, it would be now."

A: <I’m sorry, Prince Jake.>

J: "Don’t call me prince."

A: <Yes Captain Jake.>

J: ::shakes his head.:: "Ax."

A: <Yes, Captain Jake?>

J: "Stop. You know I’m just Jake."

OOCEm: ((What was Elfangor’s full name again? I used to know it.))

OOCJe: ((Elfangor-Sirinal-Shamtul. His human name was Alan/Al Fangor. So Tobias is Tobias Fangor.))

OOCEm: ((Ya know ... I know that. But that wasn’t Tobias’s name until he found out that Elfangor was his father. And shouldn’t it be Tobias Sirinal-Shamtul ... wait, that’s not right ... Now I’m confused, I hope you’re happy! Who is Gavin Darklighter? Is he related to Biggs?))

All An: ::all the Andalites look at Jake in surprise.::

OOCJe: ((Yes, they’re cousins.))

OOCEm: ((Aah. I see now. Sim, dammit!))

ICJe: ::Emily trips:: ((84))

OOCEm: ((Okay, NO! Sim for real. Is there a REASON you are talking through my glasses case?!))

OOCJe: ((A few words on the that subject:

Geordi: "Data, have you ever seen this kind of configuration before?"

Data: ::making hand motions with the tricorder:: "No, Geordi. I have not." ::turns tricorder to himself:: "Have you?" ::changes voice:: "No I have not. It is most unusual." ::looks at Geordi and laughs:: "Mr. Tricorder. Humor! I love it!"))

C: "I think we should all just get some sleep." ::magically, it’s nighttime.::

J: ::talking to Marco:: "I don’t like this. No protection from predators."

M: "Jake, dude, we have 9 Andalites here, and six humans who can turn into big, bad, Earth animals, so I think we can survive."

J: ::sighs:: "I don’t know, this place makes me nervous. It doesn’t seem real."

OOCEm: ((Elfangor, Ax, Quan, Alloran, Jahar, Noorlin, Forlay, Estrid, Lutmash ... am I missing anyone?))

OOCJe: ((No, unless you count Tobias and the human Elfangor.))

OOCNi: ((Remind me to never leave you two alone with the notebook, and Emily, where the heck are you? I need to talk with you about ER. I think Carter’s going to die. ::Sob.::))

M: "Did anyone else watch ER last night?

Naomi: "I did, I can’t believe Carter may be dead."

M: "Carter, what about Lucy, she was stabbed first."

A: <It was so sad.>

Q: ::stares at them incredulously:: <We’re stuck on a planet, a zillion miles from your home, and you’re discussing the episodes of ER?>

OOCJe: ((Nicole, you’re a moron. I can’t believe Emily and Ali left me here with you.))

Jeremy: ::(Marco’s dad) to Human Elfangor:: "You know, we shouldn’t be able to use these cell phones. They get signals from a satellite. Yet, they still work. Does this mean there are satellites up there, above this planet?"

M: "Well, duh! How else do you think we watched ER, we have cable!

H Elf: "There’s a television here?"

K: "Yes, and we get all the normal channels except one, which is just a white screen. The odd thing is, it’s almost like we’re moving and so is the white screen. Crazy, huh?"

An Elf: <Not if it were a picture of Z-space. Take us to it.>

M: "Okay, but you’re gonna have to wait ‘til commercials. I’m watching FRIENDS. I think Rachel and Ross are finally gonna get back together." ::commercial comes on::

A: <Oh, good! It’s time for These Messages!>

R: "Forget it, Ax. Let it go." ::changes the channel to the white channel.::

OOCJe: ((The TV’s are just magically there ...))

Jordan: ::bursts into the room:: "Hey, move it! Voyager’s on!"

Alloran: ::who’s also magically there, sticks his tail to her throat.::

An Elf: <Alloran, what are you doing?>

Alloran: <She is trying to interfere.>

Jordan: "RACHEL!"

Alloran: <Maybe.>

R: ::then Rachel notices something, Alloran’s eyes had once again returned dark and sinister. Suddenly, Tom bursts in::

Tom: "Hurry, somebody get him. The slug has left me and entered into his body."

Alloran: <That is right, and I will be the new Visser Three.> ::evil laugh::

OOCJe: ((...))

R: ::jumps up and backs away quickly::

J: "Battle morphs!"

An Elf: <Andalites, cover them!>

Jahar: ::walks in and joins Alloran::

Eva: "The Yeerk! Visser One! She’s in Jahar!"

Q: ::Quan is not there.::

OOCNi: ((::Lightbulb has just appeared over my head:: What if Ax has to kill Quan’s parents but by doing that he would sacrifice the thing most important to him, Quan’s love?))

OOCJe: ((A very dim light bulb ... but still, a good idea.))

T: ::meanwhile:: "I think Doug is gonna come back and marry Carol."

K: "Yeah, in another world! Carol’s getting together with the Croatian guy. Anyway, Carter’s way cuter than Doug."

OOCAl: ((Hi! I’m back, magically, with electrode glue in my hair and it smells like fertilizer.))

A,An Elf: ::puts tail to both Visser’s throats::

OOCJe: ((The Visser’s are just standing there ...))

K: ::sobbing:: "Poor Carter."

V3: ::begins to morph something huge:: <Ha, ha, and, as Marco says, also ha! I got ya’ll now!>

J: "Morph your Tahiti spiders!" ::Tahiti spiders are highly poisonous and can kill anything with one sting. They acquire them in a future book::

OOCAl: ((Nicole, only 3 people can morph spiders, and that’s just the wolf spider.))

A,C,M: ::begin to morph their snakes::

Q: ::rushes in, not knowing her parents are the monsters and begins fighting them::

V3: ::kicks Quan, sending her to be thrown 20 feet and knocked unconscious::

A: <Quantana!>

OOCNi: ((That’s what you think. They have all somehow acquired the Tahiti spider and all who didn’t morph snakes morphed it.))

J: ::walks slowly towards the monster having a hard time seeing it with his spider eyes.::

Jahar: ::demorphs, the Yeerk has left her and Ax stepped on it. Jahar wants to live her last moments in her true form:: <Aximili, thank you. I would rather die than live a Controller.> ::she takes her last dying breath and dies.::

A: ::is shocked he killed his love’s mother and father and runs to be alone::

C: ::tends to Quan and a few minor wounds the others have.::

M,Jer,Ev: ::Marco’s family is celebrating the Yeerk’s death.::

J: ::as is Jake’s family::

Lut,Es: ::Lutmash and Estrid are mourning over their parents.::

A: ::goes to Quan, takes her hands and privately whispers:: <I’m sorry. I’m so, so sorry. Please forgive me.> ::lets her go and turns to go.::

Q: ::wakes up, magically:: <Aximili ... you’re alright! What’s happened to the monsters? Is Princess Cassie alright? What about my family?>

A: ::turns around with pained look:: <I killed them. I kill them to protect you.> ::runs::

Q: <What? Who?> ::feels a ball of panic in her stomach and runs after him:: <AXIMILI! WHO DID YOU KILL?!>

A: ::stops running and turns around to face Quan, shouts:: <I killed your parents, Quantana! I killed them to protect you!>

Q: ::Quan starts crying, although not a human’s cry, and anguished cry nonetheless:: <Do you hate me so much, you must kill my parents, the only people who ever loved me?!>

A: <I love you!>

Q: <You love no one but yourself! I have just now realized that.> ::bows her head in despair::

A: <Quantana, please ...>

Elli: YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED. I CAN TAKE YOU BACK NOW. ::magically, they are all on Earth, in the barn.::

T: "What happened? We’re back! We’re back!" ::everyone celebrates and Rachel’s parents kiss::

Q: ::looks at Ax and walks away slowly::

A: <Quantana, wait!>

Q: ::Quan turns around and shakes her head, then walks away::

A: ::runs up beside her:: <Quantana, please. I love you.>

Q: ::softly:: <First my brother. Then all the confusion ... saying you loved me, then dating Delrassi, doing differently with your actions. Then Estrid, and our children, then you killed my pa-> ::voice breaks:: <It’s too much, Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill. It’s too much. I don’t know what to believe anymore.> ::runs away::

A: ::calls out:: <What about our children, Quantana! What about them?>

Q: <Kill them, too, I don’t care!!!> ::laughs to the wind:: <I DON’T CARE! Ha, ha, ha, ha! I DON’T CARE!!!!!!!!> ::insane with grief::

A: :sees Quan sleeping, knowing she will never be his. Gets up and goes to his big brother and Tobias.::

H Elf: ::talking to An Elf:: "The humans cannot go back to their normal lives. They must fight the Yeerks."

