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.]

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

K: ::Katrina goes into labor.::

OOCEm: ((::sigh:: Here we go ...))

M: ::rushes to her side:: "Katrina! Are you okay?"

K: ::breathing heavily:: "I think ... I'm going into ... labor!"

C: ::examines her:: "I think it's false labor, you're not dilated."

OOCEm: ((Be happy you don't know what I'm talking about ...))

OOCAl: ((Too late. I already know. I don't watch "A Baby Story," which comes after "A Wedding Story" which comes after "A Dating Story," for nothing. Trust me, I know these things. It's not pretty. I think I spend too much time at home ... damn body. It curses me.))

All: ::everyone stares at Cassie::

C: "What?"

R: "How do you know so much about this?"

C: ::shrugs:: "Discovery and A Baby Story."

K: "I think I 'm better now ..."

OOCJe: ((Magically ...))

M: ::helps her up::

J: "Oookay. Alf?"

Alf: YES?

J: "Send us home with Arbron to get the Taxxons."

Ky: "But not in front of Mina!"

Alf: KAY. ::he does::

M: "Hey, Alf?"

Alf: ::whining:: WHAT NOW?

M: "What did happen to your dad?"

Alf: OH. HE SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTED. WE ELLIMISTS CAN DO THAT, YOU KNOW. ::sounds proud::

M: "Oh ...... Kay ..."

A: ::turns to Arbron:: <The Ellimist said he couldn't carry all the Taxxons to their homeworld. How do we lure them on to the Blade ship?"

OOCJe: ((And for another matter, how do they know Arbron isn't a Controller? Or how does Arbron know they aren't Controllers? And if Kyle could tell if people are Controllers, why couldn't he tell that the Animorphs weren't Controllers?))

OOCAl: ((They just know.))

Arbron: <Well. As you know, Taxxons are very cannibalistic. So ... we could take someone who can morph, we injure them in the ship, and lure them into the ship.>

A: <Great idea! I volunteer Rachel or Quantana.> ::jokingly::

R: "Thanks Ax, your vote of confidence astounds me."

LD: ::suddenly, the lawn decoration pops into existence with a head:: <I will do it, go ahead.> ::holds out arm bravely:: <Cut it off.> ::Ax cuts off his arm:: <Aghhhh!>

All: ::everyone throws the lawn decoration into the ship, Taxxons come from miles around to eat him::

LD: <Help! I'm being eaten alive! HEEELLP!>

OOCJe: ((This is really sad ... I'm gonna cry ... Don't leave, Nicole!))

All: ::help slam the door shut, and Arbron gets in the cockpit::

OOCJe: ((Emily, you get the honors.))

Arbron: ::looks at Katrina and Kyle:: "Kyle, when you were young and brought to the Taxxon homeworld, the (previous) Ellimist told me that you had a twin sister. And after you left our planet, he told me that someday you would return, with your sister.>

All: ::All look surprised.::

K,Ky: ::Katrina and Kyle stare at each other in shock::

All: ::everyone stares at them in shock::

C: "Twins?"

J: "Again?"

K: "That's why I always was in pain ... I had a link with you!"

Ky: "When I was in pain, you were, too!" ::pauses:: "Hey, I gotta tell Mina about this!"

A: <Yes, Quantana and Erek are waiting for us.>

OOCAl: ((At home.))

Mi: ::is watching in fascination as Quan eats her breakfast with a gusto never seen to her before::

Q: "I like Biscuity with chocolate gravy. Grrrr ... a ... veeee."

Mi: "Wow ... this is weird and scary ... but cool!"

OOCEm: ((Nicole, I applaud you on your use of the word 'gusto.'))

All: ::everyone walks in, in human morph::

A: "Honey, I'm home!"

M: "Hey, do you smell chocolate gravy?"

K: "Where are the M&Ms?"

R: "Hey everybody, let's beat up Marco."

Q: ::who has finished eating:: "Quick, Mina! Hide! I'll get the lights!"

Mi: ::hides::

J: ::as they all walk in to the kitchen:: "Hey, where is everybody?"

Q: ::turns on lights:: "Surprise!"

Mi: "Surprise!"

All: ::gasp! Before them is a banquet table filled with all sorts of food ... ahem. Tofu, Cheesy Poofs, chickens, M&Ms, eggrolls, tacos, cappuccino, fish, corn, cherry pie, Cornflakes, Corn Pops, corn dogs, hot dogs, corn bread, corn chips, popcorn, hamburgers, rolls, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots, celery, tuna fish, and lots of other foods ...::

Mi: "We baked it all!"

Q: "From scratch!"

Mi: "Yeah, and Krystal added this weird yellow stuff, and it'll never spoil!"

All: ::silence::

M: "Have we been gone that long?!"

R: ::eyes the table:: "Did you have a lot of corn lying around or something?"

A: "Hey! CINNABONS!!!" ::dives onto one end of the table::

T: "Oh! EEL!!!" ::dives onto at other end of the table::

K: "M&Ms, YES!!!" ::dives for the M&Ms at the middle of the table::

Ky: "Mina, I didn't know you could cook."

Mi: "Oh course I can cook!" ::shoves him into a trashcan::

OOCNi: ((Emily took the pen. ::sniffle, sniffle:: "No, I won't get sad, I'll get um ... even, yeah, that's it. Emily, because you took the pen you must now write me the beginning of a story like you did for Jenny. Hey, that's actually a good idea.))

OOCEm: ((Nicole, you are a psycho, but alright. Also, way to spell 'Jenni' wrong! Do we have a plot?))

OOCJe: ((Okay, Nicole, one word. I! Anyway ...))

Mi: ::giggles::

OOCJe: ((Yes, I am going to underline all the i's ...))

M: "Get used to it, man, I am."

OOCNi: ((Cause, ya know, people always go around shoving other people into trashcans.))

OOCEm: ((Um ... did I miss something here?))

Ky: "Hey, Mina, guess what?" ::Yes, he is still in the trashcan ...::

Mi: ::helps Kyle out:: "What?"

A: "Let me play, please, wait, I know, you were gonna tell her about how you and Katrina are twins, right?" ::Kyle groans and Mina looks surprised:: "Wow, that was fun, let's do it again!"

Mi: "You have a twin?! Wow, that's SO cool!" ::hugs Kyle, then realizes what she's doing and steps back, embarrassed.::

OOCEm: ((Oooh .....))

Ky: ::smiles gently at her and feels his heart jump suddenly as she smiles back::

All: ::all the couples look at each other and exchange knowing smiles (like they did when Marco and Katrina met)::

Q: "How did you guys find this out?"

OOCEm: ((What page is this?))

OOCJe: ((Oh, who cares?))

A: ::privately:: <Arbron told us.> ::out loud:: "We checked at the hospital they were born."

OOCNi: ((I like ice in Irish ice-cream infinitely. Hehehehehehe, wait a second, I know, hihihihihihihihihihihihi.))

Mi: ::turning to Katrina:: "I always knew there was something I liked about you."

OOCJe: ((Okay, maybe just one more. I! I'm done now.))

OOCEm: ((Nicole, don't you like how I made Kyle's heart jump at Mina's smile?))

K: ::smiles:: "Thank you."

OOCNi ((I loved it. It was so sweet and romantic unlike Jenny (hehehehe), who goes around pushing people into trash cans.))

OOCEm: ((People abandoning me, grumble ... grumble ... I think I'm gonna jump right into the next plot.))

All: ::everyone is sitting and eating::

K: ::thoughtfully:: "Ya know, Marco and I are already married."

A: "And so are Krystal and I ..."

All: ::everyone turns on Jake and Cassie::

M: "So when are you two getting married?"

T: ::to Rachel:: "Aren't you glad they haven't turned on us yet?"

C: ::simply:: "We're getting married in a week."

J: "See, while you guys have been doing ... whatever, Cassie and I have been making wedding plans."

K: "Good answer!" ::turns on Rachel and Tobias::

R: ::to Tobias:: "You spoke too soon ..."

OOCAl: ((I really don't feel like writing that again, so, we'll finish up this page and go straight to the wedding?))

M: "Sing a happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy song, I'm so happy today." ::Kyle, Katrina, and yes, Rachel all join in.::

All: "Sing a happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy song, I'm so happy today."

Ky: ::stops and stares at Katrina:: "Katrina! You're ... you're expecting? I just noticed! And how long have you two been married?"

M: "A month."

Ky: "Um ... okay?"

K: "The child isn't Marco's, though."

Ky: ::eyes go wide::

Mi: "Well, I'm sorry, but, uh, I'd better be going ..." ::she leaves::

Q: "Erek, Noorlin! You can come out now."

Er,N: ::they step out:: "Yes?" ::both as human.::

A: ::surprised, talking in thought-speech:: <Father! When did you get a human morph?>

N: "Erek helped me. Ek. Errrrekuh."

J: "Here we go again ..."

C: "Come on, everyone demorph and go in the parlor."

All: ::everyone demorphs and leaves but Ax and Quan::

Q: ::gasps::

A: <What is it?>

Q: ::happily:: <The baby just moved!>

A: ::smiles and hugs her::

Er: "I should probably go ... I'll leave you guys alone." ::he leaves::

M: "Ya know, Kyle need some morphs."

K: "Oh, who cares? Let's just enjoy life and the time we spend together."

All: "Amen!" ::they hug::

OOCAl: ((Cassie and Jake's Wedding!))

All: ::It is a nice, bright, sunny day with a warm breeze blowing on the beach. Chairs are stuck in the sand where the people are sitting. Jake is up front with his best man, Marco, and the Pastor. Jake is wearing a cream tux with a bow tie and the top two buttons are undone. He is also barefoot. Marco is wearing a regular black tux, without a bow tie and the top buttons undone. He, too, is barefoot. A string quartet begins to play a slow, soft song. Rachel, being the Maid of Honor, comes down the aisle. She is wearing a beige dress that goes down to her ankles and spreads out to a small train at the bottom. The neckline of the dress is a scoop in the front, that flows back into a V, stopping about mid-back. The sleeves of the dress are tank-top style and stops at her shoulders. Her hair is worn down and around her neck is a string of pearls. She, like everyone else at the wedding, is barefoot. Ax and Quan come next down the aisle, arm in arm. Quan is in the same color and style dress as Rachel. Her hair is also worn down and she is wearing a pearl necklace as well. Ax has on the same as Marco. Then Katrina and Tobias start down, arm in arm as well. Katrina, dressed like Rachel and Quan. Tobias like Marco and Ax. After them, comes Sarah and Cassie's cousin, George, as flower girl and ring bearer. They are exact miniatures as the others. The music then changes and begins to play "Bridal Chorus." Cassie appears arm in arm with her father, and they start down the aisle. Cassie's father is barefoot in a full tux, bow tie and all. Cassie is wearing a cream dress that goes down a little past her ankles. The dress has a silk bottom, that is poofed a bit, with a lace top that overlaps the silk into a V at the waist and has 3/4 sleeves of lace. It is a Victorian style dress with pearl buttons down the front to the V, and a scoop neckline to it. Around her neck, she wears a string of pearls. When Cassie and her father reach the end, the service begins.::

Pastor: "Who gives the bride?"

C's D: "Her mother and I do." ::hands Cassie's hand to the Pastor, who then puts it in Jake's hand. Then her father sits down next to his wife.::

Pastor: "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to witness the uniting of Jake ____ and Cassie ____ in Holy Matrimony. Jake, do you take Cassie to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, through sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer, 'til death do you part?"

J: "I do." ::smiles at Cassie::

Pastor: "Now, Cassie, do you take Jake to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, through sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer, 'til death do you part?"

C: "I do." ::smiles back at Jake::

Pastor: "Now for the exchanging of the rings." ::George comes forward and they take the proper rings:: "Jake, place the ring on Cassie's left hand and say, 'With this ring, I thee wed.'"

J: ::places ring on finger:: "With this ring, I thee wed."

Pastor: "Cassie, do the same and repeat, 'With this ring, I thee wed.'"

C: ::places ring on finger:: "With this ring, I thee wed."

Pastor: "And now, by the powers invested in me, and in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

J: ::puts arms around her waist and she puts her arms around his neck and they kiss, warm and tenderly::

Pastor: ::When apart:: "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am proud to present to you, for the very first time, Mr. and Mrs. Jake ____ ____." ::the string quartet starts up again, playing "The Wedding March," as Jake and Cassie walk down the aisle arm in arm, smiling.::

Q,R,K: ::all crying::

A,T,M: ::comforts them::

J,C: ::goes in limo to go to their honeymoon.::

OOCNi: ((Cause ya know, they have money for a limo.))

All: ::decide that since Jake and Cassie are gone, they can now start eating.::

All: ::chanting:: <"Coconuts, coconuts, coconuts!">

M: ::hurriedly stuffing coconuts into his mouth::

All: <"Go, go, go, go, go!">

M: ::finishes off the rest of the coconuts, and raises his arms in victory:: "Yeah! Who's the man?!"

All: <"You are, you are!!!">

K: "I'm so proud!"

R: ::whispers in Tobias's ear:: "Marco is such an idiot! I'd never imagine him married."

T: "Tell me about it."

R: "Speaking of marriage ..."

T: "Should we tell them that we have a date for the wedding?"

R: "Maybe, when Jake and Cassie get back."

