Author's pov:

In the base where Throttle was secretly staying and where he had seen Carbine some days ago, he was lying on the couch when someone knocked on the door. "Mmmh?" He mumbled half awake as he reached his hand towards a table where his specs were. "Sorry, did I wake you up? Huh, Throttle, are you alright?" He heard a familiar voice talking when the door got closed and locked behind the comer.

His leather vest was hanging from the backrest of a chair and a towel was lying on the same chair. When he got his specs back on his face he smiled for the familiar and welcoming view. "I am now. Hey, Carbine" He smiled at her, making her nod at him. "Are you really?" She said as she walked to him. She lifted the back of her palm to his forehead to check it herself from an old habit which made her realize it herself too and lift her hand off fast.

Seeing that got him to chuckle and smile at her again. "I am.. I tried to take a nap but then you walked in. Which is alright" He explained while moving himself to sit on the couch to give her some space to sit on it too. He could see from her movements and expressions that she didn't believe everything he said. "What's that towel for? You know Mars hasn't got water back completely yet, so.." Carbine said while lifting a bag down next to her feet with her tail as she fixed a crib's position in her arms, and just then Throttle realized she had brought Felix with her.

"I know you'd appreciate me getting showers more often.." Throttle joked after getting up but when he was about to get a step closer to them, she glared at him which made him stop right there. "Really? You let me have contact with him but now no?" He said, making her realize it before sighing and smiling a bit. "That was for what you just said. And I can smell your sweat, right when I walked in. That's why I asked if you are alright.." Carbine said and turned to look away but soon Felix's baby sounds got her to turn to look at him.

"You still notice things like that.." Throttle smirked at her while looking at her carrying the crib onto the table. "Stop it, dumbass.." Carbine growled but he could hear a smile in her voice, and that just got him to walk behind her to look over her shoulder. Feeling him as close as that got her to growl but when she felt his hands on her hip, she sighed deeply and turned to look at Felix with him. "So beautiful.." Throttle sighed deeply before kissing her cheek, getting her to jump a bit but then turn to smile at him as she softened for him a little.

"He is.." She smiled and then turned to lift Felix from the baby crib. "I meant both of you. Especially you. Our son is as handsome as his father" Throttle smirked at her, making her blush but then growl playfully, twitch her nose and laugh at him. Seeing her doing that got him to throw his head backward to laugh. After that he wrapped his arms fast around her waist to get her to giggle as he pulled her against him to not only tickle her but also to make her scream and laugh.

"Carefully, macho mouse! I have Felix in my arms!" She growled but laughed when he leaned his head to her shoulder as they looked at each other before turning to look at their son. Felix was making some baby sounds while looking at both of his parents happily. "I know.. That's why I let you easy, beautiful" He said and nuzzled his nose against her neck, making her lean a bit backward against him. "Hey.. Throttle! Hey!! I am still angry at you, remember?" She laughed when she had to place Felix back to the crib so she could free Throttle's arms with hers. Felix had his little hands lifted up with the way he wanted back into his mother's arms. "I heard that earlier on that couch too, some days earlier, remember?" He grinned at her while crossing his arms, and making sure his muscles looked bigger than usual.

Carbine blushed right away when she noticed that but instead of saying anything, she just huffed and turned her back to prepare Felix for his nap. "Hey!!" Throttle gasped and acted hurt when she just grinned at herself and at Felix who started laughing even if he had no clue about what he was even laughing at. "Your dad is acting a little silly.. But believe me, dear.. Mom's going to give him a feedback he won't forget" Carbine whispered to him which made him giggle even more.

"Hey! What secrets are you having there?" Throttle growled when he heard nothing she said to their son. "Just a little lullaby to get him to sleep.." Carbine smiled but he could tell it was a lie. "Oh really? I know what kind of lullabies you prefer.." Throttle grinned before he slapped her butt with his tail, getting her to jump and glare at him. "Throttle!!" She growled but it got him only to laugh. "We are in the base, remember.." Carbine tried but it got him to laugh even more.

"We were in the same base some days earlier too" He said, making her just glare at him again before it took a while from her to get Felix back to sleep. After that she walked back on the couch with a bag she had brought with her. "Why did you put him asleep if you brought him to meet me?" Throttle asked but then saw her patting the couch next to her. "You can get to know him too but before that, I came to talk to you. Or do you want me to leave?" Carbine said, making him hurry to sit next to her and shake his head.

"I guess we are not getting to what you were here last time for?" Throttle said when he lifted his arms on the backrest, his other arm behind her. Seeing that got her to roll her eyes and giggle like she had done younger when they had just fallen in love. And the moment felt like that too. Like they were once again teenagers and just started dating. But this time, with a dark past like heavy and dark clouds above them.

"No. He's here. And these" She said before she leaned forward to grab something from the bag that was on the floor, but during that he could tell she teased him on purpose as she reached towards the bag with the way he could have a better view on her butt. She even made it worse by swinging her tail a bit. "C-.. Carbine.." Throttle growled huskily which got her to turn to look at him over her shoulder. "Everything alright.." She started but before he could answer, she continued. "Commander..?" She smirked, getting him to gulp and move his other hand to loosen his scarf around his neck a bit.

"Yeah.. Sure.. Everything's fine.." He said when she sat back up, leaning against his arm which got him to smile and lift his arm on her shoulders to pet her other arm gently. "You did that on purpose.." He kissed her head and whispered to her ear, making her giggle and nod before he felt something heavy being placed on his lap. It got him to turn to look at it right away since it made him groan a bit. "W- What?" He said when he saw two books, or more likely albums, on their laps that Carbine got out from her bag.

"Have you already forgotten these?" Carbine said when she turned to look at him while he still had his other arm around her. "No, how could I? But you still had these.. Wow.." Throttle said before kissing her cheek again, but to his surprise she turned to lift her hands on his cheeks to kiss him back. "These are the photo albums from our bachelor parties.. How could I throw these away? You are my soulmate, Throttle" She said before she had to wipe a tear away from her eye.

Hearing that got him to do the same and lift his specs from his eyes during that moment. "You are my soulmate too.. You are the love of my life, Carbine. I am so sorry for what I had to do.." Throttle said but then felt her taking his specs from his hand. "I know.. And that's why I am here to talk. I thought these could help us talk.. But before that.." Carbine said but then placed her album on his lap so she could get up on her knees on the couch and place her hands on his cheeks, still holding his specs in her other one when she kissed him passionately.

"Placing some weight on my lap wont help to prevent.." Throttle murmured while having his eyes closed so the light didn't cause that much pain to him. "Shut up.." Carbine laughed and then continued kissing him when he answered her kiss, which got her to move her arms over his shoulders to lean against him. Throttle moaned first but when she opened her mouth to him, a moan escaped from her too.

They shared a few passionate kisses before she leant backwards, sat back next to him and gave his specs back. "You seriously think that I can go through these albums after that?!" He growled as he placed his specs back on him when she took hers from his lap and "accidentally" touched his lower belly with her arm during it. "You deserve to go through some pain too!!" She growled at him the way it got him to lower down his ears before he just huffed and snorted as she opened her album after placing herself better against him and he wrapped his other arm back around her.

"Continue like that and I call Stoker to take Felix somewhere so I can show you-" Throttle started to growl in her ear but then saw a picture in her album that made him remember his reaction when he had seen for the first time during their honeymoon in Jupiter. "I still don't like that picture!" He blurted out, making her laugh when he growled at the view of seeing Carbine enjoying her private dancers. "I can see that!" She laughed but then continued. "I remember so clearly when we saw these first time. You had some booze and an escape room in your bachelor party while I got a private show and very tasty cake!" Carbine laughed which got him to growl and glare at her. It was only gas to the flames when she made him go through it again.

"Don't forget you had some booze in yours too.. I have never seen you so waisted that you were that night!" Throttle teased her which got her to glare at him and snort. "If I knew what kind of marriage we'd have, I would have drank way more than just that!!" She growled at him, making him lower down his ears and look at her behind his specs. "Not those puppy eyes.." She growled and leaned backwards before she felt him pulling her against him.

"You said yourself that I 'don't get away from that curse so easily.. An explosion isn't enough for it'.." He murmured against her lips before kissing her, making her sigh deeply and turn his face away from hers after answering his kiss. "I meant Felix by that!" She growled, but only saw him wiggling his eyebrows. "Oh right! And I am the next Plutarkian High Chairman!" He said, getting her to sigh deeply and laugh together with him.

Throwback to the honeymoon in Jupiter:

After the first two busy weeks of the honeymoon the just married couple had finally some time to sit down together and go through their wedding gifts their guests had got for them, meaning that even still during that Throttle was once again kissing Carbine's neck while she tried to open one present that was from their friends. "Throttle! We, or mostly I, have managed to open three presents from that huge pile, and you are making this very-" She started but only could hear him murmur against her neck. "Hard, huh? And let me show you what's huge and hard, my love" He grinned which got her only to blush and giggle but then slam a book straight to his face which woke him up totally as he groaned and leant back away from her.

"Ouch!! Was that really necessary?!" He groaned and rubbed his nose while she was laughing and sitting on the new bed that had gotten replaced after Throttle had broken the first one. "I want to see what our friends got for us! So behave or go outside!" Carbine said and then made sure the book was alright. "Outside?! Are you putting me on outdoor feeding? And you seriously punched me with a book?!" Throttle growled dramatically but it only got her to laugh. "Two albums actually. The other one is for you, one for each of us" Carbine said and handed the other one to him, making him snort and take it as they sat better on the bed.

