When the Animorphs see a front-page newspaper article about the Sharing in San Francisco they attempt to break into the office of the major local newspaper to determine how deeply infiltrated it is by the Yeerks. Mr. King, a Chee android, is captured and is about to be destroyed, and the group bursts out of hiding to rescue him. It is soon evident that the situation is a trap set up by Visser Three, and he joins the battle, engaging directly with Ax and the others in Andalite form. As the Animorphs try to run, a small group of new Andalites appear out of the elevator, and turn the tides of the battle. Tobias informs them that the police are coming, and the groups call an uneasy truce and depart to maintain secrecy. Ax, excited to see his own people after so long, is afraid to leave them without knowing how to contact them, but a female who fought next to him, Estrid-Corill-Darrath, reveals that they know his identity and will find him.