Simming

[The simming Key, the Main Character Key, the Writer's Key, the Disclaimer, the Information on Authors and the Authors' Notes can be seen in parts 1, 2, or 3 of the simming.]

The main writers can be contacted at the following e-mail addresses:

Any other e-mails can be obtained by e-mailing Jenni for them.

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!))

J: "Let’s go see what they’re up to ..."

All: ::they go upstairs::

OOCJe: ((Oh, descriptive ...))

Q: ::rushes out of the room:: <You can’t go in there!>

J: "Why not?"

Q: <Um ... Ax is not dressed.>

M: ::rolls eyes:: "Ax is never dressed and neither are you!"

Q: <Yah, but, well, to tell you the truth, Ax is embarrassed.>

K: "Why?"

Q: <Because um, because, his fur is turning pink!>

All: ::collective gasp::

J: "How serious is the condition?"

Q: <We can’t know. We’re just gonna have to let nature play its course.>

T: "Well, when can we see him?"

Q: <Soon, hopefully soon.>

A: ::opens door, and he has blue fur. Smiles:: <You can come in now.> ::backs out of door frame::

All: ::everyone goes through the door::

M: ::grabs Ax:: "Ax-man! You’re blue!" ::does a little dance with Ax::

A: <Yeah ... last time I checked ...>

K: ::Katrina looks at the new nursery room and bursts out crying::

A: <What, what’s wrong? Quan, I told you we shouldn’t of bought the stuffed bear! I knew she wouldn’t like it.>

K: "No, no, it’s just, I’m so happy."

Q: <Well, I know what you’re going through. I’ve been there before.>

A: ::inhales deeply and quickly then exhales quickly:: <Well. Moment over. I gotta go pay back the bank.>

All: ::everyone looks at Ax::

A,Q: ::try not to look guilty::

J: "Ax ..."

C: "Quan ..."

Q: <Oh, alright! With the eyes, and the face, and aw ... we stole from the bank, okay!>

A: <It’s like David said! ‘You can’t arrest an animal!’ But it was easier electronically. So simple, quick, untraceable. Human computers are very primitive. They’d never know what hit them! And NO! I am not sorry for what I did!> ::runs out of the house::

OOCNi: ((You used that from Tarzan. It was so sad when the parents died then Kerchief but then Jane realized she loved Tarzan and that was happy.))

M: ::glares at Jake and Cassie:: "They were trying to do something nice and maybe they didn’t go about it the right way but who cares? We save the world everyday and I think we deserve a little money from the government anyway." ::takes Katrina’s hand and walks out to find Ax, followed by Quan::

OOCEm: ((Nicole, you are a PSYCHO! And why is Ax talking to himself again?))

A: <And it’s not like I’m totally at fault! The little people that live in my head told me to do it ...> ::continues argument with himself::

Q: ::comes up behind him and hugs him:: <You okay?>

M: "Ax, listen buddy, I don’t care how you go the money. The nursery looks great and its the thought that counts."

A: <Thanks, Marco.>

T,R: ::Tobias and Rachel suddenly appear::

A: "I didn’t want to steal the money. It was just the only way."

R: "What’s going on, and where were we through all of this?"

ICNi: "That’s what I’d like to know!"

T: "What, who said that?"

ICNi: "Uh, it’s me, the great blond Nicole, by the way, we had to work on the name. Anyway, carry on. Oh wait, Marco, buy a silver silk shirt. Now carry on."

K: "Have you ever wondered if maybe it isn’t normal to have people from the sky talk to you?"

All: ::All look like their considering it for a minute:: "Nah!!"

OOCJe: ((‘Do I need to retest?’ Trust the results? Heh heh.))

Q: ::didn’t hear anything:: <What are you guys talking about?>

All: ::all look pityingly at her for she doesn’t have little voices in her head::

OOCJe: ((Yeah, that’s something to be pitied for ...))

A: <Look. You guys, I need to talk to Quantana, alone. It’s something very important.> ::others leave and Ax looks to Quan and takes her hands:: <Quantana, I saw the captain of the Andalite fleet, and he asked me to come along with him. I figured after we get married, I could go home and get the kids. But, it will take awhile, and I want to make sure this is okay with you.>

Q: <I ... I ... Aximili, this is so sudden.>

OOCEm: ((I’d like to point out that Ax and Quan have been married for like, 100 pages! Come on, people!))

Q: ::is confused:: <But Aximili, we’re already married, remember?>

A: ::stops and thinks for a moment:: <Oh yeah ...>

OOCEm: ((Blonde moment!))

A: <We can ... renew our vows!>

Q: ::eyes Ax::<Aximili, do you just want a big fancy wedding?>

Q: ::smiles:: <Aximili, that’s so sweet!> ::gives him a kiss::

All: ::everyone else just stands there watching::

R: "So ... you’re saying you’re getting married, again?"

OOCEm: ((Ax was trying to convince Quan to marry him, but they’re already married! The Ellimist is bringing the kids back on page 500, Nicole!))

OOCNi: ((I get it now.))

Q: <I thought we were having a human ceremony.>

OOCEm: ((I have nothing to write!))

A: <We are! It’s just that .. well, I’m asking you if you want me to go get the children, or not. I’ll be leaving after the wedding.>

Q: <So ... the children won’t be here.>

A: ::puts his hands on her shoulders:: <They will be here.> ::pause:: <Eventually. Do not worry, love. I’ll get them, I promise.>

Q: ::seems reassured by this::

T: "Well ... I hate to break up this lovely moment, but we still have the problem of the missing population."

All: ::they stare at Tobias blankly::

T: ::sighs:: "Everyone in the city is missing ... remember?"

All: <"Oh.">

R: "Is it just the people in our city?"

Alf: SORRY. MY MOM MADE ME CLEAN UP.

OOCEm: ((No, Ali, I have a plot, work with me here, people. Rewind.))

J: "Alf. Where is everybody?"

OOCJe: ((Ya gonna fill us in on this plot of yours, Emily?))

M: "Your mom made you clean, and that includes PEOPLE?!"

Alf: YES.

OOCEm: ((He transported everyone to a Yeerk-less world, (dimension) that is virtually identical to their own. But Alf screwed up and that world is about to be destroyed by asteroids and the Animorphs have to figure out how to get them back, ha!))

Alf: BUT WE HAVE A SLIGHT PROBLEM, AND I NEED YOUR HELP. I TRANSPORTED EVERYONE TO A YEERK-LESS WORLD THAT IS VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL TO YOUR OWN. BUT I SCREWED UP AND THAT WORLD IS ABOUT TO BE DESTROYED BY ASTEROIDS AND YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THEM BACK. I WOULD HELP, BUT IT’S THREE O’CLOCK, AND I HAVE TO EAT MY COOKIES AND MILK AND TAKE A NAP. GOOD LUCK. ::leaves::

OOCEm: ((Thank you, Ali. ::applause:: But I think you read that article a few too many times.))

All: ::everyone looks around, confused::

R: ::stamps her foot:: "ALF!"

Alf: ::reappears with a cookie in one hand and a glass of milk in another:: YES?

R: "How do we get everyone back?"

Alf: ::with full mouth of cookie, he shrugs his shoulders:: I DUNNO. ::disappears::

OOCEm: ((I have the feeling Ali wants Alf gone ...))

T: ::shakes head:: "Ellimists ..."

OOCJe: ((OKAY! Good job repeating Emily, Ali ... ‘Cookies?’ ‘Milk?’ ‘Naps?; What is this, preschool?! Come on, people! Oh, and you guys wrote: "...that world is about to be destroyed by asteroids and the Animorphs have to figure out how to get them back." My dad wants to know if this means they have to get the asteroids back ...))

Q: <Well, this is great! This is just great! I decide to have a wedding, and all of the sudden this egotistical, hotshot, big-ego-bloated, seventeen-year-old-that-acts-like-a-two-year-old, in human years, decides to bust in and clean up his universe, which involves sending everyone on Earth to a deserted world which is about to be smashed by asteroids-suh, plural, and doesn’t even tell us how to fix it!!!>

A: <But we decided to have the wedding after the Ellimist came.>

Q: <Shut up! I was trying to make a point!>

All: ::everyone watches silently as the point begins floating away::

T: "Look, there’s the point ... and there it goes!" ::pointing::

Q: ::runs after the point:: <Wait! Come back! I’m not finished yet!>

1 Cat: "First of all they stomp us, now they want to be our friends!"

2 Cat: "Crazy specimens." ::stick their noses into the air and crawl off::

M: "I knew butterflies were rude, but caterpillars?" ::shakes head:: "What is this world coming to?"

All: ::everyone stares at Marco, who is crawling along after the caterpillars, and at Quan, who is still chasing the point::

J: "Ya know, our lives were insane before ... how did we get like this?"

C: ::talking gently to Marco:: "Marco, have you ever considered that your life may hold more important things than tripping and talking to caterpillars?"

M: "Ya know ... you’re right, Cassie. I promise ... that if I live through this ... I will give up my tripping ways." ::raises hands to the sky:: "Show me the light!" ::suddenly, a bolt of lightening strikes a tree and it bursts into flames::

J: "That light enough for ya?!"

M: ::throws himself on the ground in front of the flaming tree::

R: ::looks at Jake, Cassie, and Tobias:: "We’re the only sane ones left."

T: "Alf!"

Alf: YES?

J: "If you don’t transport us to this other world, we’re gonna tell your mommy."

Alf: YOU WOULDN’T.

J: "Yes, we would."

Alf: FINE.

All: ::suddenly, they’re on a bustling street with people everywhere::

Alf: NOW LET ME HAVE MY NAP IN PEACE.

All: ::everyone looks around::

C: "Now what?"

OOCEm: ((Yeah, Nicole, now what?))

J: "Okay guys. We’re gonna have to build a force field around this planet. Ax, Quan, Katrina, we’re gonna need your knowledge of technology go find anything you can use. We’re also going to build a bomb. For this, we’ll use Sean." ::suddenly, Sean appears and starts building a bomb:: "Break!"

R: ::slips off, no one notices::

T: ::suddenly:: "Rachel?" ::begins to morph wolf, to find her, tail pops out, but that’s all::

R: ::comes back:: "Tobias! You have a tail!"

T: "SO?! You have succulent breasts! Do I go on and on about them?"

OOCJe: ((Heeheehee ... 10^th Kingdom ...))

M: ::sneaks up behind Rachel:: "I think you have nice breasts, too."

R: ::turns around and slaps him::

M: "You are not Katrina!"

R: "Duh."

OOCEm: ((I’m surrounded by frickin’ idiots.))

All: ::everyone stares at Sean::

R: ::just noticing him:: "Who are you?"

ICSe: ::still building:: "Do you remember Ali?"

All: ::nods::

ICSe: "Well, I’m her boyfriend."

OOCEm: ((Sorry Ali! Jenni made me write it!))

OOCJe: ((Oh, yeah, I stuck a gun to your head and was like, write it!))

OOCAl: ((I’ll let it slide. This time. I feel unusually kind today. But if Jenni wrote it ...))

OOCNi: ((I have no idea what to write! So ...))

JA: ::Johnny Applebee suddenly appears, gives Ax a remote control, then disappears::

ICEm: ::smacks Nicole::

C: ::taps Sean on the shoulder:: "Done with that yet?"

All: ::everyone looks at the ditzy blonde and non-ditzy brunette who have popped into existence::

ICEm: "Shit! That was supposed to be OOC!"

ICNi: "Why are you hitting me?!" ::turns to Tobias with interest:: "You’re cute."

T: ::smugly:: "I know."

ICEm: ::grabs Nicole:: "Okay, NO!"

R: ::glares at Nicole and pulls Tobias away::

ICEm: "See? This is why you shouldn’t write in pencil, Nicole. Jenni! Ali! Get in here!" ::Jenni and Ali pop into existence:: "Happy now?"

ICJe: "Sure. Why not?" ::looks around for Katrina, sees she’s not there:: "Marco, did you know I have a major crush on you?"

ICNi: "Pen. Ha! Jenni, back off Marco. He’s Katrina’s." ::Katrina magically appears::

K: "Yeah, you BEEP." ::Katrina hits Jenni::

J: "Hate to interrupt, but the asteroids ..."

