Thanks for the reviews and your opinions.
I've decided to go on with the story. Even if there is only one or two people who like it, so be it.
The next chapter is extra long and more BMFM and less GoT. But there are happening strange things, things that didn't happen on Mars.
But that's because this is another planet and another world. It is not my intention to make it a GoT spin off. It's just that there are some similarities.
Well, let's just hope you guys can stay with me. I would really appreciate it. But if you don't like it, that's okay. No hard feelings of course. And pleaaaseee, keep giving your opinion! I will listen to it and try to make a story after this one that is more how you guys like it. I allready have some ideas, something with going back to Earth, old enemies, old friends, new friends... More BMFM.
Chapter seven
That evening, Throttle activated the radio on his bike.
"Spero? You there? Throttle here."
A long silence. "Spero?"
His radio crackled.
"...ero...re...you...ear...e?"
Throttle smiled. "You need to hold the button while you are talking into the radio, Spero."
"Oh… Better?"
"Yes ma'am. Listen, we found the Dracano's. And their story is not quite what we had expected."
"Oh? Tell me everything you know."
Throttle told her the whole story.
"So, you are saying they actually try to save this planet?" Throttle could hear the disbelief in her voice.
"Affirmative. We made a deal with them. We will fight by their side when hell is gonna break loose and they protect us like we are one of their own. I know you don't fight, that violence is not used by you and your people. I will not ask you to fight with us. I'm asking you to be prepared. To create a safe place where you can hide when they come."
"Thank you for the warning, Throttle. We will be prepared. Do you know when these creatures will be here?"
"We don't know for sure. Dominus is saying we still have about four weeks."
"I will take precautions immediately. Take care, Throttle. Until we speak again."
"Bye Spero, stay safe."
Throttle looked at the sky. More than a billion stars looked back. How was it possible that the world, life, could be so beautiful and yet so dark and evil at the same time? He sighed. So much work to do. They needed to prepare for this war. And all he wanted to do right now was stargazing, make love to Carbine and sleep for a month. But no. Maybe Vinnie was right. Maybe they were born to be heroes. To save the world.
He suddenly felt two arms around his waist.
"Hey there, stranger. Doing your leader thing again? Staring in the distance with a frown on your face, carrying every problem on your shoulders?"
Throttle smiled. "You know me too well, babe."
"Well, I've been thinking too. And I've decided we are going to get through this. We are going to survive this. We are not going to lose this planet like we have lost Mars."
Throttle turned around to face her. She had a spark in her eyes. And he knew she was back. That she had found the strength again to keep fighting. The strength he so strongly admired. The strength he needed to stay strong when things got too much.
The red moon shined his red light over them. Throttle smiled and took her in his arms.
"Welcome back, babe."
Before they went to bed, Vinnie, Violet, Modo, Gaya, Throttle and Carbine sat together by a campfire. The rest of the group already called it a night, but they felt too restless to sleep.
"I've informed Spero about the upcoming war. I've told her to create a safe place. And I thought, maybe it's not such a bad idea to do the same."
Vinnie was poking with a stick in the fire, but stopped when he heard Throttle's words.
"A safe place? Right. Like we are gonna need one. I'm not going to hide somewhere while we are under attack."
Throttle shook his head.
"That's not what I'm saying. But this war, I have the feeling it's going to be a whole lot harder than the fight against the Plutarkians. I'm just saying, when things are getting out of control, we need a place where we can hide. To talk about strategy, to reload our weapons, repair damages at the bikes, to treat wounds… You know, just like we had on the base on Mars. Something that's not going to be destroyed that easily."
Modo nodded. "You're right. Who knows how long this war is gonna take? Our cabins are probably the first things that is going to be destroyed. We need to be prepared for everything."
Violet thought about it.
"Maybe we can make something underground? With only one way in?", she suggested.
Gaya agreed. "Yeah, that's a good idea. But I prefer more than one way in. If they discover us, it's gonna be too easy to lock us up. So, maybe some secret way out?"
"Good thinking, girls", Carbine said.
