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"..And you were supposed to contact her, how exactly?" Charley said while fixing one of her customers' cars. She had lifted the car a bit with a car jack, so she could lay under it and do her magic to get the vehicle back on track. "Umm.. That's actually a pretty good question.." Vinnie said while laying on his bike, one leg lifted over the other and his arms crossed.

"So.. You ran into a random woman and wanted to meet her later because she had seen you earlier too? And now you don't even know other than her first name.. Oh when you guys grow brains or something?" Charley sighed while going back and forth under and out the car on a creeper to get the tools she needed.

"She actually gave us her business card, remember guys?" Modo said making Throttle and Vinnie turn to look at him when he searched his pockets. He had taken the card and put it in his pocket. "Well.. This makes things easier" Throttle chuckled after Modo gave him the card that had actually got folded in his pocket and some of the numbers in the end were quite in bad shape. Ava had actually just got those printed too and getting the card so horrible shape that soon was no big deal to do for the Biker Mice.. It was more like a miracle to see the card even remind the shape of one anymore after a couple of days!

"Does it really?" Vinnie said after he had got down from his bike and walked behind them to see the card too. "Umm.. I take my words back.. How does this look like it was made a decade ago? Or actually a light year.." Throttle asked while looking at Modo. "'Gone through a blender' was in my mind but that's a good one too" Vinnie added but then saw Charley rolling from under the car. He hurried to help her up and give her a rag to clean her hands a bit.

"Don't blame me.. I barely carry anything in my pockets! Like a piece of paper could survive after what we have been doing during these days.." Modo groaned but then heard a familiar voice next to him which made him soften and smile. "Let me see.. It's not that bad shape, don't panic you macho mice.." Charley said while gently petting Modo's cheek before taking the card from Throttle who handed it to her.

"No way!?" Charley gasped after seeing the card. It had a black arrow going from a left lower corner to a right upper corner and in the middle of the card was a phone number written after the name of Ava. And even if there wasn't the arrow, she could recognize that anyway. It was her friend's business number. It was the same Ava they had been talking about.

"What?" The Trio said in unison while looking at the mechanic. "Umm.. No-.. Nothing!!" She panicked while turning to look at them for a second but then the card again. "You know her.. You know her from somewhere!" Vinnie said and took a step closer to her. "Charley-girl.." Throttle started but then Modo spoke. "Charley ma'am please tell us.. We know you too well.." He said making her gulp. She had no idea what to think about this situation. Her long-time pen pal had met her friends from Mars.. And promised to meet each other again! What a mess.. Even if it wasn't unusual when there were these three hairy motorists around.

"Has she hurt you?! I swear if she has.." Vinnie growled while walking to her. "No!! No no no!! Nothing like that!" Charley panicked but then added under her breath "..or practically yes but I wanted it and even paid her for it.." And of course the trio heard that. "Explain yourself, please.. And Vincent, calm down" Throttle said even if he didn't like this either. No-one hurt their Charley, not when they were alive. Since the day they had met her, she had helped them and they had saved her, they had counted her part of their family, part of their own. They had a very strong bond to share that no-one would ever break..

"She is my friend.. And my tattoo artist.." Charley sighed and handed the card back to Throttle. "Your what? You have a tattoo?!" Vinnie said while wrapping his arms around her waist. "Where.. And how come I haven't seen it.. I. I!! And I have seen everything of you.." He growled making her roll her eyes while the other two males were smirking at each other knowingly. Even if she knew that they told each other everything, she hoped that it didn't actually mean everything.. Those mice were loyal to each other, but much more to their partners if they had one. Even if she wasn't sure what was the thing between her and Vinnie. Something was up, but what it was.. Maybe neither of them knew.

"Well.. I got it when you guys were on the mission with Stoker.. A couple of years ago.. On that mission you never told me anything about.. So I decided to have my own secret too!" She groaned back at the males making them look down. "You know that's unfair.. Not even comparable.." Modo said while his ears dropping down, like did the others' too. "I have dreamed about having one or two since I was just about to be a teenager.. So it was just about time to get one!" Charley explained while looking at the males. "God they knew how to get her heart melt with those hurt puppy eyes.." She thought to herself while sighing deeply, even if she was about to laugh at them.

