Kill it immediately. I wanted to run. I wanted to panic. But some strange combination of the cat’s cunning and my own intelligence came together and saved me. I didn’t so much as flick a whisker. If I had, I would have been dead. I knew that for a fact. If I’d reacted like I’d understood, they wo...
Jake looked up at me in surprise. “Tobias, you were in on the planning right from the start.” <Look, don’t you guys realize how dangerous this could be?> “I realize,” Marco said. “I realize it plenty. But I thought you were the big, gung-ho Yeerk-killer. Suddenly now you’re afraid?” <I’m...
Marco asked. “Just the fate of the human race? Don’t you have something more challenging for us?” But the Ellimist wasn’t paying attention to Marco. “We do not interfere in the private affairs of other beings,” he said. “But when they are in danger of becoming extinct, we step in to save a few me...
Tobias took off on his own, saying he’d hook up with us later at Cassie’s farm. I was on the kitchen phone with Cassie when Tom came in. “Oh, there you are,” he said. I covered the mouthpiece. “Yeah. Tobias said you were looking for me before.” “I just wanted you to shut your dog up,” Tom said. H...
A baby mouse. A mean baby mouse. It keeps trying to bite me.> Tobias flew in a low, tight circle overhead, disappearing behind the tree branches, then reappearing. <Are you ready?> I took a deep breath. I gave him a wave. Sure, I was ready. Why wouldn’t I be ready to have a hawk hand me ...
Wonderful! Flying!> The six of us were all together. Flying. It was the first time for Ax. He just kept saying how wonderful it was. He wouldn’t shut up. It was the most excited he’d been since he’d discovered coffee. Which was cool, because flying really is wonderful. <These are excellent ...
<Is that where the computers would be?> <Maybe. That’s where they have the regular telescope, I think. But they may have the control centers and computers there, too.> I looked with my incredible hawk vision. There was a huge, rectangular opening in the top of the dome. Inside I could...