Okay, so surprise...!

I finally figured out how to continue my first story "The New Dawn of The Red Planet"! And I had so many requests about it and questions about when there's going to be a sequeal and now, finally I read the whole story again and I immidiately got a spark to continue it!

So, this is a straight sequel to the story "The New Dawn of the Red Planet" so I'd suggest if there are readers who haven't read that part to quickly read those about 24 chapters because I'm not planning on explaining too much in here about what have happened before etc. This sequel will start straight from where the last one ended so even the ones who are familiar with the TNDOTRP-story might find it handy to read at least the last chapter of it again before reading this first chapter here...Just to know and remember what's up XD

Also I did a slight revision on "TNDOTRP".I just always read something I've written and think "hmm, I could write that better"... That's just me trying to aim for the perfection always...

AND speaking of which, again, English is NOT my first language so be gentle and kind with the grammar observations, I do try to correct every error there is before uploading BUT it just happens that there always sneaks a few or more mistakes so I do apologize them in advance...I go back to correct them many times even after the uploading...

So, for all of you who have been eagerly waiting for the sequeal! Here it is!

And please leave a comment after reading the story! I really really appreciate them!

Hope you guys are still with me with this story!

-SpaceFlora

p.s. Also I deleted that last story "Rebel hearts" from here since there was only a few chapters and it just didn't work...I'll make some changes and write it again when I sometime get the chance and spark to do it... But I guess I'm concentrating now onto this sequeal...

The Good, The Bad and the Rebels

Chapter 1

Water?

Modo was driving through the Martian desert his mind eleted. The evening spent at his mommah's house had been a success. Modo's stomach was now so full of his mommah's incredible cookings that he had even been contemplating about staying there for the night but he had quickly erased that thought from his mind as it would've been too dangerous, for him and Aprilia but also for his mommah, sister and his sister's husband Radius.
The Freedom Fighters were now wanted men and women and their photos had appared on the newspaper as well, giving faces to this mysterious rebel group that now, a couple of years after the war with the Plutarkians, had become active again. And now the Fighters were in even a bigger predicament than before. Now the government was after them as well and many of the Fighters had already gone missing, presumably they were dead. Luckily they had been able to rescue some of their old comrades from the government's secrest desert base but still there just weren't that many Fighters left.

A small group of rats had also appeared and offered their help to which Modo was a little sceptical since he had always had a deep hatred for the rats. He had never trusted them, not even when they had been fighting alongside the Fighters during the war and when they had stabbed the Fighters in the back, it had not surprised Modo that much. But these rats now had stated that they had never agreed with Mace and they had formed their own rebel group and fled the rat territory. Now they were also outlaws as well as outcasts, just like the Fighters were and they wanted to help the Fighters, for a better future for all the races on Mars. But it didn't matter if Modo trusted them or not, Stoker had been willing to give this rebel rat group a chance. And Stoker had the final word around the Headquarters. Modo really hoped that the rats did keep their promise, for their own sake...

Lil' Hoss hummed and beeped like noticing her owner to become lost in his thoughts and Modo gave his beloved bike a little pat with a smile. Okay, he'll just try to think about the happier things. Like his mommah's face when she had learned out tonight that her only son had finally built enough courage to propose his longtime girlfriend, Aprilia. Mommah had cried out of joy and kissed Modo and Aprilia both multiple times, hugging them with a tight but loving grip. Mommah had always loved Aprilia, she had considered her as her daughter-in-law long before the proposal had even occured and the old grey-furred woman had always tried to discreetly (and occassionally not so discreetly) imply to her son that he should marry the girl. But there had been a war and then Modo along with his two bros had crashlanded on Earth and they'd been fighting there for three years against the same Plutarkian scum that had turned Mars also into a giant sand bowl. There hadn't been much of leisure time to just settle down... And come to think of it, there wasn't any leisure time to be seen in the future either. There was just no rest for the heroes.

