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"You remember?" Throttle asked, making the tattoo artist nod to him. "I remember everything.. I'm sorry guys I made you worried.." Ava said but then felt Throttle's arms around her. Modo and Vinnie growled at him slightly but he growled at them to be silent. It was all of their testosterone talking.

"I'm so happy you finally remembered it all.." He said and sat near her on the edge of the couch. He took her hands in his to gently pet her palms. "I don't know why I forgot all of that.. But I saw many other things that just you saving me from the ruins.. I saw it all happening, you Throttle.. And then.. that I was in Karbunkle's lab, from where you guys saved me again.. From which reminds me.." She pulled all of the males' ears a bit, making them groan.

"Don't you ever do that kind of jump when I'm with you!" She glared at them before hugging them all. "But I'm thankful for everything.. You saved my life.. I owe you it.." She said but then felt everyone lifting their hands on her shoulders. "Ain't that what friends and family are for?" Vinnie smirked, making her blush and nod. "I guess so.." She said before getting up from the couch, but when she got up, she started to feel a bit dizzy again.

"Whoa watch out! Are you sure you are alright, Ava ma'am?" Modo asked after catching her from falling. "Yeah.. I don't know how long I had been unconscious but it might be because of that.. I feel quite shaken, to be honest.." She said which made Charley head to the kitchen. "I'll prepare some dinner!" She smiled and dragged Vinnie by the back of his bandoleer to come to join her. Not to help her, she just didn't want to hear him flirting with the artist any longer.

"Dinner?" Ava lifted her other eyebrow up and turned to look out the window. "What an amazing sunset!!" She gasped and half way ran to the window, trying to not fall on the same time after getting away from Modo's arms. "Is it? But it surely is evening already.. We waited for the whole day for both of you to wake up.." Modo explained while he and Throttle followed her.

"Both of you?" She asked while turning to look at them before turning to look at the sunset again. "Yeah.. I fainted too after that Catscan case.." Throttle said but then saw the sunset which was bright red and orange. "That's almost like in Mars.." He said and looked under his specs to see it differently. Even if he saw nothing without them, looking at something like that bright light made him feel more homelike.

"That truly is, very beautiful" Modo smiled but looked at Ava when he said that, which clearly didn't go unnoticed by the tan furred commander who glared back at him. "Guys, the fridge is almost empty! Should we order some food or can you wait to get some groceries first?" Charley shouted from the kitchen doorway, making them turn around.

"Order food and that's an order!" Ava said before laughing. "Agreed!" All three of the mice said, making the mechanic chuckle and walk to her phone. "Right, some hot dogs for the boys, but what would you like to eat, Ava?" She said while searching for the right number. "Mozzarella pizza!" She said, and got the males almost to throw up right away.

"Ugh! Ava, we are still supposed to eat today! That's disgusting!" Vinnie said, making her laugh and walking to the kitchen after Throttle and Modo had run off there, after what she had just said. "Would be the first time for you guys to lose your appetite.." Charley smirked while preparing the order, she wanted to have some veggies pizza too.

"Wouldn't do any harm.." Ava smirked while she walked to prepare them some drinks that were still left. "Hey where do you think we got our perfect muscles from?" Vinnie smirked while walking to her, but got a glare from Charley who was on the phone at the same time. "By training? But the method.. I prefer not to know it" She winked at them making all three of them whistle and blush. It was clear that they felt a bit hot after realizing what she had meant.

While the males were still trying to cool down, she handed their drinks to them before sitting on her seat which was now next to Charley while Vinnie sat on the head of the table and Modo and Throttle sat opposite of the women. It took a while before their food finally arrived, but when it did, Vinnie dashed to the garage's door.

"Is that a good idea, Vinnie? Don't traumatize them.." Ava said but Charley shook her head. "That's okay, people in that grill know the guys already and they are fine with them" She said before the white furred male walked back with all of the food in his arms. But when they saw him, the women started to laugh since he was about to throw up any second.

"Get that thing away from me!!" He said while hurrying to give the pizzas to the women before dragging the hot dogs and the drinks to the living room, his bros following right behind him. "You sure you don't want a bite?" Ava said while slowly and teasingly petted the pizza box before slowly opening it. "Yummmm! This looks delicious!" She said teasingly while licking her lips, which definitely got the males attention.

"Urgh that woman is driving me crazy.." He growled before stuffing a hot dog in his mouth while still looking at the woman. "You stole the words I was about to say.." Throttle rolled his eyes but his eyes got widen when he saw her slowly lifting one slice of pizza to her mouth while making some rather way too erotic sounds. "Is she really going to.." Modo started to say but when she ate it in slow motion, all of the guys turned to look away and were about to throw up.

"Who does things like that?! Eat cheese and do a erotic show at the same time?! That's mean!!" Vinnie growled while clearly blushing. "Guys.. Guys! That's Ava for you!" Charley laughed so badly she was whipping her tears away with the artist who was about to choke on her pizza while laughing too. The women ended up high fiving while the guys just growled and turned back to their hot dogs.

