Through Fire And Flames

FIRST: A big thank you to Archangels-Werewolf for their first review. I really appreciate it and I'm glad you enjoy now on I'd like to think it gets interesting and more fast-paced the whole first chapter was just getting things going.

*A funny thought when Charley took the remote away from Vinnie in the first chapter was that she caught the guys watching the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show! Just a humorous thought with that.

I own nothing…just Lina, Nightstorm and any other non-canon character(s) that may appear in later chapters. Now onto the fun!

Chapter 2: Fury Of The Storm

Lina and Throttle pulled up in front of the Last Chance and just looked at each other for a minute. "So do you want to talk to Vinnie or do you want me to do it?" Throttle asked looking at the Martian female who just gave him a devious smile.

"Let me handle him. I think I know which of his buttons to push." Lina replied as she walked in and saw Vinnie sitting with Charley and Modo at the table munching on hot dogs and root beer. She motioned for Modo and Charley to just not say anything and continue talking to him.

"Can you believe that girl? She just saunters in here like she owns the place and…hey what gives?" Came his startled reply as two tan hands covered his winked at Modo and Throttle and leaned down next to one of his ears and mustered up her best Harley impression that she has ever done.

"Vinne…sweetheart, how long has it been? Six months…nine months? I'm tired let's go lay down for a bit." Lina seductively told him as Charley, Modo and Throttle could hardly contain their laughter.

"Oh Harley baby, anything for you." Was his reply as he put his hands on Lina's."

"It's not Harley sweetheart…" Lina pulled his hands away and gave him a sweet sly look " It's Lina thank you very much."

"That was cruel. I thought you were my girl." Vinnie pouted for a minute as he was hurt my the trick the blonde haired woman had just played on him. A though struck him as he was pouting. "Where did you learn how to impersonate Harley to a tee?" He asked as he gave her a curious look.

"She was my cousin, older than me by only a month. No one has found her yet but I've had to impersonate her on several occasions." Lina explained as the look on Vinnie's face went from hurt and curious to almost relieved.

"No hard feelings anymore sweetheart. Any cousin of Harley's is a cousin of mine." Vinnie replied as he gave her a gut-wrenching was baffled by this sudden display of acceptance coming from the white mouse.

"I don't understand. Just two hours ago you snapped at me and said you wanted nothing to do with me." Lina managed to say before Vinnie released his hold on her.

"That was the exact reason. It hurt to see someone who looked like Harley but wasn't Harley." Vinnie explained as his expression softened to the point of acceptance towards the blonde haired female.

"It's understandable." Lina said as she looked at Charley and gave her a smile.

"They WHAT?" Limburger yelled as he slammed his fist into his bowl of worms sending it flying into Fred the Mutant's face. Fred just laughed in amusement.

"The biker mice have a new member on their team. A blonde haired female mouse. Quite pretty." Fred replied as his tentacled arm rubbed his forehead where the bowl hit.

" Well we will just have to break her in. KARBUNKLE!" Limburger was fuming at this point as the scrawny scientist made his way into Limburgers office.

"Yes your over ripe cheesiness?" Karbunkle squeaked out as he made adjustments to a small box in his hands.

"Find a way to get rid of this new 'friend' of the biker mice, a blonde haired female mouse…what is that blasted thing you are working on?' The Plutarkian businessman asked the scientist, who just smiled gleefully at Limburger.

"This is a device to make the Chicago seasons consist of just winter and since it's already December they won't notice that it lasts a few months, or years, longer than usual." Karbunkle explained as Limburger got an annoyed look on his face.

"My dear Karbunkle, incase you don't remember…WE DID THIS ALREADY! We failed miserably." Limburger replied as Karbunkle just smiled at his boss.

"Yes we did. But that was an Earth-bound tool…this is a satellite that looks just like a star. It will be finished in several days as soon as I make some final adjustments." The scientist gave a devious smile as he went back down to his lab.

Over the next few days the guys showed Lina everything about Chicago that she would need to know while with them. Ironically after she pulled that little thing with Vinnie they got along great afterwards. Soon it was like she had been there for months instead of actually only three days. One day after their daily patrol they were sitting around one of the tables in Charley's garage. Lina, having been introduced to hot chocolate was sitting between Throttle and Vinnie basking in the warm contents of the cup. Modo and Charley were on the other side. Charley had a cup of tea and the guys, well they had their root beer. Lina looked out the window and watched this white fluffy stuff fall from they sky. After she got over the sheer amazement of it all she looked at Charley."Hey Charley, what's that whit stuff falling from the sky?" Lina asked as she turned back to the window mesmerized by it all.

Charley smiled at the Martian woman's child like question. "That Lina is called 'snow'. It's basically frozen water that falls from the sky when the weather becomes cold enough. Charley explained as Lina's eyes became wide with interest.

"Come on Lina, we are going to introduce you to one of the neatest things on Earth!" Vinnie said as he stood and grabbed one of the coats Charley had at her place. He took another one and tossed it to Lina. "Trust me, you'll want to put it Charley and Throttle followed suit. In no time they were ready.

"Miss Lina it would be wise to leave your bike here until you get used to it." Modo told the tan female who just looked at him in shock but agreed to it.

They left and rode to an area with a few hills and a large lake in the middle. Throttle led the way with Lina behind him followed by Modo, Vinnie and Charley. "It's beautiful." Lina whispered as she took in the scene in front of her. Her moment was ruined when something white and fluffy hit her in the side of her face. She turned to look at her assailant and found and amused Vinnie.

