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Chapter four
When they arrived at the camp, Carbine and Stoker walked over to them.
"And? How did it go?", Carbine asked. Throttle pulled off his helmet, twitching his ears after being so long caught in the helmet.
"Kind of a long story, we…", he started, but Vinnie interrupted him.
"Bro, really? I'm starving! Let's eat first and then do the talking part!"
Throttle's stomach roared loudly. "My stomach agrees with Vinnie."
They settled down and ate the porridge. Vinnie found it disgusting, but he was so hungry he didn't even complained about it this time. Throttle told Carbine and Stoker everything between bites. Carbine looked defeated.
"So, you are saying we have to fight again? That we land in a warzone? Again?"
Throttle shrugged. "I don't know. I didn't promise anything, but I have the feeling they didn't like it at all that Vinnie wounded their precious dragon. I think we are already involved in something without even wanting it."
Carbine suddenly felt the urge to cry. She shook her head. What was wrong with her? She was getting soft on this planet. What happened to the tough General Carbine? She didn't know.
Vinnie burped loud. "So? I don't see the problem here. We fight. We are heroes after all."
"Not everybody lives to go on suicidal missions, Vincent. We can't force anybody to fight. To risk their lives", Throttle said.
"Well, why don't we ask them?" and Vinnie stood up. Throttle tried to stop him, but Vinnie ignored him.
"Yo! Listen up! It seems there are some bad guys on this planet who apparently want to destroy it. We have two, well, actually one in my opinion but okay, two choices. Fight or run away like cowards. But I'll say: let's fight them! We are not gonna let them destroy this planet the way the Plutarkians did to Mars, right?"
Everybody looked at each other for a moment. Max stood up. "I'm with ya! I like this planet too much to give up on it!" Hope followed. "Me too!"
One by one, the mice stood up.
"So, who is ready to whip some tail when needed?", Vinnie yelled, pumping his fist in the air.
The group cheered and whooped. Stoker snickered. You could say a lot about Vinnie, but he sure knew how to prepare a crowd to fight.
Vinnie sat down again. "There's your answer", he said to Throttle with a satisfied smile on his face.
Throttle tried to hide his smile. Sometimes things could be that simple. And luckily for them, Vinnie was here to make sure it really could be that easy sometimes.
"What about you, Carbine?", Throttle asked. Carbine sighed.
"I'm with you. Of course. As much as I hate to go into war again, I really don't want to see this place disappear."
Throttle nodded. "Modo? Gaya?"
"We are with you, as always!"
"Violet?"
"Same."
"Stoker?"
"Yep."
"Alright. Then I guess our first step is to talk with Spero. After that, we need to find out what the Dracano's really want."
"Do we have some extra radio's? Maybe we can give one to Spero, so we can reach her. And she can reach us", Violet suggested.
Throttle nodded. "Good idea."
Vinnie was almost bouncing on his chair. "So? What are we waiting for? Let's whip some tail!"
"We are going tomorrow, Vincent. It's almost getting dark. And I really don't want to bump into a dragon when we can't see shit. It can wait till tomorrow."
Vinnie pouted. But he understood what Throttle was saying. But still… How was he going to get rid of this adrenaline? He glared at Modo and his lips curled into a devilish grin. He pretended that he wanted to stretch his arms and hit Modo right in the face in the proces.
"Ooops… Sorry bro…" Modo glared at him and took the bait. He punched Vinnie who punched back and before they knew it, they were rolling over the ground. Throttle and Stoker joined them. The girls smiled.
"Men…" they said in unison.
The next morning, everybody woke up early and soon, they were ready to go. Carbine rode with Throttle, Violet with Vinnie and Gaya with Modo. Carbine's bike didn't have the wings like the bikes from the guys, so it was for the best to leave it behind. Stoker and Jake stayed behind with the rest of the group.
Vinnie was euphoric. He was so glad they finally had a goal again. Instead of talking about this stupid tasks. Ugh. It was finally hero time again!
"Alright you mamma jammers! Let's rock and ride!" and he sped away, loud whooping. The rest followed him on a slower pace. After the long drive, they arrived at the same spot where they had met Spero yesterday. The engines were shut down. Carbine looked around her.
"Okay, now what?"
"Now we wait", Throttle answered. Vinnie sighed. Violet patted his back emphatically. Luckily for Vinnie, they didn't have to wait long. Spero came out of the bushes.
"You are back already", she said while looking at the mice. Her gaze stopped on Carbine's face. "You must be the wife."
Carbine just stared at her. She had never seen any person like Spero before in her life. Vinnie lifted his tail and poked Carbine to get her out of her trance. Carbine jumped like she was stung by a bee.
"Eh, yes! My name is Carbine."
Spero nodded. "My name is Spero. Welcome on our planet."
"Thank you. It's nice to meet you."
Modo cleared his throat. "We didn't got the chance to properly introduce yesterday. My name is Modo. Nice to meet you, ma'am."
Spero smiled. "I am really sorry we shot you yesterday. But we thought you were going to shoot. So, we took precautions. It's our way to defend ourselves."
Modo waved it away. "No problem, ma'am. I was back on my feet again real quick. I would have done the same."
Now that everybody was introduced, Throttle was getting back to business.