OOCEm: ((Guys, we need another plot here, because I need time to write up their wedding.))

M: ::starts to choke on the coconuts::

OOCEm: ((Oh yeah. Ali, even though Jake and Cassie are my characters now, their wedding was beautiful. I applaud you. ::applause:: Kay, does anybody care that Marco is choking?))

Ky,Mi: ::enter Kyle and Mina. Mina sees Marco choking and does not understand why no one is helping him. Rushes over to him::

Mi: "Marco, are you okay?"

M: "I am now. Thanks."

Mi: ::nods and looks at him, still concerned.::

Ky: ::who is jealous of all the attention Mina is giving Marco, starts trying to choke himself.::

M: ::rolls his eyes:: "What a faker! No, man! You gotta make your face turn red!" ::mutters:: "Or let Rachel tell Jake he's taking Cassie to the dance when he's eating Beef-A-Roni."

R: ::hits Marco:: "Hey, something good came out of it, didn't it? They're married now."

M: ::snobbish:: "They always liked each other."

Ky: "Sorry we just dropped in like this, but .... well ..."

Mi: "We kinda need a place to crash."

A: "Sure. Krystal and I just have to fix up the attic." ::grabs Quan:: "Come on! Let's go fix it up."

Mi: ::looks around in confusion:: "Hey! Why does your house have grass and trees in it?" ::is just noticing this::

A: ::stops on way upstairs:: "Ummm ..."

Q: "We like the natural look!"

Mi: ::is suddenly scared.::

A: "Well ... it's much cheaper than carpeting. And looks much nicer."

OOCJe: ((It's a hologram of the sky.))

A: ::puts his arm around Quan:: "She's a very good painter of um ..." ::looks up:: "Sunsets!"

Mi: "Oh ..."

Megan H: ::Meggie (my sister) pops into existence:: "Ich heisse popo! Auto! Auto! Auto! Auto!"

Sean: ::pops into existence:: "Klappe nicht!"

Mi: "Woah ...!"

OOCEm: ((Do I want to ask? Do we have a plot?))

A,Q,Mi: ::are upstairs::

OOCJe: ((A plot will ... emerge.))

Mi: "This place is so big, how do you afford it all?"

A: "Banks are very useful for money."

OOCAl: ((I had a thought! Okay, since the Leprechaun didn't have gold, he gave the baby knowledge since if it would be punished, it would be an innocent punishment. So. The baby can be deformed because of Quan morphing in and out, which defects the development of the child.))

OOCJe: ((Coolness ... notice how 'velop' in development and vecol are alike?))

Q: "What Maximilian means, is he gets all his money from the bank. He, uh ..." <Aximili! Help me out!>

A: "I got a loan."

Q: <Oh, very subtle.> ::sarcastic::

OOCEm: ((We had, like, 8 plots. Where did they go?))

Q: ::later that night, when everyone is asleep, Quan is in her lab, mixing a chemical:: <Almost got it ...> ::to herself::

A: ::appears in doorway:: <Quan? What are you doing?>

Q: ::looks up at him:: <I'm mixing this chemical that kills the Yeerks. It's growing. Soon it will be vapor, and once we let it into the atmosphere, it will keep going. This can kill every Yeerk in the world!>

J: "Never really thought that it would end this way."

A,Q: ::turn to see the others, except for Kyle, Katrina, and Mina, in the doorway::

C: "Can we really kill thousands of Yeerks, though?"

R: "We have to." ::glances at Quan:: "Don't we?"

Q: ::nods slowly::

T: "It can finally be over, for us, anyway. But, that's the problem, isn't it?"

R: "What?"

Q: ::understanding what Tobias is getting at:: <This chemical can't be taken off the planet. There's no way to save the other races that have been infested with this.>

J: "Why not?"

Q: <I don't know yet! I'm not Estrid!>

A: ::takes Quan and holds her by the shoulders:: <Quantana, you're tired, I'm tired, we're all tired, maybe it'll be best if we all go to bed and get some sleep.>

Q: <I AM NOT TIRED! Just leave me alone.>

A: <Uh-oh, the beginning of the mood swings ...>

Q: <I do not have mood swings!> ::starts sobbing::

A: ::pulls her into a hug:: <There, there, it's okay. Now what's the matter?>

OOCEm: ((Happy?))

OOCJe: ((No! Better!))

OOCAl: ((No! Even better!))

A: ::as falling:: <Ahh!>

OOCJe: ((Where's Nicole? I need a plot!))

Q: ::goes into labor:: <Aximili ... I think I'm-> ::is cut off as she yells in pain::

M: "Hey guys, I think Quan is going into labor ... again."

Q: ::gets up the strength to smack Marco:: <Gee, ya think?>

M: "Hey, it was for all the readers out there who are stupid and didn't realize you're pregnant."

Q: <Oh ... Owww!>

A: ::takes her hand, which is then crushed and he winces:: <Don't worry, it'll be over soon. Just hang in there, sweetheart, hang in there.>

Q: <Aximili ... something's wrong ... I shouldn't have morphed ...>

A: <Shhh ... It's okay, it's okay. Just concentrate on your breathing.>

Q: ::mutters:: <Easy for you to say.>

OOCEm: ((I'm pretty sure that we didn't go into the details last time Quan had a kid, so ...))

C: ::six hours later Cassie has delivered her fourth Andalite child in her life.::

OOCJe: ((Which could be taken another way ...))

C: "Um ... it's a boy, but-"

Q: ::cutting her off:: <A son! Aximili, I've given you a son ...> ::falls asleep from exhaustion::

C: ::starts pounding on it and panicked:: "It's not breathing! How do you do CPR on an Andalite?!"

OOCJe: ((I have this great image of Cassie punching the kid ...))

R: "Tobias, go find Ax!" ::who had left::

T: "Right!" ::leaves::

A: ::is off doing some ritual ... yeah.::

T: "Ax, come quick. There's something wrong!"

A: ::worried:: <With Quan?>

T: "No! The kid! It stopped breathing on it's own! And we don't have the equipment nor the know-how to resuscitate him!"

A: ::runs out of the room in a panic. When he arrives he finds Cassie worried and Quan, woken up, crying and Ax goes to her::

Q: ::looks up at him:: <It was a son, Aximili. It was a son.>

C: "Yes! I got it! He's breathing!"

Baby: ::starts to cry::

A,Q: ::look relieved.::

C: ::wraps the baby up and puts him into Quan's arms::

A: ::lays, tenderly, his hand on his son's head and strokes it, gently.::

C: "The only thing wrong with the little guy is his tail is missing -"

A: ::whirls around:: <WHAT?>

C: ::meekly:: "Some of his tail is missing?"

A: <That's what I thought you said.> ::darkly::

Q: <A vecol ...>

A: ::nods head:: <Yes. Our "son" is a vecol ... a ... handicap.>

M: "Oh, here we go again ..."

Q: <But ... that doesn't matter, right? You still love him ... Don't you?>

A: ::smiles fakely:: <Yes. He is our son ...>

Q: ::eyes lowering:: <But?>

A: ::sighs:: <He will never enroll into the Academy. He can only shoot a shredder. He will never be able to fight one on one.> ::lifts him into the air and smiles at him and the baby giggles:: <But ... he still needs a name.>

OOCEm: ((Uh-oh ... Jenni, pull out the list of names.))

Q: <How about ... um ... Zanlor?>

A: ::smiles:: <Yes. Zanlor-Sirinal-Corass.>

Q: ::smiles at the fact that her father's name is in there.::

K: ::suddenly, Katrina goes into labor::

M: "Crap. And I was planning on going golfing today." ::turning to Katrina:: "Honey, could you hold if off for like ..." ::looks at watch:: "4 hours? This is a really elite golf club and you have to pay in advance and there's no refunds."

R: "God, you're dense."

K: ::sounding sweet:: "Of course you can, honey, walk out that door-" ::now screaming:: "And never come back!"

M: "Or, I could just stay here with you."

J: "Good call ..."

R: "Ya jackass ..."

OOCEm: ((Is Katrina really going into labor this time?))

OOCNi: ((Yes.))

OOCEm: ((I am not talking to myself using Nicole's initials.))

OOCNi: ((Good.))

All: ::they all drive to the hospital.::

M: "Doctor, I need a doctor! My wife's going into labor."

Doctor: "Where is she?"

M: "I knew I forgot something."

R,C: ::come in, helping Katrina into a wheelchair, which is then wheeled into a room very fast.::

OOCEm: ((Blah, blah, blah, can we get to the part where the baby is born? 'Cuz we're gonna be here all day.))

OOCJe: ((That's right, we'll be in the fanfic all day ... Kay.))

K: ::the baby is born::

C: "What are you going to name him?"

K: ::smiling up at Marco and Kyle:: "Jeremy, Jeremy Kyle."

M: ::is touched that she named the baby after his father, looks at his son, who obviously got his mother's green eyes. Suddenly, Alf appears.::

Alf: OH, GOODY. HE'S HERE. ::looks at Katrina:: YOU MUST RAISE HIM TO BE A WARRIOR. HE MUST FULFILL HIS DESTINY.

K: "No, our family has too many warriors already."

A: ::comes in as human:: "Who says you can't have too many warriors? We need more. Cause ya know, friends are just friends, but enemies are your life."

All: ::everyone stares at Mina::

Mi: "Hey. How's Luke? He was my favorite."

All: ::everyone stares as Mina and Alf begin to discuss Star Wars.::

ICEm: ::pops into existence as Mara Jade, slaps Mina:: "Hey! Luke is mine!"

All: ::everyone stares at Emily(me)/Mara.::

T: "Hey! You're Mara Jade!"

ICEm/Mar: ::turns and smiles:: "I know." ::pops out::

J: "Alright ..."

Alf: HEY! CAROL!

All: ::everyone stares blankly at Alf, then at the nurse, who is really Carol Hathaway from ER.::

OOCEm: ((Nicole! It's Carol! Sorry, I had to do it. I've been watching ER too much.))

Carter: ::suddenly a doctor on crutches, guess who, also walks up.:: "Hi, my name is Dr. Carter and I'll be your doctor today. The doctor who usually handles after pregnancy's is not available. Is that all right with you?"

K: ::trying hard not to salivate:: "Um, yah, I think that would be okay."

Carter: ::checks Katrina out, making sure she's okay. Later, Marco and Carter are talking:: "Your wife is gonna be fine and so it your son."

M: ::breathing a sigh of relief:: "Thank God." ::Carter starts to leave::

M: "Hey, Carter?"

Carter: "Yah?"

M: "Thanks. I don't know if you've ever been in love, but when you lose a loved one, it hurts like hell, especially when that loved one is your soul mate."

OOCEm: ((It does hurt like hell, doesn't it? Anyway, Jenni, they can't pop out of existence, it's their hospital! Also, Nicole, I applaud you. Damn, I miss Lucy!))

All: ::Carol and Rachel are discussing Doug, when a gurney bursts through the doors. Amidst all the chaos the Animorphs walk out, as Mark is saying something about Doug ...::

OOCEm: ((Want more details? Well too damn bad, you'll have to read my fanfic.))

OOCJe: ((Oh ... Kay ...))

K: ::ignoring everything that just happened:: "But how can I train him? I'm a doctor, not a warrior. I don't know the first thing about fighting."

A: "Katrina, we could send him to the Andalite Military Academy! I'm sure they could train him very well. I went there, and look at me."

M: "No, he needs to stay with his parents."

OOCEm: ((You people are making me sim Animorphs while Star Wars is on! Aaah!))

T: "We didn't know how to be warriors, either, but we're fighting the Yeerks."

R: "That is such a cliche, Jake."

J: ::swats her playfully:: "Shut up! I was being dramatic."

C: "No kidding."

K: "Okay! Back to me, here!"

Mi: "I'm confused. Why does he have to be trained for fighting? And what's an Andalite? Or Yeerks?"

A: "Military code names for Zone 91. Top secret. I used to work there, but then I went on a sabbatical to start a family."

Mi: "Um ... oh ..."

R: ::pulls out blaster, sets for stun, shoots Mina and wipes her memory.::

OOCEm: ((I told you that I couldn't sim with Star Wars on!))

OOCJe: ((Um ... ANYWAY ... rewind.))

K: "Jeremy stays here."

M: "No matter what."

Q: ::quietly:: "Yes. Children should stay with their parents."

A: ::puts arm around Quan:: 'Don't worry, they'll be back in ..." ::looks up to top of page:: "88 pages."

Q: "Um ... Huh?"

ICJe: ::makes everyone but Ax and Quan freeze as she pops into existence.:: "How many times to we have to tell you? Don't tell the others!"

ICNi: ::also pops into existence:: "Jenni, stop popping into existence. It's getting annoying." ::walks over to Kyle:: "Cute, isn't he? Maybe I should kill Mina off and keep him for myself."

ICJe: ::Jumps on Nicole's back:: "Don't you DARE!"

A: <Um ...>

Q: <Um ...>

ICJe,Ni: ::Jenni and Nicole both look at Ax and Quan, who are not frozen.::

ICEm: ::pops into existence:: "Guys! I told you to stop." ::raises a hand and pulls them apart using the Force.::

Q: "The Force? Isn't that Star Wars?"

ICEm: ::Turns to her:: "Yes! Do you have a problem with Star Wars?"

Q: "No ..."

