A/N: This chapter is based on the episode Once Upon a Time on Mars part 2. Credits for the original episode's plot for the original creators Rick Ungar, Tom Tataranowicz and Brentwood Television. I don't own the Biker Mice or make any profit from this story. This story is intended for entertainment purposes only, not to do any harm to the original work. All rights of the Biker Mice belong to Rick Ungar.

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Author's pov:

When the fight still continued after the Plutarkian forces had already won, Vinnie tried to get up once after he and the rest of the Biker Mice and General Stoker had got seriously injured, but the half of his face seemed to be too painful and badly wounded that he had to lay back down on his back while groaning in pain. He had only managed to notice that Modo and Throttle were laying there unconscious, but he couldn't tell how bad their situation was since he barely saw anything with his other eye and the pain of that amount got him down fast.

After General Carbine and Harley had gotten themselves a bit safer from the battlefield without bikes via a tunnel through huge rocks, they climbed to a higher place to see what was going on. The View made the females freeze in their places when they saw their males laying there immobile, covered with blood. "The Guys have been hit! Throttle!!" Carbine shouted worriedly while starting to run towards the injured males, but when she managed to climb on a rock that was blocking their way to the males, she saw the Sand Raiders already picking up the males from the ground and starting to carry them away. They had even got her uncle Stoker.

"Noo!!" She screamed while grabbing her gun from its sheath that she had the right side of her waist. Then for all of a sudden the military forces joined the fight, unfortunately too late since the battle was already lost. The Plutarkians started to shoot at them immediately while covering the leaving Sand Raiders. The Martian army forces tried to prevent them taking the Freedom Fighters with them, but unfortunately failed. "Get down!!" The Black haired general commanded the forces before sitting behind one of the soldiers on a bike.

"The Platoon's in danger! Tactical retreat, back to headquarters!" She demanded all of them while one soldier picked up Harley before they all had to leave. They were still defending themselves while the general had no choice than to look at the enemy to take away her male, her uncle and her friends. "Throttle.." She sighed while looking back at the enemy while the platoon retreated as she had ordered. "I'll swear I'll save you.." She felt a tear rolling down her cheek while trying to get her thoughts back together. They needed to make a plan to save the males, but what did the enemy even want from them?

Meanwhile in the Freedom Fighters' headquarters Mace was wiggling his hands free from the robes the Biker Mice had tied around him. After getting his hands ready, he untied his legs and put his Martian mouse mask back on him that he found way too near him than the Biker Mice had meant since they were in a hurry to go help the others on the field. When Mace heard someone coming from the bike storage, he made sure his mask was properly on him before he took his gun and hid it behind his back.

"Have we struck another blow for freedom's cause, comrades?" He asked when he saw at least five other soldiers arriving there with Harley. "Hey where's Stoker?" He acted to be worried while Harley helped one injured soldier to sit down on a seat. "The Fish Heads got all of them.. Stoker.. Modo.. Throttle.. Vinnie.." She sighed sadly while taking off her helmet. Hearing that made the male only chuckle proudly, but when he was about to start to laugh, he actually had to cough a couple of times to keep his role on.

"Our bravest warriors.. Gone.. Tragic loss.." He said while slowly putting his gun back down on a box he had found it after getting free from the robes. But then he saw General Carbine running into the base and seemed clearly angry. "She should be in the military base.." He thought while making sure no-one saw his gun behind his back on the box. "Plutarkians were ready for us!!" Carbine shouted while throwing her helmet away. "Like they knew we were coming to take out the Tug Transformer!" She growled while looking around at the base but she stopped at Mace. "Maybe they did know.. A Leak from inside the systems.." She rubbed her jaw while looking at the orange furred male who quickly moved his hand back to his gun.

"We'll get them back, Carbine! We just need a proper plan for that.. I know you can make one" Harley said after calling for other nurses to check the injured soldiers while she had to patch some bikes too. "No.. I can't.." The General sighed while walking to her friend. "I know you can!! You can save Throttle! He trusts you and waits for you to help him!" She said, making the general start sobbing. "I saw his eyes bleeding.. He got hurt badly.." She felt tears running down her cheeks, making the brown furred female walk to hug her before anyone else saw her crying.