"There's a letter too.. Read it outloud, don't smack it onto my face" Throttle handed it to her when he noticed something had fallen from between the albums after they had gotten the presents open. "Ha ha ha.." Carbine mocked him which got him to drop down his jaw and then grab the letter off her hand. "Maybe I read it!! Since at least one of us can behave like an adult.." He said but then heard her gasping before taking the letter back.

"Hey!!" He laughed when she got up from the bed fast and started to run out of the bedroom. "No you are not!!" Throttle jumped off the bed fast and started to chase her around the apartment. "Dear Throttle and Carbine..!" Carbine started to read while laughing as she jumped over some furniture and tried to get away from Throttle who was not just bigger than her but also much faster since she tried to read at the same time too.

"Hey!" She gasped when he jumped over the kitchen counter to grab the letter from her hands, making it tear the way she had only a small corner piece left in her hand. She huffed and chuckled at him before rolling her eyes and running after him. "Here's a present for both of you that, we are quite sure, neither of you saw a photographer taking pictures.. Carbine!!" Throttle read before she managed to take the letter from him again. She jumped over the couch and headed outside but just on the doorway, Throttle managed to wrap his tail around her ankle, making her fall down on the carpet the way she didn't get hurt physically, more like mentally.

"..During your bachelor parties.." She managed to read before he pulled her and the carpet closer to him, to take the letter from her and then she felt him sitting on her back and grabbing her wrists and pulling them behind her back and keeping them there with his tail as he continued reading the letter proudly. He even cleared his throat with a couple of coughs to annoy her even more. "Not fair!!" Carbine growled, only making him laugh and continue reading with a smirk on his face.

"One of your friends was a photographer during both parties and now you shall see what happened during either of your, very enjoyable, funny, and definitely drunk, bachelor parties! Everything is gathered in between these covers and we hope you enjoy these photo albums and not start a fight for them. Everything that happened during those nights were alright if looked with your friends' eyes. With all the love, and Vinnie forces to add, macho, your lovely, and Vinnie's addition again, heroic, friends" He read out loud while Carbine just growled and tried to wriggle free.

"Seriously? We had photographers then and I saw nothing? Did you know about this, or saw anything?" Throttle asked when Carbine grabbed the letter from him with her tail, but growled at him again since he let her have it after he had read it. "I barely even remember anything from that night if I am honest.." Carbine said while reading the letter again to make sure he read everything in it. "Really? Did my wife drink herself that drunk, she can't remember anything from her bachelor party?!" He started to laugh but then faced the floor fast since she saw a moment there to wriggle her other leg to his and over his lap and help with her tail to wrestle herself out from his grip, making him fall straight onto his face on the floor.

"Ouch!!" He groaned when she got up fast while laughing and started to run back to the bedroom. "I remember everything! At least most of it! Just needed a moment to get free" She laughed but when she reached the first album on the bed, she heard him still groaning in the living room. "Throttle? I'm not buying that.. You are not getting me to fall for that" She said while opening his album of his bachelor party, but he just continued groaning which got her to walk back to the living room.

"You had a breasts shaped cake?!" Carbine laughed but then turned to look at him. "Are you alright- Hey!!" She was first worried about him before he took the album from her hands. "Got you! I want to see yours first" Throttle said and the next lifted the album so high she couldn't reach it. His nose was a bit reddish from first facing the album and then the floor, both pretty roughly. "Unfair! We'll start with yours! I won the cake server, so I decide!" Carbine growled and crossed her arms, making him laugh and walk to sit on the couch instead of heading back to the bedroom where they had been at first. "I am General!!" She continued but then saw him looking at the way she knew she couldn't win the fight. And also she saw him showing off his back muscles that got her to growl "unfair" again under her breath before they started to go through the albums together. Which meant that Throttle lifted Carbine's album on their laps first.

"I hope you still have that dress.. Oh man you look hot!" Throttle purred with a smirk on his face when he saw a picture of Carbine in the neon pink colored dress that showed her every single curve from her body and had huge texts of "Bride to be" that could be read from the front and from the back of the rather short dress. "The Girls had to almost tear it off me the next morning.. So I'm afraid I don't have it" Carbine laughed with an embarrassed tone in her voice, that got Throttle's eyes widened.

"AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT EITHER?! Gosh, you really know how to tease a man, don't you? But what do you mean 'the next morning'?" Throttle said which got her to sigh and chuckle, a nod towards the album following after it. "Just continue going through that and you'll probably find out.. If I only know my friends at all.." Carbine said, getting him to laugh as they continued looking at the pictures of the females entering the erotic shop where Carbine could finally see herself in the mirror and where they were.

"I see where you got those toys.. You have good friends, honey" Throttle grinned and even lifted the album closer to himself to see his wife in that dress properly. "Throttle!!" Carbine blushed and laughed. "Your ass looks so good from that point of view! I mean from any point of view but look at it!" He said while almost drooling. "Hey.. We are looking at pictures of my bachelor party, and I am very much aware of what my butt looks like! I have had it with me my whole life, if you have finally lost your final brain cell!" Carbine laughed and forced him to turn to the next page, which she noticed wasn't maybe the best idea after all.

"And I got to marry that ass.. What a lucky guy!" Throttle whistled when they saw pictures of Carbine choosing the toys and the next the females were enjoying the massages and other beauty treatments in the spa. "Oh I see.. You married my ass, not me" Carbine smirked at him and acted like hurt before he pulled her closer to kiss her. "I married you. Everything in you, Carbine" He said, getting her to smile and kiss him back. "Fine, I believe you. Your muscles are very fine bonus too, macho mouse" She smirked at him, making his jaw drop down for a moment.

"Just a fine bonus?!" He said dramatically while she grabbed the album from him to turn the page again. "What, did you hear something, honey?" Carbine said and acted like nothing had happened or like she had heard some kind of voice far away which got him to roll his eyes and chuckle, but when she saw the pictures on the next page, her eyes widened and she slammed the whole album close. "What was that? What sins are you trying to hide from me now, babe?" Throttle said and looked at her behind his specs the way that only got her to giggle.

"Nothing! Absolutely nothing!! We just got into a restaurant, ate good food and went to sleep! The end! Where's your album?" Carbine said but then felt him slipping the album from her hands with his tail. "Shit! Hey!! Throttle, give it back!!" Carbine said as Throttle got up from the couch they were sitting on in the living room to sit on its back rest, a bit higher to keep the album higher from her. "No! I want to see how drunk you we-.." Throttle was about to say but when he saw what she tried to hide from him, he froze totally to look at the pictures.

"Throttle.. I can explain.. The girls.." Carbine started as she got up to sit next to him too but when she saw what he was looking at, she gulped. "Throttle.. That's.. Turn back to the previous page.." Carbine said while having her other hand on her mouth since she had a different kind of memory of that moment when the other stripper had a private show to her. When she saw the pictures, she realized how drunk she had actually really been.

"What? You mean you want me to see all of this?" Throttle growled, gestured towards the photos with his other hand and then handed the album back to her. "Like our friends said.. 'We hope you enjoy these photo albums and not start a fight for them. Everything that happened during those nights were alright if looked with your friends' eyes'.." Carbine read from the letter she took from the table next to Throttle's album. "And that should get me to like to see my bride, my wife, enjoying another male's body? Are you serious, Carbine?" Throttle growled, which got her to sigh and turn the pages to show him how the rest of the evening went. He just growled even more and rolled his eyes which was also a sign of frustration.

"Oh.. My bad.. But I still don't like that! You are mine, Carbine" Throttle growled and wrapped his arm around her to pull her closer to him. "I know! And I'm sorry that hurt you.. The Girls knew I only want you.. But they planned otherwise, and paid everything. So believe me, that ain't my money" Carbine said but only got him to snort. "But that's your hand, way too close to that male's.." Throttle growled and then added. "If I ever meet that guy, I'll make sure that.." He said, but it got her to chuckle which got him confused.

"Throttle! He is a professional dancer! He knows what he is doing" Carbine said, making him groan and roll his eyes. "I can see that.. Clearly.." Throttle growled, getting her to run her fingers through his hair to make it look messy. "My dear macho mouse.. You'd get paid many times more than that.." She said which got him to smirk and show out his muscles. "Definitely! But I wonder why he looks so familiar.." Throttle wondered, making Carbine notice the same.

"You are right.. Hey wait.." Carbine said as she lifted the album up next to Throttle's head to look at him, then the picture, then back at him and then back at the picture. "You two look quite alike.." Carbine said and then lifted the album back down. "How is that even possible? Where did Niv and the others even find him?" He said as he wondered about the whole thing. "I have no idea.. You should ask that from them" Carbine chuckled while Throttle was deeply in his own thoughts. "Could it be.. No.. Can't be.. Definitely never" He wondered in his mind till Carbine's voice brought him back to the living room.

"That can be just a coincidence that the girls thought it was funny if one of the strippers looked like you. But can we get over this? Or are you going to be jealous of that for how long? Even if you look cute when you are protective over me.." Carbine smiled at him and kissed his cheek, but her words got him to lift up his other eyebrow.

"Cute? Me? Cute?! Excuse me?!" He gasped, getting her to giggle and pet his hair gently. "You are, my husband.." Carbine said and then nuzzled her nose against him, getting him to sigh and smile a bit. "Fine.. I believe you that nothing happened between you two.. I may have a word with the Crown Princess and the rest of your friends, but till that, turn the page" Throttle said and petted her arm, his arm behind her back, as she turned to the page to see the rest of the girls' evening. She sighed and rolled her eyes with a smile as she looked at her protective husband next to her when they got to the Throttle's album.

