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"Anything new?" The Queen asked while turning to look at her royal advisor who had knocked the door and entered it silently after getting permission for it from her Highness. She was looking out of the window that was the only one shown slope since her hideout was also hidden under the ground mostly. "My sincere apologies, your Majesty" Sighed the advisor while turning to look down at the flooring. "It's alright.. I trust they do their job well.." She sighed while gently but formally holding her hands in front of her. "They will, they will, your Majesty! Your daughter will be found soon. The Elite forces are worthy of their name" The Advisor said, making the Queen nod while clearly looking miserable.

"Pardon me, but we should get back downstairs.. Everything is packed and we are ready to move again" The Advisor continued, making her nod once more before following her loyal underling who was also a very dear friend for her after all. "I assume that my older daughter is already informed?" She asked while they walked along a long slope ramp like a corridor since she had some knee problems that made her move hard on the stairs. "Yes, she is, but she hasn't arrived yet. Do you want me to contact her again?" The Advisor said while hurrying to open a door for the Queen. "I'd prefer doing that myself.. She's my daughter after all" She sighed, making the advisor shake his head gently. "Your safety, your safety, my Queen" He said, making her nod while they continued walking to the throne room where servants were doing their job, mostly including packing everything necessary to be ready to leave.

"I also would prefer staying just in one place.. Plutarkians have been told to be left.." The Queen said, making the advisor shake his head again. "Not confirmed officially.. That's why these security measures are made, your Majesty. Your late husband demanded these security measures precisely!" He said, making her nod while she sat on her throne after two servants had checked it didn't have any dust on it at all during their cleaning and packing. "Please, contact my daughter.. I want to see her before I leave this very kind and beautiful Blue Valley again" She said while sobbing a bit, making one servant hurry to give her a silk tissue. "Immediately, my Queen" The Advisor bowed before walking fast to fulfill his duty. It didn't take much time when a servant walked to bow to the Queen, asking for permission to briefly update about the situation.

"Yes?" She smiled a bit while still clearly being miserable. "Your Majesty. The Bedroom and kitchen have been packed now too. We are on schedule and you will be transported in a couple of hours" She said, making her smile and nod. "Thank you, Marissa. You can continue now. Remember to have your break, each of you" She smiled, making all of them nod formally to them while continuing packing the throne room very carefully but quickly. Meanwhile under the ground hospital and evacuation center in Brimstone, close to the borders of Moon Village and Blue Valley, a group mixed with Freedom Fighters and Military soldiers were sitting on the couches of the lounge area.

"You should have gone with her, General Stoker.." Jessica sighed while she sat on the floor, her legs crossed and her hands resting on her knees. Her back was facing the couch while her twin sister Sapphire was braiding her bob length platinum hair. It was the day after the funeral, meaning that the atmosphere was miserable and dismal all around the planet since the Queen had announced a mourning period for three weeks. Otherwise it would have been two months, but the war didn't wait for long as it wasn't confirmed to end officially yet.

"Yeah.. She's your wife after all.." Modo said while checking some reports Rimfire was currently doing around a table. It was his first time doing official paperwork since both generals Carbine and Stoker had agreed to give him a chance to show his talents also there too after seeing him on the field, but with Modo's help as a backup since the schedule was rather tight. "What's the matter, Stoke?" Throttle asked when he saw their mentor looking down the floor while trying to finish his bottle of root beer, but for the first time ever they saw him losing his appetite.

"Nothing.. I just.. I don't know how to support her to be honest.." Stoker sighed while leaning his head against his hands. "Hey.. That's understandable since she has just woken up after 14 years, and when you have just got her back, her father passed away.." Carbine said while lifting her hand on her uncle's shoulder. She has just got back from the generals office to have some more paperwork for the young male. Mostly they were just clear writing after some soldiers who had done their work badly but didn't care. They would definitely hear about it later, especially when a 16 year old did it better..

