Disclaimer: I don't own the bmfm characters, but Maia is mine ;)
Rating: M/MA (just to be sure..)
Warnings: Story contains swearing, sexual situations (het), blood, angst.. ((And just for your reading pleasure: My first language is not English and
though I did my best to proof the stories, there might be grammatical errors
or weird sentence structures))
Phone rings. Nobody answers. The answering machine whirls and clicks.
"This is the answering machine of Last Chance garage, please leave your message after the beep". A very high beep sound could be heard.
"Um, hi sis. This is Maia. You are not there.." a short silence because the caller thought Charley really IS there, "I just called to inform that I'm coming to Chicago this week. I'm not sure of the day yet, I'll call you again when I do. I mean, that is, if you want to see me. Ok. Bye"
Another beep tells that the message has ended.
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Another day at the Last Chance garage. While Charley is mopping the floor, clearly in her own world, the guys are having tough time not to rip something apart.
"I have put Lil Hoss in to pieces and put her back again three times this week. Three times" Modo said angrily and tapped his metal fingers against the surface of a wooden table.
"I hear you bro, it has been really quiet out there" Throttle says and points at the empty street.
"Argh, I need some action around here!!" Vinnie yells in frustration and kicks a soda can that's lying on the floor, "Let's go to Limburger tower and check if Olé Fishface is doing something we don't even know about"
"I'll say! That's a.." but Modo doesn't have a chance to finish. Something hits the south wall of the garage, splintering the wall in to many pieces.
"Speaking of the Devil!" Throttle curses when he takes cover, pulling Charley down with him.
"WAHOO! About time!" Vin yells as he pulls his laser gun from it's holster.
"We better take this outside bros! Don't want to crush Charley's place!" Throttle's command makes the two other mice ran on to the street.
Greasepit was at the end of the street, revving his bike's motor with an eerie looking smile on his face..
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That's my sister alright, Maia thinks as she watches the scene laid ahead of her. Three mice looking men and her sis were standing on the road, looking very cocky and confident, even though they were facing probably the most ugliest thing she had ever seen in her young life. A man who's hands were dripping with.. Grease? Yuck, she thought.
What she did see was something that the others didn't. The rhino of a man had some kind of a weird gun behind his back, and he had already cocked it. It would only take seconds before he could severely hurt someone. It was time to act.
Zipping her leather jacket back up, placing her helmet on her head and hopping on her custom made motorbike, she gunned the engine and put it on 'Silent mode'
Let's get ready to rumble, she thought with a smirk and moved off.
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The black bike shot out of nowhere. It went right past Throttle and Modo with no sound.
"Hey, what the heck..?!" Throttle stumbled over his words. All of them looked in awe as the biker didn't even brake, going full speed at Greasepit and then, doing a wheelie at it's front wheel, the biker threw the bike into a 180 and hit Greasepit straight to the head with the rear wheel. The speed had been so high that Greasepit actually flew a couple feet forward before hitting the deck with an 'Ooomphf!'
He didn't budge after that. The gun he had been holding was crushed to pieces when the biker let his bike's back wheel to drop back to the ground.
The biker however took out his.. Er.. Her helmet and roughed up her black, a little over shoulder length, hair. She had violet yes and petite features, and she looked like she had had a long ride behind her. Her black jeans hugged her slender legs and perfect hips just the right way..
All of the guys were smitten.
"Hello Charlene" the biker said and smiled charmingly.
"Maia?" Charley asked, her eyes staring at the biker with awe and shock.
The other woman hopped of her bike and started walking towards them smiling at the same time. "What? Doesn't your sister even get a hug?" she asked, smirking.
Her hips swayed as she walked, and everything seemed to happen in slow motion for Vinnie. If he was the best rockin mammajammer this side of the asteroid belt, this vision of a woman had to be the best looking beauty there was in the whole galaxy.
Charley seemed to have come out of her paralysis. Her eyes cleared and she smiled. Then she was running at her sister with open arms, "MAIA!"
The two women hugged and laughed.
"Oh my God, is that really you girl?" Charley asked. "Yes, yes, it's me!" Maia said laughing, "Is it that hard to believe?" she asked, facing her sister.
"No! It's just.. It's just that.. Last time I heard from you you had gone M.I.A in North-Korea" Charley answered, once again tears in her yes. "They.. They even sent me a letter telling me that there was strong believes that you and the team you were in had.. Had all been killed. I.." and then she broke down sobbing.
"Hey.." Maia said affectingly. She lifted her sister's head so she would look into her eyes. "You shouldn't believe everything they say" she said with a wink and smile. Charley sniffed, but managed a smile of her own.
Vinnie coughed behind them. Both women turned their gaze to the three mice. Charley cleared her throat at once. "Um, Maia. These are my three friends. The biker mice"
Maia turned her gaze from the mice looking men to her sister "Er.. Sorry, what?" Charley smiled sadly. "Uh, it's a long story. Shortly put these guys came from Mars to protect Chicago & the Earth from Lawrence Limburger, a local business man who's really from the Plutarkian planet and he.."
"Wow, wow, wow! Slow down girl, I can't keep up with you!" Maia giggled. The guys had come closer and Maia turned to face them. Charley was right beside her.
