At the Army base of the Moon Village

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"Seems like I need to take over this place.." A Male mouse said while smirking widely and entering the room. He had a lot of confidence in his voice. The Comer had white fur and he was shirtless except the X-cross bandoleer that he was wearing across his chest. With blue jeans, black boots and some weaponry, he looked pretty much a troublemaker.

"Who's ass needs to be licked that a soldier gets properly greeted here?!" He laughed out loud and lifted his hands on his waist. The Soldiers turned to look at him and few of them just chuckled and continued their doings. "Who's that?" Some of them said but then ignored the young and pretty loud comer.

"And who thinks that they need proper greetings? I haven't heard that there was an invitation for some white furred clown.." Sergeant Scabbard laughed and crossed his arms. Some of the soldiers of his group laughed at his words and turned to look at how the comer would respond. Sergeant Scabbard and his group had stayed at the Army base of the Moon Village, since the Commander in Chief had some other meeting to do here. But that meeting was planned to stay as a secret from the new General, Carbine.

"The name is Vinnie" The Comer said firmly and coolly swung his tail. "Vinnie the Vanham" He smirked but that didn't get any reaction from the sergeant. "Perfect name for a clown, I assume.." He smirked back to the young soldier.

"What do you want from here? The Children's daycare is one kilometre to the south from here.." Sergeant Scabbard said making the other soldiers laugh. "Forgot your accidentally made child there, huh..?" The Comer, who called himself Vinnie, said firmly and swung his tail again. He checked the title from Scabbard's uniform. "..Sergeant, I assume" he continued with a tone that made Scabbard's whiskers twitch a bit. The Soldiers were quite surprised by those brave words that made even the sergeant surprised.

"Watch your mouth, kiddo!" Sergeant Scabbard growled and grabbed Vinnie by his bandoleer and lifted him against the closest wall. "Didn't they teach you how to speak to your superiors at the Soldiers training? Do I need to do that right here and right now?!" He growled making Vinnie just smirk widely. "Your whiskers are shaking, Sergeant. Be careful that they don't fall down.. Those would be the only ones that fall on you.." He smirked and kicked the sergeant's stomach to free himself.

The sergeant took a few steps back and lifted his hand on his stomach, not as a sign that it hurt, but just to swipe his uniform clean. "What do you mean, soldier?" He growled and waited for another smart joke from the white furred male. "Oh, so it's true.. The Sergeant's balls haven't even dropped down yet!" Vinnie said making all of the soldiers in the room laugh. But that just made Sergeant Scabbard to be ready to explode in any minute.

When the sergeant was ready to attack the young soldier, someone entered the room and raised his voice that made even the young and ready to fight, Vinnie to stay right on his place. "ENOUGH!" The Commander in Chief said powerfully making the sergeant freeze in his place too. The soldiers, that had just been laughing, continued their doings like they didn't know anything about what was happening.

The Commander in Chief walked into the room with some other male mouse. That male had brown fur and bit darker brown and long hair as a style of ponytail. He had his eyes locked on the young soldier with white fur. But the only thing that Vinnie could notice properly at the moment was that the Commander in Chief wasn't happy at all which made him gulp.

"The Sergeant asked you some questions, soldier. Answer them" The Commander in Chief said calmly but very powerfully. Vinnie gulped again and felt the atmosphere quite pressured. "Did a cat get your tongue.." The sergeant smirked but the Commander in Chief coughed making him stay quiet.

"My name is Vinnie.. and.." Vinnie started but the Commander in Chief lifted his hand and said "We know your name already. You are quite a loud guy, aren't you?" He said and moved his hand as a sign to let Vinnie to go on, but instead of joking, he stayed silent. "Instead of making fun about your superiors, you should listen to them and answer when spoken." The Commander in Chief said roughly making Vinnie turn to look at the ground a bit.