Their trip to mommah's house had not only been about pleasure as Modo had told his sister to bring her husband, the Army Lieutenant Radius along with her. Stoker had asked Modo to try and persuate Radius to find and gather the soldiers still loyal to Carbine who at the moment was locked up somewhere inside the Army Base. She was at the moment waiting for her trial for her treason against the state since the government had learned out about her connections with the Freedom Fighters. It had taken a bit persuation but in the end Radius had agreed and he had told his brother-in-law that he knew what was going on and that he had been doubtful about the actions on the Martian Cave Mice' government's behalf for a little while now but had doubted that nothing could've been done. But in the end he had agreed to help the Fighters, on one condition, if Modo got his nephew Rimfire, Radius' stepson out and faraway from the the Freedom Fighters. Modo had agreed on that just because he had always felt that Rimfire would be in immidiate danger if staying with the Fighters. He had felt a slight failure as a protective uncle, now that his nephew was enjoying the chaotic and dangerous lifestyle as well.

Modo felt a slight feeling of anguish entering his mind. Rimfire loved the Freedom Fighters and loved to be one of them. He would not want to step down, not without a fight and Modo had a sickening feeling that it was about to become a great fight. What if this changed everything between them two? They had had always a very special, strong and warm bond. Since they had quite a small age difference between them it had always felt that they were nearly like brothers. But because he loved his nephew so much, he knew he had to protect him, wether or not Rimfire would ever understand that. Modo just didn't want anything to happen to him, and with this line of work, that "something" could also mean getting killed. One could never know. And right now the stakes were so high and the numbers of the Fighters so low (albeit there were now a small group of rats helping them, which for some reason did not make Modo feel anymore secure) that the grey furred giant couldn't predict how this all would come to an end. He just hoped that it would not mean the end of the Freedom Fighters as well.

His thoughts were silenced by a light squeeze around his middle and he was brought back to the present moment.

"You're alright, love?" Aprilia's voice asked through the helmets' radio. She had felt his muscles tensing up.

"Yeah, Ah'm alright, darlin'..." a slight smile curled around his lips even though she could not see it, leaning her helmet-covered head against his wide back.

"You've been very quiet since we left your mommah's house..." her soft voice spoke again.

"Sorry, just havin' a lot on my mind Ah guess..." Modo's voice rumbled.

"Does it somehow link to the little talk you had with Radius back there...?"

"Maybe..."

"So, what did you guys talk about then?" Aprilia asked nonchalantly. Modo didn't know what to answer her and the silence pressed Aprilia to ask another question.

"Is it a secret?"

"Nah, Ah don't wanna keep any secrets from ya, darlin'...it's just hard to explain..."

"Humour me."
Modo sighed deeply.

"Ah asked if he could possibly help the Fighters..."

"Oh? How could he help?" Aprilia got interested.

"By gathering the troops still loyal to Carbine-ma'am..."

"What did he say?"

"That he could do that..."

"Well, what's the problem then?" Aprilia asked, she was in the end a doctor, a woman of science and she had this rational way of thinking. She could not see a problem here yet.

"Well..." Modo started not really sure how to describe his dilemma with his nephew.

"He said he could help but on one condition..."

"That been...?" Aprilia was pushing, but kept her voice warm.

"That Ah would get Rimfire out of the Fighters..."

"Well, you can't really promise that..." Aprilia answered.

"That's the whole problem. Ah kinda did..."

"Stop the bike!" Aprilia suddenly raised her voice and the immediacy in her voice got Modo to pull the bike into a sreeching halt in the middle of the desert, the back tire sliding until it stopped.

"Darlin', we're out here in the middle of the no man's land, it's not safe to..." He started but was cut off.

"Why did you promise Radius you'd get Rimfire out?!"

"Well, since in the end it is best for him..."

"Do you realize how Rimfire's gonna take it? He would see it as a huge betrayal from your part! He'll not forgive you that!"

"Hey, Ah would do anythin' for that kid! And if it means that he'll hate me for the rest of his life then so be it, but Ah would rather have him alive than dead on my watch!"

"You really need to start treating him as a young adult that he is and not as a kid! He can make his own decisions!"

"Why are ya so mad about this? Ah thought that you of all people would understand this, ya being a doctor and all..."

"I don't want him to die either! But this is not about that, this is about you having some respect for your own nephew!"

"Ah do respect him."

"Not if you're gonna stab him in the back..."

