Thanks for the reviews, happy! :)
Hahaha yeah, Vinnie and Violet do have a lot of sex now you mention it! Ahh, it's just fresh love. And babies? Hmmm who knows? ;)
But I don't really see Vinnie as daddy material. But we will see what happens!
Chapter three
The next day, everybody stayed in bed longer than usual. Carbine was the first who came outside. She yawned and stretched her muscles. She was feeling so peaceful right now. Throttle suddenly stood beside her.
"Hey beautiful, did you sleep well?", he asked while wrapping his arm around her.
Carbine rested her head on his shoulder. "Yeah, and you?"
Throttle nodded. "I always sleep well when you are lying next to me, Miss Stormborn."
Carbine smiled and punched him softly in the ribs. "Wauw, how romantic."
"Hey! You can't blame me for trying!"
Throttle grew serious again. "I'm going on a patrol with the guys today. To see if we can find something about this dragon."
Carbine nodded. "I'll stay here, to keep an eye on things. Plus, I don't think Vinnie likes to be around me today."
"You really shouldn't care that much, Carbine. You know him. He will come around." Throttle scooped her in his arms. "But first, we are going to finish what we had started yesterday." And he carried her inside. The door closed with a loud bang behind them.
After breakfast, Vinnie, Violet, Modo, Gaya and Throttle drove in the same direction where Vinnie and Violet saw the dragon yesterday. After the two hour drive, they arrived at the open spot in the forest. Vinnie took the lead.
"This way bro's." A few minutes later they were standing on the edge off the cliff again. But this time, no smoke, no fire and thankfully, no dragon. Modo climbed of his bike and surveyed the surrounding.
"Wow, what a mess", he said while looking at the burned down forest. Throttle agreed. Vinnie was already getting bored again.
"So, now what, fearless leader?"
Throttle rubbed his chin. "We need to follow the trail of destruction. But how do we get down there? It's too high to jump."
Vinnie laughed. "Speak for yourself." He revved his bike. Violet's eyes grew big.
"No way, Vinnie! Don't even think about it!" But Vinnie was already gone. Throttle yelled at him.
"Vincent, don't!" But he was also too late.
Vinnie jumped off the cliff. "AAAAOOWWW, the only way to fly!"
Violet screamed her throat raw.
When they were half way down, Vinnie pushed a button and two wings came out of his bike. Thanks to Charley girl. He flew down and after a few loopings and somersaults, he landed perfectly on the ground.
"YES! Vinnie, the velocity atrocity triumphs again!"
Violet was awfully quiet, looking a little bit green under her fur. Vinnie looked up.
"Come on, bro's! We don't have all day!"
Throttle shook his head. Modo smiled. "Of course, how could we forget about this wings? Let's do this bro, before Vinnie is going to do something stupid down there."
They both revved their bikes. Gaya wasn't so sure about this, but said nothing. She wrapped her arms around Modo's waist, but when they jumped of the cliff, she couldn't help herself. She screamed the lungs out of her body. When they landed, she felt silent. Vinnie laughed at her expression.
"You should have seen your face, Gaya. Priceless!"
Throttle snickered. "Alright, let's follow the destruction. Let's rock… and ride!"
After a long drive through the burned down forest, it suddenly became green again. Thankfully, not the whole forest was gone. But Throttle didn't trust it. The forest was thickly overgrown, a perfect place for an ambush. He signed to stop. When the sound of the engines died, he pricked his ears. There was a deadly silence.
"Is it just me, or is it way too quiet here?" He grabbed his gun. Modo was about to raise his arm cannon, when a small object flew out of the bushes and hit him right in the neck. His eyes grew big in surprise, but then his body went limp and he slid of his bike on the ground. Gaya jumped off the bike and fell on her knees next to him. "Modo!" She pulled the object out of his neck. It was a small arrow. She quickly checked his vital functions.
"He is still breathing. Just out cold." Vinnie also grabbed his gun. He looked around, but saw nothing.