"Yeah well… We are Cave Mice after all…", Vinnie sighed. But he knew they were right. They couldn't fight 24/7. They needed a safe haven.
"I suggest we start digging tomorrow. The sooner it's ready, the better."
Vinnie moaned. "Ah man! Do we have to? I'm way too cool to do such dirty work. That is not in my contract, you know."
"Well, it is now. End of discussion", Throttle said.
"Do we have enough gasoline?", Violet asked over the complaining from Vinnie.
"We took everything with us from Mars. For now, we're good. At least for one year or so. After that… Well, we will see", Carbine answered.
"Weapons?", Violet continued.
"Enough to blow up this whole planet", Vinnie answered. "But unfortunately, these ice clowns can't be killed by our weapons. But we can still use them, as distraction etc."
"Did we brought any people with a medical background?", Gaya asked. Carbine nodded.
"Five nurses and one doctor. They all are trained as soldier, so they can fight and also take care of the wounded."
"They are way too important to let them fight. If they die, we don't have anybody who can take care of the wounded", Gaya said.
"You're right. They must stay behind at the safe place", Throttle answered. "At least they are also capable to defend themselves."
"Did we brought extra bikes? Since Violet and Gaya don't have one right now?", Modo asked.
"Yeah, five extra bikes", Vinnie said with a thoughtful frown on his face. He didn't like the idea at all that his precious girl was gonna ride by herself into a war even he saw as a challenge. He promised to himself to pick out the best bike and upgrade it. Maybe he even could find an AI chip. To make sure she really could relay on her bike. That would give him a much better feeling. Yeah. He was gonna do that. In secret. So he could give it to her as a gift. He smiled to himself.
"What are you smiling about?", Violet asked.
Vinnie looked at her, wiggling his eyebrows. "I was just thinking what I'm going to do with you once we are in bed." And he scooped her in his arms. Violet giggled and Vinnie carried her to their cabin. Nice save, Vinman.
The next two weeks, everybody was busy with preparing the safe place. It was a little bit more of a challenge then they had thought. The ground was hard and they needed to use explosions to make the cave under the ground. It needed caution and precision, otherwise the whole roof would come down. But finally, after two weeks of hard work, it was finished. It was close by their camp. A huge hedge, camouflaged with leafs, sticks and dirt was their entry. It was hard to find, even if you knew were it was. Vinnie was forced to search for it everytime he wanted to go in, he just kept forgetting where to find it. The rest of the group found it very amusing and laughed about it every time, teasing him with it. Vinnie just found it pretty annoying.
Once inside, there was a long corridor. The cave itself was huge. The gasoline, the weapons, the communication gear, tools for the bikes, cabinets full with medical supplies, food and water… It was all there. There were also ten self made beds, in case they needed it for wounded soldiers. In case everything went wrong, they could survive in there for at least one month.
Vinnie was, next to his task with preparing the cave, also busy with the bike for Violet. He had found a bike between the five bikes they had brought with them that looked like it was made for her. It was a racing bike, similar to his bike, but smaller. He had built weapons in it, upgraded the engine and even found some light blue paint. He built in a mouse shape front light and mirror, just like on his bike. He also had found an old AI chip and he had asked Jake to help him upgrade it and placing it in the bike. Jake did a great job. Finally, the bike was ready. Vinnie was very proud of himself he did all this and was glad he had learned a lot from his dad and Charley of course.
The next morning Vinnie grabbed Violet's hand and dragged her with him.
"I have a surprise for you, sweetheart."
Violet suddenly felt nervous. "I'm not really into surprises…", she said but Vinnie waved it away.
"I'm sure you are gonna like this one, pretty lady. And if you don't, then please at least pretend like you like it. Took me two weeks of hard work to get it ready."
Violet now felt curious. What was he talking about?
Vinnie walked to the place where the bikes were parked. "Close your eyes, sweetheart, and let me guide you."
Violet hesitated, but then closed her eyes. She followed Vinnie, who was dragging her with him. When they stopped, Vinnie said to open her eyes.
She did and saw a beautiful, light blue bike standing before her.