"Not helping that the Commander in Chief was just about to promote you personally.." Vinnie said, but soon got glared at by them all, except Stoker who didn't bother even to do that. "Go to her.. She needs you now more than ever" Jessica said, before they heard a rather loud "Ouch!" from her at the ground level. "Sorry! Not my fault you have such short hair.. Makes braiding challenging.." Sapphire groaned while trying to hold it together which seemed to be hard. "Actually.. It is.." Carbine said while crossing her arms after Stoker had lifted his head up to see what was wrong with the nurse. "Does any stealing-my-identical-twin's-boyfriend ring any bells to you?" Jessica said, making Sapphire pull her hair a bit more, making her whine again. "Not sorry this time!" She growled before dropping her ears down. Maybe she had deserved that, maybe the others didn't know everything, but either it was, she knew the truth. But reminding about that all the time hurt more than even she had expected.

"I didn't force you to cut your hair.." Sapphire continued while offering Rhea her hand to give her a hair donut since the teenager had just walked to them and sat next to her, covering her way to the small table where she had brought the necessary stuff for hair styling. "Actually you made me do it.." Jessica answered while turning to look at her from the corner of her eyes. "You should have said you wanted us to look different! I would have done the hair cut or even had a face tattoo.." She growled playfully, making her roll her eyes before turning to look at Carbine who chuckled at the same time with her. But when Rhea was about to give the mechanic a red hair donut, she shook her head.

"No, the blue one, thanks!" She smiled before starting to wrap it around the first braid from two. "Why didn't you take that red one?" Vinnie asked while taking a sip from his root beer. After the party and his hangover that was worse than it was when he had broken Stoker's couch and faced Carbine's punishment followed by his mentor's, he had been sure to not drink any alcohol for a while.

"Opposite color.. Blue one suits better for her green eyes" Sapphire said while starting to do the second one carefully, but without even looking at the male, she could tell he snorted and rolled his eyes. "And who cares about those things?" He snorted, making the females turn to look at each other. "Don't even start! Last week I remembered someone whining about not finding that exact shaded red bike fixing pen from the basket full of red pens for the same use!!" Carbine threw her hands into the air, making now all the males turn to look at her while gasping dramatically. "That's important!!" They shouted in unison, making them all start to laugh together. They laughed for a while, and neither of them could even remember when they had laughed that much, or at all..

"Female stuff.." Vinnie chuckled after they all had finally calmed down. "Ugh, males.." The Females rolled their eyes at the same time while smirking at each other. "And now they are possessed too, great.." He coughed under his breath, getting some glares for that. "But also blessed!" Rhea smirked, making them all laugh a bit again. "That's true.. But.. Should we be more serious?" Throttle asked while turning to look at Stoker again who was deeply in his thoughts again. "Don't blame yourselves for having some fun.. Mourning period doesn't only mean to cry every single minute.. Healing process needs all kinds of feelings to get through. I know you all know that.." Mericy said while walking to them. She had been helping to clean the dishes in the cafeteria after they all had eaten.

"You are right, big sis. Everyone of us has lost at least someone during this war or the civil war.." Modo sighed while handing one paper back to his nephew. "Check this again. Over there" He said while pointing at a certain spot, making Rimfire nod and do as told right away. "Do I see children slavery over there, huh?" Mericy crossed her arms while lifting up her other eyebrow before smirking when the males looked like they had seen a ghost. "Nothing serious, Mericy.. Just those papers I'm done to go through every single time some knuckleheads won't do their part of it right.." Carbine chuckled before walking to Throttle who sat on a second couch with Vinnie. They made some space for her, so the commander sat in the middle now when she sat on his right side, his arm lifted right away over her shoulders before he pulled her closer to him.

"Almost done, General!" Rimfire said, making Carbine smile at him proudly, before they heard another "Ouch!" from the ground level. "It's not my fault the skin in your head is so sore.." Sapphire groaned, making her roll her eyes. "Don't make them so tight! I can barely close my eyes!" Jessica tried to pull her forehead back to its place when Sapphire finished her two short braids with pins. "Since when hair styling has sound so erotic?" Vinnie smirked, making Throttle chuckle next to him. "Thinking about a new career, Vincent?" He grinned, but then they both felt rather sharp slaps to the back of their heads by the black haired general's tail. "Ouch!!" They rubbed the back of their ears since she had hit the beginnings of them.