"That was some fine piece of driving m'am" the tallest of the mice said. "Yeah, how did you manage to come in so silent?" the tan coloured mouse asked, clearly interested.
"Silent mode" Maia said, waving her hand dismissively, as if it was normal.
"And you are Charlie's sister?" Throttle asked. "Yes, I'm Maia" she answered and held out her hand. Throttle took it and was pleased when they shook hands. Her warm hand fit his easily. "Throttle"
Ending the handshake she lifted her gaze to the tallest of the mice. A dark grey coloured mouse who had an mechanical arm and an eye patch. "Modo. It's nice to meet you m'am" Maia just nodded her head and gave him a small smile.
Vin had yet to said anything. All he could do was check this girl out. He was definitely glad he had joined in with his bros to come here to Earth. But oh, now that beauty queen was looking straight at him. Her bright violet eyes were watching him closely and.. Did she just check him out as well? Do something!, his brains screamed at him.
"I.. I.. I'm.." Vinnie mumbled. Modo and Throttle gave him an odd look, as did Charlie. Vinnie always had a way with ladies, and now he stumbled?
Maia giggled at the white mouse. "Yeah, my entrance might have that effect on guys" then she giggled some more and turned, "I'm gonna get my bike now"
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Once inside the Last Chance garage Maia and Charley decided to told the guys, who were quite baffled as to why Charley had reacted the way she did, to her sister's arrival.
When Maia had put her bike to rest she zipped her jacket open and took it off of her. She had a tight, navy blue t-shirt on which read 'NAVY SEALS' on the front. Her black biker boots came to rest on the table once she had sat on the stool near her.
"Maia left for the army when my parents were killed in a car accident at the motorway. I didn't approve her choice at first, but when I saw she was a lot happier this way I let her go. She got herself into Navy Seals -unit. They do all sorts of dangerous stuff", Charley stopped her remembering to cast an 'evil eye' at her sister, "which is usually Top Secret. You know, Eyes Only."
Maia listened her sister, sipping her Coke from time to time and keeping her eyes on the table under her booted feet.
"Well," Charley was just about to end her story, "year ago I received a letter from the Army, telling me that she had gone Missing In Action and that they had every reason to believe she had died." Charlie's eyes watered again. Throttle placed his hand on her shoulder and she got some strength from it.
"I hope you didn't announce me dead though"
Charley snapped her head up to glare at her sister. "You didn't sent any messages, letters, cards or called! How was I suppose to know you weren't dead!?" she bolted up from her seat, tripping the chair down as she did so. Even Throttle jumped back a little. She was breathing heavily.
Maia had her eyelids half closed, watching at the wall list running on the floor level, "Kinda hard to do that if you are held in a North-Korean prison camp" she said softly.
All of the others stiffened when they heard what she had said. Charley forgot her anger immediately. "You.. You were held prisoner?" she asked winded.
Maia nodded once. Charley regret her earlier reaction. "I'm sorry Maia. I.. I didn't know. Oh God, I didn't.." Charley felt as if the whole year and a half's sorrows caught up with her and she felt herself falling.
Maia quickly rose from her seat and caught her sister mid-fall. Putting her arms around her sister's middle and held her close.
The guys saw fit to leave the girls and moved to the living room, closing the door behind them.
"Those Korean people makes me mad! How could someone hurt such a beautiful thing like her?" Modo growled, his eye glowing red.
"Just think about Mars, bro. Same thing was going on there. Remember that we barely escaped from Dr. Karbunkel's hands" Modo said back.
"I just hope they are both OK there" Vinnie said looking at the closed door. The other two mice exchanged smiles. Vinnie had his eyes on a new girl..
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The guys had been watching the TV for three hours when the door finally opened and Maia came in.
"Is Charley..?" Throttle started but was silenced by Maia's finger on her lips, "Be quiet, she's asleep" she murmured.
Casually she homed on the fridge and took another can of cold coke from the shelf. Since the guys were all sitting on the sofa, she decided to sat on the armchair.
"What are you guys watching?" she asked as she sat down. All of the mice were looking at her. It felt wierd that his woman had accepted them so quickly. No questions, no weird looks, no snatching away in terror when they passed her..
"Er.. Conan O'Brien, m'am" Modo answered.
Silence again.
Maia smiles. "Is it just me, or are you watching me like I'm some sort of a rat who just washed up from the sewers?" she asked with a smirk.
"No!" "No, m'am!" "No way sweetheart! You can never be called as a rat! You are, uh, the finest of the finest babe"
Mary tilted her head a little and watched at Vin with a comical expression. "My my, he CAN talk" Then she lifted the can of coke and sipped it. Vin's face blushed and he looked a little sheepish.
"We are just a little perplexed that you accepted us so quickly. Most people scream and ran off if they even see a glimpse of us" Modo somewhat answered to her earlier question.
"Boy, I have seen some shit that would turn you white. No offence Vin," Maia said and nodded in his direction, "Nothing amazes me these days"
After an hour of chitchat with the guys, Maia had gone to bed as well. The mice had decided to stick around for the night, afraid that Limburger might have another ace up his sleeve..