"They all were covered in blood.. I couldn't even look at them for a long since it hurt to see them being so badly injured.. But you are a general, Carbine!" Harley said, making the black haired female punch her right fist on a wall after getting separated from her friend since she got more angry. "Screw that!! He's the male I love and I'm losing my mind in a second! Like I'd have no right to show my emotions just because of my title!" She shouted at her, making her sigh and hug her again. "I know.." She sighed, making the general hug her now too. "Let it all out.. Deep breaths and then we'll all start thinking about the plan.." She said, but neither of them saw Mace listening and following their every movement.

"So.. The Commander is her weak point.." He smirked before leaving to another room where he made sure there was no-one else in there with him. "Limburger.. I have some news for you.. Tell Stilton that the tan furred Martian is the female general's mate.. I got that confirmed.." He said, before hearing some evil laughter coming from his radio phone before they hung it up.

"Did you hear that, your Terrifyingness?" Limburger said while a chair in front of him turned around to reveal the evilly laughing Dominic T. Stilton sitting there. "Excellent.. Finally some news I have been waiting for.." He laughed, before a frustrated growl after Greasepit's next words. "So.. You are interested in the mice's mating display, huh?" He asked while ruining the leader's carper with oil. "Get out.." Stilton growled while rubbing his forehead. He had a very hard time dealing with his not so intelligent underlings.

"Excuse-" Greasepit started but got the leader to just yell at him. "GET OUT!! You too, Limburger!" He pointed at the doorway, making his underling to sigh and growl before leaving with the super villain. But before they left, another Plutarkian ran into the room. "Pardon me, Leader Stilton, but I found something you might be interested to see!" He said while handing him a video tape, at the same time bowing to the leader.

"And what it might be?" He looked a bit confused before he saw his underling still standing there. "Didn't I tell you to leave at once?!" He growled, making Greasepit chuckle a bit. "Actually twice.." He started but it got the leader just more furious. "OUT!!" He shouted before pressing a button on a remote that made a hatch open under his underlings, making their leaving much faster. "I am surrounded by idiots.." He sighed before turning back to the Plutarkian that had delivered him the tape.

"This next scene is recorded from a spaceship which was left on a desert in a sandstorm, and was set on self-destruct, but it seems like someone turned it off before it got destroyed.." The Underling explained while turning it on. "But may I warn you first.. Your Horrific Leader.. The Cameras got activated just a bit.." He was about to continue, but the video started to run before he could finish his sentence. "Get inside of me at once, Commander!" The Black haired Martian female shouted demandingly while opening her belt after getting half of her clothes already off. "Just once?" The Tan furred Martian male winked at the female which made her laugh before the male leaned to kiss her while they took the rest of their clothes on. That made the Plutarkian leader's eyes widen up before lifting his other hand on his eyes.

"..late, my condolences Sir!" The Underling hurried to say while taking a careful step away from the leader. "What in the name of the Plutarkian High Chairman do you think I. I!! Am going to do with this.. This.. Disgusting view!!" Dominic T. Stilton had some hard time to even think his next words clear enough while the Martian female was moaning loudly and demanding the male to go harder and faster.

"Ain't that specific male the same who took your son's precious life?" His underling said carefully while taking another step away from the leader. His words made the leader turn to look at the video again. Even if it was a bit blurry since there seemed to be some kind of piece of clothing on part of the hidden camera which made its focusing difficult, it still showed them way too much than was even necessary, but the faces of their enemy was the important part for him to notice. Dominic T. Stilton was quite sure that at least after this he would need some therapy or consider at least twice getting to the leader's title to conquer any other planet.

"The Tan furred Martian is the female general's mate" He remembered the Limburger's secret agent saying which made him grin evilly while looking at the video. "And if I may add.. That exact male mouse is just getting brought to the Karbunkle's laboratory with three others, including their leader.." The Underling smirked, making the leader just grin and laugh evilly. "Perfect!! Now shut that down before that view gets burnt on my retinas!" He demanded while turning away, making the underling hurry to get the tape off but for their bad luck it got stuck and just continued repeating the Martian couple's moaning loudly. That made the Plutarkian leader grab the remote and throw it to the monitor, making it shatter to thousands of tiny pieces. "Get that fixed at once!!" He yelled, making the underling sigh and nod. "Right away, Sir.." He sighed while the leader headed straight to the evil scientist's lab.