"Those look so prettyy! Would you like to braid my hair too, Sapphire? Pleaaaase.." Rhea asked while leaning closer to the mechanic who chuckled and nodded. "Sit down when my sister has moved her gigantic butt away from there!" She chuckled while gently kicking her sister's lower back. "Hey!! Who has a large butt?!" She growled, making her twin smirk. "I said gigantic, not large!" She said, making them both start laughing while the others were having more serious conversation now again. Or they continued the previous one actually.

"Maybe I'd go to her.. Thank you, Adira ma'am" Stoker said after Adira had joined them after waking up from a short nap and had explained to the general how the loved one got more important meaning after you lose it, even if he knew that already quite well. It was a miracle that he had even got her back after so many years. "You're welcome, Stoker.." Adira smiled warmly while gently patting the general's palms. "But will everything be alright in here? I don't know how long I'll be there.." He said, making all of them nod. "You can count on us!" Vinnie said, making him sigh but chuckle. "That's what concerns me the most.. Carbine?" He turned to his niece, making her nod while Throttle was giving her a gentle head massage by the hand that was lifted over her shoulders. "Yes.. Just go already.. We'll be fine.." She purred while having her eyes half closed, but then a surprise kiss made her jump a bit while fixing herself to sit properly.

"What?!" She said, making them chuckle and smile at her. She glared at him while smirking before pulling him closer from his leather vest to kiss him back. "Then I'm going.. I'll contact you when it's safe again. Thank you all!" He said while getting up before leaving fast to the bike storage. "What should we do now? There are a few last groups left on the field to check the enemy has left after their last surprise attack.. Meaning that we have some free time too?" Carbine said while lifting her legs over Throttle's lap, making him lift his other hand on her thighs while smiling at her lovingly. "Can we even think about anything like that? Niv has just lost his father, Stoker his father-in-law, the whole planet their Commander in Chief.. Meaning that the forces don't have a leader right now.." Jessica asked carefully while sitting now where Rhea had just sat, next to Sapphire.

"The Queen handles his job before the next Commander in Chief has been announced.." Mericy said, making them nod while feeling sad again. The Queen had also lost her husband, and Harley her father too without even knowing about it. She was still missing, but searched every single minute, but couldn't even attend the funeral ceremony. Their group would have wanted to be searching for her all the time, but the Royal messenger had delivered a message from the Queen that said the elite forces will take care of that so their group would rest and if needed, prepare to go to the field again. They weren't pleased about that, but accepted her will, even if Vinnie went out every night for something, which they all knew he went to search for her..

"Would Stoker take the title?" Rimfire asked, breaking the silence that had came after the Mericy's words. "Only he has the answer for that.." Carbine said, but then Rhea talked. "Could he even, since he resigned from the army and founded the resistance movement?" She asked, making Mericy sigh. "Not sure, dear.. But if the Commander in Chief told him personally that he would want him to follow in his footsteps, then I don't see any problem in that, especially if the Queen agrees with him. And we all know that he wouldn't have even said to him either if she didn't agree with him already" She explained, making them all start to think about it more. Would Stoker take the offer? If he would, what would happen to the Freedom Fighters?

Meanwhile in the Queen's current hideout where everything was now packed ready to leave, Stoker drove to the secret entrance. Since he was the princess' husband and part of the family, he had access to the royal family's houses and other places but only when they were around of course. "General Stoker! What a pleasure to meet you!" Greeted a servant by nodding formally before opening another door for him when he pulled off the helmet from his head. "Thank you, Una. Do you know where Niv is?" He asked, making the servant nod. "In the throne room with the Queen. But be fast, they'll be transported soon" The Servant said, making him nod and walk fast to the throne room, but since the place was new for him again, he needed to ask for directions from another servant when he had got lost. And if he got lost there, it meant that neither an enemy would find anything from there, which was only a good thing, if they even managed to find the whole place either.

