Inbetween: The Works of Crayak 7

A light rain had just stopped so the ground was wet and I could turn off my wipers. I looked to Ryan whose legs had finally stopped twitching and worried about Ryan’s state of mind. I knew that I wouldn’t react badly to Esplin, at least not badly enough to endanger my life or Ryan’s, but I was unsure about Ryan. Especially since he seemed really keen on killing Esplin instead of capturing him.

I loathed Esplin, but I was trying to become a better person also. Maybe if I found a way to capture Esplin then Cassie would be in my arms again. Was that selfish? Would she see right through me?

In any case, I was dead set on not killing Esplin. Ryan wasn’t. Was he twitching because he would disobey the plan so badly that he’d run off and kill Esplin. The Yeerk didn’t always act rationally, but when he did he could do horrible things. Things Ryan wouldn’t be prepared to fight in his current state of mind.

As I pulled up into the church parking lot I could hear Esplin preaching through speakers placed around the church. Many probably thought it was a recording of him as that had happened a few times in the chase to find the former Visser. I could also see some bystanders stopping and looking. They couldn’t get in due to the security around the main entrance. Hearing Esplin’s words coming from another body was…unnerving.

I could tell that Joe Carroll had been an English teacher just by his voice alone. I don’t know what it was about the voice, but I could imagine being in class with him talking about Poe or Shakespeare. Hell, I’d even be more awake than usual about those subjects. More awake than when my tutor came around every now and again. My tutor sometimes came every few months and sometimes once a week. It really depended on my FBI work.

“He’s good.” I said and received a stunned look from Ryan. “I mean his voice sounds charismatic. Esplin did a good job at picking his new human host. Probably wasn’t happy about it.”

“Or maybe him speaking to Crayak helped change his mind.” Ryan said dryly.

“Whatever the case is, Esplin didn’t just blindly run off to pick a host.”

We were silent as we got out of the car and Esplin’s preaching became louder. He was speaking some nonsense about all species having to learn to live with one another so that they can come to the truth. The truth was probably whatever hell Crayak had planned for the universe.

“A Yeerk trying to talk about peace and unity.” Ryan said. “I’ve seen a lot of things in my travel and time on Earth, but that…that is just…just…”

“Yeah, the Yeerk in charge of the Invasion of Earth doesn’t have much to stand on in the way of peace and unity.” I agreed. “But those people are just eating it up.”

I pointed to some of the people that were standing around the church and listening to Esplin’s words like they were gospel. I saw a man have to hold a woman who had started to fall over while crying. I wanted to run to them and tell them how horrible Esplin was. The crimes he had committed that I knew about were horrible enough and it scared me to know that he had done other things I didn’t know about that were equally as vile.

And now there were people crying over his words and people willing to die for him. People that were part of the species he had once been the leader to enslave.

“Makes you-“ I said as I started to turn back to Ryan and realized he wasn’t there. “Damn Andalites.”

I was brought back to when Ax had first arrived and how he had run off in the mall. It had been utter chaos then. Was it just an Andalite thing to run off recklessly like that? But I couldn’t think of how I’d reprimand Ryan as I had to get into the Church. The end goal hadn’t changed. Just the fact that my partner had gone rogue.

I tried to remain calm as possible as I started to walk around the church. I walked calmly like nothing was wrong. I didn’t act like I was scared but like everything was going according to plan. I saw another person, a man this time, go down on his knees to Esplin’s words.

He had gone down violently so I went to check to make sure he was doing okay. As I went beside him he just shook his head.

“I’m doing fine.” The man replied. “These words…whatever the equivalent to an angel is, that’s him. We need peace. We need unity.”

I walked away, with a sinking feeling in my stomach. I slowly walked around trying to find an entrance and reminded myself to stick to the plan even if Ryan hadn’t.

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The Horny Heart 2

-This is a Mature Story (if in content if not plot)
-It's a The Normal Heart fanfic
-It's a Ned Weeks fanfic

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Jash Talks: Shark Happens

Omar, myself, and our guest Jim talk about the new Sharknado movie, punk rock, and Animorphs on Netflix.

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Tobias' Theme (The Ballad of Serenity)

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Hannibal Snubbed at 2014 Emmys

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My favorite show that is airing right now is Hannibal. There is so much to be said about the story, acting, set designs, ect. that I could spend all year talking about only one aspect of the show. One of the big things that impresses me about it is the fact that Bryan Fuller and gang could've easily made another generic serial killer show and slapped the Hannibal brand on it.

But, nope, they actually put a lot of time and effort into their creation. Mads Mikkelsen plays the title role of Hannibal Lecter and ends up giving Anthony Hopkins a run for his money. Hugh Dancy plays Will Graham with a deep and moving performance each time. Every other actor plays their character just like the characters deserve.

The sound and music of the series just adds to the creepiness that the visuals show. It is really a lovely thing to behold.