"Okay, can this conversation wait 'til we get to the Headquarters? This most definatly ain't the time and place to have this talk...or any other kind of talk for that matter... It's dangerous out here in the no man's land..." Modo looked around them, trying to hear if there were any movement around them but it all remained pitch black and silent, only the lonely bright stripe of light coming from Lil-Hoss' headlamp pierced its' way through the darkness.

"You telling me to shut up?" Aprilia raised her eyebrow. Modo gave a deep sigh and turned to look at her.

"No, Ah'm with the most politeness tryin' to ask you to wait 'til we're in a safer environment to have this talk..." Modo's voice tried to be warm but it had a sudden tightness in it.

"There's noone in here!" Aprilia spread her arms and looked around them, into the darkness.

"Wanna hang around until we get company? Ah can assure ya that it ain't gonna be friendly..." Modo turned his look on her but Aprilia only crossed her arms and glared him back. Modo sighed again and then got up, flinging his other leg over the saddle of the bike and then sat down back again, crossing his other leg on top of the other one.

"Fine, let's talk here..." he said giving their surroundings a careful look. In the end, he was raised to not to argue with the women.

"I just don't want you to do a horrible mistake, love..." Aprilia's voice was softer now. Modo shook his head looking into the distance.

"Ah don't know... Ah feel like Ah'm between a rock and a hard place here... Ah mean Ah've promised so many times for mommah and May to keep the twins safe and yet Ah was unable to keep Rimfire from gettin' recruited into our rows... This is not necessarily the most safest career choices there is. And this situation we're at right now, the whole government after us and us hidin' in the desert... It's just not a safe place for him. He's got his whole future ahead of him, he's a bright kid."

"Maybe, but it is his own choice to stay with you guys. He chose to become a Freedom Fighter." Aprilia answered.

"Ah just wish that he wouldn't see this thing as somethin' glorious..." Modo muttered back.

"The Freedom Fighters are doing everything for..." Aprilia started.

"...the greater good, yeah. Ah know." Modo ended the sentence while looking away again, out into the darkness. He then scratched the sand under his other foot with his biker boot, looking thoughtful.

"Are the bad things somehow more justified when they're done for the greater good?" Modo asked with a low rumble.

Aprilia stared at him but then nodded firmly.

"Yes."

Modo turned to the small light brown coloured female and blinked a few times, he had not expected for her to be so firm with her answer.

"Because, I believe in the Fighters. And I believe in you." She then concluded taking him by then hand again.

A shy smile appeared on Modo's features as he then turned his look on her hand, resting on top of his flesh one. He stroked her palm with his finger and looked like contemplating something. He then cleared his throat.

"Maybe Ah'll just have a talk with Rimfire..."

"Talking never hurts. But don't push your ideas on him, it will only make him more determinated to do just the opposite."

"Yeah, Ah know..."

"Just tell him how you feel but if he talks then really listen what he has to say. He's a grown man and deserves to get his voice to be heard. Specially by his uncle who he respects so much."

"Alright...Guess Ah can do that..." Modo nodded and then raised his look and stroked her cheek and chin and then tilted her head up a little and kissed her.

"Thanks, darlin'."

"You're welcome, love." Aprilia smiled against his lips. Modo then got up and flung his other leg over the saddle of his bike again and sat down comfortably.

"Okay, let's get goin' before a sabre squid decides that we'll make a nice lil' night snack..." He chuckled. Aprilia gave a laugh and got closer to him, putting her arms around his middle as she felt his tail curling around her waist, to secure her.

"Ready, darlin'?" He murmured.

"Always." Aprilia smiled and leaned her head against his back as Modo started the bike and soon they were gunning down the dark desert towards the Headquarters again.

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As they got inside the safety of the Headquarters again, Modo got up from his bike and offered Aprilia a hand that she took with a smile and got up from the bike as well. Modo patted Lil'Hoss lovingly and whispered a goodnight and the bike beeped back. As Modo straightened his back he now saw that the garage was missing a few bikes still.

"Are the others still gettin' some latenight junkfood...?" He frowned even if he tried to joke. Aprilia looked around but couldn't really remember how many bikes there should be and whose were missing. Modo on the other hand seemed to know exactly how many and who were still out with only a quick glance around the garage.

