Two months later, in Brimstone

Author's pov:

"Would that be better after all.. They truly managed to get new rings while I was gone.." Throttle sighed deeply while standing in front of an old, half destroyed but under construction building that belonged to a jewelry store. He looked at a ring there while holding his own, handmade one in his hand.

"Believe me.. It isn't.. Nothing is better than that you managed to do by yourself! I'm sure, she'll love it" General Stoker said while patting his shoulder as he stood next to him. He had taken a risk when he had come back while being banished, but he would do anything to be there to congratulate the just engaged couple when Throttle just managed to do it. "And you definitely are not going to chance that now after we searched for the diamonds for two months!" The General added, making the commander chuckle while turning to look at the ring he had made with his mentor's help.

"You think so?" Throttle turned to look at him, making him close his palm where he had the ring. He had even burned his hands a couple of times while making the ring, but luckily Stoker had got that through too and had some dried medicinal herbs stored in his lab from which he had made a lotion to the commander to get his wounds healed before Carbine would notice them if they were ready sooner than they had expected. Then the Golden Star General smirked and nodded at him. "If you need any more help, just tell me.." He said, making the commander turn to look back at the display window of the store, but the general grabbed him by his jaw and turned him to look back at his eyes.

"Stop that.. Don't overthink it. Trust yourself, your female and the love between you two.. And also, thank you for coming with me. It made my banishment a bit nicer!" He said before patting his back again, making him nod. They walked back to their bikes since they were heading back to the evacuation center when they had driven from the mountains. "You sound like a very old psychology book.. But thanks! How many times have you been banished if this time was a bit nicer?" Throttle smirked, making the older male just snort before chuckling.

"I'll take that as a compliment! But I'm not old!! And I won't answer that.." He said, making the tan furred male laugh when they started their engines again and dashed to the secret entrances that lead to the underground hospital. Throttle definitely needed the perfect moment to propose Carbine, but when and where would it be? She would probably have a fit of rage when she finally sees him after not hearing a single word from him for two months.. Would there be any changes to save him from that?

While driving, Stoker's thoughts wandered back to the day when he had proposed to the princess. He still remembered how nervous he had been. He hadn't been sure which was the most dangerous part of it, that Niv was a princess but also a sniper, or that her mother was the Queen herself, or that her father was the Commander in Chief, neither he hadn't found the answer yet today. He had got shot by the creamish white furred female when they had first met, and now he was banished by her, what next?

"Stoker, look! Those pearl peaches have bloomed and they look delicious!" Niv had smiled while running to the tree full of quite common Martian fruits when they entered the forest where they had first met. "What about our picnic?" Stoker had said while rolling his eyes for the view the female had already climbed to the tree. "Exactly! But don't you dare to peek!" She laughed while climbing in her thigh length skirt, which made Stoker just grin before turning away. Then something hit his head, making him groan and rub the spot near his antennas.

"Hey! That hurt! Surely that wasn't fresh and soft to eat yet!" He groaned, making the sniper just laugh even more while climbing higher. "I know you have a habit of burnout but that got it to a new level, Darling!" She laughed, making the male turn around to see what she had thrown him with. "Oh shut it.." He started to laugh too while lifting her shoe up from the ground. "Why would I waste good fruits on your stubborn head? You never learn and the shoe can be used multiple times!" She grinned while jumping down to the ground, making him just roll his eyes before chuckling.

"Oh you are so gonna regret that.. But what about the fruits?" He asked while giving the shoe back to her. After she got it back to her foot, she kicked the tree roughly, making multiple pearl peaches fall on the ground, but they managed to get most of them to their basket, hands and tails. "Cool trick.." Stoker smirked before feeling something dripping down his forehead all the way to his jaw. He licked his lips to taste the peach that had smashed to his head, making him chuckle and shake his head to get the fruit to fall off from there.