An Elf: <It must be their decision.>

Loren: "Do they have a choice? The Yeerks are here whether we like it or not."

A: ::walks in:: <Elfangor?>

An,H Elf: <"What?">

A: <Andalite Elfangor.>

An Elf: <Yes?>

A: <May I have a word with you, alone?> ::They go outside::

An Elf: <What is it, Aximili?>

A: <It’s about Quantana. I’m afraid we cannot be married any more. We hate each other and all we do is fight. It’s terrible and I don’t know what to do. I still have feelings for her, but she does not. Can you help me? What should I do, Prince Elfangor?>

An Elf: <Do you love her, Aximili?>

A: <I believe I do.>

An Elf: <Then that is all that matters. In the end, love will prevail.>

A: <Yes, but she does not return my love. Should I keep showing affection towards her? Females are very confusing. Almost a species in itself.>

An Elf: <You just have to keep at it. She’ll come around. Trust me.>

A: <I will try, Prince Elfangor. Thank you.> ::runs toward Quan::

Q: ::but, when he reaches the scoop ... Quan has disappeared without a trace!::

OOCAl: ((You’re ruining the moment! I’m not writing ‘til you make her reappear!))

OOCJe: ((Nuh, uh! I am not ruining anything! Quan is just off doing a ummm ... performing a ritual. Yeah.))

Q: ::performing a ritual. Yeah.::

A: ::sees Quan and goes to her putting his hand on her shoulder.::

Q: ::jerks away quickly:: <What?> ::hostile::

A: <You know why we’re back. Obviously, I don’t. Quantana, I said I was sorry, but they were Controllers. I was scared for you. Remember the time we ...> ::trails off and jerks head toward scoop::

Q: <You didn’t have to ... to ... kill them ...>

A: ::angry:: <Well, you attacked them, and your father kicked you! Anyway, they were Controllers! We couldn’t exactly tie them up and wait ‘til the Yeerk crawled out! You don’t understand!>

A: <What could you do?! You were unconscious! Quantana, were you willing to die? Never been able to see our children again? Quantana, if you died, I would have to die, too. I can’t imagine living without you.> ::chuckles:: <I’m just amazed you put up with me for so long. No female, besides my mother, and you, of course, could put up with me for so long.> ::smiles:: <And I’m glad you did.>

Q: <My children ...> ::shouts at the sky.:: <And where are they, Ellimist?! Did you take them away from me, too?! Or do you have another of your petty deals for us!?>

Elli: YOU MUST DECIDE TOGETHER. BUT YOU MAY ONLY CHOOSE THOSE WHO ARE TRULY YOURS.

Q: <What? You enjoy riddles now? They are all mine!>

A: ::whispers:: <Not Clovis, Clovis is the one who isn’t ours. He’s not even supposed to be here, isn’t he?>

Q: <What do you mean, he’s not supposed to be here? He has a right to live, doesn’t he?>

Elli: CLOVIS WAS NOT MEANT TO BE. CLOVIS WAS NOT WANTED AND WOULD NEVER BE WANTED. HE WOULD BE MISERABLE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. HE IS HAPPY WHERE HE IS NOW. IF YOU CARED FOR HIM YOU WOULD LEAVE HIM WHERE HE IS.

A: <How do we get our children back?>

Elli: YOU MUST DECIDE ON THAT FACTOR. ::disappears::

Q: <What do you mean, Clovis was not wanted?! I want him! He’s my son! Where is he? Where are my daughters?> ::as he disappears, runs with colliding force, but he is gone before she can reach him.::

A: <Quantana, calm down. Clovis wasn’t even ours! Ellimist was right! You only felt sorry abandoning him, so you – we took him on. So he’s not really ours.>

Q: <I don’t care! I love him like my son! Which he is! I WANT MY CHILDREN BACK!!!>

A: <Quantana! You are not staying under control! Calm yourself!>

Q: <NO! I don’t CARE ABOUT CONTROL anymore! I’m SICK of being jerked around by everyone! I’m SICK of being calm and in control! My parents are dead! I have two siblings who should be dead! Why?! Because I was weak! Because I was sweet, and soft, and nice, and calm, and in control! Well, NOT anymore! I want my children! All of them! And I don’t care what I have to do to get them back!>

A: <You’ll just be hurting yourself! Now come on, let’s go to the scoop or we’ll go to the mall. Come on.> ::takes Quan’s arm and starts leading her away.::

Q: <NO!!! I DON’T WANT TO!!!> ::strikes at Ax violently.::

A: ::dodges and assumes attack position while grabbing his shredder around his shoulder and sets it for stun::

Q: ::Quan attacks again and Ax takes careful aim and fires, catching Quan in his arms::

A: ::looks at him, annoyed:: <She’s just stunned.>

T: <Oh. She looks dead. Why’d ya do it?>

A: ::calmly:: <She went crazy.>

T: <So, Marco goes crazy all the time, we don’t go around stunning him.>

A: <It’s a different type of crazy.>

OOCJe: ((Thank you! Someone agrees that there are different types of crazy! I miss Emily! She needs to back me up.))

Q: ::wakes up, magically::

A: <Quantana!> ::trying to hide disappointment.:: <You’re awake.>

Q: <What, what happened, what’s going on?>

OOCJe: ((No! You make Quan sound like a moron!))

Q: <Yes. I’m awake.> ::disappears::

A: ::goes after her.::

OOCJe: ((...how can Ax follow her if he DOESN’T KNOW WHERE SHE IS?!))

OOCAl: ((::rewind!::))

Q: <Yes. I’m awake.> ::disappears::

A: <Quantana! Where’d she go! Quantana!> ::looks around frantically:: <QUANTANA!!>

Q voice: <What?>

A: <Where are you?> ::starts toward source and falls down hole and finds Quan by landing on her:: <Ow ... Pain.>

Q: ::quietly:: <No duh.>

A: <You okay?>

Q: <Yah, sure, I enjoy having 400 pounds sitting on me.> ::sarcastically::

A: ::gets off her, but then they are wedged together and cannot move:: <Great. Just great.>

Q: ::begins to morph Cinnamonanium.::

A: <Ow! Quan! Wha-What are you doing! Ow! That hurts!>

Q: <I’m morphing you idiot! Hold still!>

A: <I’m not an idiot, you are! Now how am I supposed to get out?!>

Q: <If you can’t figure that out, then Lutmash is right.> ::flies out::

A: <Right about what?! Tell me!> ::morphs bird and flies after Quan::

Q: <You don’t deserve to know.>

A: <And why not?> ::stern::

Q: <Because you’re a son of a BEEP ... –[This just in. Because immature ears may be listening, your conversation is being censored. Thank you, and don’t forget to tune in later for the weather.]- ... female dog.> ::stops:: <What? That’s not what I was trying to say!>

A: ::demorphs and becomes enraged, but knowing he can’t hurt his wife, storms off::

Q: ::smiles inwardly and demorphs and morphs to human.:: ::walks to the barn, where everyone is still gathered.::

An,H Elf: ::begins meeting in barn::

An Elf: ::to adults:: <Now that you all know the truth, you must make any precaution to stay free.>

H Elf: "That’s right. So that’s why we are wondering if you want to join your children’s fight. To turn into animals and destroy the Yeerks."

R’sM,D;J’sM,D;K’sM: ::in unison:: "We’ll do it!"

M’sM,SM,D;C’sM,D: "I don’t know, sounds sorta dangerous. We shouldn’t jump into things."

J: "Wait a minute! They don’t know what it’s like. Maybe they should just be understanding parents and defend us and give us excuses for school."

Naomi: ::(Rachel’s Mom):: "We’re involved now! We can’t just sit back and do nothing!"

Aishi: ::(Cassie’s Mom):: "But how can we fight a war we don’t understand?"

OOCEm: ((OH MY GOD! YOU ARE ALL PSYCHOS! THIS is what you people do when I’m not here?! I have nothing to write here.))

OOCJe: ((Then we’ll just have to be more psychos!))

Loren: ::whispering to Marco, the closest person there.:: "Does this happen often?"

M,Loren: "And I think to myself, what a wonderful world."

M: ::looks down hole and gasps. Then starts singing:: "She never wears her underwear! She never, ever wears her underwear. Ha!"

Q: ::walks in as human::

T: ::punches Marco::

R: ::stands and slaps Marco::

K: ::also slaps Marco::

All: ::everyone looks at Cassie expectantly::

C: "Oh, what the hell ..." ::slaps Marco::

OOCJe: ((... Yeah. I’d just like to point out the adults and Andalites don’t know Quan’s human morph ...))

