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Chapter twelve

The next day, everybody was gathered in the garage. The patrol group counted ten mice, with Throttle as their leader. Modo and Vinnie stood next to him, and Vinnie gave Jake and Gaya some last advice. Violet was nowhere to be seen. Vinnie was still a little upset from their talk last night, but needed to focus on his task. He had decided to look for her after the patrol. The rest of the group was waiting patiently for instructions. When Vinnie was ready, Throttle took the word.
"Okay soldiers. We are going to check out an Plutarkian hideout nearby Brimstone. Word is that they have prisoners, people who belong to us, who deserve to ride free. Today we are going to explore the surrounding, the building and the security. We need this info to plan an effective attack. I know some of us rather go in without thinking and blow up everything in sight…", he looked at Vinnie, who was looking at the ceiling with an innocent look on his face."But the chance of success is bigger when we are prepared. There are innocent life's on the line here. That means: no shooting, no fighting and no rockets!"
"Ahh man…", Vinnie muttered under his breath.
Throttle ignored him and continued.
"If the Plutarkians spot us, than you have permission to fight back. But try to spare the building. There are already too many innocent victims in this war. Are there any questions?", he asked when he was looking around the group. Gaya and Jake looked nervous, but determined. When nobody said something, Throttle nodded.
"Alright, then I think it's time for us to rock… and ride!"

Everybody in the garage jumped at their bikes and drove out with Throttle, Modo and Vinnie in the front.
Vinnie, super excited to finally be reunited with his bro's, fired his jets and flew into the air.
"AAAOOWW, finally back on track!" and he landed between his bro's. Throttle and Modo couldn't help but smile.
"Never thought I would say this, but I kinda missed ya, Vinnie", Modo said and Throttle agreed.
"Ah, thanks bro's! I've missed you guys too!", Vinnie said happily, but then realized what he was saying and quickly added: "In a macho kinda way, of course."
"Of course", Throttle said, shaking his head, but feeling joy that their cheerful bro was back. They drove through the desert and arrived at the hideout without any problems. Throttle leaded the group to a rock formation close by and signed to gather around him.
"Let's split up. You five," he pointed at the 5 mice on his right. "You guys check out the surroundings. Look out for possible traps and escape routes." The soldiers saluted and left. Throttle, Modo, Vinnie, Gaya and Jake climbed of their bikes and sneaked as close to the building as possible. It was a huge building, bigger then they'd expected. Security was high, with cameras all over the place, lasers attached at the building and it was surrounded by a big, high fence with nasty looking points on top off it. Guards were walking around, protecting every door, heavily armed.

Throttle frowned, looking at all this. Even for the Plutarkians, this was a little overrated. Why was this place so secured? What were they hiding?
Vinnie was almost bouncing on his bike, seeing almost a thousand opportunities to trash this place. "Ah man, what am I gonna do with all this adrenaline? This place has so much to offer!"
Throttle signed him to shut up. "You know better Vincent. We can't just burst in and blow everything up. We need a really good plan before we attack. But what are they hiding here?", he wondered out loud.
Jake hesitated, but then cleared his throat. "It looks like everything is controlled by computers. I could try to hack their server and maybe we find some information that could help us."
Throttle looked surprised. "You can do that, kid?"
Vinnie nodded. "That kid is an computer whiz. Boring if you ask me, but handy. I'll say: let's give it a try."
Modo agreed. "For once I agree with Vinnie."
Throttle thought about it. "And you are sure you can do that without alerting them?"
Jake shook his head. "Can't promise you that, but of course I will try."
Vinnie cracked his knuckles. "Well, and if they find out we are here, it's finally tail whippin' time!"
Throttle made his decision. "Okay, let's do this. Modo, Vinnie, go stand on both sides off the building to keep an eye out. Gaya, you stay here and watch this side off the building. Jake, go ahead.", he ordered.

Modo and Vinnie followed his orders and found a place for look out. Jake took his hand computer and began. Throttle looked around, feeling a little… nervous? He couldn't help getting the feeling there was something really wrong with this place. His gaze fell on Gaya, who was also looking really nervous. He couldn't blame her. This place was definitely not the easiest start for a first patrol.
"You okay Gaya?", Throttle asked. Gaya nodded with determination.
"Yes sir!"
Throttle felt admire for the small built mouse. She was a fighter, no doubt about that.
Jake was busy typing on his computer, his tongue between his buck teeth in concentration. After a few minutes that felt like hours, he suddenly yelled: "YES!"
Throttle almost jumped out of his fur, but quickly recovered . "What?"
Jake grinned. "I'm in. Now, let's see…" He looked through the documents. "It looks like this place is some kind of prison, with a lot of prisoners. They use them for experiments…" His face darkened. He found reports about experiments that were done, and by the looks off things, it was very disturbing.
"Ehm, I don't have the time to read all this, but it looks like they are creating something." He typed something. "I just need to download this file…" He waited till the download was 100%, but then a red skull appeared in his screen. "Uh oh…"

Throttle was about to ask what was wrong, when suddenly the sound off a siren split the air. The doors from the building opened and an army of Plutarkians came out and started shooting. Jake quickly picked up his computer and ran to his bike. Throttle shouted in his helmet radio: "Retreat! Back to base!" and followed Jake to the bikes.
"Ah man, Biker Mice do not run!", Vinnie shouted back.
"NOW, Vincent! We are outnumbered. We'll be back!"
Vinnie cursed in Martian, but followed instructions. He whistled at his bike and Modo did the same. They fled into the desert and reunited with the rest of the group. They rode back to base, but didn't see they were followed.
Suddenly, a rocket exploded next to Gaya and another mouse. Gaya flew off her bike and landed hard on the ground. The other mouse couldn't do anything to avoid it and fell in the burning crater. He was lost.
"NO! Vinnie, take them out! Modo! Grab Gaya!", Throttle ordered.

Vinnie whooped, despite the situation. "AAAOOWW, now we're talking!" and he turned his bike towards the enemy. It were two buggies with each an Plutarkian in it. Vinnie revved his bike and the cannon's popped out.
"Playtime boys!", he cheered and fired two rockets. They exploded between the two buggies and one of them lost control. He zigzagged helplessly towards Vinnie, who was prepared. Vinnie clenched his fist and punched the Plutarkian right in the face. Because of the force of the blow, the poor fish flew out his buggy and landed meters away. He didn't stand up.
"AAAOOWW, that's what you get when you're messing with the wrong mouse!" Vinnie turned his attention to the other Plutarkian. He drove straight to him with dangerous speed. The Plutarkian did the same, determined to destroy that rodent who trashed his friend. Like he even stood a chance. When Vinnie was close enough, he hit the brakes and turned the back of his bike. The buggie slammed into Vinnie's tire and the Plutarkian flew out and crashed against a rock.
"Little word of advice: always wear your seatbelt!" Vinnie popped a wheelie and drove back to the group. Modo had grabbed Gaya, who was unconscious, and gently put her before him on his bike. Vinnie pushed a button and a rope flew out the back of his bike to grab Gaya's bike.
Throttle whistled. "Let's ride!"

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