"Carbine! Rimfire is at the video call. He's asking about Modo" Said a soldier on the devices table that had a huge monitor on the wall like always in the Freedom Fighters' headquarters. His words made the general sigh and start walking back there and straight away to the monitor before the soldier connected the call. She made sure there were no signs that she had been crying just a moment before, that the others would notice from her. "Rimfire?" She said and the young male could easily notice worry in her voice because she had been his babysitter for so many years. "Carbine? Everybody looks trashed.. Where's uncle Modo?" He asked while looking at the base he saw through the call. That made the general sigh once again.

"Modo got caught in a fire fight.. We don't know.." She started but soon the young male talked over her. "Uncle Modo is no casualty! He's a prisoner and I'm busting him out!" He announced, making the general get even more worried, not for the young male's safety. "Hang on! Let's be smart-" She started but Rimfire talked over her again. "Hang on nothing! Look, if you want to help, fine. But I'm already gone!" He said before hanging up the call. "Rimfire wait!!" She shouted after him but it was no use. That made the general growl and slam her right fist on the device table.

"Remind me never to have kids!" She growled while crossing her arms, but regretted it immediately after saying it, which made her drop down her ears and sigh deeply. She knew even if children could be sometimes annoying, she had always dreamed about having a family, especially after she had met Throttle when she had been only 15 and the tan furred male was 16, in the outdoor training grounds. But now her male was somewhere in the enemy's territory, wounded and she didn't yet have a plan on how to get him back. Not forgetting that one exact now 16 years old rascal who she had secretly taught the army basics and now he had left alone to face the enemy. She knew that if there was a plan needed for the rescue, it was needed now. There was no time to waste!

In the enemy's fortress

Dr Karbunkle was laughing evilly while the Plutarkian soldiers carried four Martian mice inside his lab. "Decent specimens for the final stage of my.. Bionic experiments!" He grinned while looking at the mice's leader getting tied against a table that was lifted up vertically. Since he had already woken up and was resisting it hardly, it needed two rather big Plutarkian soldiers to do that. And during that Dominic T. Stilton also got down there via the elevator.

"Stilton!! You-!!" General Stoker groaned when he saw the Plutarkian leader while getting tied onto the table. "Indeed elated day for Plutark!" Stilton grinned while enjoying the view of seeing the enemy leader there being tied up in front of him. "The Tug Transformer's nearly operational and we captured the heart of the Resistance! Their leader and three best warriors!" He continued, making Stoker growl at him.

"You still don't stand a rat's chance of winning, you Junk Sucker!" Stoker groaned while the enemy leader turned back to him. "I beg to differ! When Karbunkle is done, you the four most feared Freedom Fighters on Mars, will fight for the glory of Plutark!" He walked to the male mouse, to pull his head back, making him growl at him. "Commence transmutations, Doctor! Beginning with this boring brutes.." Stilton grinned while walking to the elevator. On his way he turned to look at the other three mice, and seeing Throttle there made him laugh even more evilly. He headed next to the other office where he had planned to have a proper video call with the Plutarkian High Chairman, since his own monitors had got broken for a sudden reason..

"Simply stay silent, you Dim-witted Dripping Disappointment!" Lawrence Limburger growled in that exact room while connecting a video call to the Plutarkian High Chairman. Greasepit was standing right next to him and he was wearing his armor that he had had when he had been transported to Mars, before slipping over to the oil.

"What?! Where's Stilton?! Who are you?" The High Chairman growled when he saw someone else standing there instead of his underling that he was supposed to meet on the video call. He was waiting for a proper report from Mars' conquest. "Lawrence Lactavius Limburger, your Approval Evidence!" Limburger bowed at him, making him look very displeased.

"How dare you contact me directly, you Low Level Nincompoop?! And what's with that repugnant mask?!" He pointed at him, making Limburger mumble awkwardly. "Casualty of war.. But if you'll bear with me for just a moment, your Over active Excellency! I'd like to introduce the super villain, hired by yours truly, who single-handedly handled an assault which Stilton failed to foresee.. But fortunately I anticipated the skirmish! Thanks to this dynamo's powers and my competent command, the day was won and the resistance leadership captured! I just wanted to inform you of this.." Limburger explained just before Dominic T. Stilton arrived at the room via the elevator.

"Limburger! What are you doing on the video call? Touched the dial without sterilizing, you Disease Dustbin.." He growled while walking to clean the keyboard and the monitor after Limburger had gasped when he had seen his arrival. "Shut up Stilton!!" The Plutarkian High Chairman shouted, making the leader get up and turn to look at him. "I beg your pardon.." He said, making the High Chairman just growl while looking at them.

