JAKE
"So Jake, what's today's mission?" Rachel asked me in a warning tone. I knew why she was angry. Recently, Ax had challenged my authority as leader, so I had suspended him from battle for a month. When he argued, I had ordered Tobias to keep an eye on him and if does anything out of the ordinary, to morph and forcibly bring him to me. He also refused, so I grabbed him and yelled at him. He flew away and wasn't seen again. By me anyway. So Rachel was lashing out at me for enforcing my authority.
"Rachel, you know what I did was right!" I jumped up. "Say it!"
She backed off. "Jake, stop! Think about it!"
"If you're not going to accept me as leader, you should get out! Out!"
"No, Jake! I'll stay! It's alright!"
"No, I don't think it is. See, if you really wanted to win this war, you and the rest would follow orders! I can do this myself! Get out of my sight! All of you!"
Cassie walked up to me. "I'm sorry Jake. Goodbye."
I said nothing. I was lost to my thoughts of singled out glory. I had the blue box. I could create new fighters who would only obey me. And if they deviated. well, they were expendable. I would have an empire under my command. I would not beat the Yeerks, I would conquer them! They would let go of their hosts and give me their ships! I would be ruler of the universe! That'd show Rachel and the others. Yeah, I'd get them all right. They'll see. I walked home.
RACHEL
What could I have done? Without Jake, we were just a bunch of kids. Even Marco was discouraged, and he's usually really get-up-and-go, you know? Tobias called a makeshift meeting at Ax's scoop. I walked there, too messed- up to fly. Well, when I got to the meeting, Tobias said that we should assume that Jake was listening, so to morph and use private thought-speak. That scared me. That was what we did with David, and he, you know. Was Jake going to be our enemy? I relayed this thought to Tobias, who just said hmm and ruffled his feathers. Marco in osprey morph asked, So what about Jake? We haven't seen him for 2 days, and that's a lot for him. I think we should try to find him.
Cassie cut in. That's going to be risky, Marco.
He's a member of our team, Cassie.
Ax cut in. Cassie, there is a possibility that Prince, um, former Prince Jake, has taken the Escafil Device. Have you checked the hiding place?
No, but I will. Hang on
Cassie demorphed and unscrewed the pipe. The blue box was gone.
"So Jake, what's today's mission?" Rachel asked me in a warning tone. I knew why she was angry. Recently, Ax had challenged my authority as leader, so I had suspended him from battle for a month. When he argued, I had ordered Tobias to keep an eye on him and if does anything out of the ordinary, to morph and forcibly bring him to me. He also refused, so I grabbed him and yelled at him. He flew away and wasn't seen again. By me anyway. So Rachel was lashing out at me for enforcing my authority.
"Rachel, you know what I did was right!" I jumped up. "Say it!"
She backed off. "Jake, stop! Think about it!"
"If you're not going to accept me as leader, you should get out! Out!"
"No, Jake! I'll stay! It's alright!"
"No, I don't think it is. See, if you really wanted to win this war, you and the rest would follow orders! I can do this myself! Get out of my sight! All of you!"
Cassie walked up to me. "I'm sorry Jake. Goodbye."
I said nothing. I was lost to my thoughts of singled out glory. I had the blue box. I could create new fighters who would only obey me. And if they deviated. well, they were expendable. I would have an empire under my command. I would not beat the Yeerks, I would conquer them! They would let go of their hosts and give me their ships! I would be ruler of the universe! That'd show Rachel and the others. Yeah, I'd get them all right. They'll see. I walked home.
RACHEL
What could I have done? Without Jake, we were just a bunch of kids. Even Marco was discouraged, and he's usually really get-up-and-go, you know? Tobias called a makeshift meeting at Ax's scoop. I walked there, too messed- up to fly. Well, when I got to the meeting, Tobias said that we should assume that Jake was listening, so to morph and use private thought-speak. That scared me. That was what we did with David, and he, you know. Was Jake going to be our enemy? I relayed this thought to Tobias, who just said hmm and ruffled his feathers. Marco in osprey morph asked, So what about Jake? We haven't seen him for 2 days, and that's a lot for him. I think we should try to find him.
Cassie cut in. That's going to be risky, Marco.
He's a member of our team, Cassie.
Ax cut in. Cassie, there is a possibility that Prince, um, former Prince Jake, has taken the Escafil Device. Have you checked the hiding place?
No, but I will. Hang on
Cassie demorphed and unscrewed the pipe. The blue box was gone.