Chapter One

  Hi my name is Jon. No last name. Its not because I don't have one, its because they are here, they are the Yeerks. Yeerks are parasites, like tape worms, only they travel through the ear canal, flatten themselves out and wrap themselves around a creatures brain. We call these creatures controllers. The Yeerks have enslaved many species, like the Hork-Bajir, they are seven foot tall, walking razor blades, I mean it, the have blades on their wrists, on their elbows, on their knees, and have two or three, swept up horns on their heads. Then there are Taxxons, they are allies to the Yeerks, they gave up their freedom voluntarily,   Yeerks have also enslaved many other species, and we are the only thing between them and the human race, the way we do that is by morphing into any animal we can touch to acquire or absorb that animals DNA.
 Now your thinking either 'this guy is crazy' or 'who is we'. Well we are. Me and I'm strongly built, average height, brown hair, and steel blue eyes, braces.
 Angela is  Kinda Short, Green eyes, Brown hair.
 Cam Kinda tall, blonde, Shy, blue eyes.
   Loren the "Tree-Hugger", brown eyes that turn sorta hazel in the summer, reddish-brown hair.
 Mary, Short, Brownish/blonde hair, brown eyes.
 Well, that's the team, now, let me explain how we got our morphing power.
 One day Cam and I were sitting around in the food court when Mary, Loren, and Angela came up and sat down.
 "What's up?" Mary asked.
 "Not much, you?" Cam replied.
 "Same," Loren said.
 "Hey, how about we all walk home together so we aren't all bored out of our minds?" Angela asked.
 "Fine with me," I said.
 "Why do they have to make our lives so boring?" I said while walking towards the door.
 "Who?" Loren asked
 "Parents. I mean its go clean your room, do the dishes. Do this, do that. Why?"
 "They're parents, its their job to make our lives miserable," Angela answered.
 "Well they do a good job of it."
 "Tell me about it, my parents have made me clean my room three times, do the dishes eight, wash the car twice, its torture," Cam complained.
 "Man, you got it bad," Loren said.
 "Hey, lets take a short cut through the construction site," I suggested
 "Okay," said Angela
 "Fine," Mary said
 "All right," said Cam
 "Sure," Loren said
 We were walking when I looked up and saw these blinking lights coming down at us.
 "What the heck is that?" I asked
 "Huh, what the, what is that thing?" Angela asked.
 "Duh, that's what I just asked."
 "Shut up."
 "Its an alien space ship," Mary said.
 "Your right."
 "Well, what do we do?" Loren asked
 "Stand here and wait," I answered.
 "What if its evil?" Cam asked.
 "Then we run."
 "Okay."
 The ship landed, the door opened and an alien stepped out. The alien had four eyes, two where they are supposed to be and two on these stalks above its head, it had no mouth, then the human part went to about its torso, then it was the body of a small horse or a large deer, then the scary part, it had a tail like a scorpion.
 < Hello, I'm an Andalite, don't be afraid, your planet is in grave danger, its being invaded by Yeerks. Yeerks are parasites, they travel through the ear canal, flatten themselves out and wrap themselves around a creatures brain. We call these creatures controllers. They have made one very powerful controller, its the only Andalite controller Visser Three. They also have Hork-Bajir controllers that have blades all over their body and there are Taxxons they are huge centipedes, that have mouths on the top of their heads, and they are cannibals, they don't only eat dead things, but also living things. The Yeerks have many weapons. The most powerful weapon we know of is the Dracon beam. The Dracon beam fires a High powered laser beam. It burns anything it hits, or puts a hole in it. My name is Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill, I'm here to give your planet a chance to live, there were others but they are helping somewhere else now. Everyone touch one side of this box. >
 It was a blue box. It had no markings or anything, but when I touched it I tingled all over.
 <Now I must leave, just a few things, you now have the power to change into any animal you touch, it is the power to morph. The deadly curse however is you can only stay in morph for two of your Earth hours or your stuck in that morph forever. You will be called the Animorphs like the others were. To morph clothing you must wear tight spandex or leotards. Also there is an organization called the Sharing, it is to get people to become controllers. Stay clear of the Sharing. I must go help my people now, good-bye Earthlings.>
 "That was so weird." I said after he left.
 "Well, what now?" Angela asked.
 "We go home and meet at Loren's place at about 9:00 A.M. tomorrow."
 "All right."
 I got home and went to bed.
 