Q: "Hi."

M: "Ow! She was wearing underwear! She was! I was just seeing if she was okay! God!"

A: ::walks in as himself:: <Hello.>

An Elf: ::stares at Quan in alarm, puts tail blade to throat:: <Who are you?>

Q: ::suddenly realizes:: "Elfangor! It’s Quantana!"

An Elf: ::looks to Ax who put his own blade to her throat:: <Is it?>

A: ::eyes darken:: <No. This one’s a Controller. The enemy.> ::spats:: <A Yeerk spy.> ::pushes blade closer, nicking her.::

Q: ::narrows her eyes::

J: "Ax!"

C: "Let Quan go!"

An Elf: ::falters:: <Are you Quantana?>

OOCJe: ((Quan’s morphs is not a mix. It’s a morph of one person. Remember, she got it when she was with the Yeerks.))

A: ::Takes careful aim to take the fatal blow, strikes and stops millimeters from her throat and laughs.::

Q: ::doesn’t flinch or waver:: "Traitor."

OOCEm: ((Jenni, you are an idiot.))

M: "Ya know, this all seems familiar ..."

T: "Yeah, I think Quan has been a Controller already ..."

M: ::shouting at the sky:: "Why don’t you get us a NEW STORYLINE! Come on, people!"

OOCJe: ((She’s not!))

A: ::chuckling:: <Looks like I got ya this time, Quantana. Or should I say, -----.>

All: ::everyone but Ax and Quan gasps.::

ICNi: "Who’s making Marco insane again?!"

M: "Nobody is making me do anything."

OOCNi: ((Oops. I forgot OOC.))

ICNi: "Um, carry on as you were."

M: ::shrugs:: "’Kay."

A: ::shocked, takes Quan’s arm and twists it around her back, braking it::

Q: ::cries out in pain::

A: ::knocks her unconscious::

M: "Ax you should really stop INJURING Quan!"

A: <Why?>

J,An Elf: ::at same time:: <"Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill! Go to your-">

An Elf: <Scoop!>

J: "Room!"

OOCNi: ((I stick my tongue out at you. :-P))

Q: ::four hours later, Quan awakens:: <Aximili, where are you?> ::in confusion::

A: <Shhh! I’m here, I’m here. You’re gonna be okay. Cassie used her healing power the great ones Nicole and Emily gave her to heal you. I’m sorry honey. I didn’t mean to hurt you. I love you.>

Q: <I love you, too.>

OOCNi: ((Anybody who erases, marks out, or changes any of this dies. And I’m serious.))

OOCEm: ((Thank you Nicole! Now rewrite it in pen!))

OOCAl: ((Rewind.))

Q: ::four hours later, Quan awakens in her original scoop.:: <Wha-What happened?> ::tries to get up on her broken arm:: <Ow!>

C: ::sees she woke up:: "Oh! Be careful, your arm’s just slightly broken. Not much, but it’ll last about a week. Maybe more."

Q: ::looks around the scoop.:: <I need to go.>

C: "Why? You need to rest!"

Q: <Because Aximili will be back soon.> ::gets up to leave, but bumps into Ax, who just came back.::

OOCJe: ((The cat came back, the very next day ... don’t give to Nicole!))

OOCAl: ((Okay!))

A: ::poises for attack:: <Cassie, what is she doing here?> ::annoyed::

Q: <I live here, you insolent moron.>

A: <You know, you better be careful. I killed your family once and I’ll kill them again ...> ::puts his face close to hers and whispers:: <Including you.> ::walks away.::

Q: ::suddenly decides she doesn’t care:: <Ya know what? I don’t care!>

C: ::shocked:: "Why don’t you care? You always care, Quan. What don’t you care about?"

Q: ::whirls around:: <I don’t care, Cassie.>

C: ::takes Quan’s arm and leads her away and in soothing voice:: "Come one, Quan, we’ll go to the beach. You like the beach, right?"

Q: ::coolly:: <I’ve never been there.>

C: ::stops and turns to face Quan and shakes head side to side:: "Quan, what’s bothering you? And don’t tell me nothing. There is something wrong with you. Quan, we all care about you and we want to know what’s bothering you."

OOCJe: ((Wow, Cassie is REALLY dense ...))

Q: ::watches her for a second:: <Nothing, Cassie. Nothing is bothering me.>

C: <Quantana-Semitur-Jahar, you will tell me what is bothering you, and you will tell me now, or I’ll morph elephant and beat it out of you!"

Q: <Later.>

C: "No. Now." ::leans against scoop with folded arms across her chest, waiting for Quan do answer. She has a hunch what this is about:: "Tell me. I won’t tell anyone else, not even Jake, if that’s what you’re worried about. Quan, we all do care about you. You know that. And it’s clear you’re distressed, so it’s better to get it out, now."

OOCJe: ((Hmm ... let’s do something totally unexpected here.))

Q: <You wanna know? I’m dying, okay? I’m dying.>

OOCJe: ((Since I will be sick today, you all now have permission to write as Quan. I retain the right to cross anything she says out.))

OOCEm: ((Ha, ha! I have ALL of the simming! Why is Quan dying? Jenni! Where are you?!))

C: "You’re dying? How?"

Q: <Like this! Soon I won’t live anymore, so I’m DYING!>

OOCEm: ((Alright ... I’m sitting here in history ALONE!!! And I just failed a quiz, but that’s not the point! ALI! NICOLE! JENNI! Where the HELL ARE YOU?! Simming alone is not fun! Come on, people!!!))

C: ::slaps Quan:: "Quan! Get a hold of yourself!"

Q: ::glares at Cassie::

C: "You are not dying."

Q: <Yes I am!> ::sounds whiny::

C: ::patiently:: "Okay, how are you dying?"

Q: ::stops and thinks:: <I’m not sure ... but I am!>

C: ::looks disgusted:: "Fine Quan, if you really want to die then go ahead. The rest of us have a world to save." ::walks away::

Q: ::looks confused:: <That’s not what was supposed to happen.> ::is talking to herself. Morphs to seagull and follows Cassie::

C: ::in barn with others.:: "Quan’s dead."

A: ::looks stricken::

J,R,T,M,K: ::are all shocked::

T: "Cassie, what happened?"

C: "I don’t know, I found her-"

J: "Oh my God ..." ::goes to sit down where there is no chair, and lands on the ground, on his ass, no one notices, not even Jake::

A: <No!>

C: ::looks at Ax:: "I’m sorry, Ax"

A: <No! I refuse to believe it! You’re wrong Cassie, Quan has to be alive!> ::begins to run from barn but is stopped by a demorphing Quan. Everyone is shocked, except for Cassie::

A: <Quantana!> ::throws arms around her::

Q: ::hugs him back in surprise::

C: ::smiles smugly:: "See Quan? If you died it would affect all of us, including Ax. We need you."

A: ::privately to Quan:: <I need you.>

C: ::to Animorphs:: "Sorry I had to trick you guys, but I needed Quan to see."

J: ::gets up off floor::

OOCEm: ((I have decided that all you people are EVIL! And I will sim MY way!))

A: ::Still holding onto Quan, privately:: <I’m sorry, Quan. I was wrong. I still love you.> ::public to Animorphs::: <We got off of that world the Ellimist put us on because I sacrificed the thing most important to me.>

T: "But Quan is still here."

A: <Not Quan, Quan’s love for me.> ::everyone nods at this revelation. To Quan:: <Is there any way I can get that back?>

Q: <It will take time.>

A: ::pulls away and kisses her:: <I can wait.>

OOCEm: ((You are very welcome, Nicole ... Nicole, I’m in Math. You’re not here and Harrison, Scott, Jonathan and Jared are talking shit on you. Just needed to tell you. I can’t remember who took over the invasion of Earth after Visser Three died so I’m making it Visser Two. Tom is no longer a Controller, right? Neither is Marco’s mom, I know that. I’m going to make all the unnecessary people disappear. This is what happens when you abandon me with the simming.))

Elli: YOU HAVE LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON IN THIS. ::suddenly Estrid, Lutmash, Marco’s mom, dad, and stepmom, Jake’s parents, Cassie’s parents, Rachel’s parents and sisters, Tom, Ax’s parents, all the pets, and the two Elfangors all disappear::

T: "Hey! Where did everyone go?"

Elli: THEY HAVE ALL BEEN RETURNED TO WHERE THEY BELONG.

J: "What does that mean?"

Elli: THOSE WHO WERE DEAD, ARE STILL DEAD.

T: "Elfangor ..."

