She's Trouble Chapter 10: Escape and First moves, a biker mice from mars fanfic

Well here's the next chapter...my longest one yet! Could be the song though....

Disclaimer: I do not own Biker Mice From Mars...I'm currently saving my money....>.>. Tala, MC and Sparks belong to Kindra Coates. Alex and Nightstorm are mine. The song Everything belongs to Lifehouse and whoever they're affiliated with.

And lastly, thank you again to Intrepid and Samurai who seem to be reveiwing everytime I post one of these things. Your support is awesome :-)

Now on with the next chapter!

Chapter 10: Escape and First Moves

Charley was woken by an urgent banging on the door.

"Charley! Alex! We gotta go! Limburgers goons are attackin' the place!" Vinnie's voice bellowed through the door.

It took Charley a moment to process the information, and she turned to look at the bedside clock.

"4am?! Why is he attacking at this hour? Alex!" The last word, directed at her cousin didn't do much except drag a groan out of the lump under the covers. Alex never was a morning person.

"ALEX!" Charley yelled, yanking the covers off the younger woman, while trying to pull on her jeans with the other hand, and ending up in a heap on the ground.

"Whasamatter?" Alex mumbled, still half asleep until she heard Charley fall to the floor.

Alex peered, bleary eyed and wild haired over the side of her bed.

"Whatcha doin' down there?" She asked, looking totally lost.

"Never mind that!" Charley snapped, getting impatient. "It's Limburgers goons. They've found us! Get moving!"

That woke Alex up in a hurry. She let out a strangled yelp and practically blasted out of bed and raced around grabbing clothes and the travel bags...Thank the Goddess they had put their bikes in the ship the night before!

Explosions were rocking the building, and the two women wondered briefly why those hadn't woken them earlier.

While Alex was rushing around, yelling at Charley like a mad banshee, she managed to knock the older woman over three more times. Luckily Charley was almost finished and dashed out the door while Alex pulled on her boots, quickly ran a brush through her hair and tied it into a ponytail. She grabbed her travel bag which she had slung on the bed, threw her brush in, along with several hair ties and shot out the door. She rounded the corner leading into the hangar, and smacked into something large and solid.

"Ow!" she squealed, falling backwards, noticing Vinnie staggering back. Before she hit the ground however, two strong arms wrapped around her waist from behind.

Alex glanced up.

"Thanks Modo" she gasped, trying to get her breath back, but there was no time. Modo scooped her into his arms and followed Vinnie into the ship. The ramp closed behind them as the ship began to take off.

"I went lookin' for ya…where were ya?" Modo asked Alex as they headed for the North Pole.

"I must have taken a different route to you" Alex answered, before realizing something and blushing.

"Uh, Modo?"

"Yeah?"

"You can put me down now"

"Oops…sorry" Modo spluttered, blushing as well as he set Alex on her feet again.

"Thanks"

"Alex?" Modo started

"Hmm?"

"Er, last night…"

Alex's face started to burn yet again. Damn, why couldn't she control this blushing?!

"I, er, I'm sorry if I offended you…it was a goodnight kiss…friend to friend, kinda…"Alex trailed off as she watched the emotion on Modo's face, which looked like…disappointment?

"Oh" he mumbled. Modo stared at her for a moment then turned away.

"I better go talk t' Throttle and Vinnie about Limburgers goons. I'll see ya later?" he said hopefully.

"Yeah sure" Alex replied as she watched him walk off, leaving her there wondering what the hell had just happened. Did he want to be more than friends? She pondered this as she slowly walked towards the lounge.

No one was in there for the moment, and Alex sank down onto one of the couches, marvelling how a space ship could be turned into such a luxurious mobile home.

"I'll never understand guys" she muttered to herself.

"What guys?" asked a voice from the doorway. Alex turned in the couch to see Charley standing there. The older woman walked over to the couch and sat down next to her cousin.

