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Chapter eight

"No way. No fucking way", Vinnie said, shaking his head.
Violet stared at Lectorum. "Can you please explain yourself?" Vinnie stared at her.
"Sweetheart! Why do you even want to know? This is not gonna happen! This is not a option!"
Violet took his hand. "Vinnie, just let him explain. That doesn't hurt anyone."
Vinnie looked her in the eye. "Okay. Fine."
Lectorum took a deep breath.
"I think, you are capable to make contact with Daemonium. Apparently, you are on the same level as him. If we want to know his plan, I can read his mind through you. But, you are not used to this all. You didn't even know you were capable of this. Your body is not trained. So it is a possibility your body can't handle it. That it gives up. That your heart will stop."
A deadly silence.
"Nobody can decide this for you, Violet. Only you and you alone", Throttle said eventually.
Violet didn't know what to do. By the looks of things, this could be their only chance of winning. Of surviving. Otherwise, they were all gonna die. It would be selfish to say no. But maybe she wanted to be selfish. She looked at Vinnie. The thought alone that she maybe wasn't be able to be with him anymore made her sick to the stomach. Losing him, one way or another, was her biggest fear. But if she said no, they all died. Including him. So, the best choice would be to do this. So the others could live. And maybe she would live too.
Vinnie saw Violet's expression switching to determined. She was not gonna do this, right? Why would she? If he lost her… Well, that was going to be too much. He wasn't be able to go through all that again. Losing Charley had cost him enough. He didn't had the energy to do all that again.
"Violet, please…", he whispered. He hated the fact that he showed his vulnerability in front of the whole group. But he just couldn't act like he was cool with the fact that his girl was gonna sacrifice herself for them.
Violet took both of his hands and looked into his ruby, red eyes. She forgot everything and everybody around her. For now, it was just him and her.
"Vincent, listen to me. I have to do this. Otherwise we all die. And then it would be all for nothing. Then we all don't have any chance to survive. I don't want that. And maybe I will survive this. And then we can end all this. And be together forever. Do you understand me?"
Vinnie swallowed.
"Rationally? Yeah, I do understand. Emotionally? No, I don't. You do know that if you die, for me it's also the end? Don't think that if you will die that I will live happily ever after. No. Without you, I'm dead."
"I know cutie, I know. But if I don't do this and you die… and everybody dies… I need to do this. I'm so sorry."
Vinnie cupped her head in his hands and pressed his forehead against hers. "No sorry, sweetheart. Please, don't say sorry. I know, alright? You're strong. I know you can do this. I'm with you, okay? I will always be with you."
He kissed her, their tears mixing. The others had a pretty hard time to control their own emotions, but that was almost impossible. It was a heartbreaking sight.
"I love you, Violet. From the depth of my soul."
"I love you too, Vinnie. Forever yours." She gave him one last kiss.
Then, she took a deep breath. "I'm ready."

Lectorum nodded and took place next to her.
"You will experience a headache, muscle tension and dizziness. When I'm in, you probably will lose consciousness. Try to relax and let it happen. I will take good care of you."
Violet nodded, feeling scared, but determined. She closed her eyes.
"Let's do this."
Vinnie held her hand and prepared himself for the worst. But how do you prepare yourself for something like this? Well, the answer was; you don't. But he stayed strong. For Violet. He quickly looked at Throttle, who gave him a reassuring nod. He was there for him. That gave Vinnie somehow a safe feeling. Lectorum closed his eyes. For a while, nothing happened.
But then, Violet screamed. "My head! It hurts! Make it stop! Please!"
Nobody said something. It killed Vinnie to just sit there and do nothing. To let his girl suffer. He suddenly felt her fingers twitching. Soon after, her whole body was shaking. Vinnie held her, tears in his eyes, but still did nothing. Violet's body finally relaxed and she leaned against Vinnie. Her antennae started to glow.
Lectorums eyes were moving behind his closed eyelids, his breathing became heavier. Violet was kind of calm. That was good, right?
Lectorum clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. Dominus looked worried at him, probably scared that he was gonna lose his beloved Reader.
Carbine squeezed in Throttle's hand, she hardly could handle the tension. Throttle gave her a kiss on the temple and pulled her against him, watching Vinnie and Violet closely. For the first time since a long time, he felt insecure. What was going to happen if Violet died? What will Vinnie do? Probably trying to get himself killed. He looked at Modo, who looked back at him. Throttle saw that Modo felt the same way, that they shared this fear, this insecurity. It would be heartbreaking to lose Violet. But losing their bro… No words could describe how that would crush them.

