Authors Notes: I wish this was story was over but its far from the end. I'm putting it into parts and this chapter is the last in part 1, part 2 will pick up year and two months after part 1. And if I keep it going which I might (story could go on forever and still be good) ill just keep telling you. Best guess another 30 chaps in part 2 and yea I'm going to write it under a different title. And as for the rating change, I did it because of chap 27; few emails wanted me to change it so I did. And you don't need to check my profile, just go up to the dropdown menus near the login area and change it from G-PG13 to All or R.
The morning sun rose quickly, lighting the Palace City with its bright, warm rays. The sound of bagpipes slowly playing Amazing Grace filled the crisp, cool air. Van watched as the carriages carrying the bodies of his friends slowly crossed by him. Rudolph and Marianne came by first, there bodies resting quietly under a thin, white silk cover. He looked around, people grieving, mourning the lose of the young Emperor and his fiancé killed long before thier time. Van himself had to fight to keep the tears from bursting out of his eyes. Fiona stood besides him, under his arm resting her head on his chest as they watched the carriage slowly pull out of view. Van looked around again, Rosso and Viola stood on the other side of the street, mourning there lose like none other. The next carriage carried Irvine, Homaleff, and Kruger. The cruel way they were killed still remained, showing the people how evil a man could be. He looked at Moonbay, she to was crying at the loss of the man she loved. Van wondered if Fiona had done the same when he had died, though he would never ask. It was the last carriage and people slowly began to follow them towards the site they would all be buried. Van didn't go, he didn't want to have to feel any more grief then he had to. And to his surprise, Fiona didn't go either and neither did Moonbay. "Why aren't you two going?"
Moonbay lowered her head. "He's gone, its not something I can help change otherwise I would."
Van looked at her and could do nothing but help feel sorry for her. "So what are you going to do now?"
Moonbay shrugged as she wiped her teary eyes. "Ill find something."
"Are you going to be all right Moonbay?" Fiona asked.
"Sure, it'll just take a while." Moonbay walked over and gave Fiona a friendly hug, then did the same to Van. Giving him a soft kiss on the cheek as well. "Thanks for everything."
Van smiled and watched as she walked away. The streets were now empty except for a few people still mourning.
"Two million dead." Valen said walking up to Van. "More then Prozen, Hilz, or the damn war caused put together."
Van nodded. "What's going to happen with the Empire now."
"Council will find a suitable man to take over the Empire since Rudolph had no bloodline and Homaleff is dead. Who though, we'll have to wait."
"Hopefully they do a job like Rudolph did." Van said, now feeling a tear run down his cheek.
"Ended a war, forged an alliance with an unlikely faction. Accomplished more for peace then any kid his age ever had or ever will. Not to bad yourself Van. Death Sauer twice, helped stop the Death Stinger, and now that Tiger thing."
Van smiled. "Id give all that up to wake up from this nightmare."
"So would I, so would every man with a sense of decency."
"That Zoid was the toughest thing Iv ever fought. Its like its not normal."
"Could say the same about you." Valen smiled and walked away.
Van watched him until he was out of sight and looked back at Fiona. "How about you, are you going to be all right?"
Fiona nodded. "Van, I need to talk with you later."
"Sure, I guess." Van watched as she to walked away, though he didn't bother asking why. Zeke slowly came up to Van, giving a low growl as he approached. "Hey Zeke." Van smiled as he listened to the bagpipes slowly fade away, eventually becoming nothing but a whisper in the wind blowing past his ears.
Jason sat there with his head down, trying to understand the events that had played out. "Lost. How the Hell could I have lost." He rubbed his eyes, trying to think of what he could do now. "No more chance for Armageddon, what do you say we simply kill Van and the rest of his friend?" Phantom looked at his master and turned back towards the Tiger, looking at the downed Zoid. Jason looked up and watched Phantom merged with the Tiger, the Zoid glowing brightly, and then a pink cocoon slowly formed around it. Jason laughed. "The Tiger has a evolution!" His laughed died away soon after, but the smile remained. "The deadliest predator can evolve into something even deadlier." Jason looked though, watching as a figure slowly walked around from the other side of the cocoon. "Who the Hell." Jason didn't finish his sentence before he felt a strong chill run down his spine. "Oh my God." His voice soft and fearful, the figure turning into a woman, a beautiful woman Jason had seen once before. "How the Hell did you escape from me?" It was Zoid Eve, the true form of her. She looked like a Goddess; no she was a Goddess, one with a devilish heart. She wore a thick white silk robe, covering her from head to toe and revealing hardly any flesh except on her face. Jason though knew what this meant. Zoid Eve was no longer merged with him, meaning he no longer had any of the powers he had enjoyed for years. "Why did you leave my body?"
"Fordi I ikke har noen bruk for De." Zoid Eve's voice was soft and romantic, the ancient language swirling around in the thin air.
Jason couldn't understand her; his understanding of the language came with Zoid Eve. Now that she was gone though, nothing could be done.
"The Tiger is the ultimate Zoid, and Phantom is the strongest of all the Organoids. Yet even with both you failed."
