chapter Seven
The first meeting after the breakup was awkward. Rachel didn't look at, or talk to, Tobias unless she had to, and it went that way all through the mission. She was nothing more than formal with him when they saw each other, and the only time they did was during missions. she didn't come visit him anymore, or ask him to come to the mall with her. she kept her window locked, and the shades drawn, every time he tried to come to her room as a hawk.
As depressed as he was through all of this, it helped seeing the eggs hatch. He watched his children grow, and become fat greedy little chicks. Ax watched over them too, and Cassie came by a few times to check them out. The female took the role of feeding the babies, so less stress was on Tobias. He did feed them from time to time, though. Months passed, and the chicks eventually flew from the nest. After they were gone, Tobais became sad again. He really wasn't able to do much with the female, especially compared to the things he could have done with Rachel.
A new thought came to him, though, that could possibly solve his problem. During a mission, they had to continually move the blue box to keep it from Visser Three. At one point, a buffalo came into contact with it and acquired Chapman. As weird as that was, it gave him an excellent idea. He just needed some DNA samples, and temporary possession of the box. On his days off, he looked around for girls that looked good. He found two girls, and took hair samples from garbage cans in their yards. They would be the DNA samples used for what Ax called the frolis maneuver.
Getting the box was fairly short and easy. He took a plastic bag and put the stuff inside, then flew to the meadow. He knew he needed help with what he wanted to do, so he asked Ax.
<Please clarify for me. You want to try to grant the female hawk morphing abilities, and get her to morph DNA from two Human females?>
<Yeah. If we can teach her to be Human, then she would be more like me. We could have a good relationship together, like the one I would have had with Rachel.>
<I suppose it is possible. I probably wouldn't get into any more trouble with my people for allowing it than I will be for allowing all the other stuff I've done. Giving information freely, allowing Human possession of Andalite technology, and so forth.>
<Thanks Ax.>
since she was already trained, it wasn't too difficult for Ax to get her to stand on the box. He also had her hold the hair, and got her to morph by showing her Tobias morphing repeatedly. Tobias decided to name her Cindy, since the other girl's names were Casey and Linda. A melding of two names to fit a melding of DNA. After that, they started teaching her how to talk, and act, Human. They also taught her to wear clothes in Human morph, and she learned to assimilate a morphing suit into her Human morph. After several weeks, it was finally time to test her out in public.
They went to the park, the mall, and other places. She called Tobias her lifemate a lot, and Ax her friend. One day they were invited by Jake to eat at the foodcourt. After talking it over a lot, they decided to bring Cindy with them. Tobias was nervous about it, but he wanted them to know about it. He felt they should know, even though he hadn't consulted them before doing it.
