Harley's pov:

I woke up in my own scream. I don't know where I am. I have no clue about it. All I know is that.. That Mace took me.. The Last thing I saw was Vinnie running towards me. Then. Nothing. I.. I got kidnapped.. I was taken away.. Against my own will.

I don't know where he took me. Or why. It was so dark there. But I tried to fight back. I tried to get his grip off me. I tried to get myself free to get back to Vinnie and the others. But I was too weak. I was too tiny a female to fight against a male that big. Especially a rat, bigger than me. And when I tried to fight back, to wriggle, kick and fight myself free from him, I suddenly felt sharp pain in the back of my head, and I collapsed. He had knocked me out.

I think I have been unconscious for a long. At least for some time. I wasn't sure either if I had woken up once, twice or more earlier too and then got back unconscious. But when I finally woke up.. I saw blood. Then I felt the pain. And then I realized. It was my own blood. Someone had stolen my fur. And hair.

That got me screaming. In horror. I was in tears when I screamed. No-one heard me. And my hysterical panic. My skin, everything about me felt sore and painful. I couldn't touch a thing. I only saw blood. I felt like I was choking. Then I got black out again. I felt myself collapsing from being half sitting, holding myself up with my hands. I felt the ground. It was cold. And then again. Nothing.

"Harleyyy.. Harley Sweetiee.. Wheere aaare youu?" I heard someone's voice in my head. At first I thought it was Vinnie. But then I realized what I had seen last. It wasn't a bad dream. It was truly a nightmare, except.. It had happened for real. And when I woke up again. I found myself chained. In a cage. Tied on chains in that cage. But I was still laying down. And I felt weak. And then I saw him. The Criminal who had kidnapped me and stolen my fur. And hair. It was. Mace.

I can't even describe how much I hated him. He had tortured and desecrated me. And there he was. Wearing my fur and hair like his own. In a bloody robe.. Seriously, how much can one hate another? For what reasons did he have to kidnap me even in the first place? And then.. Do something so horrible? We had thought he had been on our side, before Throttle found out he was a rat. But what were his intentions for me?

I felt other wounds too in my body. But all I managed to do was to try to keep my eyes open. I couldn't hold myself up with my hands or sit up. I felt so much pain. Even my own tears hurt me very much too since my skin and everything was so sore and painful. But I didn't know which one I felt more. Anger or pain. But one other thing I knew. I missed home. I didn't know where I was or how long I had been away, out of my own will. But I knew that Vinnie would save me. The Biker Mice would turn the world and the whole Universe around to chase down that criminal. And to rescue me.

But then I blacked out again. There was no Biker Mice to rescue me. For my own surprise. The one who came to rescue me was my own sister. My older sister who had been in a coma the last time I had seen her. And then there she was. After many many years. Fighting for her life to rescue me. To get me out of the Goddess knows where. And now. When I thought things couldn't get any worse after getting poisoned and tortured for, I heard to be, years. I had to come to give my statement from those horrors. And then come to witness the judgment. How could one get ever enough justice from that kind of horror?

"Please.. Someone.. Help.." I could hear myself barely saying in the cage in the cave of the place that I later got to know was an asteroid. An asteroid that shared a name with an old children's bedtime story. I didn't know how many times I had called for help. Without any kind of result. Or how many times I tried to hold myself together by thinking of my loved ones. Or even trying to stick on my own identity..

I saw my loved ones many times in my dreams. Many family members, friends, and.. Vinnie.. Those dreams kept me still in this world, and that I couldn't let myself forget who I was. "I.. am.. I'm.. H- Harley.." I repeated my words while sitting down on a chair to face my own mother in the Royal Hearing. While thinking that there had been a time when I carried the title of the Princess too.

"My name is Harley Juliana Lily-Ivy the Daughter of Darius. And.. I am here to witness the crimes of the most horrible criminal that Mars has ever seen on its grounds. Known as Mace. And.. And I am here.. As the victim.. of those.. horrible crimes.. The Hearing shall begin." I announced the last thing myself before anyone else could say it. And after my brother-in-law repeated the last sentence, I got to go through those horrors again with my voice trembling the whole time like my body too.. Before.. The chance that I'd meet the male again, who did all those things to me.. In a couple of days, in the judgment.. Which makes me say goodbyes to sleep.. and to my sanity..

But the one thing I knew. I am Harley, the Daughter of Darius. And I am the Former Princess of Mars. And I shall never forget that.. Never..

In the Royal Palace

Author's pov:

It was finally time for the judgment of Dan in the official and very serious Royal Hearing. The Three days had been long for the Queen, the Crown Princess and the following Commander in Chief, but the days had also gone fast. Now it was time for Dan and the other appropriates to hear the decision the Queen made, if Dan was going to be judged to death or if he shall live but face the punishment the other way. And the judgment started with the following Commander in Chief reading the case out loud in the royal palace.

Normally trials would be held in the courthouse, but the Royal hearings were held in the specific room in the Royal Palace. The Queen was sitting on her throne in her place on the dais while the Crown Princess was now sitting on her right side on a smaller throne and Stoker was standing in front of them as he made his announcement before the Queen would say the final word.

In attendance with them were Dan's family, Adira, Mericy, Rimfire and Rhea, but also Harley and Vinnie. Modo would have been there but by being still in the hospital, he was prevented from coming there. Vinnie was there only to support Harley, since she would have preferred not to be there at all. But for her luck, Dan was there only via a holographic video call, to be sure about the safety of the Royals and the others.

At first it had been very complicated if Vinnie could come there, but since Modo couldn't come there either, the Queen saw him being alright to support Harley but also be there for Modo's place while Mericy represented both of the siblings there. Even via video call, Harley was very much afraid and nervous about the decision. "Harleyyy.. Harley Sweetiee.." She could hear Mace's creepy voice in her head, and she felt like she would faint right there when Stoker started the preface while Vinnie was sitting right next to her and held his hand on her back to support her. He looked at her understandingly and supportively while she had her ears down and felt scared.

"Each one of you have been called here for the judgment of Dan Arlen Mace the Son of Matheo for all of his crimes here on Mars and also on the asteroid Ceres" Stoker started very formally and looked at everyone before continuing. While he spoke, he looked at them one by one and sometimes the growling of Dan could be heard from the video call. Hearing him got Harley to sit even tighter against Vinnie and him to rub her back gently. "Is it really necessary that she has to hear or see him after everything he did to her?!" Vinnie had asked when they had arrived at the judgment and had been standing in front of Stoker in the corridor before the room where the final judgment was held. "As much as I'd be by your side on that, everyone must obey the traditions. It's not up to my personal choices, it's how the Royal Hearings go. I'm sorry" Stoker had said and Harley had turned to look down and away and she had her arms crossed on her sides as she felt scared, but then they heard him continuing.

"On our planet Mars, Dan survived from the climbing accident decades ago but let everyone believe he's dead. He survived due to Tetra Hydro Carbons, which caused him a mutation that turns him into a beast-like a rat that he cannot control. Later he came back as a rat, Mace, who worked for Plutarkians before and during the Plutarkian war. And at first when he came to Mars as Mace, he came to 'warn us' about the Plutarkians, to make us believe that he was one of us. By that and showing up his skills, he made his place in the army, very soon from his arrival to Mars." Stoker started and took a short break to breath before continuing.

"Many of you may think why? Why did he come to warn us about Plutarkians? It's very clear. By that, he made sure we would buy him being on our side. To be one of us. While he could easily infiltrate our troops and give important information about us to the enemy. Just like we saw during the war! When Commander Throttle found out he was a rat, wearing a martian mouse like a mask! Thanks to the Commander, who showed us an exemplary example of a good soldier, Mace got caught before we could have taken much more serious damage. But that gives me another thought. Mace, or Dan, let us know later that he was in the need of help from the Royals. If that was it, why did he come to warn us about Plutarkians and then be still a double agent for them? Why didn't he come to ask for help in the first place? Before committing more crimes. For that I think we need to take a better look at his past." Stoker spoke and walked slowly from the side to the side of the dais before stopping back to his own place.

"Before his so-called death, he worked for the Royals and Jeff, his late team member who was part of the Heralds of the Goddess, which makes Dan a triple agent, who during the Plutarkian war, kidnapped the former Princess Harley the Daughter of Darius, tortured and dishonored her on the asteroid Ceres. Where he also fought and tortured the Crown Princess of Mars, Niv the Wife of Stoker. And later on Mars, he attacked me, the following Commander in Chief Stoker the Husband of Niv, during a brain research" He said formally and soon continued again after taking a short break again.

"After thinking through this whole case, I have come up with the solution that Mace, or Dan, might have probably thought that once he gets into the army, he gets closer to the royals to ask for their help. Or.. To kidnap Harley, the former Princess. There might be many possible options for why he joined the army. At first, to be close to the royals, meaning Niv, who was still in a coma though, but also me and Harley. All three of us were easy connections to the Royals, as being one of them. But also, in the army, he could still work for Plutarkians. Maybe for the money? Maybe for something else? Who knows. But what would be a better prize, or who could pay one more, than the Royals themselves as when Dan worked directly for them? What could cause a honest and happily married martian mouse, a father of two kids, to jump to the other side to work for the enemy, when he was directly working in the Queen's payrolls? That's one thing that concerns me, a lot. If he truly was on the Royals' side, why would he ever ever want to hurt one of them? Only if he.. never was.." Stoker thought out loud and continued walking on the dais a bit.

"In the Statement of the former Princess Harley, she let us know the horrors that Dan did to her. It was devastating to hear, but it must have been more devastating to go through. In her statement, she told us that Mace had stolen her fur and hair. Tortured her, hurt her, desecrated her, poisoned and threatened her. He didn't only hurt her sister when the Crown Princess came to rescue her, or hurt me, but the most horrible things he did to Harley. And for why? For not getting that help he wanted from the Royals? Or some other reason? That's unclear as well" Stoker said and then took a short break as he remembered Harley's statement. She had been crying the whole time, which was clear, and it was so difficult to even get the statement from her, the victim.

"After he kidnapped me.. Took me against my own will from Vinnie and the others.. Right after the Plutarkian tug transformer case.." Harley had started but had to take a break to concentrate on breathing and to try to calm down from crying. She had to focus to keep her sanity. And for that, the most time was given to her in the Hearings, so they could get her full statement about what had happened in the Ceres. If not, there was always Niv's statement and her memories about what had happened. "After he kidnapped me.. I didn't know where I was.. I had no clue where he had taken me or why.." She had continued and the Stoker had asked what conditions she had been in those years. "He kept me in a cage.. Chained.. In the shape of badly wounded by the wounds he gave me.. When.. When he stole my fur.. and hair.. I laid on my own blood.. And barely got any food to eat or water.. Mostly the Martian plants kept me alive since they let some oxygen into the air.. From what I knew that I wasn't probably on Mars anymore.. Even if those plants grow only on Mars.. Somehow, he managed to get them there.. But I didn't buy that lie we could have been on Mars.. Everything was so different there.. And.." She said and then cried so much again that another break had to be given to her.

"I had no way to get back home!! I was so terrified! And scared! I missed everyone and wanted to go home! I wanted nothing more than to be with my family and friends! To continue living a normal life and help others during the war.. But I didn't even have enough strength to sit or stand up! I was in so much pain that I could only lay down when I was awake.. I remember getting unconscious many times.. And then those nightmares of him.. He stole my fur!! I still have those scars in me and I will have them for the rest of my life! My fur or hair is never going to be the same anymore that it used to be! And that's just for some madman's selfish plans!! I will never be the same either! I got so badly poisoned that it's even a miracle that I live today! And when I saw my sister getting there on Ceres, since she had been in a coma the last time I saw her, I thought we both had died and she came to take me to Paradise!" She cried loudly and by that Niv had to walk to hug her sister for the rest of her statement. The Queen would have done the same as her mother, but she had to concentrate on listening to her.

"That's right. We have the documents from your doctor and your psychiatrist.. And Niv and the Queen have seen your scars. We have all the evidence for you speaking the truth and all those horrors Mace did to you." Stoker said but then Harley continued. "He messed up with my mind many times.. Like he wanted to cause me to go mad.. He intentionally scared me, told me things that got me even worse.. He threatened me and my sister and he told me clear lies about the mice I love and care about.." She said and then took a breath to continue. "I have no sympathy towards a monster like him! He doesn't deserve to live but taking his life away would be too easy for him too! He should know how I felt about his treatment! He should suffer for the rest of his life and rot somewhere where he can never ever hurt anyone anymore! My, Harley Juliana Lily-Ivy the Daughter of Darius, statement ends. And by my title, I, the Former Princess of Mars, convince that I only speak the truth in my statement." She ended sharply and then tightened her hug of her sister who gently petted her back and hugged her to support her. Then the memory ended and Stoker continued the preface again.

"If Dan gets sentenced to death. He knows himself too that we have that concern of, who would continue his job after his death? He is the only known mouse on Mars who knows how to build mechanical body parts, which the Crown Princess Niv notably needs for living. She is the next Queen on Mars, whose life can not be risked at any cost. Dan knows that, and he knows that we can't risk life that precious too easily." Stoker talked but then thought in his mind. "I could give it a try, but the cost is too much since I don't know much about building mechanical body parts.. Even though I already have my own little project going on.." He thought and then continued.

