Chasing Cars (Marco)

[Amy Lona Arzabe]

Amy sighed as she sat back in her seat and closed the file. Another day of not getting anything accomplished. Could things get any worse? Amy shook her head and muttered, "I hope not..." She looked at her watch and stood up to leave.


"Hey, Amy? Could I get some help on my case?"

Amy groaned. "Can it wait? I seriously need to just go home and relax with my family. I have been here too long already."

"It will only take a sec, I promise."
Amy looked at the brown haired man that worked with her. What was his name again? Oh yeah, Leroy. "A sec, Leroy? All right, fine. I could help you for a sec. What is it?"
"Well, come on in here." Leroy opened the door for her and ushered Amy inside.

"All right where is your-" Amy was interrupted when she saw the sludgy pool in front of her. A trap! Damn it, I'm naive.
She quickly moved away from Leroy and barely managed to slip past him and head for the nearest exit. "Thank God for Marco's fast Car." She grabbed the keys out of her purse and reached the front door. Out of nowhere, Tseeew!
Something flew past her head and she ducked down, starting to actually feel fear gripping her. She looked behind her and saw that not only Leroy but four other new recruits were after her. "Shit!" she cursed as she dropped the keys.
Snatching them, she unlocked the car door and got in.
Turning the car on and throwing it in reverse Amy saw they were getting in their own cars, and there were more people inside!
Amy put Marco's car in drive and sped off, her knuckles turning white as she kept getting faster and faster. Getting on the freeway had been a breeze, now it was just losing the men behind her. Amy didn't know if she was going to survive this.
She felt a tear escape her and she quickly wiped it away, telling herself not to think those thoughts. The thoughts that she would never even get a chance to say goodbye to Marco, Eva, or Laura.
The men kept pace and stayed behind her, shooting random shots at her. Twice she had to duck under the steering wheel and scream, but then she would go right back to driving. She looked down at her speedometer and realized she was going 110 mph....
Well, this is a bit extreme....this is INSANE! She thought as she held onto the wheel tighter than before. Soon, helicopters were in the air and sirens started flashing, but since that didn't stop the men from shooting at her and going after her, Amy didn't stop. Get out now, then stop later.

[marco]

Marco winged his way overhea, the osprey morph wasn't the fastest, and he hadn't used it in a while so he was rusty at controlling the animal's instincts. At first he had headed toward the ocean, the bird wanting to be near water and it's food source. Then Marco had managed to get control and steer the morph toward the freeway. Below the cars whizzed by, but it was easy enough to spot the bright red car his wife drove, racing through the street. Dracon Beams were going off at regular intervals, narrowly missing the vehicle.

<Amy!> He cried out, forcing down the birds instinctive notion that diving into a car moving at 110 mph was suicidal. Actually, it wasn't JUST the birds instinct...it was Marco's as well. What he was about to do was utterly insane. He didn't have the speed of a falcon, he could easilly miss the car and end up as street pizza.

None the less, he tucked his wings and dove.

TSEEW!

Dracon fire barely missed him as he thudded into the seat. He felt his wing snap in the collision, but there was no time to worry about pain! He quickly began demorphing. nce he was h uman again he shouted over the dracon fire, "What the hell happened?"

[Amy Lona Arzabe]

Amy couldn't go any faster in that car without overheating it, so she stayed pace. Suddenly, she heard her husband's voice in her head, and her breath caught. Where was he?
Then out of the blue a bird flew into the car and she nearly had a heart attack. "Marco! Are you INSANE! You could have been killed, you could have-" then he asked what happened after he was finished demorphing.
"Well, I was just asked to help Leroy with something, and he's a new intern-" she ducked when another beam shot past the car. "New intern at work. I went inside his office, and there was this green, ugly, and disgusting pool....thing, and I assumed it was a Yeerk pool from what you've told me, so I started heading out and they tried to shoot me." Three more shots rang out and Amy ducked again. "How'd you find me?" She wiped a tear away once more that was from the fright of everything.

[marco]

Marco let out an agravated sigh, it wasn't bad enough that the Yeerks had returned, they were already screwing with his family. He turned to face the cars and had to duck as another beam shoot past hi head, "I knew something like this would happen! I knew it!"

It seemed that now that the yeerks had no hope of subtly taking over the planet, they were willing to be mre overt, though they still seemed to be resorting to trickery on some level. Upon being aske ho he had found her, he pointed to the helicopter whirring over head, "News bulletin. Apparantly you're as famous as me."