Chapter Two

  The next morning I woke up and looked at my alarm. 8:30, just enough time to get to Loren's. I got on my bike and rode to her house. When I got there everyone was there.
 "All right, about this thing what do we do?" Cam asked.
 "We go get some morphs first of all." I said.
 "Okay." Mary agreed.
 "We can ride to the clinic where my mom works." Loren said
   "Okay, lets go."
 When we got there we found Loren's mom.
 "Mom, we were wondering if we could see some of the animals?"
 "Okay, I guess, go in and I'll let you see and hold some of them."
 "Cool."
 "I'll let you see the strangest one we have here."
 She took us to the first cage.
 "What is it?" Cam asked
 "Its a Condor."
 "Why is it here?" Loren asked.
 "Someone called us and said the had found an injured bird."
 "Can I touch it?" Angela asked.
 "Sure. The reason I said its the strangest case is because it loves humans and being touched."
 "Hmm, that is strange." Loren said.
 As Angela touched the bird, it like fell asleep, like it was in a trance.
 "All right you kids want to see more birds of prey."
 "Yeah." We all chimed.
 "Okay. Here is a Swainson's Hawk."
 "Cool. Can I hold it?" I asked
 "Sure, its been out cold for days now."
 I held the Hawk in my arms and I started to acquire it. It kinda tickled, like when I got the morphing power.
 "Here is a red-tailed-hawk."
 "Can I hold it or at least touch it?" Cam asked.
 "You can touch it." Loren's mom said warily.
 In the end Loren got a Osprey, and Mary got a Peregrine Falcon.
We all got and owl and a wolf. I got the male wolf or as Loren's mom said the Delta Male. Everyone else got a female. We all got a blue Jay, a Pigeon, and a Seagull.
 "Cam can you get us into the gardens?" I asked as we rode back to Loren's place.
 "Sure."
 "Good."
 "Hey, how about we fly there."
 "What morph?"
 "Seagulls, that way we wont be too obvious." Loren suggested.
 "Okay."
 We were all in our biking cloths which consisted of tight spandex suits.
 "Lets morph." I said.
 We started the first change was my lips shriveled up and my teeth started to form a beak as my braces got sucked into the beak, then feather patterns appeared, they looked like tattoos then the became 3-D, as all this was happening I shrank, it felt like I was falling but never hit the ground. Before I knew it, it was over and the Seagulls mind came up. Fly, fly, fly, predators on ground, fly, fly, fly.
 < Holy cow. > I said after gaining control,
 < Guys let the seagull have some power so you know how to fly. > Cam said.
 < Okay. >
 As we flew we yelled and screamed about how fun it was. We had found that we could focus the thought speak to us or to everyone in the town.
 < This is so cool! >
  < Hey, there is The Gardens. >
 We landed by a door and morphed out. We walked in the door. There was a long hall and doors that led to the different exhibits.
 I walked to the door that said 'Male Siberian Tiger' I walked in the door and found a Tiger right in front of me. I stuck out my hand and touched his face. I focus on the Tiger and acquired him. After that I walked into the Hall and shut the door behind me.
 That's when I heard Cam yell, "Hurry guys get out of here, the security is after us! They saw us with the cameras!"
 I ran into a Bathroom and decided to morph. The thing I morphed was the Tiger. I started morphing and the first change was my spine extended and became a tail, then the fur grew like the worlds fastest grass. Those black and white stripes were awesome. Earlier before I got the morphing power, I remember coming and seeing the Tiger. The sign said 'It is a rare tiger because of the color, and most White Siberian Tigers are cross eyed, when this one is not'. The next thing in the morph was that my ears changed shape and moved to the top of my head, then my face rearranged itself and the morph was finished. Then came the instincts of the animal. The animal was a laid back sort of animal but you didn't want to get the thing angry. I got control of the animal and walked to the door. All I had to do was push the door open so I did.
 < Guys, if you see a Tiger walking around don't worry its just me. >
 < Okay. >
 < Who is that? >
 < Me, Cam. >
 < What morph you in? >
 < Gorilla. >
 < Cool, lets find the others. >
 < How about we find each other? >
 < That'll work. >
 I ran down the hall until I saw a Gorilla walking around.
 < Lets go. >
 < Okay. >
 We ran up and down the halls looking for Angela, Mary, and Loren.
 < Guys, Guys, come in, its me Loren. >
 < Loren? Where are you? Better yet what are you? >
 < I'm a Jaguar. >
 < Cool, anyone else out there? >
 < Yeah. > Angela replied.
 < And you are... > Cam asked.
 < Angela, Duh, oh you mean morph, its a Cheetah. >
  < That's cool. Now for…. >
 Then I saw a lioness cross the hall.
 < Mary! > I yelled to her.
 < There you are. >
 < All right guys, meet outside in the alley by the door. >
 < Okay. >
  I ran towards the door. Then a group of security guards blocked the door. They were all armed with semi-automatic weapons.
 < Uh-oh, this is not good. > Cam said.
 < We might have to fight, because I think these guys are controllers. > I said.
 At that time Angela and Loren walked up and met us.
 "Hey, I thought the Andalite Bandits were gone?" A guy said.
 "Oh well. Let's get 'em!" Another yelled.
 < Attack! > I yelled.
 I swiped at my first attacker. He fell to the ground. By this time the Tiger was mad, no one attacks a Tiger and laughs, so I let him have control. By the time the fight was over they were outta there.
 "Cool." Cam said after it was over.
 "Yeah, but remember, those were only human controllers, not Hork-Bajir, or a Taxxon." Mary reminded him.
 "So what's the first mission going to be."
 "Destroy the Kandrona. When we figure out where it is. Now you guys, fly away home." I said to everyone.
 