"Niv!" He shouted when he finally got to the throne room and saw his wife about to leave with the Queen. "Stoker! I thought you would never come!" She ran to his arms while she had clearly been crying, actually pretty much lately which wasn't any miracle. "My apologies, dear.. I got lost in my mind.. Don't know the right way to go.. Like I was brainwashed by my own thoughts.." He sighed while hugging her tightly and kissing her head gently. "It's alright.. The Most important thing is that you are here now.." She sobbed against his chest since him being there was enough to help her to calm down at least a bit.

"Oh Stoker.. What a nice surprise.." The Queen said after coming back to see where her daughter had left. "The Queen.." He nodded formally against Niv's head, making her lift her head up to turn to look at her mother. She actually looked very much like her mother, the Queen. They both had creamish white fur and green eyes, but instead of snow white hair, the Queen had brown hair like Harley. "You are welcome to join us, we are moving again.." The Queen said, making him nod again. "I'll be by your side, to protect both of you.. I'm terribly sorry I couldn't do it for Harley or the Commander in Chief.." He sighed while turning to look down. Niv hugged him tightly before they heard the Queen talking again.

"You have done enough for the whole planet, Stoker.. Even more than enough.. I am, we all are, very thankful for that.. But my daughter, Harley, will be found, and my husband is now at a better place, right there where the Goddess is.." She sobbed while lifting her hands on her heart. The Queen was already in her sixties, like the Commander in Chief had been too, but both of them were in very good shape, even if some health issues had slowed the Queen down during the last few years.

"Thank you for coming.. But is everything alright there?" Niv said while they walked hand in hand to follow the Queen to get transported to the new hideout. Normally everything would be ready before the Queen arrives, but now it was safer to do only one transportation at a time to keep the hideout more likely unnoticed. "Of course I came.. But to be honest I had to think about it a bit first.. I'm sorry I didn't come here at the same time as you.." He sighed, making her smile and nod. "I understand.. Don't worry about it" She tried to smile but understandably couldn't. "But everything is fine there so far.. I trust the others, so I could come here" He said, while they saw the servants moving his bike to the spaceship where they just stepped inside.

"This doesn't look like a royal spaceship?" He asked when they sat opposite the Queen on their seats, hidden in the center room of the spaceship. "The Royal Spaceship leaves a few minutes before us, it's empty otherwise but there's a few members of the royal staff, as a distraction if the enemy spots us even through the invisibility.." The Advisor explained while making sure the Queen was sitting comfy on her seat and had her safety belts right. After that he sat on his seat and put his safety belts on while Niv and Stoker did the same for them.

"Of course.. Sounds good" Stoker nodded while looking around to see the spaceship was the best of its kind too and had been decorated very comfy, but not too much royal style to be sure they wouldn't be spotted that easily. "Everything is ready. We'll go now, your Majesty" The Pilot said before starting the engines. They turned the invisibility on before the hatches opened to the ground level. "How long will this take to get to the new hideout?" Niv asked while holding Stoker's hand in hers on her lap. "Just about 20 minutes, Lady Niv. We need to take a detour just in case. Your father was very precise with the security measures.. My condolences about his passing.." The Pilot nodded formally while turning to look at the princess and the Queen. They nodded back to him while Niv sobbed, making one of the servants hurry to give her a silk tissue.

"Haven't felt a silk for a while.. Thank you Una.." Niv nodded while whipping her tears away. "We have a lot to talk about when we get there, dear.." The Queen said, making her nod while turning to look at her mother. "About Harley or father? Or the war situation?" She said, making her turn to look at her. "Why haven't you mentioned anything about your own daughter Spitfire at all, after you have got back?" The Queen asked, making Stoker freeze right there as well as Niv whose eyes widened when she lifted her hands on her mouth while dropping the tissue on her lap. "How could I forget my own daughter?!" She thought while starting to cry even more. She didn't even know where she was, even if she realized that her one year old daughter was now probably 14 years old..

In the evacuation center underground

"One thing Niv was sure of yesterday, the sanctuary was highly secured" Vinnie said while laying now upside down on the couch, his legs on the back rest. "Yes.. And the Queen's speech was very beautiful.." Modo said while half way laying on the table while trying to read one more paper that Rimfire had finished checking. "I wonder if the Commander in Chief and the Queen had managed to talk before his speech.. Or how did she know what he had said at the party?" Jessica asked carefully, while looking at Carbine who was nearly falling asleep while leaning against Throttle's chest. He had his arms wrapped around her to be sure she stayed there and felt herself safe.