"Oh my god, Vinnie! Is that for me?"
Vinnie's smile almost split his face in half.
"For you alone, sweetheart. Thought you were gonna need a good bike when we are forced to fight."
Violet couldn't believe it. She walked around the bike. It was perfect. Made for speed, not too big…
"Come, take your seat. There is another surprise!", Vinnie said, almost pushing her onto the bike. Violet swung her leg over the bike and when her body made contact with it, it beeped and started her engine. Violet's eyes grew big.
"There is an AI in it?"
Vinnie nodded with so much enthusiasm, his ears flopped next to his head. "Yeah, and now she knows you are her rider. All you need to do now, is getting used at each other."
Violet didn't know what to say. She was overwhelmed by the fact that Vinnie did all this, just for her. "But… how..?", she stuttered. Vinnie shrugged.
"I was lucky this bike was brought with us from Mars. All I needed to do was rebuilt some stuff, upgrade it, built weapons in it… Jake helped me with the AI chip. Well, let's just say we came here good prepared, that there was enough stuff to do all this and that I'm lucky I've learned a lot about bikes from my dad and Charley."
"It's got weapons on it?", Violet asked with a high voice because of her excitement.
"Duh. You really thought that I, the master of disaster, would give you a bike without weapons?", Vinnie said, almost defended. Violet laughed.
"Ask a silly question…"
Vinnie showed her how the bike worked. It really was amazing.
"So, wanna go for a ride?", Vinnie asked with a smile.
Violet nodded. Vinnie gave her her helmet.
"Last surprise. I've built a radio in it, so you are now able to communicate with me and the rest of the group. Oh, and I've painted it in the same colour as your bike!"
Violet took the helmet. She felt tears in her eyes.
"Vinnie… I don't know what to say…"
Vinnie smiled and pulled her into his arms.
"You don't have to say anything. The look on your face tells it all. You're welcome, sweetheart!" He planted a kiss on her forehead and jumped at his own bike.
"Let's ride, pretty lady!"
Violet grabbed the handlebars and carefully opened the gas. The bike immediately responded and sped away. Vinnie followed her. The sight of his precious girl riding this awesome bike… Well, let's just say he really appreciated the view. Violet tested the bike, zigzagging between trees, jumping over small rivers… She loved it. She saw a huge rock lying on the ground. She drove to it and pushed a button. The cannon's popped out. She aimed and pushed the trigger button on her handlebar. Laser came out of the cannon's and after shooting multiple times, the rock exploded. "Yes!", she cheered.
"Nice shot, sweetheart!", Vinnie said, feeling very proud on his girl.
They drove for about a hour and when they returned and had parked the bikes, Violet jumped in Vinnie's arms.
"Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She planted small kisses over his whole face. Vinnie smiled. "I am going to give you gifts more often. The love you give me is overwhelming!"
Violet couldn't stop smiling. This was by far one of the best days of her, in Vinnie's words, short life.
Another week went by and the tension was rising. Dominus came by with boxes filled with weapons and ammo made of dragon glass. Special made bullets which fitted into the weapons on the bikes and the guns the mice had. But also arrows, spears and even bombs. Sharp pieces of dragon glass attached to explosives. Of course, Vinnie immediately claimed them all.
So it looked like they all were prepared for this war. Ready to kick some maturly butt. But only one thing was missing. The enemy.
Weeks were passing and nothing happened. Dominus had said four weeks. But six weeks had already past by, and still no Ice King. The mice were getting anxious. Knowing there was going to be a attack, but not knowing when was taking his toll. It cost the mice a lot of energy.
In the eight week, Dominus came by. There were sitting in the cave.
"You said four weeks. Now it's already the eight week and still nothing happened. What's the deal with that?", Throttle asked. Dominus raised his hands.
"I don't know. Look, I only said what I was expecting. But I don't know their battleplan."
Carbine narrowed her eyes. "And what do you think is happening right now?"
Dominus sighed. "I don't know. But I think something is really wrong. I really have a bad feeling about this."
A silence. "And you mean with that…?" Vinnie asked.