"May we see it or do you want to keep it personal? Either way is fine.. But we still can't talk about the mission.." Throttle said making her cross her arms while Vinnie rested his head on her shoulder. She gently rubbed his cheek, making him purr lightly. "Not still?! But you know how worried I have been ever since.. You came back all wounded and not even mentioning the condition of your bikes!" She raised her voice but Throttle just shook his head making her sigh deeply. No signs of laughing anymore. "Fine.. But.. I just want Vinnie to see it first.. Then you guys, okay?" She said while about to start to blush.

"Huh? Why me? Oh it's in a hard place, okay Sweetheart!" He said but then got a pinch to his cheek. "Ouch!" He said and moved in front of him to block the view from the guys who turned their back to them. Each of them saw his tail swinging around as a sign of curiosity. "Do you want us to leave the room, Charley ma'am?" Modo asked politely after quietly just accepting the situation. "No, turning around is fine, thank you!" She said while slowly lifting her shirt up to reveal her right side.

She saw Vinnie's eyes getting wide as a couple of huge plates right when he saw the tattoo. She blushed right away after seeing his reaction. "No way!!" Vinnie started and he didn't know if he should be dashing around the place or just stand there. "That's.. that's.. That's my.. My bike!! And yours!" He said and soon noticed his eyes getting wet. From their group only Throttle had a tattoo on his right shoulder, but seeing his own bike on the side of a woman he had romantic feelings for.. That was a brand new level even to Vinnie's emotions and mind.

"S... S-Sweetheart.." Vinnie sobbed, trying to keep himself cool but soon noticed that he just couldn't. His body started shaking when he leaned to hug Charley tightly. Tears filled her eyes too when she saw his reaction. She had never imagined  it would be so powerful. It just confirmed both of them their feelings for each other. Especially Vinnie's feelings to Charley even if his mind wasn't clear about those yet.. But surely his heart was.

"Is.. Is everything alright?" Throttle asked and slowly took a peak behind his shoulder. The view made him smile and he nodded to Modo to turn around. They saw them hugging each other tightly which made them smile at them. Charley wiped away Vinnie's tears while the male's tail was swinging around now calmly. "I think there is" Charley smiled gently before kissing Vinnie's cheek. "More than alright" Vinnie purred against her cheek before moving his hands on her waist and kissing her, making her blush before kissing him back.

"Here's the beauty.." Charley said when Vinnie stepped next to her, moving his hands to her shoulders while wrapping his tail around her other leg. She lifted her shirt up a bit again so Throttle and Modo could see the tattoo on her right side. "That's amazing!" Throttle said while getting a bit closer to see it. "Very beautiful details, Charley ma'am" Modo smiled while looking at it too. "So.. She's a tattoo artist?" Throttle asked while fixing his specs position when all of them walked to the living room from the garage.

"Thank you. And yes, she is.. Should I call her right now?" She said while sitting on a couch. The Males sat on it too, Vinnie right next to her obviously. "You said she's your friend too? How come? I mean, by tattoos or where did you get to know her?" Modo asked making her smile and nod. "We are pen pals.." She said making the males lift their other eyebrows. "She isn't American. She is from Europe and pen pals mean that we wrote letters to each other" She explained while searching Ava's number from her phone.

"But.. Isn't Europe far from here?" Vinnie asked, not sure if he really understood everything she had just told them. "Other side of the globe.. So yes, it is very far- But I have her number right here! Should I call or?" She said but then Throttle spoke up again. "Does she know that we are with you?" He asked the question Charley was a bit afraid of. She just shook her head making Modo look a bit sad even if each of them understood the reason.

"Modo.. I'm not ashamed of you. Not at all! I'm just thinking of your privacy and safety.. But since she had met you already and you want to meet her again.. I think it's time for me to tell her about this secret.." Charley said making them nod. "But should I call her? She's expecting a call from us? But the phone number is yours so she probably recognizes it right away.." Throttle said but Charley shook her head again. "She doesn't actually have it since I got her number from a similar card she gave to you guys.. I have actually texted her about the appointment, but I don't think she remembers my number yet, or has even saved it yet either.. Since she is quite.. Oh well you'll see! But that would probably work!" She said and handed Throttle her phone after pressing the call button already. She knew that even if the mice were pretty good at their own technology, Earthen were rather different to them. And since Throttle was their group's leader, it was better if he handled that.

"Hey!! This is Ava speaking from Black Arrow tattoo! How can I help you?" A Woman's voice answered lively right after just one beep. "Hey, Ava.. It's us. The Biker Mice.." Throttle said while trying to understand how the phone worked. "You.. The.. Bik-- Biker.. The Biker Mice.." She muttered and tried to hold herself still. It wasn't a regular thing for her to get a call from her childhood heroes that she had just got to know that were actually real.

