Love's Angel

Chapter 3

Disclaimer: I do not own Zoids or any characters besides my own. Any similarity to events true or fictional are completly coincidental.

Here comes chapter 3...

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Van hopped out of the cockpit of the damaged liger, with Zeke following. Fiona climbed down the frame of the liger.

"Fiona, are you ok?" Van asked, putting his hand on her shoulder.

"Van...I sensed something...." Fiona said, turning her head to stare into Van's eyes.

Van knew what she was talking about. He had seen it when he had removed his sunglasses....

"He's you, Van...." Fiona said, looking distrought.

Crow had looked exactly like Van. He was the same..but different....

"I know, Fiona..." Van said. Fiona almost looked like she was going to cry. "Come, lets see if we can't get the liger to a repair shop, and then we can call Doctor D and see if he can tell us anything about this..." he said.

After a quick tune up on the damage from the devestating antiblade beam, the Blade Liger was good enough to walk. The two again returned to the cockpit and hobbled of to the nearest town. After a few long miles they had finally reached Azul Town. It ws a placid town, situated on a peaceful pure blue lake. When the people of the town noticed they were damaged they immediatly sent out a team of mechanics to help them. The damage was severe, but not beyond repair.

"How long will it take to get up to 100%?" Van asked them.

"Um, it will probably take about a few days." Replied the chief engineer.

"Make it twenty four hours, I need my liger, I have to beat the guy who did that to it." Van said, pointing at the damage."

"Yessir, anything for you, Van. It's quite a pleasure meeting the child who deafeated the DeathSaurer." The man saluted. Van smiled nervously and sidestepped away. He was to young for this much fame...especially when it brought just as much new danger. Van walked into the hotel room where he and Fiona were staying. Zeke stayed outside, trying to speed up to repair process by binding with the liger. Fiona was sitting on the bed, waiting for Van to come so they could talk to Doctor D, who Fiona had just got on the line.

"When is Van coming......oh there you are Van!" The old doctor said, still as hyper as ever..(too much salt in the coffee...)

"I got the Doctor on the videophone, Van!" Fiona smiled cheerfully while sipping more coffee...

[a/n..fear the coffee....]

Hey, grandpa. We need your help." Van said to the doctor. Doctor D just nodded and listened attentivly. "I met another oponnent today, his name is Crow. Only thing is, he looks exactly like me. He even pilots a special Blade liger, which he calls the Shadow Liger. What is going on here?" Van said, trying not to get exited and start yelling.

There was a moment of silence as the doctor looked at his computer screen.

"Van....I might just know what is going on..." The doctor said, no longer his cheerful self.

"Gramps..what is it?" Van said, begining to feel a certain sense of dread. Fiona felt it too, she looked like she was quivering.

"Van, since the coronation two days ago, Emperor Ruldolf has declassified and hacked into the secure documents that Prozin kept. In an effor to improve realtionships, some of that data has been exchanged with the Republic.....Van, Crow is you. Literaly. Prozin had a backup plan. It appears that he took your DNA from one of your encounters and used it to create a clone of you. Not only that, using special technology he was able to set up a nueral link. He has the same brain as you as well, except for one difference.

"What..is that?" Van said, stumbling for words. Fiona was biting her lip again, not sure she wanted to hear this, although she already knew.

"He is the exact opposite of you. For all your good qualities, he has bad qualities too. He warps everything good into something evil. Van, be careful, he is the perfect weapon against you. That is why his Blade liger is equipped with the antiblade beam, it knows your strengths and is able to counteract them.

"So what can I do?" Van said, looking at the sheets on his bed. This time Fiona put her arm around Van to comfort him.

The doctor stopped talking and again becoming his usually self said "Oh I don't know I have faith you will think of something!" The doctor paused to laugh insanely. "Bya, Van! Seeya Fiona!"

"Wait a minute Gramps...." Van yelled just as the phone went dead. He sighed.

Fiona looked over to him, suddenly confident again.

"Don't worry Van, Doctor D is right! I know you will think of something!" Fiona said, beaming a beatiful smile. Van couldn't help but feel just a little better because of that smile. That warm feeling again passed through him...He would talk to her tonight...

"Hey Van, let's go get some food!" Fiona said, jumping off the bed and running out the door.

"Hey, wait up for me!" Van said, running after her.

-Meanwhile-

Crow was waiting. When he left his "brother," he had been picked up by his remote whale king. He had to re-equip, so he headed back to the secret base Prozin had left him before his death. He would be able to counter Van's shield, he was sure of it. It would take him about 24 hours untill he would meet Van again....and Fiona.....

Crow smilied.

He was sure it would be an encounter not soon forgotten.

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