"It's just a hunch. But I have the strong feeling they are busy with getting Daemonium here."
Violet breathed in sharply.
"But, we should have noticed that, right? Immanent destruction, right?"
Dominus shook his head. "No, I don't think it works that way. But it's not that I know everything. Right now, I'm just standing in the dark, just like you."
Throttle was about to say something, when he suddenly felt something hot against his body. He jumped at his feet and was patting on his body. The group stared at him. "Throttle, what's wrong?", Carbine asked while standing up, worry in her eyes.
"Hot, hot, hot…", Throttle mumbled. He put his hand in his pocket and threw something on the ground.
"Pfew!", he said relieved. They all looked at the object he had thrown on the ground. It was the stone that Spero had gave Throttle the first time they met. But instead of shining blue, it was dark red and smoke circled into the air. They all stared at it.
"What is happening?", Gaya asked, feeling a pang of panic. Throttle shrugged.
"I don't know. It suddenly turned real hot."
Dominus was awfully quiet. "This is not good. I don't know what it means, but it's not good."
Suddenly, Violet screamed. Everybody almost jumped out of their fur and scales. Violet fell on the ground, shaking.
"Violet!", Vinnie yelled, grabbing her. "Violet, sweetheart! What's wrong?"
Violet didn't answer, it looked like she didn't even hear him. Her whole body was shaking, her eyes rolled back in her head.
"Violet! Throttle, what is happening?", Vinnie yelled with despair in his voice, looking scared at Violet and then at Throttle.
Throttle sat beside Violet, shaking his head, feeling helpless. "I don't know!"
Suddenly, Violet stopped shaking. She sat upright, her eyes still rolled back in her head. They only saw the white from her eyes. It really was a scary sight. Her antenna were glowing red. She opened her mouth and started speaking with a voice that didn't sounded like her own voice.
"The one who is most powerful is among us…
Two elements which are each other's enemy
Will bundle their strength…
The end is near…
Only the chosen one can change destiny…
The end is near…
The one which is one with home…
The end is near…"
Violet gasped and her body went limp. Vinnie caught her before her head hit the ground. He stroked the hair out of her face. He looked up, shock written on his face.
"What the hell was that?", he asked, his voice dangerously low. Nobody said something, all in shock about what just happened. Dominus stared at Violet.
"It sounded like a prophecy."
Vinnie shook his head, annoyance in his eyes.
"A what?"
"A prophecy. It's some kind of prediction. But it doesn't make any sense. Only well trained Readers can do this. And only the ones who are gifted."
Vinnie didn't understand any of this. Violet was no Reader. Before they came on this planet, they didn't even know they existed. So why her? He looked at her. She was still out, but she looked like she was asleep. Her breathing calmly.
Throttle, recovered from the first shock, cleared his throat.
"Okay, let's forget the fact she even was capable of doing this. Just for now. We will find out. But… 'The one who is the most powerful is among us'. That must be Daemonium."
Dominus nodded. "Yes. I'm afraid you're right. 'Two elements which are each other's enemies, will bundle their strength.' Hmmmm…"
Gaya thought about it.
"Fire and Ice. Daemonium and the Ice king."
"Yes, that makes sense!", Dominus said.
" 'Only the chosen one can change destiny. The one which is one with home.' Really have no idea…", Carbine said.
Everybody was deep in thoughts when Violet suddenly gasped again. Everybody looked at her, scared there was going to happen more, but she opened her eyes. She saw Vinnie's worried face. She had no idea how she ended up in his arms. One moment, she was sitting next to him, feeling a headache coming up. And then… nothing. Only darkness.
"What happened?", she asked. Vinnie thanked the gods she had her own voice again. He would never forget that scary voice coming out of her sweet mouth. Definitely nightmare material. "We are not really sure, sweetheart."
Dominus took the word. "I think you told us a prophecy."
Violet looked confused and annoyed. "A what?" Vinnie smiled. He completely understood how she felt right now. Dominus was a good guy, but most of the things that came out of his mouth didn't make any sense to them.
