Animorphs - The Ending

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Thought-speak in italics

(Personal thoughts in parenthesis)

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"Ram the blade ship."

Oh, I had a plan alright. I wasn't sure if it was going to work, but at least I had a plan. There was no way that we were going to be able to damage the blade ship as it was now. It's shield was too powerful and our weapons were too weak. But if we could get inside it's shield…

My name is Jake Berenson and I was taking a huge risk, but that's nothing new to me. I took more risks in a few short years that most people do in their entire lifetime so I was use to the responsibility. I knew that we might not come out alive, but there was also that tiny chance that we could actually pull it off. We'd only have one shot…

"Okay, here's what were going to do," I said with a voice that screamed experience. "Focus our force field in as tiny a spot as possible Menderash. We're going to try and poke a hole just large enough for our frontal reserve Dracon beam to squeeze through and then give them one single, powerful shot straight into the weakest part of their ship."

Everyone, including Menderash, just stared at me with a shocked expression. "You think the ship can handle it Menderash?" I said not wavering in my voice.

"Um…" he started, "I really have no idea. That's about the craziest plan I've ever heard and I don't have any time to "crunch the numbers" as you humans would say. One thing's for sure though, I'll need all of your help."

"That's the spirit," I said confidently.

"Alright," Menderash started, "Marco, take the controls of the secondary weapons station and Jeanne take the primary. Be ready to hit the energy converter on my mark."

"Awww, how come…" Marco started.

"Marco, this isn't the time," I said quickly. He got the message right away and went quickly to his station.

"Tobias," Menderash continued, "I need you human and get on that console over there. Be ready to hit those three buttons as soon as they light up."

Gotcha, Tobias said, already morphing to his human self.

"Santorelli," Menderash continued, sounding like he was already tiring out, "I'll need you to take the main force field controls. I'll give you your instructions when the time comes."

"Alright," Santorelli said attentively.

"Jake, you'll be the most important of all," Menderash said while frantically working on the controls. "I'll need you to go down to the engine room and change a few connections. We'll need all the power we can get."

"Going now," I said. And for extra effect I added, "Don't anyone die while I'm gone." I meant the last part as a joke to try and ease the tension, but all I got were angry stares from most of the crew.

I made my way to the engine room. It really wasn't very far away since it was a pretty small ship. As soon as I got in I heard Menderash's thought-speak.

I know you can't respond, but open up the transformer-looking thing on the right wall. It was pretty easy to spot and I quickly undid the latches and pulled the cover off. Okay, now…uh…one second. I guessed he was giving someone else an order because the next thing I heard from him was, They're firing already? I had no idea what was going on out in the main area but I knew it couldn't be good. The next things I heard from Menderash went by so fast I almost didn't catch it.

Jake, rip the red wire out of the leftmost socket, rip out the third red wire from the left, and take the green wire in the middle and touch them all together and hold on.

"WHAT?!?" I yelled out quickly, but I knew that no one could hear me in all the commotion going on. I had to try and remember what he said by myself.

(Alright, the third green wire from the left…NO…third red wire from the right and the left most red wire…NO…come on, think! Okay, calm down Jake and lets think this through. Red wire, left…third red wire from left, good! Leftmost green wire…NO…RED wire! Check! And then the middle green wire. Alright, I can do this!)

I ripped out the respective red wires in a shower of sparks and I started to feel the artificial gravity slowly disappearing. All I needed to do now was get the green wire, but I was starting to float away due to the loss of gravity. I stretched out my hand farther than I thought was possible and just managed to grab the green wire with the tips of my fingers. It was just enough to pull me back toward the box and I then ripped out the green wire.

Jake, we're waiting on you! You need to do this now! I heard in my head. I knew there was no time to lose. I quickly grabbed the two red wires and touched them to the now exposed green one.

Have you ever seen the scene in "Back to the Future" when the lightning strikes the clock tower and Doc just manages to connect the wire in time? It felt eerily like that. A massive arc of electricity shot through the two red wires and jumped into the green one. A loud clapping noise and the distinct smell of ozone were the last things I could remember before my world went black.