Author's pov:

For an hour Vinnie had already proved to be the king of the dance floor with his amazing break dance skills of his hobby he had had in his life ever since he had been something between seven to ten years old. Even if he had drunk a few strong ones during the evening, he danced very well and it was impressive even especially in one male's opinion. "Go talk to him.. Or wipe that drool from your jaw" A Tan furred male grinned as he poked his dark brown furred friend to his arm with his elbow.

"What drool? Hey Ox! I don't drool.." Zeka growled as he tried to hide his blush. "Oh right.. And what I did a few minutes ago was painting a piece of art on a canvas.." Xander chuckled while taking some cash off his stripper's pants. "I don't see much of a difference, but you know I'd wish to perform tonight.." Zeka started to say but Xander ended his sentence. "But as a favor you owned me, you promised to do the waitering part tonight" He smirked while counting his money as he leaned against the counter next to the dark brown furred male.

"Yea yea.. I wish I'd promised another day.. This would have been a good payday.." Zeka groaned as he filled a stein with beer before handing it to a customer. "It doesn't mean you can't talk to him.. Soon when he ends his dance performance, he'll come here to fill his wills" Xander smirked, getting Zeka to blush and slap him with a dishcloth. "Hey! I have another show in thirty minutes! And it's not going to be about cleaning!" Xander laughed as he wiped him away with his tail. "You and your wills, Ox.." He groaned, making him only chuckle and shake his head.

"I meant drinking. He might be thirsty after all that dancing.." Xander laughed which got him even more embarrassed. "Right.. That's what I thought.." Zeka groaned as his friend joked about it's still wet stuff anyways, and then left backstage to make sure everything was alright for his another performance of the evening. Zeka just rolled his eyes and laughed. "Hey! A Fruit scorpion's shot, thanks" Vinnie said as he leaned against the counter, getting him to jump a bit as getting a little surprised. During the evening Vinnie and Zeka met each other, Zeka was a fill-in, in the bar next the Black Harley that Xander owned, but as a dancers and strippers Ox and Bull went the bar that paid them the best, meaning tonight when Xander was performing too on another place, his own bar was closed.

"Wouldn't a juice help you better after that show?" Zeka stayed cool as he served Vinnie what he had ordered. "Nah.. I'm not here to chill" Vinnie smirked, slammed the shot to the counter before drinking it fast. "I see. Your show was great! Are you a professional dancer?" Zeka asked while serving another customer at the same. "Thanks! Noo, secret hobby" Vinnie chuckled while swinging his tail behind his feet. He noticed Zeka eyeing his body before he talked again. "Secret? Is it a secret if the whole Mars knows soon if you continue that way?" Zeka smirked, making Vinnie laugh.

"Whole Mars? Whole Mars already knows me! Do you think I should go to private shows then, huh?" Vinnie thought out loud as Zeka handed him another shot since he pointed at his empty glass while leaning against the counter. "I wouldn't mind that.." Zeka winked at him, getting Vinnie to chuckle and smirk at him. "You are a handsome male" Zeka continued when they were the only ones at the counter. Both of them could feel some heat between them which got Vinnie to smile even wider to the male, even if he wasn't sure if it was about the male or about the alcohol and dancing. "Could say the same about you too, thanks" Vinnie said and his tail's movements showed some kind of interest towards the brown furred male that got noticed by few others too as Vinnie got more drunk during the evening.

"May I offer you this for your amazing show then" Zeka said some time later after Vinnie had got to a table close to the counter, to make sure he'd see the handsome male there the whole time. Zeka had brought him a stein of the best beer of the planet that was made in the South. "Thanks! If you have time, you'd stay with me and I'd do the private show for you, pronto" Vinnie smirked, making Zeka laugh and notice that the choice of words he talked was a bit military like. "I'd like to, but unfortunately my boss wouldn't appreciate it" Zeka said and after noticing Vinnie taking it as a reject, he turned to look around if anyone saw them.

"But maybe later" He winked at him and placed his card inside Vinnie's bandoleer, getting the male blush and smirk at him. Unfortunately that got noticed again by the same mice from the earlier.. "Vinnie.. Vinnie" Zeka said, almost moaning when the view changed to both of them dancing privately against each other at the backstage of the bar before his coworker came to get them to leave back to the bar, where the same mice saw them coming out there together with Vinnie fixing his clothing.

"Let me take you to my place after my shift is done.." Zeka whispered to Vinnie's ear as they still danced rather erotically on their way to the table where Vinnie had been earlier. "I see.. That dance battle got disturbed badly. I should probably get this stuff out of my system too.. Then I show you how the real man dances" Vinnie smirked after taking one more sip, getting the dark brown furred male to chuckle and smirk back at him. After placing his drink onto the table, he tried to lean against it but thanks to the alcohol he had drunk during the evening, he leaned past it and fell straight to the table and with it to the floor. Someone, or someones were watching them the whole time..

"Are you alright? Maybe I should help you home?" Zeka asked as he helped Vinnie up from the floor. "Yeah.. Maybe that's the best.. But.. I can manage.. on my own, thanks.." Vinnie burped and started to wobble towards the doorway. "Thanks, see ya!" He waved at the male who sighed and lowered his ears a bit. "Hope you get home in one piece.." Zeka thought as he continued cleaning the mess the white furred male left after him, but soon he noticed that a group of male nodded towards the doorway before leaving. That got Zeka to narrow his eyes and walk to Xander after his another show to hand him the dishcloth.

"What is it? I'm not doing your- Hey! Bull!" Xander growled as Zeka hurried his way out the bar, making him just to sigh and turn to look at a customer before shrugging and starting to block the tables from empty glasses, while Zeka ran to the closest bigger street to try to find the group of males. He had a bad hunch about them as they left right after Vinnie had left. He knew those males beforehand since they had made clear that they didn't like seeing males together intimately, which got him to hurry to the way he thought Vinnie would have probably left if he really was some kind of soldier.

"Why does it matter who I am with?! It's none of your business!" He soon heard Vinnie growling loudly as he was running first to the wrong direction in multiple smaller streets that made the whole place look like a maze. Soon he was running straight to a bigger street but when he was about to run past one of the alleys, he noticed in the corner of his eyes that the males had circled Vinnie which got him to stop fast right there, turn left and hurry to help him. The Males had started to head closer to him as Zeka crossed the street from the other side to get to the same alley.

"Of course it's our business! It affects us and our fame when you started to do nasty things with males!!" Another male growled which got Vinnie to snort. His back was towards Zeka so he didn't yet see anyone hurrying to help him. "What a bad life you have.. You are definitely not enjoying much of it if you have time to think about other mice sex life!" Vinnie blurted out, but when one of the males snapped his fingers, nodded towards Vinnie while looking at the others, and the males started heading towards him, he felt sudden anxiety and panic filling his mind. Zeka ran as fast as he could while wondering why Vinnie did nothing to defend himself. Was the alcohol or was there probably something else that caused him to freeze?