"The sergeant asked you 'what do you want from here' and more importantly 'Didn't they teach you how to speak to your superiors at the Soldiers training'.. So answer, Soldier Vinnie." The Commander in Chief said and he had that kind of tone in his voice that he didn't want to lose any more time on that kind of conversation. So Vinnie cleared his mouth with one cough and then started talking.

"I just graduated from the Soldiers training with good grades and I came here to ask if I could join the Army of Mars." He said which made the brown male's ears twitch a bit. He truly was quite interested in that young soldier. "And the other question?" The Commander in Chief said and looked at him with a bored expression on his face.

"I'm sorry.. What was it again, Sir" Vinnie said making Sergeant Scabbard almost explode. "You clearly do not know how to speak to your superiors.." The Commander in Chief sighed and then turned his back to him. "He didn't respect me! Why shouldn't I show any kind of respect to him?!" Vinnie blurted out, but the Commander in Chief didn't turn back to him.

"Even if the superior doesn't respect you, you need to respect them and listen to what they have to say. Isn't that right, Sergeant Scabbard?" He said powerfully making the sergeant smirk and nod. "That's totally right, Sir" Scabbard admitted. He truly hated Vinnie since this meeting, even though he even thought that he was quite brave.

"But what about my place in the Army?!" Vinnie said after the Commander in Chief started to leave. "The Army doesn't need that kind of soldier who doesn't even know his place" The Commander in Chief said without even looking at the white furred male. "So your plan is to speak the enemies over if Mars faces some danger, huh?" Vinnie said and those words got the sergeant rush to the boy again. But the Commander in Chief coughed once to make him stay right there at his place. The Brown furred ponytail male was smirking to Vinnie's words.

"I assume that this young fella is your problem now, General" The Commander in Chief said and turned to look at the male. "It would be my pleasure, Sir.." He said and took one step forward. "Soldier Vinnie!" He raised his voice with a power that made even Vinnie to freeze. "And who do you think this old guy is? Should I know him?" Vinnie sighed after relaxing again. But then something happened that even he didn't have time to react to.

The Brown furred male, that carried the title of General, had knocked Vinnie over, so he was laying on his stomach at the ground and the male was having his knee on Vinnie's back and at the same time Vinnie's arms were held behind his back.

"This 'old guy' is the leader of one of the finest groups of soldiers! The Name is Stoker, Punk! And the group is called Guardians on the bikes" The General said while smirking. Vinnie smirked too and then said while laughing. "Finally someone does a proper greeting! I like this guy already!" Vinnie said but then noticed that the Commander in Chief had already left with his group, only the sergeant was still there with some other soldiers of the base. 

"Are you really sure that you want this guy to be part of his group? But well.. That's better than having him as my problem!" Sergeant Scabbard said and crossed his arms again. "He fits perfectly to our forces!" The General Stoker said and let Vinnie go. He even helped him up from the ground.

While Vinnie was cleaning his jeans, he started talking again. "What is your group about? I might have heard about those at the training.." He said making General Stoker laugh. Even the sergeant chuckled. "He surely fits in.." Sergeant Scabbard said and then it was Stoker's turn to speak.

"Guardians on the bikes for the soldiers like you, Vinnie." He started explaining, making Vinnie much more interested. "For soldiers that are brave as you, who's ready to take over that kind of Sergeant Scabbard is, or even the Commander in Chief." Stoker explained and then continued again. "So what would you say? Vinnie was it?" He said making Vinnie smirk widely.

"That sounds awesome!" Vinnie laughed and then shook hands with Stoker. "Well that's relieving.. Now, would you take that rascal out of this Army base, General, before he puts the whole place to reno'?" The sergeant said making Stoker chuckle. "I will, Scabbard. I will!" He said and then left with the white furred soldier who had as big energy levels as the whole Mars would ever have.

