Van just laid there. Nothing could seem to want him to do anything at that
moment. He was a motionless corpse by the way that he was acting. Nothing
seemed to get to him. His mouth moved but no words seemed to come out of
them. Flashes of blood came through his mind. A bone-chilling scream of
pain was heard in his mind. His eyes were blank, almost lifeless as if his
soul was completely sucked out of his body. Nobody could seem to turn him
back to his old self. One word was muttered out of his mouth, "Fiona."
***Flashback***
"Van, isn't this the escort unit that was used to send Zack away?" asked Fiona as the two of them walked through the wreckage of the many reddlers.
"Yes it is," said Van as he ran up to one of them. He looked into the cockpit and saw the very bloody pilot and the torn up ropes in the back of the cockpit. 'Oh no,' thought Van as he quickly rushed out of it. "Let's get out of here," said Van as he grabbed Fiona hand to get her away from the area as fast as they could.
The sudden clicking of a gun caught their ears, Van ran even faster after that but then a gunshot was heard.
Van then felt a searing pain in the back of his leg as he fell face first into the ground. "Run Fiona," said Van as he clutched his leg in pain. He looked to see that Fiona was standing there looking at him with a worried expression. "I said run!" yelled Van since she was refusing to move.
Van looked over and saw Zack standing on top of one of the shot down reddlers with a gun in his hands. He didn't seem to be doing anything else at that moment. A moment later though he hopped off of the reddler and started to walk towards the two of them.
"Please Fiona. Please get out of here," said Van in a pleading voice as he looked up at the horrified looking Fiona.
"I can't just leave you here," said Fiona as she rushed up to Van. She knelt down and tried to pick him up but she was not strong enough to do it. "I can't leave you," repeated Fiona.
"You have to. I can't let anything happen to you. You mean the world to me and I will not let him harm you," said Van cringing at the pain as he still held his shot leg. "So please go before he reaches us," said Van with the pleading voice.
"What if he kills you?" asked Fiona with the worry still in her eyes. "Just like you can't bear to see anything happen to you," said Fiona as she was on the verge of tears at that very moment.
"I don't care what happens to me. You are the one that has to get out of here before he comes and shoots you too," said Van with passion in his voice. "Besides. I am stuck here with my leg. If you don't go then who will look after Kristi?" asked Van looking at Fiona with love in his eyes.
Fiona very reluctantly stood up. She didn't want to, but she knew that Van was right. She had to look after their daughter. It was too late though as she felt something hard hit the back of her head sending her flying to the ground unconscious. She was now a few feet away from Van.
Van didn't have enough strength at that moment to be able to crawl over to her to make sure that she was alright.
Van then heard the cruel laughter of Zack. "It is just so much fun playing with the life of you and your friends Flyheight," said Zack with smirk on his face by just looking at the squirming Van.
"Kill me if you would like but leave Fiona alone," growled Van looking at the unconscious Fiona. He begged to god that she was ok at that moment.
Zack then brought a leg up and brought it down on Van's stomach right where he had been stabbed only a week before. Van screamed out in pain as Zack brought his foot up and did it again earning another scream from Van.
"The sound of screaming is so wonderful at times. What I enjoy even more is watching you suffer Flyheight," said Zack with a smirk crossing his face. Zack then heard the sounds of zoids in the distance. "You won't die, but you will suffer," said Zack raising his gun. He then shot Van's one good leg earning an even louder scream of pain.
"Just kill me already!" yelled Van as he clutched both of his shot leg. The pain was more then anything he had ever felt before. Even more so then getting stabbed.
"Can't do that just yet. Your time will come though. Like I said, all I want to do is watch you suffer," said Zack raising the gun again. This time it wasn't pointed at Van. Instead it was pointed at the unconscious Fiona.
"No! Please don't kill Fiona," begged Van but it was too late. The gun was fired and it made the unconscious Fiona jump due to the force on her unconscious body as it hit her chest.
Zack gave off one final smirk before he suddenly ran off in another direction. "So long Flyheight, and I hope you suffer more then anything," yelled Zack behind him with a smirk on his face.
Van mustered up the last of his strength and crawled towards Fiona. "Fiona, Fiona," said Van shaking Fiona slightly. He didn't get a response from her. he shook her again but once again he was unable to get a response. "Fiona, wake up," said Van with a small tear in his eye. He then looked at his hands that were soaked with Fiona's blood. "Fiona, Fiona. No, this cannot be happening. You can't be dead," said a hysterical Van.