Vinnie saw Harley getting kidnapped again in front of him which got him to lift his arms across his head to cover himself as he yelled loudly "NO!!" when the males attacked him. He felt completely incapable to defend himself or do anything to prevent two of the males from punching to his sides painfully. "Get out of here!!" Zeka shouted loudly after throwing three of the males to the trash cans as Vinnie dropped to his knees and covered his head.

He got a very clear flashback to the day when the female he loved had got taken away from him by force. He was completely unable to fight at all, meaning that if Zeka hadn't come there, the males could have done anything to him. He would end up in a hospital or even worse.. "How dare you attack one in a group?!" Zeka growled as he fought with the rest of the males while Vinnie took a peak over his shoulder to see who his rescuer was, the male who had danced with him earlier at the bar.

Soon when Zeka was done and the rest of the males had fought themselves to the ground, he hurried to Vinnie who was still on his knees on the ground. "Are you alright? Let's get out of here before they get up again. Hopefully not soon" Zeka said as he quickly checked if Vinnie was alright, or even able to walk. "W- What.. Who are you?" Vinnie asked, as Zeka pulled him up and ran away from there. "I can carry you if you legs won't do it, but we gotta be fast!" Zeka said fast as they ran but then Vinnie saw the view changing again. He was at Zeka's house, dancing erotically on his lap after Zeka had stripped for him.

"Vinnie.. Oh Vinnie.." Zeka was enjoying the show as Vinnie proved to him that he surely knew how to dance. "What's that?" The male asked, getting him to grin as he pulled off his belt. "Oh, I'll show you what it is.. The biggest missile of the whole universe!" Vinnie growled huskily but then for all of a sudden the voice of Zeka's changed. "No I bet that's an asteroid.." He said, but it didn't stop Vinnie from grinning widely.

"Oh you can call it whatever you want.. But let me show you what we can do with it" Vinnie groaned, which got Zeka to chuckle too. It was Zeka, wasn't it? "Maybe blow up the place.." He said, getting Vinnie to howl and laugh too. "Oh now you are speaking my language!" He smirked and swung his tail as leaning to kiss Zeka who kissed him back and with his own voice, he kept moaning Vinnie's name.

"Vinnie! Vinnie! Oh hey Vinnie!" He heard as he was sitting on Zeka's lap but then the voice changed again and he started to wonder the sound of his voice. "Why do you sound like.. Throttle?" He thought but then he heard it again. "VINCENT!!" He heard which got him to open his eyes and see the control room of the spaceship. "Hu- uh?" Vinnie mumbled as he dropped his head from his arms to hit it to the control panel.

"Oh hey Space trooper! That's definitely an asteroid, not the biggest missile of the whole universe!" Throttle grinned as he and Modo burst to laughter as Vinnie blushed when he realized he had been sleeptalking. "Having wet dreams again, Vinnie?" Modo smirked as Vinnie wiped his jaw and growled at his bros. "Ha ha.. Just shut up!" He growled and hid his face behind his other arm on the control panel as his bros continued flying the spaceship while he tried to wake up from his nap, during which he had seen some of his memories about the dark brown furred male. Some of the memories were quite blurry and couldn't be remembered properly because of the alcohol from that night.

"A Good nap, huh?" Modo asked a moment after Vinnie got a sip from a can of lemonade and started to follow their course again. "I think that was more like.. Hard, wasn't it Vincent?" Throttle grinned, making Vinnie just growl at them as they both laughed again. "I wouldn't mock you if you had a wet dream about Carbine! Or Jessica!" He said and looked at both of them one by one. "Oh yes you would! Definitely!" They said in unison before laughing, making him just snort and lift his feet on the control panel.

"But seriously, not meaning Vinnie's missile, but that. What is it?" Throttle said as he was flying the spaceship at that moment. They moved closer to something in the dark space, but neither of them was sure what it was. "Not sure.. But maybe.." Modo said before chuckling. Both of them found the moment still too funny to take it seriously, but Vinnie's glare got them to cough and try to behave. "Maybe it's an asteroid.. I think it looks like one.. But.. Why is it so oddly shaped?" He asked, getting Throttle only to chuckle more while Vinnie just sighed deeply and growled as he rolled his eyes.

"I'll show you what's oddly shaped.." Vinnie growled, making both of them lose their control of their behavior and just continue laughing. "I'd prefer not to, thanks Vincent!" Throttle laughed while wiping tears off his eyes under his specs. "Why this reminds me about the time you two were under Karbunkle's anesthetic? I see now why everything was so funny back then!" Modo laughed, but Vinnie just snorted and turned to look out the window again. Soon his eyes narrowed and he moved closer to the control panel.

"Seriously, what is that.." He said and got Throttle to focus on it again too. "Well I see now better than back then.. But I'm still not sure about that.. It's so dark out there" Throttle said but then heard Modo laughing. "Snowstorm's got cleared, Throttle?" He joked, making all of them start to laugh now too even if Throttle's eyes were still quite a sensitive topic to him. "Hope it's not fishfaces' tank.." Vinnie thought out loud but then saw the tan furred male shaking his head.

"It'd have shot towards us already" He said but then saw Modo doing something that got them to be sure about the approaching matter. "It is an asteroid" He said and showed them a view from a thermal camera, making the males get up from their seats and walk to him. "It surely is.. Let's pass it. We are already in a hurry" Throttle said as he walked back to the pilot's seat. "Yeah.. We have time to joke about my daydreaming while you need to hurry away from exploding in front of your wife's eyes! How's jokes about that, Throttle" Vinnie huffed, getting Throttle to growl and snort.

But when they were about to move on, Modo noticed something weird in the thermal camera's view. "Hey bros.. Shouldn't an asteroid be all cold and bluish in this kind of view?" He asked, getting Throttle to turn to look at him on his left side. He was sitting in the middle of them, meaning that Vinnie was on a seat on the right side of Throttle. "Yeah, why?" He asked before groaning that Vinnie leaned over his shoulder to look at the camera again too, that Modo turned to them from the panel.

"There are reddish colors, meaning there's something warm on it, right?" Modo asked, making Vinnie turn to look at Throttle who sighed and sat back on his seat. "Alright.. Let's take a quick look. Land carefully on it, Vinnie.. I said carefully!!" He said as they landed roughly on an asteroid, or three attached asteroids, to be more specific..

After the landing and getting their helmets on while the commander told next time Modo was in charge of landing, the Biker Mice stepped out of the red spaceship, leaving their bikes since the asteroid wasn't quite big and their spaceship surely was from the outside. "Maan, the camera has to be attached to the control panel.." Vinnie groaned as they walked around the place near the spaceship. "It would be a help for sure.. But let's be quick, and as Stoker said when we left, careful.. So don't go back to rip it off the panel, Vincent.." Throttle said, getting Modo to nod while Vinnie groaned loudly, getting them to chuckle at him. Throttle glared at him which got noticed by Modo who sighed understandingly while Vinnie was already focused on checking the place.

