The Hidden (Animorphs 42) by K. A. Applegate

Author:K. A. Applegate
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Children's Fiction
ISBN: 9780439106788
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2009-11-17T06:00:00+00:00

<lt doesn t know what it's doing, Cassie,> Tobias said.

CCRRACK!

The buffalo's legs reversed, stretched, and hinged into human knees.

"There's something really gross about this," Rachel said, shaking her head. "It's so, I don't know, unnatural."

"So are we," I said, watching as the buffahuman wobbled up onto two feet. Jake shot me a concerned look.

"That's different," Marco said. "We morph consciously. This buffalo's just mimicking what it sees. It doesn't know what the heck is going on." We were all pretty messed up. So with Ax

"But what if it could learn?" I said. "What if and Tobias keeping a lookout and the buffalo folnow that it has a human brain, he learns to use lowing doggedly at our heels, we demorphed. it? What if it learns how to reason, or —" The buffalo watched us, then began its own

"Nuh," the buffa-human grunted. "Guhhrmorph. nuh." It looked up at me and blinked. Once again, unnervingly, the head developed

"It's learning to talk," I said, feeling a mixture first.

of hope and nausea.

"Of all the people around, it just had to ac"No way," Marco shot back. "That was just quire Chapman?" Marco joked lamely, turning some kind of weird, random firing of neurons in away. "That is so not cool."

the speech part of its brain."

<l don't think there

"You're wrong," I said, stepping slowly toward 1 was a lot of choice involved there,> Tobias said. the buffa-human, who went very still. "Hi. I know

"It's becoming human," I said quietly, watchyou can't understand me yet —" ing as the buffalo's skin faded and lightened, as

"Nuh," it grunted, tossing its head. "Uhhthe coarse hairs were sucked back into its body. hhnnn."

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" H i , " I repeated.

<Let's haul!> Jake ordered, streaking out of

"Heeeeehhhhh," it said, looking puzzled. the clearing.

"I wouldn't push too hard to teach it to talk, We dashed after him, slipping away into the Cassie," Jake warned. "If it becomes too human, darkness just as a blinding shaft of light pierced it's gonna be a problem."

the clearing from above.

"Trust me, Jake, it's not gonna live that long,"

<Wait!> I shouted. <The buffalo!> Rachel snapped. "I'm not being handed to the

<We can't wait!> Rachel said, tearing past Yeerks by some lame Chapman mutation." me.

Thwok thwok thwok!

<But we can't leave it!> I cried, pacing anx<Helicopter,> Tobias said tensely. iously in the dense shadows.

"We'll have to morph," Jake said, running a

<Come on, Cassie! It's not in morph. If it runs hand through his hair. "We don't have a choice. away, it won't draw the Helmacron sensors. We Everyone use your wolf morphs."

will, so let's go!> Jake said.

Thwok thwok thwok!

The real buffalo bellowed and snorted and I concentrated on the wolf DNA. Immediately, barreled after me, bringing the searchlight with a ruff of thick, lush fur sprouted around my neck. it.

My legs dwindled in size but didn't weaken. My I couldn't kill it and I couldn't let it reach me. chest and shoulders swelled, and my face began If it did, the Yeerks would see the morphing cube to bulge. My teeth grew into long, deadly fangs.

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