The sound of zoids approaching caught Van ear. He turned his tear stricken face to see the dibison and the lightning saix running as fast as they could towards Van and Fiona.
"Van," came a weak gurgling voice. Van might not have been able to hear it if he hadn't been so close at that moment.
Van turned to see Fiona with her eyes slightly opened. "Fiona, you are alright," said Van with a worried look on his face. He took a hold of he now cold hands.
"No Van. I'm not. ok. I'm. I'm sorry," said a weak Fiona as she coughed up a little bit of blood.
"No need to say that. You are going to be just fine. You are going to be fine and we are going to get married just like we planned on doing," said Van not really wanting to face the truth of the situation.
"I would love that," said Fiona taking in hard gasps of air, "But we both know that that won't happen. I am sorry," said Fiona in a weak voice. A moment later her grip on Van's hand loosened and then it fell limp in his hands.
"Fiona, Fiona," yelled Van trying to get her to respond. "Fiona!" screamed Van though he knew that it would do him no good. He knew that she was gone.
The amount of blood that Van had been losing through the bullet wounds now got to him and he felt very weak from it. Right before he passed out he was able to muttered something. He said, "You promised that you wouldn't leave me." then he passed out.
The lightning saix and the dibison arrived only a few seconds after that had happened. Thomas and Irvine immediately jumped out of their zoids as soon as they saw their two friends laying on the ground without moving.
"Van, Fiona!" yelled Irvine rushing up to the two of them. He first checked Van to see if he was alright. He was glad to see that there was a small pulse in Van. He turned to check Fiona but Thomas beat him to it.
The look on Thomas's face was not something that Irvine really wanted to see. It was a look of shock. A look of pain. It only took that one look to tell Irvine all that he needed to know. Fiona was dead.
"No. It can't be true. Fiona can't be dead," muttered a shocked Irvine as he looked at the still body.
"It is. She has no pulse," said Thomas standing up with a horrified look on his face. He then walked over to his dibison and leaned over it holding his hand to his mouth. At the moment all he felt like doing was throwing up.
"You have to be wrong," said Irvine rushing over to Fiona and taking her wrist into his arms. He didn't get any pulse so he tried the other one but it was still was no use. He just couldn't find one. Irvine refused to believe it. He knew it was true though. he had lost his friend. No, more like his sister. The second one that he had lost two.
"How could this have happened?" asked Thomas leaning over with a teary eyed look on his face. "I can't believe that he killed Fiona," said Thomas with a weak look on his face.
Irvine then stood up. "We. we have to get them back to the base," said Irvine but Thomas knew that all that was happening was tearing him up on the inside. it was doing the exact same thing to him too.
"Right," was all that Thomas could say because he felt that if he was to open his mouth anymore then he would end up throwing up just like he had been wanting to do for the past few minutes.
***End Flashback***
"Look at him. It is like he has lost his will to live," said Irvine looking at their friend in the sad state that he was in. "No matter what we do, there seems to be no way of getting him to snap out of this depressing state," said Irvine with a sad look in his eyes.
"Can you really blame him? He has lost the one person that means most to him. The two of them were going to get married and then this happened to them. No one seems to want to leave them alone and let them live their lives in peace," said Moonbay with a sad voice.
"He is not the only one that is being effected by this. He lost a love. I lost a sister," said Irvine in a hurt voice. He wanted to get revenge for what had happened. 'I will have revenge,' thought Irvine with a scowl on his face.
"I have lost my best friend as well. Van and Fiona were much closer though then either of us could ever hope to be with the two of them. They loved each other with all of their hearts, and yet that guy continued to toy with it as if it means nothing to him. He probably doesn't either," said Moonbay with the sad look on her face.
"What are we going to do now that Fiona isn't around? She was basically the one person that brought us all together," said Irvine feeling tears coming along. "I just can't think of what it will be like without her around," said Irvine.
"Just think about how Van and Kristi feel. Van lost his fiancée and the love of his life. Kristi lost her mother as well. Neither of them are taking it all too well," said Moonbay feeling a fresh wave of tears coming to her eyes just thinking about her lost friend.
"No one is ever going to be able to get over this. Our friend is gone. She is gone and we are never going to be able to see or hear from her again," said Irvine as he almost collapsed but Moonbay was there to help catch him. It didn't help though as she fell into the exact same state that Irvine was in.
