Through Fire And Flames
*Thanks no neoqueen24 for the review! They really keep me writing.
*I have this thing totally finished now, I just have to type it all up. It's gets interesting from here on out.
*The last chapter is seriously based off a dream I had. Like it's practically scene for scene word for word. I really did wake up crying. It was so hauntingly perfect.
*I'm so sick…I'll give you a preview right now to keep your interest.
Stoker stood a distance away and checked the gun for any flaws. He gave Throttle a smile and a nod. "Look at me Lina." Throttle said as he met her once shiny emerald eyes and kissed her as Stoker fired not once, but three separate times.
That's my teaser for ya'll.
Chapter 4: StarfireLina woke up a few hours later and decided to go downstairs but realized as she tried to get up that she was laying in someone's arms. She looked up and saw Rimfire and remembered their little talk last night. A smile crossed her face as she pulled herself from his arms.
Carbine stirred from her spot on the bed and sat up. "Lina, what are you doing up?" She asked as she gave Lina a confused look. "I'm going downstairs, My stomach won't leave me alone." Lina replied as she finished getting dressed. " Do you want anything?"
"I'll be down in a bit, but I'll have some coffee." Carbine told the tan mouse, who just gave her a nod and left the room. She then got up and looked in the mirror, cringing at what she saw but already knew. Her eyes had that look where you could tell that she had been crying. "God I look like hell." With that said she went downstairs to ask Lina about a quick fix, but stopped at the bottom of the stairs when she heard Lina talking to someone.
"I'm fine, really I am. Believe me I would not put drowning at the top of my death list."
"You had me worried that's all." The voice was confirmed to be Throttle's and Carbine couldn't help but listen.
" I had you worried? When I first came here three days ago I could have sworn I was looking down the business end of your blaster." Lina explained before being cut off by Throttle kissing her earning a shocked look from Lina and a slight gasp from Carbine."Throttle!" Lina yelled pushing him away. " This isn't right, Carbine is my best friend and you guys use to go out.." That comment earned a smile from Carbine.
" I don't care." Throttle replied huskily as he pulled her close."Well I do. Now if you excuse me, I have breakfast to finish." Lina replied as she turned back to making pancakes and took a deep breath and walked into the kitchen. "Hey Lina what do you do about poofy eyes?" Carbine asked as Throttle gave her a surprised look.
Lina gave Carbine a quick look, " Take some ice in a washcloth and hold it over your eyes for a few minutes." She told Carbine as she handed her a cup of coffee. " Would you like a cup, Throttle?" Lina asked as she looked at him. She was just being civil to him because Carbine was in the room.
"Yes please." he replied as he took the cup and sat at the table only to be joined by Modo, Vinnie, and Charley soon after."Hey Lina-girl I didn't know you knew how to cook." Vinnie said as he gave her a confused look."I didn't always. Torque taught me before he died." Lina replied as she gave him a small smile and sat a plate of pancakes in from of them.
Charley and Modo looked at each other in confusion. " Lina, who is Torque?" Charley asked as Carbine turned and left the room, she really didn't want to hear it again.
"He was my husband." Lina paused when she heard a snap and saw Throttle with a broken fork. Without so much a flinch she got him another one and continued. " Torque VonGillern was Carbine's brother. I met him while working with Harley. We were always together. Then he made this amazing dinner one night and proposed to me. A few weeks later we got married. Four months after that we were in battle and I got hit in the chest by flying shrapnel. He pulled me close to him until it was over taking several bullets for me. I was then told to take his bike, Nightstorm, and head to safety. I passed out on Nightstorm, but Carbine helped me. When I woke up Stoker gave me Torque's ring. He told me that they already buried him and that it was better if I wasn't there." Lina quit talking and gave them a smile.
"Did you have any children?" Modo asked breaking the silence.
"No, we didn't want to raise them in a world with war." Lina replied as she leaned against the counter holding a cup of coffee.
"Well Lina are you, Carbine and Rimfire staying around for Christmas? I know these guys are curious about it." Charley asked giving Lina a smile.
" What's Christmas?" She asked giving Lina a smile.
"A day of the year where you spend all day with family and friends. You decorate a tree, bake cookies and just enjoy being with each other." Charley explained as she picked up her plate and put it in the sink.
"I'm family now?" the blonde haired mouse asked Charley quietly.
"Lina, you were family the moment you set foot in that door." Charley replied in an equally quiet tone as she gave the other woman a hug.
"Well yes, I guess I will stay for this 'Christmas.' It sounds fun." Lina told the mechanic with a smile."That's good, I look forward to it." Charley left the room and went to tell Carbine and Rimfire that they should stay for a few weeks, or at least come back to Chicago for the holiday.
"We would love to stay around that long Charley, but I can't be away from Mars for very long." Carbine told Charley as she gave Rimfire a sad glance. "In fact we were just talking about leaving soon."
