Stoker Tells His Story - Chapter 26
The Biker Mice along with Charley and Carbine glanced at the older mouse with shocked looks on their faces.
"Stoke..." Throttle stared at his mentor and friend.
"Look, it's not something I'm proud of!" He replied, looking up at them, "I was a young mouse when I joined Mars' armed forces."
"Then when I got in my twenties, I was recruited to join a secret group of Martian Mice chosen by the government that were trained with the ability to erase other beings' minds."
"But I thought we Martian Mice could only project our memories to each other and to other beings through our antennas." Carbine said.
"We can but a certain mouse can also be trained to use their antennas to erase a person's mind. Of course, you have to really know how to do it. It's very dangerous. You could wind up as a vegetable or permanently brain damaged if you aren't careful. It was a huge risk."
Flashback...
"At the time, there were only three of us trained for this important work. We were told to erase the memories of hundreds of Martian Rats. We were told they had been traitors to our nation. I thought we just had to wipe their memories clean of important classified documents they had read then they would be let go. I found out later these same Rats were then thrown into the infamous Pit of Spikes! I refused to do anymore mind wipes till I was told me and my parents would face a similar fate if I didn't cooperate." Stoker replied.
"I was scared. I didn't know what to do. The others were in the same boat as me. They and their families had been threatened with death as well.. We felt trapped." Stoker said, looking away as the painful memories of the past came back.
"We then found out about a group of rebel Freedom Fighters. They were made up of Martian Mice and Rats fed up with the government's unjust laws. They were trying to overthrow them. That's when I made the decision to find them and join them. Of course, before I could do it, they broke into the governmental lab where me and my colleagues were working."
"A doctor! We need a doctor!" Their leader, a Martian Mouse said, then pointing at me, "You! Come with us!"
They were dressed in army camouflage outfits and had weapons. My two colleagues were then tied up while I was blindfolded and my wrists were tied. I was led away secretly. I couldn't see a thing but knew I was walking through a forest. You know how green Mars had been before the Fish Faces stripped it bare. Anyway, I was led into this place. I was then told to remove my blindfold. There lying on a bed was a Martian Rat. He was hurt badly. There was a large wound in his chest. The result of a blaster. Because of medical training I received, I treated his wounds and nursed him back to health. I found out his name was Rolf. I joined their rebel group and we became good friends.
Rolf told me he had been injured when he went to visit his lover. I learned she was a Martian Mouse named Myra. You can imagine my shock. I thought at first it was a fling till I saw them together. They were very happy and were planning to get married. The young lady told me her father was the mayor of Brimstone City. Rolf, I soon learned, had been warned to stay away from her. He refused and she became pregnant with his child."
"The young woman tried to hide the pregnancy from her father but somehow he found it out. He was not a happy camper when he discovered the baby belonged to Rolf. The child was soon taken from the mother the minute it was born. It was adopted out without her knowledge."
"How do you know all this?" Vinnie asked.
"Because Rolf told me. He learned that she had gotten pregnant. She got word to him about the baby. They had planned to elope. By the time he made it back to her, she had been given in marriage to the sheriff of Brimstone. The baby was gone. He told him it had been born dead. A few days later, Myra was found lying on her bed dead. Laser blast to the head. A smoking laser was found near the body. Suicide, some said. Rolf didn't buy it. He believed she had been murdered by the sheriff for bearing a half-breed."
"That poor girl." Charley murmured, sadly.
"Rolf wasn't the same. It was like losing his betrothed and his baby made him crazy. He confronted the sheriff armed with a blaster. I tried to stop him.
"Rolf, this is crazy! Don't do this." I told him.
"Stoker, that sheriff is a scumbag! He took Myra from me and now my baby! He's gotta pay!" Rolf replied, then turning to him, "If I don't come back, promise me you'll find my child and tell him or her that Mommy and Daddy never abandoned you. We died loving you .Tell my child the whole story when my child gets old enough. Maybe someday Mice and Rats can live together in peace. Only then will there be no more hatred between them."
Then he rode off on his motorcycle.
That was the last I saw of him." said Stoker.
" The sheriff was later found dead with a thousand rounds in him. Rolf was then arrested and then tried by the Martian court. He was guilty of murder and sentenced to die."
After his death, I became the new leader of the rebel force. I was determined to find Rolf's child but first, I needed to save my two colleagues who were still at the mercy of the Martian government. Without thinking, I snuck back into the lab to convince them to join us. But was led into a trap."
"I was surrounded by members of the police force working for the government."
"I'm sorry, Stoker." My colleague said, "But they said they would spare the lives of my mom and dad if I helped them get you. They know you joined the Freedom Fighters."
"And what makes you think you can trust this government, Remmy?" I asked, "They're nothing but murderers. Look at the murders they committed using us as the tool!"
"He's right, Remmy. How they've treated us hasn't been right. They've threatened our families." My other colleague, Selene said.
"Join the Freedom Fighters. Let's take back our planet." I said.
"The Freedom Fighters are vigilantes. Rats and Mice working together! Ugh!" Remmy said, disgusted.
Suddenly, the building was surrounded by Freedom Fighters. Selene grabbed a blaster and aimed it at the police force and Remmy.
"Go on, get out of here!" She called out to me.
"I ran out the door and got away. I found out Selene had been arrested and charged with treason. My team and I rescued her.
"I soon found Rolf's child. It was a girl who was being raised happily in a good home by a Martian Mouse family. I continued with the Fighters even when the war began."
Flashback ended
"Such a pretty speech!" Some one was clapping.
Harley had snuck into Martian Command.
"A day of reckoning will come to everyone who took my family from me!" She screamed.