"You guys sure you don't want to join? I sure I saw something getting up all the way from here.." She winked at them before starting to laugh again. "I swear I'll make her pay for that.." Vinnie growled while trying to let his problem cool down without anyone could see it. It wasn't far from the other males either.

"I know from your letters that you're a special kind of pervert but I think now you are just crazy!" Charley laughed while leaning against the table to try to breathe again normally. "Thanks! I appreciate that, but this pizza is sooo good.. It's sad that the guys miss this.. And by the way, it's not my fault if everything I say is smoother than the cream cheese spread on your bagel!" She said, making her chuckle. "They really hate cheese, any kind of it" She said while eating her own pizza. "I still don't get that but alright.. Not everyone needs to like everything!" She said before taking a sip from her drink.

"And everyone has their weaknesses.." Charley smirked while looking over Ava's shoulders. "Yeah.. Hey why did you sound like something- Oh no.. Nooo!!" She said while turning around, but then she saw the males being all shirtless in the living room which made her blush so badly and she was about to choke on her drink this time.

"I might have mentioned yours to them.. Sorry not sorry" Charley grinned and enjoyed the show too while the guys were showing their muscles. "You.. You.. That was dirty! I just woke up from fainting!" She said while she was clearly watching the males. "Oh that's why you were so weak? I thought it was just us, or actually me!!" Vinnie winked at her, making her laugh and sticking her tongue out of her mouth.

"Choke on your dog!" She said before turning away to eat more of her pizza. After the guys and Charley had laughed enough, they continued eating too. But then something came back to her mind. "What if Karbunkle did something to my mind, making me not remember what happened back then?" She asked, but heard Vinnie almost choking on his dog for real.

"I didn't mean it literally!" She said while she and Charley walked to the living room after putting their leftovers to the fridge when they had cooled down. The Women were pretty sure their food would be safe from the all time hungry males, only thanks to cheese.

"We were about to do a strip tease to you and you just think about Karbunkle! I simply just hate you.." He growled while drinking his root beer bottle empty. She just grinned before sitting between him and Throttle. "You do? You.. really.. do, huh Vincent?" She said while smirking at him, making him swallow and blush.

"Uh.. Maybe not.. Umm.. I think my pants are still rather tight.." He smirked, making her blush and laugh while Charley was just rolling her eyes and crossing her arms. "But about that Karbunkle, even if Vinnie had a point there.." Throttle coughed since he was feeling the same but then continued. "I don't think that would be impossible.. More likely he did something to you, but I still don't get why I got those headaches too whenever I tried to think about you.." The Commander said while looking at her. He lifted his other arm over her shoulders on the back rest, which got the other males growl at him. That Charley heard for the first time which made her lift her other eyebrow.

"You really thought about me?" She asked while leaning against him, making him drop his arm around her after blushing. "I did.. Your wounds never left my mind.. I was worried if you even survived.." He said, making her smile and nod to him while he drank his bottle of root beer empty. He glared at his bros who were clearly growling at him.

It took a moment from her to think something before she slapped his tight making him almost jump from the couch since he hadn't been expecting that and her hand got a bit too close to reveal his problem too. "The Scar is on my chest, you hound!" She chuckled, making him blush. "No, I didn't mean it like that!" He panicked but the other males were laughing at him.

"Our commander here might not admit it, but he knows more about that kind of stuff than he tells and lets us believe.." Vinnie whistled, but then Modo added. "Don't worry about your scars Ava ma'am.. We don't mind since we are covered with fur.. Who would we be to judge? Besides, we have our own scars too.." He said, making her sigh and nod before getting up from the couch.

"Thanks guys, for the food and everything.. But I think I need to get some sleep for now.. Still not the best.." She sighed deeply before heading to the stairs. "Want to have a word?" Charley asked while looking after her. "No need.. Thanks.. Night y'all!" She lazily waved before heading upstairs, leaving the males completely confused.

"She started the dirty game first, what's that now?" Vinnie asked while the males just shrugged. Charley sighed and started to clean the table with Modo's help. "I think she needs some time before she wants to open up about that.. But you guys need to be patient with her" She sighed before turning to look towards the stairs worriedly.

"I'll go talk to her," Throttle said and got up, but she grabbed his arm just in time. "Don't.. She needs time and like she said, some sleep.. And I think it wouldn't be bad for you either since you fainted too.." She said while carrying the garbage to the trash can while Modo carried the emptied bottles.

"But ain't that some kind of sleep too? Being unconscious.." Throttle asked even if he knew the answer. "No.. Go to sleep now.. You'll thank me later, trust me" The Mechanic said, making him growl while Modo joined him to walk to their bedroom. Both of them decided to go to sleep earlier than usual, also to give Vinnie and Charley some time alone, even if they didn't ask for that. But after seeing Vinnie and his actions, they didn't need words to know that.

But what was wrong with Ava? She had told Charley something, and she was struggling with anxiety, but was that everything? And had those memories been all that she had forgotten? Or blocked, from her..?