Suddenly, the glowing from Violet's antenna became brighter. Her breathing became rapid. Vinnie could feel her heart pounding. Soon, she was breathing so fast and shallow, she didn't get enough oxygen. Vinnie could see her tongue turning blue. Her heart was racing. Vinnie couldn't stand it anymore. The thought that she was gonna die in his arms made him lose himself.
"Stop", he said. When Lectorum didn't stop, he raised his voice. "Stop! Now! She is losing it!"
"Vincent, try to stay calm", Throttle said, but as soon the words came out, even he heard how stupid it sounded. He would have done the same if it was Carbine.
Vinnie lay Violet on the ground on her side, so she could breathe easier. But it didn't made any difference.
"GOD DAMMIT! STOP!", he yelled. He was about to throw himself at Lectorum, when Dominus came into action. He caught the white furred mouse and held him. Vinnie was struggling, but Dominus was twice his size. He didn't stood a chance.
"Listen to me! If you interfere now, it could cause damage to your girls brain. And Lectorum's brain. Then it will be all for nothing. Please, try to control yourself. If you can't do it for yourself, then do it for Violet."
He let Vinnie go, who fell on his knees next to Violet.
"Please, sweetheart, hang on. Please. I'm nothing without you. Please, don't leave me…"
Throttle couldn't hold himself back anymore. He ran over to Vinnie and took place next to him. They both watched at Violet, who was fighting to breathe.
And then… nothing. Her body relaxed, her head fell to the side. Her antenna stopped glowing.
"No… Violet… Please…", Vinnie crawled closer to his beloved girl. His soulmate. "Please, sweetheart…"
Vinnie broke. She was gone. He had lost her. He hit with his fist on the ground. And again. Throttle grabbed his hand, to avoid he would hurt himself. He felt tears in his own eyes. This was too much. To see his bro like this….
Vinnie bent over and screamed in agony. But all of a sudden, Violet gasped and flew upright. She opened her mouth.
"Omne Mortis", she growled with a dark voice. Her eyes flew open. To Vinnie's relief, he saw her own beautiful, green eyes.
Violet looked around, very confused.
"Jezus, sweetheart. Are you okay?", Vinnie asked with a hoarse voice, his eyes wide open.
"I thinks so… My head hurts like hell and I feel shaky, but next to that… I'm okay."
Vinnie almost squeezed the life out of her.
"Holy mothers of Mars, I thought I lost you. Dammit."
"I'm here, cutie. I'm here." Violet wiped away his tears with shaking hands. "I will always be here."
"Welcome back, Violet", Throttle said, smiling from relieve.
"Thanks." She suddenly remembered Lectorum.
"Lectorum! Are you okay?"

All the mice looked over to the old Reader. He looked even older than 15 minutes ago. He let out a sigh.
"Yes. I'm okay. It just took me a lot of strength. I must say, Violet, I'm impressed. You are a very strong mouse."
"What did you see, Lectorum?", Dominus asked.
"Well, Daemonium also heard the prophecy. He is looking here for the chosen one. The good news is that he also don't know who it is. His first priority is to find him, because the chosen one is the only one who is capable to stop him."
"So that's why they didn't follow us when we retreated", Throttle said, suddenly remembering this fact.
"Right. Their only goal for now, is to find the chosen one. Everybody who will try to stop them, will be exterminated. Or well, at least they try", Lectorum said.
"So, that means the chosen one is not one of us, right? Otherwise they would have followed us."
"Apparently. I couldn't get clear why he thinks it's not one of you. Maybe because this planet isn't your home."
"And what will happen if he finds the chosen one?", Gaya asked.
"He will kill him. After that, they will take over this planet. He needs the water. For his brother. They also need our dragons. They need it to build a weapon. To take over the whole universe."
"You know, it's always the same thing. All they want is power. Control. It's getting old, you know. Almost boring", Vinnie snarled.
"So, let's get things straight. First; find the chosen one and kill him. Two; Get the water and the dragons. Three; built a weapon and four; take over the whole universe", Modo summed up.
Lectorum nodded.
"Wauw, very original", Vinnie let out a stream of curse words in Martian. They all let him. He still was upset, which was a logical response to what just had happened.
"So our job is the same as Daemonium. Find out who the chosen one is before him", Throttle said. There was a long silence. Everybody was deep in thoughts.
Suddenly, Vinnie jumped at his feet. "We are wasting our time. Dammit. Frustration city." He just wanted to go outside and blow up that whole fucking army, including that Daemonium clown. Oh, and that stupid Ice King.
"And what was it that Violet said before she woke up?", he snapped at Lectorum.
" 'Omne Mortis.' It's an old language from Earth, called Latin. It means 'You all deserve to die.' Daemonium noticed I was in his head. He used Violet to communicate with us. But I managed to block him. But he knows we are after him. And he knows we can use Violet to communicate. I must stay close to her to protect her."
"Great. Just great", Vinnie murmured. Violet didn't say anything. She was exhausted from the weird experience.
Throttle grabbed his rado.
"I need to contact Spero, give her an update."
"She is probably busy with 'communicating with her environment'", Vinnie said sarcastic, feeling cranky like a old man. But he just couldn't help it.
"Yeah, well. She still must know…", Throttle trailed off. He stared at the radio. Suddenly, he jumped at his feet.
"Vincent! That's it! 'Communicating with her environment'. She is the chosen one! I can't believe I didn't thought of it before. 'One with home.' So, one with her home, one with her environment!"
"Yeah… Yeah! I totally knew that!", Vinnie said, smiling sheepishly.
"We need to find her before they do", Throttle said. He held the radio before his mouth.
"Spero? Spero, you there? It's urgent!"
Silence.
"Spero!? Please, talk to me!" Throttle hated the fact that he sounded so pleading. But she was their only chance to win this war. If she was dead… They were all lost.
Everybody was waiting in silence, tension was hanging in the air.
"They must have found her already…", Carbine sighed.

