the airplane

[instar]

Bella, Andi, and Robin all get on the plane. Bella and Robin have toothbrush caps in their pockets containing flies. Nothing in particular happens when they go through security. They fly for an hour, and then Bella, rather than risk crunch time due to turbulence or a line for the bathroom a little later on, gets up to take Trouble into privacy for demorphing and remorphing.

She takes the toothbrush cap out of her pocket and sets it on the tiny little counter, and then flattens herself against a wall to give him room.

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[palmofyourhand]

The bears chase him. And they can easily keep up.

[sundayfish]

"What do you want?" he demands again.

[morphbox]

(Off in the woods, twins morph pigeons.)

[hold_infinity]

(And Robin morphs a bear.)

[aeskhyne]

Charlie's new friends decline to say anything.

[morphbox]

Pigeons supervise unobtrusively from the trees.

[sundayfish]

Charlie continues evaluating bears, periodically asking what they want, and trying to get away.

[aeskhyne]

When the third bear shows up, the second one wanders off.

[palmofyourhand]

Sugar Bear sticks with him, then walks away when the second one - or is that a fourth? - comes back.

[sundayfish]

"What do you want from me?" demands - well, the Yeerk.

[hold_infinity]

The bears are silent.

[morphbox]

So are the pigeons, yet unnoticed.

[sundayfish]

Charlie is starting to look... uncomfortable.

[hold_infinity]

Good for Charlie.

[sundayfish]

Not so good for his passenger.

His passenger sits Charlie down. And looks uncomfortable.

[hold_infinity]

The bears are patient.

[sundayfish]

They do have to be patient. They don't have to be very patient, though.

By late afternoon, Charlie's curled up in a ball, making pained noises.

And by the time the sun goes down, an unhappy-looking slug-shape slides out of his ear.

[aeskhyne]

<The Yeerk's out,> Trouble reports to his fellow Animorphs.

He reaches forward and spears it with a claw, just to make sure.

[sundayfish]

Charlie stays curled up in a ball, but relaxes, some.

"Now what?" he mumbles.

[morphbox]

Pigeons land. (One pigeon lands on Trouble-the-bear.)

Pigeons demorph.

[instar]

"Hi, Dad."

[sundayfish]

"What."

[aeskhyne]

Trouble-the-bear snickers over thought-speak.

[sundayfish]

"No, really - girls - what? Bella, you're sitting on an Andalite bear, you were a pigeon, what's going on."

[pandion]

"We're not any of us Andalites," says Andi. "We're Animorphs. Are you okay, Daddy?"