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Chapter eleven
When they were back in the room, Throttle laid the stone on the table in front of Spero.
"There you go, Spero." Spero gently took the stone and attached it to a necklace.
"Thank you. I'm glad to see you guys are back in one piece."
Vinnie laughed. "Did you doubt? Well, we did have a little meeting with 'THE ICE KING'", speaking with a dark voice when he said the name. He took a seat and smiled.
"Oh really? What happened?", Carbine asked, curious because the three mice were smiling as three little boys who did something that was not allowed.
"Well… Let's just say we made a good first impression", Modo smiled. Carbine shook her head, smiling. "I can imagine how that went."
Violet laughed. "I wish I was there to see it. But really, why didn't you kill him?"
Throttle laughed. "You really are Vinnie's girl, he asked the same thing." And he told her what he had told Vinnie.
"So, we gave him a little warning", he finished.
"And he took you serious?", Carbine asked.
"Yeah, well… I kinda slammed a knife in his leg…", Vinnie said with an innocent look on his face.
Everybody laughed, glad to have this little moment between everything that was going on.
"Okay, okay, let's get back to business. Oh, before I forget, we bumped into Stoker. Apparently, he is not that dead as we thought he was. Thank the mothers of Mars.", Throttle said when the laughing slowly died. Everybody felt a huge relieve. Finally, some good news.
Spero looked insecure at Lectorum. "So, I have the stone. Now what?"
Lectorum stood up. "Now you are gonna feel what it does. How, you asking? Well, by using your powers. Full strength."
Spero stared at him as if he was on fire. "But… I…", she stuttered.
"What? Did you thought everything was going by itselves? That you didn't have to do anything? You are the chosen one, not me!"
Spero laughed, she couldn't help it. What a guy.
"Okay, let's clear the room. Mice, get off your lazy asses and go stand by the door. So you are able to run away if Spero lose control. You too, Dominus", Lectorum ordered.
They did what he said.
Spero shook her head. "No Lectorum. I want them out of the room. What if I can't control myself?"
"You can. And if you can't… Well, you just gotta make sure you can. You don't want them to die, right?", Lectorum said while looking at his fingers.
Spero widened her eyes. "Why are you being so mean?"
"Because you need to get yourself together. Don't doubt about yourself. I know you have the self control. I saw it. I felt it. Now, I want you to replace the table to the other side of the room."
Spero glanced one more time at Lectorum, but then turned around and raised her hands. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. The stone around her neck was glowing purple now.
The mice watched her carefully. Violet leaned against Vinnie, secretly sniffing up his scent which she loved so much. Vinnie swung both of his arms around her waist and placed her before him. He lay his chin on her head. They both stared at Spero.
The table slowly rose into the air and floated to the other side of the room.
"Very good. Now, set him on fire", Lectorum said.
Spero opened one eye and glared at him, but then focused again. The table rose higher and suddenly, purple flames came out of Spero's hands. The whole table was on fire in just a few seconds.
"Keep going", Lectorum said.
The flames became brighter and brighter. Spero moved her hands and the flames came together. She slowly turned them into a huge ball. She bend her knees and threw the ball away. It exploded against the wall, leaving a hole behind.
Spero's eyes flew open and quickly looked around her, but thankfully, everybody was okay.
"Whao! Light my fire!", Vinnie said, impressed. Violet playfully elbowed him.
Spero smiled. "Wauw… that felt…"
"Amazing?", Lectorum finished.
"Uh, yeah… I never felt this kind of control. I…"
"Didn't use your full strength yet. I know. But you did great."
Vinnie rolled his eyes. This guy was really unbelievable. But Vinnie had to admit, he was very glad that Lectorum was on their side. He really had helped them.
"Thank you!" he heard in his head.
Vinnie smiled. "Any time." He thought and saw Lectorum smile too.
Suddenly, one of the Caeruleum's ran inside. "Spero! There is a whole army at our front door! We don't know what to do!", he yelled, panic written on his face.
Spero smiled. "Well now. Then I guess it's time to try my powers on them!" The guy stared at her, surprised that she was gonna use her powers to fight. What the hell was wrong with her? Vinnie clapped him on the shoulder. "I know dude, I know."
Spero walked out of the room, followed by the others. She opened the waterfall. A whole army of Glaciers and Black Dudes stared at them. Spero walked outside.
"Leave us alone, or I will use violence", she said. One of the soldiers laughed. "Well, why don't you just surrender? Or die of course… Your choice."
Spero shrugged. "No, your choice."
She raised her hands. One of the soldiers raised his gun and was about to shoot at Spero, but got suddenly hit by a dragon glass bullet between his eyes. He gave a surprised noise and turned into dust. Gaya lowered her weapon. Modo nodded at her. She gave him a little smile back.