But then, the radio came to life.
"Throttle?"
"SPERO! Holy mothers of Mars, I'm so glad to hear your voice!"
"Are you okay? You said it was urgent?", Spero asked.
"Well, we did have better days. How are you holding up?"
"We are still in our safe place. But they are coming closer. I can sense it."
"Listen. We have find out that you are the only one who is capable to stop this war. So, it's very important to stay away from them, okay? If they find you, they will kill you."
What are you talking about?", Spero asked, fear in her voice.
"Look, it's a long story. Just tell me where you are. Then we will come to you."
"Go to the same spot where we met. Let me know when you are there. We will come and get you."
"Okay, I'll let you know. Stay safe, okay?"
"You too. Be careful, Throttle."

Throttle ordered the rest of the group to stay behind in the cave. Fighting wasn't going to help them right now. He didn't want to lose more soldiers. It wasn't worth the risk.
"Can you ride, sweetheart?", Vinnie asked with worry in his eyes. No way he was gonna say it out loud, but Violet looked like shit. The Reading had cost her a lot of energy.
"Yeah, I can ride", she said. She was exhausted, but no way she was gonna sit here and do nothing.
"You can also ride with me, you know that, right?", Vinnie said. She was so stubborn. Just like him.
"No, I can ride. I'm fine."
Throttle quickly asked the nurse if Jake was gonna be okay. The nurse had good hope he would.
"Okay, let's ride."

Throttle, Carbine, Modo, Gaya, Vinnie and Violet took their bikes and drove outside, followed by Dominus and Lectorum. Thankfully, the enemy had not found them yet.
"We need to be careful. We will probably going to bump into the Glaciers and the Black Dudes again. Fight if you need to, but try to avoid them as much as possible. Stay focussed on our mission. And that is to find Spero as soon as possible."
Dominus and Lectorum climbed on the back from Lyncas.
"We will stay close to you. Lectorum need to keep an eye on Violet."
The mice revved their bikes and sped away. They arrived at the cliff without any problems. But the Glaciers were still at the same spot as earlier that day. The mice had no other choice to jump down and drive right through the army.
"If you guys can spare me for a minute? I have some adrenaline that needs to get out of my system", Vinnie said and he drove towards the army.
"Hey fellas!", he yelled and he fired two of his biggest rockets. The explosion was deafening and although it didn't kill the Glaciers and the Black Dudes, that didn't stop them from flying through the air because of the strength of the explosion.
"Bye fellas!", Vinnie cheered. He grinned. That felt extremely satisfying. He drove through the crater, made by his explosions. The rest of the group quickly followed him. The army wasn't fast enough and the mice made it to the other side.

They drove through the bushes and were getting closer to their goal. But suddenly, Violet fell forward on her bike. She lost control and the bike wobbled to stay upright.
"Violet!", Vinnie yelled. She slid of her bike and fell hard on the ground. Her whole body was shaking again. Vinnie jumped of his bike and ran over to her. He pulled of her helmet. Throttle quickly grabbed the radio to contact Dominus, but that was not necessary. The dragon already flew as low as possible, since landing in the thick forest was impossible. Lectorum slid down through the tail and landed on the ground. He hurried over to Violet and kneeled next to her.
"What is happening?", Vinnie asked.
"Daemonium is trying to get in. Now shut up, I need to concentrate." He closed his eyes.
Vinnie looked at his beautiful girl in his arms. Poor, poor Violet. Why her?

Vinnie could only hope that everything was going to be over soon. So she didn't had to suffer because of that stupid, power hungry clown anymore. And he hoped from the bottom of his heart that Violet was going to be strong enough to hold on.

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