"He and his wife, Adira, one from the countryside and one from the small town on the other side of Mars, were living together with their family in a small town when the Crown Princess needed urgent help. But when there weren't many customers in the area, he even moved from the other side of the Mars with his family to live closer to the Royals, so the Crown Princess could have easier access to the new mechanical tails whenever she needed them. At first he traveled to the Royals whenever she needed him and a new mechanical tail, but later on it was better and easier if he lived closer to them. And then we come to the thought that Adira came up in the Hearings for the part of the defense, if they had never moved to the city of Brimstone, Modo would probably never have moved there either and therefore never met Throttle, Vinnie or me, so would there ever have been the heroes of Mars either, meaning the Biker Mice? I found that unnecessary detail for the Hearing in the case of Dan, but the Crown Princess saw her point. Probably not, but who knows. Morelikely, we all know now that he had a job that many others would ever only dream to have. To work that directly for the Royals. So is that a way to commit crimes without getting to face justice? No! Definitely not. He was dearly trusted by the Queen herself too, and he betrayed that trust. And now, he shall get his punishment for all of his crimes." Stoker announced very seriously before he stepped a bit aside, away from the Queen and the Crown Princess, as he continued again.

"During the last three days of the Royal Hearing, the Queen heard the appropriates and discussed about case with the Crown Princess and the following Commander in Chief, and now Her Majesty has made her decision, whether Dan Arlen Mace the Son of Matheo shall live but be punished for his crimes or be punished to death. Now. Her Majesty, the Queen Erica Belle Henrietta Isolde the Queen of Mars." Stoker announced and bowed to the Queen, while everyone stood up and bowed as the Queen stood up from her throne and walked where Stoker was standing on the dais. He stepped a bit aside, but stayed there on the place where the Commander in Chief would stand, even though he stood still a bit further from the Queen since he wasn't her Commander in Chief.

"Thank you, Stoker. And thank you all for coming today for this judgment of Dan the Son of Matheo. I know this isn't easy for any of you and since Stoker did well with the preface, I don't prolong the judgment to be unnecessary long, since I, Erica Belle Henrietta Isolde the Queen of Mars, by my title of the Queen, have made the decision with help of the Crown Princess, about the case of Dan Arlen Mace the Son of Matheo." She announced while giving them a sign to sit down and by her words about her daughter's title, Niv nodded at her mother and stood up to walk right next to her. Both of the Royals looked at the appropriates, but the only difference was that the Queen didn't take a look at the video call while Niv had a serious expression on her face when she turned to look at Dan.

"Not to be offensive to your mother, the Queen, but why are they repeating themselves? Which makes me think that it's still hard to believe you two are related, but this.. This is taking a long in my opinion.." Vinnie whispered to Harley who still looked a bit afraid and nervous. She had been reading very carefully her family members' expressions to try to see the decision before it was announced, but Vinnie's words got her to startle while Mericy turned to look at Vinnie too. "Vinnie. This is an official Royal Hearing. Which doesn't actually even concern you. Shut your mouth" She said but then felt Adira's hand on her palm which got her to stay quiet. "Everything goes through the official traditions.." Harley whispered back to him but then they heard Stoker demanding them to stay silent. Even if they were close to him, he still looked very displeased and cold.

"Thank you Stoker" The Queen started while being understanding to her daughter and her boyfriend, even though she hadn't officially met Vinnie personally yet. She nodded warmly at her daughter who nodded apologizing back to her mother and lifted her hand on Vinnie's tight to get him to behave and face the Queen's nod to him too. He gulped and nodded formally back to her, and then her expression turned back to more serious as she turned to look at all of them as she announced the final decision.

"The Decision was very difficult to make since the Crown Princess and I had to consider many options. This case included so many of our family members, who are part of the Royal family of Mars, which makes the crimes very serious. And by that, I have made the decision. I, the Queen Erica, by my title of the Queen of Mars, sentence Dan the Son of Matheo to prison in Deimos, the second Moon of Mars, for the years he has still left in his life." The Queen announced, which got a huge gasp in the big room, silence followed right after it for a moment.

"WHAT?! YOU REALLY LET HIM TO LIVE?! AFTER WHAT HE DID TO YOUR DAUGHTER?!" Vinnie stood up and shouted directly to the Queen who remained calm and turned to look at the white furred male while Harley stood up to grab Vinnie's arm and both Niv and Stoker walked in front of the Queen. "Vinnie! You have no word to say in this judgment!" Stoker growled at him while he and his wife defended his mother-in-law.

"You agree with her, Old Timer?!" Vinnie shouted back but then turned to look at Harley. "Vinnie.. You'll get in serious trouble if you continue. This might be looked at if you'd be helping him.. Even if you are not.." Harley tried to get him to calm down which got him to growl, turn to look at her and then sigh frustrated. "Frustration city!" He blurted out and dropped to sit back on the seat with her. "Who gave you permission to sit down, young male?" The Queen said which got him to turn to look at her immediately.

"Your Majesty. I can handle him later. This is irrelevant for the judgment" Stoker spoke formally, trying to help Vinnie out of trouble but then stood aside while bowing when the Queen wanted to talk to Vinnie. "I shall meet you later, Vinnie, the Son of Roy. But for now. You must remain silent" She said formally, which got Vinnie to feel a drop of sweat running down his temple as he nodded formally, apologized and then got permission to sit back down.

"Our father.. Our father may live.." Mericy cried in the phone where they had Modo in the holographic video call during the whole judgment. "I see the decision is very emotional for each of you, but the decision is final" The Queen announced before Rimfire lifted his hand up in the air to ask for permission to stand up and talk. "You Majesty. What did you mean by the prison in Deimos? I.. I don't think there is one.." Rimfire said unsure while his family members turned to look at his brave act.

"You are absolutely right, young male. But there will be one very soon. Till the prison is ready, the preparations for the transportation are made and till that, Dan shall stay in the Highly Secured Prison hospital, which will be transported fully to Deimos when the prison is ready there. By that we can be sure that the most dangerous criminals on Mars will be in a completely new and safe prison and that guarantees also the safety of the citizens of Mars. Did I answer your question properly?" The Queen explained, making Rimfire to nod and thank her formally before Rhea asked permission to talk as her brother got permission to sit back down.

"Yes?" The Queen stayed calm while Niv turned to look at her sister whose expression was a bit blank. "Can we visit our grandfather there?" Rhea asked and got Stoker to answer. "No. The New prison is secured by a completely new level, meaning that there are no visitors allowed" He said but then the Queen spoke. "Only with very serious permission, but mostly Stoker is right. No visitors are allowed to go to the prison of Deimos. Only the most dangerous criminals are sent there, which means that the safety of the possible visitors will be guaranteed too." She explained and then let Stoker continue. "And by that it's guaranteed that no-one could help them out of the prison" He said, making Rhea turn to look at her family members sadly before turning to look back at the Queen and the following Commander in Chief.

"But.. He is our grandfather.. Who will be there for the rest of his life!" She said but then was told to sit back down. "Visits are mainly allowed by video calls." The Queen said while Adira looked devastated at her daughter and her grandchildren. "How is this better than that he'd be sentenced to death?" Rimfire sighed deeply which got Vinnie to growl. "It isn't.." He said and then all of them turned to look at the video call since they heard Dan growling. This time even the Queen turned to look there too.

"Mer.. icy.." Dan growled while being in chains in the same cell he had been ever since he had been brought back to Mars by Niv. "Father?" Mericy said before they all heard the male laughing when he realized that he would stay alive even if he was still in a bad condition. He had lost his other leg and his wounds were healing slowly while he was still carrying the mutation in him. He was clearly troubling to be the true him, and the mutated beast version of him, which got his family members more sad.

"The Judgment is finished. Dan will be transported to the new prison soon. But before it, his family members are allowed to visit him if they want. And it is done very securely to guarantee your safety." Stoker announced before the Queen formally announced the judgment to end too, which after when everything was clear and appropriates could ask any questions or leave from the Royal palace with the permission of the Queen, Niv got a phone call that made her turn to look at Stoker with a concerned expression on her face before she had to run out of the palace.

"Crown Princess! May I have a word?! Crown Princess Niv!" Mericy shouted after her but Stoker walked to the gray furred female while being worried where his wife had to leave so urgently. What would be more important than this? "You may ask me, or the Queen, Mericy" He said politely while Niv drove fast and straight away to the hospital where Carbine and Throttle were sick of worry and waiting for news from their son.

The situation of Felix seemed to be that serious it got four to six doctors to him when the emergency spaceship had landed outside the underground hospital. He was taken to the examination immediately, but both of his parents were told to stay in the corridor which had got Throttle to call Niv to come to support Carbine with him. He'd tell Vinnie and Modo about it later, since he knew about the Royal hearing and that Vinnie was needed to support Harley while Modo was still in the hospital and needed support from Jessica to deal with what the Queen decided to his father. He knew that Niv was probably still needed there too but he had to call her since Stoker wasn't Carbine's favorite mice right now.

"I came as soon as I could! How's Felix?!" Niv panted as she ran along the corridor to the couple who were hugging each other and Carbine was crying in Throttle's arms. Throttle had been crying too but seemed to be at least a bit calmer than Carbine, whose expression Niv thought the worse. "No.. Is he.." She started when Carbine ran to hug her tightly. "No.. There are many doctors to examine him.. But no-one has told us anything.. How's the judgment?" Throttle asked, getting her to shake her head. "Let's talk about that later.. I am now here for you and your son. I came right after it was over. I need to get back there in an hour though" She said, getting Carbine to turn to look her into her eyes.

"Thank you for coming.. But since you are here now.. Does that mean.. that.. He's alive.." Carbine said but didn't get the answer, but saw it from Niv's eyes. "Well that's.." Throttle started but then didn't know what to say. "Right.. It's complicated. But how are you guys? I know this is devastating.. But Felix is a strong boy" Niv said and helped Carbine to sit on a seat in the corridor. "But what if he doesn't make it.." Carbine cried and buried her face into her hands. "Don't say that!! Our son won't give up! Not that easily!" Throttle blurted out and shouted, making both of the females turn to look at him.

"If we weren't having sex, we would have seen him getting worse!" Carbine growled at him, making his eyes widened. "Are you blaming me for this?! He was completely alright and healthy when you got him to sleep! You should have noticed something!" Throttle growled back after his ears twitched. "Stop it you two!! Whatever you were doing, it doesn't matter now!" Niv said but then Throttle continued. "Seriously.. You were feeding him just before it.. And putting back to sleep. Did you notice anything different in him?" He asked and had his arms crossed as he leant against the wall. "No.. He was completely normal.. He ate well and fell asleep like usual.. Maybe.." She started which got him to turn to look back at her. "Maybe what? Was there something different? Carbine you must tell me!" He said which got her to twitch her nose.

"Don't pressure me!! If you didn't explode and take that mission, you'd know your son better and it wouldn't always be me who knows everything about him!!" She shouted, which got Throttle's eyes widened behind his black specs and then dropped down his ears and did not say anything. "Carbine.." He was about to say but then turned his head away. "You two have a lot to talk about but now it's not time to argue.. Felix needs both of you" Niv said while gently rubbing Carbine's back.

"You are right.. But.." Throttle was about to say but then one of the doctors walked in the corridor. "You may come to see your son now" He said, making all three of them hurry into the room immediately. "What's wrong with him?" Throttle hurried to ask before they saw Felix being connected to all kinds of machines that got them to gasp in worry. "Is he breathing?! What's wrong with my boy?!" Carbine ran to the baby sized hospital bed where their son was laying. "He is breathing, but we are supporting his breathing with machinery so his little lungs won't get exhausted. Felix has rare inflammation in his antennas.. It is a very rare disease in martians, but the prognosis is good, at least for now" The first doctor said while a nurse and two other doctors were checking on their son.

"Where did he get that?! And what do you mean for now? Do you mean that he can get worse? Is there a chance that he.." Throttle said, which got one of the doctors out of six to turn to look at Carbine. "That's why we should examine you, Carbine. As Felix's mother it's important to know if there's something that would cause the inflammation. How old is he?" The Doctor asked, making Carbine turn to look at him while taking something out of her small bag and handing it to the doctor. "A few months.. But I am healthy, if not considered my mental side.." She said, making Throttle sigh deeply. "Do anything it takes. This needs to be solved" He said to the doctor, making him nod and leave with Carbine's information card.

After an hour of waiting for the doctor to come back and while the others examined Felix more, the doctor finally came back. During that time Niv had to make a few calls to stay there which delayed her other plans for the day, but Felix was now more important. "What is it, doctor?" Carbine asked when the male mouse showed the information he had got from Carbine's personal card to the other doctor. "It's your medication which you have been eating since.." The Doctor started which made Carbine to sigh deeply. "He has gotten it through breast feeding and it's the clear reason where he has gotten the inflammation from. Your medication needs to get changed immediately. It's not good for him. Not at all. This medication should have never been even prescribed to you since you were expecting a baby and are now breastfeeding." The Doctor said before another one continued.