Meanwhile Van just continued to stare up at the ceiling of the room in the same state that he had been in since he woke up after that incident. He just continued to mutter, "Fiona, Fiona," and so on. It just tore him up to know that he had failed her. He not only failed Fiona but also Kristi, and their friends. He remained the living corpse just staring at the ceiling.
***Flashback***
"Van, isn't this the escort unit that was used to send Zack away?" asked Fiona as the two of them walked through the wreckage of the many reddlers.
"Yes it is," said Van as he ran up to one of them. He looked into the cockpit and saw the very bloody pilot and the torn up ropes in the back of the cockpit. 'Oh no,' thought Van as he quickly rushed out of it. "Let's get out of here," said Van as he grabbed Fiona hand to get her away from the area as fast as they could.
The sudden clicking of a gun caught their ears, Van ran even faster after that but then a gunshot was heard.
Van then felt a searing pain in the back of his leg as he fell face first into the ground. "Run Fiona," said Van as he clutched his leg in pain. He looked to see that Fiona was standing there looking at him with a worried expression. "I said run!" yelled Van since she was refusing to move.
Van looked over and saw Zack standing on top of one of the shot down reddlers with a gun in his hands. He didn't seem to be doing anything else at that moment. A moment later though he hopped off of the reddler and started to walk towards the two of them.
"Please Fiona. Please get out of here," said Van in a pleading voice as he looked up at the horrified looking Fiona.
"I can't just leave you here," said Fiona as she rushed up to Van. She knelt down and tried to pick him up but she was not strong enough to do it. "I can't leave you," repeated Fiona.
"You have to. I can't let anything happen to you. You mean the world to me and I will not let him harm you," said Van cringing at the pain as he still held his shot leg. "So please go before he reaches us," said Van with the pleading voice.
"What if he kills you?" asked Fiona with the worry still in her eyes. "Just like you can't bear to see anything happen to you," said Fiona as she was on the verge of tears at that very moment.
"I don't care what happens to me. You are the one that has to get out of here before he comes and shoots you too," said Van with passion in his voice. "Besides. I am stuck here with my leg. If you don't go then who will look after Kristi?" asked Van looking at Fiona with love in his eyes.
Fiona very reluctantly stood up. She didn't want to, but she knew that Van was right. She had to look after their daughter. It was too late though as she felt something hard hit the back of her head sending her flying to the ground unconscious. She was now a few feet away from Van.
Van didn't have enough strength at that moment to be able to crawl over to her to make sure that she was alright.
Van then heard the cruel laughter of Zack. "It is just so much fun playing with the life of you and your friends Flyheight," said Zack with smirk on his face by just looking at the squirming Van.
"Kill me if you would like but leave Fiona alone," growled Van looking at the unconscious Fiona. He begged to god that she was ok at that moment.
Zack then brought a leg up and brought it down on Van's stomach right where he had been stabbed only a week before. Van screamed out in pain as Zack brought his foot up and did it again earning another scream from Van.
"The sound of screaming is so wonderful at times. What I enjoy even more is watching you suffer Flyheight," said Zack with a smirk crossing his face. Zack then heard the sounds of zoids in the distance. "You won't die, but you will suffer," said Zack raising his gun. He then shot Van's one good leg earning an even louder scream of pain.
"Just kill me already!" yelled Van as he clutched both of his shot leg. The pain was more then anything he had ever felt before. Even more so then getting stabbed.
"Can't do that just yet. Your time will come though. Like I said, all I want to do is watch you suffer," said Zack raising the gun again. This time it wasn't pointed at Van. Instead it was pointed at the unconscious Fiona.
"No! Please don't kill Fiona," begged Van but it was too late. The gun was fired and it made the unconscious Fiona jump due to the force on her unconscious body as it hit her chest.
Zack gave off one final smirk before he suddenly ran off in another direction. "So long Flyheight, and I hope you suffer more then anything," yelled Zack behind him with a smirk on his face.
Van mustered up the last of his strength and crawled towards Fiona. "Fiona, Fiona," said Van shaking Fiona slightly. He didn't get a response from her. he shook her again but once again he was unable to get a response. "Fiona, wake up," said Van with a small tear in his eye. He then looked at his hands that were soaked with Fiona's blood. "Fiona, Fiona. No, this cannot be happening. You can't be dead," said a hysterical Van.
The sound of zoids approaching caught Van ear. He turned his tear stricken face to see the dibison and the lightning saix running as fast as they could towards Van and Fiona.