ICEm: "Good then." ::grabs Jenni and Nicole and pops out of existence, unfreezing everybody. Faintly:: "And may the Force be with you ..."

All: ::look around for the voice that said, 'and may the Force be with you.'::

J: "What?"

C: "What?"

R: "What?"

T: "What?"

M: "What?"

K: "What?"

Ky: "What?"

Mi: "What?"

ICNi: ::pops back into existence along with Noah Wyle:: "You are so cute and I want to marry you." ::kisses him::

NW: "Um ..." ::both pop out of existence::

OOCJe: ((REWIND!))

Mi: "What?"

OOCEm: ((They are at the mansion! Not the hospital! They left the hospital when George Clooney/Doug came in on a gurney! Now if you want to know what happened next, then read my fanfic! Also, we need a plot.))

OOCJe: ((Ya know, we do.))

Mi: ::suddenly, a Helmacron ship crashes through the wall and just HAPPENS to hit Mina on the back of her head, knocking her out.::

J: ::Jake stops kissing Cassie, because they were kissing and stands up looking mad:: "What the hell is going on? I am in the middle of something now, it you want to come back later, fine. But God dammit, if you don't leave right now, I'm gonna kick some Helmacron butt!" ::Helmacrons looks scared and hurriedly burst into flames.::

J: "That's better." ::Jake and Cassie resume kissing. While Kyle runs to Mina, she is still unconscious::

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

C: ::walks over to her, still kissing Jake:: "Mmm hmmm mmm."

Ky: "Uh ..."

C: ::heals Mina::

A: "A coconut fell on your head."

M: "Pretty sure." ::holds up coconut::

Mi: "Are you sure a bunch of tiny aliens didn't fly in and try to attack us?"

All: ::everyone exchanges glances.:: "No! I mean, Yes!"

Ky: "Mina, I need to tell you something. Or rather, show you something, Ax, demorph."

A: ::demorphs and Mina watches, amazed.::

Mi: ::watches Ax demorph, pauses, and screams::

R: ::swats Mina:: "Don't be a baby! We didn't scream the first time we saw an Andalite!"

Mi: ::screams again in Rachel's face.::

R: "Aaah!" ::slaps Mina::

Mi: "OW!"

R: "Sorry!"

Mi: ::starts screaming, then Katrina starts screaming then Kyle:: "Why are we screaming?!"

Ky: "I don't know!" ::screams back::

J: ::stands on table:: "Everybody shut up!" ::screaming::

All: ::everybody stops screaming.::

All: ::silence::

All: ::suddenly, a great crash is heard as everyone trips:: ((120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130))

OOCEm: ((Oh! I have a plot, ahahahahaha! And none of you know what it is!))

Mi: ::gets up and looks around:: "Would somebody please tell me what is going on here?"

OOCJe: ((We have to go through this AGAIN?!))

OOCEm: ((No we don't.))

All: ::they tell her::

Mi: "That brave, brave pen. I wish I could have met him."

Alf: ::appears:: HEY GUYS.

M: "Hey Alf, what's up?"

Alf: WELL, I WAS THINKING OF DYING MYSELF GREEN, AND I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT YOU THOUGHT.

C: "I think you look good as you are."

J: "Yah, but green would look really cool."

K: "Blue suits you."

M: "But green would suit you better."

M,K,C,J: ::glares at each other.::

R: ::looks Alf up and down.::

M: "Uh-oh, the fashion expert ..."

R: ::circles Alf, smacks Marco on the way.:: "Green would be good, but I think you should try purple. Yes, light purple."

Alf: ::nervously:: REALLY? DO GIRLS LIKE PURPLE?

R: "Of course."

Ky: ::Walks over to Mina, who has by now sat down.:: "Hey, you okay?"

Mi: "It's just ... all so much to take in. Enslaving aliens, changing into animals, talking inanimate objects ... I just can't believe what you all are telling me."

A: <Yet Quan, my father and I are standing here as proof.>

Mi: ::jumps up:: "No!" ::all turn to look at her.:: "It's just some sort of trick! You're all crazy!"

Ky: "Mina, Mina!" ::grabs her by the shoulders.:: "I'm not crazy, okay? None of us are. Neither are you. This is real, and the threat of the Yeerks are dangerously real! You have to believe us! You have to believe me!"

All: ::everyone stares at the two of them, confused, Kyle waves them out of the room, they leave.::

Mi: "Oh Kyle ... why didn't you tell me before?"

Ky: "I didn't know how to. I lov- ... I mean, you mean so much to me. How could I hurt you by telling you the truth?"

Mi: "I just don't understand ... Why, Kyle, why?"

Ky: "I don't know. I wish I did, but I don't. I wish so badly I could make all of this go away. I want so badly to keep those brown eyes of yours innocent, but I guess I can't, can't protect you from your destiny, I can't even control my own."

Mi: "You really think it's my destiny to be part of all this? I'm not a fighter."

Ky: "I do."

Mi: "As long as you're there ... I'll do it." ::they smile at each other, and turn to the door. Kyle opens it, and all the Animorphs and Andalites fall through the opening from leaning against it.:: ((131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139))

J: "Um, we were just checking to see how sturdy this door was."

C: "Um, yah, it looks very sturdy."

Ky: ::eyes all of them:: "Sure ..."

J: ::stands and brushes himself off:: "You want to tell us what you're talking about?"

Mi: "Maybe it's private."

M: ::chuckles:: "In this house, nobody knows what privacy is anymore ... Now are you gonna tell us?"

Ky: ::looks at Mina:: "Mina?"

Mi: ::takes a deep breath:: "I've-" ::suddenly, she is cut off by a baby's cry, only in their heads.::

Q: ::eyes widen:: <Zanlor!>

A: ::comes out carrying Zanlor:: <It's okay, little guy. Daddy's here. Here.> ::hands him to Quan:: <I think he's sick or somethin'.>

Mi: "Another one?"

M: ::whispering:: "One of their many children."

Q: <Oh, what's the matter, huh?> ::cradles him:: <Okay, okay. Shhh ...>

OOCEm: ((Zanlor? That is the lovely name you decided on? I'm gone for one day ... Hey! I wrote Rachel and Tobias's wedding, but I won't be able to print it out 'till this weekend. Which means Nicole has to come to school next week to read it! ... Does anybody have a hair clip?))

Mi: "Another? How many do they have?"

T: ::counting on fingers:: "Four, if you include Clovis."

Mi: "Clovis?"

Ky: "They told you all this five minutes ago. Remember?"

Mi: "Right, sorry. Too many names."

Q: <Aximili, can you get the Iscali please?>

OOCJe: ((Emily, I don't. Iscali is medicine.))

A: <I don't see why. Most normal children don't have any need for Iscali, because they don't get sick! My God, Quantana! He just has a little cold! You don't need to waste our supplies!))

OOCAl: ((I have a rubber band, Em. Oh. And Ax lost it. Again.))

Q: <Damn you, Aximili, go get the Iscali, NOW!>

OOCEm ((Damn! I'll have to ask Megan ... ::sniffle:: Chewie is dead!))

All: ::everyone stares as Ax and Quan argue.::

A: <Hey, it's not my fault we have a screwed-up kid! I'm leaving!> ::leaves, slamming door behind him.::

M: "Do you think he's mad?"

C: ::thoughtfully:: "Actually ... it kind of is his fault."

All: ::everyone stares at Cassie::

J: "Hey, that's true. Quan wasn't the one who pissed off the leprechaun."

Mi: "Leprechaun? Do I want to know?"

Ky: "No."

Q: <Well, I do! What leprechaun?>

All: ::They tell the story of a leprechaun who wanted to give people gold, and make them rich. (To the tune of "Brady Bunch."::

Q: <But why didn't he tell me?>

OOCEm: ((The Brady Bunch? Oh my God ...))

R: "Who knows."

T: "Maybe he feels guilty."

Q: ::hollers at the sky until the Leprechaun appears.::

Lep: "What? I was trying to take a shower." ::is holding up a towel and wearing a shower cap.::

Q: <You made my child a vecol!> ::gets really mad and eats off his head. Suddenly (magically) a pot of gold appeared.:: <Well, at least we can stop embezzling from the bank now.>

Lep Bro: ::pops in:: "Me brother! You killed him! Thank you! Thank you! Anyway, me wee brother didn't make him a handicapped, stupid brother. He made him very intelligent. Just thought you wanted to know. Anyway, thanks for killing me brother and good bye!" ::pops out::

Mi: ::slowly shakes her head:: "I am never gonna get used to this."

M: ::confused:: "Didn't I melt the Leprechaun a few pages ago?" ::pulls out a copy of our simming from his pocket and starts flipping through it.:: "Yes, I did."

All: "Ohhh."

Lep Bro: "Bye." ::pops back out of existence::

OOCNi: ((I wanna meet Mina, I think I'll pop into existence.))

ICNi: ::pops into existence.:: "Hey Mina."

Mi: "Um, who, or um, what is this?"

M: "It's a who, and she's one of our creators."

ICNi: "Hey Marco. Um, Kyle, here's some milk back! I stopped by the grocery and picked some up on the way here."

Ky: ::puts milk in pocket:: "Thanks, but you really didn't need to."

ICNi: "So, let me see Jeremy."

K: ::brings Jeremy::

ICNi: "Isn't he the cutest thing!"

ICJe: ::voice only:: "Not really."

ICEm: ::pops in:: "Would everybody please stop popping in! That is my thing!" ::glares at Nicole, then looks down at Jeremy:: "Wow, he is cute. Aren't you the sweetest thing?" ::Nicole and I continue cooing over the baby::

ICJe: ::a sigh is heard as she pops into existence.:: "Psychos!" ::slaps them both out of existence.::

A's D: ::comes in and stares at Quan, holding Zanlor.:: <I have a grandson?>

All: ::silence:: <"... Surprise!">

OOCEm: ((Jackasses, he already has a grandson. Tobias! Sorry Ali ... When I write Ali, I have the urge to write Alix instead, woah ...))

ICEm: ::pops back in:: "You already have a grandson." ::gestures at Tobias:: "And a few more grandchildren, Leehara, Clovis, Jaina! You people have extremely short attention spans." ::pauses and looks around:: "You know, this room would look really good in blue. God I wish I had a puppy." ::pops out::

OOCEm: ((::slaps Jenni back:: Wow, don't you love how much Ali wrote? I know I do. ::sniffle:: I miss Chewi, so does Han, Jenni this book is so sad! Somebody sim!))

A's D: <Jaina, Leehara, Clovis? I remember those names ...>

M: ::who is still poring over the simming.:: "Hey, I know some of these words!"

K: ::looks over his shoulder, reading.:: "Quan, you were a Controller?"

All: ::everyone stares at her::

M: "Wow, sweetie, you are really dense sometimes."

Q: ::rolls her eyes:: <Don't remind me. That was the beginning of the end.>

All: ::everyone stares at Quan::

T: "She's got a point ya know ..."

M,K: ::Marco and Katrina are still poring over our simming.::

M: ::muttering:: "Ax is on inhalants? Rachel trips ..."

OOCJe: ((I read that part to Ali over the phone yesterday.))

OOCNi: ((Hehehehehehehehehehehehehe okay, writers cramp, let's say every dot equals a maniac laugh .............................................................................))

OOCJe: ((Oh ... my ... God ...))

OOCJe: ((Always a classic.))

M: ::suddenly, the simming book pops out of existence due to the fact that our characters need to focus on the current plot.::

OOCAl: ((And that would be .....?))

OOCJe: ((Shut up, I was trying to make a point.))

OOCAl: ((You don't know either! Ha, HA! Okay people. Zanlor's sick, so let's leave that the plot and ...))

A's D: ::Ax's Dad pops out of existence.::

OOCEm: ((He jumps into a plot hole, hehe.))

Z: ::is screaming with fever and is very sick.::

OOCJe: ((Magically.))

Q: <Tobias, Cassie, someone, please go find Aximili!>

OOCJe: ((Okay, only Ax knows where the -))

OOCNi: ((How annoying, NO Jenni, you don't need to finish your sentences, I can read your mind!!!!!! ::said sarcastically.::))

OOCJe: ((What the hell, you stole the paper from me! Now, as I was saying, only Ax knows where the supplies are for some strange reason. So that's why we need him.))

OOCEm: ((You people are all psychos ... except maybe for Ali. Jenni, why are you sending my characters off somewhere? And we did have a plot, but I didn't like it, so I'm not going to tell you what it was ... Did Ax even leave?))

T,R: ::morph bird to go look for Ax ... and guess where they find him ...::

All: <"Where?">

OOCAl: ((Yes. He left to go to his old, favorite cliff place to think.))

A: ::looks out, like in trance.::

OOCJe: ((Nicole, you're the jackass! He was only saying what THOSE people felt about abortion! Not what HE felt!!))

T,R: ::land and demorph.::

OOCEm: ((Damn, I had something else in mind. But good enough. Ali, don't you agree that Jenni and Nicole are PSYCHOS?!))

T: "Ax? Are you all right?"

A: ::is in human morph, doesn't respond.::

R: "Ax, Quan and Zanlor need you."

OOCAl: ((Here, here.))

A: ::takes out cigarette and begins to smoke.::

OOCEm: ((Okay, NO! ::rewind:: Sorry Ali, but ya know how Nicole is dead set against abortion? I'm kinda like that with slowly poisoning yourself by smoking. Don't get me into the stories ... I have plenty ...))

