"My name is Marco." "I'd give anything to be on the other side again, just a normal kid in a regular world." "But then I remember that the world isn't regular anymore." "And I remember that at any minute a controller could be sneaking up on me." "About to shove a slimy alien slug in my ear." "Looking for Jake?" "Hey Tom." "Yeah... is he up stairs?" "I don't know." "Just got here." "Right." "I know, I did not do well." "Hey, Dude." "We've got to stop meeting like this." "We always hung out before, it'd be a bigger bust if we suddenly stopped." "I Agree." " Yeah." "By the way, your brother's here man." "That's why I have a door." "Okay, let's try this thing." "You're the computer whiz." "Compared to you, maybe." "Alright, lets see what happens." "It doesn't look like it will fit." " What, you have a better idea?" "Try "Alt Escape X"" "What's going on?" " What happened?" "It worked on "Independence Day"" " They had Will Smith" "What're you guys doing?" " Just Cracking up." "Marco finally said something funny." "So, what's next?" "I don't know." "Any ideas?" "Let's sleep on it, okay?" "Oh, he takes it away!" "Scores!" "Hey, Tom, you up for a quick game?" "Marco's no challenge anymore." "Nah, I got somewhere to be." "Do you think there's gonna be any college scouts there tonight?" "Going for a triple double or what?" " Nah." "Team's history." "I'm going somewhere else." " Where?" "To a new club, The Sharing." "Everybody's joining." "Wait a second, you quit the basketball team?" "Jake, there's more to life than throwing a ball at a stupid hoop." "What?" "Basketball's like your whole life." " Not anymore." "Anyway, we do cooler things at The Sharing, and besides, the place is a magnet for girls." "You guys should come." "I'll see you two clowns later." "He quit the team." "You know all that stuff about how anybody can be a controller?" "Yeah." "What are you saying?" "What are you saying!" "I'm just saying that it's pretty weird that your all-star all-state Mr. Basketball brother would suddenly quit playing hoops." "Yeah?" "So?" "So, maybe Tom's not entirely under his own control." "They would never get to my brother!" "What?" "You think he's immune?" " He's too smart." "You just don't want to see it!" "Have you looked in his ear lately?" "Hey, If you're looking for somebody who's acting weird, why don't you start with your father?" "Hey, Marco." " Didn't you have a job interview today?" "Yeah, yeah I canceled." "Great." "Actually, I had something more important to do." " Like what?" "I went down to the cemetery, put some fresh flowers out for you mom." "Well, there'll be other job interviews." " Yeah." "Want me to call for a pizza?" " Sure, that'd be great." "Thanks for walking with me." " Sure." "Um, where do you live, anyway?" " Down on Grove, with my aunt." "Last year I used to live with this other uncle." "I kind of get passed around." "That must be rough." "It's alright." "I gotta get going." "You know, I saw a hawk flying over my house this morning." "What makes you think it was me?" " Something about the way it flew." "Do you ever wish you could just... fly away?" "Sometimes" "Smile!" "Now you have a picture of your new boy friend." "...exams coming up." " Yeah, you're right." "Oh yeah, we really should.." "Stop right there, Marco." "Yes, Mr. Chapman." " You know, it always bothers me when the grades of one of our best students begin to drop." "Well, if I find that student, I'll tell him you said so." "Levity won't get you out of this." "Maybe what you need are some friends that will be a better influence." "Disgusting creatures." "I didn't think you'd show." "Oh, what are you, kidding?" "I live for science lab make-ups, bro." "Hey, careful." "I dropped one earlier, I can't find it." "Yeah." "I saw it in the hallway." "Chapman almost stepped on it." "Listen, about what happened yesterday..." " I'll forget it, if you will." "I mean, we're dealing with some serious stuff here." "It's a little more drastic than finding a zit." "We were bound to go ballistic sooner or later, you know?" "You know?" "I'm sorry." "Me too, man." "Buckmeyer Over here." "Have you had any success in locating the Andalites?" "Not yet, but we're still looking." " That's unacceptable." "We know they're using human morphs." " Approximately the same age as my host body." "Just find them." " Yes, sir." "Now, go stand watch while I check the entrance to the pool." " Yes sir." "Chapman went that way." " Jake, I can't see very well." "Weird, I can't see colors." " Whoa!" "My tongue!" "It can smell things!" "It's between classes!" " So." "Scared." "Run." "Hide!" "Get a grip!" " Get a grip?" "Get a grip!" "Man, this