"Krhm.. You made a show about my strippers.. And here you are.. Or Vinnie and Stoker are.. Dancing with seats.. Where are you? THROTTLE!" Carbine laughed at first but then even more when she noticed the picture of drunk Throttle enjoying his breasts shaped cake. "What?! At least I didn't stuff my hand filled with money into it! And what comes to Vinnie and Stoker, I guess we need to show that picture to them and ask if they remember their last dance" Throttle laughed but then saw her other eyebrow lifted up.

"Okay, fine.. I'm sorry Carbine. Like our friends said 'enjoy these photo albums and not start a fight for them. Everything was alright'.." Throttle said, making her look at him and then pointed at the photo with her whole palm as she still was looking at him, demanding answers. "You are eating it all over! How drunk are you in this photo?" She asked, getting him to laugh. "Maybe I was imagining those being yours, babe.. Are you jealous over a cake? I mean I can do that to you anytime- Oh okay.." He said but then continued as he saw her only lifting up her other eyebrow again, meaning that his flirting didn't work this time. "But turn the album another way, that's the end of the evening" He said and then they started from the beginning, which wasn't much help. "WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR GARAGE?!" Carbine gasped when she saw the males' entrance to their house in Plutarkian costumes to get Throttle to his bachelor party.

"Yeah.. About that.. I warned them.. And they fixed that but I guess the photo might be enough.. So it's the guys that happened.." Throttle said, or tried to explain, as he looked at her eyebrow starting to twitch. "I swear.. When I see them next time.. They'll find their ears from their tails!" Carbine growled, making him only laugh at first but then shut his mouth fast. "Alright! Sorry sorry!" Throttle hurried to lift his hands up fast when she turned to look at him. "Are you sure you aren't related to Niv instead of Stoker?" He asked, with the result that he found himself falling back to the couch, groaning and rubbing his other bicep.

"I'm happy you saw your friend Kaos after a long time, but I hope that his name isn't too literal.." Carbine said as she dropped down to sit back next to him. "Umm.. Maybe it's better if I don't answer that then.." He chuckled while remembering his childhood friend. "Oh boy.. Then better not.." Carbine said, making him laugh as they continued going through his album.

"I want to try to an escape room sometimes too! That looks so fun!" Carbine laughed as she looked at his pictures excitedly. Seeing the males doing the tasks drunk was also very funny. "I guess I can't say the same about the strippers.." Throttle smirked at her, making her smirk back at him. "Females no. As your wife now I don't allow that. But about those males.. Maybe.." Carbine grinned, making his jaw drop down to the ground. "Disgusting Carbine!!" Throttle growled, getting her laugh, the situation ending him tickling her the way she ended up wiping some tears off her eyes.

"Uh.. Like we have said even on the battlefield that we make a good team, maybe we'd try an escape room together too.." Throttle groaned after rubbing his bicep again while Carbine was sticking her tongue out and fixing her hair a bit as she was standing a bit further from him too. "But ain't this whole marriage one escape room too?" He said when she turned her back to him for a moment, making her gasp as her jaw dropped down.

"Throttle, the Son of Felix!! How dare you?!" Carbine laughed too with him when he was sure it was safe to do it. "Just joking, babe.." He added when she rolled her eyes and walked back to him. "Terrible.. Terrible joke.." She said while swinging her tail as she moved the album next to him so she could sit on his lap.

"Was it really?" Throttle smirked when he lifted his hands on her waist. "Umm.. You tell me. Wasn't that such an escape room when you woke up tied in that bed?" Carbine grinned, making him cough and twitch his nose before laughing. "Terrible, terrible joke, Carbine!" He said, getting her to laugh and kiss him passionately, her arms resting over his shoulders.

He felt her pressing her chest purposely against him which got him turn to look down and grin widely. "You sure you don't want me to eat you all over?" He said as licking his lips before feeling her running her index finger's nail along his jawline to get him to look back at her. "Maybe.. Maybe.. But we should get through those books.. and the other gifts.." She smirked at him before the next she pressed her lower stomach closer to his, making him gulp and sigh deeply.

"Oh screw that!!" He groaned before lifting her under him, making her scream and laugh as he climbed over her to lift her shirt up and pull it over her head. "Throttle! Hey, Throttle!!" She laughed as she felt him placing kisses first on her neck and then heading down to her breasts. A moan escaped from her mouth before she lifted his head up by grabbing his hair to pull him back to kiss her. Doing that caused him to groan, also in pleasure. "Hey hey, my beautiful wife" He smirked, causing her to giggle and continue kissing him passionately. Throttle lifted the albums down on the couch with his tail to make sure they wouldn't accidentally break them.

"I see you guys had more booze than we had.." Carbine chuckled when they continued going through his album after a steaming hot break that cut off the gift opening for a moment. "We did.. And I can still remember that hangover I got the next day.." Throttle laughed while pulling his boxers back on him. "Yea yea.. But why is there a picture of Modo's ass in your album? Do I even wanna know?" Carbine asked, getting Throttle to laugh the way he had to wipe some tears off his eyes. After his explanation, she ended up laughing too.

"Oh no.. Poor Kaos.. Or maybe that's just a way to punish him about our garage.." Carbine laughed when Throttle sat back next to her since she had got her clothes back on her faster. "The entrance was Vinnie's idea. Don't blame only Kaos" He said which got her to turn her head immediately. "What? I should have guessed that.." Carbine said and a deep sigh followed after it. "Hey.. I can remind you about your strippers. So what if we forget that garage too?" Throttle said and lifted his hands on her shoulders to rub her gently.

"Alright alright.. But how can you get only 16 questions right from 25? What excuse do you have for that, huh? And don't tell me you were too busy destroying that cake like guys did to our garage! Because you know, that ain't even close to the real thing!" Carbine said as she lifted her both hands on her breasts when she found out the results of the quiz they both had during the bachelor parties. Seeing that got him only to look directly at there, which she also saw very clearly and it got her to smirk at him.

"Umm.. Uh.. W-What.. What do you mean by only 16?" He asked, having clearly trouble to answer as the only thing he could do was to stare at her breasts that bounced a bit from her movement. He forced himself to grab the album from her after she wiped her tail under his jaw to get his attention away from her chest level to look back at her. "I got 17!" Carbine smiled proudly, making him glare at her. "Only one more.. What a brag" He snorted, getting her only to laugh. "I am your wife after all!" Carbine laughed, getting him to kiss her again. "Exactly. My wife, who makes me crazy!" He winked at her before attacking her again with multiple kisses, getting her scream and laugh in his arms lovingly. The just married couple were having so much fun and lovely time together till Carbine came back to the current moment and realized the facts again.

"I really should be angry at you.." Carbine sighed uncomfortably before she closed the album on her lap. Neither of them noticed that they hadn't actually gotten to the end of the albums yet even at once since during the first time it had gotten interrupted again as they had got something more important to do and soon the albums had been forgotten. "You have all the rights, but you still came here. You have visited me quite often even though what happened.. You could have just disappeared.. And sentenced us to death, which I am very thankful that you didn't. At least yet" Throttle said while looking at her. She just turned her head away but soon felt him moving her hair away to see her face.

"Yeah.. Yet.." Carbine said but then turned to look at Throttle who lifted his hand away. "I wouldn't want to see Felix growing up with just one parent.. I was so afraid of how I could be his only parent.. That he would grow with only a mother.. But you are back.." She started which got him smiling but then she continued, getting him to sigh and turn to look down for a moment.

"But I don't know.." She continued, making him drop down his ears. "You don't know? Do you mean.. You want to break up?" He asked, but was too afraid to turn to look at her. He felt a familiar feeling on his chest, and he knew it wasn't the good one. "I.. I know what I have done.. But we just had.. wonderful time on that couch.. And.." Throttle started to hesitate but then felt her hand under his jaw when she made him look at her. He was about to turn to look away with a fear in his eyes, heart and mind, but her words got him to stop and look at her. "No.. Even if I don't know anything.. Maybe.. Maybe I can try to give you a chance? I need to get my mind back on track with everything, and I have that medication, but still.." Carbine said but then saw a tear rolling down the tan furred male's cheek.

"Throttle.." She sighed and they both knew he understood her. "Carbine.. I.. I don't know what to say.. You don't know what that means to me" He mumbled before she grabbed him by his scarf to pull him into a kiss. "I love you, Carbine" He said, making her smile at him. "Can I assume that you also let me meet my son more? Like you said earlier?" Throttle said, getting her to nod at him. "Yes, and when it is, you are the first to know it" Carbine said, making him smile and turn to look at their son too. "So there's hope for us and our family?" He asked, getting her to turn to look at him.

"Probably.. Maybe.. But we'll see.." She started but then a scent got caught in her nose which made her get up from the couch. "But what? What we'll see?" Throttle asked and followed her to Felix who she lifted up from the crib. "Now you can enjoy your time with your son. You wanted it, huh, macho mouse?" She smirked while holding their son out for him which got him to twitch his nose. "Carbine!! Are you serious?!" He said while taking a step back as she took a step towards him.

