Walking out calmly to the bikes, Modo carried Zerelda in his arms wrapped in Mace's duster. He handed Zerelda to Vinnie as he climbed on lil hoss. Once he was settled Vinnie looked down on his cousin's unconscious face. Looking at Modo he could see the anguish in his face over all that had happened. Not saying much he handed Zerelda over to Modo who rested her in front of him cradling her against his chest on the bike. Silently Vinnie and Modo came to an unspoken truce. Modo and Zerelda truly loved each other as much as Vinnie loved Charley girl. Taking a deep breath, Vinnie was the first to speak.
"Listen, Zerelda has went through hell while she was gone. She will be ok once she wakes up. But the two of you have a lot to talk about. I think what happened to her needs to be told to you by her. That book she told you not to read unless she is gone, go ahead and read it. Take her back to her barracks and stay there til she wakes. I know what is held in that book, and you need to understand why she behaved the way she has towards you." Before Modo could say anything Vinnie ran his hand down the side of his cousin's face, slapped the back of Modo's shoulder and walked away.
Modo sighed and felt like maybe just maybe things may become almost normal between him and Vinnie. He started lil hoss up and started to drive back leaving Throttle, Vinnie and Mace alone with the cell shifter.
Watching as they drove off Throttle looked at Vinnie. "So does this mean my bros are striking the band back together?"
"I don't know man, but baby steps bro. Baby steps. Zerelda went thru hell man with this, thing! And it played on her emotions and tricked her and did everything to control her. All in its name of love. I don't know what all he was cooking up with Karbunkle but from what we heard in the warehouse we all were pawns in his and Karbunkle's sick game."
While Throttle and Vinnie talked over things Mace went exploring in the warehouse. Inside he found the security office where all the camera's and computers were located. There he discovered more than what that creep had stated. Apparently not only was he the Senator Zypher, Zurbert and a security guard. He was also Jackson, but he was Dr. Slinker and Hendrickson! The goon that raped Charley in Karbunkle's lab, the doctor that was Charley's psychologist. This thing had stalked all of them in his sick twisted games for years! Downloading all he could from the computers, Mace raced back out to Vinnie and Throttle. With the adrenaline surge running through his veins he reached them in record time. It was all coming together and looking like hope was starting to shine through the clouds.
"Bro's we have to get back to the base asap. I have the information we need to execute these bastards with extreme prejudice. "
Nodding in approval they climbed on and rode back to the base. Throttle broke off to go tell Carbine and Stoker on the latest. Vinnie went to take care of the cell shifter at the brig. Knowing that if Charley sees him that it could mean the death for them both Vinnie asked Mace to go check on her. If she was awake to take her to Bella Maverick and explain to her that she needs to stay out there for now. That he would be out soon.
Mace went to check Charley before heading to the Maverick home. Sure enough Charley was there Vinnie's room still asleep. She looked so peaceful that he didn't have the heart to wake her. Staring at her he could see some similarities in her face that if you really looked close would make you wonder what she would look like as a Mouse. She was slightly taller than Harley and similar in body frames. She started to stir causing Mace's breath to hitch in his throat. Stirring she sat right up in bed and looked right at him. With unseeing eyes looking right past her she re positioned herself to lay on her side and went back to sleep. As her hair fell out-of-the-way Mace saw a device on her neck. Holding his breath he walked up to her and carefully removed it from her neck. Nervously he silently walked out of Vinnie's room as he tried to run out the doors. Pulling out his blaster he hurried to throw the device out in the air. As it soared high he aimed and fired his blaster at the device making it explode instantly. Mice came piling out of the Barracks to see what happened while Mace ran for his bike. Before any of the guards saw him race off.
This day couldn't get anymore frustrating Throttle lamented in his head. With all that has happened, he had to tell Carbine now more than ever that he loved her. No more messing around. He was gonna bond with her as soon as possible. He sick of waiting. It was torture seeing the looks that passed between Zerelda and Modo today. The two were crazy for each other and yet separated for years. The pain was written all over Modo's face when he thought Zerelda was dead. Throttle quietly pulled up on Lady outside of Bella's home. He immediately was floored as he saw what was happening. Primer had a knife and was about to stab his woman in the back with a growl, he pulled his blaster out and fired knocking the knife out of her hands.
"WHAAT IS GOING ON HERE!" Throttle bellowed taking everyone else by surprize.