"A prophecy. Some kind of prediction about what is going to happen in the future. Do you happen to know if you had any Readers in your family?", Dominus asked.
Violet shook her head. "No, that I know of."
"Are you okay, sweetheart? You got us all scared, that's for sure", Vinnie asked, studying her face.
"I'm fine. Just a little headache and I feel very confused." She sat upright. "What did I say?"
Vinnie told her and also what they already had found out. But they still didn't knew what the meaning was with this chosen one.
"But one thing was very clear. Daemonium is back and the end is near", Vinnie said with a dark voice, but then his eyes lit up.
"Hey! I made a rhyme!"
Nobody said something. They all felt scared. Unsure. What will happen next?
Dominus stood up. "I need to go back. Talk with Lectorum about this. We need to understand why this happened and what it means." He walked through the long corridor, followed by the mice. When he opened the hatch, he froze. The mice looked around him.
"Oh my…", Carbine said, saying out loud what everybody was thinking. The normally clear blue sky was turned red. Bloodred. Dark clouds were coming closer. It looked like the gate to hell.
Dominus came to senses. "I need to hurry", but before he could run to his beloved dragon Lyncas, Throttle grabbed his arm. He pushed a radio in Dominus his hands. "Take this. So we are able to communicate when we can't come close to each other." He quickly showed how it worked. Dominus thanked him and ran to Lyncas. The mice watched him flying away, all in silence.
"We are going to die, aren't we?", Gaya broke the silence with a toneless voice.
"Maybe. But not without a fight. We still are the Biker Mice From Mars, baddest mamma jammers from the whole universe. They don't get rid of us that easily", Vinnie said, his tail lashing through the air. But he didn't felt so confident as usual. The worst thing about this whole situation was that they didn't know what to expect. And that was worrying them. Even Vinnie.
"You know, we still have the spaceships… We could also just fly away from here", Gaya said. Throttle shook his head.
"As far as I know that Daemonium clown can rule or destroy the whole universe. Flying away means we're dead. Staying here, fight for what ours now and find out who the chosen one is, is our best shot."
Carbine shook herself out of her trance. "We need to be prepared. I have the feeling it's time." She whistled loud and the rest of the group joined them.
"Medical staff, get inside the cave and be prepared for everything. The rest; grab your bike and be ready." They did what she said.
When everybody was mounted on their bike, they drove to the cliff. They had a great view from there, so if there was something gonna happen, they would be able to see it on time.
Shortly after they arrived, a huge flashlight came out of a big thundercloud. In the middle of the cloud, there was some kind of vortex. The center of the vortex opened, and a huge ship came out. They never had seen a ship like this. It didn't look like the ships they had seen in the flashback from Lectorum. It was dark red and a had a round form. It actually looked like a giant frisbee. The mice stared at it. "Oh momma…", Modo sighed.
"Oh Modo's momma…", Vinnie breathed.
The ship came closer and suddenly they heard some kind of siren. The tone was high and it was killing their ears. The mice squeezed their eyes and bent over their bikes. It felt like a huge hammer was slamming on their brains. When they thought they couldn't stand it anymore, it stopped. They all looked daze at the ship. It was changed. Where it first was a round shape, it now had cannons all over the side. It now looked like a giant frisbee with cannons.
"This is not good", Throttle said. The cannons clicked. "No, this is not good at all. Be ready for everything, bro's. And ma'ams."
There was a silence, almost deafening. And then, all hell broke loose.
The cannons fired huge, blue balls. When the first ball hit the ground in the distance, it exploded and red and blue flames came out. The flames destroyed everything what was around them. This was no normal fire. Throttle came to senses.
"Split up!", he yelled and he, Carbine, Vinnie, Violet, Modo and Gaya took the right. The rest of the group followed Jake and Stoker to the left.
"Alright, let see if we can surround the ship", Throttle said in the radio. The mice drove through the bushes at full speed. When they came closer at the ship, Throttle gave the signal.
"Freedom Fighters, attack! Hit it with your best shot!"
They all fired rockets at the same time. When the rockets hit the ship, it gave a huge explosion.
