I do not own the Bikermice from Mars. I will make not profit from writing this story it is purely for entertainment purposes. May I again thank Foxfire's wealth of idea's to which this story is a direct product of. Also my son who has allowed me to use his character Thail.

(Please forgive any spelling, typing or grammatical error I might have made.)

Thail

By the Mornings

Watching them through the window his mind concentrating intensely on it's target. Nothing could interfere with his plan. Waiting so many years too finally have his revenge, the glorious feeling of satisfaction he'd been waiting for.

He had to make them suffer as he had suffered. Have their very hearts ripped from them as his was. They had to know the pain of lose. That gnawing ache that never stops that never let you sleep or eat or breathe with out feeling it.

He's focused on Throttle aiming his weapon directly at the chest of the tan mouse. No he wasn't going to be the first. Then refocusing in on Modo directing the laser in the same general area. No, he wasn't to be the first either. Vinnie, yes he must suffer most of all he started to gently pull back on the trigger but readjusted the weapon one more time. He smiled maniacally as his quarry sat totally unaware of what was about to happen.

An hour earlier:

Vinnie had made up his mind no more fooling around. They had known each other 4 years and she had totally captured his heart. They had started off as buddies. He would tell her how crazy she was about him and she would deny it every time. But circumstances were changing, he was older. If things kept going like they were Limburger would be history in little to no time. He would be going home. The mire thought of leaving her behind was driving him crazy. It seemed that every day her smile got more beautiful, her laughter made him warm and complete inside and those emeralds she called eyes bore deeper and deeper into him every time he looked into them.

He had talked it over with Throttle, then Modo, then both together.

"So what are you waiting for bro. You know what you want, how you feel, how she feels so what 's the hold up? I mean you do know how she feels, right?" Throttle said as he leans casually back in the chair he was sitting on.

"Well I never really said much about it before now. Not seriously any way." Vinnie had to admit.

"Well Mr. Ladies man. I think it's way past time you found out." Modo couldn't help but give him a hard time. Make him eat of few of those egotistical words he was always spewing out.

Vinnie all of a sudden realized that this wasn't necessarily going to be a sure thing. His throat instantly got real dry.

"Hey Guys, what the big conversation? Let me in on it." Charley said as she entered the room. Modo and Throttle looked at each other and politely excuse themselves to the kitchen.

Charley was puzzled at all the mystery but shrugged it off and went out into the garage to finish some work she had been putting off. Vinnie followed her and stood at a distance leaning against the wall.

She could feel him staring at her and first tried to ignore him.

After 10 minutes she sat on the floor and turned to look back at him.

"Vinnie?"

"Yeah Charley."

"What are you doing?"

"Um…nothin."

"Vinnie."

"Yeah sweetheart."

"Could you do that nothin some where else. You're making me nervous."

Vinnie took a deep breath mustered up his courage walked over to Charley and knelt down on one knee beside her.

Charley turned to look at him again. "What is it Vinnie?" She smiled.

That was all it took to give him all the courage he required. He picked up her hand and kissed it. Charlie's eyes grew large as bewilderment covered her face.

"Charley don't say any thing until I get this all out or I'll never do it." He said unsure of himself for the first time in his life.

"Okay Vinnie." Charley whispered now shaking half-hoping and half-ready to run out of the garage and not look back. His hands played nervously with hers. Like he was trying to make sure what ever he was about to say was perfect.

"I know I am not any kind of prize. I don't understand women; I say the wrong stuff at the worst times. I brag too much and I don't think before I open my big mouth. But there is one good thing about me. That's how much I love you. I'll make a ton of mistakes and the whole Martian/Human thing may cause us some problems but I want to know if you would …um…if you would…."

Charlie's heart must have stopped beating because she couldn't hear it any more. What was he asking? She had loved him for so long and pushed the feeling back thinking he would never be serious. That he would ever take her seriously. She hid her feeling behind wise cracks and smart remarks.

Vinnie closed his eyes not being able to bare her look if she said no.

"Would you…um..would you…. marry me?" Vinnie shocked himself when he actually said it. He lifted his head and dared to look at her.

All she could do was look at his face in his eyes. In those eyes she saw a deep love and devotion he had hidden so well. The fear of a little boy and the promise of a man.

"Well?" Vinnie was getting scared she hadn't said no but she hadn't said yes either.