A: "I just feel like I failed somehow ..."

R: "What are you talking about?"

A: "My first son, and he is a vecol."

R: ::smacks Ax upside the head:: "You're still not over that?"

A: "No. I guess not. It's just that I always dreamed of having a son to train, and be my aristh and male stuff. You wouldn't understand, Rachel, and maybe Tobias. I just feel that ... my dream's broken. And I try to act to like him, but I can't hold it in. So, I see if he dies, he's happier, but Quan's heart would be broken, and I couldn't do that to her." ::hangs head.::

M: ::Marco, who had followed and been silently (yes, I know, it's amazing he was silent) listening to the conversation now speaks up.:: "Why can't you just have him acquire his own healthy DNA and morph a healthy him?"

R: "You idiot." ::hits him on his head.:: "If it were that easy don't ya think they would have thought of that?"

A: "No. It can't work because 1) He doesn't have the morphing power and 2) That's his own DNA. Just you watch. He'll probably get the snellor's disease. I think I have the most messed up family in the galaxy. Do you know we're all related some how?"

T,R: ::exchange glances::

T: "Not true, not until Rachel and I get married."

R: "And none of us are related to Mina."

M: "Yet ..."

All: ::everyone looks at Marco.::

M: "What? Don't you see the way Kyle looks at her?"

R: "I hate to say it, but Marco actually has a point."

A: "Could we please get back to the point?"

All: ::they stare at him.::

M: "What was the point?"

A: "I ..."

M: ::suddenly stops.:: "Wait, I remember the point!"

All: ::everyone stops, including the point.::

R: "What is it?"

M: "The point is that you can see my nipples through this shirt."

Point: ::becomes enraged.:: "That was not the point, although you can see your nipples, the point was ........... wait, what was the point? Oh no, I'm fading away." ::point disappears.::

All: ::exchanges glances again, shrug again, and go inside.::

OOCEm: ((Okay, I know I'm a little late in asking this, but why did Ax's dad pop out of existence? He never popped in!))

Q: <Aximili! Where have you been?>

OOCAl: ((Alf took him home.))

A: "Out."

OOCJe: ((Magically ...))

Q: <Ax! Zanlor is sick! He needs you, where's the medicine?>

A: ::demorphs:: <So?>

Q: <So, he's your son!> ::hands Zanlor to him.:: <Where's the medicine?>

A: <Why should I tell you? And in case you can't figure it out, I'm being a problem!> ::hands him back.::

ICEm: ::pops into existence and slaps some sense into Ax, pops out.::

A: <No, he's-> ::looks down at Zanlor, lying in his arms and Zanlor coos. Ax smiles down at him, seeing he has his eyes and ears, and Quan's nose and stuff like that. Bounces baby in his arms to put him to sleep.:: <It's okay, Zanlor-Kala. Here.> ::hands Quan the medicine from the hutch.::

All: <"Wow!"> ::cuz ya know, the medicine just appeared, magically.::

OOCAl: ((There. All better.))

A: ::to Zanlor:: <Aww ... You're so cute. Ishabooshoo ... Ishabooshoo!>

Q: ::smiles at him, and dares to hope he might love their son.::

All: ::everyone else begins to back away slowly.::

OOCEm: ((::sniffle:: "It's Nicole's last day to write ... ::sniffle::))

OOCJe: ((No! This can't be happening!))

ICNi: ::I pop into existence.::

M: "What do you want this time?"

ICNi: "I have come to say goodbye."

R: "Well, that made sense."

ICNi: ::ignoring her:: "I am moving to-" ::pause for dramatic effect.:: "Iowa."

M: "Isn't that a city?"

ICNi: "No, it's a state."

K: "Really?"

ICNi: "Yah."

C: "I didn't know that."

J: "Wow, how'd you find that out?"

A: <Are you sure?>

ICEm: ::pops into existence:: "Yes, Nicole, Iowa is a state. And for future reference, Boston is in Massachusetts, not Europe!" ::pauses:: "You are such a blonde ... I'm gonna miss you!" ::hugs Nicole.::

ICJe: ::pops into existence crying and hugging Nicole.:: "I love you, man!"

ICAl: ::pops in:: "Actually, I believe there is a Boston in Europe. I know there is a Reading in England, California, and of course Pennsylvania, and others." ::hugs Nicole.:: "I'm gonna miss you!" ::pops out to cry because, ya know, I hate good-byes.::

ICNi: "I knew there was a Boston in Europe, I'm gonna miss you guys, too, Ali pop back into existence." ::Ali pops back into existence. Emily, Jenni, Nicole, and Ali group hug.::

Ky: ::joins the group hug and grabs Jenni's butt, 'cause ya know, it's a nice butt.::

ICJe: "Um ..."

ICEm: "Woah ..."

THE END

::closing credits rolls by::

ICEm: ::turns around:: "Wait! It can't end here! The kids haven't come back yet! And Rachel and Tobias still have to get married! And the Yeerks haven't been wiped out!" ::pushes closing credits down.:: "It was a nice try, though."

All: ::nod in agreement.::

All: ::back at home, Ax and Quan are playing with Zanlor, Kyle and Mina, Marco and Katrina, Tobias and Rachel are playing a paired game of Uno. Jake and Cassie ... they, well ... um ... well, just leave them alone.::

Daphne: ::we have all popped out of existence except for Daphne who is sitting on the couch with a fish head on her head.:: "Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads, fish heads, fish heads, eat 'em up, yum." ::pops out of existence for now her purpose in life had been fulfilled.::

OOCEm: ((Okay! What was our plot again? Oh yeah!))

Z: ::stops breathing::

Q: <No!>

C: ::passes by, oblivious.::

Q: ::rushes over and begins doing the Andalite equivalent of CPR.::

A: ::walks out of the room.::

Q: <Alf, Alf, I need your help!>

Q: ::gestures towards her choking baby.::

Alf: ::shrugs:: SORRY, THAT'S NOT MY DEPARTMENT. GET CASSIE. ::pops out.::

C,A: ::Cassie and Ax run into the room::

C: "Oh my God." ::puts hands on Zanlor and heals him.::

OOCJe: ((:-P))

Z: ::coughs.::

Q: ::Cradles him:: <Thank you, Cassie, thank you!>

All: ::suddenly, everybody notices Zanlor has a tail! The thing that made him sick also made him not have tail, and now he is able to have a tail.::

Z: <Cool.> ::experimentally flicks tail, slicing through the door Ax fixed earlier. His blade is very sharp.::

OOCNi: ((Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe ::takes a deep breath:: Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe.))

All: ::Four hours later, all are inside, looking gloomy. The TV is on.::

TV: "Nobody knows where this storm came from. Flooding is very high and scientists have yet to figure out what that weird water is."

OOCAl: ((Hey! I got an idea! How's about Ax and Quan forgot one very important detail. When a male Andalite is born, it is born without a tail blade, which (when grown a little) grows in. So. He just had to grow one. But that's just in Ax's family. It's genetic.))

OOCJe: ((Coolness.))

A: ::drip ... drip ... drip ...:: <I thought I fixed that leak!>

Mi: ::shivers:: "I hate rain."

Ky: ::sees her shivering:: "Are you cold?"

Mi: ::nods and shivers again.::

Ky: ::moves closer to her and puts his arm around her, pulling a blanket around both of them:: "Better?"

Mi: ::smiles:: "Yeah." ::snuggles closer and lays her head on his chest.::

All: ::everyone stares at them, then exchange knowing glances.::

M: ::whispering:: "Anyone want to place bets on how long it takes them to get together?"

A: ::pulls out a $10,000 bill:: <I bet this for 'bout an hour.>

C: "Nah. At least two."

M: ::begins to sing:: "Raindrops keep falling on my head ... meatballs keep telling me to kill!"

Meatball: ::whispers into his ear:: "Kill ... Kill!"

M: ::the leak just happens to be directly over his head.::

OOCEm: ((One of the many apparently ... do we have a plot?))

OOCJe: ((Well, see ... no!))

M: ::suddenly:: "Hey, we need a plot.::

All: ::nods and thinks for a moment.::

T: "I know! Let's go kill the Council of Thirteen."

All: ::exchange glances.::

J: "Why didn't we think of that before?"

Z: <Because you're stupid?>

M: ::muttering:: "Must kill ..."

Meatball: "Yes ... Good ..." ::The meatball magically appeared.::

M: "Must kill ... meatball!" ::pulls sledgehammer out of his pocket and smashes the hundreds of meatballs that are talking to him:: "No!"

All: ::everyone stares at Marco, wondering why he is covered in ground beef.::

OOCEm: ((Oh! Oh! I have a good plot. But no one is here to share it with me!))

OOCAl: ((Then write it down!))

Q: ::ignoring all of them:: "... Your aunt is ... was ... Estrid.>

All: ::everyone stares at Quan, including Zanlor.::

Q: ::suddenly notices.:: <What?>

R: "We're gonna go kill the Council of 13. Wanna come?"

Q: ::considers this and glances down at Zanlor.:: <I don't think I should leave Zanlor.>

Mi: "I can take care of him."

A: ::picks up Zanlor and holds him defensively from Quan:: <Don't screw with the kid's mind. You'll ruin him. Here, Zanlor, take this.> ::pulls out a shredder for him.:: <When you're older, I'll teach you to shoot just like me.> ::begins to hand it to him.::

Q: ::jumps up and snatches the shredder from him.:: <Aximili! What do you think you're doing?!>

A: <Teaching him to fight! He needs to learn.>

Q: <Oh, so now that he has a tail, everything's all better, right?!> ::humans remain silent:: <Teaching him to fight includes blowing his own head off?! Come on, Aximili, what's the matter with you?!>

A: <My God, Quan. I have it set for stun.>

T: "With an A-38? Isn't that a little strong for him?"

K: "An A-38?! That's the most powerful! Even in lowest mode! He could kill himself!"

A: <Nah.>

Q: <He's barely three human weeks old!> ::is so angry she crushes the A-38 with her one hand, and doesn't notice.::

A: <My gun! That was my gun! Oh, you're gonna pay for that now!> ::puts down Zanlor and gets in attack position to fight her.::

Q: ::also takes an attack stance.:: <You are the one who shall pay!>

A,Q: ::they fight. At first Quan is winning, then Ax gets Quan down and holds her there with her tail pinned and his hoof on her throat. He aims to make the killing blow, for real, because he lost himself in his fighting. And Quan is lying, cowering.::

J,C: ::who have now come out of the room they were in. In unison.:: "Shit!" ::both run to stop Ax.::

OOCJe: ((Ya know, if Ax really wanted to, he could kill Quan and have time to clean his blade before they go to him.))

OOCAl: ((I know. But he likes to see his opponents weak.))

Q: ::realizing she is in the same position as her brother in every fight he and Ax were in.::

A: ::strikes::

Q: <NOOOOO!!!>

A; ::stops one millimeter from her throat and stops in horror, realizing he almost killed his wife. Whispers:: <No. No.> ::shakes head and walks backward to his room. Turns and runs.::

Q: ::lies there in shock and begins to cry, for her, Aximili, Lutmash, Estrid, her parents, and for her children.::

M: ::who is eating popcorn:: "Aww, that's it?"

All: ::except for Ax and Quan and Zanlor, punch Marco.::

M: "Ow!" ::pulls body armor out of his pockets and puts it on quickly as the others begin to dog-pile him.::

OOCJe: ((Damn pockets again ...))

M: ::grins evilly:: "That was easy." ::says the next really fast.:: "I keep expecting thirty Hork-Bajir who can't burst into flames to show up."

HB: ::burst into the room.::

Z: ::takes a shredder Ax had lying around and shoots wildly.::

M ::accidentally gets shot in the butt.:: "Oww!"

Z: ::manages to shoot all the Hork-Bajir.::

C: "Quan?"

Q: <I'm going out.>

A: <I'm going with you.> ::turns to Jake:: <Can you watch him?>

J: "Sure."

A: ::runs after Quan and catches up with her:: <Hey. I just had a flashback. Only I should be running and you chasing me.> ::smiles hopefully::

Q: <Yeah. Then I fall off a cliff and become a Yeerk.> ::flatly.::

A: <But I thought you should call them Controllers.>

Q: ::still flatly:: <Yeah, well, who gives a damn.>

A: ::goes in front of her, blocking her way and takes her by the shoulders.:: <What is it, Quantana? What is the matter?> ::looks at her with worry in his eyes.::

Q: ::thinks to herself, The matter? My family's dead, my children gone, and wanting to fight, to die, and my husband almost killed me. Not to mention I'm married and I have a betrothed.:: <Nothing.>

Kylin: ::comes out:: <Aximili! I knew it! I knew you were cheating! And with her?>

A: ::whirls around:: <Oh. Hi, um ... Keyla?>

Q: <Great. Another love, Aximili?>

Lutmash: ::in his own voice, in the female body:: <You idiot! It was Kylin!> ::demorphs:: <Can't you get anything right?>

Q: ::all eyes go to Lutmash in the equivalent of a mouth drop.:: <Lutma ...>

OOCJe: ((Alright, we decided a bear took Estrid's body away and ate her.))