"See, stubborn?" Niv smirked while putting some peaches in the basket they had brought with them. "Maybe a bit.. But why so many peaches?" He asked, making her smile while walking to wrap her arms around his waist. "My mother likes them and she makes amazing pearl peach pie!" She smiled when he lifted the basket down so he could wrap his hands around her too. "You know what I like?" He leant to whisper to her ear, getting her smile and nuzzling against his cheek. "What?" She smooched his cheek, making him lift her up to his lap, her legs wrapped around his waist now while her hands got around his neck.

"You.." He smiled, making her drop her ears down, before she grinned mischievously. "Just like? Have I lost my touch?" She winked, but got almost dropped by the 22 years old male, making her gasp loudly and tighten her grip. "I don't know, have you?" He grinned, making her chuckle but drop down to turn her back to him while crossing her arms. "Hmph!" She groaned, making him just roll his eyes and wrap his arms around her again. "Niiiv.. You know I love you, Honey babe.." He placed his head on her shoulder, trying to get her eye contact while she tried to avoid it clearly.

"Babee.. I know you can't be mad at me for a long.. Can you?" He nuzzled against her neck, making her blush and start giggling. "Stop! I'm trying to be mad at you!" She laughed, making him turn her around and pull her against him. They looked into each other's eyes lovingly, which made her sigh deeply. "What?" Stoker smiled, making her tiptoe to kiss him. "I love you too.." She said before he answered that kiss. "But now some food!!" She hurried away fast while grabbing the basket, making him roll his eyes and chuckle. But then he remembered something which made him run to her to grab the basket.

"Let me carry it! It's heavy.." He said, making her glare at him. "You know I can lift you up too? This basket is clearly not even a problem.." She had her other eyebrow lifted up, making him take the basket gently from her. "I don't want to eat anything with shattered glass.." He said, making her jaw almost drop down. "Rude!!" She groaned before starting to laugh. Then she continued to walk to the two intertwined trees where they had met for the first time. He sighed in relief while following her before they started to prepare their picnic there, meaning that he handed her the drinks and food from the basket, making sure that something stayed inside the hidden part of it to stay there unnoticed by her..

"Pearl peach?" He offered her the last which made her giggle while taking the fruit from him after she had placed the others on the blanket too. She had sat down next to him while leaning against her other hand, her legs curled next to her. "You know I love that when you surprise me with surprise dates.. This is perfect.." She sighed deeply while taking a bite of the fruit and looking around the place where they had first met. Ever since that she had found the place being very romantic and important to them. "We have been apart for three months since you had that mission whatever it even was for.." She continued, making him smile while looking around too.

"You never told me anything about that.. What was it even about?" She turned to look at him and he was clearly trying to hide something from her. "Stoker.." She said, but the male didn't answer. He just grabbed one of the root beer bottles and opened it. "Want some?" He offered it to her, but she just had her eyes narrowed for now. "The Truth.. Where were you for three months.." She said, making him sigh deeply.

"I was asked to help teach the new soldiers.. To place mines properly on the Elysium Rise.." He said, making her get up from the blanket. "You are lying.. I see that from your body language.. Your ears are twitching and your tail is moving restless.." She crossed her arms, making him get up too to walk to her when she took a step away from him. "Niv.. I have nothing to lie to you! You know that.." He said while trying to take her hands in his, but she pulled them away.

"I also know you are a terrible liar! Spit it out.. Is there someone else?" She felt tears filling her eyes which Stoker saw too. This wasn't how he had planned the whole thing to happen, but nothing always went as planned. "No!! Niv.. Look.. I love you, more than anything.." He started, making her start to gather her things together to leave fast. "So there is someone else?! How long have you been cheating on me?! Was this three months just to be around her?! Why did you even come back for now, did she leave you or what, and now you are crawling back to me?!" She growled while crying now, which made him feel horrible.