Chapter three

  The next day we had school I met Cam on the way, but he only lives a block away from me so, we walked about half way to school.
 Then I said, "Cam, you know what?"
 "What?"
 "You know how the guy that said the Andalite Bandits were gone, well he said Andalite Bandits, that means they think we're Andalites. So I was thinking, so we don't attracted attention, we should live our lives normal around school and around our families."
  "That was what I was thinking."
 "Cool, you tell as much as the group as you can and I'll get some, Oh and tell your people 'meeting at my house after school', Okay?"
 "Okay."
 When I walked into the school it was as normal as always, Mrs. Ranavick, our Vice Principle, yelling at kids that were goofing off, then they get warned, and when she turned her back they would start doing it again.
 Then I saw Angela, "Angela!" I yelled to her. I told her about not talking about being the Animorphs, and about the meeting.
 The rest of the day went normal, I went to health and got bored out of my mind, then I went to math and got bored out of my mind, then I went to science and got to dissect a frog, then I went to study hall, then I went to lunch and got yelled at by Mrs. Ranavick, then I went to Art and painted with finger paint like I was a Kindergartner again, then it was English where I took a nap, then I went to Life Skills and finished sewing up my pillow. Then I went home and waited for everyone.
 "Jon your friends are here." My mom called up.
 "Okay send 'em up."
 "All right what's this meeting about?" Cam asked
 "New morph." I said.
 "All right! what is  it?" Loren asked.
 "House fly."
 "What?"
 "Yuck!"
 "Gross!"
 "Why?"
 "Its for spying." I said.
 "Ah, I see." Cam said.
 "Well, where is it?"
 "Duh, look in your house, there has to be a million and if we take one from our own homes we won't be morphing the same fly."
 "Smart, old, fearless leader, that will never let us down."
 "Oh, shut up Cam."
 "Ha, ha, ha, you words bounce right off me, ha, ha, ha." Cam snapped.
 "With that frame it would." I snapped back.
 "Hey, hey, hey, that's hitting below the belt there tinsel teeth."
 "That's it you, fat tubby little man."
 "Guys, guys, stop, your scaring me." Mary interrupted.
 After that we all laughed so hard my mom came up wondering what was going on.
 "Oh nothing Mom, we were just playing around." I said laughing.
 "Well, your friends parents just called they want there kids to come home."
 "Okay, guys move 'em out."
 After they left my mom told me to try to get all the flies out of the house. I told here 'fine'.
 I caught a fly and started to acquire it, the fly calmed down and its DNA went inside of me.
 The next day was Friday, so I called the others and said, "Tomorrow we morph the flies after school and fly around for awhile then  morph out."
 So tomorrow we morphed the flies.
 

