a love thought impossible

"Guys, you okay?" The sound of Charlie's voice sounded

through the garage.

"Yes we are. Didn't Stoker explain that to you?" said

Vinnie. "It's the little kid over there who needs

medical care."

Charlie looked over at Throttle and saw the boy he had

in his arms and gasped.

"He needs a lot of medical attention. Shouldn't we

take him to a hospital?" she asked.

"And say what?" Stoker's voice sounded. "We found

this boy in Karburkle's lab and we think that he have

had DNA testing done to him."

"We would be going to the mental hospital and this

little boy would die because they don't believe us,"

Modo said.

While they were talking, they had been walking to the

spacecraft and were now inside it.

Carbine came over to them and looked at Harry first

with harsh eyes, but when she saw his condition she

became sad.

Stoker began to hook him up to all the instruments.

When he was finished, he turned and spoke.

"Now we hope that he survives the changes."

"What kind of changes can we expect?" asked Throttle.

"I don't know. Anything from a full body

transformation which he will not survive to only small

changes," Stoker said.

They all looked sad at the prospect of losing the

little boy. They had only known him for a little

while, but he had already wormed his way into their

hearts.

Throttle looked heartbroken at that. Stoker was the

only one to notice and made a note in his head to ask

Throttle about it later.

Later Throttle sat and watched over Harry. All of

them had agreed that they should be taking shifts in

watching over him. Throttle had taken the first

watch.

He was thinking over his behavior towards Harry. He

was extremely protective and felt he should know him

and yet he didn't.

Suddenly his thoughts were interrupted by Stoker's

voice.

"You are already very attached to him, aren't you?"

"Yes I am," Throttle replied. "I know it's not good,

But I can't help it. I feel I should know him."

"Maybe you do subconsciously," Stoker said, knowing

what was going on.

"Stop playing this game of guess the answer," Throttle

snarled. "I'm not in the mood for it."

"Okay yes, I think I know what's going on but we will

first know when Harry here wakes up," Stoker said.

"Can you give me a clue?" Throttle asked.

"Yes. Have you heard of soulmates on mars?" he asked.

"Yes but it's rare," Throttle said.

"More rare if it happens between a human and our kind.

It hasn't happened ever, but it has happened between

a rat and a mouse," Stoker said.

"A rat and a mouse," Throttle said, pulling a face.

"Yes, but it ended nastily," Stoker said

"I would think so," Throttle said. "So you think that

soulmate thing is what has happened between us."

"Yes, but there's no way of knowing before he wakes

up," he said. "When you found him, was he scared but

did he calm down when you talked to him and were you

drawn to where he was being held?"

"Yes to all the questions," Throttle said, looking at

Stoker with huge eyes.

"That nearly settles it," Stoker said. "I'm almost

certain that you two are soulmates."

Throttle's only answer was to lean forward and stroke

Harry's chin. Harry leaned into the touch

subconsciously.

Suddenly Vinnie's voice sounded. "Blasted bird, stop

biting me! Ouch! Stay here."

Throttle's and Stoker's heads turned to see a snow

white owl fly in and land on Harry's bed, hissing at them.