"No!! Niv, listen to me!" He said, making her shake her head and point at the intertwined trees where there was carved S+N inside a heart which Stoker had done when they had decided to be together a few years ago right there at the same place. "I told you were the one for me! How dare you cheat on me, Stoker?!" She shouted, making him sigh deeply while shaking his head. "This is the exact opposite I thought would happen here today.." He said before rubbing the back of his neck while looking away from her.

"What? Were you going to introduce me to that new female of yours? Believe me.. I don't want to see her.. I don't want to hear anything from her, except how long this has been going on behind my back.." She sniffed while wiping her tears away. "Even if it's our future daughter?" Stoker's words made her freeze right there. "W- What?" She mumbled, but then her eyes widened up when she saw the male walking to the basket and grabbing something from there before kneeling down in front of her. The Moment wasn't as romantic as he had planned to be, but now there were actions needed more than talking.

She lifted her hands on her mouth when her jaw dropped down to the ground. "Niv.. Princess Niv. This wasn't the way I imagined to propose to you.. But I wanted to do it here and today since this is our fifth year's anniversary for being together. I want nothing more than to be by your side for the rest of our lives and have children with you! Niv, I love you from the bottom of my heart, I can't even describe it properly enough.. But I hope we have that eternity of what it would take to tell and show you much you and being with you means to me. Niv.. Will you marry me?" Stoker said while opening the small box, revealing a silver ring that had green gemstones on it, like her eyes were too, but when the Sun shine hit the gemstones, they looked also like light blue since the color looked very different from which angle and which light it was looked at.

"S- Stoker.." She swallowed while starting to cry again. She lifted her hands to her chest while looking at him and the ring. "I know.. It's not the prettiest.. But.. But I tried! I didn't see the rings beautiful enough for you when I searched through every possible store.. Nothing is even comparable to your beauty.. Niv, I love you!" He said, making her start nodding at him while opening her arms to make him get up from there.

"Is that.." He started but then barely managed to react when she already jumped to his arms. "YES!! Yes, yes, yes! I do! I will marry you, Stoker!!" She cried happy tears while lifting her hands to his cheeks. "You do?" His eyes were narrowed when she nodded again. "Definitely, my love!" She hugged him tightly before kissing him passionately, making him start crying now too. "I'm sorry.. I was horrible to you.." She said, but then he kissed her back, getting her to stop talking at least for one moment for now.

"It's alright.. But will you accept this ring of mine, Princess?" He said while taking the ring out of the box, making her turn to look at it again. "It's wonderful! But did you really do this by yourself?" She asked, making him smile and nod at her. "That three months away from you wasn't easy for me either.. I would have come back quicker but it took time to find these gemstones.. Nothing else was good enough for you, honey" He said, making her heart melt when she looked at the ring while having her arms wrapped around his neck. She felt her heart melting when she admired the ring and the male who had put so much effort into it.

"They are perfect!" She cried while wrapping her mechanical tail around his tail. He wiped her tears away before kissing her again. "Put it in my left antenna, please?" She said while gently leaning a bit forward so he could place it there. Even if she was shorter than him, meaning he would have placed it without leaning forward either, but it was part of the tradition to place it there very specifically. "What does it look like?" She asked curiously when all he could do was just admire her and the ring being in the top of her antenna as the sign of engagement. In Martian culture it was placed on the top of it when it was just an engagement, but when the couple got married, the rings would be placed on the bottom where the antenna begins.

He just sighed deeply and lovingly while looking at her smiling at him, but her another kiss to him made him get back to reality. "I love you, Stoker.. I'm terribly sorry about what I said to you.." She said, making him nuzzle against her cheek before kissing her back. "I love you, Niv. And like I said, it was alright.." He said, making her shake her head while looking down at the ground now. "No, it wasn't.. I was horrible.." She said but then screamed when he lifted her up with bridal style to carry her back to the blanket.