Q: <Lutmash, Estrid ...>

Elli: ARE WHERE THEY BELONG, IN THE AFTERLIFE.

A: <What about my parents?>

Elli: THEY ARE BACK ON THE ANDALITE HOMEWORLD.

J: "What about our parents? And my brother?"

M: "And my mom?"

Elli: ALL OF YOUR PARENTS HAVE BEEN RETURNED HOME. MARCO, YOUR MOTHER IS NO LONGER A CONTROLLER, NOR IS TOM.

T: ::looks at Loren:: "But my mom’s still here."

Elli: YES, TOBIAS. YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE WITH YOUR MOTHER.

T: "But not my father?"

Elli: SORRY.

R: "Will they remember anything? Our families?" ::everyone is quiet, waiting for an answer::

Elli: TOM, MARCO’S MOTHER, AND LOREN WILL, OF COURSE. AND KATRINA’S MOTHER, PLUS THE SEVEN OF YOU. BUT THE OTHERS ...

J: "Are still up to us ..."

M: "Because you don’t interfere."

T: ::snorts:: "Yeah, right."

Q: <And what about my children?>

Elli: THEY ARE ON THE ANDALITE HOMEWORLD WITH AXIMILI’S FAMILY. YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE. YOU CAN LEAVE THEM THERE OR BRING THEM BACK HERE. THE CHOICE IS YOURS ALONE.

Q: <Well that’s easy, bring them back here!>

A: <Wait.> ::take Quan’s hand:: <If they stayed on the homeworld then they world be raised among Andalites and learn how to fight.>

Q: <I see your point ... But they won’t have us, their parents. And they won’t be comfortable around humans. They’ll grow up arrogant like ...>

A: <Like us?> ::smiles::

Q: ::hesitates:: <Yeah.>

A: <But you were the one who didn’t want them thrown into this war like we were. This way they will at least have a chance to train.>

Q: ::is crying inside but nods slowly and turns to the Ellimist:: <Leave them there ... But, tell them I love them>

A: <Me too.>

Elli: AS YOU WISH. IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MINDS I WILL RETURN IN A YEAR.

OOCEm: ((Be happy, Jenni and Ali. By that time, we’ll be on page 500.))

OOCJe: ((OKAY! NO! Quan’s whole family is dead, and now you expect her to give up her children?! I DON’T THINK SO!!! ::sniff, sniff::))

OOCAl: ((Hey, Jenni! Be happy! By then, maybe Ax and Quan can have more children. They are married.))

A: ::pats Quan on shoulder.::

OOCJe: ((Well ... ‘kay ... hey, anyone know where Nicole is? I miss her annoyingingness ... or something like that.))

OOCEm: ((Alright Jenni, who was the one protesting that their kids shouldn’t be thrown into the war so suddenly? Oh, oh wait! That was you! Beside I gave them a year, they’ll be back by page 500.))

Q: <Thank you.> ::to Ellimist::

Elli: ::silence, he is gone::

A: ::takes his shedder, set for stun, shoots Tobias:: <He was in denial.> ::calmly and defensively.::

OOCJe: ((Whoa! His ‘shedder?’ Cheddar! We all like cheddar! ::pause:: I am watching way too much TV ...))

OOCEm: ((Okay! Rewind!))

All: ::everyone turns to stare at Tobias strangely::

T: ::blinks:: "I was KIDDING!"

All: "Oh ... oh ..."

OOCEm: ((Yes Jenni, you do watch too much TV. Maggie is a shameless slut! Just wanted to add that ...))

A: ::takes Quan into woods and to scoop. When at scoop ............................................................. they talk:: <Why did you say you died? ::spoken when they where done (ahem). Talking in each others arms::

OOCJe: ((Uh oh ... are they "washing hair?"))

Q: <It seemed like the logical thing to do at the time.>

OOCEm: ((Not answering this. Back to Ali.))

OOCAl: ((Yep. Changes above. By the way, Quan is in Ax’s arms. Her head is on Ax’s shoulder.))

A: <Is it that you don’t get enough attention? Is it me?>

Q: <I don’t know. A little birdy was like, ‘You’re dead!’ So I was like, ‘Okay. I’m dead.’>

OOCJe: ((It’s all Cinnamonanium’s fault ...))

Q: ::continued:: <I guess Cassie knew I would follow here, she wanted me to see that everyone would care if I died.))

A: ::worried:: <Quan, have you been going through my nerve injections again?>

Q: <Um ...>

A: ::stern:: <Quantana?>

Q: ::mutters:: <Busted ...>

OOCEm: ((What the HELL is going on now?!))

OOCJe: ((Well, see ....... I’m not sure.))

A: <Quantana, you know those are not for you. They’re really not for me, either, but that’s besides the point! You went through my personal stuff, and now look at you! You’re high! I had sex with a druggie!> ::grabs Quan’s arm roughly:: <Come on! We are going to Cassie, and we will decide the proper punishment!>

Q: <Um ... what?>

C: ::Walks in and steals the drug thingys:: "No more!" ::swats them both on the nose and walks out::

J: ::comes in and as Cassie leaves, he snaps Cassie’s bra against her back::

C: "Ow!"

J: "Hee, hee, hee! Come on, Cass. Leave them alone. I mean, Quan’s okay now. So let’s go."

R: ::is there, magically:: "Sexist pig!" ::slaps Jake::

J: ::blinks:: "What?"

R: "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" ::Stops, confused:: "What?"

M: ::staggers in, magically, and goes to Rachel:: "Hey, honey!" ::his words are slurred, eyes bloodshot, and breath smells of alcohol:: "How ya doin’?" ::grabs Rachel, dips her, and frenches her::

R: ::punches Marco::

K: ::walks in with Tobias and slaps Marco:: "I thought you loved me and I’m pregnant!"

T: ::punches Marco::

OOCEm: ((Sorry, it was getting soap operay again ...))

All: ::stares at Katrina:: <"You’re what?!">

M: ::on knees, pleading:: "Katrina, honey, please! I do love you! I was just ... celebrating, because you told me before and I was so happy, I could kiss someone. So I gathered up the strength and courage to kiss Rachel because Jake was frisky, Cassie was gone, Quan was high, Ax is just too weird, and Tobias wasn’t here, so I kissed Rachel, no matter how disgusting it was!"

R: ::punches Marco:: "Jerk! I am a good kisser and lover! Aren’t I, Tobias?"

T: ::grins:: "Yes."

J: "Hey! That’s my cousin!"

OOCEm: ((Nicole is gonna kill us ...))

OOCJe: ((Maybe.))

M: "So?"

J: "I was talkin’ to Tobias!" ::punches Tobias::

T: "Oh. Ow. So?"

R: "You slept with Cassie."

J: ::stops:: "So?"

R: "So maybe I love Cassie!" ::Slaps him::

M: "I thought you loved Tobias."

R: "I do, I said maybe!"

OOCJe: ((Oh my God ... and you people say I’m crazy.))

T: "So, you love me and Cassie?"

All: <"Oh ...">

T: ::kisses Rachel:: "Well, I love you in many ways."

M: "Please, don’t tell ..."

C: "So, when’s the baby due?"

T: ::looks at Rachel:: "Let’s see, Ax and Quan are married. Jake and Cassie are engaged, and now Marco and Katrina are kissing. Think we should get married, too?"

R: ::shrugs:: "Sure."

J: "Has anyone else noticed how much like a soap opera out lives have gotten lately?"

All: <"No. It’s just you.">

A: <Although I believe Quantana and I are very much like Victor and Nikki. With the break-ups and everything.>

Q: <Um ... what?>

A: <With all the break-ups and the getting back together, but I think Victor is going to leave Nikki. For good. Although I will never leave Quantana.> ::puts arm around Quan’s shoulder.::

R: "Ax, you are beginning to scare me."

T: "You think that’s bad? Ask him what his favorite show is."

R: "Ax?"

M: ::mutters:: "He’s like those guys on Galaxy Quest who thought everything on TV they saw was real."

A: <That was a very funny movie!>

J: "Ax, when did you go to see Galaxy Quest?"

R: ::mutters:: "And why?"

A: <Well ... I wanted to take Quan to a movie, so ...>

K: ::mother instinct kicking in:: "Aww. Isn’t that sweet. But aren’t you two a little young to be dating?"

Q: ::give her a withering look:: <We’re married, moron.>

K: "Well, then, aren’t you a little young to be married?"

A: <Not by Andalites customs.>

Q: ::ignoring them:: <I personally enjoy the show Sliders, thought I don’t understand why this human Maggie sleeps with anything in pants ...>

R: "Well, that’s because she is a shameless slut."