"Vinnie you check the right side, Modo take the middle, I'll go this way" Throttle said as he walked to the left side of the asteroid to find the place Modo saw having warmer colors from the thermal camera. "What part of careful didn't you copy?" Modo asked, making Vinnie just continue stomping around the place as told to. "What? We are the Biker Mice! We don't do careful.." He said but then felt Modo's hand on his shoulder.

"You know why we are here.. Not on this specific asteroid but in space.. You know what he had to do, so wouldn't it be too hard to show some respect?" Modo said, getting him to sigh and nod before they heard Throttle shouting to get them to run at him. "What's that?!" Vinnie asked as they saw some kind of ruins that were completely crumbled. "Someone has been here lately.. Or someones.. There has been a fight.." Throttle said as they saw signs of fighting, even if the place was crumbled so badly that nothing could be recognized at all.

"And quite a bad one.. If that caused the place to look like this.. Whatever this place even was in the first place either.." Modo sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. "And what kind of creature did that.." Throttle said but then Vinnie growled "Plutarkian", which made the tan furred commander to say that they couldn't be sure of it. Neither of them knew if the place was grave or would someone maybe come back there, which made even the Biker Mice to be careful around there and respect the place, that atmosphere told them that something big had happened there, not even that much time back then..

"It's still warm.." Throttle said as he touched the ground after a while of them to just standing there and looking around the ruins during which Throttle said a Martian prayer to the possible death since they had a feeling that something like that had happened there and as their group's leader, he showed their respect to the place. "Warm?" Modo wondered as he squatted down to try it too.

"Like.. fire?" He asked, getting Throttle to nod at him. "There are clear signs of it.." He nodded towards the ruins as he rubbed some ash between his fingers. "Fire? In a space? Is that even possible.." Modo wondered as they looked around the place while Vinnie couldn't move his body at all. He felt himself frozen while he looked at the ground. "Harley.." He said, making his bros stop right there. "Vinnie?" Throttle asked before seeing him climbing a bit down to the ruins without caring about Modo's warnings of being careful that made Throttle to lift his hand in front of the gray furred male. Soon they saw him squatting down, picking something from the ground and coming back to them.

"Is it.." Modo started to say as they saw Vinnie trembling. "Hers.. Yes.. This is Harley's fur.." He said as he felt tears filling his eyes. "Vinnie.. We can't be sure.." Throttle started but then saw his expression turning not only sad but also angry. "Why did you say that prayer?! She's not dead!!" He shouted, making Throttle to sigh and Modo to walk closer to Vinnie. "Vinnie, that can be anyone's fur.. Maybe it's not even a Martian's" He said but got him to shake his head.

"I'd recognize her fur from anywhere! This is Harley's! She's been here!! This is the first sign from her since she was taken away from me! This is hers!! She's been here!!" He said, showed them the piece of fur again and again and then started to look around the place if he could find her there. "Vinnie.. Vinnie!!" Throttle hurried to him. He stopped walking as he felt his hand on his shoulder. "If she has been here, for some very odd reason.. She isn't here anymore.." He said and then sighed as Vinnie was just trembling and crying.

"No.. She's not dead! I can feel it. She's not dead!!" He shouted, but then felt his feet dropping down the ground as his bros hurried to catch him and hug him tightly. "She's not.. She cannot be.." He just cried as Throttle and Modo looked at each other and dropped down their ears. They didn't know what to say to him, they just hugged him and were there for him, and after a while when Vinnie was ready after taking another look of the place, they headed back to the spaceship from where Throttle handed Vinnie something that he walked to place where he had found the piece of light brown fur.

After that when he was ready, Throttle flew the spaceship back to their course with Modo's help. Without either of them noticing the pieces of snow white fur or reddish gray fur that were Niv's and Mace's or.. Dan's.. Nor the dead Martian Blue Horn Ox's flower's petal that was peeking under the crumbled rocks. They had found Ceres for sure, but none of them knew it, which left Vinnie to think that Harley was more likely dead..

"I'm so happy and relieved that you are not dead.. And that makes me more sure that I want to be the rest of my life with you.. So Harley.. Would you.. Ah.. No.. That's not right.." Vinnie thought as he woke up from his thoughts and memories as he walked back and forth in the corridor outside of the room he thought to be Harley's, but for real it was Niv's and Stoker's.

"What should I do.. Or say.. I want.. I want to marry her but.." Vinnie mumbled nervously while holding a ring in his hands. He felt his body trembling but he was still more sure about wanting to propose to her. He was sure that he wanted to be with her more than with Zeka, who he found still important, but Harley was more special to him. She's the love of his life. And since he had already gone through the fear and thoughts that he had lost her, he didn't want to face it for real. But one thing was still in front of the proposal. Last time they saw each other was when they had had a fight after Harley had smelled some male's scent intimately on him and he hadn't had good enough excuses for it.

"Alright.. I'll do it.. I'll propose to her. Now! After that we can talk about the last.. thing.. She can't resist me, can she?" Vinnie thought out loud as he knocked fast to the door to kneel down right away, but when the door opened and he was getting on one knee, Niv widened her eyes as she opened the door.

"Thank you for the honor, Vinnie, but I'm already married to your mentor.." She smiled at him, making his eyes widened too as he got up fast, to find the crown princess standing there, pointing at her left antenna. "Where's Harley?! Isn't this her apartment?!" He panicked and felt so embarrassed that he rubbed the back of his neck and hid the ring in his other hand. "No.. This is mine and Stoker's.. But she's here" Niv whispered the rest of the sentence after making sure her sister wasn't coming to see who was at the door.

"She is?" Vinnie's expression got cheered up right away but so did the nervousness come back too. "You're going to propose to her?" Niv asked and leaned against the doorway, her arms crossed. "Are you her bloodhound? No, I was going to ask her to come to see a match with me, of course I was going to propose to her with this ring, Niv!" Vinnie growled as he showed her the ring in his hand, making her laugh and shake her head. "Alright alright.. Match made in Paradise, I see. And I kinda am.. I'm her big sister after all.. Whose permission you don't have for that" She said and nodded towards the ring, making him blush and turn to look down.

"In a hurry, huh?" She continued and looked at him understandingly. "Yeah.. I'm sorry.. I should have asked her mother or you first.. But.. We had an argument and.." He started to explain which got her to lift up her other eyebrow. "An argument and your solution to that is a proposal? Vinnie, do you know that marriage on Mars lasts for a lifetime.. It's not sudden weekend fun.. It's a commitment between a couple toward each other" She said and looked quite serious.