"I know! And that's why I had to engage you before anyone else would get this horrible suffering!" He smirked while sitting down, placing her to his lap gently. "Hey that was mean!" She started to laugh when she punched his chest gently, getting him to start to laugh too. "Should we celebrate this, Mrs Soon-to-be-Horrible?" He leaned towards the basket to grab a bottle of champagne and two glasses from there.

"So you were that sure I would say 'yes', Mr Horrible?" She laughed while having her arms wrapped around his neck still. "Well.. I don't deny it.." He smirked, making her roll her eyes. "Oh you seriously are horrible.. But luckily you are mine!" She sighed while pulling him to another kiss, making both of them close their eyes for a moment. "What about the champagne?" He said in between the kisses, making her nuzzle against his cheek now too.

"Why isn't the bottle opened yet then?" She said, making him chuckle and open it right away. The Cork flew to the bushes, making birds fly off there since they got startled by the couple who laughed at that while Stoker poured the drink to the glasses after making sure the burst part got over both of them to get the princess scream and laugh even more on his lap.

"To us?" He lifted his glass up towards her after filling them. "You know you can get me wet in other ways too.." She winked at him while smirking which made him blush and grin at her. "I know.." He winked at her, making her giggle again. "To us!" She lifted her glass up to toast with him before they took a sip from them by their arms intertwined like the trees were too. After that she sighed deeply while looking into his eyes when he did the same.

"What are you thinking about now?" He asked while petting her cheek gently, making her purr against his hand a bit. "Two things actually.. First, we should get you a ring now too. But I don't know how to make one.." She sighed, making him shake his head. "That's alright, anything is good enough for me since all I need is already here" He said while lifting his hands on her waist which made her blush a bit.

"Well I know I have access to the royal stores, so I'm sure we'll find you the perfect ring, not just a good enough.. But about that you have all you need already here, we come to the second thing.." She smirked while leaning against him, getting him to lay on his back so she laid now on top of him. "Mmm.. What about that?" He said while looking at her smirking and blushing on him. "You were serious about wanting to have children with me?" She sighed lovingly, making him nod.

"I do!" He said while blushing now too. "I remembered we have already taught about that.." He said, getting her nod. "Yes, but just one.. And you want more than just one with me?" She said, making him sit back up which got her gasping a bit while still sitting on his lap, now her both legs on both sides of him when he pulled her closer to him by placing his hands to her back and under her shirt which got her blush even more. "As many as you want, Princess" He kissed her neck, making her let out a moan when she leaned backwards which got him smirking against her neck.

"Many.. Stoker.. Many!" She hugged him tightly before kissing him powerfully. "Shouldn't we save that for the honeymoon then? Like it should be if we honor the traditions.." He winked at her, making her grab him by his shirt to kiss him again while lifting her a bit up on his lap. "What makes you think we can't practice that earlier already?" She leant to whisper into his ear, making him close his eyes for a moment. "But here? Niv you are a princess.." He said while looking around next.

"Oh please.. Like there would be anyone still left to not know about what kind I am.. Besides.. Are there still any rules left that I wouldn't have broken at least twice?" She grinned while pulling him towards her, getting him to grin now too. "I'm pretty sure there aren't.." He said before they both laughed at that. They were right. She was the biggest rebel on the planet of Mars, meaning that no-one was sure whether Mars would be better than it was now already, or doomed on that day when she gets the crown after her mother..

"We both know I'm the best sniper on Mars but show me how you aim your shots, 'Ker.." She winked at him, making him cough while blushing since her words surprised him a bit. "Oh you truly are the princess of perversion.. Have ruined my obedient mind too!" He grinned while pulling her closer to him again while she leaned fully against him now. "My pleasure, honey" She moaned while moving herself on his lap making her bottom part rub against his crotch, which made him now moan loudly too.

"Well.. Let's see what our honeymoon would be like.. Traditions or not" He smirked while pulling her shirt over her head too after taking her leather jacket off, making her start to kiss him passionately. "Like we haven't done this already either" She winked, making him chuckle when she started to unplug his belt fast before undressing the rest of him too while he lifted up her skirt a bit.