Q: "Ohh ..."

K: ::to Marco:: "I don’t want this child! It’s a mistake! I want an abortion!"

M: "Okay, we’ll say you were raped and don’t want the child."

K: "Fine."

OOCAl: ((Nicole is definitely going to kill us.))

OOCJe: ((Oh well.))

All: ::Ax and Quan morph human and everyone walks to some abortion clinic.::

Recep: ::Receptionist looks up:: "Are you all here for an abortion?"

K: "No, I am. I was raped."

Recep: "Sure."

K: "How soon can you have it done?"

Recep: "Now. The doctors open."

OOCEm: ((No, before Nicole was going to kill us, now she is going to MURDER us. Plus I personally think this is wrong. You’re welcome, Nicole.))

K: ::starts to walk in, but stops:: "No, I can’t murder an innocent child." ::turns around and runs out, everyone else leaves to find Katrina throwing up outside.::

M: "Are you alright?"

K: "Yes ... I’m keeping this child."

M: ::nods:: "Alright, it’ll be alright."

K: "But I can’t! What will my mother think?" ::walks inside and 2 hours later, comes back out, crying::

M: ::comforts her::

R: ::Rachel trips:: ((90))

C: "It’s okay, Kat. It’s okay." ::being comforting and such.::

All: ::but unbeknownst to them but knowst to us, Katrina didn’t go through with the abortion! She's still pregnant. Gasp!::

K: ::next morning at the ... hey! Katrina doesn’t have a last name! Well, at her house.::

M: ::walks into the bathroom and sees Katrina throwing up:: "You didn’t have the abortion done, did you?"

K: ::looks up guiltily:: "No ... I couldn’t do it, I’m sorry ..."

M: "It’s okay, but ya know, whose is it?"

K: ::looks scared:: "I don’t know. I woke up and discovered myself pregnant. I told everyone it was yours ... I’m so scared."

M: "We never .. ya know ..."

OOCEm: ((Heather is evil!))

K: "I know, that’s what scares me."

Elli: I MADE THIS CHILD.

OOCNi: ((::over phone, talking to Emily:: Heather is evil!))

OOCEm: ((Kay ... Jenni, this Animorphs movie is really weird ... Oh no! The Andalite Porta-Potty! ANIMALS ARE PEOPLE TOO! M: "Yeah, Jake! Yeah Rachel! God, Jake, you are so inconsiderate. A: "This is interesting, I have no idea what you guys are talking about. OOOH, Jake and Cassie are having a moment! Aww! J: <Monkey Business! This is great!> Sorry, I had to say it ...))

M,K: ::look around::

M: "Man, I thought you had left."

OOCEm: ((Howard, Harold, whatever!))

Elli: I NEVER LEAVE, HAHAHA! ::Evil laugh::

M: ::whispering:: "I think the Ellimist got his hands on those injections Ax had ..."

Elli: ::stops laughing:: WHAT? ::is confused::

M: ::shakes his head:: "Never mind."

K: "I just realized ... what does the Ellimist look like?"

Elli: ::appears in human:: NO MARCO, I DO NOT USE ILLEGAL DRUGS, UNLIKE AXIMILI. I HAVE COME TO SEE HOW THE MOTHER IS DOING.

K: "So, let me get this straight, you placed you child in me. Why?:

Elli: IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOUR FATHER.

K: "My father, but I don’t even know my father!"

Elli: FIND YOUR FATHER AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND.

OOCNi: ((I’m switching places with somebody. I’m mad at Ali.))

OOCJe: ((Did you know Ax is gay with Marco?))

OOCEm: ((Okay, Jenni, let’s not get started with THAT, besides, I’m still sad about the end of the movie. ::sniff, sniff::))

K: "How am I supposed to do that?"

OOCEm: ((Wait! Wasn’t Katrina’s father Alloran? Did I miss something? Nicole! What is going on?))

OOCJe: ((No! Alloran is NOT Kat’s father! I refuse! His brother is her father! Yeah!))

Elli: HOW SHOULD I KNOW? ASK MARCO OR ONE OF THE OTHERS!

OOCEm: ((But awhile back Alloran and Katrina’s mother were all ... cozy and stuff. Does anybody else remember that? Is ANYBODY copying these notes?! Why is it ORANGE?!))

K: "I thought you were all-powerful."

OOCJe: ((It’s specifically to annoy you.))

Elli: FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW.

M: "Oh."

Ka: "What the beep is going on you beepin’ little beeps?"

C: ::before Kaia came in, Cassie jumped in the shower with Jake and a towel.::

Elli: HELLO.

Ka: ::faints::

M: "Well, that takes care of that ..."

T: ::looks around:: "Why are we here?" ::sees Ellimist and sighs:: "Oh, you again."

R: "Yeah, but more important, why aren’t I DRESSED?!" ::slaps the Ellimist:: "Get my clothes!"

Elli: YES MA’AM ...

T: "Yeah, me too!"

Elli: ::gives them clothing::

J: ::pokes head of shower, dressed and steps out with Cassie::

K: ::barfs::

C: ::looks disappointed that Jake is now dressed.::

Q: <Katrina, are you alright?>

M: "You guys, Katrina’s pregnant."

Q: ::hits Ax on arm:: <You are so blind, you idiot! Can’t you see she has morning sickness? You get it when you’re shlanglin!> ::mutters:: <Males! What are they good for?>

A: ::defensively:: <Well, we have to work our butts off all day to keep you comfortable while you just run and have fun. And I’m up in space gettin’ killed out there! So don’t you say we’re useless because if it wasn’t for us, you’d be a Con-troll-er!>

Q: ::exhales quickly, like a huff:: <Typical! Males take the glory and honor for everything! And we don’t run and have fun, I’ve been up there fighting with you, too, you ... stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking, nerf-herder!!!>

A: <Yeah? Well, I want a divorce!>

Q: ::looks hurt::

T: "Here we go again."

A: ::kisses Quan:: <Just kidding.> ::while Ax and Quan proceed to make out, let’s turn our attention back to Katrina and more important matters.::

OOCEm: ((Small as possible ...))

J: "You didn’t have the abortion?"

K: "No, I couldn’t ..."

R: "Why not? I mean, it’s not that hard. Heck, we could do it, right here, right now! Ax! Let me use your tail!"

K: "I am keeping this child."

M: "We are keeping this child." ::both look defiantly at all, waiting for someone to disagree.::

C: "Then we’ll support your decision." ::they proceed to the kitchen and the Ellimist just tried his first food::

Elli: THIS IS AMAZING!

A: <That’s what I said!>

T: "Yeah, don’t give Ax Cinnabons."

J: "Or chocolate."

M: "Or really any food at all!"

A: <Come on! You know it doesn’t got that bad anymore!> ::Puts arm around Quan’s waist and pulls her close.:: <I also have some support. Well, we best be leaving. We found some old abandoned mansion not too far away and we plan to move there. Maybe even start a family. What do ya think, Quantana?> ::in Austin Powers:: <’Do I make you horny, baby? Let’s go!>

J,M,T: ::decide that since they are 18 they are going to rent an apartment because they need their space::

M: "I don’t know why, but I feel the need to sing a song."

C,K,R: "Sing a song, sing a song, sing a song. If you sing a song today you will make a better way, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah."

M: "I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves, everybody’s nerves. I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves, and this is how it go-o-oes!"

C,K,R,M: "Sing a song that gets on everybody’s nerves. If you sing a song, today that gets on everybody’s nerves, yah, yah, yah, And here is how it goes."

Ka: ::wakes up:: "Where am I? What’s going on?"

Elli: YOU HAVE AMAZING FOODS, MRS. KATRINA’S MOM!"

Ka: "Oh dear Lord ..."

Elli Mom: ::pops into existence:: THERE YOU ARE, ALF! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING?!

Elli/Alf: BUT MOM! I’M 17 YEARS OLD! I’M PRACTICALLY AN ADULT!

C: "You’re only 17?"

Elli/Alf: WELL ... 17,000,000,000, IN YOUR YEARS.

Alf’s M: YOUNG MAN! YOU DIDN’T CLEAN YOUR GALAXY BEFORE YOU LEFT!

Elli/Alf: OH MOM, CAN’T I JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT ONE? I ACCIDENTALLY BLEW THAT ONE UP.

Alf’s M: WELL DON’T BLOW THIS ONE UP YOUNG MAN!

Elli/Alf: I PROMISE I WON’T CAN I PLEASE HAVE THE MILKY WAY, PLEASE?