"Ava? Are you alright?" Throttle said while noticing that his head was starting to ache like it did when he tried to memorize anything about her. She had slapped his specs off his face, but not that hard he would have a headache for many days.. What was wrong with him?

"Yes.. Yes I am! How are you? Sorry.. I don't have any ideas how to deal with anything right now.. I mean.. Oh shit.. Sorry!" She said making Throttle chuckle. "Are you laughing at me?!" She growled making him chuckle again. "No.. It's just.. We would like to meet you.. Like we said last time" He said making her fall down from her chair she was sitting on at her studio. He could easily hear the collapse. "Ouch..... When?" Ava said while rubbing the back of her head and getting up from the floor. Her legs started to feel like wet spaghetti.

"Soon as possible" He said but the next thing made him pull the phone far away from his sensitive ears. Even if it wasn't on the speaker, all of them could hear her screaming. "Ava ma'am are you alright?!" Modo panicked at first while Charley started laughing. "Remind me to not call her again.." Throttle growled while rubbing his ear, not sure if he had lost his sense of hearing. "Like Charley ma'am tried to say.. She's.. Quite.." Modo was about to say but Vinnie ended his sentence. "Weird?" He said while the screaming ended and Throttle lifted the phone back to his ear.

"If looking at us.. I wouldn't use that word.. Maybe um.. Special?" Modo said while still thinking about if she was okay. "Just wait to get to know her.." Charley chuckled while waiting for Throttle to speak again. It seemed like Ava had got to full speed of what came to speaking. She could tell it just by looking at Throttle's expression. "She's very talkative.. I forgot to warn you.. Sorry Throttle" She giggled but got a groan as an answer. "Yes..." Throttle managed to say before the woman continued talking again. Even if he was very happy to hear she had survived from the attack, he still preferred some more quiet people around.

After a half hour the phone call ended and Throttle sighed deeply while rubbing his ears. "Oh geez.. You really need to warn next time Charley.. If there's any more relatives or friends of yours we are going to meet.." He said while the woman was laughing. "You really got to say just a couple of words during that whole time?!" Vinnie wondered when the tan furred male turned to glare at him. "You still doubt that?" He said while still rubbing his ears.

"When are we going to meet her?" Modo asked while looking at Throttle, like Vinnie and Charley did too. "In the evening.. At the park we met her last time" Throttle sighed making them nod at him. "So.. How was she like?" Vinnie asked curiously. "Wins you easily about being talkative.." Throttle groaned and wasn't actually sure if he was ready to see her yet again. It took a while to recover from the phone call at first.

"What are we waiting for then?! Let's go!!" Vinnie said and ran towards his bike but soon got pulled back by his bandoleer. "Did you even listen to what Throttle said? In the evening!" Modo said and placed Vinnie to sit back on the couch. "But the Sun is setting already.." The White male said while pointing towards the living room's window. "And we barely have even eaten yet!" He growled making Charley chuckle. "Let's go after we have eaten.. Or did she mention any specific time?" She asked while walking to the kitchen, Vinnie following right behind like a lost puppy.

"She needed to unpack something and clean.. But nothing more specific" Throttle said while following along with Modo. "Then we have time to eat" Charley said while starting to prepare some hotdogs for the guys. She was already thinking about how the meeting would go.. But if thought about that phone call, maybe she would get along with the guys quite well. If she doesn't manage to scare these mamma jammas away!

Timeskip: A couple of hours later

"What should I do, what should I do, what should I do, what should I do?!" Ava panicked while walking a circle in her studio. She ran her fingers through her hair nervously while having a breakdown. She had just talked to one of her childhood heroes on the phone and now she was supposed to meet them. And soon she noticed that she had already forgotten what she had talked with the mouse during that half hour call.

"What should I even wear?!" She said after stopping to lean against her table since she started to feel a bit dizzy. "Oh sure.. Ava calm down!! You are going to meet alien mice.. Like they would care about what you are wearing! That's not a date, you moron.. They are mice.. Mice! Not human.." She muttered and then took a deep breath before running her fingers through her hair again. "Oh shit what if they want to search through my brain?!" She panicked but then chuckled. "Like they would do anything with that information.. They would be more happy to not see inside my mind" She laughed but then started to think about that more.