"What's wrong, Alex? Something happened with you and Modo?"

Alex blushed again at the mention of his name.

"I don't know" she answered.

"Whenever he's around, the look in his eyes tells me something totally different to what he says" Alex let out a huge sigh.

"He's agreed to be friends, but I can't help wondering if he wants something more. I'm starting to get confused"

"Sounds similar to what happened to Throttle and I" Charley said thoughtfully. "But since Throttle made the first move by taking me on a date, I'm afraid I can't help you there, except maybe you should go talk to him"

"I don't know about talking to him, Charley" Alex sighed again, shaking her head. "I think this is one of those things that has to sort itself out"

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In the room the mice had taken to sleep in on the trip to Mars, Throttle and Modo were having a conversation very similar to Charley and Alex's.

"Look Big Fella, you're just going to have to get off your butt and talk with her"

"But she said just friends" Modo responded, looking frustrated. "She doesn't want anythin' else…well that's what she said. The look on her face doesn't fit in with that. Man, this is confusin'" Modo buried his head in his hands despondently. Throttle seemed at a loss, even though he and Charley had had the same type of problem. He got up and went over to the door.

"I'll go talk with Charley about it" he said, turning his head to his older bro. Modo made no sign that he'd heard, so Throttle left, closing the door behind him.

Vinnie came up to him in the hallway.

"Hey Throttle, Tala says we should be there soon. When we get to the pole we're going to scan the area, then go straight up when there's an opportunity"

"Good. I'm just going to talk with Charley, and she can tell Alex"

Vinnie nodded and went to go past Throttle into their room.

"Hold it Vin, Modo's in there. He's not feeling hospitable right now, so I wouldn't go in"

Vinnie shrugged, turned and bounded off down the hallway to impress (annoy) Tala some more.

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"I'll go and talk to Throttle about it" Charley said to Alex. "Maybe he can think of something"

"I don't know why you guys are doing all of this…shouldn't we sort it out ourselves?"

The older woman snorted.

"Oh come on Barnam. Both of you are so shy, that if we left it up to you, neither of you would make a move"

Alex gave her cousin another Look, and Charley snickered.

"OK, the radio is over there…easy to operate, but don't touch the TV…I don't know how that works, and Tala would be mad if it got broken"

"Thanks Charley. Some music would be good right now"

As Charley left, Alex walked over to the radio and turned it on. She fiddled with the tuning for a few seconds and stopped when she found a decent station. She returned to the couch and sighed again, leaning back against it, losing herself in the music that drifted across the room.

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Charley headed down the hallway, turned a corner, and almost bumped into Throttle.

"I was coming to talk to you…" they both began, and then laughed.

Throttle slipped his arm around Charley and they went back in the direction that Throttle had come from, taking a turn towards an unoccupied part of the ship.

"Modo seems pretty shaken up over Alex" Throttle said. He looked worried. "I've never seen him like this."

"Alex is the same…I don't know what to do. She tells me to stay out of it, but if we did that, they'd never get past this 'friends' stage"

"I know…" Throttle broke off and turned to look back down the passage they'd just taken.

"Did you hear somethi....?"

Modo suddenly went striding past the opening of the passage with a determined look on his face. Charley and Throttle stared at each other for a moment, and then took off after him.

"MODO! What's wrong?" Charley yelled after him. Modo didn't stop. In fact he didn't even falter. Throttle and Charley couldn't keep up, and stopped trotting after him.

"What do you suppose that was all about?" asked Charley, looking at Throttle with wide eyes

"I dunno, Charley-girl, but I think he's not going to give us a chance to butt in with him and Alex" Throttle responded, suddenly grinning.

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Modo heard Charley yell at him, but he couldn't stop, not now. He'd been thinking about what his tan coloured bro had said and knew he was right. If he didn't do something, nothing would happen between him and Alex.