R: "Excuse me, but-"

Alf’s M: SILENCE! ALF, WHAT ARE THESE PRIMITIVE CREATURES CALLED?

Elli/Alf: HUMANS.

Alf’s M: ::sighs:: OH ALRIGHT. THEY SEEM PRIMITIVE ENOUGH.

Er: ::walks in:: "Hi guys!"

K: "Uh ... Erek, meet the Ellimist’s mother."

Alf’s M: AH, A CHEE.

Er: "Guys, I got some bad news. David’s back, and he got the power to morph. He plans to kill Rachel. Also he’s trying to find the Yeerks."

David: <I figured if I followed you I’d find Rachel.> ::a rat had suddenly appeared.::

T: "Oh no ... here we go again."

J: ::walks in:: "Hi guys." ::hears a squishing sound:: "Shit! I stepped on a rat!"

R: "Well, that was easy ..."

M: "Yeah, I keep expecting 30 Hork-" ::is cut off as everybody tackles him::

HB: ::30 Hork-Bajir storm the house::

All: ::groans::

R: "Gotta be faster next time ..."

Rat: ::begins to morph to ... to ... the Crayak! Yes! David is actually the Crayak! The real David is, ya know, a rat.::

J: "Why are you so small?"

Crayak: ::the Crayak has demorphed ... but is still the size of a rat!::

K: ::comes back from bathroom and steps on Crayak.:: "Ew, what was that thing?"

Er: "The Crayak."

Ka: "Could somebody mop this mess up?"

M: ::grabs a mop and starts whistling::

T: "OKAY, we just killed one of our arch enemies by having a pregnant teenager step on it and I’m scared because I don’t find that odd ..."

HB: ::the 30 Hork-Bajir are confused as to why they are, again, being ignored. So, surprise, surprise, they burst into flames.::

J: "This is getting old."

T: "Yes, yes it is ..." ::everyone turns away""

R: "So ... Anybody wanna go to the mall?"

C: "Yeah! At the bridal shop I found this great dress I want to get."

J: "We’re getting married, remember?"

All: "Oh yeah! ..."

T: ::sighs and helps Rachel up::

R: "Sorry, it’s just the prospect of Cassie willingly going to the mall. And for a dress!"

C: ::smiles up at Jake:: "I think the occasion is important enough for a dress. Don’t you think?"

J: "Yeah I do." ::they kiss::

OOCEm: ((Aww ... Thank you Ali.))

M: ::begins to gag::

R: ::punches Marco:: "Shut up Marco! I think it’s sweet."

M: "Ooh, Xena has a sensitive side."

T: ::punches Marco:: "Hey! Stop beating up on my girlfriend!"

M: "Chill! I’m not doing anything! It’s not like she’s an alien!"

A: ::hits Marco with little force with flat of blade:: <You leave my wife alone!>

M: ::looks to Jake:: "Jake?"

J: "Sorry dude." ::punches Marco::

All: ::everyone looks at Marco expectantly.::

M: "What? You don’t expect me to beat up on myself, do you?"

All: ::everyone continues to stare at Marco::

Ka: ::muttering:: "My daughter is in love with a psycho ..."

OOCEm: ((Oh my God, Jenni’s quiet. Let’s see how long this lasts. DAMN, lasted 30 seconds!))

R: ::looks up at her:: "We all are, don’t worry. He’s not always like this."

T: "Hey! I’m not as psychotic as Marco."

R: ::kisses Tobias:: "No one is, dear."

OOCAl: ((Emily, only you would know how to spell psycho.))

All: ::at the mall::

OOCEm: ((Kay ... Now that they’ve magically at the mall ... I hope Ax and Quan are in HUMAN morph, Ali!))

All: ::at the bridal shop::

A,Q: ::Ax and Quan wander off to the food court (uh-oh!) and everyone else stays at the bridal shop::

C: ::in back with Rachel, in her dress, on the little platform thingy, swishing dress:: "So, what do you think?"

R: "Fabulous, darling." ::flips her hair and does the little hand thing::

OOCEm: ((In honor of Nicole, of course.))

OOCJe: ((And Sean ...))

C: "You think it’s okay? I feel so stupid. Do you think white silk is fancy enough? And should I or shouldn’t I get the train and a veil?"

R: ::eyes her thoughtfully:: "Well ... a veil would look nice, and maybe just a little train, the really long ones are kinda over."

C: "Yeah, and I wouldn’t want you to trip on it."

R: ::confused:: "Me?"

C: "Yeah, unless you don’t want to be my Maid of Honor?"

R: ::honored:: "I - I - of course - I just-" ::continues stuttering::

J,M,T: ::meanwhile ... outside with the guys::

M: "Jake, where’s Ax and Quan?"

All: "Uh-oh ..." ::they all hear someone talking to their friend::

Person 1: "... Yeah, two people went crazy downstairs. The cops dragged ‘em away."

Person 2: "They started eating everything in sight::

All: ::exchange glances:: "Uh-oh."

J: "Cassie! Rachel! We gotta go."

T: "Hey, dude, do you know where they took the crazy people?"

Person 2: "Nope. Why?"

M: "We need to give them their medication."

Person 1: "You mean you know those freaks?"

J: ::sighs:: "Yes. They’re my cousins. They’re brother and sister, twins, and they have some weird mind effect. They’re actually very normal and smart, but ... ya know."

Persons: ::the men looks at them with pity as they hurry to the food court::

T: "Easy for you to lie about it Jake, I’m actually related to them."

J: ::looks at Tobias with pity.::

M: "Mind effect???"

J: "Well, let’s see you try to make up a story. Besides, we all decided to stay with the medication story when they go crazy."

C: "Hey, where are we going? Ax and Quan aren’t even at the food court anymore."

All: ::everyone stops running and realizes that this is true::

R: "So what do we do?"

J: "Go find the security office?"

M: "Good idea!" ::they all turn in the direction they had just come from and run back that way::

Mall Cop: "Hey! You kids! Stop running in the mall!" ::runs after them, yelling into walkie-talkie:: "Back up! I need back up! We have 5 kids running through the mall!"

OOCEm: ((Jake, Cassie, Rachel, Tobias, Marco. Yeah, that’s five. This is a really strict mall.))

J: ::slows down:: "Sorry officer, but we have to find the police."

OOCJe: ((Yeah, love how you forgot about Katrina there!))

Mall Cop: ::becomes confused:: "Uh ... well ... sure ... carry on then."

All: ::they all start running again::

T: ::stops and turns:: "Wait! You are the police!" ::Everyone stops and looks at the police officer::

All: "Oh ..."

Mall Cop: "I am? Oh yes! I am! Well, how can I help you?"

T: "We’re looking for our friends, we heard that they had a scene in the food court."

Mall Cop: ::eyes darken:: "Those kids won’t be bothersome soon."

T: ::worried:: "We just need to give them their medication, they’ll be okay after that."

R: "Do you know where they are?"

Mall Cop: "No. Some people showed up and said they were trained for this kind of ‘specialized case.’ Then they hauled the kids off."

C: "Do you know where they took them?"

OOCEm: ((Quick, I need entrances to the Yeerk Pool!))

OOCJe: ((Didn’t Rachel just ask that?! The one at the school, the McDonalds, the hole in the ground, the Gap, and an exit by the movies.))

OOCEm: ((Thank you, Jenni.))

Mall Cop: "Oddly enough, I saw them shoving them into some dressing room at the Gap, don’t wanna know what’s going on in there ..."

J: ::chuckles:: "I’m sure don’t but if we don’t give them their medication ... who knows what will happen. So, we best be going. Thanks for helping us! Bye!" ::They go towards dressing rooms::

T: "Yeerk Pool."

R: "Well, that’s obvious enough, the question is do the Controllers know that they are Andalites?"

C: "Well, duh."

M: "It depends if they morphed or demorphed."

T: "Food wouldn’t make them go that crazy."

All: ::but unbeknownst to them, but knowst to us, the Yeerks actually captured two real psychos, and Ax and Quan are off having a moment::

OOCEm: ((......... Should I go to the dance?))

All: ::but the Animorphs don’t know this, so into the Yeerk pool they go::

OOCEm: ((Should I go to the dance?))

OOCJe: ((YES!))

R: "Should we morph?"

J: "No. Not yet."

OOCJe: ((Sure ... Ali and Sean, Megan and Larry, you and me! Just like when Marco danced with Ax.))

OOCAl: ((When did they do that?))

Cntrllrs: ::two Controller cops walk by::

Con. 1: "I thought for sure those crazy people were Andalites."

Con. 2: "I know. Visser Two is going to kill us for sure."