"So.. What are you going to say to the others when we get back there? Just a few doors away.. Huh, Stoker?" He heard Throttle saying while trying to keep his mind in that beautiful memory. "But what about that picnic? We have plenty of food to eat and drinks too.." Niv had said while moaning when he had been enjoying her breasts passionately. "I'm having the best here now.. Screw those peaches, these are better" He winked at her, making her drop her jaw down before gasping when he bit her a bit roughly.

"Stoker! You horny hound!" She giggled while pushing him over to his back while sitting on him at the same time as she moved herself up and down on him. But for now he felt that push too real which made him snap back to reality this time completely. "Stoker!" He saw Throttle standing right in front of him now which wasn't as welcomed a view as his naked girlfriend riding on him. "W- What?!" He blushed after the commander had pushed him from the same spot of his chest where Niv had done that day.

"What are you going to say to the others when we get back there?" Throttle repeated while starting to walk towards the doorways that lead to the evacuation center from the underground bike storages. "Right.. Umm.. Don't know yet.." He said while trying to hide his bulge he had got from that memory. It had been way too many years since he had had that intimate time last time, but he surely still had his wills there. "Me neither.. Carbine will probably kill me.. Or worse.. Have the century's worst harangue.." He sighed while opening the door, but then noticed the general leaving behind.

"What is it now.. No.. Stoker! Don't you say!!" His eyes widened when he saw his mentor's problem which made him lift his hand to his eyes to prevent that view to burn to his retinas, but too late, the damage was already done. "Sorry.. All of my thoughts were on Niv.." Stoker mumbled, making Throttle sigh deeply. "Clearly, but you should tell that to her.. And.. Well, you know.." He nodded downwards before turning away.

"What? We had that males talk many years ago! Why so embarrassed all of a sudden?" Stoker grinned, making the commander throw his head backwards. "And I don't want to remember that now!! Or talk about that discussion again with you!" Throttle groaned, making him laugh now enough that there were no problems any longer since the memory took his wills as fast away as the engaged memory had brought them.

"Alright, Proud boy.. We can go now" He patted the commander's back before walking past him, making him laugh again while rolling his eyes. "Make sure I won't see that ever again! Even with your pants on it was too much!" Throttle laughed, getting his mentor to laugh too. "It has never been too much for her!" He winked at him, making him blink a couple of times before shaking his head to get rid of that imagination which he definitely didn't want to have in his mind.

"I'd prefer Carbine's harangue anytime if it saves me from this!" He coughed while blushing, which got his mentor to laugh even more. "Speaking of which.." He sniffed the air, but then they heard a familiar voice behind them. "Well it's about time for you to show up!!" Carbine growled while having a pile of papers in her hands when they walked past her from the storage. Hearing her voice made Throttle turn around immediately.

"Carbine!" He smiled happily, but she didn't look the same. She had the expression 'if the look could kill' on her face, which got the commander gulp while taking a step backwards. "Trying to escape now, huh?" She said when she started to walk towards him. "Where were you.." She growled, making Stoker step aside from them, leaving Throttle to the hungry beast, meaning his own niece which was maybe even worse.

"Umm.. I can explain, babe.." Throttle started, making her eyes narrow. "Explain.. Babe.." She snorted, making him gulp again, but then he sighed in relief when she threw the papers into the air to run into his arms while crying. "For Goddess' sake I was so worried about you!!" She cried while hugging him tightly, making him hug her too and bury his face in her long black hair when he cried too.

"I'm sorry! I was just helping Stoker all this time.." He said while hugging her tightly, but when she sniffed him, she literally coughed. "Gosh! We definitely need the water back.. And soon.. What an ancient odor of.. Caves?" She said, getting him to laugh before groaning when she pulled his other ear a bit roughly. "Like you were any better either.." He said, getting her jaw dropped and the Golden Star General slapped his other hand to his forehead for that he really said anything like that out loud.