He rounded a corner, to go past the lounge, and came to a halt. There was music on and the sweetest voice he had ever heard was singing along. He recognized Everything by Lifehouse, and then forgot to think as he looked into the room and saw Alex, sitting on the couch, her eyes closed, singing softly. Her pure voice washed over him, bringing a sense of peace. He walked forward to stand silently behind her, listening.

Find me here.
Speak to me.
I want to feel you.
I need to hear you.
You are the light.
That's leading me.
To the place where I find peace again.

You are the strength, that keeps me walking.
You are the hope, that keeps me trusting.
You are the light into my soul.
You are my purpose...you're everything.

And how can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Yeah…

You calm the storms, and you give me rest.
You hold me in your hands, you won't let me fall.
You steal my heart, and you take my breath away.
Would you take me in? Take me deeper now?

And how can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?
And how can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Cause you're all I want, you're all I need.
You're everything, everything.
You're all I want you're all I need.
You're everything, everything.
You're all I want you're all I need.
You're everything, everything.
You're all I want you're all I need.

Everything, everything.

Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Alex sighed as the song finished, and let her head drop onto the back of the couch, not opening her eyes. It was one of her favourites. She had put a lot of feeling into it this time, for some reason, and now she felt drained. Then she sensed a presence behind her. She opened her eyes, expecting to see the ceiling. Instead her gaze met a familiar furry face with an eye patch and uneven buck teeth. She gave a squeak, jumped off the couch and fell in a heap on the floor, re-bruising the spot on her rear end that she had landed on the first morning at the Last Chance.

Modo was at her side in seconds, helping her up.

"Are ya OK?" he asked, worried.

"Ow…" Alex rubbed her behind. "This is getting to be a habit…How long were you standing there?!" she suddenly demanded. Modo only looked a little guilty.

"Long enough to hear the voice of an angel" he said quietly.

Alex went bright red.

"I-I'm not much of a singer" she stammered.

"Liar" Modo grinned, and then his brow furrowed as he remembered why he was here.

"Um, Alex, I was wonderin'…when we get to Mars, there's a place I'd like t' show ya. While Night Storms info is bein' uploaded, we could go there and have lunch or somethin'...The upload'll take a coupla hours at least…that is, if you want to…"

Alex tilted her head to one side as she looked up at the large mouse.

"Are you asking me on a…a date, Modo?" she almost whispered.

"No!...uh...I mean…oh mama…"

Alex started giggling. She couldn't help it. Hearing her, Modo flushed, but he started to chuckle when he realized how ridiculous he must have sounded.

"I'd love to" Alex replied when she had stopped.

Modo gaped at her for a moment. She wanted to? She actually wanted to! Modo managed to restrain himself from not punching the air and letting out a whoop.

"It's a hidden spot, not many other mice know about. Real quiet like and pretty" Modo said enthusiastically, relief filling him.

He was about to babble on about it a bit more when an electronic voice resounded through the ship.

"Please find a secure seat. Mistress Tala is about to put the ship into hyperspeed"

"What the heck was that?!" Alex demanded.

"MC. Tala's ships AI" Modo responded. "We'd better sit down"

Both of them quickly sat on the couch which was anchored to the floor, Alex looking apprehensive. Modo noticed and slipped his hand into hers, giving it a reassuring squeeze. Alex looked startled, and glanced up at Modo, who grinned down at her. Alex couldn't help smiling back. At that moment, Charley, Throttle, Sparks and Vinnie came running into the room, and occupied the other seats, knowing they were the best ones for the initial hyperspace jump, being padded and secure.

Tala, of course, was in the cockpit. Charley and Throttle took the couch across from Modo and Alex. Both the auburn haired woman and the tan mouse noticed Modo and Alex's linked hands and grinned to each other.

The ship gave a shudder and then they were all pressed into the couches as the ship jumped into hyperspeed.

(AN: There ya go, nice and long....hope you enjoyed it...glances at Word Oh dear...I better get typing again...I;m running out of chapters O.o. Please R&R!)