ICNi: "Oh. That. Asteroids, go away." ::asteroids go away::

ICAl,ICSe: ::Ali and Sean start making out. Official protection on this sentence cannot be marked out and cannot be rewound::

ICNi: "So, anybody in the mood for tacos?"

M: "Count us in."

ICJe: "I’m a vegetarian."

ICEm: "But you eat hot dogs ..."

ICJe: "Shhh! I’m trying to make a point!" ::point goes floating off::

T: "Oh, not again ..."

ICJe: "Stop! Come back!" ::goes chasing after the point::

ICEm: "Jenni!" ::goes after Jenni::

J: "Hey! You’re that Great Faery, aren’t you?"

ICEm: ::stops and turns:: "Why yes, you remember me!" ::bows. Meanwhile, Jenni is still chasing the point, bumps into (close-up) a shameless slut!::

ICJe: "MAGGIE?!"

Maggie: ::in a smooth, sultry voice:: "Hey."

ICEm: ::furious, turns into Mara Jade and pulls out a blaster:: "NOOOOOO!" ::shoots Maggie:: ::suddenly, Quinn appears::

Quinn: "Hey, who killed Maggie?"

ICEm: "I did."

Quinn: "Thank you!"

ICEm: ::blinks:: "You’re welcome." ::waves a hand and we all disappear, because I want to sim.::

OOCEm: ((All right, Jenni, since Ali and Nicole are no longer simming with us, and Nicole has the simming, where did we leave off?))

OOCJe: ((I think we’ll ignore the part about Maggie ... so, the asteroids.))

C: "So, are you done with that bomb yet, Sean?"

ICSe: "Yep. All done." ::Sean pops out of existence::

A: ::inspects the bomb rocket:: "Good, for humans, anyway."

M: ::rolls eyes:: "So, will it work?"

All: ::all the Animorphs watch anxiously::

J: "Why do you think there are no Yeerks on this world?"

Alf: ::appears:: THERE IS AN EXTRA GAS IN THIS WORLD’S ATMOSPHERE. UNDISCOVERED ON YOUR WORLD, YEERKS CANNOT LIVE NEAR OR IN IT.

C: "Is it harmful to us?"

Alf: NO.

T: "Look! There’s the rocket!"

All: ::watch hopefully as the rocket heads towards the asteroids::

R: "I hope this works ..."

J: "Katrina, is the force field in place?"

K: "Yes, things can go out the force field, nothing can come in." ::everyone watches as the rocket collides with the largest asteroid::

M: "Did anyone watch Deep Impact last summer?"

R: "I saw Armageddon. Frightening." ::explosions overhead::

K: ::scans a little handheld computer::

OOCJe: ((‘Frightening?’ LOL. Apparently, Nicole won’t sim until Ali will. What has this world come to?))

OOCEm: ((I am so bored, so bored. Hey bud.))

OOCJe: ((::sighs::))

OOCEm: ((Hitler was a hypocrite, I killed Hitler.))

OOCJe: ((Oh, yeah.))

T: "Katrina, what are you doing?"

OOCEm: ((What page is this?))

K: "Scanning for asteroids." ::beeping noises:: "I think they’re gone." ::silence::

OOCJe: ((We can’t number them, yet.))

R: "All of them?"

OOCJe: ((Nicole, SIM!))

OOCNi: ((I’m so tired. Sleep sounds so good right now. ::sigh::))

OOCJe: ((I don’t care. Sim.))

K: "Yes, they’re gone."

Q: ::takes a deep breath:: <Imagine ... no Yeerks here ...>

OOCEm: ((I love how Ax and Quan have magically appeared.))

J: "Guys ... we could stay here, stop fighting. The war would be over for us." ::silence as everybody contemplates this::

C: "Jake’s right. The Yeerks can’t live in this atmosphere ... This could be the end."

OOCEm: ((I think I’m gonna cry ... Nicole, what time are we supposed to be at your house, tonight?))

R: "But what about our universe? There’s still Yeerks there. How can we stay?"

Alf: THIS IS STILL YOUR UNIVERSE, RACHEL. THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS THAT THERE CAN NEVER BE ANY YEERKS HERE.

OOCEm: ((I hate writing in capitals, I feel like I’m yelling at someone online ...))

OOCJe: ((LOL ...))

OOCNi: ((Sleep, sleep, sleep, Emily, 7:30, sleep, sleep.))

Alf: COULD YOU GUYS DECIDE ALREADY? MY FAVORITE TELEVISION SHOW IS ON COMMERCIAL, AND I DON’T WANT TO MISS CAROL’S LAST EPISODE.

M: "How come you get that show when it hasn’t even come on yet?"

Alf: ::smugly:: I’VE GOT CONNECTIONS WITH THE PRODUCER OF E.R.

Alf’s M: ALF, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU THAT WATCHING TV IS BAD? IT’S BEEN PROVEN IT LOWERS YOUR LEVEL OF INTELLIGENCE.

M: "Well, that explains a lot-"

R: "-About Marco."

J: "So, what are we doing, guys?"

All: ::everyone exchanges glances::

Alf: ::whining:: BUT MOM! IT’S CAROL’S LAST EPISODE AND DOUG IS COMING BACK!"

T: "Ha!" ::turns to Ax:: "You owe me five bucks."

A: <Nuh-uh! It hasn’t been proven yet!>

T: "Yeah-huh!"

M: "Quiet. You both owe me five dollars." ::Ax and Tobias look confused::

A: <No, we don’t.>

M: "Drats! I really thought it would work this time."

J: ::stamps foot:: "Could we please get back on topic?!"

All: ::everyone looks at Jake::

Q: <And that would be ...>

J: ::thinks for a minute:: "Well, I can’t be expected to know everything!"

C: "So ... what are we doing, then, exactly?"

All: ::everyone stops and thinks for a minute::

T: "I don’t think anyone knows ..."

Alf: ::sighs:: ARE YOU EIGHT ALWAYS LIKE THIS?

M: "Hey, you still take naps, Cookie Boy, so don’t be talking."

Alf: MOMMY, THEY’RE MAKING FUN OF ME!

R: "Stop whining."

T: ::light bulb appears overhead:: "I REMEMBER!"

M: "Do we really want to know?"

OOCJe: ((See, the Prince was turned into a dog and the Evil Queen’s dog was turned into the Prince.))

T: "No wait ... I just remembered. I’m not supposed to remember what I forgot."

C: "Why?"

T: "I forget."

M: ::is confused:: "What?"

T: "What?"

C: "What?"

R: "What?"

J: "What?"

K: "What?"

Alf: WHAT?

A: <What?>

Q: <Vas?>

All: ::everyone looks at Quan:: <"What?">

OOCNi: ((Huh?))

K: "We don’t have the right to decide to change universe’s. We have to go back."

J: "She’s right."

R: "That fight must go on." ::suddenly, magically, they’re in the mansion, which ISN’T fixed, ‘cuz Nicole and the rest of us were never there.::

Q: ::sighs, looking at the beautiful grasses inside the house:: <Home, sweet home.>

M: "Hey, I didn’t say I wanted to come back, I wanna stay in the Yeerk-less world with the beautiful new mansion!" ::shouting crazily at the sky::

K: "Marco, give it up. There’s no choice."

All: ::everyone goes outside, people have returned to this dimension::

R: "Do you think that all the Controller’s Yeerks who died are still dead?"

J: "I hope so. We might have less Controllers now. Maybe that was the point."

T: "Yeah, but for how long?"

All: ::everyone sighs, looking out over the city.::

C: "Do you think it will ever be over?"

M: "And what will happen when it is?"

K: "Can we really go back to our old lives?"

J: ::sighs:: "I wish I knew." ::he walks in, leaving the others watching the city, wishing there was a way to make things better, knowing that there wasn’t::

OOCEm: ((::tear::))

T: "We just gotta keep fighting, it’ll be over someday."

OOCEm: ((::sniffle:: Alright, we need a new plot. Shouldn’t we do something about Visser Two?))

M: "We’ve been saying that for four years. What kind of future do we have? I wanna have a family, but is it really fair to bring children into such a hopeless world?" ::Katrina lets her head fall on his chest and he hugs her from behind::

K: "No matter what, they’ll always know they’re loved." ::smiling tenderly::

A: <Before we where whisked away ... Quan and I decided to have a human ceremony. But, our human morphs have no aged. We need to acquire your new DNA.>

OOCEm: ((Okay, NO! The DNA ages with them ... at least it does in my world.))

A: <It is to be done a week from today.>

C: "Wow, that’s soon."

Q: <We don’t have much time before Ax leaves with the fleet.>

K: "Tomorrow morning, we’ll meet here and start planning. Now, we need to sleep." ::all agree and go home to finally sleep::

All: ::the next day, everyone wakes up to find that Quan is in human morph and has cooked everyone’s favorite breakfast, which includes pancakes, waffles, French toast, toast ((not Qui-Gon)), omelets, scrambled eggs, Pop-Tarts, Slim Fast Bars, Toaster Strudel, and Muffins.::

T: "Um ... Quan ... Are you all right?"

T: ::backs away slowly::

C: "We can see that ..."

J: "Hey! These are really good!"

Q: ::still hyper:: "I know! I was up half the night baking!"

A: ::coming in:: <I know. You woke me up.>

M: "You can understand her?"

A: <Yes. This has happened before.>

Q: "Oh, hello Aximili! I’msorryIwokeyou. Wouldyoulikesomthingtoeat?"

T: "Her words are starting to run together."

A: <They always do.>

OOCNi: ((Do you realize you gave me the simming? I’m alone for a whole class period with the simming. I am now laughing like a maniac. I would be laughing an evil laugh, but Emily won’t give me one.))

A: ::morphs human, walks over to Quan, wraps his arms around her and kisses her on the mouth::

M: "Well, that shut her up."

Q: ::giggles:: "Lips are something all species should have."

A: ::kisses her again:: "Definitely something everyone should have.::

J: "Gotta agree with that." ::grins at Cassie and kisses her::

M: "Hear, hear!" ::kisses Katrina::

T: "Well as long as everybody else is kissing ..." ::grabs and kisses Rachel::

Ring: ::The ring cries woefully:: "It’s at times like these I long for the pen."

OOCEm: ((Um ... woah ...))

OOCJe: ((A pen and a ring ... they’ll have rens ... or pings ... or rins ... or pengs ... hmm ...))

OOCNi: ((It wasn’t like that. They were just friends.))

All: ::all look at the ring sympathetically::

M: "Well maybe I could help you out there." ::gets down on one knee:: "Katrina, I love you more than I thought it was possible to love someone. You’re more than my girlfriend, you’re my soul mate. I wanted this to be under some romantic scene but now just feels right." ::takes out small heart ring with diamonds in it:: "Katrina, will you marry me?"

K: ::looks down at him, her eyes glistening with tears and smiles:: "I thought you’d never ask." ::Marco jumps up and engulfs her in a hug lifting her off her feet::

M: "So then, it’s a yes?"

K: "Definitely."

OOCNi: ((I’m so happy.))

OOCJe: ((Emily ... yell at Nicole ... they’re already engaged.))

OOCEm: ((Nicole! You are an idiot! They’re ALREADY engaged! How’s that, Jenni?))

T: ::looks a the two of them:: "Aren’t you guys already engaged?"

M: ::stops to think::

K: "Oh yeah ..."

OOCNi: ((If they were already engaged, which I don’t think they were, then I’m marking it out. This moment is too perfect to be spoiled by something like that.))

K: "Ohh, I think the baby just kicked."

All: ::crowding around her and trying to touching her tummy:: "Ooooooh!"

Q: "OhmiGodIneedtocallthechurchandbookreservations!"

OOCEm: ((I am surrounded by fricken’ idiots ...))

OOCJe: ((Okay, everyone needs to stop acting like Sean! Just because he build a bomb, doesn’t mean he’s here for life, okay?! So shut up!))

Q: ::runs out, Ax shrugs and follow::

All: ::Marco and Katrina are still in the moment and Tobias, Rachel, Cassie, and Jake have all started eating.::

J: "Anybody have syrup?"

M: "I do." ::pulls some out of his pocket::

T: "Yay ... more sap ..."

R: ::stares at Marco:: "How deep ARE those pockets?!"

M: ::shakes his head solemnly:: "We may never know."

OOCEm: ((Alright, now that everyone is engaged but them, I’m gonna do Tobias and Rachel’s scene.))