"It's the brain connection.." Mericy said, making them turn to look at her, fixing her other boot to be better while kneeling down at the ground level. "What do you mean, mom?" Rhea asked while looking at her brother Rimfire who didn't understand either, but had finished the paperwork that Modo gathered together for the general when she just happened to wake up. "When the brain connection is strong enough with the married couple, and the other half isn't far away, some level of telepathy can be shared. Depending on how well they are connected" Sapphire explained, making Mericy nod while smiling at her. "That's right.. And it might be rather clear that if some couple has it, it must be them" Mericy said, but then Adira smiled at her warmly. "Dear Mericy, your and Modo's parents had it too.." She said, making Modo turn to look at her too. "What?" He said while they all turned to look at the old gray furred female. "You did? With our father?" Mericy said while deciding to sit on the floor now, her legs crossed. "Yes, some kind of.. Me and Dan could feel each other's feelings and talk telepathically a bit when the other one was near, still seeable.." She explained, making them wonder about it a bit before smiling and nodding to her.

"That's cool!" Rimfire said, and accidentally woke the general up by that. "What's cool? Did I miss something?" She mumbled while yawning before taking a better position in Throttle's arms. But when she felt someone literally staring at her, she lifted her head up and lifted her other eyebrow to Throttle. "What? Did I drool or something?" Her eyes narrowed while wiping her jaw with her other hand before he sighed deeply. "Didn't work.." He groaned, making Mericy chuckle. "As well as your ears, Throtte! It needs many years of marriage and high level bonding.." She said while leaning against her other hand. "And I see you two aren't at least married.." Sapphire said while nodding towards the beginning of their antennas, even if the spots were covered with hair mostly.

"Well don't blame me.." Carbine rolled her eyes, making Vinnie and Modo chuckle while looking at each other. "Rather straight hint.." The White furred male chuckled, making Throttle just smile and nuzzle her black hair. "That can be fixed, honey.." He whispered, making her get up from his lap and blush while trying to hide it by lifting her hands on her mouth and cheeks. "But how did you know what we were talking about?" Mericy asked while the general was still blushing. "Well I don't know how much you all listened to those lessons in school, but I did.." She chuckled before cuddling back to her male's arms who hugged her tightly.

"Right.." Vinnie rolled his eyes, making her chuckle again. "But why did you talk about the brain connection?" She asked carefully, but then felt Throttle's jaw leaning against her head. "That's what I was trying to tell you by telepathy.." He said, making her smile at him warmly. "Well.. Didn't ring any bells.." She winked at him, making him smirk at her which made her blush again. "We were talking about the speeches of the Commander in Chief and the Queen, how similar they were.. And how beautiful" Jessica said while walking to Modo who was now close to falling asleep too. She gently rubbed his ears, making him let out a moan before smiling at her. She smiled at him too before leaning to smooch him when he sat back up properly.

"Right.. And even if the medals and patches should have been given in a different ceremony, Her Majesty's safety is more important" Carbine said, making them nod. "Talking about medals.. I'm so proud of you. Our two star general" Throttle said before she got up a bit so he could kiss her. "Thank you.. I'm proud of you too.. All of you Biker Mice!" She smiled since the three males had got honor patches specially made for them for saving the planet, while Stoker had got promoted to one of the very rarest titles, the Golden Star General. Only three others had carried the same title still a few years ago, meaning the Three Leaders of Mars. The Commander in Chief carried the only Platinum Star as the sign of him being the leader of the Military forces, meaning now Stoker was right next in the line after him, or actually the highest.

There had also been a few other promotions and medals given too, as well as Rimfire had got a patch about showing some unexpected bravery in such a young age. Everybody was so proud of him since it wasn't an everyday deal to get a medal or a patch straight from the Queen herself. Especially his family had been very proud of him, and his mother and grandmother had started crying when they saw him walking to the Queen and her placing the patch personally to his chest. He had never felt so important before during his life, meaning that he was also very happy and proud of himself. He had even saved everyone with his sister and General Stoker from the party. Even if some had got injured, almost all of them had survived.