"Without Limburger and his super villain Greasebump.." He started, but when Greasepit corrected his name, Limburger just growled at him to stay silent. "Whatever.. The Battle might have been lost because of your negligence! You're known.. I'm seriously considering a shake-up in the fish food chain of command on Mars!" The High Chairman pointed at him, making Stilton turn to look at Limburger.

"Limburger and his super villain? Why, you Insubordinate Butt-sucker?!" He growled before turning to look at Greasepit. "So.. You saved the day at fastest-rising.." He grinned when the oily man just got confused. Limburger punched him to agree, while Stilton had to clean himself once again from oil. "Using what manner of weaponry, may I ask?" He asked, getting the man confused once again. That made even the High Chairman suspicious. "So that missile you fired, was in autopilot launch mode?" Stilton smirked while being quite sure about his hunch. Greasepit just mumbled something about lunch, making Dominic T. Stilton turn to look at his leader again.

"You see my Lord. This Ignorant Oaf only brought down the mice by the sheerest of luck.. Somebody.." He said, making the High Chairman continue while Limburger was coughing awkwardly. "Intercepted a top-secret communication and as a consequence.. Nearly lost the battle for us!" He growled, making Limburger mumble and try to save the situation. "I understand, Stilton.. Limburger, you're dismissed! I'll supervise you'll reprimand emotion and torture later.." The High Chairman shouted while being full of nonsense mumbling. After that Limburger bowed at him before leaving fast. Stilton just grinned while continuing to give the specific report to the High Chairman after apologizing deeply.

Meanwhile Limburger headed straight away to the evil scientist's laboratory, where Karbunkle was starting to test his Bionic Army experiments on the General Stoker, but first he needed to make sure his new mechanic tail would work alright, since the male had lost his own after Stilton had shoot him to his stomach and all way to his tail's beginning. "Karbunkle!" Limburger shouted after getting down there via elevator, which made the scientist turn around.

"Dr Karbunkle to you!" He growled while turning back to his table where he had placed everything necessary ready. "Yes.. Yes, quite.. And I'd be genuinely grateful if you can cut away to remove this mask sooner than later.." Limburger said, making the evil scientist's just pull out a chainsaw under the table. That made the Plutarkian gulp and step back. "Never mind!" He said while looking at the scientist to grab the mechanical tail before walking to General Stoker who laid on a table unconscious now.

He connected the tail to where he used to have his own, making the mechanical one start to swing around immediately like a regular one. "You know Dr.. The Resistance will surely arrange a rescue for these rebels.." Limburger said while Karbunkle was now testing a connection between an eye and a mechanical arm. "So?" He growled while being clearly annoyed about getting interrupted the whole time. "If they succeed, it will no doubt signal the end of Stilton's assignment here, which of course means he would be demoted and relocated along.. with his doctor.." Limburger grinned, making the scientist growl before turning around.

"Just what are you proposing, you Irregular Obesity?" Karbunkle smirked, making Limburger grin at him. "Meaning that you focus your genius on building a super villain, one who could assure us a permanent employment here on Mars!" Limburger explained while the scientist connected the Mind Bender Beam to Stoker's head. "Activating Mind Bender Beam!" Karbunkle grinned while pressing a button. The Machine made Stoker groan in pain before Limburger heard Stilton shouting his name and left the room. But before that, he made sure their discussion stayed between just two of them, by paying Karbunkle more Plutarkian gold money that made him grin and nod.

It didn't take much time before Stoker sat up and the Mind Bender Beam was done with the brainwash. "Ahh! Stoker's done and how are we feeling, my Semi-mechanical Masterpiece?" He grinned while removing the plugs from the male's head. "I feel.. I feel like any loyal servant of Plutark!" Stoker growled while jumping down from the table. "Prepared to crush, humiliate, destroy, to file, ravish and subjugate! All to the greater glory of Plutark!" He announced while whipping his new mechanical tail proudly. He whipped a metal pillar down with it.

"Beginning with the Martian Resistance!" He growled while walking away, leaving the scientist just laughing evilly and proudly to his success before turning to look at the three other unconscious Martian mice laying on the similar kinds of tables all tied. The Male just looked at him while swinging his tail and rubbing his hand. But there was one thing that the scientist didn't know or even had thought about would be possible at all.. The Mechanical tail had some effect on the male, meaning that the next he saw a scene in his mind which he didn't recognize to be his own memory at first. That exact memory was from his very own past, that he would probably also remember later on even if he was still under the brainwash's effect..