"Also your symptoms before the medication, plus the events during your pregnancy, connived the illness to form in him. The Doctor who prescribed the medication to you, meant to keep it as natural as it could, but still it is not suitable for a mother with a baby that young. Even one time of taking the medication with too short timing to the next breastfeeding can cause the inflammation forming fast. Like now, in this case. I'll go to get your medication changed immediately. Has it been okay for you otherwise?" He asked, making Carbine nod but then shrug. "I guess.. But I'm not sure.." She said but then heard Throttle talking. "I think not." He said determinedly and wrapped his arm around Carbine's shoulders. "Then I think it's clear. As her husband, I trust Throttle's words. He knows his wife the best" Niv announced, making the doctors nod at her.

"But what will happen to Felix? How is he?" Carbine said while turning to look at their son with Throttle. Even Niv walked to look at him worriedly. It brought back her own daughters to her mind which got her to sniff and hold back her tears as she had her ears down. "He is getting better and there is a possibility that you might get him home even today. Since you have already been here for a day and we have prescribed him the right medication, hospital treatment isn't needed if in another hour we see him responding normally again. High fever caused him muscle weakness, but it's getting better already. But because the inflammation got this bad that soon, he must be fed infant formula instead of your breast milk for the next few days. You must get rid of the milk, to be sure the medication gets out of your body and the milk." The Doctor explained, which got Carbine to sigh in relief and cry against Throttle's arms, who sighed deeply too.

"Is her milk dangerous for me if I get rid of it?" Throttle blurted out after a moment of thinking, getting Carbine's and Niv's eyes widened immediately and Carbine to blush brightly. "THROTTLE!! Our son is in danger and all you think is my-" She slapped his bicep, getting him to chuckle and rub awkwardly the back of his neck and to say that Felix isn't in danger anymore while Niv slammed her hand to her forehead. "Oh Goddess.. Please, give me more strength to deal with the youngsters.." She sighed deeply while the doctor answered the male's question, which got Carbine to blush and be more than just a little embarrassed about her husband, for once again.

Meanwhile right outside of Mars, Xander had managed to get the autopilot on the glider while at the same he had to calm down afraid and crying Snow who was holding her teddy bear in her arms and also at the same hugging Xander tightly. She sought comfort since he seemed to be the only safe person around her for a while, but it wasn't helping the situation for either of them that Xander's face was bleeding badly.

"We are soon home, Snow.. Just.. Hang.. in there.." Xander spoke calmly while tasting his own blood in his mouth. He was grimacing as he tried to keep his eyes open but he wasn't sure how badly Cataclysm had managed to wound his face. It was hurting so badly he had trouble staying awake, but when the glider finally reached the atmosphere of Mars, he wrapped his other hand tighter around Snow with the help of his tail while trying to keep the glider still with his other hand on the control sticks.

Soon they both felt the whole glider trembling from the air pressure that it got Xander to move his other hand from Snow's back, back to the other control stick which got the little girl crying even more. She grabbed his shirt and jacket even tighter which got Xander to groan a bit since it was hard to stabilize the glider while at the same he had to calm down a martian toddler who was only sitting on his lap without any kind of safety seat for children.

"Urgh.. Snow.. I know.. I know.. Just a bit.. I.. I can't.." He started and clearly had a hard time controlling the glider that was about to lose its course and start spinning around. "Stabilize this.. if you.." Xander continued but when he was fighting against the spinning, he almost felt the whole world stopping when he heard the late Commander in Chief's voice in his head. "But what if you could be more than just an ordinary bartender?" He said that got Xander to freeze for a short moment. "Chief?" He asked and the voice in his head continued. "What if I want you, to work for me?" He heard the Commander in Chief saying, and soon continuing. "I want you to be my special soldier" The Voice said, and immediately he heard it, Xander turned to look at crying Snow on his lap. That got him to focus his view again and narrow his eyes.

"I am forever thankful for you, Commander in Chief Darius. I promise to take your granddaughter back home safely" He said and then forced himself to grab the control sticks tighter to force the spinning glider back on its course. After a moment of fighting against the forces, he managed to get everything back alright. "Alright Snow.. It's okay.. That's right.. That nasty spinning stopped. You are safe.. We are soon home" Xander smiled at the toddler while gently patting her back, making her grab his shirt tighter with her tiny hands.

"Hey.. Don't forget your friend.. That's right.. Good.." He said as he handed the teddy bear back to her with his other hand as he had his tail wrapped around her the whole time. Snow grabbed the teddy bear with her other hand while still hanging from the tan furred male like her young life was depending on it. "Good.. We are going to be fine.. No.. What now.. No! No!!!" Xander said but then heard a peeping sound that was alarming about the engine.

"No!! Snow, hang on tight!!" Xander shouted as he tried to get the glider back on course but soon he realized he couldn't do anything. Immediately when they had got through the most dangerous layers of the atmosphere to be safely on the sky of Mars, he saw smoke coming from the glider and they started to lose height. They were falling, and he couldn't do anything about it. All Xander could do was to grab Snow and hide her as much against his own body as he could by curling himself around her with the hood back on his head.. And hope and pray to the Goddess for the best..

In a few hours when the family got to leave the hospital with their son and Niv walking right by their side when they got out of the underground hospital, they saw Harley and Vinnie waiting right there outside of it. They had come there to support them, and also if Harley needed to see some professional to talk about the judgment, but so far she just wanted to be close to Vinnie and to see her friends and her godson. And also, all of them were worried about Felix. "Hey.. Is the little boy alright?" Vinnie asked worriedly while holding Harley's hand in his. "Getting better.. How are you, Harley?" Throttle asked but when she was about to answer, something bright dazzled Carbine's eyes.

"Ugh.. Is the Sun that bright already?" She lifted her other hand over her eyes while holding Felix in her other arm. "No? Did you get my sight problems too, huh babe?" Throttle asked but then Niv saw it too. "No that can't be.. I see it too, over there Throttle" She said and pointed at the sky, getting him to turn to look at it too. None of them had any idea that it was actually the glider that Xander was flying back to Mars, or were since he had gotten unconscious just a moment before.

"Is it coming.. closer?" Throttle asked while he had also to lift his other hand to protect his eyes even if he had his specs for it too. "No? Why? What would it be?" Niv asked while jumping to a rock to see a bit better, meaning the couples' level. "I.. I think it is.." Carbine gulped when they saw the brightness getting bigger. "It's a Martian glider!" Throttle realized, making them all turn to look at him and then the glider while covering their eyes.

"Why isn't the pilot fixing the course?" Vinnie asked while still having Harley's hand in his other one. "He can possibly be unconscious from the air pressure if he flew too high.. Look out!!" Throttle shouted and then pushed Carbine and Niv fast back inside the underground hospital as he managed to count where it would land. Vinnie did the same to Harley to cover her before himself, but both of the males stayed right there instead of taking cover since Vinnie saw Throttle heading somewhere else.

"Throttle!! No!!" Carbine screamed as Throttle ran to Niv's bike but then suddenly had to lift his other hand on his heart. He was about to go to jump with the bike to go to help the pilot out of the glider, but his own health issues prevented him from doing it. "Ghh.. Not now.. I.. I can't.. I can't go help them.." He groaned and soon felt someone grabbing his arm. "It's not time for you to be a hero again!! Vinnie help me!" Niv shouted and dragged Throttle with Vinnie's help to inside the hospital just seconds before the glider crashed on the ground, a few meters away from the Crown Princess' bike and the exit of the underground hospital.

Then there was a moment of silence. Only black and dust from the sand cloud.

"Throttle!! Niv! Vinnie! Are you alright?!" Soon Carbine shouted and cried while squatting at the end of the staircase with Felix in her arms, the way she covered him with her own body. Harley turned to look at the exit but didn't see anything. They only heard the baby crying as she turned to look at Carbine and both of them were really worried. She tried to calm Felix down but it didn't help.

"Throttle?! Niv?! Vinnie?!" Both of them called again and after a moment, Carbine heard a sound of coughing. "What a jackass you had to marry?!" Niv groaned while she and Vinnie were supporting Throttle, his arms on their shoulders as they walked to them. Seeing them got Carbine's eyes to water as she got up and felt Throttle hugging her tightly. "I'm alright.. But I guess the pilot isn't.. We need to go help them.." He said but then saw Carbine crying. Vinnie was limping a bit as he walked to hug Harley who hugged both of him and Niv immediately she saw them.

"What an idiot!!! You could have died!!" Carbine cried with crying Felix in her arms and got Throttle to hug them tightly. He petted Felix's head gently to get him to calm down at least a bit. After that she grabbed his right ear tightly and pulled, making him groan loudly. "Ouch!! Carbine! Alright I'm sorry!" He groaned and rubbed his ear after she let it go to fix Felix's position in her arms. "Niv was right about what she said about marrying a jackass!" Carbine growled which got him to chuckle. "Yeah.. And Harley should consider the same.. She still has time to rethink things" Niv said while heading to check the exit. "Umh.. Yeah.. Sorry, Sweetie.." Vinnie chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck while Harley glared at him. She didn't manage to say anything since Niv's words got their full attention.

"We might be alright.. What about a little jolt to our bodies from having to jump down here.. But.. Guys.. The exit is almost blocked.." Niv said soon, which got them to turn around and hurry to help her. "No it's not.. Help me a bit, Niv, Vinnie" Throttle said, getting four of them, meaning Throttle, Vinnie, Niv and Harley, to kick hardly the weakest spot Throttle found by going through the obstacle by hand.

"Just rocks and sand.. Maybe a bit of the glider.. Which makes me think.. The Pilot has probably not survived.." Throttle said when they saw the view in front of them that made all of them speechless. Niv lifted her hand on her mouth when they saw the crashed glider in front of them. The Wing had been part of the block in front of the entrance while there was a huge sand cloud formed after the crash. The Glider had got shattered into pieces on the ground and there was no chance that anyone would have survived from that.

But just when anyone was about to say anything, they saw something moving in the sand cloud and some coughing following right after it. "There is someone?! Hey are you alright?!" Throttle said and got Niv and Vinnie to run with him to help the pilot out of there, but before they managed to do it, they saw the pilot walking there by themselves. It was Xander, who was still protecting Snow with his own body. He was barely even conscious but the only thing that got him walking was that he saw Niv right in front of his eyes.

When Throttle and Vinnie saw the comer getting towards the Crown Princess, they hurried immediately in front of her. "Don't you dare to touch her!!" Vinnie growled loudly as he didn't recognize Xander at all. His face was covered with blood while his clothes looked different too, but even so, Throttle recognized his twin brother. He had no clue why or what Xander was doing there, but when they were standing in front of the Crown Princess to protect her, she got a feeling that got her to walk around them towards the comer. "Niv?!" The Females gasped a bit further while Carbine was holding her son in her arms. She and Harley had stayed a bit in the cover of the entrance of the hospital.

"Niv don't!" Vinnie shouted when the comer moved their jacket a bit. Seeing what he was carrying, or actually who, got Niv to burst into tears immediately. Snow was trembling but seemed to be alright from the crash. She was holding her teddy bear tightly in her hands when Niv ran to them and the male handed her long lost daughter to her. "Snow?! But how?!" Niv asked and hugged both of them tightly, but before anyone could say anything more while Throttle and Vinnie turned to look at each other confused, Xander collapsed into Niv's arms. "I have finally paid back to your grandfather.." Xander mumbled before getting unconscious again. His words got Niv confused and she had no clue what he meant.

"W- What? H-Hey guys!! Help!" Niv gasped when she realized that while she was holding Snow in her arms, Xander's weight was about to take over her too. He was a lot bigger than the female who tried to hold both of them, a toddler and a full grown martian male, at the same. "Xander!!" Throttle shouted and ran to grab him with the help of Vinnie who took a couple of seconds to consider the situation. "How is that possible?!" Carbine gasped as she and Harley hurried to them too. "We need to get him in the hospital!" Throttle said as he and Vinnie held his twin like Vinnie and Niv did just a moment ago to him. "Lucky you, there is one closer than one could even wish for!" Vinnie joked which got them all glare at him before they all started to head back inside the hospital.

"Hey did you forget something? And why was the ground trembling? Don't you say there's another attack.. Or another stunt by Vinnie.. Even against the orders.." Jessica said after getting some tea for her and Modo from the machine in the corridor, but when she turned around to see her friends with badly hurt Xander and little Snow in Niv's arms, she dropped her cup immediately and ran to call for more help, while at the same someone else headed to report about the crashed glider.

Two days later

A Couple of days went fast but with a rough touch of being unsure and very worried about Xander's condition. Also Felix and Snow got their part on it too. Niv had stayed in the hospital the whole time since she wanted to be sure that Snow was alright, and also it took some time to process the whole thing. "My baby.. My sweet little baby is here.." She cried while holding her toddler aged daughter in her arms. She had seen her last time when she had been under one year old and now she was already over two years old. She had been missing for two years, but the doctor told she was alright, except for one thing..