Her words got him thinking a bit before he turned to look at her seriously. She had probably never seen him being as serious as he was now. Even his looks proved her enough before he talked. "Yes. I want to spend the rest of my life with her, your sister. I realized that when I lost her. When she was taken away from me, by kidnapping.. It was horrible and I realized that I wasn't the same without Harley. I wasn't me! I.. I love her! I love her from the bottom of my heart, even more than I can even describe! And if I could, I'd take back that time and sacrifice myself for her to keep her safe here on Mars rather than on that bloody asteroid.." He said, making Niv smile and turn to look back down to shake her head a little. She had her arms still crossed when she laughed a little.

"You really have grown some balls, haven't you Vinnie? The Beginning of that was beautiful, and if you had more time, I'd tell you to fix that ending, but it surely is from you.. And since you don't have time, I'd say to get on one knee.. She's coming" Niv said, which got him to start panicking as Niv pulled him inside the apartment while Harley walked to them after asking who was there and not getting an answer to it.

"Not in the middle of a doorway! The doorstep in the middle of you two brings bad luck, even with hugging! I don't even want to know what it does to your marriage since your relationship is already what it is.." Niv whispered to him as he turned to whisper to her while he hid the ring behind his back. "I'm going to propose to her and all that's in your mind is my-?!" He asked, getting Niv to burst to laugh, free her arms to lean against her knees and Harley to look at them confused as she walked to them.

"Vinnie? Hey.." She said and wasn't sure what to feel when she saw him there. "Hey.. Harley.." Vinnie gulped while Niv was still laughing, which got Harley to lift up her other eyebrow. "Is everything alright? Niv?" She asked as Niv tried to pull herself back together. "Yeah.. Yeah.. Don't worry" She said and when Harley rolled her eyes and turned to look away as she waited for Vinnie to explain himself from the last time, Niv turned to whisper to him fast. "Some mice mixed her to be together with Stoker, so I think it's even that you were about to propose to me.. Now, get on one knee and do it! Good luck" She said before leaving them there together, but since she couldn't deny her curiosity even from herself, she stayed peeking at them from the other room's almost closed doorway.

"What was that about?" Harley asked after looking suspiciously at her sister leaving before turning to look back at Vinnie and crossing her arms. "Harley.. I.." He was about to say but only got her to lift up her other eyebrow. "What is it? Did you end up with an excuse you forgot last time?" She asked as he rubbed the back of his neck and kicked the flooring under his feet. "Harley.." He mumbled and felt shy all of a sudden. Niv encouraged him in her mind while Harley sighed deeply.

"Just spit it out.." She said as she looked at him. "Harley" He started to say again and she was about to get mad for that but then all of a sudden he dropped to his other knee and held the ring out for her. "Will you marry me?!" He blurted out, making Niv's eyes widened behind the door as she was in a shock like her sister was too, but for different reasons. While her jaw dropped onto the ground and she wanted to slam her hand to her forehead maybe a bit, but respected his way of proposal too, Harley lifted her hands on her mouth.

It took a while for her to say or do anything, and during that moment Vinnie already started to fear that she wouldn't say yes to him since they had had a fight last time they had seen, which made him drop down his ears. "Harley.." He was about to say as he was feeling a bit of pain not only in his knee but also in his chest, but then Harley jumped to his neck while crying. "Yes.." She cried against him, while he just stared forward, not sure about what was happening.

"W- What.." He said as he saw Niv leaning against a doorway. "She's marrying you, you silly.." She smiled and had her arms crossed again as Vinnie finally hugged Harley back and cried against her fur. He was so happy that his thoughts of her being dead there at the asteroid wasn't true. She was there, in his arms, and she had said yes to his proposal.

"Oh maan.." He started laughing when Harley let him go and turned to look at him smiling. "Vinnie.. Oh Vinnie.." She smiled while crying as he pulled her into a loving kiss before she leaned forward so he'd place the ring to her the top of her left antenna as Niv applauded them calmly. "Congrats, you two.." She smiled as they got up from the floor and she walked to them. "Thanks, you third wheel.." Harley said as she was still crying and laughing that she was so surprised, happy and confused.

"Thanks.. For helping me too, even if I lost my words.." Vinnie said as he rubbed the back of his neck while Niv looked first at her sister, then at him and laughed. "That's not a problem, Vinnie.." She smiled while Harley blushed. "What? How?" Vinnie asked confusedly as he looked at both of them. "I heard you.." Harley said while smiling and blushing shyly. "You did? Oh maan!" Vinnie felt embarrassed but then turned to look at her again since she hugged him tightly and kissed his cheek.

"Your words came to your heart, even if you were talking with my sister. But I know you were talking to me. I love you too, Vinnie" She said, getting his heart to melt as he hugged her tightly before swinging her around, making scream and giggle as Niv chuckled and shook her head. "We're getting married!!" Vinnie howled loudly, making both of the females laugh while Harley kept hugging him before kissing him again as Niv looked at them sincerely happy. She was a bit surprised that her sister was the one who got the biggest womanizer of Mars to settle down, but at the same time she was also happy for them.

Soon Vinnie and Harley shared a connection with their antennas, during which Harley could be sure of Vinnie's feelings towards her if she still had anything to doubt to, which made her to forgive Vinnie about the male's scent. She understood that he had had a hard time, and maybe they'd talk about it later, but now the love towards each other was more important than things that had happened in the past. Vinnie also got to be sure that there were no other males than him who Harley loved and wanted to spend the rest of her life with, but at the same when they were on the top of their happiness, Carbine was on the top of confusion..

While walking around the base and carrying a carrier basket in her arms, Carbine was feeling nothing but tiredness since her son had been restless for the whole night, giving her almost non time to sleep at all. "Felix, darling.. Would you please let mommy do some work.. Not work but.. some duties.. Or at least breathe a bit.." Carbine sighed deeply and was about to start crying too in any minute possible.

She was heading towards the generals' secret office when Felix had started crying. She was so tired that she got even more frustrated to hear him crying again. "Felix.. Baby.. Please stop.." She tried while gently swaying the baby basket in her arms in front of the doorway, but the young Martian didn't stop crying, like he was sensing something.

"What is it now? You are fed and the diaper is just changed.." Carbine sobbed while leaning against the wall next to the door with her hand, before she lifted the basket down on the floor and slid herself against the wall to sit down, her knees lifted up in front of her. She hid her face in her hands, her elbows on her knees as she started crying. "I'm so tired!" She cried desperately, but hearing someone talking next to her, made her whip her tears to her shirt's sleeves.

"Carbine, there you are.. Is everything alright?" Stoker asked while leaning against the doorway before he kneeled down to help her up. "NO!!! I haven't slept at all, he does nothing but cry and not even mention that my husband is dead without even knowing he has a son!!" Carbine shouted frustratingly before starting to cry again.

"Come here.. I'll have something to show you.. I'll keep him company during that, don't worry.." Stoker smiled gently and swung his mechanical tail towards the room while helping her to stop crying. "You had some Throttle's stuff here, right? But I thought I got all of them already.. Or is it some parts from his bike that's in thousands of pieces?" Carbine asked while her uncle picked the baby basket up from the ground.

