It had been two days since Harley and Torque had met Jupitus. In that time, the trio had journeyed from Plutopia en route to mars. Jupitus warned them that their mission was extremely dangerous. He knew that bounty hunters had caught wind that someone was helping Martians escape from Plutopia. He also knew that the Plutarkian government had offered a large cash sum to anyone who could capture individuals involved with aiding Martian runaways. Due to his shape shifting powers, he had often convinced bounty hunters during stopovers at Black Rock Asteriod that he was a Plutarkian soldier transporting Martians to work in the sulfur mines of Io, a moon of Jupiter. He knew that most of the criminals on Black Rock were too stupid to realize that Io had finished being exploited by the Plutarkians years ago. However, he didn't know how long he could keep up the charade.

"Here is some food for you." Jupitus said kindly as he handed a parcel of food to Torque.

"Thank you." Torque responded. "For everything."

"I just wish I could help more." Jupitus said as he stared out of the spaceship.

Their conversation was interrupted by Harley's violent coughing. Torque rushed to the sleeping quarters of the ship where Harley was located. Harley was shaking uncontrollably and was running a high temperature. Torque grabbed a nearby water canteen and tried to get her friend to drink the water.

"Here Harley, drink this!" she said urgently.

The water ran down the sides of Harley's mouth. Harley had become delirious as a result of her fever. She started mumbling incoherently and refused to drink the water.

"Torque, what's wrong?" Jupitus asked her over the ship's intercom system.

"It's Harley!" Torque exclaimed. "She's getting worse."

"Hold on, we're almost to your home planet." Jupitus reassured her. "We can get help there."

On mars, it was past midnight. Carbine was still in her office working on paperwork.

"General Carbine, General Carbine!" One of the soldiers who was on guard yelled as he burst into her office.

Carbine stood up and walked toward him. "What is it?" she asked.

"A Plutarkian ship has been spotted in Martian airspace."

"It could be Jupitus." Carbine answered. "However, we can't take any chances…"

Before she could finish, another soldier had sent a radio message to her office.

"General Carbine, we have received a radio message from the Plutarkian ship."

"It is Jupitus and he says that he has two Martians on board."

"One of them is very ill."

"Alert the medical staff at once." Carbine ordered. She then turned to face the soldier in her office.

"Prepare an envoy of soldiers to meet the ship."

"Yes ma'am." the soldier responded as he left her office.

The Plutarkian ship soon landed on the Martian surface, where it was greeted by the envoy. Jupitus emerged out of the ship first, carrying Harley in his arms. He was followed by Torque.

A Martian soldier accompanied by a medic approached Jupitus.

"We'll take her to get medical treatment immediately." the soldier informed him before they left.

Rimfire, who was part of the envoy, approached Torque. "I think that we should take you to the infirmary too ma'am."

"Huh?" Torque said before she looked closer at the young soldier talking to her. She was shocked at the soldier's appearance. She soon recognized him as being her nephew Rimfire.

"Rimfire?" she asked in disbelief. "Is that really you?"

"Aunt Torque?" Rimfire asked. "You're alive?!"

"We thought that you were dead!" he told her.

The two hugged each other.

"Oh my goodness Rimfire." Torque said excitedly. "You're all grown up now."

"The last time I saw you, you were just a little kid."

"Wait till Uncle Modo and Throttle hear about this!" Rimfire exclaimed.

"They're alive?" Torque asked.

"Yeah." Rimfire informed her. "They're on earth, fighting the Plutarkians."

"They're trying to stop the Plutarkians from doing to earth what they did to mars."

"I can't believe this." Torque said "The Plutarkians told us that everyone left on mars were killed during the war."

"But…you're alive, my brother and my husband…"

"You're all alive." she said. "After all of this time," she said as she started to cry, "after all of this time we thought you were dead."

Rimfire hugged her. "It's okay Aunt Torque." he said as he tried to comfort her.

"It's okay."