Outside the garage, the trap is set and Greasepit has sent a goon to grab Charlie. Man am I lucky that the ninja girl decided not to go to bed right away. Greasepit hides from view so that Tiko can not see him when she comes outside. Charlie, in a deep sleep, doesn't even hear the goon step into her room. He walks to the bed, but bumps into the night stand, he quickly covers his mouth so Charlie doesn't hear him scream, he stands there a while until he can breath normal again. Downstairs, someone did hear him bump into the night stand. *You hear that Butterfly, it seems to me that we have an intruder.* Tiko goes to the couch and puts on her orange snowboarding pants. She then puts on her kick boxing ankle braces and wrist braces. The ankle braces have 3 poison tipped short blades per foot, while the wrist braces have six darts in each of them, all laced with a sleeping potion. She then walks up to Butterfly and whispers to her as she puts on her sword. *Stay here, I want you to put on your battlemood just encase anymore intruders come in here. If it is not me, Charlie, Modo, Vinnie or Throttle, fire your sleeping darts at them. O.K.?* The bike beeps in response and it all of a sudden starts to hum quietly. Tiko slowly walks up the steps to Charlie's bedroom. She can see someone sleeping under the covers. She crouches down and stares hard at the figure. Her special contacts magnify the outline of the form. Tiko smiles as she can a larger and more bulkier figure under the blanket. How pathetic. Tiko pulls out two of her sleeping darts and throws then at the figures chest. The body gives a jolt, but quickly falls asleep. Tiko steps slowly into the room, she sees nothing else, thanks to her night time vision. She then creeps to the window and sees that it has been forced open. She peeks around the corner and can she a metal box outside, with Charlie unconscious inside. Let me guess, this is suppose to be a trap. I walk inside, they shut the doors and render us unconscious. Talk about un-original. Tiko gets onto the windows ledge and jumps down to the ground. She walks towards the trap, looking around to see how many guards there are. She sees three to her left, and two to her right. If I take out the guys on the right now, the ones on the left won't even notice they are gone, the box is blocking their view of them. Tiko pulls out two more sleeping darts, she throws then to the right and the men go down in a few seconds. Tiko then stops outside of the trap, she can see Charlie just now starting to wake up. Charlie blinks a little and looks confused at Tiko. *Morning Charlie, I guess someone has set a trap for us. I'm going to step into it now, and I am sure it will close behind me. Are you ready?* Charlie nods and Tiko steps inside, as soon as she steps in, the door closes and a sleeping gas is released. "We got them now." Greasepit pulls out his radio and tells Mr. Limburger that he has captured them. "Great work Greasepit, now if you could be so kind as to take them out and bring them to my office." Greasepit laughs, "right away boss." Greasepit pushes the "open" button on the remote and watches as all the sleeping gas escapes. Now to grab the girls. Greasepit steps forward and is about to grab the unconscious Charlie when she puts a blaster to his head, "Back off you pile of grease, nobody and I mean nobody interrupts my sleep." Greasepit puts up his hands and starts to backup. "Da... but how come your not asleep?" Charlie smiles at him and holds up a gas mask. Then Tiko comes out of the trap and steps forward with a mask on her face. She tears it off, "Now would you please tell your three men hiding in the bushes to come out." Greasepit looks surprised at Tiko, and does as she says. "All right you's goons, come out of dose bushes." Three men with weapons come out, pointing their blasters at Tiko and Charlie. "Now, tell them to put their weapons down." Greasepit nods his head, and two of the goons puts their guns down. But the third aims for Tiko head, "I ain't disarming myself. She'll kill us all." The goon is about to fire, but Tiko takes out a dart and throws it at his neck. He falls on the ground. *Tiko, did you poison him?* Charlie has a worried look on her face. *Nah, I just put him to sleep.* Charlie breathes out in relief and then turns to Greasepit. "Now, take your men and get out of here." Greasepit picks up the three goons around the garage and puts them on the bed of a truck. Tiko runs into the house to grab the 6th off Charlie's bed. When all of them were loaded Charlie turns to Greasepit, "deliver a message to the big cheese, tell him that if he thinks he can get my friend through me, then he has made a big mistake." Greasepit starts to drive away but Tiko stops him. "My good man, please take this to Mr. Limburger." Greasepit takes the box and puts it in the truck, he drives off in a hurry. *Tiko, what was in the box?* Tiko smiles at Charlie, *a little gift.* They both walk into the garage together, not tired after their ordeal. When they get inside, Butterfly turns her guns on them, but disables battlemode as she sees it's Tiko. *Hi there Butterfly.* Tiko's bike beeps in return. The girls sit in the couch, finding that they are very much awake. "Tiko, how did you know about the trap?" Tiko pulls off her braces, pants, and sits on the couch with her underwear and tank-top only. "Well, I went into your bedroom after I heard someone bump into your night stand. I looked out of your window and saw you in the box. I figured that they must be after both of us, so they were using you as bait. The only way that they could trap us and render us unconscious, is to gas us. So I brought the masks and the blaster for you with me." Charlie smiles at her friends cleverness, "what did you give Limburger?" Tiko gave Charlie a look of guilt. "Charlie, I am going to tell you the truth. The real reason why I am here." Charlie looks at Tiko in surprise, "I thought you came to visit." Tiko pulls a pillow into her lap, and then looks Charlie in the eyes. "I was coming to visit, but I wasn't planning on coming until a couple more