One hour later at the other army base

"So this is the place you told me while we were driving?" Vinnie said while looking around the place. General Stoker slapped the back of Vinnie's head with his tail. The power of the slap was at the same level with a proper punch. "Ouch! What was that for?" Vinnie said while holding the back of his head.

"Even in our group, you need to know how to speak your superiors, kiddo" Stoker smirked and then walked to the edge of the large table. There were so many mice sitting around it, including Throttle and Modo. They had been called to the base after they had got out of the restaurant. Carbine had taken Rimfire back to his mother while Harley left to the base too with the guys.

"Who's this newbie, Stoker?" Throttle said at first when Stoker and Vinnie had entered the room. "I think he can introduce himself.." Stoker said and crossed his arms. He took couple steps to the side of the table so Vinnie could have the place where he stood.

"The Name is Vinnie, Commander" Vinnie said after checking Throttle's title from his shoulder badge. "I found, or actually heard this young fella arguing with Sergeant Scabbard.. He was quite rough for him, but got his own back quite well!" Stoker explained making some of the soldiers nod to each other.

"Not everyone gets Scabbard cornered.. Right Stoke?" Throttle said making General nod to him. "What do you think about this youngster, Commander Throttle? Should we take him to our forces?" Stoker said and sat on a chair the way that the back rest was between his legs and he was leaning his hands on it. "Well.. My team has a place open since the latest new guy kicked the bucket on our latest mission.." Throttle said making Vinnie gulp after hearing him.

"Or is the new guy scared?" Modo continued after Throttle had finished. "There's no such a thing that would make me scared, big guy!" Vinnie said but then Modo got up from the chair that made him gulp again. "But I wouldn't argue with you, thanks!" He said making all of the soldiers laugh.

"Welcome to the group, Vinnie!" Throttle said and walked to shake hands with him. Modo went to pat his head and then all of them got him welcomed to the forces. Vinnie was quite glad when he had found such a good group that took him so well.

Two hours later the soldiers had got the tables served, full of root beers and hot dogs and other junk foods, they wanted to welcome Vinnie properly to their forces. But when Harley showed up, Vinnie was much more busy about flirting to her than getting to know the other soldiers.

"Seems like he settles just fine! He reminds me about you, Stoke" Throttle said while watching Vinnie's doings and taking a sip from his root beer. "What do you mean?" Stoker said without even noticing that he didn't get an answer for his question and then lifted his eyes up from the computer. He had got some important mails from the Commander in Chief, about their earlier meeting. The Meeting that was meant to stay as a secret from Carbine.

When Stoker finally noticed what Vinnie was doing and what Throttle might have meant, he growled. "Should he focus on his mates and the party.." He said making Throttle chuckle. "That would be understood as a sign that you are jealous" He smirked and took another sip from his drink. "Jealous, me?" Stoker chuckled and then turned to look at the computer again. "What would you do if someone.. Um.. like Scabbard has his eyes on Carbine, huh Throttle?" Stoker said making Throttle growl.

"He hates her clearly and she hates him.. You know that, Stoke.." Throttle growled and even a thought about Scabbard flirting with Cabrine made his blood boil. "Oh sure.. But isn't Harley a bit too old for Vinnie?" Stoker said and wrote a new email at the same time.

"They are the same age, General" Modo said and sat next to Throttle. He brought some new root beers for them. "Oh well, Vinnie is just more childish.. That makes a huge difference!" Stoker said making Throttle and Modo laugh. They knew that since Harley had visited the base for the first time, Stoker had his eyes on her right away. And now he had a rival. And that fight would be very interesting to watch.

"I won't let the new guy easy. Keep an eye on him, Throttle" Stoker said and then took another root beer. "You bet, General.." Throttle said and then his mind traveled back to Carbine. What would she be doing now? When would they have their date settled? He truly hoped that Carbine's new title wouldn't keep her too busy. He wanted to have some private time with her.

But none of the Martian soldiers had any clue about that the Mars would face some tragedy and sooner than anyone could ever tell..