R,T: ::later that day, it’s sunset and Tobias and Rachel are on the cliff (the one I’ve decided the house is on) over looking the city::

T: ::turns to Rachel who is sitting next to him:: "Hell of a day, huh?"

R: ::smiles:: "Hell of a year!"

T: "I can’t believe Marco of all people, is getting married."

R: ::chuckles: "I know ... and my cousin and my best friend." ::the dying rays of sunlight shine off Rachel’s hair::

T: ::reaches out to stroke her hair::

R: "I bet they’re all wondering when we’re getting married." ::a forced smile::

T: ::surprised:: "I never really pictured you as someone who would want to settle down with-"

R: "A bird?"

T: ::looks down at himself:: "I’m not a bird anymore."

R: "Anymore ... that was the thing coming between us."

T: ::looks up at her:: "Are you saying you’d want to marry me?"

R: "Don’t look so surprised!"

T: ::thinks about it a minute:: "Well, in that case ..." ::pulls a box out of his pocket:: "Rachel, I love you." ::gets down on one knee, all official. Hands her the box::

R: ::tearing up::

T: "I want to be with you forever." ::Shakes head:: "I can’t think of a life without you. Will you marry me?"

R: ::crying:: "Tobias ..." ::kisses him good and long:: "of course I’ll marry you, I love you so much." ::they kiss some more, but I’m not going into details::

All: ::back with everybody else::

C: ::looks around:: "Hey! Where’s Rachel and Tobias?"

J: "Uh oh, people disappearing again ..."

R: ::also appears magically::

R: "I always have to fly coach,"

M: "What? Prim and proper Xena, not in first class?"

R: ::smacks Marco::

A: ::comes back, followed by Quan, who is slightly less hyper::

OOCEm: ((Slightly being the key word here ...))

Q: "Hi guys! Rachel, Tobias! Where have you two been? And what is that rock on your finger?!" ::grabs Rachel’s hand::

R: ::blushing::

C: ::smiling a soft, understanding smile:: "Congratulations."

K: "This is great! Now we can all plan weddings together."

OOCEm: ((My shirt tastes like chocolate ...))

M: "What, are we going to have a triple wedding?"

R: ::wrinkles nose:: "No, that’s tacky."

Q: "Besides, I’ve already made plans. It’ll be on May 5."

C: "But that’s two days from now!"

OOCEm: ((‘Cuz it’s May apparently ...))

M: ::suddenly starts singing:: "I’m blue, da ba dee, da ba die, da ba dee, da bi die ..."

K: "Back up off my man!"

R: "Do you want to start something?"

K: "Yah, let’s take this to the bathroom."

R: ::stops and blinks:: "The bathroom?"

K: "What? The humidity outside is awful on my hair."

R: "Don’t you just hate it when that happens?"

K: "Oh my gosh, yes."

OOCEm: ((Somebody sim, dammit!))

R: ::Rachel trips:: ((97))

OOCEm: ((::sigh:: I suppose I’ll just have to come up with another plotline, like I did the last one! Wait! I can’t until everyone gets married. Damn ...))

OOCJe: ((Okay! Two days later.))

All: ::All ... the important people, yeah, walk into a church. Flowers line the sides of the pews, they are white roses. At the altar, they see red roses surrounded by Andalite flowers. Candles are lit everywhere. Ax is standing at the altar already, Tobias, Jake, and Marco behind him. On the other side of the altar is ... nothing. Yeah. The marrying guy, for lack of a better word, is standing behind the altar. A dude is at the organ and a photographer is running around doing whatever photographers do.::

OOCNi: ((Reverend. Yes, I think he should be a reverend.))

OOCJe: ((I think not! Pastor.))

M: "This is ... nice." ::tugging on his tie::

T: "Leave it alone. It took us an hour to figure out we couldn’t tie a tie and had to get a clip-on and another hour to figure out how to work the little clippy thing."

Rev: ::clearing his throat:: "We are gathered here today to join this couple in holy matrimony."

All: ::everyone looks at the reverend::

Rev: "What, I’m practicing!"

A: ::leans toward Jake:: "Where’s Quantana? I hope she doesn’t change her mind ..."

J: "The girls are dressing her, relax Ax-man."

R: ::runs in, yelling at the Rev. to begin the wedding, but trips:: ((98))

R: ::gets back up:: "I’m okay!" ::runs back behind the doors::

All: ::A string quartet begins to play a soft, flowing song. Katrina comes down the aisle first, her gown flowing down to the ankles, puffy, short sleeves, and low cut. It is mint green. Marco, at the other end, smiles. He has a dark green shirt with a bow tie (clip-on) and black overcoat. Next comes Rachel. Her dress type is the same as Katrina’s, but sky blue. Tobias winks as she comes down. He is wearing a royal blue bow tie and cumberbun. Cassie, the maid of honor, walks down the aisle next, her dress the same style, but a lilac color. Jake grins. He is wearing a Crayola purple. Sara comes in, throwing flowers, pink dress, a smaller version of the bridesmaids. The ring bearer has pink stuff. Then, the organ starts up and softly plays the "Wedding March." The glass doors open, revealing Quan in a gorgeous white gown. It goes past her feet, and is poofy, ballroom style, with cathedral train, held by Jordan, who is wearing a yellow dress. Quan’s dress has a V-waistline and a heart-shaped neckline. The dress has rose floral designs on it. Her sleeves are puffed at the shoulders, flowing into a gloved sleeve, that V’s out on the hand with a ring on the middle fingers. Her hair is up in a high bun with white rose buds around it with veil attached. She is wearing a double veil with one half over her face. Everyone has a pearl necklace on, except for Quan who has a diamond heart on a gold chain. Quan is holding a big bouquet of white roses. As she starts down the aisle, Ax smiles at her. He is wearing a pure white tux. When Quan reaches the end, she hands her flowers to Jordan and meets Ax, who takes her hand and leads her up the stairs toward the reverend. When they reach the top, they stop in front of him.::

Rev: "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join these two fine young people in hole matrimony."

M: ::clearly impressed, mutters to Jake:: "Looks like his practicing paid off."

A: "I do."

Rev: "And do you, Krystal Samantha Johnson, take this man to be your husband, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, to have and to hold, from this day forward, as long as you both shall live?"

Q: "I do."

Rev: "Okay. We will now do the exchanging of the rings." ::Ring bearer comes up and Ax and Quan take the rings:: "Now, Maximilian, place the ring on Krystal’s left hand and say, ‘With this ring, I thee wed."

A: ::places the ring on her finger:: "With this ring, I thee wed."

Rev: "Now Krystal, place the ring on Maximilian’s left hand and say, ‘With this ring, I thee wed."

Q: ::places the ring on his finger:: "With this ring, I thee wed."

Rev: "Then by the power invest in me, and the state of ______, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride."

A: ::lifts Quan’s veil and whispers:: "I love you."

Q: ::whispers:: "I love you, Aximili." ::Ax wraps his arms around her waist, and she wraps her’s around his neck and they kiss, warm, long, and tenderly::

Rev: ::when apart:: "I am proud to announce the new Mr. and Mrs. Maximilian Eli Mills." ::organ plays the song and everyone starts down the aisle::

Q: "I never thought this day would come ..." ::privately:: <I only wish our children were here to see it. Do you think they’re all right?>

A: <I’m sure they are. When I get to the homeworld, I’ll get them. I’m leaving in October.>

Q: <It seems like I just got you only to lose you again.>

A: ::kisses her and aloud:: "Don’t worry. Everything’s going to be fine."

OOCJe: ((Okay, I’m breaking the OOC silence, but I DON’T CARE! Someone make him normal!))

OOCAl: ((There. I made Marco say it.))

All: ::figuring Marco said it, they shrugged and went on with their lives::

OOCEm: ((I’m reading a book by R.A. Salvatore, he wrote a Star Wars book, too. Jenni, which one?))

OOCJe: ((::crying:: Chewie!))

M: "Hey! You can see my nipples through this shirt!"

All: ::everyone stares at Marco.::

Q: <It took you a month to figure that out?>

K: "Did I tell you?"

Q: <What?>

K: "We set a date." ::Marco comes up behind her::

M: "Yeah, it’s in two weeks."

Q: <The wedding?>

M: "Yah."

OOCJe: ((Okay, no! Jake and Cassie were next!))

OOCEm: ((Well ... I guess Tobias and Rachel are last, God people ...))

OOCJe: ((Okay.))

C: "Our will be a couple weeks after yours, then."

A: <I will be able to attend both of your weddings.>

J: "Rachel, Tobias, do you guys have a day set yet?"

R: "Well, we know we want it sometime in September."

J: "Great! Wow, everything is happening so fast. It seems sort of odd that everyone is getting married so close in time."

C: "Yah. I always figured I’d marry after college, not when I was 18."

T: "Yeah, I guess we have to make the most of our lives, while we still have them." ::all look thoughtful::

M: "Hey ... was that a threat?"

R: ::smacks Marco upside the head:: "You’re an idiot, Marco ..."

OOCAl: ((Okay. Katrina’s wedding.))

All: ::all have gathered in a garden. There’s a slight breeze. The only people there are the Animorphs and their families, including Katrina’s mom, Marco’s family, and Alf, who wasn’t invited but showed up anyway. The only sound is that of the brook gurgling nearby and birds singing their songs. A pastor stands up front with Marco, Jake, Tobias, and Ax (in human morph). Marco is wearing black slacks and a silver silk shirt with the top two buttons undone, ruffling in the breeze. Jake, Ax, and Tobias all have on royal blue silk shirts with black slacks. The song from Titanic, "My Heart Will Go On" starts playing and Cassie first walks down a small path of grass covered with flowers leading to Marco and the pastor. Her dress is a sky blue, short sleeved, with a shape that accentuates her small waistline, that flows out at the bottom. Rachel walks out next, wearing a sea blue, off-the-shoulders dress which stops right above her knees, lending her a classy, yet carefree look. Quan is last, wearing a navy blue dress which shows off her curves. Katrina then walks down the path leaving her long flowing hair down, a simple ring of flowers on her head. She is carrying a bouquet of lilies and angel’s breath, and wearing a simple white silk dress, fitting her perfectly with her small waistline and slender neck. Arriving at the end of the aisle, she stares lovingly into Marco’s eyes. The pastor says a few words, then tells them it’s time to say their vows, which they wrote themselves. Marco begins.::

M: "Katrina, I’ve been trying all week to come up with a way to tell you how much I love you. I was walking home one day thinking about it when I saw this." ::everyone strains to see what he’s showing her:: "It’s a gem. This gem represents my love for you in so many ways. You are my gem with your undying beauty and love. I found it in midst of a bunch of dusty old rocks. Like a diamond in the rough. You are my diamond in the rough, shining brighter than all the others. And I love you."

K: ::her eyes glistening with tears:: "Love always seemed something far away to me. I loved my mom, but the kind of love that consumes you, makes you want to be with a person every single minute of every single day just seemed unreal. It was myth for those insane people who always had their head in the sky. And then I met you, with your easy manner and friendly eyes, and you changed me, my whole outlook on life. Without you, I would have never known love. And for that, I will always be indebted to you." ::Rachel hands Katrina Marco’s ring and Jake hands Marco Katrina’s ring::

M: "With this ring, I thee wed." ::slips ring on Katrina’s finger::

K: "With this ring, I thee wed." ::does the same::

Rev: "By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. You may now kiss the bride."

M: ::mutters:: "Those people controlling our actions are ruining my wedding ..."

J: "Oh well." ::puts arm around Marco’s shoulder and hands him some champagne:: "Here ya go ol’ buddy! Have some fun!"

C: "Isn’t the drinking age 21?"

J: "Nah. That’s only for non-ceremonial stuff."

C: "Oh." ::shrugs and gets a glass::

OOCEm: ((Okay, we need a plot ... Something about Visser Two ...))

Tele: "And on a more humorous note, many people claimed to having sited sluglike aliens wandering through the alleys."

M: "That sounds like Taxxons." ::quickly gathers all in the abandoned mansion::

OOCEm: ((So ... you’re saying that we’re freeing all the Taxxons now?))

OOCNi: ((I don’t know, I’m just making a plot.))

A: <You guys, something isn’t right.>

K: ::suddenly, Katrina falls to the ground holding her head as if in great pain::

M: "What, what is it?"

