Past Memories and A Dangerous Situation-ch 3.
"Um, did you just call me sweetheart?" Misa asked.
Vinnie's grin vanished like a puff of smoke. His face flushed an embarrassed blush.
"Well, I..." He said.
Misa's hand touched the side of his face. She looked deep into his coral colored eyes.
"I'll excuse it this time because you're seriously cute." She replied, smiling.
This caused him to blush deeper.
"Woooooooooooo!" Throttle and Modo whooped.
Greasepit stood outside the open office of Lawrence Limburger. He was super nervous. He failed once again to get rid of the Biker Mice. He knew his boss was gonna have a fit. He always did.
"Greasepit, you moronic buffoon! Why are you here?" Limburger bellowed.
"Oh. Hey, boss. I guess now wouldn't be a good time to tell you that the meeces got away?"
"Noooo? Why am I cursed with such incompetent help?" he moaned.
"Hey, thanks, boss!" Greasepit smiled, then frowned,"Hey, wait!"
Limburger pressed a button on an intercom. A small screen came before him as Dr. Carbunkle's image appeared.
"Carbunkle?"
"You rang, your buttery cheesiness?" Carbunkle asked.
"I need something to rid me of those bothersome Biker Mice for good."
"Well, when you have rats, you get a big trap." Carbunkle replied, revealing a giant Venus flytrap with razor sharp teeth.
"Now those mice are going to be plant food for my little pet!" Carbunkle cackled and Limburger joined in.
"Oh, wow!" Misa exclaimed, as the server placed the huge sundae before her.
Layers and layers of chocolate brownie combined with whipped cream and hot fudge sauce tantalized her. That sundae looked so good!
"Thank you." She told the server.
"No, thank you. I knew your folks when I lived in Japan. Great people. Your dad gave me my first job. He owned a shop just like this." The owner replied, smiling, "I named this place in honor of him. He was a good man."
"Was? What happened to them?" Modo asked.
Misa's happy face suddenly clouded. She lowered her head.
"I'm sorry, but, I'm not very hungry." She got up and walked away.
"Did I say something wrong?" Modo asked.
Misa continued to walk off as the memories came flooding back...sad painful images came before her...
Flashback
She had just went to bed when she heard a scream. She ran down the stairs and found her father laid out on the floor in the hall. He had been shot in the head and chest. Misa gasped as pools of blood seeped from his wounds. She found her mother a few feet from her father. She also had been shot in the head. Then Misa saw their killer. A young guy climbing over a fence. The guy playfully stuck his tongue at her before going over the fence. Because of Misa's description to the police, he was arrested a few hours later. The whole trial was a joke. The killer wore gloves so he left no fingerprints. The whole crime scene was cleaned up. Because of lack of evidence, the jury let him go. Misa couldn't believe it and lost all faith and trust in the criminal justice system. She was a wreak for weeks.
End Flashback
Misa continued to walk then run towards the back of the ice cream shop oblivious to others around her. All she thought of was the pain in her heart. An aching pain that made her head hang down and produced eyes full of tears.
"Hey, doll, wait up!" Vinnie called out. He took hold of her shoulders till she was facing him.
"Talk to me." He asked softly.
"My parents." She muttered.
"They're dead. They were... murdered." She replied, struggling to get it out.
" I'm sorry."
"They caught the scumbag who did it but a jury let him go."
"Oh, sweetie." Vinnie sympathized.
"It's okay justice was served. He committed suicide."
"Whoa."
"He got what he deserved. After what he did to my parents."
"I really miss them. Even if it's been a few years since..."
She pressed her body against his chest. He took her in his arms while stroking her hair. He felt the wet, cold tears as she sobbed into his fur.
"Shhh. I'm here for you. So are my bros and Charley." he said.
" I'm better now. Thanks."She said, stiffening and pulling away from him.
"Any time." He replied, meaning it, "C'mon, you got a sundae with your name on it."
"You mean we. You think I'm gonna eat it all by myself?" she teased.
At the same time, a guy and his date were walking to their car. The woman turned to open her car door then gasped. A giant Venus flytrap just swallowed their car. The man and the woman both screamed. They ran off. The giant hungry plant began eating other cars. People fled in terror.
"Wow! I didn't know the shoe store was having a sale." Modo said, as he watched the crowd of people run from the parking lot.
"That's no sale. They're in trouble!" Charley replied.
Throttle, Modo, and Charley watched as the giant plant ate a Mercedes Benz. After it ate it, it grew larger.
Vinnie and Misa had just walked up to them.
"That is one overgrown weed that's gonna need trimming, bros." Throttle said, whistling.
"Well, I got the weed whacker right here!" Vinnie exclaimed, pulling out some lit flares then throwing them. A cloud of smoke and fire enveloped the plant.
"Ah hahahaha! Steamed veggies, anyone?" He joked.
"Don't celebrate just yet, Vin." Throttle replied, grimly. The plant started coming towards them.
"How did it do that?" Vinnie asked.
