The Reaction by K.A. Applegate

Author:K.A. Applegate
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2017-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

The wind carried some of what they said away. The noise of the churning water and the big engines wiped some of it out. But we heard enough, Cassie and I. Too much.

“… don’t want to be on the losing side of this, Jeremy,” the producer was saying. “Face it, your TV career is over.”

“It’s not over as long as … million teenage … in love with me,” Jeremy said.

“All I’m saying is, big changes are coming. Big changes like … has ever seen before, okay? Now, my company is part of the new order. You do business … parts in movies. Serious parts. Let you move beyond teenage roles.”

Jeremy Jason laughed. “That’d be nice. I’m about sick to death of dopey … sending me love letters and mobbing me for autographs. See, that’s part of the problem I have with your offer. You’ll have me still…. I’m sick of … be Mr. Goody Good all the time.”

Then the other man, the one who had been standing with his back to us, stepped forward. He barely flicked a finger and the producer backed away. The woman in the bikini narrowed her eyes and seemed to shrink down in her chair.

“Let’s stop wasting time,” the man said. “We’ve been talking … yesterday … better things to do. I can give you … thing you want. Everything. Money … power. But first, you have to agree to my…. They are … simple. You become one of us. And then, you take on this … representing The Sharing. In exchange … anything and everything your heart desires.”

Jeremy Jason sat silently while the man spoke. The man scared him. That was obvious. When Jeremy Jason did speak, it was in a low, strained voice. “And if I say no?”

“You won’t say no,” the man said. He turned then, and I saw his face. I saw an icy smile, and cold, dead eyes.

I had seen him before, just briefly. But once was enough.

<Visser Three!> Cassie hissed.

The Visser was in his human morph. But it was him. And having recognized him, it was as if the sun was gone from the sky. I felt darkness reaching out from him. Darkness that clutched at my heart.

Visser Three, leader of the Yeerk invasion of Earth. The only Yeerk ever to take control of an Andalite body. The only Yeerk to possess the Andalite morphing power.

Visser Three, the evil creature who had murdered Ax’s brother Elfangor while we sat terrified, helpless.

He smiled his icy, fake-human smile for Jeremy Jason. “You’re an ambitious…. You want…. So much more than you will ever get without my help.”

Suddenly Jeremy Jason laughed. “I guess you see through me.” He stood up to face the frightening man. “I let you perform this procedure … make me a major movie star. Deal?”

The cold smile reappeared. “Deal.”

<He can’t possibly know what this means!> Cassie cried. <They’ve tricked him.>

<Yeah. They have. But you know what? He wouldn’t be falling for it unless he was a creep.>

<I don’t care,> Cassie said.

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