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Chapter thirty one
But then, she suddenly realized something. The bikes. Kiwi looked up. The bikes were hanging with their backs down. Modo's hand wasn't under them. There was only thing she could do and she just hoped she wasn't gonna blow the mice to the seventh galaxy. She jumped at her feet.
"Yo, a little help over here?", she asked, her voice echoed over the stretched lawns.
The bikes didn't react.
Shit.
Panic was starting to take over. The mice were running outta time.
"Hellooooooo!?"
Nothing.
"God dammit, you stupid pieces of metal, your riders need you!"
Still nothing.
Kiwi screamed in frustration and stamped on the floor, like a kid that didn't get a lolly pop. Dammit, why weren't they helping? She looked wildly around her, but she only saw grass and bushes. She opened her mouth to let out all the curse words she knew, when she suddenly froze.
Right. That could work.
And after taking a deep breath, she whistled between her teeth. The bikes revved their engines.
"Jesus, was that so hard? Fire in tha hole, bikes!"
All three bikes shot a rocket outta the back and the explosives disappeared in the green river. Kiwi stared at it, biting her lower lip. This has to work. A huge explosion made her fly backwards and she landed in the bushes, green slime all over her. Yuck. But it worked. The explosion made some sort of tsunami and the mice flew through the air and landed hard in a bush closeby.
Green, weird looking fruits landed on top of them, falling outta the tree because of the hard clap from their landing. Modo grabbed one and smiled.
"Ah well… At least we didn't land in a pile full of feathers."
"Hey, check this, bro's! The juice in the fruit is dissolving the slime!", Throttle said, rubbing with the green fruit over his fur like a sponge. And he was right. He wiped away the slime like it was nothing.
But before anyone could say something, Kiwi came into view.
"Oh my god, guys! Are you hurt?"
Vinnie crossed his arms.
"Pfuh. As if we'd admit it", he said with a arrogant look on his face, but when he looked at Kiwi, he suddenly started to laugh.
"Hey, Kiwi! Nice bail! And nice hair…", Modo laughed, also looking at Kiwi.
"Yeah, screams for accessories, babe!", Throttle chuckled.
Kiwi narrowed her eyes. What the hell were they talking about? She quickly grabbed her bag and took out the small mirror that was in the front pocket. Her mouth fell open. Her hair was standing straight up because of the slime and a big bone was stuck in the middle.
What the… She looked like she just walked straight outta the Middle Ages or something. Her last name could be Flintstone right now. She started to blush.
"Jesus, this is bad", she breathed.
Modo and Vinnie quickly walked over her and squeezed two green fruits empty above her head. She felt her hair waving down and the bone clattered on the floor.
"Geez, thanks guys. Holy shit, remind me to never do that again."
Vinnie pulled her in his arms, still chuckling.
"Not that you hear me complain, but what are you doing here, sweetheart?"
"And how did you know your plan would work?", Throttle added.
"I didn't. A little case of 'fingers crossed.' And I really had to find you guys! We're running outta time!"
"Chi town starting to bottom out?"
"Let's just say the whole city is looking like a Jigsaw Puzzle. With most of the pieces missing…"
Vinnie pressed a soft kiss on her forehead and let her go.
"Then it's time to search for a certain puffed up blowfish", he smiled, while grabbing his helmet that was lying on the floor.
"I hear ya, bro. Let's get the bikes."
They walked back and Vinnie used a flair to cut the rope. The bikes fired their jets and landed smoothly next to their riders.
"After you, madam", Vinnie smiled while gesturing at his bike with one hand.
Kiwi giggled and took place. Vinnie jumped in front of her and revved his engine.
"All ready to whip some major tail, bro's!"
"Let's ROCK…"
"... and RIDE!"
They were on their way to the tower, that Kiwi had spotted when she was falling down, when a army of goons suddenly popped up behind them.
"Get ready, boys! It's tail whipping' time!", Throttle warned.
One of the goons behind them fired a missile.