weeks. A few days ago I was on a mission. My objective was a lord who was stripping a section of Kyoto, he was taking the natural resources. After I killed him, I noticed his color of skin had two shades. He was wearing a mask, and the face underneath was that of a fish-like person. I then remembered that you said that there was one here in Chicago. My sensei ordered me to find out the relationship between the fish-man here to the one I killed in Japan. If he does not cooperate, then I am to kill him. I am also obligated to find out why the mice fight the Plu... Plu... how do you say it?" Charlie is in slight shock, "uh... it's Plutarkians." Tiko nods her head, "anyways, if the mice did not cooperate, I was ordered to kill them too." Charlie gasps and stands up. "Your not going to hurt them are you?" Tiko grabs Charlie's hand and pulls her back on the couch. "Of course not, they told me everything I needed to know. Plus, even if they didn't, I fell in love with them the first day. I could never hurt them, or you." Charlie smiles at Tiko, who cups Charlie's face and places a kiss on her cheek. "But, I still need to find out about the connection between Tamagawa and this Limburger. I sent Tamagawa's bloody mask with that Greasepit fellow, I hope it shakes him up a bit. Do you know how many there are?" Charlie sighs, "there are a whole race of them. But not all are on earth. I thought maybe they were just in the United States, but now I see they are all over the world." Tiko squeezes Charlie's hand, "your wondering if you will be able to leave earth, and go to Mars with Vinnie, aren't you?" Charlie looks at Tiko, a shocked expression on her face. "But, how did you know that?" Tiko just gets up to get a glass of water, "do you want some water too Charlie?" Charlie nods her head and stands up, she takes a glass of water from Tiko, and they go into the kitchen. "I knew because I was thinking the same thing, if I can or cannot return to Japan. I am having a wonderful time here with you and the biker mice, especially Throttle. I just put myself in your place. If the mice go back to Mars, I am sure Vinnie will ask if you will come along. If he does, you will have a huge decision to make, is love worth the risk? Plus, can you really leave your planet knowing the Plutarkians are invading?" Charlie sits down on the table and slumps, "man, why do I always fall for the wrong guy?" Tiko chuckles, "do remember the time you went on a date with Jeff? You came home with mud and dirt all over your face." Charlie groans, "don't remind me." The girls chatter is interrupted by the CB. "Charlie, Tiko, are you there?" The girls look at each other, "why would they call this late? Something must be wrong." Charlie gets up and answers, "were here Throttle, what's up?" "You don't sound sleepy Charlie, did I wake you?" Charlie smiles, you have no idea, "No Throttle, me and Tiko are awake, Greasepit decided to pay us a little visit." Charlie can hear Modo and Vinnie yell in the background, Vinnie is asking Throttle for the microphone. "Did he hurt you sweetheart?" Charlie sighs, "of course not Vinnie, me and Tiko took care of them." Charlie laughs when she can hear Throttle yell at Vinnie for the microphone. "Get away Vincent. Anyways, can you two come here, we need to talk." Charlie shrugs at Tiko's confused face. "Will be right there." Charlie puts down the microphone and the girls get dressed. "Do you want to ride with me, or your own bike?" Charlie pats her steed, "I think I'll take my own. There must be trouble if the guys are actually awake at this hour." The girls take off, heading for the scoreboard, confusion on both there faces.

Limburger Tower. "Greasepit, YOU SCREWED UP AGAIN." Greasepit cowers before Mr. Limburger. "It wasn't my fault, the ninja girl knew we were gana use sleeping gas. She was wearing a mask." Limburger groans and leans back into his chair. "Uh, Mr. Limburger, the ninja girl gave this to me, she said it was for you." Limburger grabs the box and opens it quickly, he yells and jumps out of his seat as he sees the bloody mask. "Tamagawa?" Limburger pulls out the mask, and Greasepit faints as he sees the blood. "So, this ninja girl has come here looking for me has she. That's perfect, now she will come to me, and then I will beat the truth out of her. Ha... ha ha ha... ha ha..." Limburger puts the mask back into the box and starts to write a letter to Lord Camembert. He is explaining the death of Tamagawa, and is asking for a team on Plutarkian assassins to assist in his next plan. After finishing the letter, he puts it into the box, and goes down to the lab. "Karbunkle, send this to Lord Camembert." Karbunkle grabs the box and puts it into the transporter. "It will be sent R.T.V.M., right this very minute, your moldiness." Karbunkle smiles, he knows he will be getting a call in about 5...4...3...2..1.. "LIMBURGER!" The screen pops up in the lab. "Yes Lord Camembert?" Limburger smiles as he can see the angry face of his superior. "I want this ninja woman found and killed, do you hear me?" "Why yes, but I will acquire the assistance I asked for. The local ruffians here will never be able to handle a trained killer." Lord Camembert grumbles, "oh very well, I will send you General Barracuda and his troops. They will deal with this human. You are to cooperate in every way, do you understand me?" "Of course, your eminence. She will be no problem." The screen disappears and the transporter lights up. A huge Plutarkian with a military uniform comes out, and 6 troops behind him. He stares hard at Limburger and then shouts, "fall in." The 6 men line up straight, all are loaded with weapons. "Mr. Limburger is it?" Limburger reaches out his hand and the General practically crushes it under his grip. "Youch... careful General." The General growls at Limburger, "I expect a full report on our target within an hour, I want to know exactly what were dealing with." "Of course right away, Karbunkle, do as the General asks." Karbunkle goes to his computer and a picture of Tiko comes up. The General smiles, "hmmmm, this is going to be fun."