"Stoker, are you sure you want to come with me? I.. This might be.. A Little.. Strange to see.." Said a female while walking along a street before stopping in front of a building that had a sign in front of it. "Dan's mechanical body parts - Please welcome to shake a hand or two!" Seeing that made the young brown furred male just chuckle and turn to smile at the female. "Of course! I promised you that Niv! I want to support you and be by your side.. We promised to each other to find out what we would become together, so I'm not running away now!" Young Stoker said while gently lifting his hand on the female's back. He smiled at her, making her drop her ears down. She had multiple different kinds of piercings on both of her ears, which he also found very beautiful.

"That.. That means so much to me.." The Creamish white furred female smiled at him gently before they stepped inside the building, Stoker opening the door for the female first. "Welcome! Oh Niv, so happy to see you!" Greeted a dark gray furred male in his thirties before walking to shake hands with the female. "Hey Dan! Do you have my adult tail ready for me?" The Female asked with an excited tone in her voice, making the male smile and nod. "Yes! I got your doctor's reports and your body size is finally comparable for the adult tail length. But who is this young gentleman? I see he wouldn't come here otherwise.. A Boyfriend?" He smirked, making the female roll her eyes and chuckle while the young male looked around very curiously. There were so many different kinds of mechanical body parts as examples on the walls' shelves, mainly palms, arms, feet and tails.

"Huh?" Stoker turned around, making two of them chuckle before smiling at him. "Heya! I'm Dan!" The Male offered his right hand towards him, making him shake it politely. He saw it being mechanical, probably self made too. "I'm Stoker, hey" He said, making the male nod and open a curtain behind the counter. "Right this way, please" Dan said, making the female walk there first and Stoker to follow her before the male walked there too and closed the curtain after them.

"Does it hurt?" Stoker asked since he knew nothing about this kind of stuff. When he saw Niv shaking her head, he sighed a bit. "I have done it plenty of times.. It doesn't hurt and it won't take long!" She smiled while sitting on a seat, her back facing the adult male. She relaxed her lower back a bit, meaning her tail was now laying on the floor and she didn't move it at all. There was a new one waiting for her on a table behind Dan. The Tails had the same color white, a bit different shade from the female's own fur since her creamish shade was very rare. The Tails looked very much the same but the new one was a bit bigger, like the size of a real Martian mouse adult's tail normally was. Of course it was adjusted for her body size, but since she didn't grow height anymore, she would finally get her hopefully last tail.

"For a rebel like you, this tail is in much better shape than the previous one.. Ready?" Dan said while looking at her tail, making her laugh and nod while Stoker leaned against a wall and chuckled. "Rebel.. Right.." He crossed his arms, but before he could say or do anything more, Dan removed Niv's tail, making Stoker's vision turn dizzy before he collapsed onto the floor. "Stoker!!" He had heard the female shouting worriedly while he just laid there on the floor and the vision turned from dizzy to pitch black when he closed his eyes as he fainted. But now he had got his own mechanical tail and didn't remember anything more from his past life. Who was that female and why did he see that memory now?

Right outside of the enemy's fortress, General Carbine was looking at the enemy's hideout with a pair of field glasses, hoping to see even some specific top of a tail or any other sign from the males that they were alright or at least alive. "It's gonna be one tough fish to scale.." She sighed while trying to find a way to get inside the Plutarkian tower which had taken its place where the Martian Red Tower had been. She turned to look at Mace who had wanted to come to help her, otherwise she would have been there alone.

"I'll query ahead okay.." Mace said before jumping and climbing over a stone bridge that had partly collapsed. The General stayed there on a watch, waiting for the soldier to come back with any new possible information. But she didn't know that Mace was actually doing a query for the opposite side. "Hang on Throttle.." She sighed deeply while looking at the tower with her field glasses. She wished to get there as soon as possible to help her male and the others.

At the same time Mace got to meet a sand raider behind huge rocks. "News, Deep Pocket.." The Sand raider said while looking around that no-one saw them. They had one rock in between them so they didn't see each other either, but the main reason for that was they didn't get seen together. Or did they? "What's the situation inside?" Mace asked while leaning against the rock. The Sand Raider smirked when he started to talk again.