Spero nodded too and then, all hell broke loose.
Huge, purple flames came out of her hands. She fired them at the soldiers, who didn't run away. They were immortal after all. But when the flames touched them, they saw their body catch fire and they felt a excruciating pain. They fell on their knees, screaming. But they soon died.
The rest of the army was in shock. How was this possible? One of the Black Dudes raised his hands and fired at Spero. But she fired back. The red flames slammed against the purple flames. Spero's face darkened and slowly, her flames came closer at the weird, black creature. She was stronger than him. When her purple flames touched the skin, or well, stone from the Black Dude, it exploded. Soon, the whole body followed.
"Allright!", Vinnie cheered, glad that they finally had found a way to destroy those stupid, black creatures.
Spero took a deep breath and fired a huge ball of fire at the army. Some of them froze, watched at it in horror and others tried to tried to run, but they were too late. The ball landed and exploded, wiping almost the whole army out. The others fled away, knowing this was a losing battle.
Spero turned around and smiled. "That felt extremely satisfying!"
Vinnie laughed. He knew how she felt. "Way to go, Spero!", and he gave her an high five. Spero laughed out loud, she looked so much younger now. Her previous solemn behaviour nowhere to be found. They all walked back inside, chattering how awesome Spero was and glad they had found a way to stop this madness.
But, of course, as always, their moment of victory was short.
When they were back in the room, Throttle suggested to make a battleplan. A strategy how to attack. How to stop this war. But before anyone could answer, Violet felt a huge headache. She bent over, grabbing her head.
"Vinnie…", she managed to whisper before she fell on the ground. Vinnie was too late to catch her and her head slammed on the ground.
"No, no, no! Not again!", Vinnie kneeled next to her. Violet screamed.
"My head! Please! Make it stop! HELP ME!"
Lectorum also kneeled next to her. He grabbed her hand and closed his eyes. Vinnie watched closely at Violet, who looked up to him desperately.
"Fight him, sweetheart. I know you can. Don't let him get into your head!", he said while touching her cheek.
But Violet shook her head. "I… I can't…" and her eyes rolled back into her head. Lectorum suddenly gasped and opened his eyes.
"He is too strong. I can't chase him away…"
Vinnie stared at him. "What do you mean?", he asked, but Lectorum couldn't answer. Violet's eyes flew open. Vinnie looked at her, but instead of her beautiful, green eyes, he saw glowing red eyes. Eyes that didn't belong to Violet. Violet stood up, grinning evil.
"I got your message, Biker Mice From Mars", she growled with the same dark voice as before. Everybody just stared at her. Vinnie grabbed Lectorum by the shoulders. "What the fuck is happening?", he demanded.
"Daemonium is inside Violet. He took over her body."
Vinnie slowly turned around. His pretty lady looked like she was someone else. Her eyes, red and bright as fire, looked back at him.
"It was not a smart move to hurt my brother. You are gonna pay for that."
"Leave my girl out of this. She didn't have to do anything with this! Why don't you just come over here as yourself?", Vinnie yelled. He felt angry, but also a little bit intimidated by this.
"But where is the fun in that?", Violet growled back. She walked over to Vinnie.
"What? Don't you want me anymore?"
Vinnie just stared at her. This was not Violet. Don't listen to her. He repeated in his head. Violet laughed, a creepy sound that didn't sound anything as her own, sexy laugh.
"Charley is here, Vincent. Want to talk to her?" The sound of Violet's voice suddenly changed into a all too familiar sound. A voice Vinnie hadn't heard in a long time, but one he would never forget.
"Vinnie! Why did you let me die? I thought you loved me…"
Throttle and Modo breathed in sharply. This was scary, alright.
Vinnie backed away, shaking his head. "This is not real. This can't be real. Charley is dead", he mumbled.
Lectorum grabbed Vinnie's arm. "Don't listen. He is playing a sick game. It is not real!"
Violet followed Vinnie.
"Vinnie! I miss you… I thought we had something special…"
Vinnie stood perfectly still. Hearing Charley's voice coming out of the mouth from Violet was weird, scary, confronting... But namely fucked up scary.
"Stop…", he whispered, staring at Violet, almost pleading. She shook her head.
"You gave me the feeling I meant something to you. But you just let me DIE!"
"SHUT UP!", Vinnie screamed, falling on his knees, putting his hands over his ears.
"You told me you loved me. And now, you are already moved on with another girl. You lied to me!"
Vinnie bent over. Somewhere, he knew this wasn't real. But it looked so real. It sounded very real.
