Animorphs: The Hidden Trilogy- The Eighth

Chapter 27

In choosing between two evils, I'd choose the lesser one.

In choosing between the two vissers, I'd choose the one who had offered to help us.

But that's if I was forced to choose. But I'm not. Jake too wasn't forced. But he chose.

He's the one who said 'Okay' to Visser Two.

And that's why we're on the top of this building with Visser Two hanging on one of Visser Three's heads.

<Traitor! Scum! Fool!> Visser Three screamed at him as he threw him off his head. <When the Council knows this, you'll end up worse than dead.>

But Visser Two landed perfectly like an acrobat and laughed deeply. "What a pitiful creature, hiding in the shadows of his superior, what a great display of weakness!"

<A display of weakness? It is a display of loyalty unlike you, hermit.> Visser Three hissed as two more of his heads crashed through the floor of the control room.

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARHK!

Visser Two roared.

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGH!

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGH!

Two of his heads reared and charged at Visser Two!

CRAAAAAAAASH!

Visser Two leaped high and dodged the attack. The window, the concrete, and the whole of the right side wall crashed down.

"Don't you know, with my own power and army, I can take them down? Don't you realize, I'm merely playing around with all of you? Don't make me take this too seriously, Visser Three, you wouldn't like it." Visser Two sneered.

<Preposterous! Full of assumptions! Pride! You'll not live long, Visser Two, you'll not live long.> Visser Three hissed.

Then he bit the floor with his three heads and contracted his neck muscles so his body, which is on the bottom floor, will go up here.

I should have chosen Visser Three.

His body is like a normal house lizard, dull brown, sleek, and long. Nothing to show up for it at first look, right?

But then imagine that as longer and bigger than a minivan, plus with horns all over it as big as a human arm, and with three sleek lizard heads with more horns, serrated teeth and a horn half as long as his body as a tongue. Its eyelids are all closed shut, but I sensed they can still see us.

He snapped his horn tongue in and out at us, snatching falling rocks instead of us when he misses. He swallowed them up and spitted them again at us, now acid-covered.

<This whole floor will be eaten!> Rachel shouted as she artfully parried Visser Three's tongues.

<As long as we dodge his attacks and keep living,> Jake muttered, <There's still hope, I hope.>

But it seemed impossible. Gradually Visser Three learned our moves and easily countered it.

<AHHHH!> Rachel screamed as a tongue went through her stomach. Visser Three smirked as he withdrew his serrated tongue, doubling the pain Rachel had. She fell down in a heap.

<Rachel!> Tobias shouted. He attacked viciously and dodged cleverly, slashing, hacking, and stabbing every chance he gets. But his pointed hide proved its 'point'. He slapped Tobias at the back, making him land onto his spiky back. Tobias screamed in pain and stood up. The spikes remained stuck on his flesh.

<Its poison has a paralyzing effect, I'll have you know.> Visser Three smirked. And as if supporting his statement, Tobias fell down.

Two down. Two remaining. That's me and Jake.

Suddenly Visser Two spoke up. "You know what? I have an idea."