The Mysterious Zoid Eve: Chapter 3: Meeting at Rudolf's Palace
It was driving Fiona mad. They'd been traveling non-stop for a week. They had only stopped at hotels at the towns directly on the route to Guygalos, and as a result, they'd slept outside, and hadn't taken a shower in like 2.5 days. She had sand all in her golden hair and in her cut that was pissing her off. She was also really hungry right about now.
"Van, can we please stop here? I'm really getting hungry and I'm wiped. I don't mean to complain, but the last thing we ate was at lunch and that was like six hours ago." "Fiona, we're only like 25 miles from Rudolf's palace. There we'll have a nice, hot dinner and a nice room. If we hurry, and push the zoids a little harder, we can get there before it gets to dark to see. To be honest, I'm hungry too. If you really want to, we can stop and set up camp." "No, it's okay, I guess." "Alright, then. Full speed ahead to Rudolf's!" "Garooaarr!"
A little later, they were right next to Rudolf's palace. "State your name and purpose here," One of the guards instructed. Opening the cockpit, Van replied, " I'm Van Flyheight. Emperor Rudolf has called us here." "And I'm Fiona Alisi Lanette of the Guardian Force. I'm with Van." "I'm sorry Miss Lanette and Captain Flyheight. It's just we can never be too careful." The guard apologized with a softer tone. "It's alright," Van answered. "Anyway, if you park your zoids here, I'll lead you to the courtyard where the emperor will meet you shortly. "Sounds good to us," Fiona replied. "It isn't like anyone would steal our zoids. The Blade Liger is one of a kind type of zoid and is recognizable anywhere, and there aren't many red Pterisis around." Van thought as Zeke defused with the Liger.
A/N: I think Van deserved the promotion after his bout with the Death Stinger. Don't you think so, too?
They then followed the guard into the courtyard. He then left. There were all kinds of trees and different exotic plants growing. "Isn't this place beautiful Van?" Fiona asked while picking a black rose. "Yeah, it's real nice." Van responded while watching Zeke chase a butterfly. Fiona then sat on the edge of a fountain and put the rose in her hair. "How do I look, Van?" "Stunningly beautiful." Van then sat down next to her and put his arm around her. However, it was now that the butterfly had flown right over the fountain. So Zeke jumped in after it and got Van all wet and somehow missed Fiona. "Zeke!" "Every time I get close to Fiona, he always interrupts," Van shouted, thought, then tried to splash him, but he was long gone by then. Fiona was laughing, so Van decided to splash her. "You think it's so funny. Now look at you!" Van laughed. "Van!" Fiona splashed him again, but he didn't splash back as he saw Rudolf enter the courtyard. Fiona then looked, and saw him too. "Hi Rudolf!" The couple greeted simultaneously. "Ggrrr!" "Hello, Zeke, Van, and Fiona. Don't mind my asking, Van and Fiona, but why are you two all wet?" "Uhh. You see. We were umm. You tell him Fiona." She didn't say a word. "Rudolf, I see you got dressed up real nicely for an emperor." Van sarcastically remarked, changing the subject." "Van, you know I consider you all my personal friends, so I decided to dress casually. Anyway, down to business about this newly found temple. It happened a day before I sent you that letter. In the mountain, there is an abundance of zoid magnetite, seeing as it is a former volcano. The miners there had blasted away part of the mountain in hopes of expanding the magnetite mine. However, in doing so, they blew out where the temple was behind. One of the miners had walked up to the temple, and taken a tablet piece on the ground back as proof and they went back to the Snow Colony. He then contacted me, and I flew over in the Storm Sworder with Rosso. The miner told me what had happened, and gave me the tablet. "Can I see it?" "Of course Fiona. It's in ancient zoidian." Rudolf answered while taking it out of his pocket. "Here within lies zoid Eve."
Fiona suddenly felt light-headed, and fell on the ground and fainted. Van quickly picked her up and cradled her in his arms and waited for her to reawaken. "Is she going to be alright, Van?" "Yes, Rudolf. Every time this happens, she gets part of her memory back. All we can do is wait for her to wake up."
Fiona was in the middle of the snow, in nowhere. Van, Zeke, and their zoids were nowhere in site. So, she just walked. It was freezing. Their trip to New Helic in that snowstorm seemed like a heat wave. Yet, in a way, it was beautiful out. The sun reflected off the snow and there was an aurora in the sky. After walking for a while, the temple came into view. It appeared to be made of pure, clear ice itself. As she walked closer, she noticed Raven and Reese at the entrance looking out into the landscape searching for something. She quickly hid behind a giant snow pile.