"I think you can tell me what it is.. Because honestly, I'm not sure.." He said and slightly grinned behind her back when she sighed and turned to walk to the room. "I swear if it's just a pile of junk I'll stuff it into your-.." She said while walking into the office. Stoker walked behind her with Felix in the basket, before closing the door behind him.

"Where is it?" She asked while walking to the main table. "Hello Babe.." She heard someone saying which made her freeze into her place. "Stoker.. T- That's not funny.. Stop that recording right there.." She sobbed and was about to cry again. Even hearing her husband's voice made her cry. "Turn around.." The Voice said, making her turn slowly around like told, but when she saw who was talking, she dropped down on her knees and hid her face with her hands while crying. "Carbine!" Throttle shouted while running to her while crying too. It has been over a year since they last saw each other.

"T- Throttle?" Her body started to tremble when she felt those familiar strong arms around her when he sat on his knees and hugged her right away. "Carbine.." He cried while burying his face against her black hair to smell her scent. "A- Are you really.." She sobbed while turning to look at him, but he hugged her so tightly she soon felt his neck close to her face.

"Yes.. I am here.. For real.." He said and let her go to look at her. He lifted his hands on her biceps to hold her there. "H- How.. No.. You are dead.. Have I finally fallen asleep?" She asked, but soon heard Stoker talking. "Sorry to interrupt your warm reunion, but yes, Carbine. If you don't believe him, I can say he is real.." The General said while he was holding his niece's son in his arms, trying to get the little boy sleeping.

"We can explain, Carbine dear.. But first.. Let me just hold you" Throttle cried while looking at his wife he had missed so much for this whole time. "But.." She mumbled but then they heard Felix's voice trying to get attention from mother. "I think there's someone who would like to meet you first.." Carbine smiled gently while the commander helped her up from the floor.

After hearing her words, he turned to look at his mentor. "My.." He sobbed, making Carbine lift her hands to him to whip his tears away even if she was still crying too. "Your son.. Our son.." She hugged him tightly and still couldn't believe he was really actually there. Stoker walked calmly to them after the little martian boy had finally managed to fall asleep in his arms.

"Hey.. Oh my.. I don't know what to say.." Throttle said when his mentor handed his son to his arms. He started crying again when he felt the female wrapping her tail around his. He made the grip tighter while gently rubbing his son's forehead. "His name is Felix.." Carbine smiled while leaning against the male's arm.

"Felix? Oh.. Carbine.." He swallowed and couldn't just stop crying. He didn't know if he had ever cried this much at once. He had cried a lot when he had to fake his death after just getting married, but these were now tears of happiness. "Yes.. After your father, and it's also close to Freedom Fighters.. and.." She explained, making him nod. "Also means 'warrior' in Martian.." He smiled and pressed his forehead against her forehead before kissing it lovingly. "He is perfect.. I feel awful I missed your labor.. Or the whole pregnancy.. I didn't know.." He said, making her turn to look at him.

"Could someone please explain to me now the meaning of all of this?" She said and turned to look at her uncle. But then she heard a knock from the doorway before seeing Vinnie and Modo stepping inside the room after Stoker had let them in. "Throttle!! So good to see you pal!" They sighed and ran to hug him, after Carbine had taken Felix in her arms so he could greet his bros. "Bros.. I'm so glad to be back.. But Carbine really needs an explanation now.." He said and turned to his wife while their tails were still wrapped around each other.

"Yeah.. About that.." Vinnie rubbed the back of his neck. "You knew he was alive this whole time?!" She gasped but soon heard Felix waking up. "No.. Sorry babyy! Mommy's here.. Don't cry.. I didn't yell at you.." She pressed her forehead against his son's forehead while swaying him a bit. "If he wasn't here now, I would tear your ears off.." She growled while glaring at the males. "All of you.." She said before starting to cry again. "Honey.." Throttle walked to hug her tightly from the side to not hurt their son. He kissed her temple and leaned his head against her head as she just glared at the males she knew were responsible for all of this. And then, she blinked and the view changed from her thoughts how she'd imagined how everything would've gone, from which the first part had really happened some time after giving birth. Felix had kept her awake and Stoker had had some Throttle's things for her.

"Carbine.. Say something.." Throttle said as he, Stoker and Carbine were at the similar kind of office she had imagined in her mind. After she had met Throttle at the corridor, she had got a lot to think about and this morning she had got a highly secured message from her uncle to meet him, meaning that she'd meet Throttle again. And when she had come there, her uncle had explained that the meeting, like the last one in the corridor was too, was highly secured and it would be completely safe for them to meet and talk properly.

She didn't know at all what to say. She just knew her uncle was the reason for all of this, for her suffering too, and by making it clear she hated him, she only glared at him the way if the look could kill. It took a moment from her to turn to look at Throttle while making sure with her tail that the light blanket was alright on the baby basket where Felix was sleeping right behind her feet. If Felix wasn't there with her, she would have gone mad already and let the males definitely hear how she truly felt, and also probably the whole base too, but since he was there she had to at least try to behave, like he was the only reason for it, wasn't he?

"How can you be right there?! How can you be alive?! I, we buried your ashes, that what was left from you.. We had your funeral.." She started and didn't know how to hold her body from trembling. She was confused, angry and also scared but all of her anger towards her own uncle kept her from showing them her other feelings. Still in her mind she saw a short flashback to Throttle's funerals they had had some time after the horrible accident.

There had been about twenty guests of Throttle's friends and closest members of the Freedom Fighters in the funeral who Stoker, Vinnie and Modo helped Carbine to have for his memory. The Funerals were held in the Sanctuary where the other fallens' funeral had been kept during the war. The Martian Blue Horn Ox's flowers were blooming at the walls, forming the only light in the cave when the monks gathered to the front part of the main room. Unlike in the biggest funeral for the fallen, this time there was no need for lines and the first gathering before entering the main room. This time the other guests only had to wait there for the widow to arrive and get to the sanctuary first, meaning Carbine walked there while holding flowers that symbolizes sadness, loss and sorrow in her arms, right in front of her grown stomach.

She was wearing all black clothing and a dark blue veil was in front of her face as a sign of her being the widow of the fallen Freedom Fighter. A Veil was worn in the funerals by the Queen, any other royal female or a just married female who had lost her just married husband, like Carbine had recently had. She was changing a few words silently with two of the Monks, from one who talked via Martian sign language, when the other guests entered the underground part of the Sanctuary too. And like the guests in the Funerals of many fallen who had fought for Mars, bowed formally to the Queen for greeting her and showing their respect for losing her husband, the guests nodded formally and respectfully to Carbine who was crying silently behind her veil. She barely managed to nod back to them as Father Mahawaq started the funeral ceremony.