"INCOMING!", Modo screamed. The rocket exploded in front of them and the mice jumped in the crater. Goons quickly surrounded the whole thing.
Kiwi gritted her teeth and grabbed her gun.
"Come on, guys! Time to rock that rockfish!", but she felt Vinnie's tail whirling around her waist like a snake.
"Stay cool, sweetheart", Vinnie smiled, while looking over his shoulder. No matter how big of a turn on it was to see his lady this hyped up, it wasn't safe. "Let the pro's handle this."
And he lifted her off his bike and set her gently on her feet.
"Yeah, we're licensed, bonded…", Modo started.
"...and ready to rock!", Throttle finished.
They revved their bikes and before Kiwi could say something, they were already driving up the wall of the crater.
"Typical…", she sighed.
"One land shark diversion on its way!", Vinnie cheered and he shot a rocket in the shape of a shark out of the front of his bike.
The shark had a little drill as nose and made his way underground towards the goons. When it came to the surface, it exploded under the buggies of the goons that were waiting till the mice were coming up. The explosion made the goons flee the scene and the mice flew outta the crater.
"Yeah!", Throttle smiled while landing.
He and Modo shot their lasers at the buggies that were driving towards them, making them explode.
Vinnie drove up next to one buggy and jumped off his bike. He landed behind the goon that was driving.
"Here", the white furred mouse said while opening a compartment of the buggie, waving with a grenade. "Have a yourself a blast!"
He pulled the pin out with his teeth and threw it into the opening. He quickly closed it and jumped back on his bike, laughing loudly. The explosion was deafening and Vinnie howled in excitement.
But soon, too soon if you asked the white furred adrenaline junkie, the fight was over.
Meanwhile, Kiwi was doing her best to climb up, determined to help the mice. But when she finally popped up, aiming her gun, the only thing she could see was destruction, smoke and three mice sitting on their bikes with their hands in the air, smiling arrogant.
"Don't shoot, sweetheart. We're all yours…", and Vinnie wiggled his eyebrows.
"Whether I like it or not, huh?", Kiwi sighed, standing up.
Vinnie was about to make a retort that wasn't made for kids ears, when a explosion in the distance caught their attention.
They saw Limburgers Tower using a laser beam to blow up a small mountain that was probably in the way for his next target to turn into a crater.
"I imagine that's where we find old finn fanny", Modo said, pointing at the building in the distance. It looked a lot like LP, but Middle Age style. It was still hideous, though.
"Let's go kick some hella butt, shall we?", Throttle smiled, revving his bike.
Kiwi quickly jumped behind Vinnie and he whirled his tail around her waist while opening the gas. She quickly grabbed him, leaning against him.
They drove for a while, but then Modo's bike starting beeping.
"Whoops! Sensor warning", he said dryly.
"That means there's something dangerous on the other side", Throttle stated the obvious, looking in front of him.
"AAAOOWW! Just the way we like it!", Vinnie cheered, gaining speed.
"Yeah, but still… something tells me we just better… STOP!", Throttle suddenly yelled, seeing the edge of a huge cliff in front of them.
They hit the brakes and Modo and Throttle came to a halt right on time. Vinnie, on the other hand, had a hard time doing it, since he was driving faster. He slammed his foot on the brake pedal and turned the back of his bike into a slide, so he also could use his weight to make sure the bike wasn't gonna top over. It was to keep Kiwi safe in particular. But he lost balance and when his bike stopped and turned upright, he noticed gravity wasn't on his side right now. He quickly unwrapped his tail to avoid he was gonna drag Kiwi with him and he flew over the edge of the cliff.
"Yiiaaoooww!"
"VINNIE!", Kiwi screamed in fear and she wanted to jump off his bike.
But then, Vinnie's head popped up again, smiling sheepishly. He was lucky enough that there was a huge tree standing on the ground below him and the branches reached the top of the cliff.
"I totally meant to do that", he chuckled, a little blush on his cheeks.