"Snowball fight!" Vinnie yelled as Charley pulled Lina behind a snow bank.

"Girls against guys and for once it's almost fair!" Charley declared as she started to enjoy having another female.

Lina caught on to the game quick and found it quite fun. She ducked behind a tree to get a clear shot at Modo, who wasn't paying attention to anything at the moment, only to be grabbed by Greasepit who put a hand over her mouth to muffle any noise she might make. " Now 'dere will be no screaming." Greasepit said dumbly as he held her female mouse just stood there in shock before bringing her high heeled boot down on his foot.

"Modo!" Lina yelled before she was stopped by Greasepit once again.

"Miss Lina!" Modo's eye flashed red as he charged towards Greasepit in a blind rage Greasepit chuckled as he raised a blaster to Lina's head stopping Modo in his tracks.

"Take one more step closer and 'de girl dies."

"Put the gun down Greasepit." Came Throttle's smooth voice from behind Greasepit as he held his own blaster to Greasepit's head. There was nothing worse than a dumb man with a chuckled as he knocked Lina over the head with the blaster, pushed her into the quickly freezing lake and activated the return transporter and disappeared from sight, before anyone could do anything about it. Throttle swore and dove into the lake to get Lina. It didn't take him long to get her but it did take him extra time to break through the now frozen lake. When he surface Vinnie ran over and took Lina from him and Modo helped Throttle out.

"She's not breathing!" Vinnie yelled panicking as Charley ran over to them.

"Move Vincent!" Charley demanded as Vinnie quickly moved out of the way and Charley immediately started to perform CPR. That was the longest minute of her life but was relieved when the tan mouse started coughing and gasping for air." She'll be fine now. Vinnie take her and lets head back home." Charley told the relieved mice as Vinnie picked up Lina and took her to Sweetheart. Charley rode behind Modo and Throttle followed them back to the Last Chance. When they got back Charley gave Throttle a stern look. "Take Lina and get a warm bath."

Throttle gave Charley a shocked look. "To-together?" He nervously stammered, but Charley showed no reason to back down.

"Yes, both of you need to be warm and in dry clothes. Now march mister!" Charley demanded as Vinnie handed Lina over to Throttle who begrudgingly took her up to the bathroom.

"I can't believe this. I've known her for three days and already I'm told to undress her." Throttle murmered as he shut the door and shifted Lina around until both of them were undressed. He attempted to be mature about it and not stare at her as he filled the tub with warm water and eased both of them into the water. Throttle reached over and took the washcloth to wipe a patch of dried blood from her forehead. That was when he noticed a scar that went from her mid-chest to just under her left breast. He blushed in embarrasment as he never meant to stare at her. Lina stirred a bit but never woke up. Throttle decided it was time to get out. He wrapped Lina in one of Charley's towels and wrapped another one around his waist. He took her to the spare room next to Charley's and laid her on the bed.

"How is she?" Vinnie asked leaning against the door frame.

"She still hasn't woken up. Call Carbine and get her down here. I'm getting dressed." Throttle replied in an obviously irritated voice as Vinnie gave him a confused look.

"Why do you want to see your girlfriend?" Vinnie was confused for a minute as Throttle just glared at the white mouse.

"She isn't my girlfriend anymore. We broke up." Throttle said sternly as he disappeared into the other room to get dressed.

Vinnie didn't press the issure any further as he went to the long range radio. "Vincent VanWham to General Carbine. Come in."

Carbine looked at the radio in shock. Why wasn't Throttle or Lina the one calling her? "This is Carbine, go ahead Vinnie." She replied as she felt the pit in her stomach grow.

Vinnie smiled wearily. " We were outside playing in the snow. Greasepit grabbed Lina and said he would kill her if we got close. Throttle got behind him and told him to let her go. He knocked her out and threw her into the lake. Throttle dove in and got her but she wasn't breathing. Luckily Charley knew what to do, it saved her but she still hasn't woken up. Throttle wants you down here since you know her better than up and all."

Carbine sighed, she hated the thought of leaving Mars, but Lina was like her own sister and siince Harley disappeared she would hate to loose Lina to anything. "Tell Throttle I'll be down there as soon as I can." Carbine replied as dread hit her. She ended the transmission and pinched the bridge of her nose in an attempt to stop the oncoming headache. "Rimfire, Stoker, report to my office immediately!" Carbine yelled over the intercom.

"Yes ma'am?" Rimfire asked as he came into the office followed closely by Stoker, who just gave the dark haired female a concerned look.

"I have to go to Earth. Lina was attacked by one of Limburger's goons. He grabbed her, knocked her unconscious and threw her into a lake. Throttle saved her but she wasn't breathing. Luckily their friend Charley knew what to do to save her but she hasn't woken up yet and the guys would feel better if I was there with her." Carbine explained as she looked at Stoker and Rimfire who both had a look on their face like they were ready to kill the first person to piss them off . "I need one of you to stay here and the other one can accompany me if they would like."

Rimfire and Stoker looked at each other for a minute. "You go kid, I'll stay here with the troops." Stoker said as he put a hand on Rimfire's shoulder.

"Are you sure?" Rimfire asked quizzically as he looked at the older mouse.

"Positive, go with Carbine." Stoker gave him a smile and left the stood from behind her desk and looked at Rimfire.

"Well Rimfire, are you ready to go to Earth again?" Carbine asked as she directed a small smile towards the younger mouse who just nodded to the general.

Well that's it for the second chapter. Chapter three is Lina's past and her connection to Carbine stay tuned!

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Stormey