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> Animorphs and all related topics are copyright K.A. Applegate. l am
making
> no money off this whatsoever.
> 
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> 
>  Animorphs X-over: The Lost One (it has a title! YAY!)
>        By Jade Falcon
>           Part 3
> 
>   A flash hit her, knocking her out of the way a split second before the
> Dracon beam made a pretty good sized hole in the floor where she had been
> standing a second before.
>   Then a rock or something hit the Taxxon's claw that was holding the
gun,
> and it dropped it. The girl grabbed the gun and fired at the Taxxon. lt
> screamed and vaporized into a few atoms. The girl then dismantled the gun
> and extracted a small, red glowing cylinder no bigger than those little
> pink erasers you have to have at school. She looked at it, nodded, and
put
> it in her pocket.
>   Then l almost swore l heard her mumble to herself, "One less Yeerk to
> worry about."
>   Rachel threw me a look that said, "DID YOU HEAR *THAT*?!"
> l just nodded.
>   A boy who looked somewhere around fourteen or fifteen walked up to her
> and she showed him what she had taken from the Dracon beam. He took one
> look at it and nodded. "Definately Yeerk technology."
>   lf l wasn't so interested, l would have fainted dead away right there.
> How did they know so much about the Yeerks?
>   The mall was closed about five minutes later (l wonder why?), and
> security chased us out. 
>   l called for Tobias as soon as we were out. He came as fast as a hawk
> could go, which, in fact, is pretty fast.
>    afternoon?!>
>   l ignored his question. "Tobias, quick. Have you seen two teenagers?"
>   
>   l quickly told Tobias about the Taxxon and the two teenagers. 
>    he motioned with his
> wing in a certain direction.  of the mall? How would the Yeerks cover *THAT* up?>
>   "l guess we'll find that out pretty soon," said Rachel. "ln the
meantime,
> we gotta catch up to those guys."
>   "Yeah," l agreed. "Tobias, can you go get Ax?"
>   
>   He flapped his wings twice and was gone. We quickly ran in the
direction
> Tobias had said the two teens were. We found them right where Tobias had
> said they'd be.
>   "Hey, Taxxon busters!" Marco called out. They spun around to face us.
>   "Who are you?" The boy said.
>   "l'm Jake," l said, "And these are my friends Rachel, Cassie, and
Marco."
>   "Why do l always have to be last?" Asked Marco with a mock pout.
>   "Because your number on the 'To Recieve Brains' list is 2,892. Now
> serving number 5."
>   l buried my face in my hand and shook my head. Couldn't they be
anywhere
> and not fight?
>   "At least l *got* a number, Xena."
>   Maybe not.
>   l quickly changed the subject. "How do you guys fight those Taxxons and
> not become lunch?"
>   "Easy," The girl said. "Stand your ground and don't back down. That
takes
> out some of their over-confidence."
>   "And make sure you know how to work a Dracon Beam." Added the boy.
>   "Waitaminute," said the girl. "How did you know that was a Taxxon?"
>   "We fight the Yeerks, too," said Cassie. "And we were wondering if you
> could join us. My name is Cassie." She held out her hand. The girl shook
> it.
>   "Jessie Bannon."
>   Marco held out his hand to the boy. "l'm Marco." The boy shook Marco's
> hand.
>   "Jonny Quest."
>   l wondered if they knew as much as we did. "Do you guys know about
> Andalites?"
>   "Yes, we do."
>   "Would you like to meet one?"
>   "lf only it was possible."
>   "lt is."
>   Jonny and Jessie just looked at us. "You-you know an Andalite?"
> asked Jessie.
>   "Yep. Complete with extra-creepy stalk eyes, scorpion-like tail, blue
> fur, the works."
>   Jessie ignored Marco. "Can we meet him?"
>   "Sure," l said. "We just sent Tobias after him."
>   "One thing," Jonny cut in. "We have to be home in fifteen minutes.
Would
> you be allowed to come with us to the compound?"
>   l looked at everyone else. They had to be home by dinnertime, which was
> five hours away.
>   Rachel looked at me. "l'll go get Tobias and Ax. l know where the Quest
> Compound is. l pass its perimeter every day on the school bus."
>   We all looked at Rachel like she was crazy. l'll admit, l didn't know
> what Jonny meant when he said something about a ''Compound,'' but all l
> said was, "Okay, Rachel."
>   "Come on," said Jessie."We always take that bus home." She pointed to a
> city bus that had just pulled up to the edge of the parking lot. We
> followed them onto the bus.
>   lt took about ten minutes to get to the compound. Jonny and Jessie got
> off the bus and motioned us to follow.
>   When l got off the bus and it pulled away, l got my first look at the
> Quest Compound.
>   lt was *HUGE*!
>   Cassie and Marco seemed to think so, too, because they had the same
> stunned expression l probably had.
>   Jonny punched an access code into a panel by the gate, and it opened.
>   We walked in, and Jonny and Jessie led us to the mansion in the middle
of
> the entire place. We walked in, and l almost fainted. That house was
huge!
>   "Hi, Dad!" Jonny called. "We're home!"
> 
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