R: "Katrina, what’s wrong?"

Q: ::Quan, with her magical medical experience, exams Katrina:: <She is not going into labor ... her brain’s just receiving pain, but I don’t know where it’s coming from!> ::Said privately, so Katrina can hear.::

OOCEm: ((Would somebody like to tell me exactly what the plot is?))

OOCEm: ((Hello?!))

K: "Ahhhhh-" ::abrupt stop::

M: "What happened to her?"

K: ::is lying on the ground looking dazed::

C: "I have an idea, Ax did you say you had anchovies with garlic for lunch?"

A: <Yes.>

C: "Morph human.>

A: ::morphs human::

C: "Now, breath on Katrina’s face."

A: ::does::

K: ::wakes up coughing:: "Oh my God, somebody help! Why am I in a dumpster full of fish?" ::looks around and realizes she’s in the mansion::

An: ::suddenly! And Andalite bursts through the door and the Andalite is ... Ax’s dad!::

A: <Father?>

An: <Ah. Aximili. How are you doing with the ...> ::coughs fakely:: <Andalite bandits?>

All: ::everybody else (but Quan and Ax) are upstairs, Quan is in the kitchen::

A: ::chuckles uneasily:: <Um ... we’re fine?>

Q: ::privately:: <He doesn’t remember anything from the planet, Aximili.>

R: ::from upstairs:: "And I -------- will always love youuuuuu! I will always love-a youuuuuuuuuuu! I will always. Looove. Youuuuuu!!!!"

OOCEm: ((Oh God ... Oh my God ...))

An: ::looks up::

ICEm: ::pops into existence:: "No!" ::Freezes Andalite and Ax, runs upstairs. Slaps Rachel:: "Stop singing! All of you be quiet!" ::runs back downstairs. Unfreezes Ax:: "Be careful Ax! He is Visser Two!" ::pops out of existence::

V2: ::unfreezes:: <What is that noise?>

A: ::looks up and around:: <What noise?>

V2: ::shakes head:: <I thought I heard something.>

Q: ::in private thought speak:: <It’s an imposter. As long as he’s here, how about we have some fun?>

Q: ::eyes widen, all four of ‘em:: <Are you serious?>

A: ::nods::

A: <I highly doubt that, Quantana.>

Q: <How do you know?>

A: <Because I would feel it in my bones if our children were in trouble.>

Q: ::nods, but still looks worried. Thinks to herself, I should have brought them home, where they’d be safe ...::

OOCEm: ((Who wrote that?))

OOCJe: ((Me.))

Q: <So, you just left him in the living room?"

A: ::eyes widen:: <Oh sh-> ::runs out door::

OOCNi: ((What to say, what to say, um ...))

V2: ::is unconscious::

A: ::smiles:: <Perfect!> ::ties V2 up, including the tail! (if anyone remembers our little experience with Quan ...))::

OOCJe: ((I do! Hey, Visser Two got the 100^th trip. Interesting.))

C: ::coming down:: "Hey Quan, do you have-"

Q: <Princess Cassie! Upstairs! Now!>

C: "What? Why?"

Q: <Just GO!>

All: ::it has been 1½ days now and the Animorphs have been taking turns watching Visser Two. It is 4:00 in the morning and Katrina is on watch. She is very preoccupied with the small spasms of someone else’s pain she’s been feeling::

V2: <Petty Andalite bandit. This attempt at defeating me is futile.>

K: ::in morph of jaguar:: <You are wrong. In the end, we will win.>

V2: ::glares at her, then sits in furious silence::

K: ::suddenly, she had another spasm of pain. V2, taking advantage of her momentary distraction, morphs a small bird and slips out of the ropes. Flies to the door then turns back to Katrina, who is recovering form the pain.::

V2: <I’ll be back, Andalite filth, and when I do, I’ll kill you.> ::evil laugh, leaves::

K: ::calling:: <Marco! Rachel!>

OOCEm: ((I don’t even know why I bother ...))

All: ::runs in::

M: ::in front, skids to a stop:: "What’s wrong?"

K: ::demorphs:: "Here we go again ..."

T: ::walks in calmly and steps over everyone:: "Where is he?"

R: ::giggles:: "Nice boxers Marco ..."

R: ::blushes, she is wearing one of those skimpy pink nightgowns you find in the lingerie section of the store::

OOCNi: ((Heather is evil, and so is Daphne.))

T,R,K: ::Tobias and Katrina simultaneously punch Marco while Rachel slaps him::

A: ::turns to face Quan who is on top of him:: <Quantana! I never knew you had such feeling for me.>

A: <Just because we’re married, doesn’t mean we have to like each other.>

Q: ::tearfully:: <Are you saying you’re not attracted to me anymore?>

A: <No->

K: ::interrupting:: "Guys, I think we have a problem!>

A,Q: <What?>

K: ::pointing:: "Visser Two is gone!"

Q: <Aximili, where’s your father, hmm?>

A: ::mutters:: <He’s not my father.>

Q: <He’s not?> ::mocking:: <He sure looks like your father, doesn’t he?>

A: <He’s not my father! He’s a Controller!>

T: "Hey! Visser Two is my grandfather!" ::just realizing this::

Q: ::glares at him:: <Yeah, well at least your father’s alive.> ::stalks off::

A: ::calls after her:: <Fine! Be that way!> ::goes in opposite direction::

All: ::Humans shrug at each other::

M: ::thoughtfully:: "Ya know, I expect 30-"

K: ::cries in pain::

M: ::rushes to her:: "Is it time?"

K: "No!" ::cries out again::

C: ::kneels beside her:: "Then what is it?"

OOCEm: ((I hate German ...))

R: "Hey, good job Kat! It worked!" ::all ignore Rachel::

OOCJe: ((Thoughtfully ... should he burst into flame?))

C: "I need Quan."

J: "She left."

M: "Duuh."

C: "Shit."

OOCAl: ((Yes, Jenni, you should. ::I’m being sarcastic:: And who are you talking about? Only you should burst into flames.))

OOCJe: ((:-( Marco.))

OOCEm: ((Jenni, you are an idiot. I gave Cassie the power to heal all living things!))

C: ::places hands on Katrina:: "This might feel weird." ::heals her::

OOCJe: ((:-P))

K: "Wow. That’s good! The baby’s calm, too!" ::pats her tummy::

C: "We have to find out why this is happening."

K: "It feels ... distant, like someone else is in intense pain, but we seem to have some kind of connection which makes me feel it, too." ::unbeknownst to them but knowst to us, Katrina is feeling the pain of her twin brother, who her mother had no knowledge of::

J: "We also have to figure out what’s going on with those Taxxons. It’s not normal for them to be showing themselves."

J: ::nodding slowly:: "Then that would mean that all their Yeerks had died too ..."

R: ::clapping:: "Very good, Jake!"

J: ::smirks and trips Rachel:: ((106))

OOCEm: ((God Jenni, I was trying to make a point and you ruined it ...))

T: ::ignoring them:: "Then that means we have a bunch of free Taxxons running around."

J: "Uh-oh."

R: "Uh-oh."

T: "Uh-oh."

C: "Uh-oh."

M: "Uh-oh."

K: "Uh-oh."

A: <Uh-oh.>

Q: ::coming in:: "What?" ::all stare at her::

J: "What?"

R: "What?"

T: "What?"

C: "What?"

M: "What?"

K: "What?"

A: <What?>

K: "What, happened to my M&Ms? I just had them."

M: ::Marco looks guilty::

All: <"WHAT?">

J: "I think we need to find these Taxxons."

All: ::everyone thinks about this awhile.::

K: ::yawning:: "Can’t we figure it out in the morning? I’m sleeping for two now." ::everyone goes to bed, except for Ax:

Q: <Aximili? Come to bed.> ::pats bed, temptingly::

A: ::is looking at a small shiny disk ... thing.::

Q: <What is that?> ::stands and walks over to him.::

A: <I don’t know, my parents gave it to me when we were on the homeworld. I think it’s mind activated, but I can’t open it.> ::fingers it thoughtfully::

A: <I think it has to do something with Elfangor.>

Q: <Then maybe Tobias could open it.>

A: ::looks up surprised:: <I never thought about that ...>

OOCJe: ((Yeah, he doesn’t think much these days ...))

A: <Think we should get him?>

T: ::standing in doorway:: "No need. You guys can keep your thought-speech quiet, but you need to learn how to keep it private." ::walks over to them::

T: "What is that thing?" ::picks it up and gets a flash of Elfangor’s memories. MEMORY SEQUENCE

OOCEm: ((I did as best I could here, from memory.))

::Flash!::

::Flash!::

::Flash!::

::memory sequence ends::~

T: ::opens eyes and drops the disk:: "Oh my God ..."

A: <What is it?>

T: ::breathes hard:: "I saw Elfangor’s memories ..."

Q: <A hirac delest?>

A: <Likely.>

OOCEm: ((Again, with the memory sequence, I was going from memory. So I probably messed up some ...))

OOCJe: ((Better than I could do.))

Q: <He must have send it right before he died ...> ::Ax, Quan, and Tobias suddenly notice the five others standing in the doorway::

T: ::tears in eyes, wipes them away:: "Hey guys." ::voice is shaky::

R: ::comes up to Tobias:: "Tobias. What’s wrong?"

T: ::shakes head and points at disk:: "Elfangor ... the Ellimist ... Visser Three ... my mother ..." ::gets choked up::

J: "What is he talking about?"

A: <It is Elfangor’s hirac delest. A recording of his memories. I couldn’t activate it. But Tobias, being Elfangor’s son, did."

T: "It has everything ... I only got some." ::looks around at the others:: "I think only we can activate it right now. We were there when he died, when he recorded that."

OOCEm: ((Jenni, if you don’t take this then I might keep writing ... You don’t want that.))

K: "Well, that’s not me ..." ::Steps back::

Q: <Or me.>

A: <Or me ...>

M: ::sticks his tongue out at them:: "Ha, ha!" ::all ignore Marco as they place their hands on the disk::

A: <Now, think about Elfangor, and you should open the disk.> ::they do, Ax and Quan watch for a couple seconds, until the humans open their eyes::

Q: <What did you see?>

R: "Only us."

J: "From the construction site."

M: "And the blue box."

C: "It was from Elfangor’s eyes."

T: "But it was very dim. Not like last time."

C: "The blue box was bright, though."

Q: ::frowns and turns to Aximili:: <What does it mean?>

A: <We need the Escalin device to open the disk further.> ::all turn to Cassie.::

C: ::sighs:: "Okay, I’ll be right back." ::she leaves, and returns with the blue box::

A: <Now, concentrate ...::

Five: ~::flash!::

T: "No ... no more!" ::pulls hands off disk and box. Drops to floor, puts head in hands::

All: ::the others all slowly pull away::

R: "Wow ..." ::Drops to floor beside Tobias and leans against him::

R: "Are you okay?"

T: ::shakes head:: "God, no ..."

All: ::everyone else slumps to the floor, exhausted::

T: ::looks up, face is a bit tear-stained:: "I think watching my father die three times in one lifetime is about four times too many ..."

J: "Hey, where are Ax, Quan, and Katrina?" ::all look around and realize they’re not here::

Q: ::coming into the room:: <Oh, you’re back.>

M: "How long have we been gone?"

K: ::coming in after Quan:: "More than an hour. Ax is downstairs. We got bored and ate."

C: "An hour? Really?"

J: "It seemed much longer."

T: "It seemed like a lifetime ..."

K: "Okay, well, that’s real interesting, but you know something even more exciting? I beat the final level of Zelda."

M: "Oh my God, you did not! I’ve been trying to that for years."

K: ::smiling smugly:: "Maybe you just don’t have the magic touch."

All: ::everyone ignores them::

Q: <What did you see?>

A: ::comes in quietly::

C: "Elfangor’s life, from school to his death."

R: "And something about a ... Taxxon rebellion?"

All: ::everyone nods slowly::

Q: ::is confused:: <But the Taxxons went willingly.>

J: "Apparently not all did ..."

Q: "But why?"

T: "Maybe some of them didn’t want to be Controllers. I don’t understand but I felt, I don’t know, physically ill when I saw Arbron."

M,K: ::Marco and Katrina had stopped to listen::

M: "I know. It was like a punch in the stomach."

Q: <What do you mean?>

J: "One of Elfangor’s friends got stuck in Taxxon morph."