"We have gathered here today because a young and brave Freedom Fighter has lost his life tragically. Throttle, the Son of Felix. He sacrificed his life to protect Mars from the threatening enemy. He saved his loved one, his friends and many comrades but paid the biggest price that could ever be paid. We are always thankful for him for what he did, how he fought with the other Freedom Fighters, and before that with the army forces. Throttle has joined the Goddess to Her Paradise and he is no longer suffering. He is in Her arms, looking for us and his loved ones who are going through grief and sorrow. Especially his wife and their unborn child, who'll never meet their father, but the whole planet of Mars will make sure that the child will get to know who their father was. How heroic he was and with his actions, he saved us all and our planet" The Father talked calmly but powerfully as some of the monks and nuns stood quietly next to him and one and one were dancing an ancient Martian dance with incense in their hands as a part of the ancient ceremony.

Unlike the traditions that let the pregnant females to sit in the front row with the highest titled of the Martians there, Carbine stood there the whole ceremony as the Father spoke and placed the urn its place where in front to, Carbine and the other guests would place their flowers from which Carbine was the one who brought the biggest bunch of flowers this time as the fallen's widow. There was also a small ribbon around the bunch from their unborn child for their father when it was Carbine's turn to walk to the urn and have her silent speech and last words for her loved one after the Father had blessed the last place for the eternity sleep of Throttle.

After Carbine's silent moment there and that all of the guests had placed their flowers in front of the small platform where the urn was with Carbine's flowers, the Father had another speech about Throttle's life that Stoker had brought him some materials from his and Throttle's friends' memories beforehand to prepare the speech. During that Carbine and most of the guests were crying as they listened to the beautiful speech while the same monk and the nun were still dancing.

Then when the Father's speech was close to its end, he brought the Goddess back to it as it was meant to in funerals' speeches, "She sees your, our, pain. She'll heal it, but it'll take time. One day we'll all understand the meaning of all of this, but that day will be the last day here. For some of them it might not be even close yet, but for some it has already come.." and during his words, Carbine woke up from her memory and turned to look angrily at Throttle and her uncle. Or actually, she was more than just angry, she was furious.

"They weren't mine.. Not for real.." Throttle answered after sighing deeply. He felt so bad for her but maybe now when she gets to know the truth, she'd understand, right? "How cruel can you be.. No.. Not that Throttle I know would do that!!" Carbine growled as she just stared at him furiously but also hurt. "I didn't have a choice, honey.." Throttle said while looking back at her as Stoker stood there and stayed silent too.

"How so.." Carbine spitted out and didn't believe anything he told her. She saw Throttle turning to look at her uncle who nodded him as a sign for something. "For Stilton.." Throttle spitted out, which felt like the floor could have disappeared underneath Carbine's feet. She gulped and was so devastated she wasn't sure what to say.

"What.." She said, barely even managing to do it as the word got stuck in her throat. "Stoker got to know that Stilton was after me.. He wanted my life in any way possible for what.." He started but then she realized what he was about to say. "For what happened to his son.." Carbine said and saw him kicking the flooring with his boot. "Yeah.." He said as he looked down before turning to look back at her.

"But it wasn't your fault!" Carbine said but then Stoker spoke up. "Plutarkians don't see it like that.. Stilton would have attacked Throttle or they would have done the same they thought Throttle had done.." He explained as Throttle looked at Carbine and she could see from his eyes behind his specs that he was hurt all the way from his heart. "I wouldn't have coped with that if something had happened to you! Or to our baby! I couldn't have lived with the fact that something bad happened to you because of me.." He said before sniffing to hold his tears back.

"So this was a better solution then? Hurt me yourself? And our unborn baby who you didn't even get to know?" She said coldly but hurt. "I was supposed to come back when it was sure.. That you are safe and Stilton isn't after revenge anymore.." He explained, which got her to realize something. "So.. Not yet?" She said and saw the answer already from his eyes.

"Limburger had to get in front of the justice.. That risk had to be taken.." He said and then Stoker talked again. Carbine was feeling herself so uncomfortable that she crossed her arms and didn't know what to say anymore. How old Felix would be then if Throttle had gotten back later? How would she have coped with that then if it was already how it was now? "Biker Mice has saved Mars more than Mars could ever even thank them.. You must understand that, Carbine. Even as a general" He said, making her nod as she turned to look down, crying and her whole body trembling.

She understood it. She finally saw the reason behind the horrible act. But that still didn't take away her pain. He might have saved the whole planet but she was paying the price for it with all the pain and trauma.

"I.. I still don't accept it.. That what you did.." She said after a while the males gave her time to think. "I know.. Me neither.. I will never accept that. I wouldn't have wanted to do it but I had to. For our family.." Throttle said while he was crying too as he looked at the light gray furred female when the silence came back and filled the whole room for a while. After some time, Carbine turned around and lifted Felix up from the basket.

"Carbine, I am so sorry.. I really am.." Throttle said and anyone could feel it being true from his voice. He was so hurt, so scared and sorry. "I need some time to think.." She just said as she checked that everything was alright with her son who woke up from his nap as his mother lifted him up and shared a short connection with her antennas when she was sure he was fully awake.

"Can we still talk about this?" He asked and then saw her nodding as she thought something for a moment. Then, she walked to him and handed Felix into his arms before she turned to look at her uncle, still mad but a bit calmer than earlier. "Throttle has still to be hidden here, right?" She asked and got a nod as an answer. He knew he had to talk with her again alone, but for now, he let her be as angry with him as she needed, which was surprisingly calm from what he knew of her. Maybe the storm was still coming when they were alone, wasn't it?

Throttle got so surprised when he got his son into his arms after Carbine turned to look at him again. She kissed Felix's forehead which got Throttle to lower his ears and feel so emotional. "Take care of Felix while I'm away. To get to know each other" She said, making Throttle's eyes wide up and ears move sharply. "Felix? Really? Like my.. father..? Like a warrior?" He asked while sniffing, trying to hold his tears back which was clearly difficult now. She nodded at him and smiled at their son. "Yes.. Our little warrior.. Who looks exactly like his father" She said with a smile in her voice but she tried to not show it in her expression but failed to do it as she was looking at her baby boy she loved so much.

"C- Carbine.." He started but couldn't say anything, he just looked at her to help him to fix Felix's position in his arms a bit. "That's better, Muscle mouse" She said and for a moment she looked into his eyes before turning to look back at their son. Throttle smiled at them while he could smell both of them as she stood so close to him as she was saying goodbye to their son. But when he realized what she had just said a moment ago and the nickname she had used, he felt so many emotions go through him again and tears filled his eyes.

"You.. You let me be the father to our son? Carbine, I.. You don't know what this means to me! What you mean to me.." He said before sniffing and making sure he held Felix alright in his arms as she nodded at him and took a step away from them. "You don't get away from that curse so easily.. An explosion isn't enough for it but what comes to us.. I.. I need to think about it.." She said as she looked at their son who looked directly at Throttle. She had shown him a memory of his father that he could connect with Throttle easier.

