Kade choked when a panel from the corridor popped open, spewing hot thick air into his face that smelled vaguely like grass. He then promptly sneezed. Again. What a day to be sick huh? Hopefully the ship's strange atmosphere and... ecosystem? There were little bugs in the grass, like aphids but... foggy and small- anyway, he hoped the fumes from the ship and the smoke from the fire didn't make him even more sick, the last thing he needed was to die from an alien version of the common cold or smoke inhalation, not that the smoke was that bad inside the ship, it was mostly alright, escaping through the cracks and fissures of the frame and glass, but the many different smells and gases made his over-sensitive nose hurt.

"What happened here?" He asked with concern once he'd managed to catch his breath. Of course, obviously the ship crashed, but why? How? This alien did not seem surprised to see them, which meant he must have known about their species and the planet right? He must have been around Earth for a reason, a reason that most likely did not include crashing, not to mention the horrible hole that speared through the rear of the ship, marked with burns that were probably not from the crash itself. Was it shot down? Was the government on their way right now to do a Roswell or something?! Not that he knew anything about Roswell except there was something alien-y that supposedly happened...

<Yeerks.> The alien answered both questions at once, <they invade your planet even now, inhabiting your leaders and enslaving your race.> The alien sounded... pained? Disgusted? There was a note of grief there- at least it sounded so to Human ears. Minds. Whatever. Then came the images. A slug like creature small and fat, and an Andalite- how did Kade know that name? The Yeerk crawled through the blue alien's ear, and took it over, becoming a host for the parasite. There was another image, a scene really, but more, ideas and concepts as easily conveyed as sight and sound, of the same happening to a Human. Then another, a natural pool, squirming as Yeerks wriggled around within, and then climbed out into a passing stone-like four-legged creature's ear. The Yeerk pool, three days and then it returned. A space battle, a ship- this ship, fighting against others, quicker and more numerous and-... Humans, curious and coming forward, were they Controllers? Free? They asked questions no Yeerk would have asked, free Humans then.

The mental visions ended quickly, as if no time had passed at all, and it hadn't. With a start Kade realized the last vision was of him and the others, but then his mind caught on what he had just seen. The Yeerks were here! Invading his home! What- what was- how were they suppose to- what was he supposed to do?

<Will you fight?> The Andalite asked, drawing itself up slightly, though it could not reach it's full height- or even stand. His voice was a challenge, demanding they say yes, but at the same time it was a question...

A question Kade wasn't sure how to answer. He didn't want to be a Yeerk slave, but he wasn't exactly a violent person... he hesitated unsurely in the back of the group of humans.