Chapter Four

 "Hey, where we going to morph today?" Angela asked.
 "Boys in the Boys bathroom, Girls in the Girls bathroom."
 "Oh, okay."
 "Good, tell the others please."
 "Okay."
 I did practically The same thing I did the day before. At the end of the day I went into the bathroom and went inside a stall locked it and started to morph. I focused on the fly I had acquired the previous day. The first change was extra legs came shooting out of my chest, meanwhile my mouth was changing so I couldn't yell, then my eyes became the compound eyes of a fly, after that my arms and legs changed into fly legs, then my morph was done.
 Then I smelled it, it was the glorious smell of poop, yes, poop I made a bad decision morphing a fly in a stall, in a bathroom.
 Apparently, the last person in this stall forgot to flush. This made it even harder to get control of the fly. Poop, poop, poop, oh find it, it is food, That was all the fly said.
 < Jon, Jon, where are you. >
 I fought and won, < Cam, Cam, I'm here, I'm coming. >
 < Good, the others are waiting outside. >
 < Okay, well, lets see how this thing flies, flies. >
 < Hey, were Animorphs not flies. >
 < Well, you look like flies, you smell like flies, you feel like flies, so um… you must be flies! >
 < Oh shut up. >
 As we flew we yelled and screamed like we did as birds.
 < Wait, lets rest for awhile. > Cam asked.
 < Okay, you wimp. > Angela tormented.
 We all landed. It was a bumpy surface, and it tickled the flies senses.
 < Guys, I know what we landed on. > Cam said.
 < What is it then? > Mary asked.
 < Its Mrs. Ravavick's wool coat. >
 < Oh, great, is she wearing it? > Mary asked.
 < Yes, I saw her put it on when she was complaining it was to cold in this school. >
 < Wait, I'm hearing her voice. >
 "All right, Lisa, now I have to go supervise this new Kandrona operation."
 "Kandrona operation? Where is it going to be?"
 "Well, its going to be in some caves in the mountains, and this Kandrona is going to be the further back in a smaller tunnel in the same cave."
 "That's clever, Mrs. Ranavick."
 "I thought so."
 "But what about the other one?"
 "Oh it'll still be there, this is just a back up in case those Andalites that were spotted the other day at the Gardens show up and destroy the main one."
 

