Chapman reminds the Visser that he willingly became a Controller on the condition that the Yeerks not take Melissa, and if they were to violate that contract, he would make life as hard as he could for the Yeerk in his head. Iniss takes Rachel and Jake, still morphed as a flea, to the abandoned construction site where the Animorphs first met the alien Elfangor, and he allows Chapman himself to speak to Visser Three. Iniss is tired by the effort and opts not to take Melissa, planning to explain the circumstances face to face with the Visser. Chapman rebels against his Yeerk, Iniss 226, causing Iniss to momentarily lose control of the host body and fight to take it back. He also tells Chapman to bring Melissa so that she can be infested, because she is a security risk to the Yeerks it was her cat that the 'Andalite' used. Visser Three is sure now that she is an Andalite bandit, and orders Chapman to bring Rachel to him. She is careful to stay out of Chapman's and Visser Three's sights, but is again discovered. She does a few nights later, this time with Jake stowed away on her back as a flea, unbeknownst to Rachel. Rachel decides to keep the encounter with Visser Three a secret from her friends, and convinces them that she needs to infiltrate Chapman's house again. Before she leaves the house, Rachel follows Melissa and learns that she is not a Controller, but has pulled away from her friends because she believes her parents, who are now both Controllers, do not love her anymore. Rachel does not react, and Chapman reasons with Visser Three to allow Rachel to escape shaken, but unharmed. While in the room, she is spotted by Visser Three, who orders Chapman to kill her because she might be an Andalite. Chapman into a basement room and discovers that he communicates directly with Visser Three, the leader of the Earth invasion, through holographic technology.

Rachel remembers Melissa's pet cat Fluffer McKitty, and the Animorphs plan to infiltrate Chapman's house to find out what they can Rachel morphs Melissa's pet cat to gain access, after a harrowing experience morphing a shrew to lure the cat out of a tree.

However, Melissa has become distant lately, and Rachel fears she has become a Controller like her father. Jake asks Rachel to try to get to him through his daughter Melissa, an old friend of hers. The only lead they have is that Hedrick Chapman, the assistant principal at their school, is a Yeerk Controller. The Animorphs convene and decide that they need to make their next move against the Yeerks. Applegate, is the second book in the Animorphs series. The Visitor, published in 1996 and written by K.

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