Get Back The Regenerator-Chapter 3
As he patrolled the area around Olympus Mounds, Modo thought about his visit to his mother's cave yesterday. It went better than expected under the circumstances. Rimfire's twin sister, Primer disappeared during the war.
She was last seen picking scarletberries along the path leading to Olympus Mounds. The family was frantic. Primer was only fifteen. Rimfire, along with other neighbors, searched the area and found an overturned wicker basket and crushed berries around it.
They immediately began to assume the worst. Some thought Sand Raiders had her. Others thought she was forcibly taken by Plutarkians aboard one of their slave ships.
Modo and his bros along with Carbine and a dozen Freedom Fighters combed the area. They found nothing.
"If Plutark has her, she's probably in one of their labor camps."Carbine said, then giving him a sympathetic look,"I don't want to scare you, Modo, but I read reports about those places. It wasn't good news and the odds of getting your niece back are very low."
"She's gotta be okay." the large gray mouse replied, with a downcast face and slumped shoulders," She's just a kid!"
Throttle placed a hand on his shoulders.
"Don't worry, bro. We'll find her." Throttle told him.
"Yeah, don't sweat it. Primer's made of mouse stuff. A fighter. We'll get her back." Vinnie reassured him.
Modo gave his two friends a grateful smile. Martian Command didn't find her body. If there was no body found, there was still hope she was alive. He and the rest of his family believed she'd someday return to them.
"Primer, wherever you are, your Uncle Modo hasn't forgotten you. I promise, I won't stop looking for you!" Modo called out into the night.
Laser fire interrupted his thoughts. He glanced over the side of the mounds to see a little bespectacled man in a blue outfit covered with question marks running from a giant robot shaped like a cockroach. The little guy fought it off every few minutes with a blaster.
Modo didn't know why he was being attacked but he knew he had to save him. He put on his helmet and came charging down the mounds.
The guy's blaster stopped firing.
"Oh, pooh! What an embarrassing turn of events this is!" He exclaimed. A missile flew into the robot blowing it up. The little man saw Modo ride up.
"Much obliged to you, my dear fellow." He told him.
"You okay, sir?" Modo asked.
"Actually, it's-" he began.
"Doctor! Are you hurt?"
They turned to see a cream-colored Martian Mouse with purple hair approach them. Her light purple colored eyes matched the shiny purple armored space suit she wore. She glanced with concern at the little man.
"Indigo?" Modo asked, in total shock.
"Modo?" She asked, then her face broke out into a joyful smile. The two mice hugged.
"Ah, you two know each other, I see?" The little man said.
"We dated before the war." Indigo replied,"Modo, dear, this is Dr. What. He's a time traveler."
"Pleased to make your acquaintance." Dr. What said, "Perhaps you can help us. We're searching for the Symbiote."
"The what?" He asked, with a blank look on his face.
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"Okay, this is where our scouts saw the Plutorkian Squad." Carbine said, pointing out a place on a map.
"That's a mile from Red Rim Pass. Near the Sand Raiders camp." Throttle replied, "According to their report, they had reconstructed their digging machines."
"That's why we gotta take them out." Carbine said.
Suddenly the floor under them rumbled. A huge evergreen tree shot out of the bottom of the floor. Freedom Fighters sitting as desks were knocked to the floor. Sitting in the branches of the tree was Harley.
"My thoughts exactly."
"Harley, what the..." Carbine began.
"Sorry, Carbine, but I have a serious revenge plot to carry out so I need the Regenerator."
Tree branches moved towards the Regenerator. A large glass dome protected it. The heavy branches wrapped around the dome shattering it.
"No!" Carbine cried out.
She tried shooting at the branches but one of them knocked the blaster out of her hands. Another was coming towards her. Throttle grabbed her pushing her out of the way.
The branches wrapped themselves around the Regenerator covering it.
"Next stop: Plutark!" Harley beamed.
She left as quickly as she came.
"You okay, babe?" Throttle asked Carbine.
"I'll feel better once we get back the Regenerator!" She exclaimed.