R: "Somehow, all of this makes them seem more, I don’t know, real. Like they actually have feelings."

All: ::everyone nods::

J: "If we could find a way to get these Taxxons back to the Taxxon homeworld-"

C: "-Some might join the rebellion, but-"

M: "-What about those Taxxons who-"

T: "-Were voluntary hosts? They-"

R: "-Might make things worse."

A,Q,K: ::Quan, Ax, and Katrina all stare at them::

Q: <Do you guys always finish each other’s sentences and we never noticed?>

J: "Hey," ::defensively:: "We’ve been together nonstop for the last four years-"

C: "-What did you expect?"

K: "You guys are – aghhhh, oh the pain!"

T: "Well, we’re not perfect, but now you’re just being rude." ::looks hurt::

Q: ::stares at them:: <Psychos.> ::muttering::

OOCEm: ((Nicole, what the hell are you talking about?))

M: "Katrina? Are you okay?"

J: ::looks thoughtful:: "We can’t finish Quan, Ax, or Katrina’s sentences-"

R: "-And we couldn’t do this before, so-"

C: "-It must have happened after we-"

T: "-Touched the disk-"

M: "-And the blue box simultaneously!"

K: "I applaud you on the use of the word ‘simultaneously.’"

J,R,C,T,M: "Thank you."

C: "So, you think that we’re like-"

T: "-Telepathically linked? All-"

R: "-Of us? That might-"

M: "-Drive us insane after awhile."

All: ::smiles at each other:: "Just not right now."

A: <I need a sedative.>

Q: <This is all so confusing.>

A: ::looks thoughtful:: <I think this may have happened once before.>

All: ::everyone stops to look at Ax::

A: <The hirac delest is a death ritual, but I once heard of an Andalite who did one, but survived the battle he thought would kill him. The Andalite who found his hirac delest became spiritually connected to him.>

T: "But Elfangor really is dead. This-"

R: "-Isn’t the same thing. We-"

J: "-Watched him die."

OOCEm: ((Yes I did make up this story as I went along ...))

J: "About the Taxxons, maybe-"

R: "-We could capture them and-"

M: "-Get them on a ship somehow-"

C: "-And get them to the Taxxon homeworld! Well,-"

T: "-That shouldn’t be too hard."

A,Q,K: ::stare at them::

Q: <Do you think that’s a good idea? I mean, we’ve stolen enough Yeerk ships for one story.>

All: ::everyone stares at Quan::

K: "Story?"

Q: ::shakes head:: <Never mind ...>

OOCJe: ((Uh oh ...))

ICEm: ::pops into existence:: "No ..." ::freezes everyone but Quan:: "Shh! They’re not supposed to know!"

Q: <Oh, sorry, it kinda slipped out.>

ICEm: "Don’t let it happen again." ::turns, eyes the Animorphs.:: "I should do something funny here ..." ::points a finger and Marco’s pants drop:: "That’s good enough." ::Grins and pops out of existence, everybody unfreezes::

A: <Tobias, everyone, one question ... about Visser Three.> ::turns to Quan and puts out hand.:: <You might as well pay up now.>

J: "Well, what’s the question? And Marco, pull up your pants."

M: ::pulls up pants::

A: <Did Elfangor help create Visser Three?>

R: "We saw a glimpse of him, but-"

C: "-We’d have to go back-"

T: "-Again to check."

OOCEm: ((No Jenni! They know everything now! Change that!))

OOCJe: ((No! Trust me, okay? The five aren’t telepathic yet, just finish sentences unconsciously!))

OOCAl: ((The sentence ending thing is getting on my nerves. I’m with Emily, we should stop it. What about you, Nikole?))

OOCNi: ((I agree. And also, Nicole is spelled with a C although I like it with a K, but it makes me seem more German.))

A,Q,K: <"NO!">

K: "I don’t think I could stand you guys finishing each other’s sentences anymore and I’m hoping this is just a 24 hour thing."

J: "No what? Should we go back?"

T: "I think twice is enough for me."

C: "Maybe we don’t have to-"

R: "-Go through all his memories, -"

M: "-Maybe if we focused on that-"

J: "-One memory we would only get that."

Q: <I think I have a headache.>

A: <Well, hurry up! I got money on this thing!> ::To Quan:: <You might as well already start paying.>

Q: ::shakes her head sadly:: <Aximili, I just hope you’re ready for the truth.>

All: ::the Animorphs all sigh at the same time::

T: "Here we go again ..."

All: ::They all touch the box and disk and focus on that one memory::

OOCEm: ((You people are jackasses ...))

All: ::All open their eyes, no one looks at Ax or Tobias::

A: <So. Did I win?>

C: "No, Ax. Elfangor did help create Visser Three."

A: ::looks shocked:: <But ... Elfangor ... He ... No! NO!!!> ::runs out of house::

OOCJe: ((Ax can’t handle the truth ... heh, heh. "You can’t handle the truth!" "You can’t handle the Rodeo Burger!"))

T: "No ..." ::shakes head:: "I can’t believe that." ::looks at others:: "You guys can’t believe that. Guys?" ::no one will look at Tobias::

R: ::puts an arm around him:: "Tobias-"

T: "No!" ::shrugs her off and runs out of the house, into Ax::

OOCEm: ((No he did not just trip!))

A: ::instinctively whirls around and almost cuts off Tobias’s head, but turns blade flat and knocks him unconscious::

A: <OOOPS.>

OOCNi: ((In honor of Jenni’s memory of me ... Idiots, I’m working with complete idiots.))

OOCEm: ((No Nicole, just Ali and Jenni. By the way, my brother is against abortion.))

A: <Tobias? Oh no ...>

T: ::wakes up slowly:: "What? Ax-man, I had the worst dream. It was about Elfangor and-" ::Sees Ax’s expression:: "It wasn’t a dream, was it?"

A: ::shakes head:: <No. It wasn’t.>

OOCEm: ((The paper went up and down the table and only Ali simmed?))

T: ::sighs and sits up:: "Is it true?"

A: <I don’t know.>

T: "It was an accident, right? Right?"

A: ::shakes off daze:: <What? Oh, yeah. It was. But ... but what if it wasn’t? I used to keep my brother in high regards. But now ... now I’m not so sure.>

T: "It can’t be true. Elfangor would never let something like this happen."

A: ::shakes his head sadly::

Q: ::walks out tentatively:: <Aximili?>

A: ::sighs:: <Would you like it in big or small bills?>

Q: ::ignoring him:: <Aximili, your brother couldn’t have known.>

A: <Look. I just want to be alone.> ::Walks off::

T: ::looks at Quan and sighs::

Q: <Tobias ...>

T: ::shakes his head:: "Not right now, Quan, sorry ..." ::walks in house::

Q: ::Stands there, feeling helpless: <I never should have told him.>

R: "Tobias? Are you alright?"

T: "I can’t believe it."

R: ::kisses him:: "Neither can I. I don’t think any of us want to believe it."

T: "I feel so betrayed."

R: ::hugs him:: "Is there anything I can do?"

T: ::shakes head:: "You’ve done enough by just being here."

A: ::goes to Quan and hugs her:: <I’m sorry. It’s just that ... I don’t know. I feel like I took Elfangor and Tobias away from each other.>

Q: <Aximili, how could it be your fault? The Ellimist did that.>

OOCJe: ((Damn Ellimists ...))

A: ::looks at her:: <That’s not what I meant. Tobias never really knew Elfangor. And I don’t want him to think of his father this way.> ::sighs:: <I don’t want to remember him this way.>

Q: ::feels really guilty for telling him::

A: <I know it wasn’t his fault, but why? How could I come between Elfangor and his son. I just feel I made Elfangor choose between me and Tobias and that’s not fair. So I took Elfangor away from Tobias, so he can only see his father die and how he wasn’t. It’s my fault. I brought this upon Tobias.>

Q: <No, Aximili, you didn’t.>

A: <Yes, I->

Q: <No, you didn’t! I brought this on all of you! If I hadn’t gotten angry, if I had kept my cool when you insulted me and my father, I never would have told you about Elfangor and Visser Three! And the humans wouldn’t have gone back to look for that memory, and we would all be happy and ... and ...> ::can’t speak anymore.::

A: ::holds Quan in an embrace with her head on his chest.:: <No. It was me. I was the one who insulted your father and provoked you.>

Q: <But that’s how you always were! I wasn’t supposed to blow up at you, it wasn’t my way, but I was so tired and angry and sad and ...>

A: <Depressed?>

Q: ::looks up at him and smiles through tears because he understands:: <Uh-huh.>

A: ::smiles back:: <I always loved your smile.>

Q: <I’ve always loved you.>

A: ::surprised:: <You have?>

Q: ::shyly, nods:: <Since the day I saw you in school.>

A: <And you wondered why I always failed, looking at you.>

Q: ::sighs blissfully, for it seems that once again, all is right with the world since she is in Ax’s arms::

OOCEm: ((Awww ... Okay, let’s move on ...))

All: ::In the house there is chaos.::

OOCJe: ((Well, that’s a nice change ...))

OOCEm: ((Could we please have some more detail?))

All: ::lamps are crashing and stuff like that::

C: "Well, it’s not my fault, Jake! I was the one who didn’t want to! And now look at us! We’re at the threshold of hell, Jake!"

OOCEm: ((What the hell is going on?!))

J: "Shut up!"

C: "No, Jake. You wanted to fool around, before marriage, which cheapens the relationship. But no, let’s try and make Cassie pregnant. No, Jake, no! I won’t do it!"

OOCJe: ((Um ... WHOA ...))

K,M,R,T: ::watch them fight, their heads going back and forth and back again::

OOCEm: ((Okay! Rewind!))

A: ::rushes in to see his father and freezes:: <My God ... he is a Controller ...>

Q: ::right behind him:: <We have to get him. Remember, Aximili! He is not your father! Not anymore.>

A: <Are you suggesting I kill my father?!> ::shakes head:: <I can’t! There has to be another way! There must!>

OOCJe: ((Anyone remember Visser Two saying he’ll kill Katrina? When Nicole was being evil and all ...))

A: <Fine. You knock him out. Oh, and one more thing, please don’t kill him::

Q: ::smiles, even though he killed hers:: <I promise I won’t.> ::she steps up to Visser Two, alone, as the other wounded Animorphs back off:: <Where are the children, Yeerk?>

V2: ::smirking:: <One is dead, and the other is not ten feet away.>

Q: ::angry, shouting:: <You know what I mean! Tell me where my children are!> ::strikes at Visser Two and they launch into a stunning battle, moving so fast that the humans can’t keep up, but Ax can, and he watches, fascinated, because he’s never seen Quan fight so ... beautifully before.::

J: <How long are we going to let this go on?>

M: <Jake, my friend, do you really want to jump into that swirling mass of blades?>

J: ::pauses:: <No.>

C: <We’ve got to do something. Sooner of later someone is going to get hurt.>

T: <But who? I’ve never seen Quan fight like this.>

R: <Neither have I.>

C: <Neither have I.>

M: <Neither have->

J: <I think we get the point ...>

M: ::mutters:: <-I.>

OOCNi: ((My tummy hurts. I think that I would like to have a pity party today after school. ::pause:: Yes, that would be quite nice.))

A: ::in disbelief:: <She won. Quan won!>

R: <I always knew women were better fighters than men.>

A: <Now Rachel, you know men are better fighters than women.>

R: <You sexist pig! I could whoop your butt any day!>

M: <Tobias, keep your woman under control.>

K: ::looking at Marco in disbelief:: <You don’t agree with him.>

M: ::looking at Katrina with astonishment:: <Of course I do. Men are obviously better fighters than women.>

T: <Actually, Rachel has a point ... It’s been proven scientifically->

All: ::Tobias is cut off as everybody starts snoring::

T: <Okay fine, let Marco and Ax have over-blown egos, see what I care.>

All: ::everyone demorphs and starts laughing::

OOCNi: ((How corny and cheesy can you get? "Everybody demorphs and starts laughing." ::in a mocking voice:: What are we, the Brady Bunch?))

Q: ::is lying unconscious on the floor, and Ax has gone to get water::

M: "Quan ... this is your conscience calling ..."