"Don't know. But it's compost." Modo said, firing at it with his bionic arm. The shots bounced off the creature.
Suddenly one of its vines wrapped around Throttle's foot and picking him up. He activated his Nuke Knuckles and struck the plant. It dropped him with a thud.
"Gotta work on my landings." He muttered, rubbing his rear end which struck the ground.
The three mice took out blasters and started firing at the plant. But it was no use. Whatever they threw at it, the plant was immune to their attacks. The mice began backing up but continued to fire.
"This has Carbunkle written all over it." Throttle said
"So how do we stop this walking salad bar?" Modo asked.
"Well, I'm open to suggestions." Vinnie said.
Suddenly Charley and Misa ran at the plant. Misa stuck two electrically charged wires on either side of the plant while Charley sprayed it with a water hose. The plant began to disintegrate and die.
"Charley-girl? Misa? What'd you do?" Throttle asked.
"Botany 101. Electricity is a plant's worst enemy." Charley explained.
"You also never overwater a plant." Misa joined in. Then looked at her watch.
"Oh, man! I'm so late! I've gotta get back to the set! I'll come back for my moped."
She was about to run off. Then stopped.
"Okay, how do I get back?" She asked, looking around. The mice got on their bikes and rode up to her.
"Relax, doll, I'll give you a lift back." Vinnie reassured her. Before she could say anymore, Vinnie whipped his tail around her waist and lifted her on his bike behind him.
He suddenly felt things he never felt when Charley rode with him. Things such as the shape of her figure or her shapely calves brushing against his legs. He hid his blushing face under his helmet.
"You ok, Vinnie?" Misa asked, as her large breasts pressed against his back. She had just put her arms around his waist.
"F-Fine, babe." He muttered, starting up his bike. He then rode off.
"Man, I think I'm gonna hurl from all this mushy stuff." Ryuk said, frowning as he watched Misa, "Now I'm really bored."
"Oh, I don't know. Helping people is its own reward." Mayu replied,"Why don't you just leave well enough alone?"
"Where's the fun in that?" He asked."Besides things could still get interesting."
"So where are you from?" Misa asked.
"Mars." Vinnie replied.
"Is that, like a town in Illinois?"Misa asked.
"The planet Mars." Vinnie said.
"No kidding? Oh, my God! Real aliens from another planet! Do you know R2D2?" Misa asked.
"Sorry, no. But we know a Stinkfish named Limburger."Vinnie said.
"Eww! He sounds hideous and scary."
"Hideous, yeah. Scary? He's more bark than bite."Vinnie chuckled.
Unknown to them at that time were figures hiding in the shadows. Dark figures on dune buggies silently watching them.
"Well, well. Fresh meat." one of them muttered, "They outta have some money on 'em."
"They'd also make good slaves for the Pit Boss. Take 'em?" The other one asked.
"Yeah." He replied motioning the others. They rode out behind them.
"Who's that chasing us?" Misa asked.
Vinnie looked in his mirror on one of the handlebars.
"The Pit Crew. They work for the Pit Boss."
"Who is he?"
"A slimy creep."He said,"Let me see if I can lose them."
The intrepid mouse rode through an alley. The crew was right on his trail. One of them hid on top of a building. He fired a laser shooting a back tire. The tire was rapidly going flat. The bike swerved.
"Hold on!" Vinnie cried.
They approached a large crater. The bike was going to fast to stop. It went down into the crater.
"Told you this was gonna get fun." Ryuk told Mayu.
"I still think you're wrong about Misa." Mayu said.
"We'll see."
Vinnie and Misa were knocked out from the fall. They found themselves in the Pits. Members of the Pit Crew soon laid their bodies before the Pit Boss.
"Who're these losers?" He asked.
"We found 'em in the Pits."
One of the Pit Crew had removed their helmets to reveal a white human sized mouse and a pretty blonde human female.
The Pit Boss frowned when he glanced at the white mouse. His frown became a grin when he glanced over at Misa. He took notice of her pretty face. He then began ogling her legs and her breasts.
"We're getting some better looking trash in here." He said, "Wake the mouse up."
One of thugs threw a bucket of water on Vinnie. He began shaking it off.
"I'll wake the girl." he sneered a lascivious grin as he reached out his hand toward Misa's breast to squeeze it. He then felt a kick. Vinnie had struck him with his foot. The Pit Boss doubled over.
"Keep away from her!" He yelled.
"Misa, wake up!" Vinnie said. Misa opened her eyes and looked around.
"W-Where are we?" She cried, getting up and looking around.
"You shouldn't have done that, rat!" The Pit Boss frowned. Vinnie was then struck with an electrified whip. He screamed as volts of electricity shot through his body.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Misa screamed. She then ran and started trying to yank the whip out of the Pit Boss's hands. He tried shaking her off.
"Stop it! You're hurting him!" She cried.
"Stay out of my way, girl!" He said, striking her and knocking her down. Misa put her hand to her face and crawled away.
"I have to save him! But how?" She thought.
Then she saw it. A few feet from her: A Death Note!
