The Agenda-Chapter 5
"Do you...Do you think you could be happier if you were here on Mars?" Modo faltered.
"Maybe. If I had a reason to..." She replied, smiling, cradling and fondling his cheek.
"Indi..." Modo began taking her in his arms again, then seeing Dr. What standing in the hall near them let her go.
Indigo looked at the same time he did.
"Forgive me. I hope I was not interrupting anything."Dr. What said.
"No problem. I gotta go anyway. Check my bike. I'll see you later, Indigo"
Modo nodded towards the doctor then walked away.
"I'm really sorry." Dr. What told Indigo after he was gone.
"Oh, there's nothing to be sorry about. Modo and I were just talking. Catching up on old times." Indigo replied.
"You care for him a great deal." He said.
"Yes. I've often thought of him. When I laid awake at night...I...I wanted him so badly. I thought my heart would burst."Indigo replied, folding her arms around herself and looking away.
"Dear girl... Does he...love you as well?"
"I know he does."
"I'm glad." Dr. What replied, then carefully glanced at Indigo,"Then you must stay with him."
"But what about you, Doctor?"
"Oh, I'll be fine."
"There's so much going on in my life right now." She said, "Doctor, you've been like a father to me. You saved my life. I owe you so much."
"You would've done the same for me."Dr. What replied, smiling warmly, "You know your wellbeing is most important to me. I don't want you to think you have to stay with me out of obligation."
"I never said anything like that."
"I know you feel it, child. I feel it as well as sense it. You've been missing your home world for a long time. You've been missing your true love."
Indigo felt guilt rising up in her and tears came to her eyes.
"I wish I had found a way to get you back home sooner." Dr. What said, sadly shaking his head.
"There was nothing you could've done. We were thousands of light years from any planet with life."
"But now we're here." He told her, sympathetically,"So dry your tears. Stay, live happily with Modo, and know you have my blessing."
Indigo suddenly hugged this good friend.
"Thank you." She cried. Gratitude and joy filled her heart.
...
Vinnie was putting the finishing touches on his bike. He was shutting off a welding torch.
"Borrow that?"
He looked up to see Charley approach him. He handed her the torch.
"No need for the torch, sweetheart. I'm already hot stuff." He teased, posing and flexing his muscles.
"Zip it, Vin. I'm so not in the mood right now." she replied, glancing angrily at the Plutarkian warship," I've just spent the last twenty minutes trying to figure out how to fix this deathtrap so it won't fall apart when we fly it and I gotta get it done in an hour! What am I a magician?"
"You've always kept our bikes in tip top shape. So I know you can fix this."Vinnie replied, placing his hand on her shoulder.
"There's a difference between a motorcycle and the complex, idiotic computer system inside this hunk of junk." She replied, slapping the side of the ship.
"You can do it, Charley-girl. When it comes to machines, you the man."
Charley looked up at Vinnie. Her angry look vanished in an instant. She smiled warmly.
"Thanks." She replied, scratching her head,"I think."
"Except when you wear a curvy leather biker suit. "
He then let out a wolfish, erotic growl.
"Puh-lease!" Charley rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"Some things didn't change. I see." She thought.
...
"Welcome, Commander Gunner." Lord Camenbert said, as the ship opened up.
The aforementioned officer stepped off the battle cruiser. Several Plutarkian officers pulled a large metal gurney with electrical cords. Laying on the gurney was the Regenerator.
"Thank you, your Lordship. And now with your permission, I will have the Regenerator placed into the control room of the palace." He said.
"Of course, but first, the Plutorkian greeting." Lord Camembert said.
"An honor."
The two Plutarkians bent their butts toward each other and performed the greeting.
"Cheek to cheek and stink to stink as Plutark rules the galaxy shrink! Woooooooo!"
"Ah, invigorating."
"Yes, but now I'm tired. Where are my quarters?"
Some of the officers looked surprised.
"You know, Gunner." One of them said.
"Sorry, I'm so tired I had forgotten." He replied.
"It's right there. I'll show you."
"Rest up, Gunner. Then set up our new toy." Lord Camenbert grinned, patting the Regenerator.
The guard helped Gunner to his quarters then left. Once inside...
"Finally! Thought he'd never leave." He thought, removing a collar. Gunner's hideous Plutarkian form disappeared. In its place was Harley. She frowned.
"If I have to do that stupid greeting every time I meet one of those fish faces, I'm seriously going to puke." Harley said.
She heard the Symbiote's voice in her head.
"Not to worry. By tomorrow, Plutark will be nothing but a bad memory." It told her,"Do you have it?"
"Right here." She said, holding up a silver box,"I attached this converter device to the Regenerator and it'll remove all the oxygen from Plutark's atmosphere suffocating every living being on this miserable planet."
"We strike at night after they're asleep." The Symbiote said, "Then it'll be over."
"We'll each have our revenge! Justice for Mars!"She cried.