Saving The Day - Chapter 4
"What we gonna do?" Modo asked.
"I say we go down there, take our blasters, and pistolwhip that oil stain!" Vinnie exclaimed.
"Yeah, well, as appealing as that idea is, we can't run the risk of anything happening to Charley-girl and Shakira." Throttle replied, "Besides, the Big Cheese is gonna be expecting us to go in with guns blazing."
"Which means we need a plan." Modo said, "Sneak in there without Stinky or Dr. Giggles seeing us."
"Hey, this mouse doesn't sneak! I mean that's just all wrong for my super studly image." Vinnie replied, flexing his muscles.
Throttle slapped his forehead clearly frustrated at Vinnie's over inflated ego. The mouse was so stuck up it wasn't even funny.
"Vinnie, will you get over yourself for once! Think of Charley-ma'am." Modo told him.
That brought their younger bro back to reality. In spite of his personality, he did care about Charley a lot. Underneath all the bravado and flirting, he had a kind heart. Like his bros, he couldn't bear it if anything bad happened to her.
"What's the plan?" He asked.
Meanwhile Greasepit carried the two girls into the jungle.
"We must not lose heart. Esuom will rescue us. I just know it." Shakira told Charley.
"Guys, where are you?" Charley silently thought, looking around.
"I wouldnt holds my breath, girlie. Mistah Limboiger is gonna take care of them meeces." Greasepit said, "Hey! what's that?"
There sitting on a large green leaf was a little yellow frog. His dark beady eyes glanced at the three figures.
"Aw, ain't it cute?" Greasepit dropped the two girls on the ground and scooped up the frog.
"No, you mustn't..." Shakira began.
"Hey, I saws it first! Get your own pet!" Greasepit told her, frowning and petting it.
"Now's our chance. Let's..." Charley said to her.
'Oh, but you and your charming little friend won't be going anywhere." Limburger said, aiming a blaster at them.
"Hey, boss! Look at my new pet!" Greasepit said, happily shoving the frog in Limburger's face.
"Get that vile thing away from me, you pestering buffoon!" He pushed it away.
At the same time, three odd looking bushes made their way near Limburger and Carbunkle. The bushes were within fighting distance of the three villains.
"It's unfortunate that you're here, princess." Iago said.
'Iago! What have you done?" Shakira asked, pointing at the diamond in his briefcase.
"Our village needs a new leader. Someone with the right vision. I am that leader."
"My father trusted you for years! How could you do this to him?" Shakira questioned
"Bah! He was an old fool! Full of old ideas! Believing in the old traditions." Iago balked, "And not helping our people to proper and grow."
Iago moved closer to Shakira.
"Things can be different now, Shakira. I can have the school and the hospital built with this. I can have anything I want. Including you." He then took her in his arms. She angrily pushed him away.
"You have betrayed us! Do you really think I would choose you after all this?" She retorted.
Iago became enraged.
"Oh, I see what's going on. You prefer the touch of that dirty white rodent!"
Shakira drew back her hand striking him full in the face.
"I will not let you disrespect Esuom in that manner!" She retorted.
He then pointed a gun at her.
" If you won't love me, you won't love anyone! "
Within seconds, the gun was shot out of his hand. Both girls looked to see Vinnie holding a blaster in his hand. Modo had his bionic arm aimed at Limburger and Carbunkle. Throttle spun a pair of blasters in his hand.
"Hey, anybody ever tell you it ain't nice to point a gun at anyone?" Vinnie said.
"Esuom!" Shakira smiled.
"Took you bone heads long enough to get here." Charley grinned.
"But we made it." Throttle replied, then to Limburger, "End of the line for you, Stink Breath!"
"Oh, I beg to differ. I still hold the trump card so to speak. Carbunkle." Limburger said, placing a hand on Carbunkle's shoulder. The creature that was Shakira's dad approached them.
"Father!' Shakira cried out.
Carbunkle chuckled, activating a button on a remote. The collar on Shakira's father glowed like bright northern lights.
The creature let out a loud roar and went after them.
" I'm getting out of here!" Iago said, fleeing in the other direction.
" Get Charley and Shakira to safety!" Throttle told his two comrades. Vinnie used his tail to snag Charley putting her on his bike while Modo placed Shakira on his. The two mice rode off.
"Time for Scatter and Dip number two." Throttle said.
All three mice rode off in different directions.
"Get those infernal moles!" Limburger cried out.
The creature was not hot on Throttle's tail.
"That's right. Come and get me, Tail, Dark, and Hairy!"
It chased him to a mud hole. It had him cornered. Throttle propelled his bike into the air as the creature lunged for him and fell headlong into the mud hole.
Throttle's bike shot out a tow line wrapping it around him before he sank in the mud. The creature was then dragged out to dry land.
"Whoa! Maximum putdown!" Vinnie exclaimed.
Throttle turn to see his two bros riding up. Charley and Shakira came out of the bushes. Shakira ran to her father. The creature began struggling to get free and growling. While Modo shot the collar off. He stopped and just looked at them.
"Have no fear, dear Father, we will find some way to help you." Shakira said, approaching but was held back by Modo.
"Begging your pardon, Miss Shakira-ma'am, but it ain't safe."
"Hey, mousies..." Greasepit had quickly aimed a blaster at Charley.