"I'm sorry, Charley girl…", he whispered. Violet threw her head in in her neck and laughed.
"WEAK! You are all gonna die!"
Suddenly, Spero jumped at Violet and grabbed her arms. Her purple eyes looked right into Violet's, well, Daemonium's eyes.
"Get the hell out of this body, you demon!"
Violet screamed. "No! How is this possible! You are…"
"The chosen one? Yeah, apparently I am. And nobody is gonna die, except for you, your brother and your whole army. And now, GET THE HELL OUT!"
Her purple eyes spit fire. Violet screamed again and her whole body went limp. This time Vinnie was fast enough and catched her. He lay her gently on the ground. Spero kneeled next to her.
"She is fine, just unconscious", she said after checking Violet.
Throttle walked over to Vinnie. "You okay bro?", he asked. Vinnie sat on the ground.
"Yeah… Yeah, I think so… But damn… That was beyond creepy", he said while standing up. He looked at Violet and then at Lectorum.
"How are we going to make this stop? I honestly don't know how long she is going to take this."
Lectorum looked hopeless at Vinnie. "I… I don't know. He is too strong."
Vinnie nodded and cracked his knuckles.
"Well, then I guess it's time to find out where that evil scum is hiding and end them. For good."
"For once I agree with Vinnie. This has to stop", Carbine said, still a little bit shaky. Everything that was happening was new for her. And most of the time, there was nothing she could do. Yeah, stare in shock. But enough was enough. This has to stop.
"Lectorum, do you have any idea where we can find the two lovely brothers?", Throttle asked.
"I think they are somewhere on this planet, but I don't know the exact location."
Spero was very quiet, with a thoughtful frown on her face. "I think I know where they are", she suddenly said. Everybody looked at her in surprise.
"I saw something when I touched Violet. First, I didn't know what it meant, but now…" She sat down.
"What did you see?", Lectorum asked. Spero pointed with a finger in the air and a small line of fire appeared in the air. She draw a square with a circle in it.
"I saw this. Maybe I have blocked a lot of my childhood memories, but I do know the history of my people. A long time ago, my people lived on the other side of this planet. But strange things started to happen. It began with small things, like this mark that suddenly showed up everywhere. In trees, in the ground, on our houses… But soon after that, people started to disappear. As you know, we are peace loving people. When they found one of the missing persons back dead, they fled to this side of the planet. As far as I know, the other side of Coelum is dark and cold. The sun doesn't shine as long as here. Here, the days are long and the nights are short. There it's visa versa. I think that's where we can find Daemonium."
"That makes sense. How darker, the better for him", Dominus said.
"But how are we going to get there?", Modo asked. "It will take too long to ride with the bikes."
"I think we have two options. Our spaceships or the dragons…", Throttle answered.
"No dragons!", Vinnie said immediately. He sat on the ground with Violet's head in his lap, who was still unconscious. No way he was going to come near to one of those flying fireballs. Throttle rubbed his chin.
"Well, I'm sorry Vincent, but I think the dragons are the safest option. But I will let Dominus decide this one. It are is his pets after all."
Dominus laughed. "Fine by me. They fly fast and silent."
"Yeah? So? What about our bikes? I suppose you don't expect me to leave my bike behind?", Vinnie said, searching for a way out.
"The dragon's can carry your bikes, no problem."
"Ah man…", Vinnie muttered under his breath.
Suddenly, Violet opened her eyes. Vinnie felt relief when he saw her own beautiful, green eyes.
"Hey sweetheart, you okay?"
Violet slowly sat upright.
"Eh… yeah… Only a killing headache… Did I hear something about flying on dragons?"
Vinnie smiled. "Yeah, we think we know where Daemonium is." He told her what she had missed. Violet looked closely at Vinnie. He looked a little upset.
"Are you okay, cutie? You look a little… off…"
Vinnie didn't want to tell her what happened, that he had heard Charley's voice out of her mouth. It was too painful and he knew Violet was gonna feel guilty about it, even if it wasn't her fault at all. So, Vinnie waved it away.
"I'm fine. It's just not easy to see what Daemonium is doing to you. But hopefully, it's all over soon."
Violet knew Vinnie too well and saw he didn't tell the whole truth. But she let it for now. He probably has a good reason to not tell her. She decided to ask about it when the peace was back.
"Okay, so what's the plan?", she asked while standing up.
Dominus smiled. "We are going to make a trip to the other side of Coelum with my lovely dragons."
"And we are going to destroy Daemonium and his ugly brother", Throttle said determined.
Oh Modo's momma. This was going to be a challenge for all of them. But they were ready. Ready to end this, once and for all.
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