((Okay... So they found the decoy, and now they're in the middle of NORMAL space...))
Kaitlyn made her way toward the nearest exit as quickly as she could without running.
<What are you doing?> Kaitlyn asked. Illrid didn't answer. Realization dawned on her, and she would have laughed, had she not been under the Yeerk's control. <You're running away, aren't you?>
<I am not running away,> Illrid snapped.
<Coward.> A sudden tap on her shoulder startled them both.
"Illrid?" an unfamiliar Controller said between gasps. He had obviously run the entire way.
"Yes?" she responded, raising her eyebrows.
"Um... The... The Visser wants to see you. Immediately. He's--he's very angry." Kaitlyn could feel Illrid's nervousness return.
<Busted,> she thought.
Without saying anything to the Controller, Illrid turned and headed down to the Yeerk pool.
Four minutes later, she arrived in his temporary quarters. She spotted Denise standing near the front of the room, bowing slightly to Visser Three. "...To see me, Visser?" she said.
"Visser, I am here," Illrid said, perhaps too loudly, stumbling toward him. His tail was soaked in blood.
<Way to state the obvious, Illrid.>
<Be quiet, unless you'd like to have us both killed.>
<If only it could be just you.>
"Do--do you need something--from me?" she stammered.