Suddenly Rimfire walked inside the garage and as he saw his uncle and Aprilia his smile got wider.

"Hey-y, you two... Had fun at grandmommah's? Oh, did ya guys bring me any leftovers?!" He asked excitedly and Modo turned to Lil'Hoss like remembering something and then took a still warm package wrapped in foil from the bike's side compartment.

"As a matter of fact we did...Here, catch! They sent their loves, too." Modo threw the package to his nephew who grabbed it from the air.

"Thanks!" Rimfire cheered as he smelled the package.

"Mm...Love sure smells good...!" He joked and was to leave but turned around to give them two another look.

"Oh, yeah, some Fighters are still checking those tunnels out... They should be here any minute now I guess..."

"Okay..." Modo nodded now a bit absent-mindedly, remembering what he had promised to Radius and what they had been talking about with Aprilia just moments ago. He gave a little nervous glance towards the short female whose blonde hair now looked messy after having a helmet on. Aprilia only gave him a meaningful look back and nodded towards Rimfire's direction.

"Hey, Rimfire, whacha' doin' tomorrow...?" Modo then asked turning to his nephew again.

Rimfire raised his eyebrow.

"I didn't know we had a lotta options in here...?"

"Yeah, guess you're right...We could maybe... Ah donno, hang out...?" Modo asked, scratching his neck, feeling a bit awkward.

Rimfire raised his eyebrow again, not to the fact that he and his uncle would hang out, that they did on regular bases but for him to ask in advance was another thing.

"Sure. We can do that..." Rimfire smiled back but then pointed at the package in his hand.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I'm havin' a date with this hottie!" He smirked and left the garage. Modo gave a chuckle and shook his head.

"So...You know what you're gonna say to him...?" Aprilia walked to the grey furred male and gave a loving nudge to his side.

"Not really, no..." Modo sighed, crossing his arms.

"But Ah think after some hours of sleep Ah'll know...Ah just need to clear my head first."

Aprilia nodded back and then took a step forward again, deciding to change the topic.

"You know, your mommah seemed to be very excited and happy for us getting engaged..."

Modo turned his head to her and a wide smile appeared on his face, that they did have in common with his nephew. He placed his hands on her sides.

"Now, why wouldn't she be excited for you're the most gorgeous woman on Mars...?"

Aprilia turned her look away shyly and then gave her own outfit a look.

"I can't believe I met her in this wrinkly dress...! I must've looked awfully sloppy...!"

"Nah, you have never looked better, darlin'..." Modo murmured and then lifted her to sit on a table nearby and nuzzled her fair blonde hair before he leaned over to press a feathery-light kiss on her lips.

"Well, you don't look so bad yourself, handsome..." Aprilia smiled against his lips as she answered to his kiss, been way more eager with it. Modo stroked her sides, drawing gentle circles with his thumbs and Aprilia moaned quietly before she then wrapped her legs around his pelvis, making him nudge closer to her. She stroked his muscled chest and sides under his dark hoodie and then slowly let her hand slide down to stroke the sensitive skin just under his belt. Modo chuckled while still kissing her.

"Ah like how your mind's workin', darlin' but maybe we should take this to a more private location..?"

Aprilia gave a laugh and bit playfully his lower lip.

"You mean like the closet in the infirmary...?" She whispered back.

Modo chuckled again.

"Well, the war was ragin' back then, we needed to be creative...Ya do have a room now..."

Aprilia gave a light chuckle and Modo stroked her chin and studied this pretty blonde infront of him, perching on the table, her blonde hair messy after the bike ride and her cheeks rosy. He was to say something back but they both got distracted by the sound of the garage doors sliding open and they turned their heads to soon notice a bunch of bikes driving in. It wasn't the fact that they saw them coming in that made Modo and Aprilia stare at them, it was the fact that they were soaking wet when they did that.

"What the heck happened to you guys...?" Modo then observed the wet bunch of mice and rats. Vinnie got up from his bike and rolled the red racer a few metres still until parking it, leaving a dark wet trail behind. He took away his helmet and let it drip a few drops before placing it on the saddle of his bike. He then turned to give them two a look and his somewhat sour look was replaced with a teasing smirk.

