Power. That's what it's all about. Not to destroy, but to control, is what it's all about. I wanted to take control of my own life. But they stood in the way. Now I suffer in their power. I suffer while they live and lust in their power. But they should beware, because what comes up, must come down. And they will come down.
By now you're wondering who I am to talk of power and control. My name is David and I am or was a human. I had a house, parents who loved me, a wickedly cool snake, Spawn, and a cool cat, named Megadeth. Till I found a blue box, which led to my parents being taken over by the Yeerks. The Yeerks are a parasitic species of slugs, who have managed to infest the galaxies, taken over hundreds of species, and are now invading Earth.
Like I cared, until they took my parents in a battle, to take the blue box. The blue box, which gives a person the power to morph, change into any creature you touch. It was the Andalites, who created the morphing technology, the Andalites who gave the Yeerks the ability to fly through the galaxy infesting species, and it was an Andalite, who gave five kids the ability to morph.
The Animorphs. They in return to try and save what life I had left, since the Yeerks knew my identity, gave me the power to join them. No not to join, but to command and control. To fight in their hopeless war, instead of using their awesome power for more personal uses. I decided to leave the group, much to their displeasure and they became a serious problem. I had to get rid of them or they would take me down. In the end, I lost. I became . . . I now am a nothlit. A person stuck in morph, gone past the two hour limit.
I live my life not as free as a bird, not a mighty lion in a jungle, or even a killer whale, the prince of the oceans. No, I am a rat. The Animorphs held me till I passed the deadly limit. They listened to my cries and pleas with no remorse. Then dropped me on some rocks on the shore, far from civilization. Yet, have no doubt, my fellow morphers. Somehow or some way, I will return.
Chapter 2 (Jessie)
"You're back!! Someone hide the chocolate cherry cake!" cried my sister.
I grinned despite, her unfair remark. So, I enjoyed a good piece of chocolate cherry cake. "Wenn, have you and Eric got engaged yet?" I asked as I came into her townhouse.
My name is Jessie. It was good to be back in the U.S.A. again, in my hometown. My parents are achaeologists, which means we move quite a bit. I was currently living in Africa for the past two years, when my parents decided they wanted my younger brother, Alex, to attend school in America. I decided I would go with him. I mean I couldn't let him live with Wenn by himself. Nobody could do that. Okay, so maybe that wasn't my true motive. I wanted to see David. Ohhhh!, I know what you're doing! Stop with the lovey kissy noises. David came close to being my first true boyfriend. We originally met on the Internet, back a couple of summers. He was sweet, cute and had a little bit of an attitude. He just liked to be in control of situations, I guess. Nothing to worry about. We had met before I went to Africa, and went out to the movies together. My first date, sigh. Anyway, we had a good time and had promised to keep emailing each other and we did.
But a few months back, he stopped emailing me. I had began to wonder if he had lost interest in me. I had remembered in one of the last emails he sent me that he was moving to my hometown. I has sent an email saying he should stop by my sister's place. But when I called my sister and asked if she had heard from David, she didn't know who I was talking about. So, when my parents suggested to send me and my brother back to the States to live with my older sister, I agreed ecstatically.
"Jessie? Hellooo?" said Wenn, waving her hand in front of me.
"Huh?" I answered.
"I said, me and Eric are planning to get engaged very soon," she said.
I told her that was great and went into my new room to unpack. I took out a picture David had sent of himself. I gazed at it in deep thought. As soon as I go to school tomorrow, I'll ask around about him. With that resolved, I continued unpacking.
Chapter 3 (Cassie)
"Cassie, you have got to try on this dress! It is definitely you!" Rachel cried holding out a short violet dress. I laughed shaking my head. Rachel has definitely made it a mission in her life to improve my wardrobe.
But my friends and I have a greater mission in all our lives. That mission is to stop the Yeerks from taking over Earth. You're probably wondering how a bunch of kids against aliens from outer space with advance technology can harm them. Well, one night we all, stupidly, decided to take the shortcut through the construction site from the mall. Where we met the Andalit Prince Elfangor, who gave us the power to morph, to absorb any animal's DNA and become that animal for a period of two hours. An awesome power, and a dangerous power.
But for right now, we were just normal kids at a normal mall. That is until Marco and Ax, showed up. Ax is Prince Elfangor's brother. That's right an Andalite, but a young one. We rescued him from the bottom of the sea and he joined us in our battle.
"Hi, guys, been to the food court lately?" I asked.
Marco rolled his eyes and pointed to Ax.
"Someone please, take the Bottomless Pit away for me. Man, not only did he eat my lunch, he ate the people's food behind us!" Marco cried with annoyance.
Rachel laughed and said "Oh, Marco. Now you know how we feel when we take you out in public."
Marco grinned and noticed all the shopping bags Rachel carried. "And I see Xena has struck the world of fashion, today. Swinging her mighty sword with the latest fashion in check. Rachel started to smile wickedly and I sighed heavily.
This is how the usual Rachel vs. Macro battles went. I decided to take Ax out of the mall, so he could demorph and save myself in the process.
"Time to go, Ax" I said and took his arm.
"How about one more, Cinnaa-bunzh?" he asked as we left Rachel and Macro.
Another sigh. As we passed the mall pet store, I couldn't help but look inside as we went. I love animals, in fact both of my parents are veterinarians. For some reason, my eyes lingered over the cage filled with rats. A few months ago, we had created a new Animorph, but he turned against us. And with no choice left, we made David a nothlit. It was I who devised the plan to capture him in rat morph. I can still remember his painful thought speak cries, as we left him to his fate. I felt a sudden cold chill as I stared at those rats and their gleaming beady eyes. A premonition of something evil, would descend upon us, soon very soon.
Chapter 4 (David)
I was flying in the sky on my wings, vast and powerful. I could see the people stuck to the ground and laughed at their weakness. Then I woke up, cold and hungry, in a rat's body. A nightmare more worse than any I could dream. I decided to scurry around on my rock and find something to eat, since I obviously could not contain the rat's hunger.
Then in the darkness before me, something began to form in front of me. I tried to smell it, but it had no smell. Yet, I could sense a buried feeling of darkness pouring from it. It appeared to be an eye. Big and red, enough to give you terrifying nightmares for weeks. It looked at me and I swear it almost stopped my rat's heart.
<Who are you?> I asked the Big Red Eye.
I AM SOMEONE WHO CAN RESTORE YOUR POWER.
I gazed at the eye in shock. <And how can you do that?> I asked with obvious doubt.
IF YOU DO SOMETHING FOR ME, I WILL DO SOMETHING FOR YOU. He answered in a voice that seemed to come from no particular place.
This is my chance, I thought. And I'm not one to let opportunities slip by me. <What needs to be done?> I answered.
THE ANIMORPHS NEED TO BE . . . OUT OF COMISSION. THEY STAND IN MY WAY AND THEY STAND IN YOUR WAY. WILL YOU ACCEPT?
<Where do I sign up?> I said smiling.
Suddenly, the Big Eye disappeared. <Hey, I'm still a rat!!> I cried in rage. I should have known, it was too good to be true. Must have been a dream, I told myself and went back to sleep.
I awoke in the morning aching. I stood on my toes and stretched. Toes? Stood up? I was human. I was human, again. Could I morph? I thought in disbelief.
TWO HOURS. A voice echoed in the wind.
I smiled to myself. Well, well. I guess I'm back in the game. As I began to morph. I spread my wings and flew off the rock that had been my prison for so long. Look out, you unsuspecting do-gooders. You Animorphs are in for a huge surprise. For David, has returned.
To be continued in . . . David's Revenge