"Show yourself, you coward!", he yelled angry. They heard sticks breaking and leaf's moving. They all held their breath, pointing their guns in the direction of the sound, ready to shoot. The trees before them moved and 5 creatures came out. Vinnie narrowed his eyes and he wrapped his tail protectively around Violet's waist.
Nobody said something. The mice stared at the creatures before them. They actually looked a lot like humans. But their skin was blue. They didn't wear many clothes, only to cover up what needed to be covered up. They were barefoot and hold up a weird looking gun, made of wood. The one in the middle was female. She was beautiful in a strange way. Her blue skin looked smooth as a peach and she had long, white hair. But her eyes fascinated them the most (well, except Vinnie of course, who looked appreciatively at her body), which were big and purple. The rest of them was male, also with white hair. But their eyes were black.
Vinnie looked at Throttle. But Throttle kept staring at the people before them. Vinnie raised his gun again.
"What did you do to our bro?", he growled between gritted teeth. The blue creatures also raised their guns again. Throttle came to senses. He raised his hands.
"We mean no harm", he said.
Vinnie couldn't believe his ears. How alien can you sound? We come in peace *bliep bliep*.
They shot Modo, for fuck sake. We DO mean harm. But he said nothing, keeping a close eye on the blue people.
"Vincent, lower your gun. Now."
Vinnie didn't like the idea at all, but obeyed.
The creatures did the same. The female did one step forward.
"Who are you?", she asked with a voice that sounded like christmas bells.
"Ehm… My name is Throttle. The guy you shot is Modo. The girl is Gaya. And this is Violet and…"
Vinnie interrupted him. "Vincent van Wham, velocity atrocity and the baddest mamma jammer from this side of the asteroid belt."
She nodded. "My name is Spero. I'm sorry about your friend. It's just a muscle relaxant. He will be okay in about 10 minutes."
The mice felt relieved. There was an awkward silence.
Vinnie couldn't stand it anymore. "Well, this is awkward", he blurted out. Violet smiled. Yep. That was her Vinnie. Spero looked at him.
"I'm sorry. It's just we're are not used at strangers. Especially strangers who look like you and mean no harm."
Vinnie flexed his muscles. "I know, my studly body takes your breath away. It always does."
Spero looked confused. "Actually, I meant you are giant animals who can talk…"
Vinnie's mouth fell open. Violet laughed and Throttle smiled.
"But what do you mean with 'who mean no harm'? Are there people here who do mean harm?", Throttle asked before Vinnie could to try to save his image.
Spero nodded. "They call himself the Dracano's. They came to this planet not a very long time ago. Our species lived in peace for centuries on this planet. But then they showed up. With their huge animals who breathe fire."
Throttle nodded. "Yeah, we heard. What do they want?"
Spero waved around her. "Our forest. When the wood from our forest is burned down by the fire from their animals, they can use it to make some kind of diamond. We are not sure what they want with these diamonds. Probably no good."
"And what about you? You fight them?", Violet asked.
Spero shook her head, her beautiful white hair waved in the wind. "No. We are not violent people. We try to defend what is ours, but they are too strong. So, everytime they come close, we move to another area."
Violet felt sorry for them. What a way of life. Always on the run, not having your own, safe place.
"So, you're actually letting them destroy your planet?", Vinnie asked with disbelief. He had a hard time to believe that there was anyone who would let that happen.
Spero didn't even looked offended. "Unfortunately, we don't have a choice."
She turned her attention back on Throttle. "And what is your story?"
"We're from Mars. We have fought for a long time against a race called the Plutarkians. They were destroying our planet, using our resources for their own planet. The war took years and cost a lot of lives. And unfortunately, we lost. They blew up our whole planet. We escaped and came here, to build up a new life. But Vinnie and Violet here met the dragon and we went on patrol. To try to find more about it. But you are saying there are more of them?"
Spero looked impressed by their story. "I'm sorry for the loss of your planet. That must be very hard. And yes, there are more than one. On behalve off my people, welcome to planet Coelum."