OOCAl: ((Bones and all? ::skeptical::))

Lut: ::goes to her and hugs her:: <Hey. I got a surprise for you.> ::calling into the bushes:: <You can come out now.> ::Jaina, Leehara, and Clovis come from behind the bushes.::

A: ::pats Lutmash on the back:: <Thanks for bringing them here, Lutmash. It means a lot to Quan.>

Lut: <No prob. I'm just glad we're not fighting anymore.>

A: <Me too.>

OOCJe: ((Of course. Andalite bones are a rare delicacy.))

Q: ::stares in shock at them for a second, then bursts into tears.::

Ja,L,Cl: ::run toward their mommy and hug her::

Q: <My children, my children ... has it really been a year? Jaina, Leehara, Clovis ...>

All: ::all the humans except Jake come outside::

A: ::looks down at his wife and kids and smiles:: <You surprised?>

Q: <I ... yes!> ::laughs::

R: "Hey, what are they doing here?"

C: "It has been a year, Rach."

T: "Wonder how Lutmash is alive."

K: "Great, more Andalites running around downstairs, waking Jeremy up."

Ky: "Never seen a dark blue male before."

Mi: "Does this happen all the time?"

M: "Oh, yeah. You have no idea."

A: ::thoughtfully:: <Well, Estrid always did have a dark coat like her father ...>

Lut: ::laughs:: <Right you are, brother-in-law.>

Q: ::stands up, the children around her.:: <How .. how did you do this?>

A: <Lutmash was on the ship I was asked to be Assistant Captain on in October and so I asked him to get the kids, who were also on a ship, training.>

Q: <Training?> ::turns to the children.::

J: ::Just then, Jake steps out with Zanlor.::

Q: <Uh ... Zanlor, meet your siblings. Jaina-Esgarrouth-Cassia, Leehara-Semitur-Cinnabon, and Clovis-Corill-Wilks. My children, meet your brother ... Zanlor-Sirinal-Corass.> ::said uncertainly::

Ja: <Why did you have another baby, Mommy? Didn't you love us anymore?>

Q: <Oh no, sweetie, Mommy loved you very much. It's just, um, well ...> ::looks to Ax for help.::

A: ::gives her nothing::

Q: <Um ... well ... Daddy got frisky, and the next thing I knew, I had Zanlor.>

Ja,L,Cl: ::try to figure out what frisky means.::

Z: ::toddles over to them.::

L: <He's so puny!>

A: <Hey. Watch it. He may be puny, but he sure can fight. Just like me.> ::beams with pride.::

L: <I can fight, too, Father!>

Cl: <And me as well, Father!>

A: <Oh, no, you don't. No son of mine will be a plaything and wearing necklaces.>

Ja: <Alright, Daddy.>

A: ::winces at "Daddy" because he never called his father that::

Q: ::warningly, in private:: <Aximili ...>

M: ::cutting in:: "Enough with the family reunion. Let's eat!"

Q: ::smiles:: <Yes, let's. Children, wait 'til you see what your father did. He has a knack for decorating.>

A: <Quantana ...> ::warningly::

Q: <What? You do.>

All: ::entering the house, everyone now is in awe::

Ja: <Oooh.>

L: <Oooh.>

Cl: <Oooh.>

Lut: <Wow.>

A: <Um ... Quantana did the ceiling!>

Lut: ::laughs:: <Aximili! I never saw this side of you!> ::snuggles up to him fakely, bats his main eyes.::

A: ::pushes his head away from him.::

All An: ::begin to feed.::

M: "Hey, what about us?"

Q: ::joking:: <Dig in Marco, there's plenty for all.>

M: ::goes on hands and knees and takes a bite, chews, and swallows.:: "Hey! It's not that bad! You guys outta try some!"

All: ::shake their heads sadly::

Mi: "Come on, I'll fix something upstairs."

Cl: <Who's that?>

K: "This is my twin brother, Kyle, and his ... friend, Mina." ::all humans leave.::

Cl: <Oh.> ::catches up to his father:: <Father, am I your son?>

A: <Um ... ask your mother.> ::runs ahead.::

Q: ::overhearing:: <What do you mean, Clovis?>

Cl: <Well ... look at father and Zanlor over there, and look at me. I'm different.> ::points over to Ax running ahead and scoops up Zanlor as he laughs with delight and Ax smiles. Suddenly, the old Estrid/Alloran/Lutmash evil gene kicks in and Clovis's eyes turn dark.::

Q: <Clovis, you are my son. You are your father's son. Don't let anyone else tell you different.>

Cl: <No. I am not your son. I am Estrid's. And I won't let anyone else tell me differently.> ::said darkly::

Q: ::stops, Clovis reluctantly does as well.:: <Who told you that?>

Cl: <Lutmash. And it's a good thing he did. Or else I'd be a weakling like you.> ::begins to run again.::

Lut: ::runs up to her:: <Hey, big sis. Boy, that Clovis sure got some good attitude. He'll need it when he's older.>

Q: ::doesn't look at him.:: <How could you tell him? How did you even know?>

Lut: ::chuckles evilly:: <My dearly departed girlfriend, Delarassi, told me. Before she died.>

Q: ::shakes her head:: <I guess I shouldn't be surprised you went with her, too.>

Lut: <You know, Quanta, it seems you and Ax are brother and sister, rather than husband and wife. And it shouldn't be like that. It's just plain weird.>

Q: ::gets defensive:: <How Aximili and I live is our business. And you still haven't told me why you told Clovis and turned him against me!>

Lut: <I felt Clovis needed to know. And I'm only trying to protect my only living sister from people like Aximili. You know how many times he tried to kill people? He almost got kicked out of the Academy for almost killing a teacher.>

Q: <I don't care, he's different now! He's not the same person he was when he left!>

Lut: <So ...?>

Q: <So, I don't think you have a right to come into my house and insult my husband!>

Lut: ::chokes (sorta sound) and stumbles.:: <Your husband?!>

Q: <Oh, come on, you knew.>

Lut: <Yeah. But still ...... it's just weird.>

Q: <You know what, Lutmash? I don't care what you think.>

Lut: <Well, if you're gonna be that way ... I'll just leave!> ::leaves::

OOCEm: ((Well, that's a shame ... Hey! I got a question, what the HELL is going on?!? How is Lutmash alive?!? And how are Ax and Quan brother and sister?!? This is what happens when you sim without me ... I was all alone, getting yelled at by Alix ... God! Grumble ... grumble ...))

A: ::comes up behind Quan:: <Are you okay?> ::the kids are running all around them, Clovis is nowhere to be seen.::

Q: <Yeah. Sure. Fine.>

OOCJe: ((One word, Em: Magically.))

OOCAl: ((Em. Lutmash was comparing them to brother and sister. They are not, however. And Lutmash and Ax wanted to fool Quan and so they faked his death. For some stupid joke. Oh. And did you read? Estrid was eaten by a bear. Bones and all.))

A: <Good. Because someone wants to see you.> ::Zanlor catches up with his parents and as running, puts his hands up for Quan to hold him.::

Z: <Mother.>

Q: ::picks him up:: <Yes, honey?>

OOCEm: ((Yeah, I read ... ::pets bear:: Good bear, do what I tell you ... ::looks up:: What? ... Jenni! Alix yelled at me and I'm still pissed. Grumble ... grumble ...))

Z: <Why is Clovis upstairs slashing the walls?>

A: ::runs up beside Quan:: <You know, you shouldn't swear in front of Zanlor ...>

All H: ::cower behind the shields::

Q: ::snaps quickly:: <Trust me, that's the least of my problems ... Clovis-Corill-Wilks, stop this right now!>

Cl: ::is laughing wildly and ignoring Quan.::

Ky,Mi: ::Kyle and Mina are pressed together behind the shields, ooh ...::

OOCJe: ((Oh, please. Not now.))

Q: <Aximili, stop him!>

A: ::pins Clovis's tail and puts him the way he put Quan and Lutmash:: <Now you stop this!>

Mi: ::whispering, the room has gone silent:: "Does this happen often?"

T: "Only once a month."

J: "They are a very dysfunctional family."

Q: <Clovis, stop now.>

A: <And listen to your mother when->

Lut: ::puts his tail to Ax's throat from behind and speaks slowly:: <Leave ... Clovis ... alone.>

Mi: "Kyle ... you guys have to morph ... you have to do something!"

All: ::everyone morphs battle morphs::

J: ::is a tiger, roars and tackles Lutmash from behind.::

OOCEm: ((Tsk, tsk, that's what stalk eyes are for ...))

Ja,L,Z: ::come up the stairs.::

OOCJe: ((Alright, Leehara should be on Clovis's side, and Zanlor undecided.))

L: ::rushes to help her brother and tries to strike Ax, but Ax blocks it, getting nicked in the tail::

Z: ::runs to his mother, frightened.::

Ja: <Leehara, Clovis! Stop being bad! You're going to get into trouble!>

OOCEm: ((No, Leehara is mine! She's not evil! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!))

L: ::stops Clovis:: <Clovis ...>

Cl: ::stops and looks at his sister::

L: <Stop.>

OOCEm: ((Leehara is not evil, she is just on Clovis's side ... and Jaina's ... okay, she's on everyone's side!))

Cl: ::lowers his tail and stands next to her::

L: ::turns to Ax and Lutmash:: <Stop.> ::uses the Force to punctuate her words.::

OOCEm: ((I couldn't help myself ...))

A: <Okay. I'll stop. But after I do this.> ::swings tail towards Lutmash and barely misses his head:: <Nuts! I missed!>

L: <Now Daddy, be nice.> ::does hand thing.::

OOCJe: ((Alright, head count. Three female Andalites, four male Andalites, one female human, a tiger, a grizzly, a hawk, a wolf, a gorilla, a jaguar, and a Taxxon. Oh, and a baby human, who we have no clue where he is ...))

M: <I think you kids need some timeout. Ax, Lutmash, go to your rooms!>

A,Lut: ::stares at him blankly.::

OOCEm: ((Jeremy is upstairs asleep, like he's been since he came home from the hospital ...))

OOCJe: ((Alright.))

L: <Clovis, are you okay?>

OOCEm: ((Why are we writing in pencil?))

Cl: ::is sitting on the floor, crying. Leehara is comforting him:: <I'm a bastard!>

A,Q: ::exchange looks::

A: <Who told you that, Clovis?>

Cl: ::points at Lutmash::

A: ::smacks Lutmash upside the head:: <What's the matter with you? You don't tell a kid that!>

Lut: ::hands head guiltily:: <I'm sowwy.>

OOCEm: ((Wait! He's not one of the kids! Scratch that.))

OOCJe: ((Are you sure about that?))

A: ::mutters:: <I can't wait 'til I leave in October.> ::everyone stares at Ax.::

All: ::everyone stares at Ax::

T: <Where are you going?>

A: <I told you ..... wait. I told Quanta that I was offered a job on an Andalite Dome ship, and I took it.>

Q: ::becomes embarrassed by the nickname::

All: <Oooh ...> ::all demorph::

Jer: ::Begins to cry because he finally woke up.>

OOCJe: ((Yeah, the other upstairs ...))

Ja,L,Cl,Z: <Oooh. A baby cry!>

All: "Oooh ... ahh ..."

M,K: ::trips up the stairs.:: ((155, 156))

Je: ::who has crawled out of his crib:: "Goo-goo gah-gah."

OOCEm: ((Jenni, Jeremy, this is gonna get confusing.))

OOCJe: ((He'll be Jer, happy?!))

OOCEm: ((Yes ... No! I miss Nicole ...))

Duck: "Quack ... quack ..."

All: ::everyone stares at the duck, except for Tobias, who is starring off into space ... like Ali!::

ICJe,T: "I wonder how many cups of sugar it takes to get to the moon ..."

All: ::everyone stares at Tobias::

OOCAl,Em: ((::we all stare at Jenni.::))

OOCEm: ((Sugar?))

R: "Sugar?"

ICJe,T: ::nods:: "It used to be three and a half ..."

All: ::continues to stare::

OOCEm: ((::continues to stare::))

Matt: "I like coconuts!"

OOCEm: ((You take those cats, skin them, make blankets to keep thousands warm!))

J: "Come on Cassie, nothing's going on and I feel good. Let's go." ::snaps Cassie's bra and she giggles as they go to their room and I won't go into anymore detail!::

OOCJe: ((Ah, here we go. The beginning of Hope ... sounds like a clique.))

R: "Alright, you Andalites just shut up and behave! My wedding is tomorrow, and this house is a mess. Now, clean it!"

OOCAl: ((Now to Rachel and Tobias's wedding.))

All: ::the ceremony is being held outside, in the garden to the side of the mansion. (The one that I magically put there, just for this occasion ...) The garden is on the cliff, overlooking the forests and city. Rachel, Cassie, Katrina and Quan (in human morph) are getting ready in the house. The guys are outside already, Ax is Tobias's best man.::

OOCEm: ((I was going to make Ax, Jake, and Marco all the best men. But I figured that it was too many ...))

R: ::Rachel, the bride, is wearing a silk white dress. The skirt is full, but not huge. The top is fitted and trimmed with pearl beads. The neckline is cut straight across, baring her shoulders and the sleeves go down to her elbows. ((Ya know, 3/4 sleeves? If you don't get it, then too damn bad.)) Her, unfortunately, blonde hair is loose and straight. She is wearing a thin veil, held on with a ruby circlet. An identical ruby is on a silver chain around her throat. She is carrying a bouquet of red, yellow, white, and violet roses. In other words, Rachel looks perfect. But doesn't she always?::

OOCEm: ((Yes, violet! And I'm just getting started ...))

