“So…Jeff right?” I asked
“Yes”
“What makes you think you should be an Animorph?”
“Well, my dad used to be a controller, until you guys’ parents saved him the first time they went to the Yeerk Pool, and he told me a lot of info about the Yeerks.”
“Really, like what?”
“Well, did you guys know that Yeerks are addicted to Maple Oatmeal and when they eat it, they lose control of their hosts?”
“Really? We never knew that!” Pablo said sarcastically “It’s not like our parents ever told us about their past adventures and everything they learned about aliens”
“That’s not all; the Yeerks also need to go to the Yeerk Pool every 3 days or they die of starvation!”
“Wow, that’s really good information! We just went down to Yeerk Pool because we heard there was party.” Pablo said “What’s next? Do the Yeerks crawl into people’s heads too?”
“Yep, and they control you too.” Jeff replied
“Yea, I think I’ve heard enough.” I said
I pulled one of Ax’s newest inventions, the memory stick, out of my pocket and pointed it at Jeff. Lisa, Pablo and I put on our sunglasses so it wouldn’t affect us.
“Say cheese!”
FLASH!
I pushed the red button on top of the memory stick. A blinding flash of light came out of the stick. Jeff‘s mouth was wide open and his pupils disappeared.
“You don’t remember anything about the Animorphs or the new Yeerk invasion; and when I snap my fingers you’re going to go home and ask your dad to tell you useful information about the Yeerks.”
I snapped my fingers and Jeff left my room, walked down the stairs and out the door.
“So Lisa, did you really think he’d make a good Animorph or did you just think he was cute? Like the last four guys you brought in.” Pablo asked
“Well, I guess I kinda sorta thought he was a little tiny bit cute.”
“We’re screwed.” I said “We’ve interviewed 10 people today and not a single one is good enough to be an Animorph.”
“What about Artie?” Pablo asked “He’s smart, athletic, and….”
“And his ego is way too big! He’d probably try to become the leader.” I said
“Well why don’t we try him out and if we don’t like him then we’ll just wipe his memory.” Lisa suggested
“Well….sure.”
1 week later
Ok here’s the scenario. We’ve just given Artie the morphing power and we’re on a mission at the circus. According to the chee, one of the performers is a controller and he’s gonna try and infest everybody attending the show. Right now we’re backstage where everybody gets ready to go on. The only reason nobody seems to notice us is because we were able to pick up some clown disguises.
“We look ridiculous.” Artie complained
“Yeah but if we didn’t look like we worked here they wouldn’t have let us in.” I said
We started searching for any signs of Yeerk activity but so far we haven’t see anything….until we came across a door with a sign on it that said “Do Not enter”. We searched the room but we still couldn’t find anything just a few props and a barrel full of House Geckos.
“Well this was the most useless thing I’ve ever done. The only things in here are a few stacks of hay and a barrel full of newts.” Artie complained
“Geckos” Lisa corrected
“Whatever. Can we please leave now so I can change out of this stupid….”
I put my hand over Artie’s mouth.
“Quick, run behind that haystack over there and morph! Somebody’s coming.”
Within five minutes we were all in house gecko morph and squeezed into the barrel with all the other geckos. All I could see, feel, or smell, was leathery lizard skin. However I was able to hear some voices
“So what’s the plan Visser 1?” the first voice said
“<First we let the humans enjoy the show, just long enough for them to drop their guard. And then, we attack.>”
“So what exactly will this attack involve?”
“<10 Hork Bajir and 13 Taxxon>”
“Sounds interesting”
“<Indeed it is>”
“Well, I suppose I should make my way to the stage”
“<What exactly does your host do?>”
“He eats all the lizards in this barrel”
“<….Humans are f[beep]ing stupid. Do they seriously find this sh[beep] entertaining?>”
“Yes they do.”
“<Wow, why do we even want to take over this planet?>”
“<Uh, guys when he said he eats lizards…Do you think we should leave?>” Pablo asked
“<Yea maybe we should get out of here before…>” I started
“LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR MIGUEL, THE PROFFESIONAL LIZARD EATER!” The Ringmaster shouted
“<Oh sh[beep] we’re already on stage. Come on let’s get out of here.>”
“<Uh guys….>” Artie started
“<Not now Artie, we have to get out of here>” I said
I ran out of that barrel as fast as my extremely small legs could carry me. Surprisingly, that was pretty fast, in five seconds I was already backstage again.
“<I Gotta find somewhere to demorph!>”
I found a bathroom and started demorphing. I felt my tail crawl up my back, my arms and legs grew, and I grew about 5 feet. Once I was fully human, I walked out of the bathroom and saw Lisa and Pablo who were also completely human.
“Where’s Artie?” I started
“Uh…” Lisa started
“<AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!>”
“LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MIGUEL HAS EATEN EVERY LAST LIZARD IN THE BARREL!!!!!!!!!”
“…….Oh crap!”