"Hmph!! I was about to say that I missed you but now you can go back to wherever you even crawled from!" She turned her back to him to start gathering the papers together, making him sigh deeply and ran to lift her up into his arms to place him on his other shoulder the way she was halfway hanging against his back. "Throttle!!" She gasped before starting to giggle while he twirled her around and slapped her butt once. She was having her head downwards while hanging near his lower back, trying to get herself free from that strong cave male.

"Put me down!" She screamed when he continued twirling around while having her there over his shoulder. "Alright I'm sorry! But it still was your fault- Ouch!! Not in front of my uncle!" She was blushing badly when he slapped her butt again before lifting her back down in front of him. "That's alright.. Not the most kinky thing I have seen in my life.." Stoker grinned while squatting down to pick up the paper files she had dropped there.

"Believe me.. I'm not actually even surprised to hear that.." Throttle whispered to her while having his hands on her biceps before she hugged him again. "Hey!!" Stoker growled before all three of them started to laugh again. "What were you doing down here?" Throttle asked, making her lift up her other eyebrow. "Seriously? After two months, you are asking me that?" She said, but then Stoker talked which made them turn to look at him and one of the papers he showed them.

"What were you going to do with these 'Wanted' signs?" He said while they looked at one of the papers which had pictures and detailed information about him and Throttle. "Well.. What does anyone usually do with those? Maybe eat them?" She said sarcastically while crossing her arms. "Really?" Throttle said confusingly, making the female just sigh and rub her forehead with her fingers. "A Life changing field trip to Stupid land?" She sighed, getting the males chuckle and smirk with each other without her seeing it.

"Sort of.." Stoker grinned, making Throttle roll his eyes while laughing at that. "Right.. Good to have you two back and now these can be burnt to warm up this place more.." She said, making Throttle lean to whisper into her ear. "You know what warms this up even more.." He smirked, making her grab him from his leather vest. "I will tear that explanation from you later.." She growled before kissing his nose, making him gulp and nod to her before she took the paper pile from her uncle.

"Let's go to the others now.. They have been very worried about you too!" She said while heading towards the stairs, the males followed behind her from a safety distance. "Any plans yet, Throttle?" Stoker whispered to him, making him shake his head. "No.. You?" He said quietly, but got a confused glare from his mentor. "I don't need to propose anymore.. Why would I need a plan for that?" He whispered, making the commander sigh deeply. The Apple doesn't fall far from the tree..

"What are you going to say about where we were.." Throttle said, making him understand it now. "Right.. No.." He shook his head, making the tan furred male sigh again. "Is there something else too?" Stoker continued and got a nod as the answer. "Still the ring.." Throttle said, making him chuckle. "Stop doubting it, alright? But did you put it in a good place where she won't find it too early?" He asked, making the commander put his hand on his vest's pocket. But then his eyes widened when he started to search for every single piece of his clothing.

"What is so secret to whisper and sigh so badly?" Carbine said, getting them to turn to look at her since she was already waiting for them on the top of the stairs. "Nothing! Just hungry.." Throttle panicked, making her chuckle and roll her eyes. She didn't buy that, which was clear. "Where is it?" Stoker said, making him shake his head. "I must have dropped it when I twirled her around.. Tell her something, I have to go back!" He turned around right away to hurry back to that place before anyone else would find the ring.

"Good luck.." Stoker sighed for last time before turning to look at Carbine who lifted up her other eyebrow. "Where did he go this time?" She said, making Stoker start to think an excuse good enough. "He forgot to turn off his bike!" He blurted out while noticing how screwed that actually was. "To turn off a self working bike?" Carbine crossed her arms while tapping her other feet to the ground before Throttle ran back to them.