But his bro's and Kiwi didn't react. He studied their faces, but they were staring at him with wide eyes.
"What? What? What are you guys looking at?", he asked, but then he noticed they weren't looking at him, but at something behind him. He slowly turned his head and saw a huge dinosaur standing behind him. It wasn't the T-rex, but it was still huge. And spooky.
Oh shit.
The animal had a long neck and its head was right behind Vinnie. He could feel the warmth of its breathing against his fur.
"Oh… Yeah… I see…", he stumbled. The beast opened his mouth and came towards Vinnie. The white furred mouse squeezed his eyes, expecting to get bitten, but the animal set his teeth in the leaves next to him.
Kiwi let out her breath in relief. She suddenly remembered her history lessons. It's strange how these kinda things just hide in the deepest parts of your brains, to only pop up when you needed it.
"Hey! It's a brontosaurus!"
"Ehm, sorry Kiwi ma'am. My earth history is rustier than my right arm", Modo smiled sheepishly.
"There herbivores, Modo. Vegetarians."
"Leaf eater, 'ey sweetheart?", Vinnie asked the big beast, that was looking at him with interest while chewing on the leafs.
"Good for you… and me…"
The animal made a cute sound and pushed its nose against the white furred mouse. He chuckled and let go of the branches. He was now lying on his belly in sea star position on the nose of the big dinosaur, who was still making these cute noises.
"Hehehe… She likes me", Vinnie smiled, still hugging the big nose.
But a laser fire that landed closeby them ended the cute scene abruptly. They all looked in to the direction of the shot and saw goons and Greasepit coming straight towards them, Greasepit driving a strange vehicle.
Vinnie was now standing on the nose of the dino and quickly ducked when a laser almost hit him.
"Yiiaaooww! Time to get down!" and he jumped off the animal, made as somersault and landed on his bike smoothly. Kiwi almost got catapulted because of the force of his landing, but he quickly grabbed her with his tail.
"Ready boys? It's tail riding time!", Throttle ordered and they jumped on the dino, riding down the long neck and jumping off by the tail.
"Yiiihaaaaaaa", they cheered loudly. Kiwi shook her head with a smile.
They drove straight into incoming fire, but the goons didn't had a change. After a few minutes, the mice won the battle. But Greasepit was nowhere to be seen.
"Greasedump went through there", Modo said, pointing at the bushes.
"Time to take that buzz cycle outta commission", Throttle nodded and they drove away.
But when they found Greasepit, he came running towards them instead of running away. The mice quickly stopped, looking confused.
"Oh hey, Biker Mice! Just in time! Yous guys are the heroes. Save her…", he asked with a pleading look on his face, kneeling in front of the mice.
They looked over him and saw the cycle that was used to cut the ground and transport it to Plutark was now in the mouth of the T-Rex. Inside of it, was a woman. A ugly woman. She had this weird hair with a bone in it and she wore a ugly dress made of furr.
Modo smiled.
"Ya know, there's something fadely resemble woman in that buzz cycle…"
"Suggestions, bro's?", Throttle asked, smiling about Modo's comment.
"Yeah. Leave it to the Vin man, I got just the ticket", and the white furred mouse revved his bike.
Kiwi quickly jumped off, knowing she didn't want to be involved into a fight with a huge T-Rex. There were limits, you know.
Vinnie drove straight to the T-Rex and climbed on his bike. He drove circles around it, whistling at the animal to get its attention, making faces at the same time.
"HAHA! Remember me, taco breath?", he cheered, still circling around.
The T-Rex saw him and threw away the cycle. Oh boy, he remembered alright.
Vinnie sat down on his bike again and whirled around the big paws.
"Catch me if you can! AAAOOWWW!" and he drove away with high speed. The T-Rex followed him, roaring in anger.
Vinnie made sure he had a good head start and then quickly jumped off his bike. He took the giant poster of himself out of the back compartment of his bike and quickly attached it to a big rock. He hid in the bushes closeby with his bike.