"Drop youse guns or the girlie gets..."
Before he could say another word, he stiffened up and fell down.
"Get up, you empty headed dunderhead!" Limburger shouted at Greasepit
"I can'ts move, boss." He moaned.
"Well, of course he cannot. That's what happens when you touch the Death frog." Shakira said.
"D-D-Death frog?" Greasepit studdered.
"Oh, yes. That frog's skin is full of poison. One touch stops you from moving. Then later a slow painful death. Your boss is probably affected too since he touched it as well."
"Y-you're bluffing. There's no such thing." Limburger said, nervously glancing at his hand.
"Do I look as if I am lying?" Shakira asked, looking him full in the face.
"It can be passed from one person to another through contact after that person touches the frog. He or she can't move. Then death." A serious expression on Shakira's lips.
"Excuse me, Your Buttery Fatness, but did you or did you not touch me on my shoulder?" Carbunkle asked, glancing at the aforementioned spot.
"Oh, this is preposterous! I don't have..." Limburger suddenly stopped moving and fell to the earth.
"Noooo!" He moaned
Soon Carbunkle stiffened up and fell down. All three villains lain on the ground in agony.
"No way." Modo said, shocked.
"A frog did all this?" Vinnie asked.
"Not just any frog. A Golden one." Shakira replied, pointing to the golden frog Greasepit had. The big lug dropped the thing when he fell. It hopped onto a large green leaf near a small stream.
"Our people know not to touch them because it can stop a person from moving. It's magical. At least I believe it is."
"Help me! " Limburger and his two cohorts cried out.
"Not a chance, Stinky!" Vinnie said.
"Vinnie. Much as I hate it, we gotta do it." Throttle told him, then to Limburger, "We''ll help on one condition. Tell us how to turn Shakira's dad back to normal."
Meanwhile, Iago ran through the jungle with the briefcase in tow.
"Once, I sell the Eye of Orion, I'll have my revenge on them all!" He said, "Especially Esuom. How dare he take my princess away from me! She was mine from the beginning! Instead she falls for that fool!"
He was going so fast he failed to miss a thick tree root in front of him. He tripped placing his hands and arms in front of him to break his fall. He fell onto the briefcase.
"Stupid tree." He muttered. Then got up brushing leaves and other debris off of him. He picked up the briefcase. He heard what sounded like pieces of glass moving around in case. He stopped moving and with a puzzled look opened the case. Broken little shards of glass shown with a dull brilliance.
"This isn't the Eye of Orion. It's a fake! That doublecrossing bass! He tricked me!"
Soon, Shakira's dad, old chief Hgumbu was back to normal. Thanks to Carbunkle's antidote, the old chief suffered no ill effects from Limburger's Clampoo mixture.
" Thank you, my young friends, for saving me." He told the Biker Mice and Charley.
Shakira happily hugged her father. Gratitude to the mice shown in her eyes.
"Now help me." Limburger said.
"You and your two friends should be able to move... In an hour." Shakira replied, matter of factly.
"B-but what about our...sudden demise?"
"Oh, that. I made it up." She replied.
The look of shock on the faces of the three villains was hilarious.
The mice and Charley burst out laughing while a smile played on Shakira's lips.
"The frog does not kill you. It just stops you from moving for a while."
"As fun as all this is and it is fun, we have a job to do." Throttle said, "Namely, carting Fish Face to Mars."
"But you must come back with us, my young friends. We must have a feast in your honor."
"Appreciate the offer, chief, but Limburger has to stand trial for all the hell he's put our planet through."
"You are from another world? You truly are gods! Come back with me and I shall reward you greatly. We shall feast in your honor!"
The mice glanced at each other. This was their big chance to finally put the Big Cheese away for all the trouble he's caused on Earth as well as Mars. They would be able to finally go back home.
"Oh, please. You saved my father. You deserve a reward." Shakira begged.
Modo's stomach growled.
"Let's do it, bros. This mouse is totally starving like Marvin!"
Throttle was hesitant.
"We never get to have any fun. The Big Cheese ain't going anywhere. Besides with all the work we do, we need a little mini vacation." Vinnie piped in.
"Well..."
"Then it is settled." Chief Ugumbu said. He was helped onto Throttle's bike. Charley rode with Vinnie while Shakira rode with Modo. The chief looked up to see gray stormy clouds in the sky.
"A storm is coming. We should take shelter in yonder temple." He said, "Our village is not far."
Everyone rode to the back and looked around. There were tropical gardens full of hibiscus flowers. Colorful fish swam around in a nearby koi pond. In some of the gardens were ivory statures. An old man in a green robe bowed to the newcomers.
"Welcome, Chief Hgumbu. I see you have brought guests."
"Ah, yes, Izchur. My dear friends, Izchur is the caretaker and gardener of this temple."
"It's really beautiful." Charley breathed.
" It is a sacred place. A shrine to Esuom." The old Chief waved his hand at several statues outside. Everyone gasped. All of the statues were of Martian Mice.
"How is this possible? Does this mean our people have come to Earth before?" Throttle asked.
Vinnie slowly got off his bike and approached one statue and glanced at it. Charley nearly gasped when she saw it.
"No wonder the villagers think Vinnie is this mouse god. That statue looks just like him!"
"It's not me, though. It's my...dad!" He replied, in a daze.