"She isn't talking? At all?" Carbine asked when she walked into the room with Felix in the carriable baby basket. Another doctor had checked Felix and his recovery had started fine. "No.. And that makes me worried.. She should talk already at this age.. According to the doctor, their concern and the examinations that were done to her to get to know her condition, she hadn't had any Martian contacts when she should have had.. But otherwise she is alright.. From Xander we should get to know where he found her.. And how, but- W-What?" Niv said but then got confused when Snow saw Carbine and lifted her hands towards the black haired female.

"Maybe she wants those contacts now?" Carbine wondered and placed the basket down on the floor while Felix was sleeping peacefully in it. "Don't know.. But Harley is coming soon and can take care of him if you want to go to be by Throttle's side" Niv said while preparing to give her daughter to her. "Let's see what she wants.. Hey Snow" Carbine smiled when she walked to Niv who carefully handed her daughter to the female to whom Snow so badly wanted.

"See? Everything is fine, right Snow?" Carbine smiled and hugged the girl gently who seemed to be calmer than in the glider or before Xander found her. She grabbed Carbine's shirt and seemed to hug her back, which they first thought to be just a reflex or normal reaction. "Oh good.. But your mommy has missed you so much, so come back here darling" Niv sighed and felt so emotional but was then totally confused when she handed her hands towards her daughter who turned her face against Carbine.

"W- What.." Niv lifted her hands down but when she tried it again, Snow was about to cry. "Is.. Is she.. rejecting me?!" Niv gasped and was about to cry too but then Harley walked into the room with Stoker right by her side. "Snow?!" He gasped and hurried to Carbine who growled loudly at him to stay away from her. "Carbine.." He mumbled, but then saw something weird happening there.

"Snow.. Why don't you come to mommy?" Niv asked worriedly and walked to pet Snow's back but she just hugged Carbine tightly. "What's happening?" Stoker asked and saw Niv being miserable which was the opposite from what she should have been after getting one of their daughters back. Stoker was happy to see Snow back there after a long time, but he was as confused as the females were. Then Harley remembered something.

"Didn't you mention that Carbine took care of her when you left to rescue me, Niv?" Harley asked and walked to sit on an armchair in the room. "Yeah, but what does it have to do with this? My daughter doesn't want me, her own mother!" Niv cried and then felt Stoker's hand on her back. "Carbine is probably the last mouse she remembers before getting kidnapped.. But if so.. What has she gone through then.." Harley wondered worriedly, making all of them turn to look at the young girl in the general's arms. "She thinks Carbine is her mother?! What should I do now?!" Niv started to feel panic taking over her while Carbine remembered the time when Snow got taken away from her.

"First you took my best friend, then you took my husband, but give my daughter back, Goddess!!" Carbine had shouted while crying. "Daughter?" The Soldiers had looked confusingly at each other before turning to look at the female general who had been devastated after the baby's kidnap. Snow had started to feel like a daughter to her. But she had had no clue that she had actually been her own cousin.

"We'll figure this out, dear.. Somehow" Stoker sighed deeply but then Harley got an idea. "You can show her who her real mother is! Through the connection!" Harley realized, making them all realize the same. "You are right! Parents share the connection for the first time pretty fast after the baby is born" Stoker said, making Niv walk closer to Snow, and with the help of Carbine she turned to look at the female she found strange.

"Come on baby.. You are my daughter.. Hey sweetie!" Niv said and soon smiled, since the connection helped soon and right after it, Snow wanted back to Niv's arms. "You don't need to do the same, I showed her you too" Niv said and soon kissed Stoker back after he walked to them and kissed her lovingly. Snow lifted her hands towards her father too, making her parents smile immediately at her.

Stoker lifted his hand to his daughter who grabbed his index finger gently but tightly with her tiny hand. "We'll find your sister too.. But seeing you makes me so happy" Stoker said and then gently petted Snow's back as she was now hugging Niv tightly. She was fast with her movements but seemed to be calm and happy after getting back home and to her parents. "How's Xander, Stoker?" Harley asked soon, breaking the emotional moment at the same. Carbine was thinking the same but didn't want to talk with her uncle. Instead of saying anything, she lifted the baby basket back to her hands.

"Right.. I was there just before I came here. He hasn't woken up yet, but what Niv told me, I think she, you, should come with me to meet him. For some reason he knew who Snow is and where she was.." He said and turned to look at Niv, who nodded at him. "We can get Snow home too. She is alright but the doctor wants to control her in a couple of weeks if she still shows no signs of talking at all.." Niv sighed deeply, getting Stoker to do the same. Snow's progress in normal growling had taken some setbacks which made them worried that could be seen from both of their faces.

"She'll talk soon. From what I know about her mother, when she starts talking, you wish that she would be silent at some times.." Harley said, trying to cheer them up but only got them to smile a bit or barely even chuckle. "Thank you Harley.. But talking about her mother.. We should talk about her aunt too. Say hey to your niece" Niv smiled and then walked closer to Harley whose heart melted immediately when Snow turned to look at her.

"Oh this is Snow? Heyyy.. I have heard so much about you. I am your aunt, Harley" She smiled and gently shook the toddler's small hand. Snow was about to cry but then got some courage from her mother, and soon was laughing when Harley was tickling her a bit. "Heyy, Beautiful! I'm sure we'll get along. I already want to babysit you! You are so cute!" Harley smiled and then thanked Niv who smiled at her younger sister. "Should we go to see Xander now? Before I have to go back to take care of the aftermath of the Royal Hearing. I have to visit the Highly Secured Prisoner Hospital to inform them properly about what is going to happen and when. The Schedule needs to be done fast and-" Stoker started to explain but soon felt Niv's hand on his chest.

"Yes dear, but now you need to calm down. And by that, here" She said and then lifted Snow into his arms, making him confused but then to smile warmly. "Put your duties on the side and be the father to your long lost daughter. I'll handle the questions for Xander. Lets go" Niv said before they all left to the room where the tan furred male had actually woken up some time ago.

Throttle was sitting right next to him on a seat when Xander had opened his eyes. His whole face was wrapped in bandages and he had strong medication going on. "Good to see you fine and alive, brother" Throttle smiled when Xander opened his eyes for the first time. The Bandages were wrapped the way he could still see without them blocking the view. "At least alive.. I don't feel so fine.. But guess you won't get rid of me that easily" Xander said and slowly looked around to find himself in a hospital.

"No if we are twins" Throttle smirked, getting Xander grin too even if it hurt. "And we have our own mystery to solve" He said and then coughed a bit. "Right.. You really want that scarf since you bled so badly to your own" Throttle said, getting him only to laugh because of the medication.

"I'd like another scarf where to bleed" Xander joked, making Vinnie, who just walked into the room, to roll his eyes. "Is it common for brothers to joke around while being high on meds?" He asked, getting Xander to wave big at him, like he had known him for years. "Heeey! You are the one who fucked Zeka, my partner! So nice to meet you! And see you with clothes on" He said, making Throttle laugh while Vinnie chuckled and walked to sit next to his bro on another seat.

"I see your point" Throttle said to Vinnie while Xander kept smiling and looking at the roof when the others walked into the room too. "Oohh! That's the company I like! While Zeka preferes cocks, I looooooove females!" Xander announced, making all of their eyes a bit widened. "Zeka?" Harley managed to ask and turned to look at Vinnie who shrugged awkwardly and then Niv walked to the other side to Xander.

"I see you are having some extra fun, but I'd like to ask you some questions" Niv said, making Xander just grin at her. "I'd go out with you anytime, darling! You are short and beautiful. I love your curves!" Xander purred and was about to hand his hand to her but then heard Stoker growling. "Who peed in your cereals?" Xander asked, getting almost all of them to laugh before Niv growled at him.

"I am not here to date you! That is my husband!" Niv said sharply and pointed at Stoker. "A Husband? Have you ever heard of divorce? You would be better with a younger one, like me" Xander smirked proudly, making Carbine and Harley still laugh. "He surely is Throttle's brother!" Harley laughed, getting her to agree with her. "And that is my daughter, so no divorce, more like answers!" Niv said, making Xander turn to look at Snow in Stoker's arms as he sat on a chair, and by that, the lightness and fun from the medication slowly vanished and the realization came back to his mind.

"Oh.. Right!" Xander blinked a few times and everyone was pretty sure he was more likely himself again. "How? Why and where did you find Snow?" Niv started and kept standing next to Xander's bed. "Right! Princess Niv! I have something to tell you!" He started, making Vinnie roll his eyes. "Right.. About the medication.. He is still high" He said but then Xander shook his head. "No! I need to warn you!" He said and tried to sit up but Throttle and Harley hurried to prevent him from doing it. He didn't only have an injured face but also large bleeding and a broken collarbone from the falling. He was also probably suffering from a concussion for why he was in careful monitoring. There weren't any signs from when he managed to walk to Niv by himself, but the tests and examinations made it clear when they got him into the hospital.

"Warn about what?" Niv said and shortly turned to look at Stoker before turning to look back at him. "Harley" Stoker said and then handed Snow to her before he walked to Xander. "Cats.. Or more likely.. Catatonians.." Xander started, making all of them confused. "Catoian? What?" Vinnie asked, making Carbine remember his struggle to say the word Plutarkian when they first heard about them. "Catatonians.. Cat-like creatures.. I rescued Snow from their spaceship, right outside of Mars!" Xander said, making Stoker's eyes widened. He grabbed his radio phone fast but Niv prevented him. It was important to hear Xander first since he was the first one to see them, which was actually a pretty similar situation when Mace had come to warn about Plutarkians. Except this time like the males were different, the females were also too. Though Carbine was standing in the room now too like back then and she could still remember the earlier case quite clearly. But even if the General had handled the situation very professionally back then, how the Crown Princess did it was on the next level.

"What did they want? Why did they take Snow?" Niv asked, making him shrug even if it seemed to hurt. "They seemed to know that she's a princess.. They seemed to know who her parents were.. But I didn't get to know their plan. Gosh it feels good to think clearly again. But yeah.. There were different sized cats, most of them wore some kind of armors" Xander explained, all of them listening very carefully.

Before he continued, Carbine realized something after a while of thinking about it. "But someone who looked like Sapphire kidnapped Snow.. It wasn't a cat like at all.." Carbine said, making them all think the same. "I have checked that many times.. Neither Sapphire or Jessica is guilty of kidnapping. Nor do they have a third sibling. Someone must have looked and acted like them" Stoker said seriously, making them all look very serious. "How? And what do they want from Mars?" Harley asked, making Throttle and Carbine turn to look at each other.

"Are they the next Plutarkians?" Throttle asked, making the horror flash through Niv's mind. "No.. Mars couldn't take a third war this soon.." She said, getting Stoker to agree with her. "We need to be sure about their intentions first.. What were the conditions where Snow was?" Stoker asked, but then Niv continued. They both turned to look back at Xander who was laying weakly on the hospital bed. "Why did you save her? I remember you said something about that you have finally paid back my grandfather?" Niv said, getting him to shake his head.

"I meant Snow's grandfather.. I was talking to her.. By saving her, I finally paid back to the late Commander in Chief Darius" Xander said and then pulled something out of his shirt. "My mask might have gotten broken, but.. from these gloves and this, you'll find out what I mean" Xander explained and handed Niv a chained medallion. The Symbol on the golden medallion got Niv's and Stoker's eyes widened. The Others didn't know what it meant.

"What's that?" Vinnie asked, making Niv lift her head up to turn to look at Xander again. "You are in my father's special forces.." Niv said and was clearly speechless. "Yes.." He said and started to feel tired. "I have heard from those. They are very carefully selected soldiers whose identity only the Commander in Chief knows. They were formed a bit after Harley stepped down on her title. The Late Commander in Chief Darius formed them, chose and led them till the day he passed away, but the soldiers still kept going on with their tasks. Which main one is to keep the Royals safe" Stoker explained before Xander talked.

"He made me one of his special soldiers after according to him I was a big help to get Scabbard caught.. Remember in the bar? When Vinnie and Harley came there alone? Vinnie wearing that disguise.." Xander said, making them all realize it too. Carbine thanked him sincerely which got him to smile back at the black haired female. But then Throttle realized something else too. "You knew that long that you were my brother but didn't come to talk to me?" Throttle asked, getting him to shake his head. "Not back then yet.. But being one of the special soldiers of the Commander in Chief also helped me to find you.. Even though he also helped me a bit to get on track with my brother before he passed.. But it took me some time to do more about it. Finding you wasn't as easy as you might think. You might be a Biker Mice but the information I got first from the orphanage wasn't much.. For example I got to know nothing where you were transported from the orphanage that had got burnt.. It made things difficult, but after many many years when I finally found that you were in the city of Brimstone, I decided just where I could set up my bar to get closer to finding you" He said and then smiled at Throttle who smiled understandingly back at him.

"So with the help of the late Commander in Chief Darius, I got on track with my twin brother. And later I finally found him. Or at least something of him and by that to contact his mentor, but find him after all. But why I wanted to get Snow back home is that I have made my promise to protect the Royals. And now I have paid back to the late Commander in Chief Darius, for trusting me and making me one of his soldiers. I made my vow to keep the Royals safe and will continue doing it till the day I die" He said but then Stoker showed high honor to Xander by bowing to him. Niv did the same without any hesitation, making all of the others do it too.