"Carbine.." Throttle sighed as Carbine lifted a small backpack up from the ground that was next to the baby basket, to get it closer to them. "See you later.. I'll come to get him this evening" She said as she checked for one last time everything needed was in the backpack. Throttle walked to her with their son in his arms as she was about to leave. "Carbine wait.." He said after she was sure everything needed was really there.

"Thank you." He said when she walked to the doorway of the office. He felt tears rolling down his cheeks when she genuinely smiled and nodded at him before leaving the General's office, leaving Throttle to try to practice to be the father for his son, who Carbine named after his father, which made Throttle so emotional too.

"Feeling like a little girl, huh?" Stoker smiled at him and had his arms crossed when Throttle started to sway his son gently in his arms. "The happiest on the planet, yes.." He said but then turned to his mentor to look at him. "Do you think she would ever forgive me?" He asked and fear could be heard from his voice.

Stoker sighed deeply and sat on his seat while Throttle lifted the backpack and the baby basket closer to the couch where he sat on after doing it. "I'm not sure.. But what comes to me, she'll probably never forgive me.. I'm the brains behind the plan.." He said and lowered his ears a bit. Even if he was a general, soon to be the Commander in Chief, he felt sad for what he had done to his own niece who he had practically raised most of her life. "Nah! Don't be such a grumpy face, Old timer! She'll get over it when she wants to have another one of that" Vinnie smirked as he and Modo entered the room. He nodded towards Felix, making both Throttle and Stoker first turn to look at each other one eyebrow raised and then turned to glare at him.

"And soon the whole plan and hard work will be wasted if you two won't learn how to knock.. You can't just dash in here and assume it's alright!" Stoker growled at the males after Modo had closed the door. "Relax! If she was here and it was safe, then it's even better when the heroes are here" Vinnie said before he sat next to Throttle on the couch. Even Modo walked to him to greet the little boy.

"Hey shush! He's my son and it's my first time getting to know him! I don't want him to see your ugly face before knowing who I am!" Throttle growled at the white furred male who had leaned to say hello to the little tan furred baby. "He already knows us, so don't panic, bro! I even saved him when he wasn't even born yet!" Vinnie blurted out, making Modo and Stoker to glare at him, which got noticed by Throttle. "What did you just say.." He asked while wondering how his bros knew about his child if he didn't and they hadn't ever even mentioned about him to him. He'd definitely get to know the truth about that soon.. Maybe Carbine wasn't the only mouse Stoker had lied during the mission..

"He means you need to talk with Carbine. Alone." Stoker said but then saw Throttle turning to look at Modo who looked like he had something to say. "Bros, Stoker.. I know this might not be a good moment for it, but I have something to tell you" He started, getting all of their attention. "Yea? Why wouldn't it be? Just say what you have on your heart, Big guy" Throttle smiled at him, making him lower down his ear a bit.

"Felix got some company recently.. Jessica gave birth, which means I am now a father to a baby girl" He said, getting all of their eyes to widen up and Vinnie and Stoker hurry to congratulate him as Throttle did it in a calmer way since he was holding Felix in his arms. "What?! We didn't even know you were going to be one! Like I didn't know either of mine!" Throttle said as Modo thanked him by hugging him carefully to not hurt Felix.

"Going to be what? A baby girl or what?" Vinnie asked, getting them to laugh as Stoker smiled and felt a bit emotional. "I got to know too just when the labor had started.. I had no clue she was even pregnant.. How could I even get to know? We were on the Earth and they didn't know it either.." Modo sighed but still smiled happily. "Wow.. Seems like Felix has already got himself a girlfriend!" Vinnie smirked, making both of them glare at him. "Not so fast!" They laughed and then Modo continued. "She got her name right after Jessica and I got married there. And before you say anything! We are going to have bigger and proper weddings to celebrate with all our family members and friends" He explained, making them realize his ring was in the beginning of his antenna, but he didn't have the wedding ring there yet, which he mentioned was with the Father's special permission.

That got them to congratulate them again even if Vinnie grunted for not getting to be a flower boy again. "We can get to that later" Modo just laughed and smiled at him. "That's a promise then! You'll get a Vincent show to your wedding too, whether you want it or not!" He smirked, which got them to laugh but then Stoker talked. "Is your and Harley's wedding one big Vincent show then or what?" He joked, not yet even knowing Vinnie's big news which was more like a gas to the white furred male's self loving fire.

"Well look at us.. Two of us are married and the third one's following right behind our lead.. Just don't escape to marriage like the Big guy! Even if I'd had expected that more from our Vincent" Throttle laughed while fixing Felix's position a bit to make him feel more comfortable. "What's your daughter's name, Modo? You didn't mention that" He asked and got a proud smile as an answer. "Her name is Jade Mariia Hayleen, the Daughter of Modo" He announced proudly, making them congratulate him on that too. "That's a beautiful name. You heard it Felix? Don't fall for it!" Throttle leant to whisper to his son, getting them all to laugh at him, but then he noticed that Stoker was having his ears down.

"What is it, Stoke?" Throttle asked, getting him to sigh. "I still remember the day I got you three to take care of.. And now two of you have already become fathers.. You make me so proud" He smiled and wiped a tear off the corner of his eye. "Heyy.. Don't shed a tear, Old timer! At least we are all at least engaged to our partners!" Vinnie grinned proudly and it took a moment from them to get what he meant.

"What do you mean, all of us? You- When?!" Throttle started and when he saw him smiling brightly, he realized it and started to point at him. "Just before we came here" Vinnie smiled and got congratulations this time from them, the Biker Mice way. "Vinnie!!" They laughed, making him laugh too and blush a bit. "Why that sounded like I have done something bad.. Even if I almost proposed to Niv instead of Harley.." He chuckled, getting Stoker to lift up his other eyebrow and cross his arms.

"Hey that Crown princess is already taken, Punk!" He growled, making all of them laugh. "I know!! She made it rather clear! And even mentioned that some mice had mixed Harley to be together with you, Old timer.." He said before smirking and crossing his arms. "Oh you little-!" Stoker laughed and hurried to grab him into his other arm to rub his head with his other fist. "Heyy!" He laughed, which got all of them to laugh happily. "Be sure you get to know Harley's pregnancy before the child has already come to this world, Vinnie! Don't follow our footsteps.." Throttle said, which made Stoker roll his eyes. "From what I remember from your three childhoods, it wouldn't surprise me if he did" He said, making Vinnie roll his eyes and shake his head as they all laughed and enjoyed the moment of happy news before Stoker had to break the happiness and be more serious again.