More dracon fire rang out around them, and Marco ducked again, "At least they're lousy shots!"

[Amy Lona Arzabe]

Amy looked at Marco when he gave an aggravated sigh. She flinched when a shot whizzed past his head. As she was driving at a crazy speed, Amy started thinking. Everyone who had recently been hired at her work. And they were constantly adding up. "Oh my-" She was interrupted by a motorcycle that had shot in front of her. "Hold on!" She yanked the wheel and managed to miss the motorcycle.
She looked up at the helicopters and then back at the road. "Well, I'm only the best lawyer in the state. And very happily married to you." She pointed out.
"Yeah, for now. Wait until they're closer. Then it gets closer." Just as she said that, she noticed a car advancing on them. She cursed under her breath. "They better be low on gas. I can't push this car much further..."

[marco]

Marco glanced back over his shoulder. Something had to be done, the controllers were gaining. What did he have in his arsonal? What was big enough to stop a car? Not his gorilla morph...but maybe his Rhino, "Amy, sweety, I'm going to do something utterly insane."

He began the change without further explanation, his skin growing leathery and grey as his nose stretched ever longer, the beginnings of a massive horn, the bulk was piling on fast, and he didn't want to wreck his favcourite car, or put his wife in further danger, <Slow down a bit. Just long enough for me to jump out, then floor it!>

[Amy Lona Arzabe]

Amy, sweety, I'm going to do something utterly insane. That didn't sound good. "Marco, what are you going to do?"
Well, then he answered her, in a way. "B-but...." She glanced at him, and then said, "All right, but be careful! Do not get hurt!" She said that even though she knew that Marco was going to be very careful but insane at the same time.
Then she thought for a moment, as she started her slow-down, "This car is low on gas. I'm going to have to stop soon."

Then the car got slow enough for Marco to jump out.

(Are we planning on Amy stopping somewhere or Marco going bird and finding her?)

[marco]

(Hmm...I dunno. I suppose she'll have to stop, and try to find someplace to hide. Then Marco could go wolf or something and follow her scent.)

<You be careful.> He repeated her own words back at her, climbing out of the car as swiftly as his growing, shifting form could manage. <Now go! And when you have to stop, get into hiding asap!>

He plowed his way towards the nearest car, stumbling as his form continued to change. But once he regained his balance, the transformation was completed and he barreled forward, ramming his horn through the drivers side door, narrowly missing the man behind the wheel. Dracon fire singed his shouler at close range, cutting away a cresent shaped chunk of the rhino's armored hide. <Ahhh!>

Now, not only was Marco desperate, his morph was angry. With a bellow he tossed his massive head, sending the car sliding backwards. He charged again, and again a Dracon Beam grazed his flesh. The Controllers stared on in panic as he plowed into the front of their car, effectively totalling the vehicle. No way were they heading anywhere.

Meanwhile, the other two cars had slowed, paniced controllers wondering what they should do. Marco turned on the vehicle nearest him, snorting and shaking his massive head. The other controllers decided it might be best to try and outrun him and tore away after Amy Lona.

<Hey, genius, I'm the one you should be after.> Marco grwled in thoughtspeak, not about to let the alien slugs get his wife. He charged after the cars.

[Amy Lona Arzabe]

Amy saw Marco get out of the car and hit the gas. She watched in the rearview mirror and hoped Marco would be okay. She hated not being able to help. But instead she drove off, going as fast as she could. She looked behind her and saw that some cars were still behind her. "Crap." She gripped the wheel and kept on going until the car sputtered and died. "What the-?! Damn, overheated." Barely managing to get the car on the side of the road, Amy grabbed the keys out of the ignition, and jumped out.
She gave one glance back at the area where she left Marco, and knowing he would find her when it was all over. So she ran away from the highway, and towards the trees. Tree limbs hit her left or right, but she kept going. She had to admit though that by the time that this was over, she was going to look horrible. She felt a cut on her face under her left eye, and then she saw a spot that would hide her. She started her climb up the tree, and as she reached the top, she found a piece of glass somehow wedged up there with her hand and nearly fell out of the tree when it cut her. "Ow..." she muttered. She finally reached her destination, and shrunk in the shadows whenever she saw movement. She narrowed her eyes and saw Leroy examine the car while nervously looking at the road. Of course....he just had to be in one of the cars that were just behind me. She saw Leroy head towards her direction. Crap....She tried to blend in as best as she could.
"Oh, Amy....I still need help with my project and only you can help me....come out come out where ever you are, "Leroy mocked. Still, Amy didn't move. She could only hope Leroy didn't see her.