"No. Your Highness, please don't. I am not-" Xander said to the Crown Princess who hurried to talk over him. "You are worth it. You saved my daughter. I am forever thankful to you, Xander" Niv said and then hugged him gently, making him smile and hug her carefully back. "So he isn't just a bartender, a dancer or an ordinary soldier after all! What a high ranked special soldier we got there, who could have guessed that! But I guess he is enjoying himself now after all that flirting! Getting a hug from those curves.. makes me almost jealous" Vinnie blurted out but soon an "Ouch" was heard since Throttle slapped him after Harley had snorted at him.

"What?" Vinnie asked, making Stoker glare at him too. "Don't make your situation any worse" Harley huffed and wanted to cross her arms but she was holding Snow on her lap while sitting on the chair. "Right.. Xander, you didn't answer the question, what were the conditions where Snow was?" Carbine asked, making Xander realize it too. "Right. It was hard to find her, but the teddy bear was a lot of help. Your father was a wise man, Princess" He started and turned to look at Niv again. She nodded and smiled at him before he continued.

"With the teddy bear, but also with the equipment of the special forces, it still took some time and much hard work to find her. But when I finally did it and got to their spaceship. I had to observe a bit instead of just rushing there to take her back, and during that I realized that she was afraid, a lot. They kept her in fear and it was close that they would have hurt her. Or at least I didn't see anything like that.. Only the fear. Because if they could have taken even a single piece of hair from her, I would have made it stop sooner. But before I got there, I don't know how they had been treating her. Into my eyes, she looked alright, but very much scared. Which is not even a miracle if asked from me why she isn't talking yet at all.. Or if she is suffering from some kind of sleep deprivation.. It must have been very traumatic for a child that young" He said, getting all of them angry about how and why would someone treat a baby like that. All that testosterone could be sensed instantly in the room from the males who were ready to fight in any minute, even though there were at least three out of five who were definitely not in the condition for it.

"There was one female cat though.. I saw that she got the males to calm down.. Maybe she was the reason that she's alright, but I don't know.." Xander continued, making Stoker think about it too. "Maybe it's a universal code in females to take more care of the next generation, especially infants.." He wondered, making Niv to continue. "And males to disappear around the galaxy!" She but also Carbine said in unison, making them realize it too and all of the females started to laugh together.

"Ha ha ha.. Very funny" Vinnie and the other males rolled their eyes, but soon they saw something changing in Niv's eyes. She turned more serious, but her eyes had something different in them. "I swear I'll have revenge on those who kidnapped my daughter and made her live in fear.. No matter what my title is when I get there.." Niv growled, making them all be a bit afraid of her, but not Stoker. He lifted his hand on her shoulder and when she turned to look at him a bit surprised, waiting for him to talk her over her plans, but instead of doing it, he nodded. He agreed with her, and that made her nod back to him determinedly.

At the same, Throttle was in his own thoughts which Carbine noticed. She lifted Felix's carriable basket in the feet of Harley before she walked to lift her hand on his shoulder. It got him to lift his head up to turn to look at her. "Is everything alright? I see that something concerns you" She said and then gently sat on his lap when he gently opened his legs to give her more space on his other one. "Yeah.. I'm just worried.. That ain't small news.." He said but then Stoker talked.

"You said you were wearing a mask, Xander. Do you know if the enemy saw you, for example when you got hurt?" He asked, making him shake his head. "Not possible.. I wore a full covering hood and mask, but when the mask got broken, I think I was fast enough to cover myself with a scarf. The Enemy saw no single piece of fur from me" He said, making Vinnie lift up his other eyebrow. "You think? Well that's good. Then we have nothing to worry about! But what does it have to do with anything if the enemy saw him?" He asked, but then saw Stoker looking at Throttle with side eyes that everyone else noticed too.

"Don't you say that enemy might have thought it was Throttle?!" Carbine gasped immediately, making Throttle sigh deeply and turn to look down as he leant against his hands and hung his head low. "Biker Mice has fame across the galaxy.. And since they look alike.. It might be possible.. And that's my biggest concern, which I can say to all of you" Stoker admitted, making Carbine's stress level dash up like a rocket from the launch. "No.." She cried but then felt Throttle's arms around her and his jaw on her shoulder.

He didn't say anything, he didn't know what to say, but it helped her a bit to breath at least. All of them were speechless and Xander felt bad about it, even if he was sure that no-one had seen him. And while they continued talking about it for a moment, Throttle was busy thinking about not only the new and old worries, but also another thing. "Is a twin a good thing after all if one gets to clean up their mess.. And fight for their life.." He thought before someone walked into the room which surprised all of them.

"I heard there was some kind of meeting going on in here.. Do you mind if I join you guys?" Modo asked and took a careful step in the room, making them all turn to look at him immediately. "Modo?!" Their expressions got cheered up right away when they saw the gray furred male smiling there. Jessica walked in too after him and was carrying Jade in a carriable baby basket that she lifted next to Felix's at Harley's feet.

"What 'Welcome to park your babies here' sign do I have above my head?" She asked sarcastically, making them all laugh while Carbine got up from Throttle's lap to let him walk to hug Modo with Vinnie. "Sorry Harley. But babies do suit you though.. Wonder when I will be blessed to be an aunt too.." Niv said suggestively, making Harley blush while Vinnie was too busy to hug and greet Modo who hugged his bros back too.

"I think you should ask that from the possible father.." Jessica chuckled, making the males turn around immediately since now it was Stoker's turn to hug Modo. "What?! Who's pregnant?!" They gasped and had a slight panic in their voices, which got the females first change a quick but understanding look with each other and then a deathly glare to the males, making all of them gulp immediately. It was a clear moment to take advantage of it to make fun a bit at the males' expense..

"No it can't be that fast!! We just had sex a couple days ago! Even though no wonder if you were pregnant.. It was amazing" Throttle panicked and then grinned proudly when he remembered their steamingly hot morning with Carbine. "Throttle!!" Carbine growled, before all the females laughed, making the males now confused, after laughing and bragging to him. "Can't you remember your recent loads, guys?! Should we be worried?" Harley asked while smirking, making the guys turn to look at each other. "Lock and load, Sweetie?" Vinnie smirked, getting the males laugh and throw high fives proudly, which made the females sigh deeply and roll their eyes.

"Is it too late to change?" Carbine asked, making Niv agree with her. "Do they still take returns?" She wondered, making Stoker gasp and act hurt. "Who? Their parents?" Jessica asked while thinking the same before Stoker stole the spotlight. "How dare you?" He asked, making her cross her arms. "Oh how dare I?! Easily, Stoker! I'd like to have my refund from you!" She said, making his jaw drop down to the floor as the others started to laugh and she stuck her tongue out her mouth.

"Oh you better give that tongue to me, my love.." Stoker said and then walked to lift his hands on her waist which got her to blush immediately. "Married for an eternity and she still blushes.." Vinnie rolled his eyes which got Harley to huff and turn to look away while still holding Snow on her lap, who was also hugging her teddy bear calmly. "That's the touch of the male, and the power of love, Vincent" Throttle explained, making Modo continue. "And also it's still not everyday business for the Royals to show affection in public" He explained and then smiled at the couple while he lifted his other hand on Jessica's waist who smiled gently at him.

"Oh please! Those two have had sex in the park!! If that's not public enough then what is?" Harley blurted out while Stoker was kissing Niv proudly and she had opened her mouth for his tongue to enter, but when they heard her words, both of their eyes widened while the others gasped and laughed. "Well that's how you throw modesty into a trash can!!" Vinnie howled and couldn't hold back his laughter, like neither of the others too.

"Stick your fingers into your ears if you are too modest to hear things like that! You ruined a good kiss!" Niv growled and held her hands on Stoker's belt, half inside his pants and wasn't even ashamed of it. "Well we can have another one.. Your tongue against mine is like a gift, darling" Stoker grinned and squeezed her butt a bit with his hands as he kissed her again, making her blush even more and then lean against him to hide her face for a moment from the others. But during their kiss, Carbine remembered something.

"About the gift! I just realized something!" She started, getting all of their attention. "What now? Don't you dare to do that with Throttle here or I'll leave" Vinnie said, making Xander laugh. "Like everyone in here has that option!" He said, getting all of them to laugh and then the Princess and her husband to apologize to him about their behavior. "It's alright.. I'm happy for you" Xander said understandingly, while Vinnie crossed his arms. "Why do you only apologize to him?! He wasn't the only one who suffered from that view! Stoker's nearly retiring! And clearly isn't an eye candy" He said, getting Niv to lift up her other eyebrow this time.

Stoker was just smiling at his wife, and also sarcastically at Vinnie while he let his wife handle the situation. "While some of here still have manners, some show clear signs to have never had them since they are still too young! And Stoker is more male than you'll ever be, Vinnie!" Niv said proudly, making the others laugh and while Vinnie gathered his jaw back together from the flooring, Throttle asked what Carbine had meant with her question, and Harley asked how Modo was already up there.

"I'm actually getting home from here.. And yeah.. Mericy.. Told me about my situation with the doctors.. But so far I don't have any answers to you guys about what you might think of my eyes.. It's.. It's big news to handle.. I never knew these were not my own.. And.." Modo started to say but then dropped down his ears. Jessica lifted her hand to his shoulder as the others got quiet and dropped their ears down too. "We are sorry to hear that you have been lied to.. Or never told about that.." Carbine started, but he was just looking down as he was gathering courage to say something.

"Take your time. We are here for you" Harley said supportively, making him wipe a tear off his eye and to thank her for her kind and meaningful words. "How can you cry if your eyes are not real?" Vinnie asked after it, but got everyone to glare at him, except Modo. "No, it's alright to ask.. Even if I'm not quite sure either.. I think my father did the best with the surgery, since I never knew about it or noticed anything.. And about that.. Mericy told me what she got to know from our mother.. My father found his profession because of my surgery.. He wanted to help people with limits in their bodies, especially if there was something missing. He's talented, since I never knew anything till today, but when I got hurt and lost my other eye and my arm in the war, it seems like Karbunkle did something to connect the eye to this mechanical arm to get them to work together.. But what comes to my father.. He is different from Karbunkle. He isn't a mad scientist. He wanted to give his son an ability to see, and that made him start the business to build mechanical body parts" He explained, making them all see the other point of view in Dan's case. Everyone except Harley and Vinnie.

"But that doesn't take away the fact that he hurt Harley.. I don't see a reason why they, or you, let him live" Vinnie started and turned to look at Niv and Stoker. "She's your sister! How selfish can you be?" He added, making Niv sigh deeply. "I know.. And I agree with you. I thought at first that he doesn't deserve to live after what he did.. But according to what he did in his past and many other things.. The Decision is right, what my mother decided. Her word is final, Vinnie. It's not that I'd be selfish." She said, but then Stoker added. "And the prison in Deimos isn't a hotel.." He said, but got him only to snort.

"It's difficult for our whole group. We have different opinions, but that should not affect us. For now we should concentrate on everyone's health, and spend time with the mice we love. Life is too short to argue. Didn't we see that in the war?" Carbine said, making them all agree. The tension between the friends vanished and everyone who had their ears dropped down, for example Vinnie, lifted their heads up. "Good. And well said Carbine" Jessica smiled, making her smile too at the chestnut furred female.

"Thank you. But Modo, we are happy to see you are alright and that you can go home. How do you feel otherwise? Do you know what that heart attack like an attack was?" Carbine asked gently, making him turn to look back at his friends again. He had very much mixed feelings about everything, and for part of it he felt guilty even if he knew he wasn't. Throttle and Vinnie sensed it from him, which got them to gently pat his back, making him smile at his bros a bit.

"Better.. It was so close to getting a heart surgery, because after all it was so close to a heart attack. Without that information they would have done it. And the doctors told me that it was similar to a real heart attack since the eyes are, or the eye is, all connected to brains, antennas and the heart. Meaning that the huge shock caused them all to react that big and since no-one knew about my eyes, it seemed or showed up like a heart attack." He started, making them all turn to look at each other before turning to look back at him as he continued. He was still feeling a bit exhausted and he needed to take a little break from talking for too long.

"So I need to take it easy for some time, with medication, but so far.. I think I'm as close to good as can be. It takes time to process this.. But that's all I can do since I can't do anything for my eyes. The situation is what it is and I just have to learn to live with the new news.. What or how I am going to deal with the lies or that I wasn't told about it by my parents, I know nothing. But what was that thing you were about to say, Carbine?" Modo said, making her turn to look at everyone in the room. "Right.. I just remembered that we never got the presents at the party.. Just telling you if anyone is even interested.. About the birthday presents.. Of the four males.. I mean.. Just if anyone.. is interested.." She said purposely long and suggestively, making the males' eyes widened.

"You had presents for us?!" Vinnie got up from his seat immediately and by that he let Modo sit down on his seat which made him smile and thank the white furred male, even if all of them chuckled and laughed for his excitement towards the gifts. "Yeah.. For all of you! And actually we have them with us, so you can have them now if you want" Harley explained, getting him confused. "Umm? Sweetheart.. I am not willing to have sex in front of everybody.. Even if your sister is" Vinnie said, getting Niv to drop her jaw down before Stoker smacked the back of his head, making Vinnie drop down to the floor while whining.