"Van, are you sure she'll wake up, it's been around 15 minutes?" "She's never been out this long. I don't know what to do, Rudolf." Van didn't want to hit her or anything to wake her up. They'd tried yelling at her to wake up, but that didn't work either. "Rudolf, I've got an idea. Hold on." Van remembered a long while ago, Fiona had used telepathy to communicate with him. He didn't understand it then, but now he did. He didn't even think he had these abilities. But, still it made sense to him that since Fiona used telepathy with him, and they loved each other, they might have a link or something. Van concentrated really hard, and tried it. "Fiona you've got to come back." "Van? Where are you?" "I'm at the palace holding you. I tried to do telepathy like you did to me." "That would make sense, I guess we might have a link or bond. I'm going to come back now."
Fiona imagined herself back at the palace in Van's arms. She closed her eyes, and when she reopened her eyes, she was staring right at Van's. She had forgotten that Rudolf and Zeke were there, and had embraced and kissed Van. Van couldn't resist and returned her hug + kiss. Rudolf's eyes were wide as saucers, and Zeke simply acted as if it was normal. "You see. Rudolf. uhh. yeah," Van never could talk about his relationship with Fiona other than to Zeke, and as for the situation with Thomas, that required immediate attention and he also had to tell Moonbay what was going on. And Irvine just decided to watch them that time. Other than those times, and now, no one else ever caught them together. "I'm sure you can see what's going on here, Rudolf," Fiona interrupted. She was more open than Van was. But still it wasn't like she screamed it out to everyone, either. "I always suspected Fiona had a thing for Van. She left hints sometimes. But Van kept his feelings to himself. Even though, I would've never suspected this." Rudolf thought. "How does dinner sound Fiona, Van, and Zeke?" "Great, Rudolf I'm famished!" Van exclaimed. Since they'd gotten there in the courtyard, Van was hungry, but it was gnawing at the back of his mind, but now he was ready to die at the mentioning of food. "Yeah, I'm pretty hungry myself." "GGGRRR!" Fiona and Zeke felt the same way too. "Great, let's go to the dining room now. Dinner can be ready in like ten minutes."
They were seated at a nice, big, and glass table. Dinner had just arrived. Van and Zeke had ordered two large steaks each, while Fiona had lobster's claws. Rudolf had gotten some caviar. Zeke ate like a monster and tried to swallow the two steaks at once without even cutting them. He choked pretty badly, and Van laughed his ass off. After that, Fiona and Van told Rudolf about the journey there while inhaling their food, but not as fast as Zeke did. Rudolf ate slow and neatly like royalty should. "Okay guys, now that we're done, I'm guessing you're tired, and I know I am, so I'll show you to your room." Rudolf announced as he got up.
5 minutes later "Here you are. Good night. I'll see you all at breakfast." "Good night." Fiona replied. "See you in the morning." Van followed. "Grr..." "Room" was an understatement. "Grand hotel suite" seemed more suitable. There was a big four-poster bed, a fireplace, a weight set, a couch, a tv, a little coffee table, and a bathroom. "Somehow knows how to treat his guests, right Fiona." "I know, Van it's so big here. Anyway, now I'm going to take a shower, okay?" "Sure." Zeke had already spread himself all over the couch, and was in a deep sleep. He looked like he was dead. Van ha nothing else to do, so he put on a tank-top and lifted the weights. By the time he was done, Fiona was sitting at the table watching him. "God, Van, you're so strong and muscular." Fiona told him as she looked in awe at how many pounds he was benching. "And you're so beautiful Fiona. But I don't smell too good. I'm going to take a shower now." Fiona still sat at the table and decided how to solve the problem of there being only one bed. And by the time Van got out, she still hadn't reached a solution. Van had startled her by coming out. "You know Fiona, there's only one bed and Zeke got the couch. You know as well as I do, it's not fun waking him up. I'll sleep on the floor if you want. Or we could share it and not do anything. If you really want to we can." Van stated while his face turned pink. "I know what you're saying Van, I want to do that too. But, not here, not now. We need the rest. After all this is settled, then we'll do that." Fiona interrupted as she climbed in the bed. She was glad Van didn't pressure her. He wouldn't do something like that, but still. She knew her face had to have been just as pink as Van's now. "Okay." Van climbed in after her. They would need the rest. Tomorrow was going to be a big day.
