Learning to Let Go - Chapter 1-Return of An Old Love
A cool breeze swept across Mars' rugged terrain. Vinnie Van Wham rode his bike to the edge of the desert's ragged cliffs. Charley sat behind him with her arms around his waist and her head on his shoulder. She lifted her head up when they stopped riding. The view was incredible.
Purple and gold cliffs surrounded by a huge red sun that just sunk down below the horizon.
"Wow. I forgot how beautiful Mars could be."Charley said.
"Mars isn't the only beautiful sight, sweetheart."Vinnie smiled, gazing at her. She blushed. He then kissed her and she kissed him back.
It had been two years since Vinnie and his bros left Earth and returned to Mars. The Biker Mice stopped Limburger from by tricking him into destroying his own Tug Transporter thus saving Earth from being transported to Plutork. With the Tug Transporter gone, it seemed they had no way of getting back to Mars. Then Carbine showed up in a Plutorkian cruiser. Vinnie remembered that day.
Flashback "Throttle! I''ve come to take you home!"She cried, joyfully as he took her in his arms and they kissed.
Vinnie looked over at Charley who gave a forced smile. "Well, looks like this is good-bye, sweetheart."Vinnie said, sadly.
"I-I wish you guys could stay."She faltered.
"This isn't a wanting to, Charley-girl."Throttle faltered, "It's just that Mars is our home."
"And our people need us."Modo said, "We appreciate everything you did for us, Miss Charley. We'll never forget you."
"And I won't forget you, Big Guy."Charley said, smiling and hugging the large grey mouse who hugged her back.
She turned to Vinnie who looked awkward.
"Charley, I..."
"I know."She turned away and left the room in tears. The mice looked away as sadness began to sweep over them. They were leaving their dearest friend. She was the only thing close to family they had on Earth. "You go, bros. I'll catch up."Vinnie told them. He left the room to find Charley.
He found her in the kitchen sitting at a table crying her eyes out. His heart went out to her. He pulled up a chair and sat next to her.
"Sweetheart, what is it?"
"You're going away!"she sobbed, "I'll-I'll never-"
"Never what?"
"See you again!"she blurted out. He took her in his arms.
"Come with me."
She looked up. Did she hear what she thought she heard?
"What?"
"You think you can't live without me. Well, I can't live without you!"
"Oh, Vin!"
"Charlene."
They then kissed for the first time.
End flashback Mars was now on its way back. Vinnie and Charley were now engaged. They had served as best man and bridesmaid at Throttle and Carbine's wedding. Now it was their turn in a few days.
"Mrs. Charley Van Wham. It has a nice ring to it."Charley said.
"It'll sound even nicer when it's official."He grinned, holding up her chin with his forefinger and thumb. He was about to kiss her when he heard a bleep on his bike. "Come in, Vin." Throttle said.
"What's up, Throttle. The "little woman" giving you trouble?"he teased.
"Rope it in. Martian Command found Harley."
Vinnie stopped smiling. Harley had been his first love. There had been others but he always came back to her. She was the woman he pictured himself spending the rest of his life with. Then Mace kidnapped her. He was shocked.
The Freedom Fighters searched for her but never found her. Vinnie never saw her again. This one incident made afraid to love again.
It was the one reason it took him so long to reveal his true feelings for Charley. She reminded him of Harley. It was like having her in his life all over again. Vinnie gave up hope of ever finding Harley again. But now. He didn't know what to think.
"We need to go back."Charley told him, "If Harley's in trouble, we have to help her."
"Yeah." He said.
They rode back to Martian Command. Throttle, Modo, and Carbine were there. Carbine was sitting at a computer with a round-shaped screen.
"One of our scouts did a reconnaisance and found these pictures. See that ship? A Reptilicon battle cruiser." Carbine said.
"Reptilicon?"Charley asked.
"They're like the Plutorkians except instead of them being fat and smelly they're scaly and creepy."Modo told her.
"What're they doing near Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos?"Throttle asked.
"We also interpreted this visual message from the ship." Carbine said, pressing a button. The interior of the ship showed up. Harley was staring in the screen. Her face was dirty and she was dressed in ragged clothes. She was terrified.
"Help me someone! They're after me!"She cried out then looked behind her. She put her hands in front of her face.
"NOOOOOOO!"She screamed. Then the screen went blank.
"We have to go there!"Vinnie exclaimed. He went to hop on his bike followed by Throttle and Modo.
"Wait for me."Charley said, hopping on Vinnie's bike behind him.
"Wait don't go! We don't know what we're up against."Carbine said, getting in front of them.
"Harley needs us!"Vinnie cried out. The mice pressed buttons on their bikes. The bikes transformed into aircrafts. They flew towards the battle cruiser.
"Boys!"Carbine murmured, watching them go.