Life's Second Chance

Just another day in Chi-Town

      Literally confused, Rei sighed and headed back to her bike where the children finally relaxed and dispersed- well most of them anyway. The little girl who'd been crying previously walked up to her and had given her a small daisy before tailing her older brother who couldn't have been more than six. Seriously perplexed, the biker just scratched the side of her head for she'd never been treated in such a way. And just as she turned to head back to her bike another biker chick caught her attention- this one wore an almost fuchsia violet suit with a helmet tinted black. Curious about this other rider, Rei decided to tail her and kicked up her engines before placing her own full faced helmet atop her crown; it too also had the custom tinted glass pane which masked her face. Much to her dismay her fuel gauge was running on empty and Rei had to take a pit stop at the nearest gas station.

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     Charlie dressed in her suspiciously mysterious fuschia and black studded biker attire, glanced at her left rear view mirror to spy another biker dressed in leather tailing her. Heart jumped to her throat as the character closed in. The only time she released a breath of relief was when  her own grayish green eyes caught the other biker docking into a fuel station. 

"Ah," she sighed, "I'm getting to paranoid." She concluded.

      It didn't take long for her to arrive at her beloved garage and finish cleaning things up. Pretty satisfied at getting her share of action, finally felt motivated to get back to the letter she'd stopped reading. One thing for sure, Rei did write..A LOT as usual. Thinking about her old friend seemed to put her in a happy place. It took her back to a time before the drama with the overbearing Plutarkian Laurence Limburger ever began. It even helped her ignore the off tune sing-along Modo and Vinnie had begun as they sang about the mysterious masked rider as they rode into the garage-if only they knew it was her. 

     Chuckling inwardly dumped the mop in the bucket, splashing soapy water on the now puzzled trio who still managed to tug at her nerves as their bikes drew dirty patterns on her newly mopped floor. 

     As things played out she managed to have at least two other rescue sessions that night; the last nearly taking her down..permanently- as some falling debris made her uncanny appearance their target. 

     The reaction the martian mice had after discovering their hot biker chick was her was priceless, and though going around as a vigilante was fun, Charlie reassured them that she would be taking a long break from heroics. Being in a very good mood that evening, sent the guys out to pick up their favorite meal, hot dogs and root bear while she settled down into her chair to finish the novel of a letter her friend Rei had sent. 

     She'd reached the part about the girl graduating from M.I.T. with honors which drew a very wide smile upon the brunette's features. "So you finally got to live your dream," she commented to herself warmly as she closed her eyes reminiscing times of old. When they'd both play in Rei's backyard with her faithful German Sheppard Black Jack. Sighing she commented dreamily, "Those were the good old days.." Leaning back against her chair as it leaned on two legs supporting her weight against the wall, Charlie just allowed herself to relax as a light breeze blew in through an open window.

{Author's note: "Chi-town" (sounds like shy-town), and the "Windy City" are all real nicknames of Chicago. }