This year at the Emmys, none of the actors of the show were given the light of day. Hell, not even the series itself was nominated. I think this is just part of a larger problem with award shows like this one.

The thing is it seems a lot of the judges like to play things safe. So shows that aren't safe, like Hannibal, find it much more difficult to get nominated in them. People love saying that they want something different and that they want to see more shows/movies taking chances. However, when shows that do both of those things come along...you don't see the shows/movies getting nominated. They may have a cult following, but hardly a trophy or two to their name.

So, those people in charge of the Emmys, Hannibal deserves at least a nomination or two. The cast and crew work tirelessly to bring viewers a great show every week and they should be rewarded for doing so. Having an Emmy for the show would prove to doubters that Hannibal is a good piece of work.

Unrelated Note: Congrats to Mark Ruffalo for his nomination for his role of Ned Weeks in the HBO movie The Normal Heart. His performance was beyond outstanding, just like the rest of the movie. It's my favorite movie of the year, so far, and I'd highly recommend you see it right now.

Looking Forward to Sharknado 2

I talk about how I can't wait for the sequel to Sharknado.

New Beginnings and Second Chances 9

I didn’t know how I expected Rachel to react to the plan. It wasn’t something I would’ve suggested before the war ended. It wasn’t something I was totally sure of now, really. But I loved Rachel and I loved Marco. I couldn’t choose between them.

Now we were in my cabin. Rachel and Marco were next to each other on a couch while I was on a perch in front of them.

“A polyamorous relationship?” Rachel asked when I had finished explaining.

Yeah, I replied as I preened myself. So you can have me and Marco can have me. I know you talked about Marco before in a more than friendly manner so that works out for you.

“But…” Rachel said and shook her head. “Marco is gay.”

“The attention Tobias gives me will be enough.” Marco said. “Plus…I like you. I always have. You’re insane but you always had our backs right until the very end. I like you because of everything you brought to the team even though I’m not sexually interested in you. With Tobias there to pleasure me…I’m sure sex won’t be a problem.”

It had taken a few hours to get Marco to say anything coherent. At first it had involved him saying how Rachel wasn’t the real Rachel and demanding to find out her end goal. And when he had gotten to saying that him being gay wouldn’t be a problem, the words had become even more jumbled. What we finally had ended up with was something understandable but not sounding exactly like something Marco would usually say.

“How long did it take you to practice that?” Rachel asked, but she seemed to be softening up from earlier.

He means every word, it just took him awhile to know exactly how to express it. I said and stopped preening.

“Nearly got Tobias so stressed out that he almost Hulked out.” Marco said.

Yes, those Hulk jokes will never get old.

A small smile appeared on Rachel’s face. There was a glimpse at the old Rachel. The Rachel I knew was there right before me. Marco looked at her grin and I saw a hint of fear that quickly passed. I didn’t know how Rachel would react. Would she take the chance or would she put her foot down.

What would happen if I really had to choose between the two?

I waited and waited and finally her mouth started to move to make a reply.

“It seems he makes you happy.” Rachel finally replied. “And I want you to be happy. You’re not going to abandon me so I should get over being so worried about that. Marco is cute. Not as cute as he thinks he is, but he’s okay looking.”

Yeah, I said in relief. He has a very cute butt. His best feature.

Rachel just laughed and shook her head. Marco laughed with her. His laughs began as nervous ones but quickly turned into the real deal. I started laughing and finally felt free to look at both how I wanted to.

Rachel’s blonde hair and Marco’s smile. Rachel’s breasts and Marco’s neck, both of them made such wonderful noises when they were kissed there. Now all three of us could enjoy each other at once. We could find new ways that we enjoyed being touched and we would have a much stronger support system than before.

“Tobias?” Rachel asked with a smirk that hinted at danger.

Marco seemed to pull away slightly at that smirk, but it was only for a moment.

“Want to join us?” She said and went to kiss Marco lightly on the forehead.

Marco seemed to enjoy it and he gave me a thumbs up. I jumped off my perch and landed on the ground. It wasn’t a very graceful landing because I was excited. Rachel had agreed. Marco had agreed. And now we could all be one big happy family.

I concentrated on my Ruffalo morph as I felt our first time together should be special. My head was the first thing to turn human as I rose up. My tail feathers seemed to be sucked into my butt as my wings shifted into arms. Feathers turned into skin and hair as my talons turned into feet.

The last thing to change was the feathers on my head into hair. Marco and Rachel both grinned as I finished my transformation. I was wearing my morphing outfit, but that would be discarded soon so I didn’t mind.

They parted enough for me to be in the middle of them. Rachel kissed me firmly on the mouth and then I turned and kissed Marco on the mouth. Things quickly turned to heavy breathing, tossed clothing, and tangled limbs.

We were one with each other and I was truly happy for the first time in forever.

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