Temptation and A Declaration of Love -Chapter 10
The five members of the former Martian Mouse Council sat disconsolately in their prison cell.
"I get out of this cell and I'll make the Biker Mice pay dearly!" Torris Rainer spat out.
"Good luck with that. Those mice are unstoppable." Musso told him, "How did they find out about us anyway?"
"They had to have read the encrypted files. The only one who could've been able to open them was Stoker." Adolf Nixor said.
"And no wonder. We've trained him well." Vlad said, "He was one of the best mindbenders we had. His mindmelding along with his computer hacking skills were next to extraordinary."
"We should've destroyed those files when we had the chance. Not let Martian Command find them." Stalis said.
Suddenly, the bars on the window parted, and a figure entered. A winged figure flew into the prison. She had recited an incantation as old as time. It was Charla.
"Hello, Charla." Torris Rainer said.
"And who is this ravishing creature of peerless beauty?" Adolf Nixor asked, gazing in awe at the gorgeous, super endowed bat mouse woman with an hourglass figure.
"Someone I bargained with a long time ago to assist me in restoring the Martian Mouse race." He replied.
"And I agreed to help you, Torris, on the condition that you help me in bringing back my own kind." Charla explained, "I still need you."
She held her hand over the cell door. The cell bars parted. Torris Rainer climbed out. The others went to climb out, too but the bars pushed them back into the cell.
"Sorry, I only need him." She told the others.
She created a portal and the two figures went into and it disappeared.
...
The next morning was the trial of the former members of the Martian Mouse Council. Carbine, Throttle, and Stoker, in their Freedom Fighter outfits, were present in the audience. The Galactic Council teleported them into a large courtroom.
"Glad to be in the audience and not on the receiving end of this court." Throttle said.
The tan furred mouse remembered the time he, Vinnie, and Modo were brought before this very court by Limburger. The Big Cheese paid a crooked lawyer to plant false evidence showing the Biker Mice displaying acts of violence against Limburger to make it look like they were attacking him.
He wanted them to be sent away to a maximum security space prison. Throttle made the lawyer present supressed hidden evidence showing Limburger really strip mining Earth like he did Mars and the Biker Mice stopping him thus clearing their names.
Now today, the council members, clad in gray overalls and shackles, were teleported before the judge.
"Adolf Nixor, Musso, Vlad, Stalis, and..." The judge stopped reading off his tablet, and looked at the prisoners, "Where is Torris Rainer?"
Stoker, Carbine, and Throttle looked and didnt see him with the others.
"How did he escape?" Carbine asked, in shock, "I had so much security guarding their cell a snake wouldn't have been able to slither through."
"I don't know. But we gotta find him and fast." Throttle told her.
"I'll inform Martian Command. He couldn't have gotten far on foot." Stoker said.
"Until, we can find Torris Rainer. The trial will be put on hold." The judge said, "The prisioners are to be detained in the Galactic Maximum prison untill further notice."
...
"Man, I wish we could go back to Earth. I could've been chowing down on hot dogs slathered with ketchup, mustard, pickle relish, and sauerkraut then wash it down with a tall frothy root beer. Instead, I'm eating this slop." Vinnie groaned, picking at the unappealing bowl of goop in front of him.
He was in the cafeteria at Martian Command Headquarters having breakfast. Modo sat across from him eating his own bowl of food.
"It aint bad. But I miss Earth, too. I miss fishing at Lake Michigan." Modo replied, between bites.
Vinnie got up and sat next to Modo. Modo stopped eating and looked at his younger bro. He was wondering why he had this big toothy grin plastered all over his face all of a sudden.
"So...spill, bro. How'd your date with Arielle go last night? Get lucky? Hint hint." Vinnie grinned with a sly look on his face, while elbowing his larger bro in his side.
Figures. Modo thought.
"C'mon, bro. Did you make it with her or not? This inquiring mind wants to know." Vinnie asked.
"What mind?" Modo chuckled, "I always thought there was nothing but empty space between those big ears of yours."
"Ha ha." Vinnie replied, sarcastically.
"Hey, what's so funny?"
Both mice looked up to see Charley standing next to Vinnie holding a lunch tray containing a bowl of the same goopy stuff they were eating plus a mug of coffee.
"Oh. Morning, Miss Charley Ma'am. Let me get that for you." Modo said, getting up and taking the tray from her.
"Sweetheart, there's room on this bench for two." Vinnie said, getting up and pointing to his part of the bench.
"For you and your ego." Charley chuckled.
"Hysterical." Vinnie replied. Modo laughed.
Charley sat down next to Vinnie. Modo put her tray on the table in front of her and sat down again.
"Thanks, Modo. So I heard things are getting pretty serious between you and Arielle." Charley said.
"She's a great girl. I really like her." Modo replied, a slight blush on his cheeks.
"Well, I'm happy for you, bro." Vinnie told him.
"But..." Charley began, knowing Vinnie had something further to say.
"Why does there have to be a ''but?" Can't I just be happy that my bro, the closest thing I have to a real brother, has found someone to share his life with?" Vinnie complained, "I'm not totally shallow."
"Really?" Modo teased.
"I'm not!" He almost shouted.
"You mean you weren't just asking Modo if he scored last night?" Charley asked, a smile played at her lips.
"Who me? I'm devoid of all lustful intent." He denied.
"Right." Charley smirked.
"Besides, a gentleman never tells." Modo said, "With or without a lady present."
...
Vinnie went to dump the remains of breakfast. After much coaxing he ate the chewy concotion. It beat starving.
"Hey, handsome."
He turned around to see Rosalie standing behind him.
"R-Rosalie! When did you get here?" He asked.
"This morning. Stoker went to the trial. It's just Spitfire and me. She went to help out with the Pinkseed plant. I'm training the new recruits in hand to hand combat." She replied, then glanced at him under her eyelashes,, "I, uh, could give you some private lessons if you're interested."
Rosalie had on tight pants, brown army boots, and a sleeveless blue bra like top.
"What'd you have in mind, sweetheart?" He asked.
Rosalie put her hands behind her head then began belly-dancing. Her hips gyrating slowly mesmerized the white mouse's senses.
"We could go to my room and have our own little party." She purred.
Vinnie grinned then stopped.
"No. I better not. If Stoker finds out, I'm toast." He said.
"He doesn't have to know." She said, putting her arms around his neck.
Vinnie hesitated. The girl was hot. He found himself drawn to her.
"Hey, Vinnie, where'd you run off to ...?" Charley stopped short on seeing Rosalie with her arms around Vinnie and his around her.
The auburn haired mechanic turned away in disgust.
"Charley? Sweetheart...wait." Vinnie began, undoing the girl's arms much to her surprise.
...
Charley shouldn't have been so surprised. She's known him for three years. He's always been like this The guy's had more girlfriends than you had toes.
"Why am I acting like this? So he's interested in that girl. Why am I letting it bother me?" She thought.
"Maybe...because...I...I love him." She blurted out loud.
"I love you, too, sweetheart."
She looked up to find Vinnie staring at her.
"I always have. From the moment my bros and I first came to Earth. I never acted on it because...well... I didn't think you felt the same way. Plus, we had a great friendship. I didn't want to ruin that. But I lived in the hope that someday you would see and think I was good enough for you. I know I haven't exactly given you a reason why you should give me a chance. Especially now but I do love you." His voice was raw with emotion.
Charley saw that his normally comical, cynical voice was gone.
She took his hand in both of hers.
"Then let's make this day a new beginning." She said.
They kissed gently and passionately.