The mice thanked her. Throttle stepped of his bike and walked over to Spero.
"I will talk with my wife about this Dracano people. Maybe we can help you to defeat them. But I can't promise you anything. We are in total with 40 mice, but all are kind of sick of war. Most of them grew up in the war and everybody have lost their family's and home. I can't decide for them if they are willing to fight. But I will try, bikers honour."
Spero took his hand. "Thank you. You can find us here, well if the Dracano's don't attack here. Take this", and she gave him a blue stone. "When the Dracano are close to you, it will light up." Throttle looked at the stone. It felt really warm. He put it in his pocket. "Thank you. I will return here to tell you what my group thinks of this situation."
Spero nodded. "Until we meet again." She turned around and disappeared in the forest. The others nodded and followed her.
Suddenly, Modo growled. He opened his eyes.
"Oh momma, I feel like I've been run over by a train. But, since there are no trains here… what happened?"
Gaya helped him back on his feet. "We will explain on the ride back", she said, looking at him. "You okay?"
Modo rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah. A little groggy maybe. But fine."
Throttle climbed on his bike. "Can you ride?"
Modo nodded. "Yeah."
Vinnie revved his bike. "Come on, let's get out of here. I'm hungry."
They drove back to the cliff through the burned forest and stopped. Vinnie looked up. "Ehm, bro's?"
"Yeah, Vincent?', Throttle responded.
"Well ehm… how are we going to get up there?"
Modo shook his head. "So now the big brain starts to work."
Vinnie smiled sheepishly.
Throttle looked around him. "Maybe if we drive a little further to the right, we can find a spot that is a little bit lower."
They turned their bikes and drove to the right. After a while, they saw the cliff became lower. Suddenly, the sound of a growl splitted the air. They hit the brakes and looked behind them. A huge dragon was flying over to them. It was a different dragon then Vinnie and Violet had seen. This one was way bigger.
"Uh oh…" Modo squealed.
"Hit it, bro's!", Throttle ordered. They sped away, in the hope they could outrun the dragon. But it was no use. Because of his big wings, he quickly caught up.
"The cliff is still too high!", Throttle yelled, while looking over his shoulder at the dragon.
"Well, then I guess we don't have another choice to fight instead of running away!", Vinnie cheered. He turned his bike and sped towards the dragon. He saw a huge tree lying on the ground that he could use as a ramp. Violet grabbed her gun and Vinnie pushed on a button. His cannons popped out.
"Ready, sweetheart?"
Violet took a deep breath. "Ready!"
Vinnie pulled back his handlebars when he drove on to the three. His bike speeded up and they flew into the air.
"AAAAOOWWW!"
The dragon came closer, opening his mouth. A ball of fire grew bigger, but Vinnie fired two rockets and they flew right into the mouth of the dragon.
"Eat this, pepperbreath!" The rockets exploded and the beast roared in pain. Half of his snout was blown away and blood rained down on the ground. Vinnie landed and looked up. The dragon turned tail, crying in pain. Vinnie suddenly saw a small silhouette from a person who was on the back of the dragon. But he was too far away to see more then just a silhouette.
Violet cheered. "Alright! Way to go!" and she high fived Vinnie. They drove back to the rest. Vinnie stopped and opened the visor on his helmet.
"And that is how you, my dear friends, chase away a dragon!"
"Nice stunt, bro", Modo said despite Vinnie's ego. Throttle agreed. "Good job, Vinnie."
Vinnie smiled. "Did you doubt?", he said with a cocky grin.
"Okay, let's ride before Vinnie's head blows up", Modo said. They drove further and at one point, the cliff was low enough to fly up with the jets. When they were driving back to the camp, Vinnie drove next to Throttle. He told him what he had seen on the back of the dragon. Throttle thought about it for a moment.
"You know, Vinnie my man, I have the nagging feeling we already are involved in this war, whether we like it or not."
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