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It was driving Fiona mad. They'd been traveling non-stop for a week. They had only stopped at hotels at the towns directly on the route to Guygalos, and as a result, they'd slept outside, and hadn't taken a shower in like 2.5 days. She had sand all in her golden hair and in her cut that was pissing her off. She was also really hungry right about now.
"Van, can we please stop here? I'm really getting hungry and I'm wiped. I don't mean to complain, but the last thing we ate was at lunch and that was like six hours ago." "Fiona, we're only like 25 miles from Rudolf's palace. There we'll have a nice, hot dinner and a nice room. If we hurry, and push the zoids a little harder, we can get there before it gets to dark to see. To be honest, I'm hungry too. If you really want to, we can stop and set up camp." "No, it's okay, I guess." "Alright, then. Full speed ahead to Rudolf's!" "Garooaarr!"
A little later, they were right next to Rudolf's palace. "State your name and purpose here," One of the guards instructed. Opening the cockpit, Van replied, " I'm Van Flyheight. Emperor Rudolf has called us here." "And I'm Fiona Alisi Lanette of the Guardian Force. I'm with Van." "I'm sorry Miss Lanette and Captain Flyheight. It's just we can never be too careful." The guard apologized with a softer tone. "It's alright," Van answered. "Anyway, if you park your zoids here, I'll lead you to the courtyard where the emperor will meet you shortly. "Sounds good to us," Fiona replied. "It isn't like anyone would steal our zoids. The Blade Liger is one of a kind type of zoid and is recognizable anywhere, and there aren't many red Pterisis around." Van thought as Zeke defused with the Liger.
A/N: I think Van deserved the promotion after his bout with the Death Stinger. Don't you think so, too?
They then followed the guard into the courtyard. He then left. There were all kinds of trees and different exotic plants growing. "Isn't this place beautiful Van?" Fiona asked while picking a black rose. "Yeah, it's real nice." Van responded while watching Zeke chase a butterfly. Fiona then sat on the edge of a fountain and put the rose in her hair. "How do I look, Van?" "Stunningly beautiful." Van then sat down next to her and put his arm around her. However, it was now that the butterfly had flown right over the fountain. So Zeke jumped in after it and got Van all wet and somehow missed Fiona. "Zeke!" "Every time I get close to Fiona, he always interrupts," Van shouted, thought, then tried to splash him, but he was long gone by then. Fiona was laughing, so Van decided to splash her. "You think it's so funny. Now look at you!" Van laughed. "Van!" Fiona splashed him again, but he didn't splash back as he saw Rudolf enter the courtyard. Fiona then looked, and saw him too. "Hi Rudolf!" The couple greeted simultaneously. "Ggrrr!" "Hello, Zeke, Van, and Fiona. Don't mind my asking, Van and Fiona, but why are you two all wet?" "Uhh. You see. We were umm. You tell him Fiona." She didn't say a word. "Rudolf, I see you got dressed up real nicely for an emperor." Van sarcastically remarked, changing the subject." "Van, you know I consider you all my personal friends, so I decided to dress casually. Anyway, down to business about this newly found temple. It happened a day before I sent you that letter. In the mountain, there is an abundance of zoid magnetite, seeing as it is a former volcano. The miners there had blasted away part of the mountain in hopes of expanding the magnetite mine. However, in doing so, they blew out where the temple was behind. One of the miners had walked up to the temple, and taken a tablet piece on the ground back as proof and they went back to the Snow Colony. He then contacted me, and I flew over in the Storm Sworder with Rosso. The miner told me what had happened, and gave me the tablet. "Can I see it?" "Of course Fiona. It's in ancient zoidian." Rudolf answered while taking it out of his pocket. "Here within lies zoid Eve."
Fiona suddenly felt light-headed, and fell on the ground and fainted. Van quickly picked her up and cradled her in his arms and waited for her to reawaken. "Is she going to be alright, Van?" "Yes, Rudolf. Every time this happens, she gets part of her memory back. All we can do is wait for her to wake up."
Fiona was in the middle of the snow, in nowhere. Van, Zeke, and their zoids were nowhere in site. So, she just walked. It was freezing. Their trip to New Helic in that snowstorm seemed like a heat wave. Yet, in a way, it was beautiful out. The sun reflected off the snow and there was an aurora in the sky. After walking for a while, the temple came into view. It appeared to be made of pure, clear ice itself. As she walked closer, she noticed Raven and Reese at the entrance looking out into the landscape searching for something. She quickly hid behind a giant snow pile.