"Here comes the monster", he whispered, smiling.
This had to work. But it was his idea. Of course it was gonna work. He was the best after all.
The T-Rex came into view and spotted the poster, thinking it was Vinnie. He roared again and gained speed, his head low. He opened his mouth to attack, but he slammed against the rock. Hard. The beast moaned in pain, wobbling on his legs to keep himself up. But it was a losing battle and he fell on the ground with a loud bang, clearly unconscious.
"Oh yeah! You'll be rocking out big time!", Vinnie cheered.
When he came back to his bro's, Modo gave him a high five.
"WOOHIE, it's gonna take a massive aspirin for that pounding headache!"
Kiwi quickly jumped behind Vinnie.
"I know, right", she agreed with Modo.
Vinnie spotted the explosions that were on Modo's bike, the ones that Greasepit was busy with before his ugly girl got caught by the T-Rex. But before he could ask, Throttle intervened.
"Speaking of headaches…. Hehehe… I say it's time to blast that vile and cheese molled right outta bedrock! Let's RIDE!"
When they reached the tower, Throttle and Vinnie fired their jets. Modo drove into the tunnel that was under the building to set up the explosions.
Throttle and Vinnie landed in the office of Limburger and came to a halt with shrieking brakes. They looked around them.
"Ah man, they booked outta here…", Vinnie pouted when he saw the room was empty.
"Yeah, but not without closing the door behind them", Throttle said, kneeling down the time machine. "The controls are slagged…"
He was right. Cables were hanging loose, sparks of electricity were coming out… it was a mess, alright. m
"Can you fix it, bro?", Vinnie asked.
"Eh… I feel better if Kiwi handles this", the tan furred mouse answered. Kiwi gasped.
"What? Why? Gosh, I…"
"Because you know how the transporter works. And my guess is that this thing isn't that different. You brought your computer, right?", Throttle interrupted her protest.
"Eh, yeah… Okay, I'll try… But I can't promise anything…"
She climbed off Vinnie's bike and pulled off her backpack. She grabbed her computer and attached it at the machine with a cable. Honestly, it's actually kinda weird that all this alien technologie has USB portals. But good for them. She took a few deep breaths to concentrate. As long as she could focus and had the time, this was gonna work. Throttle was right. The program was the same Limburger used for his transporter.
Suddenly, Modo drove into the room.
"Hey there! We got about ten seconds till this whole place blows up", the gray furred giant said dryly.
Kiwi almost threw her computer in the air. So far for focussing and time.
"TEN SECONDS? You expect me to work miracles?", she called out, her eyes wide open. Her heartbeat rose and she felt the familiar feeling of panic. She was so not good at working under pressure.
"Five seconds…", Vinnie smiled, with that low voice of his.
"Eehhh… four", Throttle chuckled.
Why were they so relaxed?
Kiwi was typing as if her life depended on it. Oh wait... it was. God dammit.
"Three…", Modo continued.
Jesus, they were gonna die.
"Two", Vinnie said nonchalant, studying his fingernails.
FUCK, this wasn't gonna work, they were gonna die, because she couldn't do her job, they were…
Oh wait…
"I GOT IT!" and she pushed enter.
Vinnie was already on his bike and dragged her with him.
"One", he chuckled, right before they followed Modo and Throttle into the machine.
They could hear the explosion, but the sound quickly faded away and again, she couldn't breathe. She grabbed Vinnie tightly, who was also struggling. But then, they flew outta the machine in Limburger's office. She took a few deep breaths, only to let it all out in a deadly scream again when she felt with how much speed they were spit out by the machine. The bikes crashed through the window and they fell down. She screamed her throat raw and Vinnie squeezed his eyes because of her volume.
"Sweetheart, puhlease… Sensitive hearing, remember?"
The mice quickly turned their fall into a controlled landing and stopped at safe distance of the tower, to see it collapse into the hole that the explosion had made, back in time. They also noticed the other craters were gone, probably because the explosion back in time had filled the holes with sand and dirt..