"Even if I am very proud of you all three, very crazy and hotheaded mamma jammas, and we definitely are still going to talk about this, especially with your two's news" He said and pointed at chuckling Vinnie and Modo which made Throttle to laugh too. "I need you to leave, now. It's a father and a son moment now, not uncles' time" Stoker commanded and pointed at the doorway. "Alright, we'll go. But I'm happy to see you with your son, Throttle. I hope you get things alright with Carbine. We can talk anytime later" Modo smiled at him, making him smile and nod at him. "I hope that too. You are needed too with your daughter and wife as well as our Vincent should be with Harley instead of us, so I'd hope he leaves now too.." Throttle gave a rather straight hint which made Modo grab Vinnie from the back of his bandoleer to drag him out the room from sweet talking the next Biker Mice as he talked about Felix. Seeing that got Stoker to laugh and smile understandingly to Throttle.

"At least they used doors even for once" He said, getting his mentor to laugh again. "If they'd blown up a hole in the wall, I'd send them to that mission anytime soon" He said before leaving. At first Throttle chuckled at his words but then lowered down his ears as he turned to look at his son again. "Which is thanking that I haven't been in your life till this day.. I'm sorry, Felix.." He started as he slowly started to get to know his son in his arms.

"Hey.. I am your father, Felix. Yea! Hey" He talked gently to the baby who smiled at him and lifted his tiny hands towards him, which made Throttle free his other hand to shake his other hand gently. "You are so small. Beautiful boy. Your hair is like your mother's, but you have got your handsome fur from me, your father" He continued talking and smiling at him. His heart melted at him and for the first time after a very long time, he felt himself complete again. Something had been missing for a long when he had lost his loved ones and his whole life because of that mission. He hadn't even known he was going to be a father. He had missed Carbine's labor and seeing his son come to this world. He had also missed many months from his early life, to see him grow and them to get to know each other.

Thinking that, got tears to start to fall again to his cheeks and feel himself more sad than happy, but when Felix grabbed one of his fingers with his tiny hands, he smiled again and sniffed to try not to cry again. "My son.." He sighed deeply while he just continued looking at his son. He didn't know what he should say or talk to him but then he remembered Carbine sharing the connection with her antennas, which gave him an idea to do the same gently to Felix. And during the connection he realized that Carbine had lied to him there in the corridor. She had shown some happy memories about him to Felix, the way to let the baby know his parents. That made his heart melt for happiness as he got to know their son better and to let him know his father better in the way Martian parents did to their babies.

The Son and the father continued getting to know each other their own way as Throttle carefully tried to get to know how to take care of a baby. Stoker came back there to help him and give some advice while Vinnie went back to Harley and Modo was going to get back to the hospital to see his family, but on the way, he got himself a visitor before he even managed to leave the headquarters.

"A Visitor? Here? I'm quite sure Jessica hadn't gotten out of the hospital yet.. She'd called me.." Modo said to a fighter who had been looking for him and then they had suddenly met at the ground level corridor. "Yes. She's waiting for you in the first hall.. Insisted to meet you.. Before that, no-one got her to leave.." The Fighter said, getting him to lift up his eyebrow at first but then laugh when he realized what was happening, or more likely who was happening. "Alright. I'll get it, I'll get it.. Thanks" He said and hurried to the hall when the fighter nodded at him and left.

"Modo!!" A Female voice cheered immediately as Modo walked behind the corner. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be still in the hospital?" He asked as he walked to hug a young gray furred female. "I got permission to leave with these, but someone needs to look after me, remember?" She said and then continued talking so bubbly it got Modo to sigh and smile. "Right.. And because of the war you didn't know where my mother or Mericy were, it was easier for the doctors to contact me, I remember that. But are you sure you are alright? Can you still walk yourself?" He asked and got an energetic nod as the answer.

"It's so good to have a famous cousin who to contact if you happen to break yourself while climbing mountains! And you are what? A Freedom Fighter, aren't you Modo? Ain't that cool?!" The Female laughed, making him chuckle too, but before he managed to say anything, she continued talking. "How's aunt Adira? And others in your family? Can I meet them soon? I mean, you know I need a place to stay for a while.. At least if we do as the doctors said.. I mean I can't even climb for a while so life might get quite boring if I have to be alone and in the same place to not even move like I usually do and every Martian mouse needs in everyday basics.." She talked so fast that Modo didn't even get at least half of her words which made him to grab her shoulders, gently since she had her other arm in a bandages while her other leg was in a cast and she was walking with crutches from which the other one was also supporting her hurt arm from not getting too much weight on it.

She was wearing a light pink cardigan with light purple top underneath it, light blue jeans and low red shoes, or a shoe now for now, and she was even younger than Mericy's youngest daughter Rhea. "Evangeline.. Evangeline!" Modo raised his voice a bit which got her to stop talking at least for a moment. A very short one. "It's so nice to see you after a long time, Evangeline. Everybody's fine and mama is going to be so happy to see you and we will come up with a plan to that who will take care of you" He started, making her smile but then narrowed her eyes. "That's nice! I hadn't known how to contact them during the war, so I'm happy to see them too after a long time! Heeey.. What do you mean by who? I already told the doctors it's going to be you! I'm coming to your place, cousin Modo!" She said, getting him to sigh deeply.

"Oh mama.. This is what my life was missing.. A bubbly cousin.." He sighed in his thoughts as Evangeline wiped her light brown hair with dark brown stripes to back behind her hair before she started to limp towards the doors. "Come on Modo! We don't have all day to hang around here! I thought you Biker Mice were fast but look at me! I'm half way wrapped up and faster than you with crutches!" She laughed as Modo just rubbed his face while trying to think of a way out of this. "Was this some kind of a revenge from the Goddess from our not so traditional weddings.." Modo thought in his mind as he sighed deeply and shook his head.

"Sorry Mer'.. Be prepared for the tornado.. I don't take a 'no' as an answer.. Our beloved cousin is coming to stay in your place.." He thought while awkwardly smiling at the passing fighters who had their eyes widened as the very talkative teenage female mouse from the countryside talked with everyone she saw. And for his own sanity, he walked behind her and kept some distance even if she was rather slow with the crutches and a couple of broken limbs.

Modo's and Mericy's cousin, Evangeline seemed to be even more talkative than Vinnie, which was a lot to say for sure. She had hurt herself when she had been climbing mountains for some reason even Modo wasn't sure about, a few weeks ago and since she was still a teenager, an adult had to be informed and come to the hospital. If Modo, her cousin, was easier to call there, where were her own family, her parents? It had been the same time Jessica had got to the hospital too for strong contractions and that false alarm, but she didn't know back then that Modo was back on the planet.

So Modo wasn't definitely the only one who's life had undergone some huge changes recently. Even if he had no clue what he would or should do next, what even to think, life threw him another challenge in the form of his cousin. Vinnie and Harley were celebrating their engagement, but would she ever get to know about Zeka? Would their relationship ever be the same again? And they weren't the only ones. Throttle was getting to know his son, but how would his and Carbine's relationship be? Or even marriage? Stoker had definitely planned something but did even the Biker Mice knew all of his plans? Why Vinnie and Modo hadn't even mentioned Throttle about his son.. How big the mission had been after all? And was it finally over?