Darker, less humorous one here. This thread may not be the right place for this, but I feel this topic needs a shot in the arm, yeah?
[spoiler=Spoilers]*Cassie becomes aware of her surroundings. She stands in the wasteland that used to be her hometown, the landscape dominated by a massive Yeerk Pool. She also seems to be unable to control her own movements*
Cassie:
What? Where am I?Terlin: <<Oh, you're... cognizant. I was wondering if this would ever happen. Welcome to Earth, I suppose. The new seat of the great and powerful Yeerk Empire.>>
Cassie:
Who... are you...?Terlin: <<Of course. How rude of me. I am known as Terlin 415 of the Sulp Niar pool, but you can call me Sub-Visser 9. I've been making great use of your body these past five years. Your morphing powers are... interesting.>>
Cassie:
What? No! No no no! Get out of my head!Terlin: <<If you were going to fight me, little girl, you should have done it five years ago. My hold over you is much too strong now.>>
Cassie:
Get out get out GET OUT!!Terlin: *laughs*
*after a few moments*
Cassie:
... five years? I... I can't remember... what happened?Terlin: <<I love this part. This happened to my last host too>> *laughs*
Cassie:
Please... just tell me...Terlin: <<You remember that first time you were at the Yeerk Pool? How you were captured and herded along like the livestock that you are? How you were brought to the infestation pier? You were infested that day, Cassie. Given to me.>>
Cassie:
Liar. My friends rescued me and you know it.Terlin: *laughs* <<This is the good part. The shock of being infested was too much to bear. Losing control of your own body wasn't something you were able to process. It happens to some hosts. Your mind created a sort of... fantasy world for you to live in. You've been delirious for five years, Cassikins. Living inside a world of your creation. A world that only you and I could see.>>
Cassie: *furious*
You're lying!This is one of the Ellimist's tricks!Terlin: <<The Ellimist... now that was a creative one. Where'd you come up with him, I wonder? In any case, no, he's nothing more than a figment of your imagination.>>
Cassie:
Jake will come for me! You'll see, and when he does...Terlin: <<Jake was cut down by the Visser the same day you were infested. Poor boy's five years in the ground now. He certainly made a good attempt at a rescue. For a human.>>
Cassie:
... What about Marco? Tobias? Rachel?Terlin: *feigning sadness* <<All dead, I'm afraid.>>
Cassie:
... Ax too?Terlin: *laughs* <<Oh, right, your little Andalite friend. He's not real, Cassie. Did you really think you could hear a voice calling out to you from beneath the ocean? I'm afraid you made Aximili up entirely. Elfangor was the last Andalite on Earth, excepting the Visser's host.>>
Cassie:
But all my morphs... I remember them all... every sensation...Terlin: <<The perfect escape for a mind like yours, really. That Andalite fool had given you the morphing power. You knew how it felt to see your body change, to become a horse. You've always been fond of animals. Making up sensations for animals you knew was a great way to occupy your time.>>
Cassie:
No. No no no! This isn't right! The Andalites came! We won! We won the war! Your Visser is awaiting trial! It's over!Terlin: <<The conquest couldn't have been smoother.>>
Cassie:
No! No! No! This is a trick!Terlin: <<Cassie, think. People do not travel to the time of dinosaurs. Microscopic aliens do not shrink people to the size of a pinhead. And a handful of children do not topple an empire. You know this, deep down inside.>>
Cassie: *sobbing*
No! No! No!Terlin: *looking around the landscape* <<Cassie, look around you. Your world is finished. This is a Yeerk place now. No room for your human sentimentality. You can't control your arms. You can't control your legs.>>
"You can't even control your own voice."
Cassie:
No! Get out! Get out!Terlin: *bored* <<I think I liked you better before. You were much less whiny.>>
Cassie:
I want to go back! I want to see Jake again!Terlin: <<By all means. Please do.>>
*Cassie seems to feel herself falling... falling... falling... until finally she sits up in bed, late at night. After a few moments, she gets up, walks over the the phone, and dials*
Jake: *groggily* "Hello?"
Cassie: "It's me."
Jake: "Cassie? What do you want?"
Cassie: "Just wanted to hear your voice. I had the most awful dream."
*Terlin, or possibly someone else, can be heard laughing*[/spoiler]