"There's one for the ages, huh guys?", Kiwi managed to get out, still a little shaken.
"You bet ya. Ya know, there's something about seeing the bottom drop outta old cheese wedge his property values that makes for a truly fine conclusion to a, all together, exciting day!", Vinnie said laughing.
"Well, what do ya say if we top it off with a pile of steaming hot dogs and frosty rootbeer?", Modo asked, rubbing his belly.
"Hey, best idea I've heard in… well, I dunno, four or five million years", Throttle chuckled.
"AAAOOWW, last one at the house…", Vinnie challenged his bro's.
"... is a rotten Plutarkian!", Throttle called out, taking the bait.
"Oh dear….", Kiwi sighed, right before Vinnie sped away and she quickly grabbed him. It was just one of those days…
Dear Throttle,
I got your letter. Rimfire made it back safely and even brought a working spaceship with him. We could use that, after the Plutarkians stole our ships. Thank you for that. The Stalkers are gone. We threw them into the pit of everlasting doom. Rimfire kept whining he wanted to hang up their heads on the wall, just like the Stalkers did with their preys. It took me a lot of convincing to make clear to him that's just one awful idea and that we're not like them. He's still pouting about it. Remind me to never have kids.
I guess you're wondering how this letter reached you. Well, I just hope it did. But since the last time I saw you, I worked on this small, portable transporter. Luckily, Rimfire was carrying the device with him when he crashed on Earth. He took it with him so we could test it, but things worked out differently. He placed it in the mailbox at the place you're living. So, I figured I could try to send you this. Maybe it'll work.
I heard you guys are having a good time at Earth. A nice place to live, enough water, enough food, enough free time between fighting Limburger. I gotta admit, at first I was kinda upset. You and your bro's are the most valuable fighters we have and instead of fighting the war on your home planet, you're living this luxury life. But later on, I suddenly realized that you guys, and especially you, deserve it. I just wish I could be there with you. But my, no, our people need me here. And I also know you guys are doing a good thing. Stopping the Plutarkians, no matter on what planet, is our life goal now. Nobody deserves to see their home being destroyed like we did.
I know things were bad between us. And I thought I made right choice. To let you go. But then I saw you back on Mars, back here, and I now know I need you. I need you by my side, the rest of my life. I love you so much, Throttle. You have no idea. And I'm so sorry for the way I behaved. Accusing you of treason… God, I don't know what was wrong with me. But your feisty little female friend woke me up. Who is, by the way, very close to a certain white furred mouse, I heard. But hey, no surprise there. I just hope he isn't gonna break her heart like he did to Rose. She died, you know that? She killed herself… It happened right after you guys were missing. It was the final push.
So much sorrow. So much sadness. So much pain. I hate this war. I hate what I've become because of it. I hate what it did to all of us. But I'll keep fighting. As long as I know you're still out there, and that you eventually will come home, I have something to fight for. A life together. That's all I want.
My dearest Throttle, stay safe there on Earth. I'll be waiting.
Forever yours,
Carbine.
Throttle smoothed the letter and read it over and over again. A warm feeling crept inside of him and he sighed. A portable transporter. That was Carbine for ya. Smart girl. At least now they could communicate. God, he missed her so much. But knowing she missed him too, made his heart almost explode. She finally woke up. She finally realized they belonged together.
"One day, Carbine. One day. I promise…"
Kiwi was twisting and turning. It was night and she couldn't sleep. The mice were sleeping in the guesthouse, including Vinnie. Most of the time he was sleeping there. There were this rare occasions he spend the night with her. She wasn't sure why he wasn't with her all the time. But she had the feeling it had something to do with Throttle. And with their whole 'bromance' thing. They were used to stick together, all three of them. To keep each other safe. The rare moments he slept here, he always woke up early and tiptoed back to the guest house. His bro's probably still weren't aware of the fact he sometimes spend the night in her bed. Ah well… She was never gonna judge him. And never gonna force him to do something that don't feel right for him.