"He is also your son! And now it's your time to learn how to be a father! So, now, during this day, Throttle!" She said while laughing along with Felix who had just woken up from his nap and was giggling when he got lifted up in the air. He was just looking at his parents, all awakened and happy, and he was throwing his tiny hands into the air as a sign of excitement. "Oh maan.." Throttle growled, tried to smile at his son while having his ears down, and then he took Felix in his arms but held him as far away from his face as possible, which got Carbine to laugh even more.

"Oh you clearly enjoy this, don't you?!" Throttle growled at her while heading to the bathroom she pointed at to go. "Of course! I would never want to skip seeing this! Especially when there's finally a chance for it after all" She laughed and carried the baby's bag to him while listening to his gacking sounds. Throttle just rolled his eyes and sighed deeply, which seemed to be easier to do than to breathe in.

"Oh you are so macho when it comes to battles but when there's a baby's poop against you, you are all defeated.." She smirked at herself but didn't say it out loud even if she wanted to. "Are you sure you can do this?" She asked instead with a smirk on her face while leaning against the doorway, her arms crossed. "Of course! I want to get to know my son" Throttle asked while having some hard time when he placed his son on the right table where he could change his diaper. He was about to throw up because of the scent but then he shook his shoulders and forced himself to keep it all together.

Carbine was just smirking at the doorway and enjoying the moment completely which wasn't unclear at all to the tan furred commander. "Be prepared.. He is definitely your son, in good and bad ways.." She warned him when he got everything necessary prepared on the table before turning to his son who was still giggling like he was having fun too. "What do you mean bad wa- OH MAN THAT'S DISGUSTING!!" He took a couple of steps backward immediately he got the diaper opened. That got Carbine to burst out laughing and lean against her knees.

"I warned you!! But don't curse in front of the baby.." She laughed at first but then growled protectively. Even if he was his father, she was still very protective over their baby. And even if she was looking and behaving pretty much alright, he could see that everything actually wasn't, which might be because of her medication. "Oh maan.." Throttle was about to run to throw up but instead of doing it, he decided to take a deep breath and gather himself up together again. He couldn't let him give up in front of Carbine. But her next question got him unguarded. "You had him over one evening already, how was that diaper so light when I came to pick him up?" She asked while having her arms crossed again.

"Stoker is more experienced on these kinds of things.." Throttle said honestly which got her eyes widened. "Throttle!! How dare you! Well now it's about time to face this too.." She said but he just turned to look at her. "But this is fully loaded!" He said, which got her only to laugh. "I told you he is your son!!" She said which got him only to groan and turn back to their giggling son. As well as his mother, Felix seemed to have fun for the moment too.

"Hey!!" Throttle growled at her while all she could do was to wipe tears off her eyes. "Which brings one sudden drinking night back to my mind.. When you, so fresh in the morning, managed to put the whole bathroom into reno.." Carbine laughed, getting him to glare at her. "Don't you dare.. It wasn't this bad.." Throttle said while trying to get the diaper changed. "It was! And even worse. Brings the Loogie Brothers into my mind.." Carbine smirked, making his jaw drop down.

"Don't you dare to compare me to Plutarkians!" Throttle growled, but her reaction got him only to roll his eyes and sigh. "True.. You are worse.." She said, a smirk following after it. "Carbine!!" He growled, but when he turned to look at her while holding the dirty diaper in his other hand, he saw her being about to leave. "What am I going to do now? Carbine.. Carbine! Don't leave me alone with this!!" Throttle started to panic when she threw her long black hair over her shoulder.

"Oh hear me! You are doing just fine! And you are going to be alright" She said while she was about to open the door. Throttle ran after her, out from the bathroom, but still making sure he could still see Felix and that he couldn't fall from the table. "Don't go! Carbine.. Carbine! I can't do this.. or live without you!" Throttle blurted out, but meant every word of it when Carbine's tail disappeared behind the office's door.

The Door was about to get closed, but then Carbine's head took a peak behind it. "But still you decided to explode yourself all over the red ground of Mars and spend who knows how long, alone who knows where?" She said, making him growl frustrated after checking Felix was alright when he turned to look back at her. "It was a different thing!" He said, getting her to walk in and close the door behind her so no-one could hear them and Throttle would still be safe.

"Oh? Easier than this? Keeping your son clean?" Carbine said while crossing her arms again. She was also making sure Felix was alright there, which Throttle saw from her eyes and also that he should be there instead and not leave their baby on a table alone. "Carbine.. C'moon. And don't you dare to laugh at me over there, help me!" He said immediately he saw her starting to smile and laugh at him again. "Oh you are so macho.. Can save the whole planet but can't change one diaper" She said while walking past him into the bathroom as she heard Felix was about to let out a cry since he didn't see his parents and felt uncomfortable there. He calmed down immediately his mother sweet talked to him and she walked into his view.

"That's also a different thing!" Throttle sighed when Carbine walked to Felix. "Maybe I just show you with the antenna connection how this is supposed to do and then leave you to do it all by yourself?" Carbine turned to look at Throttle who dropped down his ears. "No.. Please.. I'm begging you.." Throttle said which got her only to smirk more. "Oh? You are begging.. Macho mouse?" She said, but her expression got him even more frustrated. "Carbine.." He said while she was still just smirking. He could tell by the nickname she called him that she was just messing up with him and also giving him a little bit of a hard time for a tease.

"Please.." Throttle said and after a while Carbine's expression turned to a smile. "Okay, but we are going to do this together. First, you throw that away" Carbine said, getting him to sigh frustrated again. "What was the talk about doing together? Other than making that baby.." Throttle said before he smirked this time, getting her only to slap his butt with her tail and laugh at him.

"Alright, I'll go.. But Carbine.." He started, getting her turn to look at him. "Mmh?" She started and then saw his genuine smile. "I'm happy to hear you laughing. I have missed you" He said, getting her smile too but then she turned to look away fast to not cry. She heard him taking the diaper away but his gacking sounds got her only to laugh again. All that time Throttle held the diaper as far away from him as he could which made Carbine laugh so much she felt her stomach starting to ache. All she could do was to listen if he survived from that hard task she gave him.

"Your father isn't a diaper changing kinda type. But guess what. He's going to get used to it. Right, Felix?" She whispered to her son before nuzzling her nose against his little nose. Both of them laughed and then Carbine shared the connection with their antennas. Throttle came back just before it and seeing them together got him smiling and feeling like his heart would melt right there.

"I would never get bored of this view.." He said while leaning against the doorway. Hearing him and his words got Carbine to turn to smile at him. "What next?" He asked as he walked in the bathroom. "Then you are going to get your hands cleaned and get a new diaper ready from there. I clean Felix but you'll look how to do it" She explained and soon with their cooperation Felix got himself a clean diaper. His parents were watching him happily even though just a moment before he had been wriggling all that he could to give them some challenge to get the new diaper on him.

"I love both of you" Throttle said when he was about to hug her, he felt her pushing him away. It took a moment from Carbine to decide to hug him back. After that she buried her face against his chest and then kissed him, getting him to kiss her back. She was all silent but when he noticed she didn't know what to say, he told her it was alright. She would or not say it when she was ready. It was up to her.

"It was so nice to go through the albums together.. I'm happy you brought them with you" Throttle said while still holding her in his arms where she had decided to stay for a moment. "I'm happy about that too. And I'm glad Niv took care of that our house was alright while I was living together with Vinnie.. Until he left for 'a secondment' and the place got burnt.. After that I moved to the base with Felix. But without Niv, I'm not sure if I had the albums either anymore.." She explained, making him realize one and then one another thing.

"What burn.. Are you alright? Is Felix alright?" He asked worriedly, and after her short explanation, he sighed deeply and rubbed her back gently. He also realized something he wasn't sure if he'd say it out loud. "Terrible.. You have gone through too much.. Both of you. You were still expecting him when.. Gosh.. Does the medication help even a bit?" He asked, getting a small nod as an answer. "Not much but a bit, so I can cope at least somehow.." She said while wrapping her arms around him again. "I'm going to help you. I don't leave you alone, Carbine.. But, does that also mean we still have our house there alright?" He asked after thinking about the whole thing. There probably wasn't a time when he wasn't feeling bad about the mission and everything that happened during it. So far it had caused nothing good in their life, except that he probably had saved Mars. But for them personally, no, nothing good at all.

"If the Plutarkians didn't send us a wedding gift after your explosion, then it's supposed to be there.." Carbine said, waking him up from his thoughts at the same, before she took something out of the bag after letting him go. "You still have that? I thought you.. At the balcony.." Throttle said when he noticed the blue scarf in her hands. "Felix loves it.. When I left there, he couldn't let me go without having it.." She said while showing the scarf to him, making him smile and take it from her gently. "Then it's his.." He said, making her lift her other hand over her mouth while holding her tears back when he tied the scarf gently around Felix's little bicep, the way he couldn't get himself tangled to it and also hurt himself by that.

"Like his mother wore it.." Throttle smiled and then lifted Felix into his arms from the table. He supported his head against his other arm like she had taught him and later Stoker had reminded him to do. Seeing him being such a good and caring father to their son caused Carbine's heart to melt. "Like his father.. So handsome" Carbine smiled at the view and then walked to hug both of them. Throttle opened his other arm to her so she could support Felix with her other arm in Throttle's hug. "Come here.." Throttle said lovingly before leaning in to kiss her, but then she remembered one thing that got her eyes widened during the kiss.

"We are late!" She said when she turned to look at the clock on the wall in the office. "Late from what? Are you two going to go to some kind of gymnastic exercises for babies?" Throttle asked while Carbine gathered everything back in the bag fast. "No, you are coming with us!" She smiled, making him look confused. "What? Where? You know I can't leave here.." He said but then saw her smiling.