A: ::brings the water and puts her hooves in the bucket, reviving her::

Q: <What? Where’s my coconuts?>

M: ::pulls a coconut out of his pocket, cracks it on his head and hands it to Quan::

OOCJe: ((Hey! We finally got a coconut! Out of thin air, but a coconut all the same.))

Q: ::takes the coconut and sticks it by her other hoof:: <Thanks. How long have I been unconscious?>

C: "Just a few minutes ..."

Q: <Good. I need to get to work. I need you and you ...> ::pointing to Katrina and Ax:: <Follow me. Oh! If he shows any signs of stirring, knock him out again.> ::leads Katrina and Ax off into a back room, which is her laboratory::

OOCEm: ((Quan has a laboratory now?))

A: <Quan, what is all this stuff?>

Q: <When we were on that other dimension, I took a sample of that chemical that kills Yeerks.> ::holds up a vial:: <It still has to develop, but I think we should test it.>

A: <I can’t think of a better guinea pig than my fathe-, I mean, Visser Two.> ::all go back to V2 to find that not only is he conscious but he is also about to ... steal the coconut! (said dramatically) The others are playing Ring-Around-The-Rosie::

Q: <NOOOOO!> ::lunges for the coconut::

OOCEm: ((First of all I’d like to point out that you people left me with the simming! And second, Nicole, you are not allowed to move!))

Q: ::almost gets cut by V2::

A: <He hit me, the moron!>

V2: ::stops:: <Oh ... Sorry.>

Q: ::whips tail back and knocks out Visser Two. Turns:: <Oops ...>

A: ::pulls Quan into his arms and kisses her, lying down because, ya know, he’s hurt::

Q: <Oh my God ... Aximili, your leg!>

A: ::looks down:: <Oh ... that’s where it’s coming from ...> ::passes out at loss of his own blood::

C: ::rushes for medical supplies, because her power’s on the fritz::

C: "Wait!" ::suddenly realizes she doesn’t have any power, only technology which is working fine::

C: "Wait!" ::suddenly realizes she does have power, which she has used before!::

ICAl: ::pops into existence:: "Hi. I am the medical misfit and for that, Cassie, I take away your power. It’s about time you find your own power to heal within you ..." ::disappears::

OOCEm: ((Dammit people!))

ICEm: ::pops into existence:: "No, Ali!" ::freezes everyone and blesses Cassie. Whispering:: "Your powers will be back in a few days. Sorry about that." ::pops out of existence::

C: ::looks around at the frozen people, Emily hadn’t unfrozen them::

ICNi: ::pops into existence:: "Cassie, use the technology I gave you." ::grabs Ali, who forgot to pop out of existence, and pops them both out of existence::

C: ::Cassie runs to her room and comes back down with the small pill given to her by the Great Blond Nicole. She swallows it solemnly. She looked at the hands, amazed at the feeling of power coursing through her. Walking over to Ax, she placed her hands on his wound and summons a picture of him being healed. After healing Ax, she has lays down, feeling weak::

OOCAl: ((::rewind::))

ICAl: ::pops in:: "Okay. Cassie. Your power is that you can understand animals to help cure them. Sorta like Eliza Thornberry, but you can’t talk to them, okay? Now cure Ax." ::pops out::

OOCEm: ((Who the hell is Eliza Thornberry? More like Daine in Wild Magic. I love those books ...))

M: "Why is it that Cassie gets all these powers? What about the rest of us?"

R: "Yeah, anyway! I-"

J: "-Want some powers, too!"

ICAl: ::pops in:: "You do have powers, within yourself. You are the one who must bring it forth ..." ::pops out:: ::for good::

T: "Man, that sucks."

ICEm: ::pops in:: "You do have powers. Inside yourselves, Ali was right. But you have to discover them."

T: "Can’t you tell us?"

ICEm: ::turns to him and smiles:: "I could, but you have to believe in yourself. Then you will know." ::shrugs:: "Besides, if I told you, then it would ruin all my fun. Any more questions?"

M: "Yeah, why are you guys constantly popping in and out of existence?"

ICEm: ::smiles and shrugs:: "Because our physical bodies are in history class right now. And you know how boring that can be."

All: ::everyone nods in agreement::

ICEm: "See ya soon ..." ::pops out::

OOCJe: ((Are you people quite done now?!))

All: ::everyone looks at each other::

T: "Don’t ask, Ax-man, trust me." ::helps Ax up::

J: "How are you feeling Ax?"

Q: ::hovering around Ax like a mother hawk::

OOCEm: ((Hawk? Excuse me? I think you mean hen!))

OOCJe: (( ... That too.))

All: ::everyone else is busy tying up Visser Two::

A: <Quan, Quan! I’m fine.>

OOCNi: ((Wow. This has never happened before. Somehow, I managed to take the simming home without somebody grabbing it out of my hand. Hehehehehehehe. (I’m laughing maniacally because I still don’t have an evil laugh.))

Jenni: ::Jenni pops into existence:: "Hey guys."

All: "Hey." ::no one seems to find it odd that she just popped into existence, out of no where.::

Jenni: "Don’t you wanna know why I’m here?"

J: "Not really-"

M: "-We’re sorta busy."

Jenni: ::looks confused at being ignored then suddenly ....... bursts into flames::

OOCNi: ((Show you to decide not to be in softball without telling me why. Now for my next victim, hehehehehehe.))

OOCNi: ((Ha Meghan!))

T: ::Tobias helps Rachel up and turns around just in time to save the day by shoving Ax out of the way of Visser Two’s tail blade, which had somehow managed to get loose from the ropes, only escaping the tail blade himself narrowly. Rachel rushes over to him to make sure he’s okay and Tobias stands up looking a bit dazed.:: "I’m fine, I’m fine."

R: "I thought I was gonna lose you."

T: "Don’t worry, you can’t get rid of me that easily." ::uses his hand to lift up her face to face him and looks at her, his eyes brimming with love::

T: "I’ll never leave you, no matter what." ::drops his voice to a whisper:: "I love you."

R: "I love you to-" ::is cut off ass Tobias’s mouth covers hers, kissing her tenderly, letting her know just how much he loves her::

OOCNi: ((You’re welcome Emily, who is, by the way. The only one who isn’t evil.))

K: ::Katrina suddenly falls to the ground in pain and Marco rushes to her::

M: "Honey, are you okay?"

OOCNi: ((I would write something for Ali and Ax but I don’t make a good Ax and I’m not mad at Ali.))

OOCJe: ((Okay, does anybody notice Visser Two’s tail is free? Or that Katrina’s in pain? Or that the Great Blonde Weirdo made me BURST INTO FLAMES?!?!?! You can’t control my character like that!!! Can she Emily?))

Q: ::thank God, is in her laboratory and saw NONE of this craziness ...::

OOCEm: ((Um ... First of all, Jenni, you gave Nicole the simming, so you deserve what you get. And thanks Nicole, I think ... The scene you wrote for my characters was very ... mushy? Yeah, and that was a compliment ...))

J,C: ::Jake and Cassie retie Visser Two::

J: "I wish we had handcuffs."

M: ::pulls a pair of handcuffs out of his pocket and snaps them on Visser Two:: "Problem solved."

C: "Where did you get handcuffs, Marco?"

M: ::blushes:: "Don’t ask."

T: ::pulls himself away from Rachel:: "I think we should knock him out again, you never know, he could he sending thought-speak calls to every Yeerks in the area."

All: ::everyone looks at Tobias::

R: "He’s got a point."

J: "Sorry." ::punches V2::

K: ::muttering:: "Hey, he packs a pretty good punch ..."

C: ::smugly:: "I know."

K: ::Then, suddenly, Katrina, who is, by the way, on the ground still howling in pain, gets up and starts walking zombie-like out the door, no one notices. She walks down the street, being led deeper into the alley, starting to hear the anguished cries of pain and feeling the pain herself. But the pull was so strong she kept going on::

All: ::meanwhile, back in the mansion.::

All: "Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!"

M: ::is adding stuff onto a big pile of junk as he takes it out of his pockets:: "Hey, I found my lucky socks. I’ve been lookin’ for those. Hey honey, it’s that love poem I told you about ..." ::suddenly notices Katrina isn’t there and that the front door is open. Is not alarmed until he realizes Katrina is pregnant and walking by herself.::

M: "We have to find her!" ::all rush out of house, except Ax, who is first going to morph a hunting dog he acquired earlier, so they can track her, and Quan, who is morphing human.::

J: ::stops:: "You guys go. Cassie and I will stay here in case she comes back."

All: ::look at each other, shrug, and run off::

K: ::meanwhile, Katrina stops before an alleyway, suddenly realizing where she is. The pain is even more stronger, and she turns into the alley and sees a group of Taxxons feeding frenziedly on ... something. Suddenly, she feels a sharp pain in her stomach, and screams. An identical scream from within the group of Taxxons is heard, and the Taxxons, startled, run off. Katrina looks at the person and sees ...::

OOCJe: ((I'll let someone else finish.))

K: ::A boy, with a striking resemblance to her. Katrina whispering:: "Kyle ..." ::frowns, wondering how she knew his name.::

T: ::running up with the others:: "Oh my God ..." ::kneels over him:: "We got to get him to the hospital."

K: "No."

M: ::looks at Katrina:: "Kat, we need to get him some help. He'll die if we don't."

K: "No! Get him back to the house. Cassie can heal him."

All: ::everyone looks at her, confused::

K: Do it!" ::everyone hurries the guy to the mansion::

R: "Yo, Cassie, do your little wacko healing thing!"

C: ::looks up and pulls away from Jake:: "What happened? Who is this?" ::looks down at ... the guy ...::

M: "Who cares? Just heal him!"

K: "Wow, the pain is gone."

C: "I feel so drained."

K,C: ::both turn to look at the who is dressed in scantily clad clothes with his long, dirty brown hair tangled and knotted. Suddenly, the guy wakes up::

Guy: ::looks suspicious:: "Where am I?" ::looks at the other two:: "Who are you?"

C: "My name is Cassie, and this is Katrina."

All: ::others walk in::

Ky: "I'm Kyle."

J: ::gestures to other room, where V2 is still knocked out, over Kyle's head::

A: ::privately, still hunting dog:: <Yes, don't forget about Visser Two. Get this human out of here as soon as possible.> ::everyone hears except Kyle::

K: "No."

All: ::everyone looks at Katrina::

J: "What?"

K: "No."

Ky: ::looks confused:: "Uh, yes ... I am Kyle."

All: ::everyone ignores him::

K: "He should know."

J: "Katrina, I don't think-"

C: "-That that is such a good idea."

Ky: ::begins to eye them suspiciously:: "Would somebody please tell me what is going on?"

M: ::quietly to Katrina:: "He could be a Controller. How do we know if we can trust him?"

Ky: ::eyes widen:: "Controllers?" ::pulls out a Dracon beam and aims it at them:: "Who are you people?"

J: "We are not Yeerks. Relax."

R: ::tackles Kyle from behind::

J: "But the question is, are you?"

R: ::Rachel and Kyle struggle for the Dracon Beam for, like, half a second, but Rachel, obviously, wins:: "Ha! Yes!"

Ky: ::looks at Rachel with grudging admiration::

M: "And so, once again, Xena the Warrior Princess, saves the day."

Ky: ::gives a short laugh::

M: "Finally, someone who understands my sense of humor!"

Ky: ::looks at him degradingly:: "What sense of humor would that be? I was laughing at the fact that I had to be taken down by a female. It's obvious she's the only true warrior." ::looks at the guys with contempt.::

Q: ::narrowing her eyes.:: "You were the one who was taken down by Rachel. How much of a warrior are you?"

OOCJe: ((Remember, Quan's in human morph. Oh, and Visser Two has a sedative or whatever.))

K: "Yeah, what would you know of being a warrior? When we found you, you were being eaten and not even putting up a fight." ::Kyle and Katrina comes face to face, glaring at each other, when suddenly the rest of them stand back and look at them, surprised.::

M: "Did anybody else just notice how much those two look alike?"

T: "Almost as if they were related."

C: ::who has come out of the stupid laboratory:: "Almost as if they were ...... twins."

K: "Why don't you just leave?"

Ky: "I will, as soon as you tell me why you have Visser Two tied up in your house."

All: ::all look surprised that he knows who V2 is::

Q: <I knew it ...> ::demorphs and holds tail blade to Kyle's throat.::

K: "If you'd really like to know, we've found a chemical that will kill the Yeerks."