But dammit, she couldn't sleep. If she closed her eyes, she kept seeing the accident that killed her parents, over and over again. She saw how they were driving the highway. She was sitting behind her father and her mother was driving next to them. They were joking through the radio in their ear, having a great day. The sun was shining. There was no cloud in the sky. No wind. It was perfect. Perfect for taking a ride. Then why was that truck, that was driving in front of them, outta control so sudden? Why did it hit the brakes and slipped? She never knew. But now she did.
She now knows that someone was responsible for the fact that the truck hit a advertisement board that was standing next to the road. She now knows why the whole thing just flew into the air and why it was coming straight towards them. Why it made her father's head fly off, like a cork that flew outta the bottle champagne on new years eve. Why her mother crushed against the truck, breaking every bone in her body. Why she herself ended up on the floor, thrown off her father's bike, with his blood all over her. Broken. Maybe not physically. But mentally. Broken. Shattered into a thousand pieces.
She'd thought she was never gonna recover from it. But she kinda did. Well, she found a way to live with it. She just kept telling herself it was a accident. That, no matter how awful it was, these things happened. But it wasn't a accident. Someone was responsible for it. For all of this. And the anger she was feeling, wasn't normal. She never felt this angry before in her life. She knows she promised the mice, promised Ruby to let things be the way the were. But she couldn't. She just couldn't. She really tried, really. But here she was. Lying in bed, being consumed by anger.
And she made a decision. She needed to know. She needed to know who broke her. And then, she was gonna break him. Make him shatter into a thousand, no, a million pieces. To never recover again. She'd thought Vinnie was right. That it wasn't gonna change anything. But he was wrong. How could she just live her life, while the person who killed her parents was still alive? Well, the answer to that is simple. She couldn't.
She gritted her teeth, her heart was almost exploding in her chest. Tears were streaming over her face, but she wasn't really crying. She just lay there, cramped, staring at the ceiling, breathing heavily.
Break him...
Break him...
The same two words just kept repeating over and over in her head. A scream was burning in her throat, like a knife pricking in her flesh. And for the first time, she just hoped Vinnie wasn't gonna come over. She didn't want him to see her like this. She didn't want to tell him how she felt. She couldn't. He would stop her. And she couldn't allow that. Nobody could know. This was something she needed to do on her own. And tomorrow, she was gonna start her project. But she needed sleep right now. So, failure again. She threw herself on her side and opened the drawer. She grabbed her bottle of pills and took four of them. Two wasn't gonna be enough right now. She swallowed them and stared at the bottle. Even such as simple as a bottle of pills was a reminder her life was never gonna be the same again. Everywhere she looked, it reminded her that her parents were dead.
That they were killed...
Her anger, that was summering under the surface, suddenly exploded and the scream finally made his way out. She threw the bottle against the wall with all her strength, screaming and crying. The bottle exploded and the pills flew through the whole room. But it didn't satisfy her anger. She jumped outta bed and started to hit the walls with her fists. Over and over again. Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain and she looked down at her shaking hands. The knuckles were bleeding. She leaned against the wall with her back, still staring at her hands, crying so hard she almost choked. She slowly slid down, grabbing her head. Her whole body was shaking. The stream of tears never seemed to end. Her nose and throat were swollen and made swallowing difficult. Spit dripped outta her mouth on the floor, next to her tears. She thought she was gonna die. That she was gonna suffocate in her own emotions. But then, the pills kicked in. And hard. She took a double dose, after all. She tried to stand up, to walk to her bed, but the whole room was spinning. She tripped and landed on the floor on her belly. The whole world was fading away.
"Break him…", she whispered and then, the whole world became black...
Oh dear, Kiwi lost it. Totally lost it. What is she gonna do? And are the mice gonna find out about her plans before it's too late?
Hmmmm... If you want answers to these questions, you just gotta stay tuned ;)
Puhlease review :) And thank you so much for reading my story.
Later!