"We'd love to" Throttle said calmly, making the females take small presents from their bags. Carbine had two from which she gave the other one to Xander, who was confused but very happy to get one too. He didn't show it to the others but inside of him, it meant a lot. "Open them at the same time" Jessica explained as the males gathered together around Xander's bed with Throttle's lead to open their presents that were smaller than their palms. They were small boxes which got the males confused while the females and Stoker were smiling at the four males.

"It was difficult to figure out what we could get to you, since you already know the other gifts that you might get in the bedrooms with your females, but the material gift that would be similar for all of you.. And since you have that habit to escape, I mean, to travel across the galaxy to those so called 'secondments', it added its own challenges for example the gifts' size" Harley explained with amused but also a bit sarcastic expression on her face, forming sarcastically the quotation marks into the air with her hands at the same, and then let Jessica to continue while the guys chuckled and shared amused looks with each other about the light brown furred female's words.

"We wanted to give you something that you could carry everyday with you, that would remind you about the mice you love" She explained, and then the males got the wrappings and the boxes opened as Niv shouted "And who you belong to!" which got them all to laugh. "Oh wow!" Throttle and Modo were amazed while Xander and Vinnie were more confused. "A Female jewelry?" Vinnie asked, making Carbine laugh.

"Open them! They are specially made for all of you" She said, making the males obey. "That's something that only you four have. But still all unique at the same" Jessica smiled and then got even happier when the happiness could be seen from the males' faces. All of them got silver medallions that had locks in them, and inside of the necklaces were engraved texts. In Throttle's there read "Carbine" with a little addition on the medallion with the text of "Felix" in it. In Modo's there read "Jessica" with the addition of the text of "Jade". In Vinnie's there read "Harley". But in Xander's, there read "Family" which made his eyes start to water.

"Welcome to the family, Xander" The Females said, making the males do the same and Xander to wipe his tears away. "That's.. Thank you.. These are beautiful" He said, making the trio say the same and all of them hug the females one by one. Everyone also hugged Xander to welcome him into the family. "You are not only Throttle's family. Also ours now. We all are one big family" Harley said gently, making him smile and nod at them. After that the females helped the males to put the medallions on them, and seeing them showing off their new jewelry proudly, got the females to laugh and smirk with each other.

Even Stoker was laughing at the view as he was now holding Snow in his arms as Harley had got up to help Vinnie. Snow seemed to be happy to be in her father's arms, but even if she wasn't quite sure what they all were laughing at, she clapped her hands happily together and seemed to be much more cheered up than in the Martian glider. Seeing that got all of them to smile happily at the young princess, especially her parents and her rescuer, who was laying on the bed while Stoker held his daughter up in the air and proudly announced her being finally back home.

One hour later, the others let Xander to rest as they left their own homes or the base, which on their way there, Vinnie and Harley stopped fast in the front yard of Throttle's and Carbine's house since Vinnie had something to ask. The Pilot kept waiting for them in the spaceship to take them to the base too. "What was so important that you couldn't ask during the flight?" Throttle asked, making him think about it again. "Umm.. If Modo got to see after the surgery, could it be possible to get you to see too without those specs?" He asked, getting all of them to think about it too.

"Uhh.." Throttle didn't know what to say. He hadn't thought about it till now. Would there really be a chance to get him to see normally again? "That would mean that he loses his own eyes to change them for mechanical ones.. Like Modo has. It's not a small deal, Vinnie" Carbine said as they got off from the spaceship they had to use to get back. She was about to feel the difference between the medicines, which got her to look around and try to be as normal as possible. "It's a big shock, but I see what Vinnie means.." Modo said as he stepped out too to get some fresh air before he would get home with his family too. He was walking slowly and carefully but felt better when he got to breathe his lungs full of fresh air.

"I.. I need to think of that, but.. I think I'm good this way.." Throttle said and then smiled at Carbine who was carrying the baby basket in her hands. "I get that, but there's also one other thing I wanted to ask you.. Are you sure you don't want to continue as a commander?" Vinnie asked, making him sigh and nod. "I stand behind my words, Vinnie. I have to take care of my family first. After that, if Stoker takes me back, I accept it. But I can't say how long it will take. To also get myself back alright" He said, but then something unexpected happened that got him and the females speechless.

Vinnie dropped down to one knee as he bowed deeply at Throttle. The Tan furred male was surprised by the honorable act his bro and friend showed to him, and then, as much as Modo could, he did the same. With the help of Jessica, he got to bow almost as much, but was careful with his chest and head which Throttle and they all understood. "We honor your decision. You will always be our leader in the Biker Mice" Vinnie said, making Throttle to let them lift their heads up. "Thank you. This means a lot to me. Even if you are not proposing to me" He smirked, making them all laugh as Vinnie and Modo handed their right hands out to him.

"Will you be our commander?" They joked, making him laugh and help them up from the ground to hug them. "If Stoker sees that right by then. But I couldn't say 'no' to faces that handsome" He winked at the males, getting them to laugh and send him flying kisses before they had to leave with their families. The Females were laughing too and rolling their eyes for their goofiness before the spaceship left after Throttle and Carbine had got back inside their house.

One week later

It was a calm noon at the house of Throttle and Carbine, and Felix was already feeling better from the antenna inflammation he had got from Carbine's wrong medication through the breast milk. Even if the situation had been very serious and it could have had the worst ending possible, his parents saw some good opportunity in it. It was time for the few months old Felix to try some food and move on from only having breast milk or infant formula.

He had already tasted some baby food earlier too, which he clearly enjoyed having for breakfast, especially if it was in the taste of Martian Pearl Peaches, but for lunch Carbine had an idea that they could try to feed him some Martian grain kind of food "grainry" which was somewhere between Earthen rice and couscous, but more like couscous from its structure and jasmine rice from its stickiness. It was a very common food for the first solid food for Martian children.

In the noon, it was Throttle's turn to feed Felix while Carbine was reading a book in an armchair. She was still trying to get used to her new medicines, which was sometimes surprisingly hard. "This is so easy.. Our son seems to have a good taste. Appetite clearly from his father!" He said proudly while feeding some food to Felix. Carbine leant against the armrest as she chuckled. "Oh hear me.. I have taken notice of that.." She said as she looked over her shoulder at them, getting Throttle to turn to look at her for a moment.

"Oh what could go wrong in this? Felix is like a model child!" He laughed and looked at her only for a moment, the spoon in his hand. Seeing that got Carbine to grin. "Yeah.. Precious who, if I was you, would take a better eye on.." She said and gave him a rather straight hint. "Oh please.. Don't say that.. Felix is in a highchair and I- WHAT?!" He gasped when Felix slammed the whole plate on the floor while having a rather tight grip of the grainry food in his hand.

He had been a little feverish lately, but for now, he showed no signs of that. "He has your grip too.. Good luck, darling" Carbine said and then turned back to take a better position in the armchair to read her book. She had her back facing the kitchen but hearing what happened there was enough and got her smirking and giggling on her own. "Oh no.." Throttle sighed deeply and just looked at his son who was laughing happily for the mess he managed to make.

A Small moment later, Throttle was struggling cleaning his son who was covered in food too. Also nothing was yet done to the mess on the flooring either when Carbine turned back to take a look at what was happening in the kitchen. She let Throttle take care of it and to survive from the situation. "I mean, how can this be this difficult?! Even for me?! A Biker Mice?!" Throttle growled which was even more amusing for her. "Felix is a child. Not a plutarkian." She said, making him roll his eyes.

"Which I hope he never gets to face.. Same with plutarkians" He blurted out, making her gasp. "Hey!!" She said while Throttle was struggling to open Felix's hand, but he was afraid to use strength so as not to hurt him. "Don't you want to have grandchildren?" Carbine asked, getting him to lift up his other eyebrow. "You mean from our unborn five kids? If we concentrate first on this one" He said and got her to laugh this time. "But in theory" She said while enjoying the view from the living room.

"It would mean that we would be super old.. Or then there would be teen parents.." He said, making her back up with her own words. "Yeah, no teen parenting in this house. Besides.. You won't survive even from a grainry, macho mouse! Or-" She started, but he already knew what she was about to say. "Don't! Don't! Things are already going better with diapers!" He defended himself, but she only rolled her eyes while grinning. "Well.. Well.. Umm.. What should I say to that either.." She thought out loud, making him only turn to look at her.

"And soon Felix won't need those either" He added, receiving only a deep sigh from the female in the armchair. "Just clean the grainry, dear.. I'll see you tomorrow or next week" She said with a smirk that could be heard from her voice as she was about to leave outside. "Heyyy! Carbine!" Throttle started to panic a bit, but when Felix was about to cry too when he saw his mother about to leave, Carbine walked back to kiss her son's forehead. "Oh my sweet little boy.. You have messed everywhere again.. Just like your father.." Carbine sweettalked to their son, making Throttle to glare at her from the floor since he had been squatting there or being on his one knee.

"Do you really have to.." Throttle growled, getting her only to smile. "Yes! Clean the floor when I take care of him" She said, just before Felix threw his little fist up in the air when he got from the chair into his mother's arms, and by that, he managed to make even more mess. "Ah.. What a lovely daily life with a child.." Throttle sighed and just looked around the messed up kitchen flooring.

"It is! I still remember you sweettalking to my belly! Or did you leave that attitude to Jupiter?" Carbine asked while cleaning Felix's face. "It was less messier back then.." Throttle answered, getting her to chuckle. "Was it really? Grainry doesn't break a bed, dear" Carbine winked at him, making him blush and laugh as he got up from the floor to walk to them. He wrapped his arms around her waist to place his head on her shoulder. "Should we do a new visit to Jupiter then?" He smirked, making her laugh and turn the way he had to let go of her.

"Just survive from that mess first. And like you said, one child first. Besides, we don't have to go that far to make children.." She said, making him doubt her words. "We don't? Wonder why we even got there in the first place.. There was always something or more likely someone, who interrupted us" He groaned, while she started to clean Felix's shirt next. He was giggling and still having his fist in tight grip, still that food in it. "Well I guess that's one kind of birth control too.." Carbine said, making him continue. "In the name of Vinnie or Niv" He said, making both of them laugh at his words. And while cleaning, he had to continue the topic.

"Wonder why it had to be them when the protections got broken.." He wondered out loud, making Carbine turn around as he was finally cleaning too, starting with the highchair. "How do you know their parents even used them?" She asked, making him realize it too. "Right.. But if-" He started but then she started to laugh again. "We are definitely not going to wonder about our friends' parents' sexlife! Especially in front of Felix, about the whole topic, nothing" She said, making him chuckle.

"Not even ours?" He asked and wiggled his eyebrows the way he knew she couldn't resist. "How about the mess? Does the cleaning have any progress?" She asked, making him just growl at himself while continuing cleaning. "That's what I thought. Have fun" She said while finally getting even Felix's hands cleaned. "Did he even eat anything?" Throttle asked as Carbine picked the plate up from the floor. "I think I'll get this feeding done. You, clean" She said, making him chuckle.

"At least once you see me mopping.. Don't enjoy this view too much" He said, making her smirk widely as she prepared new food for Felix. "Literally at least once. And of course I will! I will immortalize this to my retinas so I can enjoy it alone in the bedroom" She smirked and turned to look up while almost drooling. "Alone?! How dare you?!" Throttle gasped, making her turn to look at him, one eyebrow lifted up. "Well, you think I care to always be looking at you?" She smirked teasingly, making him start to show off his muscles. "Oh do I think? Do I think, Carbine?" He said, and saw a clear blush on her face before she turned her head away.

"Stop or we really do have a second child.." She said, making him grin and continue. "I wouldn't mind" He winked at her, getting her to growl. "JUST SURVIVE FROM THAT MESS FIRST" She said, but when she lifted her son back to the highchair with the new plate lifted on it too, Felix was really happy to throw it again on the floor, making even more mess when the plate started to roll around, making more mess from the grainry with sauce on it. That got both of his parents to sigh deeply and continue cleaning together as he clapped his tiny hands happily together.

"I think our plans might have gotten a little setback just now?" Throttle asked, and could already see the answer from her face. "What do you think.." She said, making him sigh again. "Yeah.." He agreed, making her agree with him. "Yeah.." She said and then the thought came back to her mind that she had started to think when they had to leave for the hospital. And the thought didn't leave her mind the rest of the day, not even in the evening when she was looking at the photo albums from their bachelor parties while Felix was taking another nap for the day.

"What are you looking at? Oh.. Miss that time before our..?" Throttle asked as he stepped into their bedroom after getting Felix to fall asleep. Carbine was sitting on their bed, her other leg crossed under her. "Kinda.. We were happier before your mission, but.. I'm happy we got married. I always dreamed of it.." Carbine said and then looked at him a bit shyly, getting him to smile and sit half behind her so he could place his jaw again on her shoulder and lean against her as they looked at the album together.