T: "We're testing it out on Visser Two."

Ky: ::eyes widen::

R: "And if you try to stop us, we'll try it on you, too."

Ky: ::laughs:: "Me? A Controller? Oh, that's a good one ..."

OOCJe: ((HOW CAN HE LAUGH IF QUAN'S TAIL BLADE IS AGAINST HIS FRICKIN' THROAT!!! God, I sound like Sean!))

OOCJe: ((Is it just me, or does she sound a lot like Ax? Hehehe.))

OOCEm: ((They say married people take on each other's characteristics after awhile ...))

Ky: ::eyes darken:: "I am not a Controller. If you would trust me, I could explain."

Q: ::reluctantly lowers her tail::

J: "If I were you, I would talk fast."

Ky: "My mother either didn't want me or couldn't keep me because I was abandoned as a child on the Andalite homeworld." ::he said bitterly:: "I spent about two years there before I was put on a ship by the woman known as my Andalite mother, which was supposed to bring me here among people of my own kind, but there was an accident and the ship ended up on the Taxxon homeworld." ::laughs sardonically at his own innocence:: "When I first got there, I somehow ended up with a group of the Taxxon Resistance with a leader by the name of Arbron."

A: <But I thought the Taxxons were willing hosts.>

Ky: <Most were. Some weren't. I was sorta adopted by Arbron. He took me in and made me part of the Resistance. Then, one day, Arbron told me it was time to leave. I was only fourteen and at the time, I felt he was abandoning me. He put me in a ship and sent me to here, Earth. I was taken in by a boys home, and I've watched countless of my friends become Controllers. I have a special talent. I can tell when my friends are Controllers and so I decided I must stop the invasion. I've been fighting on my own against the Yeerks every since." ::backs away and pulls out a gun on all of them:: "Now it's your turn."

OOCJe: ((Yeah, we have an Andalite female, a hunting dog, and six humans, and he just pulls a gun on all of them. Not to mention, Quan can slice his head before HE CAN BLINK!!! BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER! I HAVE VOYAGER BACK!!!))

OOCEm: ((Um ... okay, Jenni, you are a psycho.))

Q: ::knocks the gun out of his hand with the flat of her tail blade::

J: "We'll tell you, but on our own terms."

Q: ::presses tail against his throat:: <And this time, I don't trust you.> ::pauses:: <Aximili, please demorph and get the substance we were developing. If there's a Yeerk in there, I want it out. Now.>

A: ::demorphs and get the chemical. Pours a little into a syringe::

Q: ::injects Kyle::

Ky: "Are you sure this won't hurt me?"

Q: <I guess there's only one way to find out, huh?> ::turns to Ax:: <Visser Two?>

A: ::nods::

K: ::eyeing Kyle:: "How long do you think it will take to work?"

Q: <Maybe an hour or so. Watch him.>

All: ::everyone but Katrina goes into the other room::

T: "Alright." ::they leave::

OOCEm: ((Back to Katrina and Kyle.))

Ky: "So, what are you? A Controller? Andalite? How'd you get the power to morph?"

K: "You ask too many questions." ::Takes a baseball bat and knocks him out:: "Oh, that's better."

OOCJe: ((Kay ... one hour later.))

V2: ::Visser Two is dying, Kyle is still asleep::

K: "So, I guess that means he isn't a Controller." ::sheepishly::

Ky: ::wakes up:: "Well, that was refreshing ..."

K: "Sorry."

Ky: "Well, it's okay, 'cause I would've done the same thing in your shoes." ::looks at her with grudging respect:: "You pack a good clobber."

K: "Thanks."

All: ::everyone walks in::

K: "Don't worry, he's not a Controller."

M: ::Marco looks jealously at how close the two are standing and walks over to Katrina, and holds he possessively:: "Hi, I'm Marco, Katrina's husband."

Ky: "Hi, I'm Kyle." ::Takes a gun out of his pocket:: "Here, have a gun."

M: "Thanks."

J: "Okay, now that we know you're not a Controller, we'll tell you our story."

All: ::all exchange glances::

C: "Where do we start?"

R: "The mall?"

J: "Okay, the four of us were at the mall, Rachel, Cassie, Marco and I. We met up with Tobias, and we decided to take a shortcut home."

C: "Through an abandoned construction site."

M: "That was our first mistake."

T: "We saw a crashed ship, and a dying Andalite prince ..."

R: "Elfangor ..." ::take Tobias's hand:: "Was Tobias's father. He gave us that powers to morph."

Ky: ::shocked:: "Great Prince Elfangor broke the law of Seerow's Kindness?"

T: "To help save this world."

C: "We found Ax later."

T: "At the bottom of the ocean."

R: "We fought the Yeerks for a long time. Then Quan came."

J: "We thought she was okay. But we found out her father was Visser Three."

M: "And she became a Controller."

A: <But we saved her. Unfortunately, her back was broken, and we took her to the Andalite homeworld.>

Q: <That's where we met Katrina. She came with us when we left.>

K: "That's when we discovered Quan was pregnant."

C: "And a month later, she had her twins, two girls, and her sister Estrid showed up and had a boy."

M: "And we haven't even gotten to the weird parts yet."

Ky: ::blinks as he takes this all in:: "So where are the kids?"

T: "Oh, we're getting there ..."

C: "So, Estrid died giving birth."

Q: <And Aximili and I took in her son, Clovis-Corill-Wilks, along with our daughters, Jaina-Esgarrouth-Cassia and Leehara-Semitur-Cinnabon.>

A: <Then Leehara was kidnapped.>

Q: <And Jaina and Clovis saved her."

R: "Then there was a lot of Hork-Bajir, who kept bursting into flames ..."

M: "And the ... pen ... the pen died saving Jaina ..." ::gets choked up::

T: "Then a bunch of Andalites came and asked us for our help."

R: "But we never actually helped ..."

C: "And we had a little episode with Delrassi, Ax's old flame ..."

M: "And the pen saved our lives, again."

J: "Then we got off the ship."

A: <But not before we killed Visser Three, and Alloran was freed."

Q: <We also found my mother, Jahar.>

K: "Then, the Ellimist, Alf, showed up."

T: "And took us to another planet, to give us a chance there."

J: "But two Yeerks were there, and got into Quan's parents."

R: "And Ax killed them."

M: "And so when we returned, the Ellimist took away everyone in this dimension."

Q: <And he sent my children to the Andalite homeworld.>

J: "So we went to that dimension, where there was a chemical in the atmosphere that killed Yeerks."

C: "Quan took a sample and we brought everyone back here."

M: "Then we found out Katrina was pregnant."

R: "And that the aforementioned Ellimist had made her pregnant."

M: "Magically ..."

Q: <Then we found out that Visser Two was Aximili's father.>

K: "And met you."

J: "And heard about the free Taxxons."

R: "Which we plan to take to their homeworld."

J: "That's pretty much it."

R: "With the exception of a few things ..."

M: ::tearfully:: "Like the pen's singing ..."

C: ::looks down at her hand:: "And the ring."

K: "And the fish ..."

Q: <And the lawn decoration.>

T: "And those people who keep popping in and out ..."

ICEm: ::pops into existence:: "You can't forget us!"

ICJe: ::pops into existence and makes Ali come with her:: "Yeah, after all we've done so much for you!"

ICEm: ::looks around:: "Where's Nicole?"

ICNi: ::pops into existence:: "Here! Anybody have any apple butter?"

ICEm: ::looks at Nicole and shakes her head:: "Anyway ..."

M: ::pulls apple butter out of pocket and hands it to Nicole::

ICEm: "Gotta do something about those pockets ..." ::turns to Kyle:: "Hi. I'm Emily, I'm a Great Faery ... kinda ... This is Nicole, Jenni, and Ali." ::gestures towards them::

ICNi: "Yeah, and I-" ::pauses for a moment because her mouth is full of apple butter:: "-Brought you into simming."

Ky: "What?"

ICAl: "You idiot, they don't know what simming is!"

ICNi: "OOPS." ::looks at Marco:: "Do you have any milk in there?"

M: "Sorry, I'm fresh out."

Ky: "I do." ::takes out a gun from his pocket, then a carton of milk, then replaces the gun.::

ICNi: "Thanks.

ICEm: "Well, I think that's enough of that ... See you guys later." ::waves hand and they all pop out of existence::

OOCEm: ((I had to do it ...))

OOCJe: ((S'Okay. At least I didn't burst into flames this time ... Ya know, Em, me and you actually brought Kyle into the simming, not Nicole ...))

K: "Anyway, that's our story."

Ky: "Well, that's quite a lot to take in." ::he eyes them:: "The eight of you could single-handedly save the galaxy."

R: ::shrugs:: "We try ..."

C: "No big deal ..."

K: "What?"

Ky: "I need to go. I have to meet with my friend."

All: ::everyone stares at him blankly::

M: "Excuse me? You think we are just gonna let you outta here?"

Ky: "Oh, come on! I'm not a Controller, and I need to leave!"

A: <Maybe ... maybe we should let him go.>

Q: ::privately:: <We can always follow him in the air ...>

A: ::privately and snuggles up to Quan:: <Or the humans can.>

Q: ::smiles::

A: ::leads Quan into the back bedroom and locks the door::

OOCJe: ((Oh brother ... No further details, please.))

All: ::shrug and turn back to Kyle ... who has run out the door::

J: ::sighs, kisses Cassie, morphs falcon and follows Kyle::

T: ::being the bird expert, follows as a hawk::

K: ::morphs merlin and follows::

OOCAl: ((One week later.))

OOCJe: ((Well, that's not abrupt!))

Q: ::suddenly, a scream is heard throughout the house::

A: ::goes up to her and takes her by the shoulders:: <What? What is it?!>

Q: <Aximili, I ... I ...>

A: <What, Quantana?!>

Q: <I'm ... pregnant ...>

A: ::shocked:: <Quan ... I ...> ::laughs and twirls her, hugs her and kisses her:: <Quan! This is wonderful! We must celebrate!>

Q: ::bursts into tears as others arrive::

C: ::goes over to Quan:: "What's wrong?"

Q: ::crying::

A: <She's ... pregnant.>

R: "Awww! Congrats!"

T: "That's how many kids you have now?"

A: <Three.> ::proudly::

Q: ::says between sobs:: <Four ... if you count ... Clovis ...> ::sobs again::

A: ::comforts her::

J: "Isn't that a lot for Andalites?"

A: <Yeah, but the little one is lucky to have parents like us, who love children.> ::beams proudly::

K: ::walking in:: "Wait, so you're having another one?"

A's D: <Aximili, this is wonderful!>

A: ::looks up:: <Are you free?>

A's D: <Free from what?> ::remembers nothing he learned while being a Controller, including who the Andalite bandits are::

All: ::everyone looks down at the dried husk of a Yeerk lying on the floor.::

R: "How long has that been there?"

M: ::also walking in:: "Ooh! Can I have it, can I, can I?" ::Katrina behind his back shakes her head vehemently at Ax. Ax smiles his Andalite smile at her sweetly::

A: <Sure you can. You could have it mantled and hung on your wall.>

M: ::smiles with obvious pleasure, although he's a little confused as to why Katrina is glaring at Ax and why Ax looks so scared:: "Great! But what I really am going to do with it is have it mantled and give it to you as a gift of thanks." ::Katrina gives Ax a gloating smile::

A: <Um, that really isn't nessicary.>

M: "Sure it is. After all, you gave us the nursery, and I really want to give you something back."

Dead Y: ::crumbles into a pile of dust::

All: ::looks at each other and shrugs::

OOCEm: ((Oh my God ...))

J: "Hey guys, shouldn't we do something about those free Taxxons?"

All: ::everyone looks at him blankly::

OOCEm: ((People, can you say, Duh? Ten more pages 'til 400!))

All: ::suddenly:: <"Oh, oh!">

R: "So we get them to the Taxxon homeworld."

C: "With what?"

T: "What about the Blade ship? It's STILL in the woods."

M: "But how do we get them on?"

K: "And keep them from eating us?"

A: ::turning to Quan:: <You cannot go on this mission, Quantana.>

Q: ::nods understandingly:: <I know. I'll miss you.>

A: <I'll miss you, too.> ::kisses her and goes with others::

All: ::on way out they run into Kyle and a girl, literally ...::

OOCJe: ((That's 9 more, bringing us to 115.))