"Van," came a weak gurgling voice. Van might not have been able to hear it if he hadn't been so close at that moment.
Van turned to see Fiona with her eyes slightly opened. "Fiona, you are alright," said Van with a worried look on his face. He took a hold of he now cold hands.
"No Van. I'm not. ok. I'm. I'm sorry," said a weak Fiona as she coughed up a little bit of blood.
"No need to say that. You are going to be just fine. You are going to be fine and we are going to get married just like we planned on doing," said Van not really wanting to face the truth of the situation.
"I would love that," said Fiona taking in hard gasps of air, "But we both know that that won't happen. I am sorry," said Fiona in a weak voice. A moment later her grip on Van's hand loosened and then it fell limp in his hands.
"Fiona, Fiona," yelled Van trying to get her to respond. "Fiona!" screamed Van though he knew that it would do him no good. He knew that she was gone.
The amount of blood that Van had been losing through the bullet wounds now got to him and he felt very weak from it. Right before he passed out he was able to muttered something. He said, "You promised that you wouldn't leave me." then he passed out.
The lightning saix and the dibison arrived only a few seconds after that had happened. Thomas and Irvine immediately jumped out of their zoids as soon as they saw their two friends laying on the ground without moving.
"Van, Fiona!" yelled Irvine rushing up to the two of them. He first checked Van to see if he was alright. He was glad to see that there was a small pulse in Van. He turned to check Fiona but Thomas beat him to it.
The look on Thomas's face was not something that Irvine really wanted to see. It was a look of shock. A look of pain. It only took that one look to tell Irvine all that he needed to know. Fiona was dead.
"No. It can't be true. Fiona can't be dead," muttered a shocked Irvine as he looked at the still body.
"It is. She has no pulse," said Thomas standing up with a horrified look on his face. He then walked over to his dibison and leaned over it holding his hand to his mouth. At the moment all he felt like doing was throwing up.
"You have to be wrong," said Irvine rushing over to Fiona and taking her wrist into his arms. He didn't get any pulse so he tried the other one but it was still was no use. He just couldn't find one. Irvine refused to believe it. He knew it was true though. he had lost his friend. No, more like his sister. The second one that he had lost two.
"How could this have happened?" asked Thomas leaning over with a teary eyed look on his face. "I can't believe that he killed Fiona," said Thomas with a weak look on his face.
Irvine then stood up. "We. we have to get them back to the base," said Irvine but Thomas knew that all that was happening was tearing him up on the inside. it was doing the exact same thing to him too.
"Right," was all that Thomas could say because he felt that if he was to open his mouth anymore then he would end up throwing up just like he had been wanting to do for the past few minutes.
***End Flashback***
"Look at him. It is like he has lost his will to live," said Irvine looking at their friend in the sad state that he was in. "No matter what we do, there seems to be no way of getting him to snap out of this depressing state," said Irvine with a sad look in his eyes.
"Can you really blame him? He has lost the one person that means most to him. The two of them were going to get married and then this happened to them. No one seems to want to leave them alone and let them live their lives in peace," said Moonbay with a sad voice.
"He is not the only one that is being effected by this. He lost a love. I lost a sister," said Irvine in a hurt voice. He wanted to get revenge for what had happened. 'I will have revenge,' thought Irvine with a scowl on his face.
"I have lost my best friend as well. Van and Fiona were much closer though then either of us could ever hope to be with the two of them. They loved each other with all of their hearts, and yet that guy continued to toy with it as if it means nothing to him. He probably doesn't either," said Moonbay with the sad look on her face.
"What are we going to do now that Fiona isn't around? She was basically the one person that brought us all together," said Irvine feeling tears coming along. "I just can't think of what it will be like without her around," said Irvine.
"Just think about how Van and Kristi feel. Van lost his fiancée and the love of his life. Kristi lost her mother as well. Neither of them are taking it all too well," said Moonbay feeling a fresh wave of tears coming to her eyes just thinking about her lost friend.
"No one is ever going to be able to get over this. Our friend is gone. She is gone and we are never going to be able to see or hear from her again," said Irvine as he almost collapsed but Moonbay was there to help catch him. It didn't help though as she fell into the exact same state that Irvine was in.
Meanwhile Van just continued to stare up at the ceiling of the room in the same state that he had been in since he woke up after that incident. He just continued to mutter, "Fiona, Fiona," and so on. It just tore him up to know that he had failed her. He not only failed Fiona but also Kristi, and their friends. He remained the living corpse just staring at the ceiling.