C: ::Cassie is Rachel's maid of honor. She is wearing a long, silk, dark blue dress. Her shoulders are also bare. Cassie ahs a small circlet of white rosebuds in her dark hair. She is wearing a sapphire necklace and carrying one white rose, one red rose, one yellow rose, and one violet rose. Katrina is also wearing a long dark blue silk dress, but with sleeves tapered at the shoulders. Her hair is twisted up on top of her head, no flowers. She is wearing an amethyst on the silver chain, identical to Katrina's. Her hair is also twisted up, in braids, on her head. Quan is wearing a diamond necklace and carrying a single white rose. They are all barefoot.::

OOCEm: ((Simple because I couldn't think of the right shoes. Now on to the guys ...))

Guys: ::Tobias is wearing a black suit, with a dark red shirt. Ax is wearing a black suit, with a silver shirt, (because white is boring) Jake is wearing a black suit with a blue shirt, Marco has a black suit with a purple shirt.::

OOCEm: ((Guys have such boring clothes ...))

All: ::It is a warm day, with a slight cool breeze. It is one of those days when you know Autumn is coming, but Summer still lingers. The flowers are in bloom all over the garden and the leaves in the trees are just turning gold. Tobias stands at the alter, under one of those cool arches that has flowers and ivy growing up it. The other guys have gone into the house to get Cassie, Katrina and Quan. People sit everywhere in the garden.::

OOCEm: ((In other words, there is no bride's side and groom's side, because Tobias has, like, three family members that are there. Got it? Good.))

All: ::a piano from ... somewhere plays music and Quan and Ax come down the aisle, Ax stands next to Tobias, Quan sits a special row that has been reserved for the Animorphs. Next is Marco and Katrina, then Jake and Cassie. Then comes Rachel's sisters, who are flower girls. Then the music changes and Rachel comes up the aisle.::

Rev: "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join Tobias Fangor and Rachel ____ in holy matrimony."

OOCEm: ((I'm making it a reverend simply because Jenni already put reverend on the character key. And yes, I am making Tobias have the same last name as Elfangor when he was human. Deal with it.))

Rev: ::talks a little more, but what about, I don't know, so...:: "Rachel and Tobias have written their own vows to seal this union."

OOCEm: ((How corny does that sound? Oh well...))

T: ::takes Rachel's hands, she has put down her flowers:: "Rachel." ::looks into her eyes:: "When I was young, I had a lot of pain in my life. I never really trusted anyone ... until I met you. We have been through a lot together." ::smiles wryly:: "And when nobody else believed in me, you did. And after all that time, all that had happened, I found out I had fallen in love with you. It scared me because I had never known love as strong as that. But you loved me back, and that was all that mattered." ::raises her hands and kisses them:: "I pledge myself to you, today and forever. This ring is my promise." ::takes ring from Ax and slides it on Rachel's finger::

R: ::crying a little:: "Tobias, we fell in love during hard times. And there were several times when I was afraid that I would lose you. But I never did, you were always there for me." ::sniffles:: "I always wondered what it would be like to be in love, how I would know if it ever happened to me." ::smiles:: "Now I know. I could never pinpoint the exact moment I fell in love with you. When you stopped being my friend, and became something so much more. It is something, I have been told, that happens gradually. But once I knew, everything changed." ::takes ring from Cassie:: "I will always love you, and I will stay with you until the end of time." ::smiles a little:: "Maybe longer, if you're lucky." ::slides ring onto his finger:: "I pledge myself to you, today and forever. This ring is my promise."

Rev: "You may kiss the bride."

T: ::smiles:: "I thought we would never get to that."

R,T: ::they kiss, sweetly and tenderly::

OOCEm: ((Aww ... I think I'm gonna cry! How does everybody like it?))

OOCJe: ((Aww, so sweet, so sweet ...))

M: ::blows his nose loudly::

All: ::music starts up after the bride and groom's first dance and couples take the floor. A swing.::

Ky,Mi: ::Kyle and Mina, who are dancing partners, go onto the floor and begin the triple swing.::

All: ::everyone suddenly backs up into a circle, leaving only Kyle and Mina, who don't seem to notice.::

OOCEm: ((And it has begun ...))

T: ::puts arm around Rachel's waist:: "Anyone want to place those bets again?"

R: "I give 'em two days."

C: "Nah, 'til the end of today at least ..."

K: ::thoughtful:: "I give them until the end of the reception."

OOCEm: ((My god, everyone is married! Who's gonna be the next to have kids?))

J: ::looks them all over:: "Did you think we'd ever be here? All of us married."

All: ::everyone exchanges glances::

M: "I didn't think we'd live this long."

All: ::the song ends and Kyle and Mina come off the dance floor. Guess what the next song is!::

All: "What?"

OOCEm: ((Guess!))

OOCAl: ((I don't know ... Ricky Martin?))

J: "Well ... who's gonna be the first of us humans to have a kid? Between cousins."

T: "Race ya."

C: "You're on!"

R: "Great. We attack at night!"

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

All: ::Sarah McLachlan's ... (um, there are too many songs!) Elsewhere begins to play::

OOCJe: ((Cuz we know what that is ...))

All: ::all couples begin dancing::

Ky,Mi: ::in formal position, swaying to the music, Kyle pulls Mina closer to him and she lays her head on his shoulder.::

All: ::suddenly, BOOM!!!::

All: ::the cake has exploded ...::

Alf: ::pops up out of the cake:: OOPS ...

OOCAl: ((I thought a girl, maybe ... Maggie the shameless slut ... would pop out of the cake.))

OOCJe: ((So did I, but Emily doesn't want to ruin her wedding.))

OOCEm: ((Yeah, Maggie is a shameless slut! I wish I could remember my plot!))

All: ::the Animorphs stare at Alf, cuz they are the only ones who can see him::

OOCJe: ((Who else is there? And Mina can't morph!!!))

OOCEm: ((Um, their families? And I don't care!!!))

OOCJe: ((Fine!))

OOCAl: ((I had a thought. But I'll make it into a chart: Hawk-Tobias Kite-Kyle Falcon-Jake Eagle-Rachel Harrier-Ax Kestrel-Mina Osprey-Cassie Merlin-Marco. Those are their bird of prey morphs. Oh. And Erek is a vulture, Alf is an Owl. And that completes the raptor convention.))

OOCEm: ((Um ... Okay ... Oh no! I forgot Loren at Tobias's wedding ... Let's just say she was there, but I didn't mention her ...))

Alf: SORRY. ::climbs out of cake::

R: "My cake! It's ruined!"

M: "Can you see my nipples through this shirt?"

C: "Not again ..."

R: ::is enraged:: "You destroyed my CAKE!"

Alf: ::is cowering::

Alf: ::waves a hand and the cake is fixed.:: SORRY. ::pops out::

R: "Ah. I feel lucky. Let's go kill the Council of Thirteen!"

A: ::privately:: <I think we should give Mina the morphing power. The more, the better. And we should stop home first to get Clovis, Leehara, Jaina, Lutmash, and Zanlor to help us fight.>

Q: ::also privately:: <It has to be Mina's decision. And you can't bring the children into this kind of danger! Especially Zanlor! He's three weeks old!>

J: "Hey, where is the Council of Thirteen?"

C: "And how do we get there?"

All: ::everyone exchanges glances, then stares at Ax and Quan::

Q: ::sighs:: <Humans. They expect us to do everything.>

A: <Well, we are the most intelligent species.>

Q: <Very true.> ::turns to the humans:: <The Council of Thirteen is located on something called a "father ship".>

All: ::everyone continues staring::

M: "Isn't it supposed to be mother ship?"

A: ::shakes his head:: <The mother ship is for Vissers One and Two.>

T: "So where is it?"

A: ::points to the docking bay at the Yeerk Pool, which they are magically there, thanks to Alf:: <Over there.>

All: ::shrugs and walk to the 'Father ship'.::

A,Q: ::morphs to human::

OOCEm: ((They were already human from the wedding.
Is it big fight scene time?))

OOCJe: ((Oh. And yes.))

A,Q: ::morphs to Andalite::

All: ::everybody exchanges glances and demorphs::

C: "All right, everybody pay up!"

All: ::everybody throws their money at Cassie, who won the bet::

Ky: "You guys placed bets on us?"

C: ::is counting her money:: "Oh yeah."

HB: ::Suddenly, 10 Hork-Bajir burst through the door.::

Mi: ::straightens her clothes:: "Hey, what are those?" ::points at Hork-Bajir::

All: ::everyone glances at the Hork-Bajir, then back to Mina::

J: "Don't mind them, they'll incinerate in a few minutes."

HB: ::suddenly, the Hork-Bajir burst into ........................... tears!::

HB1: "Why don't they ever pay attention to us?"

HB2: ::sobbing:: "I don't know, I mean, we try so hard!"

HB3: "Are we just not scary enough? Is that it?"

HB4: ::stands on table, shouting:: "We don't have to take this anymore! Let's get out of here!"

All: ::all the Animorphs stare as the Hork-Bajir make their way out::

OOCEm: ((Nicole told me to write that this morning when I was on the phone with her. ::sniffle:: Nicole simmed with us for a long time, and over 400 pages. But she moved away, we'll all miss Nicole ... ::sniffle:: Okay, now that I've said good-bye to Nicole, let's try to move on ...))

OOCAl: ((The table appeared there, magically.))

HB: ::burst into flames::

Mi: ::silence ...:: "Those poor, poor creatures ..."

C: "They just couldn't stop from bursting into flames."

T: "It was a never-ending cycle."

Mi: "Why do you guys do this? All this death and slaughter and danger ... how can you stand it? Why must you fight?" ::holds Kyle's hand::

All: ::everyone looks at Mina::

J: ::quietly:: "Because we have to."

C: "We don't want to, but we have to."

A: <I for one, enjoy to fight.>

Ky: ::kisses Mina softly::

T: "You'll get used to it, we had to."

K: ::after a moment of silence, Katrina turns to Quan:: "You have the chemical?"

Q: ::nods and holds up a vial:: <Yes.>

J: "Then let's get this over with."

Mi: "Will it ... hurt the hosts?"

Q: ::sighs:: <We don't know.>

Mi: ::nods sadly::

Q: ::releases the chemical and they watch it spread slowly across the atmosphere, clearing the air of pollution and fixing the ozone layer. Yeerk ships begin suddenly to shoot off into space, fleeing from the poison.::

A: <Well it works. The fight for Earth is over.> ::sighs sadly:: <And we were just getting to Zanlor's training.>

Mi: "So ... is it over?"

J: "No. This chemical only works on Earth. There are so many other planets infested by the Yeerks."

C: "It's not over yet."

R: "I never thought we'd get this far ..."

Mi: "But it's over for Earth?"

J: ::nods slowly::

T: "It's finally over there."

K: "But they'll never know."

All: ::everyone looks at Katrina.::

Ky: "What do you mean?"

K: "The Yeerks on Earth are dying, but the humans will never know that we were the ones that saved them."

All: ::all look at each other::

C: "We'll come back, right? We'll win, and come back."

A: <Um ... I arranged with your Chee replicas to take your place while you're gone. Oh, and here.> ::hands them black and white uniforms, each white shirt varying slightly.:: <We're going to the Andalite homeworld and you have to look presentable. We're staying there for a while. And don't worry, Quanta, Lutmash is with the kids in a Model T-46, going home, too. I'm going to join up with my ship when we get there, and I'll be back in about 6 human months.>

All: ::everyone stares at Ax::

C: "Well, this is abrupt ..."

K: "What about Jeremy?"

A: <He's with Jaina, Leehara, Clovis, and Zanlor on the other ship. You'll see him when you get there.>

M: "Oh, great, our kid's with a madman."

Q: <Hey!>

A: <He's right, you know.>

Q: ::stops and considers:: <Well, yes ... but, still!>

T: "So, when do we get there?"

A: <In 1.1 weeks.> ::all stare at Jake::

J: "What?"

M: "Nothing, nothing at all."

J: "Then why are you staring at me?"

OOCAl: ((Why are they staring at him?))

All: ::look away from Jake::

OOCEm: ((Inside joke, Ali ...))

C: ::leans over to Jake:: "Sweetie, your fly is down also ..."

C: ::nods:: "Yeah, much better."

M: "I speak for everyone here by saying 'Thank You.'"

OOCEm: ((So, how long?))

OOCJe: ((Damn Tyler. ::looks up:: "What? Oh. A week. Emily, keep that bear under control!"

OOCEm: ((::pets bear:: Easy ... You'll get another good meal when I kill Lutmash again ... Hahahahahahahaha ... ::wicked laugh continues:: What? I said that out loud?))

T: ::puts arm around Rachel:: "This is some honeymoon, huh?"

R: "I guess so."

J: "Ours wasn't much different ..."

All: ::everybody stares at Jake and Cassie::

M: "When did you guys go on a honeymoon?"

C: ::matter-of-factly:: "After our wedding."

All: ::they continue to stare::

A: <When did you get back?>

J,C: ::faces slowly go blank::

J: "Ya know, I don't remember ..."