"But.. They did that antenna thing to Charley too in the series.. Oh wait.. Charley.. Charley.. Charley David.. son.. NO SHIT!" She counted one plus one and soon dashed to her cloth bag to see if she had everything with her. "She asked me to fix her tattoo that was Vinnie's bike on her side and I didn't even realize it!! How stupid can I be?!" She facepalmed before she realized it again. "No shit.. I have been pen pal to Charley Davidson who lives with Biker Mice from Mars?! And she hasn't told me that!!" She didn't know if it was panic or anger or excitement or what the feeling was right now, but soon she noticed that she still had some cleaning to do but the Sun had set an hour ago.

"This is more important.. I can clean those packages later.." She said and stuffed all the packages in one and hid it under her table. She had unpackaged her delivery and placed them in their right places. "New ink, needles, hygiene stuff and much more.. Now I should have everything for a while.. I had everything already but had counted too less.." She said while going through the shelves again. After that she took her cloth bag and walked to the doorway while checking again she had everything inside of it.

"My phone.. Phone..?! Where it is-.. Oh right!" She said and turned around to get it from the charger. She unplucked it from the wall plug and put the charger inside a drawer before putting the phone in her bag. After that she walked to the doorway again, but then.. She looked at herself from the mirror next to the door.

"They'll travel back to Mars right away if they see me like this.." She sighed and sat on the floor in front of the mirror. She started to braid her shoulder blades long hair in the color of hazelnut to two Viking braids. "This will do just fine! I don't have any time to do any makeup now but at least I don't look like a total scarecrow!" She said and then finally managed to leave the studio with everything needed inside her cloth bag, her studio being locked and cleaned, and herself looking decent at least. Not forgetting that her mind started to panic again which made her walk everywhere she thought that it would be impossible to drive with a motorcycle, even with a Martian one.

"Geez girl.. They drive through walls and you expect that you could hide from them.." She said after finally walking in the park, trying to remember the place she had seen them, even if it wouldn't be hard to recognize them anywhere. But she didn't want to treat them that they would be so different or any more less than people. No.. She would have a very hard time not to fangirl since they were her childhood heroes.

"Exactly!" She heard someone saying right behind her after walking around the park path for a while. It was dark already so she stayed on the path where the lights were. Even though she knew some mortal combats, because they had been her hobby since she was just a child, she didn't like to walk around alone during dark times. It wasn't the safest thing to do as a woman in her home country either, and she had read from the Internet and watched from TV that America was a very dangerous place too..

And right after hearing that, she screamed from the top of her lungs while jumping a bit. "That one time was enough for the day, thanks!" She heard someone saying when she turned around. Three giant mice stood behind her, all holding their ears and looking like they were ringing. It made her feel a bit bad, even if she was still tense. Not forgetting that her heart had started beating fast, and now it was practically bouncing out of her chest.

"S-sorry.." She said embarrassed while rubbing the back of her neck. "You scared me.." She said but then noticed that the mice had their helmets on, but the visors were opened. "If the Plutarkians don't take down our lifespan, this lady does.." Vinnie said but got a glare as an answer from her. She crossed her arms and looked at the male unhappy also for the reason he had been the one who had scared her.

"Talking about yourself, Vincent.." Modo said but soon offered his hand towards the woman. She lifted her other eyebrow but then realized what he was up to. "Oh right!" She said and shook hands with him. "We are happy to meet you. I'm Modo, but I guess you knew that already.. Apologies about Vinnie's behavior.. He is the youngest of us" He explained making her smile at him.

"I do know you.. But I don't have any idea about your ages.. At least some of you behave well" She chuckled and soon heard a "Heyy!" from Vinnie. "That's why we wanted to meet you, Ava.. Since my ears are not ringing anymore, I can take the lead as our group's leader-" Throttle said but then Ava continued making him a bit surprised. "Commander Throttle" She said making even Modo and Vinnie turn to look at each other.

"May I ask you one question first? Or actually I have a few.. But maybe I'll chill down a bit about what comes to talking.." She laughed but then heard Modo talking. "Sure, but is it okay if we move from here to somewhere not so.. Umm.. Public?" He said, trying to sound polite. "So you can dig down my brains, like you did to Charley when you met her?" Ava laughed but then the males looked even more confused.

"How can you know that? Even if it wasn't anything like that.." Throttle asked while nodding to them to walk away from the lighted paths, closer to the trees. Ava followed them but soon she felt her body tensed again and she decided to walk a bit behind them, not sure she could fully trust them. They might be her childhood heroes, but they still were an alien race. And even if they were here to save Earth and Mars.. They were still very dangerous and talented soldiers. And. Much. Much. Much bigger than her.