He was panting a bit when he ran the stairs up again, but when Stoker looked at him with the expression "Did you find it?" He nodded at him which made his mentor smile and nod to him. "So.. After you have now turned off your.. Bike.. Shall we go now?" Carbine looked like she would snap in any minute, but it was her words what made Throttle turn to look at his mentor with "Was that the best excuse you got to your mind" expression on his face, which made the Golden Star General just turn to look away from them like he wasn't even there anymore.

After that they entered the lounge area where the others currently were. Some of them were playing while some of them were reading or chatting with each other. "Look who I found while taking out some trash.." Carbine grinned, making Vinnie and Modo start laughing when they got up from the couch where they had been playing a Martian board game to ran to hug their bro. "Are you sure you didn't bring it in instead of taking out?" Mericy smirked, making all of the females start to laugh to that.

"Where were you for two months?! Carbine has been placing Wanted signs all over the places but no-one has seen you! Neither the tracking system worked.." Jessica asked while Sapphire contacted others by the radio phone that the search for the males was now over. "Well.. I needed some help and Throttle was the only one who could help me.." Stoker said shortly while winking at the commander who smiled back at him.

"The Only one who could help you.. Is that so?" Carbine crossed her arms and clearly saw them lying which she didn't like at all. She even twitched her nose, which Throttle saw too before gulping. He needed to make up that plan for proposal fast before he would be totally doomed. "I want to see those hideouts no-one can find!" Rhea said while walking to the general with her brother who agreed with her. "Hideou-.." Stoker started before sighing when he turned to look at Vinnie and Modo.

"We had to tell them something! You didn't leave us clear notes on what it could or couldn't be!" Vinnie lifted his hands into the air while packing up when the general started to head towards him, his other eyebrow twitching. "What part of a 'secret' you don't understand, Punk?!" He growled before jumping to wrestle with the white furred male. That made the others laugh, but when Throttle tried to make eye contact with Carbine, she just turned her back to him.

"Everything alright?" Modo asked while standing next to the commander, who nodded towards the doorway that led to Modo's family's bedroom. It made the big gray nod and followed him. "Tell Vinnie to come there after he has survived from that.." Throttle said quietly to Rimfire who nodded to him before two of the males sneaked to the room. Soon the white furred male joined them while holding his jaw since Stoker had punched him rather roughly, but got his cost for that. The General was holding his other ear which had now a bit of reddish shade under his brown fur.

"What is it? Where you really were all this time?" Vinnie asked while closing the door behind him quietly. "I was searching for diamonds.." Throttle said while taking out the ring from his pocket. "Whoa! But you surely aren't going to propose to either of us, are you?" Vinnie grinned, making him chuckle. "Carbine will love that! When are you going to do it?" Modo asked when they looked at the ring he showed to them.

"Not sure yet.. Only thing I need now is that perfect moment.." Throttle sighed while hiding the ring again inside his vest's pockets before he could get a box for it since he forgot to buy one when he was thinking about getting a new ring from the store. "Get her calmed down first.. She's rather angry now.." Vinnie said while sitting on his bed, making the commander sigh deeply.

"Really? Tell me something I didn't know already.. I don't even have a solution to that yet either.." He crossed his arms while leaning against a wall near the doorway. "Is there anything we could do to help you?" Modo asked while sitting on the edge of his own bed. "I'll tell you when I have the idea for the perfect moment.. But for now, I'd be thankful if you help me to think of an excuse where I have been for two months.. It was such a pain to be honest to be away from her, but I had to do it for her and for our future if she only says 'yes' to my question.." He said, making all of them start to think about the excuse after Vinnie and Modo told him everything that they had told Carbine and the others what they knew about him and Stoker where they would have gone. That would help them to make a better plan, without telling the exact opposite of what the others had told earlier to her.

But neither of them knew that there were a pair of curious ears eavesdropping on them at the other side of the door. Did they hear everything that the trio had said, or if they didn't then what part of their discussion they had heard? Who was eavesdropping them and what were they planning to do with that information?