Devil's Dance

[Uncle David]

Read Ty's awesome bit and thought it was a good idea. So here are some of Uncle David's thoughts.

I didn't recognize the Animorph lying on the ground in front of me. A jaguar, bleeding heavily with both legs broken. No match for my lion morph. I paced around the fallen Animorph. It wasn't surprising that I didn't know who this was. The Animorphs had started letting just anyone into their special little club. Apparently, there was just something about me they didn't like. That was fine by me. <Well, Animorph? I don't suppose you'd care to make this more interesting.>

<What do you think you're going to accomplish, David?> the Animorph asked.

<First, I'm going to accomplish killing you. Not a major accomplishment, but it will be fun. Then, I am going to kill the rest of your 'friends'; the ones that live, at any rate. And then I'm going to kill your families, your lovers, and anyone else who showed you a shred of kindness.>

<And what is that going to bring you?>

<Satisfaction.>

<No, David. You're empty inside, and no matter what you do, you can't fill the hole where your heart used to be. They told me all about you. I know how it must have been. In a matter of minutes, your entire life was destroyed. You could never go back to your home, could never see your parents again. Your life was gone. So you lashed out. I get that. And when you came back, you formed the Antimorphs, trying to make up for the family you lost. That's why you almost always recruited people who were older than you. People who could protect you, like your parents should have.>

<Are you suggesting, Animorph, that deep down inside, I'm just scared kid who wants to go home?>

<Yeah, David, that's what you are. Just a scared kid.>

I looked away from the Animorph for a moment. Let him think he was having an effect on me. Let him think there was some hope for him to get out of this. All the more satisfying when I turned back. <Wrong, Animorph,> I said. <you think that I'm like you, some kid drawn into something too big for him. That's what you Animorphs never understood. I. Am. Not. Like. You. And that's why you're going to die.>

I pressed a paw down on his throat. The jaguar let out a little whimper. <I am not some scared kid like you Animorphs. That's the difference between us. That's why I am going to defeat the Yeerks and you can't do anything to stop them. You are children trying to play grown-up games. And I'm an adult who walked into you're little pretend world. This world is mine, Animorph. All of it. And there's no place for you in it.>

<What...good will it do you...David?> he asked. His voice was fading. He was going to die very soon. Good. <No matter how much you take, you won't fill->

<I am not trying to fill anything. Maybe if your heads weren't so far up your asses, you could understand that.> I pressed down harder. <There is not some empty place in side to me that I'm trying to fill with blood and cocaine and my Antimorphs. You think I miss my parents? Fuck my parents. Fuck my home. And fuck you Animorphs. I haven't lost anything that matters to me.>

<Except...your body..>

<Nothing I can't take back,> I answered. <There's a solution to that, a way to undo what you Animorphs did to me. I will be human again. And more than that. Maybe there was a time when you were right, when I was just a kid like you. But that time was long ago. Why do you think I fight the Yeerks? Do you think it's just for revenge? You're idiots, all of you! When I destroy the Yeerks, I will be famous. I will be respected. And I will have an opportunity that no one else has ever had.>

<...what...>

<For the first time ever, all of Earth will have stood against a common enemy. For the only time in human history, the human race as one will have suffered something together. This war will be the thread that binds mankind together. And joined together, they will need a leader. And who better to do it than the man who saved them all?>

<You're insane!>

<Ah, there it is. I was wondering when we'd get to that. But you're wrong. If I was insane, I wouldn't be thinking this through. And I wouldn't be eliminating you. If I was insane, I'd think that it would be better to use you Animorphs to help me fight the Yeerks and then eliminate you later. But I know better. You Animorphs could still prove very disruptive for me, if any of you survive this war. So I am going to make sure that does not happen.>

<You'll never win, David.>

<And then we come to that, that belief you Animorphs have that somehow, you will always win. Here's a news flash for you: I. Win. You can't beat me. I'm smarter than all of you. My Antimorphs are better fighters. How many of you really have that killer instinct, that willingness, the need even, to take someone's life? If you killed me, Animorph, then you would feel some measure of guilt over it. When I kill you, do you know what I will feel? Nothing at all.

<You can see it now, can't you? The end is here, Animorph. I will kill you and your friends. The Animorphs will be no more, and no one will ever know that they existed. There will be no one to cry out against it. And then I will destroy the Yeerks, once and for all. Already, they are about to fall. All I need is one more, solid blow and they will collapse, and I can deliver that whenever I choose. And then, Animmorph, when the dust clears and all of Earth sees that the time has come to join together, they will turn to me, the man who saved them all. I am going to rule the world, Animorph. Could you stupid bastards have ever imagined something like that? Did it ever occur to you what this war could mean? I know it didn't. You can't see the future with your head in Jake's ass. And for that, Animorph, you're going to die.>

I pressed down harder until at last he stopped moving. That was one down. There weren't many more left. It was only a matter of time, now. Befor ethe month was out, these wars, both of them, would be over. And soon, very soon, all of it would be mine.