A: <I remember. It was an overnight stay at the Holiday Inn, the Penthouse. I got the bill.>

J,C: ::looks guilty::

R: ::magically appears in the room with the 13. Pulls out a SPAS12, shoots at them, killing 5, wounding 3:: "Take that you alien scum buckets! Wahahahaha!"

OOCAl: ((Okay ... what did Rachel kill? BecauseIdon'tknowandIdon'tliketonotknowstuffbecauseit'snotniceandI'mhyperandIdon'tknowwhy. Ijustam. AndIhatehappyandpeppy!))

OOCJe: ((She just took out eight of the Council of Thirteen.))

All: ::rest of Animorphs burst into the room in battle morphs, Mina hanging back as human::

M: <Alright, what'd we miss?>

R: "Just 5 guys dead, 3 wounded."

M: <Oh. Is that all? Come on, Rachel! I knew you can do better!>

R: ::shoots two more dead:: "Better, Marco?"

M: <No. Now you have to do your evil laugh.>

R: "Oh. Wahahahaha."

M: <Good. Now let's go.>

OOCEm: ((What the hell? Why did Megan just make one of my characters mode? And why did this battle start so abruptly, Jenni?! And you say my battles start too fast ... Also! Why is Mina just standing there, human! Rachel too, she should be in morph!))

R: ::morphs elephant::

OOCJe: ((M...i...n...a ... c...a...n...'...t MORPH!!!))

OOCAl: ((Y...o...u ... d...o...n...'...t ... h...a...v...e ... t...o SHOUT!!! :-P))

All: ::after a short and sweet battle, the Council of Thirteen is dead, and they were so stupid, they forgot to sound the alarm.::

OOCAl: ((Yeerks, they're so stupid.))

OOCJe: ((Well, that was a short plot ... Ooh!))

K: ::who has demorphed, as have the others:: "Hey, where's Mina?"

All: ::everyone looks around::

J: ::snaping into action:: "Okay. This ship isn't too big, so we should do a room by room search. Don't worry Kyle, we'll find her."

A: <Prince Jake, would it help if the children were here? Because they are now here, out in the hall.>

OOCAl: ((Does "snapping" have 1 or 2 "p's"? Great! I just spelled the same word two different ways! Oh. And Lutmash and the kids appeared there magically with Alf. :8) It's a pig. Don't ask. I got it off a "Fruit by the Foot."))

All: ::sighs::

Q: <My children are here?> ::runs out into the hallway and gets them all into a hug before they can stop her::

Cl: ::pushes away from her:: <No! You can't hug me until I'm done being whiny, evil and annoying! Mom, you are so embarrassing!>

Q: <Clovis, stop it!>

L: ::privately, only the children can hear her:: <Wow, Clovis, you're so brave!>

Ja: ::also privately:: <Clovis, grow up! You too, Leehara!>

A: <You know, Kyle, if Mina was lost on an Andalite ship, you'd never be able to find-> ::stops short because he sees both Clovis and Leehara's tails at Jaina's throat:: <Quantana! The children are fighting.>

Q: ::whirls around to see the children and screams:: <STOP IT, NOW!> ::strikes Clovis and Leehara with the flat of her tail blade (like a slap)::

J: "Here we go again ..."

Ky: "It's Mina! It's Mina! I'd know her shriek anywhere!" ::calling to her:: "Don't worry, honey, I'm coming!" ::dashes out of the room, followed by the others::

A: ::as running, to Lutmash:: <What did you do now, son of a Yeerk? You set this up, didn't you?>

Lut: ::spreads hands calmly:: <Of course not, dear brother-in-law. I would never do anything without the approval of the Senate.>

Q Ami: ::Queen Amidala pops into existence, shoots Lutmash and pops out::

OOCEm ((::evil laugh:: Go bear!))

Bear: ::a bear pops in and eats Lutmash::

OOCEm: ((Yes, it's all coming together now!))

OOCJe: ((Looks like it's falling apart to me ...))

Cl: <Lutmash! NOOOOOOOOO!>

OOCEm: ((Shut up Jenni. Moving on ...))

HB: "Out of the way, glafrash!"

Ky: ::doesn't move, dumbfounded. Unbeknownst to them, but knowst to us ... They didn't kill the Council of Thirteen, only 13 guys (13 very retarded guys) sitting in a room, and Kyle just ran into one of the real guys, who are going to be a lot harder to beat.::

Ky: ::slowly gets his brain back:: "Ah ... I was ordered to go to the, um, captive human, but I'm new here. Where should I go?"

HB: ::eyes him suspiciously, points down the hall::

Ky: "Thanks." ::runs down hall::

Ky: "No, get off me! Mina!"

HB: ::knocks Kyle out::

OOCJe: ((Now to Jake, Cassie, Rachel, Tobias, Marco, and Katrina.))

J: <Has anybody seen Mina?>

All: ::see, they're smart, they are in morph::

R: <We've been with you the whole time, Jake, what do you think?>

J: <Oh, yeah, just making sure ...>

M: ::who is incredibly stupid today:: <Wait! I saw her!>

K: <Where?>

M: <Um ...>

All: ::groan loudly::

OOCEm: ((Back to Kyle, who has been thrown in a cell with Mina.))

Mi: ::stands:: "Kyle?" ::throws arms around him::

Ky: ::appears surprised::

Mi: "I'm so scared, what are they going to do to us?"

Ky: ::holds her and strokes her hair and kisses the top of her head:: "I don't know, sweetheart. I guess we wait for the others to come and save us."

Mi: ::bursts into tears as she buries her head in his chest, and Kyle tightens his arms around her.:: "But ... what if ... what if they don't come for us?" ::sobs harder::

Mi: "I'm scared, Kyle."

Ky: ::holds her closer:: "I know, I am too. But we're going to get out of here. I promise."

Mi: ::leans into him and they sit quietly::

Ky: ::thinking: Katrina? Can you hear me?::

K: ::who is with the others:: <Kyle?>

M: <Katrina, are you okay?>

K: <Kyle. It's Kyle! I ... he's with Mina and they're both safe, but captured and he's in some kind of collar that won't let him morph.>

M: ::privately to the others:: <This whole feeling thing. It's so Star Wars.>

J,R,C,T: <Ben ... Leia! Hear me!>

M: <Show-offs.>

Mi: ::back in the room, Kyle has his eyes closed:: "Kyle? Kyle, are you okay?!"

Ky: ::eyes snap open, Mina jumps back:: "Katrina's coming for us."

Mi: ::raises an eyebrow:: "How do you know?"

Ky: "She told me."

Mi: "Okay ... that twin thing again?"

Ky: "Yeah. Kinda."

Mi: ::sighs:: "I wish I had a twin sister ..."

Ky: ::sighs:: "I wish I had magic hair ..."

Mi: ::smiles:: "Maybe you do."

Ky: "Well, if I have magic hair, then maybe you have a twin sister."

Mi: ::looks away from him:: "No. I have no twin sister."

Ky: ::softly:: "I know. I'm sorry." ::pauses:: "When are you going to tell the others?"

K: <Tell us what?>

Ky,Mi: ::suddenly notices a bunch of mice in the room.::

Ky: "Well, it is about time, you guys!"

R: <Come on, Kyle, what don't we know?>

Mi: ::exchanges nervous glances with Kyle::

All: ::demorph::

J: "Yeah, what are the two of you hiding from us?"

Mi: "I guess we have to tell them ..."

Ky: "Are you sure?"

Mi: ::nods slowly:: "Guys ... my father's a Controller. So is my mother and sister."

M: "That's okay. We took care of Controllers."

Mi: ::shakes her head:: "You don't understand. They're off-planet. And I'm ..." ::trails off::

Ky: ::sighs:: "Guys, meet ... Mina Chapman."

All: ::looks shocked::

OOCEm: ((Yeah, that's it, kill the Indians because they don't want to leave the land they've lived on for hundreds of years! Stupid Americans! ... Why did they tell Mina everything without knowing her LAST NAME?!?))

R: ::looks confused:: "But, Melissa told me she was an only child."

Mi: "I know, I know. She never knew, they never let her know ..." ::a tear rolls down her cheek.::

Ky: ::holds Mina:: "You guys, we got to get out of here. Only, only this thing around my neck won't let me morph."

J: "Well, let's get it off." ::goes to grab it::

Mi: "No! Don't rip it off! It'll kill him!"

C: "Then we need Ax."

OOCJe: ((Yeah, ya Indian killer ... what?))

OOCEm: ((.... Did you just call me and Indian killer? My family wasn't in the country when that happened. They were all in Ireland. ::sighs:: This is a really gay movie.))

A: ::another mouse crawls in::

M: "Ax-man, where were you?"

A: ::demorphs::

OOCJe: ((NO!!! Emily, I was talking about Andrew Jackson. Common people were crazy? Guess I'm a common person!))

A: <You really don't want to know ...>

J: "Ax, can you get this collar off?"

A: <Without blowing him up? No. I failed that sorta thing in school. Ask Quan, she'll know.>

T: "Well, go get her!"

A: <She's kind of, um, busy at the moment.>

M: ::stares at him:: "Doing what?"

A: <How should I know?>

Ja: <Mommy? What is that bear doing to Uncle Lutmash?>

Q: <Ummm ... They're just playing, sweetie. Morph so we can go find your daddy ...>

Cl: ::trying to kill the bear::

ICEm: ::pops into existence.:: "No, bad Andalite. Bad!" ::smacks Clovis:: "Respect my authoritie!" ::pops out with bear.::

Q: <Come, children.>

C: <Quan! Kyle and Mina need your help!>

Q: ::morphs with her children and leaves Lutmash's mangled corpse behind. In the room, they demorph and Quan looks at the collar thoughtfully::

A: <Can you get it off? With it, he can't morph.>

Q: <Sure. The AK-22 models are fairly simple. You just press this here, and that, and-> ::the collar falls off::

All: ::everyone stares stupidly::

Ky: "Oh ..."

J: "Let's get out of here."

Voice: "NOT SO FAST!"

A: ::mutters:: <Busted.>

Voice: "I thank you all for getting into one place." ::laughs:: "That will make it so much easier to kill you!"

A: <I have a stupid question, but, who are you?>

Voice: "That is of no importance!"

L: ::suddenly, notices a curtain off to the side, she pulls it open::

All: <"Who are you?">

Voice: "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"

OOCEm: ((This is a kewl pen!))

OOCAl: ((Rewind.))

A: <I have a stupid question, but, who are you?>

Voice: "I thought Andalites knew everything!"

A: <We do.>

Voice: "Then if you do know everything, who am I?"

A: <I don't know, I was asking you.>

Voice: "Well now I'm asking you."

A: <But I asked you first.>

All: ::eyes go back and forth, listening to each::

Voice: "If you know everything, you shouldn't have to ask."

A: <I bet you don't even know who you are!>

Voice: "I do!"

A: <Okay, hotshot, then tell me.>

Voice: "Fine! I'm Enis 3746. My host is Hedrick Chapman."

A: ::mutters:: <Stupid Yeerk.>

OOCSe: ((Right!))

Mi: ::eyes widen, face goes pale:: "Daddy?"

Chap: ::looks at Mina blankly:: "Do I know you?"

Mi: ::stands up slowly and walks toward him:: "Don't you remember me? Please, say you remember me. It's Mi-Mi."

Chap: ::goes pale:: "Mi-Mi?" ::face hardens and hits alarm button:: "Andalite scum!"

Mi: "No. I-I followed you here. And these things-" ::gestures towards Ax and Quan:: "Got me."

Chap: ::cancels alarm:: "Then why aren't you at your post?"

Mi: "I-I-I got captured by these Andalite scum and they took me here with these other Controllers."

Chap: ::looks at her suspiciously:: "Prove it." ::hands her a Dracon beam:: "Shoot him." ::points at Kyle::

Chap: ::gets Hork-Bajir to take them to cages for infestation later in the week.::

T: ::who still has thought-speech, magically:: <Mina, what have you done?!>

All: ::everyone looks at Tobias::

R: <How come you can talk in thought-speak even though you're not in morph?>

T: <I don't know, but you just did it, too ...>

J: <What's going on?>

C: <I don't know, none of us are in morph.>

T: <But we can still talk in thought-speak.>

Mi: ::whispers to them:: "I can't."

K: "Neither can I."

OOCEm: ((Of course, only the five original Animorphs can do this. It's a side effect from touching the blue box and disk twice at the same time. But Tobias touched it three times, so he can talk to everybody in thought-speak while human. Got it? Good.))

R: <Mina, why did you shoot Ax and Quan?>

Mi: ::silence::

R: <Answer me, dammit!>

Mi: ::silence::

T: <Mina, why did you shoot Ax and Quan?>

Mi: ::whispering:: "Just trust me."

OOCJe: ((Is Chapman still in the room? Look, Mommy, I'm a alien! Surprise!))

Chap: "Mina! Come with me."

Mi: ::fear goes into her eyes:: "Uh ... alright ..." ::they walk out of the room.::

J: <Why doesn't Chapman recognize us?>

C: <Maybe he's distracted, anyway, be grateful. We gotta get out of here.>

Ky: "I think we need to find a way out of here."