"Everything is alright. Even if Stoker isn't one of my favorite mice right now, he got everything settled the way you can come with us. So, put your clothes back on, give me your specs and follow me" Carbine explained and handed her hand towards him, which got him even more confused. "'Give me your specs'? You know I can't see without them. Is your mom totally crazy, huh?" Throttle said while holding Felix still in his arms, and the last sentence he leant to whisper to him, but it got heard by the light gray furred female too.

"Just give them to me. I know you are going to like this" Carbine said and walked to him to take Felix and put him into the crib again. Throttle just growled before sighing deeply as he got himself dressed fast. "Alright.. But only because I trust you.. I really trust you, Carbine.." He said and then took his specs and closed his eyes to not let the light hurt his eyes. "Thank you, and good. Now, come with me, handsome" Carbine smirked and grabbed his hand into hers while carrying the crib in her other one. Throttle took the bag from her to help her, even if he had no clue what was going on..

Timeskip: Some time later at the base's lounge area

"Is this some kind of sex surprise, babe? But what kind sex surprise would include your-.. Okay probably not.. Definitely not!!" Throttle managed to say before feeling her to stop and let go of his hand slowly. Doing that got him a bit nervous at first but when she did it slowly, it gave him more trust in the situation. He heard Carbine laughing close to him before hearing someone else talking too.

"There he is.." Throttle heard someone whispering as his ears moved very sharply from every sound he heard since he couldn't see anything at all. He felt himself clumsy when all he could do was just to follow Carbine, but from every turn and where she headed their way, he could tell that they were still in the base, and if he wasn't wrong, they had been going towards the lounge area. Not also that told him that, but also the scents of food and other sounds that came from there. The atmosphere and sounds would have been different if they had gone outside or in any other space. Also the scents of food were stronger than smelling someone else's scent in the room, but since Carbine and Felix were still close to him, he could easily smell their scents too.

He also heard someone counting silently from one to three before he felt Carbine putting his specs back on him and.. "SURPRISE!!" Everyone shouted around him and his bros, Vinnie and Modo who also had been brought there with eyes tied at first. But they weren't the only ones. Also Xander was standing next to them, and had got a scarf off his eyes too. "This is your 30 year old birthday party!" Jessica smiled while holding Jade in her arms when the four males looked so confused. "So.. Happy Birthday, Biker Mice and Xander!!" Carbine started and everyone joined to shout it together with her.

"Did you know about this?" Throttle asked his brother and his bros before he saw a familiar face in the middle of his friends when Modo was about to say no. "Kaos!" He smiled when he saw the blond furred male with brown stripes hurrying to hug his childhood friend. "What's up, hero?! Last time I saw you was in your wedding and then heard about your death and now man's having a birthday, all healthy looking and reborn!" He laughed, making Throttle laugh too. "Long story.. But so good to see you!" He said but then felt his bros on his back.

"We didn't know about this either!" They laughed when Niv put the music on to get the party started. "This is mostly Throttle's and Xander's birthday, but also Modo's since his thirties were during the war.. Vinnie's are still coming up but can be celebrated now and then too" Carbine explained, getting Throttle to smile and walk to hug her tightly. "This is also a celebration for Throttle's rebirth, like Kaos said. And also celebration for Jade's birth, and Felix's. And also for engagements, and marriages.. Everything at once!!" Niv laughed while trying to remember everything from the long list of reasons for the party.

"Well ain't that the perfect way to come back then?" Vinnie laughed while patting Throttle to his back. "Yeah, I guess so.." He smiled, getting Carbine to smile too. "You guess so? Well you're welcome, Throttle!" Niv laughed as she walked closer to bring some drinks to the males. "Thank you Niv. This is.. This is amazing, from all of you" Throttle smiled and then even more when he saw Carbine walking next to her uncle's wife.

"There are plenty of food and drinks for every-" She was about to say but then all of their heads turned to the buffet where Rimfire and Rhea were already arguing. Rimfire was taking some food but Rhea seemed to be annoying him by taking the food from his plate. "What did I do to get an annoying sister like you?!" Rimfire growled when Rhea just walked forward to get more food to her plate. "I don't know! Maybe just were annoying by yourself so mom and dad wanted to have a more wonderful one!" She grinned at him, getting him only to groan and roll his eyes.

"Urgh! Can't you just stop?! You are making me insane!" He said which got Mericy to sigh deeply and look at the others with an apologizing expression while Carbine finally got a chance to end her sentence and tell that there were also presents for the birthday heroes, but they would be given a bit later which made at least Vinnie a bit frustrated. Xander wondered why since it wasn't even his birthday yet which made him growl even more at the tan furred male.

Soon their growls and arguments couldn't be heard anymore because of the siblings. "Never! I know you love me!" Rhea winked at her brother while Modo turned to look at his older sister. "Do you hear them.. Mama wouldn't appreciate that you let them talk like that.." He said, getting Mericy to turn to look back at him. "That's just sibling love, dear Modo.. Let them fight so they are quiet at night.." She said while throwing her other palm a bit towards her children as a sign that their behavior was usual.

"Are they? They are your kids, Mericy.. With all respect" Throttle said which got her to freeze for a moment and then gasp. "Hey! Why do you assume they got that from me and not from their father?" Mericy growled at the commander but then Carbine joined the conversation. "Well, we know you! And Modo. And if Modo's all calm and well behaved from you two, then it has to be you from the siblings that are like they are!" The Black haired female said, getting the adults to laugh, Mericy to groan and chuckle while Rimfire and Rhea were still fighting over food.

"There is enough food for everyone! Like Carbine said!" Rimfire growled at his sister who just continued taking the food from his plate even if he turned his back to her. Modo sighed deeply and rolled his eye while following the situation that Mericy didn't bother to interrupt. "Grass is greener at the other side of the fence! Haven't you ever heard of that, brother?" Rhea laughed and quickly stuffed some martian junk food in her mouth before Rimfire managed to get it back. "Even a sand raider was easier to deal with than you!" He sighed, getting her almost to choke on food.

"Heyy!! At least a sand raider isn't as good looking as I am! Speaking of which, why didn't you wake me up to sneak together to the forces?!" Rhea hurried to say after finishing that stolen piece of food. "Umm let me think.. Maybe you would have defeated a sand raider by talking!! Or maybe exposed our own platoon to the enemy with your blabbering!" Rimfire said, getting some of the adults to laugh even if Modo walked in between the siblings to cut off their fighting.

"Hey hey hey! Watch your mouths kids!" He growled at them, making Rhea only to take a peek behind his other arm. "You heard what Uncle Modo said!" She smirked, only to annoy Rimfire even more. But before he or their uncle managed to say anything more, Vinnie walked to the other side of the buffet as they joined them to get some food for themselves. "Besides.. We already have Niv for that!" Vinnie said, Niv following right behind him in the line, hearing everything they were talking about.

"Exactly! ... Hey!!" She said before she realized what he had just said, getting everyone to laugh and Carbine to move closer to Niv in the line behind her. She noticed that the Crown Princess had gotten into her thoughts before that. "Is everything alright? Vinnie's just joking.. You are an excellent sniper" She said, getting her to sigh. "Yea.. I know. It's just.. It's so nice to see everyone around their families and loved ones.." Niv said and turned to look around with her to see that everyone was enjoying spending time with their families and friends.

Carbine knew what she meant. "You miss your own?" She asked and then put her plate on the table to lift her other hand on Niv's shoulder. "I do.. A lot. There's still no signs from our daughters. My mother still has to hide. Stoker is somewhere unknown and Harley isn't here or her best either and is also arguing with Vinnie" Niv explained, getting Carbine to notice a couple of things, one of which was that Harley wasn't actually there with them. "You forgot one thing from that list.." She said, getting Niv to turn to look at her confused.

"Who? Or what?" She asked while the line moved and they walked to the couches. "Me, and the whole group. Look around you. You are not alone, Niv" Carbine smiled at her, making her smile a bit back at her. "Yea right.." She said, but then they saw Harley walking to the lounge area and straight to Niv instead of Vinnie. When he noticed her and that she didn't even bother to look at him, he dropped down his ears. "You left this in your room. It has been beeping ever since" She said and Carbine could tell that she had seen Vinnie there, who was still looking straight at her, but she behaved like she hadn't even noticed him.

Harley handed the martian monitor phone to her sister, and when Niv saw who was trying to call her, her reaction got everyone's attention in the room. "Huh? It's Stoker!" She said and hurried to answer immediately. "Finally! I thought you have found someone younger to yourself" Stoker said as Niv showed with her mechanical tail that it was alright for everyone to gather around, meaning that Vinnie was the fastest of them. Even hearing Stoker's name or voice got Carbine a bit tense and she didn't know how she should feel. He was the reason for her husband's mission after all, and by that the reason for all of her pain and what she had gone through too.

"Heyyy! Old timer! You're right!" He smirked, but it only got Harley to growl, making Vinnie shut his mouth. "I see.. There's a good party going on and already a fight. Seems like a typical Biker mice party to me! Happy birthday boys!" He chuckled and then saw Throttle on the screen too. "Yea, thanks Stoke. This is amazing! But.. Where are you? Why aren't you here?" Throttle asked while Vinnie shoved his face again to the monitor. "Old timer! Are you too old and clumsy to party?!" He laughed while Niv was holding the monitor and Carbine was about to get squeezed in the middle of all of them.