"Rimfire, well done!" Carbine smiled at him too, making him smile proudly back at her. "Couldn't have done it without you.." He said, before yawning loudly. "Seems like we all need to have some rest.." Adira said after the others had started yawning too, then it was also her turn. "Catchy!" Vinnie chuckled, making them all admit that maybe they should head to sleep. It seemed to be evening already since the lounge area was rather quiet, only a few others were there doing their own business, like eating, reading, patching their clothes et cetera. "Hope Stoker got there safely, wherever they are right now.." Throttle added while they all got up and started to head back to their rooms. Mericy and Modo helped their mother while Jessica had still stayed for a while to have a word with her sister.

"He surely has been there a while ago.. Don't worry, dear Throttle" Adira smiled at him warmly before hugging him tightly. He hugged her back while Carbine smiled at the view warmly. "But imagine.. A Golden Star General.." Vinnie said while having his hands behind his head when they got in front of their rooms. The Lounge area wasn't actually far from there. "Yeah.. But hey, Carbine.. The Paperwork" Modo said while looking at the light gray furred female who had her hands empty. Or soon filled with her forehead when she slammed them to it.

"Noo.." She sighed deeply before yawning again. "I'll go.." Throttle was about to start to head back there but then they saw the twins with the paperwork. "Forgot something, General?" Jessica smiled before handing them to her. "Thank you.." She smiled, making her nod while smiling. "It's alright.. Sapphire spotted them instead of me" She said, making the general turn to look at the long haired twin. "Oh? Thank you Sapphire, so kind from you" She said, making her a bit surprised before she nodded to her. "No problem.. But I'll head back to my room now, good night everyone!" She said before leaving since her room was a bit far away from them. "Good night!" They all said before going to their own rooms, meaning that Throttle and Carbine entered into their own while the others shared a bigger one. Normally they would all be in the same big room or a few smaller ones but every single room was filled there, meaning that they had to take what was left when they got there in the first place.

"You were serious about what you said there?" Carbine said while looking at Throttle who took his vest off and placed it on a seat's backrest before unplugging his belt to get ready for bed. "I said many things there.. Mind opening up a bit?" He said while clearly smirking, even if his back was towards her before he turned around. "You know what I'm talking about.." She looked into his eyes, making him walk to her and grab her hands in his to lift them up so he could kiss her palms. "Let's see what the future brings to us.." He said, making her snort. "Tease me more and you'll sleep on a couch in the lounge area!" She groaned before he pulled her into a hug to start tickling her.

"Well I think I need to think about that again if you are kicking me out!" He laughed, making her chuckle while looking into his red eyes. "Maybe you can stay.. Maybe.." She said before smooching his nose quickly. "I'll convince you about that" He started to kiss her neck, before walking them to their bed where they fell asleep quite fast too after sharing a few loving kisses. But neither of them saw a writing on one certain paper sheet that was in the pile. It was written in red and was a rather clear message for the two star general, "Would even your new family members save you.. I know what you did, the niece of the Queen's son-in-law". While at the same time in the other room, the others had fallen asleep almost right away, but one of them was still awake, Vinnie..

"Harley.. Sweetheart.. Please.. Come back to me.. I'll save you.." He thought even if his thoughts were quite a big mess when he just laid on his bed and stared at the roof. He just couldn't close his eyes or he would see the terrible view again, Mace kidnapping Harley right in front of his eyes. Every time he had fallen asleep after it had happened, he had nightmares about it. Nothing else would help him to get forward than to get his loved one back. She was the one he cared for the most.. She was the one he.. Loved.. the most. Yes, he finally could admit that he loved her. But she wasn't there so he could tell her.

He just prayed, and prayed. He prayed for the Goddess to get his loved one back. He would do anything remarkable for real to get Harley back. And he wasn't the only one. In the new hideout, the Queen and Princess Niv, along with the new Golden Star General Stoker, prayed the exact same thing. To get their dear Harley back.. But where was she? Where did Mace take her? And what did he want from her? Did he even know the truth about her?