"Their leader, Stoker, has been assimilated into our side. The One called Modo, is next for the Mind Bender Beam" The Sand Raider explained while Rimfire was listening a bit far away from them. He had climbed on a rock and made sure he was unnoticed, but accidentally kicked a rock to fall down. That got noticed by the enemy. "What was that?" Mace prepared his gun while heading towards the sound they heard. "Snitches are always paranoid.." The Sand Raider grinned before leaving. The Rat in disguise headed straight towards the place where the young Martian had been, but he had already left when Mace got there.

Even if Mace smelled that someone had been there, Rimfire was faster than him. He made a few flips to get away in between the rocks faster, but when he started to run, he crashed into someone who also prepared their gun immediately. "Freeze!" Carbine shouted while laying on her stomach before she noticed the young male. "Rimfire?! I told you to let us handle this!" She growled but Rimfire had no time to listen to some sort of sermon now. He had news for the general, and it needed to be told faster than they probably had even time for.

"We've been sold out! One of your troops is trading info with a Sand Raider!" He explained, making the general's eyes widened. "What?! Who?!" She gasped just before they both got forces against the ground since somebodies jumped on them. "Mace?!" Carbine growled while trying to fight the male away from her back, but the male hit the back of her head, making her resisting more difficult. "It's a shame that brat had to blow my cover! Things were going so well!" Mace grinned before the general hit his jaw with her elbow, making the male fall over her.

She got onto him but he kicked her away from her stomach, making her fly through the air and hit her back against a wall. Mace got up immediately and tried to punch her face, but she dodge right in time, making the male hit his fist to the wall that caused him to groan in pain. "Full reverse with a half twist!" Rimfire cheered while dodging the Sand Raider's hits at the same time while Carbine had got up and was fighting with Mace a bit far away from the other two fighters.

"How can any Martian mouse sell out to Plutark?! Especially what they did to Ceres?!" She growled, making the male just grin while they walked a circle, waiting for the opposite's next move. "The Plutarkian occupations is the best that happened to this Martian!" He said just before the General kicked straight to his face, making him fall on the ground while the mask flew off his face, revealing his true face to her. "You.. Rat?!" She gasped while holding the mask in her hands. Throttle had been right the whole time and she was the one who had got scammed at first!

"It's our little secret.. Actually my little secret once I've disposed of you!" Mace growled while getting up on the ground and attacking the general immediately. But to the rat's surprise, the general's reactions were elite. She took his attack to her before throwing him against the rock wall, making the male hit his head there roughly and get unconscious for a while. "Those talks about Ceres must also have been just garbage! Gosh, we bought that cover too well.. Or actually I did.. But.. Rimfire?!" She thought out loud while turning around after remembering the young male that was left to face the Sand Raider on his own. Even to her surprise, he handled the situation well and beat the enemy with fast flips. Even if he was Modo's nephew, he sometimes also reminded her about Vinnie, and of course the male's parents too.

"Nice stick on a landing, kid!" She smiled at him when he landed next to her. "Come on.. They already brainwashed Stoker and uncle Modo's next! You and I-" He explained while turning around to look at his long-time nanny and teacher. "You are gonna stay here and keep guard! That's an order!" She talked over while pointing at him, making the male sigh deeply and to look down at the ground. "Don't worry, Rimfire.. I'll get 'em out!" She said before starting to run towards the enemy fortress fast, leaving the young soldier there frustrated.

Rimfire just punched the air a couple of times before sitting on a rock. Both Mace and the Sand Raider were laying down unconscious. "Oh maan! 16 and I'm still sitting at the kids table.." He sighed while leaning against his hand, his elbow on his knee. Even if he had left there without permission, now he had no choice but to listen to his teacher. Or had he? While at the same time Carbine got closer to the fortress. There were a few guards that she needed to get past unnoticed, so she had decided to use a grappling hook that she was carrying on her back since there seemed to be not much other choices.

She shot it to the building's wall while connecting it to the ground behind her and also to her waist. When she started to reel her up, one certain memory filled her mind. She had been 18 years old, when her uncle had taken her to mountains to teach her climbing and to get over her fear of it. Even if she still had a hard time climbing nowadays, sometimes she might have actually done it without even realizing it properly. The Reason for her fear was that her parents had died on a mission during the a few years lasting civil war on Mars, when she had been only 1 years old. She surely didn't remember it, but after hearing it and seeing the place where they had died, she had started to fear climbing ever since. It might have been in her instincts too, which may have caused her to climb sometimes even actually without thinking about it much but that still blocked her from doing it most of the time.