"That's unfortunate. At least come back by December 23, I want to take you and Lina shopping." Charley told the dark haired mouse who just gave her a confused look before giving her a nod of approval.
" We will and I will try to get Stoker to come also." Carbine replied with a smile. "If you excuse us, we should go say bye to Lina." With that said they walked downstairs and saw Lina talking with the three boys. She walked up behind the blonde haired girl and put a hand on her shoulder. "Hey Lina, we're going to leave now that you are alright."
Lina stood up and gave the other woman a hug. "I'll see you in a few weeks for this Christmas." Lina told Carbine as she took off the necklace with her rings . "Take this and give it to Stoker to bury with Torque, I can't keep living in the past."
Carbine gave Lina a shocked look. "Are you sure?"
All Lina did was nod. "I know we will meet again someday but he wouldn't want me to not experience love again." She replied as she handed the necklace to Carbine.
"I understand."
"Miss Lina…" Rimfire said as he met her eyes.
Lina put a finger to his lips. "Don't, please. I know." She gave him a quick hug and pulled back. Carbine and Rimfire finished saying their goodbyes to everyone else. They then got on Carbine's bike and rode to where they parked their ship
Once they were gone Lina went into the kitchen to get another cup of coffee only to be stopped by Throttle. "Ride with me Lina."
"Why?" She asked giving him a puzzled look.
"We need to talk." He didn't really give her much more choice in the matter as he took her hand and pulled her onto Lady before taking afternoon sun made the snow glisten like diamonds. Lina, although puzzled by the tan mouse's request felt quite comfortable with him. He took her to a secluded spot overlooking the now frozen Lake Michigan.
"What are you thinking about Throttle." Lina asked quietly as she took in the scene in front of her.
Throttle took her hand and helped her off of Lady. "I was worried about you. You had me scared to death when Vinnie said you weren't breathing. I was afraid I didn't reach you in time. This morning was also uncalled for. I never meant to.." He was cut off mid sentence by Lina kissing him.
"You talk a lot. Don't apologize for anything. I'm sinful for enjoying it. I don't need a babysitter to watch over me, I need a man to love me." Lina almost instantly regretted what she had said. She's known this guy for three days and already she's declaring her undying love for him. "I'm sorry." She said as she looked down at the ground.
"Don't be. I misjudged you. I threatened you." Throttle replied as he tilted her chin up to meet his eyes.
Lina was speechless. For the first time since Torque died she felt that feeling of pure bliss and contentment. "If loving you means being condemned to hell, so be it." She gave him a smile as she brushed the hair out of his eyes. "I just feel like I'm betraying Carbine in some way."
"If there's one thing Carbine has taught me in the year and a half we were together, it's to never regret loving someone." Throttle told Lina as he put his free arm around her waist and pulled her close to looked into his deep ruby eyes.
"I won't regret loving you. I just hope Carbine is alright with it all." Her emerald eyes shined with love for the tan furred mouse.
"One thing though Lina that has puzzled me since I first saw you, how did you end up with green eyes? Most mice, if not all have red eyes." Throttle asked as he studied her eyes.
"My father, Syrus Allister, everyone in his family had green eyes. My mom Minnie though, had the Martian ruby eyes though." Lina explained as Throttle's eyes got wide in amazement. "Before you even say anything, yes my father was the one who taught Stoker everything before my parents were killed. In reality his older sister had Carbine and Torque when she was seventeen and he was six. It's quite the age gap. I was born a month after Harley and almost three months after Carbine and Torque. Stoker then became like an older brother to me and Harley.
A muffled voice then came over the radio on Lady. "Modo to Throttle, come in."
Throttle, slightly cursing his bro's bad timing, went over and pressed the green flashing button to connect them. "Go ahead Modo, what's wrong?" Throttle asked as she still held onto Lina's hand.
"Stoker just called, Martian scientists have detected a strange satellite orbiting Earth. He want us to meet up with him, Carbine and Rimfire to check it out." Modo's voice was slightly annoyed with this sudden change of plans.
The tan leader sighed. "Okay, we'll be back in ten, and then I guess we're going back to Mars. " Throttle replied as he cut the transmission and looked at Lina. "I'm sorry we have to head back. He climbed back onto Lady and Lina got on behind him.
"Don't be. These things are common in our line of work." Lina said as she wrapped her arms around his waist as they took off for the garage.
Stormey: Okay now that I have all the basics covered the story moves fairly fast and the chapters get longer. It only took me like 700 years to get them to mars where everything cool happens. If I'm in the mood I might get the next chapter up within the week but good ol' Cincinnati has the white death covering it. Chapter 5 is long but you get to see Harley and it's the beginning of the much anticipated Vinnie/Carbine romance.
Review please...no flames they will just be used to heat the city of Cincinnati and subject to mocking.