"Is everything alright Ava ma'am?" Modo asked after he stopped to wait for her. He had first noticed her leaving behind. "Yeah.. I'm just.. Where's Charley?" She said but soon heard a familiar voice. "Did these mamma jammas manage to scare you already? I bet the whole Chicago heard your screaming!" The Mechanic laughed while sitting on a huge picnic blanket near the trees Ava noticed being the same she had met the mice for the first time.

"Charley!!" Ava's eyes lightened up when she ran past the mice very fast and dashed right into Charley's open arms, almost making her fall down to her back. "Were you guys nice to her?" Charley said while hugging her tightly. The trio chuckled and looked at each other before looking at the women. "You should ask if we still hear anything, Sweetheart" Vinnie said before sitting next to the mechanic, making Ava jump a bit in her arms.

"What?" The white furred male asked confused while Throttle and Modo just chuckled. They sat down on the blanket too but took a small distance to the new one. "Give her time to get used to us.." Modo said while petting his bike. That made Ava notice that they were parked around them. "Oh my God.. They are here too" She said while still hugging Charley. "Like tails attached to the mice" She laughed and gently petted her hair. "Are you sure you are okay? You are trembling.." She looked at her worriedly.

"I am.. It's just.. I was so nervous about this.. And now it comes out like this.. No need to be w-worriee.. Worried.. Sorry" She muttered and blushed. She got nervous sometimes and after that felt awkward because of it. That was one of the multiple things she had told Charley in the letters.

"That's okay.. I am here. We all are. And these guys won't hurt you.. They might be dangerous but not for us.." Charley said while Ava slowly moved to sit next to her, or actually between her and Modo. She sat to hug her legs, like a fetal position, for a while before crossing her legs. She noticed the mice were looking at her, probably curiously. She took a deep breath before smiling.

"That's okay.. We would have understood if you didn't want to come.." Modo said gently making the other males nod too. "No! I definitely wanted to come.. The last time was too short.. I.. I have thought of you ever since.." Ava said but then Throttle spoke up. "Would you like to explain to us now, how do you know us? Charley told us that you are not even from here.." He asked while looking at the woman.

"Umm.. How much have you told them about me? I know I asked you to not talk about my things to any people.. But like I had any idea of this!" She turned to look at her while nodding towards the males. "We got to know just today that she knows you.. By your business card" Modo explained but Vinnie continued. "Or what was left from the one you gave to us.." He said making the women chuckle.

"Remind me to write my number down on a rock next time.. Or would an asteroid be any better?" She suggested while smirking. "Still destroyable.." Vinnie said making all of them laugh. "I haven't told your things to anyone, like I promised! And I hope you understand that I couldn't tell you about them either" She said, making her nod. "Sure.. Of course.. That's not a thing you tell anyone by a letter.. Or if you had told me, I wouldn't have believed" She laughed but then turned to the males. "No offense.." She added while feeling awkward again. She really tried to be polite to them.

"I like her already" Vinnie said while taking his helmet off. "Vincent" Throttle growled while looking around. "Relax! If there's anyone around, that's probably just a Plutarkian who we can take down!" He said and placed his helmet on his bike's seat. The tan furred male rolled his eyes while sighing before he and Modo took their helmets off too. Even if it was dark already and the lights were away from them, their eyes had got used to darkness so Ava could see them quite okay.

"You.. You are beautiful.." She said while looking at them, especially Throttle which made him freeze. He remembered the memory immediately which made his head ache again. But so did Ava's out of sudden. "Aaaa...!" Ava groaned while holding her head. So did Throttle to his head. "Is everything alright with you guys?" Charley asked worriedly but soon they were alright again.

"Yeah.. I guess so.. If everything can be normal again.." Ava said making Throttle chuckle while he rubbed his forehead. "You still didn't answer my question.." He said but soon his nose caught a familiar scent from the wind. Vinnie and Modo noticed it too which made them get immediately up from the ground after their leader. Modo prepared his mechanic arm's gun while Throttle and Vinnie prepared their purple ones.

"Is everything alright?" Ava whispered after noticing Charley getting tensed. Soon their noses caught the smell too. "What's this smell?!" She covered her nose with her hand and was about to throw up. "That's.. Sweetie.. That's a Plutarkian.." Vinnie said while swinging his tail around. When Ava turned to look at the guys, she noticed that they were standing around them, between them and the bikes that looked a bit different now too, and like all six of them were ready to fight..