He looked up at her then pushed her hair away from her face. She smiled down at him and with both his hands he gently pulled her face to his as he reach up to meet her. This was nothing like the playful pecks he'd given her in the past. It was deep, warm and consumed every inch of them both.

Their moment was broken by the sound of coughing. "Well Throttle my mouse I guess she said yes." Modo laughed.

"Poor girl I just hope she knows what she's getting into?" Throttle joked back.

Charley embarrassed jumped up straightening her hair and turning redder by the second.

" Charley girl welcome to the family." Throttle hugged her.

"Hey save some for me bro." Smiled Modo also giving her a big hug.

Throttle turning very serious takes Vinnie's upper arm in a firm brotherly fashion tells him, "You make sure you treat her like the precious jewel she is. You got that Vincent." Modo said nothing but Vinnie knew the big mouse was in total agreement with what Throttle had just said.

"I've waited for her my whole life. You bros. have nothing to worry about."

Vinnie assures them.

"So let's celebrate. I will fix you guys a special lunch but Mr. Van Wham don't get too use to it. You are going to learn how to cook." She winked and kissed his cheek as she left for the kitchen.

Vinnie smiled, "For you sweetheart I'd learn to speak Plutarkian."

She turned and blows him another kiss.

The four sat at the table laughing and planning. Charley held Vinnie's hand lovingly gazing at him every once in awhile as he returned the look.

Suddenly a sound shattered their paradise. The window exploded into a million pieces, glass flying everywhere. The mice out of pure instinct fell to the floor as the table and all it contents flew in all direction.

Then it was quiet the only sound was the heavy breathing of the crouched mice. Throttle was the first to raise to his feet. Cautiously his head looked around making sure all was secure. Not a sound as he slowly stood up.

"Is every body okay?" Modo questioned the next to raise his head up.

"I'm okay too. Charley babe you okay?" Charley?" Vinnie turn to see why she hadn't answered. Charley lay on the floor not moving. The impact was so strong it had knocked her almost to the other side of the room.

CHARLEY!!! Vinnie cried out as he ran too her.

Holding her he felt the wetness down the front of her shirt, red stained the front of his white chest. Her head flung back lifelessly, her eyes closed and her arms hung limb.

"Please no…not now. Please not now. Charley… babe.. say something.

Please doll face talk to me." Vinnie held her begging her for some sign of life.

Throttle ran out to the street to see if he could see any sign of who would have done this. The streets were deserted. He scanned the roof tops and

there a figure stood in plain view. Throttle filled with more rage than common scene went back got his bike and head up the side of the building to confront the assassin alone.

Back inside Modo was trying to get Vinnie to release his grip on Charley so he could take a look at her wound.

"Vincent I can't help if you don't let me look at her."

"No, if I let her go I'll lose her."

"You can still hold her just let me see the wound, okay?' Modo could see Vinnie had lost all sense of reason but finally he let Modo look at her.

Charley was hit directly in the chest and she was burned pretty bad not to mention she was losing blood. Her breathing was very shallow and her color was pale and lifeless as shock was beginning to set in.

"Bro we got to get her to a hospital. I just don't have the skills to handle this.

All I have is some medical field training and that's just not enough."

"No… No …hospital….. I won't let you .. risk being found out," Charley painfully whispered.

"Charley I thought you were… oh babe I thought I lost you." Vinnie said as he held her face in his hand.

"No… you don't. You ….don't get out …of it that easy Mr. You …asked and now.. you are stuck.. with me…" She tried to give him a weak smile.

"But Charley you need more than I know how to do." Modo tried to reason with her.

NO… HOS…PITAL! Charley insisted.

"Maybe she's right. I don't think any earth medicine knows how to treat this kind of wound anyhow. I'll do the best I can bro but I can't promise you anything. Come on let's put her up in her bed, we have to keep her warm and I have to clean that." Modo shook his head and prayed that his limited knowledge was enough but he seriously doubt it.

Once at the rooftop Throttle got off his bike with his blaster pulled and readied. He saw the figure standing still holding the laser he uses to hit Charley.

"So Bro long time no see. Didn't think we'd meet again did you?"

Throttle strained to focus on the somewhat familiar voice that was addressing him. He moved closer trying to get a better look at the killer's face.

"That's right keep coming close see the face of revenge."

"Thail?" Throttle's voice was shocked and confused. "What are you doing here I thought you were dead? Why would you do this?"

