Plot
After their identities were exposed in #49 (they sustained injuries in a blood bank and realized that the Yeerks could simply identify who they really were), the Animorphs promptly evacuated their families and relocated to the free Hork-Bajir valley. In #50, they decided to recruit more kids onto the team so that the new kids could continue to resist the Yeerks if the original five were captured or killed. The Animorphs chose to recruit physically disabled kids because they believed that the Yeerks would be uninterested in infesting them and to expedite the recruiting process (instead of waiting three days to guarantee a clean person). They also believed (in-fiction) that giving them morphing abilities would heal their physical disabilities.
In all, there were 17 new Animorphs, who were dubbed the Auxiliary Animorphs. The recruitment was done in three stages, initially taking four people on the first run and gradually turning more people into Animorphs. The first four (Colette, James, Kelly, and Timmy/Tuan) acquired a pigeon morph. The other two sessions were done at night, sneaking around The Gardens to acquire various morphs(where Julio, Erica, Ray, Tricia and Craig were introduced. Also where James, Colette, Timmy and Kelly along with the newer recruits got battle morphs, aquatic morphs, bird of prey morphs and additional morphs; both at The Gardens and at Cassie's barn). The Auxiliary Animorphs were only used in emergency situations when the original ones needed more assistance. Cassie remarked that they adapted easily to the acquiring process, having little trouble adjusting to and controlling the animals' natural instincts. Most likely this was because, being incapable of as much physical activity, they had conversely developed sharper minds.
However, when they were attempting to recruit kids from a school for the blind, Tom discovered them and seized the blue box. Just as Jake was about to kill his brother, Cassie stopped him. Jake was furious and the act was considered to be mutinous. Later in the books, however, Tom's seizure of the blue box led to the downfall of the Yeerk Empire. It was Tom's betrayal of Visser Three that allowed the Animorphs to sneak into and seize the Pool Ship to end the war.
An Auxiliary Animorph named Ray was killed by Dracon fire during one battle. The rest of the Auxiliary Animorphs died in The Answer (#53). The second was Tricia. The third, fourth and fifth were Julio, Craig and Jessie. The last seven were Colette, Erica, James, Kelly, Liam, Judy and Timmy. They had sacrificed their lives to assist Sam Doubleday's diversionary ground force as the five original Animorphs and Ax invaded the Pool Ship. Jake hears the promoted Visser One gleefully order the Pool Ship's gunners to kill any animals in the fight below, until the gunners report none are left. It is unrecorded when the others died. Elena is still living in the free Hork-bajir valley.
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