All: ::the Animorphs exchange glances, shrug, and turn and walk out, no one notices::

J: "Well, guess that was pointless ..."

T: "Yep, so where are Ax and Quan?"

OOCEm: ((Ali, Ax and Marco danced at the end of that really sad Nick Flick, the one you haven’t seen.))

OOCJe: ((Who has my tape, anyway?))

OOCAl: ((I have it. But I didn’t see it.))

J: "Maybe we should leave them alone for awhile ..."

M: "Yeah. Let’s go home. They know their way home."

OOCEm: ((Kay ... Nicole made everybody live with each other, so I’m confused. Who lives where?))

OOCEm: ((Okay, I left the simming with you, Jenni, all weekend, you could have written something. I talked to Alix, Jenni, he misses you ...))

All: ::all the Animorphs are magically home::

J: "Is this how we’re getting around these days?"

M: "Apparently ..."

OOCJe: ((I just decided no one should go into the back bedroom ...))

OOCEm: ((Okay, who’s house are they at?! And who is in their back room, Jenni?))

OOCAl: ((Who’s in the back bedroom? And is Quan living with Ax? And are Ax and Quan living with Jake, Marco, and Tobias? If so, Quan is the only girl in a house of boys. And are Quan and Ax in human morph or not? And if someone is in the back bedroom, what are they doing?))

OOCJe: ((OKAY! They are in Jake’s, Marco’s, Tobias’s, Ax’s, and Quan’s house. Ax and Quan are in the back room NOT WASHING HAIR!!! Quan is living with Ax and the guys. Quan and Ax are in human morph.))

OOCNi: ((No! Ax and Quan moved into an old deserted house and Marco, Tobias, and Jake got their own apartment. It’s like the show "Two guys, a girl, and a pizza place", except there’s three guys, and no girl ... and no pizza place. Okay, so it isn’t like that.))

J "Marco, how many times have I told you, don’t use my skin moisturizer! That stuff is expensive."

OOCAl: ((Nicole, they are living in the abandoned house.))

C: ::cuddles up to Jake:: "So that’s why your skin is so silky smooth."

OOCEm: ((Oh ... dear God ... Thank you Nicole and Ali, I told you Jenni!))

T: ::stares at Jake and Marco, backs away slowly::

M: "What? All this saving the world is rough on the skin."

T: "Whatever you say ..."

A,Q: ::meanwhile, at the abandoned house, where Ax and Quan are staying::

Q: <Are you sure this is safe?>

A: <Sure I’m sure this is safe.> ::Ax reaches for a doorknob and the whole door falls::

Q: ::looks unsure::

A: <We can fix it.>

Q: <Are you sure a big house will fit all eight of us?>

A: <Positive. Now just take my hand and close your eyes.> ::leads her into house::

Q: ::as she gets inside, opens her eyes ... and finds the floor covered in Homeworld grasses, flowers, trees, and even a stream:: <How ... how did you ...>

A: ::smiles:: <Little faeries helped me. Upstairs is where the humans live. I think the faeries set the rooms accordingly::

Guys: ::back with the guys::

J: ::yelling in the bathroom:: "Marco! You used my conditioner, too, didn’t you!?""

M: ::looks at Tobias guiltily::

T: ::calls our to Jake:: "Don’t worry, Marco always uses my shaving cream, always drinks from the carton and leaves a little bit left, some with the leftovers, and he screws up the VCR! It drives me crazy! I’m moving out and living with Ax and Quan! Newlyweds are better than him!" ::storms out and slams door behind him::

J: "Yeah, me too!" ::leaves just before the slamming door::

Q: ::at mansion:: <The humans are going to live here, too?>

A: <Yes ... in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1-> ::Jake and Tobias burst in::

T: "We want to move in with you guys."

J "Yeah. Marco’s unclean."

M: "I wanna stay here, too!"

OOCNi: ((He just appeared magically.))

A: <Okay, you can all stay.>

Q: <I have each of your rooms ready. Each with its own full bath and kitchen.> ::privately to Jake:: <Jake, I gave you an extra room for when you and Princess Cassie are wed and ... well, let’s not get into detailes, shall we?> ::to all:: <We have plenty of room with phones, computers, Internet, and so on.>

OOCEm: ((Ahem! I’d like to point out that Marco and Katrina are also getting married, and Tobias and Rachel too, I think ...))

T: "How’d you guys guess we’d want to live with you?" ::Quan and Ax exchange looks::

Q: <We had a feeling you would get sick of Marco in about two seconds.>

OOCEm: ((Hey! Wasn’t Cassie and Rachel with them? ...))

R,C: ::storm in::

R: "Where the *beep* did you guys go?!" ::everyone looks at Rachel::

T: "Um ... I got a house for us?" ::meekly::

R: "Oh. Well, that’s better. Hey, what’s with the floral arrangements?"

OOCJe: (( ... Ali ... details ... has ONE E!!!!))

K: ::walks in:: "I need to live here, too, Loren took my room."

M: ::smiling slyly:: "You could always stay in my room."

K: "Great, but then where would you stay?"

M: "D’oh!" ::in Homer Simpson way::

Q: <Come, I’ll show you to your rooms.> ::goes up the stairs with no difficulty:: <We have supplied your rooms with needs according to what we thought was appropriate ...>

M: "Dude! A TV with VCR! Where the heck did you did the dough?!"

A: <My brother’s checking account. He actually has quite a bit of money.>

T: ::suspicious:: "Are you sure that doesn’t belong to me?"

A: <I was planning on giving it to you.> ::so only Quan can hear:: <Someday.>

Q: ::accidentally laughs::

T: ::looks skeptical:: "How did you get into his banking account?"

A: ::privately to Quan:: <I believe it’s a little paper called a will.> ::to Tobias, shrugs:: <I kinda morphed you?>

T: ::alarmed:: "When did you acquire me?!"

A: <Um...> ::remembers a movie he saw: <’While you were sleeping.’>

T: ::looks at Ax suspiciously::

A: ::defensively:: <It was for a good cause!>

T: ::angry:: "Yeah? Like what? Enlighten me."

J: "’Electronical adjustments?’ But if you don’t already own the money-"

Q: <Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill!!!>

A: <What?!>

Q: <You stole money!>

A: <No I didn’t!>

Q: <Yes, you did!>

Q: <It’s a movie stub!>

All: "Ohhhh ..."

A: ::shakes his head at how dense they are::

Q: ::doesn’t believe Ax would really do something bad:: <Well, why don’t you all sit and watch TV or work on your laptops, and I’ll get dinner.> ::smiles with eyes::

A: ::follows her to kitchen and puts his arms around her waist and puts his head in the nape of her neck::

Q: <Aximili ... we’re finally putting down roots ... making a life, and a future ...>

A: <It’s almost perfect ...>

M: ::from other room:: "Yeah! I keep expec-" ::is cut off by a loud crash as everybody tackles him::

A,Q: ::Ax and Quan hear nothing but silence in the other room::

R: ::from other room:: "Don’t worry! We got him this time!" ::everyone breathes a collective sigh of relief and Ax and Quan turn back to each other::

A: ::picking up where he left off:: <If only there wasn’t any Yeerks.>

Q: <If we could have this perfect life without the risk ...> ::sighs, dreaming of that life, of her children::

M: "Aren’t they just the cutest couple!"

A: ::whirls around:: <What are you doing?!> ::grabs Marco’s arm and lead him away with others and puts outside:: <You are going out to dinner!> ::slams door and goes back to Quan::

Q: <You’re right. I’ve missed this.> ::she hands him some Herbal Essence::

OOCEm: ((They miss it, I guess since they haven’t done it in at least an hour!))

Q: <Do you think that was rude? I said I’d make them dinner ...>

A: ::Ax squirts shampoo on his hand and starts massaging her head sensually:: <They’ll get over it.>

Q: <Yes.>

OOCJe: ((Yes ... damn band ...))

Q: <Maybe we shouldn’t get suds on the kitchen floor.>

OOCEm: ((Maybe we shouldn’t go into detail ... three hours later!))

M,J,T: ::Marco, Jake, and Tobias have all been playing Nintendo 64 and it is now time to meet the girls at the mall. Marco sees Katrina and walks to her:: "I’ve missed you, baby."

K: "I’ve missed you, too. Mmm. You smell good. Like fresh flowers."

M: ::smiles:: "I borrowed my mom’s perfume."

OOCEm: ((Um ... woah ... Nicole, you could scare some people.))

T: ::kisses Rachel:: "Hello Shmoopy." ::looks at Marco and Katrina:: "Are we that bad?"