Chapter Five

 We went back into the bathrooms, demorphed, left the school, and then discussed what to do.
 "I say, we go in there knock the main one down then go after the back up." Angela said.
 "No, that's way to hasty." Loren said.
 "We need to plan this out." I said.
 "Wait, we can put some of Angela's in there. You see we sneak in as, wait, Loren are there any bats at the animal clinic?" Mary asked
 "Yeah, I think so."
 "All right, we morph bats, fly in there, demorph way back there past the back up Kandrona, and morph our power morphs then work our way up." Mary suggested.
 "Hey, I'm the leader."
 "Okay what's your plan?"
 I looked at every body an said, "What she said." Looking at Mary.
 That got a laugh out of everyone.
 "So, when we going to do this?"
 "Um… next Saturday."
 "Okay."
 "Fine."
 "I'm free."
 "Cool."
 "Good everyone agrees on the plan?"
 "Yep." They all said.
          "Good."
 Today was Friday so we had a whole week to get the bat morphs.
 "Hey, guys," I said before they left, "When we going to get these bat morphs?"
 "Um… we can get 'em right now." Loren said.
 "That would be good, that way we can try them out."
 "Okay."
 "Are we going to fly there or ride bikes?" Cam asked."
 "Fly, cause other wise we would have to go home and get our bikes and all."
 "How about our bird of prey?"
 "Okay."
 "You all in morphing out fits?" I asked.
 "Yep."
 "Okay, Angela is you bag pretty empty?"
 "Yeah."
 "Okay we can put the cloths in there, and your condor can carry it."
 "All right."
 I started to morph and it was pretty much like the seagull only a bit bigger.
 The instincts were pretty laid back and calm so they were easy to get control over.
 < All right guys prepare for take off, Angela gain altitude then swoop down grab the bag and climb back up, and remember from science these kinds of birds use thermals, big pockets of air in the sky. >
 < All right, oh fearless leader. > Cam said.
   < Oh shut up you big wimp. >
 We all got up in the air and Angela swooped down to get the bag.
 < Guys try not to stay so close, try to spread out. >
 < Okay. >
 < All right, got the bag. >
< Yep. >
< Good. >
 As we flew we noticed things we would never see before this.
 < Man these eyes are great. > Cam said.
 < Yeah, we just took off and I can see the clinic, and its all the way on the other side of town! > Angela exclaimed
 < Yeah, I can see the snow on the mountain tops. > Mary said.
 < All right guys, when we get to the clinic we'll fly into the woods, demorph, then get our clothes on, and go get the bats > I informed everyone.
 < Okay, were over the clinic. >
 < We are far enough into the woods. >
 < Lets demorph. >
 After we demorphed we got our clothes on, went in and asked the receptionist if they had any Bats,she said they had about twelve bats.
 "Can we see them?" I asked.
 "Sure. What is strange is they all have this hole in them."
 "Dracon beams." I whispered to everyone.
 "What was that Jon?"
 "Oh nothing."
 "Okay, well, here you are, they don't seem to mind being touched, but don't hold them."
 "Let's do this fast, I have to get back home for dinner." Cam said.
 "Okay." I reached inside a cage and touched the bat and acquired it. Cam was next, then Angela, then Mary, and finally Loren.
 "Guys, I think I'll stay here and help my mom, and go home with her."
 "Okay, Loren."
 "Well, lets go."
 We went back outside and morphed our bird of prey after putting our clothes in the bag.
 < Guys, lets fly to Loren's house. >
 < Why? >
 < Cause, we left our bikes there. >
 < Oh, okay.>
 So we flew to Loren's house, got our clothes on, and rode home.
 "Well Mister, you're late." my Mom said as I walked in the door.
 "Sorry."
 "Well, why were you so late?"
 "I went over to the clinic with some friends to do a report on a Bat for school." I lied.
 "Well then, if it was for school okay."
 "What's for dinner?"
 "Your favorite. Spaghetti!"
 "Oh, yes I'm gonna go get washed up."
 "Okay."
 That night we were eating.
 Then my brother, Josh, said, "Hey, I just became a full member in the sharing, now I get to go on all the cook outs and stuff."
 "That's great." My parents said.
 "Yep, and every three days I have a very important meeting to go to."
 "When's the next meeting?" I asked.
 "Tuesday, why?"
 "Cause, I was wanting to see what goes on there, and I was thinking I might want to join the Sharing."
 "So, ya finally got some sense knocked in to ya."
 "Could I bring some friends to?"
 "Sure, the more the merrier."
 "Great."
 "May I be excused?" I asked.
 "Yes, you may." My mom said.
 "Thank you."
 I went up to my room and thought.
 "How am I going to find out what happens at those important meetings with out becoming a controller?"
 Then my cat Critter came and started rubbing against my legs. I lifted him up and started to "pet" acquire him.
 "Thanks Critter." I whispered to him.
 