C: <Duh, I just said that.>

Ky: ::silence::

R: ::thinks to herself about the air vent she saw about 300 yards back. Speaking aloud:: "Guys, I saw an air vent about 300 yards back. We could try to get out through there."

M: "As Rachel speaks with her great blonde wisdom!"

R: "Hey!" ::Rachel trips:: ((157))

J: "But once in the shaft, where do we go? We have no idea where Ax and the others are."

C: "And how do we get off this thing? We are in space."

OOCAl: ((::to the cages::))

A,Q: ::Ax and Quan are in cages waiting for infestation. Quan is with the girls and Zanlor, who are crying, and Ax is staring off into space, wondering where he went wrong. Clovis has already been taken and is now a Controller.::

Q: ::leans head on Ax's shoulder:: <What are we going to do?>

A: ::sighs and takes Zanlor to make him stop crying:: <I wish I knew.>

L: ::two Controllers come to the cage and grab Leehara.::

Q: <No!> ::leaps towards Leehara, but the collar around her neck shocks her::

L: <Mommy! Nooo! NOOO!> ::her screams are heard in the distance as she is dragged down the hall. Then they come to a sudden stop.::

Q: ::whispers:: <No.> ::bursts into tears and buries her head in Ax's chest as he holds her, staring blankly, showing no emotion.::

OOCEm: ((Back to the Animorphs, who are inspecting the contents of Marco's pockets, looking for something that can help them.))

K: "God, Marco, how many coconuts do you have in here?"

OOCEm: ((Alright, Ali, you can have Leehara if you promise not to make her evil!))

OOCAl: ((I promise. I'll just make her Yeerk evil.))

M: "I don't know? A lot? Ah! Here it is!" ::pulls out those suction thingys for hands and feet for everyone, enough night goggle visions and stuff like that:: "Good old Zone 91. They have not only an Andalite toilet, but all this cool stuff. This baby here-" ::pats a thing with a screen:: "Detects earthly creatures."

J: "That's real nice, Marco, but what about the Yeerks? They're aliens."

M: "I never thought of that."

R: "God, Marco. You act like such a blonde! Now wait, I'm a blonde!"

J: ::shakes head:: "God Rachel, you are such a blonde."

R: ::smacks Jake::

T: ::takes Marco's device:: "Let me see that." ::makes a few adjustments.:: "There, now it detects aliens."

All: ::everyone stares at him::

C: "How did you do that?"

T: ::shrugs:: "You think I spent all that time with Ax and Quan and learned nothing?"

K: "Did they teach you how to convert a Z-space coupler to a hydroponi-dense power pack?"

T: "Yes."

K: "What about ... warming up a Dome ship?"

T: "Well ... no ..."

R: "This is all very nice, but let's get going!:

All: ::stares at her::

J: "Um ... Why?"

R: ::points at Clovis and Leehara with a bunch of Hork-Bajir Because they're going to kill us?"

J: "Oh. Good answer."

All: ::all scatter about screaming as Marco starts shoving everything back into his pockets. Clovis and Leehara stand there, motionless.::

M: ::looks at the screaming Animorphs, then back at the infested Clovis and Leehara.:: "I'll save you, Wolverine!" ::starts running ... away from the Controllers::

OOCEm: ((Ummm ... Do I want to know?))

OOCJe: ((Just sim. Only Lee and Clovis are Controllers.))

OOCEm: ((But of COURSE Jaina isn't, only my character and Clovis ... grumble ... grumble ... I don't care if I gave Leehara to Ali! Why are they screaming?))

All: ::everyone stares after Marco as he start running in slow motion

J: ::switching to thought-speech:: <We need to find Ax and Quan!>

T: <Ax, Quan! Where are you guys?>

OOCEm: ((See, Tobias can talk to them even thought he's not in morph. 'Cuz he's special like that.))

OOCJe: ((Yeah, we covered that.))

A: <Tobias! They've taken Leehara and Clovis, and they're about to take Zanlor! You must hurry! What morph are you in?>

T: <I'm not in morph.>

Q: ::pause:: <Then how are you talking to us?>

T: <Long story, I'll tell you when we're not running for our lives!>

OOCEm: ((What page is this? How much did Ali write? I don't want to get to page 500 without knowing.))

OOCJe: ((LOL. We have 8 pages to go.))

Ky: "You guys go find Ax! I'm going to look for Mina!"

K: "Kyle, no!"

All: ::everyone stops running for a minute.::

J: "Where is Mina?"

Ky: "With Chapman, I've got to find her ..."

OOCEm: ((If Clovis and Leehara are Controllers now, then don't the Yeerks know everything? Unless ...))

OOCJe: ((Unless what? Write it down!))

OOCEm: ((Unless we somehow made them forget about the humans ... Oh, Alf!))

OOCJe: ((Oh ... alright.))

L: <Quickly, get them!>

Cl: <They must be in human morph!>

All: ::all charge after them, the Animorphs running again.::

C: <Don't they recognize us?>

Alf: NO, THEY DON'T.

All: ::suddenly, everybody and everything but the Animorphs are frozen::

R: "Well, this looks familiar ..."

M: "Yeah, all we need is a big pool and it's deja vu."

OOCEm: ((Wait! What are you remembering, Jenni?))

OOCJe: ((... book 7 ...))

OOCEm: ((Oh ... I was thinking book 26 ... oh well.))

T: "What did you do?"

Alf: I PAUSED TIME? DUH ...

T: "No, I mean, what did you do to Clovis and Leehara?"

Alf: OH. THEY DON'T REMEMBER YOU GUYS. WELL, THEY DO, BUT THE YEERKS CAN'T GET AT THOSE SECRETS LOCKED WITHIN THEIR HEADS.

All: "Oh ..."

T: ::glances at Clovis and Leehara.:: "At least they don't have Zanlor and Jaina yet."

Alf: YET ... YOU MUST HURRY IF YOU WANT IT TO STAY THAT WAY ...

All: ::they glance back at Clovis and Leehara, then morph ... Fly! Yeah ... except for Kyle, who goes off to look for Mina::

C: <I think I found them!> ::suddenly, everyone else is unfrozen::

Q: ::Zanlor is being taken away by the Yeerks:: <No, Zanlor! ZANLOR!!!>

All: ::everyone starts buzzing around the Controller's face.::

R: <Get out of here, ya jackass!>

M: <Yeerk scum!>

All: ::they all begin to taunt the Controller, who drops Zanlor and runs away screaming ... before bursting into flames ...::

C: ::demorphs and unlocks the cage::

J: <That was fun, we should get to taunt the Controllers more often.> ::they all demorph::

All: ::nobody notices the fire from the flaming Controller's body slowly creeping up the doorway.::

A: <Where is Leehara?>

Q: <And Clovis?>

Ja: ::Jaina comes out of the cage:: <Where is my twin?>

All: ::the Animorphs exchange glances, Katrina bends down and hugs Jaina::

J: "They're Controllers."

C: "They were chasing us."

T: "But the Ellimist made them forget about us ... kind of ..."

Ja: ::shakes her head:: <No, no! They aren't! You should have saved them!> ::pushes away from Katrina and runs to her father:: <Daddy, Daddy, what are we going to do, Daddy? You'll save them, right?>

OOCJe: ((Hey, I got a question ... Where's Jeremy?!))

OOCEm: ((Ummm ... On the other ship still?))

A: ::hugs Jaina:: <Of course we will sweetie, it's only a matter of time.>

All: ::everyone is silent for a moment::

J: "Does anybody else really hate their lives sometimes?"

All: ::everybody slowly raises their hands::

C: "Yes."

J: ::sighs:: "Just making sure it's not just me ..."

R: "Come on. Let's go find Kyle and Mina."

Mi: ::is before the CO13::

Ky: ::is still in fly morph, in corner.:: <Mina! Can you hear me?>

Mi: ::stiffens::

Ky: <I'll take that as a yes.>

T/C: ::(Taxxon Controller) speaking into translator:: "How where you captured by the Andalites?"

Mi: "I was ... looking for my superior officer with the others when they ... overpowered us."

HB/C: ::turns to Chapman:: "And where are the Andalites now?"

HB/C: "Good work, Chapman. The incompetence of Visser Three has been rectified. We see the fall of the Andalite Bandits!>

Ky: ::snorts:: <They'd like to think so anyway ...>

Human/C: "What about this one?" ::gestures toward Mina::

Chap: "She's not afraid of us for some reason. She is either extremely brave or extremely foolish."

Mi: ::is incredulous:: "What, would you like me to cower at your feet like some mistreated puppy? I'm not stupid."

Chap: ::widens eyes in fear::

Human/C: ::chuckles:: "I suppose not. What is your number?"

Mi: ::pales:: "Uh ..."

Ky: <Inis 527!>

Mi: "Inis 527."

All: ::the Controllers exchange glances::

OOCEm: ((Where'd you get that, Jenni?))

All: ::suddenly, the fire alarm goes off::

T/C: "The Andalites must have escaped!"

All: ::glare at Chapman.::

HB/C: "Chapman, take these two-" ::points to two other Councilors:: "And correct your mistake. You," ::turns to Mina:: "Are coming with me."

Ky: <Mina, I'm going to find the others. Just hold on!>

Mi: ::follows the HB/C into a secret side room::

OOCEm: ((::Back to the others, who are trying to put out the fire::))

M: "Who knew Yeerks were so flammable?"

R: "You just HAD to blow it up, didn't you?!"

M: "It's not my fault that they see me and spontaneously combust!"

K: "Your face is just too horrifying."

M: ::Looks hurt::

K: "Kidding."

M: "We need a song! Billy Joel. 'We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning. We didn't start the fire, no we didn't light it but we're trying to fight it!' Billy Joel rules the world!"

OOCMe: ((With Sean.))

All: ::everyone but the Andalites join in::

OOCEm: ((Back to Mina.))

HB/C: "So Inis 527, what-" ::suddenly the sprinklers go off and the lights are shut off::

Mi: ::slowly, quietly begins to walk away, but a hand grabs her arm tightly::

HB/C: "I know you're not one of us. The Yeerk scanner we placed at the door says you aren't." ::suddenly, Mina feels the small blade of his other arm pressed against her throat.:: "Tell me where to find your friends, Andalite, and I will be quick with your death!"

OOCJe: ((Sim!))

OOCAl: ((Fine!))

Mi: "No! I ... I was captured by them and they ... held me for 3 days until the Yeerk died! I am a voluntary host!"

Mi: "I was ... cautious. You might have thought I was lying."

HB/C: "I still do. You see, the Andalites have not been on this ship for three days. Once we get your friends in here, we will see that your stories do not match." ::pauses:: "Yes, I can see the fear in your eyes. These Hork-Bajir can see much better in the darkness than humans."

Mi: "I thought Hork-Bajir didn't have good vision, but hearing."

HB/C: "Oh." ::pause:: "Well, would 'I can hear the fear in your voice' work?"

Mi: "Sure."

HB/C: "Okay then." ::pauses for dramatic effect:: "I can hear the fear in your voice."

HB/C: "Kill them, maybe torture them first. Or infest them, what do you expect? We're not exactly inventive."

Mi: ::joking in fear:: "Well, yeah, but what are ya gonna do, throw a party for them?"

HB/C: "Hey, that's not such a bad idea ..."

All: ::suddenly a mirror ball lights up and music starts playing.::

Weird stuff: ::the pen and the ring descend from their heavenly home, along with the prawn, the leprechaun and stuff like that.:: "We are the weird stuff!! Feel our wrath!"

ICJe: "That is wrong! Wrong and bad!!" ::Shoots Emily::

ICEm: ::watches as the bolt sails past her:: "And you say I need to work on my sparring skills."

ICJe: "I don't get slammed into walls every two seconds!"

ICAl: ::shoots them both, not missing:: "Good. Now I can get some Tylenol, or aspirin."

OOCAl: ((God, I can't spell! On my music quiz, I spelled death wrong. Deat.))

ICJe: "How the hell can you spell 'death' wrong?"

Lep: "Ouc, if ye bein' Irish ye could."

Prawn: "La la, la-la ... la!" ::dances around with the fish, who sings::

Bear: ::eyes the flaming Hork-Bajir hungrily::

ICEm: ::stands up, ignoring the fact she was just shot:: "Dammit, Jenni! Stop reading my mind!" ::pets bear, who is now eyeing Jenni.::

Ni: "Hey, aren't I supposed to be in Iowa?"

ICDa,Me,Je,Al,Em: ::all pause and yell:: "Nicole!!" ::we all bombard her and hug her::

Ni: "Help!"

OOCAl: ((I finally get to write on my own hundredth page! And my medical problems are coming to a close, and lots of people have come and gone with me. So. I like to thank people and stuff like that. I was supposed to get the last page, but I gave it to our dearly departed Nicole in far away Iowa. ::sniffle, sniffle:: Quan and Ax got a son. And we're halfway to 1,000!))

OOCEm: ((Wow. 500 pages. I remember when I started page 100, it seems like so long ago, at Daphne's party ... Ah, memories. A lot has happened since then. ::gets choked up:: We have one less person to write here now, we all miss Nicole. Jenni, your turn.))

OOCJe: ((I'm not one for big crying, emotional scenes. Page 500. Cool. Wonder if I simmed this much online ...))

OOCAl: ((I highly doubt it ... Anyway, I wish Nicole were here ... Oh well. That's page 500. I started and finished it!))