"I think I'm more interested in what is happenin' in here..." He wiggled his eyebrows at them two and Aprilia realized her legs were still wrapped around Modo and she quickly hopped off the table and straightened her dress, clearing her throat.

"I'll just... get you guys some blankets..." She muttered and left the garage. Modo looked after her but then turned his look to the younger white furred bro.

"So...? Care to explain why it looks like ya guys just swim in here...?" He raised his eyebrow.

"That's because we nearly did..." Stoker answered as he rolled his bike to its' place and then took away his wet shirt, revealing his naked torso full of old battle scars. He rolled the shirt and squeezed water out of it.

Modo only stared at them and got a slap on the back by Throttle who only chuckled at his dumbfound expression.

"We found water." Throttle rasped as he ruffled his long hair, trying to make it more dry.

"Water?" Modo repeated in full disbelief, his arms crossed.

"Water." Stoker concluded.

"Water!?" Modo's voice got more surprised.

"Yes! Water!" Vinnie shouted back.

Modo only stared at them, his jaw dropped a bit, still not really comprehending what they were saying.

"From...Mars?" He asked still not buying it.

"Yes, from Mars!" Vinnie's voice got even higher.

"You found water from Mars?" Modo finally concluded, it wasn't anymore as much of a question but a statement.

"Dear gods..." Vinnie rolled his eyes. He hated to repeat things. He was way too busy and energetic to keep the same record playing for too long. Yes, they found water from Mars. That was now in the past, let's move on!

"Yes, bro...We found water from Mars." Throttle chuckled with a smile. Modo studied his bro for a second.

"But that's like...a big thing." Modo tried to wrap his head around this fact.

"Yeah, it sure is..." Throttle gave a laugh and then turned his look on his right where the brown furred rat with the black short mohawk had appeared, his fur as wet as the others'.

"So...Simson? Did you guys know about this...? That there's water stored to those tunnels? Since those tunnels were dug by the rats..."

"You ask whether or not we knew about this?!" Simson's voice got a bit angry.

"If we had known there's water in there we wouldn't have hidden it from the other life sources..."

"Well, it looks like someone did hide it from everyone else..." Stoker came to them putting on a clean and most of all a dry shirt on, pulling his long ponytail which still dropped water from under the shirt.

"Who else is using the tunnels beside the rats?" Throttle asked Simson who only shrugged his shoulders.

"The tunnels are old but nowadays most of the tunnels are only used by Mace' troops and that way the rat citizens don't dare to use them. Mace isn't exactly known for his hospitality even towards his own race and so the tunnels are pretty much their kingdom."

"But Mace is good buddies with the government, too so maybe those creeps from the secret desert base knew and used the tunnels as well?" Stoker rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

"I'm positive about that since one of the tunnels lead straight from their secret base..." Throttle concluded and then gave Modo a look.

"What ya think, Big Fella'?"

"Hm?" Modo raised his look still seemingly thinking about the water.

"Right, right..." He then nodded, not really sure what they were talking about. He hadn't really been listening. Throttle rolled his eyes behind his specs but then turned towards their younger bro but he was nowhere to be seen anymore.

"Busy to hook up with his new girlfriend..." Stoker chuckled as noticing who Throttle was looking for.

Aprilia stepped into the garage and threw army blankets to each and every mouse and rat that was still shivering a bit from getting all soaked up.

"Thanks, doc." Stoker smirked as he threw the blanket over his shoulders to keep him warm. Aprilia only gave a warm smile back but then noticed Modo's still spaced out look.

"What? What did I miss?" She asked.

"They found water." Modo only waved towards the others.

"Water?" Aprilia repeated also but gave the others a look. Stoker chuckled and put his arm around the short female while they started to walk out of the garage.

"C'mon, doc, let's gather everyone together and I'll explain everything..."

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So, there still didn't happen too much in this chapter but since it has been some time I've been writing this story (well, the last one that is directly prequeal to this one) I decided to start with a nice easy chapter.

Even if I already have ideas for what to write next and what's going to happen in this story but it's better to not write a toooo loooong chapter.

Anyway, again, hope you guys are still with me with this long story!

And please write a review to tell me what you think! Reviews are what keeps me motivated!

Until next time

-SpaceFlora