"Apparently the Tiger isn't the ultimate Zoid." Jason pointed up at the pink cocoon.
Zoid Eve smiled. "You do not understand anything. You do not understand that a Zoid is alive, just as you are. You like many others treat it as a weapon. That is why you lost to Van and Raven."
"I lost because you wanted life to have a chance, so I gave them skills no mortal could obtain."
"You gave them a push, but they had started it and were the only ones who could finish it. Van has unlocked the Organoid and Blade Ligers ultimate potential. That alone makes it stronger then the Tiger."
"What about it's evolution?"
"When it evolves, even twenty Zoids with their potential unlocked and there perfect pilots, it will win."
Jason smiled. "How long will it take?"
"Two."
Jason didn't let her finish. "Two weeks." He smiled. "I can handle that."
"Two years."
Jason's smile died away. "Two years, what am I supposed to do for two years? I don't have any powers, I don't have."
Zoid Eve walked up to him. "You will not have to wait two years."
"Why not?"
Zoid Eve placed a hand on his chest and slowly slid it through, gently grabbing his heart.
Jason felt the hand grip his heart, keeping it from beating and from pumping blood.
"You have become everything I condemn. When I merged with you, you wanted the same as I. But now, you have become a murderer, a monster who abuses my gifts and power. You are every reason life must die." She crushed Jason's heart with her hand and gently pulled her hand back, no blood, nothing on her skin. Zoid Eve watched as Jason fell to the floor dead and smiled. "Kunn God utstillingsnåde på Deres ynkelig sjel." She turned and looked at the Tiger's cocoon. "I must not allow anyone to see this." She closed her eyes, reopening them a few minutes later. Zoid Eve found herself in the city she had presided in for centuries, before they attempted to seal her in. She looked at the gate and walked towards it. It opened and she looked at the statue of herself, and smiled.
"Raven!" Alice shouted as she ran towards Raven, hugging and kissing him when she caught him.. "You're hurt." She said, looking at the bruises and cuts on his body.
Raven smiled and kissed her on her lips, holding her tightly to him. "Ill be all right." He said after he released her.
"Are you done fighting?" Alice said still holding him tightly.
Again Raven smiled. "I'm done."
Alice kissed him again, this time with a much deeper passion then before. "So what are you going to do now? You've been fighting your whole life."
"I'm going to do what you said. Settle down and have a family."
Alice held a smile back as Raven kissed her again. "Raven having a family. Changed a lot from before you met me."
"So I can blame you if I hate my life." Raven let her go but still clenched her hand and led her away.
Van walked up to Fiona who had been waiting for him. The sun had gone down and the clear night sky came about. The city was silent, still grieving the loss of their Emperor and his fiancée. "What did you need to talk to us about?"
Fiona looked at them and shook her head. "I'm leaving."
"What!" Van shouted. "But why?"
Fiona walked up to Van and put her hand on his shoulder. "There's still a piece of my memory missing, and I want to find it. I'm going to take over Dr. D's research and do what I can to finish what I started."
"Fiona! What do you mean your missing some of your memory! I mean." Van couldn't finish his sentence.
"That Zoid you fought today, there's something familiar about it. As if I had seen it before." Fiona looked at his eyes and watched as they started to tear. "I love you Van, I always will. But this is something important to me, something I can't even describe."
"But why do you have to leave?"
"I need to find my memory Van, I want to know everything I can about my past even if it means I can't be with you."
"Ill go with you then, its no big deal."
"Yes it is. You love to pilot and fight and as much as I hate watching you do it, I never tell you to stop because I know what it means to you. I want you to do the same for me Van."
Van stared at her, not ready to let her go again. "Are you going to come back?"
Fiona shook her head slowly. "I don't know. Are paths might cross again like they did before. But." She was trying not to make this any harder on either of them. "Van, I'm sorry."
Van felt her release his shoulders slowly and kiss his cheek. "I love you Fiona."
Fiona smiled and backed away slowly. "Don't forget me Van, and I wont forget you."
Van put his right hand up and watched her get into a jeep with, a woman with dark brown hair driving it. Van waited for the jeep to get out of sight, then he lowered his head and cried a bit. "She's gone." That thought crossed his mind over and over, still finding it hard to believe. But Fiona was gone, and for some reason his mind said she would be back, but his heart said she was gone for good.
Authors Notes: Bet you didn't expect any of these things to happen. Physco boy is dead and Zoid Eve is the new bad guy, the Tiger will evolve into that creature of genesis I kept talking about, Fiona left Van, and Raven actually has someone to love for longer then a week. Well that's it for part 1 so everyone who read this story just send me a little review on your final thoughts even if you haven't sent a review yet. Now what to look forward to in part 2. 1st off Ill be answering lots of questions the anime brought up but did one hell uv a job failing to answer, Ill talk lots about Raven and Van's past, lots of Ryss's little vision things will start to come true, and other stuff I wont tell you about so you have to read it, probraly be between 25-40 chaps. Hope you all enjoyed and really hope you all read part 2. Later.