"Well hold on! I don't want to be part of this foursome!" Carbine laughed and escaped in the middle of the males which made them all laugh. Her cough got Throttle's attention for a moment before he turned to look back at his mentor, while Carbine walked purposely away from her uncle in the monitor. "Can't tell you that yet. But I have a moment to take part in your party this way. We'll party when I can be there with you again" Stoker explained shortly, and soon saw his wife on the screen. Throttle noticed that he was probably in some kind of cave, but saw nothing else than a rocky wall in the background.

"Boys boys! I haven't even got time to say hey to my husband and you have already run over me!" Niv hurried to say, making the Biker Mice laugh with their mentor. "A-hah, sorry sorry!" Throttle laughed and took a step backward from them to give the Crown Princess more space. "Haven't even told your wife where you are, so make sure you can calm me down when we meet again, 'Ker!" She said with a smirk on her face, getting Stoker gulp while the others laughed. "Alright alright.. Should we leave you alone with this monitor, Princess?" Vinnie joked hands up which got Niv to growl and soon Jessica and Harley heard a loud smack and "Ouch!!" while they were talking around the table where food and drinks were served as the others had moved further from it.

As Niv continued interrogating her husband, Carbine took a step towards Throttle who got some safe space between him and the cream white furred female. "Ain't it the bravest mouse on Mars who dashed to the lot?" Carbine chuckled, getting the Biker Mice to laugh at her words. Throttle turned to smirk at her, getting a shy smile from her too. "Huh?" Stoker asked since he heard them talking too. "Youngsters talking.. So.. Hey, what's up?" Niv asked, getting his attention back to her.

"Well hello, my beautiful wife. Just called to join the party even for a moment" He said, a smirk following after it but his words got her to lift up her other eyebrow. "So you had that much time, but not for-?" She was about to say but he spoke over her. "Hey, let's not start another fight. It's Biker Mice's birthday after all.." Stoker said, getting her sigh and groan. "Fine.." She said before Carbine's voice got her to turn her head.

"Not everyday martians turn 30" She said, getting Niv to chuckle. "Especially if in a coma!" She blurted out, but Stoker could hear a certain tone in her voice. "Heeeey.. Let's cheer the party up. How's Harley?" Stoker asked, getting Harley's attention, but her answer wasn't as cheerful as he or anyone had probably hoped for. "Ask your boy.." She said, getting Vinnie to sigh deeply. "Harleyy.." He said, making Niv turn the monitor back to herself while he walked closed to the light brown furred female. "Couldn't we talk about it?" He whispered, but only got her to turn her head away as both of them sighed. "Just give her some space, Vinnie.." Throttle suggested before turning to look at the monitor in Niv's hands first and then Carbine.

"That's the way to cheer things up" Carbine sighed to her uncle as she joined Jessica and Harley to the couch. "But ain't this better than to get new furniture afterwards?" Jessica joked, getting Vinnie to gulp as Stoker and the others started to laugh. He still felt awkward about it. "You are right!! Someone is still up one couch for me!" Stoker said and got Niv to turn the monitor back to the others as she sat on the chair.

"How can you remember that old thing with your memory, Old timer?!" Vinnie grunted while opening a bottle of root beer. "Easily! I raised you, punk!!" Stoker shouted from the monitor, getting all of them to laugh. "Speaking of which.. My children are too quiet to be around.." Mericy said when she noticed that Rimfire and Rhea had stopped arguing. She turned to look over her shoulder before someone's words got her to turn back. "You said it.." Carbine chuckled and hide herself behind her drink. "Hey! It was you who took them to that training! Do I still need to remind you about that?!" Mericy pointed at the light gray furred female who sneaked herself behind Throttle.

"No!" She hurried to say behind him. "And now I am decent to you?" Throttle laughed, making her smile awkwardly. "Well.. You were also on the couch.." She said, which got his jaw to drop down. "Just decent there?! Oh I have lost my touch.." Throttle said as he threw his head backwards. "Well your touch exploded if you can't remember.." Vinnie joked, getting both of them to turn to look at him. "Yes we can!!" Both Carbine and Throttle shouted, getting Xander, who had followed the whole show silently with Kaos, to sigh this time. "And another fight.. Thanks Vinnie.." He said and then cheered along with Kaos with the root beer bottles in their hands.

It took some time for them to calm down with Modo's and Jessica's help, with the result that the females got to sit on the couch and chairs with the babies and males decided to gather around the buffet table. Some safe distance to clear out the air, as Jessica said, was a good plan and soon all that steam calmed down a bit. During that, Stoker had to end the call but he wished the guys happy birthday once more, and after Niv told him the list again of what they were also celebrating, he congratulated the others too together with Harley. Meanwhile Carbine started to feel a bit odd again, but she tried to cover it by talking about something else with the light brown furred female.

"I'm happy you came, even if Vinnie's a jerk.." Carbine hugged Harley, getting her to shake her head as they sat next to each other on the couch. "Not now.. Like I see, you didn't want to talk with your uncle much either. So let's just celebrate all the many reasons from the long list Niv had hard time explaining.. I see like twice or thrice already" Harley smiled before Jessica asked if she wanted to hold Jade in her arms for a moment while Carbine sighed deeply at her words about her uncle.

During that they heard the guys laughing and enjoying themselves and the party. All of the females sighed that everything got back to normal. "Isn't she cute?" Jessica asked but then saw Sapphire walking to them from getting herself more food. She had come with Jessica, but had decided to follow along how everyone would feel that she was also invited to be there. "You mean perfect? With her little light blue eyes she has got opened" She said, getting the females to agree with her.

"So nice to see you also here, Sapph" Jessica smiled at her sister who smiled and agreed with her, but then Carbine realized something. "Blue eyes? But neither of you or Modo has blue eyes" She said, getting them all to turn to look at her and Jade's eyes. "You are right.. Does someone else in your family have blue eyes?" Harley asked, making Sapphire shake her head. "No, I don't think so. Also both Jess and I have green eyes" She said, making Carbine mention that Modo had red eye. "Right.. But Mericy has blue eyes. So maybe it comes from Modo's side of the family but skipped him?" Jessica said, making them all wonder about the thing. "Is it possible?" Evangeline wondered as she had got herself food and drink too with Rhea's and Rimfire's help since it was difficult to do with the crutches.

Sapphire helped her to get to a comfortable chair to sit down and have a table in front of her for eating. She thanked and smiled at her before telling her that her hair looked amazing which got Sapphire to glow even more from happiness. "It's not impossible either. And seems the only logical reason at this point.." Jessica said and fixed Jade's position in her arms after Harley gave the babygirl back to her mother. "Right. But she is gorgeous! Like her mother and her aunt!" Sapphire smiled, making them all laugh before she turned to look at Felix in Carbine's arms. "Ain't he cute and perfect too? Is this also a play date for them as well as a party?" She asked, getting Carbine chuckle and smile at Jessica. "Sounds like a proper way to get to know each other as the babies of the Biker Mice. What do you think, Jess?" She asked, but then they heard someone walking to them. "Maybe this is a better option than a battlefield.." Jessica managed to say before they turned to look at the comer.

"Females all around the babies but I couldn't get my eyes off one.. Hey, my name is Kaos" Kaos said as he walked to the females who greeted him but soon Harley noticed that he had his eyes on Sapphire, who turned to smile at him too. She even threw some of her hair over her shoulder when she turned to the blond furred male. "Oh boy.. Tell me that I need specs like Throttle.." Harley whispered to Carbine who laughed at her words. "At least she's over Modo.. And it could be worse" She said and then heard Jessica agreeing with them before Niv walked to them with a tray of new drinks in her hands, she had managed to sneak from the buffet without the males noticing it at all. She had many other skills too than just to be a sniper and the Crown Princess.

"Hey let's enjoy this party, girls! And also babies" She said and handed nonalcoholic drinks to Jessica, Carbine and Harley while some were enjoying stronger ones too. "Should I be happy or not that there's no need to carry bottles for this little fella.." Carbine laughed as the females enjoyed their drinks and food while Jessica and Carbine had their babies better in their arms. "Oh you tell me!" Jessica sighed, getting both of them to laugh. "Oh just wait for it.. If looked in that direction over there, and that if they are anything like their fathers, when they are adults, the amount of bottles is endless!" Niv laughed while pointing at the guys who had started to play rootbeerbong.

"Well then they can buy their own bottles.." Harley said and just glared at the direction of cheering Vinnie. But when he saw her looking at him, his ears dropped down for a moment. "Oh no don't you tell me that you two have argued again.. Before the party.. Ugh, what a dry night you two are going to have.." Niv said, getting her nod and sigh again, eyes rolling following after it. "Can I just.. Mmrhh!! I just sometimes want to choke them all!! Starting with their bloody mentor!" Niv growled frustrated, getting the females around her to laugh. "Says the Crown Princess!" Harley laughed, making her laugh too. "Hey Carbine are you sure you still don't want to sentence them to the Abyss of Death? I'd add Stoker to that list too.. And even kick him there personally by myself" Niv said while Carbine fixed Felix's position in her arms. He seemed to get a bit frustrated at first but then calmed down when he felt more comfortable again.

Carbine laughed at first but then shook her head. "No. There's no need for it, Niv. But I'll inform you if I change my mind.." She said and then smiled at Throttle who smiled back at her. "Are you two back together?" Jessica asked when she saw that while she also noticed that Sapphire headed to have some food with Kaos. They seemed to get along but were they also flirting, Jessica was thinking before Carbine's answer got her to turn to look back at her. "I'm not sure yet. Maybe getting towards it since I told him that I might give him a chance.." She said, getting them all to turn to look at her happily and understandingly.