"Me too. I couldn't be happier.. Getting you by my side.. as my wife.. Gosh I can't describe how happy I am! Even though I'm not a fan of grainry, I am happy with you two" He said then sighed happily, making Carbine lift her other hand on his cheek to pet it gently before turning the way she could gently kiss him. He did it back to her too which got them to smile and share a quick touch of their antennas, to share their happy feelings for the moment. Then at the same, a photo dropped from the album to the flooring, which got Carbine to notice it and pick it up from the ground.

"Huh? What?" She wondered as she lifted the photo from the floor with her hand, getting Throttle to turn to look at it too. She had been looking at Throttle's album after her own, but the photo she was holding was about her. In the photo she was licking a cake from the stripper's stomach, very close to his tiny show boxer's line. "WHAT?!" Throttle gasped and took the photo from her hand before turning to look at her. "What is this?!" He asked, demandingly the answer while Carbine didn't actually have much memory from that moment.

She was as surprised as he was. She knew she had been drunk, but it came as a surprise even for her how drunk she really had been. Like when they had gone the albums together earlier, but how they hadn't seen that photo back then? They thought they had gone through the albums completely, hadn't they? "I.. I don't know.. Where did that even come from? This is your album" Carbine said as she was still holding the album on her lap. "What?" Throttle said and then took the album from her. But when he started to go through it completely, to both of their surprise there were photos that they hadn't seen the last time, or at all so far. In the end of the album, there were pictures that got both of them surprised and Throttle even more angrier.

"Why are you this close to a stripper?! Eating cake from his.. Carbine, what on Mars?!" Throttle was devastated. That one photo hadn't been the only one. And even though Carbine remembered clearly that she hadnt cheated on Throttle, the photos made it look the exact opposite. But why? If they were a gift from their friends, why did they want to make Carbine look like a cheater to her own husband?

"I.. I don't know! Throttle.. I.." Carbine didn't have a clue about what was happening. She was looking at the photos as devastated as he was. But all she could see from his expression was that he was angry as he walked back and forth in their bedroom. "Have you slept with him?! Have you cheated on me?!" Throttle raised his voice, making Carbine get up from the bed too. She placed the album on the bed and tried to stay calm since their son was sleeping in the other room. "Felix will wake up if you shout like that.." Carbine said at first but it got him to growl. "Answer me!" He said and looked at her before turning to look away. He couldn't believe it. No. Not Carbine. Not her. She could never cheat on him.

"Of course not!! I would never cheat on you! I love only you, Throttle! You know that!" Carbine said but then she turned to look at a photo where the stripper was doing a lap dance and she had her hands on his chest, rubbing him all over his tan furred body. Then there was a small moment of silence. "Throttle.." Carbine broke it carefully, while being not even sure what she should say. "No.. Don't.. I don't know what to say.." He answered and had his back turned at her.

"Do you believe me? I have never cheated on you.." Carbine said as she walked to him, but when she was about to lift her hand on his shoulder, he shrugged it away. "Why are there those photos then.. It looks like someone wanted to show me the truth about your bachelor party.." Throttle crossed his arms after turning to look at her. "I don't know.. But I do know that nothing happened!" Carbine said, making him snort. "Nothing?! Is eating a cake from another male's cock nothing to you?! In one photo you are even rubbing his crotch!" Throttle growled, getting her to growl now too. "I meant I haven't cheated on you! And I was not eating from his.." She started but he just continued growling and snorting. His tails movements showed his anger too. His whole body language did it too. "Why would I cheat on you? I love you, Throttle" Carbine asked, making him glare at her. "How would I know.. Maybe this isn't that exciting for you after that earlier case?" He blurted out without even thinking at first, but it was too late when he realized it too. "Carbine.. Carbine I'm sorry!! I didn't mean it!" He said as she dashed out the bedroom.

"How dare you compare our marriage and us to him?! Scabbard raped me!! And was about to do it again!! Not even mentioning abuse!" She shouted as he hurried after her. "Carbine, look! I didn't think- I'm sorry!! I didn't mean what I said! That was horrible!" He said and then saw her being angry now. "First you accuse me of cheating on you, which I haven't done. Then you say something like that, and you even blamed me for Felix's illness! How dare you Throttle?! You know what I have gone through!!" She shouted, making him speechless and dropping down his ears.

"I am angry about those photos, Carbine! They look like-" Throttle tried to say but she talked over him. "I know exactly what they look like but it isn't true! Yes, I was drunk and can't remember everything. But I didn't cheat on you!!" She said and then that thought came to her mind again. Every time she tried to find love and happiness, something went terribly wrong. What if she was really cursed?

"Why is everything going terribly wrong when I get to be happy even for a short moment?! First our relationship had troubles because of Scabbard.. Then Throttle's mission ruined the beginning of our marriage and now this, when we just got back together and started a happy life as a family.. Am I cursed or something?!" She thought like in the spaceship when they had left for the hospital with Felix. Then the thought was the only thing she could think. "If she was cursed, could she continue with Throttle after all?" which after she lifted her head up to look straight at him, tears rolling down her face. She knew there was no other choice, even if she didn't like it either.

"Carbine.." Throttle was about to apologize for everything, but she walked away. Soon when he followed her back to their bedroom, he saw her packing her clothes into a bag. "W- What are you doing? Babe?!" He gasped and hurried to grab her hand to stop her but this time she shook him away. "Don't!!" She growled and then turned to look at him. "I think I need some time away from you after all.. I need a break.. Everything goes wrong right when I get to be happy!" She said, getting his eyes widened. "No, Carbine don't! Don't do it! Please baby!!" He started to feel a bit of panic but it didn't change her mind. She wanted nothing more than to be a happy family with him, but maybe this was the best for all of them..

"I love you Throttle. But if things go this way.. I think it's better we take some time for ourselves.." She said and when she got her bag ready, she walked into Felix's room, Throttle walking right behind her. "No! Carbine, don't do it! No! No! We can make it up!! Look, I'm sorry for what I said! Carbine!!" He said and felt instant distress when she lifted the martian boy from the baby bed into her arms. "I'm taking Felix with me.. But you can still see him.. Like I have promised you.." She said and was crying as she hugged Felix in her arms and kissed his head. Throttle felt tears running down his cheeks too the way he couldn't prevent it at all. It felt like a waterfall and he started to feel the pain in his chest again.

"Carbine! Baby! Please don't go! Don't leave me! I need you!" He cried as he felt her hugging him too. "I'm sorry, Throttle!" She said and then let him say goodbye to his son which felt too much for him. Felix woke up and felt confused for why his parents were crying. He didn't understand goodbyes or that he wouldn't see his father for some time again. But after it, Carbine packed his things too and walked to the entrance with both of their bags, both of his parents still crying.

"Carbine.. Please.. Let's talk this through.." Throttle cried and felt desperate. He was holding Felix in his arms while Carbine called someone, which Throttle could already guess who it was. "You hurt me Throttle.. And I need some time to think.." She said and then walked to take Felix from him but he turned his back a bit to her as a sign to not to be ready for it. "Throttle.. You can stay in this house, but Felix is coming with me" She said and wiped her tears that just kept coming.

"Where are you going? You can stay here and we can talk! We can be that happy family we always wanted and dreamt of! This is our home, Carbine!" He said but in the end, he had to give Felix to her. Even the sound of a spaceship landing in their yard got him actually afraid. He was scared of losing her completely. Losing both of them. His wife. The Love of his life. And his son.

"Let's solve this, Carbine! Don't go!" He continued but then saw her shaking her head as she lifted her hand on his chest. "What you said is too much for me right now.. And I'm afraid I am really cursed for what comes to love life.. And.. I.. I don't know yet where we are going, but.. I am really sorry, Throttle.. That things had to go this way.." She said as he lifted his hand on her palm, but when he tried to wrap his tail around hers, she denied it. "No! Things don't have to go this way! You are not cursed! We can heal together!" He cried but then she lifted her hand away from him and he could feel her tail getting away from his too. "What about our time here in our home? We had a wonderful time! Even this morning. I don't mind a mess.. I.. I can do anything! I.." He tried to convince her to stay and continue life with him, but she had made her decision. Felix getting sick was just the last on the list.

"Throttle stop.. Just a few moments isn't enough.. Not after what I have gone through.. I'm sorry.." She cried and turned to look away as she bit her lower lip. Saying it was so difficult to her, but when she turned to look at him again, he saw her being heartbroken as much as he was. "Goodbye.. Throttle.." Carbine cried and took her and Felix's bags before leaving the house she had always seen home for all three, or more, of them.. But now.. Only Throttle stayed there.. All alone and heartbroken..

"No! Carbine, don't go!! You are the love of my life! Carbine! No! NO! Nooo!!" The Tan furred male cried as she closed the door behind her. He was as heartbroken as she was when Niv came to pick them up from their house. "What happened?!" The Crown Princess asked and was devastated but didn't get an answer, she just hugged Carbine who was crying heavily and Felix had started to cry too. Niv helped her to place Felix in a seat in the spaceship before takeoff from their front yard once again. Throttle collapsed on the flooring as he cried. His wife and son had just left him, not knowing that the destination was placed on the other side of Mars at the request of Carbine..

About the time when Throttle and Carbine had got home, in the downtown of the city of Brimstone

Instead of going back to the base after all, Harley had suggested to Vinnie to go to a local cafe shop. She wanted to have something else to think about instead of just resting and thinking about what had happened recently. Vinnie had agreed with her and from the base they had only got Vinnie's bike to drive to the downtown and one of its cafes.

The Couple had found their place to sit and enjoy their food on the cafe's terrace. Vinnie had bought hot drinks for both of them that reminded him about Earthen hot cocoa. Harley had chosen two pieces of cakes for them to taste different flavors before the wedding. It had been a clear hint for Vinnie, and they were talking about their wedding in general when he saw something he would have preferred not to.

"Oh no.." He sighed deeply and turned to look away, which got Harley confused and to turn around to see what he meant. "What now?" She asked when she saw that he would have wanted to hide underneath the table instead. "My aunt is over there.. And I don't want to see her.." He said, making her try to find the female he meant. "Why? You have never mentioned a lot about your family.." She said as he lifted his other arm to rest against the backseat of the seat since he was sitting sideways on it now.

"Our last meeting didn't go too well.. I kinda.. made it clear that I don't want to see her ever again.." He explained and was looking in the other direction. "Kinda? How can one do it 'kinda'?" Harley managed to ask before she heard him growling, but just when she thought he had meant it to her, along with the eye rolling, she saw a light gray furred female walking on the terrace and straight to them. "Oh isn't it Vinnie. I haven't seen you since last time.." She said, making Vinnie just growl more. "Figured that out well.. Is that how you got your general stars?" He said sarcastically, making her roll her eyes and chuckle as she lifted her arms on her waist.

"You sound like your father with your jokes.." She said, making Harley turn to look at the female better. "You knew Vinnie's father?" She asked, making Mago take a look at the light brown furred female. "And who are you?" She asked, making Harley take a quick look at Vinnie before turning to look back at her. "Harley. Vinnie's fiancee" She introduced herself but Mago turned to look at the white furred male instead.

"A Fiancee? Why haven't you told me? Your own aunt?" She asked but immediately turned back to Harley. "Are you that Harley who after Vinnie missed so dearly and who got kidnapped the Goddess knows where?" She asked so sharply it even surprised Vinnie a bit. He lifted down his arm but didn't turn fully towards his aunt. He just turned his face as he glared at her. "Let it be.." He growled before Harley answered politely.

"That's me.. I see you have heard of me" She said and then saw Mago grabbing a seat for herself to join them at their table. "Oh yes I do. I'm Mago, Vinnie's aunt" The Brown haired female said, getting Harley to offer her hand to her before they shook hands as a greeting. "Nice to meet you" Harley smiled, but Mago didn't do the same. "Well, let's see about that" She said and then Vinnie spoke up again. "Why are you here?" He asked and turned to look at his aunt who at the same while answering, was talking a bit with her hands too. "I was minding my business when I bumped into you. Just like your father, there is no way you cannot be recognized from the streets of Mars. You are absolutely glowing with your white fur against the red grounds." She explained as Vinnie took a sip from his drink that wasn't that hot anymore. "How nice.." He said sarcastically while Mago looked at his drink before turning to look away with a snort.

"Who knows how strong that is too.." She said under her breath, making him growl and put his drink down harshly. "I am not like them.." He spitted out, making Harley confused. She wasn't quite sure why their relationship was that tense or why they behaved like that. One thing was sure, something was not right. "Who them?" She asked, wanting to know more.

"Vinnie's parents" Mago said, but it wasn't much help. "Or that's what I know about them.." Vinnie said while looking at the sky like he wasn't there anymore. "Don't you know much about your parents?" Harley turned to look at Vinnie. She felt bad for him. She had no clue about the whole thing. He hadn't talked about his family much. Only that his parents were dead. "Not much.." He said, giving her a clear answer why she didn't know about them either.

"You have not wanted to hear. What can one do when a son hates his parents.." Mago said and got another glare from Vinnie. "You haven't told much either.." He said, getting Harley also to turn to look at the light gray furred female. From the looks she couldn't tell they were related. There wasn't anything on the female that reminded her about Vinnie and the same vice versa. Or maybe there was. Attitude and nature.