"AAAOOWWW! That's what you get when you are messing with us!", Vinnie cheered.
But when the smoke cleared, the ship wasn't damaged. Not even a dent.
"Well, that sucks…", Vinnie sighed.
"Dammit", Throttle cursed.
"Maybe we need to use the dragon glass?", Violet suggested, but before Throttle could answer, the ship fired his cannon again. A huge, blue ball was flying right at them.
"Watch out!" The mice flew each into another direction.
Vinnie had a plan. "Follow me, sweetheart." He raced through the bushes, getting as close as possible at the ship. "Wait here, Violet!" And he activated his jets. He pulled back the handlebars and flew over the edge from the cliff, using a tree as ramp. He boosted his jets and flew straight up. When he was high enough, he dived down and pushed a button. The wings came out and he flew over the ship. He saw the ship was made of some kind of metal. But nobody to be seen. He grabbed a bomb with dragon glass and activated it. At that moment, a cannon pointed at him. Vinnie took advantage of the situation and dropped the bomb into the cannon before it could shoot at him. He flew back to the place where he left Violet. When he was half way, he heard a loud explosion and felt a sting in his leg. He looked behind him and saw the cannon fallen down.
"Yes!", he cheered. He landed and sped to Violet. "We need to use dragon dragon glass, bro's!" he yelled into the radio.
"Good work, Vincent!", Throttle reacted. Vinnie looked at his leg and pulled out a splinter dragon glass. He cursed in Martian and threw it away.
Unfortunately, the feeling of victory was short. Out of the damaged hole in the ship appeared a new cannon.
"Ehm, bro's? It looked like they came prepared!", Vinnie said, stopping next to Violet. They watched at the ship, who was reloading. It pointed two cannons in the direction where Vinnie and Violet were standing.
"Never thought I would be the one who says this, but let's bail sweetheart. NOW!" and they sped away. The cannon fired two balls and they exploded on the ground, close by Vinnie and Violet. The shockwave knocked them of their bikes and they landed hard on the ground. They both lay dazed on the ground for a moment, then Vinnie lifted his head. "Sweetheart! You okay?"
Violet slowly moved her body. No broken bones. Just sore muscles. "Yeah, I'm okay."
"Vinnie! Violet! You guys okay?", Throttle asked over the radio.
"Yeah, we're good. But we really need a plan, fearless leader."
"Stay where you are, we're coming over to you."
Vinnie climbed on his feet and helped Violet up. He grabbed his bike and Violet did the same. Soon, they heard bikes coming closer.
Throttle, Carbine, Modo and Gaya came out of the bushes.
"We can't take it out as long as it's flying", Vinnie said, rubbing over his leg where he was hit with the splinter. "It takes too much time and that fucking thing uses that time to reload or rebuilt or whatever it's doing."
Throttle nodded. "You're right. I radioed Dominus, he is on his way." He talked into the radio. "Dominus! We can't take the ship from the ground. When you hit it with dragon glass, it gets damaged, but it sort of renews. If you attack, make sure to do it hard and quick. Don't give them time to reload! Once it hits the ground, we will take care of it!"
"Understood!"
They saw the dragons approaching. There were hundreds of them. It was a impressive sight.
But before they could watch how the Dracano's attack the ship, multiple flashes came out of the cloud. On the places where it touched the ground, large army's appeared. It were soldiers from the Glaciers. Walking between them, an army of black creatures the mice hadn't seen before. The Glaciers carried guns and shot with the same blue balls like the ship, but smaller. The black creatures used their hands and huge flames came out of nowhere, destroying everything on their path.
"Well, are we going to stand here or are we going to join the party?", Vinnie said with a grin while closing his visor.
"I don't know. We're outnumbered. By far", Gaya said. Modo patted her arm.
"We are always outnumbered. But we got the guts…"
"And we got the guns!", Vinnie finished with a smile.
Throttle contacted Jake, who was with the rest of the group.
"Jake, we will attack from the right, you guys take the left, okay?"
"Copy that."
"Alright! Let's rock… and ride!"