Girl: "Hey! Ow!" ::she's not used to tripping.::

OOCAl: ((Who's not used to tripping?))

Ky: "Oh! Ow! That hurts!"

All: ::everyone gets up, except Rachel::

J: "Kyle! What are you doing here?"

A: ::who is magically human:: "And who is this?"

Ky: "This is my ... friend, Mina. Mina, this is Jake, Cassie, Rachel, Tobias, Marco, Katrina, and Max."

Mi: ::smiles charmingly:: "Hello. Are you all friends of Kyle?"

J: "Um ... well ... we sorta just met."

Q: ::comes down after hearing the racket, but stops, hearing the new voice before she is seen::

Mi: "Oh. Well. Sorry. Um ... so where are you going to?"

M: ::looks at the others and whispers conspiratorially:: "I'll handle this one." ::turns to Mina:: "Out."

R: ::gets up:: "Great job, Marco." ::sarcastically.::

Q: ::coming out as human:: <Marco, hush.> ::out loud:: "Hello, Mina is it? I'm Krystal. Can I get you something to eat?"

Mi: "Oh, um, sure. Thanks."

Q: "You guys want anything?"

M: "Well, is you're making something, I'd like a double cheese-" ::is cut off as Katrina kicks him::

Mi: ::pretends not to notice Marco tripping:: ((116)) "I'll help you in the kitchen, Krystal." ::they leave.::

An: ::A random Andalite bursts through door:: <Help! I need to get back with my fleet! Help!>

All: ::everyone stares at him for a moment, then turns back to what they were doing.::

An: ::this Andalite has blue eyes, which is like a blonde, so being ignores, it bursts into flames::

OOCJe: ((Well, that was POINTLESS ...))

OOCEm: ((What color eyes do Ax and Quan have?))

Lep: ::suddenly, a little green leprechaun pops into existence::

OOCEm: ((What page is this?))

OOCAl: ((Ax has green, like most male Andalites, and Quan has brown, which most females have. And I don't know the page.))

Lep: "Hallo all! I am a leprechaun! Come t' give ye gold an' see yer wit!" ::He has an Irish accent. Is that a brough?::

OOCJe: ((Vas ist die brough?))

K: ::looks around:: "So where is our gold?"

Lep: ::looks ashamed:: "I ran out, but people love my Irish accent!"

All: ::everyone stares at him blankly::

C: "So ... no gold?"

Lep: "Sorry ..."

A: ::picks up Leprechaun and shakes him:: "So what's the point? What is the point of your existence?!?!!!" ::throws Leprechaun out door::

Lep: ::pops back into existence::

All: ::everyone ignores him::

"Little man, whose face you hide

This spell strike one deep inside

By one month near this chant abide

Deform the small one who owns your pride!"

::disappears::

OOCEm: ((Well Jenni, that was real SUBTLE!))

OOCNi: ((No!! Wait, I know, it'll be deformed in a good kind of way. I know, it'll be born a human! Yes!))

A: ::looks puzzled:: "What does that mean?"

M: "It means your child is gonna be born with out a brain, which I must say would be an improvement from any brain you could give it."

Ky: ::stands there, watching all this:: "Does this happen often?"

T: ::shakes head:: "You have no idea ..."

A: ::slightly worried:: "Maybe we shouldn't tell Quan about this ..."

M: "It's probably nothing, but-"

Ky: "Speaking of not telling things, I don't want Mina to know anything about the Yeerks. She's too innocent, I can't let her be involved."

J: "Then why'd you bring her over here?"

Ky: "Because I'm going with you to the Taxxon homeworld, and I need someone to protect Mina."

R: "I don't recall anyone giving you an invitation."

Ky: "That's because I wasn't invited, duh!"

J: ::smothered a smile, glad that there was finally someone here who could put Rachel in her place:: "Well, Katrina and Quan are both pregnant, so we'll have them stay."

K: "There is no way in this world I'm going to stay here while you guys have all the fun. Plus, I need to make sure nothing happens to my sweetie pie.

M: "Thank you honey buns."

OOCEm: ((This is so unrealistic ...))

OOCEm: ((I know, they should be married.))

OOCEm: ((Wait, they are married. And you are talking to yourself, Emily.))

OOCEm: ((Really?))

OOCEm: ((Really.))

OOCJe: ((Dammit, stop stealing my act!))

OOCJe: ((They are so rude!))

OOCJe: ((I know!))

OOCJe: ((Sim!))

OOCJe: ((Okay!))

A: "Quan already said she was staying. I'll tell her in thought speech when-" ::is cut off by Mina and Quan coming in with a lot of sandwiches.::

OOCNi: ((Okay. Um ... I think Jenni and Emily are insane. They are talking to themselves. Who does that?))

OOCNi: ((You mean you're just now noticing they're insane?))

OOCNi: ((Are you calling me stupid?))

OOCNi: ((Are you calling me stupid?))

OOCNi: ((I'm not talking to you anymore.))

OOCNi: ((Fine, I'm not talking to you anymore.))

OOCNi: ((Fine.))

OOCNi: ((Fine.))

OOCEm: ((Moving along ...))

OOCJe: ((::grumble, grumble::))

Mi: ::grinning as she hands Kyle a sandwich:: "You won't believe how much food they have in there!"

R: "That's only half. The rest is in Marco's pockets."

Mi: "No way! Really?" ::naively::

A: ::is telling Quan in private thought-speech about "THE PLAN"::

Q: <No, Aximili, I'm going!>

A: <You can't! You're pregnant, and somebody needs to protect Mina.>

Q: <Okay, but only for Mina.>

Mi: "That sandwich was good."

M: "You want some orange juice?"

Mi: "Sure."

M: ::pulls some out of his pocket::

Mi: ::Stares in amazement:: "How'd you do that?"

M: "Well, I would tell you, but if I did, I'd have to kill you."

Mi: ::looks scared and amazed until she sees a mouse and Marco jumps into Katrina's arms. Suddenly, a little green man with a gun pops into existence.::

LGM: "Not I." ::said the little green man.::

LGM: ::pops out of existence::

OOCAl: ((On the Taxxon homeworld in the "Living Hive."))

A: ::calling up, demorphed:: <Thanks for the ride, Alf!>

Alf: NO PROB!

OOCJe: ((I'm confused ...))

OOCAl: ((Okay. Alf took them there to get Arbron, to be the bait.))

Alf: JUST HOLLER IF YOU NEED ME!

All: ::everyone but Mina and Quan is there. They're with Erek on Earth, who is in Kyle's hologram.::

OOCNi: ((Not I, said the little green man.))

M: ::Marco has Taxxons in all of his pockets, trying to eat all his food, oddly enough, they're in Kyle's pockets, too.:: "He, he, he, he, he, that tickles! Whoa, keep it clean in there, guys."

OOCEm: ((Um ..... NO?))

K: ::looks at Kyle and Marco:: "Why are you two squirming so much?"

M: ::between giggles:: "Taxxons, heehee, in our pockets!"

T: ::looks at them strangely:: "Guys, we left all the free Taxxons back on Earth ..."

Ky: ::looks down:: "So what's in our pockets?"

K: ::looks in Marco's pocket:: "Ewww! It's just regular worms!"

All: <"Ewwwww ....">

Arbron: <Halt. Who goes there?>

A: ::privately:: <I'll handle this. This ... thing, is obviously an Andalite.> ::To Arbron:: <I am Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill. Brother of Elfangor-Sirinal-Shamtul, son of Noorlin-Sirinal-Cooraf and Forlay-Esgarrouth-Maheen. You have nothing to fear, so I suggest you demorph.>

OOCJe: ((Yeah, OBVIOUSLY ...))

Arbron: ::looks Ax up and down:: <Brother of Elfangor?>

A: <Yes.>

Arbron: <Sadly, I cannot demorph. My name is Arbron ... or at least, it was once.>

T: "A nothlit?"

Arbron: ::sighs:: <Yes. I am Arbron, a nothlit. I knew your brother, Aximili. We were on a mission together, with two humans named Loren and Chapman. But we had to stop here first. And well ... now here I am.>

T: "The Time Matrix?"

Arbron: <Yes, how did you know?>

J: "We know a lot of things you wouldn't expect us to know."

R: "Hey, maybe we better get in morph ..." ::Everyone stops and realizes this is good idea, since there may be YEERKS there! So they all morph Hork-Bajir, except Kyle::

Arbron: <You can morph?>

OOCEm: ((Maybe, maybe we should give Kyle the morphing power!))

OOCAl: ((Yeah, we should.))

A: <ALF!>

Alf: ::pops in:: LEMME GUESS. YOU WANT KYLE TO HAVE THE MORPHING POWER?

A: <Yeah.>

Alf: OKAY. ::gives morphing power to Kyle::

K: <Kyle, remember who you are! You're human, not Taxxon.>

Ky: ::hesitates a moment feeling confused::

J: <Kyle, you're a human.>

Ky: ::stops, realizing what happened:: <Oh my God, I was about to eat a raw worm!> ::vomits::

OOCNi: ((Yes I did make him vomit in Taxxon morph, get over it.))

Arbron: <Um, excuse me, I just can't help but wonder why you're here. So will you be so kind as to explain, I am listening with much interest.>

J: <We have some free Taxxons running around on our planet, we figured that we should bring them back here.>

Arbron: ::looks around:: <So, where are they?>

All: ::Everyone looks around and realizes that they forgot the Taxxons.::

J: <Ummm ... we came for reinforcements?>

M: <Nuh-uh, that's not what happened, we forgot them.> ::meaning to say it to just Jake, but forgetting to::

J: <Um, Marco?> ::Marco looks around and realizes he just blew their cover::

M: <Heh, heh, um ... got ya. Yah, don't you know a joke when you hear one?> ::The Taxxons don't look convinced::

OOCJe: ((Psychos ...))

Moron: ::pops into existence:: "I do not exist! I do not exist!" ::pokes Marco's eye:: "I don not exist!"

Amy: ::pops into existence:: "It's like that bad alien dream!" ::pokes the moron all over::

Moron: "Aaah!"

Amy: "Aaah!" ::They both pop out of existence::

All: ::no body notices::

OOCEm: ((Page 399, almost there guys ...))

Arbron: <How many Taxxon are on Earth?>

All: ::everyone looks at each other::

J: <A lot?>

OOCEm: ((Jenni, write, then give it to me.))

C: <We're not very sure ...>

OOCEm: ((Damn ... I forgot what I was gonna write ...))

Arbron: <Well, that really helps us.>

Alf: YA READY TO GO?

Arbron: <What is that?!>

M: <Oh, just our pet Ellimist ...>

Arbron: ::stares at them::

OOCEm: ((Here we go again ...))

Alf: HI. I'm ALF. MY DAD USED TO TAKE CARE OF THE HUMANS AND ELFANGOR. BUT, NOW I HELP EVERYONE. ::pauses:: BUT ELFANGOR, HE'S DEAD. VISSER THREE, WHO'S AN ANDALITE, KILLED HIM. SO. SHALL WE GO?

Arbron: ::horrified:: <An Andalite Controller?!>

C: <Yeah, but he's dead now.>

Alf: CAN WE PLEASE GO?

OOCEm: ((Ta Da, page 400, coming up. I give Nicole the honors ...))

OOCNi: ((This is such an honor. ::sniffle, sniffle:: A day I'll never forget, or never remember, hmmm ... Well, one of those two. Well, anyway, I love ya, man!))

All: ::everyone demorphs::

M: ::takes a ship out of his pocket:: "Let's go."

K: "Give me M&Ms, or give me death."

Ky: "What just happened here?"

R: "Nothing out of the ordinary, Marco pulled a ship out of his pocket and we're going to pick up a bunch of aliens."

T: "You really shouldn't have asked."

Ky: "I had that feeling ..."

OOCEm: ((400 pages. Wow. There is so much I could say right now ... But I'll leave that to Ali. But I love you guys, and if this ever gets online, Hi Alix! Ali?))

OOCAl: ((I finally get to write on a 100^th page, since 100. Although this page should be mine, I'm not bitter, so ...))

OOCAl: ((That is all.))

OOCJe: ((And last, but not least, me. Simming. Cool!))

K: ::Katrina goes into labor.::

Jenni's Note: Stay tuned for part 5, coming in October. The weddings will be finished, and a simmer will leave us ...