skink is one nervous animal." "Watch out." "Is everything ready for tonight?" "Everything's arranged." "Show me." "Tom!" "No!" " Jake!" "I'm sorry, man." "Very impressive." "But it's been three days, regeneration must begin tonight at sundown." "I need the kandrona nutrients." "How many new hosts will be there?" "50 new members from The Sharing, but your host's brother is not among them." "Why?" "Jake has a very strong will." "He may be a problem for us." "If he doesn't cooperate, we may have to correct the problem." "What do we have here?" "Jake!" "Help!" " Stay Calm." "Just stay calm!" "Nasty little creature." "Jake!" "Help!" "Disgusting thing." "Stay calm." "Just stay calm!" "Jake!" "Help me!" " Marco, be cool!" "Next time, we use a phone booth, dude." "Don't worry man, we're gonna help your brother." "Jake, I'm really sorry about your brother." "I'm gonna set him free no matter what it takes." "And when we do, I'm gonna take that yeerk inside of his head and squash it like a bug." "At least now we know that the yeerks need some sort of a booster treatment every three days." "And we know a way into this pool." "Whatever that is." "Yeah, you'd think that Elfangor would've given us an instruction manual, or somethin'" "You mean before or after he went toe to toe with Visser Three?" "Well, maybe that's what the disk is for!" "We need an instruction manual for that too!" "This is where my mom works." "With all of the exotic animals." "Exotic?" "Like rare chickens or somethin'?" "Hey, listen." "If we're going to fight the yeerks," "I think we're going to need something a little more dangerous than a rat, a cat, and a dog." "How dangerous is dangerous, dude?" " This looks tricky, I'll give you a boost." "Why do I have to go first?" " Because you're small." "I can get you up there." "You're the leader, why don't you go first?" " Okay, you boost me." "Man, that's barbed wire, baboso!" "You guys almost finished?" "My bad dude." "Look at that!" "They've all been fed, right, Cas?" "What is it?" " It's a white, Bengal tiger." "Now, watch his eyes." "If they dilate, just back away very, very slowly." "Slowly?" "Remember, all you have to do is touch it to acquire it's DNA." "Just make a fuffer sound." "A what?" " Fuffer." "Like this, fvvvv, fvvvv." "See, it calms him down." "Yeah, sure." "Easy, Jake." "Slowly" "Hey, buddy." "Remember, when you acquire it's DNA, it'll go into a trance." "How about that moment before the trance when it rips his arm off?" "This one's for you, Tom." "Yes." "Cool." "Okay, Rach, you're next." "I've got it." "Rachel the lionhearted." "Yeah, well, Marco the chicken hearted says lets go before we become lunch." "Good idea." "Hey Jake, don't take this the wrong way but, um... should you should leave Elfangor's disk in your room?" "You're right, but I already thought of that." "From now on, It goes where I go." "Cool." "We're gonna help your brother, bro, I promise." "You think we'll pass as human controllers?" "We'll find out tonight." "Go on." "Go move!" "Move Faster!" "We have many hosts to regenerate tonight!" "I will be in my chambers, notify me when it is done." " Yes, Visser Three!" "You!" "Stay in the regeneration line!" "Jake, look." "No, Let go of me!" "You can't put that thing back in me!" "Keep those free hosts quiet." "Get in line" "We report directly to Visser Three." "Get out of our way." "Good." "Yeah." "We've got to do something." "There's Cassie." "What is she doing?" " I don't know!" "Is something wrong?" "C'mon, let's distract him." " Do it." "Quick." "I'm having a hard time getting out of her ear." "Turn your head." "I'm almost free." "No!" "Don't put that thing back in my ear!" "Let go of me!" "Rachel, You have Visser Three to your right and two Hork-Bajir behind you!" "Thanks, Tobias." "What is going on out there?" "!" "Stop them you fools!" "The door!" "controller!" "Cassie!" "Hurry up!" "Where'd they go?" "Did anyone see their faces?" "Hey you!" "Stop right there!" "We did our best!" " You have failed once again." "You okay?" "Yeah, I'd give anything to be just a regular kid again." "But, no, now I get to change my shape more often than I change my underwear." "But when I saw Jake's brother and all the others trapped, taken over, controlled," "I realized I was one of the lucky ones." "That was wild!" "I'm just glad we're all okay." "Tom's not." "There'll be another time, Jake." "We'll get him back, okay?" "Tobias, you did it again." "If it wasn't for Tobias, I'd be road kill." "Thanks, Tobias." "That's, not him." "What?" "You mean I've been talking to a bird all the way back?" "No." "You don't think..." "Rachel, I'm sure he made it out..."