Chapter Six

 Well I had my plan, so I did my home work, and went to sleep. At twelve midnight my alarm went off.
 "Well, time to go bat." I opened my window and started to morph. The first change was vision, I went blind and then the vision came back. I figured the bat would have great vision, but it didn't. Then I started to just feel the changes and not see them. After the morph was finished, I felt a new feeling. Then the instincts came up. I fired this noise and it bounced back and like made a picture. Then I remembered that Bats use echolocation to find their way around.
 < Okay > I said to no one.
  I flew out the window and tested the Bat out. Then I started "seeing" other bats.
 < Is that an Animorph? >
 < Yeah, its me Loren, the others are trying this out too. >
 < Well, then lets do the plan tomorrow. >
 < All right, I'll tell the others. >
 < Well, tell them to head home and get some rest. >
 < Okay, bye. >
 < Bye. >
 I started home and when I got there I started to demorph, I went to sleep and had very weird dreams, about this andalite chasing us but then he stops and starts to morph this like lion only for a mane there are spikes.
 Then he says in an evil voice < Ah, so you like the Criton, well you better pay attention you little Andalites. >
 Then he sucked a spike in and spit it out his mouth at an amazing speed.
 < You better start to run Andalites! >
 That's when I woke up in a cold sweat.
 I looked at my clock. It was 9:00 in the morning. So I decided to call the others after breakfast and tell them to come to my house to get ready for the mission.
 "Cam can you call Mary and Loren?  I'll call Angela."
 "Okay."
 I dialed Angela's number and told her to come to my house. As I waited I thought about my dream.
 "Jon I'm here." Cam said as he walked in.
 One by one they came.
 Loren was the last one there, then she said, "Guys, last night I had this dream about this andalite chasing us in this morph, it looked like a big fluid elephant and he called a 'Criton'."
 "Well, I had the same dream only it was a Griffin with like an Andalite tail only with two blades instead of one." Cam said.
 "Same here only it was a Gargoyle with bladed wings." Mary said
 "Okay this is going to sound crazy but, I had the exact dream only with one of those flying dinosaurs with not legs but like guns." Angela said.
 "Same here only it was a lion and the mane was spikes that he could suck in and shoot out of his mouth." I said.
 "That is weird that we all had  same dream but with different creatures." Loren said.
 "Well, since it wasn't the samthee creature there isn't anything to worry about." I said.
 "Yeah, I guess."
 "Lets go up to my room and morph."
 We started up the stairs to my room, when we were there we decided on birds of prey. After we had morphed we flew out the window and started towards the mountains.
 < Well, when we get there we're going to land on top of the caves, and demorph there, then we morph our bats, and go kick some Yeerk butt. > I said.
 < Okay. >
 We got to the mountains and landed and started to demorph.
 "Okay now bats."
 I started to morph. When the morph was done I started to flap, and the others did to.
 < Well, lets go. >
 We flew into the cave and found that the older Kandrona was pretty far back. Then we came to some branches in the caves.
 < All right there are ten caves and five of us, so each of us use or echolocation down two caves. > I  said.
 I fired down my first tunnel and didn't get nothing. I went down the second and hit the Kandrona and some Hork-Bajir and some humans.
 < Found it. > I said.
      < Good lets get this over with. >
 We flew down my tunnel and went past the Hork-Bajir, past the humans and past the Kandrona.
 < Okay about here will do.  > Cam said after we were way out of site of the humans.
 As we demorphed we say nothing it was so dark. But when I got into my Tiger morph I could see everything.
 I waited for the others and said, < Lets go! >
 I ran down the cave till I could see light. Cam was walking clumsily because he couldn't see as a gorilla, and we waited before attacking.
 < Ready guys? >
 < Yep. >
 < Lets do this. >
 < What's the hold up? >
 < Attack! >
 We ran straight at the humans, they freaked and yelled at the Hork-Bajir to fight, and they turned and stood their ground.
 My first Hork-Bajir slashed and put a red line across my nose, then I swiped at him and he was out of the fight. My second Hork-Bajir looked at his comrade and yelled in some language, and he wouldn't stop, so I took him out to. After the Hork-Bajir were through the humans turned tail and ran. So we left the privilege of destroying the Kandrona to Cam.
 After that we ran and Cam grabbed one of the torches so he could see where he was going then he started after us. By the time he had caught up we had caught the human controllers and hurt them bad. Then we started towards the entrance.
 < There it is, when that's gone the yeerks will be crying there what ever they have out. >
 We ran towards it and found that it wasn't guarded so we destroyed it. Then we walked out.
 That's when I said, < We've got a problem. >
 There on the ground was an alien space ship, and in that ship was someone evil. Visser Three was in that ship. I could feel it.
 He stepped out and said, < Ah, you pitiful Andalite Bandits, you haven't attacked us for some time now, and in that time I have gotten more morphs. Here is one called the Criton. >
 < The Criton! what will it look like? >
 < It is much like that Cat in the lead there. >
 < Uh oh. >
 He started to morph. The first change was his tail sucked in.
 Then I gave the command < Attack, while he doesn't have any weapons! >
 W ran at him and attacked full force. I swiped at a leg and it snapped and broke the bone. While he was injured I gave the command to run.
 We ran into the woods where it was dense forest and demorphed.
 "What do we do?" Cam asked.
 "Well, wolves would get us near the city faster." Loren said.
 "Okay then, we'll morph wolves."
 We morphed the wolves and got control.
 < Okay everyone, lets go home. >
 We ran nonstop all the way home in all most an hour.
 After it was all done I called a meeting just to talk and stuff, not as the Animorphs, but as friends.
 "Well, now that that's over what do we do now?" Cam asked.
 "Act normal until we decide on some thing different." I said.
 Everyone agreed to that.
 Everyone left the meeting, trying to forget the horrors that we'd expirienced,but we knew, it wouldn't be the last time we'd face danger. 
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