Modo's father had been her parents' group leader, but only one student, named Jeff, had survived from the terrible accident. Later Jeff was known as one of the three leaders of Mars. And while Carbine had only been 1 back then, Modo had been 4 year old while his older sister, Mericy, had been 8. But Carbine had always doubted that it had been even an accident after all, after she had grown up and started to think about it more. She had always heard only good things about her parents and that she reminded them so much, so why would anyone want to do something bad to them? But after all she just couldn't buy it being only an accident especially when everyone in her family were such talented climbers. It was a mystery that no-one seemed to have answers for, and now all the parties of that have passed away to even ask about it, haven't they?

"Carbine c'mon! You can do it!" Throttle cheered while connecting his climbing harness to the climbing cable. The Tan furred male was back then 19 years old and her uncle 33 years old, so it was almost ten years ago since Carbine was now 27 and Throttle 28 years old. But she just couldn't get over it even if they had tried to support her as much as possible. "Carbine.. I know you can do it! Your parents would be proud of you! You already got your harness on.." Stoker patted her shoulder while she tightly held her harness with her both hands. Her body was trembling while she was looking at the solid rock wall.

"No.. I can't.." She sobbed while shaking her head. She dropped her ears down when she turned to look down at the ground. "Oh babe.." Throttle walked to her but the cable made him stop soon, making him remove his harness from it so he could walk to the female. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly before kissing her head. "We are here to do it together.. We are here for you.. I am here for you.. I am always here for you!" Throttle said while looking into her ginger colored eyes. She took a deep breath, making Stoker turn to look at him. "Take a deep breath with her, it will help her to calm down better.." He said, making Throttle nod and told as advised.

"Thank you.." Carbine smiled while having her ears still down. "Are you willing to try?" Stoker asked while looking at her. She nodded slowly before they all walked slowly to the wall and connected their harnesses to the cable. "This's safe, right?" She asked, making the males nod. "Yes! And I'll supervise it down here and give some advice. Throttle will show you how to do it on the wall" The Brown furred male said, making her nod while Throttle headed to the wall first to show her lead. "Ready?" Throttle asked, making her slowly get to the wall and place her hands like he had after carefully checking how he had placed them.

"This is not a race, remember.." She said, making him smile and nod. "Of course not! We are here to help you to get over your fear. One step.. At a time!" He said while slowly starting to climb, making her follow his movements with her eyes. "I'll take care of everything, whenever you are ready, you can start" Stoker nodded at her when she had turned to look at him over her shoulder. She took a deep breath again while tightening her grip on the wall. She placed her right foot on the wall before she started to follow Throttle who had stopped to wait what would she do next.

"That's it! You are doing amazing, Carbine!!" He smiled proudly when he saw his girlfriend climbing on the wall, slowly but steadily. "Well done! Milenia and Efir would be proud of you!" Stoker shouted, but hearing her parents' names made her lose her grip with her other hand, which made her scream in fear. "Got you!" Throttle said while wrapping his tail around her hand and wrist since he didn't reach her with his hand. She panted heavily while trying to get back on the right position since she had got so scared. "Just don't look down.. Focus on me.. I'm here.." Throttle said, making the female smile and nod at him before swallowing deeply.

"You always have my back, Throttle.." She smiled, making the male smile and nod at her. But now the situation's different. Throttle wasn't there and she had to do the climbing all alone. Throttle was in the enemy's territory, needing her help and now she had no other choices than to climb if she wanted to save her loved one. And she definitely was going to do it!

"Watch me.. Throttle.. Mother.. Father.. I'm going to save Throttle, my uncle and Vinnie.." She smiled proudly while climbing the enemy fortress' wall with her grappling hook's cable. "And Dan.." She turned to look at the sky for a moment. "I'm going to save your son too.. I promise! I'll get them all out of here!" She said before releasing herself from the cable to jump inside a window that was almost half way of the tower. "Just give me some strength.." She bit her lower lip and twitched her nose when her eyes met one Plutarkian's eyes. The Guard had no chances against the Martian General alone who beat him fast and started to run along a long corridor.

"If I was an evil scientist, where would I want to have my lab in a place like this.." She thought in her head while kept on running and fighting every single guard that was wandering around the place. She had no time to waste if Modo was the next in the line.. She needed to find them before it was too late, even if it sort of already was if what Rimfire had heard was true. Stoker was brainwashed and she needed to be ready for anything possible.. It was her uncle after all but also a Silver Star General of Mars.. But now possibly on the enemy's side..