"First of all the name is now Thaila my dear bro. And you cowards leaving me to die obviously didn't work. Let's just say it's a little in the way of pay back. I did it because she was important to you and she was especially important to him. It was more than my pleasure and this is just the start. Vincent's ladylove is in for a very unpleasant experience I'm afraid." His smile was becoming more diabolical as he spoke.

Throttle never lowering his weapon got close enough to the sinister figure to see Vinnie's one time almost brother. He was nearly unrecognizable but still some of the old Thail managed to fight it's way through the harden face of the cold-blooded would be executioner. A Massive muscular physique covered by the same tan fur of the old Thail. His long thick blond hair flowed wildly in the cold night wind was still the same.

"What happened to you bro.? When did we become your enemies? We didn't leave you. After that battle we search for you for months. Angelica almost lost her mind when we came back with out you and had to give up the search.

" Shut UP LIAR!!!! How dare you ever mention her name after what you two and my so-called brother did to her? I know the truth how you tortured and killed her."

"What? Angie isn't dead. She's back on Mars she's……." Throttle tried to reason with him.

"LIER!!!" Thail raised his weapon and fired making Throttle duck for cover. His cold eyes glared at toward the Last Chance. " I never miss I just don't want you dead yet. We take this to home ground bro. I will destroy you where you left me for dead. You don't show trust me Vinnie's lady won't have to suffer very long, along with any other innocent I can find. I promise you that." With those words he disappeared into the blackness he'd come from.

Back in the Garage:

Vinnie carried Charley to her room. Modo had clean and dressed her wound. The bleeding seemed to have stopped and they tried to keep her as warm and comfortable as possible.

Throttle came back into the garage stunned. He followed the sound of Vinnie and Modo up to Charlie's room. He stopped short seeing how weak she was but at least she was still alive. Walking close to her bed he knelt down smoothing her hair.

"Hey Darlin how goes it?"

Charley again attempting a smile whispers, "I've had… better… days."

"We are going to take good care of you Sweetie don't you worry " He kissed her forehead. Throttle signaled Modo to follow him. They went back down into the garage.

"So did you get a look at him?" Modo asked anxiously.

"Bro you are never going to believe who it was, Thail or as he now like to be address Thaila."

"What… no you gotta be making a mistake. How?… Why?" Modo stammered almost lost for words.

"I don't know the how. But the why is too bizarre. The brother has lost it. He thinks we killed Angelica and this is all part of some crazy revenge plot he has cooked up. He says we have to face him back on Mars or he will finish what he didn't do tonight and hurt a lot of innocent people too."

"So what do we do now?"

Vinnie coming down from Charlie's room she having fallen asleep.

"For whatever reason Thail has turn against us doesn't matter. We can't help Charley here; maybe back home they will be able to do something. I won't just sit around and let her die. Or let that maniac try and get her again."

"You right Vin," Throttle agrees. " Besides Limburger is just about finished any way. The earth government has been on his case big time. He's broke; Karbunkle is gone, most of the other bosses have turn tail and headed for universes unknown. We aren't needed here any more it's up to earth to take care of it's own now."

"Modo contact Stoker let him know what happened, to get ready to send a ship for us. I'll be right behind you. We pack what we need, make sure every evidence that we have been here is destroyed. They were going to demolish the score board anyway We'll just give them a little head start."

Modo nodded and left.

"Vinnie, you have to tell Charley what we are going to do. She still has to make her own choice in this. Once we leave there is no coming back." Throttle followed Modo leaving Vinnie to explain to Charley.

He walked back to the bedroom and stood watching her sleeping. She looked like the princess in that story she loved to read. Vinnie sat softly on the bed and lifted her chin and kissed her to waken her gently. Her eyes having lost much of their luster she looked so fragile.

"Tell me Vinnie am I going to die." Her frighten voice questioned.

"No… no.. baby you are going to be fine. But we can't fix it here. We're going home."

"Home… Mars? She whispered.

"Remember you said I am stuck with you so where I go you go, right?" He held her tighter.

"I don't know Van Wham…. that sounds pretty…. chauvinistic to me. But I guess…. it's for better or worse. So we go. Home is…. where ever… we are together." She took his hand.

Vinnie kissed her hand gently and knew that even though there were none of the formalities, at that moment Charlene Davidson had became his life long mate.

To be continued …..