[marco]

Marco barrelled after the other two cars. He was on the heels of the controllers, and nearly had them when the cars screeched to a halt, and he rammed right into them. The controllers leapt out, one heading into the woods, the others surrounding the rhino that was Marco. He squinted his lousy eyes, trying to see them better. Dracon Beams were aimed at him from all directions. If he trie to demorph and remrph something more forst friendly, he'd be disintigrated in an instant. And the rhino was not gonna cut it in the forest.

<Aw man...I knew I was insane.> There was only one thing to do. He barreled towards the woods. Tseew! His leg was vaporized and he toplled to the ground. but he'd taken out a controller in the meantime. He began demorphing rapidly.

"Take him alive." One controller said, and Marco could tell by the tone that this particular Yeerk was hoping to be rewarded with his own Animorph host, "But don't let him remorph!"

He shrivelled from a massive Rhino into a feeble human. This would not do....

"Hey, Yeerk, you're forgetting my friends." It was a longshot, but he pointed behind the yeerks, hoping they would fall for the trick. The other Animorphs weren't anywhere near so far as he knew. But the controllers turned, and he stumble to his feet and darted the short distance into the woods, morphing as quickly as he could, hoping the shift would allow him to continue running as he changed. he stumbled as his legs changed, his gait shifting to that of a quadriped. He was a wolf, heading for the scent of the man who had his wife cornered.

[Amy Lona Arzabe]

Amy gripped the tree bark as much as she could, and bit down on her lip as she felt her grip loosening as Leroy came closer.
Leroy looked around the area and happened to look up when he reached the tree Amy had climbed. "Found ya!" He shot a dracon beam at the branch Amy was on.
Amy heard a snap when the Dracon beam hit the branch. "Ahhh!" she heard her scream echo through the forest. She hit the ground with a thud and she felt like she was about ready to pass out. She could hardly move her body.
Leroy smiled when he saw her fall. "Glad you decided to drop by and help." He reached in his pocket and grabbed a small container. Inside was a Yeerk. "See, I knew at some point you would have to stop. So I figured why not bring a fellow Yeerk along for the joy ride?" He walked over to where she sat, and leaned to be eye to eye with her.

Amy glared at Leroy. "You keep that thing away from me..." she said, gritting her teeth. Amy turned her head away, in hopes of keeping the Yeerk away from her.
Leroy grabbed Amy's chin and forced her to look at him. He held her head in place as he brought the yeerk closer to her ear...



(cutting it close, don't ya think? XD)

[marco]

<Hey, Slug!> Marco shouted though his thoughts, racing towards Amy Lona and the controller, <Leave my wife alone!>

He lauched himself with a firm kick of his hind legs and clamped down on Leroy's shoulder, knocking him away in the nick of time. The Yeerk fell to the ground and began to slither away. Marco turned away from Leroy and leapt upon the oversized slug, growling menacingly as he snapped it in half with his jaws.

<Oh, that is GROSS!>

[Amy Lona Arzabe]

Amy closed her eyes, fearing the worst. She could imagine it now, the yeerk make her turn in her family. Then she opened her eyes just in time to see Marco bite down on Leroy's shoulder. Then Marco...he....bit on the yeerk that almost got in her head and snapped it in half, and she heard, <Oh, that is GROSS!>
She nodded, agreeing with him, as she stood up on shaky legs. It was a hard fall that she took. "Is he down?" She leaned to see Leroy, but tried to keep her distance too. All that did was make her fall backwards again. "Oof..." She looked as Leroy was grunting in pain. Serves you right.

[marco]

Marco made a disgusted face, crinkling his muzzle and sticking out his tongue. It was a rather funny expression to see on the face of a wolf. Then he turned to face Leroy, growling menacingly. The controller was groaning in pain, but that didn't stop Marco from slinking forward, <Still want to mess with my family?>

He growled warningly, daring Leroy to answer yes. There was no hint of his usual humour, he'd come too close to losing the love of his life for that.

[Amy Lona Arzabe]

Amy didn't say a word. Just listened as Leroy shook his head and said in a stammering voice, "N-No sir..." She took another deep breath and stood up again, leaning against the tree. "Marco, you all right?"