R: ::shakes head:: "No one is as bad as Marco ..."

T: "Poor Katrina ..."

K: ::smiles back at Marco:: "God, baby, the perfume’s expensive. It’s so sweet that you’d wear it for me."

M: "I love you. The least I can do is smell good for you."

OOCJe: ((PSYCHO!!!!))

J: ::kisses Cassie and looks at Marco and Katrina:: "We’re not that weird, are we?"

C: ::shakes head:: "Nothing is." ::out of nowhere, a fish drops from the sky!::

OOCEm: ((There ya go, Daph!))

C: ::looks at the fish:: "I was wrong ..."

Fish: ::suddenly, the fish gets up and does a little dance:: "Fish heads, fish heads, roly poly fish heads! Fish heads, fish heads, eat ‘em up, yum!"

M: ::is enraged that the fish is ripping off the pen and stealing his glory, so he kills it::

OOCEm: ((Daphne said simming should have fish ... so it did!))

OOCJe: ((Fish ... a fish ... a fish ...))

M: ::Marco looks at his own bloody hands in horror::

K: ::trying to console him:: "You did the right thing. You protected the honor of the pen."

M: ::shakes head sadly:: "I know. I just wish an innocent fish hadn’t had to die. He did have a good voice."

C: "Do you think we should call first?"

J: "What could they possibly be doing that’s more interesting than us?" ::all walk in house::

Q: <Yes, yes, yes, do it, oh my God, you’re amazing!>

Q: <You’re amazing at cooking. Although I had to tell you take that turkey out of the oven four times before you finally did it.>

A: <Yeah, well. I still think it needs a few more minutes. It’s not quite done in the middle.>

M: ::sneaking:: "I’m just going to go into the kitchen and get some-" ::is cut off::

Q: <Go ahead, put it back in. Do it. I’m hungry for more -> ::Marco runs before he hears her say:: <-Food.>

A: <Did you hear something?>

Q: ::rushes out:: <Hey! What are you doing here?!>

M: ::stammers:: "I ... um ... well, it’s like this ... I was expecting-" ::Quan slaps hand over his mouth, muffled:: "One Hork-Bajir to come ... and ..."

HB: ::one Hork-Bajir bashes through door::

A: ::rolls eyes:: <Great. Now I gotta fix that door again.>

R: ::walks in and punches Marco:: "We told you to stop doing that!"

K: ::unfortunately, Katrina is watching the HB, it doesn’t burst into FLAME!::

J: ::walks in:: "Woah! Cool lawn decoration! Where’d ya get it?"

K: "I was just looking at it. It looks really fake. I think you got ripped. Those blades don’t look at all sharp."

A: ::calmly walks over to it and chops its head off and blood sprits out:: <It is real.>

K: "I so believe you." ::sarcastic::

OOCJe: ((Yes, the Hork-Bajir just stands there as he dies ...))

OOCEm: ((Apparently ...))

HB: ::the Hork-Bajir’s remains burst into flames::

Q: <I am not cleaning this up!> ::everyone looks around and shrugs::

OOCEm: ((Wow! We really need a plot!))

OOCJe: ((Yeah ... so make a plot, Ali.))

C: ::Sniffs:: "Do I smell smoke?"

A: <Oh my God! The turkey! Quan! The turkey! I forgot all about it!> ::rushes to kitchen and opens the oven door to find his pure black turkey::

Q: ::laughs:: <Is it done now, Aximili?>

A: ::mocks her in a high ‘voice’:: <’Is it done now, Aximili?’>

Q: ::glares at him:: <Just because you screwed up doesn’t mean you have to make fun of me.>

A: ::glares back:: <And I don’t think I like you anymore.> ::holds her:: <I love you. I’m sorry, Quanta.>

OOCAl: ((Quanta is her nickname her father called her.))

Q: ::tries not to think about the nickname and her parents:: <I’m sorry, too.>

All: ::all the others quietly slip out leaving Ax and Quan to have a moment. Missing their own families, everybody decides to split up and eat at their own houses. But each Animorph finds something amiss when they get there. Their parents are missing::

OOCEm: ((Well, that’s not good ...))

T,K: ::walk in Katrina’s and Loren’s house:: "Mom?" ::silence::

T: "Mom!" ::mutters:: "She left me again? Great."

K: "Maybe they went out for dinner ..."

T: "Maybe ... let’s go find the others." ::so they head over to Rachel’s house first, cuz I’ve decided it’s closest.::

R: "Mom? Sarah? Jordan?" ::silence::

T,K: ::Tobias and Katrina arrive::

R: ::runs to Tobias:: "Tobias! No one’s here! And the weird thing is everyone’s car is here!"

T: "I can’t find my family either. We’ve got to go tell the others now." ::they head to Marco’s cause I decided that’s the next closest house::

OOCEm: ((Yeah Nicole, all of Tobias’s family, the one member of his family he has!))

M: "Dad? Nora?" ::looks around, hopefully:: "Elucid?" ::silence::

T,K,R: ::Tobias, Katrina, and Rachel arrive::

OOCEm: ((What is Marco’s stepmom’s name?!))

OOCJe: ((NORA!! His mom’s is EVA!!))

All: ::they go to Jake’s and find a bang coming from Jake’s room and run up to see Jake and Cassie making out::

OOCEm: ((Okay, Rewind!))

J: ::comes home:: "Mom? Dad? Tom? Homer?" ::silence::

T,K,R,M: ::Tobias, Katrina, Rachel, and Marco arrive::

R: "Jake?"

J: "Everybody’s gone ..."

T: "Yeah, ours too."

J: ::looks up:: "We have to get Cassie." ::they all morph bird and fly to Cassie’s, ‘cuz it’s really far away::

C: ::at home:: "Mom? Dad?" ::before she can wonder where her parents are, the others fly in::

All: ::everyone demorphs::

C: "What’s up, guys?"

J: "Our families are missing."

C: "All of them?"

R: "Yeah."

C: "What should we do?"

J: "Let’s get Ax and Quan."

OOCJe: ((But they’re gone, too!))

OOCAl: ((Washing their hair?))

OOCJe: ((Yeah, everyone in the city is washing hair, Ali. No! Ax and Quan are missing, too.))

OOCEm: ((No, Ax and Quan are at the mansion, everyone in the city are missing except for Ax, Quan, and the Animorphs, ‘cuz they were in the mansion.))

All: ::everyone morphs bird again and flies out::

T: <Hey, does anyone notice anything weird?>

R: <Like what, Tobias?>

M: <You mean like the fact that all the cars below us are empty? Like how we haven’t seen another living person in the city since we left Ax and Quan’s?>

T: <Yeah ... Exactly that ...>

M: <Nope. Haven’t noticed a thing.>

A: ::flies up:: <Hi. We need milk and some other stuff.>

R: ::privately to Cassie:: <They drink milk?>

T: ::stares at Ax, which isn’t hard to do, considering he’s a hawk ...:: <Ax-man, look down. Do you notice anything weird?>

OOCEm: ((Almost to 300, guys ...))

OOCJe: ((Damn ... well, we had the important thing happen ...))

A: <Um ... there is no humans outside? Look. I really got to get the milk before it’s too late. So why don’t you just tell me.>

J: <Everyone is missing, Ax! Our families! Everyone is just ... gone.>

A: <That’s nice.> ::lands and demorph, morphs human, and breaks into store, and comes out with milk and a bag. Demorphs and runs home::

OOCEm: ((Okay ...))

All: ::everyone demorphs and stares after Ax::

T: "I wonder what that was about ..."

OOCEm: ((Ahem, ahem! I would like to welcome everyone to page 300! I’m so proud. 300 pages, and I’d be amazed if we had a halfway sane plot in there anywhere! Okay, so it has been nearly a month, who won the bet? And what exactly were we betting? Let’s see, just in the past 100 pages we’ve killed Visser Three, uninfested Tom and Marco’s mom and we’ve been on a planet with a lot of people who should have been dead! I’d go on, maybe talk about the singing fish and Katrina’s pregnancy, but I leave that to you guys, Ali, Nicole, and Jenni.))

OOCAl: ((Knowst to me and Ax, but unbeknownst to the rest of you, Ax and Quan are setting up a nursery for Katrina and Marco’s baby.))

OOCNi: ((We have had a lot of great times, with the fish, Alf, the lawn decoration, and I say with sadness that is now going to end: Now we’re gonna have weddings!!!))

OOCJe: ((Weddings are the end? Huh. That’s new. Anyway .. I’d just like to point out that you’re all the psychos, and I’m perfectly normal. :-P Here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson!))