Hello! Another Fanfic! This one has multiple chapters! Yeah, I'm a huge Animorphs fan. I'm ignoring the actual time setting of the series and setting it in the present day, just to make it easier!

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My name is Tobias.

I've seen a lot of weird things. When you're a bird who hangs out with an alien and four kids who regularly turn into animals, weird things tend to become the norm. But they didn't quite compare to this.

Let me back up. My friends and I-Jake, Rachel, Marco, Cassie, and Ax, the alien-are fighting in a war. An underground war against evil, parasitic alien slugs called Yeerks. They enter the head through the ear canal, sink into the brain, and take over. A few months ago, we were given our only weapon against them by Ax's older brother, an Andalite named Elfangor. Just before he died, he gave us the power to morph-to turn into any animal we can touch and acquire the DNA of. We've been fighting the Yeerks ever since.

There is only one rule for morphing; never stay in a morph for more than two hours, or you're stuck. I broke that rule. A strange being called the Ellimist gave me back my morphing ability, but I'm stuck as a red-tailed hawk. I live in a clearing in the woods.

Anyway, I was flying around, riding columns of hot air called thermals. We were going to have a meeting at Cassie's barn once the others were out of school, so I was wasting time until then. Our friend Erek King had something important to tell us.

As I was flying, I noticed a commotion in the woods below. Ordinarily, I could have attributed it to some wild animals. But then I heard an unmistakable bellow.

The bellow of a Hork-Bajir.

I banked sharply, heading for the commotion. Either some of the free Hork-Bajir were in trouble, or Ax was in trouble. Either way, the Yeerks were involved.

Well, they were, but it was neither with free Hork-Bajir or with Ax.

I came upon Hork-Bajir and Taxxon Controllers engaged in a fight. "Controller" is what we call someone with a Yeerk in their head. Hork-Bajir are like these giant lizards with blades on their heads, wrists, elbows, knees, and ankles. Taxxons are giant centipedes with jelly-like red eyes that surround a circular mouth full of sharp teeth. They'll eat anything that bleeds, even each other.

They were fighting. And they were plainly losing. Several Taxxons had burst open, and their brethren were feasting on them. Many Hork-Bajir were on the ground with either bullet holes or smashed in skulls. What was most impressive, and surprising, was their opponent. Yes, opponent, singular.

They were up against a young man who couldn't be older than his early twenties. He had blond hair with a cowlick in the front, and blue eyes behind a pair of glasses. He wore jeans, a T-shirt, and a bomber jacket on which a 50 could be seen when he turned around. I couldn't believe this guy was holding his own against Hork-Bajir and Taxxons. As I watched, he burst apart another Taxxon with a single punch, then shot a Hork-Bajir in the eye. Oh, yeah, did I mention this guy had a gun? His punches also cause the smashed Hork-Bajir skulls.

I was stunned. Just how strong was this guy? It wasn't long before the uninjured Taxxons had finished off all the injured and dead, then met similar fates. The guy stood, hardly panting, in the middle of his battlefield. Then, with an angry look on his face, he pulled out a cell phone and dialed a number. I did my best to stay out of sight.

"Tony!" He yelled into the phone. "Were you ever gonna tell me about these giant centipedes and walking Salad Shooters in-They attacked me!-Of course I killed them all!-What the hell do you mean 'not over the phone'?-Yeah, that one town I mentioned last week-Why?-Aren't you going to tell me anything?-Fine! I'll wait! You'd better tell me what's going on, though!" He angrily snapped the phone shut, then walked away.

I followed him out of the woods, and into town, until he entered one of the hotels. I then hightailed it to Cassie's barn.

I had to tell my friends about him. He had no idea what he was up against. It was a good thing all his opponents were dead-if word of him got back to the Yeerks, they would go after him full force, and we couldn't let that happen.

I flew into the rafters just as Marco said "Did Bird-Boy get distracted by an extra-large mouse?"

Not a mouse, I said, bringing my arrival to his attention. Just a guy who fought off about twenty Hork-Bajir and Taxxons without breaking a sweat.

Everyone stared at me. Marco, who was short, and tan, and thinks everything's funny. Rachel, a supermodel blond with a lot of hidden strength. Jake, our reluctant leader. Cassie, who had paused in tending to an injured goose. Ax, who looked like a mix of blue dear, centaur, and scorpion with no mouth and two extra eyes on stalks on the top of his head. And Erek, whose appearance was just a hologram to hide the android beneath.

"You're joking, right?" Marco asked.

I'm perfectly serious. He was punching and shooting them. He could make a Taxxon explode or crack a Hork-Bajir's skull with one punch. Then when he had either killed them or the Taxxons had finished them off, he pulled out a cell phone and started yelling at someone named Tony, who seem to know what was going on, although he sure didn't. I followed him to one of the local hotels.

Everyone was stunned. I couldn't blame them. I had seen it, and Icould hardly believe it.

Ax spoke up. That is impossible. A human can't be strong enough to shatter a Hork-Bajir skull.

"The Yeerks can't get this guy." Jake said. "He would be a huge problem."

"He's not the only one who would be a problem." Erek said. "Our sources tell us the Yeerks have become interested in a certain individual."

We all turned to him, eager to hear the reason he had wanted to see us.

"Alfred F. Jones," he said, "A government official. Rather young, with little information. There are thousands of men by the name of 'Alfred Jones', but we have difficulty finding anything relating to this particular one."

"Then why are the Yeerks so concerned with him? Doesn't seem very important." Rachel said.

"True, but there is one thing we could find. He is very close to the President."

Erek let that sink in. We all knew what that meant; this guy could make it easier to infest the President.

"I brought a photo." Erek said. He pulled it out. I got on Rachel's shoulder to get a good look at it.

I stopped breathing. No…no way…

"What is it, Tobias?" Cassie asked.

That's…that's the guy I was telling you all about. The guy who beat the Hork-Bajir and Taxxons…

There was silence, then Marco said, "The universe just loves to play around with us, doesn't it? Now we have two reasons to keep him away from the Yeerks." He paused, and looked around. "Need I say it? This is insane!"

And cut! Lol, I had to have Marco say his famous line.

In case you're wondering, this is taking place after book 10, but somewhere before the David Trilogy…

I'm not going into too much detail about the Yeerk invasion, or any of the other details K.A. Applegate gets into in the first couple of chapters.

Alright! I have the other chapters written, so please, read and review, and expect the next in a couple of days.

Bye!