"That's good, but I understand that you need to think about it. I'd have dumbed Vinnie if he had done such a thing.. I think it's even more like a miracle that you even consider taking him back.." Harley said while taking a sip from her glass. "Well I think the situation would be different if the little guy hadn't been born.. Am I right, Carbine? Huh, Carbine? No.. Don't you say! You two have already slept together!" Niv said while looking at Carbine who was first looking at the tan furred commander but when she heard Niv's words she turned to look at them confused and tried to look like nothing had happened.

"Carbine!" Jessica laughed but she just took a sip from her drink too. "What? Where did you get that?" Carbine asked but then heard Harley starting to laugh too. "You are impossible!" She looked at her best friend who still didn't react to them, which clearly annoyed especially the Crown Princess. "Maybe I'll go get more food now.. You can think whatever you want. Especially you, special agent Niv.." Carbine chuckled but her words were just gas to the cream white furred female's flames.

"I KNEW IT!! And you are not going anywhere! Sit on your can't-resist-commander's-charm-arse and tell us everything!! Or I'll go squeeze the truth out of our precious commander!" Niv grabbed Carbine's arm and forced her to sit back down after she had given Felix to Harley's arms. "Hey!!" Carbine growled but ended up laughing at her uncle's wife. "You. Are. Impossible.." She sighed at her but it got her only to smile proudly. "Darling I know that! And so does your uncle!" She laughed, getting them all to laugh, which got the males attention from the drinking game.

"I bet that they are laughing at us.." Xander said after throwing a ball to a cup, causing Vinnie to drink. "Hey, what do you have to worry about? They barely even know you!" He said after drinking the drink down at once. "Says our beersponge" Throttle smirked and slapped Vinnie's back, making him almost choke on his drink while laughing. "Maybe.. Maybe.." Xander just said and added in his mind "If stripping to your wife doesn't count, brother.." but didn't say it out loud. He could remember clearly even that Niv was one of the most drunk females during the bachelor party and she had almost climbed in his and Zeka's pants to give the money personally to them. Even a memory of that got him laughing at himself. He wasn't sure if they remembered him from that night, but so far there weren't any signs of it.

"I'm carrying that nickname proudly! And I'm going to win this game Xander!" Vinnie's howling got Xander to pop out from his memories as he was looking at the females. When it was his turn to drink, he noticed that Throttle headed towards the females. That got noticed also by his bros too. "Throttle! You hound!!" Vinnie and Modo laughed when they noticed some changes from his body language when he leaned against the backrest behind Carbine. It was also impossible to not hear what Niv had just shouted.

"What? I'm just checking on my son. Is that forbidden now?" He said but then turned to look back at the females again. "We know you two couldn't keep your hands off each other!!" Niv laughed with Harley and soon Jessica and Mericy joined them too. "Oh please.. Make them shut their mouths.." Carbine sighed deeply and turned to look at Throttle with a side eye. "Oh, like he definitely didn't do to you?" Harley winked, making both Carbine and Throttle drop down their jaws.

"Vincent!! You have ruined our sweet Harley!" Throttle turned to shout over his shoulder while Carbine shouted the Crown Princess' name. "What? What did I do now? She's already angry at me!" Vinnie grunted, getting Harley to cross her arms and growl too as she turned her head away. "And what do you mean by 'our', Throttle.." Carbine turned to look at Throttle who just gulped and laughed awkwardly, making them all laugh when Carbine got up from the couch and grabbed his ear.

"If your words were correct, we are still married!" She growled, but it got him just to look at her the way she found very cute, like a young boy he had once been and just fell in love with her. "Are you saying, in front of our friends, that you still love me?" Throttle said while having his hands up in the air to defend himself, getting all of their attention to themselves, which got Carbine to let his ear go roughly, cross her arms and growl as she turned her head away too. "Aww.. Carbine.. My love.." Throttle smirked before he jumped over the couch smoothly to hug her when she sat back down on it.

"Stop it.. Throttle.. I hate you.." Carbine growled but didn't wriggle herself free. "Noo.. I know you love me.. I love you too" Throttle said and kissed her head which got her to hug him back and all of their friends cheered for them. "It's just one hug, guys.. And now I'll go feed Felix" Carbine said while rolling her eyes with a smirk, but then she started to feel a bit odd again when she took Felix from Harley. "Are you alright?" Harley asked after noticing something in her behavior. Also Throttle heard Harley's words, which got his ears to move sharply and turn to look at the black haired female.

"I am. All this noise just gives me a headache" Carbine smiled before leaving the room. "I'll go check on her. We'll come right back" Throttle said and followed her to the other room while Mericy sighed since she had to once again command her children to behave. It wasn't also helping that Evangeline had taken Rhea's side and Rimfire didn't back up either. "What a party, eh?" Kaos chuckled, getting Sapphire to laugh and take a step closer to him, which made him wrap his other arm around her back.

Meanwhile in one meeting room, Carbine had put Felix in his crib so she could lift her other hand on her forehead to lean against a table. "Is everything alright?" Throttle asked, which got her to be startled at first. "Uh? Oh, it's you.." She started when he entered the room and closed the door behind him. "What's wrong?" He asked, getting her to sigh. "I think it's the medication.. But also the whole.. thing.. I'm not alright, Throttle" She said and dropped down her ears while looking down at the floor.

"Seeing you like that makes me really worried.. I want to help you, Carbine" He said as he walked to lift his hands on her biceps. There was a moment of silence before she lifted her head up to look at him and nod. "At first I wasn't sure if I could take part in this party at all, but I wanted to do it for you. But now.. I think.." She started, getting him to nod at her while in the lounge area, Mericy had grabbed Modo's arm to get him a bit further from the others.

"Don't you say you are already leaving, Mer? Rhea, Rimfire and Evangeline are just having fun their own way, but if you want, I can talk to them" Modo said but got her to shake her head. The three younger martians were enjoying their food and drinks and having a nice time chatting with each other and others too. The Girls even got some hair tips from Sapphire which got them happy and made at least Evangeline forget the horrible news for a moment. "It's not that. I.. I have something to tell you.. Before I tell to the others, and my kids" Mericy started as she turned to look at him from the trio while lifting her other hand on her stomach. Modo didn't realize what she meant and he showed it by lifting his other eyebrow up a bit.

"Alright? What is it?" Modo asked before telling Rimfire to go somewhere else since Mericy wanted to talk with him alone. He obeyed if he could taste some root beer, that got his mother to roll her eyes and cross her arms, but before it Rimfire saw her hand on her stomach. His eyes widened immediately but he smiled when Modo handed him his opened bottle. "You can taste the rest of this, but only this. I'll deal with your mother" He chuckled, getting Rimfire to smirk and run away fast with the bottle.

"Modo!!" Mericy growled at him, but then saw him leaning against the counter. "If we don't let him have it when we are around, he'll find out another way. Rimfire is a good kid but you know his sister. And you could also see the bottom of the bottle. It wasn't that much root beer in there anymore" Modo sighed and rolled his eye, getting her to do the same. "Fine.. But just wait till our mother hears about that! Just one more addition to the list since you escaped to marriage!" Mericy growled, getting him to sigh again. "Oh mama.." He said while turning to look back at her after rubbing his forehead for a moment.

"What you wanted to tell me?" He asked while praying for Stoker to give him another mission around the galaxy to escape from that upcoming harangue. "It's that.." Mericy was about to say before they heard someone else talking. "Hey, everyone! Can I have your attention for a moment?" Throttle's voice cut off their talking when he and Carbine walked back to the party. Everyone turned to look at them to see that he was carrying Felix in his arms while Carbine didn't look like everyone was alright. Especially Harley was looking at her worriedly, since if she couldn't even carry her son, then something must have been seriously wrong. It's not that she wouldn't let Throttle carry him, he carried their son the rest of the evening in the party, but it was more like that she looked.. weak, didn't she?

"What is it, bro?" Vinnie asked and smirked at Xander to annoy him again. He rolled his eyes before Throttle thanked everyone for their attention. "First I want to thank everyone about this wonderful party. This means a lot to me and us. But the bigger news is that. Since Stoker isn't here anymore, I inform you, Princess Niv" He started and turned to look at the princess who looked a bit surprised. "Yes? Go on, Commander Throttle" She said formally as she got up from the couch. She had a feeling that whatever he wanted to tell, was urgent and important.

"As we know what I had to do and because of that, Carbine is on sick leave even though she's also on maternity leave. We talked and came to the solution that I am stepping down as well from my duty as the commander. I need to concentrate on my family, Carbine and Felix and also on my own health. And I don't care what any of you think about this. We and especially I have made the decision. Thank you for listening" He said formally while having his other arm wrapped around Carbine's back. Everyone gasped and didn't know what to say. Even Vinnie was completely speechless.

"Commander.. I mean, Throttle.." Niv started at first while being also in shock, but after one gulp, she nodded at him. "Alright. I stand behind your decision and will inform Stoker about this" She said before Vinnie ran to shake Throttle from his shoulders. "You can't do that!! Throttle! Are you out of your mind?! You can't leave us!!" He said while Modo was about to go to them too, but Mericy grabbed his other arm to get him to turn back to her. He understood Vinnie's reaction, but he also knew that Stoker would understand and respect Throttle's decision like he and at least some of the others seemed to do too.