"Van, are you sure she'll wake up, it's been around 15 minutes?" "She's never been out this long. I don't know what to do, Rudolf." Van didn't want to hit her or anything to wake her up. They'd tried yelling at her to wake up, but that didn't work either. "Rudolf, I've got an idea. Hold on." Van remembered a long while ago, Fiona had used telepathy to communicate with him. He didn't understand it then, but now he did. He didn't even think he had these abilities. But, still it made sense to him that since Fiona used telepathy with him, and they loved each other, they might have a link or something. Van concentrated really hard, and tried it. "Fiona you've got to come back." "Van? Where are you?" "I'm at the palace holding you. I tried to do telepathy like you did to me." "That would make sense, I guess we might have a link or bond. I'm going to come back now."
Fiona imagined herself back at the palace in Van's arms. She closed her eyes, and when she reopened her eyes, she was staring right at Van's. She had forgotten that Rudolf and Zeke were there, and had embraced and kissed Van. Van couldn't resist and returned her hug + kiss. Rudolf's eyes were wide as saucers, and Zeke simply acted as if it was normal. "You see. Rudolf. uhh. yeah," Van never could talk about his relationship with Fiona other than to Zeke, and as for the situation with Thomas, that required immediate attention and he also had to tell Moonbay what was going on. And Irvine just decided to watch them that time. Other than those times, and now, no one else ever caught them together. "I'm sure you can see what's going on here, Rudolf," Fiona interrupted. She was more open than Van was. But still it wasn't like she screamed it out to everyone, either. "I always suspected Fiona had a thing for Van. She left hints sometimes. But Van kept his feelings to himself. Even though, I would've never suspected this." Rudolf thought. "How does dinner sound Fiona, Van, and Zeke?" "Great, Rudolf I'm famished!" Van exclaimed. Since they'd gotten there in the courtyard, Van was hungry, but it was gnawing at the back of his mind, but now he was ready to die at the mentioning of food. "Yeah, I'm pretty hungry myself." "GGGRRR!" Fiona and Zeke felt the same way too. "Great, let's go to the dining room now. Dinner can be ready in like ten minutes."
They were seated at a nice, big, and glass table. Dinner had just arrived. Van and Zeke had ordered two large steaks each, while Fiona had lobster's claws. Rudolf had gotten some caviar. Zeke ate like a monster and tried to swallow the two steaks at once without even cutting them. He choked pretty badly, and Van laughed his ass off. After that, Fiona and Van told Rudolf about the journey there while inhaling their food, but not as fast as Zeke did. Rudolf ate slow and neatly like royalty should. "Okay guys, now that we're done, I'm guessing you're tired, and I know I am, so I'll show you to your room." Rudolf announced as he got up.
5 minutes later "Here you are. Good night. I'll see you all at breakfast." "Good night." Fiona replied. "See you in the morning." Van followed. "Grr..." "Room" was an understatement. "Grand hotel suite" seemed more suitable. There was a big four-poster bed, a fireplace, a weight set, a couch, a tv, a little coffee table, and a bathroom. "Somehow knows how to treat his guests, right Fiona." "I know, Van it's so big here. Anyway, now I'm going to take a shower, okay?" "Sure." Zeke had already spread himself all over the couch, and was in a deep sleep. He looked like he was dead. Van ha nothing else to do, so he put on a tank-top and lifted the weights. By the time he was done, Fiona was sitting at the table watching him. "God, Van, you're so strong and muscular." Fiona told him as she looked in awe at how many pounds he was benching. "And you're so beautiful Fiona. But I don't smell too good. I'm going to take a shower now." Fiona still sat at the table and decided how to solve the problem of there being only one bed. And by the time Van got out, she still hadn't reached a solution. Van had startled her by coming out. "You know Fiona, there's only one bed and Zeke got the couch. You know as well as I do, it's not fun waking him up. I'll sleep on the floor if you want. Or we could share it and not do anything. If you really want to we can." Van stated while his face turned pink. "I know what you're saying Van, I want to do that too. But, not here, not now. We need the rest. After all this is settled, then we'll do that." Fiona interrupted as she climbed in the bed. She was glad Van didn't pressure her. He wouldn't do something like that, but still. She knew her face had to have been just as pink as Van's now. "Okay." Van climbed in after her. They would need the rest. Tomorrow was going to be a big day.
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