They revved their bikes and sped through the bushes. When they arrived a point where the cliff was lower, they jumped down and landed right into chaos. Throttle fired a bullet made of dragon glass. He hit a Glacier who crumbled into dust.
"Yes! It's working!"
"Now let's see if it also works with the black dudes!", Vinnie said and shot at one close by. The bullet hit the creature, but it didn't do anything. In bounced back.
"Negative", Vinnie said, zigzagging through the enemy. He took a closer look at one of the black dudes. He looked like was made of stone, some kind of lava stone. At some points, the stone was open and Vinnie saw lava. It looked like veins. Weird…
Violet dodged an attack from a Glacier and fired a rocket at one of the black creatures, but it was no use.
"Rockets don't work either."
Vinnie was firing his laser. He hit the black creature once, twice… but still no use.
"Just DIE already!", Vinnie growled, but the creature fired a huge flame at him in answer. Vinnie ducked and the flame flew right over him. He could feel the heat on his back. "Pfew, close one!", he sighed.
It was a fight they never had fought before. The Glaciers they could handle, but the black dudes (Vinnie's words) couldn't be harmed. So, it was a combination of retreat and attack, over and over again.
Above them, the Dracano's had their hands full with the large ship. But at least they were making progress. Half of the ship was already destroyed.
Violet was doing a great job on her new bike. They were a good team, almost made for each other. She shot another Glacier who was running towards her. She was fighting side by side with Hope, the small, light grey furred cook. Suddenly, a shadow fell over them. Violet looked up and saw a dragon falling out of the sky.
"Watch out!", she yelled while speeding away. Luckily, her bike was fast enough. Hope wasn't that lucky. Violet looked behind her and saw the huge dragon crash at the ground, crushing Hope under him.
"NO!", she yelled. She felt the sudden urge to go back, to see if Hope was okay. But she didn't. She had seen it happen right before her eyes. There was nothing she could do. Hope was lost. What a interesting choice of words. She looked around. The mice were fighting for their lives, but by the looks of things the army didn't get any smaller. How long were they gonna hold this?
Violet gritted her teeth. Come on, girl! Don't think, just keep going. And that's what she did.
She heard a loud explosion, followed by a loud crack. The Dracano's finally had succeeded in destroying the large ship. That was great of course.
But what was up, must come down. And the bigger they were, the harder they fell.
Throttle had seen it too. "Retreat! Now! That ship is coming down!", he yelled.
Violet sped to the bushes. Once at safe distant, she turned around to see if everybody was going to make it in time. Vinnie, Throttle, Modo and Gaya joined her. Violet was relieved to see that Vinnie was still alive and kicking. But Stoker and Carbine were having a hard time to away from the falling ship. Glaciers surrounded them.
"Carbine! Stoker! Get the hell out of there, NOW!" Throttle yelled, his normally husky, calm voice raw of panic.
But at that moment, the ship crashed on the ground. A huge dust cloud flew up, making it impossible to see what was going on.
"NO! CARBINE!" Throttle revved his bike and raced to the crashed ship.
"Come on, big fella, let's give him some back up", Vinnie said. He looked at Violet.
"Wait here." And he and Modo quickly followed Throttle. The tan furred mouse was zigzagging through the left over enemy's. Vinnie and Modo were close after him, shooting every soldier who was a direct threat to Throttle.
Throttle drove around the ship and relief flooded through his body when he saw Carbine. She sat on her knees close by the ship. Throttle stopped and jumped of his bike. He ran over to her. "Carbine! Are you okay?"
She looked at him with tears in her eyes. She had a cut in her arm and her pants were torn, but thank the mothers of Mars, she was very alive. And very upset.
"Stoker! Oh my god! Stoker! He… I was too late! He pushed me out of the way. He gave his life for me. Why would he do that!?"
Throttle felt like he was slapped in his face. But there was no time to grieve. Not now. They needed to regroup. He grabbed Carbine's arm.
"Can you drive? Look at me, Carbine!", he said when she kept staring at the ship. She looked at him.