"I still can take care of Evangeline if you help to find any information possible about her family, but.. Modo.. I'm.. I am-" Mericy started to say while Rimfire drank his uncle's bottle empty fast before Rhea would steal it from him and after doing it, he whispered to his sister and Evangeline that he thinks that their mother is pregnant since he heard that she wanted to tell something to his brother first before her children and was holding her stomach. "MOM'S PREGNANT?!" Rhea gasped and screamed, which got everyone's eyes widened and Mericy to slap her hand to her forehead.

"Wow.. That's a.. new record.. Rhea.. Even from you.." Mericy sighed deeply when everyone turned to look at the gray furred siblings. "Mericy?" Harley started, but the whole situation gave her only one chance, to nod and get them to cheer and congratulate her. "But who's the father? Am I the only one who doesn't know who you are with? I thought you were single" Vinnie wondered before they heard Sapphire gasping. She had her eyes widened when she turned to look at Mericy. "Are you pregnant to our brother?! Am I and Jessica going to be aunts?" She said, getting them all even more shocked, and Jessica whispered silently "No" while lifting her other hand to her neck where was a scar that her brother had given her. She and Carbine shared horrified looks with each other.

There was a moment of silence before Vinnie bursted laughing. "No way!! Why and how would Mericy date that scumbag?! He is in prison where he should be for the rest of his life!" He smirked and whipped his tail but when he saw Mericy stepping forward to them, his jaw dropped down the floor. "Actually.. Vinnie.. Yes, I am.. I met him there since I am a chef in the prison's cafeteria" She said, the sound of a bottle breaking on the floor following after it. "What's wrong with that? I mean.. I get the prisoner part that isn't good but" Kaos asked while realizing he was probably the only one who didn't know a thing about the male they were talking about. "I know many of you hate him, but.. Modo.. Modo, are you alright?" Mericy asked when she noticed Modo was just staring forward which seemed a bit weird. Then, he lifted his hand on the left side of his chest, groaned and fell on his knees down the floor.

"MODO!!" She gasped, getting all of them gathered immediately around them. Jessica handed Jade into Sapphire's arms fast when she ran to her husband with Harley. She had had some distance from Vinnie the whole time during the party, because of their argument, and even if she was also on sick leave, she couldn't turn her back to one that needed help. Both of the nurses started to help the gray furred male who collapsed on the ground while Kaos and Xander ran to call for more help. "Modo! Modo! Don't leave us!!" Vinnie and Throttle called him while he was clearly having trouble breathing.

"Modo! Modo! Look at me! You are going to be alright, darling!" Jessica said worriedly while the guys lifted him onto the stretcher when a few other fighters ran in the space with Kaos and Xander. "J- Jessica.. Dear.. Where.. are you.." Modo managed to say and even his voice was weak. Everyone was so worried, and none of them had ever seen him that weak he was now. Everything happened so fast and none of them knew what was wrong with him.

"What do you mean? I'm right here! I'm coming with you to the hospital" Jessica said while holding Modo's hand when the fighters got him into a spaceship that was the fastest way to get him into the hospital since they were a bit far away from the closest one. While Xander had run to call to the hospital, Kaos found the fighters who were about to fly to the other side of Mars, but their mission got turned the other way around.

"You are soon in the hospital! Hang in there Modo!" Harley said before promising Jessica to take care of Jade with Sapphire's and Mericy's help. "I.. I.. I can't see you.." Modo panted in pain while trying to find her, which got Throttle, Vinnie and Carbine turn to look at each other with the rest of their friends. "I know.. Just go!" Carbine nodded at Throttle while she hurried to take Felix from him. "I call you when we are there.. Take care of Felix for me" Throttle said before nodding at Vinnie who had already ran to the spaceship. "We are not leaving you, bro!" Vinnie said before turning to look at Harley who nodded at him as the spaceship's door got closed.

Mericy and Rhea had lifted their hands on their mouths while they, Rimfire and Evangeline were also crying. They were all worried when the spaceship left the base. Inside the spaceship, Throttle and Vinnie helped the fighters to fly the fastest way possible to the closest hospital, which was the underground one in the city of Brimstone. "I.. I can't see anything.." Modo said weakly before he closed his eye that got the spaceship to hurry its way even faster. "Did.. Did I cause my brother a heart attack.." Mericy wondered while being in shock like all of them.

Modo was in serious danger. But did he get a heart attack like Mericy was afraid of, or was the issue more in his eye than in his heart? Why couldn't he see anything? Also the power couple of Throttle and Carbine were out of the game with their own health issues. Throttle insisted that they'd get Carbine recovered no matter what it cost and that health came before the career, and if they didn't manage to do it, he would never forgive himself even if their planet might have gotten saved.

All of the heroes seemed to get some kind of health problem, but would the Biker Mice ever be the same? Would they recover and everything get back to normal? Modo was definitely fighting for his whole life, but would he survive? .. What a tragic end to a party..

A few hours later, in the royal palace

After making sure the red band with white edgings were going perfectly over the chest from the left shoulder to the right side under arm, Niv walked fast along the corridor to enter the large throne hall. She opened the doors herself and closed them since very carefully selected guards were guarding outside the corridor she had just come through. The Royal Guards were located nearby, but with the way they couldn't hear a thing in the throne hall.

"Mother. I received your message" Niv announced as she greeted the Queen by bowing at her own mother after she entered the throne hall and closed the large doors behind her to walk in front of the creamish white furred female. "Shall we begin?" Niv asked after seeing her mother nodding at her to get up. "Crown Princess Niv" The Queen greeted her daughter before continuing formally. "During the following three days. We'll make the decision about the male's, who kidnapped Harley, conviction." The Queen answered as she was sitting on her throne and gestured to Niv to sit on a seat in front of her, a bit lower level than she was. "Yes, mother. I am here to help you to make the decision, whether he shall live and go through the punishment of your decision, or be sentenced to death.." Niv said formally as the Queen nodded and the royal decision making about Dan's trial was about to begin.

It was very much different from a normal martian trial, and what made it very very very special and serious was that the Queen herself was in charge of it. Meaning that it was about very serious crimes that threatened not only Mars but also its most highest, the Royals. And normally the Queen didn't take part in trials if it wasn't very serious, like it was now. This case. Was historical. A Case that had never been seen in Martian history for centuries.

Niv waited in silence for her mother to start talking. She honored Martian traditions very much and took her duty seriously. It took some time from the Queen before she said anything, but when she finally spoke, she spoke very formally. Niv listened to every single word carefully and thought about what she would say to respect manners and traditions as part of the royal decision making of the trial. Even if Dan's family members were already heard by Stoker, and the information about that was already taken to the Queen, the royal decision making was always needed and the final word was the Queen's.

"Speak, my daughter. Let me know what you know" The Queen said as Niv kneeled down in front of her and had her head down. "Mother. I witnessed the crimes Dan Arlen Mace the Son of Matheo committed. Here on Mars and on the asteroid Ceres. As well as many others, I also was in that thought that he had died in the tragic climbing accident over three decades ago. And I couldn't believe my own ears and eyes when I saw him there on that asteroid where I had landed with a martian spaceship during my search of my younger sister, Harley Juliana Lily-Ivy the Daughter of Darius, who had been kidnapped by a rat who carried the name of Mace in the Plutarkian war." She spoke formally and started her formal and royal hearing, which after the Queen told someone to come in since there were a couple of sharp knocks on the door behind the thrones.

At first Niv was confused who would disturb the highly respected meeting, but when she saw her mother being not as surprised as she was, she got a feeling that the Queen might have probably expecting someone, who she at first thought to be Harley, even if she wasn't carrying her title anymore and by that, her statement wasn't as heavy as her's was if she still was a princess. Now, her statement was almost on the same level with any other victim, but obviously it still affected that she's the Queen's daughter.

"Come in." The Queen said and then lifted her hand up in the air when Niv was about to ask who would disturb their hearing and decision making about Dan's judgment. The Queen's gesture got her to stay quiet and put her head back down to look at the flooring, but when she heard the comer talking, she had to lift up her head. She had had her eyes narrowed at first before putting her head back down, but when she lifted her head up to see the comer, her eyes got all widened. "My deepest condolences, Your Majesty, for being late. I have an important reason that helps Mars for a better future, that kept me away." Stoker said as he walked to stand in front of the Queen to bow deeply at her. "You are forgiven, Stoker. The Hearing of Crown Princess Niv has already started." The Queen said, nodded at him, getting him to nod back at her formally and walk to stand on the right side of her, in front of the throne that was for the Commander in Chief, but since he wasn't carrying the title yet, he couldn't sit on it.

"Wtf, Stoker?" Niv messaged to her husband with her expression but then got back to formal mode since her mother coughed. "Crown Princess Niv. You are telling me that Dan Arlen Mace the Son of Matheo committed crimes on our planet Mars and on asteroid Ceres. You're welcome to continue, my daughter." The Queen spoke and looked at her daughter, who was just a moment ago, ready to give her statement, but now was totally confused and speechless as she was looking at her own husband, who she had thought to be disappeared for once again, but was now standing right in front of her, after skipping the Biker Mice birthday party and couldn't tell them either where he had been.

She had seen him only once after he had disappeared from the hospital when Dan had hurt him somehow through the antenna connection, if that one phone call earlier the same day in the party didn't count. And now he was standing there in the royal decision making like nothing had happened and everything was completely normal. How was he there? How was it even possible? Where had he been all this time?