((I will control Jason, until Jmnar4 gets back.))
<Don't panic, Nichole. Just target Human Controllers instead of Hork-Bajir Controllers. You don't have to kill them, just knock one down and smack him or her in the head. That should knock them out. I'm heading for the pier to rescue those who are being reinfested. Jason and Yarin, go around the sides of the crowd and keep the exit from being blocked. Nichole, you stay behind and wait for me to catch up.>
Cody wondered where all this was coming from. He had never led anyone before, and when he offered to be the leader he didn't really expect them to agree with him. He had been in a few gangs, though, and had witnessed leaders take action during shootouts and such.
In crocodile morph, he reached the pool. He let out a roar that got the attention of the Hork-Bajir controllers. Each involuntary Human was being held by one Hork-Bajir, but the involuntary Hork-Bajirs were being held by two. There were some voluntaries that went there themselves, and were merely helped by a Hork-Bajir at the end of the pier.
The pier was wide enough for three Hork-Bajir to easily walk past, so the reinfested hosts wouldn't have difficulty getting past the line. He hit the back of the line, and yelled in thought speech for the prisoners to join the crowd. The controllers that weren't trying to control the fire were beginning to try and stop the crowd from getting farther. He couldn't see the far exit, but he hoped it wasn't already blocked.
He knocked the Controllers off the pier into the water, and the freed prisoners fought their way out. Unfortunately, some controllers wanted to be stubborn. One Hork-Bajir jumped on Cody and grabbed his tail, and another swung at his head. It was hard for Cody to get a good bite in while also trying to avoid the knee blades. He turned, and lashed with his tail to swing the other Hork-Bajir around to hit the one in front. Then he found an opening to bite and crush the enemy's legs.
One Human female was almost grabbed by another Human, but she fell into the water. She screamed for help as she tried to keep the Yeerks from getting into her ears. Cody hit the water.
<Don't be afraid. Just grab on to my back.>
even though crocodiles are very dangerous, and known to eat people, she eagerly got on his back. He swam to shore, and fought his way to the crowd. For some reason, though, it had stopped short of the exit.
Jason's POVJason and Yarin both took opposite sides of the crowd as they came around to go to the front. Some others were making their way into the crowd, and the only way to tell who was a controller, and who wasn't, was the controllers would try to pull others away from the crowd. He let out a roar, and nailed some controllers. Taking the advice Cody gave Nichole, he just swatted the Human controllers, and they lay unconscious. It didn't take much effort for a Tiger.
When they both got to the front, they knew there was trouble. A wall of controllers blocked the crowd from going right or left, and directly in front of the exit stood Visser Five.
<Cody, we have a problem. They have us surrounded, nd we have to get past Visser Five to get out.>
<How big is the crowd right now?>
<We had around two hundred to start with, but I think we're down to about half.>
<Andalite survivers!> Visser Five yelled. <Your fleet is destroyed. resistance is futile. You will accomplish nothing by fighting now.>
<He thinks we're Andalites?> Cody asked no one in particular. <Okay, let me think...I got it! All Free Hork-Bajir! Make your way to the front of the crowd! We have to charge him. Full force. He can't stop one hundred people by himself. Jason and Yarin. One of you get to the right of the crowd, and the other to the left. Hold off the controllers on the sides for as long as possible. Everyone Charge!>
Yarin and I went around the sides as the Hork-Bajir took the front and the Humans were in the back. Visser Five was the only thing that stood in our way, but he was a Calveroid Controller. How strong or fast was a Calveroid. <Yarin. Do you think we can get past a Calveroid with a hundred Hork-Bajir and Humans plus us "Andalites" in morph?>