"Listen to me. We need to get the hell out of here. We need to go to the cave. Can you ride?" She nodded.
"Good. Grab your bike." He jumped on his own bike.
"Back to base!", he yelled into the radio, revving his engine.
Everybody retreated. Throttle contacted Dominus.
"There too much, we have no choice to retreat. Did you talked to Lectorum about the prophecy already?"
"No, but he is with me. We will come to your cave."
"Okay, see you there. Be careful."
Throttle looked behind him. Now they had left the army alone, they continued with destroying the forest. Thankfully, they didn't follow them. He saw the Dracano's also retreated.
Once they were back in the camp, Gaya hold open the door at the cave so everybody could drive straight inside. When everybody was in safety, she closed it and followed the rest.
Inside, it was chaos. Wounded mice waiting to be treated, the nurses and doctor busy with helping mice who had the worst injuries. Jake was lying on a bed, unconscious and his back really bad burned. There were about 33 mice left. That meant they had lost 7 mice.
Vinnie was pacing through the cave. When he saw Throttle came in, he almost jumped on him.
"Where is Stoker?", he demanded. Throttle grabbed him by the shoulders.
"He is gone, Vinnie."
Vinnie gasped. He sat down, looking defeated. Violet sat next to him, rubbing his back.
Modo also looked in shock. Their mentor, the one who had teached them everything, was gone. At least he died fighting. Modo knew that was the way he had wanted it. But it didn't took away the pain. Gaya sat next to him, tears in her eyes.
Throttle grabbed Carbine's hand and they joined the small group.
"Listen. I feel the same way like you right now. It really is a devastating loss. But right now, we need to stay focused. We have major problems. The enemy is too strong. We can't win this war by fighting alone. We need to use our brains. To find out what the prophecy is telling us."
Nobody said something.
"Come on, guys. Focus!", Carbine said.
"We need to know who the choses one is. But it doesn't make any sense. 'One with home.' Aren't we all?", Violet said.
"Maybe that's the answer. That together, we can defeat them", Gaya answered.
Vinnie snorted. "Right. We just tried and look how well that ended."
"I'm just trying to find the solution, that's more useful than just sit here and being cranky about the fact you couldn't handle them!", she snapped at the white mouse.
Vinnie jumped at his feet, but Modo did the same, his eye glowing red.
"Think very careful about what is going to be your next move, Vincent. You are my bro, but hitting my girl is crossing a line."
Vinnie was about to say something, but Throttle intervened.
"Bro's! Chill! We are all on edge because of what happened. And I understand. But fighting each other is not gonna help!"
Vinnie gave Gaya one more dirty look, but sat down. Modo did the same. At that moment, Dominus and Lectorum came into the cave.
"Ah man, not this guy again", Vinnie sighed, shaking his head. Just when you thought the worst was over.
The two Dracano's joined them and sat down.
"This is a war we can not win. We can't defeat them", Dominus said sadly.
"Look who is all positive", Vinnie said with annoyance in his voice.
"But what is it that they want?", Throttle asked at Dominus.
"I'm not sure. By the looks of things destroying this planet."
Lectorum shook his head. "No. That is too easy. They must have another goal. Sadly, Daemonium and Rex are not close enough so I can read their minds to find out. They must be controlling all this from another place."
"But you said he was after you? Because you have killed his daughter. And for the dragon glass, but apparently, they already had enough to open the gate. How?", Violet asked, looking at Dominus.
"Of course Rex wants his revenge. And at first I thought that was his main goal. But everything is different now. Everything is changed because Daemonium is back. So now, I know as much you do. Nothing."
"Great! We are officially lost now!", Gaya said.
Lectorum shook his head. "No, not yet. So many questions, so few answers. The prophecy is one of the answers." He looked at Violet.
"It seems you are capable to make a connection with higher powers. You are one of the missing puzzle pieces. And that means, I need to take a close look into your head. But that is not without risks."
Vinnie held up his hand.
"Now wait a minute. What do you mean with risks?"
Lectorum sighed. "That means, my dear Vincent van Wham, son of Finn van Wham… It could kill her…"
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