"I don't do gossiping" Mago said shortly, getting him to snort. "Anything else than about Stoker's things" He said, making Harley lift up her other eyebrow. "Well there isn't anything new in them." Mago snorted while Vinnie was more than bored. "Don't mind leaving if you don't have anything else" He said, without any kind of result.

"When is your wedding?" Mago asked, stuck like a stick in a finger when it came to leaving in peace. But when Vinnie didn't answer her, Harley spoke. "We haven't decided that yet. There has been a lot lately.." She said and then thought "Where does she know Stoker? Probably from the army.." while Mago turned to look at her again. "Right. When did you come back?" She asked without any kind of discreet in her words. "It's none of your business.." Vinnie hurried to say, making Mago roll her eyes to him.

"Little Vin-Vin.. Don't you dare. If the girl is entering into our family, I have to know" Mago chuckled, but got him only to glare again. "No you don't" He answered, protecting Harley from his nosy aunt. "And I wouldn't want to talk about it" Harley added, making Vinnie smile gently at her before glaring again at his aunt. "You heard her. So stop interrogating" He said, making her just huff once. "Oh well.. Alright" She said but then Harley continued. "I'd like to hear about Vinnie's parents instead. His father's name is Roy, that is clear from his last name. But what about his mother?" She asked and was still her nice self even if Mago was quite hard to deal with.

"Haven't you even told your mother's name to your fiancee? Vinnie.." Mago asked, surprised. "So what?" Vinnie snorted while Mago turned to Harley. "Does Vinnie know about your parents?" She asked, getting a nod as the answer. "He does" She said, but the interrogation kept going. "Has he met them yet?" Mago asked, making Vinnie sigh deeply and roll his eyes. "Not yet.." Harley said and then Vinnie talked. "We are also working on that.. But that is not your business, aunt.." He said coldly. But still, Mago didn't show any signs of leaving.

"Well who are your parents then? Since Vinnie's parents are not here to interrogate their future daughter-in-law, I see I have to do it. Profession? Title? Hobbies, other than getting kidnapped-?" Mago listed, getting Vinnie snap totally. "Mago!!" He shouted and slammed his hands on the table, making the cups almost fall over. "What? I do have to know what kind of second class female is about to join in our family" She said while Harley sighed deeply, but when she turned back to look at her, after a small moment of silence the light brown furred female coughed sharply and started to answer her questions fast.

She gave the answer that sass and fast even Mago had a hard time internalizing it. "Professions, nurse and mechanic. Title, the Former Princess. Hobbies, hmm.. Does shagging Vinnie count and having a relationship with him? Or what you want to know more?" She answered sassily, which got Vinnie to burst out laughing while Mago's jaw dropped onto the coffee table. "Former Princess?! You mean you are the daughter of the late Commander in Chief Darius and the Queen?! That Princess who gave up her title as a child?!" Mago gasped out loud, while Harley gave no damn about it at all.

"That's me.." She said and Mago continued. "And the Crown Princess Niv is your sister?" She asked to be sure about it. "Yes she is." Harley said, making her silent for the first time during that she had been there. "Oh I see.." She said before it, while she thought about meeting the Crown Princess at the party when she had just woken up from a coma. "Did you have anything more, aunt?" Vinnie asked, but then Harley talked.

"Is this second class female alright for your family? Or what are you hiding from Vinnie's parents that you can't even tell Vinnie himself about them?" Harley spoke up, getting even Vinnie surprised too. "Oh well.. What can one say to that.." Mago started while thinking "You are clearly related to your sister.. Cockiness and arrogance seems to be heritable in your family" before Harley talked again. "What about that what Vinnie wants to hear about his parents?" She said, getting a chuckle from the female as the answer.

"That what Vinnie wants to hear.. I doubt harshly.." Mago repeated sarcastically. "Just spit it out!!" Harley growled, making her eyes widen a bit. "Oh my.. Strong lady you have found to be by your side.. Just like.. Oh maybe not after all.." Mago said and scratched her jaw while Harley kept growling. "Stop mocking Vinnie's parents without telling any reasons for it already!" She said, making her look bored. "The reason is not pretty.. Like not the end of their story either.." She started and this time Vinnie talked. "Just tell already.." He sighed, getting her to start talking about it finally. The topic was sensitive to him, but he felt lucky to have someone like Harley to be his side, especially in hard times and situations like this one. She seemed to be always there for him, even if he hadn't told her everything or if he didn't always feel like he even deserved her. That got him to realize fully how much she loved him and how much he loved her, and that she was the only one he ever wanted to live his life with.

"My sister and your mother, Mina was an absolutely lovely and warm girl till she met your father.." Mago explained, getting Vinnie to realize one thing that got his eyes widened a bit. "Was my father the reason for both of their alcoholism?" He asked, and then Harley realized something. "Oh Vinnie.. I'm sorry.. I wouldn't have pressured if.." She started but got an understanding expression from him. "You couldn't have known.." He said, getting her to move her ears a bit with a shy smile. "Well she couldn't have if you haven't told her" Mago blurted out, making Vinnie growl and Harley to grab his hand.

After that, Mago continued. "Roy wasn't really the reason why alcohol started to taste more than normally.. And I think it's not my thing to tell" She said but Vinnie just glared at her. "Just tell since you already started" He said while Harley got a bad feeling about this. "Roy didn't take Mina's shocking news well.. Neither of them were ready.. And the young couple sank deep from the beginning pipe dreams to the darkness when the relationship took its way sharply downhill.." Mago said and anyone could tell she didn't enjoy telling about it, even if earlier she had been quite sassy and cocky.

"What shocking news?" Vinnie was about to say but then Harley turned her head away. She felt so bad about the whole thing. "Vinnie don't.." She said but Vinnie didn't give up. "Did my mother get sick? To that alcoholism?" He asked, but Harley tried to stop him. "Vinnie.." She said and looked miserable. "You fiancee got it faster than you.." Mago said and then sighed deeply before continuing. "Mina started to expect a baby. You." She said, making Vinnie freeze right there in shock.

"W- What.." He didn't know what to say. Harley was just holding his hand when he moved it away as he couldn't understand what he had just heard. "Vinnie.." Harley said but he didn't hear it. Was he the reason why his parents drank? Was he the reason that they weren't there anymore? No.. Impossible.. "H- How.. How wasn't I good news?" He said and then realized too how weak his voice sounded. "Your parents weren't even in their twenties yet.. Almost children themselves too.. Together barely a couple years.. Completely in love, but Roy didn't have any kind of sense of responsibility." Mago said while remembering what they had been like in their youth. She missed her sister, even if she didn't show it often to anyone else.

"So.. My father didn't want me?" Vinnie asked, his voice trembling and confused. Harley felt terrible for him. She had her ears low and she didn't know what to say. "It's not that simple.." Mago said, trying to make things better. "I don't think you should be hearing this after all.." Harley interrupted soon, but it only got Vinnie to shake his head. "No. I want to know" He said and turned to look at his aunt, who saw the pain in his eyes.

There was a moment of silence till Vinnie's expressions got her to continue. "In the beginning the thing was like I said. Roy didn't take the news well. A Thought about a baby was too much for him, and he considered ending the relationship. Or that's what I heard. But in the end the love for Mina was stronger. Although Mina.. was about to have an abortion for his sake, when there were last moments to do it, but Roy got there to stop her actions in time. Many months later there was a small white furred baby boy born. Roy named him traditionally after himself. And in the beginning the new daily life with the baby was happy. Till Mina got depressed." Mago explained, both of them listening to her and not saying a single word.

"So.. My mother didn't want me?" Vinnie tried to find out the truth and the reasons for everything. He had been living in orphanages since he was three. But not only he was devastated about what they heard. Harley listened to everything in shock. She realized that Vinnie wouldn't have been there now if the abortion was done back then, while Vinnie remembered preventing another abortion too. It had been Felix.

"It's not that if neither of them wanted to have a baby. In the end, neither of them were ready for that big chance and responsibility that young." Mago made it clear, hoping it would be even a bit of help, even if it probably wasn't. "Which one of them started to drink then?" Vinnie asked miserably. Harley petted the back of his palm, trying to cheer him a bit and show him a sign of support, but it didn't help even if he didn't move his hand away anymore. "That's what I am not sure about either.. But for Mina the alcohol tasted more. Every change in her body after pregnancy, taking care of a new life that is completely dependent on especially mother, who still wanted to experience and do all kinds of things.. That kind of responsibility and changes when other friends went and did what young mice did in that age. The Couple felt often left out and kinda were too. Plus all those nights to stay up and other things that are part of the daily life with a baby, it felt too much. At the same they had to make a living for themselves, each other and the whole little family. Without a bigger backup. It wasn't easy." Mago said and then took a small break to breath before she continued. It was clearly hard for her to tell them about it, especially to Vinnie.

"In the end, Roy tried to become sober for his son's sake, but alcoholism had both of them.. Neither could I have taken care of anyone at that young age. I was grieving for my sister too. My help wasn't enough for them, since they tried to cope on their own even if one would have forced help to them. You had no grandparents that could have taken you so the only option was an orphanage.. I left my contacts into your information, so that you could stay in touch with your past somehow." And when Mago stopped talking, everyone stayed silent. Even Vinnie was speechless and didn't say anything.

It took some time before neither of them talked, but when it happened, it was Harley who spoke first. "How horrible.. But apparently Mina or Roy wasn't in the beginning.. like how they were in the end? There must have been something good in them too. What were they like?" She asked, getting Mago to smile a bit as she remembered her sister. "Mina was warm and loving. Giggling young girl who had the whole future ahead of her. And Roy.. Roy was a pain in the butt.. In trouble all the time, but in his own ways he was kinda conscientious.. Roy.." Mago was saying but then Vinnie interrupted her.

"So I ruined my parents? I drove them to their death?" He asked, and was still clearly devastated. "No.. Vinnie.." Harley said but he talked over her too. "No! That's the way it is! I was the reason they started drinking!" He shouted but then saw her looking at him seriously. "It's not the baby's fault! You were so young back then!" She said, but before he managed to say anything, Mago talked. "Harley is right.. It wasn't your fault Vinnie. Even if I might think that too.. It's because I miss my sister. And that I see them both in you." She said and meant every word.

"What?" Vinnie wasn't sure what he had just heard. His aunt sighed before answering. Seeing her being quite warm after all got Harley to smile a bit. "Even though I didn't like Roy. He was still right for Mina. And you have so much of both of their features that it feels like they are still here." Mago said emotionally, making them feel like it too. "In a good or bad way?" Vinnie asked, and Harley was waiting for the answer too. "Absolutely good. And just like Roy, you can also be a pain in the butt. With.. With.. All the love.." Mago added, looking a bit away since it was hard for her to express her feelings or tell someone how important they were to her.

Vinnie laughed under his eyebrows while Harley smiled too. "You look like your father, but you have your mother's eyes" Mago added, making Harley turn to look at Vinnie. "No wonder why he is so handsome then!" She smiled, getting him to smile shortly too. Unlike normally, this time he didn't brag about it or boost his ego with the compliments. He kept thinking about Mago's words. "Was there something else you would have wanted to know?" She said, getting him to look at her. "I.. I don't know.." He said, and Harley petted his palm again. "That was a lot to hear at once. But maybe someday, right Vinnie?" She said, getting him to nod. "I need to think about it.. Should we go now?" Vinnie turned to look at Harley who nodded at him. "Sure" She said as they started to leave the cafe and Vinnie drank the rest of his cooled drink. "Vinnie.." Mago said, which got him to turn around after getting up from his seat.

"My door is always open to you. And to your fiancee. It was nice to meet you" Mago said sincerely and meant every word she said. Hearing it got Vinnie speechless again while Harley smiled. He felt himself emotional. "Thank you, likewise" She said before Vinnie smiled too. Mago was about to leave too when Vinnie hurried to hug her surprisingly. That also got Harley emotional but she turned her head away, to give them some time.

"Thank you.. aunt.." Vinnie said, making Mago feel emotional too and to hug him back. "Do we see each other again?" She asked, making him turn to look at her. She was shorter than him and a lot chubbier, but now Harley saw them being quite alike after all. "We do.. At least in our wedding.." Vinnie said, surprising his aunt totally. "Really?" Mago said, getting him to nod. "But I have to think if I want to hear more about them.." He said and let go of her. "I understand.. Take your time to process this. But if there are any questions you'd like to have answers, you know where to find me.." She said, making him chuckle. "Yeah.. Nagging Stoker.." He said, getting her to laugh and leave while waving at them.

Vinnie and Harley left too back to the base, but on their way, Vinnie remembered the last time he had met Mago, or more specially her words from that meeting. The Words he had totally forgotten. "Oh.." He mumbled while Harley was walking slowly, her hands behind her back. "What?" She asked as she wasn't sure if he had said anything. "N- Nothing.. I was.. just about to forget something.." He said and walked faster to be by her side since he had left a bit behind. Then they got to his bike, and he drove them back to the base while still thinking those exact words that Carbine would deserve to know the truth.. Could it be true after all what Mago said about Stoker back then?