"We have talked about the situation and agreed that we are willing to fight for this planet."
Spero bowed. "That is very brave of you. Thank you for your courage."
Vinnie shrugged. "It's what we do. We are born to be heroes."
Throttle grabbed a radio out of his pocket. "This device will make it able to communicate with each other from distance." He showed Spero how it worked.
"The signal will send straight to our bikes. We are always near them, so you can reach us day and night if necessary."
Spero was impressed and looked at the bikes. "Very impressive invention. Bikes, you call them?"
"Yeah. So that's why we are called the Biker Mice From Mars", Vinnie cheered, but then he looked confused.
"Are we still the Biker Mice From Mars now our planet is gone?", he asked, rubbing his chin. Everybody rolled with their eyes.
"Now is not really the time to discuss that, Vincent." Throttle turned his attention at Spero. "Don't mind him. He always talks before he thinks."
Spero giggled, a very unusual sound that didn't match with her solemn behaviour at all. "I think he is actually really funny."
Vinnie smiled. "Finally, somebody who gives me the appreciation that I deserve."
"It's just because she didn't live with you for so long as we do. That would change her opinion", Modo said.
"Hey!", Vinnie said, looking offended.
"Okay bro's, knock it off", Throttle said, but with a smile on his face.
Violet smiled behind Vinnie's back. You see? Nothing is boring when Vinnie is around.
"Do you know where we can find the Dracano's?", Throttle asked. Spero nodded. She turned around and raised her hands. The bushes opened and a long path became visible.
"Whao! That is so cool!", Vinnie said with a impressed look on his face.
Spero smiled. "Thank you. We are able to communicate with our environment. It's a gift that goes from generation to generation."
Vinnie nodded. Communicate with the environment? That sounded boring alright. If he could do those things, he would definitely do some awesome things with it. But he already knew Spero didn't use violence. Boring if you asked him.
"If you follow this path, it will bring you close to headquarters from the Dracano's. But I must advise you to leave the bikes at the big three at the end from the path. You are getting close then and the sounds of the bikes could alarm them."
The mice thanked her and drove away. They followed the path and indeed, at the end of it stood a really large three on the right, just like Spero had said. Throttle hit the brakes.
"We leave the bikes here", he said, while stepping of his bike. The rest did the same, Vinnie softly cursing to himself. No bikes meant sneaking. He hated to sneak. It was so not cool. They walked through the bushes, Throttle taking the lead. Suddenly, he saw light between the leafs. He signed the group to wait. He peeked around a three and saw a huge open spot between the three's with a very large castle build on it. It looked like it was made of some kind of black glass. It sure was a impressive sight. Dragons were circling high in the sky around the towers.
Modo watched all this. "How in the world are we going to come close enough to find out where they are up to?"
Throttle rubbed his chin. But the answer soon followed, although not in the way the mice would have expected. They heard a loud click and quickly turned around. They were surrounded by figures in black cloaks, just like the one Vinnie had spotted on the dragons back the other day. They couldn't see the faces of the figures, as they were hidden under a large hood.
"Throw away your weapons", a low voice demanded. The mice looked at each other and did what they were told. Throttle sighed. This did not go as he had hoped. The figures grabbed the mice and put chains around their hands.
Vinnie struggled. "Let go of me, you walking carpet!" but the figures were too strong. They were brought inside the castle and thrown into a cell. The chains were removed and a huge door with bars in it closed with a loud bang.
"Well. At least we are inside now", Vinnie said, trying to lighten the mood.
"Are you okay, sweetheart?", he asked Violet when he saw her rubbing her wrists.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
Vinnie grabbed a flair and tried to cut through the bars. It didn't work.
"No use. It looks like some kind of glass steel like the Plutarkian used."
"Maybe the bikes can blast us out?", Gaya suggested.
Carbine shook her head. "Too dangerous with all the dragons outside. No way we are gonna be fast enough."
Vinnie sighed and sat down on the ground. "So, now what?"
Throttle leaned against the wall. "I'm afraid we don't have another choice then to wait and see what they want from us."
Vinnie suddenly looked a little bit nervous. The last time he was caught as a prisoner wasn't really a good memory. He sure hoped that this time he didn't have to go through all that again. Violet sat next to him and grabbed his hand. She had seen the look on his face and could only guess what he was thinking. She wanted to let him know that this time, he was not alone. This time, they were in this together. She sure hoped it was going to be good enough.
The mice were getting a little agitated by the long wait, so they were almost glad that finally something happened. A big figure in a black cloak entered the cell. He pulled of his hoodie. The mice stared at him. Their first thought that he was human. But when they took a closer look, they saw he had little horns on his head. His skin looked scaled, with a green glance. His eyes were scary, bright yellow with a small vertical stripe as pupil. And the guy was huge. Even Modo looked small next to him. They all backed off. Even Vinnie didn't have something to say.
"Welcome to Dracano Castle. I'm sorry we took as prisoners, but we needed to make sure you didn't attack us again", the figure said with a dark voice.
Vinnie's mouth fell open and the rest of the group looked at each other in confusion.
Of all the things they had thought could happen, this was the last thing they expected...
Hmmmm, what would be the story from the Dracano's? Please review! :)